If anyone got on there and actually " beat him up" or talked schit, shame on them. Just a man striving to put extra healthy food on the table for his family. Hats off.
One thing the reason I like watching y'all channel is because y'all work together as a husband- wife team on everything y'all do on your farm most couples when they get married the wife goes her way and the husband goes his way life is much easier when you both work together inside home or outside home to help each other out make life much easier to live keep up the good work as a loving couple and God bless you all
STANLEY VINSON Yes it is more beautiful than the typical. However sometimes it works out better for some couples to work on their own side of things and help each other here and there.
Just wanted to thank ya'll for helping Jason Crocker. With what you have going on at your farm, you were very kind to take the time to help him out. Stay Blessed, safe and healthy, from Jacksonville, Florida
It’s so great to see you n Alex working together. That is what my husband and I did for the 55 years we were married. I miss him and these kinds of activities so much. This month he has been with Jesus for 12 years. Thanks Jacob.
I'm very glad I watched this video. This bed is exactly what I'll be making for my garden. Thank you for your generosity of spirit teaching all of us how to better our garden experience. Much Love, *Kathy
Saw you guys on the Crocker site. So beautiful to folks helping out each other. The world needs more love shown like that. People helping each other!✌🏼❤️
Good video guys. Y'all sound like my kind of people. I put straw bales in the bottom of mine to save on garden soil. They compost in a couple seasons adding great organic material.
thankyou so much we have made 3 now and we filled them with the wood and fill so that they would not need so much soil thankyou thankyou. I have a severe back injury and now I can garden again.
Hey y'all, I just watched you two helping Jason w/his Roof....Thanks so much...! He sent me over here and I watched your 2' raised Garden bed build.....Awesome Idea...! Then I went back and watched your version of Jason's Roof..! A lot really find it hard asking others for help, I'm the same way, but it's better than killing yourself trying to do things alone....TY..! =)
Great job..this is exactly what I have been hoping to find a video about..I am hoping to grow some food this year..it's been over 20 years since I gardener and canned..I am so sick of grocery store produce..it's tasteless..I may be a woman and may be let us say not so young but I can handle making this..thanks so much..as always prayers and blessings to all
One extra advantage of a high sided bed is that if you fill it to just enough to grow a good root system you save soil plus you still have enough space above most growing Vegetables to put a shade cloth or bug screen across it and not cramp the growing plants.
Yes I thank you because I am not getting any younger and do not want to replace any wood. Especially at my age. I do not want to been down. Keep up the good work Gos bless you both
Love these, and so appreciate your research on the cost comparison. Saves me the effort of going down that rabbit hole on line. Spending a bit more today is preferable of redoing the work In a few years.
I just made 6 of these; 5 about 10x4 and one is 6x4. I used pressure-treated 2x4 lumber both on the side and as top pieces. They're all 16" high. it was a PIA dealing with sharp sheet metal (I've got 3 bad-aids on as I write this) but they should last a long time. I calculated I saved about $900 using metal roofing panels instead of more wood. Time will tell if they hold up, but right now, they're very, very sturdy. Thanks, Sawyer Ridge Farm for a great video!
To Treat the timber? Burn it, scorch the surface all the way around, brush off after burning. then if you added an oil ,that wood will last for decades :)
Glad you posted this! Also I don't think using pressure treated lumber in this method would hurt anything because the wood isn't touching the soil so it can't leech anything into the soil. Thanks again!
I had considered building some from the galvanized panels but I was going to build a 1x4 box around the top and bottom and use 2x4's in the corners but this way looks legit ..you also could cut some Dow rods into 12 inch stakes and drive the in the ground every couple feet to make sure it doesn't bow out
Just stopped by to say thank you Jacob and the Lady for helping Jason Build his Tiny House and helping with the roof. You both are great friends... and Like My mother use to say , when you Spirit takes to someone , its a good thing ... Stay Blessed .. Ninette Bird- The Caribbean Wife.
First off , thank you for your service . I have the same beanie that you are wearing . You have a nice assistant working with you . Don’t worry about mistakes , that just learning life . The only people I know that don’t make mistakes is the one that does nothing . Enjoyed your video .
I built similar with less effort from my original replaced garage doors. Just sink 4x4 lumber is the corners, use a cutoff wheel on the door for desired length, bolt the door sectionsyo the concreted 4x4s and fill the box with a good soil. Going on 5 years with these beds now
That's a great idea, and I have some scrap metal siding around here. I think I'll frame in the bottom to reduce the risk for potential blowouts. Thanks for the inspiration!
I've built one of your raised beds. Awesome!!! After I built it, before I used it, I went Tractor Supply and bought a dozen chicks. I converted it to the cutest chicken coop! I now have to the metal to make a bunch more! Thanks!
Looks great! I've built a lot of raised beds over the years and anything that can rot will rot. Here in Virginia SYP (southern yellow pine) is plentiful and while it's (relatively) inexpensive and readily used for interior projects, it doesn't hold up to contact with soil - most wood doesn't. I've made beds with straw bales and they are cheap and quick but decay quickly and tend to get weeds in them. Plus you cannot sit on them. This metal solution is strong, durable and straightforward to build - all of my beds going forward will use a similar design. Thanks for all the great videos - much appreciated!
I love this idea Jacob!!! Gonna show this video to my husband and see if he will make me one! I am wheelchair bound due to my advanced Multiple Sclerosis so I am unable to help him in our inground gardens anymore but these would really be great not only to help with harvesting but would really be helpful with my Depression and Anxiety that I suffer from all year round!! Not to mention it would be great hand/eye therapy as I have lost almost 100% use of my left hand (almost like a stroke victim), so these type of raised flower/vegetable gardens could really help me in so many ways!! Thank you so much for sharing the ideas with us! Love your channel because you guys are always bringing us new and useful ideas! Can't wait to see your channel to continue this year and beyond! So thankful that Dutch & Jason introduced you guys to this fantastic homesteading community!! Can't wait to see what all you guys end up making with all your Eastern Cedar trees with Jason and his sawmill!! Friends helping friends is a beautiful thing isn't it??? May God continue to bless you, your channel, your friends and keep you all safe and healthy!! Rest assured we will be here, across the country in Washington State, cheering you guys on the entire time!!! ~Anna Marie & Jose Rosales
Just a thought, if your mobility is limited I would recommend limiting the width to 3 feet rather than 4. Having to reach over 18” instead of 24” would make your gardening much easier.
