Re: Building planter from scrap lumber

In article <bYmdnfXaXobCDofVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Dioclese" 
<NONE> says...

> Read the link.  The sublink for disposal left me at loss.  I have a
dozen 
> utility poles that have laid on my property since I bought it many years

> ago.  I was in the military when I made the contract to buy the land,
and 
> did see same at time of purchase.  But, was unaware of likelihood of who

> owned same originally (utility poles).  Apparently, PEC left them there,

> local electric cooperative as best I can tell.  The poles vary between
16' 
> and 19' in length.  Not exactly something I can set out by the street
for 
> pickup.  I can drag them with much effort.  The riding mower, I've found

> more effective for moving same.
> 

Are you sure they are creosote treated? 

How old are they? 

Have you cut through any and smelled creosote? (We have ancient railway 
ties that were shoring up part of a hill and in spite of being 
thoroughly rotted, any sound wood still smells of creosote when cut,)

I ask because the city here occasionally takes down "old" cedar 
telephone poles. Then they mill the wood and send it to a local social 
agency for recycling into garden furniture and the like.