Yesterday was spent looking for just the right kind of lumber for a planter box project. Our original thinking was to create some planter boxes that could be attached to the deck railing that would surround the gazebo on the deck. So off we went to Home Depot. Of course we got side-tracked and wound up at a dollar store (looking for plastic hanging baskets), and then we stopped at one of those tent sales to look for hanging plants (but they all seemed to be over-priced), and then finally we arrived at our intended destination where we spent a good while looking at the plant selection.
But as we weren't there to buy plants, we ambled over to the lumber area to look at prices and options for what we had in mind. We finally settled upon furring strips as an ideal lightweight and inexpensive choice to build some planter boxes. The design we came up with was fairly simple: two furring strips along the bottom with a space in between them (to allow for drainage), and two furring strips on each side. With our son's help the planters were quickly made and installed. They actually looked so good that my wife now wants us to make a whole bunch more to completely encircle our deck railing. Altogether our lumber cost was about $9 for each eight-foot planter. Not bad.
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| Robert attaches a planter box to the deck railing |
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| Something (I-don't-know-what-it-is) is blooming in our shade garden |
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| Here's another plant (the name escapes me) that 's doing well... in the fall it has these nice pink blooms |
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| I love taking pictures of my wife enjoying herself in the garden (hmm... looks like I'll need to weed the walkway) |
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