I did a bit of Spring cleanup this week. Apparently I got a little aggressive with some of the heavy weeding. I realized my forearm near my wrist was hurting, and finally took a good look at it last night. It’s a little swollen, and one move in particular is painful, so I think I’ve sprained a muscle or something. Of course, it’s on my dominant hand, so this will either get better in a day or two, or get worse if it’s not rested. Hoping for the former. Most of the mulch has been laid, just one section left to do. I’m thinking of getting a new potting bench. The one I have currently I found at a resale consignment store years ago, and it’s starting to get wobbly on me. Any suggestions are welcome.
Will you DIY it or buy it? Lots of ideas in the internet for either choice.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=DIY+Potting+Bench+ideas&atb=v393-1&ia=web
I have two areas that I use for potting. One is outside and is a metal table with drawers that Beau found at surplus - it used to be used in a science lab. It is shiny silver and it gets really HOT, so it’s not really useful in the heat of summer - even though it is on the north side of the greenhouse. Another drawback is that some seasons wasps like to build in the drawers. Yikes!
Otherwise, I use a corner of my greenhouse as a potting area. I have a 1 CF tub with a lid that holds a standard bag of Miracle Grow potting mix at a time, and beside it I have an old ‘school lunch’ tray for whatever I’m potting up. The shelving in there is slotted for water to run through, so the tray gives me a solid surface to work on.
I’m kinda lusting after this bench from Lowe’s:
https://www.lowes.com/n/how-to/potting-bench-perfection