It pays to chat to your local tip manager

possum · Post: # 66988Post **possum** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:47 am

Here in rural NZ we don't have rubbish collection, we take it to the local refuse station. One of the guys who runs it is really friendly, I have chatted to him a lot, including about my plans to set up an eco friendly plant nursery. He was very happy that I would take plastic milk bottles to cut up and make into plant pots. So happy that last weekend he asked if I would pop to his place (he is what is classed as a neighbour here, only a few km down the road) and pick up a couple of bags of plant pots.
Here is what I picked up, the bags completely filled the back of the estate car and I think I still had a couple of bags left to open when I took this shot.

ina · Post: # 66994Post **ina** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:38 am

Nice one, Possum!

The guy who runs my local tip (ergh, recycling centre) is a bit of a gardener himself. He's done a brilliant job around all the containers - nice beds along the side of the property, planted up and decorated with stuff that he found in the bins...

possum · Post: # 67002Post **possum** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:23 am

yes I really couldn't believe how many there were, worth a couple of beers to him at least. Not shown are a whole load of peat pots, slightly damp, but nothing a couple of nights inside couldn't sort out.

Thomzo · Post: # 67028Post **Thomzo** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:25 am

Yikes, I've probably got at least that many sitting in my shed. Perhaps it's time to start a 101 uses for (or have we done that already).

Zoe

hoomin_erra · Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:45 pm

Dunno about pots, but i managed to get this out of my local skip.

Perfect working condition!!!!!

Thurston Garden · Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:36 pm

How did I not find that skip before you? Was it in C'P?

hoomin_erra · Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:45 pm

Nope, Dunbar. At first i thought it was just the case, but lifting it out was too heavy, and was gobsmacked when i took the lid off and found this.

Thought, "Ok, must be something wrong with it." Nope, Sandi is already using it. Not a problem yet, and that was 3 months ago!!!!

Thurston Garden · Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:11 pm

Lucky b*ggers!

(green with envy......)

Millymollymandy · Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:52 am

That looks like my washing up pile outside my barn.....

Well done Possum! You never know what other goodies he might put aside for you in the future.