Looks like a good as anything similar is around $99 at bunnings and masters etc.
wooden is not good if you have termites in your garden.
And you cant compare wood to steel in price
This treatment has termite resistance.
Unless it was Hardwood I wouldn't trust it to be terminate resistant
Please be careful when planting stuff with treated wood as they are treated with chemicals that can seeps out onto the soil and be absorbed and stored within fruits/leafs of the plants.
http://burkesbackyard.com.au/article.php?id=6079
This article on treated pine appeared in the February 2009 issue of 'Burke's Backyard' magazine. The bottom line is this: relax! Treated pine is safe to use in gardens, but if you are worried about the old-style arsenic-treated pine, the new stuff – ACQ treated pine – is arsenic-free and becoming easier to find.
Lots of people worry about the safety of treated pine sleepers for vegie garden beds, but new products and sound research should ease organic gardeners’ fears.
ACQ treated pine
This is the new, safer type of treated pine that everyone can use with peace of mind. It has just one drawback right now – it’s hard to find, sometimes very hard or impossible to find, depending on where you live. But it is available, and become more readily available. If you try to find it this year and cannot source any locally, try again in a few months’ time.
The letters ACQ indicate the use of Copper and Quarternary Ammonium Compound to protect against fungi, termites and other wood-boring insects. It is identical in performance to CCA treated pine. ACQ treated pine looks much the same as CCA treated pine. Both start out green in colour, then weather to grey over time.
ACQ timber is not generally stored as a stock item in mainstream stores such as Bunnings, Mitre 10 or timber yards but it can be ordered by them. Pine Solutions is a distributor of ACQ timber. If you call them they will try to put you in touch with your closest timber yard and help you place an order.
As has been posted ACQ treated pine is perfectly safe for food garden beds.
And asa79… It's treated pine, it is poisonous to bugs.
Unless it was Hardwood I wouldn't trust it to be terminate resistant
???? Termites are not in the slightest bit fussy whether their next meal is hardwood or softwood. They're not too keen on cypress pine (softwood) or the heartwood of ironbark, but anything else is open slather.
This article on treated pine appeared in the February 2009 issue of 'Burke's Backyard' magazine. The bottom line is this: relax! Treated pine is safe to use in gardens, but if you are worried about the old-style arsenic-treated pine, the new stuff – ACQ treated pine – is arsenic-free and becoming easier to find.
But most of the treated pine used in products such as this are still cca treated. ACQ is used in a small proportion of sleepers, and in children's play equipment.
Silly question but does it have anything on the bottom? We have a paved area and I want to put a garden thing on it, but not damage the bricks beneath.
No bottom, but you could always add a bit of steel or timber to make one
Not with my skills :-)
weed mat
Builders plastic, 2 layers, each of them all in one piece and folded in the corners (not cut)
see later post, water needs to drain away, or you will have an awesome elevated mud pool
Silly question but does it have anything on the bottom? We have a paved area and I want to put a garden thing on it, but not damage the bricks beneath.
You can put several layers on newspaper or cardboard on the bottom (or even hay or straw biscuits.)
Just be sure if you're putting it on a flat concrete surface that there is some way for water to escape or it's simply going to pool. With paving I think you should be alright though.
this probably could have been part of the one i posted a few days ago to save some space, but i guess its a bit newer and not part of either of those links i posted.
It was the only product that I was interested in, no point in putting up bulk adds it over looks single good deals
$30 cheaper. Get 3 at Aldi for the price of 2 at masters
I want to grow herbs in these things….. but I don't want Sydney CBD rain to water it… might have to put it under cover or build something on top of it.
Any suggestions?
If the rain is falling directly from the sky and landing on the gardenbed, rather than the roof, you really have little to worry about.
Most herbs likes sun, will be good if they have direct sunlight~ If you are living in apartment(especially you're on lower level of a tall building) you may avoid water run from the wall otherwise rain water should be fine~
I had one of these things laid out on timber decking. Everything was going great until it got water logged (even though i had hay underneath the soil). This bed needs to lay on grass that'll asborb the moisture and allow the roots to grow down into it.
I really want one or two of these. Looking forward to Saturday.
Can someone please tell me how you get the dirt that goes inside it please? Do you order from a landscaping supply business and get it home delivered? Do you buy multiple bags of potting mix? Just want the cheapest/easiest way to get the dirt.
Does anyone have one from last year.. when mowing up near them, does the mower get close enough?
Really glad they are open at the bottom - was worried about drainage holes.
Thanks
If you need alot it works out cheaper to get from a landscaping supply than the bunnings bags.
I heard there is a soil with water saving crystals in it that means you dont have to water as often, not sure if that is good or not
its just colorbond metal down, so unless you put down pavers or a concrete mower strip you will be mowing or whippersnipping right up to it
look up landscaping supplies online or in local paper. the cheapest doesn't come in bags. it would be a guy dumping dirt/gravel on your driveway from his truck/ute.
I would rather prefer a wooden one as it give a natural look for your garden.
99c cheaper (and bit bigger) at bunnings:
http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_product_120x120x31cm-acq…