19 August 2023
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We broke out our barbeque grill for the first time in a long while today. Unfortunately I hadn’t quite completed the construction of a new garden bench from some of the old pallets we’ve collected but our camping chairs meant … Continue reading
26 August 2022
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Our firewood processing operation has been a bit backlogged due to lack of storage space. Newly sawn logs have ended on top of previously split ones and thinner sticks have been pushed in the gaps. Today we had a bit … Continue reading
12 May 2022
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Today I have mainly been wrangling my collection of wooden pallets, selecting, adjusting and refining. The aim? A pair of compost bins for the allotment and, although it took a while, I’ve now the pieces I need lined up – … Continue reading
27 January 2021
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This afternoon, I finished off setting up the first of the log stores I wanted to create with the pallets I was breaking up the other day. I did most of the building last weekend, when there was a bit … Continue reading
17 January 2021
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The wonderful thing about building with cheap materials — like the wood from those pallets I have been taking apart this week — is the freedom to develop a design. Here the task was to create a gate in front … Continue reading
16 January 2021
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I picked up some more pallets today so had a bit more deconstruction to attend to before turning to putting new things together. I’d done a bit more research on taking pallets apart and I was keen to try out … Continue reading
15 January 2021
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I am planning to build some more firewood storage in the garden and I have collected some pallets to use for that: free wood that stands up pretty well to sitting outside. I used pallets for wood storage in Oxford … Continue reading
4 August 2020
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I’ve been after getting some old pallets to knock together a compost bin like the one we had in Oxford. It was in need of rejuvenation by the time we moved but it had lasted for the best part of … Continue reading