Sealing wood framed raised boxes?
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Comments (12)ty jeanne!!..lona, an easy way to get the moon flower vine to grow..put them in a coffee cup of warm water...soak for a couple of days(you dont even have to nick the seed)then put them between a couple of layers of damp papertowel...put them into a ziplock bag,,seal it..check in a couple of days and if the towell is dry if needed add more water to dampen it again..do this untill you have little sprouts( it takes probably 2 weeks.. if i remeber correctly)..when u plant them remember to put the root end into the soil first..about an inch deep..you will be able to tell what is the root(sometimes the roots will grab ahold of the paper towel..if this happens just tear the papertowel around the roots and plant it) and what is the leaf end(the outer part of the seed may still be covering part of the leaf)..this is what i do and i always have success! kathy...See MoreTall raised beds - wood strong enough not to bow?
Comments (13)I think you'll be fine if your aren't looking for perfection. My beds are made of 2x8 (10 ft long) and i just drove stakes down every so often to hold them up and then used brackets in the corners where i had them meeting (90 degrees). Mine are treated (the old stuff) and i just painted them with an exterior latex. They've held up well over the past few years. I think yours will rot, but it may take a few years to get through such thick boards. I wouldn't be scared to use them without any treatment. I can buy 8ft sections of 2x8's for $4 a piece right now. So what if they only last 5 years (probably more like 8 to 10)....See MoreDo I have to seal pressure treated wood planter boxes?
Comments (9)As a home builder I use a significant quantity of PT wood. New chemical formulations have supposedly reduced the toxicity and possibly the performance of the treated wood products we buy. The old PT presented health risks either from burning or breathing the saw dust, not to mention handling because of the arsenic content. I've asked the manufacturers about the safety of using PT for vegetable gardening and have not received a very "thumb's up" response and have concluded it's probably not safe. I'll be building a raised bed garden with something other than PT. Mark...See MoreRaised Tile Patio instead of wood deck
Comments (9)I used fiberglass re-inforced plastic 1" grids designed for catwalks. The grids were 3x10' and my finished deck was 15x20'. I installed the grids over standard treated joists. I used 3 1/2" deck screws drilled at an angle through the frp grid members to tie them down spaced about 18" along each of the joists. I used very flexible external thinset l (more flexible than the Home Depot version) to lay some very rough external tiles that I got at Lowe's ( Kili ). They have been installed in an area that gets a hard freeze for two winters and have not had any tiles come up from freeze-thaw. I didn't use epoxy (as recommended by the manufacturer) because of the greater difficulty to lay and break-out to re-lay/repair the tile. Another option is to use polyurethane glue. If I get break-out I plan to repair with polyurethane. The material cost turned out about the same as Trex....See Moredjscrapbooks
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