Category: Recycling projects


Joe Constantine's avatarBackyard DIY

Lately I’ve been working on a new pallet carnival stall design for my son’s carnival themed birthday party. So far I’ve completed three with another two to go.

Carnival stall mk1The original stall I made back in April was more of a fascia than an actual stall. I used a full pallet and fastened two posts to the side which supported a small marquee made from small pallet pieces. The two problems I encountered with this design were stability (the stall had a tendency to topple over, even when I attached feet to it that could be pegged in the ground) and painting (the gaps in the pallet boards were very awkward to paint).

Carnival stall mk2The next stall I made was for a local youth centre who wanted a carnival style snack stall for their birthday celebration party in June. This time I completely dismantled the pallet and built it up again from…

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I featured a range of ‘hotels for the discerning’ earlier this year, and here are a few more ideas for desirable residences for the bugs you want in your garden.

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A few weeks ago I posted a brief article about how I’d converted an old wooden bicycle rack (saved from the bonfire, as it was being disposed of by the local Primary School) into a sort of vertical plant stand cum ‘Plant Theatre’.

The old Bike Rack before it's makeover
The old Bike Rack before it’s makeover

I decided that the first display would be of  a range of Pelargoniums. Having bought a number of small terracotta pots, and used a mix of old and new plants, I set it up and nurtured my new ‘creation’. Well here’s how it’s looking at the end of June – most plants are now in flower and providing an eyecatching, vertical splash of colour in the courtyard here at Old School Garden. What do you think?

The finished 'Theatre'
The finished ‘Theatre’

I must now start thinking about what to do for a spring display, next year. I’ll try to over winter the pelargoniums and use them again in the summer.  For spring, perhaps I’ll tryt o get hold of a range of that plant that typifies ‘Plant Theatres’, the Primula auricula.

A Primula auricula- something for the 'Theatre' in Spring 2015?
A Primula auricula- something for the ‘Theatre’ in Spring 2015?

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The sun is shining and the weather is sweet, and it makes me want to be out in the garden making it look beautiful! Lately we’ve been collecting pallets wherever we spot them with the intention of doing ‘useful things’ with them, but so far they’ve mainly just been used to prop our chairs up on to reach our too-high cable drum table, which we’re in the process of lowering (post on that when we’re done)! 

Yesterday I decided the time had come to breathe new life into one of them, and pretty up the garden with some colour at the same time. I chose a fairly sturdy one with substantial sides because I wanted the wood to be part of the feature. I’d seen loads of pallet garden ideas on Pinterest, so I decided to make my own version. Here’s the story of how I did it, which I’m…

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It’s been a while since I put together a few examples of recycling innovation in the garden using pallets and other things- there seem to be fewer ‘new ideas’ around these days. Perhaps there are just so many things you can do with a pallet (and other stuff)?! Anyway here is a set of four great ideas that have caught my eye in the last few months.

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hanging bottle gadn via urban organic gardener

Cut glass bottle window garden via Urban Organic Gardener

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