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Upcycle Pallets for a Homemade Garden
Pallets, pallets, pallets. They’re everywhere, right? Until you actually want one. Luckily, our large vivarium (yes, I keep dart frogs too) was delivered on a pallet and it’s still standing outside the house. But, they’re pretty available; walk past a street full of skips and you’re sure to find some. The thing is, these pallets are sat there just waiting to be upcycled. I can’t bring myself to throw out the current one and, now I’m starting to plan the new garden, I’ve realised there are several uses I can put this too. On my lengthy excursions to Pinterest, and other gardeners websites, I’ve stumbled across some amazing ideas so here’s just three that I, myself, am considering for this sole pallet. I’m sure to be on the hunt for more soon!
A Pallet Gate
The new garden needs to have very specific zones for ornamental and vegetables, largely to keep the dog from peeing on the cabbages. For this, I’m going to need a gate but, you know, buying a house ain’t cheap and we’re not going to be flush with money. Especially after rewiring the new place!
A pallet gate discovered on Pinterest.
I discovered the post to the left on Pinterest, and it certainly shows just how easy a pallet gate can be to make. Other than the pallet itself, you need very little other than some gate hinges and pivots which can be cheaply picked up from Barrier Components. I’d face the flat side of the gate towards the ornamental garden so the rough looks towards the vegetable patch. OR you could orientate it as is, nail a couple of boards across the bottom to create a box and actually plant into the gate itself; sedums, for example, or some carex. I’d also be tempted to paint the pallet too.
A Pallet Shelf
I love this idea…and not only for the wine! If you’re like me and prefer planting and digging than sowing and nailing, then this is a project for you. Simple get two pallets, paint them and nail them together. Two or three paving slabs can then be used as a top and, hey presto, you have yourself a ‘wine bar’. I’m pretty sure I’m going to use my sole pallet as a garden gate BUT, I really want to try this too. So, I suppose the hunt (read skip-diving) to find two more pallets in the best possible condition.
Even I’d be able to knock up this garden table.
A Pallet Green Wall
An extremely simple green wall
Okay, you seen some pallet upcycles and think ‘there’s no way I’ll be able to do that‘. Well, like the above pallet shelf, this green wall is extremely easy to do. You’ll often see some pallets stuffed with soil and planted up, but I wonder how well those really work unless you actually put some form of lining within. I mean, surely the soil begins to settle downwards and every time the plants are watered, debris breaks out below. Also, they must dry out very quickly. This alternate idea is perfect because it’s simple, cheap and easy to change when you want to.
All you need to do is cut the pallet in half to reduce it’s weight. I’d probably take some wax or oil to the pallet first, or paint, to give it a bit of colour and also repel water as much as possible, particularly if it’s not in a sheltered spot. Other than some stain, you just need a couple of hooks or a chain to hang the pallett.
You can swap the pots and birdfeeders at will. You could use it as a tool rack for trowels and forks. Be careful not to overload the pallet and that it’s securely fixed to the wall.
These three ideas as very simple to do and I’m going to attempt all three at some point in the new garden. I’ll post pics when I get my projects completed!
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