Topic: Wood fencing/Compost heaps

[themauler]

Can anyone tell me whats the best treatment for wood fencing or wood compost heaps at my allotment. I am going to be using old pallets and want something that is going to last a long time and not be harmfull to any plants or vegetables. Obviously the cheaper the better.

Is creosote any good?

[saddad]

Creosote is great at preserving wood but not so good for plants... I wouldn't use it on my compost bins. I just use wikes or wilko's cheap fence stuff...  :-X

[claybasket]

We made our double compost bin out of  pallets, used fencing preserve and lined the bins with carboard looked fine. :)

[goodlife]

Pallets last for years without using any wood treatments..but of course they won't look as nice if spruced up with bit of 'colour'.

[grannyjanny]

When spruced up they will need resprucing up ::). Unspruced up will age naturally won't they? OH made a fence out of pallets & painted it, now it needs repainting ::).