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Re: Potting table ideas. (Borderline OT)

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Thanks Ron!! Believe or  not this is the most practical thing I have found
on the net as far as potting benches goes- I think I will use your plan. I
set up an old table with a shelf on cinder blocks above it and this week
have gotten a good idea of what works and what doesn't- The trash cans of
stuff are out in the garden and I have been hauling stuff to put in little
containers under the table- waste of time- I will add a shelf on top  and
this will work for me. Thanks so much for taking the time to tell me how you
did it.-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: Souliere <souliere@iname.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:34 PM
Subject: Potting table ideas. (Borderline OT)


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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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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