I'm going to try even harder to get stuff for nothing. I have now started rooting through the bin of the chinese takeaway in our village, because they get their mushrooms delivered in plastic trays, and they are the perfect size for carrying 25 plastic drinks cups (free) with my seedlings in. Mind you I think it's better to do this during the hours of darkness, so I stop on the way to work at 3.50am!
I have put a notice up at work asking if anyone has a box of nails that have been lying around in their shed for years, that they don't want, and can they give them to me for free. One guy said he would bring me some, and another said he would swap some for tomato plants. My work mates think I am a bit barmy, but I said if I can get free stuff, I won't have to work as much as they do.
I had a nosy peep in my neighbours brown recycle bin (compostable stuff), and was horrified to see perfectly good carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, and grapes, had been chucked. No, I didn't dive in and get them out, but I was tempted. How can I ask my neighbours to pass on their unwanted food to me, without letting on that I have been spying in their bin? They are two, twenty something high flying famale executives, I'm sure they already think I am an eccentric old biddy.
Ilona