Recycle and repurpose January 24th 2016 We have discovered that the foodgrade plastic containers that cakes and breads come in from the grocery store make excellent grow trays. All one has to do is flip the bottom upside down and it holds water. Put the clear plastic top on and boom!! You saved yourself 30 bucks. If you put two side-by-side they are the same length as a standard grow tray so using these food trays work well with standard T5 grow lighting systems. We hope this post finds you enjoying this little life hack. Don't let the cost of professional grade equipment stop you from a successful grow this year! Respectfully, K

We re-purposed an old stove and an old grill into a great smoker today. We cut away what was unnecessary from the old grill. Then added only a thermometer and made a handle out of the old wooden slats from the grill. If we ever needed to, we could take the grill portion off of the wood-burning stove. It’s only held on by two self tapping metal screws and its secure.

These photos are of our first attempt using the smoker. We smoked a chicken at 220° for four hours. We used natural oak charcoal and wet Cherry wood chips for the smoke. With minimal effort we were able to keep a consistent temperature and a good thick smoke. The wood-burning stove provided ample room for a good fire towards the front and in the back of the stove we put a metal coffee can to catch the drippings falling from the smoking meats above.

We are excited about uniting two unused forms found on our property to make the smoker we needed. Not only did it save us several hundred dollars but from my experience it really is a great smoker in many ways.

The chicken came out fantastic!