I picked up two parts of a futon frame from the roadside trash one day and am going to use them as trellises. I'm looking for two more pallets to finish my compost pile.

I was bringing home old soil from the garden center where I worked. It was the soil from the plants we tossed away. I just use boiling water to sterilize it, mix it with some cheap manure, and VOILA! Great soil for potted plants, especially veggies.

Ha I have made outdoor bookcases/shelving out of those old pallets. They are still being used after many years. No paint or any such I just have 'em on the porch and they are fine. Strong too ;o) Nice instant rustic look. HA!!
Mike

My potting bench is two upside down trash cans with a board across them. Not too beautiful, but it works.

I used pallets to make a compost bin; more pallets to make a "white picket fence" for around my vegetable garden (found chicken wire for the inside to keep the rabbits out); old bricks to make borders along the flower beds; plastic coated wire (10' lengths) to make trellis' for my vines; old metal drum with lid to store "dry" materials for the compost pile; construction wire to make tomatoe cages; discarded hangers to make plant supports; discarded plants from a local greenhouse (which I planted and they are doing fine) for the 4 1/2" pots; discarded countertop, with sink to use as a potting bench in my garage - placed on two discarded base kitchen cabinets; two bicycle rims and a galvanized pole made into a vine "tower", and six discarded windows made into a cold frame.