Craigslist and Other Bargains

[seedcorn]

I once bought a round, channel backed chair at a flea market for $2. It was covered in dirty white brocade and was sporting mildew. It was sitting outside, it was wet and it positively stunk. I was thrilled.

I drug it home, placing it in the garage and starting stripping it. I threw away all the stuffing and padding. I kept the fabric pieces for a pattern. I sanded the rust off the springs and bleached the wood frame to kill the mold and mildew. I started rebuilding it, new padding, new foam, a light blue velvet upholstery and it turned out beautiful. It was very comfortable and we had it many years. DD took it off to college with her and from there, where it went, I don't know.

Kids seem to get the best from us.....

 

[baymule]

Kids seem to get the best from us.....

My daughter went shopping in my kitchen when she went off to college. Oldest grand daughter has already announced that she intends to do the same. LOL My Daughter has the enameled antique colander that I dug out of a dump in Baytown when I was 19. I loved it and I am pleased that she wanted it and loves it as much as I did. She also has all the old metal cookie cutters that I spent years collecting at flea markets and used them when the kids were small. The list could go on.....LOL

 

[seedcorn]

When my son bought his house, he made a “trip” through my shed seeing what he could use....

 

[baymule]

When my son bought his house, he made a “trip” through my shed seeing what he could use....

Yeah, cause you don't need all that stuff that it only took you a lifetime to accumulate......

 

[baymule]

We dumpster dived today at Lowes! Hot, out in the sun, soaked in sweat, dirt, digging out flats of 3” pots. They were full of dead plants, which we dumped. We got a good assortment of starter pots, they filled the back seat. I feel rich!

I loaded them in the back of the mule so I can take them to a storage building. WHOO-HOO!

 

[flowerbug]

We dumpster dived today at Lowes! Hot, out in the sun, soaked in sweat, dirt, digging out flats of 3” pots. They were full of dead plants, which we dumped. We got a good assortment of starter pots, they filled the back seat. I feel rich!
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I loaded them in the back of the mule so I can take them to a storage building. WHOO-HOO!

score!

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

WHAT? you mean the pots that we return to Lowes cus they recycle them back to the growers, are really being thrown out????????????????????????????????????????

 

[baymule]

WHAT? you mean the pots that we return to Lowes cus they recycle them back to the growers, are really being thrown out????????????????????????????????????????

sure looks that way.

Today we bought busted bags of rock for $1 a bag. Original price was $5.

 

[baymule]

My sheep working abilities have been seriously hampered by the unwillingness of my sheep to stand still and let me poke, prod, give shots, squirt nasty tasting worm medicine in their mouth and various other maintenance things. My method has been to launch myself at a victim, roll over in the wonderous mixture of sheep poop, hay, dirt and who knows what, sit on said sheep or do my best to hold it down, administer a dose of something that plainly, it does not want, getting stomped on, kicked, peed on in the process. Castrating the ram lambs is even more fun.

It was with great excitement that I found sheep working equipment in Craigslist for the paltry sum of $650. New, the same equipment would cost $955 so that was a darn good price. We went to see it. We talked strategy before we got there and agreed that we would walk off to talk about it and then BJ would offer $500.

I was salivating over this equipment. I was not leaving without it. We walked off to talk about it. I shook my head yes, he shook his head no, we mumbled to each other, then walked back to the sellers. BJ said, "Well it's not what she really wants, but she said she can make it work. " Reaching in his pocket, he brought out $100 dollar bills and said, "If you will take $500, we'll load it up right now." They walked off to talk about it, came back and said "we'll take it"



Stop gate

Guillotine gate (got 2)

2-way sorting gate

They threw in a couple of half hog panels. I was ecstatic.

 

[baymule]

Our neighbor came over to help us set it up.