Scrounge any good things lately? I did!

[Beekissed]

Those are very big and sturdy pallets! I can't find anything like that around here, sad to say. I bet Aly would love to get her paws on those!

You must be in the middle of scrounge heaven, Karan!

 

[karanleaf]

U bet cha

Karan

 

[freemotion]

Man, would I love to get my paws on those pallets!!! I could use three or four of them for my winter's firewood!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

LOOK at those pallets!!!!! *drools*

They made a beautiful fence!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[karanleaf]

Thanks Gang Yes they did make a wonderful fence I am trying to get 2 or 3 more to finish it on the other side of our moble home.

We have used smaller pallets for our fire wood as well for the last 4 years. and I plan to use smoe of the smaller ones for my compost bins as well. There are so many uses for wood pallets.

Reclaim and Reuse is the name of the game

Karan

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Hey Karan, your greenhouse is looking really good! Did you cover the ends with glass windows? Is the top plastic? I just wonder, because from the photo it looks like you have a bluish glaze on the windows, so I wondered what materials you used. It looks good, in any case.

 

[karanleaf]

Hey Karan, your greenhouse is looking really good! Did you cover the ends with glass windows? Is the top plastic? I just wonder, because from the photo it looks like you have a bluish glaze on the windows, so I wondered what materials you used. It looks good, in any case.

Drakemaiden Thanks , I am really proud of it and DH's hard work.
It is an 8 mil thick vinyl that DH found called Vinyl pane. It was delveloped by a man who was trying to find a window covering for his chicken coop that the chickens couldn't easily damage. It is 2x the thickness as the greenhouse plastic we cover the rest of it with. I sure wish we could afford to cover the whole thing with it. Just to cover the front was $200 So just try to imagine how much it wold cost to cover it all. In April we had wind take a 15' x 20' area torn out of the top of the east side. It took a 50' x 100' tarp to cover the greenhouse. That is why it looks blue in the photo. DH cut a 15' section off the end of the tarp after it was stapled down. so I am guessing it would be 50' x 85' area. I told DH maybe we could do a panel of the month or so. I wish

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Well, good luck Karan! It looks great from the front! Ours is glass on one end, the rest is greenhouse plastic sheeting . . . we will probably glass over all of the bottom portions, but you know, it scares me to think of having a glass roof, and I am not the most careful person as far as having gardening implements inside of a glass sided building!!!!! I like the way the vinyl looks, so I will keep it in mind! Progressing one panel at a time, sounds like a good goal to me. I hope you can keep the momentum going!

 

[giasmom]

Okay I'm a newbie here, however I am not new to scrounging things. My latest find was today on the side of the road in my moms neighborhood. I found one of those Hamilton Beach Water Dispensers. It holds the 3 or 5 gallon water jugs, has the storage area on the lower 1/2, it also dispenses HOT & COLD water. Looked like it was in great shape so I got it. I was planning on tearing it apart to see what all was inside it I might could use at a later date. Anyway I plugged it in & it worked ! Only thing I could find wrong with it was the cold water didn't really get that cold. So I started looking into , why? I noticed one of the fans in the back of it was not working. Its the same size as a computer fan, which I have many of , so I replaced it & now it looks & runs GREAT ! All I really was hoping for was that it might have a usable thermostat in it I could use to build a new bator for my eggs. Now I have this NICE dispenser that I really have no use for but don't want to part it out because it works! Sorry so long, just wanted to share.
Thanks for having me here !

 

[freemotion]

Maybe you can sell it and buy something you need and want! Cool!