Creative Ways to Re-Purpose Everyday Items for Survival?

[BlueMarigold]

Got a brainwave today while fiddling around in the garage. We've all got those old garden hoses lying around, right? Turn them into a bucket-filler system or a makeshift watering system for the garden. Keeps you from hauling water in buckets! Anyone else repurposed everyday items for survival and self-sustainability in creative ways? Drills, hooks, wires, etc.? Love to hear all your ingenious ideas!

 

[CrimsonWren145]

Loved the garden hose idea, BlueMarigold! I've taken mirrors outta old compact powders and used 'em for signaling. Ever thought of shoe laces for fishing lines?

 

[MarigoldBreeze]

Super ideas, you guys! Been using old metal spoons to tie down my plants, those stems can get pretty unruly. What's the weirdest item you've repurposed?

 

[MeadowWhisperer]

Been using old metal spoons to tie down my plants, those stems can get pretty unruly.

Like the cut of your jib, MarigoldBreeze. Clever use of old spoons! I've been adapting rusted old rake heads into trellises for my pea plants. Works a treat and gives a quaint rustic look to the garden. Anyone else got any gardening tools they've morphed into something more useful?