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Mira

(22,480 posts)
Sun Mar 24, 2013, 10:30 AM Mar 2013

Got Pallets? Hate weeding?

Alright friends: I had to dig to find this group, and since I have not been here before I may be carrying coals to Newcastle with this idea. But I liked it, and I hope you will too.


Got Pallets? Hate weeding? Don't feel like turning up a bunch of grass? Use a pallet as
a garden bed - staple garden cloth on the backside of the pallet fill with dirt and start growing!

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Got Pallets? Hate weeding? (Original Post) Mira Mar 2013 OP
fantastic! thanks, Mira ... I am going to do these this season! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #1
Glad you found us....don't be a stranger. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #2
Great idea but it wouldn't work with everything. intheflow Mar 2013 #3
I'm no gardener Mira Mar 2013 #6
Do you think that stacking pallets Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #7
Really cool idea, but I'd bet my weeds would just sprout sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #4
Great Idea and easy, Thanks!..nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #5

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. Glad you found us....don't be a stranger.
Sun Mar 24, 2013, 04:55 PM
Mar 2013

I absolutely love this idea.....but I would, I am one of the lazy gardeners here. In fact, I am getting so lazy that I have almost decided to give it all up and hit farmers' markets instead.

But this sounds so easy!

intheflow

(28,932 posts)
3. Great idea but it wouldn't work with everything.
Sun Mar 24, 2013, 09:15 PM
Mar 2013

Lettuces, annual herbs, yes. But most veggies have deeper root systems. Still, you could put down boards on a raised bed and it would help discourage weeds until the plants developed larger leaves, shading the ground and discouraging weeds.

Mira

(22,480 posts)
6. I'm no gardener
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:57 AM
Mar 2013

what I thought is that the roots make their way through the fabric into the ground below, which I had intended to spade up and fertilize.
Guess not ?!?

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. Do you think that stacking pallets
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 05:38 PM
Mar 2013

a few high would work for veggies? I liked the idea for lettuce and herbs as soon as I saw it, but didn't think as much about using it for veggies like tomatoes and peppers. But I wonder if a few pallets stacked together would do it.

sinkingfeeling

(52,992 posts)
4. Really cool idea, but I'd bet my weeds would just sprout
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 09:05 AM
Mar 2013

and grow right under the slat into the veggies!

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