Top Tips to making Superior Wooden Raised beds from Harrod Horticultural
The Superior Wooden Raised Bed Kits are very much the flagship of our extensive wooden raised bed gardening range, and provide a very sturdy, long-lasting an…
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Still our most popular video – over 170k views!! Raised Beds are a great
way of growing your own this season
Harrod Horticultural
December 4, 2014 at 10:11 pm
Still our most popular product video – superior wooden raised beds – with
over 177,000 views…… http://t.co/HJ5ShEaRoV
Harrod Horticultural
December 4, 2014 at 11:03 pm
Well written and researched article on pressure treated wood and it’s
effects smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/sfn/w10PressurizedLumber
moelicious1
December 4, 2014 at 11:46 pm
This really so good looking raised beds worth to show, and the plants in
side, gives not only food growing but very easy planting and easy weeding,
or maybe no weeds grows on such. I see it as something what a gardener can
share to others, thanks.
Hoda Gibreel Osman
December 5, 2014 at 12:25 am
Beautiful beds. Terrible audio. Would never use pressure treated wood
regardless of whether it was old or new…really why take a chance?
Red Owl
December 5, 2014 at 12:34 am
pressure treated wood raised bed with vegetables…and your talking about
diseases. Beautiful raised bed but make them in cedar.
nprudhomme111
December 5, 2014 at 12:54 am
these are fantastic and ig higher can be used for those in wheelchairs,
elderly arthritic conditions too. the pleasure of food and flower
production should not be underestimated – it can make the difference
between a happier life or sinking into depression.
airyfairycelt
December 5, 2014 at 1:42 am
I am also a Carpenter. Dont use these without lining it first with a food
grade liner, ie pvc pond liner. Its not that expensive, but probably
cheaper to use cedar in the first place. Google pressure treated timber to
see the chemicals used in treating timber.
Michael Tricker
December 5, 2014 at 2:16 am
yeah i heard that too. unless they are treating it with something different
than the usual pressure treatment chemicals or arsenic, copper, and heavy
metals this stuff is toxic and who wants to eat plants that have grown up
in something like that ?
justgivemethetruth
December 5, 2014 at 2:59 am
your voice is too soft, I can’t hear you.
marilynn dye
December 5, 2014 at 3:54 am
There’s nothing wrong with using today’s pressure treated wood – unless
your a paranoid hypochondriac. Copper us used as a fungicide in gardening –
there’s nothing wrong with it. Copper is just another element – it is not a
‘chemical’ as the nutters use the word. Copper is a trace element, needed
by plants, for God’s sake. A deficiency of copper will cause plants to
wilt. And the ‘carpenter’ guy in the top comment – I seriously doubt a real
carpenter would be that dumb.
JonFrumTheFirst
December 5, 2014 at 4:16 am
England does not have health standards or care if their people get sick
from chemicals. So bizarre – what a country . . . blahhhh
williamsea10
December 5, 2014 at 4:49 am
What goes on the bottom of the bed? Do you put down tarp, plastic or let it
be just the dirt?
williamsea10
December 5, 2014 at 5:45 am
Will you show us a video of you ringing out some newly pressurised timber
and drinking the juice? I hope you dont, it would be foolish. John frum
Copper is just another element? You fool, so is lead, arsenic, plutonium
etc. Please dont advise people unless you are qualified to do so.
Michael Tricker
December 5, 2014 at 5:45 am
Very low sound. Hard to understand you. Raised beds are beuatifully designed
Willisbusiness1
December 5, 2014 at 6:04 am
Arsenic (CCA) treated wood was phased out. Studies showed that some of the
arsenic in CCA treated wood can leach into soil, and that appears to be the
basis for gardners avoiding treated wood of any kind to this day. Treated
wood now uses copper compounds and/or fungicides. USDA studies have
suggested that this is safe for use in vegetable gardens. So, if you’re
more concerned about the sustainability of using cedar or redwood then
treated wood is a good alternative for your vegetable garden.
dev1lsadv0cate
December 5, 2014 at 6:36 am
after 15 years of raised bed gardening, my opinion is stone structured
raised beds are the best. For more than one reason. Germination rates are
faster, etc. Maintenance is nill nothing. Seeds put in a raised bed will
out do a transplant on a flat piece of ground. Good luck to all the new
gardeners.
attilaclark
December 5, 2014 at 7:34 am
I know, right?
lynn0511
December 5, 2014 at 8:06 am
Take the cotton out of your ears.
a2r7n6
December 5, 2014 at 8:10 am
plant diseases are certainly not spread by the bacteria on your shoe. 8
times out of 10 plants get diseases when they are weakened due to depleted
or eroded soil
urGermanfriend
December 5, 2014 at 8:43 am
Raised beds are good for controlling nature and that’s exactly what’s wrong
with modern day agriculture, everything is controlled and managed and it
requires more work and ads more risks of pests and diseases. Transform your
backyard into a permaculture garden and never worry about diseases or what
kind of wood you need to build your raised beds with. Hugelkultur will help
with water management and mulch from your own garden will feed worms and
insects that will help with building your soil.
CannaHeaven
December 5, 2014 at 9:19 am
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Wontzki Player
December 5, 2014 at 10:01 am
pressure treated? did i hear pressure treated? im a carpenter and i use
pressure treated lumber often and from what i know about pressure treated
lumber i would not want to feed my family any thing that is exposed to or
comes in contac with it or the chemicals thats used to make it for any
lenght of time…please go cedar. yeah,yeah i know, its more money but you
and your kids will survive the harvest.
danny degeorge
December 5, 2014 at 10:12 am
That is true, however, cost wise it is usually five times as much as
treated lumber or cedar and is more hard labor to install.
mas360
December 5, 2014 at 10:17 am
The last raised beds made from cedar I used only lasted one year before
needing to be replaced.
lvl18leatherbelt
December 5, 2014 at 10:39 am