Build an Herb Garden Out of a Shipping Palette

[ygermino]

i love this idea... will try it growing veggies in our building rooftop... good way to save water

[CanarsieBK]

@ygermino Word. Lemme know what you thinks.

[artregeous]

how ugly it is amazing

[CanarsieBK]

@artregeous Thanks.

[ninjacup]

Oh I can't wait to do something like this! Never thought of using my plastic bottles like this, awesome idea!

[CanarsieBK]

@ninjacup Nice. Keep me updated on how it goes.

[xxnoangelxx]

Excellent use of recycled materials. This is easy to do. On my part I would make it more esthetically pleasing to the eye. I made my yard to make more park or zen like think Brooklyn B garden. So I would use the same size bottles and a different type maybe coconut fiber and soil.I want it to look good to. I slacked off on Gardening this past season because of new look of my back yard. I found 4 earthboxes on clearance and will use them in the spring. I did grow herbs and tomatoes & peppers.

[CanarsieBK]

@xxnoangelxx Nice!

[moktail]

You don't think some of the plastic bottles might fall due to weight? The sun would warm up and soften the plastic, making it more likely to bend. I'm not sure if that's enough to cause them to fall off, but it's just that some of those bottles are made with very soft plastics. Maybe I'm wrong, and two screws placed far enough apart is enough.

[CanarsieBK]

@moktail They held up to the weather here. Not sure about the how they would fare it temps that were regularly over 100 or so.

[mar504]

I'm not sure I would want the ink and chemicals they use for newspaper in my plants(that I want to eat), have you looked into that at all?

[CanarsieBK]

@mar504 Newspaper is commonly put into compost piles. Some people think it's good and some bad...

[fracty2]

very very good video , many thanks for posting this !!

[CanarsieBK]

@fracty2 Appreciate.

[TheVisforvanessa]

Wow I wasn't expecting that! Lol I thought you were going to cut them in half lengthwise and just set them in in pallet so the pallet would lay like a raised garden bed. This is great! Saves space and recycles the water for other plants!

[CanarsieBK]

@TheVisforvanessa Word. Glad you likes. The garden bed would've been a much larger project.

[rickbsu]

I like this idea...here in the east though most pallets are made from hardwood and usually are oak. I'm building a deck box from a few of them I've found. It's going to look awesome !

[CanarsieBK]

@rickbsu Dope. Just make sure that they haven't been treated with chemicals.

[rickbsu]

@CanarsieBK The wood looks like the oak boards they sell at the lumber yard so I think they haven't been treated. We throw so much stuff away in the US and then just make more of it. I hate it that so many things go to waste. Cool that you come up with ideas for recycling found materials. 

[Momintx1]

I love this idea! A neighbor just moved out and has several pallets thrown out...I'm grabbing them tonight! lol! This seems like fun.

[leapingfroglady]

I don't mean any disrespect but you should call yourself the shirtless gardener. Just a thought.

[CanarsieBK]

@leapingfroglady Haha. Thanks.

[pitbullgirl65]

This is fantastic! I've heard of people using pallet wood for wooden floors. There are so many ways to reuse stuff. Anything that keeps money out of corporate hands is great.

[CanarsieBK]

@pitbullgirl65 Exactly. Word.

[masn1978]

thanks



[TheCraftyGemini]

great idea! Thanks!

[CanarsieBK]

@TheCraftyGemini Thanks. It's working pretty well too.

[GettingThereGreen]

good use of a shipping pallet. You can pick up old slightly damaged shipping pallets easily near factories and stores. There is a hardware store not far from my house that puts a pile of them near the road so that people can just come and take them. ~Amanda

[CanarsieBK]

@GettingThereGreen There are lots of places that you can get them.

[GreenSmoothieGuru]

Nice Pallet Planter! I'm going to make one! Great idea, thanks!

[CanarsieBK]

@GreenSmoothieGuru Sweet. Glad you liked.

[baconsoda]

Would it be worth considering turning the next pallet 90 degrees and screwing the bottles to the uprights which would then support the bottom of the bottles and there would be no need for chopsticks? It would also give you four columns.

Best Wishes, Brendan.

[CanarsieBK]

@baconsoda Hmmm, I'm not sure I am following what you are saying. Having a hard time envisioning.

[pabyizzy]

@CanarsieBK I think he means turn it on it's side so the boards that are horizontal, would then be vertical. This way, you can have 4 columns of bottles, but only 2 rows, but then you wouldn't have to use the chopsticks for support since you are setting them up right on the vertical boards

[CanarsieBK]

@pabyizzy Ahhh gotcha. I can def see if that works any better. Thanks for clarifying.

[pabyizzy]

@CanarsieBK no prob, great idea by the way! :D