I recently ordered a large raised garden bed that I intended to use as an outdoor house this summer for my small Hermann’s tortoise (will be around 1 year old by the time it’ll be warm enough to go outside). The planter I bought was advertised as fir, but when it arrived it is definitely cedar. When I contacted the company they said it is Chinese fir, but after some research I have learned that Chinese fir is not the fir that we know in North America and it isn’t even from the same family. It also uses the names Chinese cedar and Chinese fir interchangeably...strange, I know. It has the smell of cedar though and the oils and natural bug repellant of cedar. So I know I can’t use it for my tortoise to catch some natural UV this summer, but I’m wondering if it would be safe to use to grow some extra dandelion and other things for him to eat? The one I got is on legs, so the planter part of it does have a bottom as well. I’ve read many places that cedar is toxic because of the fumes and oils, but I haven’t found anything that talks about growing food for tortoises in cedar planters. Could the oils and fumes leech into the foods you grow? Any advice is greatly appreciated! : )