cheap potting bench wanted

just moved into new house and had to leave my stainless steel sink that i used as potting bench at other house so am need of CHEAP new bench-- looked on net and they are ALL so dang expensive - -anyone got some ideas where to get one for a hundred bucks or LESS????
really dont want to make on-- would rather buy--
thanks

Here is a cheap small bench at Linens and Things:
http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1433962

If you are not picky about what it looks like, a good utility cart would work. This one has a lipped edge that would catch any soil.
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&langId=-1&catalogId=4006970&PHOTOS=on&TEST=Y&productId=13938&categoryId=0

Dang I have one in my garage and my sister just drove down to Melbourne in a huge SUV and could have strapped it to the roof and brought it tou you... wish I'd have known a couple weeks ago.

I found mine at BigLots. Do you have that store down there?

Here is one for $139.99 with $1.00 shipping from overstock.com

the shipping is normally $2.99 ..I love shopping there.

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=570163

This message was edited Mar 26, 2004 3:37 PM

WOW thanks guys-- i KNEW i would get good answers from the folks here- will check out big lots -yeah wish u had known a couple weeks ago janie- that would have been great-- does your sister live here or visiting???

i have good ideas now-- will think about them, check out Big Lots- our store isnt huge but they do have alot of garden items CHEAP-- just been too busy to get there-

anyway- sure appreciate the help and ideas- -thanks a bunch

Hey, got one last week at Big Lots in Vero for 19.99. It's pine and can be stained or painted.

Good luck, the big lots we have locally only seems to sell the small statues and ornaments to decorate your garden. I have never seen anything REALLY useful there..well, okay, the small greenhouses were sure useful.

am headin to our Big Lots tomorrow to check to see if they have the bench- if not may drive to vero- have heard that port st john big lots has TONS of garden stuff too--
THANKS AGAIN for help--

My DH bought me one last year that is heavy duty molded plastic. Some assembly required (snapping pieces together). It has a workbench level shelf, a shelf at the bottom, and a narrower shelf above the workbench that holds pots, etc. The workbench has a grid on one side that you can put your pots you're working on, and the lower shelf has a bin that the "fallout" dirt, etc. falls into. On the other side of the lower shelf you can put a couple of bags of soil, fertilizer, etc.

It's very sturdy, holds a lot of weight. It also has slots on the sides for hanging small tools and storing longer handled ones. It also is on wheels. It's pretty cool!

I'm sure he got it at Walmart, Lowe's, or Home Depot, etc. locally. I don't know if they have it, or something similar, this year. But I thought you might try one of these if you have them near you.

Judith

swpt15---Big Lots have one small potting bench $19.99-pine wood---33' wide,20" deep ,37" high. I stained mine with (2) coats of Polyurethane ( Honey Pine) to protect against elements. *** Also starting Sunday 3/28/04 Big Lots have a larger potting bench-$ 39.99- 55" wide,20" deep,42" high. I am sure your Big Lots should have this, as our store is very small and they have these products.

JUDITH, This is like mine and I got it at K-Mart. I like the fact that it has wheels and I can move it around (and it was cheap)
Pati

Judith, I got 2 similar to what you are describing, only the base is enclosed and has shelves inside. I got it at WalMart last fall when they had a few on clearance for $20.00. They really are great, and just the right height.

Menards (similar to Home Depot) had one yesterday for $49.99
made out of 2 X 4's, very sturdy and 6 feet long! Shelf underneath but no riser on the top. But it is really a workbench.

So........whadija get?????

Huh? Huh? Huh????????

Don't leave us hanging!!!!!

didnt go today cause am gonna wait until sunday to see if big lots gets the larger one-- if not will probably get the twenty dollar one- maybe on way to big lots we can stop by target since its right on the way-- also home depot-
u guys are great-- i will fill ya in tomorrow on what i get-- I WILL GET ONE- the old knees just cant take it anymore and i have to stand up to pot all the plants for the new HUGE porch i have-- wanna see pictures??????

Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!Yeah! You betcha!!!!!

Pictures, yes! I am so jealous! I want a porch soooo bad! I have a flat concrete patio out back,would love to have a big screened porch! DH doesn't care for outdoors,or gardening so I guess I won't get my porch!LOL

If you live in New England, the Christmas Tree Shop has great gardening stuff. Furniture, tools, pots, etc. Last year my hubby bought me a plastic rollaround potting bench which has a fold-out table, sink! and faucet that hook up to the garden hose,next to a dry basin, door-enclosed shelves underneath and a long handled tool rack on the back, one slot of which takes my costco beach umbrella. I look like a hot dog stand, but it works for me! All this joy for $69.00. Had to be assembled, but I had my son, the mechanically inclined, for that. can't find the web address, it is a Backyard Gear product from Today's Plastics. They make that cute kneeler/bench you see everywhere.

