Two Week Raised Garden Project
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- After getting an early start at planting my garden, heavy rains then came and began eroding away my rows and flooding my pathways. At that point I decided to shore it all up with wood, thus making if a raised bed garden after already planting the crops.
nothing like watching your vegetables and fruits grow, even if you dont eat them all, they are good to share.. thanks for the video
This is the most beautiful home garden that I saw...!! Realy nice! Im a architect and for me this is important... like french famous architect Mies Van Del Roe..."The less is more".
Luis Rod
I live in Paris but i have a house in the middle of the forest in Romania,and all around 3000 ha white grapes.The wine is very good(COTNARI) I love your garden. Next summer come back in Romania and a want to show to my parents your magnific garden. I love new york city. good luck!
Hi Matt. It's not necessary to install a bottom. Basically, all you need to do is till out the grass and other growth on the spot where you will put your raised bed. Otherwise they will find their way up through your bed and into your vegetables. Personally, I like to till down 4-6 inches on the spot I'm building a 6-inch tall raised bed. If I'm build a 10-12-inch tall raised bed I'll only till down an inch or two - just enough to remove the weeds and grass. Ants are not an issue with roots.
Wow! What a wonderful homestead!
Very nice and Neat garden, Will do mine over this coming spring.. Good work
such a sweet video. i have been subbed for a year now and have learned so much from this channel!
Great looking garden! Thanks for posting.
I have watched tons of youtube videos of gardens, and gardening. your garden is by far the nicest in my opinion. Great job!
I am re-watching videos. I remember liking your layout. Simple and not overwhelming. Some people are more productive but the yard gets taken over with projects so the first thing you see when you pull up is piles of wood, scads of lose animals, and metal heaps in back yard. Your garden area I am sure is worth every penny and ounce of sweat. It reads, "My life is in order. Taking time to enjoy Mother Nature."
+mrshammerhankus - Thank you. You're right about the sweat, thankfully it's a labor of love.
Nice! Hello from Transylvania, Romania.
That looks great. I like the way you put small plants in between the maters. No sense in a lettuce bed if you ask me.
Por mucho tiempo he planeado realizar algo similar. Ahora que he visto tu proyecto, estoy completamente seguro que es hora de empezar. Excelente trabajo. Saludos desde el Sureste de México.
I agree with Daisy Hawk, "Beautiful piece of property and a really great looking garden"...
This is a lovely garden
Thanks Daisy. It keeps me busy and out of trouble.
One of the prettiest gardens I've seen.. great job.
The pleasure was all mine.
Thanks. I'm enjoying gardening far more now than I ever did before this project. Good luck with yours.
Beautiful area to garden. Wow!
Very beautiful Project and plants seem to be growing well. Congrats.
I love your garden. It's clean and organized, very pretty!
you should be really proud. This looks great and is really functional and cost effective by the looks of things. I found your project really inspiring. Thanks for taking the time to share :)
Thank you for the kind words.
Really like the layout of your garden. Wish you would continue to post info.
Thank you. I've been lazy and the garden is in need of some repair currently. Have been planting only garlic and basil mostly . . . and in only limited portions of the garden - weeds in the the rest. If I get to the repairs or rebuild it in the springtime I'll post another video. Between the home repairs, camping & kayaking, and just day-to-day time-eaters, I've come to realize just how much time a nice garden requires.
Thank you. And hello from upstate NY.
Thanks. Although there are plenty of deer, rabbits, and squirrels around here, the real battle comes with the raccoons. I use two motion activated sprinkler heads that can be moved around and jammed into the ground around problem areas outside the garden perimeter- they don't like those babies. Sometimes I don't even hook up the hoses because the sprinkler heads make a loud click when they're activated and they know they'll get wet when they hear that click sound. So far I'm winning the fight.
Thank you Luis. I agree, less is more, and that also makes it that much easier to maintain rather than having a bunch of clutter and excessive planting. Not to mention I really dislike garden gnomes and plastic flamingos - lol.
very nice garden!
That is a pretty garden design. The music was awesome.
omg..beautiful garden..im really adore yo garden..
