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Free: Glass Jars - for storage. (Parson's Heath CO4) 3d - Hi folks, I have 13x 100g glass coffee jars with their plastic screw lids on offer to anyone that can make good use of them. If this ad is live for any period of time, then I'll add another one about every 10 days or so. Good for neatly storing all those nick-nacks or storing produce from the garden. For some reason they seem to be wanted by someone every year. Location Parson Heath, Colchester, CO4 area.

Free: French Sorrel Plants (edible) (Parson's Heath CO4) Promised 3d - Hi folks, I'm offering some French Sorrel rooted plants. My sorrel produces leaves all year & even in the winter. I eat sorrel instead of & in addition to lettuce, raw & in salads / sandwiches - yum. Sorrel has proved far more resistant to slugs or snails than lettuce & crops far more heavily throughout the year. It also appears to be perennial, so it may feed you for life. What on earth is sorrel, I hear you say? "The edible bright green leaves of French Sorrel have an acidic flavour which is reduced on cooking. It can be used in salads, fish dishes and soups. It will grow to a height of about 60cm. Please bring a bag to take the plants. Regards, John.

Free: Margarine Containers with lids x25. (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 5d - Hi folks, I have 25x margarine containers, all with lids & cleaned on offer. Useful to neatly store all your bits 'n' bobs, screws/fasteners, sewing stuff, hobby stuff. Maybe useful for growing seeds, seedlings, plants. Poke some drainage holes through the base. Collection from the Parsons Heath area / CO4. Regards, John.

Free: Raspberry baby canes. (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 8d - Hi folks, I've got yet more spare Raspberry baby-canes offered (8th batch). They eventually yield gorgeous fresh juicy raspberries, from next year onwards. I'll dig-up & give 5x plants to each person. Please bring a bag to take them with you. They were very popular when offered previously. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

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Free: Buddleia Seeds (Parson's Heath CO4) Expired 253d - Hi folks, My buddleia has some seed-heads from last summer. Offering a seed-head each if anyone fancies growing a buddleia tree. My tree had seeded naturally from a neighbour's back garden. Buddleia flowers attract butterflies & their seeds are a favourite of bullfinches & other seed eating small birds. Regards, John. PS. I have more seed heads if anyone else fancies growing buddleia from seed. Just message me.

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Free: Lucky Dip - Cherry Saplings? (probably) (Parson's Heath CO4) Expired 256d - Hi folks, I have more saplings growing from my fruit trees that someone may want. It's a bit of a 'lucky-dip', so you take your chance, but my 'guess' is that they are Cherry Tree Saplings. I'll dig up one each for you, please bring a bag. Don't expect fruit for the first 5-years, after that you may know what they are - lol. If you want a micro-orchard, then you have to start somewhere. I'll offer some greengage seedlings soon. Regards, John.

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Free: Sorrel Plants &/or Seeds (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 260d - Hi folks, I'm offering some French Sorrel plants / roots &/or Sorrel seeds. My sorrel produces leaves all year & even in the winter. I eat sorrel instead of & in addition to lettuce, raw & in salads / sandwiches - yum. Sorrel has proved far more resistant to slugs or snails than lettuce & crops far more heavily throughout the year. It also appears to be perennial, so it may feed you for life. What on earth is sorrel, I hear you say? "The edible bright green leaves of French Sorrel have an acidic flavour which is reduced on cooking. It can be used in salads, fish dishes and soups. It will grow to a height of about 60cm. When to Sow: March to April." Please bring a bag if you want plants / roots. Regards, John.

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Free: Lucky Dip - Cherry Saplings? (probably) (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 278d - Hi folks, I have some saplings growing from my fruit trees that someone may want. It's a bit of a 'lucky-dip', so you take your chance, but my 'guess' is that they are Cherry Tree Saplings, although it's possible they may be plum, or greengage. I'll dig up one each for you, please bring a bag. Don't expect fruit for the first 5-years, after that you may know what they are - lol. If you want a micro-orchard, then you have to start somewhere. Regards, John.

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Free: Raspberry baby canes (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 299d - Hi folks, I've got yet more spare Raspberry baby-canes offered (7th batch). They eventually yield gorgeous fresh juicy raspberries, from next year onwards. I'll dig-up & give 5x plants to each person. Please bring a bag to take them with you. They were very popular when offered previously. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

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Free: Glass Jars x20+ for storage. (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 304d - I've accumulated x20+ 100-gram glass jars with screw-on lids. Useful for storing your miscellaneous knick-knacks labelled neatly, or preserving produce from the garden/allotment. More than happy to split, if several people only want a few each. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards. John.