@@tomj9961 yeah the hubby said the same thing cause he said..."I don't want you to fall out of your chair , especially if I'm not home, just because you got an itch to get your hands in the dirt or pick some flowers or veggies!!" You both have my safety in the foreground and I was just thinking about the finish line!! Thanks Tom I appreciate your insight...so did the hubby! Have a blessed day!
Thank you! When you said not for old people but those older that dont want to bend over( I am paraphrasing) I knew I had found the right video. You make it so easy and use common sense. I subscribed and banged the bell!
These are the BEST LOOKING beds I've seen on You Tube👍 I've seen a few with trillis from bed to bed I think its roots to refuse?? & papa pepper But yours is really pretty lucky sister!
Great info Jacob. I know that when or if we get our house and get out of this apartment, I want to grow our food and teach my Grand Daughters to do so. Your raised bed will be the way to go for me because I am 61 and have Arthritis. Thank you so much for sharing with us. God Bless You and Alex.
We tried that in the 1970’s. Manure, and or mild fertilizers or acidic soils dissolve the tin. We then tried galvanized nope did not last, galvalume nope. Good drainage, wood construction last longer. They all will fail after 7 years. So now we use brick and mortar problem solved. Thanks for trying tho.
Good paint also solve the problem. I use chicken, rabbit and horsemanure for my beds, no problem here. Perhaps metal acts differently here in Norway 😁😁😁😁😁
The issue is the acids in the dirt along with the oxidation being sealed off from air, the easiest way to fix it as with wood beds is get a good road base fabric, not the thin cheap weed stuff at garden centers, find you a misery supply that sells bulk/delivery planter soil, bark, sand, gravel, etc will sell nice "Road base fabric" will stop. The soil making contact and allow air and drying between wood and metal and dirt.
Good Afternoon from Yuma, Arizona. Your a former Marine - Yes? I am also - retired 1stSgt. I think that the use of "tin" in a raised bed here would make the soil to hot for the plants. I do have a few raised beds but I use them mostly for flowers. I have physical limitations that will not allow me to do vegetable raised bed gardens, even with the increase of depth of the bed would still not be possible for me to do. I am going to do some vertical gardening for strawberries that my grand-kids are going to participate in helping me with. I do appreciate the video and information. Enjoy life and all it has to offer.
I'm really impressed by the simplicity of this build out. Great idea! Do you ever have issues with the bottoms bowing out from putting too much heavy rock/soil inside?
@@SawyerRidgeFarm Do you dig a hole and bury it a few inches in the ground or can you kind of hammer it into the ground a few inches? Thanks for the video!
Excellent video...Ken here from Orlando, Fl first time viewer, great demonstration building this type of raised bed. I wished I had this idea 40 yrs ago. It would have been easier, longer lasting than mine were....although they were good...these are better and TALLER. which I like. I am 6'3'' and it is better on my back too to have them 2' or a bit taller depending on needs. Makes life in the garden so much easier. I've enjoyed raised beds for years...but I am retired now and gives me lots of joy and memories watching all of you younger homesteaders work your farms. Thanks so much...I will definitely continue to view more of your vids. I wished I had a huge shop like yours LOL. Ken Orlando, Fl., USA
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Great idea! Just one mistake is the description of the material you are using, It is galvanized or painted steel, not tin. Tin is becoming a rare element. The confusion arises from the thin sheet metal cans that food was packaged in which was actually tin-plated steel. Tin cans (plated steel) were discontinued around the 1950's but the misnomer continues. Now there is no tin at all in food cans, metal roofing, or metal siding. Someone commented whether tin was safe in a vegetable garden. Not to worry, this siding is steel, no tin is present.
This is the nicest looking metal bed I've seen. Excellent. I love the idea of the wood frame across the top and the two tone metal finish on the corners. I think I would add a small wood diagonal across at the corners to keep the whole bed square, especially while moving it. Thank you very much for sharing this.
Try cutting the metal with snips. The manufactures here in australia tell you that using snips drags the zinc across the cut adding protection to the cut. Using a metal cutting blade heats the metal up and burns the zinc reducing protection as well as placing red hot sparks on the painted surface.
I built mine with wood and it only lasted 2 years before it started rotting and broke apart - this design looks better and probably last longer - I like it
rocks? anything solid it would eventually come in contact with would stop it.. there is very little weight here.. except for the dirt inside of them, which are gonna create and outward force...not a downward force.. consider putting your shovel on the ground.. how many years before it sinks into the ground... MANY... just not enough weight to make it happen.
I built 4 beds two years ago and used rough Cedar lumber with the sheet metal. I did run 30# roofing felt around the inside of the sheet metal so there is no dirt to metal contact. It is working great so far.
Robert Robinson Please forgive me if this is lacking common sense question: but what happens if the soil is in direct contact with the metal? I ask because I want to build a vegetable garden... Thanks in advance.
@@melissajarvis4829 Earth worms you do want but there are other varieties which eat out the roots ( can't think of the name ) which you don't want. Place a beer can in each corner of the bed, have the opening at a 45 degree angle so sink the bottom of the can into the soil, have about 1/3rd filled with beer and leave, this will catch all slugs and snails and as mentioned planting some flowers will attract many air borne critters to them instead of the veg
Thank you for showing a more reasonable price raised garden bed . I’m new to gardening and my first two beds I used treated wood and some untreated but stained it . I was worried about rotting. The untreated was less expensive but adding the stain defeated the purpose. Thank you again and God Bless Sawyer Ridge Farm .
