Topic: What things do you recycle for the allotment?

[sally_cinnamon]

jars with lids - containers for string, labels etc; nail the lid to the underside of the shelf and double up on storage space

Fabulous!  I'll definately be doing that when my dad builds my shed... 2010, then... :(   :D

[Jeannine]

Old hoola hoops , retrived from a skip when school was replacing theirs, split they make super large cloche hoops.XX Jeannine

[cornykev]

Saved all the wirey plastic tie thingys that come with kids toys dolls etc. The ones that tie down the toy and can be a real pain in the bot to undo, will be saving these for tieing up the tommy plants.

[theothermarg]

I,v just discovered the orible clear plastic box thingy that joints of meat are sold in
fit over a 1/2 tray module thing of seeds (very eloquent tonight thankgawd for spellcheckers and why can,t they do the thinking as well?)
margaret :-[

[sazhig]

All our compostable food gets taken down to the compost bin in my lovely new compost caddy - a recyled item itself & a bargain for £1.50 bought at the local dump ;D....polystyrene bits that new appliance boxes come with gets saved for when I run out of bits of broken pots... old shower curtain & tent poles for netting supports....all my long winter prunings from my new & quite nicely neglected garden will be cut off long for bean/pea supports....shredded paperwork from the office gets put in the compost.....and am currently scouring the local area for pallets to build some more compost heaps...

[manicscousers]

I've just found the plastic containers that grapes are sold in, with a lid, make brilliant mini propagators, for a plant pot full of flower seeds or leeks. ;D

[sally_cinnamon]

I,v just discovered the orible clear plastic box thingy that joints of meat are sold in
fit over a 1/2 tray module thing of seeds (very eloquent tonight thankgawd for spellcheckers and why can,t they do the thinking as well?)
margaret :-[

Aha!  Will have to inform my nan that when she gives me her plastic for recycling, not to chop these into a million billion and one tiny pieces!  Then I can use them!  Yey!

'scousers - I actually have a HUGE store of plastic containers from fruit, fancy mousse type desserts and creme fraiche (the Yeo Valley one has a clear lid) in the hope that one day, they might come in handy.  Now they will!  (Yes, I hoard).

[cookie]

We have been given the frame from an old tent!,methinks a brassica cage?

[Marymary]

We have been given the frame from an old tent!,methinks a brassica cage?

What a brilliant idea. I shall start the search for one right now!

[emmy1978]

Everything gets the lottie once over in our house! I also do the jam-jars lids nailed to shelf, is fab for storage in shed. Latest thing to be rescued from skip is glass shower door. Builders thought I was crackers when I said, can I have this?
Explained it was for lottie and have been promised the butlers sink!!!! ;D
Pond...yay!

[manicscousers]

We have been given the frame from an old tent!,methinks a brassica cage?

that's what ours is, with builders mesh over the top, works great  ;D

[quizzical1]

We have  most of the frame to a hexagonal gazebo which got severely damaged a couple of years ago when it got blown into the garden next door, and bent out of recognition. Thinking about trying to use it as the basis of a fruit cage over our Blackcurrants, Redcurrants and Gooseberries, by covering it with a fine mesh net to keep the birds out.
Also have a bag of redundant cds, cdroms from magazine covers etc which we will be using as bird scarers once we get things going at the lottie.