On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:36:35 -0000, "Sla#s"
wrote:

~Should the boards used to separate path from cultivated area in a modern
~"raised bed" system be treated with anything or just left natural?

As an organic grower, I have to say untreated. I don't fancy eating
residue de creosote substitute after spending so much time trying to
stop chemicals from getting in my plot!

I can also say I did put my money where my mouth was in January and
created a lot of raised beds at my allotment with plain sawn pine,
about an inch thick, 8" wide and however many feet long I needed. I
have no clue how long they'll last, compared with treated timber. But
it looks good!


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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