[Greenbuilding] best lumber for raised vegetable beds

[Kathy Cochran]

Because I am OLD, and in 15 years I will be OLDER! So I want to put in
something that will last me for the rest of my gardening life!

 

Kathy

 

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Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 8:22 AM
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Subject: [Greenbuilding] best lumber for raised vegetable beds

 

Why does it have to last 40 years?

What's wrong with using something natural and replacing it every 10 - 15?

 

Regards,

Steve Satow

 

www.naturalbuildingsite.net

naturalbuilding at shaw.ca

 

On 2011-04-14, at 7:41 AM, Tim Vireo Keating wrote:





The problem with cedar that will actually last 40 years in ground contact is
that it is likely from old-growth. Young cedar doesn't last nearly as long
as the old-growth "clear" stuff. Which is why Weyerhaeuser bought MacMillan
Bloedel, then Canada's largest forest-products company, to get access to the
last stands of big old-growth Western red cedar left in the world. Now they
are the top cedar provider. But it will soon be gone, since the
second-growth stuff didn't work for them (because it didn't work for the
user).

 

RPL is often the way to go when looking for durability in exterior
applications.

 

Sure, the cedar will eventually become part of Mother Earth, but is that
really what we're looking for? How about, when the project is done, taking
the material up and recycling it? No impact on forests at all.

 

tim keating

 

 

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