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  • From: "Barbara Fischer" <cen12205@centurytel.net>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties
  • Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:16:07 -0600

I use old RR ties and have not had a problem.

Barbara
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Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised beds made with railroad ties


> What I can get is used rail road ties - how old? Old enough the rail road
> no longer wants them and I doubt they change them out very often. Anyone
> know anything on that front? I'd love to use them for the ease involved
but
> I may do a few poured concrete wall beds to see how hard they are to make.
> The forming would be the worst of it as hubby got a mixer that fits on the
> tractor for Christmas.
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> lucile
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> -----Original Message-----
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> To each his own.....has not killed me yet and I'm 77. I do use OLD RR
ties
> in which I expect the treatment is minimal.
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> BArbara
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