mm wrote:

For once I was went out just an hour after my garbage was collected,
and no one was out there, and yet this was the day my lid disappeared.

I've waited a week for it to return, but I don't think it knows the
way.

I want to make a substitute.

I'm a big spender, so I'd probably pick up a new lid at the hardware
store for $5 next time I was there. Or maybe pick this as a time
to upgrade my trash can and relegate the old one to new duties.
[carting leaves, holding water while I mix concrete, etc.]

-snip-
BUT, WHAT ABOUT MICE???? Will they go right through the fabrics I
have in mind.

Probably not as they'd have to scale a slick surface 50 times as tall
as they are.

I especially wanted to use the blue polypropylene?
woven tarp material because I have scraps of that the right size.

That would look too classy and folks would always be stealing it on
you.

What about vinyl window screen, or aluminum window screen. Those
won't suppress smells, but even the garbage rarely smells much for
more than a day or two, and I have no neighbor for the next 4 months
or more, and then it will be cold.

It would also let the rain in which could make the can a little heavy.


Jim