I’m sure some of you will know straight away what’s been attacking my Bok Choy, but since this is the first time growing the wonderful vegetable I was caught by surprise.
Next planting of Bok Choy I’ll be ready for it and take some precautions. I think some netting is in order.
I made this coffin shaped garden bed with up-cycled pallet timber in late August 2025. If you would like to see plans or more step by step detail on how to make it, leave a comment on the video or here on the blog.
Showing off my first 5 macadamia trees which I’ll be keeping in very large pots while I’m living in an urban area. Once I move to some bigger land I’ll plant them in the ground.
Video was originally taken on 21 August 2021.
Varieties shown
This is a continuation from the last video on my growing and propagating Cos Lettuce project.
This is what the lettuce looks like 3 months on from planting in my up-cycled pallet wood garden bed.
Some of them have already started to bolt and I have left it too long to harvest them. I’ll use this an experimental bed to show the full life cycle. From seed to plant to seed again.
Transforming your garden with sustainable and creative solutions can be both rewarding and eco-friendly. One innovative approach is utilizing up-cycled pallet raised garden beds. This method not only repurposes old materials but also provides an ideal environment for growing various vegetables, including the versatile and nutritious Cos lettuce.
In this video, I show how I transplanted my Cos Lettuce starts (shown in a previous video grown from seed). The garden bed is an up-cycled used pallet stripped and made into a small raised garden bed. A cardboard base was used to stop the grass underneath from growing through. It will be enough to see it through the growth cycle of the Cos Lettuce. The pallet garden bed was filled with a mix of left over yard soil, some fire pit ash and fresh compost. The compost was made in a tumbler and is very fresh. Lets see how these baby Cos Lettuce grow.
Here is a photo of the bed with an added garden netting to keep the neighborhood possums and other wildlife out. They constantly eat my garden veggies.