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Free: Raspberry baby canes - 6th offer (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 307d - Hi folks, I've got yet more spare Raspberry baby-canes offered. They eventually yield gorgeous fresh juicy raspberries, from next year onwards. I'll dig-up & give 5x plants to each person. Please bring a bag to take them with you. They were very popular when offered previously. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

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Free: Raspberry baby canes - 5th offer (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 307d - Hi folks, I've got yet more spare Raspberry baby-canes offered. They eventually yield gorgeous fresh juicy raspberries, from next year onwards. I'll dig-up & give 5x plants to each person. Please bring a bag to take them with you. They were very popular when offered previously. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

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Free: Raspberry baby canes - 4th offer (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 341d - Hi folks, I've got yet more spare Raspberry baby-canes offered. They eventually yield gorgeous fresh juicy raspberries. I'll dig-up & give 5x plants to each person. Please bring a bag to take them with you. They were very popular when offered previously. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

Free: Glass Jars x19 for storage. (Parson's Heath CO4) Expired 343d - I've accumulated 19-off 100-gram glass jars with screw-on lids. Useful for storing your miscellaneous knick-knacks labelled neatly, or preserving produce from the garden/allotment. More than happy to split, if several people only want a few each. They've proved surprisingly popular in previous years. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards. John.

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Free: Kindling twigs for fire-making (Parson's Heath CO4) Expired 343d - Hi folks, I've got a pile of wood twigs that someone may want for kindling. They are heavy prunnings from fruit trees, cut last autumn. With the inflated prices of wood, coal, electricity, gas; these may save you some money for next winter. If no-one fancies them, they'll get burnt next November 5th. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

Free: Raspberry baby-canes -3 (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 352d - Hi folks, I've got some spare Raspberry baby-canes offered. They eventually yield gorgeous fresh juicy raspberries. I'll dig-up & give 5x plants to each person. Please bring a bag to take them with you. They were very popular when offered previously. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

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Free: Raspberry baby-canes (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 1y - Hi folks, I've got some spare Raspberry baby-canes offered. They eventually yield gorgeous fresh juicy raspberries. I'll dig-up & give 5x plants to each person. Please bring a bag to take them with you. They were very popular when offered last year. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

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Free: Budding Fruit Tree Prunnings (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 1y - Hi folks, I've got 2x remaining of "Budding Fruit Tree Prunnings" that I suspect will root & grow if planted & watered. If you look at the pics very carefully, you'll see the tight spherical green buds. They are from heavy prunnings of last autumn. I don't know whether they are Green Gage, Green Plum, or Cherry; as I'd pruned all three at the same time, so this is a lucky-dip - lol. Given the price of soft-fruit trees in a garden center, these may well be worth a try. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

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Free: Wood - small branches for firewood (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 1y - Hi folks, I've got a pile of wood branches that someone may want for firewood. They are heavy prunings from fruit trees, cut last autumn. With the inflated prices of wood, coal, electricity, gas; these may save you some money for next winter. If no-one fancies them, they'll get burnt next November 5th. Location: Colchester, Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

Free: Large Cardboard Box (Parson's Heath CO4) Expired 1y - Hi again folks, I've got a large cardboard box offered for maybe packing or moving. It's currently flattened & in new condition. It originally had a medium size chest freezer unit within. The dimensions are approx. H25" x W34" x D27". It has an open base, but if someone wants a closed base, simply just cut the edges by 11" & make neat folds. Obviously then the height would be reduced by that 11". Maybe you'd just like to make a toddlers Wendy house out of it - lol? They'd have great fun. Collection from Parsons Heath / CO4 area. Regards, John.

Free: Glass Jars - now x8 remaining. (Parson's Heath CO4) Expired 1y - Hi folks, I have 8x Glass Jars remaining, the rest have been collected, all 100gm identical & with lids offered. Useful to store jam or chutney, neatly store all your bits 'n' bobs, screws/fasteners, sewing stuff, hobby stuff. Would benefit from a light rinse inside. Collection from the Parsons Heath area / CO4. Regards, John.

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Free: Margarine Containers x25 (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 1y - Hi folks, I have 25x margarine containers, all with lids & cleaned on offer. Useful to neatly store all your bits 'n' bobs, screws/fasteners, sewing stuff, hobby stuff. Maybe useful for growing seeds, seedlings, plants. Poke some drainage holes through the base. Collection from the Parsons Heath area / CO4. Regards, John.

Free: Glass Jars with lids x15 (Parson's Heath CO4) Gifted 1y - Hi folks, I have 15x glass 100gm jars with lids offered to anyone that wishes to make use of them. Good for storing sewing stuff, screws & nick-nacks of all sorts. I've previously used such for storing preserved apples & plums. These are just as when I used the coffee from them & would benefit from a light rinse & dry. Collection from the Parsons Heath, CO4 area. Regards, John.

Free: CRT Monitor - spares or repair (Parson's Heath CO4) Expired 1y - Hi folks, I have a Dell 17" monitor offered, as spares or repair. There are some of you that like to tinker & repair electronic stuff. It's a Dell model 78682 CRT (big back & heavy). The screen keeps switching on & off, hence offered as spares / repair.