[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Wood Info

[Clarke Olsen]

My garden is on a steep hillside, and I created terraces by stacking 4" 
conc. blocks
anchored with 1 x 1 locust pegs driven through the holes into the 
ground. Or rebar.
Why is sawing locust like barbecuing carp? I've used locust to build 
decks, stairs and
outdoor furniture. It's tough and pretty too.
Clarke Olsen

On Oct 12, 2006, at 12:21 PM, rigaziodesigns wrote:

> I've done similar in my garden but even more low tech. I only needed 
> the bed
> to be raised about 6"-8" so I found some old 4" thick conc blocks and 
> just
> dug them into the ground an inch or two,
> Lisa
>
> On 10/12/06, Lawrence Lile <LLile at projsolco.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've seen raisede beds built out of masonry.  They don't have to be
>> mortared.  A friend used some bricks with holes in them, and ran a 
>> piece of
>> rebar through the holes , bailing wire to  tie it all together, the 
>> whole
>> thing just sits on the ground, pretty low tech.  I would NOT use 
>> treated
>> wood for raised beds.  Locally we use a lot of honey locust for rot 
>> resitant
>> wood posts,  although nobody saws it into lumber (that would be sorta 
>> like
>> barbecueing carp)
>>
>> --Lawrence Lile
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