Old pallets gathering dust in garages are not trash, but free material for creating a unique landscape design.
Summer residents who have already mastered this technique turn them into flower beds, benches and even entire gazebos.
The first step is choosing your pallets: avoid those with mold or traces of chemical treatment. For example, the MB marking means impregnation with toxic methyl bromide.
Pallets marked HT are ideal – they have undergone heat treatment.
Before use, the wood is sanded to remove splinters and coated with an antiseptic.
To create a vertical garden, pallets are attached to the wall, filled with soil and succulents or herbs are planted. This design saves space and becomes the main decoration of the site.
A gardener from Krasnodar created a three-level strawberry bed from 10 pallets. The yield doubled thanks to drainage and ventilation.
An unusual solution is a hanging table: two pallets are connected with hinges, and a glass tabletop is built inside.
For the gazebo, connect 4 pallets vertically, fastening them with metal corners. Make the roof from polycarbonate, screwing it to the top boards. Inside, install benches from sawn pallets.
However, do not use pallets for children's furniture. The gaps between the boards are a finger trap.
To make your furniture last longer, coat it with yacht varnish. It will protect it from rain and UV rays.
When creating a garden barbecue, fireproof material is placed between the layers of boards - basalt wool or asbestos cardboard. Work with pallets in gloves and a mask - dust from grinding is dangerous for the lungs.
Author: Elena Shimanovskaya