David W.E. Roberts wrote:
"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:14:21 +0200, "JennyC"
wrote:


Old washing machine fire - cheapo garden lights ............

Nice :~))
Jenny

And ways of making cheap cold frames......


Is it just me, or do these 'cheap' methods not always seem cheap?

For instance, the cold frame from a box - that box with the handles looked
expensive (£20 someone told me).

I would also like to have seen someone actually take pallets apart before
making the cold frame.

I have never found that dismantling pallets is worthwhile in terms of time
and effort expended - I have some now (which had block paviours on) and they
are held together with blunt ended nails with ridged shafts.

Ther are almost impossible to get apart without damaging the wood (for some
reason they seem to have made them robust - possibly so they don't fall
apart when shunted around on fork lift trucks).

All I saw was a shot of a pallet and a spade (tried that, didn't work) then
some nice bits of board and timber which showed no sign of being brutalised.

All the pallets I've taken apart recently had annular nails in too. I
was unable to get them out without causing noticable damage to the wood.
Didn't stop me cutting them up to use as temporary greehouse staging
though.

James