Raised vegetable garden

Have to get my nails done.......


(as she sneaks away with her tail between her legs!)

...about my lego blocks...

I thought we sorted this……sorry!!!!

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

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 . . . .

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.

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

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???

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