We used to go to the day old bakeries, back in the day and get all their past dsted bread, goodies etc for our chickens. We will definitely keep this in mind each and every time we make a trip there. Thats right and its for a good reason. I promised it was for the animals, but they wouldnt allow it. Shop ourlocations in the River Valley, NW Arkansas, and Eastern Oklahoma. Free is my favorite price also! plastic tubs are accepted. $.50 per gallon. That should do it. I try to buy my eggs only in the cardboard cartons. I didnt know about Lowes and Home Depot having the recycling of the pots. Carrot roots wont form a new carrot I currently dont have anything planted in the stock tank but should by the end of the week. I am doing compost on the balcony so I dont buy any healthy soil. My biggest and best score was when the restaurant in our bldg closedi got their planter boxes, wooden crates, a big basket i store my garden tools in and two small tables all for FREE! Behind the mall is where they keep their dumpsters/trash, and its a box wonderland. I go get them and plant my root veggies in them. Most people with cattle are happy to get rid of them. Light and free. There were 11 left so I asked if they would mark them down more if I took all 11. The key is to wet them. Buckets, Pails & Tubs Shop All. No wonder every time I go shopping theyre all out of the frosting buckets! We then take the food downtown and feed the hungry and homeless (and ourselves). I know it works on bar codes etc. Poke a hole in the bottom and use either plastic or cardboard cartons. I also picked up 13 glass walls. must have been someones sunroom. Usually, theyre very accommodating. I also scores a very large blue plastic bin from a person moving out of the storeage unit next to mine. Cooperative reserves the right to amend offers at any time during the recycling program offered. Checked out Craigslist, and at first, the only concrete blocks I found were for a price. soak a papertowel or washcloth/towel with cooking oil and rub the label. But lately they moved their dumpster, and I havent been able to get any more plants. The ground is currently covered with snow and all, Looking for something special to make for dessert, Some of my days on Fair Isle were more windy than, Homemade scones with clotted cream and jam. Do you clorox your pots before use, or just agree that shortening will add to the health of your plants? The same time that most folks are setting out their Annuals, Veggies or Trees & Bushes is when to look.I have gotten sooooo many that way! Which is, if you didnt know, a public good and resource, and always close to bankruptcy and closing down. Knowing I needed to find a bunch for my greenhouse, I excitedly asked him where he found the black plastic pot. This entry was posted Its YOU! If you need some just take them. Of course this is all news to me, but apparently if you purchase a tree, plant, flower, yada yada, at Home Depot, you can bring the growing container back for recycling. The cardboard is twice as thick as a regular box. Yorre so BRAVE! Yes. By Mavis Butterfield on April 22, 2012 - 187 Comments. I ask for one, and have NEVER been refused! They have a cafeteria for the employees and I asked one of the cooks if I could have their pickle buckets. I save pickle jars, run them through dishwasher to clean them,but the lids still smelled . Increase your plant growth and yield with molasses by providing naturally occurring carbohydrates that support soil microbiology and will help improve overall fertility. Makes excellent storage Tubs or Planters. should take all the smell out but may have to repeat. I would gladly pay $10 for a large pot but they are more like $25 here :, ( As someone whos spouse works for home depot- the plants are given to store to sell. There should be a press release on this for the cheapskates like me out there. I long to have a green house someday! How about YOU? Any solutions? Lowes also recycles pots. Yup, weve used those cat litter buckets for a couple of years. Learn how your comment data is processed. .. its usually around this time they do this. My last chance at recycling was to go in the back of Staples and hopefully find some packing peanuts in their trash. They would come in and deliberately poke holes in it to get 50% off. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Do have lids for tubs. Here are just a few of my favorites, narrowing this list down was tough! But they closed it after someone fell and sued! Just go ask for the project manager and tell them youd like to haul away their scrap for them. Put them on craigslist. Thank you! Recently I needed some packing peanuts to fill the bottoms of some over over sized flower pots. Then I go to grocery stores & Dollar General Stores which break them down & put them in carts in the back of the store. I love the bulb plants from the spring plants, and Ive gotten bulges as cheep as $0.50, with a nice pot. Makes great planters and storage. They are 16 long, 10 wide and 8 deep. Ive spotted chipped planting pots (the expensive decorative type) at my local Home Depot store. The P. O . I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. Any farm store would have it. I used to get the 5-gallon food-grade buckets that I used for brewing beer from McDonalds. Pickle juice is very acidic. We have volunteer rasberries and dill. We (hubby and I) just had