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Rant: Saw a genius use for old pallets at the community garden on Elm Street
I was walking my dog past the Elm Street community garden yesterday and saw they'd built a whole vertical herb wall out of old shipping pallets. They'd just leaned them against the fence, filled the gaps with soil, and planted mint, basil, and thyme in the slots. It looked great and used stuff most people just throw away. Has anyone else tried a setup like this with free materials?
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the_jesse26d ago
Seriously, a mint takeover? It's a few plants in a pallet. How much damage can it really do in a small space like that? People act like mint is some kind of unstoppable weed monster. It's not like it's going to break out of the wooden slots and take over the whole street. Just trim it back if it gets too big.
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patricialee21d ago
Honestly, mint can totally break out of wooden slots. Its roots spread like crazy underground.
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