How I made my dream raised bed garden
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- I'm sharing everything about my raised bed garden: How and why I built it, what I love and what I wish I'd done differently.
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2:25 Garden must-haves
3:29 Size and measurements
4:22 Gates
5:45 Site preparation
7:15 Building the beds (and the mistake we made)
10:10 Soil
12:11 Gravel (and the BIG mistake we made)
18:54 What I'd change if I could
21:50 Things I love
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I use refrigerators ! Get some OLD refrigerators. Look around your neighborhood - people often have their old ones in their back yards and are glad to get rid of them. My husband and I drove our pick-up truck around one day and picked up 6 of them. So - you remove the doors and the gadgets, lay the fridge on it's back, drill some drain holes in the bottom. Then you put in some rocks and/or logs or pieces of wood, a bunch of weeds or grass clippings, straw, or other organic fill. Top it off with a foot or so of good soil. There! You have a raised bed. 💕
That's brilliant!!
Oh, she didn’t mention how she gets water back there. One of my favorite things in my own garden is that we ran hose underground from the exterior house spigot to the beds, with each raised bed having its own spigot. Each spigot has its own timer that attaches to drip line though the beds. So the beds self-water on a schedule depending on the water requirements for the plants in that particular bed. It took a while to set up, but I’d never garden without it now.
I'm going to do that for my raised beds. Thanks for the suggestion.
What a great idea! Thx for sharing.
That was my big problem in my 2022 garden… it was big and beautiful, ..and too far from a water source. I ran several hoses from one of the livestock spigots, but the sprinklers didn’t reach all of it, and my attempts at flood irrigation down my heavy drinkers (corn, pumpkins, etc) ended up washing under quite a few of my rows. Once my corn got lush and tall, it fell over in the wind and I lost a good bit of my anticipated harvest. My pumpkins grew all throughout my corn rows, so it was very difficult to ensure adequate flow of irrigation to the farthest end of the corn, plus making it impossible to walk down the middles. This year I will be starting on an irrigation set up.. hopefully.
This is pretty much exactly what we did. Ran a line underground to the garden. There is a hose spigot and three timed zones that go to the raised beds and side beds. I didn’t get into it in this video because I see it as a separate discussion from construction and it could be a whole video in itself.
@@TheImpatientGardener it turned out beautifully
“I also think our deer are too lazy to bother!” I absolutely love this statement!!! 😂🤣
I hate to even mention it, but you could have just added 1 or 2 more boards to make up for the height you desired. I do love the idea and you've inspired me to build something on a smaller scale for my wife to get out and take our cats into closer to our house. Very sturdy design and looks awesome! Nice job!
I’m sure that crossed their mind. She said she didn’t want the gravel piled up against the wood.
Very generous of you to share what you would do differently. Hind sight is always 20/20. I love your raised garden just as it is! Cheers, Erin!
My suggestion for the rabbit issue would be to put 2' chicken wire around the bottom of the fence. Paint it black with a roller on both sides and it will be almost invisible. Love your garden area and the whole design....GREAT JOB!
Great video! I love when gardeners share pros and cons. So helpful to anyone starting a new garden! 💚
Really enjoyed hearing the backstory and your thought process in planning this beautiful space. Yes, I can see why a glass of wine and time spent in your garden is a favorite of yours. Love, love, love the garden gate and the overall design of this space. Very classy. Thank you, Erin.
Looks fabulous! I love the stain colour choices you made, pairing the fence with the gravel colour and your beautiful gate with the raised beds. It’s perfection 💯
This video is exactly what I was hoping to find. Thank you for taking the time to make it. I too have a grand plan that I WILL create one day but I'm limited by funds and time right now. Plus, I have this lingering hesitation that I'll make a big mistake that I'll look back on and wish I had thought through more carefully. Determining the proper layer of tampered surface, to stone and then raised bed and then barrier from underground creatures like groundhogs is overwhelming to me. I dream of the day that I can come home, grab a glass of wine and walk out to my garden to bask in the glory. Enjoy it!
I have been admiring your raised bed garden since I first saw it! The Belgian (sp?) fence is so cool, I’m surprised you didn’t mention it. And I can’t say enough about that beautiful gate! This video has given us a lot to consider in planning our own spaces. Thanks Erin!!