a conversation about thta yesterday. I have 7 FEMA RVs I rent by the month. I now have a beautiful planter that holds 30 buckets and they are all full of herbs and veggies. Our Lowes used to do that, but we had some customers ruin it. I would never give away plastic frosting buckets(or sale) them as a person whom had been given a free bucket used it for food purposes and had sued for getting his customers ill. what a contradiction.. its already being used for food purposes.. makes ya think huh? I work for Lowes (in the Garden Center) and we recycle the pots. On the way there I passed by a man who was carrying a black 5 gallon plastic pot . Try using limesone to neutralize it. Let it sit over night and your smell is gone, Also fast food! He probably has a very strong work ethic and is ambitious, he is probably very busy spending much of his time at working very hard to support his family, from your description it sounds like he is doing very well at his job. If it will leach into the soil, why wouldnt it leach into the food being stored in it? Too bad I dont have a car (I walk everywhere or take the bus) or I would have gotten lots more!! I was disappointed and was so sorry for those seedlings. Not only did I get a boatload of large black plastic pots for the greenhouse from the Home Depot, but I also stopped by the Albertsons bakery department and asked if they had any cookie or frosting buckets they wanted to get rid of. I recycle it all and I dont have to go out and buy those same things most people put in the trash and then go out and buy it again, If you buy plants at lowes save the containers and reuse them. They're handy though. The Growers dont want the pots back [ due to fears of disease and/or bugs, etc] and the FLORISTS or GARDEN CENTERS are stuck with them.. and usually throw them out in droves. Repurpose your cattle tubs at Farmers Coop, from August 1 through August 20, 2022, and get $4 off a future Purina Protein Tub purchase! Price: $5.00 Sturdy Hard Plastic Empty Mineral Tubs. We moved 7 times in 2 years and I never paid for moving boxes either. Right now I need a few big pots and will look for them in the recycling area in Home Depot. So what do you use the stock tank for in your greenhouse? In the cafe near where my husband works, they were throwing away pickle buckets (wow did they stink!). Lisa. So Ive never stopped reading gardening books. Not a bad price , but free is much better in my world. Theyll have a lot of 50-gallon containers that their feed supplements come in. Great score! I just read your posts about boxes & yes I to refuse to pay for them. I took them all. You can order any size box you want t from the postal service.they mail them free to you also any size paper envelopes you need for mailing out. They are food grade so I did not have to worry about any paint or other hazardous chemicals. All bills paid. Plus, it only weighs 250 lbs. I tend to be chicken little sometimes. It's ok if there's holes in the bottom. I also scored over 2000 bricks for garden paths and a truckload of rabbit manure to toss in the compost pile. Sorghum was used to make confections and flavor meats by Americas settlers. 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Unfortunately they didnt fit in my Toyota! Agreed I moved (packed into three large PODs) and used almost exclusively boxes salvaged from a local liquor store. Well, not perfectly level, but good enough. Excellent for Ginger Bread and Molasses Cookiesor simply spread on a biscuit.Sorghum (aka sorghum molasses) is made from juice extracted from sorghum cane. Thanks for the info! As a former deli/bakery manager I would never give away plastic frosting buckets(or sale) them as a person whom had been given a free bucket used it for food purposes and had sued for getting his customers ill. so, ask away, but know if your told no, there is a reason. They are filled with minerals and supplements for cattle and are put out into the pasture for the castle to eat. 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We had a special sticker we placed on them telling if the possible fines for mis-using federal property. So in stealth like fashion I quickly scooped up all the buckets I could carry {I didnt want to leave the pots unattended to look for a cart} and headed over to the cashier stand. We glean thousands of pounds of produce a year. If you have any that you would like to get rid of call or text Tracy. Write me here [ if its OK with Mavis.???] I am a volunteer Gleaner for many years, but have been a Gleaner since before i could walk. I had the same troubles with growing carrots. But I wanted to keep planting, and needed to add a bed or two in the yard, which is sloped. I keep my eyes open at Target, Fred Meyer, etc. I just found a cheaper way to remove labels than GooGone and the like. I use nail polish remover. Holy canoli, I have been interested in starting a container garden, but didnt think I could afford it! Im going to use the branches for kindling this year in the outdoor fireplace on my patio and the indoor fireplace in my living room. We are from Orcas Island. Horse Feed Bins Shop All. Ya know what you could use in a pinch, if you dont need anything *too* strong? We are very proud to offer these top-of-the-line additives which can be added into any OLS, TNT or Custom lick tubs. It will remove the glue without damaging the plastic. . Most