why pay anything for pots when you can get them free that is if you know someone that has horses or cows. As another posted commented, Ive heard that construction sites are good places to get leftover lumber, rebar and possibly wire mesh. MESSAGE. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. We love our dried tomatoes! Just call the school to find out who is in charge of the kitchens. Yesterday, I went to the Home Depot to pick up a gallon of stain for the garden boxes. They now must have there workers pick it an then donate it. After all, I had 15 minutes to burn until my stain was ready so I took my time walking past the tables and carts of flowers and shrubs . Vitalix quality livestock supplements lead our customers to new levels of performance, efficiency, convenience and profits. How about YOU? I picked up a couple of these and tried everything I could think of even storing bleach in them, could never get the smell out. Horse Feeder Hangers & Brackets Shop All. I scored a number of large Tidy Cat Cat litter buckets from a friend who recycles everything and five tires from a local tire store. Awesome freebies Mavis! Shop for Livestock Protein & Minerals at Tractor Supply Co. Buy online, free in-store pickup. Lowes will sell damaged plants real cheap, but home depot just throws the out. The height is 16 inches, so I filled them with soil and planted longer-type carrots there that I cant plant in the bed, since my soil is heavy with lots of clay. Also, there is a strip mall near my house where several big retailers have outlet stores. And then theres always Craigslist. Low and behold I found two very big bags. If you have or know anyone that has empty unwanted cattle mineral tubs. I was sharing this so if folks who need any help giving or receiving you can contact a Gleaners near you. Plastic Feed Tub, Plastic Water Tub, Plastic Storage Tub Multi Sided Tubs & Straight Sided Tubs Container Gardening - Planter Pots - Farm - Ranch - Home 15 GALLON WHITE Round PLASTIC OPEN TOP TUBS Dimensions: 14" H. x 20" W. 20 GALLON GREEN Multi-Sided PLASTIC OPEN TOP TUBS Dimensions: 14" H. x 23" W. As I was waiting for my order to be processed, I headed over to the flower section to see if there was anything I was interested in. My neighbor use to attach rope handles to his like the one pictured and take them to consignment sales and laugh all the way to the bank (I think was getting about $8-$10 for them). After lugging them to the post office, was told it was illegal to mail anything labeled with liquor or wine on the box. 2-Seat Mini Spas | Freeflow Spas I tried to contact the business online, but the manager at the location I went to never got back to me. . Receive a $4 voucher for each 200-250 lb. Looking for a good gardening book? please dont call them customers. Too bad I dont have a car (I walk everywhere or take the bus) or I would have gotten lots more!! Receive a $4 voucher for each 200-250 lb. I try to buy my eggs only in the cardboard cartons. Not only did I get a boatload of large black plastic pots for the greenhouse from the Home Depot, but I also stopped by the Albertsons bakery department and asked if they had any cookie or frosting buckets they wanted to get rid of. Write me here [ if its OK with Mavis.???] I have been using them for 3 years, but just turn them backwards most of the time. The house is on a hill and already had two raised beds in the yard, one of bricks and the other concrete blocks, which I completed filled with herbs and veggies. 12126 State Highway 111, Yoakum, Tx., 77995-6684. You can either nurse the plant back or toss/compost it and keep the pot. Shoot I think I offered too much but still a great discount. We have four large round and four oval stock tanks that we got off Craigs list, Yesterday my oldest daughter brought us a pickup load of composted horse manured and I work for the garden center that put on the chicken coop tour last year and we have what we call alley specials. It is our pot recycling program and dump it there location. I suppose I could soak them in my bath tub. Recycle Used Tubs - Olsen's For Healthy Animals Most boxes have handles, and some even come with dividers, which are great for glasses and fragile items. If you dont have a truck, you can usually borrow one from a friend. It is a horse stock tank. Oh wow, I definitely never knew that! I hauled away three truckloads of plug flats, 2, 4, and 6 inch pots, 3,4,6 and 9 packs and nearly new 12 to 16 foot 2x4s. They have a cafeteria for the employees and I asked one of the cooks if I could have their pickle buckets. A comparable tub is about $15 new. Have you scored any awesome freebies lately? No Smoking, No Pets. I tend to be chicken little sometimes. Best part is it is free! I have lilac bushes I want to put in them to give them a good start. Carrot roots wont form a new carrot That was until I saw what he was doing and very graciously offered to take them off his hands. And except for two plants I bought cheap last summer, even the plants are recycled people who moved and dumped them in the trash, poor things , Oh and re recycling, I also get Burlap bags from a nearby coffee roaster and he gave me sturdy plastic bags for my grocery shopping. I always assumed they were kept and reused. She had a large stack of battery boxes already flattened. I would never give away plastic frosting buckets(or sale) them as a person whom had been given a free bucket used it for food purposes and had sued for getting his customers ill. what a contradiction.. its already being used for food purposes.. makes ya think huh? Up to 2 Adults. Fresh organic mineral tubs full of rabbit manure. tubs* at only Farmers Cooperative locations, August 1 through