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Pallets

Think about recycling pallets.  How often do you see pallets lying - dumped at the side of the road?

There are so many uses for pallets.

One of the best things you can do if you have even a small piece of land, is to compost.  Composting and growing your own herbs and vegetables are fun and vital really :)

Today we look at making compost bins out of pallets and planting vertical vege gardens.

For composting, pallets offer both good aeration and the perfect size for compost bins, once they have been secured together in a box shape.  You can use on for the base too.  Some suggest covering the compost with a piece of old carpet  to keep the warmth in and speed up the composting process.  Depending on how much compost you have/will generate from household scraps and garden refuse - you can build a few next to each other.

Remember:

DO: add in layers, leaves, branches, vegeterian animal waste, vege scraps, citrus scraps, coffee grounds, layer with comfrey leaves, cut flowers, grass mowings (scatter), hay and straw, hedge clippings, nettles, seaweed, teabags, urine, cardboard, egg boxes and shells, prunings, hair cuttings, natural corks, paper bags, mielie cobs, wood ash, wood shavings

NOT: add diseased plants, cooked food, carnivore/omnivore animal waste, bones, bread, cans, cat litter, cigarette ends, clingfilm, coal ash, crisp packets, dairy products, disposable nappies, dog faeces, pet food, cooking oil, meat and fish scraps, soiled tissues, plastic bottles and bags.

Using pallets for vertical vege gardens is an excellent option for those who only have a small space.  VIP Water with mister daily.  Pallets are also great for areas that are too difficult to dig up/rocky etc.  Just lay a pallet down, directly on the ground and fill-up with soil/compost and then plant seeds or seedlings in the neat rows.  Perfect.

Here is site you can look at for vertical gardening with pallets:  
http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-turn-a-pallet-into-a-garden/

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Super re-purposing idea!
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Transforming a windswept peninsula in Wales

Felin Uchaf from dobraidea on Vimeo.


Felin Uchaf - an Educational Centre for exploring ways of living and working in Creative Partnership, with each other and our Environment.

The Felin Uchaf Project grew out of a vision to create a place where people and the land on which they worked could nourish each other in body, soul and spirit and to found a Community Enterprise Centre based on a holistic understanding of our spiritual and physical needs.

At Michaelmas 2004 a small group of friends launched an appeal to purchase a neglected parcel of land in the heart of the Llyn Peninsula on Wales's westernmost shores bordering the Irish Sea, and set about manifesting that vision.

They began to transform the landscape through planting thousands of trees, reinstating hedgerows and wetland habitats and sculpting new eco buildings out of stone, earth, thatch and timber harvested locally.

On what used to be a bare, windswept site there are now a patchwork of small gardens and flowered meadows, a low green haze of young trees and the fruits of many people's labours:

paths that lead to secluded roundhouses,
to a subterranean hall where stories and songs and the arts are celebrated ,
to workspaces for the sharing of fine craftsmanship and
a community garden for people to cooperatively grow herbs and vegetables
in a sustainable, life enhancing way.

The Centre has become a valued resource for schools, community groups and volunteers, a place to reconnect with our land ourselves and each other....

Read more zt http://vimeo.com/24093655