We will be sticking the raised bed into the ground a few inches or more before we ever even start to fill it. That will help stabilize it. And we’ve never had a problem with it before doing it that way. It probably wouldn’t hurt to put some supports, but we’ve never found it necessary.
339 'thumbs down' with no actual negative comments. Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? Beginning to doubt if they're real. No reason at all to not like this. Great job. Great video.
Add many years to this and or wood planters is to line the insides with a good road base fabric, not the cheap weed stop at box stores, find where they sell sand,bark, gravel, soils, they will have big rolls of fabric you can buy at the foot , this stops soil from migrating into the rock , will provide a great barrier to keep soils from leaching acids and moisture to oxidize and rot metal and wood also allows air to breath. Its amazing who this will triple the life of your planters
You need to put a rubber sheet between the metal and the dirt. This can leach heavy metals from the metal into the dirt. Then your plants can uptake those metals into your food. A rhino liner or just a rubber fabric.
I am looking into making some of the raised beds and I like this one the best! I am one of those older people that you were referring to. My old knees don't handle getting on them so much. Thanks for showing an old dog new tricks!
We will be sticking the bed down into a few inches or more of soil before we ever start to fill it. But we’ve never had a problem with bowing in our other beds.
Look into hugelkultur gardening and fill it halfway or so with limbs and work your way up from biggest to smallest until you reach mulch size. Then only 6 or so inches of soil is needed. Much cheaper! I've got 2 made from logs that we wrapped with corrugated scrap tin and they work great. Very little soil needed and good airflow for the roots and as the limbs and brush rot down, it creates compost. I'm on my second season now and have carrots still growing in there that I planted last year.
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You're still dealing with wood, which WILL rot and need replacing in a few years. Work smarter, not harder. It's loony tunes to muck around painting all that wood with linseed oil or anything else every year! And that will *not* work as well as you think anyway. Cattle panels lined with hardware cloth for the win. Just cut the panels up however you want, tie them together with aluminum wire ties meant for chain link fence, and tie 1/4" hardware cloth to the inside with zipties or whatever. Low cost, sturdy, easy to build, and impervious to the elements. You can just take them apart and move them in pieces easily if you ever need/want to for some reason. For the very easiest bed, just cut the panel in half lengthwise down to two pieces 16' long x about 2' wide, bend each into a square or circle, and tie the ends together and line them with the hardware cloth. BOOM you're done, you have two self-supporting beds approx 4' in diameter x two feet deep, at a cost of about $35 for both. No rotting wood, no pre-drilling, no screws, no painting or oiling, no maintenance, *none* of that nonsense. They will outlast everyone of us. Now if you just happen to have a pile of galvanized metal roofing laying around, by all means use it up! But just use steel t-posts, don't screw around building a bunch of wooden stuff to frame it.
Dystopia Gear hardware cloth? That will allow all the moisture on the sides to escape and be useless in my opinion. Plants would dry up super quick. Maybe sturdy.. maybe simple.. but I think the solid sides would be much better.
@@gregbrown5556 you're speaking from behind a keyboard. I'm speaking from years of experience with these beds. Circulation is a GOOD thing. My weather varies between weeks without any rain to weeks where it rains every day, and my beds hold plenty water during the dry spells but *never* get waterlogged. Ever hear of fabric pots and why they work? Check it out! If one lives in a truly arid climate they can always further "line" the bed with leaves, wood chips, cardboard etc.
I like what we call goat panels, the squares are smaller and they are a bit stronger than the cattle panels. I never thought of using them for a raised bed, thanks for the great idea. I might line them with weed cloth and add a top plate just to have something to sit on while working the beds.
@@TheRedhawke yes, the only reason I don't use goat panels is that they're noticeably more expensive than the cattle panels - because they just have more metal wire in them. But they should work great. Your weed/landscaping cloth idea will work fine too; I built a couple of mine with that as well as the hardware cloth and it certainly didn't hurt anything but I didn't really find any big advantage to it either. So it's entirely up to you.
@@Alan_CFA Unless you live in a truly arid area, wood rots, *period*. You can build something you know will fail if you want, and you can tell yourself you're going to paint/oil it every year. It's no skin off my nose. This is certainly not the worst raised bed design I've ever seen, but it's not the best either. And personally I grow for food, not to aesthetically please anyone with my beds. You think a box made of metal roofing is aesthetically pleasing to most people who care about that? OK then, but whatever, this isn't a fashion show, it's serious business. Especially now when so many people are already relying on their gardens to ease their food budget and/or make some extra money, and we're facing likely food shortages or rationing in the very near future. Why set out and KNOW you're going to have to rebuild something when you can just do it right the first time, for less money than almost any other design, and literally never worry about it again? Buy you some fancy schmancy pretty containers for the yard if you need to be aesthetically pleased by what your plants are growing in; I notice no one ever brings that silly noise up about old-fashioned ground beds. Only when they're trying desperately to tear apart a proven idea that just plain flat out works BETTER, essentially FOREVER, because they're upset about it for some odd reason. ;)
@@annlight1894 Oh, Ok. I thought the newer stuff was safe. I used untreated lumber anyway just to be safe. But now it's falling apart. Wish I could afford cedar.
Hi guys! I have watched you through Jason Crocker, and I have to say, what a lovely couple you two are. I just subbed to your channel. I love watching videos like this. No, I’m not a homesteader, but it’s amazing to watch. Thank you guys for helping Jason out with his roof. You guys are awesome! ❤️
You don't have to worry about wood rot if you use cedar, or redwood. In the past, I used redwood, but because I now have uneven ground and no tiller, I use cement block. They follow the bumpy terrain, but the earth inside is level (I no longer have a tiller). Spring came early this year, so I'm a little late - but I'm scurrying. Oh, how I miss my tiller & my chipper.
