Sunday Morning...

[elfs]

Omaha and I recently added yard waste removal to the list of services we buy from our local, Brooklyn-accented Waste Management-managed garbage company. Our end of this bargain is a grey 70-gallon bin with big stickers that read NO GARBARGE on the lid and all four sides. We have, understandably, a lot of yard waste, a significant amount of which we have been unable to add to the compost bin because it's filled with weed seed, definitely not something you want in your compost, your future land. We have enough weeds as it is, thank you very much!

Omaha performed topiary on the bushes that had encroached on our driveway while the girls climbed the oak tree in the front and I swept and shoveled the piles of weed-filled greenery into the bin. We then went into the back yard where the girls helped us snap up a huge collection of fallen branches and twigs, letting them use the topiary sheers which they thought was cool.

The slide. Wanna buy it?
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I also cleaned up the toddler slide, which we're trying to sell or give away. It's too small for either girl and has been for a long time and it's just cluttering up our yard. But it's robust and solid. Anyone in the Puget Sound want to come and get it? If nobody grabs it, I'm going to put it up on Craigslist for $10. [Edit: edichka2 got it.]

Then we headed out for Bite of Seattle.

Comments

[alice-in-texas.livejournal.com]

If you can't sell it. Try giving it away through www.freecycle.com. There are links to various cities' local groups. It is sort of like a 'one man's trash, is another man's treasure'. You cannot sell, barter, or trade. It has to be free. You can also take items, or want items. We have given away thngs through our local group.