NICE! Sometimes, all you've gotta do is ask!
Good tips, thanks!For anyone who lives anywhere near a landfill, I have a suggestion if you are looking for scrap wood and tree trimmings. If the local landfill doesn't have a composting operation on site or with which they have an arrangement, they just bury all that useful stuff with the trash, and while it is part of the revenue stream it isn't much. Well, not here anyway, back East and in the NW it might be more.
Anyway, having worked at landfills for the last 12 years I can tell you the staff fields calls pretty regularly from people with nothing but scrap wood and tree trimmings to dispose of, especially in spring and fall; and not only do the customers hate putting it in the landfill and paying to do so, the staff often dislikes it too, but for the most part it violates company rules and sometimes laws if they try and remove it from the waste stream once it arrives at the site. My suggestion is, call them, give them your phone number, and tell them if they get calls about these materials, you are willing to accept it. Keep in mind, you should insist on calls, do not give your address or people will show up at your house uninvited. You may not get many calls, as most people, given the alternative, are shorter on time than cash and will pay to dump it anyway. If you get calls, be VERY CLEAR that you will accept only wood, and be there to help unload to ensure you don't wind up with their trash.
Alternatively, you can post on Craigslist, the local Freecycle, or the local whatever-yours-is-called-nowadays that used to be the Penny Saver or Thrifty Nickel. Use a leader that gets the attention of your target - "Free Wood Recycling" or some such thing. You can even put a sign out at the end of your driveway if you are home enough to monitor visitors. Even if you don't have neighbors that have wood to give you, they may know people who do.
If it gets you one or two loads a year, it's that much less you have to go find. Locally we had a developer buy a large piece of land with several dead trees on it, and they just posted a sign that said, "Free Fire Wood" - it got cleaned up and didn't cost the developer anything but the sign
Loved the story, and love this pic! Thanks for sharing! Can't wait til I see a "chicken mama" in my yardJust an update on my hen Sweet Sally and her adopted chick...both are pretty content today. Still marvel that a hen who has never been broody would take on another hen's chick....
This reminds me of the time Hubbie went to the coast with his dad for an extended weekend, right after the rainy season when the dirt around here was "moveable". Needles to say, when he got home, the drive way and drainage ditches were not the same. It's amazing what a woman can do with a scrape and a box blade. I'll never forget the look on hubbie and fil's faces when they got back. It was priceless.
Tractor envy here. We get snow by the foot, I bet it would move snow nicely! I think the color is Ceyenne by the way.
And it is ORANGE!!!
Hi mine always eat the seeds ...then they eat the pumpkin ..coz I make it into a secret dish ..I cut it in half & put their feed / fermented feed in it ..They end up eating it that way ..LOL
Quote: Hi. No, I don't look around the threads much. I have the three that I follow and trust with Bee and the rest of the OT's. I'll have to take a look. Helps to have NYer's to touch base with as weather sometimes is a factor. Also, it does feel like we're neighbors. Thanks.
Gale
Your welcome Gale .I follow bees threads too & the New york one ...I blundered on that one somehowsome of the NYers are also followers of bees threads Deborah
I hope you're not in an area where the Hwy Dept. regularly sprays chemicals on the weeds- if they do, the bedding could be bad for the chickens.