Thank you!
Add couple chickens then you're all set, nice garden!
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL...SO NEAT AND HEALTHY!!
Thank you, sir!
RoundTripSpirit welcome
looks really good!
I could not take my eyes off the little rectangular brick area with flower pots on them...thanks for the posting
Hey there. Good looking garden. Rather than use the CD's to scare off birds supplement Water for the birds and a small bird feeder. They typically only get into fruits and veggies for their water. Keep the birds eating the bugs without damaging your crops. Just an idea. It has worked for me so far.
Thanks Johnny. The space can be a blessing as well as a curse at times. Enjoy your new apple tree!
Nice design and great use of space !
I plant radishes throughout the garden to repel various insects and larvae. Radishes are truly the "workhorse" of the garden. I also plant a few to pickle (Japanese style) and use the leaves in salads.
thank you for sharing your garden love it. we are just starting ours for the season and your garden is my inspiration
The most beautifully aesthetic small garden! I plan on copying it somewhat...i will make the spaces a bit larger so my 9 ft maters wil have room to air out-n-spring up; and a beginner tater box which will be stacked up upon, in the middle, as the green hits its proper height so i can grow more levels; i'd have to find a spot for my crawlers-beans, cukes, and squash; AND post a no trespassing sign! (Can vermin and varmits read???)
Your garden is AWESOME!
Thank you so much. I'm ticked to know you now feel excited about the work ahead. Now's the time of the year to have at it. I've just finished all my soil prep and am now just waiting for the temperature to stabilize on the warmer side before planting for the 2012 season.
Thank you. You will do just great - especially with your climate in Southern Mexico. Good luck and have fun!
sweet, great job
Thank you. I too, have been learning a lot from others here. Currently, I'm growing Red Robin tomatoes, green garlic, bunching onions, and lettuce for the first time under grow lights in my basement. So far, so good. I hope to be eating fresh tomatoes about January.
Amazing... very pleasing to the eye. Can't wait to see your updates!
Thanks for sharing.
I love your garden, i will be doing the same for my garden as we have so many turkey and chickens it keep them off my garden...
Wonderful.. can't wait to see!
This is 'beautiful'! Your not growing more than maybe a 'family of four' can eat. Even though you have a BIG LOT your garden is small and compact. It's NEAT and TENDED! You have FLOWERS, which I'm assuming 'chases certain PESTS'. I like your garden, don't change it!
Thank you.
Looks great! Nice piece of property as well. I guess you have a lot of rabbits running around?
I have a smaller garden and my problem is squirrels and deer.
pretty nice got my veg garden on my roof lots of sun and no chickens destorying it
I just loved the way u design it.
Fantastic job..
Thank you.
Thanks for the tip. I normally don't leave the CD's out this long - but usually long enough to let the plants get established up to about 8-10 inches. Otherwise the birds will eat the whole plant from the top to the bottom. At least that's been my experience. The toads have been doing a pretty good job at keeping the insects at bay and they don't taste-test any of my crops.
You have a beautiful garden. You should do more projects
Lol - there aren't enough hours in the day for all of the projects I'm involved with now. But thank you just the same.
Beautiful garden, you have!
Cool garden, beautiful place!
very good looking garden! an inspiration indeed!
Thank you!
You have given me idea on fencing my garden. Today, my chickens ate all of the leaves and flowers including baby watermelons from watermelon plants.. I was very upset but can't yell at them coz they are chickens.. *duh*... Anyway, Thank you..
@LilFrugalGardener - Thanks. I've added a small bed along the front (by the gate) and one along the back as well as a 4'x4' bed by the rhubarb. I'm looking forward to start planting here in the next few weeks (as long as the weather permits).
Thanks Kathy. I wish my home was as organized.
@FamilyLarios - Thanks. I bought the barrels from Lowes for about $40 apiece - they're ceramic. I used plastic zip-ties to attach the chicken wire to the polls - they hold up well and are easy to adjust and manipulate - and they don't rust.
