How to turn an old BBQ into a portable potting bench | DIY garden projects | Gardening Australia
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While you can grow plants with absolutely no infrastructure, you can improve your output by building some custom bits of kit. Millie’s going to make a portable potting bench from a clapped-out bbq, the sort of thing you can easily find on hard rubbish.
How to Turn a BBQ into a Bench!
While the BBQ itself has rusted out, the timber trolley is still very solid. This BBQ bench it is made from Merbau, also commonly sold as Kwila. For decades, this durable, tropical hardwood species has been the cheap outdoor timber of choice, but that it is because it has been unsustainably logged. Millie would still never choose to use it new and never lets old merbau get thrown away.
1. The first thing step is to remove the old BBQ. Brace the trolley with a clamp and piece of timber aft out and undo the bolts. The BBQ will lift out and will go to the steel pile at the tip. Hang onto the bolts for re-use.
2. Next, fit some permanent bracing to stabilise the bench. These will be the side rails and will be fixed at the depth for the new timber top.
3. Then fit the top pieces. You can use pieces of ply or slats to match the ends.
4. To create a disposal chute to scrape excess potting mix or debris into, Millie has made a removeable piece of the bench.
5. While the timber and structure is relatively weatherproof, to make it easier to clean, Millie will repurpose the old, galvanised steel BBQ cover as a bench surface. Simply remove the top handle, flatten one edge and fix to the timber with a few screws.
6. To provide a backing to the bench, use a piece of external plywood with an angled side. This can be fixed to the bracing at the rear of the bench.
7. You can also add a small shelf to the backing board.
8. Millie has fitted a bench under the main space for storage and positioned a bucket/bin underneath to catch debris.
9. Give the whole thing a light sand and then seal with timber oil.
Materials to make your garden work better are everywhere, and by making it yourself you can customise everything. So, get looking, get making and get growing!
Filmed on Taungurung Country | Central Victoria
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What a great idea! a good way to recycle with just about zero cost!
That old BBQ looked like a good planter too :).
Well done!! 👏🏻👏🏻
Millie is very creative! Love it ,😀
Ooh very fancy! 😂 I didn't make a fancy unit like yours , I just chuck a big chunk of plywood on my old Bbq frame when i want to do some potting or use my planer or tablesaw or for putting all the tools and bits on when working on the car or doing some work on the lawnmower or....... 😊
From the idea to making process to finished bench are amazing backed by a wonderful gardener. Thanks for your sharing!
Awesome segment!!! Thanks Millie 👍🏼
Any time! Thanks for watching.
Legendary say hi to Squid for me! Happy potting ✌🏻❤️🍄
Now I will have to keep an eye out for one, not sure what the DW will think about another project, but looks great and can't resist.
That worked very well
Love this idea. ❤❤❤❤
Excellent video. Great job.
That’s so awesome 🤩
great vid, I have done similar , and about to do it again, even better than my last effort. you gave me some more ideas, thankyou. appreciated.
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!
Love this, thank you!
I liked it very much
Love it
Gr8 idea!!
Very cool!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Mate
No worries - Thanks for watching!
That cat was huge.
🍎👍
First
It's illegal to simply take materials from council operated waste management & recycling centres. It is considered theft and if you are caught doing so you will be prosecuted.
Council sell or reuse these resources for themselves. That timber you're boasting about getting for free is stolen. You have to pay council for it and their prices on timber are often higher than Bunnings.