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I made 17 stackable, movable garden beds out of scrap timber I salvaged (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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It's end of winter here so just on time to fill them up and start growin food for the local pests to monch

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You don’t want to use old pallets for garden beds or projects anyways. Don’t know what chemicals you’re introducing into your home or food.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're thinking about possible run-offs from cargo or chemicals from treating the wood?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Both. Unless it’s a brand new single used pallet, you don’t know that a pool chemical didn’t spill on it at Walmart.

    They are also treated to prevent rotting.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Euro pallets I'm aware that are usually pressure treated to prevent rot. I know some are not treated at all.

    But it is simply difficult to get pallets where I live lately. Unless they are completely broken, businesses don't discard it (which is not bad by itself; less waste) but they won't even sell them.

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