Raised Salad Bed
Posted by ReadyMade
Project by Jon Traunfeld
Build your own backyard salad bar.
Skill Level
Moderate
Active Time
Less than an hour
Cost
$$
- 2 2" x 4" x 10' cut to the following lengths:
- 2 pieces 58" long (long sides)
- 4 pieces 30" long (cross pieces)
- 2 2" x 4" x 12' cut to the following lengths:
- 4 pieces 32 1/2" long (inside support legs)
- 4 pieces 36" long (outside legs)
- 3" galvanized wood screws
- 3'x5' roll of aluminum window screening
- 3'x5' roll of 1/2" mesh hardware cloth
- 1 box 3/8" staples
- Roofing nails
Materials
- Power drill with assorted bits
- Tape measure
- Safety gloves
- Staple gun
- Hammer
- Square
- Tin snips
Tools
Using a power drill, attach the long sides of wood (58") to the cross pieces (30") using 3" galvanized screws. The two interior cross pieces should be attached 18 ¾" from each end of the long pieces (this makes for three roughly equal sections).
Wearing safety gloves, center the window screen on the outside bottom of the frame. Two people are required to stretch it taut and staple it to the frame bottom and sides using a staple gun.
Center the hardware cloth over the window screen, pull it taut, and staple it to the frame bottom. Nail roofing nails around the frame for added support. Trim the edges of the window screen and hardware cloth so that they’re flush with the edges of the table.
Build four sturdy legs by attaching each of the 32 ½" legs to a 36" leg using the 3" galvanized wood screws. The table will rest on the shorter piece of each two-piece leg.
Attach the legs by driving three 3" screws through the top of each leg and into the long side of the frame.
Fill ’er up with dirt and seeds, and pray for rain!