It amazes me that you have a job AND you have this beautiful space….your whole garden is gorgeous and I love it all. You are definitely one of my favorite people to watch on TH-cam 😊
I have tall raised beds too, made by my husband one or two a year with mostly salvaged wood and steel roofing. Some match, others don't and I don't mind! I also have two quite tall metal repurposed pig feeders that are my herb gardens. I go out to my garden in the morning with my coffee and in the evening with my wine. I'm retired now so I have that luxury. Your garden is absolutely beautiful. Looking forward to spring.
You & hubby worked so hard for that beautiful space; I'm glad you are getting so much from it. Thanks for sharing what you learned from the process.
There are so many things I love about your gardens, but your raised bed garden is at the top of my list. It’s both very beautiful and functional. You’ve provided us with so many great points to consider when designing our own. I’ve grown my veggies in pots or in the ground, sometimes interspersed with flowers, etc. but as I get older the need for raised beds becomes more evident to me. Thanks so much for sharing this great video Erin. I know it’s going to be very helpful to not just me, but many others as well.
I am a new gardener and so excited to implement some of her ideas including her gate and arbor. I already have a designated space and I know this whole process will take time but, as we all know, gotta get started the sooner the better the way things are going.
I love this video! Plz do more of what you like and what you would do different in other areas of the garden, patio ,home…you explain so well.
I love your raised bed garden, too! SUGGESTION: You could run 2ft. high hardware cloth all around the bottom of the fence to help deter the rabbits (not sure how you could stop them from crawling under the two end gates, though). Thanks so much for sharing what your thought process was for planning and executing this project. Everything looks great. 💚😊💚
Thank you for this video. I had to abandon my garden after my accident 10 years ago that left me unable to keep up with it. We had shorter beds and a simple fence around it and planned to make some improvements, but never had the opportunity before my accident and my husband eventually tore it down. As I am slowly getting back some mobility, I hope to build another raised bed garden improving on some things I learned. I appreciate your suggestions too. You inspired me!
Good morning, Erin ☕️ I absolutely love your raised bed veggie garden! It’s my inspiration!
I really like your garden, especially with the stock tank in the center.
It's unique and designed and built by you, which really makes it special .
Love the gate 😁
I absolutely adore your garden! We recently moved from a home with a small city lot to a home with 2 acres - plenty of room for something like this. Spring can’t come soon enough!
Thanks for this! Some great pointers and "learn from my mistakes" opportunity. My favorite thing in your garden is the espalier plantings 😁
Thanks for sharing, loads of great info. I love your garden gate! My Mother had a saying if she was upset about an event or person she would say don't come swinging on my garden gate!
Such a beautiful garden and a video full of insight. Thank you Erin. From my experience a rabbit will always find a way in to a warm cozy spot!🤓
You hit on several of the issues I face like that landscape cloth becomes a problem, baby rabbits or in my case chipmunks consider my garden their pantry, that I can't drop logs into my ground (in my case due to termites), and gave me a better perspective of how to design my next iteration. Love your garden.
Thanks for this great info. I’m somewhat green with envy!
I have short raised beds with no fence. You have given me so many ideas, my husband is not going to be happy 😂🤣😂
Love your Channel 💖💖💖
Amazing insight. I've been creating my garden piece by piece and there is so much that goes into the process, and then when using the space you find more things to add and change. Gotta love the process.
When I first started gardening, I started a tradition of growing something new every year! It was so fun, learning what I could grow, what I couldn't grow, what I like to grow, and what I would grow again! Love your garden!
I appreciate you reflecting and telling what you’d do differently. So many channels make everything rainbows and unicorns. Thanks for being brutally honest. You are so comfortable in front of the camera. Keep it going! I think you’d be great with an interview/guest scenario. Maybe more footage of what you are talking about visually. Last- you never talked about water 💦 so so so important for so many of us.
Love your raised bed garden! Aesthetically pleasing with the layout, construction, and extra features (especially the gate. We have some small beds, but the critters are such a problem! When I used to grow in a plot in a community garden, they had a big. Chainlink fence, which the rabits hopped right through. So the parks dept. came and put small mesh fencing on the chainlink, up a couple feet, it really kept them out.
WOW!such a informative video, so many tips, i absolutely enjoyed this! Thank you Erin 😊
Thanks Erin! Your garden is beautiful
I love your raised beds! Always have!
I love your raised bed garden, too. Beautiful and functional. The stock tank pond is the icing on the cake.
