Pallet Garden Pumpkin Trellis

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rock star garden this summer. Keep them coming!

KK from Preppy Pink Crocodile sent in a few photos of a pallet garden trellis she  built for her community garden allotment last summer and I thought it was so clever I wanted to share it with you.

Here is what KK had to say…

I live in a city without much yard space, so I garden through an incredible community garden program here, Capital District Community Gardens.  My allotment is small, only about 200 square feet.  So I had to plan carefully to take the greatest advantage of the space.

I found a few wood pallets for free in an ally and planned to use them in another way altogether.  But then I decided they might make a nice climbing structure for squash and melon vines.

I simply attached two hinges to the top so that I could fold and unfold the structure to my liking.  And once I liked the spacing, I nailed a scrap piece of wood to both sides to keep it solid and strong all summer.  In the fall, I just removed the nails from the scrap wood on the sides, folded it up, and easily stored it until this coming spring.

I planted squash, and eventually beans too, along both sides of the structure.  As the vines grew, I helped them climb in and out of the pallets.  Not only did it save space in the garden, but it added a ton of interest too.  Sadly, I lost a lot of squash vines to nasty ole squash bugs last year.  But I learned a lot (like how to easily remove the eggs before they hatch) and will be better prepared this year.

I actually re-used hinges from another project so the total cost was … FREE!  My favorite price!  It was also a lot of fun to be a little creative in the garden.  It was certainly an unexpected and much discussed piece in our community garden space last summer.
Wow, what a cool trellis KK! Thanks for sharing.

If you would like to build you own pallet garden be sure to read my Pallet Gardening 101: Creating a Pallet Garden tutorial.
~Mavis

Vertical Strawberry Tower 

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