Allotments 4 All
General => News => Topic started by: SMP1704 on December 04, 2006, 21:36:20
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Went on a skip raid last night, first was a builder's skip outside a shop refurb - found 3 full length scaff boards and assorted lengths of 2x2. Next was another commercial skip used by a small firm that does loft & basement conversions - struck gold there, pulled out dozens of decking type joists, enough for the greenhouse base. ;D ;D
Now I just need to find the time to do it all and I don't think I'll find that in a skip ;)
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Worth looking thou you never know. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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i am not allowed have any more wood on the site - husband will kill me.
as you can see from pic
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/cambourne7/P1010004.jpg
there is also a pile of chipboard and some 1x1 6ft poles & tree posts about 20.
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Yes you do seem to have rather a lot there already cambourne lol! BTW have you been away for your chilly weekend yet? kitten x
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Hi
Yes, well you dont know when you are going to be offered any more so take while you can :-)
The long bits i am going to make a seat with and make some frames over the raised beds to add netting/plastic/fleese to.
Regarding holiday, almost ready.
I still need to pack, but almost everything is now washed that i need to bring.
insurance booked, car booked in to parking, picking money up tonight, christmas cards for abroad written and will be posted tonight.
ERR oh yes suitcases and hand luggage measured to make sure they meet new regulations. Found zip bag for toiletrys i am taking on as had luggage. Have christmas shopping list done for when i get back in the UK and France (3 days after we get back) and just need to work out what to wear at christmas party 2 days after i get back.
.... I have also arranged for neighbours to put out wheely bin, and i have a friend with a spare key just in case. Another allotment holder is going to make sure my plot makes it though the winds....
... cooking large lasagna tonight and will freeze 2 portions for dinner the day after we get back so we dont need to cook and can get early night. I changed the sheets on the bed last night so they will be fresh ish when we get home.
...washing machine repair man booked in day after we get back....
.. meeting at 2pm today to hand over work to boss for a week....
....errr
just need to pick up some stuff in boots when i get to duty free area tomorrow, i need to amend central heating timer for when were away ( will do tomorrow ).
PHEW! still feel like i have missed something.
cambourne7
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Silly you Cambourne you forgot to pack your wood. ??? :) ;) :D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Phew! By the time you've done that little lot you'll need a holiday lol! Have fun & maybe we'll see some piccies when you get back?! kitten x
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nope dont need the wood i have the husband.
... just finished packing!!
Was delayed by robbing a bank - and i am not joking - tell you all about it when i get back....
See you all when i have thawed out....
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Since we spoke of skips I not seen one down my or surrounding roads or on the way to work strange! ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? :o :o :'( :'( ;D
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They got wind you were coming Kev!
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You could be right Sadad mind you with the winds we've had they could have been tornado-ed away. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I had to hire a skip and spent all day filling it with patio slabs, (horrible b&q ones)
next morning it was empty. It must have taken them all night. Bonus! on the next morning as somebody had put an old mower in it. I tried it out and it worked. So sharpened the blade and it is still going strong and is ideal for rough areas, even though it uses a bit of oil.
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:D I'd of had the slabs for my allotment nice stepping stones. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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If you have got room for stepping stones, you also have room for more plants.
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I had to hire a skip and spent all day filling it with patio slabs, (horrible b&q ones)
next morning it was empty. It must have taken them all night. Bonus! on the next morning as somebody had put an old mower in it. I tried it out and it worked. So sharpened the blade and it is still going strong and is ideal for rough areas, even though it uses a bit of oil.
....well that was fair exchange then!
Louise
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:)I don't have paths Ace so I just have stepping stones and move them around, saves all that time trimming and shaping grass paths. Sadad joy ;D found a skip in the next road on the way to work mind you it was too dark to see what was in it will investigate further. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Well done. :) :)
Long peices of wood are always useful and one of the hardest things to find.
I recently found lots of lengths of plastic electric conduit which might make good supports for strawberry nets next spring.
On the side of my tool shed above my water barrels I have three huge metal triangle brackets that act as a tidy wood store. I found those in a skip.
