Gardening and Horticulture - Raised bed wood treatment needed

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drewh01
04-20-06, 12:27 PM
Hi, I have just built a raised bed vegi garden out of douglas fir 2x10's and need to find a VOC free, natural wood treatment to help prolong its life outdoors and still be safe to harvest the goodies. I would have used cedar or redwood but the cost was 3x!

I lined the inside of the beds with a 6mil black plastic.

I live in AZ..so its very dry. Good and bad, I know.

Any ideas? I have done some searches and not found a lot of into on this topic.

thanks!

drew

rollacrc6
04-20-06, 03:20 PM
have you checked into RAW linseed oil? i know it does take quite awhile (like 7-10 days) to dry. but is all natral oil from flaux seed i think... any ways that might be worth checking into...