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Request: Sealed units (Presteigne LD8) I am looking for sealed units that are in good condition (not getting condensation) I can use to make a central panel in the ceiling of the pagoda of the garden at The Welsh Marches Japanese Garden: Where the Whale Talks to the Stars. The pagoda was made in Japan, probably near Nara and exhibits amazing Japanese joinery. I want to make the building insulated but I dont want to hide this. But I also want to leave the roof ventilated so the sugi (Japanese cedar) remains good for hundreds of years (it’s 50 years old now and no sign of issues!). So my solution is to have a central panel of two sets of sealed units with 15mm in between. Even with older units, this will create high insulation. So I need two good sealed units no larger than 1200mm or smaller than 800mm in good condition. Maybe someone is changing out a window for an extension and and can help.

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Request: Bits of stone and rock for Japanese path (Presteigne LD8) I am interested in small or larger quantiles of flattish or rounded stone that I can use for the entrance to the Welsh Marches Japanese Garden I have created with the help of some many people on Freegle. I have some fabulous old slabs from a coach house in Weobley. These are the core from the parth. But as you will see in the photos, the tradition in Japanese is mix and match. So it might be that you have just a few pieces I can use or some larger ones or more of them. Please get in touch if you do, as I am doing the entrance path soon and want to make it very special. I also want, as the rest of the garden, to make it of this place so I want a selection that shows the geology of the Marches. Thanks

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Request: Big bamboo Single piece at least 60mm and 1500mm long (Presteigne LD8) Withdrawn Hi. Do you have very big bamboo in your garden. I want a piece around 80mm preferably, about 1500mm long so I can handle wastage, mistakes, to make a Japanese deer scarer (where a pipe fills a see-saw pipe that then tips water into a basin Can be yellow, balck blue, Colour is not an issue.

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Request: Heather for thatching (Presteigne LD8) I want to thatch a short fence in my Japanese garden. Is someone clearing heather. I guess the equivalent of a couple of straw bales would do it great. Need to ensure 35cm -45cm length as a minimum.

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Request: White board (Presteigne LD8) Hi. Dont need a huge one. If someone has one of modest size, I would like it so there is someone to write project dimensions on as we work through fitting out the pagoda in the Japanese garden I am building

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Request: Clay sub-soli. (Presteigne LD8) I want some sub-soil clay to mix with grantite dust to make a substrate to grow moss in a garden. I need a barrow full or so. I have builders sacks, and happy to pop on site, bag it and remove. Is any one in a hole digging up soil they need to dispose of because it’s generally useless for normal gardening? If so, a few bags of the stuff that you tend to hit about a metre down round here would be great.

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Request: Hazel poles (Presteigne LD8) Received I am looking for 8 hazel poles, at least 2.10m long of reasonable thickness (20mm plus). I am building a short fence in my Japanese garden. I am putting a thatched roof on it in the Japanese style and I want dome poles I can use as the batons to tie the thatch too. Thank you

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Request: Roofing felt (Presteigne LD8) Received I need to repair my shed. I don’t need a lots, so if someone has some left over I would be most grateful.

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Request: Hostas, alpines, grasses. clematis, blue bamboo (Presteigne LD8) Received The Japanese Garden so many have helped with is doing grear. It will be open for h-art I am now on smaller plants. I am looking for hostas, unusual ferns, sedums and white saxifragr, red grass, black grass, a clematis armandi and blue or red bamboo. If you have anything else you think grear for this type of garden do let me know. If any one can help that would be grear and check out johnruxburton.co,Uk/garden. Thank you everyone who has made this possible.

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Free: Plant pots (Presteigne LD8) Gifted I have lots of old flower pots 9cm to 12l. If you let me know what you need I maybe able to help. All come from the many people who gave plants to the Japanese garden. Be nice to see them used for more good work

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Request: Weed Stop (Presteigne LD8) Expired The mitate-mono (elevated upcyling) garden I have been building is coming on apace. 60 tonnes of donated rock, rehomed plants from across the UK (eg the blue pine on the left from Newton and the huge black pine on the mound from Swansea)… and much more including about 200 square metres of weed stop from a lady Kington. Generous though was (and it was incredibly so) we are going to need about another 150 sqm to finish. Can you help? Also, please go to . You will not only see more about the garden but much more importantly the names of the 100+ donors and supporters who have made this possible.

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Request: National trust vouchers (Presteigne LD8) Expired Did anyone have some old news papers last couple of weeks with the national trust offer. If you are not using them, I would like them. Happy to have the whole paper as I will use for fire lighting

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Free: Garden Furniture Collection (Presteigne LD8) Gifted A suite of wicker garden furniture, two big for our garden at our new home. It’s got a bit of rattan fraying in places. Could be fixed, but I suspect will give several years before it’s a real issue even if not.

