Another's trash becomes our treasure
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326191)
Rockingham, Australia
March 31, 2022 2:29am CST
Our district will be having a roadside or verge pick-up in a few weeks and people have started putting out stuff that they no longer have any use for. The residents of our village have a point outside the clubhouse where unwanted material is to be placed. Of course, each household’s contribution creates great interest among other residents and we were just as inquisitive as everyone else.
The point of all this waffle is to say that we picked up two troughs which I’ll use in the garden. I might fill them with soil and plant them or I’ll put pots of plants in them. They are rusting a little bit so Vince will paint the inside with bituminous paint to seal them and we’ll paint the outside a dark grey to match the patio posts.
I’m going to the clubhouse this evening to play cards so I might go a bit early in case there are some other goodies to be had.
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@BarBaraPrz (45594)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar 22
@Marty1 Snooker... billiards... pool... hitting hard balls with a long stick called a cue and trying to get the balls into "pockets" along the sides of the table...
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@JudyEv (326191)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Mar 22
Cards is every Thursday but others meet in one of the houses on a different day. I go to craft most Mondays, Zumba and a free movie on Tuesday and there is a Happy Hour each Friday. So there is plenty of activity. There is also yoga, meditation and snooker on other days.
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@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
31 Mar 22
Great for your community to have all of these. Putting in stuff that you are not using can be helpful to others.
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@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
2 Apr 22
@JudyEv yes exactly. Here, we have a FB group in the community, some people are asking in a post if we have things that we are not using anymore.
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@JudyEv (326191)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 22
@jobelbojel That's an excellent idea. There are a lot of such groups here and it's a great idea.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Apr 22
@JudyEv another plus I never thought of.
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@JudyEv (326191)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 22
@bunnybon7 My back seems to really hate planting seedlings in the ground. I'm battling to plant a punnetful before my back really starts hurting.
@wolfgirl569 (95804)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Mar 22
I love those. They will look great when you are done. Hope you find more goodies. I love that way of putting it in one area.
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@wolfgirl569 (95804)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Mar 22
@JudyEv I just use pie pans as they are cheap to buy. But the saucers would be prettier.
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@JudyEv (326191)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Apr 22
@wolfgirl569 It's surprising how much things can cost. I'm a great believer in casing out trash heaps! 
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@DeborahDiane (40066)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Apr 22
@JudyEv - They look very attractive and I am sure they will give you a nice place to put your plants. Best of all, it is easier to take care of plants in a raised planter than getting down on your hands and knees to work in a garden! 
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@DeborahDiane (40066)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Apr 22
@JudyEv - Yes, I find that it hurts my back and knees when I get down on my knees to pull weeds or work in my flower bed. I can't eliminate that flower bed, but if I decide to get more plants I will have to put them on shelves or raised beds!
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@JudyEv (326191)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Apr 22
@DeborahDiane Raised garden beds are a great invention but they take a lot of soil unless you have a division partway up perhaps.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Apr 22
wow. Lucky you. Sounds fantastic. That's going to help you save more money and will look good too.
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@allknowing (130168)
• India
22 Apr 22
That is indeed a nice pick specially when it is free Happy gardening.
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@Marilynda1225 (79974)
• United States
1 Apr 22
Those do look like a treasure and I'm sure you'll find a good use for them. Flowers would look so pretty
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@Marilynda1225 (79974)
• United States
3 Apr 22
@JudyEv pots would give you a good option i think
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@oahuwriter (26778)
• United States
1 Apr 22
That's nice, repurposing things. You got some gems there, saving you money too, just getting them from the roadside. We have bulky items pickup by our City and County, so things the neighbors don't want any longer put outside under our stairs. I've gotten chairs, which is expensive & inaccessible for me a bus rider. But I found it before bulky items pickup got them.
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@oahuwriter (26778)
• United States
3 Apr 22
@JudyEv
Exactly! Before rain or people get to them, hurriedly for good finds, essential.
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@snowy22315 (170599)
• United States
31 Mar 22
Yay, you will make good use of them, and the "price" was right!
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@JudyEv (326191)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Mar 22
I went up there again tonight to play cards and came home with some 'saucers' for big pots. Yay me!!
@RebeccasFarm (86828)
• United States
31 Mar 22
You are great to recycle it JUdy
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@LindaOHio (157330)
• United States
31 Mar 22
Unfortunately after decades of having pickup, they no longer have that service. You must take your items to a collection point. No more perusing through everyone's castoffs. It was always interesting to see people stop in the street and pick up someone's trash to be made into their treasure.
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