How to Build a Simple Potting Bench

Article by: Michael J. McGroarty

The potting bench , Best Trees for Growing in Lawns that you are about to read about is not fancy, but very functional. It is also very easy to build and use. Except it doesn't have any legs! Don't panic, having a legless potting bench , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Sellersville Pa. is actually a benefit. I'll get to that a little later.

The potting bench , Gardening-An Expression described in this article is actually identical to the potting bench , Some Like It “Hot”: Ten Products to Keep Your Home Warm and that we have been using for years in our backyard , Gardening-An Expression nursery, and it has served us well, potting up tens of thousands of plants. , History of the flower language I like it because it is large enough to pot , Adding Beauty To Your Garden With An Arbor up around ten small plants , Estheticly Pleasing Water Gardens And Pools at a time, and it holds a significant amount of soil. , Estheticly Pleasing Water Gardens And Pools

However, since I originally wrote this article, I designed and built a potting bench , Add Rich Color To Your Garden With Blue Perennial Flowers for home , Some Like It “Hot”: Ten Products to Keep Your Warm and gardeners that you may like better. There are lots of photos and step by step plans , Maximize your waterfall flow with the Master DW Waterfall pump for building , The Sundial - Garden Ornament or Exotic Timepiece? it on this page: http://www.freeplants.com/free-potting-bench-plans.htm

On the above page you will also find a photo of one of my other potting bench designs, , How to Create a Backyard Oasis an outhouse with a flip out potting bench! , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs It's unique, that's for sure.

Okay, back to my legless potting bench. , Best Trees for Growing in Lawns

Here's a short list of what you'll need to build Mike's rugged, but functional potting bench. , Some Like It “Hot”: Ten Products to Keep Your Home Warm and

Tool , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs s: A screwdriver, a small box wrench or crescent wrench, or if you have a 1/4" drive socket set that's even better. A tape measure, a small square, a drill, and a power , Boost Yield by Adding CO2 to Your Hydroponic Garden saw.

Materials: One full sheet (4' by 8') of 3/4" treated plywood. Make sure it is treated so it will last a long time. Untreated plywood does not hold up well at all outdoors. , How to Patch Small Holes in Drywall

15 dohickeys (you know, those little metal , How Much Concrete Will It Take To Make Your Patio? angle brackets, or corner brackets used to connect two boards together at a right angle.) These metal , Replace the White Birch With River Birches In The Easton Pa. Area brackets are bent in a 90 degree angle and have two holes drilled in them.

30 bolts with nuts 1-¼" long, and the correct size to fit the angle brackets you buy.

60 flat , Avoiding leaks when installing vinyl retrofit windows washers that fit the bolts.

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"Mike's Legless Potting Bench"
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Notice in the above referenced photo that one end of the bench , How To Grow African Violets is resting on the potting soil , Winterizing a home pile, and the other on concrete , Giving your home a new image can be quick and easy with furn blocks. Not having legs is really an advantage because you can get the potting bench , Some Like It “Hot”: Ten Products to Keep Your Home Warm and much closer to your potting soil , History of the flower language pile.

Before you start, draw this out on paper so you know exactly what each piece of wood , Framing--the Backbone of your Log Cabin is supposed to look like before make any cuts. This way you won't make a mistake that will ruin your piece of plywood.

Lay the plywood on a flat , How to Create a Backyard Oasis surface, like your garage floor. , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs From one end measure in 16" and draw a line across the sheet of plywood. With your saw, cut along this line. The piece that you are cutting off is 16" by 48".

Now draw a diagonal line across the smaller piece of plywood. (The one you just removed from the sheet.) Cut along this line. You should now have two triangular pieces that measure 48" on one side and 16" on one side.

These pieces should be in the shape of a right triangle. Now you are going to remove a small piece from the pointed end of the triangular pieces. To do this, measure 24" from the right angle, along the 48" side and make a mark. Using a small square draw a line from this mark across the pointed end of the plywood. This line should be at a right angle to the 48" side of the board. This line should only be about 4" long. Cut along this line, removing the small piece from the pointed end. Discard the small piece you cut off. The piece you have left should be 16" on one end, 24" on one side, and about 4" where you made the cut to remove the pointed end.

The two smaller boards you have left should be identical. These are the sides for your potting bench. , Tips for Decorating Children's Rooms

Now back to the larger piece of wood. , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs This piece should now measure 80" by 48". From the long side measure over 16" and draw a line from one end to the other. Cut along this line. The piece you are removing should be 16" by 80", leaving a piece 32" by 80".

These two pieces will serve as the bottom and the back of your potting bench. , Best Trees for Growing in Lawns Take the back piece and stand it on edge, on top of the piece that will serve as the bottom of the bench , Black Hills Spruce to get an idea of how your potting bench , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower is going to fit together. Make five marks where you will mount the angle brackets that will hold these two pieces together. Just space the five brackets along the two boards, making sure not to put any too close to the end so they don't interfere when you install the two end pieces. Just keep the brackets about 1-½" from each end.

Note: Once you have the brackets installed and the bolts all tight you might want to cut off the ends of the bolts and file them smooth if they are sticking out so far as to be a hazard when you are handling the potting bench. , Some Like It “Hot”: Ten Products to Keep Your Home Warm and

Once you have all five brackets installed and the back of the potting bench , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Sellersville Pa. mounted to the bottom, you can then install the two side pieces. With the two side pieces installed you are now the proud owner of a legless potting bench. , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower You can install legs if you'd like to, but I like mine without legs because I can get it much closer to my pile of potting soil. , Some Like It “Hot”: Ten Products to Keep Your Home Warm and

What I do is rest one end of the bench , An Affordable Shortcut To Designing Your Dream Home right on the pile of potting soil, , Draught Proofing Your Home and then support the other end with a saw horse, concrete , Tips for maintaining your Snowblower blocks, or milk crates. By placing one end right on the soil , Hurricane Emergency Power pile, it is very easy to shovel the soil , Tips for Decorating Children's Rooms onto the bench. , Gardening-An Expression Not having legs also makes the bench , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs easier to store and move around.

When I want to use it as a table for making cuttings, I just put a saw horse under each end.

There you have it. Mike's famous legless potting bench. , Become an Urban Farmer and Start Growing Pot- It ain't pretty, but it's very functional.

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