Nice job and great idea - the cardboard on bottom can be scraps flattened out from grocer store or Walmart to stop weeds - I do that on the ground on traditional no till garden - another idea might to line the bottom with hay bales then u only need half the dirt and potting soil to fill it up - if roots penetrate top 2' soil they will do fine in the hay or straw. - Just another idea to think about.
Great video. Appreciate you taking the time to not only explain what you’re doing but why, and also not being afraid to show your mistakes because hey we all make them
I am so thankful for this and your 100 can pantry shelf build as well. You really have a special gift and skill not just in planning these DIYs and working through them with plenty of research and craftsmanship but also in explaining and teaching us all how to build these awesome DIY projects too. God bless you for helping your sister and others. I love your channel and will be sharing it also.
Taylor Acres Homestead that is awesome! I love when people come back and comment that they tried something out the we suggested or even built something that we showed on our channel! I hope it works out very well for you! And thanks for the update! 👍😀
Several companies make cutting wheels for a Skil saw and you can cut through about 12 sheets of that at once, it can be a huge timesaver. Also, a lot of newer pressure treated wood is nontoxic, just check for that option when you buy it.
Thanks for sharing! Your design is the best one that I've seen on TH-cam. The commercial ones may assemble quicker, but I think yours will be stronger in the long run and I prefer DIY projects that I can tweak to my liking. I'm going to start looking for used roofing/siding right after posting this.
i signed up to watch because i was a farmers daughter and at 64 ,i can only do raised bed or alternative gardening , bad knees ,bad back . I need my gardening contained and movable.
Ii really like the look of your raised bed,it would be so nice to not have to get down on the ground to garden and they will last for years.Thanks for showing us how to be better at gardening. God Bless you all.
Thanks for the video, I followed your directions and had one together in under an hour and its solid and looks great! Going by the price of lumber now a days it was a pretty easy decision to go with the tin. Now I just need to do some hugelkultur and fill it up!
For a simple farmer, this is the best, longest lasting bed design I have ever seen on the net. Good short video.
If anyone got on there and actually " beat him up" or talked schit, shame on them. Just a man striving to put extra healthy food on the table for his family. Hats off.
One thing the reason I like watching y'all channel is because y'all work together as a husband- wife team on everything y'all do on your farm most couples when they get married the wife goes her way and the husband goes his way life is much easier when you both work together inside home or outside home to help each other out make life much easier to live keep up the good work as a loving couple and God bless you all
Stanley thank you so much for the encouraging words.
STANLEY VINSON Yes it is more beautiful than the typical. However sometimes it works out better for some couples to work on their own side of things and help each other here and there.
Just wanted to thank ya'll for helping Jason Crocker. With what you have going on at your farm, you were very kind to take the time to help him out.
Stay Blessed, safe and healthy,
from Jacksonville, Florida
Very nice job and I love the fact that you just have to do the work once and it's done, instead of having to replace untreated wood every so often.
It’s so great to see you n Alex working together. That is what my husband and I did for the 55 years we were married. I miss him and these kinds of activities so much. This month he has been with Jesus for 12 years. Thanks Jacob.
I'm very glad I watched this video. This bed is exactly what I'll be making for my garden. Thank you for your generosity of spirit teaching all of us how to better our garden experience. Much Love, *Kathy
Saw you guys on the Crocker site. So beautiful to folks helping out each other. The world needs more love shown like that. People helping each other!✌🏼❤️
Thanks so much for coming over and checking us out! 😀👍
Good video guys. Y'all sound like my kind of people. I put straw bales in the bottom of mine to save on garden soil. They compost in a couple seasons adding great organic material.
thankyou so much we have made 3 now and we filled them with the wood and fill so that they would not need so much soil thankyou thankyou. I have a severe back injury and now I can garden again.
Hey y'all, I just watched you two helping Jason w/his Roof....Thanks so much...! He sent me over here and I watched your 2' raised Garden bed build.....Awesome Idea...! Then I went back and watched your version of Jason's Roof..! A lot really find it hard asking others for help, I'm the same way, but it's better than killing yourself trying to do things alone....TY..! =)
Great job..this is exactly what I have been hoping to find a video about..I am hoping to grow some food this year..it's been over 20 years since I gardener and canned..I am so sick of grocery store produce..it's tasteless..I may be a woman and may be let us say not so young but I can handle making this..thanks so much..as always prayers and blessings to all
One extra advantage of a high sided bed is that if you fill it to just enough to grow a good root system you save soil plus you still have enough space above most growing Vegetables to put a shade cloth or bug screen across it and not cramp the growing plants.
Yes I thank you because I am not getting any younger and do not want to replace any wood. Especially at my age. I do not want to been down. Keep up the good work Gos bless you both
Love these, and so appreciate your research on the cost comparison. Saves me the effort of going down that rabbit hole on line. Spending a bit more today is preferable of redoing the work In a few years.
Yes, I totally agree! And I’m glad we could help you out! 👍😀
I just made 6 of these; 5 about 10x4 and one is 6x4. I used pressure-treated 2x4 lumber both on the side and as top pieces. They're all 16" high. it was a PIA dealing with sharp sheet metal (I've got 3 bad-aids on as I write this) but they should last a long time. I calculated I saved about $900 using metal roofing panels instead of more wood. Time will tell if they hold up, but right now, they're very, very sturdy. Thanks, Sawyer Ridge Farm for a great video!
To Treat the timber? Burn it, scorch the surface all the way around, brush off after burning. then if you added an oil ,that wood will last for decades :)
It's an Japanese technique. Shou sugi ban.
A sober lesson learned after Godzilla came ashore. Japanese Builders waste nothing! )))
I wonder how well it would work with wood indirect contact with standing water.
Really? I did not no that!
