It's like the perfect weekend project – make a vertical container garden using a recycled pallet that will last for years. This creation can grow crops every season and can be painted for the season, or moved around to fit your garden plan. Pallets are just so cool for making all kinds of things around your home, but gardening in a pallet makes it more then pretty – it's now useful!
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Finding And Using Recycled Pallets
If you want to use pallets to do some projects around your place, you will probably want to know where to find them. But there are some other considerations, too like picking the right pallets for safe use.
When you are looking for a place to get pallets from consider what they might have received on the shipment. Reusing wood pallets from a pesticide or chemical processing company isn't a good idea because they’re probably full of chemicals products.
The nicest pallets seem to come from dry goods industries. They’re usually shipping a clean, dry product, so there’s no spillage or stains to worry about. Grocery stores, on the other hand have pallets that are often covered in spillage and stains which can lead to mold. Look at them over closely, if the used pallet looks weird, or if it smells strange, don’t take it.
Always use gloves when working with old pallets. Not only will this protect you from nails and splinters, but any contaminants that are on them. And if you’re going to cut or sand a pallet, use a mask.
Check with any local stores to find out if you can pick out some pallets. In some communities a store has to pay to get rid of them, so they will be happy if you can do the job for them and for free! Small businesses are the best place to look for pallets since they are hard to deal with and usually stack them up until someone comes along.
Large businesses, on the other hand, have adopted various procedures to dispose of their waste through contractors. Pallets listed in the free section of Craigslist all the time. They usually are picked up very quickly, so you should check the column regularly and jump at a new listing right away.