Any ideas for a protector/cover (anti-bird!) for foil tops of glass milk bottles?!

DigForVictory

As students, we used almost anything. Empty shot glasses, ceramic flowerpots, a chunk of plank & on one memorable occasion mugs...
Push comes to shove, socks. I have a sizeable collection of orphan socks (baby through teenager) & those might slow down the marauding birds as well as amusing your milko....

APennySaved

Hi yellowbear

Thanks!

yellowbear wrote: »

or this http://www.milkbottlebaskets.co.uk/

I love the range on offer from: www.milkbottlebaskets.co.uk. - what a great invention!

However, we only get a couple of bottles a few times a week from the milk dairy. We currently have enough milk on order from the milkman to keep us going on a daily basis, & get back-up/extra supplies from the supermarket as & when needed (as it's more cost-effective than the milkman's £).

So at present, with a 2-bottle-per-day order, the unit is not a VFM option. But when/if we get more milk supplies from the milkman, we will definitely get a storage unit from: www.milkbottlebaskets.co.uk (leading to: www.milksafes.co.uk).

APennySaved

Hi jk0

This looks GREAT! - & a cooler bag, to boot!

jk0 wrote: »

I bought one of these for £3.99, and leave a couple of ice packs it every night:

so will look into it!

:T

APennySaved

Hi missbiggles1

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I suppose suggesting buying milk from the supermarket's not a goer then?

Sadly not, as we currently order enough milk from the milkman to keep us going on a daily basis.

We only get a couple of bottles a few times a week from the milk dairy.

We then buy any back-up/extra supplies from the supermarket as & when needed, as it's more cost-effective than the milkman's price!.

APennySaved

Thanks e13

e13 wrote: »

Or a big plastic box to sit over the top of all of them? My neighbour built herself a wooden hinged box that sits next to her gate, but that might be rather extreme! Very cheap supermarket glasses/ramekins?

Industrious effort to built her own box! So kudos to your neighbour. I am in admiration of this!

Am thinking of looking into buying a heavy'ish plastic box - that won't go rotten or move about in the wind/rain. Although small & heavy in a plastic box is not so easy to find!

Or I might - as short-term solution - buy those disposable party glasses.

Thanks for the advice

APennySaved

Thanks, everyone, for ALL your advice! :T

It has given me a number of ideas, which is what I needed . . . now to try a few solutions!

Eenymeeny

Have a look in your local pound shop. I'm sure that you'd find a plastic basket that would fit over the top nicely. One of those deep, oval ones would help prevent the empty ones from blowing over on windy nights too.

Rain_Shadow

How about a jam jar? It would be heavy enough not to be blown away while it was waiting to be used but not so heavy as to topple the bottle.

GreenQueen

We use an upturned bucket, which takes all the bottles underneath.

This became necessary when on three consecutive deliveries we found one of our delivered bottles tipped over, the foil top nibbled and the milk half drunk/half spilt. We realised our local hedgehog had found a new breakfast bar (identified by the little "present" he had left us)!

GQ

pollyanna_26

Hi I have always had my milk delivered in glass bottles . I was given a handful of the plastic caps from my milkman some years ago and they work well . I have a friend who buys liquid detergent which has a silicone detergent holder for inside the machine drum . She has passed a number of these to me over the years as one comes with each purchase . I use them for cane caps in the garden but have just tried them on a glass milk bottle for you and they will do the job fine . Maybe family or friends will have similar if you don't use the product yourself .
polly