TT Question

Chopper 3/9/2014, 5:16 pm

Back gardening after three years absence! Woohoo. I am up in the wilds of Warner Springs CA and I am using the fenced paddock to put my table tops. I have a piece of 8'X32" marine plywood that I am using for a base and building the sides with 8"X1" planks. I will be putting holes in the plywood. That is all on top of two saw horses.

Question - I was going to line with weed cloth to keep excess dirt from being lost but wondering if I need to do anything about the place where the planks meet the plywood (the perimeter)? Will I lose too much water there? Should I line with thick garbage bags there or caulk? Amazing what you don't know you don't know until you do it.

boffer 3/9/2014, 5:23 pm

Chopper, $what\'s up, dude$

It's nice to see that you're putting down roots Rolling Eyes

long enough to have a garden!

I wouldn't worry about the joints. Anything smaller than ¼ will soon get plugged.

**Kelejan** 3/9/2014, 5:24 pm

Welcome back Chopper from a relative Newbie you have yet to met on this forum. Very Happy

Chopper 3/9/2014, 6:17 pm

Duh! I could always just go around with duct tape. Smile

Chopper 3/9/2014, 6:18 pm

Didn't see your reply boffer. Thanks.

**gwennifer** 3/9/2014, 7:51 pm

Welcome back Chopper!

I used duct tape to fasten sections of weed cloth up the sides of my vinyl fence post garden once upon a time. I just needed the duct tape to hold the weed cloth in place until I could hold it down with the MM, which it did. But when I disassembled my garden a few years later, I definitely noticed that the duct tape wasn't doing anything anymore. It's no match for dirt and water.

Chopper 3/9/2014, 8:17 pm

gwennifer wrote:Welcome back Chopper!

I used duct tape to fasten sections of weed cloth up the sides of my vinyl fence post garden once upon a time. I just needed the duct tape to hold the weed cloth in place until I could hold it down with the MM, which it did. But when I disassembled my garden a few years later, I definitely noticed that the duct tape wasn't doing anything anymore. It's no match for dirt and water.

Good point Gwennifer. I notivced when I water it does come out one end more than the rest. I may caulk. Here in So Cal better not to let too much water escape. :0 And I hear you about the duct tape. It is a temp solution at best. Thanks for the feedback. I was going to nail in the weed cloth and then I thought "What?!!!" No need. The MM did the holding down part.

**walshevak** 3/10/2014, 2:11 am

Hey Chopper. Glac to see you back and gardening. You never did get your visit to the
East Coast and my house.

Kay

**sanderson** 3/10/2014, 5:48 am

Welcome back, Chopper!

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