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Looks good, I like the way you did the bottom of it. :)

That’s the wife’s idea. :-)

Nice planter.

Looks good, I need to build 2 planters…..may use this idea

This material is great. It’s tongue and groove cedar fence planks that I salvaged when my next door neighbor replaced his fence with vinyl. I have no idea how long that fence was up but I’m guessing well over 10 years. The slats have been sitting in my shop since then I made a few planter boxes out of it 2 years ago when I got the material. Same rabbeted construction. They’ve been full of dirt and watered daily during the summer and they look as good today as the day I made them. One was made to sit on the ground and I’ve had to move it a few times. No problem. Still very tight and no apparent rotting. Between the rabbets and the T&G material, they’re incredibly sturdy. It’s really good material for planters. I used up all the material I had, but in the future, if I have to make another planter, I’m going to mill the boards to be T&G. I’m a stickler for structural integrity and this really works out wonderfully.

Nice job . Really looks good .

Very fancy planter box,cool.

Great use of materials Brian , seems to be working for
you …..good job .

Yeah it’s a shame I ran out of this stuff. I wanted to make a picture frame with it but didn’t have a large picture. I made a mitre mock-up and it looked great. In the mockup, I ripped a scrap 2x with a 25° bevel, then glued 2 pieces of the cedar at an angle to each other. It’s hard to describe. I’ll try to find a photo. The tongues of the t&g cedar were set against each other making it appear to have a pattern.

I think it looks really cool but the planters took the last of the material.