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Nick Wagg wrote:
Tugger wrote:

... I'm building a wooden compost bin ... and am worried that it will rot as
quickly as the compost ... OK, not quite ... so I guess I need to treat the
wood ... garden organically, so wonder what type of preservative would you
recommend ? Any info appreciated.

The walls of my main compost heap are made from pallets. They
have been there for at least 15 years to my knowledge. I have
not treated them but it is conceivable that they already contained
some preservative.

I would say 'almost certain' - and the preservative was probably CCA.
Some softwood is fairly resinous, but I can't see any cheap sources
lasting longer than a few years when almost continually damp and in
close contact with compost, before showing at least SOME signs of
serious rot.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.