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Free: Plastic vials (Lake City/Meadowbrook) 20h - 20+ unused, never opened plastic vials, hold 14 ml fluid. I suspect these were sterile collection tubes, but they expired as of 7/12/21, so now could only qualify as clean. Use for testing soil, measuring plant food, measuring???

Free: More Hard red wheat (Lake City/Meadowbrook) 21h - Hard red wheat kernels: Grind & cook, or use for ?animal feed? - Please specify how many pounds or gallons you can use & day/time you can pick up. Please also include phone contact, as I don’t have a lot of time to go back-n-forth on email.

Free: 99% Pure liquid wax paraffin (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 2d - 1/3 bottle (about 18 oz.) liquid wax paraffin. Clear, smokeless, & odorless. Use as fuel for liquid candles & liquid lamps.

Free: Plain salt (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 3d - That is, no iodide in it. Nearly full 26 oz. container (but it’s open). Please include phone contact for text if possible.

Free: Kosher salt (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 3d - About 3/4 pound kosher salt. Box is open, but… hey, it’s salt. We don’t use it often & have plenty of other salts. So if you have a use for this, please take it!!!

Free: Misc baking products (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 3d - Double-acting baking powder, vit C tablets, “Minute Mug Cake Mix,” & 2x cream of tartar. All are either completely unused & sealed, or mostly full. (You can use vit C as a supplement, or crush & use to preserve color in baked goods.) Please take all. Respond with day/time for pickup (& phone contact if you want to go to head of the line).

Free: a Dozen Ceramic Paints (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 4d - 12 bottles in various colors, nontoxic & water-based. Like the label says, “Paint-n-Bake”: you paint glass (or ceramic, metal, porcelain, bisque, etc), let it dry, then bake at low heat for 30+ minutes. These worked great on a couple sets of glasses I painted, but haven’t been used for awhile. Please include phone number for texting if you want to be at head of the line.

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Free: dry pinto beans (Lake City/Meadowbrook) 7d - Please specify how many pounds you can use & day/time you can pick up. Please also include phone contact, as I don’t have a lot of time to go back-n-forth on email.

Free: Hard red wheat (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 7d - Hard red wheat kernels: Grind & cook, or use for ?animal feed? - Please specify how many pounds or gallons you can use & day/time you can pick up. Please also include phone contact, as I don’t have a lot of time to go back-n-forth on email.

Free: Plastic champagne flutes (Lake City/Meadowbrook) 8d - Set of 4 clear plastic champagne flutes. Sealed, never opened. Please state day & approx time you can pick up; providing a contact phone number puts you at head of the line.

Free: Plant starts (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 14d - Organic, very healthy plants: watermelon starts & variety of hot pepper starts (jalapeño, habanero, cayenne, Hungarian hot wax…) in 2” & 4” pots. We’re keeping them watered, but they’re exposed to sun, so respond asap for address.

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Free: Hedge clipper & mystery tool (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 20d - From the same folks who brought you the manual grass clippers… old-fashioned hedge trimmer, works fine but needs cleanup & probably sharpening. I don’t know what the other tool is for, except it was in my former neighbor’s garden shed. Row marker? Back scratcher? You can have both.

Free: Grass clippers (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 25d - Both work nicely, just need a good scrub.

Free: Tile mastic/adhesive (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 25d - One full gallon, one ?half full. Two different brands. I used a little recently for a small project; the other is from a neighbor. Can’t comment on the stuff other than to say it worked for my project.

Free: Salted caramel corn puffs (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 26d - About 1 pound is left in the bag. These are tasty, fresh & crunchy... but not sure what made me think I could eat 1-1/2 pounds of em.

Free: Outdoor mobile (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 27d - Green-&-blue outdoor mobile; spins in the wind. Please give approx pickup. Including a phone number for texting will put you at head of the line.

Free: Paint samples (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 27d - Five half-pints paint samples: Light blue, light green, “radiant orchid”, & two similar shades of grey/taupe. Satin finish, water based (latex/acrylic), beautiful colors, but I cannot use them. Please take all.

Free: “Wrought iron” cafe table & chairs (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 27d - Actually heavy-duty aluminum, so it’s easy to move. Cafe-style patio set. Needs a coat of spray paint, but sturdy & in good shape. Table has glass top with hole in it to accommodate umbrella. Hummingbird motif. Please include phone # for texting if possible.

Free: Mixed vegetables (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 28d - Two #10-size cans of mixed vegetables. Take one or both. (I understand these are great for making veg soup for a large group.)

Free: Vintage floor lamp (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 28d - Circa 1950s (my guess); bronze finish with gold accents. It’s pretty heavy. 62” tall with shade. 3 regular size bulbs work on separate switch from larger central bulb.

Free: Kale & celery (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 34d - Bunches of organic kale. Bags of celery (most likely organic, too, but it’s been trimmed & washed, so labels are missing). Carport pickup. Please include phone contact for texting if you can. Free: Gloss photo paper (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 42d - Unopened. Heavy (8.5 mil thick), great for framing & scrapbooking.

Free: Misc kids items (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 43d - Mosquito repellent bands (new), DinoWorld glow-in-the-dark dinosaur kit (assembly required), small plastic figures, “coins”, hair bands. Please take all.

Free: BBQ tool set (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 43d - “Texas Irons” - New (or maybe used once? Looks new to me) Complete set, in its own carrying case.

Free: Miscellaneous light bulbs (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 43d - Incandescent, compact 4-pin fluorescent, soft white specialty bulbs. All work.

Free: Ceiling pendant light fixtures (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 43d - Large black & smaller bell-shaped frosted white fixture. Perfect condition.

Free: Box of flood lights (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 43d - Three different styles; all working. 130V/60W (seven bulbs); 120V/75W (one bulb); unknown (one bulb).

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Free: Refillable propane tank (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 49d - Perfect condition, for bbq or anything else that uses propane.

Free: Seasoned wood (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 49d - Tree trunks & large branches, for your fireplace/fire pit.

Free: Compact fluorescent bulbs (Lake City/Meadowbrook) Gifted 58d - “Daylight Deluxe” 4-pin bulbs. We dropped our lamp, thought bulb was damaged, but turns out the lamp is kaput. So we now have the original bulb plus a replacement we just bought.