A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2004 Any trash pickers, junkers out there?

Barb H,
For kids or for having my kids run some flowers
over to my mother, I use the empty "JUGS" from the store, the little ones, called JUGS, *actually they are not juice, just frucose corn syrup, which I normally don't buy, but in the
summer sometimes just for a quick treat I get them
for them and some friends that come over,
but I have to save the jugs...
they make the cutest vases!!!!
And they don't break!!!
And they can sit out on a picinic table and
look so cute!!!

Weezie

Barb have you ever seen this type of china? I found a few pieces really cheap then it was featured in a couple of magazines and the prices hit the roof.

pretty china

One of the neatest garage sale finds I've gotten was two 50 cent plastic pot with dirt in them that I set aside somewhere in the yard to do some container gardening with "someday"--and then in the spring discovered they were growing Asian lilies!!! That was the best 50 cents I've ever spent, lol!!

We have such pick ups by weekly in my neighbourhood.....and I simply LUV getting out there!! Mind you, my partner would rather slough behind the sun glasses and steering wheel than be seen going through all the curbsite riches....lol

Rue,

I realize this is late in replying! I've had some time to just *hang out* and read...but i love CHINTZ!!! I only have a teapot that I bought, but i'd love to get more. IMO, the place setting people should get on the ball and start making some chintz stuff again...since the antique chintz is so expensive something moderately priced and new is something I'd definately consider.

oh...my mother just gave me all of her grandmother's and great grandmother's linen and crocheted lace tablecloths! You can only imagine the treasures they are, as my grandfather was lacemaker in Nottingham, England before he came over to the U.S. I am so excited about it and plan to use one of the tablecloths as a summer bedspread. I wouldn't dare use it on my tables with my messy boys, so I'm hoping it will work as a summer spread for decor purposes only.

Have a happy day!
Barb H.

How wonderful about your lace, that is too cool. It will be beautiful as a bedspread.

So do you make lace?

There is new chintz being made. I have seen it for sale in Victoria magazine. It is almost as expensize as the old.

Reading all these posts brought back such good memories from my childhood. Especially about going to the dump! I hadn't thought about that in so many years...and it was so FUN! In Cuba (early 60's) the dump was piled high with mostly office stuff. (Amazing what the government throws away!) I can remember full boxes of paper, pens, etc. Typewriters were a big item there, and every one of them that we ended up with worked fine.
A friend of my mom's had an inside connection to the local dump here (Ky) when I was a teenager, and it was like Christmas...literally. American Greetings factory dumped truck loads of cards, wrapping paper, decorative soaps, candles, EVERYTHING here. We would have yard sales and sell the stuff (there was a big demand for the "Holly Hobby" stuff at the time!). This was such a blessing because we were pretty poor when I was growing up. But, man, we were happy!

And in Norfolk, Va. in the 60's we lived in a quiet, older neighborhood. Once a week everyone would set stuff they didn't want, but was too good to throw away, at the curb. Everyone would drive around the neighborhood and take what they wanted. It was such fun!

Thanks for the memories!

I love finding "junk" and using it in my garden! Old shutters becom backdrops for low growing plants, old chairs become planters, old iron bedframes become flower "beds", stryofoam heads (like used to hold wigs) become planters, old tricycles find a home in my wildflower beds, old beer bottles make charming vases for picnics, old rakes and other gardening tools get nailed to the side of my shed for trelises, old tires become tiny garden borders, old brick foundation blocks make charming outdoor side tables...I have found that just about anything can be re-used given a little time, effort, and lots of creativity!

Angelia,
Your garden sounds really, really fun!!!
Wish we had some pictures!!!

I like stuff like that too. I have an old wooden
chair and I have plants and bulbs under it...
I also have an old pedastal sink and tub.

And I have an older tricycle I'm eyeballin' for something! I'll figure something out!!!

Weezie

Ooooo, I got the best deals at a a yard sale today......a box of terra cotta pots(about 30 of them) for 5 bucks, a huge concrete frog(the paint on him is chipped so I'm restoring it) for a dollar, a wooden spinner to hang on the porch for 50 cents, 3 baskets with the tags still on with liners in them for 1.50!!!, a set of 3 terra cotta ducks- mother, and 2 baby ducks for 2 dollars.....I'm so happy!!!!! I love a good yard sale.....and it was huge and wasn't just all junk!

