Monday, May 2, 2011

Cedar Garden Box For the Front Yard

Over the weekend a garden box was built for the front yard. The box was made with cedar fencing and red wood posts.  I used cedar fence boards because they are a $1 each and cedar will resist molding better than other woods.
I finished the wood with teak oil to which I added neem oil at about 3TB neem/pint teak oil. The neem oil acts as a natural fungicide and insecticide.  It dissolved just fine into the teak oil.
The cedar fence boards had the tops cut off to remove the tapered ends.  The length of each board is about 59".  A red wood post was cut for each of the four corners and two for the center to bind the cedar posts.  I screwed another cedar board across the center to prevent the box from bowing out over time.  To add more structural integrity I added a reinforcement piece of cedar fence board at about 29" in from each corner.  The runner boards acting as a seat along the top was made from more cedar fencing screwed in place to the red wood posts and where the cedar reinforcements are located. I lined the bottom with newspaper to keep the weeds down, the earthworms love newspaper and it helps bring them in to the area.  For soil amendments I added 4 bags of composted manure and 6 bags of organic miracle grow garden soil.







1 comment:

  1. I think this gate provides a sense of separation, yet allows a nice flow or continuity to the garden. black vinyl chain link fence

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