Comments on: The Life of a Raised Bed http://happyfarming.com/2008/11/17/the-life-of-a-raised-bed/ How to Grow Your Own Food Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Thomas http://happyfarming.com/2008/11/17/the-life-of-a-raised-bed/#comment-113 Thomas Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:32:00 +0000 http://happyfarming.com/?p=106#comment-113 @annie: It's mostly the risk of chemicals leaking into the soil that worries me, but then again, I haven't found any analysis of the different types of raised beds. And my composting boxes are made of pressure treated wood anyway ;-) I would like to try building a bed of concrete tiles, but I don't know if they would leak any chemicals. I think I would have to use new ones to make sure they're free of nasty stuff like Roundup. @annie: It’s mostly the risk of chemicals leaking into the soil that worries me, but then again, I haven’t found any analysis of the different types of raised beds. And my composting boxes are made of pressure treated wood anyway ;-)
I would like to try building a bed of concrete tiles, but I don’t know if they would leak any chemicals. I think I would have to use new ones to make sure they’re free of nasty stuff like Roundup.

]]> By: annie http://happyfarming.com/2008/11/17/the-life-of-a-raised-bed/#comment-112 annie Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:37:43 +0000 http://happyfarming.com/?p=106#comment-112 I believe that is yellow pine but can't be for sure. Spruce usually has a tighter grain but wouldn't last any longer probably. I have a few raised beds made of pressure treated lumber but I put a plastic liner between the wood and the soil. A few years ago they banned the old arsenic copper treated wood and what they produce now days is supposed to be more environmentally friendly but I can see why some people could be opposed to it or the plastic liner. I believe that is yellow pine but can’t be for sure. Spruce usually has a tighter grain but wouldn’t last any longer probably. I have a few raised beds made of pressure treated lumber but I put a plastic liner between the wood and the soil. A few years ago they banned the old arsenic copper treated wood and what they produce now days is supposed to be more environmentally friendly but I can see why some people could be opposed to it or the plastic liner.

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