From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 1/16/2023 14:24, fos@sdf.org wrote:   
   > On 2023-01-14, Michael Trew  wrote:   
   >> On 1/13/2023 11:59, fos@sdf.org wrote:   
   >>>   
   >> Shop second hand stores, flea markets, etc.  I work at the local antique   
   >> mall, and some dealers pick up those big ceramic pots at auction, and   
   >> sell them really cheap in my neck of the woods.  I've picked them up for   
   >> well under $20/ea. sometimes.   
   >   
   > i'm not going anywhere near an antique mall with my wife who gets to   
   > decide what style and color pots she wants. last time i was at one, in   
   > Salamanca NY, she dragged me around in there for 4 hours. it was   
   > torture. i volunteered to go to the casino so she could browse around to   
   > her hearts content but she was having none of that. so no. just no antique   
   > malls. lol   
   >   
   > there is a giant flea market in a suburb of Buffalo, we will take a look   
   > there. thanks for the idea.   
      
   No problem.  Your antique malls are probably more expensive than ours.   
   We aren't far from the Mountaineer casino, and I know multiple couples   
   who make an arrangement where one shops (usually female) and one goes to   
   the casino (usually male).  ;)   
      
   >>> in the mean time, will just keep putting coffee grounds and used loose   
   >>> tea in the flower barrels and walking kitchen scraps back to the frozen   
   >>> compost piles.   
   >   
   >> That's what I really need to get on doing.  I used to keep coffee   
   >> grounds, egg shells, etc... but I hardly think of it, now.  I'd like to   
   >> fasten a rain barrel on the corner of my house nearest the garden, also.   
   >   
   > we were putting the grounds and tea in the compost. my wife started   
   > talking about how her late grandmother was quite the green thumb and   
   > would be quite proud of what we've been doing.   
      
   After my post quoted above, I started putting the morning's grounds (and   
   egg shells) into a large zip-lock back in my freezer, until I figure out   
   a compost pile.  Worst case, I'll just start dumping it where I turn   
   soil over once it's full.   
      
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