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00:05 speaker 1: g'day knuckleheads, uncleknackers here. i'm in the car today on the hunt for some recycled timber pellets. i'mgoing to make some raised garden beds for my veggie patch. nothing like fresh veggies.and recycled timber pallets are the ideal material. and the best thing is, is that youcan pick 'em up for free. just go on down to your local industrial estate and ask inthe shops there. they're always throwing pallets out. anyway, wish me luck. there you go, justover there. what did i tell you. bingo, here we go. couple of freebies. just asked theguys inside, and they said no dramas. happy days. 00:46 s1: now that you've got the pallet home,you've got to pull the bugger apart, and it

can be a little bit tricky. so to save theold back, what i do is i stand it up against something. i've got it up against my old sawbench here. and to remove the slats themselves, some guys get a power saw and they chop throughhere. and that way eliminating removing those nails. but personally, i actually like thenails. i like the nail holes. it adds a bit of rustic charm. so what i like to do is grabmy old chisel, just an old bertha, if you don't mind damaging it a little bit with myhammer and the objective is to separate this paling over this slat away from the 4x2. justa little bit. i get my chisel, tap it in bit of a lever, go all the way along. and alli do now is get my reciprocating saw with a metal cutting blade, and run that alongthe gap that i've created with my chisel and

hammer. 01:46 s1: now, some blokes are obsessed withgetting it done fast and all that sort of stuff. don't worry about it, take your time,save your back, it'll get done. okay? here we go. [background noise] 02:15 s1: how easy was that? and not one bitof stress on the old back. and just repeat that process for the other side. 02:30 s1: too easy. now time for the centerrail. now it's been cut on either end and the other boards are swivelling from the centerpoint. so you need to remove these nails.

so all i do is grab a crowbar, a jemmy bar,something like that, put it underneath the slat, and give it a tap with your hammer.now give it a gentle lift, don't be too violent, because pallets are prone to splitting. sojust gently lift off. bob's your uncle, pretty easy. and your back's still in one piece. 03:06 s1: now to remove the cut off nailsthat are left in the board, all you have to do, get a punch and a hammer and punch 'emout. and now, you're left with a couple of beautiful, rustic old nail holes. i reckonthat looks fantastic. like this old board here. you can't replicate that. i love it.that's why i don't chop it off. okay, let's move on to the next step.

03:37 s1: now, one of the main reasons whyi like to use old hardwood pallets for this job, is that not only is it durable, but underneathit's exterior is beautiful aussie hardwood. so i'm just going to wear kind of some protectiveequipment and get my planer, and just give it a bit of a light plane, just to bring outsome of the colour, and knock off some of those rough edges. let's do it. 04:09 s1: there you go. look at that. absolutelybeautiful. look at those nail holes. very, very rustic. i love it. and it's also donea good job of taking off some of those rough edges. so when the kids lean over to picktheir carrots, they're not going to get a splinter.

04:24 s1: we've planed and de-nailed all thoseboards. now, it's time to cut to length. now, you can cut your board to any length thatyou desire, depending on how big you want to make your garden bed. in my case, i wantto maximise the length of each of these boards, because i want to retain some of this character.i don't want to cut that off. now each side of my garden bed, my vegetable patch, i'mgoing to have four of these wider boards, and two of the narrow boards. and on one end,i'm going to have two of the wider boards, and one of the narrow board. and on the otherend, well that's a surprise. you've to keep on watching this video to see what i'm goingto do there. 05:07 s1: anyway, i'd better get cracking,and cut some of these boards. don't forget,

earmuffs, goggles. okay. 05:45 s1: a great way to get the panel tight is to usea clamp like this. beautiful. now, this is a really good tip. to ensure that your panelis going to be straight and square, set it up on top of an old table or a workbench andline the edges of your panel up with the edges of the table or workbench. and what that'lldo is that it'll ensure that this is a nice 90 degree angle. hence, your panel is goingto be square. 06:20 s1: and to get these edges all niceand straight, just grab your straight-edge or a square like this, and tuck them up. screwthis off. then we're ready to assemble some panels. happy days.

