Our Planter Box

We just finished putting in a planter box in our back yard, and we will soon be planting our vegetable garden. It was a lot of work, but we're happy with the results.

First, we rented a sod cutter from Home Depot and took out a section of our lawn 16 feet by 6 feet. Then we ordered our planter box from a vinyl fence company. We got the idea for this from our neighbor across the street who just put in a planter box of their own that they got from this company. As you can see, when it came there was some assembly required.

Luckily, assembling it wasn't that hard. The fence company had pre-cut the holes, and we put everything together with screws.

Next, Dave dug six holes with a post hole digger and put the legs of the planter box into the holes. This will keep it in place so it doesn't move or bulge with the weight of the dirt. Then we laid down a wire mesh fence material on the bottom of the planter box to keep the gophers out. (Unfortunately, we have those critters in our yard!) After that we laid down landscaping cloth to keep weeds out.

We ordered a big pile of topsoil from Wasatch Shadows nursery that had all the nutrients already mixed in. They dumped it on our driveway, and then we hauled it from there to the planter box in a garden cart.

Finally, our planter box is finished and ready for us to plant our vegetable garden.