Anyone got any ideas on how to make raised beds from pallets without too much work - so I can sit on the edge of them and potter. Auld age is catching up, or rather two car accidents, so I can't bend or kneel anymore. I made some years ago from planks of wood left over from building my house, but pallets are the only thing I can afford nowadays - because they are free. My son will help but I can't leave him to do it all.
perhaps cut the pallets in half along the run of wood boards if needed leave the central blocks and board in place and set the new cut halves down in the ground .
If you look at some of my posts you'll see that i've used a bed 900 mm deep because of spinal injuries , you could use the pallets and make hollow boxes screwed together then lined with builders heavy duty water proofed membrane ,.
get your lad to fill with alternate layers of well rotted manure ( several types if possible ) one earth and one soil .
Don't just use spent mushroom compost as it has gypsum or lime added to it and you wil get chlorossis of lime affecting the plants .
Perhaps even look up the " all new square foot gardening "as the raised high beds make for a good set up in this style of gardening.
Note the All new square foot gardening superceeds the original book by only using a home made ,made up soil less growth medium but so long as you don't tell them what your using you can pick up some real good tips .
i now have 21 beds each 3 x 3foot long or so and can garden them from either side four foot eas too muchb of a stretch .
My total area is almost 189 sq feet of fully useable space , it has very few weeds due to the methods employed in cutivating the squares one at a time as & when I can do them .
Whereas small height raised beds would be impossible for me to work due to not being able to do bending , having wrecked knees and a bust left shoulder joint