PRESSURE TREATED LUMBER - Lumber that has been treated with chemicals to prevent rotting.
PROPAGATION - For gardening methods, this refers to the many different ways of starting new plants.
Pressure Treated Lumber
Raised beds are great for plants and for backs. When you build one, you want it to last. Conventional wisdom used to recommend using pressure treated lumber as a cost effective durable edging for raised beds.
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Pressure treated lumber concerns
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-- This form of pressure treated lumber will no longer be sold for home use in the U.S.A. after December, 2003. It is being replaced with ACQ (alkaline copper quaternary), which is copper and a fungicide.
Wood bins work well too, as long as they aren't made from pressure treated lumber. A bin with a lot of surface area (large and shallow as opposed to small and deep) is ideal.
Bedding for the worms.
three pieces of 4x4x10' pressure treated lumber
four pieces of 4x4x 8' pressure treated posts
nine pieces of 2x4x8' pressure treated lumber
12 piece of 2x4x10' pressure treated lumber
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Rainwater drainage that is not controlled, like on roofs, can damage an area that is unprotected.
Pressure treated lumber should not be used on the planter box. The chemicals leach into the soil and pollute the garden.
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