Ugly .....but practical

[two brews]

most of these are 2 foot tall what problems would you think i will have with these raised beds as this is the only way i will be able to garden Thanks

[veggiechicken]

Problems -
The amount of soil you'd need to fill them
Maybe difficult to reach the far side or is there acess all the way round?
Painted/stained in one of those garden paints I think they'd look really good

[cptncrackoff]

in my garden i have 4 raised beds made out of pallet sides, just the job..mine are only one high!

[darcyvuqua]

I love them in fact I really want 6 for carrots and parsnips but there like rocking horse $h!t

[Bigmallly]

most of these are 2 foot tall what problems would you think i will have with these raised beds as this is the only way i will be able to garden Thanks

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I personally would have made them 8" high & had 3 times as many. Can you reach the far side of the beds on the fence?

[cptncrackoff]

I love them in fact I really want 6 for carrots and parsnips but there like rocking horse $h!t

..plenty of them at my work...bit of a drive though
i've 20 at the allotment as a muck heap and 4 at home as raised beds..one of gods greatest creations!

[darcyvuqua]

..plenty of them at my work...bit of a drive though
i've 20 at the allotment as a muck heap and 4 at home as raised beds..one of gods greatest creations!

If there's anyway of shipping I'd happily pay

[two brews]

my original beds were 5 foot wide and about 15 inches high that had taken years to build up so by the time my daughter had dug them out and placed the pallet collars she put the bricks in the bottom and used the soil i had from the original beds,the compost bin has been emptied into them there is still one that needs filling but it will have to wait till the end of season and i will put all spent compost out of the greenhouse in it.I heard about pallet collars about six months ago but could not find any till my son came across these they are 4 foot 6 inches by 2 foot 6 inches so i can reach to the back of them.They were £5 pounds each from a pallet yard and it was well worth it as i have not been able to do anything in the garden since an operation 18 months ago.Thanks Bigmally they were right way up till i uploaded them and it took me an hour to do that and couldn't figure out how to turn them.

[alldigging]

Pallet collars are instant! No work required.
Although not entirely sure how long they'll last. I've got some - will have to look up when I got them. Either 2 or 3 years.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

one of gods greatest creations!

Couldn't agree more! A bit of a stain n a tinker! They really are the "Bee's Knee's" regarding raised beds!

[mothhawk]

most of these are 2 foot tall what problems would you think i will have with these raised beds as this is the only way i will be able to garden Thanks

You'll have a problem with carrots......they'll grow so enormous you'll need to wheelbarrow each one home individually.

(I'm not jealous.....I'm not....Really.....I'm not, so there )

[two brews]

Carrots are the first thing i've planted in them i'll have to reinforce my wheelbarrow as its falling apart if they are going to grow that big.Anyone got ant ideas on what fence paint is best to paint them with.I'm not really bothered if they last only a few years as they mean i can at least grow some veg as i can only garden stood up.the other alternatives I found were concrete gravel boards and posts or railway sleepers both very expensive .

[Aberdeenplotter]

I've used pallet extensions to grow celery for exhibition. Heaps of cow dung dug in annually. No fence paint or preservative applied and they are still going strong after almost 10 years now

[two brews]

Thanks Aberdeenplotter thats brilliant ten years will suit me fine but they are in my garden so i think i will have to paint them because they look terrible ha do they darken with age ?

[Fleurisa]

what about getting some willow screening and wrapping it around them?