Gleaning Facebook: Christmas Tree Disposal

You heard him, America... let's take all our trees to Bil's house!

JK. He has a great point. Here in Rome the city chippers will make mulch out of it. Since they are right across the river from me it's a little noisy, but that grinding sound is quieted by the thought of the resulting mulch sheltering the roots of plants next summer.

From Bil Lepp

Old Man Rant:

If you have woods behind your house don't put your Christmas tree by the curb to be hauled off to the landfill. Put your Christmas tree in the woods behind your house. It is made of wood and will provide habitat for woodland creatures and eventually turn to dirt in the woods 'cause it is made of wood, and thus not clog up a stupid landfill causing more landfills to be created and thus more woods to be clearcut to keep trash, like your Christmas tree, in. See? Simple.

If you don't have woods, bring it to my house or call your local wildlife authorities.

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Janet Boyd
And for a long time after Christmas,the woods where we put our tree smells great!

Christine Reinolds Kozelle
Will it attract snakes?

Terrell Shaw

I hope so. They eat mice and generally stay out of the way of humans.

Charles de Young
Our tree folded and went into a box, does that count?

Wendy Davis
The city yard waste folks take those "side of the road" trees to the mulch yard. Also, this Sat from 10am-noon folks who bring their tree to Home Depot "bring one for the chipper" event get a free seedling tree!

 

Gleaning Facebook: Medal Stand

OK, this is sorta nutty but...

I want to build medal (not metal, Bob!) stands for our Science Fair awards ceremony at school. As a cheapskate and someone who loves to recycle and reuse, I'm appealing to the online community.

I'll bet among my Rome area Facebook friends there is enough scrap plywood to do this -- and I have a truck. So if you have one or more quarter sheets of sound half-inch plywood (or larger pieces) lying around that you would like to be rid of, I'll come haul it off today for free. I need a total about two sheets to build the three small platforms. It doesn't have to be pretty: it'll be painted. A few scrap two-by-fours would also be appreciated.

So let's see if this social network thing is good for something concrete, uh, wooden. Reply here or message me.

Ruth Baird Shaw There is a little plywood and 2 by 4's here....

Gola Burton Call dad!!!

Gola Burton If no answer. Just go over and go through the barns. He will never miss it.

Terrell Shaw Ha! The Shaw girls would love your comment, Gola!

Bob Doster Gotta laugh! Going to MB's was the first thing on my mind.

One other thing. It's gonna be hard to build metal stands out of plywood. Unless you are stranger that I know.

Terrell Shaw Medal, Bob. Medal! 

Bob Doster Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!

Peggy Fowler-Casillas Or...you could build platforms out of pallets (eliminates some of the framing/support work).