Making raised beds out of old pallets

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Re: Making raised beds out of old pallets

Post: # 146090Post poet »

old pallets are brill, my hubbie made a fence from them to keep the chickens off our garden veg patch

see here http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/181.JPG

and he's just made a potting table and a compost bin for our allotment

see here http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/090309.3.jpg
and here http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/090309.4.jpg

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Re: Making raised beds out of old pallets

Post: # 146156Post Green Aura »

Good stuff Poet. :thumbleft:
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Re: Making raised beds out of old pallets

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Brilliant!

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Re: Making raised beds out of old pallets

Post: # 146188Post prison break fan »

Poet, they are wonderful. I love pallets, never say no to one! Am in the process pf stapling netting to some at the moment, to protect my raspberries from the deer. They eat the little new shoots, after that they don't seem interested. pbf

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Re: Making raised beds out of old pallets

Post: # 148051Post Chicken6 »

poet wrote:old pallets are brill, my hubbie made a fence from them to keep the chickens off our garden veg patch

see here http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/181.JPG

and he's just made a potting table and a compost bin for our allotment

see here http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/090309.3.jpg
and here http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/090309.4.jpg

Brillant fence!

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