[Greenbuilding] Wood Info

[Tim Keating]

Khalil,

100% recycled plastic lumber is the way to go. Check 
www.plasticlumber.org for companies near you. Make sure you don't get 
the wood-plastic composites, as these will quickly rot in 
ground-contact. However, the all-plastic varieties will probably 
outlast anything else on the property (future archeologists may find 
them in-tact and have all sorts of theories of religious worshiping 
sites made of the most durable material we could think of).

tim keating

At 5:53 PM -0400 10/11/06, Khalil Hassan wrote:
>I am looking for wood that will in contact with the ground and will be
>used in an organic gardening application(raised beds and base boards for
>a cold frame.  Any suggestions for a wood type or alternatives would be
>appreciated.
>
>I've checked a couple of garden listservs but "thinking green" is
>generally absent from them.
>
>Khalil
>
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