August 20, 2022. They are filled with minerals and supplements for cattle and are put out into the pasture for the castle to eat. Fill the bottom with rocks/sand/other fill to keep from having to waste lots of good garden soil and to provide better drainage. Also Its good to check out any FLORISTS or smaller GARDEN CENTERS [ not stores the size of Lowes!] Purina and Olsen's are teaming up to recycle those used tubs you've got laying around! Thank you. Let it stay for about a week. Loved finding your blog post about free gardening containers at Home Depot. You can find deals online as well. There were 11 left so I asked if they would mark them down more if I took all 11. TennesseeTuxedo CT Supporter CT Supporter Joined Jul 9, 2011 Messages 18,962 WD-40 will remove most adhesive from most anything. Yes, definitely think sustainability and reuse anything we can. I even got three half plastic drums, like the ones used to hold rainwater. ALTOSID AVALIA-4 without water for maximum portability, so you can take it with you. Only the tops grow. I am looking for ranchers or farmers wanting to get rid of empty used mineral, protein, molasses tubs. How do you get the pickle smell out? We get 30 a month. I refuse to pay for boxes. spent money to make them, to print on them and its their property. Tarson Pools & Spas | The leaders in Swimming Pools, Spas, Billiards Thanks for letting me know. They would throw out so much food from deli and produce, it made me cringe. I recycle it all and I dont have to go out and buy those same things most people put in the trash and then go out and buy it again, If you buy plants at lowes save the containers and reuse them. The boxes were heavy-duty and on the small size, perfect for heavy stuff like plates or books, so I gladly took those off her hands. On another note, I never pay for boxes. We can get the black pots that you are talking about from our local garden centers for about $1 per pot. Do you clorox your pots before use, or just agree that shortening will add to the health of your plants? I promised it was for the animals, but they wouldnt allow it. Unlike plastic or acrylic tubs - our wooden hot tubs are built using a 100% renewable resource of both clear western red cedar and alaskan yellow cedar, harvested using sustainable forestry management. I scored over 200 5 gallon pots and several dozen 1 gallon containers as well. Yada Yada Yada, Can I have these? Suuuuure she said, obviously unaware of the riches I was holding in the form of black plastic pots. Empty mineral tubs for tree plantings and all kinds of uses | Sheldon, ND buckets are school kitchens. There should be a press release on this for the cheapskates like me out there. For drop trays I use the plastic tops from Safeways bakery items. I got a whole bunch of large to xx-large plant pots from someone who was selling his property and had tons of these planters on his property. They are great for starting seeds. We moved 7 times in 2 years and I never paid for moving boxes either. I thought I must have heard wrong so I went to take a look. PS- If any one is near me [ in the Hudson Valley of NY State] I have PLENTY of Posts to share.. You can wash the container out with bleach, but the pickle smell remains. Molasses tubs for sale. The farmers buy maple oats in big buckets just ask them they might give them to you but you may have to collect them your self. Pickle juice is very acidic. My daughter and son in law gives me theres. I ask for one, and have NEVER been refused! The cardboard is twice as thick as a regular box. As a child in the 80s, I grew up enjoying the smells at the gas station. The big ring of cinnamon rolls is awesome for the larger pots, plus you get cinnamon rolls. I found gold. Please email me @ mc2fgen@gmail.com. Knock yourself out.. I am sad to say that most grocers no longer give away old produce due to the chance of illness/lawsuits. Score! Minimum purchase 55 gallons. The guy in the garden department also suggested looking at the rack with distressed plants that are on clearance some come in really nice pots. Baking soda and vegetable oil. The kind of plain Jane pots trees come in when you buy them at a nursery. Your email address will not be published. Pictures speak for themselves good quality hay. Empty mineral tubs - $5 (Bremond) | Garden Items For Sale | College Roses can be done the same way. Well, not perfectly level, but good enough. The boxes that Starbucks coffee comes in are on the smallish size, so theyre perfect for packing books, and dont get too heavy. That is not cool. for someone stocking shelves with the size box I need. You can find plants and seeds on craigslist also. If these shops sell Annuals, Perennials or Trees/Bushes [ and do the install on them] they have a ton of POTS left over.. Behind the mall is where they keep their dumpsters/trash, and its a box wonderland. Lots of empty lick tubs to be used for gardening or planters most are I used 10 5-gallon pots to neatly stack all the branches I pruned off my fruit trees, which are now stored neatly in the shed. My biggest and best score was when the restaurant in our bldg closedi got their planter boxes, wooden crates, a big basket i store my garden tools in and two small tables all for FREE! Yeah, something seems inherently wrong with this. Plus, it only weighs 250 lbs. Actually a little. But 2-3 days later I found someone giving away a bunch. Each voucher is for ONE (1) $4 credit for the future purchase of a Purina protein tub. OLS Tubs - Livestock Feed Supplements & Mineral On the forest path was a mama deer and her two fawns. No luck. Some tire stores wont sale or give away their tires but some will. