I use broken broomhandles or mop handles to stake roses, artichokes or whatever. The trouble is, some of them are red. Don't buy mops anymore - even if it's the latest amazing innovation. They never work.
I use and have done for years one of those heavy duty string mops and a metal bucket with holes in one side for squeezing it against. Better than all the modern jobs that claim to be floor mops.
We're doing fine thanks @B3. Been collecting a while now, using an old stone and brick fireplace in the ruin to stack them we already have overflow..........
I bought my old enamel stuff at the Belgian equivalent of car boots but then they became fashionable and hard to find. Even worse here in France.......
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I utilise old washing-up bowls in the greenhouse for standing pots in to water them, mixing compost etc But why is it that these old ones somehow look better than my current one in the kitchen? Time to relegate another washing-up bowl......
On a more mundane level, I use the plastic trays in which salmon fillets, sausages and chicken thighs are packed as drip trays in the polytunnel. Excellent for holding those fibre seed modules and much more sturdy than the feeble "bought for purpose trays". they're also clear so make good covers too.
For floors, @B3, I use a steam cleaner for a serious wash and, in between times, a large damp cloth with what the Belgian French call a raclette - rubber blade like a sturdy windscreen wiper on the end of a broom handle. Very efficient.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We've had our pine TV unit for years,hubby removed the drawer,it has a rather nice rusty handle,to accommodate the sky and blue ray player. It became (with drainage holes,) a planter for salad
For the past 15 year or so I have had a bamboo plant in a tumble dryer drum. Also have a fire place mantle attached to fence, make a lovely display for pots, this year it’s red, white and blue for Jubilee.
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I bought my old enamel stuff at the Belgian equivalent of car boots but then they became fashionable and hard to find. Even worse here in France.......
But why is it that these old ones somehow look better than my current one in the kitchen?
Time to relegate another washing-up bowl......
For floors, @B3, I use a steam cleaner for a serious wash and, in between times, a large damp cloth with what the Belgian French call a raclette - rubber blade like a sturdy windscreen wiper on the end of a broom handle. Very efficient.