@nettlesandpetals: DIY Pallet Compost Bays 🌱 A good composting system is the heart of the vegetable garden, creating nutrient rich compost to mulch the garden and feed the soil, and now is the best time to start one! 🪱😊 I decided to make the compost bays for the new garden using pallets as they are cheap, or free, and generally easy to access. The section of the new garden I chose for the bays had been neglected for a number of years, so was really overgrown with ivy and holly. 🌿 It took me a while, but I eventually cleared the area and then levelled it off ready for the pallets. 😅 For garden use opt for heat treated (HT) and stay away from any which have (MB) printed on them, which means they’ve been treated in a harsh pesticide called Methyl Bromide. Once the main structure was fixed together I added cardboard to the base to mulch the ground until I add organic matter. Then I fixed another palette to the front which I will remove when I need access to the compost. The bays could be used as is, but I’m opting to add a roof to both harvest water and to prevent too much going in. 💦 I’m used 2x2 cut at an angle and then fixed in each corner of each bay and then I added cross members to support the galvanised roofing sheets, attached using roofing screws sealed by a rubber washer. Finally I added a section of gutter to the back which will feed into an IBC tank and that’s the compost bays built! 😊🙌🏻 I’m really happy with how they look and you can find a more detailed guide for these, as well as other diy garden projects in my new book, there’s a link in my bio 🌱 So how do you make your own compost? 😊 #gardeningtips #gardenproject #palletproject #composting #organicgardening

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Thursday 12 March 2026 18:53:05 GMT