My Memorial Day project was building some more raised planting beds for the garden. We use a lot of them; it makes more sense to prepare some intensive growing places than work a huge plot, then not use 100% of it.
My goals was something easy to build, strong, that would last many years, and not be too expensive. My first two choices were redwood or cedar; they are naturally resistant to rot and hold up well. I wanted to avoid anything that had been painted, made of plywood (nasty chemicals in the glue), or especially pressure-treated wood (they use arsenic among other nasty chemicals, hardly what you want for anything you'd ingest). Read more »
