POTTING SHEDS FOR THE GARDENER IN YOUR LIFE
POTTING SHEDS FOR THE GARDENER IN YOUR LIFE
WHAT ARE POTTING SHEDS – Potting sheds are nothing more than a wooden garden shed that has been set up or modified a little to be a potting shed or used as a potting shed. Potting sheds are the dream of every gardener and can even contain an area for starting plants in early spring. Most potting sheds will contain adequate shelving for storage of pots and tools etc. and most of all have a potting bench.
LOCATIONS FOR POTTING SHEDS – Probably the biggest consideration for location of potting sheds is to locate the potting shed near the center of gardening activity. Closeness to the garden should be given high consideration if at all possible. Additionally, because you will be bringing in pots, plants, fertilizers, potting soils etc. locating the potting shed near a gate for easy access should also be considered. If you modify the potting shed to include a mini-greenhouse area discussed below then I would consider locating the potting shed in such a way as to take advantage of the winter sun.
POTTING BENCHES FOR POTTING SHEDS – There is no magic to potting benches although there are some things that can really enhance the potting bench for the gardener. If there is any way to mount a sink and faucet set up on the bench or very close to the bench then this is most helpful. If you don’t feel like you want to set up a sink in a potting bench you can buy potting benches with sinks already installed in them. The main thing is give the gardener a bench to work off for working on the plants and making the height of the bench at a comfortable height for the gardener. You can cover the bench top with masonite which makes clean up a breeze or leave the bench just with a wood top. If doing this I would make the top out of cedar or redwood as these types of wood resist rot and decay. Moisture will always be present on the top of a potting bench. Ideally build or buy two potting benches. One bench can contain the sink and another can be a bench with a sunken trough that can be filled with potting soil and allows for potting plants easily.
MODIFY THE POTTING SHED A LITTLE BIT FOR A MINI-GREENHOUSE – By simply using a fiberglass panel or two on the roof and side walls of the potting shed you can create a little mini-greenhouse section for part of the potting shed. This will allow enough light in to be able to start plants indoors in early spring for garden planting when the weather cooperates. Additionally, the fiberglass panels will allow for some solar heating of the potting shed and will cut down on the amount of lighting needed in the potting shed. The gardener in your life will love you for this little modification.
SHELVING – SHELVING- AND MORE SHELVING- FOR POTTING SHEDS – There are many things a gardener needs and uses in the garden that must be stored in the potting shed. To prevent everything being dropped and left on the floor which decreases the amount of useable space in the potting shed build plenty of shelving. The shelving can be built or purchase several metal shelves and put them together and secure to the walls of the potting shed. Also consider adding one or more pegboards for hanging up the garden tools and other items used in the garden. Don’t forget that you can put shelves under any potting bench you use for storage also. Most potting benches you purchase will have a bottom shelf.
POTTING SHED PLANS – Just like with wooden garden sheds you can purchase proven potting shed plans in order to allow you to easily build a potting shed or to make some simple medications as discussed above to convert a wooden garden shed into a great potting shed for the gardener in your life.
For more free information and pictures of some great potting sheds go to http://www.wooden-garden-sheds.info and either purchase a potting shed kit or build a potting shed for the gardener in your life.
Question by Tyrone W: Were you ever whipped with a switch as a teenager?
When I was 16 years old & a junior in high school, I was busted by my momma smoking pot (weed) with my friends & when my pops came in from work, she told him. This time–he didn’t ground me. . . He went outside & broke what seemed like one of the longest & thinnest switch I ever seen & ordered me to what he called his tool shed. He then blocked its doorway with me in there & OH MY GOD. . . When he got through with me–I was covered in welts & cuts but can say that til this day, at 40 years old, I have never smoked anything or had the urge to. WHY? Because of that switch whipping my pops gave me (being that he hadn’t whipped me since I was around 10 or 11). Now, my son has just turned 16 a couple of months ago & guess what? His football coach busted him smoking pot (weed) & notified me & his momma. Of course, we are trying to raise our son with new age parenting methods but obviously–they aren’t working. Should I bring him to the “tool shed” like my pops did me?
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Answer by Mat D
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no; take him out of football as a punishment
It is kinda your choice. If you think the “whipping” was worth it Replay it for your son. If you do not. Then just keep trying. It may be hard, but if you think it will pay off. Then do it.
Haha, I guess…I’m scared your son would be crazy enough to fight back…or crazy enough to call the cops.
I say do it…if he wants to be grown by doing something childish (he knows drugs and sports don’t mix) beat him like a child.
Well, things aren’t the same now as they were when you were growing up. If your son’s coach sees him in the locker room with bloody welts the only thing that will happen is you will end up in jail for child abuse. I don’t really think new age parenting works, I’m all for a good spanking. However, with your son being 16 I don’t think he’ll be easy to spank! I’d sit down and have an adult conversation with him regarding the dangers of smoking pot, and how it’s a gateway drug to other ‘more dangerous’ drugs. There are many websites regarding how to speak to him, and how to keep him away even though he’s tried it. Good luck!
BOY, you need to go “Old School” on your son, you know what I mean. I know you aren’t suppose to spank, but when we were young we go whipped with a belt, and believe you me we learned real quick. I tell people I’m old school and I don’t care what anyone says or thinks of this. I changed the lyrics to James Brown’s song, because “This mama don’t take no mess”, and I don’t. I’ll always be old school, even right down to the music.
lol NO!!!!! dont hit the boy wit no switch! this aint 1977! and just because it worked for you does not mean it will work for your son! u need to figure out a way to discipline your son without the violent act of behavior. Hitting a child with ANYTHING is just plain old abusive and shoulnt be done to teach him a lesson..maybe you could punish him by taking him away from his football or not letting him go places that he likes or not letting him have friends over or take away his games..those are more acceptable punishments.
