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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jan 19, 2007 18:10:27 GMT
Oooo is there a piccy of the gazebo - it sounds wonderful and I'd like to see it. It's just a home-made place to sit in the garden..nothing fancy, but because OH made it just to please me it means a lot ;D  this is from when it was first built in 2005   cold frame built last year  oli-drum water butt All photos from the CPB's garden thread xxx |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 19, 2007 18:28:49 GMT
But I thought you said that it was made of junk - it looks much better than junk. I wish my OH could turn his hand to things like that. I've seen the photos before but the seat didn't ring a bell. Thanks Cheery!
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 19, 2007 23:43:45 GMT
I know I've said it before CPB but I love that Gazebo of yours ;D ;D. Seeing your water butt from the GH has made me think I could with one, I just happen to have a smaller plastic barrel that I could dunk my watering can into.
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 24, 2007 20:40:30 GMT
Just popped this reply in here from a post that Jonah did in Gdn Chat, it gave me an idea ;D I ended up grouping all the pots together in the most sheltered, sunny spot, alongside the conservatory. I stood them on a cot side and then put my broken mini greenhouse over them all [on its side] with a few plants wrapped round in the underlay. An old wooden cot could possibly make a good cold frame. You could fit a solid bottom in it, nail a couple of thin lengths of wood or canes across the top and then staple/tack bubble wrap on the top, back and two sides. Do the front drop down bit seperately and you have a cold frame that you could dismantle and store away. What do you think folks, how much would cots be selling for at a car boot etc |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 25, 2007 22:54:58 GMT
I was telling 4P on her Veggie thread the other day, I got some decking boards that OH had taken up on a job which were being replaced with slabs. Plan to make another raised bed with it and use some of the short bits to lay on the veg gdn for walking on. Have put it in my maybe useful at some point corner of the gdn  Missed out today on a load of gravel off a drive he is block paving. He said it was to much trouble to bag it up for me  . He used a digger and it went in a big skip :(Could of recycled it on top of some pots. Hayho can't win um all  |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 26, 2007 18:21:26 GMT
Sweetleaf and 4P you would have been sooooooooooooo proud of me today. Walking up to my sisters house this afternoon (big huge housing estate.....I came across a skip being filled. As I approached I spotted loads of black plastic pots mainly 5" and bigger my eyes nearly pooped out of my head.
Well I did it, I asked the guy if I could have them. Help yourself he said, there was 30 of them all told. Very nice man I thought, very very nice man. We got chatting and it turned out it was his elderly parents bungalow, father had died, mother now in a home and the place had been sold. Felt a little guilt then but he said no problem, you take what you like.
I then spotted a full height iron gate, 2 terracota pots and 2 large plastic ones, the size of builders buckets. As I left, struggling with my treasure I thanked him very much and said it will all be put to good use.
I was well chuffed and Chuckled along thinking....I can't wait to tell you guys. Know I've done it once there'll be no stopping me.
OH tutted and my sister couldn't beleive what I'd done ;D ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 26, 2007 18:41:22 GMT
Thats great Chuckles ;D I really am proud, I wish Id been so lucky today, not a skip in sight Im afraid and the last few have only contained bricks  Im keeping my eyes open though  How did you carry the gate though? |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 26, 2007 19:21:03 GMT
Oh wow you are SOOOOO lucky - all those pots AND an iron gate. Fantastic!
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 26, 2007 19:59:29 GMT
How did you carry the gate though? The very very nice man said come back for it later, but I meant having it then ;D. I knew OH wouldn't go and get it for me when we went home and someone else might spy it, so, very nice man got it out the skip for me and we turned it on it's side and I got it balanced and carried it one handed. I had my ruck sack of shopping on my back, lg Woolies carrier with Rose and Clems plus plastic pots in in the other hand and I strudged to my sisters with it. About 20 houses away. Now have arms 10" longer than before, but it was worth it ;D ;D If anyone saw me they'd think I was barmy.....well maybe I am....yes I definately am |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 26, 2007 20:39:23 GMT
OMG hows your back? I must say that is one step beyond selflessness in the name of recycling !  |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 26, 2007 20:45:59 GMT
In the name of gardening too SL ;D Back was fine I was well balanced and stepped out like I was in the army |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jan 27, 2007 7:07:52 GMT
Give that Chuckles a green badge! What a fantastic result. I REALLY don't understand why people are embarrassed about asking for things from skips. Surely most people would be only to pleased to have things they don't want re used? Actually I think there should be more places in tips and recycling centres where you can put things for others to take if they want. In our local tip there is a big area set aside for that - you have to negotiate a price (but it's usually not much) with the pikies who run it, which is fair enough as they are the ones clambering about in the skips retrieving it all.
