Can I just say, you have really changed my life, I came across you, mid depressing winter, iv watched every single video (feeling pretty prepared now) got my first 4x8 raised bed and iv got my seeding growing ready to go in! Iv found my green fingers and I couldn't be happier, I'm so excited to see what comes from it! 🤞🤞
Ben thank you so much, you’ve literally become the Bob Ross of gardening for me. You’ve made it a lot less threatening, and more exciting. I feel more confident after watching you do it first. I’ve seen every video now, and at this point I’m watching them a second time just to feel peaceful energy in my home.
Great way to recycle an old pallet Ben , a great use of space and looks to be easily accessible. One tip if I may suggest while trying to dismantle the pallet for the excess panels. Try using a car wheel jack , it separates the timber so easily and less risk of hurting yourself. Hope this helps, keep up with the innovative ideas 👍
Always appreciate cheap gardening tricks. Pallets are a great way of getting free wood to build garden projects. A while back we replaced our garden fence. We had a lot of leftover pieces when the larger planks were sawn, and some of the old planks were reusable. I've made 5 planter boxes from it. Because they are the same heigth as the fence planks they fit in nicely hanging on the fence.
Ben you are so creative and very intelligent to make this pallets so usable/recycle wood. I am jealous, I would like to make some so I can put it outside as decoration added for my garden lawn. Thanks so much, you are the best! Take care! 😊👩🌾🙏🏻
Good morning Ben, your gardening enthusiasm is never ending! The pallet planter looks so smart and I love your herb selection. I am sure the herbs will be most rewarding, enjoy. Kind regards.
I saw another video that said herb garden is a must and I was thinking of looking up videos but came across this and I have like 10 pallets so yes you know what I am going to do…!
I got living herbs from a video of yours awhile back and am so surprised how well they are doing! I had a shop who was selling micro greens too so I got micro greens celery and I got Parsley and since being repotted their doing great x
I have an old pallet kicking around from a shed we put up last year, and I was looking for a good way to use it in my garden! Perfect timing as always :)
Thank you for all your videos! I just made some garden beds out of pallets for onions and garlic and I used old bed sheets to create the pockets. It’s just a temporary solution til we’ve finished renovating inside and can start outside but it should last for a year or two!
Rosie is so stinking adorable 🥰 and watching your videos makes me o excited for this growing season. I love to reuse and up cycle so this is an awesome idea.
"Cilantro looking a bit sorry for itself" 🤣 Great video! Could you do one where you focus on the planter lining? Seeing the whole process slower would help. That's been the only hard part for me so far. Massive thanks!
Ben, your video format and presentation is excellent! I love your videos! They're well worth the wait! Thank you for this inspiring tutorial! I wanted to mention my experience with sorrell: it requires constant cool moisture around the roots and is sensitive to Mediterranean sun. Anyway, I've discovered the best way to grow it and watch it look gorgeous- grow it in an indoor fountain! Not yummy for me, but great ornamental :) Ben, if you could create a video about birdbaths, fountains, or any water element, I would be over the moon! It's really turbo boosted my love for gardening and I'm sure it would bring joy and inspiration to others as well! Thank you for reading. I hope you have a glorious day in your spring garden!
Thanks for this Brittany, really appreciate your comment. The red-veined sorrel is so attractive - it's my favourite herb in the paller planter I reckon, for looks anyhow.
Strawberry pallet planter completed. Just need to check that it’s getting at least 6 hours of daylight now. due to buildings casting shadows. Thanks for the idea.
Rather than clipping off the ends of the nails... you can hammer them through enough to grab with the claw part of the hammer and remove them, that way you can reuse them to join the wood back together. It's also hand to have a nice solid length of wood and a board that you can place near the panel you are trying to remove. By putting the board parallel and resting the lever arm of the length of wood on your loose board and the other end under the board you are trying to remove you should be able to pry it off reasonably intact.
I make all sorts of things with pallets .... indoors and out So... Membrane the bottom and side. Loads of staples Then... Horizontally, stand upright and fill will growing medium Grow out of the front with loads of herbs, berry’s even small veg like radish I do like the labelling though .... I’ve still paint from my kids wall chalkboard ... Also ....... get a big crow bar. It will change your world with pallets
Make sure any staples or nails are stainless steel as they will get wet and rust, especially important if you are in a coastal area. I have my firewood delivered on pallets so have a few available after the winter! The company I buy from asked me why don't I buy kindling from them I told them that they supply it for free, in pallet form.👍
Misconception about methyl bromide, it is used on pallets for pest control but usually only in a situation where an untreated pallet has come into contact with treated ones in a container or likewise. The container is then flooded with methyl bromide to decontaminate it and the pallets stamped to say so. The methyl bromide is only active for 48 hours or will disperse once aerated. You can use the pallets they are completely safe
I lost my mind when I was 7 months pregnant and someone stole one of my pallets from my front garden in the night. ALWAYS ask. I was catastrophising about my baby being unsafe (over the top but it happened) because someone, who probably thought they were helping to tidy my yard, didn't ask. I now store spare pallets waiting for projects behind the garage.
It will certainly attract bees and probably a few wasps. But these are all natural visitors that are about anyhow and a welcome part of any healthy garden.
Great idea , however on a practical basis it may be easier to paint the extra slats and the pallet before assembly as I have found that it is difficult to get the paint into all of these wee gaps in pallets ?
Hi Ben, I have a question for you... Do you have any advice on how to get rid of ivy growing in raised beds? I've discovered it growing throughout and I'm quite discouraged! Thank you for your many jargon free tips, they have improved my gardening by tons :) Any help from other commenters would be very welcome too!
Hi Natasha. The best way to tackle ivy I have found is to simply dig it up, following the trailing stems and roots back to their source. It's a bit of hard graft but you can get on top of it eventually. Alternatively you could try smothering the ivy for several months to exclude light so that it eventually runs out of resources and dies. Several layers of plain brown cardboard could work for this, perhaps topped up with wood chips so it's less unsightly. I conquered an area of ivy and other weeds like this last year.
@@GrowVeg I thought that may be the case, I reluctantly dug through my no-dig beds and removed what I could. Thank you for the reply it's much appreciated! 😊
Brilliant. I have a couple of pallets waiting to be put to use. A question (if I may) ….. I read gooseberries and raspberries are bad companions. How far apart should they be planted in a fruit cage?
Hi Morag. I haven't heard this myself. I can't see why they'd be bad companions so long as they had enough space to reach their full potential. I would suggest maybe leaving at least a metre or so (3+ft) between a gooseberry bush and raspberry canes to give each enough room.
😲 This is beautiful! You always have such great ideas, and are always so very helpful! 🤗 One question, if you don't mind please.... how deep do strawberry roots go? Would this work for my strawberry plants? 🍓🍓
Ok but tell me how to keep it upright when the sunny spot does not have a wall or tree to lean it against. Thank you very much for the tip about HT vs MB stamp on the pallet end!
Hi Ben! 👋 I was wondering, have you ever tried loofah? I really wanna try but would love your input or tips if you ever have tried it thank you so much Ben!
Could you please tell me the name / type of the paint you used? I just bought some cedar planks to make a vegetable bed but want to know how to seal and paint it without adding too much toxins. Thank you!
Hi Chamie. Here's a link to the paint I used: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LWPHK9I?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 I'm not sure how suitable it is for use in direct contact with the soil though.
I got it from a local hardware store where it's sold on a roll - you just cut what you need. But you're looking for something like Mypex to make the pockets.
