Hi Everyone!
I'm So Excited To Finally Be Contacting Anything Involving Homesteading! Beleive It Or Not I Live About 4 Miles From Countrysides' Home Office. I Have Met,and Known People Who Work There For Quite Some Time. Because I Had No Idea What Homesteading Was, I Had No Way To Appreciate The Wealth Of Information I Had Literally Driven Right By Thousands Of Times!! A Friend Finally Gave Me A Copy And Within A Week I Stopped In The Office And Bought 28 Back Issues. (not To Mention Hollered A Little At The Person I Knew There For Never Giving Me A Copy!!!) How Refreshing To Know There Are So Many People Living The Way I've Always Wanted To Live, And Who Have Similar Belief Systems.
Well, Enough Newcomer Bubbling Over And On To My Question...
My Husband Has The Opportunity To Receive Approximately 4-5 Miles Worth Of Used Telephone Poles For Free. The Majority Of Them Are Treated With The "green Stuff." First Of All, Does Anyone Know What The "green Stuff" Is? Second, Is It Safe To Use For Raised Beds And Animal Buildings? If Not, Is There Anything We Could Treat Them With To Make Them Usable? I Am Envisioning Lumber For Raised Beds, Posts For Buildings, And Acres Of Fence Posts To Help Us Begin Our Homesteading Dreams. Any Replies Would Be Greatly Appreciated.
Thanks In Advance!
Mrsugbstd
I'm So Excited To Finally Be Contacting Anything Involving Homesteading! Beleive It Or Not I Live About 4 Miles From Countrysides' Home Office. I Have Met,and Known People Who Work There For Quite Some Time. Because I Had No Idea What Homesteading Was, I Had No Way To Appreciate The Wealth Of Information I Had Literally Driven Right By Thousands Of Times!! A Friend Finally Gave Me A Copy And Within A Week I Stopped In The Office And Bought 28 Back Issues. (not To Mention Hollered A Little At The Person I Knew There For Never Giving Me A Copy!!!) How Refreshing To Know There Are So Many People Living The Way I've Always Wanted To Live, And Who Have Similar Belief Systems.
Well, Enough Newcomer Bubbling Over And On To My Question...
My Husband Has The Opportunity To Receive Approximately 4-5 Miles Worth Of Used Telephone Poles For Free. The Majority Of Them Are Treated With The "green Stuff." First Of All, Does Anyone Know What The "green Stuff" Is? Second, Is It Safe To Use For Raised Beds And Animal Buildings? If Not, Is There Anything We Could Treat Them With To Make Them Usable? I Am Envisioning Lumber For Raised Beds, Posts For Buildings, And Acres Of Fence Posts To Help Us Begin Our Homesteading Dreams. Any Replies Would Be Greatly Appreciated.
Thanks In Advance!
Mrsugbstd