Cedar and redwood are common types of wood to use for planters or anything that you build outdoors. Both types of wood stand up to the elements and can be rot resistant. Ultimately though, I didn’t go with any of these woods. I chose good old pine for my raised planter box. Why?
Planter boxes are a classic Springtime project and we’ve always wanted to design and build one in our own style. At the time of writing this, Jaimie is 8 months pregnant with our second child...which makes gardening...difficult. So, doing a DIY Raised Planter Box seemed like a great ...
which was immensely helpful. For tips on how to use amiter saw for beginners, check out this post! Like I mentioned before, we wanted to use what we had on hand to make these planter boxes, so we used all kinds of scrap wood as the braces on the inside of the panels. We kinda w...
Use planter boxes.A planter box works well if you only want to plant a few vegetables, flowers, or a small herb garden. This can be placed on a balcony, porch, or patio too. Elevated garden beds.I mentioned this earlier, but awood-raised garden plantercan be helpful if you struggle w...
A great tutorial for how to build a large planter box! These DIY outdoor planter ideas are perfect for desks, front porches, patios & indoor use!
Let me show you step by step how I built my raised garden bed. The Recipe This is what you’re going to need to pick up: 6 ea. 2”x"6”x8’ untreated redwood lumber (2 of them will be cut into 4’ lengths). 8 ea. Planter Wall Block: ...
This year we are doing things a bit different, I built this tiered planter to grow herbs and berries on our raised deck just off the kitchen. Our garden is a hike down stairs and out to the back of the yard and I found I was not using my herbs as much because they we so far ...
eliminating the need to stoop makes gardening — whether you're planting for an herb garden, a vegetable garden or a planter filled with perennials — much more fun and rewarding. As with anyraised bed, this method of gardening allows you to use a growing medium that is perfectly tailored ...
Raised Bed Gardens How to lay out and build raised beds for growing delicious vegetables at home FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: Plants, Design Ideas, Gardening Solutions & More! Photo by: Proven Winners Raised bed gardens are one of the most productive ways to grow your own food. They give you bet...
In the center of the garden is a strawberry planter. While they don’t have any sort of visual impact yet, we have a watermelon and several zucchini planted directed in the ground around the raised beds as well. All along, the vision has been to intersperse plants around the raised beds...