Spring, is that you? Time to garden.

It's almost time to get back outside, and that means convincing the kids not to run full speed off the landscaping around the fire pit. I think the wife asking for a garden box might be a way to also make them find another part of the yard to play daredevil.

I felt bad getting a request though, since it was one of the things on my list that I didn't get to last summer. But with the weather on track to get a little nicer now is a perfect time to get one ready. And an extra day off means I have a chance to rectify that sooner rather than later.

And since I had already meant to do this project, I had a list of materials in my head already, so a quick HD trip meant pretty soon I was unloading a bunch of cedar fence pickets, a pair of 2x3s, and some screws. Off to the races.

6-foot pickets, in decent shape.

Cut the 2x3 with a wedge to sink them into the ground.

We don't really know where to put these though, so I left things modular so I can move them out once we have a plan. That meant they came together really quickly, and with the extra time I could give them a light sanding before I sealed the exterior sides. These cedar pickets should be fairly resistant, but a little poly won't hurt either.

Test fit worked great at least.

They needed some sanding before getting sealed though.

The L-shape is to both help close out the fire pit and make things easier to walk around. A big rectangle means a lot of reaching, and with little arms planning on helping with the gardening an L-shape means direct access to anything that gets planted. Of course that's planning I'm more than happy to leave to the people with greener thumbs than mine.