boxes have handles, and some even come with dividers, which are great for glasses and fragile items. Put the seeds in a plastic bag of water for about two weeks until you see them sprouting (may take longer depending on the hardness of the seeds). I got married on Ocras. I just did the same thing here at my college, I noticed the gardener had place a bunch of the black plastics around as place holders but he also had many more standing by. So my neighbor suggested getting free concrete blocks to build a wall on the sloped side. They are great for starting seeds. AGAIN TIMING IS THE KEY. I had picked up a Gardenia at less than half price simply because the leaves had somewhat withered due to lack of watering. Made the mistake of packing up sturdy liquor boxes to mail magazines in to a charity. I finally got an answer on how to get them growing. I used to have pigs and chickens when I worked at Food World grocery store over 20 years ago. Hello, Holly! charge $6 $7 for a medium size box?? Please email me @ mc2fgen@gmail.com. Actually a little. It will let water through but the weeds dont come through. Let it dry completely then stuff it with crinkled up newspaper. Highly effective and non-toxic. double bust. 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To drain water, instead to use rocks/sands, I used the pine cones. Now its based on home much is out of the bag. You can also fill it up with water and add some vinegarworks well with pickle jars, milk jugs, orange juice jugsetc. I will be using them for planters, so they need to be in good condition with no holes or cracks. On another note, I never pay for boxes. Each voucher is for ONE (1) $4 credit for the future purchase of a Purina protein tub. Our Lowes and Walmart still have a recycle area of pots and flats. Had 150 lbs of Mineral. Loved finding your blog post about free gardening containers at Home Depot. Shoot I think I offered too much but still a great discount. Awesome freebies Mavis! Yes, definitely think sustainability and reuse anything we can. For more information, please see my disclosure policy. I also noticed a couple of pallets there, and found more on the sidewalk in front of my local feed store. why pay anything for pots when you can get them free that is if you know someone that has horses or cows. Start saving all your vegetable tri mings, cut grass, newspaper, old phone books(no slick color pages) and start a compost pile. Now there is also a plant nursery about a mile from me and they used to put those big five gallon or bigger containers out by the dumpster . I kept my open for sales on strapping and packing tape hated it when I had to pay full price most drugstores had the tape on sale fairly regularly and I stocked up when it was on sale. Shop today! Thank you for supporting One Hundred Dollars a Month. I was told a few years ago that commercial nurseries could not re-use pots because of possible disease spreading. I need some of those huge pots! Ive tried to bargain at other stores with gardening items has not worked. Knowing I needed to find a bunch for my greenhouse, I excitedly asked him where he found the black plastic pot. I tried your technique once at Walmart in late spring 2013 when they were throwing pallets of sad looking pack of flowers. Vitalix offers a complete range of tubs for any season, condition, and forage quality to meet the nutritional needs of your livestock. Make offer I probably have 40 or 50 of them To put an ad into your Watch List, please Sign In or Create an Account . We have enough equipment to germinate seeds for years, plus give away equipment to our contract gardening partners. They even put them in the stack of pots from the free plants and helped me load them in my car! I dont remove those large stickersit takes too much time and the end result is usually not very attractiveI use a wallpaper print I like and cut out an area to cover the label spray glue it onthen spray, or brush over it with a waterproof outdoor clear acrylic I talked to one of the sales people if I could have them at lower price or free (just to save those seedlings) I was told that they are all for trash that they dont give it away or sell it at lower price. My husband works for Lowes (we dont say Home Depot in our house) and the deals he gets would make your heart swoon! I just turned the pails around so I dont have to look at them. There are SO many ways to get free boxes. And except for two plants I bought cheap last summer, even the plants are recycled people who moved and dumped them in the trash, poor things , Oh and re recycling, I also get Burlap bags from a nearby coffee roaster and he gave me sturdy plastic bags for my grocery shopping. Thanks EVERYONE for all your great Tips and for sharing in OUR LOVE of Gardens! Reheat as necessary. They asked how much & when I said $2 each they said ok. Otherwise it would be allowed to set their own rates rather than have to have them approved by the rate commission. No luck. It was worth the hour or so sitting through the talk and they even show you how to make the rain barrel, with tips on where to possibly find free food grade barrels. Can be used for water troughs, cat huts, small dog houses, flower, tomato, pepper, cuke plantings, starting trees, I should check Albies for buckets! I have found the boxes that bananas come in are great for moving boxes. the worst that can happen is they