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- From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
- To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:38:09 -0700
Opinion is divided on that. I don't think anything is left to leach out
after years and years, but I can't prove it. But we're not using pressure
treated wood - the green stuff - for framing beds. Migration goes far
beyond two inches, eventually. It's really up to you.
paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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On 2/15/2007 at 11:26 AM BirdWalk wrote:
>Question
>
>I have access to a nice stack of old railroad ties
>
>Is it ok to use them for raised beds?
>
>Does the no till make a difference on this as I had heard migration of
>nasty
>things from pressure treated wood was only a couple inches?
>
>And what about pressure treated wood? I have a few areas that were built
>up
>with landscape timbers for flowers I would like to ad some ornamental
>veggies to.
>
>Thanks
>
>Lucile
>
>
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[Livingontheland] intensive, no-till organic from a different angle,
TradingPostPaul, 02/15/2007
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[Livingontheland] raised beds,
BirdWalk, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
TradingPostPaul, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] plant info,
Ken Hargesheimer, 02/15/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] plant info, TradingPostPaul, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
Gloria Baikauskas, 02/16/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds, mtncats, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
Barbara Fischer, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
badsneakers11, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
Barbara Fischer, 02/16/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds, Carrie Shepard, 02/16/2007
- [Livingontheland] beat that dead horse enough? railroad ties forever?, TradingPostPaul, 02/16/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds, BirdWalk, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
Barbara Fischer, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
badsneakers11, 02/16/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] plant info,
Ken Hargesheimer, 02/15/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds,
TradingPostPaul, 02/15/2007
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[Livingontheland] raised beds,
BirdWalk, 02/15/2007
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