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Re: Raised beds

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

MamieGray@aol.com said:

>Also, I read  in 
>an og book about using untreated wood and painting it with a mixture of 
>linseed oil (or varnish) and turpentine ( or mineral spirits).  Has anyone 
>done this and, if so, was it worth the trouble?

Hi, Mamie, we did just that with a mixture of the linseed oil and mineral 
spirits. You can see the results at:

http://www.dimensional.com/~janf/garden/gardens.html

These particular gardens haven't been out in the weather real long, 
though, so perhaps other list members can let us know how theirs are 
holding up.

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