Turn That Old Wooden Ladder Into An Herb Garden

And thus began the final Cent-sational Salvage Challenge of the summer. Using scrap wood I secured the ladder in a 90 degree position and began to assemble the planter beds.

To fit the wood panels into the ladder to make the shelves of the planter boxes I cut out notches with the jigsaw to work around the legs.

I didn’t want to dissemble the ladder in anyway so that I could maintain the structural support. Using a table saw I cut off the decorative molding from the wood panel and used it as the front of the planter boxes. I dug down about 6 to 8 inches to secure the ladder in place and to ensure it was on level ground.

I had a ton of sample paint I’d picked up from my local Habitat ReStore Center. I decided to include my “kid helpers” in the process of painting the ladder.

Filled the planter boxes with weed mesh and pebbles to aid in water drainage.