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I have not had much to say about any pallet wood projects lately. I have one new pallet wood hügelkultur raised bed setup and ready to top off with topsoil and compost next spring...
I am thinking about making some 1-foot-tall pallet wood chicken wire cages and stack them as needed for next year. I determined that the 3-foot-tall cages were too tall (on top the 16-inch-high raised bed) for me to reach inside and pull weeds, etc... I was able to work with the 2-foot-tall cages but it could be a challenge to reach all the way into the middle. So, next year, I'm thinking of starting off with 1-foot-tall pallet wood chicken wire cages on top of the raised beds which will keep out the rabbits in the springtime, and then later I can stack on those 2- or 3-foot-tall cages for protection against the deer for late summer and fall.
Dear Wife's half whiskey barrel planters are falling apart from rot. We have had them for maybe 20 years. We started off with about 8 half barrels, but I have been rebuilding them using good wood from 2 barrels to make one rebuilt barrel for the past ~4 years. The rebuilt barrels are looking pretty tough at the end of this year. At any rate, Dear Wife asked me to replace them next year with some more square/rectangular pallet wood planter boxes. So, I'm looking forward to that next year.
The pallet wood planters I built 3 years ago are still holding up well. Here is a picture of some of them newly built...
And when filled with flowers after a few years...
I don't varnish or stain my pallet wood planters, so they will grey with age as you can see in the updated pictures. But Dear Wife does not mind. She wants to look at the flowers more than the planters.
I liked the half whiskey barrels, and I can't complain about them last about 20 years, but even after rebuilding them, you can see in this picture from last year that the wood sides are blowing out...
Anyways, lots of side boards are blowing out this year and Dear Wife wants to replace them, thankfully, with pallet wood planters. I don't know how much those half whiskey barrels cost where you live, but they cost over $50.00 each where I live. Pallet wood planters - zero dollars and built to specs! Well, maybe a handful of screws and brad nails. But basically free.
I am thinking about making some 1-foot-tall pallet wood chicken wire cages and stack them as needed for next year. I determined that the 3-foot-tall cages were too tall (on top the 16-inch-high raised bed) for me to reach inside and pull weeds, etc... I was able to work with the 2-foot-tall cages but it could be a challenge to reach all the way into the middle. So, next year, I'm thinking of starting off with 1-foot-tall pallet wood chicken wire cages on top of the raised beds which will keep out the rabbits in the springtime, and then later I can stack on those 2- or 3-foot-tall cages for protection against the deer for late summer and fall.
Dear Wife's half whiskey barrel planters are falling apart from rot. We have had them for maybe 20 years. We started off with about 8 half barrels, but I have been rebuilding them using good wood from 2 barrels to make one rebuilt barrel for the past ~4 years. The rebuilt barrels are looking pretty tough at the end of this year. At any rate, Dear Wife asked me to replace them next year with some more square/rectangular pallet wood planter boxes. So, I'm looking forward to that next year.
The pallet wood planters I built 3 years ago are still holding up well. Here is a picture of some of them newly built...
And when filled with flowers after a few years...
I don't varnish or stain my pallet wood planters, so they will grey with age as you can see in the updated pictures. But Dear Wife does not mind. She wants to look at the flowers more than the planters.
I liked the half whiskey barrels, and I can't complain about them last about 20 years, but even after rebuilding them, you can see in this picture from last year that the wood sides are blowing out...
Anyways, lots of side boards are blowing out this year and Dear Wife wants to replace them, thankfully, with pallet wood planters. I don't know how much those half whiskey barrels cost where you live, but they cost over $50.00 each where I live. Pallet wood planters - zero dollars and built to specs! Well, maybe a handful of screws and brad nails. But basically free.
