Vegetable Garden: How to Install a Drip Irrigation System Part 2

Pvtjamesryan2 Says:

Mar 28, 2010 - I have a very important concern. This video shows a person with a vegetable garden in a wooden container. Either the wood will rote from being in the weather and coming into contact with moisture, or it will not do so if it's pressure-treated. However, if it's pressure-treated it will release dangerous chemicals into the soil making the food contaminated. I know this because prep tables that you find on the beach for scaling fish can not be made pressure-treated wood because of this issue.

duckman4you Says:

Mar 28, 2010 - Ya man i hear your concern about rot but wood can be a good thing. It is a renewable resources that can easily be replaced and if you use a wood like cedar you won't have to worry about rot for a long time. another thing would be making sure that the wood is sustainably harvested and local.The coolest thing i have seen was earth bag raised beds covered in a plaster. thats what i want to do i think for like a green house.

14dollarz Says:

Mar 28, 2010 - Pressure treated wood actually doesn't have arsenic in it any more. That was the old CAA (Cromated Copper Arsenate), which they don't make anymore. Now is is ACQ wood which only has copper. You can even check the EPA's website and they do say there are bad chemicals in the old stuff, but they do not say anything bad about the ACQ. My beds are pressure treated and I did a lot of research. Not 1 single study proving the chemicals actually leak.

Pvtjamesryan2 Says:

Mar 28, 2010 - Thank you very much for through reply.

idahodad1 Says:

Mar 28, 2010 - I used cement block for one side and the area that I used the treated wood. I prepped the wood that would be in contact with the dirt with rubber sealer. I think this protects me from any contamination.

MadBadVoodo Says:

Mar 28, 2010 - Good Job!!5/5

Praxxus55712 Says:

Apr 3, 2010 - I just use untreated wood for my raised beds. The wood lasts for years and years and when it finally breaks down, it's pretty much mush and can be composted and added to the soil and new beds built.

brenatens Says:

Apr 3, 2010 - Interesting. Maybe you could include how much it costs?

pbudinsky1 Says:

Apr 5, 2010 - He's walking in your bed!!!

Naturalloveable1 Says:

Apr 8, 2010 - Thank you so much for the invite. I really enjoyed the video. I'm all for green, healthy and sustaniable living. I'm sort of green but I want to be greener. I look forward to watching your videos.

GettingThereGreen Says:

Apr 13, 2010 - I'll be honest with you here... if you simply cut the line as long as you need to the point of the 90 degree line you won't need to cut the end piece for the 90 degree... that was a bit of a waste. Just sayin'.  BTW - loved the little blooper reel there.

cedarpd Says:

Apr 21, 2010 - good vid I really lik ur smile and clevage and cute face at 15 seconds i'll be watching

Kntryhart Says:

May 5, 2010 - You got that right! You NEVER walk on the beds! She had knee pads and gloves on...good heavens!

Set2Survive Says:

May 3, 2012 - I like that you have the whole urban sustainable living thing down, but what happens in a long term blackout or natural disaster that interrupts water and electricity? Where I live that has a tendency to run into troubles like that any tips on how to get around that? Even if everything goes uninterrupted, I think that it would be a much greener way of living.