[Community_garden] Table Gardening

[Lisa Dufresne]

First, I completely agree with Mike. Gardening inside treated lumber is 
asking for trouble, and poison. I'd also wonder whether sealing is the best 
route to go, wouldn't they need some kind of drainage so the plants in them 
don't drown? Like my flower pots outside? If they have to be table gardens, 
can you look into using wood with a longer lifespan like cedar, redwood, or 
even oak? I'd even check into whether these leak any natural toxins before 
using them to grow food. Can you make forms using that cement/peat mix they 
use to make lightweight "fake" concrete planters? I once had a book with the 
recipe for the material. This would make a nice lightweight planter box and 
it would be easy to drill drainage holes in them too (or work these holes 
into the "form" you use).

Good luck!
Lisa



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Casto" <lindacasto7430 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 8:37 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] Table Gardening


> We are in the process of building a new table garden (raised bed on 
> pedestal) for accessible gardening.  What, if anything, do you recommend 
> to seal the inside of the wooden table box that is on top of the pedestal? 
> We are using treated lumber to build the box which will be bolted to the 
> allen block pedestal.
>
>  Thanks.
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