Hi everyone,
We are building raised beds out of rough cut eastern red cedar. It’s pretty fuzzy – we really would like to keep the red if possible.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you,
Jay
Hi everyone,
We are building raised beds out of rough cut eastern red cedar. It’s pretty fuzzy – we really would like to keep the red if possible.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you,
Jay
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https://prowellwoodworks.com/faq/
Then go to fences tab. There is a product there.
Been thinking more about this topic.
1. It takes a lot of extra work to maintain wood. Do you really want to add one more thing onto your to do list? I know I rarely find the time to prune my tress and roses once a year. Greying is that bad.
2. I don't know what is in these products and even safety data sheets try to be as vague as possible. How much of these products will leach and extract into the soil where you are growing your veggies? It's an unknown and I would prefer myself not to potentially increase chance veggies somehow get tainted by the these byproducts. I recall decades ago some folks saying CCA pressure treated wood was ok to grow veggies. At some point that message changed and then they stopped producing CCA pressure treated wood and went to a different pressure treated process. Not saying this is the same thing but it's an unknown factor in terms of what can leach and extract out of any of these finishes.
All my two cents. I had to make a decision a decade ago when we needed to replace on side of our fence. Do I do upkeep or just let it go grey. I chose to let it go grey and have no regrets.