Some charity shops ask for too much money.. I am not a designer label shopper .. I always cut labels out... But I hate paying over the odds for something from Primark..  Most of my reading books are from charity shops..
Waitrose do a book shelf in their coffee shop.. You can just pick up a book .. take it away.. I often put a couple of books on the shelf.. 

Yes many charity shops forget that charity goes both ways and offering especially childrens clothes cheap would help out many poor families. What doesn't get sold in the shops just gets bagged up and sold for a pittance making those who ship it to the third world very rich. Or at least that was the gist of something I read a while back.

Yesterday I put , fully working, microwave at my front gate..  FREE..
It went within the hour..
That was a tip trip saved..   

Quote from: klondike on March 17, 2024, 01:07:16 PMYes many charity shops forget that charity goes both ways and offering especially childrens clothes cheap would help out many poor families. What doesn't get sold in the shops just gets bagged up and sold for a pittance making those who ship it to the third world very rich. Or at least that was the gist of something I read a while back.

We do a good trade in kid's clothes, often they're in really good nick. We have an arrangement with a local school, they get uniforms donated,they send them to us, we steam them, if they're reusable.  Badged blazers £5, ties £1.50. They get snapped up. 

Sounds good. 

Some schools go for colours that aren't covered by supermarket kit and that often costs a lot. When I was at school the blazers were pretty generic (but there were no supermarkets then of course) while badges, caps and ties came from the approved outfitters. I have no idea if they were expensive or not.

Hooray!! I have cut mt my grass..

Yipetty-do-dah I don't have any grass

Ours may get cut later, its a lovely day. 

Weeding the back garden today.. I bloody hate it.. But happy when it is done..

I cut my grass a couple of days ago.  Thought it'd be nice to give the moss a bit of an airing 🤬🤬

My grass needs a good feed.. Any suggestions please.. ?
I do have a few weeds showing through.. Is there anything on the market that will feed one thing and kill another thing .. at the same time..?

Most selective lawn weedkillers claim to do that.

Like a Summers Day here.. 
But I won't be taking my vest off yet..

Like a summer's day here too. Overcast not very warm and a vague possibility of rain.