Lowe's has
Oldcastle Planter Wall Concrete Block (8" L x 6" H x 8" D) on sale for
$2.50. Select free store pickup where available.
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Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Product Features:- This functional wall block allows you to easily create a raised garden bed, border or even outdoor furniture.
- Simply slide in 2 x 6 wooden boards into the side slats to create a wall or border - the boards can be cut to create different configurations
- Can be stacked up to 2 feet high
- Easy assembly - rod bars may be used to fix blocks in the ground and deck screws can be used to attach a wood capping
- Completely garden safe
- Color, dimension, weight and texture may slightly vary due to natural materials used during manufacturing
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Even back when wood was pressure treated with arsenic, it wasn't dangerous unless you were going to be eating the wood.
The concentration is not that great, fruit/vegetable plants do no store arsenic in the edible products, leafy vegetables do no store arsenic in their leaves at levels to be concerning, and root vegetables store it in the skin which is peeled off or not eaten anyway.
None of this matters with modern pressure treated wood that does no use arsenic.
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Supposedly you can use ACQ treated lumber, but not CCA. I'm still not comfortable with it and would probably avoid it. No treated lumber can be used for organic certification though, so that's something to consider if you're trying to go organic. All this info based on exhaustive 10 minutes of Google research. I'm no expert, so I won't argue if anyone knows differently.
If it were me and lumber didn't cost a fortune, I would go with cedar because I understand it has natural anti-rot properties. For something temporary though, untreated pine would probably work fine.
I chose concrete blocks at 1.87 ea. this year. $50 for a roughly twice as large bed.
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Supposedly you can use ACQ treated lumber, but not CCA. I'm still not comfortable with it and would probably avoid it. No treated lumber can be used for organic certification though, so that's something to consider if you're trying to go organic. All this info based on exhaustive 10 minutes of Google research. I'm no expert, so I won't argue if anyone knows differently.
If it were me and lumber didn't cost a fortune, I would go with cedar because I understand it has natural anti-rot properties. For something temporary though, untreated pine would probably work fine.
Even back when wood was pressure treated with arsenic, it wasn't dangerous unless you were going to be eating the wood.
The concentration is not that great, fruit/vegetable plants do no store arsenic in the edible products, leafy vegetables do no store arsenic in their leaves at levels to be concerning, and root vegetables store it in the skin which is peeled off or not eaten anyway.
None of this matters with modern pressure treated wood that does no use arsenic.
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