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Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: Wolfdog91] #8462656 09/02/25 04:35 PM 09/02/25 04:35 PM
Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS	LOL Jeff. Proudly banned from the NTA. Bother me tomorrow. Today I'll buy no sorrows.

Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: jeff karsten] #8462685 09/02/25 05:18 PM 09/02/25 05:18 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	Originally Posted by jeff karsten Can't think of anything bad to say So i'll commend your efforts yes you need some cross bracing Don't know how wide it is but looks like its wide enough fr a bale of straw i'd use that to fill it up You can drap plastic sheeting down the sides if you're worried about chemicals as the straw rots down get a trappers auger to mix it in and add alittle dirt every year Its a flower bed Wolfie not the Washington monument Veggie / herd bed actually lol....but what can I say like thing to make nice things from time to time especially when it comes to building stuff for the wife YouTube expert

Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: Providence Farm] #8462686 09/02/25 05:20 PM 09/02/25 05:20 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	Originally Posted by Providence Farm Look good. I have been wanting to make a fence out of raised beds around my wife's main garden for years. But the garden is just ball parking 120'X 60' and that is a lot of compost to come up with. It would complicate tilling with the tractor as well. so Have not done it. I did see on a resale/ Recycle add some used gard rails for sale and thought that would make great raised beds. No worries about chemicals in treated wood geting into the soil . So did a bunch of reading and apparently all the chemicals they use to treat this NEW wood are pretty safe for veggies for the most part the old treatment however YouTube expert

Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: Wolfdog91] #8462687 09/02/25 05:22 PM 09/02/25 05:22 PM
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EdP trapper E Joined: Mar 2012 meadowview, Virginia	Quote Yeah someone mentioned someone about treated wood. These are pressure tread 2x4's and 1x6"s so should I add some plastic sheeting orrr ? Yup. The wood treatment is poison for bugs, for rot, and for you and Mrs Wolfie when it leaches into the soil. Not a new issue. Google it. What was the box store kit made from? If treated wood did it include a liner? Use untreated for the bracing. I like Jeff's suggestion about straw. Wood chips will suck the nitrogen out of the soil as they decompose. Straw might too, I don't know.

Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: Wolfdog91] #8462717 09/02/25 06:04 PM 09/02/25 06:04 PM
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Ridge Runner1960 trapper R Joined: Dec 2008 eastern WV	line it with plastic or it won't last much longer than it took to build it.

Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: Wolfdog91] #8462749 09/02/25 07:01 PM 09/02/25 07:01 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	If you're worried about chemicals leaching out of the wood into the soil, being absorbed by the plants and up into the produce, using a safe, outdoor, latex paint is an option. The paint will occasionally have to be touched up. Keith

Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: Wolfdog91] #8462772 09/02/25 07:45 PM 09/02/25 07:45 PM
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HayDay trapper H Joined: Mar 2018 Missouri	Another option if you can find someone with a sawmill is to make them out of rot resistant woods like black locust. For that use, it can be rough cut. Even the side slabs could be used. Easy to vote your way into socialism, but impossible to vote your way out of it.

Re: Keyhole raised bed [Re: Wolfdog91] #8462960 Yesterday at 12:26 AM Yesterday at 12:26 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 ohio Ohio Wolverine trapper
Ohio Wolverine trapper Joined: Apr 2007 ohio	I like your idea, just have a problem with it not lasting very long. I used concrete blocks to build my raised beds. They don't look as sharp , but work very well. I plant radishes , onions , carrots , or whatever you use a lot of in the holes in the blocks. Drive rebar down through every other block, to give them more strength. You could cover the beds with wood, or concrete siding to give it a more appealing look. I just painted mine. https://getbusygardening.com/concrete-block-raised-bed/ You can build them as high as you want. Last edited by Ohio Wolverine; Yesterday at 12:28 AM. We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!

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