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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Chris Clarke wrote:

> Finally have the first raised bed in.   Could not find non-protected
> timbers anywhere, so I have "Landscape Timbers" which are the rounded
> timbers, treated with the recent "less-toxic" methods.   Question I  
> have
> is as follows.   I am thinking of putting landscape cloth on the  
> inside
> sides of the bed.   Staple them to the side, and that could stop any
> soil from leaching out, although I don't think it would do anything to
> Cu and As from leaching in.   Wife says it isn't worth it.
>
> We have the cloth and the it is unfilled now.   What are your  
> thoughts?

I would not be comfortable with it.

How about nailing plywood scraps on the food side?

And make sure drainage is away from the bed, to minimize water coming  
against the treated wood and then migrating into the growing soil.