All you people with babies and hanging baskets need to know this...

[BarefootDancer]

Apparently you can use the gel from disposible nappes instead of expensive water-retaining gel crystals in the compost of hanging baskets, to reduce watering. Split open the nappy and mix the gel with the compost or cut up the nappies and put at the bottom of the basket. (If they have been wee'd on, all the better - good for the plants.)
Sounds like a tip from Viz.
Haven't tried it myself - no baby and no hanging baskets

[Bodkin]

Can't see why they wouldn't work... Will give it a whirl. Thanks for the tip

[dizzydo]

what a great idea bodkin. No babies any more but will buy some economy nappies next time I am in Sainsburys.

[funnypeculiar]

genius - will defn try ... are there not unpleasant chemicals in them too, though that will knock plants out??

[PanicPants]

I'm going to try that! Thanks!

[PanicPants]

I'm going to try that! Thanks!

[NappiesGalore]

i thought this would be a warning about them falling on babies heads or something...
lol

[TheWoman]

me too! good tip, though.

[zephyrcat]

lol I thought it was going to be about baskets falling on babies too!

[DeviousDaffodil]

Can you put babies in your hangign baskets so they don't get in the way?
Damn nuisance when you are cutting the grass, crawling everywhere.

[NappiesGalore]

good point devious. theyd prob only fall out a couple of times before they learn not to qwriggle too much...

[lucyellensmum]

seems like a rollicking good idea to me - who said disposables were environmentally unsound!

[zephyrcat]

Also, if you get them swinging enough they might just fall asleep in them giving you a couple of hours peace!

[NappiesGalore]

i like your style zeph. like a low budget sanity saver AKA fisher price swing seat.