Weekend Projection No 2: Raised Deck Garden Nether $100
Sunday, 25 March 2012
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We convey a bonus projection see this weekend that I'm thrilled to percentage amongst yous today! The maker of the adorable family tree project nosotros posted most this yesteryear summer, Erika (daughter to 1 of our readers Melissa of Darby's & Pumpkin's Daily blog), is dorsum this fourth dimension inward the cast of a clever raised deck garden (all nether $100)! Here are the instructions inward Erika's words. (Thank yous therefore much Erika)!
First, the argue I started this projection was because all of the raised planter beds I was looking at online together with inward stores were insanely expensive together with didn't seem to offering all that much infinite for growing. I've also been all over Pinterest looking for a projection similar this to role together with haven't been able to discovery anything that wasn't going to terms an arm together with a leg. My married adult man together with I alive inward a town domicile together with though nosotros convey a yard, the alone house amongst plenty Sun during the twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum is our deck. I wanted a planter big plenty for salad greens together with a few other veggies but I didn't desire to pass hundreds. Our garden is most ix inches deep together with most 2.75ft x 6.75ft. That is simply nether 21 sq. ft. of planting space.
Here is our projection list:
1 Old Door (yes, a door. If yous don't convey 1 laying to a greater extent than or less 1 tin live bought from the hardware store)
1 2x10x8 of pull per unit of measurement area treated forest (cut at the hardware shop to lucifer 1 long length of your door)
1 2x10x12 of pull per unit of measurement area treated forest (cut to a 2d long length together with 2 brusk lengths of the door)
2 saw horses of your alternative (ours were foldable metallic together with $17)
2 packs of L brackets (8 total, minor size)
1 box of decking screws (3in long)
1 curlicue 2mil thick plastic painters sheeting
10.5 cubic feet of potting soil
Seed of your choice!
Total Cost: $100!!! including the dirt. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fleck to a greater extent than if yous don't already convey an one-time door.
It took us most xl min to pose the box together. We lucifer the forest to a greater extent than or less the exterior of the door together with screwed it. We together with then secured the within of the box amongst the eight L brackets. Set upwardly our 2 saw horses exterior on the deck together with placed the box on top. We did select to business our box amongst plastic sheeting. This mensuration was to help forestall the H2O from eventually rotting the door. We figured nosotros could also convey painted the within amongst roofers tar. For our H2O drainage hole, nosotros left the concur opened upwardly where the door machinery would ordinarily larn together with covered it amongst a fine meshing together with removed the plastic inward this area.
Update: Thanks to your comments, yeah to a greater extent than holes tin live drilled for drainage every bit good every bit lining the planters from the wood.
We alone convey a few peas growing at this point, but can't hold back to come across a whole garden come upwardly May when most everything is supposed to live cook to harvest!