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Re: garden timbers

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Howdy

With the use of railroad ties does come the issue of pollutants, especially
creosote.
However, maybe by using a pond liner on the inside of the ties down to at
least the 
original ground level that will prevent the chemicals from intruding into
the growing 
space.

Just a thought.

Dan Harriman
Houston, Tx  zone 9

At 08:37 AM 1/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>I would be concerned about all the oil and other chemicals that have
saturated
>the railroad ties, which will leak into your soil and plants.
>Deany, zone 4 / WI
>
>>    Does anyone have any knowledge of what problems might arise if I used
old
>> railroad ties to edge my beds.


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