Illustration: Carl Wiens
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Overview
This sandbox is a basic rectangle of 4x4 timbers stacked three high and set just below grade into the ground. The timbers sit end-to-side at the corners, and the arrangement is alternated at each corner to create a lapped pattern—a stronger seam for the large pieces. The three layers tie together with long, self-tapping timber screws.
The box has a lining of landscape fabric—cleverly held in place between the second and third course of timbers—which keeps weeds from growing up through the sand from the ground. The sand itself is play sand or natural sand, an extremely fine sand that has been sifted to be free of large or jagged particles.
This sandbox is a basic rectangle of 4x4 timbers stacked three high and set just below grade into the ground. The timbers sit end-to-side at the corners, and the arrangement is alternated at each corner to create a lapped pattern—a stronger seam for the large pieces. The three layers tie together with long, self-tapping timber screws.
The box has a lining of landscape fabric—cleverly held in place between the second and third course of timbers—which keeps weeds from growing up through the sand from the ground. The sand itself is play sand or natural sand, an extremely fine sand that has been sifted to be free of large or jagged particles.
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