If it'll make you feel better, test it.

Really, though, if pressure-treated lumber leached a significant amount
of poison, it wouldn't last very long. As it is, the stuff is generally
guaranteed for twenty years -- even when buried.


Ray


"EB" wrote in message
om...
I am planning to start a vegetable garden this year as well. However,
I am planning to reuse what the previous owners used as a garden area.
It is a very nice area, however, I think it was built with pressure
treated lumber. So I was wondering where I could my local "local Ag.
Cooperative Extension" to test my soil.

Any help is appreciated.


(JP) wrote in message
om...
I am planning to start a vegetable garden this year, I have been
preparing the ground... The best place to have my garden is where
the
previous home-owners dumped their firewood ashes (and God knows what
else!). I am planning on having the soil tested by the local Ag.
Cooperative Extension... The list of chemicals they can test is
VERY
extensive (and each test cost more). I am planning the basic test
(this will tell me if it is a suitable place to grow anything...),
but
what kind of other test should have them do? Should I have them test
for Arsenic? Asbestos? Benzene? Cyanide? Lead? Mercury? Any other
metals or mineral?
I am planning to raise a fammily and I do not want to make anyone of
us sick... any inputs you may provide is welcome!
Cheers!
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