the one with the railroad ties

well i must say we had quite a scare earlier this week with the SIPs panels, but we worked through it and got it figured out.. it just took a long time. We have been working on the landscaping the past few days... here and there- nothing too strenuous, which is nice.

Apparently there is quite a debate over using railroad ties for landscaping. I find this irritating, because we have dont have alot of options at this point. Yes, we should be conscious of our actions and material choices for the house, but is it really our job to make everything as best and top notch as possible?I dont recall seeing many custom HFH houses with a beautiful, beautiful lawn, and view.   I think people in our class have a problem with that. Now everyone if freeking out because of the chemicals on the ties, thanks to a certain someone- which is why we have all these ridiculous arguments anyways. So- i did some research and yeah, there is definitely a downside to them, but they are not particularly harmful to plants- and unless you have long term skin exposure to them you'll be fine-- an itchy rash at best. Or- if you go light them on fire... not so good. So maybe we just say, "hey evans, ya'll may not want to lounge on or go around licking these ties.. they could make you sick" thats it. end of discussion. Apparently, most pressure treated wood is bad for you anyways- which in all likelihood, would be what we would be using for that landscape anyways. Oh and PS, if its such a big deal, those who have a problem with it should cough up the money for us to go buy some OTHER landscaping timbers-- they should only be like $10 each... and they would be smaller so we should be needing, lets see.... 20- 25? yeah so thats like $200- Im sure someone will get right on this.