I`m very good at transporting things by bike as thats all I usually have.
I like to vary my route to and from the allotments so I can spot where work is being done.
Keep looking, Col
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Ah, I'd kill for slabs! ;D There are some concrete ones in a skip on the road over from me... just gotta work out how to get them! I have an old pram (intended as a wheelbarrow for the allotment, but then someone gave me a wheelbarrow) so might go grab them one at a time. Heh.
Tina.
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Struck gold this morning ;D ;D ;D: 2 scaffolding boards, 2 10Ft fence posts and a nearly new joist!
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Eight 12ft scaffolding planks this morning: one of our neighbour's (who's been building for 4 years ??? ) scaffolder has gone bust and done a runner, so he said he'd leave the planks by his skip and I could have them if I wanted. Still more to come I hope. :)
Now I just need a decent saw, having bent my last one. Are hand electric circulars any good?
PS I may be raising the beds, but I won't forget to mulch, Supersprout
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;D It must be one of them days, a storage company who rent space at my workplace moved out today, one of our managers told them he would throw away stuff they didn't want in the skip tomorrow, crafty sod he's like a magpie, anyway in I delth got myself a roll of netting its the one's they use on scaffolds on shops to stop dust and debris falling on to the pavement it's 6.5 foot wide and god knows (sorry Robert) how long but a good find, looks like todays finds are all scaffold related strange1 ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I think a standard roll is 50m long, anyhow, I am jealous !!!
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Similar thing happened to me about 4 weeks ago. Skip lorry changes our skip at work but leaves behind the same type of netting. They use it to cover the skip while transporting. It's in my shed now ready for next season.
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that's what we use for our cabbage covered beds !!, works brilliantly :)
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:) That's where all that rubbish on the roads in Kent come from. Stevie K chored the poor skip drivers net.
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wow you have all been busy!!
back now, getting some funny looks wandering around in a t-shirt. But having experianced -15 this is warm!
Snow was 7ft high in places and the ice hotel was great!!!!
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Hope you had a nice time Cam where was it you went? Don't forget your lasagne in freezer . ::) ::) ::) :) ;) :D ;D ;D ;D
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i can't believe you guys go around looking in skips lol.
i'd love to be able to stuff like that but i always feel like a tramp looking in skips. not that i'm calling any of you a tramp....i just feel everyone's gonna think what the hell is that asian boy doing wearing his hood looking in that skip lol.
the only time i ever took something from a skip was when someone was having their roof done and the builders were throwing perfectly wonderfull huge pieces of blue slate into the skip. i aksed them and i carried home as much as i could. i didn't realise they were so heavy. i did 2 trips and managed to carry no more than about 10 tiles. i crushed them and i use them as a mulch on pots.
i wish i could drive. i intend to one day. but once i get a car i don't think i'll ever be at home. i'll be down to every garden centre every other day, i'll be going collecting free stuff from free cycle....i'll be going visiting gardens and garden shows....buying stuff that's too big to carry on the bus.....etc etc. *sigh*
i envy every one of you with a car lol.
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They are an almost bottomless drain on the finances Wahaj... I commute to Leicester from Derby and it costs me @£ 50 pw just in petrol!
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Hope you had a nice time Cam where was it you went? Don't forget your lasagne in freezer . ::) ::) ::) :) ;) :D ;D ;D ;D
i went to ice hotel and stockhom in sweden and am eating lasagna now yum
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Well, it's not stricly from a skip and I'll refrain from using it to mulch my potatoes...
Found this morning in a neighbour's recycle box:
15 National Geographic magazines, dating from 1963 to 1981. There's one from 1966 with an article on the move of the Abou Simbel temple. Great stuff ;D!
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what you could do is cut out the pictures and plaster your shed ( inside with them ) and then pop some clear varnish over them
that would be pretty!
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what you could do is cut out the pictures and plaster your shed ( inside with them ) and then pop some clear varnish over them
I'm a shedless person :'(. 'Structures' are not allowed on our site.
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How about a runner bean tunnel - at least it would give some shade if we have another summer like the last one?