Repurposing free stuff.

This has been a busy week around our house. Over the course of the week I have completed a number of projects that I didn't intend to work on. Across the street from our house 4 large trees were taken down by the city and ground up into mulch. We were able to collect several wheelbarrows full of this free mulch before it was hauled away. We needed mulch for a project that we hoped to complete in the future when our budget allowed us to buy mulch. Free mulch allowed us to complete the project way ahead of schedule. The city has been tearing out the cobble stone road in front of our house. This has equated to all the free bricks that we can carry. In my mind there has been a outdoor fireplace that I have been wanting to build. Again it has been an issue of budgeting for the bricks. We are now well on our way to having the bricks we need for this project. My neighbor has been rebuilding her porch and has a stack of perfectly good wood that she is going to be having hauled away. I offered to take the wood off her hands and now have the wood we needed to build another raised garden bed. All good stuff and all free!