a couple of weeks ago I saw a few louvre doors being thrown out in a builders skip - so I snavvled the louvres because I was pretty sure they'd come in handy. I've started putting them along the fence - - we've got two fences on one side - the original chain mesh fence which is very common on the sunshine coast and the neighbours on that side being brisbanite blow ins decided they needed privacy - so they put up a six foor paling fence. Works wonders for raising seedlings - somewhere where I don't have to bend too much (stuffed back) and somewhere to sit the boxes with the seedlings in - they also only get the morning sun so they don't over heat or get burned.
Its amazing isn't it, once you get into the right frame of mind nearly all the 'rubbish' becomes useful. 8)
I know. I'm a shameless scavenger. My chook run is entirely found and recycled stuff, including an old iron frame found under my son's house, and an old gate. Then I found the frame of an old three section screen: it's now a bean tripod, and some metal things that looked like little ladders - possibly once had shelves on - now up against a wooden fence for more beans to climb on.
OOO i love this kind of thing I am 22 so i get some really weird looks from my friends when they see what i use in the garden... most of them don't even have a house or garden!! I have a smallish chook house that i "bought" from the dump shop for $10 - it was an old timber dog kennel - this is where they sleep, its perfect - has some aeration between the palings but definitely closed in enough to keep warm. The run was made from some other old timber we picked up from the dump - thrown in with the kennel. The chooks "patio" or the covered part of their run was from some nice colorbond, i think that was about $2 a sheet from the dump - obviously offcuts or wrong size as it is in new condition. The only thing we bought was the chicken wire! I'm currently scabbing around looking for something suitable to make a long trough style herb garden along the side of the house!
Yeah probably too wide - the length would be good but down the side of our house is only a narrow space between the house and the fence. It gets plenty of sun, just very narrow.
yeah thats the sort of thing im looking for, but no such luck around here - its all developed and moving something that heavy would be a bit much for our clubsport lol :lol: I think i'll keep an eye out for some old timber planks or something and make it out of those.
Be careful of having damp timber butting onto your house - it could encourage termites. (I found this out the hard way!!!)
thats what i would love to get, i think they look lovely and rustic, however all the farmland around here was for market gardening, not livestock. and transporting it ourselves isn't really an option.
Like the saying goes one mans trash is anothers treasure. That is quiet true in this case and I am very guilty of it myself. I am a self confessed bower bird of long standing and proud of it. 8) 8) 8)
There was concrete washtub on Freecycle not too long ago: https://www.freecycle.org There are 2 brisbane groups, and there is often very useful stuff. I've had chook wire, timber, furniture, toys, etc. And its also a great way to find a good home for all that stuff you don't have a use for (yet!) I've given away windows, beds, cassettes, etc etc.
how good wow this site gets better and better! that freecycle looks so good I hate to throw anything out! If I can give it to some one who needs it thats great. thanks Paul
freecycle is excellent pdb - highly recommend it to anyone. In Oz or overseas. https://www.freecycle.org/ is the link for everyone to start looking for their closest freecycle group