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I saw this in the Ladies Home Journal. I haven't seen this before but it sounds like a good and cheap way to vertical garden!
Has anyone here tried it? Are pallets good wood for planting...as in no chemicals?
http://www.lhj.com/style/decor...al-gardening/?page=1

jvelo - I've seen this in DIY's before. My problem with it would be the weight. A pallet is heavy by itself. Have you ever seen/handled one? You add all that potting soil plus plants and you are talking 65 to 75 lbs. I think it would work well if a person could handle it. You'd have to sorta do it in place, then stand it up where you want it to be, unless you have a pretty hefty lawn boy to help.

Most pallets (here) are made of oak or hickoy, a heavy wood because of the weight they have to support...it's usually rough sawn lumber, and as a rule, no chemical treatments. The video in the link showed nice, sanded wood and it looked lightweight.

Just my opinion, for what it's worth

ve

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I've seen both clean and nice looking ones and some really black and ugly ones. I guess they got there on a day when the pallets were new and not used over and over.
I forgot how heavy they are, but I did wonder about all that potting soil.
Thanks.

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Was watching Growing a Greener World online...
more on this vertical gardening...an actual demonstration used to plant veggies! In tons more detail than the LHJ article.
Very interesting! I'll have to try this, although I may not get to it this year.
It starts about 14 minutes into this program. You can jump ahead by moving your pointer, or just watch the whole program
http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/episode221/

I saw something similar to that on HD's TV ad and was wondering how you could water it so the plants would get enough water. It is a beautiful concept but a lot of problem points have been brought up here. But we can dream even if it is not for us.

great idea.. the wheels are turning here.

i could set up two or three and prop them against the back, south facing wall.

put them up on a bench or blocks for easier harvesting..

hummmm, what a great strawberry crop i could have for so little space.

Hey J~~ Are you going to try that? Never enough potting soil ~~~ right MGT!? LOL LOVE NEW FUN IDEAS!Could do an American flag with that plan.

Right, Muddy. LOL