Free bricks!
In case you missed it the first time, I like free stuff! Freecycle is an amazing thing, and a network that I use often, both to give things away that we no longer need, and to receive things that I need but don't really want to spend a bunch of money on to purchase. As their website states: "It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills." Rather than throw it away, why not give it to someone who can use it? Today I scored a truckload of approximately 400 free bricks. These weren't a Freecycle find, but rather the friend of a friend gave them to us. I have so many things I could do with these bricks: wood-fired brick oven, greenhouse base, edge walkways, raised bed edging, outdoor fireplace, etc. etc. They won't go to waste, and there's not nearly enough to do everything I'd like to do with bricks!
Used greenhouse plastic
Another recent freebie item that I scored was a bunch of used greenhouse plastic. A friend of ours has a large greenhouse business, and he has to replace the plastic every 5 or 6 years or thereabouts. That's a LOT of plastic that would end up in a landfill somewhere! He tries to place it in new homes....we got two piles of it for use on my future hoop house. I can think of several other things to use it for too, but the hoop house is my first priority. I realize it won't last as long as if it were new, but it can be replaced every couple years, free, if need be.
For years I've been wanting to put a step into a small slope that leads up to the compost bins from our back yard. Earlier this spring while wandering through the woods, I found the perfect rock....big, nice and flat. I lugged it down to the house and finally just last week got my rear in gear and dug it into the little slope. It looks nice there, it's nice and level, and now I don't have to worry about slipping and falling on my behind when I trudge up to the compost bins when the grass is wet. Sweet...another free item.
Now if we can just find the time to create everything out of these freebie items (bricks, plastic) that need creating....
New step leading up to my compost bins
For years I've been wanting to put a step into a small slope that leads up to the compost bins from our back yard. Earlier this spring while wandering through the woods, I found the perfect rock....big, nice and flat. I lugged it down to the house and finally just last week got my rear in gear and dug it into the little slope. It looks nice there, it's nice and level, and now I don't have to worry about slipping and falling on my behind when I trudge up to the compost bins when the grass is wet. Sweet...another free item.
Now if we can just find the time to create everything out of these freebie items (bricks, plastic) that need creating....
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