Old tights anyone?

[Piggle]

my dad used a pair once to replace the fan belt in our VW camper ....20 denier natural tan if anyone wants to try it!

[Uber-Uncool]

I remember tights/stockings being used to make earth bricks to make a bank to hold higher soil back.

Fill the foot with soil to the size of a large brick. Twist the tights around to keep the soil in and then pull the tights back over the 'brick' so it is covered with two layers. Twist and pull back over again to give it a covering of three layers. Tie off the end and cut off the surplus.

These bricks are used to make a wall. They do look odd when they are new, but when matured they look very natural with moss and plants growing over them.

I am tempted to say this was another Geoff Hamilton idea.

I almost wish i wore tights just so i could have a go at this, what a brill idea.

[Two_Sheds]

We give them to all the older gents on our allotment of which there are 18 mostly widowed

my mind is boggling ...

[veggiechicken]

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Welcome to the Vine George & Mary. Could you put your location on your profile please. Who knows, there may be someone living near you who has tights to offer you.
Can you explain what all these widowed gentlemen do with these tights? I'm intrigued!

[Bigmallly]

Since you bought your wood VC, there seems to be a strange fixition regarding tights..............this is the 2nd thread I have read today on the subject, I need to lie down......

[veggiechicken]

Yep, BM, tights are the hot topic at the mo!

[chris]

Since you bought your wood VC, there seems to be a strange fixition regarding tights..............this is the 2nd thread I have read today on the subject, I need to lie down......

stockings have the same effect on me!

posting at risk of getting my wrists slapped

[ladylottie]

Yep, BM, tights are the hot topic at the mo!

Tights? Tights? - did someone mention tights? What colour do you all want now?
I also want to know what the old fellas at the lottie are up to

[chris]

They weren't after them for allotment use. One of the other mods nipped that one in the bud!

[veggiechicken]

Thought as much, Chris - but it made for entertaining reading!!

[Matt94]

anyway back on topic - i stored some onions in tights last year and just hung them up in the shed - had great results with them, none of the rotted

[chris]

What's different to plaiting them? I'm guessing any that do rot will start the others off if they touch?

[Matt94]

What's different to plaiting them? I'm guessing any that do rot will start the others off if they touch?

the main difference is that i struggle to plait onions - so doing them in tights is easier for me and by doing them in tights means that they dont touch!

[veggiechicken]

I have a wonderful image of Matt's shed -full of pairs of tights stuffed with onions. Any chance of a photo? I hadn't realised that tights could be so entertaining!

[Matt94]

i would add a pic VC, but i used the last of my onions last week - basically i seperate the tights into individual legs - put a dried onion in the tight, tie a not then put another onion in and put another not ... then i just keep following the process until i have a tight full of onions, then i hang them on nails hammered into the shed roof supports.

i will try and take some pics later on in the year when i harvest my onions