Use for burlap coffee bags?

[rockymtngirl]

Someone here locally posted free burlap coffee bags on craigslist - large - they held 150 lbs of coffee. I just can't think of what to use them for - but if anyone has ideas I might just go pick them up!

[flatwater]

The trouble with burlap is if it get wet it stinks , It won't keep the mice out and a bag that holds 150 lbs. of anything is friging big :o
Flatwater

[sbemt456]

When I was growing up, my dad would save every coffee(feed) sack he could get. When we would dig potatoes in the fall we put them in the feed sacks, about 1 bushel to the sack, then he would but them in the corn crib and let the potatoes dry for a month or so before we stored them for winter. That way when you moved them around the loose dirt and sand would fall out of the bag through the holes and the taters were nice and clean. They are always handy around the farm, wish I had a bunch.

stella

[rockymtngirl]

Thanks Stella - well I don't have potatoes growing in my garden, so I'm not sure what else I would use them for = I still live in the suburbs (unfortunately!) but I will definitely take your suggestion for the future!

[bookwormom]

150 lb burlap sacks, we used them for potatoes. However, when I was a kid, we also picked up pinecones for kindling and we used potato sacks to haul them home in, then emptied them in a bin. I wish I had a few. They come in handy.

[seekeroftruth]

they make great Noah costumes. lol.. we did a play of Noahs ark when i was in elementary school.. I played Noah and thats what my mom made my costume out of.

seek

[mom]

In the south before electricity they were wet down at night, hung in an open window and the breeze through the wet sack helped cool off the house

[theresehirko]

Well we use burlap to make our sukkah walls, but unless you're jewish, that wouldn't work for you. If you can get your hands on them, take the bags. A use will come to you later and you'll be glad you have the bags.

[msta999]

We used them to hold potatos, carrots, onions, any hole veggie that will keep in a cool dark place, then we just pulled out what ever we needed through the winter.

[jjspirko]

Ditto on potato, we also stored our garlic in them.

I had a very unconventional use for sacks like this though for this application I used a 50lb sack not a 150. I used to ride my bike to fish a lot as a kid, there was this pond I fished full of small mouth bass. The best way to catch em was catch some bluegill first and then use them for bait. I would get there and catch a dozen or so little gills with a small hook and bread and then fish for bass and channel cats.

Now when you don't have a car and have to ride a bike two miles a bucket is heavy and awkward. So what I did was use a burlap bag as a bait bucket. It folded up and strapped to my bike with my minimal tackle, I would carry the rods on my handle bars and off I went. I would just tie the bag to a rock and keep it in the pond, the blue gills stayed healthy and had lots of air and the darkness kept them from stressing. Any I did not use could easily be released.

I guess my point is bags like that have tons of uses, so yea pick some up if you can you won't regret it.

[rockymtngirl]

Wow - thanks for all the ideas - will see if they are still available..! ;)

[Cuffo]

I have used them as landscape fabric. I fact I still a have a bunch in my garage.

[Maranna]

toss some dry grass clippings in one, tie the top shut and put it in the dog house for your dogs to sleep on., they can be used for a while and tossed away when they get too dirty or torn up from the dogs scratching on them.

[wrenchhead]

A wet burlap sack is the best yool for fighting grass fires. Just keep it wet/damp and beat the flames down.

[LABeekeeper]

Smoker fuel. Cut up into strips and put in your smoker when you smoke your colonies......that is if you are a beekeeper.

[RobJob]

We use them for cover on deer stands. They hold up for a couple of seasons. But be careful if you hunt during warm weather. I have seen wasps build nest in them occassionally. I have also used them when steaming oysters. Wet it down and place it over the oysters to create and hold the steam on them. They do have a funky smell when wet but I never thought it was that bad. Oldtimers around here refer to them as crocus sacks. It usually comes out like "croaker sacks".

[Michael32170]

Make a cost efficient Ghillie Suit.

[Wyobuckaroo]

Howdy

My Dad used to put 2 or 3 bags inside one another. Then he put them into a 55 gallon plastic drum with no top.

Filled the bag with manure and such. Filled the barrel with water and let it steep all day. In the evening he had a drain valve at the bottom of the barrel to drizzle this manure tea into his garden.

When a load was leached out, he would use it as compost worked into the garden soil.

Good luck
Wyo