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Old 29-03-2007, 05:23 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Jon Shemitz Jon Shemitz is offline
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Default Box garden question

Jonathan wrote:

I am building two large organic vegetable box gardens - 16 by 4 ft.
and about 3 ft deep.
I was wondering about how concerned I should be about slowing the wood
rotting over time. I am using redwood.


What's your time scale? I made a raised bed and greenhouse planters
out of 2x12 rough con heart redwood twelve years ago. There has been
some rotting, but the beds should be good for at least another five
years. Maybe ten.

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