http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/03/10/build-a-garden-bench/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:38:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/03/10/build-a-garden-bench/comment-page-1/#comment-3693 Dianne Sperling Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:19:53 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=554#comment-3693 I'm an unabashed alley picker for additions to my garden. Last year I found a wooden couch frame. Brought it home, sanded it and painted it using deck paint (needs no primer). Added cushions. It's "end table" is an old milk can that someone gave me when cleaning out their garage. I'd rather spend money on plants; although, there again, free is better. This spring, my best alley find was a young shrub that someone bought and then decided it didn't fit in their garden. Some people just have too much money. I’m an unabashed alley picker for additions to my garden. Last year I found a wooden couch frame. Brought it home, sanded it and painted it using deck paint (needs no primer). Added cushions. It’s “end table” is an old milk can that someone gave me when cleaning out their garage. I’d rather spend money on plants; although, there again, free is better. This spring, my best alley find was a young shrub that someone bought and then decided it didn’t fit in their garden. Some people just have too much money.

]]> http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/03/10/build-a-garden-bench/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Alice Nelson Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:54:39 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=554#comment-889 My outdoor bench is certaily not classy but does the trick. The base is a long packing crate made of 2x4's and the top is an old piece of countertop, and it didn't cost us anything but a wiling husband to put it together. It backs up to our dog run, which has a roof over it and this makes a nice higher shelf for stuff. Practical, anyway. The one I have in our small Michigan cellar isn't classy either, or as large, but it also serves the purpose. My outdoor bench is certaily not classy but does the trick. The base is a long packing crate made of 2×4’s and the top is an old piece of countertop, and it didn’t cost us anything but a wiling husband to put it together. It backs up to our dog run, which has a roof over it and this makes a nice higher shelf for stuff.
Practical, anyway. The one I have in our small Michigan cellar isn’t classy either, or as large, but it also serves the purpose.

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