Recycling toilet paper tubes

[heatherv]

eta Ooops. didn't realize this was going to go to the next page! I was yuckin' it up about the worm collars being a collar for a worm!

 

[ticks]

What is a cut worm collar?

 

[enjoy the ride]

A cut worm is a nasty little larval(?) wormy thing that lives in the soil- you plant a seedling and it comes out and chews throughthe stem at ground level- you just find your bright new seedling laying on it's side like a tiny lumberjack felled it. I used to cut the TP cardboard at a couple of inches high and put in around the seedling, pressing it into the soil a little bit. Cut worms don't climb so it protects the seedling til it gets too big for the worm. I wouldn't think it would work to help with anything that climbs like a borer or caterpillar but it does work if you have cut worms.
I wonder if you used something like tanglefoot on it whether it would keep out caterpillars too????

 

[Nuggetsowner:)]

I LOVE the fire starter idea!!!!

The boys usually get mine too. I don't complain though, because in order to get the tube you must be the one to exchange the empty roll with a new one. House rules!!

 

[Beekissed]

yep, a must! Nothing irritates me more than an empty toilet paper roll and the kids have heard it enough to know better than to leave one! Also, if the toilet paper rolls off the back instead of the front...another pet peeve of mine.

 

[Ugly Cowboy]

yep, a must! Nothing irritates me more than an empty toilet paper roll and the kids have heard it enough to know better than to leave one! Also, if the toilet paper rolls off the back instead of the front...another pet peeve of mine.

LOL you sound just like my folks when I was growin up! My Nana actually put up a sign one day that said, "Changin the toilet paper roll does not cause brain damage."

And the fire starter is the best thing ever! I done that all the time as a kid, then my folks would come out and yell at me for startin a fire. Yeah, folks can be awful strange sometimes...

 

[Okiemommy]

They are great for sliding over the thinner tubes of Christmas wrap, instead of taping, to keep the paper on the tube neatly

Seriously. That is awesome. Better than rubber bands b/c they have a tendency to pucker the paper.

 

[nccountrygirl]

Also, if the toilet paper rolls off the back instead of the front...another pet peeve of mine.

It must be a lefty thing but I'm totally opposite. I put it on to roll off the back.

 

[Okiemommy]

Laura, is that you in your avatar with that huge fish?!

 

[amyquilt]

Wow what great ideas! Ours have always just gone in the trash. Not anymore