NY chicken lover!!!!

[happyhensny]

Tab's chicken obsession :

Some of it was pallets that machinery came on. Heavy duty pallets made of 4x4's and some treated boards.

I have a coop made of reused lumber - free is for me!​

 

[In His Service]

I love free, too...can't understand why DH doesn't get it

 

[happyhensny]

My DH is the same way.

 

[vmdanielsen]

So is mine. He thinks if you pay for, it MUST be better.

 

[In His Service]

Mine believes the "I" word (improvise) is a dirty word, and he thinks make do means.....well , I guess I will let you use you imagination (oops, another dirty "I" word)

 

[Henicillin]

I live with the king of scrounging and Dumpster diving. On the side of my house, there are thirty or so windows he picked up when one of the local colleges was renovating a building. They range from typical house-sized windows (there are four in the coop) to big, honking 4' x 6' thermal panes. Some of them will probably end up as the walls to a solarium. We like free around here.

 

[Henicillin]

My Christmas garden cart is getting a workout, and it's not from me. DH has been playing with it half the day, hauling stuff all over the place (wood, raked leaves, trash). Gee, and here I thought it was for me for doing coop chores.

 

[marquisella]

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Me too, my windows in my 6 coops on one side of the barn all were at the curb, being thrown away. Work fine in a coop!

 

[Cass]

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Ok, now I have to put a garden cart on my wish list, if that's what it takes to get *him* to do outdoor chores. If I had known it was THAT easy I would have bought one a looong time ago.

 

[Cass]

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Mine hates to have to use two when he can buy new and cut ONE. ME? I like free. Free and delivered is even better!!!

Once in a while I get ray to drive the truck around and pick up free stuff.....I got a bunch of wicker baskets that way. He's like "what are you going to do with those?" I said "use them" And I did....I used every single one, except one over the holidays. The one I didn't use I gave to my mom to make a basket for a gift for her neighbor.

I wish I drove a pick up truck and was STRONG. I would pick up a lot more stuff that way.

I will have to admit that we did use windows that were in the shop when we bought the house for the chicken coop. But since he was buidling the coop from new lumber he just framed the right size for the windows we had. Then he put vinyl siding on the coop, so he didn't have to paint it every few years. DUH!!! Hasn't he seen "free paint" on CL? Cuz I have.

Will have to admit that he did cut up the oak that fell across the road, that the owner said we could have the whole log if we wanted....but we burn wood, so that will save us money and it was OAK and directly across the road from the front door. (that's almost delivered. LOL)

Edited to add: Ladies, it was just explained to me why men don't think "free" is good enough. It has nothing to do with the quality of the free stuff, it has everything to do with the male ego and not feeling like they are able to provide well (meaning "new") for their family. Dayum....it makes sense, but I would rather he buy me a new airline ticket to FL and save money useing free lumber for repairs and building coops. How about you?