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Hi all. 
I'm stumped again and in need of help and ideas please!
This year's project is planters (and water butts, but not thinking 'bout those yet!). After having trouble with several of my pots this season (mostly poocats, watering for thirsty crops, shallowness of soil limiting plants), I have set myself a target of sorting out the remaining areas where pots sit upon bare soil. The hope is that by filling these gaps by mini deep open bottom planters that I can easily net, the issues that I have experienced will be solved.
There are a few issues however:
1. I don't want to have to keep replacing whatever I use to build them, So some way of lining timber is probably needed?
2. I don't want to have nasty chemicals leaching into the soil - do decking boards (if these would even work) count as pressure treated and are they still safe for veggies, as the info I could find was from last year some time. I heard cedar boards were good, but cannot find them at a reasonable price...
3. The gaps are irregular shapes as they butt up against existing right angled link-a-bord beds. They are also small, perhaps as little as 40 cm diameter ish.
4. I suck at diy!
5. Time is reasonably limited by now as the wee one is moving into teething time!
Hope you guys can help me, and thanks for reading this far!
I'm stumped again and in need of help and ideas please!
This year's project is planters (and water butts, but not thinking 'bout those yet!). After having trouble with several of my pots this season (mostly poocats, watering for thirsty crops, shallowness of soil limiting plants), I have set myself a target of sorting out the remaining areas where pots sit upon bare soil. The hope is that by filling these gaps by mini deep open bottom planters that I can easily net, the issues that I have experienced will be solved.
There are a few issues however:
1. I don't want to have to keep replacing whatever I use to build them, So some way of lining timber is probably needed?
2. I don't want to have nasty chemicals leaching into the soil - do decking boards (if these would even work) count as pressure treated and are they still safe for veggies, as the info I could find was from last year some time. I heard cedar boards were good, but cannot find them at a reasonable price...
3. The gaps are irregular shapes as they butt up against existing right angled link-a-bord beds. They are also small, perhaps as little as 40 cm diameter ish.
4. I suck at diy!
5. Time is reasonably limited by now as the wee one is moving into teething time!
Hope you guys can help me, and thanks for reading this far!
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