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I use the cattle protein tubs for planters and I use plastic soda bottles to take up space in the bottom and put soil in on top. Cheap way to take up space and improve drainage. Might work on these big planters. Ditto on a good post, this is something I have kicked around doing, just not followed through
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Nice! I did an almost identical one last year, but tried to cram too many plants in it.
One reason I did mine this tall is that my soil here SUCKS so I wanted as much good soil as I could get. The other is that I didn’t want to be crawling on my hands and knees to harvest/weed it.
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Originally posted by SoTXAg06 View PostThese pics are a couple of years old from when I first built the boxes. I used cheap fence pickets for the outer walls. The base has been redone on the V shaped planter. The way it was in the picture was very flimsy.
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I really like the V shape and am considering going this route
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Originally posted by SoTXAg06 View PostThese pics are a couple of years old from when I first built the boxes. I used cheap fence pickets for the outer walls. The base has been redone on the V shaped planter. The way it was in the picture was very flimsy.
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I really like the V shape and am considering going this route
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Originally posted by Mountaineer View PostI ran out of space in my smaller raised beds and decided to take a tree out and put in a bigger bed for tomatoes this year.
Used three 8’ sheets of metal roofing and 7 treated 2x4’s.
Lined it with weedblock and started shoveling. It takes a lot of compost to fill it at 8x3x2.
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Where did you get the compost from?
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Originally posted by Mountaineer View PostThe trash dump in Plano aka Custer Transfer Station. They make/sell mulch, compost, etc. ~$40 for a scoop.
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Originally posted by Dillakilla View PostAnyone have one like this a while?
Wondering how long the metal will last cuz I like this alot
I got the idea from my customer who had theirs for a few years. They had really good soil, so I had my guys load up the soil when we demoed their bed. The metal was in great shape. The wood will rot before there is a problem with the metal
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