[fiestyredhead331]

can't believe you've all left out the most important use of plastic feedbags.......

    SLEDGING!!!!!!!

[tizaala]

They are the best things out for lighting the rayburn and woodburner, never fail.

[norfolk newbies]

Tizzala - not the plastic ones surely?
 
We have plastic ones from local supplier ( for when we have not ordered the paper ones by the ton). Paper ones used under chicken perches in barn, and to make poop easier to remove when they have been roosting where they shouldn't. Most are in a big pile in another barn waiting for next random use that isn't compost.
 
The plastic ones have been verrrrry useful for collecting old plaster and building rubbish from our house renovation to take to the dump.  We cannot recycle here ( due to animal waste contamination...even if super clean).
 
I am looking at the plastic ones for potato growing, but also wondered if I could somehow used them horizontally for tomato planters ( we have an excess of highly nutrient rich well rotted compost in barns from previous occupents horse storage ).
 
But sledging would also be an option, if only we had snow, or hills     
Jo

[Lesley Silvester]

DIY growbags are a good idea so long as you can seal the cut open end.

[Mrs Snoodles]

Thanks...lots of good uses!.   I love the idea of popping them down under the chicken netting...ingeneous! ...such a pain having to cut back the grass.  Bottom of chicken house, easy cleaning....blimmin brilliant. love that idea. I've always been reliant on newspaper but it gets bit soggy and doesn't pick up too well.  Like the idea of bagging them up into 10's too. We have a stall outside our house and I'll do this when we get the veg sales going again. Cool  :
As for sledging...... Yes yes YES!!!!

[plumseverywhere]

Loving the sledging idea!! Reggie, our Togg wether, broke our plastic sledge last year - he's 14 stone and I think him sledging was a daft idea but he did it none the less and put a hoof through. This way, no outlay and my kids get sledges -    their friends might look at them a bit oddly though...hey ho   

[Lesley Silvester]

Just tell th other kids they're designer sledges.  They'll all want one.

[colliewoman]

DIY growbags are a good idea so long as you can seal the cut open end.

You know the millions of rubber elastrator rings left over each year when you only have a couple of males to castrate?


Use the rest for sealing bags    spot on!
I uses to use them for sealing home made small m]bale/bag silage

[Lesley Silvester]

Brilliant idea.

[ppd]

I gave one to my saddleback weaners the other day, while they were shut in their small outdoor space as OH was building a new shelter for them and it kept them busy for ages - shaking it and big games of tug of war  They were like playful puppies
All supervised of course and the bag didn't get torn - just punctured a bit!
 
 

[Lesley Silvester]

 

[HelenVF]

bag them into 10's and sell them at the car boot for £1.00

Really??  What do the people who buy them use them for?
 
Loving some of these ideas!  I just tend to bin them!
 
OH did try using one for sledging but he wasn't impressed, especially when our son whizzed past him on his plastic sledge 
 
Helen

[Fowgill Farm]

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Really??  What do the people who buy them use them for?
 
Loving some of these ideas!  I just tend to bin them!
 
OH did try using one for sledging but he wasn't impressed, especially when our son whizzed past him on his plastic sledge 
 
Helen

They buy 'em to put their rubbish in from their gardens, garage etc or for grass clippings, moving house all sorts of things.
Tell OH to fill his bag half full with straw or a cushion and he'll get a better sledging experience on his plaggy bag!
mandy

[zwartbles]

Hey! Norfolk Newbies we sure have snow now! Tibenham looks very pictureskew in the snow, not so good in the dry !!
We use our plastic dog food bags, from 5 dogs, for taking hay out into the snow for the sheep and they are good for taking kindling and firewood indoors. Like the idea of potato grow bags.

[ppd]

Zwartbles, we too use them for bringing firewood into the house - saves a lot of bits falling on the floor! Also taking straw down to the duck houses for bed changes.
I am going to fill some of mine with horse poo and try and sell at the road end and going to try the potato grow bags too.
Oh and a use for the paper ones - wrap things in them for posting - saves on brown paper!