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Chatting => Frugal Living => Topic started by: becky on January 10, 2007, 21:43

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: becky on January 10, 2007, 21:43

Not glass ones! The lovely plastic monstrosities, that take up far too much room in land fill.
Here are some ideas:
Take the lid off, cut off the bottom, a mini clotche for tender plants.
Cut around the handle, makes a handy scoop for compost/feed.
A load of the lids strung together, then hung up will keep the pigeons off your cabbages.
Cut the top half off, use the bottom half as a plant pot,drainage holes needed!
You can cut them up, to make feeders/waterers for poultry.
Cut them into strips, and they become plant labels.
Please feel free to add any other suggestions!!! :D

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: muntjac on January 10, 2007, 21:45

some great uses theer becky i used the scoop one before .. :wink:

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: hayles62 on January 10, 2007, 22:24

Before I had demijohns I did my wine in these...

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: MontyTom on January 10, 2007, 23:46

On similar lines, I cut bottom off clear 2L pop bottles to use as mini cloches. I think some of the gardening places charge a tenner for 3 of these 'bell' type things.  No way when you can make em for free!

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: GrannieAnnie on January 11, 2007, 08:49

Quote from: "hayles62"

Before I had demijohns I did my wine in these...

Good idea Hayles, what did you do about the top?  as a filter wouldn't fit, use cotton wool or just keep relaesing the plstic top to let the gases out?

The plant label one is good, I think we've mentioned most of the others before.  I stapled 6 bottles with the bottoms cut off together to use as a longer mini cloche

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: GrannieAnnie on January 11, 2007, 08:50

Oh and also, when the water butts were full, filled loads up with water to give a bit more room in the butts, and the net time I looked, OH had tipped it all away!!!!!

There are some peeps shouldn't be allowed near a garden, except when he's building me something for it!!!!! lol

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: Beanzie on June 28, 2007, 02:11

Made my "milk" scoop. Great for spreading fertiliser. If you leave a decent lip then it holds a decent amount

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: Oscar Too on June 28, 2007, 15:15

We keep milk in ours - stop puddles in the fridge.


I'll get my coat...

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: Boothy on July 04, 2007, 18:58

used em for slug pubs - bit of supermarket cheapie beer in (4 cans of morrisons bitter for a £1) and fill with slugs in no time - particularly in this wet weather

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: purplebat on July 08, 2007, 01:26

Quote from: "Oscar Too"

We keep milk in ours - stop puddles in the fridge....

I like that  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: tetley on July 09, 2007, 17:12

when I make soup, I freeze the surplus in milk bottles.

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: Scribbler on July 13, 2007, 13:18

Good for dishwasher salt, easier to use than the placky bags

Title: The many uses of milk bottles.
Post by: Sally A on July 22, 2007, 19:15

I've just cut a load of the 4 pinters off at the 2 pint level to use the bases for pots for cuttings; when, I spotted a slug in my tomatoes!  Armed with the top half of the milk bottle, I cut approx 6 inch length so it just started curling up at the end (ie towards the opening of the bottle), about 2 inches wide.  Fantastic for lifting up slugs, and hurling through the air - no more balancing them on the end of a twig for me.

PS. If Munty's getting his bean frame named after him, can this be patented as the Sally Slug Slinger?