Vegetable Garden with Succulent Accents

I finally cleaned out the raised garden and we planted artichokes and cucumbers. Succulents guard the corners and a row along the front, all with red lava rock.

Reused Pallet for Planter

Found a used pallet, wanted to reuse it so:

- Moved the slats to one side
- Made a 4" channel on the top.
- Inserted recycled corn weed block
- Planted zone 9 drought resistant succulents.

I need to replace about 5 bad slats plus 6 more for two shelves on the back, so one and a half pallets would make one planter, depending on the quality of the wood.

Moar Solar

Satellite image of our solar before our neighbors got solar too.

Crib Pot Rack

The ends of an old crib make for a great Pot Rack

Place hooks at ends.

Find ceiling joists, without a stud finder you may make a few extra holes. Attach rack with chains.

Level with eye hook tensioners.

Attach other ends and level.

Attach other crib ends to bottom of first end for a split level look.

Hooks evenly spaced.

Plenty of room for extras, maybe a hanging plant...

Table to Wine Rack

I had one leaf of a hard wood table left over after I moved all the legs onto the other leaf making a half circle foyer table.

We had wine bottles with deteriorating corks sitting around, so here goes a wine rack.

Solar Evaporative Cooler

It's getting hot again, time for some recycled tinkering.

1. Source an old ice chest

2. Cut holes for some DC fans

3. Wire up the fans to a solar panel.

4. Optionally install a switch for control.

5. Use a glue gun around the holes of the wires.

6. Now simply drop ice into the cooler, or reuse containers with frozen water.

Recycled Bench becomes Gate

For this project I started with a used bench that was falling apart. I thought it could still be useful, and I needed a gate. The gate features tall chest high angled handles made from the tall ends from the bench, tapered at the bottom to match the bottom gate rail.