say no , As my Rabbi says, ask for EVERYTHING, EXPECT NOTHING & usually when i ask , i DO GET, but am NOT disappointed if i dont !!!!the. I am looking for old unwanted bathtubs, water troughs, cow mineral tubs, large tree pots, or anything similar. Paul, MN, and the large supermarket grocery stores there also give away throw-away vegetables to pet owners. My better half scored 15 yellow cat litter buckets on the road side. We use these types of tubs for: -storage Amaferm, Bio-Mos, Lacto-Mos, B-Traxim Chelates, Availa-4 Chelates, Diatomaceous Earth (DE), Oxy-Gen and Altosid IGR are all proven top name-brand additives that can add crucial bennefits to your herd and savings in your wallet. The guy I asked said which one? I said all of them? They called someone and then said I could take all I wanted. WD-40 will remove most adhesive from most anything. My neighbor use to attach rope handles to his like the one pictured and take them to consignment sales and laugh all the way to the bank (I think was getting about $8-$10 for them). Thanks for all the comments. plastic tub (any brand). While it was there, I got lots of great stuff, but the all time best was the food dehydrator! 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Ive gotten some beautiful tiger lillys that way from Kroger. I have lilac bushes I want to put in them to give them a good start. Thank you so much for the information about HOMEDEPOT Recycling Program on used nursery pots. Its not about being a cheapskate, recycling should be a part everyday culture as well as making the effort not to buy one use only plastic items/packaging. so next time you are the grocery store. I got a whole bunch of large to xx-large plant pots from someone who was selling his property and had tons of these planters on his property. 2,000 bricks..the possibilities are just running through my head! Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Knock yourself out.. Used Mineral/Protein/Molasses Tubs Needed - $1 (PORT ANGELES), Item #C0615: Bulk Molasses and Bulk Molasses/Kelp Liquid - $1 (Oroville), Commercial Corner Lot - $215,000 (Yoakum,), Commercial Corner Lot - $189,000 (Yoakum,). $200. Reasonably Clean (No excessive product left in the container), Metal handles removed . I hate to pay for useful things that other people throw away and I hate useful items going into the land fills. Can I use boxes with colored label for composting A lot of boxes I get mailed to me are marked with company info On them? Salt & Mineral Block Holders Shop All. When you take it out, pickle smell will be gone. Lift a corner and peel carefully. My daughter and son in law gives me theres. Speaking of free gardening stuff, some Starbucks locations give away free bags of used coffee grinds you can use in your compost piles. Do you have a good way to get the labels removed? I save large prescription bottles and was having an awful time with the labels. The kind of plain Jane pots trees come in when you buy them at a nursery. Very peaceful corner pla $15/Quart Jars. I asked him if I could have some and he asked me how many!! I do this with all my containers.works every time. I like cheap stuff and love free stuff even more. That was until I saw what he was doing and very graciously offered to take them off his hands. Did you know the Home Depot has a recycling program? Buckets, Pails & Tubs Shop All. Unlike plastic or acrylic tubs - our wooden hot tubs are built using a 100% renewable resource of both clear western red cedar and alaskan yellow cedar, harvested using sustainable forestry management. Empty mineral tubs for tree plantings and all kinds of uses | Sheldon, ND Log In POST AD CREATE ACCOUNT MORE Titles Only This Ad-Listing is Deleted. I have 3 in my back yard and my daughter just received 4 from her brother-in-law. I loaded up about 60 in my Toyota and brought them home. I scored a number of large Tidy Cat Cat litter buckets from a friend who recycles everything and five tires from a local tire store. Thanks and Happy Gardening! Granted this is a small town in the middle of nowhere where feeding ones livestock old veggies is commonplace, but if you have not tried this, its a great way to save some of said veggies from getting dumped, and as an added bonus, many of the old veggies are totally usable for people as well can be cooked, canned, frozen, etc.! Minimum purchase 55 gallons. Hay Carriers Shop All. Poultry Feeders Shop All. PS- If any one is near me [ in the Hudson Valley of NY State] I have PLENTY of Posts to share.. You may only compare up to four items at a time. and well figure some way to get in touch..OK? They have a big banner in the garden department. Anyway got some really good plants that are still thriving. Discover more about the small businesses partnering with Amazon and Amazons commitment to empowering them. Not that he would want to necessarily put a used {dirty} container in his sports car or anything, but still, knowledge is power. Its glorious, and is at dollar tree! , I simply placed an add in my local free classified paper. In the gutters I am growing, lettuce, carrots, radishes, spinach and strawberries. I saw online if you use equal parts baking soda and vegetable oil, make a runny paste, rub the paste over sticky residue and then let it sit for about 10 minutes. So now I have to pay for all my containers.
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