Freecycle and skip diving

Started by gwynleg, March 24, 2009, 18:02:19

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hellohelenhere

#20
March 30, 2009, 19:58:29
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.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPfscUgkD74/Sc6aNb_bITI/AAAAAAAAAG8/6yYTqNi9i5k/s1600-h/IMG_3780.jpg

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

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPfscUgkD74/Sc6aNeYxoFI/AAAAAAAAAHE/2QZRZdhqLKc/s1600-h/IMG_3777.jpg

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/

hellohelenhere

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March 30, 2009, 19:58:29

gwynleg

#21
March 30, 2009, 21:24:35
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

#22
March 30, 2009, 22:58:48
just had a couple of 1/4 pound burgers cooked on it! yummy ;) (very late food, been to flower club night) ;D ;D
You couldn't make it up!

thifasmom

#23
March 31, 2009, 09:44:45
Quote from: gwynleg on March 30, 2009, 21:24:35
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

#24
March 31, 2009, 09:59:49
Quote from: thifasmom on March 31, 2009, 09:44:45
Quote from: gwynleg on March 30, 2009, 21:24:35
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

#25
March 31, 2009, 16:45:39
Quote from: caroline7758 on March 29, 2009, 16:03:09
If anyone knows of a Yorkshire one (other than freecycle) let me know!

Try www.vskips.co.uk

Ninnyscrops.

#26
May 06, 2009, 23:48:51
Latest acquisition.

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

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/ninnyscrops/DSCF1794.jpg

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

Linda
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