Picking Up Pine Cones / myLot

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Gouverneur, New York

June 2, 2019 10:51am CST

I can remember going out every year picking up pine cones, bagging them and selling them. Believe it or now it because a lucrative seasonal way to make money. I would only save the best for the people who purchased them. Some of them I would scent with cinnamon and charge a dollar more a bag than the regular ones. I sold them for a decent price so I always sold a lot of bags of pinecones. It was funny to me that it took so little effort on my part to gather, clean, and scent them. I was always amazed at the fact that people would not go out in their neighborhood and gather them to use. They were everywhere and they were free to whoever took the time to pick them up. I was glad to do so. I received pictures from a few of the customers who used them craft-wise and was happy to see they were not just thrown into a fire. Did you every find an easy way to make a little extra money?

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45111)

• Canada

2 Jun 19

My mom got me a job when I was 14 years old selling fruits and vegetables at a farmer's market and I worked since then till I retired. I always found some work to do.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45111)

• Canada

3 Jun 19

@kepweng Yes, we need activity and things to do.

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

6 Jun 19

@1hopefulman So have I. Some of us just have the work gene flowing through our blood.

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

6 Jun 19

@kepweng For many of the older generation, work is their lives.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

2 Jun 19

Not any more.No need for extra money But sounds good.I know many people doing this.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

6 Jun 19

@HazySue yes you can for Christmas they decorate this on the wreath.Good money in that.

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

6 Jun 19

That's great. So, you can still make money doing things such as that.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

2 Jun 19

We always have a lot of pine cones in our yard every year.

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

6 Jun 19

I don't know if you could still make money selling up but it might be worth a try.

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91013)

• United States

2 Jun 19

What a fun and lucrative way to make some extra money. I love pinecones especially when they're scented with cinnamon.

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

6 Jun 19

It was fun. It also got me out in the fresh air more.

Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

3 Jun 19

@HazySue How do you sell a pine cone? My dog I had loved pine cones. I wish I could say I can make easy money but it seems like I try to find ways to make money and it is hard.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

6 Jun 19

@HazySue Did you leave them the way they are or paint them? I am curious what people buy pine cones?

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

6 Jun 19

@HazySue Thanks and I was curious.

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Aanshi Raghava

@Aansh13 (11433)

• New Delhi, India

2 Jun 19

I never got a chance to do anything extra, because life has kept me on toes. But pinecones are really my favorites, I remember collecting and coloring them for decorative uses at home

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

6 Jun 19

Sometimes we a put in a situation where we need to make a little more money. I liked selling pinecones online.

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Aanshi Raghava

@Aansh13 (11433)

• New Delhi, India

6 Jun 19

@HazySue Great