@@hamadilawson4396
It's actually a Manchu/Jurchen technique developed in the 900s, although it may have been used by others even earlier
Glad you posted this! Also I don't think using pressure treated lumber in this method would hurt anything because the wood isn't touching the soil so it can't leech anything into the soil. Thanks again!
I had considered building some from the galvanized panels but I was going to build a 1x4 box around the top and bottom and use 2x4's in the corners but this way looks legit ..you also could cut some Dow rods into 12 inch stakes and drive the in the ground every couple feet to make sure it doesn't bow out
Just stopped by to say thank you Jacob and the Lady for helping Jason Build his Tiny House and helping with the roof. You both are great friends... and Like My mother use to say , when you Spirit takes to someone , its a good thing ... Stay Blessed .. Ninette Bird- The Caribbean Wife.
I've had back issues for many years. These raised planting beds would be perfect for me! Now I just need some land. 😁
Put one on the balcony of your condo. Lol.
@@JB-mf1zc 🤣 Sooo tempting!
First off , thank you for your service . I have the same beanie that you are wearing . You have a nice assistant working with you . Don’t worry about mistakes , that just learning life . The only people I know that don’t make mistakes is the one that does nothing . Enjoyed your video .
Thank you! 😀
I built similar with less effort from my original replaced garage doors. Just sink 4x4 lumber is the corners, use a cutoff wheel on the door for desired length, bolt the door sectionsyo the concreted 4x4s and fill the box with a good soil. Going on 5 years with these beds now
Don't worry about anyone who says you did something wrong. "Those who can't do, criticize." Great Idea, my wife wants me to build some, Thanks!
Thank you John! You’re exactly right!
That's a great idea, and I have some scrap metal siding around here. I think I'll frame in the bottom to reduce the risk for potential blowouts. Thanks for the inspiration!
Could use PVC to frame bottom and wire to hold it in..may take quite sometime to rust out.
I've built one of your raised beds. Awesome!!! After I built it, before I used it, I went Tractor Supply and bought a dozen chicks. I converted it to the cutest chicken coop! I now have to the metal to make a bunch more! Thanks!
I wish I had a brother to make me a raised bed. Your so sweet to do that for her.
Be your own brother. I believe in you.
@@RichardCMongler wish i had the money and the tools to do 3 of them and 1 sqare foot bed to remember my daddys love and hard work for gardening
Looks great!
I've built a lot of raised beds over the years and anything that can rot will rot. Here in Virginia SYP (southern yellow pine) is plentiful and while it's (relatively) inexpensive and readily used for interior projects, it doesn't hold up to contact with soil - most wood doesn't.
I've made beds with straw bales and they are cheap and quick but decay quickly and tend to get weeds in them. Plus you cannot sit on them.
This metal solution is strong, durable and straightforward to build - all of my beds going forward will use a similar design.
Thanks for all the great videos - much appreciated!
Thank you Matthew
Another great video Jacob
Love the 2 ft arm span never thought of it that way
Ty for sharing
Thanks for your support and for watching our videos! 👍
I love this idea Jacob!!! Gonna show this video to my husband and see if he will make me one! I am wheelchair bound due to my advanced Multiple Sclerosis so I am unable to help him in our inground gardens anymore but these would really be great not only to help with harvesting but would really be helpful with my Depression and Anxiety that I suffer from all year round!! Not to mention it would be great hand/eye therapy as I have lost almost 100% use of my left hand (almost like a stroke victim), so these type of raised flower/vegetable gardens could really help me in so many ways!! Thank you so much for sharing the ideas with us!
Love your channel because you guys are always bringing us new and useful ideas! Can't wait to see your channel to continue this year and beyond! So thankful that Dutch & Jason introduced you guys to this fantastic homesteading community!! Can't wait to see what all you guys end up making with all your Eastern Cedar trees with Jason and his sawmill!! Friends helping friends is a beautiful thing isn't it??? May God continue to bless you, your channel, your friends and keep you all safe and healthy!! Rest assured we will be here, across the country in Washington State, cheering you guys on the entire time!!!
~Anna Marie & Jose Rosales
Thank you so much for your kind words Anna Marie! We appreciate supporters like you! Have a Blessed day! 😊
Just a thought, if your mobility is limited I would recommend limiting the width to 3 feet rather than 4. Having to reach over 18” instead of 24” would make your gardening much easier.
@@tomj9961 yeah the hubby said the same thing cause he said..."I don't want you to fall out of your chair , especially if I'm not home, just because you got an itch to get your hands in the dirt or pick some flowers or veggies!!" You both have my safety in the foreground and I was just thinking about the finish line!! Thanks Tom I appreciate your insight...so did the hubby! Have a blessed day!
This is genius!! I was just looking into raised beds n this changed my mind for using wood ... Thanks!!
Awesome! I’m glad we could help you out! 👍😀
Thank you! When you said not for old people but those older that dont want to bend over( I am paraphrasing) I knew I had found the right video. You make it so easy and use common sense. I subscribed and banged the bell!
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These are the BEST LOOKING beds I've seen on You Tube👍 I've seen a few with trillis from bed to bed
I think its roots to refuse?? & papa pepper
But yours is really pretty lucky sister!
Armida really glad you liked them we think they are a really good bed.
Great info Jacob. I know that when or if we get our house and get out of this apartment, I want to grow our food and teach my Grand Daughters to do so. Your raised bed will be the way to go for me because I am 61 and have Arthritis. Thank you so much for sharing with us. God Bless You and Alex.
Jemmie stone have you seen our selfwicking tub video that is something you could possibly do where you are at.
We tried that in the 1970’s. Manure, and or mild fertilizers or acidic soils dissolve the tin. We then tried galvanized nope did not last, galvalume nope. Good drainage, wood construction last longer. They all will fail after 7 years. So now we use brick and mortar problem solved. Thanks for trying tho.
Not my video, but these look pretty nice...