Wow, sounds like you really made out great loz! Way to go I got a grat deal on 150 4" plastic pots for $10.00 this morning, I am going to have so many seeds going my family isn't going to have a table to eat on any more...at least not for a while lol. The old man doesn't know it yet, but I am snagging his hanging shop light out of the garage too...I believe I have me a new grow room

Chrissy, that's funny.....I have a lot of seeds too......hubby just lets me do my thing now I convinced him it's cheaper than buying them at wallyworld....I counted the pots and it's actually 40 of them.....lol Now the question is, what do I do with them all.... Plus she only actually charged me 4 for the box, instead of 5.....

16 of them will fill 2 new plant stands I ordered that just came.....I may paint a few of the them......I don't know yet.....maybe give a few to mom......When I bought the frog I was thinking of you weezie......I'm not a frog lover, but something about this big heavy frog spoke to me.....I had to save him and give him a makeover....he was in bad shape, but I saw the potential. He's almost done, I've been painting him off and on all day.

Chrissy,

Will the shop light work for a grow light???? I am looking for some inexpensive way to grow stuff....a shop light will be perfect, if it will work!

Barb H.

Hi Barb, I use the plain old shop light fixtures & then I buy grow light bulbs for inside them. It is a lot cheaper than actually buying the entire grow light fixture & bulb sets that they sell. I have actually heard a few people online claim they just use the plain old shop bulbs as grow lights...so that may be an option, not real sure on that one. But The grow bulbs can be purchased for 10 bucks at walmart or meijers around here.

Chrissy,

Thanks for the tip....maybe i can get shop lights too...or...even just some extra lamps with the grow lights in them. I have one grow lamp, but think i need quite a few more to work well in my garage.

Barb

when we were stationed up in Maine they have the same thing. City wide garage sle. Take no longer needed furniture to curb and it is free to anybody. It was great-however- there was a couple moving in and had their stuff outside while they were in the process of moving in. They weren't inside for very long and when they cme out-you guessed it half their stuff was gone! They "caught" one family going through their stuff and called the police. Thought they were being robbed. They ended up putting up a notice in the paper begging people to return their goods as it wasn't being toust out. Not to much got returned. I felt bad for them.

Moondance




Ohmigosh, those poor people!!!

That is just awful. Here in my neighborhood we have city wide curb day. Anything you don't want can go on the curb Friday morning & the city will pick it up & dispose of it Sunday morning. That gives everyone in town the weekend to drive around & see if they would like to take anything on the curb. Only difference here is we have to buy a pack of stickers (10 for $1.00) & slap one on every item we wish to donate to the "curb shoppers" or have disposed of by the city. If it hasn't got a big orange tag on it, it isn't up for grabs is how it goes here.

Last week I pulled a really neat oak, sling back chair with a foot rest out of the trash.

Going garage saling tommorrow. Can`t wait.

Oh did I ever land a good find this morning:) They are tearing down the court house across the street from my home & building a new one...well the whole place was professionally landscaped with flowering trees & all sorts of other trees & shrubs. Well I went over there this morning around 7am & asked if they could possibly use their backhoe & dig some of that stuff up for me rather than saw it apart with chainsaws & throw it in the dumpster as they had started to do. Well they were more than happy to save themselves all that sawing & I have many new things to plant in my yard. They are saving everything they can get a nice root ball on aside for me to go pick up later tonight. And so far they have given me the tree below & 3 flowering shrubs. Yay!!!

Chrissy that is a wonderful find! Have you gotten everything planted?

Just last week I went to another garage sale and was reminded of another thing I collect. Wooden coat hangers that have been printed with logos.

I have about 12 hangers, some are from the Sheraton, Hilton, The Brown Hotel in Louisville, etc. In the antique shops they cost $1-$3. At the garage sale I found one for $0.10. Yippie!

Yep, I got it all planted with the help of my son & his girlfriend:) The tree & shrub I have so far are huge, it took all three of us to get them in the ground. I am sure I will find other stuff to plant too. I have been over at the dig site for days as soon as they are done working to sift through & see what I can find.

The court house deconstruction site where I am getting all of my goodies. Look at all those bricks, I have been getting wheelbarrow loads of them to make flower beds with:)

My tree all planted & cozy in its new home:)

My new shrub...this was not easy to get into the ground. The root ball was nearly as big as the shrub itself.

Wish I would have known you collect wooden hangers Rue...I had a boxful of them (I used to be a housekeeper for a Holiday Inn) & I just threw them out. If I ever get anymore I will send them off to you:)

WOW Chrissy,
What a bonus with all those brick's,
I'd be over there with my wheelbarrow too!!!
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Weezie

I second that WOW Chrissy!
The tree and bush look so healthy!
And you did a great job with the bricks!
What good fortune for you!

Chrissy that's fantastic!!!! I'd be over there myself....lol It's not everyday you get free stuff!!!!