Vegetable Garden Border

[Dean Gaudet]

At the risk of asking what may be a stupid question, I am planning on
preparing an area at the back of my lot for a vegetable garden next spring.
I have several old ?creasode? treated railroad ties which I thought I could
use for a border around the garden.

Would this be a bad idea??

[Polly M. Law]

Hi Dean,

In a word, Yes.

Sorry.
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[The Germinator]

Dean Gaudet wrote:
>
> At the risk of asking what may be a stupid question, I am planning on
> preparing an area at the back of my lot for a vegetable garden next spring.
> I have several old ?creasode? treated railroad ties which I thought I could
> use for a border around the garden.
>
> Would this be a bad idea??

Ba-a-a-a-d idea .... very bad .... ;-)

Seriously, the crap in the railroad ties will migrate into the soil, and
from there, into your veggies. So if you don't want to eat creosote,
don't put the ties near edibles.

Treated woods also leach chemicals into the soil. Old fence lines, or
fences, can also be a hazard because, back in the bad old days, paints
contained lead, which leached into the soil over time.

HTH

Germinator