New Bench Material

Not Sure this is the right place foot this but in the largest Winter Solstice Recapfor 2024 you mentioned that while your Wood Benches served you well they weren’t suited to the Pacific Northwest.
What material did you use instead for the new Benches

I believe he went with a metal footing for his new benches

From listening to the podcast multiple times i had the feeling they wanted to move on from wood as the bench material. was not the optimal choice for the environments factors at Mirai. I beleve that he said
Realizing the Pacific Northwest was not kind to wood
Anyway thanks for your response


I believe he did move away with wood with the rebuild of the greenhouse, I don’t know about the whole garden. Maybe someone on here that’s been could give you a better answer

In an effort to cut down on fungal issues I switched from wood and cement blocks to commercial restaurant shelving which I bought used. There are wire shelves and plastic shelves that work great:

I often cut the vertical posts to a height I want. You can combine wire shelves to make tiered displays.

The new benches are made of steel, for longevity! There have been several pictures on reels and instagram posts ones the last few months!

I would think marine lumber would work really well for benches too