So what's stashed in the sheds? I am a fool for glass and rusty metal.

Hey you have the mother load there. If you do get rid of it you can definitely sell it. Garden junking is very in!

I would be all over some of these things.

Be sure to post your projects and progress. I wish this forum had more activity, it should perk up with pretty weather.

There was at one time a gallery of pictures but have no idea if that survived the transition.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md>Yeah I'm shocked at how dead it is. I was a member here years ago and you couldn't keep up!

Wow...I had a whole post written and that was all that posted? Two sentences?? And it didn't even start at the beginning of my post...weird!

Did someone say "rusty junk"? My favorite kind! I am so jealous. Too bad I don't live closer. I'm sure I'd be happy to "help".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md>I'd love the help! Lol nothing better than having someone that loves finding treasures as much as you do! Especially when you only see a corner sticking out and you don't know what it is, but pure sure it's something, so you're screaming, "Dibs! Dibs! Dibs!" And the other person (my almost 16 yr old son) is frantically trying to see what you're so excited about and trying to pull it out while simultaneously looking in his pile to bargain with you for a trade because it's obviously got you wound up.

Wow. Is there a certain number of characters that it allows in a post? And it chooses certain sentences? Because I had a lot more written and this isn't in order. So frustrating and it isn't the first time that's happened. I don't understand...I had quite a bit written the first time?

I don't think that there is a limitation on characters and I'm not sure why only certain sentences are posted. That is absolutely frustrating!

Oh! One thing I did find in the sheds was a ton of fairly new windows the SO is going to make into a wonderful greenhouse for me! I can't wait! I've been showing him ideas on Pinterest and he's got some rough drafts done just need to get some post for the frame to get started!

In case you don't know, Garden Web just merged with Houzz and some of us are having a hard time figuring this new site out. You should check out Fleamarketgardening.com as well. They are also on facebook. A lot of us "old timers" are on there as well and there are tons of ideas there too. Search the archives here and hopefully you'll find lots of ideas. We have some talented folks on the junk forum. Looking forward to seeing your treasures!

I'm green with envy over your pile of potential garden treasures. I hope you'll share pictures when you start decorating your yard with them.

I'll have to check that out, thanks! I started a small local group on fb a few weeks back. It's Garden Junktiquers if anyone is interested in checking it out. I hadn't posted because I wasn't sure what the new rules were. I remember Spike was pretty strict about things like that, and I didn't want to go to Disney!

Granny I will definitely share pics! I've got a little courtyard I plan on filling up. Lol. I've got cardboard and flagstones down right now to kill the grass, then I'm going to pull them up in spots and make some beds and put some of my found treasures! I can't wait to see how it all comes together!

Can't wait to see the pix of some of your treasures!

I can't wait to bring them up and start working on them! Some I'm going to leave as-is. Some I'm going to fix up. Any suggestions for the original metal garden fencing I found for the house? It's the accordion style, about 4 feet tall from the 1920's. Not sure if I should leave it the rusty color or paint it black. I'm pretty sure I'm going to put it across the front yard area. The original gate is still there.

The other place to put it would be the courtyard area where I'm doing the butterfly garden. I think it would look better there, but would take a little more work. I would love suggestions on the paint though. The house is yellow and guest cottage is natural wood and courtyard is flagstone. I could do a white paint. That might be cute and keep it light. What do y'all think?

The weather here has been crazy and we've had snow off and on since we pulled them. We've had more snow in the past two weeks than we normally have all year! Ugh! Hopefully it will warm up soon I've got seedlings that will need to go outside in a few weeks!!

Sounds like you hit the Mother Load. I am very excited for you. Would love to see what you make with all your finds. I have lots of visions of garden sculptures that would look great in your gardens. I hope to get some posted to my idea book soon. I sent you a message today offering you seeds for your gardens through the Adopt a Newbie program. They would be very happy growing in some of the buckets you found in your junk piles.

I don't know if posting other peoples photos from google images would be allowed in my ideabooks.

I'm thinking about old metal lids and containers that can be made into bird houses, bird feeders and bird baths. Old silverware made into plant hangers, plant markers and mobiles. Old glassware and dishware made into totems, garden signs and art. If you find lots of broken dishware they could be used for mosaic embellishments for the above mentioned projects. Anything long and skinny that can be made into trellises. Think containers that can be used as forms for making Hypertufa planters. The old window greenhouse sounds exciting. I have an old 6 paned window that I plan to paint a garden scene on. Just one of my many unfinished projects.

I just clicked to join your facebook group. I love decorating my yard with "garden junque".