My husband's old undershirts do triple duty around here when cut up.

They become dust cloths for me

They become rags for both of us

They become ties to tie tall tomatoe plants to a stake for him

They use to become practice tye dye shirts for my kids when they were young but those days are long gone now.

They are soft and stretchy enough to work well. Good one. Rags and dust cloths are a given for all of us, I hope---there are times I have more rags than good clothes!

They last forever, and are just the perfect texture for a great rag! I wish I had some.

Plastic mayo jars, soak off the label and reuse for all my misc craft baubles, hair ties for my daughter crayons, etc. She of course like to decorate hers but I just keep mine clear so I can see what is stored inside.

if you have shelves in a work shop, put a hole in the lid, nail it into the shelf, and you can twist the jar onto it. That keeps the jars out of the way.

just nailed into the two by fours for the flooring above. Wish I could get him to post here, he would love this forum and probably could learn a thing or two while sharing as much.

He's 72 and still wears his plaid-ish wool coat with suede elbow patches and one on his shoulder that was his graduation present from his mom from uni. I think it was a hunting coat even though he's never hunted a day in his life. Must've been in fashion. Doesn't fit well but it brings back fond memories and it's warm. When I go home for the holidays I'll take a pic and post it here.

i buy six 1 liter bottles of water every june, re-fill them all year then when i 'retire' them, they get cut up and become seedling pots before they are recycled

It is great for putting at the bottom of pots with holes in them to keep the dirt from washing out when the plants are watered.

If we have an old tube sock and a used 12 oz water or soda bottle, we put it in the sock for the dog. It's a new toy for awhile. We just have to watch her or she'll chew thru the sock to get to the plastic. She has a grand time for about 30 min.

Also, I take the water in our de-humidifier and water the garden. I try to recycle what I can.

And if there is enough rain, I use it in my washer when I do a load. I have a couple of five gallon buckets to hold the water until I use it. My basement is really humid---at least a gallon a day.

I love the simple things!

The soap actually works as fertilizer.

we started doing this during a water ban but we kept on even after the ban was lifted. We have at least one neighbor now doing the same thing. My sister's husband runs the air like mad and she catches a ton of water from their A/C!

I wonder if there are any soaps that are not good for this purpose.

But generally, soap is very similar to fertilizer.

That kinda freaks me out.

But I will stop worrying about putting water on plants if it is soapy now. Thanks for letting me know.