Do you have a secret trick?

Rosa_Damascena

Janxx said:

DiamondLil said:

London_1 said:

Its an oldie, but for me a useful one.
 I have two empty clean plastic 2 litre screw-topped milk bottles I pierced the lids with a knitting needle several times, and when I have spare water i.e. from the washing up bowl, or the shower, until it runs hot I fill the bottles and use them as mini watering cans for my plants in the garden

As I have mobility problems, one of my arms is weak, so I cannot carry a heavy watering can, this does two jobs 

A. Easier for me to carry out to the garden when full 

B. No wasted water going down the drain that  I have paid for. 

Plus instead of having to over water the lawn or flower beds it keeps my water bills down as no water gets wasted. my monthly water rate bills are now £7,60 a month. I'm not too fussed about grass as it will always survive , but my DGS has planted some onions sets and some seed potatoes so any spare water gets used on them

Hope it helps the less mobile gardeners amongst us Handy if you have patio pots as well.

JackieO xx

London_1 said:

Its an oldie, but for me a useful one.
 I have two empty clean plastic 2 litre screw-topped milk bottles I pierced the lids with a knitting needle several times, and when I have spare water i.e. from the washing up bowl, or the shower, until it runs hot I fill the bottles and use them as mini watering cans for my plants in the garden

As I have mobility problems, one of my arms is weak, so I cannot carry a heavy watering can, this does two jobs 

A. Easier for me to carry out to the garden when full 

B. No wasted water going down the drain that  I have paid for. 

Plus instead of having to over water the lawn or flower beds it keeps my water bills down as no water gets wasted. my monthly water rate bills are now £7,60 a month. I'm not too fussed about grass as it will always survive , but my DGS has planted some onions sets and some seed potatoes so any spare water gets used on them

Hope it helps the less mobile gardeners amongst us Handy if you have patio pots as well.

JackieO xx

Stood upright, this trick keeps cats out of the garden too; which is a blessing in a garden that's used as a toilet for all the local cats.

Will this work on foxes too? Constantly using my garden as a toilet. Terrible if stood in as it stinks far worse than any dog or cat poo. Had one looking me in the eye as he did his business the other day.  

Foxes are a very specific problem, they are bold and no longer shy about coming out during the day. I had a terrible problem with them at my last home - they had decide to nest behind my shed and had a family whilst they were at it. I tried so man6 things, including one of these electronic solar devices (they played with it overnight) asking male family members to pee by the shed (politely refused!!). Although sceptical, I took my Mum's advice and was very liberal with dried red chillies. I was convinced they would develop a taste for them but was wrong!

RobM99

Anything called Fudco must be worth buying!

kboss2010

I wanted to batch-make small portions of soup to freeze for my lazy WFH lunch days but didn’t have small enough containers.

A while ago I bought one of those silicone cake moulds with large flowers and I’ve never used it so I’ve cut it up into individual sections which are just perfect for a small bowl of soup (or use two if you want a larger bowl). I put these in the freezer covered with re-usable silicone “cling film” covers and decanted them into bags when frozen - problem solved!

Spendless

Frugalista said:

I line the veg drawers with newspaper.  Absorbs the moisture just as well as kitchen towel.

This got suggested to me too recently before I read your post. What about the possibility of newspaper print transferring to  the veg? The other person that said this tops the newspaper with a layer of kitchen roll. 

elsien

Newspaper print doesn’t transfer anymore. Even if it did would you not just wash or peel the veg?

DiamondLil

elsien said:

Newspaper print doesn’t transfer anymore. Even if it did would you not just wash or peel the veg?

It certainly does transfer from some of the broadsheets.

Spendless

elsien said:

Newspaper print doesn’t transfer anymore. Even if it did would you not just wash or peel the veg?

Not always to the extent if anything transferred would come off, certainly if it was a carrot, not so much if it was a bell pepper or mushroom. I've had newspaper print come off before on things when it's got damp. 

Katiehound

Just to point out that if you don't buy newspapers or have freebies ones (those days sadly long gone!) then it doesn't solve the problem! You have to buy something.....
I use one of those green foam mesh mats (Lakeland- but cheaper copies available) with kitchen roll underneath

Rosa_Damascena

kboss2010 said:

I wanted to batch-make small portions of soup to freeze for my lazy WFH lunch days but didn’t have small enough containers.

A while ago I bought one of those silicone cake moulds with large flowers and I’ve never used it so I’ve cut it up into individual sections which are just perfect for a small bowl of soup (or use two if you want a larger bowl). I put these in the freezer covered with re-usable silicone “cling film” covers and decanted them into bags when frozen - problem solved!

On the rare occasions I cook, I batch cook and then fill up multiple take-away type containers, the good thing about them is they tessellate and don't waste precious freezer space. Defrosting one of these ?600ml contain gives me 3 meals, so that's at least 3 days I don't have to think about food.

in_my_wellies

kboss2010 said:

I wanted to batch-make small portions of soup to freeze for my lazy WFH lunch days but didn’t have small enough containers.

A while ago I bought one of those silicone cake moulds with large flowers and I’ve never used it so I’ve cut it up into individual sections which are just perfect for a small bowl of soup (or use two if you want a larger bowl). I put these in the freezer covered with re-usable silicone “cling film” covers and decanted them into bags when frozen - problem solved!

When I make soup I pour it straight into mugs and freeze them, usually about 4 at a time. I get one out in the morning and it's thawed by lunchtime. Saves washing up too. They don't tessellate but I can normally find space