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cqueenie

Joined: 26 Jul 2009
Posts: 707
Location: Shetland

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 11 8:20 pm Post subject:

Pilsbury wrote:

Fill the milk bottles with soup and freeze, they fit well into the freezer and you can defrost in the fridge and then pour out a bowl of soup to warm up adn keep the rest in the fridge for later

Genius!

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 11 8:22 pm Post subject:

cqueenie wrote:

Pilsbury wrote:

Fill the milk bottles with soup and freeze, they fit well into the freezer and you can defrost in the fridge and then pour out a bowl of soup to warm up adn keep the rest in the fridge for later

Genius!

why thank you

Mustang

Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Posts: 768
Location: Sunny Suffolk

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 11 8:48 pm Post subject:

Fantastic! Loads of suggestions.

* make and use for elderflower cordial and champagne. I make kumbucha and use some pop bottles for this. But I haven't made elderflower cordial/champagne for a couple of years, so will do this.

* Freeze stuff. I am a dehydrator rather than a freezer-type person, so only a tiny freezer which I use for stuff such as milk. But when I do freeze stuff, I do re-use bottles for this.

* Homebrew. Ah ... well I am just about to put a brew on, so will put some pop bottles aside for that.

* Seedling labels. I live near a horticultural wholesaler and a couple of years ago bought about 2000 plant labels for a few pennies ... so I doubt I would run out of labels soon.

* Pet food scoops. I'll definitely do this one.

* Tie on jam-jar labels. I don't tend to make jam (not got a sweet tooth) but still an interesting idea.

* Wild bird feeders. Another one to try.

* Saving the world by filling and threading them. Uh ...

* Use a milkman. I get raw milk from a local farm. As much as I would like to use milkman, they don't sell raw milk. My mum gets her milk from a milkman though, so does that count? Thread the milk bottle tops onto string and hang out as bird scarers.

Any more?

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 11 9:13 pm Post subject:
Cut the clear ones and use a third as mini cloche on tender seedlings and the two thirds can be half buried next to growing tomato plants, top side down and water into them. It's working well on mine. The soup container idea is great though!

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 11 9:24 pm Post subject:
Can you not ask the suppliers to fill your own re-useable containers, or is it part of their obligation to supply it in new, clean containers?

perlogalism

Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 11 9:42 pm Post subject:
We cut all our milk "bottles" down to 7cm and cut a finger sized hole in the bottom. These are then used as seedling pots which cost nothing Even better, we've just sold 300 Strawberry plants and 50 Tomato plants in these.

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 11 10:31 pm Post subject:
I use a cut-down litre milk carton (the kind with a handle) to carry my whetstones, immersed in water, when scything. I put my belt through the handle and then it's portable, leaving both hands free to work.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 8:51 am Post subject:

naomij wrote:

Alternatively, use a milkman! I love milk bottles.

Hmmm, our milkman has just put up the price by 3p/pint and started delivering in plastic containers. One of our reasons for keeping a milkman was the use of glass bottles........and now I can get organic milk from the Co-op (200 yards away) for substantially less than I am paying for standard semi-skimmed.

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 9:09 am Post subject:
We're growing carrots in our milk bottles this year, and hanging them along the fence.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 9:14 am Post subject:

12Bore wrote:

naomij wrote:

Alternatively, use a milkman! I love milk bottles.

Was in the Coop yesterday and very annoyed by their lack of any choice - no non-homogenised nor channel Island and all the organic options were semi-skimmed.

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 9:56 am Post subject:

AnnaD wrote:

We're growing carrots in our milk bottles this year, and hanging them along the fence.

Also ideal for strawberries. Puts them at comfortable picking height & sets the slugs/snails a bit more of a challenge.

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 10:19 am Post subject:

hedgehogpie wrote:

AnnaD wrote:

We're growing carrots in our milk bottles this year, and hanging them along the fence.

Also ideal for strawberries. Puts them at comfortable picking height & sets the slugs/snails a bit more of a challenge.

Ooh, I didn't think of that!

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 11:02 am Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

12Bore wrote:

naomij wrote:

Alternatively, use a milkman! I love milk bottles.

Was in the Coop yesterday and very annoyed by their lack of any choice - no non-homogenised nor channel Island and all the organic options were semi-skimmed.

Hang on a sec, you live in Yorkshire, promote local food and low food miles, and complain that you cannot Channel Island milk?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 11:09 am Post subject:

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 11 12:53 pm Post subject:
the fizzy bottles are good as well cut around ,warm and stretch edge of top bit and slip top over base to make a box snip and pierce to make strainers ,funnels,plant pots etc etc etc spagetti spoon is a neat one to make

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