In this video I will share seven common raised bed garden mistakes. Gardening in raised beds is easier because you have control over more variable and can grow more in less space, unless you make these mistakes. So watch this video and avoid all 7 of these raised bed gardening mistakes.
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MENTIONED/RELATED VIDEO
Building raised beds (like at old house): https://youtu.be/8Z48Ni8wgm0
Build Simple Raised Beds (like in this video): https://youtu.be/EiR20Dqad6U
Winterizing Raised Beds:
https://youtu.be/CFEYs2CFvRQ
DIGITAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:37 – How long should a raised bed be
01:49 – How deep should a raised garden bed be
04:02 – Materials to use for raised beds
06:15 – What do you fill raised beds with
08:39 – Do you need to refresh raised bed garden soil
09:51 – Do you need to mulch raised garden beds
11:25 – How do you prepare raised beds for winter?
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Anybody had any problems with Redwood as a raised bed material??
Thanks for the info on making these garden beds, great advice .Your garden beds look amazing, very neat and tidy.
I'd like to know about watering system you have there. Is it automatic one? How does it work? How much water per day does it put (also water pressure) and is there any filters etc…?
We suffer using hosepipe everyday and I really don't want to water manually losing hours per day (literally).
Thank you in advance!
You could line the beds with weed guard which would prevent contamination
I've stopped building raised beds out of palettes and just started growing everything in flood tables with 20 gallon pots and now I've switched to 100 gallon stock tanks. The stock tanks has been the best thing I've tried yet, can hold water just fine or be drained, and also my tomatoes and squash the roots go way to the bottom even if it's like 2 or 3 feet I'll see the roots get to the bottom.
Grass clippings are okay IF you keep them in thin-ish layers between woody stuff. I have one compost that's (so far) just alternating layers of grass clippings (from the first mowing this year) and wood chips (mostly hazel that had taken over the garden). I started with a thicker (2-3cm) layer of wood chips, followed by about 5cm of grass clippings and a cm of wood chips. To top it all off, I added a layer of horse dung from the pasture behind the house (what is horse dung if not pre-digested grass mixed with all kinds of goodies to really get the compost going?). The only smell was from the horse dung.
If I were to fill a raised bed that way, I'd probably throw in the larger wood first and then add the grass clippings so they can fill the cavities, also working in layers so it's easier.
My raised beds are 4’x4’ and 7’ x 3’ and mine are double dug biointensive 2-3 ft down and the bed is 2 plus ft because I have a disability
Have you ever considered torch treating the inside of your raised beds. I heard it can increase the life of your untreated wood for years. They used to do it in basement framing lumber to prevent moisture from rotting the wood… Just Curious.
That lovely sewage smell is the smell of compost, it means it's turning into excellent plant food, like manure does.
Don't like the jouster recording himself 😢
Awesome video! I'm a beginner and this was thorough and easy to understand. I also have a ton of trees so it's great that I can use branches in raised beds rather than burning, etc.
All of these tips were helpful, and I really appreciate you keeping it succinct.
I used treated wood for my beds… I just lined the insides with my plastic black earth bags. Badabing, badaboom.
Excellent information and advice. Many thanks.
I sse nothing, except a big blue guy who talk in the cam for nothing… don't need to see your face all time !!!
For me, I prefer a deep box on legs so that I can work on the bed while standing upright.
Metric conversions on screen please, most of the world is not the USA. 😊
I have used cider blocks. Purchased as I could afford. They are 3ft high and only 2 ft. Wide. I started off using limbs and leaves in the bottom. Not good. The dirt fell in and cost was more. Now after 5 years I discovered to use the organic material and I added broken down card board layered Up to 2 ft from the top. The rest with dirt. I put in a drip system you suggested. We run it everyday for 10 mins. A day. As it gets hot we might increase it to morning and late afternoon. I prune regularly and on weeks that temps are over 90° I put up tarps for sun blocks in specific areas. Still allowing lots of light but blocking scorching sun. This is the first year after 5 years that the garden has flourished. Still not completely satisfied so keep sharing your experiences as they help tremendously! Thank you!😊
Larch is the best!
Question: I think I know the answer, but am going to ask just in case. Regarding mulch, should as much of the mulch be removed before adding new top soil? I am wondering if mulch has been on top for a growing season, will it have broken down enough so that it won't rob nitrogen and can therefore just have new soil layered on top? Or should I still scrape it off before adding the new top soil? Thanks!
Thanks for the reminder 💜
I line the insides of my wooden raised beds with the same damproof material that bricklayers use between brick courses.
It comes in rolls of various widths and is pretty inexpensive. Treat the outside with some fence preservative, and they last for years.
What a great video. Thank you.😀
Love your raised beds, but I have 24 beds, each bed is 2 x 8 feet, that way I can reach into any two beds from any aisle. Each bed is based on a first level of a 2 x 10's frame, with a 2 x 8-inch frame on top. Effectively a 16-inch-tall bed. Under the raised beds I have 2 inches of pea gravel with a weaved weed fabric on top of the pea gravel. In between the beds I put a thin layer of red or brown mulch (the cheap stuff) to make it nice to walk on when working on the bins.
Question; I'm planning on sowing sweet peas as a cover crop. So in the spring what do I do? Cut out down and compost it? Turn it onto the soil? Any help is welcome.
Great info thank you 🙏
HOW DO YOU KNOW????????????? 😉
Conflicting info?: at 8:00 you say to fill bottom with wood that will slowly decomp. But then at 10:50 you say to not mix in the surface level mulch because its decomp will rob the soil of Nitrogen.
Good video. Very informative
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When mentioning the various materials that can make raised bed borders. You forgot one. concrete blocks. They are not as expensive as metal, in fact when we built ours, they were less expensive than the cheapest wood! So far, they have lasted about 15 years without having to be replaced.
Hello, YouTubers since this is an international channel it would help you tell us, the viewers where you are located? Because it "MATTERS" expecially when it comes to gardening without having to go through your video or goindg through it and still don't know. Thank you!
I'm sorry – but what do you mean by garden soil vs potting soil vs raised bed soil? Every book, website and youtube channel seems to use these terms to mean something different. By "garden soil" do you mean just regular dirt from one's yard, like topsoil? Another source says garden soil is topsoil with other things like compost, peat & bark added…which seems like it would be a great option for raised beds…
One tip I was told and found to be true. Putting too many logs/large pieces of trees throws at the bottom throws off the carbon levels and may take 1 year to correct itself. So if you find that first year didn’t do well don’t worry. Next year all that wood will be broken down and carbon levels will stabilize.