Just thinking......coffee can use.

We keep our used metal coffee cans under the kitchen sink for storing greese. The old greese is good for stoking a outdoor brush burn, or just take it to the back of the farm and dump it when its' full.

dennis

Hmmm I didnt know it would be different in other parts of Canada (why would I think that!) I know the vet here will take them for disposal but again you gotta get them safely there too.

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I think it is 1982 and older but I could be wrong. I'll check when I have a little time.

Also check for Wheat Pennies while your sorting. Many have collector value.

Doug

1982 was the year that the change was made, so some were copper and some not that year.

You can make a container to hold your long bbq tools by duct taping (solder?) a couple cans opened on each end to one which still has a bottom. Save a lid to keep the dust out. You can cover it with contac paper or something.

I use large cans in the garden for starter plants.

I do the counter top composting in them. Just put your egg shells, banana peels, ect. in and when its full, take outside and dump into the composter. I wash them in the dishwasher and they are ready to use again.

Ross, I have always used liquid detergent or softner bottles for sharps.

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fire starter/charcoal lighter

take three three pounders, and cut tops and bottoms out.
punch three "church key' holes in sides at tops and bottoms, evenly spaced.
tie-wire them together end to end, forming a pipe-like assembly.
punch three extra holes at the bottom, and stand upright.
fill the bottom with paper and kindling.
add charcoal or other hard to light fuel on top of the kindling.
light kindling through one of the bottom holes.
when fuel is going well, lift off the tube. (stick a tool in one of the top holes)

this forms a "chimney effect" lighter and makes it easy to get a fire going with a minimum of kindling, even if your firewood is damp and otherwise hard to light. a similar lighter can be made from a two foot joint of common sheet metal stove pipe. six inch diameter works, but eight inch is better. be sure to punch/cut ample airholes at the bottom.

I just use a single one pound coffee can as a charcoal starter "chimney" for my Volcano stove. I store the can with the stove. I just use my kitchen /BBQ tongs to lift the can when the coals are ready.

I tired that once, but the coffee can started to shrivel and melt and then burst into flames!

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I take a 3# coffee can or a #10 can (the metal ones) and make a garden watering device.

Take a #10 nail or whatever size you like and punch 2 or 3 holes in the side of the can about 2 inxhes up from the bottom. Spread the holes out around the can. The idea here is to put water in the can and have it hold about 2 inches in the bottom.

Dig a hole in the garden big enough to set the can in leaving about 1 inch of the upper rim above ground. Then put a scoop or two of rabbit poop, or goat berries in the can. Fill it up with water to the top and go away. Repeat weekly during the season.

When the can is located plant seeds in a circle around the can. Moisture should travel out about 18 inches from the can when watered. The can should retain the borrom 2 inches of water making a manure tea until the can is filled again.

This process is not pantented so feel free to use it any time.

I think I came across this site from someone on this board. It goes through the value of US coins by date:

http://www.coinflation.com/

We use the old folgers cans for water for the dogs outside. Whe the cans get faded or chewed on by the dogs, we throw them out and use a new one.

I like Edcopp's idea. I think I'll be using that this year in my garden.....I've got way to many coffee cans.

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We have 4 lidded, plastic coffee cans handy... each one marked near the hand grip...
"Chicken Food" - "Coffee Grounds" - "Egg Shells" - "Compost" - this one usually doesn't get very much in it other than onion peels and garlic peels because of the other three.

I've used a coffee can to store a roll of tp in the truck, but I've never used the can as a porta potty.

Another can is used to store all my sewing stuff, which I hardly ever use.
(of course there was the time I stitched up a fair cut on my thumb)

Some great ideas in here! I'll be using the garden one too.
You can also punch a bunch of holes all over the bottom of a metal 3#er, place it bottom up over your campstove or hot coals and you have an instant toaster.
Punch a hole in the middle of the bottom. Tie a knot in the end of a 3 foot piece of cotton string and run it through the hole, string inside the can. Run your fingers firmly down the string from the inside and you have a perfect moose call. Tell me the truth, you were anxiously waiting for that tip weren't you?
I've known trappers who used coffee cans to make a stove chimney in their line shacks. The stoves were made of 50-gallon barrels washed up on the beach. Quite common practice up here back in the days. I didn't say old trappers, did I?

I save every #10 can that goes through my kitchen. Use a side open can opener so I can use the lids, too.

Flower pots - plain or decorated (painted)
Storage in my shop

Cut the bottom and the top out of one or more. Attach to the wall with a screw. Height from the wall depends on the items being stored. Good place for tall skinny things like dowels, lengths of closet rod, wooden mop handles, piece of PVC pipe, and such. Just drop them in the can with the bottom end resting on the floor.

Google "hobo stoves" for many variations on making these for emergency cooking and/or extra cooking space for a crowd in the backyard, or for working with kids in teaching them outdoor skills.

Any size can will work for this. Even mixed sizes. Turn them upside down and press into the ground to form a border around a planting bed or to make a raised bed. Cut both ends out and plant low growing herbs in the "border", too.

Cut both ends out and sink into the ground with an inch or so above the ground. Plant invasive plants, such as mint in the can. While the cans won't last forever, they'll work for awhile to keep the plants from spreading.

Sink one or more in the ground to serve as hose guards when pulling the garden hose around the garden/yard.

Attach to the wall anywhere you need a holder for things. In the shed use for hand held gardening equipment. By the door for the flashlight. Near a piece of equipment to store the accessories for that equipment. Or, maybe a roll of paper towels where the animals can't reach them.

Paint/decorate and use to store all the bits and pieces that come with many children's toys. So much stuff today comes with a hard plastic cover glued to a piece of cardboard. Once the package is opened, the child doesn't have any way to store the parts.

That's a few that come to mind this morning. With plastic taking over the world, I'm hoarding more and more metal and glass for future use. Still mad that vinegar doesn't come in gallon glass jugs anymore.

Lee

Sell them at a yard sale, people will buy them...

I use metal cans with both ends cut out to put over transplants when I set them out. This protects them from the wind and rabbits, and when pushed into the soil serves to hold water close to the roots of the young plants. As the plants grow, I can remove the cans or leave in place for watering.
Ed

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