Weed Made Some Changes.... - Kelso Creeks Christmas Tree Farm

After a summer of fighting the infestation of every weed known to man, we decided it was time to make a change. Luckily, we had the benefit of meeting some nice Christmas Tree farmers at the PickTN conference last year and that led us to be able to tour Raulston Acres Christmas Tree Farm in Rock Spring, GA where we got this new idea.

Dan Raulston the owner of Raulston Acres, was gracious enough to provide Chastity, Gregory, and I a tour of their farm. What an amazing place. We learned so much in those few hours and wrote tons of notes. I only wish I had done this before we started planting so many trees. Visiting that farm and seeing the operation spurred the idea of the nursery table.

Like any good idea I have ever come up with it is never really my idea. I refuse to reinvent the wheel and instead try to improve on other people's ideas. In school, they called this cheating or plagiarism, as an adult they call it being smart. All I know is that I am determined for weeds to no longer take up so much of my time, and this is the solution, so I hope...

We started by digging some holes in the ground to set our post for the table's base. Me not being a carpenter or being able to use a measuring tape with any accuracy naturally dug about 9 holes for 6 posts until it was right. Even then, it's not right, but Wright enough. (Wright is my middle name, and my Mom always told me, you can't be wrong if you're Wright. So I tend to remember that when I struggle with basic tasks) After digging the holes we set the posts.

After setting the posts we worked on the supports and the tabletop. This took a few weekends to accomplish but with Gregory screwing everything down and me spending the money for the stuff to get screwed down, we made some progress. Over a period of about 3 weekends and no less than 20 revisions of my original plan, we had our first nursery table 90% complete. It is not square, level, or symmetrical but it is strong. Overall, I couldn't care less what it looks like or how perfect it is, I am just thankful I got to spend some quality time with my son working on something together that will be on the farm for a long time.

This table will hold 220 1-gallon pots off the ground and away from deer and weeds. Now all we need to do is build 3 more.

After a summer of fighting the infestation of every weed known to man, we decided it was time to make a change. Luckily, we had the benefit of meeting some nice Christmas Tree farmers at the PickTN conference last year and that led us to be able to tour Raulston Acres Christmas Tree Farm in Rock Spring, GA where we got this new idea.

Dan Raulston the owner of Raulston Acres, was gracious enough to provide Chastity, Gregory, and I a tour of their farm. What an amazing place. We learned so much in those few hours and wrote tons of notes. I only wish I had done this before we started planting so many trees. Visiting that farm and seeing the operation spurred the idea of the nursery table.

Like any good idea I have ever come up with it is never really my idea. I refuse to reinvent the wheel and instead try to improve on other people's ideas. In school, they called this cheating or plagiarism, as an adult they call it being smart. All I know is that I am determined for weeds to no longer take up so much of my time, and this is the solution, so I hope...

We started by digging some holes in the ground to set our post for the table's base. Me not being a carpenter or being able to use a measuring tape with any accuracy naturally dug about 9 holes for 6 posts until it was right. Even then, it's not right, but Wright enough. (Wright is my middle name, and my Mom always told me, you can't be wrong if you're Wright. So I tend to remember that when I struggle with basic tasks) After digging the holes we set the posts.

After setting the posts we worked on the supports and the tabletop. This took a few weekends to accomplish but with Gregory screwing everything down and me spending the money for the stuff to get screwed down, we made some progress. Over a period of about 3 weekends and no less than 20 revisions of my original plan, we had our first nursery table 90% complete. It is not square, level, or symmetrical but it is strong. Overall, I couldn't care less what it looks like or how perfect it is, I am just thankful I got to spend some quality time with my son working on something together that will be on the farm for a long time.

This table will hold 220 1-gallon pots off the ground and away from deer and weeds. Now all we need to do is build 3 more.

After a summer of fighting the infestation of every weed known to man, we decided it was time to make a change. Luckily, we had the benefit of meeting some nice Christmas Tree farmers at the PickTN conference last year and that led us to be able to tour Raulston Acres Christmas Tree Farm in Rock Spring, GA where we got this new idea.

Dan Raulston the owner of Raulston Acres, was gracious enough to provide Chastity, Gregory, and I a tour of their farm. What an amazing place. We learned so much in those few hours and wrote tons of notes. I only wish I had done this before we started planting so many trees. Visiting that farm and seeing the operation spurred the idea of the nursery table.

Like any good idea I have ever come up with it is never really my idea. I refuse to reinvent the wheel and instead try to improve on other people's ideas. In school, they called this cheating or plagiarism, as an adult they call it being smart. All I know is that I am determined for weeds to no longer take up so much of my time, and this is the solution, so I hope...

We started by digging some holes in the ground to set our post for the table's base. Me not being a carpenter or being able to use a measuring tape with any accuracy naturally dug about 9 holes for 6 posts until it was right. Even then, it's not right, but Wright enough. (Wright is my middle name, and my Mom always told me, you can't be wrong if you're Wright. So I tend to remember that when I struggle with basic tasks) After digging the holes we set the posts.

After setting the posts we worked on the supports and the tabletop. This took a few weekends to accomplish but with Gregory screwing everything down and me spending the money for the stuff to get screwed down, we made some progress. Over a period of about 3 weekends and no less than 20 revisions of my original plan, we had our first nursery table 90% complete. It is not square, level, or symmetrical but it is strong. Overall, I couldn't care less what it looks like or how perfect it is, I am just thankful I got to spend some quality time with my son working on something together that will be on the farm for a long time.

This table will hold 220 1-gallon pots off the ground and away from deer and weeds. Now all we need to do is build 3 more.