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Poke a hole in the bottom and use either plastic or cardboard cartons. Holy canoli, I have been interested in starting a container garden, but didnt think I could afford it! anyways also in the floral dept at frys or krogers they have vegetables an fruit n floral seeds they must get rid of once a year. I have 7 FEMA RVs I rent by the month. Poultry Feeders Shop All. Did he just say $9.42 each? If you have some you would like to 55 gallon drum of Molasses on sale for $217.50! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=421028274654330&set=a.401721439918347.94479.386514208105737&type=1&theater. Previously just wrote a comment on free buckets. The P. O . Over there he pointed, as he walked by, and they are only $9.42 each. The seeds do start up, then I put some soil over that and give the plants added nutrients. By law the Post office is not allowed to earn any substantial profit, its expected to operate on a break even premise. I did not know that Home Depot gives away their plant pots. It's ok if there's holes in the bottom. Its glorious, and is at dollar tree! I dont. We glean thousands of pounds of produce a year. PALLET OF 16 EMPTY MINERAL TUBS Online Auctions - 0 Listings | EquipmentFacts.com - Page 0 of 0 Powered by TractorHouse.com, MachineryTrader.com, TruckPaper.com & MarketBook.com SIGN UP NOW for the EquipmentFacts.com Weekly Update! We will definitely keep this in mind each and every time we make a trip there. Required fields are marked *. It works really well! Buckets, Pails & Tubs Shop All. They had a cart with some flowers that werent watered, and looked about dead, I asked if I could just have it, so she asked and no but I could buy it for 50 cents. We have a chicken joint here that has 5 gallon buckets with lids ( I use them for storage too!) If its looking sad and we dont have the space to revive it it goes in the alley and becomes free for the taking. They decorate the inside of businesses with plants, like the ones you see in the malls and other businesses you go to. Thanks EVERYONE for all your great Tips and for sharing in OUR LOVE of Gardens! Price and other details may vary based on product size and color. As far as open bags of soil, fertilizer, mulch etc, we give a % of based on the amount gone. I also picked up 13 glass walls. must have been someones sunroom. Mineral Low Moisture Lick Tubs Rancher's Choice Vitalix offers a complete range of tubs for any season, condition, and forage quality to meet the nutritional needs of your livestock. Just ask & you can get all you need. Where do you get those large galvanized steel troughs? I was disappointed but I still go back there because of their prices. I asked if i could have it, and was told no, it had to be put into the dumpster that stayed locked! They are made of excellent material and I really think they can somehow be "repurposed". I am a volunteer Gleaner for many years, but have been a Gleaner since before i could walk. I will definitely look into that and Lowes as well. Here are just a few of my favorites, narrowing this list down was tough! Freebies are awesome! coffee grounds. Worked for me. Thank you! Put the sprouts in the paste and plant. Panera bread pickle buckets with coffee grounds in them. Im in Florida. You see, we make I think its 175% within poverty level. It never hurts to ask! And I worked in the garden section of Home Depot one year !!! I cant find them anywhere! The only plant that survived was the ghost pepper. My better half scored 15 yellow cat litter buckets on the road side. Way to go! This year 2016 farmers can no longer have there orchards gleaned due to the chance of illness/diseases. I got married on Ocras. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way. (sigh) One of the few things I miss about the States. I also had the good fortune recently of asking a landscaper crew if they were going to Keep their empty pots and was told, if I pick them up, I was welcome to them. Remember to drill drainage holes in them. . Sure enough, Home Depot was selling the common black plastic pots for almost $10. Barrel Hot Tubs, Cedar Hot Tubs and Wooden Hot Tubs We dont get any assistance like food stamps (although, I must admit, I wish we could! Youve got plants growing! Packaged primarily in the 225 pound size, they resist the elements, not digestion. Repurpose Cattle Tubs at Farmers Coop - Farmer's Co-op In the cafe near where my husband works, they were throwing away pickle buckets (wow did they stink!). They asked how much & when I said $2 each they said ok. Weve grown green beans with great success in them, also tomatoes, and flowers, too. I found some incredible reads that taught me so much and made me realize how much I didnt know. Yes I have. The Growers dont want the pots back [ due to fears of disease and/or bugs, etc] and the FLORISTS or GARDEN CENTERS are stuck with them.. and usually throw them out in droves. . Your email address will not be published. While it was there, I got lots of great stuff, but the all time best was the food dehydrator! LOL. If u live on the west coast and near a frys food store or u live towards the east krogers go to the floral dept they have plenty of really nice black buckets. My husband asked if he could have them for a planter he was building for me. Nice to know Im not the only one who does this stuff. My animals wouldve loved that produce! We also give out the produce we dont need to cook with if we have too much. We also have plant donations. Believe me, it does not take up that much space and it saves a lot of money. Recycle Used Tubs. Quite park. Simply fill it up with a nearby hose, plug it into any standard 110v .
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