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First of all - sorry if this question is in the wrong place.

I have a number of scaffold boards that I want to used to make some raised beds.

Rather than reinvent the wheel, is there a "best" way of joining the corners, nails, brackets etc. Also, should they be treated in any way?

Many thanks

Fish

Can't help with the joining of them, sorry

Fairly sure I read that you shouldn't treat the wood when making a raised bed. Not sure if there was a specific reason why...

Sorry I can't be of more help

I have loads made from the same and just cut them to length and nailed them together with 4 inch ring nails which grip well. Mine are left untreated but you could use any water based non toxic "fence" type paint if you really want to but there may be some leaching of chemicals into the soil.

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Thanks - easy and straight forward! How long have you had yours for?

Mine are in their third year and have a few good years left in them. They are untreated to boot but that is more out of lazzyness than being ecologically sound. Once they are full of soil they dont move at all.

I follow a KISS strategy, Keep it simple stupid (with me being stupid) when growing and find that the time and effort saved is quite considerable and better used on more basic tasks.

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am looking to do something similar myself soon,any tips where to get for best bargain?

Hi Fish. I used boards for raised beds in my green house, after two years things began to get eaten, at the end of the year I dug them out to find all boards under ground were living with every-thing we have been told to look out for I now use plastic now I can deal with what live stock there is. hope you have better luck than I had. best wishes. j.tate

I use scaffolding boards between rows so I don't compress the soil. Now and again I turn them around and voila' you can see slugs and snail on them........then I do a stupid dance trodding on them.......I call it the organic dance for the preservation of my crops Don Vincenzo