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You know how it is, sweetie pie wants you to make something right away and expects to use it the same day.
She decided she was going to try growing veggies in a Planter and she demanded I made her 2 to get her started – NOW! I tried to explain that it took time to design and make things but she gave me that “with all those tools you have” routine, so I shut up and hit the shop.
These planters are quickly made but are solid. I used cedar fence planks for the “boxes” and treated pine for the frames.
The first one I made was a little too high for Sweetie, so I made the second one lower. She wanted them mobile so she could move them for sun exposure in the afternoon.
The Hoop addition which is removable is for 3/4” plastic mesh to be fitted to keep stealing birds and kitty cats out, it is like a removable tent.
The casters have brakes to achieve the repositioning request.
Since I made these I have greatly improved and standardized the planter and even have a plant holder/tool tote accessory – but it’s all on paper. When I feel like it I’ll make the new design and post it for you to see what you think.
My reward for completing Sweetie Pie’s demands was a PC sander ….. life is good!
-- Roger, Rep. of Texas
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a1Jim
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posted 142 days ago
Nice planters well done
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Rob Drown
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posted 142 days ago
Cool design. Look Nice. How are they full of dirt?
Happy sweeties can be their own reward.
-- Sharp tools and thin whispy shavings make woodworking a joy.
Roger Clark
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posted 142 days ago
Rob,
The design was right out of my head at record speed. You will see some design differences between the two.
When full these planters are rock solid and REALLY easy to move around. The cedar box planks are jointed and the frame – ripped from treated 2×4’s acts as a cradle frame and under the cedar box there are 2 supports running the full length of the planter, so it is very solid and stable. Being as I made these in such a rush I know full well that having more time would have let me finish them better, but I’ll get to that with the Mk.II sometime later.
PS. I really do have the best Sweetie (when she is not so pushy)
-- Roger, Rep. of Texas
jockmike2
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posted 141 days ago
Very neat planters, my wife would like those.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
scrappy
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posted 141 days ago
Great planters. sometime the push is all we need to get it done. My wife gets all the best stuff that comes out of the shop.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
brukilla
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posted 139 days ago
Way to keep the wife happy. i plan on building my wife raised vegetable gardens.
-- "Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." - Thomas Jefferson