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Author Garden: raised garden ideas? Naturalhealthrep Garden Helper Member # 8411 posted                       Hi...I was wondering short of going to the lumber store and buying 4x8's or along those lines. Is there anything cheaper to use. We want to make a few veggie gardens. Plants: 16 | From: Los Gatos California | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 67.161.24.25 patches1414 Garden Pro! Member # 7979 posted                       Hi There! What I use for my raised beds are the landscaping timbers. I bought mine at Wal-Mart about 5 years ago at the end of the season when they tear down the beds they make. They were 2 for $1.00 and I bought 60 of them. I think they were selling them for a dollar a piece last year, but that's still a good deal. Here's picture of one my beds, but you can make them longer or higher if you wish. I know this doesn't help you this year, but you can keep it in mind if you want to add more next year. Hope this helps! patches * * * * "Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen!" Plants: 6492 | From: Illinois | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 199.217.139.134 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Naturalhealthrep, We just used rough cut lumber... * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.115.46 Longy Garden Pro! Member # 3641 posted                       It's not advisable to use treated timber for vegies. Unless you perhaps line the structure with a waterproof liner, like builders plastic. I use bales of straw. Then add them to the beds as mulch as they break down. * * * * The secret is the soil. Plants: 1184 | From: East Coast | Registered: Sep 2004  |  Seeded: 146.38.90.16 Naturalhealthrep Garden Helper Member # 8411 posted                       patches1414 oh now that was an awesome buy and it looks great! weezie13 that looks great too! Longy thanks I'll keep that in mind Plants: 16 | From: Los Gatos California | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 67.161.24.25 Naturalhealthrep Garden Helper Member # 8411 posted                       weezie what is this flower...I mean what exactly is it's name the orange and green one http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/?action=view¤t=P1010003abcGrnandOrgArums.bmp I've seen them one time in a plant magazine and they called them candle flowers and I never did find them again...I'd love to find some. Plants: 16 | From: Los Gatos California | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 67.161.24.25 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Those are Arum italicum *it's the only picture I could find with both the berries and the flower..* It's in the Jack~in~the~Pulpit type family.. The flower is hooded.. and is white.. then little by little the green berries appear.. Then as the summer warms up, they start to turn green to orange from the top down... And they are gone by the end of summer believe it or not.. and they regrow in the fall time and... THE LEAVES STAYYYYYYYY GREEN ALLLLLLLL WINTER LONG UP HERE IN GROWING ZONE 5.... What growing zone are you?? They are usually up to like 9 and preferr, I believe, cooler temps.. *gosh if they can stay green all winter and not even be phazed by it..* * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.115.46 Naturalhealthrep Garden Helper Member # 8411 posted                       weezi.....I'm I belive in zone 9 Los Gatos California. Awesome I'm going to be in search of...first i'll ask the local nursery. thanks Plants: 16 | From: Los Gatos California | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 67.161.24.25 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Check back in the middle, end, fall time and maybe I'll have some berries for you and you can try those....... * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.115.46 Naturalhealthrep Garden Helper Member # 8411 posted                       Weezie....will do thanks! Plants: 16 | From: Los Gatos California | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 67.161.24.25 Jiffymouse guest posted                 by the way, land scape timbers are usually pressure treated with arsenic, so i wouldn't use them for veggie bedss.... Seeded: 72.10.72.142

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