Plastic Hamper

RE: Plastic Hamper Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (05/02/2003) Profile | Blog! | Contact We use an old hamper with slits as a mini composter. The slits allow enough air to circulate through the leaves and clippings to process it into compost. RE: Plastic Hamper Post by lilredwaz (4) | (04/26/2003) Contact You could spray paint it terra cotta or forest green, to make it look like an outdoor planter pot, stuff straw around the openings, punch a few drainage holes in the bottom, and make an outdoor planter out of it. Plant a large showy flowering annual or perennial in it. Or, if it's the deep clothes hamper like I have, grow some potatoes in it -- start with a layer of dirt, compost, maybe shredded leaves, and plant your 'taters. As they grow add more dirt/compost on top. When they reach the top, let them finish growing and in the late Summer/early Fall you should have some fresh potatoes! Just don't forget to keep it watered. You could also use it as a storage bin, if you wrapped whatever you are storing, such as clothes, in see-through plastic bags first (so you can identify what has been stored). The hamper would serve to stack the bags of clothes neatly. Or turn it upside down, attach a small flat surface to the bottom to act as a tabletop (something recycled?), paint the whole thing one color, and you have a small garden pedestal or a small table to put next to your lawn chair. Maybe even twine some fake ivy in and out of the slots to complete that outdoorsy look. The last thing I can think of is to attach it to the garage wall and use it as a storage bin -- it would be great as a place for the kids to throw their toys into at the end of the day. Good luck, and keep thinking outside the box! Ness http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WasteNothing/