[teflon]

    This is something i've been meaning to post for over a week(well since i got my own plot).
    On my first visit i realised that a fence made from pallets would be a must.I had visions of spending weeks stripping pallets down,sorting the timber, banging posts into the ground &fixing panels to them.That was until my neighbour showed me the easy way.Dig a trench a little wider then the pallet,about 4 inches deep,put a pallet in it&then backfill it with the soil you've taken out.Apparently this is common practice amongst plotholders,but i was gobsmacked at how simple this was.
   Anyone got any other little gems like this that they want to share?

[noshed]

I wouldn't bother with a fence. Use the pallets for compost bins!

[savbo]

I like the technique of banging some posts into the ground then sliding the pallets over them - like the way they made the compost bins on Gardeners World the other week... means you can easily replace the pallets when they start to rot...

[shay]

I would normally say why bother with a fence, however with the sudden rush to acquire an allotment my local one is now full but some of the new people wander through aimlessly wihout always looking where they are stepping so aside from putting tripwire around my plot the need for a fence is sadly required.

[nwalch]

    This is something i've been meaning to post for over a week(well since i got my own plot).
    On my first visit i realised that a fence made from pallets would be a must.I had visions of spending weeks stripping pallets down,sorting the timber, banging posts into the ground &fixing panels to them.That was until my neighbour showed me the easy way.Dig a trench a little wider then the pallet,about 4 inches deep,put a pallet in it&then backfill it with the soil you've taken out.Apparently this is common practice amongst plotholders,but i was gobsmacked at how simple this was.

Can you post some photos

[Eatyourgreens]

I like the technique of banging some posts into the ground then sliding the pallets over them - like the way they made the compost bins on Gardeners World the other week... means you can easily replace the pallets when they start to rot...

It's easier to put the pallet in place then slip the posts in and bang away.


Bob

[teflon]

I like the technique of banging some posts into the ground then sliding the pallets over them - like the way they made the compost bins on Gardeners World the other week... means you can easily replace the pallets when they start to rot...

It's easier to put the pallet in place then slip the posts in and bang away.


Bob

 Just seen this post,i'll get some pics up by the  weekend.

[teflon]

Whoops!Wrong quote,but im sure you know what i mean

[mumofstig]

slip the posts in and bang away.


Bob
Just seen this post,i'll get some pics up by the  weekend.
 
Whoops!Wrong quote,but im sure you know what i mean

and i thought there were going to be pics of somebody banging away

[teflon]

Here's some  pics of the pallet fence,compost bin,decking&veranda type thing(a bit of shade for the kids)& my brothers shad&chicken coop.All made from pallets &timber we "found".

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