I have found there is usually a trade off of time and work for money, what I mean by this is by using pallets I save a lot of money on lumber but it can be a lot of work and time making usable lumber out of the pallets by breaking them down and removing nails.
Make sure your using the right kind of pallets for your project.
If your using pallets for a garden bed you want to make sure your using pallets that haven't been chemically treated. I don't discard all chemically treated pallets personally, I just use them for projects that have nothing to do with my food or constant contact.
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After I put together all the sides of the raised beds I took some large 4 x 8 pallets I had and broke them down. These pallets had 8 - 1 x 6 boards in them. I used these boards to go around the raised beds and hold the pallet sides together.
I then lined the inside of the boxes with a Heavy Landscape Fabric which keeps the soil from washing out but allows for good drainage. I then painted the borders and added a water sealer to the outside of the beds to give them some durability against the elements and hopefully get years of use out of them.
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I hope this will get your creative juices flowing and inspire you to look into the endless ways you could repurpose pallets and other scrap materials for useful projects on your homestead.
Original article and pictures take http://www.hometalk.com/12278119/using-pallets-to-make-raised-garden-beds site
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