Reusing an old worn out grill

I saw a fun idea for re-purposing an old rusty grill and thought I would share it with you. This grill had wooden side trays for starters which made it much handier. They spray painted it green and used it as a cart for their potting shed. They had gardening tools and other items underneath the lid and each tray was used to hold flower pots as you re-pot them. I just loved the idea and it's a great way to keep from sending that item to a landfill.

Garden Club

Smithland is starting their very first Garden Club, or at least the first since I have lived here. We will be meeting at the extension office on Wilson Ave. March 26th at 6:30. Everyone is welcome to join.

It's Almost Spring

Found some Helpful Hints

Got these from a Rachel Ray magazine recently.
Give up paper towels and use terry cloth rags. Just wash and re-use over and over again.
When you turn the water on to take a shower place a bucket under the faucet to catch the water before it warms up and then use it to water your plants instead of letting it just run down the drain.
Grow your own fruits and veggies and save yourself a trip to town to buy them.
Buy products in packaging that is recyclable.
Use those cloth bags instead of plastic! ( I still haven't gotten the hang of this one)

Thank You!!!!

Wanted to send a huge thank you to the person responsible for getting the recycling trailer delivered to the middle school today!!!!!!!!!! We desperately needed to load our paper and cardboard and thankfully we were able to do that today. We appreciate it so very much. Thank you again!

Recycling at the Middle School

Due to the ice storm the county is unable to bring the recycling trailer to the middle school on Mondays when the Green Team recycles all the materials we have collected the previous week. Recycling will have to be suspended until further notice unless we can find a volunteer who will come and help us over this hump.

Soles for Souls

Americans are shoe-crazy: We go through so many that stores import eight pairs for every man, woman and child in the country each year. By comparison, the average in Mexico is three pairs of shoes per person, and an unfortunately large number of people there have none at all.


Finding shoes for the unshod is a task that first electrified Wayne Elsey, founder and CEO of Soles 4 Souls, during the 2004 tsunami, which destroyed villages and lives across Southeast Asia. From his position as an executive in the shoe industry, he coordinated an effort to ship hundreds of thousands of shoes to those who lost their belongings. In 2005, Elsey did the same in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama after Hurricane Katrina, and shortly thereafter, in 2006, he founded Soles 4 Souls to transform an ad hoc effort into an institution. All told, the nonprofit has distributed 3.6 million pairs of used and new shoes, donated by average citizens and shoe companies alike, to people in 61 countries.
Taken from greenguide.com Feb. 2009