On 23/2/07 19:01, in article ,
"tina" wrote:

Hi all,

Raised beds are looking like a possibility as I have just acquired 15
old used railway sleepers, no creasote but they look old & deffo look
to have been used on a real railway.

They are very very heavy and about 8ft 6 long. Took 2 men to lift them
1 at a time!!

Is there anyway I can clean them up before using them to make my
raised beds?

Only a guess but maybe a power washer?

Please can anyone advise me ?

Would you line the beds with some sort of material so as to protect
the soil coming into contact with the wooden sleepers or is that
overkill?

A friend of ours has just done something similar and we got yards of Mypex
for her to line her beds with - stops the soil seeping out of the cracks
etc.
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