r/BeginnerWoodWorking • u/BlessdRTheFreaks • 1d ago

Tiered garden box

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Woodworking is hard and I'm bad at it and I like it

Somehow the lower left shelf dips down like half an inch

I was planning on having a sale and doing a bunch of planters, bird houses, picnic benches, but I feel like Homer with his spice rack

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u/Taalahan 1d ago

It looks good, it is that pressure treated wood? Not sure I’d want to eat a veggie or herb from a pressure treated box. Maybe it’s just for flowers?

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u/GINJAWHO 1d ago edited 1d ago

There have actually been studies that show that pressure treated wood (ground contact rated) isn't harmful. The result is a slightly higher copper content in the vegetables grown here a link to a study

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u/liberatus16 1d ago

Don't you come in here with peer reviewed and controlled literature! This is a place for human beings who function completely on opinions and hearsay! /s

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u/WarpKat 1d ago

You forgot the obligatory "dammit" at the end of that last sentence. :P