Recent Freecycle Goodies

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    I love frecycle for picking up plants and other bits and bobs for the garden. This last week I have picked up 8 pieces of railway sleeper, all exactly 2ft in length and nicely weathered but with no rot (not sure what to do with them just yet :snork: ~ suggestions welcome :biggrin: ), 3 bird boxes, a quality hose pipe on a reel, a 3ft horse chestnut tree (which I may donate to a local school or park) and a large bag of unopened bark chips..:dbgrtmb:
     
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      Good haul Bilbo!! Is that off the Derby one? All I ever see on it is kids stuff.........
       
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        Hi catz, mostly the Beeston or Ilkeston ones or Vale Royal in Cheshire where I used to live; my mum still does so she picks the stuff up there and brings it with her when she visits :dbgrtmb:
         
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          Ooh lucky you.. It seems to be mainly kids stuff & furniture round here, but I always have a look to see if there is anything I cannot resist.... :biggrin:
          My friend in Willenhall gets great stuff, she has furnished her garden room all with stuff from freecycle & I can't wait to see it & what eclectic mix she has... She also gets rid of lots of stuff on there as well & is a "committed freecycler"..... :biggrin:
           
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            Think I will have to sign up to freecycle and try to be first in the Willenhall one.


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            I got a Belfast sink and four folding chairs today.
            Last week about twenty 12 to 20cm terracotta pots and a new bag of cactus compost, a seminar table for the g/house and about 200 plastic pots of assorted sizes.
             
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              One man's muck is another man's treasure.
              Envy is what you have given me Bilbo, I really need to see what others are throwing away and see if there is a creation to be had.
              Keep it up and we all maybe on the free grab a bargin.
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                You are requested to offer something yourself once in a while
                or it all becomes take take take
                The recognised currency is a large bar of chocolate otherwise

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                  Never given away any chocolate :snork: :biggrin: but we have given away dozens of excess plants (veg seedlings etc) that would otherwise be composted as well as unwanted household items...:dbgrtmb:
                   
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                  Had a really good Freecycle Friday today!

                  Just collected 600litres of coarse vermiculite and a wheatgrass germinator. Basically, it is just a very expensive (£80 expensive!) stackable version of the cheap windowsill propagators that you can buy.........
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                    I never see anything either caz....but bilbo has just gave me an idea :ccheers: weve spotted some old railway sleepers on the old slivertrail line here(buried in bramble) and as they are too big to carry i reckon sawing them into 2ft lenghs and then theyl be moveable :blue thumb:
                     
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                      Got myself a pair of Bokashi bins through freecycle yesterday.
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