I leave excess rooted cuttings out on the pavement. They soon go. I even got rid of a load of spent primulas. They did have the odd flower left so that helped. Black bin collection today so when that's empty, I'm starting on the flowerpots. I might even throw in a few broken hose connectors🤔
Noooooo! - not the broken hose connectors! There might be old washers in there which have gone hard and cracked which might come in useful one day.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I must confess,I kept a few round ones - you never know. Went out to look inq the off chance that the black bin hadn't been emptied. Typical! The one week the black bin men come early🙄 PS I'm certain there's loads more in the garage.
I must admit that my wife persuaded me to have a clear-out of plastic pots, and of glass jars, earlier in the year.
Firstly, I now find myself short of glass storage jars for stewed apple and jam. Means I will need to beg from friends (assuming they haven't been as "prudent" as me), or dare I say it, buy some more. Actually, with jam so cheap in Aldi, it's cheaper to buy their jam, dispose of it, and wash the jars, than order new jars!! Who'd have thought it!!?
Secondly, because I find myself short of plastic pots, I've avoided potting up so many seedlings. So I guess, it's been successful in one area.
Of course, my wife has suggested not stewing fruit, or making jam - so, having tended to the trees and bushes all year, she expects me to give the produce away. (Freezer is already full)
If you sort them into black and 'other', the 'others' have a chance of being recycled. People often offer piles of pots on local groups (FB, Next Door etc) and they're surprisingly often wanted. When I'm doing the plant sales, I ask my neighbours and they generally provide pretty much as many as I need.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Think of composting as reincarnation. You would be allowing your plants to become something better - or worse. @ViewAhead
I try to!
I would feel too guilty to move though, leaving them behind to possible death by concreting. Obviously at some point I am going to shuffle off this mortal treadmill, but till then I am anchored here by their roots.
Everyone calls it that still. Must be 10years since they changed the name. Fantail junction, Cobbs Corner. Chinese Garage ( apparently the bloke who had it built insisted it was Japanese but gave up in the end). Nothing left but the names.
I don't feel guilty about trying to move. Yes, we'll leave plants, that I will miss, and that others may concrete over. It will be a shame, but the new place is far better, so y will concentrate on that.
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I must confess,I kept a few round ones - you never know.
Went out to look inq the off chance that the black bin hadn't been emptied.
Typical! The one week the black bin men come early🙄
PS I'm certain there's loads more in the garage.
Firstly, I now find myself short of glass storage jars for stewed apple and jam. Means I will need to beg from friends (assuming they haven't been as "prudent" as me), or dare I say it, buy some more.
Actually, with jam so cheap in Aldi, it's cheaper to buy their jam, dispose of it, and wash the jars, than order new jars!! Who'd have thought it!!?
Secondly, because I find myself short of plastic pots, I've avoided potting up so many seedlings.
So I guess, it's been successful in one area.
Of course, my wife has suggested not stewing fruit, or making jam - so, having tended to the trees and bushes all year, she expects me to give the produce away.
(Freezer is already full)