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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Raised Bed Advice
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:17:20 -0500


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.





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