Harvest Table

The picture frame edge does indeed give it a nice look.

With the iron legs it should stand the test of time.

Good idea about the drainage as well.

I like it. Well done.

-- jroot

this is excellent!
and I bet it looks fantastic in the yard, especially with that edge and those legs!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

You can see the table in this shot I’d posted in the other, erm, post.. ;)

It looks better without the gas cans beside it and when the yard is actually mowed.. Starting to look badly neglected. :(

Oh well, will see if I can get to mowing it today.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

Fantastic!!
Having a background in some manufacturing, I love cast iron. Sturdy, strong, and it tends to stay put. Plus, this is recycling.

Now to make a paradox, how about painting the legs and adding gold pinstripe like the machines of old?

-- Earth laughs in flowers - Ralph Waldo Emerson

oooh it does look fantastic there.
I was focused on the plants in your other posting and didn’t notice the table really.

neglected: pshaw!!! priorities!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

And ruin that beautiful rus..t….errr… patina? Never! ;)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

the rustina is what makes it extra special ;)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

THE METAL PART LOOKS LIKE A LATHE BED TO ME SCOTT IS IT ?
REGARDS MIKE

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

Very nicely done Scott.We all need our tables outside for a million things.Yours should last you quite a few years.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Mike, nope, no lathe.. It’s the base off a heavy metal break for bending sheet goods.

Bon, I’m hoping it outlasts me.. All things considered, it should.. 1” thick cast iron legs, treated top with plenty of drainage.. Should be good for a lifetime..

I’ve got to add a shelf to the bottom soon so the wife has a place to store garden tools and twine.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

That looks like a really prolific fig tree. What kind is that, Scott?

-- jroot

Not real sure, was here when we moved in. If I were to guess, I’d say either Flander or maybe Lattarula .. The other I’m fairly sure it’s a Brown Turkey, but may be Neveralla.

One of these days I’ll grab some fruit and sit down to study them and see if I can pinpoint what they are for sure.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I don’t know the first two mentioned. I love figs. You can make some really good fig jam that is really good especially at Christmas. :)

-- jroot

O.K., I’m pretty sure this is genetic. It’s in my nature to be this way. [rain on the parade] Trying to think first before typing. Ah, yes….

It is a nice job. Like the using of the Brake stand.

Also Patina Schmatina…..What’s so special about rust? I would second oldpaul’s paint with pinstripes. I luvs an old piece with a kinda dark pea green with gold pinstripes.

Leaving it natural, I would, however, coat it with some oil maybe once a year. The rust will grow if you don’t. You touch it or brush up against it and have big swathes of rust on your hands or pants legs. It won’t rust away in your lifetime, but, the oil will keep it more “seasoned” looking.

so here it is.

Treated wood? Food stuff? I would suggest using a table clothe during harvest dedicated for use on this table only (and remember which side is always down.)

[that wasn’t too bad. this thinking before typing is not as bad as i thought it would be.]

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)

haha Catspaw you are so cute!

great tip re: the oil coating on the natural rustina look.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Darn you and your rain.

The rust is stable, it doesn’t rub off at all so that’s not an issue.

Saving the paint and pinstripe for the mower when I get the air compressor fixed. Thinking flames.

Treated wood? 1.) non arsenic based, tis copper. 2.) extremely limited table time. If it transferred in 2 days, I’d phear for my life.

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Now… No need to pussy foot around… ;)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I love the table Scott…Would have been a good entry into the LJ Summer Awards.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

GREAT table!!!!!!! Love the iron legs, they add such character!!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Oh, this is what I’ve been wanting! Very nice!

-- "Where flowers bloom, so does hope," Lady Bird Johnson