LET'S MAKE A FLOWER PALLET

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I know - this is a re-post from last year but it is that time of year to get things like this started....maybe in the southern states for right now but if you live up north then get it together so it's ready when the weather decides to be nice. 

"you don't have to know how, you just need the desire to try" bh

LET'S MAKE A FLOWER PALLET

YOU CAN DO THIS - First off you will need a pallet - a long skinny pallet.  So where do you get one?  I work for a trucking company (ask there) so I have the pick of the "litter" so to speak but I got this one at the hardware store. I was there getting lumber for something and saw this and asked if I could have it - sure, why not.  Let me help you load it. DONE - got a pallet. This was heavy as all get out.  Some kind of hardwood I'm sure and was 
6 feet long.  You do not have to have one that long as some I've seen are 3-4-5 feet.

Next you will need flower boxes or I happened to have wrought iron ones I bought off CraigsList (of course) when I first bought my house.  See, I have a huge deck remember ( the sun shade project?) and thought they would look awesome all along my deck - filled with flowers.  WRONG - too hot.  They dried out too fast and most everything died.  Bummer.  So I saved the flower boxes and wa-la, I found something else to do with them a year later.  But, you can get the cheap plastic flower boxes from any store to use.

Next I screwed them to the pallet.  Be sure to leave enough spacing to allow your flowers to grow and/or drape down.  Before you load up with potting soil, move to where you want to display this. It is heavy as it is and certainly heavier with dirt.  Keep in mind if it is in full sun all day your flowers may die unless you can water them 3-4 times a day.  So, try to keep them in semi-shade or under your Sun Shade you already put up, where they are out of direct sunlight 80% of the day.

First, before adding dirt, I lined with plastic because of the coco basket liner just let the water drip - heck, it ran right through.  This helped to keep the water in a little longer.  If you have the plastic boxes be sure to drill at least a couple holes to let some water out.  You don't want to drown them. Next, fill with potting soil then pick & plant your flowers.  I chose ones that usually go in hanging baskets as I wanted them to drape over the edge. I also planted herbs in the top baskets as this was just outside my door and easy to get to when I needed. I did have this on my deck under my sun shade and leaned it against the house at a slight angle but you can always screw it to the house.

This year they do not have flowers in them (yet).  I recently planted acorn squash (seeds) and they are growing nicely.  Not sure how I will "support" the squash but I'm sure I will figure it out.  I think some kind of mesh or something.  
Time to plant something different in them this year (2015).  A trip to Home Depot, Lowes will help me decide.  I want them all (plants and flowers) .



***Hate chemicals but Got BUGs - on your flowers?  Aphids, etc? I try it on anything with bugs.  Take 1 part dish soap to 2 parts water.  Mix in a spray bottle and spray your plants, flowers, leaves.  It won't hurt your plants and will get rid of the bugs.  Not positive it works on all bugs but I've been lucky so far by using this.  Even used it on my tomato plants last year and worked fine.