Building Planter Box Frame

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On Thursday, mike and I met up at the high school to work on our planter box. We built the frame of the box, and removed grass from the area the planter box is going to be put. We left the area to soak in water using a sprinkler device, so the soil would loosen up and be easier to dig when we come back to work on it. Next weekend we plan on digging up and softening the soil in the area, and also adding more soil to fill up the planter box, so it will be ready to receive the plants. 

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