where'd you get yours, gardenmart?
i googled for backyard gear stuff, and the only gardening type thing i could find was that little kneeler bench thing.. and that's just.. no.. not what i want
lol
i, too, am looking for a nice planting bench type thing

this is awesome - I LOVE MY PORCH-- its bigger than pic but i had to cut it down a bit for web--

will include pics of sandhill cranes too--

here is sand hill crane-- we have a pair and now they must be nesting as only one comes to feed-- they are awesome birds and i can get so close to them i can almost touch them- the love whole corn and just plain old white bread--

when bought house all furniture came too - pd extra for it but at least we had nice things-- we have hung plants on porch and made it more like home- just dont have any pics right now of how much better it looks- the porch pic was taken when we were just lookin at the house- will try to get pic today or tomorrow and post so ya'll can see what a huge difference there is in it--

went to big lots to day but NO POTTING BENCH-- :( but i did manage to spend a ton of money on some great pots and garden statues plus potting soil of 99 cents-- also got a GREAT corner shelving unit for plants- u may be able to see the weird corner on the left hand side of pic-- anyway it is awesome and fits perfectly--

oh gosh ya'll have made me want to go snap pics- BRB!!
oh sales gal said potting bench will be in on wed morning at 900 and to be there RIGHT AT 9 cause they go FAST-- so looks like i will get it afterall- it is the forty dollar one- -

ok off to snap- will post some later -thanks

i could make a web page and display all of these at once but ya know what i really dont want to go to all that trouble -- so i am just gonna post them here - wish we could post more than one pic on a message-- hey maybe something for dave to think about huh?????

this is to back of porch by slider that enters from foyer of house kind of -- still have work to do on all of porch-- we just kind of got this organized last weekend--

this is the front right corner- i got these really cool tables at bealls dept store on sale for 70% off - they were regular $139.00 and i got them for $39.00!!! i love the elephants - i put urethane varnish on them to protect from rain etc-
there is a battery operated fountain on right that i got at walgreens for $5.00 how cool- battery operated- love it

and finally TA DA-- the great corner unit- pretty cool huh?

the garden fairy is solar powered and lights up at night- EBAY $15 -- i couldnt believe it - she is darling ..
I LOVE BARGAINS
those metal things outside are solar lights that QVC had on sale last sunday for an unreal price- -friend called me and told me -- they are charging up so i can put them out tomorrow--

thats all folks!!!!:)

I have the Rubbermaid molded vinyl/rubber one too. I think they are down to about $79.95 by now. He paid over a hundred dollars for it about the second year they were on the market around here. I love it. My hubby got it for me about 3 years ago. Beside it I have an old(I mean my parents brought it here to MO from IL in '47 and it was old then)enamel steel top table. My father built at least 2 wooden frames for it while he was living. Jack made a metal pipe frame for it a couple years ago. It's the same height of the Rubbermaid bench so it is really convenient. I do a LOT of work on those 2 in the growing seasons.

swpt15---your plants and accessories are beautiful. Boy, really large porch---all looks very cozy and inviting. Plant stands are very interesting. Good luck on obtaining your potting bench Wednesday---(bobbi) Marlene

Love the crane! Love the porch! sigh. I got my bench from the Christmas tree Shop which is a regional store here in New england. Tried for over an hour on-line to find the company that makes them. No luck. They make a very popular barbeque bench that is very similar, and lots of places had that. I tossed the picture that may have had the website on it, and the instruction page doesn't have anything on there except pictures and steps to assemble. Sorry. If I find out anything new, I will post it here. My daughter has a girlfriend who works at this place and can maybe find out where they bought it from. This will take a couple of days, since I have to communicate through my daughter.

got the bench yesterday-- AHHHH am staining it now and hope to have it put together by friday I AM ONE HAPPY GARDENER!
thanks again for all the helpful posts here

swpt15--good morning, I am happy for you that you obtained your bench---I stopped at Big Lots to check out the bench I recommended to you--and it is pretty neat.

Plenty of room to putter in your plants--as I stated-I have small yard--so bought the small one they had a few weeks ago. Til later bobbi-(marlene)

bench is now FINISHED and outside-- ahhhh now i can get all the pots, etc off the porch-- i have redone the plants on the porch and it looks much better- will post pic tomorrow -still have tons of plants to move from other house -- all the plants that i have gotten from trades here are doing fantastic-- mints, amazon mask - an incredible plant- -tansy, yarrow, obediant, boy they are just growing like weeds- i cant wait to make my outdoor garden area-- i will use my spirit house i got in thailand as the focal point and have a park bench to sit at too-- i am excited-
anyway - will take pic tomorrow and post--

I love your place! Just wanted to say we have a pair of Sand Hill Cranes at our cottage that come back every year. When the ducks and geese, and swan parade their babies around the lake, the Cranes walk theirs down the road,
to show them off. They nest at the end of the lake, but must not swim. They only seem to have one or two babies, but are very protective. One came in our yard once and the parents kept flying overhead in a panic trying to get him back with them!Good Parents(both mama&daddy)
Used to always be in Venice ,Fla. this time of the year, but M.I.L that lived there, now lives with us in Mi.I love Fla!
Bonnie

here are a couple pics of the porch corner with more plants - looks alot better i think -potting bench in background outside-- I LOVE IT

another close up

ladyblue62-- boy i sure hope we can get to see the babies- i read they only have one- maybe two - their nests look like a bunch of grass thrown down on edge of marsh-- just put in sandhill crane in search engine and some awesome pics come up of them-- their nesting places, babies- etc--
the mom was here this morning- she has a hurt leg-- has been hurt since she first came -- she limps-- guess dad is on the nest-- i just love those birds- they simply appear out of nowhere and u turn around and they are standing right next to ya- it is sooo awesome--