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You could always line with plastic to extend the life of the metal
Good paint also solve the problem. I use chicken, rabbit and horsemanure for my beds, no problem here. Perhaps metal acts differently here in Norway 😁😁😁😁😁
Good information to know. Thanks
The issue is the acids in the dirt along with the oxidation being sealed off from air, the easiest way to fix it as with wood beds is get a good road base fabric, not the thin cheap weed stuff at garden centers, find you a misery supply that sells bulk/delivery planter soil, bark, sand, gravel, etc will sell nice "Road base fabric" will stop. The soil making contact and allow air and drying between wood and metal and dirt.
Good Afternoon from Yuma, Arizona. Your a former Marine - Yes? I am also - retired 1stSgt. I think that the use of "tin" in a raised bed here would make the soil to hot for the plants. I do have a few raised beds but I use them mostly for flowers. I have physical limitations that will not allow me to do vegetable raised bed gardens, even with the increase of depth of the bed would still not be possible for me to do. I am going to do some vertical gardening for strawberries that my grand-kids are going to participate in helping me with. I do appreciate the video and information. Enjoy life and all it has to offer.
I'm really impressed by the simplicity of this build out. Great idea! Do you ever have issues with the bottoms bowing out from putting too much heavy rock/soil inside?
We put it in the ground just a few inches where it won't do that.
@@SawyerRidgeFarm Do you dig a hole and bury it a few inches in the ground or can you kind of hammer it into the ground a few inches? Thanks for the video!
I use a shovel and slid the bed inside the shovel Crack. Not really digging hope that makes sense.
@@SawyerRidgeFarm It does, and that's a great idea.
Excellent video...Ken here from Orlando, Fl first time viewer, great demonstration building this type of raised bed. I wished I had this idea 40 yrs ago. It would have been easier, longer lasting than mine were....although they were good...these are better and TALLER. which I like. I am 6'3'' and it is better on my back too to have them 2' or a bit taller depending on needs. Makes life in the garden so much easier. I've enjoyed raised beds for years...but I am retired now and gives me lots of joy and memories watching all of you younger homesteaders work your farms.
Thanks so much...I will definitely continue to view more of your vids. I wished I had a huge shop like yours LOL.
Ken
Orlando, Fl., USA
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Great idea! Just one mistake is the description of the material you are using, It is galvanized or painted steel, not tin. Tin is becoming a rare element. The confusion arises from the thin sheet metal cans that food was packaged in which was actually tin-plated steel. Tin cans (plated steel) were discontinued around the 1950's but the misnomer continues. Now there is no tin at all in food cans, metal roofing, or metal siding. Someone commented whether tin was safe in a vegetable garden. Not to worry, this siding is steel, no tin is present.
It irritated me every time he said 'tin'! Good video other than that :)
:-D and this is exactly why some of us oldies still call it "tin foil" instead of aluminum foil!
I basically built the same metal bed. They look great and the roots of your plants love the warmth from the metal. Love your videos brother.
Thanks! 👍
5 Star video. That is pretty cool i was think about doing a bed for my onions. Thanks for the info.
Our cabin in the woods glad this video could help you out.
I saw this a good wile back but haven’t seen y’all in so long I just wanted to watch y’all again I hope y’all come back soon 🙏🙏❤️❤️
We have a ton of left over tin! Great bed idea. We’ll have to see how this works in our area! Thanks for the great video!
Thanks for watching! And good luck with the beds! 👍😀
This is the nicest looking metal bed I've seen. Excellent. I love the idea of the wood frame across the top and the two tone metal finish on the corners. I think I would add a small wood diagonal across at the corners to keep the whole bed square, especially while moving it. Thank you very much for sharing this.
nice work... ps my tomatoes grow like 10’ tall... gon need a ladder! ha! Fill the bottom of that bed with wood and you’ll have a nice hugelkultur
He's talking about/thinking about determinate (bush) tomatoes, which usually grow no taller than around 3 feet.
Try cutting the metal with snips. The manufactures here in australia tell you that using snips drags the zinc across the cut adding protection to the cut. Using a metal cutting blade heats the metal up and burns the zinc reducing protection as well as placing red hot sparks on the painted surface.
These are perfect!
Now all I have to do is get my husband to build me some 🙄😁
Haha! Now that’s the trick right there! 😄😉
@Roger Prodactor SERIOUSLY? That was uncalled for!
I built mine with wood and it only lasted 2 years before it started rotting and broke apart - this design looks better and probably last longer - I like it
What's going to keep them from cutting into and sinking into the ground? Otherwise I think they are perfect!
rocks? anything solid it would eventually come in contact with would stop it.. there is very little weight here.. except for the dirt inside of them, which are gonna create and outward force...not a downward force.. consider putting your shovel on the ground.. how many years before it sinks into the ground... MANY... just not enough weight to make it happen.
Thanks for this simple raised bed plan, Jacob. I’ve got four 4x12 beds now and my back thanks you. Farm on!
Great video! I'd paint the outside of the metal.
It will rust from the inside I think.
Epoxy paint on in side it's on all metal water tanks, that is portable water tanks
this looks good and i have cold pressed linseed oil as well. I am going to try this!
thanks for the video!
Woodglut comes with very useful plans with all the details you need.
Do you have a link to that Woodglut plan?
@@Jonatone Google is your friend
@@khaosol made my own plan
I built 4 beds two years ago and used rough Cedar lumber with the sheet metal. I did run 30# roofing felt around the inside of the sheet metal so there is no dirt to metal contact. It is working great so far.
Robert Robinson Please forgive me if this is lacking common sense question: but what happens if the soil is in direct contact with the metal? I ask because I want to build a vegetable garden... Thanks in advance.
@@joegallehgos1301 The acids from the soil can deteriorate metal over time. Roofing felt might contain chemicals. I'm wondering if plastic might work?
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"YELLA WOOD", from Home Depot. treated with non toxic "BORAX". Great for any application that calls for ground contact pressure treated wood.
