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Home » Tools » Plans For A Potting Bench

Plans For A Potting Bench

Updated : January 8, 2015

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Comments

  1. Angel says

    September 26, 2021 at 9:29 am

    Like the potting bench. Have a question about Mums! how do I take care of them during the winter. Some of mine are starting to die! they are planted in beds but they look bad. They get alot of sun . I put down home made mulch then weed barrier with holes to plant them. Small white rocks and medium regular rocks . looked great till they started to die. Thanks for your help !!!

    Reply
    • Mike says

      September 27, 2021 at 8:07 am

      Angel,

      Sounds to me like they dried out.

      Reply
  2. Rhonda says

    September 25, 2021 at 2:00 pm

    Thank you so much for this video! I appreciate all you have shown and taught me!

    Reply
  3. Charline says

    September 23, 2020 at 10:19 am

    Mike, this must be an old video. I think you are much trimmer now!

    Reply
    • Mike says

      September 24, 2020 at 8:04 am

      It is, recently I’ve lost a lot of weight.

      Reply
      • Giff says

        October 6, 2020 at 7:44 am

        I think I may have found all the weight you lost!

        Reply
      • Angela Patten says

        September 25, 2021 at 10:12 pm

        Where is the video?

        Reply
  4. Michael says

    October 4, 2013 at 5:42 pm

    I made my own and it turned out great. Thanks for the help!

    Reply
  5. phil says

    September 18, 2011 at 1:42 am

    Might try it, but that looks like UN-treated plywood.

    It looks very good & a very ‘workable’ potting bench.

    Thanks, PHIL

    Reply
  6. J.C. says

    September 16, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    Would love to see how you attach the wheels and the hitch to the legless potting bench. 🙂
    What sort of wheels would you use to support that sort weight when it has soil on it?
    Thanks!

    Reply
  7. Carol says

    September 16, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    This potting bench looks great and seems to be fairly simple to make. I don’t recall if you used pressure treated plywood? The only problem with this for a woman or older person would be the weight. It would be too heavy for me to move from place to place. It would need legs or some kind of support system on wheels.

    Reply
    • marg says

      September 22, 2020 at 7:00 pm

      I put mine on cement foundation blocks, 3 high is perfect for my height!

      Reply
      • Jeanne says

        September 25, 2021 at 11:19 am

        what a great idea!

        Reply
  8. Ron Kleinman says

    September 16, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    I see you use the KISS method too!

    Thanks for the excellent info on a really simple way to build a potting bench.

    Ron

    Reply

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    April 7, 2015 at 12:13 pm

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  2. Backyard Nursery Tools of the Trade. says:
    May 22, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    […] Originally this was my “Famous Legless Potting Bench” but once I bought a frontend loader it was no longer stable enough to just dump a whole bucket of soil on so I added legs and made it mobile.  The simple plans for building the bench are here.  It’s one sheet of plywood. […]

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