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Request: 210 litre (or similiar) Oil drum (Presteigne LD8) Expired I am building a Japanese garden. An oil drum with the bottom cut out, primed with galvanised paint painted with bitumen and lined with geotext will prevent the spread of bamboo for 25-30 years. Short of using reinforced concrete, this is as good as one is going to get. Given I am 64... Anyway, I am looking for about o 10 × 45 L o 3 × 90 L o 3 × 210 L So even if you only have one or two, I would like them.

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Request: Soda stream (Presteigne LD8) Expired I want to see if I can mimic the trendy matcha and grape juice fizzy drinks that are around. I need a soda stream to try. If someone has one languishing, I would be most grateful.

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Request: Oil drum (or similiar) (Presteigne LD8) Expired I am building a Japanese garden. An oil drum with the bottom cut out, primed with galvanised paint painted with bitumen and lined with geotext will prevent the spread of bamboo for 25-30 years. Short of using reinforced concrete, this is as good as one is going to get. Given I am 64... Anyway, I am looking for about o 10 × 45 L o 3 × 90 L o 3 × 210 L So even if you only have one or two, I would like them. Thank you

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Request: Oil Drum 210 litres (or similiar) (Presteigne LD8) Expired I am building a Japanese garden. An oil drum with the bottom cut out, primed with galvanised paint painted with bitumen and lined with geotext will prevent the spread of bamboo for 25-30 years. Short of using reinforced concrete, this is as good as one is going to get. Given I am 64... Anyway, I am looking for about o 10 × 45 L o 3 × 90 L o 3 × 210 L So even if you only have one or two, I would like them.

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Free: National Trust Vouchers Free Family Pass (Presteigne LD8) Expired I have two national trust vouchers, valid today or tomorrow, that will let a family into a NT property (most at least) for free. I cant use them this weekend. Its a great opportunity for a free day out. I have two, so even if someone replies, get in touch as I may well still have the second

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Request: Oil drum 210 litre (or similiar) (Presteigne LD8) Expired I am building a Japanese garden. An oil drum with the bottom cut out, primed with galvanised paint painted with bitumen and lined with geotext will prevent the spread of bamboo for 25-30 years. Short of using reinforced concrete, this is as good as one is going to get. Given I am 64... Anyway, I am looking for about o 10 × 45 L o 3 × 90 L o 3 × 210 L So even if you only have one or two, I would like them.

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Request: Petrol Tank suitable to stick on a generator (Presteigne LD8) Expired I am restoring a generator. It has no tank. maybe someone has a mower, or a pump, or some other reasonable size portable machine that has had it, which could be cannibalised for this purpose.

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Request: 210 litre (or similiar) Oil Drums (Presteigne LD8) Expired I am building a Japanese garden. An oil drum with the bottom cut out, primed with galvanised paint painted with bitumen and lined with geotext will prevent the spread of bamboo for 25-30 years. Short of using reinforced concrete, this is as good as one is going to get. Given I am 64... Anyway, I am looking for about o 10 × 45 L o 3 × 90 L o 3 × 210 L So even if you only have one or two, I would like them.

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Request: 210 Litre Oil Drum (Presteigne LD8) Expired I am building a Japanese garden. An oil drum with the bottom cut out, primed with galvanised paint painted with bitumen and lined with geotext will prevent the spread of bamboo for 25-30 years. Short of using reinforced concrete, this is as good as one is going to get. Given I am 64... Anyway, I am looking for about o 10 × 45 L o 3 × 90 L o 3 × 210 L So even if you only have one or two, I would like them.

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Free: Exercise ball (Presteigne LD8) Gifted Work those abs! It’s a good bit of kit, but we have less space, so it has to go (and so will my lithe physique no doubt)

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Free: Picture frame (Presteigne LD8) Gifted Wood, 10x8 good condition

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Free: Corner sofa good condition (Presteigne LD8) Gifted A green corner sofa in good condition Has matching cushions. Was used in our second sitting room which was really a study. So rarely used as generally people sat at the desk. Sad to see it go but too big for here. Pics show it made up straight, the corner part and a rather poor pic of it when put together for a corner.

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Free: Bon viveur tie (Presteigne LD8) Gifted Features wine bottles, barrels etc. great for a wine buff. Brand new in wrap. Great for the raving alcoholic in your life.

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Free: Dishwasher beko (Presteigne LD8) Expired This is available. Someone contacted me, said they wanted and now tumble weed! So if you want a nice dishwasher that needs a tinker, get in touch The bottom half is lovely. But the top half doesn’t spray. Annoying but someone with some skill will fix in a jiffy. But I can’t! It’ will be lovely again as only three years old

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Request: Big pots. Bigger the better (Presteigne LD8) Expired People keep giving me trees and shrubs for my Japanese garden. It’s so fabulous. But my pot cupboard (no not that sort of pot cupboard) is bare. I need big pots got big plants. Cheap and nasty. Just need to hold soil and water until September when we plant our

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Request: Shredder (Presteigne LD8) Expired I want to shred some old papers. Anyone got a shredder, please?

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Request: Shaker Bottle (Presteigne LD8) Expired Doesn’t need to be huel. Just needs to be a shaker bottof that complete means and protein shakes can be made I

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