The boardwalk by my shop was begging for a piece of outdoor furniture. With all the potting and re-potting and plant buying my wife was doing I figured a potting bench would get a lot of use. After a random Google, I found this on a gardening website (my apologies to the site, but I can’t remember the URL).
It has a removable panel with hardware cloth inside so you can remove soil from your plants like a sifter, I guess. Honestly, I’m not a gardener so I’m just guessing. It seems like a pretty useful feature though. I coated it with Thompson water seal. If anyone has suggestion for further protection I would be grateful.
I forgot to whine about all the extra work I had to do. My local home-store’s inventory was severely depleted when I arrived to select the cedar. I ended up having to sift through all the cast-offs that the contractors had already sorted through multiple times. There was not a board in the bunch even remotely close to straight. So I ended up doing a lot planing and a lot of jointing to fill up my dust collector twice. Fun! Anyway, this project took a longer than it should have. I know, “whaa.”
Thanks for looking.
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Tom
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#1 posted 707 days ago
Very impressive! Looks like it will do the job nicely! I think the Thompson’s should protect it well, just remember to recoat on a regular basis depending on the weather in your area.
-- Tom in Spring Branch
workerinwood
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#2 posted 707 days ago
Nice job, should be very useful. Like Tom said be sure to re-coat at least once a year.
-- Jack, Albuquerque
woodzy
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#3 posted 707 days ago
Very nice, you have a really great bench there. It looks big, strong and well built.
Going with cedar will make you happy for years to come. These benchs get better with age, the personal touches and gardening materials that will occupy all those great storage spaces make potting benches treasure troves.
-- Anthony
Diggerjacks
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#4 posted 707 days ago
Hello
A splendid work
Be careful because you put in a seed in a pot and it grows a child !!!!
Thanks for sharing
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DYankee
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#5 posted 706 days ago
Looks good.
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PurpLev
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#6 posted 706 days ago
really nice bench, was always on my list. thanks for the posting.
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#7 posted 706 days ago
Yeah, great work. A gardener would love this!
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rydonmf
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#8 posted 705 days ago
Thanks everyone.
Karson
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#9 posted 695 days ago
The plans came from here because I’m make one also and posting it today.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
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