Railway sleepers in garden
Thanks to its naturalness, wood makes your garden incontestable charming. Using old railway ties you can get interesting effects. Its brown, a little bit chapped surfaces suit plants perfectly.
Railway sleepers can be oak or pine (there are also beechen at times). They are dripped under pressure with creosote’s oil, which is very effective in wood impregnating and protecting from pests and various weather conditions. After years of being used, railway sleepers are suitable for putting it in your garden. It can be used for hardening alleys and lots as well as building garden stairs and many different things.
Slantwise arranged, the old railway sleepers bound with wooden construction which links brook’s banks create small bridge altogether. Ties are linked by the braces.
The lawn edge or flowerbeds – thanks to the band made from ties, the flowerbed does not grow further to a lawn or other surfaces. The edge like that, arranged on a level with a surface of the ground, makes mowing far more easily.
Sleepers arranged loosely create composting unit chamber, which suits larger garden discreetly. However, you must take into consideration the fact, that compost which is made close to the ties, cannot be used either to fertilize vegetables, or fruit trees and bushes.
The footbridge, which suits natural style garden perfectly, can be made from longer railway sleepers. You can just place two ties next to each other and push their endings in edges’ ground.
Railway sleepers harmonize with surrounding greenery. What you should know to suit these elements to your garden.
The important thing is to place the ties at a distance from places, where we are going to be most often. The reason for this warning is an impregnate which drips the elements to protect them from humus’ effects. Despite many years of lying on a track way, the unpleasant smell of this substance is sensible slightly, especially, during great heats. The impregnate is harmful to health; therefore, do not forget to wear protective clothes when building using railway sleepers. Still, beams are worthy of this effort because we can have great decorative element thanks to them.