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A herb garden on the balcony, but the space is missing? No problem, we have the perfect solution with this cool herbal palette. Click here for instructions.

You need this for the herbal palette:

  • palette
  • 1 m long wood (from the hardware store, thickness 5 cmx 5 cm width, ca. 5, 00 € / running meter)
  • sandpaper if necessary
  • long screws
  • 3 m scarf boards (from the hardware store, thickness 2.3 cmx 10 cm width, approx. 0.50 € / running meter)
  • masking tape
  • matt varnish in red (from the hardware store, approx. 15 € / 750ml)
  • White paint (from the hardware store, approx. 5.00 € / 100 ml)
  • Small paint roller
  • potting soil
  • different herbs
  • tongs
  • ruler
  • pencil
  • jigsaw
  • screwdriver
  • wood glue
  • 6 screw clamps
  • thin brush

And that's how easy it is:

1. Remove two middle wooden slats of the pallet so that four equally sized "plant compartments" are created.

2. Halve the squared timber with the jigsaw, if necessary grind the edges. Place the pallet on the long side and screw the squared timbers as "feet" to the outside edges. Put the pallet on its feet.

3. Measure the space between the six "plant compartments" and transfer dimensions to the shuttering boards. Then cut with the jigsaw.

4. Glue the sawed boards to the ground between the individual "plant compartments" and compress them with screw clamps. Let dry.

5. Mask frontal surfaces in the width of the floor panels with a painter's crepe and paint in red. Let it dry well. Apply each herbal seed with a thin brush on the red surface. Let dry.

6. Spread some potting soil on the bottom of the planting compartment.

7. Carefully remove the herbs from their pots and distribute them into the compartments.

8. Fill with potting soil, press on and pour on.

Prop: metal basket for flowerpot: Rice, about www.das-tropenhaus.de, for 10, 00 €, carpet: Dash & Albert, about www.car-moebel.de, for 146, 90 €, plants: courtesy of www .dehner.de

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