Kitchen Garden Forum

Came across a tip for using plastic milk bottle for storing & distributing vericulite on your website survey.

Wonder what other usages there are for the plastic bottle.

I use a cut down 2 ltr bottle for carrying corn to scatter for the chickens then I use it to collect the eggs in

They are regularly used in cemetery's in France instead of watering cans. [that regularly go walk-about.]

I put a cane inside them and poke them into the soil around my veg patch. The wobbling and rattling noise helps to scare away the pigeons.

Diane wrote: The wobbling and rattling noise helps to scare away the pigeons.

I WISH, even if I wobble and rattle around the plot the pigeons and crows ignore me.
However just like Diane I persist in trying to enlist the benefit of Percy Verence

I also either remove or make small holes in the lid and cut off the base of the bottle, then with a stout cane pushed down securely into the ground and the bottom of the bottle facing up it acts as a water collector for rain or when watering tomatoes, brassicas etc

Using them to collect rainwater - that's such a clever idea. I'm going to do that too.

Thank you Pa Snip for the tip.

I use one pint plastic milk bottles for freezing home made soup. I whizz the soup with a stick blender first for easy pouring. A pint conveniently serves two decent portions. They're stronger and more reliable than using plastic bags and I just dunk the frozen bottle in a bowl or saucepan hot water to thaw it out.

i use 2 litre bottles filled with water to weigh down edges of fleece and plastic sheets.

they do dissintegrate after a few years so it pays to coninuously add new ones and scrap oldest ones.