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Repurposing paper 50-pound grain bags

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We use lots of grain (especially wheat!) at our house. When I purchase grain, I store it in buckets rather than leaving it in the 50-pound paper bags.

The empty brown paper grain bags can easily be torn and composted, if you do composting.

For a long time now, we have stored the childrens' building blocks in an empty grain bag. It's the perfect size and I love that it's a soft, comfy paper rather than plastic. :) (When the blocks are not in use, I store the bag upright in the bedroom closet.)

What are some more good uses for empty paper grain bags?

A few of my ideas:

Flatten a bag and use it as a shoe mat/rug near the door, to catch mud or dirt.

Tear and crumple to use as padding in packages.

For large gifts, place in grain bag, staple top shut and affix a bow.

Let children play in/with empty bag until it's torn to bits (then compost!) ;)

Cut bag down the side and across the bottom and give children huge pieces of drawing paper!

Use as a trash can liner.

bag from wheat

What do you do with empty grain bags? I'm sure there are more things I'm not thinking of!

For more frugal tips and ideas, visit Jessica's blog today! :)

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Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-04-17 09:03.

bags

I wish I hadn't just thrown mine out! Thanks for the tip.
Julie

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-04-17 10:11.

Wonderful Idea!

I love this idea! I don't have 50 lb grain bags, but if I did, I'd definitely give some of these a try!

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-04-17 13:16.

Bags

I love the composting idea!

Although, as a person with celiac (with a very extreme intolerance to gluten), I wouldn't be able to visit, if the grain-bag- stored toys were being played with, or accept a gift wrapped in a grain bag, unfortunately. (I would end up walking out in hives!) :) Just something to be aware of... :)

Blessings,
Michele

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-04-17 13:56.

keeping your produce fresh

We recently had our fridge repaired and the man informed us that if we lined the produce bins in the fridge with brown paper bags the produce would stay at the best temperature and stay fresh longer. This was particularly important for preserving greens he told us. It sounded fascinating to me! I can't wait to try it.

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-04-17 14:18.

I've always been warned not

I've always been warned not to keep paper bags of any kind in the house, especially any that have been around food, because so many bugs, especially roaches, are attracted to them. Cardboard boxes are said to be even worse, due to the glue that the bugs apparently love.

I have a beautiful quilt my grandmother made from old style flour and feed sacks. Too bad they are still not made of fabric!

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-04-17 20:30.

bags and bugs

Ive always heard the same thing about bags and boxes and roaches. I remember when bags of flour had dishrags and towels given away in them , boy, why dont they do things like that anymore!?

Submitted by Mrs. Paradis on Fri, 2009-04-17 22:40.

Yes great

Yes great ideas Tammy~

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2009-04-18 09:32.

Another use...

I recently purchased 25 chicks and while they were in the house in a box for a few weeks, I used the sacks to line the bottom of the box and put hay on top. That way I just had to roll up the paper once a day to clean the bedding. It was a cinch and kept the box re-usable for the whole time I needed it. I always save my sacks for uses on the farm (as well as my feed sacks)

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2009-04-18 15:05.

Ruth is so

Ruth is so cute!

http://fischbebe.blogspot.com/

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2009-04-19 07:42.

grain sacks

We recycle all paper here. THe brown bags would go in with the corogated cardboard boxes. Check with you local town government or private trash hauler to see if they accept them. Alternatively, I also use large brwn bags (free Kraft paper!) for mailing packages, as an outler cover to the box (Tammy already suggested shredding and using as inside the box).
HTH
Carol

Submitted by Sherri on Mon, 2009-04-20 05:24.

grain bags in the garden

If you cut sacks down the long sides from top to bottom, the bags are good to lay in the garden between the rows. It compacts the dirt you walk on making it less muddy. The more they get rained on the better they work.

Submitted by ruizbe82 on Tue, 2009-04-21 13:35.

Trash Liners

We use our 50# dog food bags and chicken feed bags as trash liners in the kitchen as well. They're not that pretty, but once the cover is on the trash can no one can see it anyway. The cat food bags, which are smaller, we place near the cat litter and use it as a small trash "can" there as well. We figure it's better to re-use them than to just toss them empty since these have the plastic inside and cannot be composted or recycled. :/

I loved the idea of using the grain bags as walkways in the garden! With it raining so much here in the NW anything to keep the mud away is a welcomed idea!

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