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Oldcastle Planter Wall Concrete Block (8" L x 6" H x 8" D) Expired

$2.50
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Lowe's has Oldcastle Planter Wall Concrete Block (8" L x 6" H x 8" D) on sale for $2.50. Select free store pickup where available.

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Product Features:
  • This functional wall block allows you to easily create a raised garden bed, border or even outdoor furniture.
  • Simply slide in 2 x 6 wooden boards into the side slats to create a wall or border - the boards can be cut to create different configurations
  • Can be stacked up to 2 feet high
  • Easy assembly - rod bars may be used to fix blocks in the ground and deck screws can be used to attach a wood capping
  • Completely garden safe
  • Color, dimension, weight and texture may slightly vary due to natural materials used during manufacturing

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    • Price is $0.88 lower (26% savings) than the list price.
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    • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 164 Lowe's customer reviews.
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Reinvent your garden with the Oldcastle planter wall block. This functional wall block allows you to easily create a raised garden bed, border or even outdoor furniture. Simply stack and link the blocks with 2 x 6 wooden boards. In just 30 minutes you can have your garden built - just add soil or mulch and you are ready to start planting.
Simply slide in 2 x 6 wooden boards into the side slats to create a wall or border - the boards can be cut to create different configurations

Can be stacked up to 2 feet high

Easy assembly - rod bars may be used to fix blocks in the ground and deck screws can be used to attach a wood capping

Completely garden safe

Color, dimension, weight and texture may slightly vary due to natural materials used during manufacturing
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Model: Oldcastle 7.5 in. x 7.5 in. x 5.5 in. Tan Brown Planter Wall Block

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If you have a Home Depot in your area they have a scrap wood pile 70% off and you neve know what you might find - I will buy these for some Cedar that I found a while back.
It's lumber costs that are keeping me back from this and a lot of other "just add wood" projects. It's like if suddenly all the "just add water" products were compatible only with Evian.
This is a myth that needs to go away.

Even back when wood was pressure treated with arsenic, it wasn't dangerous unless you were going to be eating the wood.

The concentration is not that great, fruit/vegetable plants do no store arsenic in the edible products, leafy vegetables do no store arsenic in their leaves at levels to be concerning, and root vegetables store it in the skin which is peeled off or not eaten anyway.

None of this matters with modern pressure treated wood that does no use arsenic.

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InkoMint
04-13-2022 at 10:02 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:02 AM.
I want these! The first review on this is someone's HUGE raised garden over cement it's beautiful! Not ready to build one yet, but I didn't know this existed! Ty!
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thomasaug
04-13-2022 at 10:26 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:26 AM.
I just built one and they are definitely convenient and easy to use. Lumber costs are expensive of course
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ResidentPony
04-13-2022 at 10:28 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:28 AM.
Quote from thomasaug :
I just built one and they are definitely convenient and easy to use. Lumber costs are expensive of course
It's lumber costs that are keeping me back from this and a lot of other "just add wood" projects. It's like if suddenly all the "just add water" products were compatible only with Evian.
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gopher100
04-13-2022 at 10:41 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:41 AM.
Just built one last weekend with these, took me longer to cut the wood than assemble it, super easy. $.75 cheaper than Home Depot too.

One question, the hole in the middle is closed off on the bottom. Online instructions say you are supposed to put a stake thru it into the ground to stabilize, am I supposed to just break thru the closed off bottom or what?
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ilovecanada
04-13-2022 at 10:49 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:49 AM.
No kidding. I agreed with the first point and then it all went downhill from there
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mwebb11111
04-13-2022 at 10:49 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:49 AM.
Quote from gopher100 :
Just built one last weekend with these, took me longer to cut the wood than assemble it, super easy. $.75 cheaper than Home Depot too.

One question, the hole in the middle is closed off on the bottom. Online instructions say you are supposed to put a stake thru it into the ground to stabilize, am I supposed to just break thru the closed off bottom or what?

It's very thin, you should be able to push through it with a metal object. I've used these several times and a piece of Rebar through that hole and driven into the ground holds them in place pretty well
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burntorangehorn
04-13-2022 at 10:52 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:52 AM.
Quote from mwebb11111 :
It's very thin, you should be able to push through it with a metal object. I've used these several times and a piece of Rebar through that hole and driven into the ground holds them in place pretty well
That's what I thought, but using rebar, which isn't galvanized, certainly seems like a bold choice for them to recommend.
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04-13-2022 at 10:56 AM.
04-13-2022 at 10:56 AM.
Quote from burntorangehorn :
That's what I thought, but using rebar, which isn't galvanized, certainly seems like a bold choice for them to recommend.

Is the concern longevity? I haven't looked into how long it takes to rust away rebar, but I think it will outlast the wood
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PaxtoniaJohn
04-13-2022 at 11:01 AM.
04-13-2022 at 11:01 AM.
Seems like a good idea... OOS here in Harrisburg PA area. (May be a week or two early here in NE. Signed up for their "email me when back in stock". ) Thanks OP.
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burntorangehorn
04-13-2022 at 11:04 AM.
04-13-2022 at 11:04 AM.
Quote from mwebb11111 :
Is the concern longevity? I haven't looked into how long it takes to rust away rebar, but I think it will outlast the wood

Depends on the wood, but pressure-treated pine rated for ground contact should last around 40 years. I just keep seeing garden projects that call for rebar, and it seems risky. But perhaps it's not as big a deal for something as typically short-lived as raised beds, as opposed to my most recent example: a gravel foundation for a shed.
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quitosky
04-13-2022 at 11:07 AM.
04-13-2022 at 11:07 AM.
Picked up 8 at home depot for the same price when I showed them the Lowe's add. YMMV
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CrazyOne
04-13-2022 at 11:29 AM.
04-13-2022 at 11:29 AM.
I hope fiberglass stakes can keep them in place.
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dtron3030
04-13-2022 at 11:47 AM.
04-13-2022 at 11:47 AM.
Repped and bought 32 - Great timing! Didn't know about these and it definitely seems simpler, and nicer, than what I had planned!
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