2011 Review - The Year of the Pallet

Nice to see you brought some joy to your mum.
Nice to see your neighbours put to good use your 'creations'.
Nice to see you survived NY Eve.
Love your Poly apartment, I really do, but possibly Ling Ling could do a bit of tidying up before your next photo shoot?? Just saying....

'PalletWood' the movie next S the T ? excellent blog & truly inspirational .

Great blog Stevie - looking forward to seeing your next pallet project.

Oh yes Stevie, definitely a fan of the pallet love the inspirational blog.

Great use of the pallets....

Very cool blog..love to recycle odds and ends..keep seeing pallets up the road from me..wonder if I could jsut take them? Been lying there for months!

What a player ! The world is being saved by pallets ; just brill .

Madman/Genius Genius/madman

Great blog Stevie, I`m still struggling to take one apart,lol.

Brilliant ... love the gate and the laundry/potting bench ... and your Mum looks a very happy lady! ... :o)

Love your blog Stevie, I found it very interesting, and you made a grand job of making them. Your Mum looks well happy with hers, Well done! Happy New year to you, Mum, and Family

Thanks folks : )
just got in 12 likes already great stuff ; )

Bampy -'PalletWood' the movie lest do it, we could do a big 'PalletWood' sign and rename the town!

Pixi -go for it, if they've been dumped you would be tidying up the neighbourhood : )

Driad - hehe 'Playa' as in Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder?

Pimper - I'll take Genius/madman, Madman/Genius sounds a bit more North Korean!

Lincs - yes thats the downer, these things are full of nasty nails, you need an axe blade and a hammer to make a gap then tease them apart with the back of a hammer and some welly (be careful)

Shirley/Lins -It made my mums Xmas : )

and a Happy New Year Goyers

Well done ! :o) I could do with one of those potting tables myself - if I had some pallets. I had lots given to me once and I made fences for the whole garden out of them :o)

Thank you Hywel, if I am going past your way i'll make you one : )

Bampy- I've seen it, I've seen it : )

Amazing Stevie. Do you have time to do any gardening after all that? Love the polytunnel!

Oh thank you :o)

Well they are on private land where houses have been built..kinda a waste bit..maybe I'll go up in the dark! lol

Fabulous Blog, Stevie - straight into "faves". Do you give lessons? We have hundreds of pallets just lying round the countryside here, calling out to be used in such artistic and useful ways. So far we have emplacements for firewood, compost containers and beehive bases, but your brilliant potting benches are something only to be dreamt of. I think you should have a spot on "Gardeners' World"
I'm drawing up some plans for OH (who doesn't know about it yet - well, I've TOLD him, but I don't think he was listening) to make lots of planters. I shall do my bit - I shall have the pliers, woodstain and teapot at the ready, and LOTS of helpful advice.
See what you've started?
p.s. what's a perfectly good preserving pan doing on a potting bench?

Thank you Gattina,
Hope your planter go well, ah you spotted the pan, I did use it for my relish but found it to big to boil on my hob!
Its in the polytunnel collecting water : )

I despair of you, Stevie....

Form follows function!?

You could make seats? like benches! and dog/cat houses lol

I just noticed prototype 4 is so desirable the greatful owner has barbwired it to prevent it being stolen in the night.

I noticed that to Pp... these creations are obviously fetching a lot of money no wonder mum was so pleased to have one they are truly collectable items , you will have to start putting your own stamp on them Stevie like the 'Mouse man ' a great blog !

Watch out on E-bay !

Stevie, your pallets and your fame are spreading, Scotland, canada, Italy, where next?
You could start the next ikea - iterrible or ipallet? Will nothing stop you?
Not surprised your mum was delighted!

Great blog! Wonder if you could build a pallet Christmas tree for next year?

Stevie you are obviously a very resourseful guy. Very impressed with your potting benches. You are full of enthusiasm and inspiring ideas! Now maybe you should spread a bit onto your weeding skills??? hehehe... Im guessing you are not concerned with the asthetics??? .....

I assume you are referring to the veg patch PL? Weeds are engrained there I am afraid, it used to have pigs and so nettles are endemic and impossible to clear. I hope to get a mower to keep stuff down around the veg but this year yes just kept the weeds off the veg

how about nettle chutney? perhaps it goes well with pork??

Sounds like a good idea, perhaps after some nettle soup : )

and then nettle cheese cake to follow??

or is it yarg that is wrapped in nettles?

Love, love, love the potting bench and enjoyed the blog yet again so entertaining :) lots of clever ways with pallets !
I would love to have a potting bench like that...I went to the local tip and got a table for £2 which I just put outside to pot on.

Thanks Carol, last year is going to be a hard year to beat, palletwise : )

I have no doubt Stevie that you are up to the challenge!!!

Brilliant, I laughed out loud and then was asked what I was laughing at, it was your Mums face looking so please with her new gift, I looked the same when my husband made me compost bins out of pallets, I have a small pile waiting for their new lease of life too. Such a waste when they get disgarded. Well done I love it when they are made 'good' use of and you have some brilliant ideas.

Thanks Canna : )
made a bench the other day

potting bench or park bench?