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Plant a pallet
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:13 pm
by sarahkeast
http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-turn ... -a-garden/
found this somehow, looks like it might be worth a try. Think I would 'bury' some lengths of old piping in there to help with watering tho.
Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:36 pm
by Green Aura
That's brilliant for a balcony. I wonder what veg or fruit you could grow? I think it would be great for strawberries.
Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:57 pm
by pops
fabby - i've facebook shared it, thankyou!
Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:33 pm
by Thomzo
Last year I was given some long thin pallets. I lined them with chicken feed bags and planted onions in them. I imagine they'd be good for carrots or parsnips as well. It'd look really good painted.
Zoe
Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:55 pm
by CasperCastle
Great share! Thanks :)
Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:00 am
by chuck_n_grace
Hi,
This is a very interesting idea!
I use some pallets as a makeshift wall to obscure unsightly parts of the garden (equipment, supplies, tanks, etc.). I wonder how these might hold up if arranged in series to make a wall?
I'll think about this one.
Regards,
Chuck
Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:29 pm
by CasperCastle
a double sided wall with the linings touching in the middle? I think that aslong as you staked them or something it would be awesome idea! :)
it could be interesting for some nifty little design concepts. Space permitting, I've always wanted to make cubes out of sheets of chicken fencing in ascending sizes, fill them with compost and sow seeds on the tops and on all of the sides. Maybe have them arranged in a big spiral. Or even go all out and build ascending rectangular prisms (that may not be the name, my geometry is rusty!) out of bricks or breezeblocks and then put chicken wire around each one, leaving 6 inches or something all the way round to pack with soil, so you'd have a spiral of stepping stones/pillars which are covered in chives or marjoram or something fun (would chammomile grow on it's side?)....
My general thought was that it could spiral into a central patio or raised grow area in the middle, which also had plants all around the sides.
I think i'm just getting cabin fever from the assignment I'm supposed to be doing!
Haha, it my head it looks great, i swear!

Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:52 am
by growingthings
That's really clever, and could be just the thing for breaking up all that boring concrete down my drive way. Hubby still needs the room to work on his cars, but I could at least have a bit of colour around when he's not there!
Lorna x
Re: Plant a pallet
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:12 am
by becks77
That's sooo clever since giving up my lottie have been looking for new ideas to do at home and this will be my Easter hols taken care of, Thank you
