I have done exactly this! I have a great walkway from my back deck to my garage with my old deck wood. My house was built in the 80's and I have had the walkway and raised beds for more than 9 years now and still doing well. So, for plants, it is fine. For vegetables, if you want completely "organic" vegetables it is not the thing to do but I have plenty of friends who have made raised beds with deck boards (and have had them for many years and have grown some very impressive vegetables. I cannot grow vegetables as my yard is 95% shade!
I know that people worry about the arsenic used in deck material but I guess that I am getting to the age that I just think worrying about all that can harm you will leave you wanting to live in a bubble. I consider myself healthy and have managed to survive a childhood that most parents these days would find appalling and horribly dangerous.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Tori" <fertilegrnd@...> wrote:
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> Anyone know if the treated decking is bad for repurposing as walkway. Im referring to being bad for the soil , considering Id like to put in garden too.
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