Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

[akroberts1085]

The first one is the one I call the potato bed. The small one is just that.

 

[chickengr]

The first one is the one I call the potato bed. The small one is just that.
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love this 3 level green bed. I wish I had time to build similar in front of my house where slope is perfect shaped for it.

 

[akroberts1085]

love this 3 level green bed. I wish I had time to build similar in front of my house where slope is perfect shaped for it.

I purchased the stairstep raised bed from Temu a couple years ago and it was soo much cheaper than now. I paid less than 70 dollars for it and what I love is that there's a railing type that can be filled with broken glass to keep the slugs and snails out.

 

[BDutch]

” kind of guy, and if I want to spoil his ( and my ) day, I ask him to get something done with his hands , just asking him to lug chicken feed is sufficient to put a damper on his mood

My husband will lug the heavy groceries and feed for the flocks. He just doesn't like making anything out of wood unless it benefits him, then of course he's all ready to go.

Why ask your husband if you have two hands yourself?
Have you ever tried yourself before asking?

 

[akroberts1085]

Why ask your husband if you have two hands yourself?
Have you ever tried yourself before asking?

I haven't got any experience with power tools. I have tried using hand tools but everything gets wonky. I would like to get myself in a comfort zone to make some but for now I will just go without the beds.

 

[gtaus]

I haven't got any experience with power tools. I have tried using hand tools but everything gets wonky. I would like to get myself in a comfort zone to make some but for now I will just go without the beds.

Good for trying hand tools. That's the first step. I would not worry about everything getting wonky. Plants really don't care as long as the soil stays in the planter. Don't let perfection get in the way of your goals. Just do like I do and call it your initial Proof of Concept design and if the planter is a bit wonky, just tell people that you are still working of the finer points of the design. You will get better the more you work with any tools.

If you are working with free pallet wood, all the more reason just to go for it and see what you can do. You are really not losing money on the project and in the meantime, you are building up valuable skills.

When I first started doing pallet projects, many times I just thought I will try to build something out of free pallet wood and see how it works. If I like it, then maybe I'll buy some nice cedar wood for the next build. Nothing wrong with that approach.

What happened is that I started making raised pallet wood garden beds and pallet wood planters that exceeded my expectations, so I did not feel I had to buy expensive cedar wood. But I like the rustic look of pallet wood projects. Fortunately for me, so does Dear Wife. The pallet wood planters I make for her are just fine for her flowers. After all, it's the flowers she wants to look at, not the planter so much.

If you really want to try and build stuff on your own, I would suggest finding some YouTube videos at your level and try to learn from them. I visit YouTube University all the time to learn new skills.

Now, I want to be careful with what I am saying. I have watched a number of YouTube videos of regular housewives building planters and raised beds at a very beginner level. Cuts are not square, nails get bent over, holes get patched up, but somehow everything stays together at the end, she plants her flowers or vegetables in the box, and life is good. That's the attitude we need more of when starting out.