4 Simple planters
Simple Planters
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OUTDOOR LEARNING SITE DEVELOPMENT IDEAS
Build your own simple planters in your outdoor area so that you can start to enjoy growing fruit, vegetables, herbs or flowers.
Tip: When planting, place planks of wood onto the soil to step onto. This will avoid trampling down your soil as it needs to stay aerated.
Resources
• Suitable space
• Trenching shovel & hoe
• 4 planks of wood about 30cm wide. 2 planks long and 2 shorter.
• Saw
• Nails
• Hammer
• Good quality compost
• Gardening fork & rake
Method
• Mark out your planter area in a suitable space and saw your planks to the desired length if necessary.
• Using your trenching shovel & hoe, dig out a trench in your desired planter size, about 15cm deep (or about half of your planks’ width).
• Place your planks into the channel and nail together with a hammer and nails.
• Dig the soil over in your planter with a fork, remove any weeds and add a good quality compost to give your plants a good start. Rake over to aerate the soil.
NEXT STAGE
DEVELOPMENT
OUTDOOR LEARNING SITE DEVELOPMENT IDEAS
Build your own simple planters in your outdoor area so that you can start to enjoy growing fruit, vegetables, herbs or flowers.
Tip: When planting, place planks of wood onto the soil to step onto. This will avoid trampling down your soil as it needs to stay aerated.
Resources
• Suitable space
• Trenching shovel & hoe
• 4 planks of wood about 30cm wide. 2 planks long and 2 shorter.
• Saw
• Nails
• Hammer
• Good quality compost
• Gardening fork & rake
Method
• Mark out your planter area in a suitable space and saw your planks to the desired length if necessary.
• Using your trenching shovel & hoe, dig out a trench in your desired planter size, about 15cm deep (or about half of your planks’ width).
• Place your planks into the channel and nail together with a hammer and nails.
• Dig the soil over in your planter with a fork, remove any weeds and add a good quality compost to give your plants a good start. Rake over to aerate the soil.
