I like it !! that's a good design.
Bucket garden stand - 2x6 configuration - new video added 5/19/23
This is quite a bit different from what I normally build but here goes anyway.
A few months ago we bought 12 five gallon food grade buckets to build a bucket garden. At first we were going to build it in a 3x4 configuration but decided to build it in a 2x6 configuration instead. I bought the treated 2x4's and engaged our 14-year old grandson to assist.
We cut the 10' 2x4's to the proper length for the long stretchers and since he had limited time that's all we did for a few days. But he wanted to help build it so I waited until he could help again. When he was available his best friend wanted to help, as well. So Monday afternoon, the day before Valentine's day (critical info for later) I picked them up from school and we hit the shop.
Three hours later we had a finished bucket stand! And they learned a lot about working in a shop environment as well as using tools brand new to them, so it was a good day. When my wife got home from work I showed her the bucket stand and told her that since I'm a guy and the next day was Valentine's Day, then Happy Valentine's Day!
It didn't matter to her that I should have built this months ago so that was a good thing. Now we have to get dirt and begin planting whatever she wants to grow.
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A few months ago we bought 12 five gallon food grade buckets to build a bucket garden. At first we were going to build it in a 3x4 configuration but decided to build it in a 2x6 configuration instead. I bought the treated 2x4's and engaged our 14-year old grandson to assist.
We cut the 10' 2x4's to the proper length for the long stretchers and since he had limited time that's all we did for a few days. But he wanted to help build it so I waited until he could help again. When he was available his best friend wanted to help, as well. So Monday afternoon, the day before Valentine's day (critical info for later) I picked them up from school and we hit the shop.
Three hours later we had a finished bucket stand! And they learned a lot about working in a shop environment as well as using tools brand new to them, so it was a good day. When my wife got home from work I showed her the bucket stand and told her that since I'm a guy and the next day was Valentine's Day, then Happy Valentine's Day!
It didn't matter to her that I should have built this months ago so that was a good thing. Now we have to get dirt and begin planting whatever she wants to grow.
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Thanks, John!
Thanks, Jay! Our grandson started chuckling when we were in the shop and I figured his buddy had said something funny. I asked what was funny and he said that this is the best day he's had in a long time. He's a good kid, very polite, and I pick him up from school every day and take him to his house. He doesn't get into trouble so I just assume all his days are good but it sure made me feel good to hear him say that.
You're most welcome, Frank! Hey, I had to build one, so...Thanks a lot David, my wife saw that!
Be careful about leaving them in your greenhouse. A coworker had some in buckets in his greenhouse and got busy. A few years later he almost couldn't move them out because they were too large.
They're only in there for the winter, to protect them from wind.Be careful about leaving them in your greenhouse. A coworker had some in buckets in his greenhouse and got busy. A few years later he almost couldn't move them out because they were too large.
It's not the leafless hibernating trees I'm worried about, it's the buckets. Wind will blow them over. We get some pretty insane winds out here in the country.
It's also good that my dog can't pee on them.
I don't even know where I'm going to plant these trees. I'll probably give them away.
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