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