Market Farming

["Nan Johnson" <nan AT olemiss.edu>]

Hey Bill.....Thanks for the brainstorms...I actually like the concrete siding idea, as there are already concrete sidewalks in place (we tore down an old hoophouse), it would look more uniform....may be able to bypass the wood altogether.  These are just show beds, not research, per say.....How is all on your end.....nan

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From: William B. Evans

To: Market Farming

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:13 PM

Subject: Re: [Market-farming] alternative pressure treated wood

Nan,

If you are doing replicated research in the beds then rectangles and sides are needed.  If not (i.e. you're doing observations or demos mostly, then you might consider raised landscape mounds and curved sides for display type beds.  Bricks, rocks, metal, precast or cast in place concrete/light concrete, or nothing can edge between these and turf or pathways.  For raised beds, you might find a donor of scrap iron sheeting.  I know there is lower metals content in PT wood these days but I know nothing on true leaching etc.  Try this site for new wood overview...
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00127.asp

Best of luck with it,
Bill


At 03:50 PM 1/26/2006, you wrote:

Just hoping someone has run across a source for the new (less toxic) pressure treated wood in the southeast USA.  The university's medicinal plant garden (where I work) is NOT certified organic (go figure) but open to using less toxic stuff, and I need to build new raised beds.......
 
thanks, nan at dancing goats farm, n. mississippi
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