Preserving Wood Planter Boxes And Raised Beds

[greenthumbomaha]

Please share your tips for preserving your wood planter boxes, raised beds, birdhouses, etc. There have been scattered posts but a thread on this topic might prove useful for both successes and failures.

Some examples of my future staining projects:

Gronomics elevated bed for lettuce- Western Red Cedar (their brand cedar oil recommended, other options ?)

Pennington "Wood" window planter boxes- not the best wood but it should do the job, would like to maintain the stain color to match house

Thank you for any alternative solutions to maintain a rich color using a safe material for growing edibles.

- Lisa