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Across the Fence:  uses for things  |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 10:07:11 AM
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Can you give us an example?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog:
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 10:11:21 AM
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When I'm at the cabin, I use an embroidery hoop fashioned from a cottage cheese container. I cut the top rim off the carton, then cut the center out of the lid and snap it together. I made it when I was over there one time without a hoop, and even though I have brought a lot of my sewing supplies over there, I still use my cottage cheese hoop.
Farmgirl Sister #98 |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 10:14:17 AM
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I use my tall enamelware pee pot for soup! (No, I've never actually used it for a pee pot but it's really old so who knows what previous owners have done with it)
I hung an old garden rake in my bedroom and use the tines for hanging necklaces - works like a charm!
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 10:19:36 AM
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| I always keep a couple of clothespins with my teabags. I use them to hold the strings when I make iced tea. |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 11:30:52 AM
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Woohoo ladies that is what I'm talking about! Love the pee pot for soup...if only the previous owners knew :-p Clothespins I LOVE , the embroidery hoop thing is cool. We use an old basin for holding brushes and hair stuff and the other one holds a fake flower thing and a huge feather duster and we have a dry sink that holds our phone stuff and cards.
**~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~**
"... to thine ownself be true."
http://liggygirl.blogspot.com/
http://liggygirlslonggreen.blogspot.com/
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 11:38:56 AM
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Oh! I have pint mason jars in my bathroom for holding q-tips and cotton balls.
And I use a hanging shoe rack to store hair gels, extra hair bands, lotions and other sorts of beauty supplies that were clogging up space in my bathroom.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 11:44:28 AM
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You can always dress them up by tying cute ribbons around them, Bridget!
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 12:08:43 PM
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| Mason jars work well for baking soda in the bathroom also (if you are using it to wash your hair). I keep the measuring spoon stuck down inside the jar and scoop out the right number of spoonfuls into an old tea cup to take in the shower with me. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 12:13:15 PM
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I have an old hardware store apron in my laundry room holding all my sprays, clothes pins, etc...it's strung up on the wall.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 12:29:37 PM
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I have a bunch of mason jars holding everything from nails to buttons all over. I use empty yogurt and soup cans to start plants in. I used an old bar of soap as a temp. pin keeper before. . don't get me started on re-fashioning clothing *g*
Annika
Farmgirl sister #13
Mud Hen Queen
http://innermountainmudhens.wordpress.com/
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