Topic: Freecycle and skip diving

[hellohelenhere]

The wood for my bed-edging came from a skip (the sides) and a found pallet (the ends) - and the corner uprights were from the 'To Let' sign that our letting agency never bothered to take away.

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A friend who is an uber-freecycler gave me the wire for my cloches, the plastic came from the bins at Topp's Tiles.

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We largely furnished our house from Freecycle - it's fabulous! We even got our dishwasher there. :)
(Apologies, picture linking doesn't seem to be working for me, normally I link to Flickr, and that works - to my blog, it doesn't appear to.)
http://backgardenallotmenteer.blogspot.com/

[gwynleg]

Caroline 7758 and Thifasmum - if you put 'materials exchange' + either Kent or Yorkshire - it takes you to a more local site to you - there is one for Hertfordshire too - looks like a great site for lotties - topsoil, barrells - lots of things a lottie holder could drool over. I am coveting the barbecue that Tonybloke has got!

[tonybloke]

just had a couple of 1/4 pound burgers cooked on it! yummy ;) (very late food, been to flower club night) ;D ;D

[thifasmom]

Caroline 7758 and Thifasmum - if you put 'materials exchange' + either Kent or Yorkshire - it takes you to a more local site to you - there is one for Hertfordshire too - looks like a great site for lotties - topsoil, barrells - lots of things a lottie holder could drool over. I am coveting the barbecue that Tonybloke has got!

Thanks I'll try that.

[thifasmom]

Caroline 7758 and Thifasmum - if you put 'materials exchange' + either Kent or Yorkshire - it takes you to a more local site to you - there is one for Hertfordshire too - looks like a great site for lotties - topsoil, barrells - lots of things a lottie holder could drool over. I am coveting the barbecue that Tonybloke has got!

Thanks I'll try that.

i have found it but it looks like the kent site has been greatly under used with the newest posts as old as 2005 - 06 :-\

[grandadg]

If anyone knows of a Yorkshire one (other than freecycle) let me know!

Try www.vskips.co.uk

[Ninnyscrops.]

Latest acquisition.

The push mower can't always cope with the grass at this time of year up at the plot so........

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Took an emery board and a little squirt of WD40 to the spark plug and it's a goer!

Linda