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Post by Babyswan on Aug 15, 2012 15:43:10 GMT
Yeah, I have several recycled wash hand basins as minature frog ponds. I got another one in June which was being thrown out of a house that was being redecorated and renovated... check it out.  I gave it away to be honest to a friend with an allotment. I hope it'll help with pest control for him if he can get a frog or two to settle in it. It still had the plug in it, which is important. One I did for myself, with a silicone seal, has not worked. It was a cheap sealant and has gone soft and not waterproof. Must try another solution. |
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Post by Barbara on Aug 15, 2012 16:25:19 GMT
At our allotments a man has his strawberrys planted in a bath.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 16, 2012 6:54:07 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Aug 16, 2012 7:43:49 GMT
I found the perfect piece of wood for the door to the compo bin, but it's stuck in the skip with other stuff wedged against it,  I nearly did my back in. |
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 16, 2012 16:30:35 GMT
oh yeah, LG, that's good. But this one, my own one that I have on a shared allotment doesn't even have the plughole in it. It's a bare sink. hmm, I wonder would it work. It only has to hold the basic water pressure of the amount of water contained in the sink. I'll look and see...I'll get one and can always use it at home anyway. Thanks for the idea. |
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 16, 2012 16:31:01 GMT
I found the perfect piece of wood for the door to the compo bin, but it's stuck in the skip with other stuff wedged against it, I nearly did my back in. ha ha ha, I've been there, barbara, I've been there!!!! |
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Post by Barbara on Aug 17, 2012 13:39:50 GMT
BS. you might have come and helped me then. I have just aquired 2 more pallets.  Hubby says I'm a scavenger . ;D |
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Post by Auricula on Aug 17, 2012 17:06:05 GMT
I'm gobsmacked there are so many skips about, you never see any round here.....or, do you sniff them out like a bloodhound? ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 18, 2012 4:06:53 GMT
When I lived in London I was always seeing skips but they are few and far between round here and I never see anything interesting poking out of them.
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Post by Barbara on Aug 18, 2012 6:29:14 GMT
At the moment there are seven around and about.
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 18, 2012 12:23:54 GMT
yeah, there are a few about alright, surprising considering the economy and the lack of money.
to be honest, I'm looking to get rid of stuff, not accumulate more, you know?
I'll try and see if I can dig up my existing sink photos....
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 18, 2012 12:47:06 GMT
ahem, "here's one I made earlier" This one had a frog in it inside 24hours.  between the shed and the compost bin |
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 18, 2012 13:51:00 GMT
and here's another where one of the three dogs are buried, down the end of the garden...  I had to go to the guerrilla gardening website to find this photo, I couldn't locate it in my photo albums!!! |
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Post by prunella on Aug 18, 2012 15:10:53 GMT
Ah.....recycling and allotments....a marriage made in heaven!  We currently have three neighbours on our please leave your old carpets here list. Then when I'm out and about I often return with useful planks of wood....fence posts....old buckets....pots.....bits of chicken wire. People dump it...I give it a new home. |
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Post by Barbara on Aug 18, 2012 17:23:54 GMT
Well done Pru.  we should all do more. ;D |
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 18, 2012 20:27:02 GMT
Oh I just LOVE IT when I can rehome a builder's black bucket from a skip. Love it.!!!
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Post by prunella on Aug 19, 2012 23:54:03 GMT
Very occasionally our allotment site has a purge on rubbish.  A skip is brought and we are encouraged to have a clear out. Happily there are several of us who then rifle through said skip to "liberate" assorted items. ;D |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 20, 2012 4:03:24 GMT
;D
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 20, 2012 14:30:56 GMT
Very occasionally our allotment site has a purge on rubbish. A skip is brought and we are encouraged to have a clear out. Happily there are several of us who then rifle through said skip to "liberate" assorted items. ;D I like your style !!! |
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 20, 2012 20:19:00 GMT
I forgot, again. the other week, I scavanged a 2' earthen ware window box. Hmmm, it looks fine. I'm surprised it was thrown out, you know?
Photo to follow tomorrow when it's brighter. (and maybe if I can get the phone and computer to talk to each other....)
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 21, 2012 15:14:46 GMT
as if I have time to do this, but I have the photo site open, so here goes.... A display at a local discount shop was being thrown out...  close up  so, I did this before, I carried it to a local Senior Citizen's Sheltered Accommodation and it will be used for a shelving unit in their Greehouse....    and one more, from the front....  |
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Post by Babyswan on Aug 21, 2012 15:16:24 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 21, 2012 15:23:41 GMT
Well done BS - I reckon nothing is safe when you are around....makes good shelving..!!
RF
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Post by Barbara on Aug 21, 2012 15:39:15 GMT
I could have done with that BS. well done.if you see any more.................. ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 22, 2012 4:30:20 GMT
Well done BS, you've put it to good use. |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 23, 2013 17:31:35 GMT
Anyone done any imaginative recycling lately I've just collected 35 snail shells from my hosta pots for cane toppers, casualties of the blue pellets  |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 29, 2013 10:32:38 GMT
Just added another 10  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 29, 2013 15:35:00 GMT
Thankfully snails are rare in my garden but I'm overun with slugs.  The tiny ones are the worst. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Nov 24, 2013 16:38:24 GMT
I know it has been mentioned before but especially now with the festive season nearly upon us and perhaps folk buying party packs of sausage and bacon rolls etc... you know the ones I mean, some of them are black and made of strong plastic. (The M&S ones) They make great little seed trays if you punch a few drainage holes in the bottom with a skewer. I've washed and put holes in the ones with mini garlic kieve bites and one with cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon. Perfect size for sowing seeds. |
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 25, 2013 8:42:48 GMT
I must save some trays Ladygardener - I am programmed to wash them up and recycle them but I might as well wash them up and save them for seeds! |
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I nearly did my back in.
Hubby says I'm a scavenger . ;D
The tiny ones are the worst.