One man's trash is another man's treasure

 I guess Elaine and I are pack rats. We used to ride around on trash day just to see if someone threw out something that we could use. Over the years we have picked up lots of different stuff. We picked up 2 wooden steamer trunks one time and now they are in our living room with the tv on top. Our neighbor was putting her couch out for trash so I got it from her and a matching chair. This couch and chair were like new, she just wanted a change. Our house is full of things we picked up.
  My garden is also starting to fill-up with recycled material. I use one neighbors lawn clippings for mulch. He always piles his clippings in the brush between us and told me I could have all I want. I scrape the fresh clippings off the pile and have nice composted mulch to use. When I have all I need, I push the fresh stuff back over where I dug, and next time I dig in a different spot.
  We picked up an old, steel, child's bed years ago. It has been leaning up against the back of our house until now. The two end pieces of the bed now have our peas growing up them and the side rails are a trellis for the sweet peas to grow up.I have an old, steel gazebo that I am fashioning into a trellis for cucumbers and another piece for pole beans. We also have 3 wood and steel benches around the lawn, compliments of others on trash day. We have to sit on something outside, and free-cycled feels great.

  Here is a picture of the bed and the peas.