Decks

The Decks category covers deck planters, privacy screens and planter benches designed with deck weight limits in mind. Articles here look at railing planters, which move growing space off the deck floor, and at deck garden design, including plants, containers, and layout around constraints such as limited floor space and weight loads.

Other pieces address specific topics. One covers a herb garden of containers near the kitchen door, and another looks at growing vegetables on a deck, including its real limits and its strengths. Wood species such as cedar, ipe, and composite are compared by how they perform under planters and wet-dry cycles. Further articles cover protecting a deck from container garden moisture, shade gardening on a north-facing deck, and winterizing containers, plants, and surfaces.