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  1. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Good to hear from you. There are lots of pallet wood project ideas on this thread and I am sure some of them will be of interest to you. I really appreciate when others can offer pallet projects that they are working on. I'm doing mostly garden projects, which I share, but it's mainly more of...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Ok, I see what you are thinking. In my case, I use nitrogen rich chicken run compost to top off the raised bed. So, I do not think I'm lacking nitrogen. But I get your point now. Thanks. I have a pack or two of radish seeds that I have not used. So, I was thinking about tossing them in the new...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :idunno Not sure what you mean. I live in northern Minnesota, zone 3B. I have never heard of a cover crop for the summer and growing something in the fall. As far as I know, we only have one growing season here. But I could be wrong because I really don't have much experience gardening. Unless...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    ⚠️ Hügelkultur Bed with Pallet Wood Cut Offs I finished another pallet wood raised bed v2.0 yesterday and got it moved out to the garden. Instead of filling it with the typical logs, I used about six 5-gallon buckets full of pallet wood cut offs, bits and pieces, and some branches that fell on...
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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    ⚠️ Hügelkultur Bed with Pallet Wood Cut Offs I finished another pallet wood raised bed v2.0 yesterday and got it moved out to the garden. Instead of filling it with the typical logs, I used about six 5-gallon buckets full of pallet wood cut offs, bits and pieces, and some branches that fell on...
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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    Thanks. I decided against using the plastic to make a ring around some soil to plant in. Instead, I just dug out a hole in the grass clipping on the mound put a couple shovels of compost in the hole, then put some squash plants in the compost. I think that will work fine. If not, I like the...
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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    Exactly, it's a good hobby for me at my age. Keeps me active and out of other trouble. I like working with pallet wood because I can custom make my raised beds, or planters, to any size or height I want. I have made a number of pallet wood flower planters for Dear Wife, all different sizes...
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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    :bow That raised bed looks amazing. You must really have a green thumb. Years ago, when the cost of lumber went through the roof, I built some raised beds using that same type of galvanized steel panel. My galvanized steel panel raised beds are 4X4 feet and only 16 inches high. I used some...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Thanks for the response. I'll be looking into that as well.
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    :caf Thanks for the reply. I'll have to look up all of those flowers. I just don't know squat about flowers, to be honest. The only one in that list that I have heard of is marigolds, but I could not pick out a marigold from any other flower. :old I suppose it would not hurt me to learn...
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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    Update on planting into the hügelkultur mound with tons of grass clipping dumped on the pile... Well, I ended up just creating a cavity in the grass clippings on top of that mound and put a couple shovels full of fresh compost in the hole. I had some extra Acorn Squash plants that were...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    I took a quick picture of the overflow from the chicken run that the chickens scratch out. I cleaned this up about a month ago, so this is all new stuff scratched out of the fence... That overflow is about 1 foot out from the fence at the farthest point, and maybe 3 inches deep at most, but...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    :thumbsup That's an excellent idea!
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    I don't live in an arid climate. My entire chicken run is exposed to the weather. The top few inches of litter are usually pretty dry but dig down a few inches and magic happens. My chicken run compost litter is full of bugs and worms, provided by nature. My chickens spend most of the day...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Yes, they fling plenty of stuff out of the 2X4 fencing. Every once in a while, I go along the fence line and shovel up the overflow. I either sift it as finished compost, use it as top mulch in the raised bed gardens, or just dump it back into the chicken run - depending on what I need material...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Here is a copy and paste from a post I made on another thread, but it seems to fit here even better. Hope you enjoy it... ⚠️ What is the value of homemade Chicken Run Compost? I love reading the comments on composting. It's one of my favorite topics as I make all kinds of homegrown chicken run...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Just a quick update on the new 1X2X4 foot chicken wire protective cages I finished building this evening. Here is a picture of them on top of the elevated raised beds I have in the backyard garden space... The idea was to make the cages tall enough to let the plants get well established...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    ⚠️ What is the value of homemade Chicken Run Compost? I love reading the comments on composting. It's one of my favorite topics as I make all kinds of homegrown chicken run compost, using my soiled shredded paper chicken coop litter along with leaves, grass clippings, wood chips, and just about...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Thanks for the reply. I am currently building another chicken wire protective cage. I was considering using some 1/2-inch narrow crown staples to secure the chicken wire to the wood frame, but decided to stick with my Arrow T-50 stapler - thinking that if I ever have to take that wire off, the...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :lau Sounds great! We used to have dogs out where I live, but people moved away and currently nobody has a dog in the neighborhood. As a consequence, I can go out in the evening, look around the yard, and count a good half dozen to a whole dozen of rabbits in my yard alone. The chicken wire...
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