Comments on: Ten Frugal (And Mostly Green) Things to Do With an Empty TidyCat Container http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/ Living Less Large in Central MA Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lise http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Lise Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:20:30 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-96 Kate, I'm excited to see someone giving this a try! I hope it works out well for you. I just turned one of my containers into a vat for "garden tea," a homemade fertilizer made by covering weeds from your garden with water and letting them rot. It's kind of gross, but the theory is that since weeds have long tap roots, they suck a lot of nutrients out of the soil - which you can then reclaim in this way. Kate, I’m excited to see someone giving this a try! I hope it works out well for you. I just turned one of my containers into a vat for “garden tea,” a homemade fertilizer made by covering weeds from your garden with water and letting them rot. It’s kind of gross, but the theory is that since weeds have long tap roots, they suck a lot of nutrients out of the soil – which you can then reclaim in this way.

]]> By: kate http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-92 kate Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:31:04 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-92 Hi! Great post! I used one of my Tidy Cats containers to make a compost bin like you discussed. I thought I would share the link... the HOW-TO: http://littlepaths.vox.com/library/post/composting.html enjoy! Hi! Great post!

I used one of my Tidy Cats containers to make a compost bin like you discussed. I thought I would share the link…

the HOW-TO:
http://littlepaths.vox.com/library/post/composting.html

enjoy!

]]> By: XORsted » Blog Archive » 10 Ways I Simplify; 10 Ways I Complicate http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-85 XORsted » Blog Archive » 10 Ways I Simplify; 10 Ways I Complicate Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:00:32 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-85 [...] compulsively reuse. Plastic grocery bags become litter cleanout bags. Litter tubs become planters. Plastic tubs for food are washed out and used again. I have rows of raspberry syrup bottles [...] [...] compulsively reuse. Plastic grocery bags become litter cleanout bags. Litter tubs become planters. Plastic tubs for food are washed out and used again. I have rows of raspberry syrup bottles [...]

]]> By: Cyndy http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Cyndy Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:57:35 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-58 When I moved to the desert, I started to catch rainwater coming off the roof so I could water the garden later. I had a few buckets to catch it in, but they didn't have lids. These containers are great for holding the water and keeping mosquitoes out until I'm ready to water. When I moved to the desert, I started to catch rainwater coming off the roof so I could water the garden later. I had a few buckets to catch it in, but they didn’t have lids. These containers are great for holding the water and keeping mosquitoes out until I’m ready to water.

]]> By: XORsted » Blog Archive » News from the Land of Totally Unprepared for the GRE http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-52 XORsted » Blog Archive » News from the Land of Totally Unprepared for the GRE Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:25:23 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-52 [...] XORsted caramel coating of intellectual curiosity, creamy center of lassitude « Ten Frugal (And Mostly Green) Things to Do With an Empty TidyCat Container [...] [...] XORsted caramel coating of intellectual curiosity, creamy center of lassitude « Ten Frugal (And Mostly Green) Things to Do With an Empty TidyCat Container [...]

]]> By: Joel http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Joel Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:48:25 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-51 When I was a kid and we had a dog it was the 5gal bucket for Ol'Roy that we used to hold dog biscuits, toys (both human and dog), water containers for gardening and young trees, and for use when cycling water in an aquarium. When I was in college and worked in a bakery it was frosting and glaze buckets. And now, as a post-college cat owner, you've given me a new place to look for a plastic container: the kitty-litter. Thank you! I plan to put these options to use! When I was a kid and we had a dog it was the 5gal bucket for Ol’Roy that we used to hold dog biscuits, toys (both human and dog), water containers for gardening and young trees, and for use when cycling water in an aquarium.
When I was in college and worked in a bakery it was frosting and glaze buckets. And now, as a post-college cat owner, you’ve given me a new place to look for a plastic container: the kitty-litter.
Thank you! I plan to put these options to use!

]]> By: lise http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-50 lise Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:49:42 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-50 @Juicefairy: I think it depends where you live. I actually can recycle them where I live (and do, if they get out of hand), but I honestly would rather re-use them around the house if I can - especially when you consider how little that you actually put in a recycling bin gets recycled :( And thanks to everyone else who commented - it's probably not surprising that there are tons of things you can do with tubs shaped liked buckets. @Juicefairy: I think it depends where you live. I actually can recycle them where I live (and do, if they get out of hand), but I honestly would rather re-use them around the house if I can – especially when you consider how little that you actually put in a recycling bin gets recycled :(

And thanks to everyone else who commented – it’s probably not surprising that there are tons of things you can do with tubs shaped liked buckets.

]]> By: juicefairy http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-49 juicefairy Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:32:28 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-49 Aren't those bucket's recyclable? Maybe I am wrong. -- JF Aren’t those bucket’s recyclable? Maybe I am wrong. — JF

]]> By: Nantahala http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Nantahala Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:33:40 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-47 Thank you for these! I am always looking for something to do with these. Thank you for these! I am always looking for something to do with these.

]]> By: Fianna http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Fianna Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:44:00 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/08/08/ten-frugal-and-mostly-green-things-to-do-with-an-empty-tidycat-container/#comment-45 Excellent Ideas! I use my tubs (personally loyal to Scoop Away Multi Cat) for holding food and as door stops. The cats like to use them to sit on, but this gave me several new ideas! Thanks!! Excellent Ideas! I use my tubs (personally loyal to Scoop Away Multi Cat) for holding food and as door stops. The cats like to use them to sit on, but this gave me several new ideas! Thanks!!

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