Making a Garden Planter from Pallets

You know you just love planting those summer gardens. Even if you don’t have a relatively large space for your garden, you can still plant your favorites this summer by making your own garden planter. This planter made from an old shipping pallet is great and it is very easy to make; not to mention cheap.

Doing your own gardening is great. It gives you the opportunity to save money and to ensure that you are not feeding your family products that have chemicals in them. You can grow your own vegetables and ensure that they are completely free from pesticides and other harmful chemicals.

You can use the pallet planter for vegetables, flowers, herbs or anything that you want to grow and it’s so easy to make that you can do several of them so that you have one available for every type of plant that you want to grow.

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