Treated pine is cheap here in Australia though the treatment is not exactly proven food safe.
Untreated will not last. Treated will potentially release chemicals into your soil/food, though you can line the interior of your bed with gardening plastic.
There are also slightly more expensive options for treated wood (branded EcoWood and so on) that are a good option.
(I have seven 1.2x2.4m raised beds in my garden. Bring in fresh soil otherwise you will get endless cycles of weeds - that's still one of my main problems two years in.)
Seems a bit wasteful to me, of the wood and time. I'd rather pay a little bit more and build the thing once rather than be patching it up or replacing later.
Untreated pine is also a risk when it comes to termites.
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Treated pine is cheap here in Australia though the treatment is not exactly proven food safe.
Untreated will not last. Treated will potentially release chemicals into your soil/food, though you can line the interior of your bed with gardening plastic.
There are also slightly more expensive options for treated wood (branded EcoWood and so on) that are a good option.
(I have seven 1.2x2.4m raised beds in my garden. Bring in fresh soil otherwise you will get endless cycles of weeds - that's still one of my main problems two years in.)
Well, untreated wood won't last, but --- "it's just wood", so you can build a newer, better, one when it rots away.
Seems a bit wasteful to me, of the wood and time. I'd rather pay a little bit more and build the thing once rather than be patching it up or replacing later.
Untreated pine is also a risk when it comes to termites.