Check out these amazing pallet planter and raised bed ideas...
Use an old pallet to make your own Herb, Veg or Flower Garden!
You will need...
- 1 x pallet
- 1 x anti-weed membrane (or cut up your empty bulk bag)
- staple gun
- 25kg bag of compost or topsoil
- Black paint & chalk
- Herbs, Veg Seed or Flowers
Step 1 - Stand your pallet upright in it's final place.
Step 2 - Use a staple gun to secure anti-weed membrane/bulk bag in-between the slats, creating a trough for your compost.
Step 3 - Paint or decorative your pallet
Step 4 - Fill troughs with compost.
Step 5 - Add your plants, flowers, herbs or veg seed!
Make a flat veg bed by laying the pallet down... perfect for lettuce!
Transform a Pallet into a Raised Bed!
You will need...
- 1 x pallet (with 12 to 14 slats if possible)
- 1 x hammer
- some nails
- saw
- crowbar / lever to brake the pallet apart
Step 1 - Using a crowbar or some kind of lever pull up the long pieces of wood from the pallet. You may need to remove the nails.
Step 2 - Continue until all pieces are separate.
Step 3 - Using a saw cut pieces of wood the same size as the depth of 2 or 3 pieces of wood.
Step 4 - Fix your long pieces these together by nailing a couple of smaller pieces vertically along the back (make sure you leave around 100mm each end).
Step 5 - Use the blocks from the supports to create the corner supports. Nail them in from each side
Step 6 - Once all 4 sides are nailed together you can simply move into place and fill with Topsoil or Compost!
What this handy video for more information...
©️ No copyright infringement is intended. We do not own nor claim to own the rights to any of the images or video shared.