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Raised garden beds
raised garden beds
If you have a large vegetable raised garden beds should be used. Raised beds are ideal to grow healthy, productive vegetables and flowers, and are easy to do. The easiest way to buy wood screw the 2×12 and shape of a rectangle. The next question is likely to ask is what kind of wood I use to build raised beds. Pressure treated vs. whole problem is not complex. The chemical treatment of wood that loses pressure is in the ground? The old pressure treated wood (CCA) has been preserved with a process that uses arsenic. Obviously you do not want arsenic anywhere near something you eat, even in small quantities that may be present in a raised bed vegetable garden. The new, improved pressure treated wood (ACQ) replace CCA pressure treated wood a few years ago. The timber industry says safer to handle and use, but guess what? It eats through normal galvanized screws and fasteners. You must be of stainless steel screws with CCA wood. I think all the wood to be treated to avoid the pressure until some long-term studies have been made. Naturally rot-resistant woods like cedar and redwood are ideal for building raised beds. But cedar and redwood are expensive. You could also use regular non-impregnated wood, but just be aware of the fact that wood can rot in a few years.
