P T wood or not!?

Perhaps you had better line it with Polythene then.
It wont take much effort and it would put your mind at rest

 

I would line it, but not from fear of chemical egress. You want to put a barrier between the wood and the constantly moist soil.

This will have two benefits:

• The wood will not rot so fast.
• The amount of watering will be reduced greatly.

 

On dirt

 

Where do u guys post pics of ur gardens?

 

There's a Members Gallery forum that should do the trick

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/forums/members-gallery.47/

 

Blue thumb?

 

No significance, its just the Thumbs-Up emoticon available on this forum and happens to be blue ... although its been snowing here today, maybe the thumb will turn orange in a few days?!!