Comments on: Using up offcuts

By: Mark Dennehy

Mark Dennehy — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:25:22 +0000

In reply to Sylvain. If I could get any Sylvain, but the garden centers are all closed :( As soon as they reopen though...

By: Sylvain

Sylvain — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:35:15 +0000

Put sand at the soil surface. Snails don’t like to crawl on it.
Sylvain

By: Mark Dennehy

Mark Dennehy — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 23:08:07 +0000

Yeah Gav, the brads aren’t likely to last more than a year, but that’s okay because the whole thing wasn’t built to last longer than that. The plywood ends will probably fail first. But by then I’ll have had time to build replacements.

And yeah, we get enough for basil. Most herbs really, since you don’t want them flowering. Had a good few basil plants last year, but snails ruined them in the end.

By: Gav

Gav — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 12:47:50 +0000

Just a note regarding the brads- check the box as to the claimed corrosion resistance. Different brands, different longevity for outside work and I don’t know about stainless in your neck of the woods but geeeez they can be expensive. For fast and hard, backed up by screws, it doesn’t matter so much. If you do want something to last however it makes a big difference. Watch out for treated timber in particular, some of the treatments eat the metal if the wrong type, faster than you would think. Good use for offcuts! You get enough sun for basil? We get a bit much for some types in West Aus