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Should I use railroad ties for my vegetable garden border?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1393226:MV8xNDk4OTkyXzI0Njk1MTMwX0Y4MUE1QkFF] [quote:aquasaurious] [quote:Anonymous Coward 933828] There seems to be a percentage of people that insist that the creosote in railroad ties is deadly poison, and yet, strangely enough, another group that says they have used them for years without any problem. [/quote] My understanding is that the way the railroad ties get treated includes arsenic, which can leach into your soil and your food. [/quote] I'm not going to endorse nor criticize anyone for their decision on using RR ties. My gardens are over 15 years old. The ties are used, meaning that they were refuse from a project to replace the old ties with new ones. It is just not logical, in my opinion, that after serving as a sleeper for the rail line, these ties still have enough chemicals in them to be of any concern. Mom nature has her own ways of balancing the quality of the soil. [/quote]
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There seems to be a percentage of people that insist that the creosote in railroad ties is deadly poison, and yet, strangely enough, another group that says they have used them for years without any problem.
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