On Jun 9, 1:12*pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote:
I am looking for some old railroad ties. *They have creosote treating on
them, but it is weak due to the age of the ties. *Is this a problem when
using them to form raised beds?

Steve

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"...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly,
not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done."
Theodore Roosevelt 1891

i definitely wouldn't use them for food plant raised beds, or nearby.
and not where there would be a lot of personal contact with myself,
i.e. where i might expect to sit on them while cultivating the bed or
something.

that goes for pressure treated lumber too.

so what do i use? pvc fake wood fence boards...... but it turns out
that vinyl doesn't migrate in the ground or get taken up by plants
much at all.