Learn How To Make A Strawberry Planter Out Of A Wood Pallet
By Dreamer
Tanya wanted to build a pallet planter for strawberries that met her standards. "Eventually, after finding nothing that really jumped out at me, I came to the conclusion that I'd have to come up with my own design," she writes on her blog, Lovely Greens.
And that she did and she is sharing her amazing ideas with us. Tanya recommends a jigsaw and electric screwdriver for this project, but "I'm quite sure that anyone who is comfortable using a hammer and hand-saw could complete this project."
First she split the pallet into three equal parts by sawing first one side, then flipping it over and sawing the other side in the same places. The pallet has nine slats, so her three parts have three slats each.
Next she disassemble the three sections and removed the short slats and blocks from the middle piece and the short slats from one side of the two end pieces, and sets them all aside for later use.
Using just a mallet and wedge, she is able to separate the blocks from the center section of the slats they're attached to. Later she will use these blocks as the feet for the strawberry planter, and the slats will become the short sides.
Next, she begins to build the actual container. Again her recommendation is to use an electric screwdriver for attaching the bottom (the center of the three cut pieces) to the long sides (the ends of the three cut pieces). The short sides are attached by screwing the short slats (formerly attached to the blocks) onto the ends. The final step is to screw in the blocks as feet.
She adds wire on the bottom of the planter, to cover the slats and create an even bottom. She uses landscape fabric and straw to cover the wire and then fills the planter with "farmyard manure and compost." Finally she plants her berries. This photo below shows a 2-year-old planter of strawberries, with plenty of fruit about to ripen!
You will want to use a heat-treated pallet, not a chemically-treated one -- look for the letters "HT" in the pallet's stamp (see Tanya's blog post for examples) since you will be growing food. If you decide to paint the planter to match your decor, use non-toxic outdoor wood paint.
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