That’s what I used as the bottom ground contact boards with regular pine 2x12x12 top boards.
Raised beds are the best. Production is unbelievable.
I agree! 👍
And not so back breaking as ground planting. Folks plant x flowers among vegs to keep bugs/worms out.
Yes Pauline good tip.
Normally, you want worms, right? Or do you mean grubs and caterpillars?
@@melissajarvis4829 Earth worms you do want but there are other varieties which eat out the roots ( can't think of the name ) which you don't want. Place a beer can in each corner of the bed, have the opening at a 45 degree angle so sink the bottom of the can into the soil, have about 1/3rd filled with beer and leave, this will catch all slugs and snails and as mentioned planting some flowers will attract many air borne critters to them instead of the veg
I'm really glad I found this video. I'll be starting my raised garden beds project tomorrow and will use this method. Thanks so much for posting !!
Love it! Great idea! I have one question, is the tin safe when growing food?
Yes
Thank you for showing a more reasonable price raised garden bed . I’m new to gardening and my first two beds I used treated wood and some untreated but stained it . I was worried about rotting. The untreated was less expensive but adding the stain defeated the purpose. Thank you again and God Bless Sawyer Ridge Farm .
Question??? Does it bow out when you fill it with soil?
We will be sticking the raised bed into the ground a few inches or more before we ever even start to fill it. That will help stabilize it. And we’ve never had a problem with it before doing it that way. It probably wouldn’t hurt to put some supports, but we’ve never found it necessary.
Sawyer Ridge Farm awesome. Thank you for your response
Hey guys!!! You guys are so awesome for helping out Jason. Good neighbors, good friends.
Thank you! 😊
What keeps the center from bulging out?
The tin is very sturdy. We also dig in the ground a few inches to help support the bottom. We haven't had any issues with our other beds.
Oh cool. Thanks for answering.
Thanks! I’m 64 and starting some beds. This is a doable thing for me!
That is awesome!! 😀👍
Yes, it was interesting and informative. If you own property, the metal is the best choice.
For sure! 👍
Well done! Thank you for sharing! Appreciate the pointer about the raw linseed oil! That's a game changer! God bless!
Loved this idea im gonna price it where i am still have snow here but getting ready for next month have a great day !!!!!
339 'thumbs down' with no actual negative comments. Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? Beginning to doubt if they're real. No reason at all to not like this. Great job. Great video.
Thank you john
Add many years to this and or wood planters is to line the insides with a good road base fabric, not the cheap weed stop at box stores, find where they sell sand,bark, gravel, soils, they will have big rolls of fabric you can buy at the foot , this stops soil from migrating into the rock , will provide a great barrier to keep soils from leaching acids and moisture to oxidize and rot metal and wood also allows air to breath. Its amazing who this will triple the life of your planters
Enjoyed your video.You seem like a very good and humble marine.Thank you for your service sir.
Thank you!
You need to put a rubber sheet between the metal and the dirt. This can leach heavy metals from the metal into the dirt. Then your plants can uptake those metals into your food. A rhino liner or just a rubber fabric.
I am looking into making some of the raised beds and I like this one the best! I am one of those older people that you were referring to. My old knees don't handle getting on them so much. Thanks for showing an old dog new tricks!
I’m glad we could help ya out! 👍😊
When you fill it with soil doesn't it start to now out without supports
We will be sticking the bed down into a few inches or more of soil before we ever start to fill it. But we’ve never had a problem with bowing in our other beds.
Wayne Kemmet I was wondering the same thing.
Look into hugelkultur gardening and fill it halfway or so with limbs and work your way up from biggest to smallest until you reach mulch size. Then only 6 or so inches of soil is needed. Much cheaper! I've got 2 made from logs that we wrapped with corrugated scrap tin and they work great. Very little soil needed and good airflow for the roots and as the limbs and brush rot down, it creates compost. I'm on my second season now and have carrots still growing in there that I planted last year.
I mean you could build a cheap 2x4 frame for the bottom easily replaced in a few years and not a lot of money
Just watch your video and can say you have done a good job explaining how to build the garden beds keep up the good work Rob and jo
Looks great good job
Thanks man! 👍😀
@@SawyerRidgeFarm you're welcome. Nice to see young people getting stuck into farm life. ⊂(◉‿◉)つ
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I did similar beds except that I used 2x12 boards for the top covering board. Much nicer to sit on when tending the beds or just relaxing.
You're still dealing with wood, which WILL rot and need replacing in a few years. Work smarter, not harder. It's loony tunes to muck around painting all that wood with linseed oil or anything else every year! And that will *not* work as well as you think anyway.
Cattle panels lined with hardware cloth for the win. Just cut the panels up however you want, tie them together with aluminum wire ties meant for chain link fence, and tie 1/4" hardware cloth to the inside with zipties or whatever. Low cost, sturdy, easy to build, and impervious to the elements. You can just take them apart and move them in pieces easily if you ever need/want to for some reason. For the very easiest bed, just cut the panel in half lengthwise down to two pieces 16' long x about 2' wide, bend each into a square or circle, and tie the ends together and line them with the hardware cloth. BOOM you're done, you have two self-supporting beds approx 4' in diameter x two feet deep, at a cost of about $35 for both. No rotting wood, no pre-drilling, no screws, no painting or oiling, no maintenance, *none* of that nonsense. They will outlast everyone of us.
Now if you just happen to have a pile of galvanized metal roofing laying around, by all means use it up! But just use steel t-posts, don't screw around building a bunch of wooden stuff to frame it.
Dystopia Gear hardware cloth? That will allow all the moisture on the sides to escape and be useless in my opinion. Plants would dry up super quick. Maybe sturdy.. maybe simple.. but I think the solid sides would be much better.
