I think I installed these raised beds at the allotment maybe 8 years ago. The timber used was treated, and I have kept on top of the woodwork with creosote every other year. Time is slowly taking it’s toll around the place, and a number of sections have given way to rot. I had to bite the bullet and start shifting quite a bit of soil out of the raised beds in order to access the wood to replace these rotted sections..

I will wait until there is a good dry spell in the weather forecast, paint everything again in creosote which will bring everything back up nice again. So these are the ‘before’ pictures so-to-speak.