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making paths from old pallets

the tidy gardenerthe tidy gardener Posts: 591
in Problem solving
hi guys
hubby has really got into his allotment and it's looking great!he's got these pallets off our neighbour but wondering how you make them into paths?! they are nailed together tightly..he was thinking of digging a trench to drop them in!I'm thinking hard work.. any ideas?!!sorry it's upside down
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • the tidy gardenerthe tidy gardener Posts: 591
    thankyou!!I did try.its been a long day taking out an old shrub..
  • greatnorthernexoticgreatnorthernexotic Posts: 119
    Does the space need a new path surface? I'd go with turning them into compost bins!
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It does sound like a fair bit of work, but it would probably work quite well.
    The drawbacks I can see are these - wood is slippery in wet conditions, so you'd need to add chicken wire or similar to stop you going on yer a*se on a frequent basis.
    The other one is the gaps. Might be a bit of a drag if you drop anything down into them.
    The chicken wire would help with that a bit though  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It's an interesting idea. I've not seen in done before. Digging a hole and dropping them in would be easier and give more height than undoing all the pallets. I have sawn mine narrow, with an electric garden saw - the work of minutes. If the allotment is muddy, I can imagine pallets could give a good footing.  Do share pics.
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    We chopped some up and used them as edges for barked paths and also for the edges of some beds. They do get really lethal when they are wet and slightly muddy, which is why boardwalks tend to be covered in mesh.

    I built a moveable cold frame (glorified bottomless box) which we have an old window over to get things growing early. I also built some cabbage protection with these again building a box and then covering it in netting. Our plot neighbour has raised beds for her strawberries made from them.

    I'm not trying to put you off the paths but they can be useful in lots of ways. Those blue pallets are a real pia to get apart unless you have the right tools because they use so many bents nails in their construction.  
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    My neighbours got very excited last year when I put some pallets in my skip.  They were gratefully hoiked out to build a mud kitchen for their children!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're certainly useful for all sorts of things, but a path wouldn't be high on my list  :)
    Good for storage in a greenhouse or polytunnel if your hubby has one, or creating containers for various plants.
    I think I used some for the hoghouse and the bee nesting box. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    Blue pallets are owned by chep.  They will pick them up and they reuse them. 
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