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Siding is usually pretty thin stuff, after all, it's designed to function as an outer sheath fastened to a supporting wall. And cement-based siding can be brittle. It MIGHT work for a very low raised raised bed if it were supported at short intervals.

Hunny, that's another reason we used pressure treated 4xs. We put 42 posts into the ground. That would have meant 24 of these at $50 a pop just for the uprights. An alternative that I have seen is a trex/composite sleeve that fits over a wooden post - used for deck railings. That might be more...

Yeah, my first thought was Pacific Northwest. There's nowhere else in the States where you would see snow capped peaks in the background and have the trees leafed out. Beautiful space and a nice garden too!

Here's a good synopsis of the research on using pressure treated wood for raised beds. The bottom line is leaching of arsenic is minimal and that almost none of it finds its way to the edible portions of the plant. great article on CCA pressure treated for raised beds One expert advises...

I seriously considered doing this - in fact - I went so far as to purchase the plastic. But I decided that the plastic might trap too much moisture against the wood and, even though it's pressure treated, might shorten its life span. With the amount of work I put into it, I won't be happy if it...

One more VERY important thing I forgot to mention - I had to haul a LOT of dirt. 14 yards of it to be precise, one wheelbarrow at a time. Now who says I don't love my wife :)

I wanted to build on what my wife has already posted. Trex is a good product but this is definitely an "off label" use of it and is probably not endorsed by the company. Trex is very floppy, it has very little rigidity so it needs to be supported. This project required me to dig (by hand) 42...