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Originally posted by Newt
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I had great success a couple of years ago adding height interest to my tiny walled garden, but installing a pallet-based herb wall. I plan to do something similar along the north edge of my allotment plot now to replace the rubbished fence with a low wall of pallets.
They're fairly easy to do. Sew some robust fabric - the sort you'd lay over a bed and plant through - into a little square-sided shape the same dimensions as the pallet. Insert in the pallet, folding the top edge over and stapling it down, then fill with good soil. Grab a couple lengths of hosepipe, block up one end and poke/drill small holes along the length, and push these down into the soil in the pallet so you can easily water it.
Then just stand it upright, and poke holes in the fabric where it's visible in gaps between the pallet slats to plant herbs and small things like strawberries.
They're fairly easy to do. Sew some robust fabric - the sort you'd lay over a bed and plant through - into a little square-sided shape the same dimensions as the pallet. Insert in the pallet, folding the top edge over and stapling it down, then fill with good soil. Grab a couple lengths of hosepipe, block up one end and poke/drill small holes along the length, and push these down into the soil in the pallet so you can easily water it.
Then just stand it upright, and poke holes in the fabric where it's visible in gaps between the pallet slats to plant herbs and small things like strawberries.
