Living in our duplex means that I can’t go wild with my gardens anymore. In my previous home, I turned our dog run into my fenced in garden and I had veggies & herbs growing out my ears. It was beautiful. And I enjoyed spending time out there every chance I got. I can remember harvesting buckets upon buckets of tomatoes and peppers. These days, I’m confined to a small space and I can’t exactly tear up our yard to put in a garden. womp womp But to keep my gardening spirits alive, I decided to build a pallet garden last year. This one leans up against the fence, but you could easily lay this down on the ground and have a “raised” pallet garden.
I originally created this pallet garden tutorial for the World Market Blog. You can head over here to see the step by step process on how to build this pallet garden.
I also show you step-by-step on how to build your own pallet in this post on my blog. I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend you build your own pallet out of cedar and not treated lumber OR a pallet you found off of Craigslist. Most of the pallets that you see available have been pre-treated with harmful chemicals to keep the pallets lasting for forever. You DO NOT want those chemicals leaching into your plant soil and contaminating your food.
Vertical Pallet Garden Tips
1 // You will want to keep the pallet on the ground for 1-2 weeks to allow the plants to take root before standing it upright.
2 // When you water your garden, water from the top and each subsequent layer, water a little bit less…remember the water will eventually make it’s way down, so your bottom most plants will get a lot of water.
3 // Choose veggies that like a big drink of water and are okay with a small drink of water. I would put my tomatoes and peppers at the bottom the next time I do this garden again, and some of my other veggies, like my lettuces, up towards the top.
4 // After I stood my pallet up, I planted some flowers in the opening at the very top of my pallet that would attract the pollinators to my veggie garden.
Would you try pallet gardening??
Happy gardening!!
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I’ve never seen anything like this! Fascinating!
My husband has been talking about doing this for a while – it’s nice to have a step by step guide. Thank you!
I tried building one of these…. all was going well till something ate all of my seedlings. Going to try again next year. Yours looks amazing!!
Great idea. Thanks for sharing your wonderful posts at Over The Moon Party.
See you next week.
Hugs,
Bev
This is a really neat idea! My husband & I created small garden beds for our plants this year, but you’re idea looks so much easier! I love that it’s space saving too!
This is a clever idea! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend? Hope to see you again next week!
Wishes for tasty dishes,
Linda
Looks great!
Your pallet garden looks great. That’s such a fun idea. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle. Pinning.
I would totally do this!! I need some pallets, I love gardening though and this would be a cute herb garden!
Thanks for sharing at #bloggerspotlight
This is great and right up my alley! Thanks for sharing it with us at Funtastic Friday! Pinned & sharing
Lovely pallet garden. Thanks for sharing at the inspiration Spotlight party. Pinned & shared.
oh my goodness this is perfect for any small yard or apartment living where one may only have a patio. Thanks so much for sharing