Here it is, the prototype for the flower garden’s planter boxes:
The box is 24 by 16 inches and about 15 inches deep.
Side view of the box.
The box is made from redwood fence boards. Here in California redwood isn’t too expensive and it will resist rotting. The box is two feet long and the plan is to make twelve of these. These will go in the wire cage I’ll be building.
I needed to get the boxes done first so Heather has a place to plant her seedlings. It’s likely we’ll have flowers before the garden is finished. This is one of the deeper boxes, some boxes will be shorter than this as not all the plants we’re going to grow need that much root depth.
Well, one down, eleven to build.
If you need me – I’ll be in the shop,
Andrew
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Beautiful wood, love the colour.
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I started another pair of these last night. Now I need to buy more wood.
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Looking good!
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Thanks.
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You mention a wire cage, am I missing something here? Are you going to cage these boxes? The mind boggles…
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I am building a large cage in the garden. The boxes will go in the cage.
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Are you planning a zoo???
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🙂 you’ll see.
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ok
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You are very ambitious. Nice for your wife. 🙂
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Ambitious? Or just trying to get out of doing the dishes? 🙂
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🙂
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A really beautiful colour of wood.
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I love redwood.
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Nice job, Andrew. How long does it take you to make one of these?
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This one was the prototype so it was about two hours. Once I get into production, I should get the time down to an hour a box.
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OMG – that looks like a lot of work… This from the woman who can’t seem to buy a tomato plant at the garden center and replant it in the $50 pot on our deck. Lazy, thy name is AGMA!
Great looking planter box and in a former life (when I wasn’t so lazy) I would have coveted it! 🙂
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It took a couple of hours to build. For me it’s all about the building the box. The plant growing is up to my wife.
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beautiful, do you ship to Canada LOL??
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Oh sure, but my minimum order is 100. 😉
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LOL, good to know
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🙂
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Nice work! That’s a bunch more to make. You’re a good husband.
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I keep telling my wife that. 😉
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We all do.
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That’s a lot of boxes to build! Whew! Are you going to drill drain holes or do I detect a slight downward slope toward a full-length slot along the bottom?
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It will take some work. The bottom is two pieces with a 1/4 inch slot running the middle length of the box and yes the bottom is slopped downward to help it drain. I am going to be putting a weed block fabric across the bottom.
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So much better than holes in a flat bottom!
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I think so too.
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Nicer box, Andrew. It appears that the ends of the front side are slightly flared at the top. Is that due to the camera angle, or is it an ever-so-subtle detail?
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It’s square on the ends. The camera angle is a little funny. Took the picture with my iPhone is a small shop.
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Thanks, Andrew. I am a “square box” guy myself and your photo started me thinking about how making the face and back into trapezoidal shapes could be a twist on an old classic.
Either way, your planter boxes look beautiful and redwood is the only way to go. Head down, elbows up.
I look forward to seeing the finished project.
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I did think about doing a trapezoid, but with 12 to make it felt like it would take too much time. I hope to get three more done next week.
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Glorious wood box. The plants will be happy there.
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I hope they’ll be happen.
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You could make it a Baker’s dozen and have 12 still to go. 😉
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shh, don’t give Heather any ideas.
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Perfecto!
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Thanks!
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