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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: happy larry on July 04, 2011, 10:37:21 pm

Title: What a gift
Post by: happy larry on July 04, 2011, 10:37:21 pm

The woman my partner cleans for has decided through ill health to cut back any growing in her greenhouse and asked for me to go have a look and see if her cast offs would be of any use.Me never to look a gift horse in the mouth went and browsed this morning,aladins cave, you bet.Amongst many brand new seed trays,plant pots and other quality gear,i left with a 6foot greenhouse staging,electric ghouse heater,3 electric propogators,2 brand new in the box gardenia micro drop watering systems price still on the box £59-99 each,a once used polti steam cleaner with all the atachments even squeegies for cleaning windows,it took 2 trips in the landrover to collect my booty.Happy days or what.

Title: Re: What a gift
Post by: Rosemary on July 04, 2011, 11:10:53 pm

Well done you! The pressure's on you now though, to deliver the veggies  ;D

Title: Re: What a gift
Post by: Sandy on July 04, 2011, 11:15:13 pm

Wow, thats a wonderful gift, she knows its going to a worthy home!!

Title: Re: What a gift
Post by: ambriel on July 05, 2011, 01:10:00 am

Good haul!

I always have a root through the skip at the harbour when I'm dropping-off junk. Amazing what people throw away.