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Post Free Garden Tools.
HM Prisons are taking in old gardening tools, upcycling and distributing to community garden projects free, here;s the link.

http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk ... o.php?id=3

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Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:36 pm
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Post Re: Free Garden Tools.
Upcycling. . .

now there is a modern trendy work. Nothing wrong with the phrase "tarting up" or even "restoration". Cheers, Tony.


Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:40 pm
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Restoring and repairing tools for re-use is what I do for the various community growing projects in Middlesbrough - Links: http://www.menvcity.org.uk/Grown%20in%2 ... brough.htm

http://www.facebook.com/pages/MEC-Urban ... 1077782910

http://www.menvcity.org.uk/Urban%20Farming.htm

Anyone in this area with old or damaged tools that they could donate, please PM me.

a-a


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Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:27 pm
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Kleftiwallah, don't let any women's libbers hear you say tarting up! LOL

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Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:48 pm
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As long as they don't want them to practise & o improve their house breaking and burglaring techniques !!


Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:25 am
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Primrose wrote:
As long as they don't want them to practise & o improve their house breaking and burglaring techniques !!


And I hope those prison guards are keeping their ears to the ground - there could be some serious tunnelling going on there!

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