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"www.locoworks.com" wrote:

On Feb 26, 12:22?am, Richard Price Richard.Price.
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Thanks for the advice.

I have now ordered some untreated wood and will construct another
planter. Does anyone know what I can treat the wood with, that
will not
harm my veg?

--
Richard Price

Richard,
Your best bet is to use redwood. It naturally resists rot and
insects and will not harm your vegetables. It is pricy, though.

If you can find old growth heartwood from a redwood tree, I would
agree
with loco BUT that is hard to find here in California, so your chance
in
the UK, I presume, would be much lower. The next time I repair my
raised
bed, I think I'll look into plasticized decking wood but check it out,
it may leach undesired chemicals as well. Otherwise, the 2" x 12"s
that
I used for my box seem to be good for at least 10 years. Keep your
construction simple in order to make any replacements simple.

Bon appétit.

Some people use tires for raised beds.
Contrary to popular belief, they are inert and do not poison the soil.

And you can get them for free.

They paint well if you are worried about looks. ;-)
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I'n going to try some of this.

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try some of these instead
http://www.seattleoil.com/Flyers/Earthbox.pdf

rob

Hey, thanks for that. My idea was to try to figure out how to make these
things instead of paying 50 bucks apiece for them.

once you have figured out the tools you need, and the ones you only have, &
have nutted out how to put the things together they are actually very easy
to make up. Getting the first done is the big bit. I scored some old dumper
2x10 scaffold planks today from a scaffold outfit. A phoned around a few &
found one who had refuse. They were happy to pass it on. Thats the raised
garden in the polytunnel sorted.

rob