So i decided i should make Mrs Woodstalker a little gift for the new garden and i know she is a fan of but has never had a raised planter for things like lettuces and the like.
A quick bit of research online threw up a number of designs and i saw someone on a certain green tool forum had reverse engineered a pricey design of veg planter. Looking at what he did i figured i could have a go so off to buy some timber i went.
I only had a few of the measurements from the picture of the pricey shop bought item so i guessed the rest.
Had a slight issue in that i had to cut a lot of the wood up at the builders merchants to squeeze it into the car and i thought i had done a reasonable job but a few of my timbers were a little short, only by a few mm however since this is a planter its not the end of the world and i managed to hide most of it with some trim!
So built the frame first; from this:
to this:
I found the frame quite unstable, i expect as the rest of the planter bit is added it would have stiffened it up a bit but i have seen a few in the past where the weight of the soil etc has made them lean as the legs try to fall sideways. So i added in an extra beam running the length of the planter tied into two more cross pieces on the leg at either end then the diagonal braces just for good measure.
I then added all the thinner bits to make the planter top:
Theres a liner supposed to go in before the soil so the top trim come off and pins the liner in place and hides the edges once its put back on.
Not exactly chippendale but i'm quite pleased with the result and Mrs Woodstalker has bestowed many brownie points on me this afternoon