[Greenbuilding] best lumber for raised vegetable beds
Clarke Olsen
colsen at fairpoint.net
Thu Apr 14 20:56:39 CDT 2011
And Tamarack, aka Larch, is a rot resistant wood.
Clarke Olsen
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at fairpoint.net
>
> On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Chris Koehn <chris at koehn.com> wrote:
>
>> Tim,
>>
>> ................ I've found that providing drainage helps as well.
>> Other species I've used for their rot resistant qualities include
>> locust (black or honey), black walnut, and hedge (osage orange)
>> and white oak (not red oak).....
>> Chris
>> TimberGuides
>> Vancouver Island
>>
>> Tim wrote:
>> "What type of wood, treated or otherwise, would y'all expect to
>> last longest in ground contact when used to make raised vegetable
>> garden beds..?"
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