Britesea
Sustainability Master
I just used a few last night to make a larger space for the turkeys to get out of the wind since they are getting too big for the nursery coop.
Pallet boards
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Mini Horses
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So you've decided to get sheep again? Seems you have been thinking about it but, undecided. Nice. Sheep are nice.
flowerbug
Super Self-Sufficient
anytime i can get free wood i'll take it, but i much prefer wood without nails or screws in it.
i'm in the middle of a large project here right now where i have about 50 pallets that have rotted that i'll have to get rid of and not by burning. it took me about a month to just get them taken out of where they were at and stacked more out of the way. a lot were so rusted out and rotting i could remove the nails by pulling them with my fingers or even scraping them up with the trowel and removing them and putting them in the jug for recycling.
i'm not sure yet what i'll be doing with the pallets that haven't rotted all the way yet, but it is going to take a lot of time to deal with them. i don't want to risk stepping on rusty nails so burying them isn't what i'd want to do, but i may be forced to use them as fill anyways. luckily if i do end up having to do that it won't be in any place that will be gardened or disturbed much, but i'm hoping to avoid that if i can. i want the wood if i can cut along the edges and get the decent wood that can be used in places until it rots. then i would only have the ribs of the pallets with all the nails left to deal with.
i don't want to burn it. too bad i can't get a big tub and throw them all in there and then worm compost them until i can go back through and get the nails out. i'd do that in a big pile just on the ground someplace but Mom will have something to say about that... hmm, gotta keep thinking about this...
i'm in the middle of a large project here right now where i have about 50 pallets that have rotted that i'll have to get rid of and not by burning. it took me about a month to just get them taken out of where they were at and stacked more out of the way. a lot were so rusted out and rotting i could remove the nails by pulling them with my fingers or even scraping them up with the trowel and removing them and putting them in the jug for recycling.
i'm not sure yet what i'll be doing with the pallets that haven't rotted all the way yet, but it is going to take a lot of time to deal with them. i don't want to risk stepping on rusty nails so burying them isn't what i'd want to do, but i may be forced to use them as fill anyways. luckily if i do end up having to do that it won't be in any place that will be gardened or disturbed much, but i'm hoping to avoid that if i can. i want the wood if i can cut along the edges and get the decent wood that can be used in places until it rots. then i would only have the ribs of the pallets with all the nails left to deal with.
i don't want to burn it. too bad i can't get a big tub and throw them all in there and then worm compost them until i can go back through and get the nails out. i'd do that in a big pile just on the ground someplace but Mom will have something to say about that... hmm, gotta keep thinking about this...
Lazy Gardener
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Are you urban, suburban, rural? Have neighbors that would have issues with how you manage your property? Zoning laws? HOA? If they are not too rotten to burn, I'd do that, then use a magnet to get the metals out. But... are you sure they are not PT? If you can use a sawz-all, to cut out the naily portions, you could then build a hugelkulture mound with them. Use the free of nail portions to line paths of your garden? Again, PT would be the deal breaker for me. But, if they are rotting, it's most likely they are not PT.
Lazy Gardener
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Do you find that the native worms tend to crawl out of your bucket? Any issues with introducing unwanted insect pests when bringing worms/soil back into your house? I had a massive crawl off with native worms one year. It was pretty gross. Thankfully, the bucket was in my garage at the time! My recent supply is a combination of native reds that were collected from a cardboard layered area in my garden, and several lone survivors from casings of cultivated reds (bucket froze). These guys behave themselves very well. Have not harvested castings since initial set up. Need to do that some time!
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My wife seen this and wants me to make it.. Although i think i would go wider. Your pile of boards looks perfect.
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Lazy Gardener
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OOOOOHHHHHH! I like your pallet corral for tools! Ready made!!!
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Fencing and gates.....great, tough but lightweight wood for fencing and gates. What a great opportunity!!! The hardest part about working with pallet wood is getting the pallets apart, but you have them already apart, which is half the battle.
Mini Horses
Sustainability Master
DD has this -- was my pallet, she borrowed.
Amen to that. They can be a problem.
I don't mean to be picky for free stuff but, some are just better than others! The wood and all. I like to stack hay on them. We stack DDs firewood on them, to keep off the ground.
