[Jeanieblue]

I've joined two local Freecycle groups. Have found a good home for two window boxes, and am proud owner of a large strong plastic tank complete with tap, to use on our allotment.  It's a wonderful idea - but I do wonder if anyone will ever go the extra mile to collect that only slightly scuffed plastic cutlery set !!!!!!!  Mind you, our old cutlery now comes in useful for pricking out and potting on so that we can grow nice veggies to dig into with our new cutlery !!!

[crowndale]

I've got rid of a lot of stuff I no longer wanted and couldn't be bothered to flog on ebay (most of it was not worth much anyway), and am the proud owner now of several pallets and a fireguard.  I keep my eyes open for bargains but am usually too slow for teh best stuff!!

[richyrich7]

I love freecyle so far this year I have gained a rotavator, petrol strimmer, JA's ,exercise bike, to name but a few bits, have given away loads of stuff, church bench, elliptical trainer, tv etc.
According to our local paper Leicester freecycle is one of the busiest in the country. Fab idea better than it going to landfill.

[Little Miss Muffet]

I picked up a load of gardening mags

[emmalm]

I'm now the owner of a compost bin and a manual lawnmower courtesy of freecycle and it is slowly helping to empty my cellar

IMHO its a fantastic idea to share and pass around stuff we may not want, but someone else could really use.

[Aunt Sally]

I'm now the owner of a manual lawnmower courtesy of freecycle

 :mrgreen: I'm so envious, I've been looking for one for the lottie paths for ages without luck  

[fatgit]

Just be careful if taking "good quality top soil".

I collected 8 sacks a couple of weeks ago, and the top few inches of each sack were full of decent soil, the rest was mainly clay and turf, which I have had to dispose of at the local tip.

Some people are out to misuse Freecycle as a way to dispose of any old rubbish that they can't be bothered taking to the tip unfortunately.
Luckily, I'm one of our area's moderators, so I can ensure this user never gets away with it again.
Always ensure that what you are collecting is actually as described, otherwise Freecycle is an excellent resource.

[Redwellies]

This old composter (well I think it is) is my freecycle find.

Is looking good, thought I would make use of the holes.  Needed a new strawberry bed this year.  Watering is easy too!!  

[richyrich7]

Hey I've got one of those flat packed behind the shed I always thought it was a strawberry planter.
 We had it up years ago full of strawberry's but they always seemed to disappear, turns out the kids used to ride round it on their plastic cars etc and eat em all  

[Redwellies]

Hey I've got one of those flat packed behind the shed I always thought it was a strawberry planter.
 We had it up years ago full of strawberry's but they always seemed to disappear, turns out the kids used to ride round it on their plastic cars etc and eat em all  

   

[Aunt Sally]

It's a rotocrop compost bin.  We had one for about 20 years.  Only just replaced it.  They are brilliant, the panels slide up so you can dig the compost out of the bottom.  It originally came with a blow up lid for insulation which fitted into a gap in the joint grooves with little plastic pegs.  That soon got replaced with a piece of carpet.  

Don't they make a great planter  

[siztenboots]

Sadly on freecycle in my area it is all 90% Wanted postings

[WG.]

Hi siztenboots & welcome to the forum.  We have a Welcome Forum if you'd like to introduce yourself ...

[DD.]

Sadly on freecycle in my area it is all 90% Wanted postings

Welcome endorsed.

Yes on my local groups there's a heck of a lot of begging emails, some downright cheeky. If I've got something to give away, then I'll post it.

I've set up a message rule so that anything with 'wanted' in the subject line goes straight into the 'deleted items' folder!

[David.]

This old composter (well I think it is) is my freecycle find

I had one of those composters left on a plot I took over, and only thought of using the holes to weave bailer twine through and tie it to something stable as it kept falling over if filled with compost.