On Feb 13, 5:15*pm, "John Price" wrote:
NT wrote:
On Feb 12, 5:48*pm, "John Price" wrote:
Hi

I'm thinking of building a failrly large planter, or maybe 2 or more
smaller ones and would appreciate some feedback.

It/they are for a recently tarmacced area on the front of my house,
underneath a window - about 330cm wide. Looks nice and neat, but
begging for a planter.

I also have several logs from a couple of Leylandii that I cut down
back in the autumn, easily long enough to do it in one.

So,

a) would those logs be a suitable material? How fast would they just
rot?
b) if suitable, does anyone know of any build guides?

I picture lining it/them. Presumably it would need to be drainable -
would it need say gravel in the base?

Sorry if these are stupid questions, never done anything like this
before, but have increasing amounts of time, combined with
decreasing amounts of cash!

Many Thanks

JIP

Leylandii is more rot proof than pine. As for more details, you forgot
to tell us what design you were considering.

NT

Didn't forget - I haven't got that far yet - just wanted some general
ideas of feasability of the materials and pointers for any known
guides. Since Leylandii seem to be relatively rot proof I'll start to
look for designs in use and try to copy something. But I have been
considering the weight - doing just one planter in the space may be
impossible to move if needed, so I'll probably aim to do 2 or even 3
smaller ones.

Thanks for the replies

gravel stops compost falling out of the holes, and enables much
better draining. I'd definitely use a layer of it.


NT