I would be well chuffed to have a find like that, Chuckles!
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jan 27, 2007 16:29:12 GMT
Jolly Good Show Chuckles! I'm proud of you ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2007 18:19:23 GMT
The photographic studio in the old church institute next to us has skips about 4 times a year, full of wood, windows, fence posts, paint, this time a fancy pottery pot which will be ok in the summer, two fence posts, and a model of the front of a house about 4 feet high,( but I can't think how I could use that),Some one has added a lawn mower but I guess that has had its day, and lots of metal legs from computer desks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2007 12:54:26 GMT
Good on you Chuckles ... there's no better feeling than skipping away from a skip having saved yourself some money AND helped the environment! Cheers ...
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 28, 2007 17:24:08 GMT
What a bonus......the 2 large plastic terracotta pots I got off the skip had dried up compo in and when I was emptying them out they had Tuplip and crocus bulbs in them ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 17:26:56 GMT
What a bonus......the 2 large plastic terracotta pots I got off the skip had dried up compo in and when I was emptying them out they had Tuplip and crocus bulbs in them ;D A bonus indeed, are you going to put them in a pot, and see what colour they are, or cross fingers and stick them in the border? OH just picked me up an urn from a skip, its plastic but it looks like weathered copper, and its HUGE ;D |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 28, 2007 18:06:41 GMT
Well done on the Urn SL it sounds really nice, don't you just love it.....skip treasure ;D My OH must turn a blind eye to so much stuff that I'd love I'm currently working on my nephew who works with OH ;D I tell him he's my chief salvage man. It was down to him that I got the decking the other day, OH knew he'd spill the beans if it had ended up in the skip. The bulbs had good stong shoots on them despite the fact that they were as dry aas a bone. I've put them in the 2 terracota pots I got from the skip, I'm sure the old couple would be happy that they have found a good home I keep thinking now what else was in that skip that I didn't see |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 18:25:20 GMT
It may well be still there chuckles, but its a bit dark now for a look-see first thing tomorrow would be the very best bet, skip companies can pick up any day but Ive never seen one work sundays. ;D You never know what landed in there after you left. On the lottie I have many such treasures, I keep my Tbags and Biscuit tin etc in a filing cabinet....guess where that was from? |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 28, 2007 19:16:36 GMT
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 19:21:39 GMT
Just asked OH if he would take me, like you I don't drive Guess what he said NO  How mean is that?  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 21:26:59 GMT
Oh well I know youll work on him, one day he`ll think why should I pay when I can recycle? ;D Did you know recycled brick and slate is more expensive than new?  does that make sense to you? |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 28, 2007 21:45:10 GMT
He's not too bad SL I do get some things from off jobs, he's just not got the vision with some stuff that I have ;D I think they blame the cost on the actual labour intensity of recyling it SL . |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 28, 2007 21:54:54 GMT
I do all that bit myself, when I get it home off the skip, its just a case of safety specs and a brick hammer, (and work well away from windows) One day Ill let you know why thats soooo important |
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Post by borderbabe on Jan 31, 2007 15:52:58 GMT
We've just recycled a round patio from the neighbours - it was going on a skip otherwise - no more worn patch under the table and chairs this summer - or my glass of wine at a funny angle!!
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 31, 2007 15:56:31 GMT
OMG they cost hundreds of pounds! well done Borderbabe! |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 31, 2007 16:02:39 GMT
Nice one BB, hope you get it laid soon. It will blend in straight away with it not being new. Will there be before and after pics for us to see ;D ;D
I got palputaions this morning hearing OH order 2 skips for a job ;D
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jan 31, 2007 17:27:57 GMT
Will you be lurking around the skips wearing dark glasses, a raincoat and a false moustache?
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 31, 2007 17:39:18 GMT
Will you be lurking around the skips wearing dark glasses, a raincoat and a false moustache? to far away CPB at least 40 mins on a bus and dressed like that Nah. Will have to rely on him thinking of me |
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Post by Barbara on Jan 31, 2007 20:09:54 GMT
a good way to compost is to get one of those big bags that have sand or cement in them, you know the mesh ones,
as you fill it up you just pull the handles and it turns the compost, and after a couple of years it rots down to compost as well,
it lets in rain water but because it's got holes in for drainage it never gets too wet
barbara
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. He used a digger and it went in a big skip :(Could of recycled it on top of some pots. Hayho can't win um all 
