A bench for pots

drilling the pilot holes in the top piece

It's been a bit of a struggle to make sure I'm keeping to the schedule I set for myself. While weather and funds prove to be inflexible obstacles, I don't like not accomplishing tasks.  Perhaps I can blame my parents for this trait, the constant need to be producing something.  I don't feel right if I'm wasting my time doing nothing.  I mean, yes I can just relax and chill and do nothing.  I'm very good at that.  But when it comes to tasks that need to be completed and there are things in my way that I can not control keeping me from completing those tasks...then I start getting unsettled.

And at this point I need to start sowing my beds.  I've got the list of veggies I want to plant, which ones go well with others, but we've been on Tornado watch this week and I don't have the supplies I need until this paycheck kicks in.

So I made some benches. 

Benches made easy

I had already bought the wood on my last trip to Lowes.  It's been cut and stained, all I needed to do was drill the nails.

Since this wood was a lot thicker than the cedar, I started off with pilot holes first.

These benches weren't really meant for sitting on.  They are too awkwardly high, short and narrow for that.  I made these benches to house the potted plants I intend to keep.

They turned out alright.  They will serve their purpose well.  Any maybe a few other purposes in the future...who knows. :)