Friday, April 30, 2010
One Down Four to Go
Completed one planter today out of the 5 I am building. I'm experimenting with utilizing Doug Fir covered with plastic on the inside instead of redwood. The Doug Fir 2X12s are less than a $1 a linear foot. While not as rot resistant as redwood, actually not even close, I'm hoping the plastic will help me get somewhere near the same life span. If not I'll replace it with redwood or manufactured lumber at a later time when the Doug Fir is rotted away. This planter is a 3'X8' that I am using for herbs and a bee garden. It gets 4 hours morning sun and 3 hours late afternoon sun. The other planters will be a 3'X4' located in midday shade also that will be used for lettuce, radishes, and carrots as well as 3 - 4'X10' planters in direct sun all day. These will go into rotation with my fence planters and my 20'X20' garden area.
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Guess what went zooming by the wife's head this weekend while she was out in the garden? A big, fat, black BEE! And it flew right into your Carpenter/Mason Bee home. I had noticed some digging activity last week when I noticed redwood sawdust stuck to the tape I used for the Mason Bee tubes. Looks like we got one or two.
ReplyDeleteI had a Carpenter Bee on mine also. I think it was too fat to use it though. I have some Mason Bees coming in and out of my shed. Hopefully they'll use the block. I planted some attracting flora near by to lure them.
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