06:33 s1: so i've been busy and have knockedout one of the sides. oooh-wee! looks pretty cool, doesn't it? that's all held together,the framework of old pallet boards that are screwed to the back here. now, i've got anextra long one along the top because i wanna screw some capping to this, and the extraboard gives me some extra width, which gives me some extra room to screw my screws into.anyway, enough of that, but two more layers to do, so i better get cracking. 07:05 s1: now to save you the boredom of watchingme screw sections of timber together, because seriously it is ridiculously easy, i've goneahead and i've assembled a garden bed. now, i must admit, i did have a little helper.

07:18 s1: "oh, good job mate. it's nice andsmooth?" 07:20 speaker 2: uh... not yet. 07:23 s1: okay. keep going. 07:26 s2: yes, i've got to check it first. 07:27 s1: alright mate, you check it. yeah,good job. 07:33 s1: now, this is what i call a gardenbed. good magazine. 07:40 s1: well, there she is. looks prettygood, doesn't it? now check out these features. first of all, that as it stands cost me 22dollars. the timber was free and the $22 was for the screws. secondly, it's made out ofbeautiful aussie hardwood. that's going to

last for years. 08:03 s1: now, i've excavated around the perimeterof the garden bed so that it now sits nice and level. and i've also i orientated thegarden bed so that it faces north and south. that way, we can utilize the full effect ofthe sun. this model also comes with two torsion bars, timber torsion bars, that stop the oldgirl from spreading apart, when is full of dirt. and how's this for a feature? one ofthe ends of the garden bed is a full pallet, and we're going to use this as a climbingladder for our peas and beans. how good's that? 08:37 s1: now check this out. i wanted toutilize every aspect of this old pallet. so

between these two top slats, i dropped ina floor out of a piece of old timber, and i drilled a series of holes to act as drainage.and what i'll do next is i'll put some garden matting down, fill it full of soil, and growsome beautiful herbs. that'll be fantastic! and what's this i hear, you say? 09:03 s1: and how's this for a tricky littlefeature? i knocked it up out of another pallet board. put it at the top and a couple of braces,one there and one there. and the holes i drilled with a hole saw that i use for cutting outdoor handles. so put a series of holes in the top, just like that, and the purpose forthis is to put in my garden tools. 09:30 s1: what a ripper! another feature isthat i've put in some capping and i've also

rounded the edge on the corners to make ita bit safer and check this out, i've even named it! i've got a stencil off the internetand spray painted the name of my vegetable patch. love it. 09:51 s1: now just the top things off, i'llput down some garden mat to stop the weeds from coming up. i also ran it around the sidesof the garden bed as well just to help protect the timber. and you'll also notice that i'vescrewed a bit of 25 mil poly-pipe to the side of the garden bed with a couple of clamps.there's four in total; one here, one over there, one down there, and one across there,and the reason for it is if you have a bird or a pest problem, get a piece of 20 mil pipeand insert it into a 25 mil piece of poly-pipe.

what that creates is a hoop, just like that.so one here, and one here. 10:41 s1: now, all you do is throw your birdnetting over these hoops and that protects your plants! fantastic! 10:49 s1: and finally, i applied a coat ofwater-based decking oil to the outside of the garden bed, just for a bit of added protection.so there you have it, how to make a raised garden bed out of old pallets. great tip!knackers! and as per usual, if you enjoyed this video or found it useful, subscribe tomy channel. the button's just down there. thumbs up, the button's down there. and checkus out on facebook, diy for knuckleheads. it's a ripper!

11:19 s1: i almost forgot. for costings, materialsrequired, and tools required for this job, i've made a list in the description box, socheck that out. so anyway, until the next time, happy gardening! i'm out of here. cheers! [music]