AboutJim Kennard Expertise I can answer questions on vegetable gardening - Raised Beds, Container, Soil-Beds, "Poor Man's Hydroponics", Organic, etc.
Experience Gardened using The Mittleider Method for 30 years. Conducted seminars, college-level training programs, produced 80 video lectures, written hundreds of gardening articles, answered thousands of gardening questions, created a gardening website www.foodforeveryone.org with free ebook, free greenhouse plans, FAQ section with 355 gardening articles.
Organizations Food For Everyone Foundation - President - Mission is "Teaching the world to grow food one family at a time."
Publications Numerous website publications
Education/Credentials Taught personally for 20 years by Dr. Jacob R. Mittleider, "The Garden Doctor", assisted him in creating and conducting major gardening training projects in America and Russia.
Awards and Honors Master Mittleider Gardening Instructor
Question My wife and I put railroad tie raised bed in last June and haven't started a garden
yet, now my friends are warning me about the RR ties. Should I take them out? I
have read one of the other questions and answers on this site and it say that
most of the toxins are leached out in the first 3-4 months. Any suggestions?
thanks greg
Answer Greg:
If the railroad ties were brand new and had never been used there would be some problem with using them for sure.
However, most railroad ties that we are able to get have been removed from the railroad trestle after many years of use, and the creosote is already old, mostly leached out, and pretty much harmless to your garden plants.
We've not seen any problem with using old railroad ties for building raised beds.
Best of success to you!
Jim Kennard, President
Food For Everyone Foundation
www.foodforeveryone.org
