This Sunday we must remember to spring ahead our clocks one hour.
Totally Kids fun furniture and toys gives away piles pallets which are left out behind the store for pallet collectors. We are always curious about what folks do with the hundreds of pallets that are hauled away. One of our Pinterest boards is dedicated to pallet love where some are re-used most imaginatively. With spring in the air this pallet garden looks like a simple re-purpose pallet project.
Life on the Balcony has a tutorial on how to turn a pallet into a standing garden. When choosing a pallet for edible gardening pick the heat treated ones.
While we’re thinking Spring – here is a salad garden fit for a small space from Go Green Gardners.
Up-cycle or give ’em the boot.
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This is most likely the best solution, ever. Especially since here in Amsterdam we have so little space, thanks!!
Are you using palets with backs to them, or just placing them on the ground laying down? I understand the vertical 1s, but not the 1s laying down……can you explain? Tia.
Monica, the ones laying flat appear to have been stacked. Perhaps some way of permanently connecting them to each other has been used, but I doubt it’s necessary.
See the dirt? I believe that they used bags of potting soil/garden mix and gently poured it between the slats, perhaps using some tently method to pack it a bit, and to make sure the soil/dirt is level beneath the boards and them simply planting their seeds, or seedings.
My husband recently built our first raised beds, (they’re about 3 ft high) but I’m going to ask him to try to get us some flats and give this method a try as well. it’s seems to be a great method for beginning gardeners, or even old ones like the husband and me.
Those are great ideas. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Great idea for small spaces. Hopefully the wood used is not toxic/treated.
You can paint them to protect yourself from the chems 🙂
Does anyone have any photos of the backs of these palets? I would like to start a garden inside the pallet like the one laying flat but don’t know where or how to start. Help please 🙂 I can’t wait to get started on my new garden!!!
I can tell you what happens to those pallets behind stores. They are actually owned by pallet companies. They pick them up when there is enough to make a load. Some businesses have a stack to pick up on a regular basis. Others, take awhile. But, they do belong to the pallet company. The stores pay to have their stuff delivered on them. Taking them from the back of the store is really stealing, since the pallet company then loses the value of that pallet. They can be worth $5 – $10 depending on the condition. I know this because my husband works for a pallet company.
Nancy, that is a valid point. In the case of Totally Kids fun furniture & toys, we do offer our pallets to the public.
Merchandise is delivered to our store daily and we have purchased the pallets that it is transported on. We literally
end up with piles of pallets and it is great knowing that other folks are able to re-use them.
We also put broken or freight damaged merchandise out behind our store and post is on Freecycle or Craig’s List. Folks
take everything away so now none of it ends up in landfills.
Before taking anything sitting outside of a store is a very good idea to check first with the store.
Again, thank you for your comment and good advise!
– Kelly
There are always ads in our local paper for free pallets. I am going to call one of those places and try this. I am so excited. Thanks for the wonderful idea.
Please be wary of USED pallets for growing food. Many pallets are reused by different industries, and in previous uses may have been exposed to industrial chemicals & solvents, graphite dust, and other contaminants. If you’re growing anything you’re going to eat, be absolutely sure of the history of your pallet!
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