Wood for raised veg beds

[ArthurLong]

Just moved and now have a garden, so new to veg growing. Decided to build some raised beds to grow veg in. The reason for this is that I have a black lab, who loves to pee on plants, and kills them. Being raised up ( thinking of 18inches high ) he cannot cock his leg up onto the plants.

Have been looking on the web for advice on the best wood to use for the construction. Some sites say need to use untreated wood, some say do not use pressure treated wood. On the advice section on this forum, someone has indicated that modern pressure treated wood is OK.

Has anyone built raised beds, and what wood did you use ?

[RedThorn]

Hi there Authur and welcome to the vine! Congrats on the new garden, long may it be a haven

I have used old scaffold boards, got them for free and they work a treat. All it cost me was the screws to put together. I am rather pleased with the results....

[Creemteez]

Husband built mine for me from old facia boards which he "wombled" from a guttering job he was doing. They are screwed to ten inch wooden tent pegs (another wombleism) at each corner and are perfectly functional.
Good luck with your new garden.

[TEB]

I have used tanalised wood, mainly because I was given about 400' of the stuff by my partners ex do you thing he did something to it

You will need a lot of soil if it is going to be 18" high

[ArthurLong]

Many thanks for this, had not considered scaffold boards. Thinking about it they are the right dimensions for the job. Just a thought, were can you pick up old scaffold boards ?

[RedThorn]

Can you put your location in? that way grapes might be able to point you in the right local direction.

Try phoning some scaffold companies as they have to get rid of boards if they have damage to them....

[-pat m]

I have used tanalised wood, mainly because I was given about 400' of the stuff by my partners ex do you thing he did something to it

You will need a lot of soil if it is going to be 18" high

I am pretty sure he would have
but never look a gift h.............

Pat

[SarzWix]

I used decking boards for a couple of my beds because B&Q had it on offer I did ring round a few scaffolding companies, and a reclamation yard, and no-one was giving them away -booo!! They were wanting between £5 and £7 a board and the decking boards were about £4 each

I love my dog to bits (German Shepherd), but on the allotment she can be a bit of a liability... Like when she thunders across a newly planted bed of onions because she spotted a cat

[snakeshack]

I have just finished raised beds (16) from scaffolding boards at about £3.00 a board,2 boards cut to 8ft by 4ft is £6.00 a bed which is very cheap ,I now have 16.
As an aside we have a chocolate labrador and he was constantly causing brown patches on the lawn until someone told me to give him a spoonful of tomato juice with his food morning and evening.
It works on the lawn but I have no idea why!
try it on your veg