Archive for September, 2006
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old beans?
Ahoy there, old bean, it seems I’m in a bit of a to-do regarding some expired dried pulses.
Half a pack of the old blighters, gone right orff or at least past their use-by doodah, jolly bad show.
Have a sneaking suspicion that there are a whole plentitude of purposes for the little chaps. Any conjectures?
Toodle pip!
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4 Comments » - Posted in food and the like, items by louisa
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old garden hose?
Since the weather has got rather autumnal and wet of late, we decided to pack away the garden stuff for the winter.
While hosing the dirt off pots, and packing away the hose itself, I noticed the hose had sprung a leak at a rather inconvenient position in its length.
We’ve got more hose to use in […]
10 Comments » - Posted in garden, items by louisa
Monday, September 4th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … hard sugar?
John made pancakes for breakfast yesterday (mmm pancakes) and while we were digging around in the back of the cupboard for the golden syrup, I found two half bags of brown sugar.
One of them John put to one side when he realised it was just white sugar tinted brown and the other was from the […]
6 Comments » - Posted in food and the like, items by louisa
Friday, September 1st, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … onion or orange nets?
We tend to buy 1kg or 2kg nets of onions - plastic nets, with 1cmx1cm ish holes - but can’t think what to do with them once we’ve finished the pack. The same goes for the rare occasions when we buy big packs of oranges or lemons.
We use smaller nets - the type that […]
