Great score for me this year, dresser, 11 towels, some great clean rugs, plastic bins, lots of comforters and sheets one set brand new. Pans and lots of dish drainers, Brand New in box trunk bike rack and a fry daddy and waffle iron. Sad no building supplies, but my coop is complete. Will...
After watching an amazing short film on Transition Town we have in the very beginning stages of starting a steering com. in our community on sustainability. I am interested in chatting with anyone on here who are working with other groups that are doing the same in their community. Topics...
Orono is almost the other part of Maine, but 5 miles North it really is. So you lived in the Saint John Valley? Me too I graduated from UMFK, my son graduated from the Maine Schol of Science and Math and will go to UMFK in the fall. I am actually traveling there next Tuesday for business. My...
Sure thing Big Brown Horse, Maine made clothes pins do not have springs, they are old style. Had to hide them from my husband and kids as they make great "bullets" with a rubber band! I am sure you can find both on -line, Maine is quite famous for their drying racks, someone is always selling...
Love line drying, I have 2 4x4s in the ground with cement with a 2x6 across, I have been using the same set up for 25 years, it is strung with parachute cord which I put on 25 yrs ago and going strong. Gave up on big fuffy towels and use the cheap thin ones. I can put more in the washer and...
Oh yes I forgot to include returnables in our haul last year, Maine has a 5 cent return, we easily made 30$ in one apartment complex. A few students were moving today and I got a dresser for a family I know that needs one, a little rough on the top but I had some white spray paint and it looks...
I saw it this week and it has been on my mind non-stop, even interrupting my sleep..grrrrr. Monsanto wooooo evil evil, what they are doing to those farmers. The look on the seed cleaners face as he realized his long time friends names were on the hit list too, because they paid him w/ checks...
I put up posters al over a local campus/dorms during move-in week. Parents orderd brithday cakes ( I am a semi-prof cake designer) also "care packages" cookies and such. I also have become talented at cooking low sugar/ sugar replacement and advertised at some Diabetic support groups, they...
Its that time of year again, pay attention folks, if you live in a college community start checking out the dumpsters. In May of last year I got so many wonderful things.
8 sheets of plywood ( beer game tables)
10 cinder blocks
8 6x10s
2 brand new comforters
5 blow dryers
3 plastic drawer sets...
I live in a college community, after first semester and in May I score lots of stuff from their dumpsters, dumpsters are ususally too full so it isistacked aorund them, this year I got 11 sheets of plywood ( beer game tables!) 10 cement blocks, 4- 2x6s. Two unopened down comforters, tons of...