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Greens in a Bag

Posted on September 22, 2009 by admin

Another valuable contribution to Irish Attic from Debbie at ArtlinkGallery.com

I live alone and I don’t like shopping, so I buy several bags of the spinach and lettuce in one shopping trip. I found they spoil so fast. And spinach not in a bag spoils even faster. What I found that works amazing is to open the bag as soon as I get home and put in a couple of paper towels, then seal with a rubber band, twist-tie or bag clip
. If I seal it well between uses and change out the paper towels for new ones when they get moist it lasts much longer.

If you buy spinach and lettuce loose or in a bunch, wash the leaves and make sure they’re dry. Store them in a repurposed bread bag with paper towels just like above.

IA: Thanks Debbie for your dedicated reading of IA and your flow of tips and tricks to improve this blog!

Categories: bags, Food | Tags: greens, lettuce, plastic bag, spinach

On-the-Go Grocery Bag Storage

Posted on September 1, 2009 by admin

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With all of the best intentions I often don’t have a re-usable grocery bay when I need one. I use them once, take them into the house with the groceries and then forget to bring them back to the car. I was about to buy more reusable bags when I came up with a great idea. Read more …

Categories: bags, cardboard tubes, paper, Plastic | Tags: reusable bags, shopping

Plastic Newspaper Bags

Posted on July 26, 2009 by admin

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There are many ways to reuse the plastic bags that cover your daily newspaper:

Keep in your diaper bag for dirty diaper disposal.

Keep in your bathroom to place used sanitary napkins inside. Drop it in, tie it up and toss in the trash. Read more …

Categories: automobile, bags, Bathroom, Home, Kitchen, Outdoors | Tags: newspaper, trash bag

Grocery Bag Storage “Leg”

Posted on July 3, 2009 by admin

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I used an old sweat pant leg to store used plastic grocery bags. I cut one leg off at the crotch, sewed a casing (you could glue or use iron-on webbing though), string the drawstring from the same pair of sweat pants, the elastic from the other leg, or an old shoelace through the casing and tied it off to make a loop to hang my new storage leg. The bottom already has an elastic closure. Now I can hang my leg on the back of my utility closet door and pull the bags out as I need them.

Categories: bags, clothing, Home, Plastic, Storage | Tags: plastic grocery bags, sweat pants