@@gregbrown5556 you're speaking from behind a keyboard. I'm speaking from years of experience with these beds. Circulation is a GOOD thing. My weather varies between weeks without any rain to weeks where it rains every day, and my beds hold plenty water during the dry spells but *never* get waterlogged. Ever hear of fabric pots and why they work? Check it out! If one lives in a truly arid climate they can always further "line" the bed with leaves, wood chips, cardboard etc.
I like what we call goat panels, the squares are smaller and they are a bit stronger than the cattle panels. I never thought of using them for a raised bed, thanks for the great idea. I might line them with weed cloth and add a top plate just to have something to sit on while working the beds.
@@TheRedhawke yes, the only reason I don't use goat panels is that they're noticeably more expensive than the cattle panels - because they just have more metal wire in them. But they should work great. Your weed/landscaping cloth idea will work fine too; I built a couple of mine with that as well as the hardware cloth and it certainly didn't hurt anything but I didn't really find any big advantage to it either. So it's entirely up to you.
@@Alan_CFA Unless you live in a truly arid area, wood rots, *period*. You can build something you know will fail if you want, and you can tell yourself you're going to paint/oil it every year. It's no skin off my nose. This is certainly not the worst raised bed design I've ever seen, but it's not the best either. And personally I grow for food, not to aesthetically please anyone with my beds. You think a box made of metal roofing is aesthetically pleasing to most people who care about that? OK then, but whatever, this isn't a fashion show, it's serious business. Especially now when so many people are already relying on their gardens to ease their food budget and/or make some extra money, and we're facing likely food shortages or rationing in the very near future.
Why set out and KNOW you're going to have to rebuild something when you can just do it right the first time, for less money than almost any other design, and literally never worry about it again? Buy you some fancy schmancy pretty containers for the yard if you need to be aesthetically pleased by what your plants are growing in; I notice no one ever brings that silly noise up about old-fashioned ground beds. Only when they're trying desperately to tear apart a proven idea that just plain flat out works BETTER, essentially FOREVER, because they're upset about it for some odd reason. ;)
Excellent video, i'll be making something very similar shortly!
Treated lumber no longer uses the dangerous chemicals.
It still has chemicals you don't want in your food though.
@@annlight1894 Oh, Ok. I thought the newer stuff was safe. I used untreated lumber anyway just to be safe. But now it's falling apart.
Wish I could afford cedar.
Hi guys! I have watched you through Jason Crocker, and I have to say, what a lovely couple you two are. I just subbed to your channel. I love watching videos like this. No, I’m not a homesteader, but it’s amazing to watch. Thank you guys for helping Jason out with his roof. You guys are awesome! ❤️
I really like the Woodglut plans.
You don't have to worry about wood rot if you use cedar, or redwood. In the past, I used redwood, but because I now have uneven ground and no tiller, I use cement block. They follow the bumpy terrain, but the earth inside is level (I no longer have a tiller). Spring came early this year, so I'm a little late - but I'm scurrying. Oh, how I miss my tiller & my chipper.
Thank you for the video, it was very helpful! We built one and it turned out great!!
Nice job and great idea - the cardboard on bottom can be scraps flattened out from grocer store or Walmart to stop weeds - I do that on the ground on traditional no till garden - another idea might to line the bottom with hay bales then u only need half the dirt and potting soil to fill it up - if roots penetrate top 2' soil they will do fine in the hay or straw. - Just another idea to think about.
Great video. Appreciate you taking the time to not only explain what you’re doing but why, and also not being afraid to show your mistakes because hey we all make them
Thank you
Have a lot of leftover metal and have been trying to decide how to use it for raised beds this helps a lot. Thanks
Glad this video showed up in my feed, missed seeing your videos-:). This was a good one, thank you for sharing😃👍🏼. Blessings
I am so thankful for this and your 100 can pantry shelf build as well. You really have a special gift and skill not just in planning these DIYs and working through them with plenty of research and craftsmanship but also in explaining and teaching us all how to build these awesome DIY projects too. God bless you for helping your sister and others. I love your channel and will be sharing it also.
Thank you sandra for these encouraging words
I watched your video and went and built myself one just like yours!! Thanks for the video!!
Taylor Acres Homestead that is awesome! I love when people come back and comment that they tried something out the we suggested or even built something that we showed on our channel! I hope it works out very well for you! And thanks for the update! 👍😀
@@SawyerRidgeFarm I'll be making a video of it shortly!! You'll get a chance to see a replica of your work.....
Several companies make cutting wheels for a Skil saw and you can cut through about 12 sheets of that at once, it can be a huge timesaver. Also, a lot of newer pressure treated wood is nontoxic, just check for that option when you buy it.
Thanks! 👍
Thanks for sharing! Your design is the best one that I've seen on TH-cam. The commercial ones may assemble quicker, but I think yours will be stronger in the long run and I prefer DIY projects that I can tweak to my liking. I'm going to start looking for used roofing/siding right after posting this.
i signed up to watch because i was a farmers daughter and at 64 ,i can only do raised bed or alternative gardening , bad knees ,bad back . I need my gardening contained and movable.
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Ii really like the look of your raised bed,it would be so nice to not have to get down on the ground to garden and they will last for years.Thanks for showing us how to be better at gardening. God Bless you all.
Linda I think this is a good bed to garden just for overall health.
Love how you built it with what you probably just had laying around. Nice work.
I built 2 of them and will grow this spring. Thanks for sharing your time and this idea. GREAT Stuff
Your welcome Robert hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
What a great idea. Ever better now with the price of lumber. Great video
We made two of these beds using ridge caps and the metal roofing panels thanks for the guide!!! I love them to death
Just found this video. Very informative! Thanks. This will be my next project.
Thanks for the video, I followed your directions and had one together in under an hour and its solid and looks great!
Going by the price of lumber now a days it was a pretty easy decision to go with the tin.
Now I just need to do some hugelkultur and fill it up!
Beautiful raised beds...
I'm sure your sister will love them..
Have a good evening ⛄⛄⛄
Thank you! 😊