Planter project

On a recent trip to the Del Mar fair, GM and I saw some cedar wood planters that we thought would be fun to have. And perhaps necessary, as I have found that there is a phenomenon that occurs as you get older whereby the ground beneath you is actually farther than it was when you' were younger. Honest! It's true, you'll see. So by having some of these planters, you can garden without actually bending over. Of course I had to bend over 10 or 12 thousand times to build it, but that doesn't count.

Anyway, I went on-line and found some planters (www.simplyplanters.com/search/index.cfm?Ntt=cedar&Ntk=all&source=googleaw&kwid=Cedar planters&tid=exact), but after looking at the pictures, decided to just build one from scratch. Men are like that. It's the same thing like asking for directions. Men get tools, buy wood and stuff, and can quite easily create an inferior product for 2 or 3 times the cost of what you could have bought it for. Not including the cost of all the tools we need.

So being a man who takes pride in adhearing to the whole man code, I made 3 trips to the lumber yard and Home Depot (of course) to gather the required materials (men are hunters and gatherers!). I did not actually know what all the materials were, of course, as I didn't want to waste precious time making a plan (another man code).

Anyway, I had some time to kill Sunday after Church and thought I'd get started. Well despite it being 100° outside, all-in-all it went rather smoothly and I actually completed it (well sort of, I want to add a shelf underneath, but.....)

GM and I went to the Home Depot and purchased the planting mix Monday (today) and, after finding a place to put the thing, which I had not given any previous thought to (another man thing), planted some beets. GM loves beets and has already consumed the batch she recently canned.

All's well that ends well, just don't ask me for the plans!