The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

We have over 5 acres, so we can chuck our clippings etc wherever we want

 

[pawl]

Totally agree, for us green is our normal waste, blue for recycling and brown for garden. At the moment, the brown is still free collection for 12 months of the year but it wouldn't surprise me if they started charging for it. What did annoy me is that when I asked if I could have another brown bin a couple of years ago, I was told no, one is the limit. I can fill the bin with one grass cutting if we do front and back together. They wouldn't even back down when I said I was prepared to pay for another bin. I even offered to swap it for one of the blue ones as we had 2 when we moved in.

I never put grass cuttings in the brown bin it goes in the composting bins along with veg waste and soft shrub trimmings

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Moray has the best bins, a rather splendid bright purple for plastics

 

[numbnuts]

I haven't got a bin, just two old bags, one I put rubbish in, the second lives down stairs

 

[Exlaser2]

We fill ours every time from spring onwards. We have a large back and large side garden. Front is smaller but has bushes.
Seemed a good idea when we bought it in 1982

If I had that much lawn , I think a ride on mower would be a must 😂😀

 

[Sterlo]

That’s the same system we have. Green bin is collected one week and blue and brown the next . No extra charge for the brown bin either.
Tbh I am more interested in how big your garden is if you can fill your brown bin in one cut . 😀
I think even in the summer when I am cutting my lawns every couple of weeks it would take me two of even three months to fill my brown bin with just grass cutting .

I've never measured it but we cut it usually once a fortnight in summer and the bin is virtually full every time. If we have any tree/hedge trimmings, we struggle to get them in and often have to visit the recycling centre ourselves. I've got about 8 trees to take down this year between us and next door so it'll be several trips for us.

 

[Sterlo]

We have over 5 acres, so we can chuck our clippings etc wherever we want

My god, we're in the presence of landed gentry

 

[Juan Kog]

My god, we're in the presence of landed gentry

Landed certainly, Gentry that’s debatable .

 

[Mo1959]

Nearly time for Death in Paradise then I think I’ll have an early night for a change.

 

[welsh dragon]

My god, we're in the presence of landed gentry

Yeah right. NOT.

 

[welsh dragon]

Landed certainly, Gentry that’s debatable .

Watch it you

 

[welsh dragon]

My emojis have gone wonky. They are at the top of the page and covering the writing instead of being at the bottom

 

[classic33]

My emojis have gone wonky. They are at the top of the page and covering the writing instead of being at the bottom

They've walked out on me!
Gone, but I do have the Post Reply at all times.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning not too cold today at 4c, I'm going back to bed now

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. Weather looks benign. I don't want to be awake so I'll finish my brew and try for another couple of hours kip before joining the Saturday Club Ride.

Wordled in four today. Could have been three but the last was a choice between two letters and I guessed wrongly.