I really don’t think that beating the crap out of a kid is the way to get them to respect your rules. You say it worked for you, but I think for the (most part) it doesn’t work. I don’t know what the “right” answer is, but I think I know wrong. In this case, especially in these times, beating your son isn’t gonna make him respect you and he may just call the police….cause that’s what kids are taught in school. Maybe you should just spend all of your free time watching him like a hawk. Follow him around, bug his friends, call their parents and ask them if they know what their kids are up to. Try to find out who he bought it from, and whip their asses instead. I’ve got a family full of users of all kinds of dope, some of them come from the south, and I know those southern style beatings do no good, neither does counseling, rehab, prison, threats. Matter of fact, if you find the answer, let me know.
ive been disciplined like that before…
ive been tied down to a post. hit with a belt sometimes with the buckle. Fly swatter or a comb…
hmmm thats is a touch question.
well, try to get a grip and give him a little smack in the head. Common’ we were all like that before.
First- think things over… what do you want to happen in the conversation. try talking to him first. You can have a little voice raising but no name calling. And tell him things that happened to you before. Talk to him about the pros & cons, and things you would like to happen after that talk.
Oh and remind him… thats he is not a bad person for doing that… Its the thing he did thats is bad. (got that from a movie) Please dont take him out of football. These kids are just bored. Keep him busy instead. Just take away his dating, allowance or phone privilages.
He might not understand it but when he grows up. He will realize how much of a loving father you are and that you didnt want things that happened to you before to happen to him.
Beating your son is a choice only you can make alone as a parent. I have no one sided opinion about physical punishment – I was smacked with wooden spoons and had dishes thrown at me – which really did some damage.
The risk with physical punishment is the resentment your son will have against you. Now days it’s not normally socially acceptable to physically punish your teenagers, and they normally respond with anger, not fear.
I suggest you try using a vocal or visual scare tactic.
Sometimes scare tactics really work. Ask the police for more information about what you can show your son to scare him. They will have pictures of junkies who started out on weed, and also they can lecture him for you about the legal side of things and the amount of trouble he can get in.
Also note that your son will use you as an example when you talk to him about this. You need to emphasise how good your life is now because you didn’t smoke weed, and how much better your life is without weed. Also, smoking weed isn’t just about being cool. Your son might have depression or anxiety issues that he may need help with.
No I haven’t, but it might be a good idea.
Hmmm this sounds familiar..
Well when i was a child and got up to no good, my popz used to gimme a lil slap, nothing major but i used to learn from it coz i didnt wanna make him angry again and risk getting more than a slap!!
Now my lil sister is the one that is getting up to no good and when my mum saw my dad hit me one time i was a kid, she told him that there better not be no more hitting on us kids or she was walking out the door and leaving him!
So as my lil sis was growing up she was never disciplined and she is always getting up to no good no matter what my parents try to do! My dad thinks its too late to discipline her now after all the years of never being disciplined but now she thinks she can get away with it and continue to do what she pleases….
I have to say that discipline is good in a way aslong as ur not beating ur child to an extreme! Just a taste to see what is gonna happen if they muck up!
But honestly, u are the parent and its ur decision how u want to raise ur children.
No but i was whipped with a lot of other things. It only made me more rebellious. Times have changed and in today’s world a loving conversation with your son may be more effective than whipping. Believe me, its tough being a parent -all the best.
These days they would probably lock you up for child abuse. Yes I was whipped with switches, and belts to the point of some very serious abuse. There was no one back then to help me. I have suffered with this for years. What a child needs more than anything is love, and guidance. Get the child some counseling on drug abuse. Good luck, and God bless
Exactly…..according to new age parenting it’s against the law because needy people want your kid to fail now and later. The issue today is not to correct the behavior so it gets worse for profit. My advice is to take his car away for a specific time and have him ride the bus with the younger kids with no other options. It’s illegal to bust his butt but it is also a fact that you are the parent and should care more about your son right to learn than a “village” of people that are sick enough to use people to profit from.
If you haven’t noticed many people are still stuck dwelling on their childhoods with no positive …they don’t even live in the present. In fact much of the nations younger generation is dishonest about their childhood responsibilities and are requesting sympathy from the sick “village”…gets them out of growing up and ruins their relationships with people. The government and MH are businesses.
Example:
I got the paddle and deserved it as I refused to accept the words “stop it” at school. Funny, I also didn’t do that again after I got whacked. I was disturbing a classroom full of people in elementry school which is and was not appropriate. Mr. Burns burned my butt with a paddle and let me know I had no other choice but to grow up.
In the one of the posts I see a remark concerning “loving conversation” aka drama and assumption that a parent has never talked to their son or daughter concerning drugs and it also suggests that 16 yr. olds are morons who know nothing…. That is how sick “the village” is.
Being raised in the South & by black parents, oh yes. I was whipped & when I turned 14, I graduated to the switch. Nothing in my life has been as painful as a whipping with a switch. They were completely unbearable. I caught switch whippings until I went to college. Neighbors said they knew when I was catching a switch whipping cause they could hear my screams outside & through the neighborhood. Did they help me? Absolutely. Can it help your son? Definitely. Just know that it is a much different day & age from when we were growing up. Your son will resist you whipping him at that age therefore, I would recommend you restraining him prior to the whipping & then proceed. Switches burn & sting very badly but trust me, they will get his mind right.
yes by all means, maybe not as harsh, or just use the belt.