Showing posts with label Freecycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freecycle. Show all posts

Saturday, March 10, 2012

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Starting a garden doesn't have to be a big investment. All you need is some dirt, seeds or plants, and water. And one of the best places to find free plants and garden implements is on Freecycle, a web site where people post stuff they are willing to give away and also things that they'd like some generous soul to give them. All free. Seriously!

Jefferson County's Freecycle is found here, and Clallam County's is here, but Freecycle is worldwide, so just go here, and you can find your own local posting board. You'll have to "join" the group and follow the posting guidelines, but it's all pretty painless. While I wrote this, there was a push lawn mower and a chicken coop being offered at the Jefferson County site. There are almost always plant starts on the board, so when I went looking there the other day, a 60s-something, Marrowstone Island resident named Rita Kepner was giving away kale starts.

I took the bait, called her, and went out to Marrowstone on Friday morning. It turned out to be one of the highlights of my week.