I recently answered an ad on Craig's list looking for someone to haul away unwanted shrubs. Once my husband and I got there, and finished the job of cutting and loading the debris, the home owner asked if we could cut trees and remove fencing from the property as well.
How often do you get paid to salvage material you can use? Not often, but I am working on it. The fencing was wire mesh, and was secured with cast iron posts and some metal rods. the trees that were cut stayed on the property, but the fencing, posts and metal rods came home with us.
The fencing is going to be a new compost bin, using the metal rods to secure it. The metal fence posts have been driven into the ground to hold firewood, and we got paid to take this away.
I am starting from scratch at my daughter's home, and will have pictures of the projects we are going to be doing for her to get a garden, compost and all manner of simple living projects in place.
Teaching gardening, preserving and all the other skills to her and my grandchildren is my summer project, as I prepare to go away from the cold this winter.
Our first step will be to get her trash removal under control. There are no recycling centers here, so we have to be a bit creative. The cans are being rinsed and crushed, to be taken to the scrap yard, and papers are used to start fires in the wood burning stove, and firepit outside. So the kids are learning to tell if it is "Ash, Cash or Trash." They really got behind the can crushing when I told them they will get money from the scrapyard for the metal. Jars we are saving to use in my camper to keep pests out of the dry goods, and to catch fire flies.
I will be posting pictures of our projects as we get them done, and am hoping the next two generations are able to learn from those that have gone before them, and save the future.
Do you have a summer project for the kids, small or grown, that you want to share with us? Feel free to post it here, and maybe together we can leave a better legacy for our grandchildren.
How often do you get paid to salvage material you can use? Not often, but I am working on it. The fencing was wire mesh, and was secured with cast iron posts and some metal rods. the trees that were cut stayed on the property, but the fencing, posts and metal rods came home with us.
The fencing is going to be a new compost bin, using the metal rods to secure it. The metal fence posts have been driven into the ground to hold firewood, and we got paid to take this away.
I am starting from scratch at my daughter's home, and will have pictures of the projects we are going to be doing for her to get a garden, compost and all manner of simple living projects in place.
Teaching gardening, preserving and all the other skills to her and my grandchildren is my summer project, as I prepare to go away from the cold this winter.
Our first step will be to get her trash removal under control. There are no recycling centers here, so we have to be a bit creative. The cans are being rinsed and crushed, to be taken to the scrap yard, and papers are used to start fires in the wood burning stove, and firepit outside. So the kids are learning to tell if it is "Ash, Cash or Trash." They really got behind the can crushing when I told them they will get money from the scrapyard for the metal. Jars we are saving to use in my camper to keep pests out of the dry goods, and to catch fire flies.
I will be posting pictures of our projects as we get them done, and am hoping the next two generations are able to learn from those that have gone before them, and save the future.
Do you have a summer project for the kids, small or grown, that you want to share with us? Feel free to post it here, and maybe together we can leave a better legacy for our grandchildren.
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