Second-hand items re-purposed in the garden.

[Growerwith2girls]

I had some old tent poles so used them for making a walk in brassica cage at the weekend - its a bit of a beast! And was a nightmare to net!

Cant seem to upload a pic at the mo.

[Growerwith2girls]

Resized it..

[4Shoes]

I had some old tent poles so used them for making a walk in brassica cage at the weekend - its a bit of a beast! And was a nightmare to net!

Cant seem to upload a pic at the mo.

Going to re-net my blow-away as a fruit cage/

[mrbadexample]

I'd be a nightmare employee if I worked at the recycling center...

I'd be the same.

[bikermike]

I'd be the same.

Me 3!

(I'm under orders to return with less things than I take...)

[1Bee]

I nearly break down in tears every time I pass the cardboard container at the local dump... waaaaaah! They're under strict orders to neither take anything nor allow others to take it... and there's CCTV. Bah.

[nickdub]

I nearly break down in tears every time I pass the cardboard container at the local dump... waaaaaah! They're under strict orders to neither take anything nor allow others to take it... and there's CCTV. Bah.

You can, and I have, bargain with people bringing stuff in to have for yourself, as long as you get it before it goes in the official containers. Obviously lingering deliberately in a busy spot is rightly frowned on by the staff, so I do take in a few token bits, like very rusted metal and broken glass, to have a legitimate reason for being there.

[ESBkevin]

I finally loaded the trailer and took my extensive scrap metal collection to be weighed last saturday morning. Been collecting about 2 years. I'd broken it down a bit and sorted the key elements. Stainless Oven, Dish washer, Washing Machine, Engine from a Fabia, car battery, bags of nails from pallets, a bag of cables and all the other metal I could find.

Took a couple of hours to sort and load and about 20 minuits to weigh it off.

£86 better off for not giving it to the dustman. Including all the hours dismantling and the time loading and sorting my hourly rate is about £0.14p or something silly. I have gained some components and fixings that add to the useful boxes in the garage when something breaks, I can often find a replacement to fix it.

After that I started making the bench for the allotments. We are having a dedicated put and take table for spare plants or excess produce. Yes it will be made from two pallets.

[muck lover]

I'm hoping you're still alive, but I suppose being buried in the veg plot would count :-)

I wouldn’t mind being put on the compost heap when the time comes. I suppose they’d better cremate me first though.