Sunday, July 1, 2012

Fantastic Plastic

Kit

This little plastic box was left behind when The Kidlet moved out.  I think she used it as a first aid kit.  I've been stuck thinking I could use it for something, and recently gave up.  It has a #6 recycling icon, so I'll save it for my next trip to Whole Foods or wherever I can recycle the unpopular plastics.

But wait!  I might be able to use it after all!  I was inspecting the corn this morning and discovered earwigs.  Reading up on the critters, it seems I can make a trap for them with a shallow container filled with vegetable oil (or beer, or soapy water).  If I don't catch anything, I can go ahead and recycle it.  (If it winds up full of drowned, dead earwigs floating in vegetable oil, I will probably throw it away.)

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