- Author: Betty Victor
While working at the Master Gardeners information table this weekend at one of the box stores I couldn't help noticing all the people who were buying planter boxes, there were also several who were buying wood to build their own.
Some of the already made boxes were oblong, others square, even a few round barrel looking ones, some made of redwood, other planter material was a plastic to look like wood. Some very large planter boxes some that were small that would be great for someone that has only a small space for planting.
These people were also buying soil, for their boxes. There are so many different brands of soil each with different ingredients it seems according to the information on the bags. Some with worm castings, some with bat guano, and others that just have a compost mixture and some with all three in one bag. There is grass soil, potting soil, vegetable soil and one and on , each one is suppose to be for what the label on the bag say. Unless you have done some homework before you set out to buy soil, it can be overwhelming.
This got me thinking about the planter boxes that my granddaughter Tiffany's husband Peter had made for a customer along with a sand box with a top to keep the cats out when the sand box was not in use by the customer's granddaughter.
The planter boxes are approximately 5 X 8, and made of redwood, that was coated with a water sealer for additional protection from the weather.
These planter boxes are edge all around the top, so that you can sit and plant as well as harvest vegetables or pick flowers.
The wide edge makes planting so much easier for people that have trouble bending down to the soil to plant. They are also wide enough across that it's not to difficult to work from the edge almost across them.
This just might be a project for Peter down the road for me.