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DIY Wood Pallet Garden

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By Mavis Butterfield on May 9, 2013 · 9 Comments

Oh no! Lucy and I noticed the baby slugs this morning when we went out to water the wood pallet garden. I know everyone has to eat, but come on! I’m not growing this lettuce for the slugs.

The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird informed me we are hosting a pasta feed for her team this weekend. Oh joy! In addition to pasta I will be serving salad. Fresh from the garden and the greenhouse. I hope the kids like it.

Strawberries usually ripen towards the end of June around here. We have strawberries growing in wood pallets, in greenhouse gutters and along side the house. By the looks of the berry blossoms everywhere we should get a bumper crop this year.

Lucy inspecting the celery.

Spinach.

It appears the slugs got the the bok choy as well. I guess I’ll have to harvest it soon if I expect to get any.

And last but not least, the romaine lettuce. Come to mama! Doesn’t it look great. After I harvest the lettuce for the pasta feed {in the other pallet} I think I’ll plant some more romaine. For some strange reason romaine lettuce thrives in our pallet garden.

Have you tried pallet gardening yet?

~Mavis

Want to learn more about wood pallet gardening and how I put mine together? Click on the pallets above and it will take you to my first pallet garden post of the year. You’ll also learn what to look for when choosing a pallet.

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Wood Pallet Gardens – Lettuce, Celery, Strawberries, Bok Choy, Spinach and More

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By Mavis Butterfield on May 2, 2013 · 4 Comments

I thought I would share a few photos and update you how our wood pallet garden is coming along. As you can see the romaine lettuce we started from seed under grow lights is doing great. Lettuce is a great cool weather crop and is perfect to plant in the spring.

The mystery deep red lettuce and bok choy are also growing well. I did notice a few little bite marks in the boy choy though. I’m not sure if it was Lucy the Puggle Dog or a squirrel.

We grew celery in pallets last year and it did great. It looks like this year is off to a good start as well.

If I had to guess this spinach should be ready to start picking in another 2 weeks.

The Endive lettuce is looking great as well. This is my first time growing endive so I’ll have to find out how big the heads get and when I’m suppose to harvest it. Does anyone know?

Our wood pallet strawberries are also doing great. Last year I planted strawberries in a vertical wood pallet. This year I am growing them flat on the ground. I wonder if there will be a difference in the yield because of this. What do you think? I think I’ll get more with the pallet laying on the ground because they’ll be more evenly watered. We’ll see.

This is my second year using wood pallets and although it’s a little different than your traditional garden, it’s still a lot of fun.

Have you ever planted a wood pallet garden before? How did it go?

Mavis wants to know.

Want to learn more about wood pallet gardening and how I put mine together? Click on the pallets above and they will take you to my first pallet garden post of the year. You’ll also learn what to look for when choosing a pallet.

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Wood Pallet Garden Update – Lettuce and Strawberries

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By Mavis Butterfield on April 4, 2013 · 7 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve giving you an update on my wood pallet garden, so I thought I’d share a few pictures and let you know how everything is growing so far.

Yesterday I planted 16 strawberry crowns. Last year I grew strawberries in gutters, outside along the garden paths and also in a vertical pallet garden. I really enjoyed growing strawberries in wood pallets last year because it kept the berries off the ground away from the occasional slug.

Here is a close up of a small head of romaine lettuce we have growing in a wood pallet.

Here is another photo of some sort of red leafed lettuce {I forgot the name of this variety, sorry!}.

I know the wood pallet garden doesn’t look too exciting right now, but in about another month or so the pallets should be filled out and pretty lush if the weather continues to warm up.

The one thing I love most about gardening, it’s that there are so many different ways to grow vegetables. It can be overwhelming sometimes because I want to try everything all at once, but I love it. Gardening keeps me out of trouble {Ha!} and I can’t imagine a better hobby than growing your own food.

Gardening Rocks!

~Mavis

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Mavis Garden Blog – Growing Lettuce in a Pallet Garden

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By Mavis Butterfield on August 24, 2012 · 7 Comments

Now before you go and freak out and tell me not to use pallets because they are filled with toxic chemicals, I want you to know the pallets I am using are clean, and free of chemicals. If you are going to try this, make sure you are using CLEAN pallets. Not ones that have had chemicals stored on them or pallets that have been pressure treated.

Okay-

So last night The Girl and I transplanted a few our wooden pallets {from our previous pallet gardens} to the greenhouse.

After putting the pallets in place, we added potting soil, swept it into the groves of the pallet, and added water {in hindsight I should have moistened the soil first, but I was excited}.

Then we added our tiny Romaine and Butter Crunch lettuce seedlings we started from seed into the open spaces of the pallet and added a little more water.

And now all we have to do is wait about 45 days or so until we are able to harvest boatloads and boatloads of salad. Wahooo! I guess all that free salad dressing I’ve been able to score all summer will finally be put to good use.

Here is a picture of one of our earlier salad pallet gardens. Pretty neat-o if you ask me. So what do you think? Is this a clever way of growing lettuce in the greenhouse all winter long?

~Mavis

If you you’d like to give wood pallet gardening a try, here are a few more posts about gardening with wood pallets:

How to Plant a Flower Garden Using a Recycled Wood Pallet
How to Make a Recycled Pallet Vertical Garden
How to Plant a Garden Using Recycled Wood Pallets

Looking for some healthy dinner recipes? Check out Salad for Dinner: Complete Meals for All SeasonsBy Jeanne Kelley on Amazon.com. It looks divine.

*If you live in the Seattle / Tacoma area you can purchase brand spakin’ new {and clean} pallets from Girard Wood Products in Puyallup, Washington.

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