DIY Pallet Herb Garden

DIY Pallet Herb Garden

A simple way to repurpose a pallet is to turn it into a patio diy pallet herb garden. This diy pallet herb garden took only a few hours to make with simple tools already at home. It’s great to have fresh herbs on hand throughout the warm weather. I picked the few herbs that I use the most in my cooking. Furthermore, getting the kids involved in planting and growing their own food is great to help them learn too.

Read more below to find out how we made this patio pallet herb garden and also watch a video tutorial.

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Pallet Herb Garden

For this pallet herb garden I was lucky to have a friend get me the pallet for free. I know in my town there are also places that give away pallets too. Just a quick search or asking around and you will be on your way to a free pallet. I did acquire more than one pallet so I will be making a raised garden bed too.

 

 

What you need

• Pallet
• 2 x 4’s
• Weed blocking film
• Herbs
• Saw
• Hammer
• Nails
• Tape measure

The things I did had to buy from the home improvement store was the 2×4’s, soil, herbs and weed blocking film. Everything else we had on hand at home.

 

 

Getting started

I measured the opening between the top and bottom and figured that a 2×4 would fit perfectly in the space to create the bottoms to the shelves. This pallet ended up giving me three shelves to work with for this pallet garden project.

Measure and cut the 2×4’s

With the help of my fiancé, we measured and cut the 2×4’s.

 

This the 2×4 being nailed to the bottom of the what is going to be the herb garden.

 

 

As you can see we went and cut more 2×4’s to fit into the spaces. The 2×4’s pretty much wiggled into place on the middle and top shelves. Put a nail in the side to hold it into place.

For the bottom we put nails in the bottom of the wood but for the shelves in the middle and top we put nails on the side. That way it kept the front looking pretty. We ended up with three shelves with this pallet.

 

Lining the shelves

Taking the weed blocking film we cut it into pieces the size that would fit into the space we made. Just eyeballing the measurement here. Doesn’t have to be perfect.

 

 

This is the weed blocking film I used. There was plenty left over. I’ll have to use it in my next raised pallet garden bed project.

Get some landscaping fabric to help hold the soil in the shelves of the pallet.

Using a staple gun, staple the weed blocking paper to the front and back of the pallet. This is to make sure it stays in place. Staple it evenly across so it doesn’t bunch up and have crimped up spots.

 

We draped it from front to back, leaving the sides open. I’m hoping this will help with rain water drainage.

 

 

All the shelves are lined, stapled and ready for soil and herbs. We were careful when placing the film that it didn’t hang over the front to much. I wanted to try and hide it out of the way. That way you are just looking at the lovely wood and painted name tags.

 

Add the potting soil

Fill in all the spaces with potting soil all the way to the top. This part gets a little messy but who ever said gardening wasn’t? I love getting my fingers in the dirt, keeps you closer to nature. 🙂

Funny story – my mother told me that her grandmother said, “You got to eat a peck of dirt before you die.” I’m not sure what its actually suppose to mean but I always think of that and chuckle to myself when playing in the dirt.

Configuration time

By placing the herbs in the containers first, I got to plan which would be the best configuration for them to be in. That way you can move them around before you plant them in the soil.

 

After you like where you have places the herbs – take them out of their containers. Push the soil to the sides to make a hole for the plant. Gently squeeze the roots to loosen them for their new home. Then simply push the soil back over and smooth it out on top.

 

Don’t forget the water

Don’t forget to water the herbs. When you are all done planting them in the soil give them a well deserved drink. The soil I used was kind of dry to begin with so I definitely gave them some.

 

Name tags

To finish off my pallet herb garden I used some black acrylic paint. I poured it into a small plastic container to make it easier to paint with. Grabbed a small paint brush and got to painting! Painting all the names centered under each one. I really love the paint on the pallet, it gives it a rustic farm feel.

Black craft paint

Paint Brushes

Happy to enjoy throughout the warm weather

Can’t wait to see how this works out this season. Happy to be able to go to my back porch and grab fresh herbs for meals to come.

My daughter is excited that we got to plant her cilantro. She started them from seeds herself.

(I noticed after that I spelt cilantro wrong on the pallet, I’ll have to go back and fix it one day)

I also found some purple basil. That looked interesting. Something different to try. I’m sure it will look so pretty in the dishes we make.

Herbs I picked:

• parsley
• basil
• purple basil
• dill
• cilantro
• rosemary
• oregano

Something to think about… I might be moving the pallet to lean up against the porch railing. I’m going to have to see how it does in the rain. Not sure if the rain will splash the soil onto the siding of the house.

All done!

 

Check out this beauty!

Watch the video tutorial here:

 

 

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