I added the "extra" pieces I needed from dismantled pallets. All it requires is two horizontal extra pieces added to the middle section (front and back) and then you need to cut pieces to add the bottom to each trough (6 pieces total)

I screwed the 8 total pieces that need to be added to this pallet to make the horizontal garden troughs and the "left over" pieces from cutting the bottoms - I chose two of the longest pieces to make the balancing legs. I then cut four pieces 11" long and cut in a hole to hold the four smaller pots with a 3" electric hole saw. No waste what-so-ever.

I used a wrecking bar (the broad and flat tipped kind) to dismantle the pallets I was using for parts.

Hope that helps.

Kathleen.

Although the ladies at Walmart wanted to know if I wanted the "bottoms" to the little pots also - told them I would have to come up with a plan for them in another project. Still working on that.

The first one I built - I drilled and wired the pots. This one I glued with E6000 - the magic glue that even Walmart here cant keep in stock these days. Yes, it dries sloooowwww - but it is there "forever" without issues in the heat, cold, or rain.