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  1. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Good to hear from you. There are lots of pallet wood project ideas on this thread and I am sure some of them will be of interest to you. I really appreciate when others can offer pallet projects that they are working on. I'm doing mostly garden projects, which I share, but it's mainly more of...
  2. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    ...thinking about options I still have available to me. Here is a little something I learned from Copilot when I posed the bean question to it... ********************************* You're in Zone 3B, which means your growing season is short and your first frost typically hits around...
  3. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :idunno Not sure what you mean. I live in northern Minnesota, zone 3B. I have never heard of a cover crop for the summer and growing something in the fall. As far as I know, we only have one growing season here. But I could be wrong because I really don't have much experience gardening. Unless...
  4. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    ...buckets of pallet wood (or any other safe lumber) bits and pieces to use for something. IMHO, it's better than burning the wood in a fire pit. *************************** HT-marked pallet wood is generally safe for garden use, including hügelkultur beds, as long as it's clean and...
  5. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Just a quick update on the new 1X2X4 foot chicken wire protective cages I finished building this evening. Here is a picture of them on top of the elevated raised beds I have in the backyard garden space... The idea was to make the cages tall enough to let the plants get well established...
  6. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Thanks for the reply. I am currently building another chicken wire protective cage. I was considering using some 1/2-inch narrow crown staples to secure the chicken wire to the wood frame, but decided to stick with my Arrow T-50 stapler - thinking that if I ever have to take that wire off, the...
  7. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :lau Sounds great! We used to have dogs out where I live, but people moved away and currently nobody has a dog in the neighborhood. As a consequence, I can go out in the evening, look around the yard, and count a good half dozen to a whole dozen of rabbits in my yard alone. The chicken wire...
  8. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    🤔 I had considered tall fencing like yours to keep the deer out. But with my setup, I have raised beds that are deliberately spaced out so that I can drive my 48-inch riding mower between the beds. That allows me to tow in carts full of compost and topsoil, which saves me a lot of work. I just...
  9. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :lau Deer are tasty, too. And yes, I have eaten both!
  10. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :barnie Stupid Squirrels Digging In My Gardens! I've been busy making some more protective cages for my raised beds to keep the squirrels out. I planted a bunch of onion bulbs in one of my elevated beds and the next day I discovered that a squirrel had dug up all the bulbs! Google picture...
  11. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Thanks for the update. I remember you talking about that. Those squash look like they are doing just fine. My plants are doing OK, but our nights are still dipping down to the high 40F's to low 50F's. It needs to stay warmer at night before the plants will take off. But I am hopeful we will...
  12. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    At the risk of quoting myself, I took my own suggestion and used those jigs to make some more stackable compost bin tiers. I had to clean out some pallet wood from the garage for other projects, so it made sense to make more of these frames. I completed two more pallet wood stackable compost...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    ⚠️ Using Jigs for Faster, Accurate, and Repeatable Builds :clap I have mentioned that the stackable compost bin system I built a year or so ago has proven to be more valuable to me than I had anticipated. I decided to build another pallet wood compost tower of stackable tiers. Here is the...
  14. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    That is exactly why I have mainly used screws in my pallet projects for many years. Screws are easy to back out with minimal damage to the wood and you can reuse the screws in another project. Screws are still my main means of joining boards. However, I am currently working on some smaller...
  15. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Screws have great holding power. That's why I have used them for years. Plus, they are easy to install and take out if you need. The staples I used with the air stapler appear to be more than strong enough to hold the compost frame together. But if they work loose, it's not a big deal. I'll...
  16. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :caf First Use Review of HF 2-in-1 Air Brad Nailer/Stapler Last fall I bought a 2-in-1 Air Nailer/Stapler from Harbor Freight. Unfortunately, I had to wait a long time for them to get some staples in stock and never used the Nailer until just a few days ago. I thought I would use the...
  17. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    🤔 New Hügelkultur Raised Bed with Only 4 Inches of Soil? I built a new pallet wood raised bed v2.0 last fall and hauled it to the backyard... Instead of filling the bed with my typical logs, I filled this one with pallet wood cut offs and scrap wood. I had to clean out my garage and I...
  18. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :clap Sounds great! I currently have three pallet wood modular workbenches in my garage that I use every day. I also converted some pallets to be workbenches on top of my utility trailer(s) I tow behind my riding mowers. Did not cost me much more than some screws and nails to put things...
  19. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :clap Not only will that pallet wood notch out work great as a miter saw hold down stick, saving you $20.00 or more, but it is 100% wood, meaning that if you accidentally drop the spinning blade on it, the blade will cut through the wood - no damage to you or the blade. :tongue Sometimes...
  20. gtaus

    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Very nice thread starting from the beginning. Check out his thread in the link and drop a comment or two on his project. @Dduell2, Feel free to cross post any pictures and/or copy any posts to this thread along with your link to your thread if you want. :lau I have been known to offer...
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