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<\/a> I settled on making two planters that had a right-angle corner. \u00a0That way the planters could either be placed in two separate corners of the garden, or the planters could be secured together side-by-side, to make one larger terraced planter. \u00a0I didn’t know what mom’s vision for her garden had in store, so I thought versatility would be appreciated.<\/p>\nDrew up some plans in Sketchup, and then found a calculator online to help me get the compound angles I’d need to dial into my miter saw.<\/p>\n
Cut the planter sides out of normal cedar fence pickets that were found at the local big-box store, and reinforced the structure with a 2×2 cedar ‘spine’ at the right-angle corner. \u00a0I attempted to screw everything together, but the compound miter angles made it fairly difficult; I wound up putting long nails into my pin nailer, and just nailed the heck out of it.<\/p>\n
My initial design had two more terraces, but before I cut the boards I ran out to the car with the tape measure. \u00a0Two of the four terrace planters would fit in my car for transport on Christmas day. \u00a0Any more terraces, and I would have to do assembly there on Christmas day.<\/p>\n
Lessons Learned: Compound miters are really easy if you keep them to just one corner. \u00a0Also, if the cedar fence pickets were a little thicker, I probably wound have tried to use some kind of spline to help keep everything together.<\/p>\n
I didn’t really think about it until the planters were done, but there’s a lot of wasted space in this style of planter that needs to be packed\u00a0with fill dirt. \u00a0I feel kind of bad that in giving my mom the planters for Christmas, I also inadvertently got my old man an extra chore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As always, racked my brain on what to get\/make mom for Christmas. \u00a0I eventually settled on a ladder-style planter for her to grow herbs or smaller flowers, but during my research into the different types of planters, I came across a series of terrace-style planters. I settled on making two planters that had a right-angle … Continue reading Mom’s Terraced Planters<\/span>