| The potting bench that you are about to read | | | | designs, an outhouse with a flip out potting |
| about is not fancy, but very functional. It | | | | bench! It's unique, that's for sure.Okay., |
| is also very easy to build and use. Except it | | | | back to my legless potting bench.Here's a |
| doesn't have any legs! Don't panic, having a | | | | short list of what you'll need to build |
| legless potting bench is actually a benefit. | | | | Mike's rugged, but functional potting |
| I'll get to that a little later.The potting | | | | bench.Tools: A screwdriver, a small box |
| bench described in this article is actually | | | | wrench or crescent wrench, or if you have a 1 |
| identical to the potting bench that we have | | | | 4" drive socket set that's even better. A |
| been using for years in our backyard nursery, | | | | tape measure, a small square, a drill, and a |
| and it has served us well, potting up tens of | | | | power saw.Materials: One full sheet (4' by |
| thousands of plants. I like it because it is | | | | 8') of 3/4" treated plywood. Make sure it is |
| large enough to pot up around ten small | | | | treated so it will last a long time. |
| plants at a time, and it holds a significant | | | | Untreated plywood does not hold up well at |
| amount of soil.However, since I originally | | | | all outdoors.15 dohickeys (you know, those |
| wrote this article, I designed and built a | | | | little metal angle brackets, or corner |
| potting bench for home gardeners that you may | | | | brackets used to connect two boards together |
| like better. There are lots of photos and | | | | at a right angle.) These metal brackets are |
| step by step plans for building it on this | | | | bent in a 90 degree angle and have two holes |
| page: the above page you will also find a | | | | drilled in them. |
| photo of one of my other potting bench | | | | |