Five uses for an empty cider bottle.

[saint-spoon]

O.k. as part of my camping experience I have had to improvise to make up for shortfalls in my equipment
1. Fill with water and freeze, they will last for three to four days in your cool box.
2. Fill with water and pop bamboo skewers in to soak before using on the barby.
3. Throw in the recycle bin
4. Refill with cider from the local cider farm

O.k. so it was only four and the third one was pretty rubbish but the others are valid.

[Mo]

Do I need new specs?

I didn't know why you would use bamboo skewers on a baby.

[Nellie]

Another use for a plastic cider bottle is as a wasp trap.

Remove the cap, cut the top third off neatly, turn it upside down, and 'sit' it inside the bottom section of the bottle. So it looks like:
Y the top part sitting in
U the bottom part

Now you fill the bottom part with a sugary / jam solution, and the wasps are attracted to it, crawl down into the bottom section, and can't get out again.

Of course, it can always be tarted up by removing the label, and decorating the outside. You can also use a paper punch to make holes on either side, run some twine through, and hang it up.

[Meanqueen]

Maybe that wasp trap would also work for slugs and snails as well?

Ilona

[mellonia]

Sounds good but does it attract bees as love them, hate wasps.

Mellonia

[Mo]

I sometimes use a jamjar with holes in the lid to trap wasps, I don't think it usually attracts bees, they go for flowers, but you do get other insects in it, flies etc.

[Nellie]

I've never found a honey bee in my wasp traps - just wasps!

[Richard]

I recall as a youngster in the 50's, my Aunt would trap wasps with a used Jam Jar, putting the lid on and making holes in the top.

What I remember is that without it you'd have one or two wasps hanging around, but as soon as the Jam scent got out, you'd have a few dozen!