If you happen to have some basic woodworking equipment- - - - -table saw, router, planer, etc. and the skills to use them, try finding a local sawmill to sell you rough-sawn wood and make your own bed strips. Lots of Amish/Mennonite communities do custom sawing at pretty reasonable prices.
Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!