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Posted by dramm (My Page) on Sun, Apr 21, 02 at 14:46
We have a sandbox my husband built out of lumber a few years ago. We got aggravated about the cats in the area, but after reading this thread about trying white vinegar, I'm willing to give it a go again. But my question is: what should I put on the bottom, since it is just a square box with no bottom. I never minded the rain getting in there too much because wet sand was always much funner to build with! Do you think that black landscape stuff would be okay to put on bottom or does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!
~Rhonda |
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RE: sandbox question
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- Posted by amts 9/Poway (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 23, 02 at 16:20
| Landscape cloth to let some of the water out after a rain, or galvanized wire against lovely gophers come to mind. How about a cover for the top? Shade cloth the width and length with an overhang, plant stakes sewn into two opposite sides. (or a wooden cover by DH, one or two with handles to expose 1/2 or expose all. Those are my thought. ams |
RE: sandbox question
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| I made a deck over ours that was basically two doors. I made a seat in the middle that the kids can sit on when in the sand box. The doors rest on the seat. When they want to get to the sand we just open the doors. When the doors are closed then it is their little island that they can dance on. |
RE: sandbox question
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| I bought one of those cheap plastic blue pools from Walmart and drilled water holes so that not all the water would stay in and not all run out. It has worked like a charm. I didn't want they kids playing directly on top pf treated lumber. call me crazy. |
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- Posted by Duffy zone 5 Pa. (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 9, 02 at 20:56
| I made a sandbox with a cover, one that didn't fit tightly. It was similar to amts's idea. The chipmunks loved it. It made a nice, safe home for them. They all moved in! We chased them out so many times. We finally realized that if we left it open, they didn't feel secure so they abandoned it. |
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