Worktable Makes Veggie Cleanup Easy

Worktable Makes Veggie Cleanup Easy FARM HOME Food Susan Handy St Johnsonville N Y liked the garden work station she saw in Mother Earth News so much that she asked her husband Wayne to build one Now they use it to keep garden dirt out of the house when cleaning vegetables “Wayne got an old stainless steel workbench from a neighbor who was no longer using it ” she says “The sink came from a junkyard and he fabricated the faucet We even added an old picnic table umbrella for shade ” Wayne cut a hole to mount the sink and another for the faucet He used a ball valve mounted in the table and connected it to a garden hose for a water source To ensure ample clearance over veggies in the sink Wayne bent coated 1/2-in copper tubing in a high arc Wastewater is routed through a drain hose to the nearby lawn “The umbrella pole extends through the table from a concrete base that we had used for a clothesline ” says Susan “The cost was minimal but it’s really convenient ”

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