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Posted by quillfred 8 (My Page) on Thu, May 27, 10 at 21:27
| I am a big fan of reusing salvaged items so am wondering if there might be a problem with using salvaged chimney bricks. My main concerns would be possible creosote contamination with food crops. I would stack them without using mortar.
Thanks in advance! |
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RE: Salvaged Bricks For Raised Bed
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| Where would the creosote be in these bricks? Were they rebared to a railroad tie as a base for some unknown reason? Dan |
RE: Salvaged Bricks For Raised Bed
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| Dan If the chimney brick were used with wood burning there would be creosote condensed on them. Sorry no knowledge of plant uptake of creosote. Is it visible? If not I would use them. I have some old brick in my raised bed for accent. Curt#~* |
RE: Salvaged Bricks For Raised Bed
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| Ah. I missed the 'chimney brick' bit. Apologies. Dunno. Dan |
RE: Salvaged Bricks For Raised Bed
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| Aside from the health aspect, I wonder if unmortared and stacked bricks would be very effective at holding back soil over time. |
Could Limestone chunks and pieces be used for edging?
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| Could Limestone chunks and pieces be used for around the edges of a raised bed square foot garden? Would I need to level it with builders sand or could I just lay the Limestone pieces on the ground? |
RE: Salvaged Bricks For Raised Bed
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| Summer faction I have a bed of dry stacked rock it works great. Just stack the rock higher than the soil level you want. only problem is the weeding of the outside edge even my weed eater can't get into all the cracks so some hand work is needed. The creeping Charley and quack grass are the worse. still It only needs to be done a few times a year and the looks make it worth it to me. The rock is used as a heat moderator for my sweet peppers. It seems to work better than wood?? I have no proof of that But still like the rock, peppers and flowers. The rock is red quartzite and really makes green stand out Curt |
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