Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Raised vegetable garden 42Jan 03, 2008 2:39 pm Have to get my nails done.......
(as she sneaks away with her tail between her legs!) Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Raised vegetable garden 43Jan 03, 2008 2:41 pm Michelle Have to get my nails done....... (as she sneaks away with her tail between her legs!) Re: Raised vegetable garden 45Jan 03, 2008 4:35 pm CF, check out the range offered by cmbricks at: http://www.cmbrick.com.au/pgretainingwalls_residential.htm
I've used them before for a retaining wall of about 600 high including capping. They are available at some garden centres too... Good Luck, sorry about the thread hijaak. Re: Raised vegetable garden 46Jan 03, 2008 4:37 pm I thought we sorted this……sorry!!!! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Raised vegetable garden 47Jan 03, 2008 5:15 pm **Phoenix** CF, check out the range offered by cmbricks at: http://www.cmbrick.com.au/pgretainingwalls_residential.htm Lego ! Thanks Let you know how I go. Re: Raised vegetable garden 48Jan 03, 2008 6:45 pm sorry to get back to the topic
Colorbond will rust very quickly in that application - use galvanised corrugated sheeting instead I guess the difference with smoking and even asbestos is that people knew within 20-30 years of its use of the dangers. There is no proof after 75 years of use that CCA treated pine is dangerous. A national inquiry into CCA treated pine in the USA about 2 years ago found that there is absolutely no evidence to suggest it is harmful - they use a stronger treatment than we do too. The laws brought in here in March 2007 regarding the specific use of CCA treated pine were for precautionary measures only - there was no actual ruling on its potential harm Re: Raised vegetable garden 49Jan 05, 2008 6:11 pm Cabin Fever Wrote
Quote: I expect that in 20 or 30 years time people will look back to our era and be horrified at the huge amount of additives, flavours, preservatives and other 'enhancers' that saturate just about every food item. I believe it will be seen as yet another all-too-obvious health disaster (like smoking) that should have been recognised much earlier. CB - It's already happening now - Bodies now last longer in the morgue - why - because most people eat more preservatives re the colours etc - this lady is very experienced in that area. http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info And back to your garden bed. I would not use treated pine. There are some commercial plastic and iron products around to do the job, or this site might help re ideas. http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1631789.htm Some old sleepers do a good job. Bricks are not hardto lay but lay a string line & move it as you lay each row and you should be fine. Lets face it - whatever you use will be covered with lots of drooping pumpkin vines etc to cover it anyway and check our here for the healthy seeds http://www.diggers.com.au Steve Re: Raised vegetable garden 50Jan 05, 2008 9:38 pm Its amazing the power of tabloid-current affairs television has on peoples tinking Re: Raised vegetable garden 51Jan 06, 2008 11:27 am Quote: Its amazing the power of tabloid-current affairs television has on peoples tinking In what way Duke? Re CCA - I'm not a TV whatcher - so no tabloid or TV influence here, just a preference to go as natural as possible. re the food stuff, I've seen lots and lots of people, including myself experience minor and major effects from natural chemicals in foods as well as from the added chemicals and additives in our foods. Steve Re: Raised vegetable garden 52Jan 06, 2008 12:24 pm Dukekamaya Its amazing the power of tabloid-current affairs television has on peoples tinking Be a cold day in hell I'd watch such stuff, so please don't make assumptions. How about bladder and lung cancer: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/ ... 69851.html The stuff contains arsenic. Now, sure, new CCA levels may be deemed 'safe' at the moment. But that's just one of potentially hundreds of chemicals people are exposed to. So, a 'safe' level of arsenic from your pine fence and garden gear. Then a 'safe' level of additives in your food. Then a 'safe' level in paint, stains, detergents, preservatives, colours, plastics, off-gassing car interiors etc etc etc. I don;t believe you can take each one in isloation, declare it safe then move on to the next one. The effect may be culmulative. A few hundred 'safe' chemical exposures later and . . . . Re: Raised vegetable garden 53Jan 06, 2008 12:36 pm What are these 'new CCA levels' you are talking about? The CCA is the same now as it has always been.
