[CH] Raised Beds

David J. Estrin (dje1157@mindspring.com)
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:36:08 -0400

I've been reading the discussion on raised beds with some interest.  I'm
not a gardener myself--I'll let other people grow the chiles and I'll handle
eating them--but my sister is a Master Gardener, and I remembered
that when she built her raised beds the treatment of the wood was
an issue.  So I asked her what she used and she said:

>I used a copper based wood treatment. It turned the wood
>green, much like your Statue of Liberty, but works well. The copper will
>leech into the soil as anything will, but shouldn't be a problem as this is
a
>naturally occuring substance.

I hope this is of value to the chile growers out there.

Cheers! and have a happy weekend.
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David J. Estrin
New York NY
dje1157@mindspring.com

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