Bill,
You're my kind o' guy! I would do the same thing, and NOT worry about the neighbors. I wish more people would spend more time minding their own business anyway. Let's put a microscope on their lives and see how they size up. Just sayin'. My only other comment is that I, too, would be composting those seed hulls. That's the first thing I thought of, and am glad someone else addressed it. I don't throw anything organic away; just doesn't make sense to me. The earth has been designed to regenerate itself in this way, and it's fun to watch it do so.
Keep on Salvaging! It should be our motto/battle cry. I enjoy seeing how creative people can be in their endeavor to re-use. These things are much more interesting to look at and aesthetically pleasing that some mass produced garbage bought from an overpriced retailer. You know the ones I mean: places with names like (rhymes with) oughta be darned. Can we say that? Trying not to run afoul of the group rules.
Christine-Mpls
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Z" <devilsadvacat@...> wrote:
>
>
> It surprises and annoys me how many people will throw
> good wood into the trash because they don't have a
> current use for it anymore, especially since I am
> living with one of those people now.
>
> There is NEVER a good reason to throw out an oak
> or "real" wood board in my opinion, because it can
> always be taken apart and stored very easily.
>
> My significant other tried to throw out a bunk bed
> frame a few weeks ago and now it is sitting on it's
> side in our garden, where despite her protests, I am
> using it as a support for the tomato plant wire supports.
>
> Last year she frequently complained that the standalone
> wire supports were not sturdy enough to support our plants.
> Every time there was a windy day, we had to go out
> and try to reposition the wire frames so that they
> would support the tomatoes again.
>
> But because the metal wire supports were intended for
> that purpose, that was all she wanted to continue
> using again this year.
>
> Now I have cup holders screwed into the wood frame
> at exactly the right positions to prevent the wire
> frames from moving. They can't move up or down, left
> or right unless someone were to unscrew something.
>
> Our garden runs parallel to our garage and the frame
> is wedged between the bricks on the garden perimeter
> and the garage. I cut 2" off each of the heavy
> end-frames' feet so they are wedged perfectly into
> an area 28" wide.
>
> This frame will probably support our tomatoes through
> a hurricane now, but because the bunk bed frame was
> intended for some other purpose, she is still annoyed
> that the neighbors might see it and figure out its'
> original purpose.
>
> (This was especially annoying to me, because her
> deceased brother built shelves out of particle board
> in our basement before I was part of her life
> and I detest particle board, especially for shelving.
> So I was planning to use this real wood to replace
> parts of the shelving when I retrieved it from the
> trash and only later decided to use the wood in our
> garden when I realized it was already the perfect
> height and width.)
>
> Many of our arguments are about me wanting to re-purpose
> something she has trashed like this.
>
> -------------------
>
> Last year when I redid our screened porch, I replaced
> all the screens but I kept the old screens and reframed
> them and now they are sitting under my bird feeders.
>
> When the birds spill sunflower seeds on the ground,
> they end up on the screen and when the pidgeons
> are done sorting through them, it is a simple matter
> to lift the screens and empty the shells into a trash
> can.
>
> I now like to empty the screens while she is watching,
> so I can remind her that she wanted me to just throw
> all the screens out and how smart it was for me to
> save them. (grin)
>
> Life is good.
>
> Bill Zardus
> Delaware County, PA
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WingedFriends/
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Recycled_Gardens/
>
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