Before A Current Affair and Today Tonight ran sensationalist stories of 'playgroung equipment covered in arsenic' no one even thought twice about using it so whether you watched it or not you 'awareness' of it has come from it. As far as cancer goes, my wife who is an Oncology CNS has told me of the incidence of cancer in (mostly) older women caused by talcum powder - how many still use that on babies??? Re: Raised vegetable garden 54Jan 06, 2008 1:31 pm Whether we try to avoid it or not, we all are exposed to a toxic cocktail almost everywhere we go in today's society. To what degree we are affected is up to us, and is largely relative to our awareness, and how effectively we safeguard ourselves.
To minimize our exposure to toxins is basic (should be) common sense. Despite the many sensationalist stories though, a lot of apathy prevails. Example: Two days ago, I arrived at a house to clean the carpets after a tenant vacated. A 'cleaner' was there, (a man about mid fifties) that was a complete idiot IMO! He was getting around with an aerosol spray can of furniture polish and rag, wiping over everything in sight. He had no shirt on (hot sticky day) and so basically was dousing himself in the vapour that was filling the whole airspace of the house. I was quite unhappy about even being in the place, but had a job to do So, I opened all the windows up and got into it. Finding it irritating, I commented (as casually as I could) "geez that stuff you're spraying is a bit high"! His response "ahhh ya get used to it after awhile" I say " ya don't want to though. That stuff is bloody poisonous. I've studied a bit on toxicology, and anything that smells like that won't be doing you any good"! He says "well it hasn't killed me yet". The product is full of benzenes that generally attack the central nervous system. The old guy just didn't give a s#!t! He would spend several hours daily poisoning himself with such products. Personally, I'm far from a zealot about these issues. I avoid exposure to toxins generally, but I'm not paranoid. In fact some that get themselves so worked up about the dangers of everything can make themselves sick by their inner state of fear, and develop cancer from the stress. Be mindful and aware. Be cautious and considered in your lifestyle choices. Look at labels and info about products you use. Take charge of your own health and destiny............................ and enjoy! Ash. Re: Raised vegetable garden 55Jan 06, 2008 1:42 pm Quote: Be mindful and aware. Be cautious and considered in your lifestyle choices. Look at labels and info about products you use. Take charge of your own health and destiny............................ and enjoy! Precisely. Well said Ash. Everything in moderation, avoid as many bad ones as you can, and stay away from the really nasty stuff. Is CCA really bad, probably not. And building an organic home grown raised bed vegie garden, do they fit in as part of my "organic" ideals ? Probably not. Steve Re: Raised vegetable garden 56Jan 06, 2008 5:33 pm royalblue The product is full of benzenes that generally attack the central nervous system. The old guy just didn't give a s#!t! He would spend several hours daily poisoning himself with such products. Ash. Benzene is a carcinogin which we all breathe everyday thanks to unleaded petrol which contains it - it was meant to be the safer alternative to leaded which actually didn't omit lead at the exhaust pipe Re: Raised vegetable garden 57Feb 01, 2008 11:38 am these guys do some great raised beds delivered to your door with the right soil if you need it,
http://www.gardenersdirect.com.au/comme ... O%21%2B%2B Re: Raised vegetable garden 58Feb 01, 2008 12:02 pm Depending on how high you want it raised, different diameters would help this, why not look at some plastic aggie pipe, cut it to length and drill some holes in it , put some concrete reo cut to length in the holes and hammer away to support the pipe... If you wanted to you could also add some No Nails for extra hold while putting together...
Nice and easy, relatively cheap and if you don't like white then you can paint the side you see and leave the vegie patch side natural..... Something else to think about any way... just my 2 cents.... Oh, is that even legal any more??? Gav & Vanessa Building In Melbourne (Sth East Suburbs) http://www.arkraider.blogspot.com/ Rawdon Hill Construction - Canterbury Heritage Re: Raised vegetable garden 59Feb 01, 2008 12:16 pm just round your 2cents up to 5 or legally round it down to 0 cents
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