Hi Chris, nice to see you

Really? That fence is wood pallets? It's lovely, and it looks suspiciously like the fence we inherited on our property, which I like very much! Thank you for that tip... who knew??!!

Great idea! Thanks.

It doesn't look like a wood pallet. I love it. I know where I can get them for nothing.
Great idea Janice.

Chris,

Great idea!

We already have two (sitting in our garage) that we haven't used in the 14 years we've been at our house. How did you put them together and how did you keep them upright?

Thanks!

Marilyn

I was just gonna ask that, too. I can get all the pallets I want from work, but keeping them upright, especially in a Texas north wind, might be problematic.

wood pallets are the handiest things. DH built our entire back porch out of them, including the steps.

Excellent! I agree, it looks like a nice fence!

Looks just LIKE a nice fence!

Wow Chris!

What a great idea. I never would have thought of that on my own

good idea...need to put it on Bill's honey-do list

lovemyhouse said:I was just gonna ask that, too. I can get all the pallets I want from work, but keeping them upright, especially in a Texas north wind, might be problematic.

I'm guessing that those may be lashed to a chain link fence, but bet you could secure them using those pound-in steel fence posts, too.

Thanks for sharing this great tip Chris! I sure wish I'd seen this tip last spring. We had two pallets left over from sod delivery that my husband ended up tearing apart and putting out for yard trash pick up ... I could have used them for my Morning Glories or Passiflora or Honeysuckle.

People are always putting them in the dumpsters by the thrift store I like to shop at. I guess I could always get DH to bring some home for a fence. Looking around the yard now figuring out where to put one. What a clever idea.

Thank you for such a great idea. I now know what I can use for my mexican flame vine, clematis and morning glories.

Thanks everyone I have to do this from memory as Glen passed away just over 2 1/2 years ago and he did all the work of course lol

To keep it upright- at each end and I believe in the middle, he dug holes and put 4x4 posts in the ground- the pallets were then screwed into those posts. (look at the birdhouse on the far end, it sits on top of one of the posts.) And seems like rebar was used also, but I won't guarantee that!
If I remember right, he took every other board off of the pallet on both sides, that's why it doesn't really look like the pallet anymore. And just like fencing, the wood 'weathers', and since that was in the wonderful Oklahoma sunshine, it didn't take long LOL..

I found another picture.. look at the left side, you can see the post there.

Thank you, Chris.

Who would have thought!!! Very smart!!!

Those are some nice looking pallets, too. Hmmm, the ones we get here don't look anywhere near as good!

He worked for a car parts distribution center, so there were TONS of pallets all the time. He definitely had his choice and would pick out the best. Did you know that pallets are not made from one type of wood? I do remember him saying that lol..