Comments on: Questions about garden boxes? http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/questions-about-garden-boxes Gardening Tips and Tricks for the beginner Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Suzy http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/questions-about-garden-boxes/comment-page-1#comment-5658 Suzy Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:40:59 +0000 http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/questions-about-garden-boxes#comment-5658 I wondered why you want to use wooden boxes? I admit they probably look more rustic than plastic ones, but you can get plastic in a variety of colours - green, brick, white. They will retain the moisture better than wood and they won't degrade as quickly. You won't have to worry about the best wood to use (a hard wood that is very compact, like oak or perhaps cedar that shouldn't be varnished or painted; both quite expensive). If you want the wood look, make frames that you put the plastic ones in to hide them. No contamination that way. Well, that is the way I see it. Hope someone else can help more if you're really set on all wood! Good luck! I wondered why you want to use wooden boxes? I admit they probably look more rustic than plastic ones, but you can get plastic in a variety of colours – green, brick, white.
They will retain the moisture better than wood and they won’t degrade as quickly. You won’t have to worry about the best wood to use (a hard wood that is very compact, like oak or perhaps cedar that shouldn’t be varnished or painted; both quite expensive).

If you want the wood look, make frames that you put the plastic ones in to hide them. No contamination that way.

Well, that is the way I see it. Hope someone else can help more if you’re really set on all wood!
Good luck!

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