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Potting table ideas. (Borderline OT)

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From: Teri Epp <kitty@cwnet.com>

Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 9:00 AM

> anyone got a good idea for a simple potting bench planting area- maybe
> something portable- am not spending a bunch of $$. I seem to run back and
> forth all over the yard trying to get things planted- compost here-
> vermiculite there- etc. Looked at benches on the net and  the Rubbermaid

I have a bench made out of salvaged 2x4s.  The top consists of
6-8 6 foot 2x4s screwed to 2 shorter 2x4s going sideways under
neath.  That way no holes or screws on top to rust.  The shorter
2x4s are 2 trash cans apart (rather than at the ends) and then I have
4 2x4s going to the ground with 2x4s in an X connecting the front 
and backs to each others, and across the back also in an X.
This will support me jumpingon it.  (I used it as ladder once 
trimming a tree...)  During hectic 
planting season I keep trash cans full of supplies under it, one say
with a bag of vermiculite and peat and another one full of compost.
Did I mention it is just tall enough to slide a standard 30 gallon trash
can (with lid) under it.  It is in the shade of my house during the
after noon when I do most of my planting.  So I pull out transplants
on it, and fill and maintain my containers on it.  Works great.
I have small scrap pieces of 2x4s under the legs as sacrificial feet.
The damp and moisture destroys the feet (but not the legs) and I just
slip so new boards underneath the legs every year or so.

In the cool summer nights I leave the grill by the end of it and
a cutting board on it.  Many veggies find themselves on the grill
with-in minutes of picking.  

Since the top is only a 2x4 thick at the ends it is easy to use a 
C clamp to hold a mower blade or hoe or shovel for sharpening.
Sturdy enough to beat on, cheap enough I don't worry about it.
Cost, twisted 2x4 being thrown away, some screws and a few 
hours.  I think it compares quite favoribly with those plastic or teak
one's costing $100.  Not terribly portable though, too heavy.  
- Ron Souliere
Sent 1:32 am tuesday.  Lets see just how long this one takes...


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