How Do You Use Recycled Building Material To Build Raised Garden Beds?
Raised bed gardening eliminates many of the hassles of conventional row gardens as you can fill them with an ideal growing medium that is weed free. It’s easier to plant, weed, water and harvest a raised bed garden. No wonder they are so popular! Since used hardwood pallets are readily available, and can often be had for free, they are a great way to scrounge wood for use in raised beds. Here’s a simple way to convert shipping pallets to useful and attractive raised beds. Ask feed and pet supply stores, newspapers, grocers, home improvement stores, factories, builders and furniture stores for permission to take their empty pallets and any 4×4 lumber they have laying around. Before hauling everything away, make sure the hardwood has not been pressure treated (insect and fungus treated wood will be green or yellow). Break down pallets by separating slats from stringers while taking care not to damage the wood. You can do this by drilling out nail heads and prying or hammering the slats o
