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Quote from: bennettsleg on February 09, 2007, 18:38:02

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

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

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.

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 :-[

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...

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

Quote from: theothermarg on February 14, 2007, 21:10:55
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).

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

Quote from: cookie on February 18, 2007, 16:03:23
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!

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!

Quote from: cookie on February 18, 2007, 16:03:23
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

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.