Freebies

[foghornleghorn2]

Had a lot recently.

I have just picked up some old paving slabs that were no longer required, 16 in total for a small patio on the allotment.

I have been given a small shed by a builder pal who bought it for a big job he was doing to store cement in, must have been secondhand when he got it, that is now gracing my allotment.

I have been given/asked to dispose of three lawn mowers, one petrol rotary jobbie and two flymo's all working 100%

Picked up four fence posts with metal spikes and these are now part of a fruit cage.

Clearing out a garage came across a huge roll of polythene, this will make a good polytunnel when I get some time to make one

Another garage donated about 5 full height canes.

I bought forty odd deckboards 3.6 m from Wickes reduced to £1 each as they were seconds, haggled and got the lot for £20 (OK not free but very close) they are now mainly raised beds and I made a waist height veggie planter for our back garden. They sell for nearly £100 in our garden centre, think mine cost me £8

Amazing what you get by keeping your eyes and ears open

[Annie]

Crikey makes my one free pallet from the back of the Co shop look a bit pathetic.
I am no good at being 'cheeky' so have to send Alex to do the deed

[AL37]

Well done Foggy.
I often get laughed at for slowing down when we pass a skip by the side of the road.

[nippy_dee]

I begged 2 lovely old spindle back kitchen chairs out of a skip which I happily sanded and primed.
They are now painted white and 1 is gracing the bathroom, the other atop the stairs with a vase flowers on

If you dont ask you dont get! Simples!

[cannyClaire]

Wow, that's an impressive haul!

I've been lucky enough to scrounge the contents of two skips of Victorian joists recently, it should keep me in firewood for the next winter at least