Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

[gtaus]

Electric fencing is in my toolkit, too, if necessary. LOL

If the deer can jump over the fence, I don't think it matters if it is electric of not. I have a friend that was trying to grow grapes. The deer ate them, of course. So, he put a 6 foot tall fence, then an 8 foot fence, then had to put that angled wire on top of the fence before he was finnally able to stop the deer. His little grape plot looks like a prison yard, but at least he is keeping the deer out.

Here is a Google picture of the type of fencing he had to install...

I hope your 6 foot tall fencing is enough, but be prepared to declare total war on the deer! Good luck.

 

[Smokerbill]

If the deer can jump over the fence, I don't think it matters if it is electric of not. I have a friend that was trying to grow grapes. The deer ate them, of course. So, he put a 6 foot tall fence, then an 8 foot fence, then had to put that angled wire on top of the fence before he was finnally able to stop the deer. His little grape plot looks like a prison yard, but at least he is keeping the deer out.

Here is a Google picture of the type of fencing he had to install...

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I hope your 6 foot tall fencing is enough, but be prepared to declare total war on the deer! Good luck.

Yes, a compound bow and a .308 are in my arsenal too.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Yes, a compound bow and a .308 are in my arsenal too.

Meat for the freezer!!!

 

[gtaus]

Excuse the weeds in the garden...
I've been busy and minors ...well....they are not as helpful in this area lol

I'm thinking something along the lines of the first pic with the four corner posts and then maybe fencing stapled on the wood. Thanks.

 

[Smokerbill]

Meat for the freezer!!!

I drove back to Tractor Supply to return the chicken wire I bought and saw some chicken meat on the side of the road - a road killed deer. I was tempted to park and quickly cut off a hunk I could use to provide some free protein to the birds. But I didn't. I don't know how long it had been there.

I returned the wire because it's 1 inch mesh. Two inch mesh would work fine to keep the birds out of the garden, and it's cheaper.

I picked up a handful of fiberglass electric fence posts. I'm gonna put up my deer barrier today, or at least get started on the job.

 

[gtaus]

I drove back to Tractor Supply to return the chicken wire I bought and saw some chicken meat on the side of the road - a road killed deer. I was tempted to park and quickly cut off a hunk I could use to provide some free protein to the birds. But I didn't. I don't know how long it had been there.

I have seen some YouTube videos of people making maggot buckets. They put meat in the bucket, let flies lay eggs on the rotting meat, the larva hatch and become fat and juicy eating the rotting meat, and when they try to crawl out of the bucket, they fall from the holes to the ground below where the chickens eat them up.

Evidently, you don't have to worry about bad meat in that case because it's the fly larva that the chickens will be eating. Big downside that I imagine is that the bucket probably smells really bad. Maybe don't want that in your backyard.

FYI, I have been out fishing for the past couple of days. I clean the fish and put the guts and such in a bucket that I take out to the chicken run. My chickens were not interested in the fish guts. So, I ended up digging a hole in the compost and burying the fish remains, covering them up with more compost. The worms will eat the fish guts, and sooner or later, the chickens will scratch up those worms and eat them. Or not, but I still will have better compost for the fish remains turning into compost.

One way or another nature recycles itself. I just try to tap into the process that benefits me and my chickens.

 

[fuzzi]

Today's pallet project, a tool rack for my garden tools! I got the idea from @gtaus

I wanted one for inside our shed, so I picked the best looking pallet that was left.

I laid it against the door we never use and attached it to the right side of the door frame with one 2" screw to see if it would work.

Nope.

There's a loft directly above the door so there wasn't enough room to insert the tools into the pallet top.

So I cut an opening in each side of the top board to make it easier to slide the tools into the pallet:
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Nope. Still didn't work.

I realized that I needed to cut another opening in the middle board:
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Of course one side had a crack, and broke.

I reinforced it with a 2" screw.

Then I attached the pallet to the door frame again and tried adding a rake. Tada! It works!


I added a few screws to hang smaller tools:
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I slide each long handled tool through the openings and then to the right or the left.

The big sledgehammer rests inside, on the bottom of the pallet, the smaller sledgehammer rests on top of the big one. Very steady.

The entire structure is resting on the floor but is being held steady with two 2" screws sunk into the door frame on the right. If I need to remove/move it I just need to remove the two screws.

Note: I was going to use my new handheld grinder to cut through the pallet wood, but after watching a how to video I chickened out, and decided to use my circular saw instead.

Update on my pallet tool holder.

I'd noticed recently that the short pieces were a little loose. They were attached only with their original nails, so I decided to reinforce them with screws.

I got out my drill, bits, and a box of 2 1/2" screws.

I drilled pilot holes and then added screws.

I have three spading forks but don't use them as often as the shovel and spade, so I moved two of them to the right side, which freed up some room on the left side. I added a hanging screw to keep the remaining spading fork out of the way.

Ta da!

 

[gtaus]

Update on my pallet tool holder.

I'd noticed recently that the short pieces were a little loose. They were attached only with their original nails, so I decided to reinforce them with screws.

I got out my drill, bits, and a box of 2 1/2" screws.
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I drilled pilot holes and then added screws.
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I have three spading forks but don't use them as often as the shovel and spade, so I moved two of them to the right side, which freed up some room on the left side. I added a hanging screw to keep the remaining spading fork out of the way.
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Ta da!
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Nicely done tool rack. I'm thinking of moving lots of stuff out of the garage and into a shed. Probably another pallet wood tool rack in the future. Love how you can easily modify a pallet wood rack and make it work anyway you want it.

Love hearing updates on pallet projects because we usually find more ways to make something more useful after we use it for a while. Thanks for the update.

 

[Smokerbill]

Update on my pallet tool holder.

I'd noticed recently that the short pieces were a little loose. They were attached only with their original nails, so I decided to reinforce them with screws.

I got out my drill, bits, and a box of 2 1/2" screws.
View attachment 3522613
View attachment 3522608
I drilled pilot holes and then added screws.
View attachment 3522612
I have three spading forks but don't use them as often as the shovel and spade, so I moved two of them to the right side, which freed up some room on the left side. I added a hanging screw to keep the remaining spading fork out of the way.
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Ta da!
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Very nice! All my garden tools are scattered around leaning against walls. I need to do something similar. Thanks for the new project! Haha. Like I need another project.

 

[chickengr]

I have seen some YouTube videos of people making maggot buckets. They put meat in the bucket, let flies lay eggs on the rotting meat, the larva hatch and become fat and juicy eating the rotting meat, and when they try to crawl out of the bucket, they fall from the holes to the ground below where the chickens eat them up.

Evidently, you don't have to worry about bad meat in that case because it's the fly larva that the chickens will be eating. Big downside that I imagine is that the bucket probably smells really bad. Maybe don't want that in your backyard.

FYI, I have been out fishing for the past couple of days. I clean the fish and put the guts and such in a bucket that I take out to the chicken run. My chickens were not interested in the fish guts. So, I ended up digging a hole in the compost and burying the fish remains, covering them up with more compost. The worms will eat the fish guts, and sooner or later, the chickens will scratch up those worms and eat them. Or not, but I still will have better compost for the fish remains turning into compost.

One way or another nature recycles itself. I just try to tap into the process that benefits me and my chickens.

put some chicken feed on top of fish guts till they learn it is edible.