doesnt matter as long as it is not close to the house. No big deal.

I agree with lou. There are termites in the ground all over Texas, so the wood won't "attract them to the yard" cause they are already there. Just keep the wood away from the house and plan on having to replace them in a few years, if not from termites, just from rot. At that time you could replace with something like blocks, brick, etc.

I have untreated pine raised bed gardens about 2 feet from my house running along the entire south side. they've been there for several years with no problems. I put nematodes around the perimeter of the house and all around and in the gardens twice a year, and i'm hoping that will keep the termites out. our foundation is pier and beam with cement around the crawl space, and i think that should help, too. i think you always need to have your fingers crossed when it comes to termites in texas, though.

Missinformation, it's like you just described the scenario at my house exactly - type of foundation, placement of the beds and so forth. Glad to hear this can work -Thanks!

Ants and termites hate each other so basically when you practice organic, meaning no pesticide, etc, things should take care of themselves on their own.

I'd use nematodes around the perimeter as an insurance.

It either works, we've been lucky, or our house is being eaten and we don't know it! I do notice a huge difference from the nematodes, though. When the other yards on our street have huge mounds of fire ants, for example, we will only have a few, and they are tiny. They also cleaned up my compost heap when it was invaded by fire ants.