About eight months ago, the groundworks contractor that rented my yard went out of business. Among the many things left behind were dozens of wooden pallets – some in good condition, some not so great. I do hate waste, but it’s not always easy to use them as anything other than, well, pallets, unless you get creative.
The timber isn’t high quality. If the pallets have been outside, the nails will be rusty; the nails are also ribbed, so they don’t come out cleanly and will leave large, rust-stained, ragged holes. The timber is rarely treated, so the
