Are cinder blocks OK for vegetable gardens? Answers to that & other soil safety questions

When growing food, it’s important to protect your soil. Photo by Connie Oswald Stofko by Connie Oswald Stofko Is it safe to use cinder blocks in a raised bed, or might chemicals from the concrete blocks leach out of the blocks to contaminate your soil and food plants you grow there? Can you use pressure treated lumber? Can you grow food plants in the hellstrip, the area between the street and sidewalk? John Farfaglia, extension educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension…

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