How many acres of land do you owned? Your property looks very big and spacious. Your garden looks very professional. It is well done. I'm very impressed. Thanks for sharing. Hugs and kisses from Laos.
Thank you. Although I don't have chicken problems I do get plenty of other critters raising havoc in the garden.
Thanks Mark, and your comment is one of the nicest!
Beautiful garden!
Nice garden and music.
Thanks, Joe H.
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WOW so nice!!!!!;-)
beautiful garden!
Love the music too. Talented.
Beautiful backyard !
Thanks ... and no, it would seem certain critters have great difficulty interpreting the written word for some reason. Currently, feral cats are using one of my outer beds as a poop box for instance. Anyway, I would have liked to had my garden a tad bigger as well but a leach field and several other issues were a factor. So, what I did this year was to build a few more beds outside the main garden. I also put my 18 gallon potato bucket in the rhubarb patch.
Thanks. I feel the same way, although I did start the season this year with a lettuce bed. However, I have since switched to container growing (long planters) for my lettuce as it is much easier to maintain and harvest.
Thanks. It was my pleasure.
Thanks. I had the same problem with critters before the fence. Although when I grow corn the racoons don't mind climbing it so I have to take other deterrent measures.
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Thank you very much.
Copying my design would be flattery, and I'm all for that - lol. Anyway, for just the building materials, the mulch, and the pots, my costs were somewhere between $500 - $600. That price includes everything but the crops, soil amendments, and my sweat.
The initial costs were lower than one might think, and it was a "one-time" expense that actually adds to the aesthetic value of the property that's enjoyed all season, every season. The area has proved to be far more than adequate for crops that can be consumed and canned in a single season. The design allows for a crop layout to provide enhanced growth via companion planting, moisture retention, ground cover, insect repellent, amount of light, and of course, there's the ease of maintenance.
Good information
looks good, you gots lots of space there to work with. wish i did.. i just purchases a dwarf fugi apple tree today yum.. 8-)
Awesome dude awesome.....
Thank you.
Funny should say that because it's almost true. I've been using bagged composted manure, and with the cedar mulch in the rows you can't even smell the manure.
Thanks Simon.
wow beautiful!
Thanks you.
Thank you. No, I'm in upstate NY, just south of Lake Ontario. However, I'm not sure that's as important as appropriate fertilizer, regular watering, and morning bug picking - lol.
The song was one of the first "finger-style" songs I wrote on a guitar shorty after learning to finger-pick back in early 2011 - I haven't given it a name yet. I spent 3 months cutting my teeth on Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie as my first introduction to finger-picking on a guitar before writing that song - I remember the agony well. Anyway, thank you so very much for the compliments.
PART 4 - One thing I've found to be helpful in keeping animals away from my garden is to plant plenty of green onions/scallions on the outer parameter of your garden. Plant them even if you don't like to eat them. They're fairly maintenance free (just water), inexpensive, and if you do decide to eat them you can simply clip them down to the ground and they'll re-grow again from the remaining bulb/roots. Good luck.
NICE JOB!
Thank you.
@XaViEr3520 I mostly cook with them and use a few on salads throughout the growing season (I also eat plenty of them raw with dip). The rest, I chop and freeze so I have a supply to cook with throughout the winter. I give a few away as well.
I don't actually start pulling them until late season. I clip them to the ground every 4 or 5 weeks and they grow all over again. This way I can maximize my onion harvest all season with no replanting. Totaled about 25 pounds of scallions by fall.
Very nice job
Why the hanging CDs? some kind of pest deterrent? very beautiful garden u have here.
Really nice job creating those beds. Can you tell me how and with what you wrapped your chicken wire around those green poles? and where did you get those beautiful wine barrel planters?
Nice. As long as the export charges aren't $39.50 you might be on to something.
Thanks. The property is not as big as it appears. I'm backed up against some open areas of land that are currently being used as farm land which is actually earmarked for future development. I'm on just a little bit over an acre.
Looks great! What's the size of those two raised beds in the middle? Looks 12 feet by 3 feet?
Thank you for the very nice comment.