tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655100135658823981.post643231403002586601..comments2023-04-05T00:14:03.981+10:00Comments on Champagne for snails: Found objectsJodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03978697259849411276noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655100135658823981.post-42696208925173948172012-12-23T07:24:58.077+11:002012-12-23T07:24:58.077+11:00My council does yearly hard rubbish collections an...My council does yearly hard rubbish collections and in the week or so leading up to it most people I know go round the streets looking for loot. So far the coucil turns a blind eye to the practice - occasionally tut tutting mainly because they there is less scrap metal for the sub contractors that do the collections. Of the stuff we put out a surprising proportion of it vanishes before collection day which is nice.lizhttp://www.suburbantomato.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655100135658823981.post-43873158578498526772012-12-22T22:02:25.310+11:002012-12-22T22:02:25.310+11:00Thanks for sharing Bek- I have just been checking ...Thanks for sharing Bek- I have just been checking out her page on the Guardian site- looks like she also has a book titled "the thrifty gardener"- the more of it the betterJodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978697259849411276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655100135658823981.post-62630581737955071292012-12-22T20:41:15.871+11:002012-12-22T20:41:15.871+11:00Those boxes and the stacked corner look great! I&#...Those boxes and the stacked corner look great! I'm with you on the foolishness of councils and hard "rubbish" collections! Alys Fowler is a US gardener who also does a lot of thrifty gardening who's book I loved and expounds on the same ideas.Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225621037420851059noreply@blogger.com