Got Pallets? Hate weeding?

[Mira]

Alright friends: I had to dig to find this group, and since I have not been here before I may be carrying coals to Newcastle with this idea. But I liked it, and I hope you will too.


Got Pallets? Hate weeding? Don't feel like turning up a bunch of grass? Use a pallet as
a garden bed - staple garden cloth on the backside of the pallet fill with dirt and start growing!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. fantastic! thanks, Mira ... I am going to do these this season!

getting excited, I am

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Glad you found us....don't be a stranger.

I absolutely love this idea.....but I would, I am one of the lazy gardeners here. In fact, I am getting so lazy that I have almost decided to give it all up and hit farmers' markets instead.

But this sounds so easy!

[intheflow]

3. Great idea but it wouldn't work with everything.

Lettuces, annual herbs, yes. But most veggies have deeper root systems. Still, you could put down boards on a raised bed and it would help discourage weeds until the plants developed larger leaves, shading the ground and discouraging weeds.

[Mira]

6. I'm no gardener

what I thought is that the roots make their way through the fabric into the ground below, which I had intended to spade up and fertilize.
Guess not ?!?

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Do you think that stacking pallets

a few high would work for veggies? I liked the idea for lettuce and herbs as soon as I saw it, but didn't think as much about using it for veggies like tomatoes and peppers. But I wonder if a few pallets stacked together would do it.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Really cool idea, but I'd bet my weeds would just sprout

and grow right under the slat into the veggies!

[Paul E Ester]

5. Great Idea and easy, Thanks!..nt