Your garden is perfect, it is my dream garden (and gate)! Adding cold frames would be great for your climate to extend your short growing season. Thank you for showing the whole building process, including the snafus.
Lots of inspiration for my garden thanks!!!
I have always admired your vegetable garden space. It’s nice to see how it came to be and hear what’s working and what’s not working. Thanks for sharing
Oh Erin! Thank you so much for sharing your learnings with us. I greatly appreciate your knowledge and experience.
Very interesting. I'm starting the second year of building my garden plan which will hopefully be mostly finished this summer. It's nice to hear someone else shares my aversion of landscape fabrics. Your garden looks amazing. I'm so happy for your success.
I love your raised bed garden, and look forward to videos that feature it. I think you’ve designed it so thoughtfully, from the gate and pond to the Belgian fence. I appreciate hearing references to the fact this project needed to be budgeted for-a fact most of us live with!
Thanks for sharing the story of how this charming corner of your garden came to be.
When we bought our home last year, we were lucky enough to have a chain link fenced in garden plot. It is about 20 feet long by 15 feet wide. We had a big problem with wet, sticky clay. My hubby leveled it and we brought in straw bales which we spread everywhere after we laid out vegetation cloth over the clay. No more clay troubles! We bought 6 big plastic planters secondhand and 3 aluminum tubs about three feet across for planting. Holes were drilled in the bottoms and placed in the garden. Inside the planters, we filled with shredded paper, broken skinny branches, dry leaves and soil. Our garden did pretty well. In two of the tubs, we must have had at least 100 tomatoes! The rest did well with what they were planted with. Been planning for this Spring plantings already, including adding 2 more tubs and moving the planters elsewhere for flowers. Enjoy your garden, we do. There is nothing better than deep planters. Your back will thank you.
Your raised bed garden is perfection.
I probably would have just added another board to make the beds taller! 😆
I've always admired your vegetable garden & love hearing about your planning process & all the details. I can only hope my new veggie space will be as beautiful & bountiful! Most appreciate the tip about raised beds at the perimeter to help combat the bunnies!
What a beautiful garden. You can use that a lot of thought went into it. 😊
great video!
thanks for sharing all the info
Good for you. Love the gate and raised beds! Thanks for sharing.
How little it takes to feel happy... Just a small garden... I liked it!
I loved your veg garden so much I approached a company to build something similar for us but the quote was crazy expensive in these post-Covid times. I will continue to save my pennies until I can get it done. My partner’s comment when the quote came in was “wow, those will be expensive carrots!” But, with the cost of food is climbing so fast now, I’m regretting not forging ahead with it last year.
Wonderful information. Your garden is beautiful
Hindsight can be painfully 20/20 sometimes, right?
I absolutely LOVE your raised bed garden space and really value what you shared here! I'm planning to incorporate raised beds in my yard in the near future and appreciate you sharing your experience! Happy Gardening! 🥔🥕🍅
It's awesome! Garden goals! 🤓🤓
Thank you so much for sharing your experience
You do an excellent job of explaining the process
Super useful information. Thanks for sharing the highs and lows of your garden!
Awesome job explaining your steps.
I have been waiting for this video forever! Thank you!! 💚
This was super helpful! We actually just moved into our new house this pst October and so this summer will be my first growing season here. I’ll probably do an in ground garden this time around just to really gauge the sun/location I’m thinking about but then I’d want to put in a raised bed garden, and I always loved your design and choice of building materials. So thank you for this video!
Great information Erin! Thank you for sharing! 💝
We built our first veggie garden in raised bed style with a very similar layout to yours in the Fall. Had time to get the garlic in before winter. Now I am excitedly waiting for spring to plant the inaugural garden. Everything we grow will be an experiment. I even was given a garden journal for Christmas to track the progress. Fingers crossed!
Thanks for sharing your story!
Very inspirational and helpful!
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Yes, love your gardens, your vegetable raised gardens are all that and more. I too love, love your garden gate. Thanks for sharing your processes . 👍❤️😊
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this amazing garden.
Hi Erin! I've always loved the look of your raised garden area, especially the beautiful gate. It's so nice that you did this video to explain what you did and why you did it. Thank you so much for sharing!
Very articulate and well done! Lovely space. Really appreciate your organized and methodical approach. Thanks for the tip on the food grade stain. Love the color your chose.
Thank you, Erin, for this great walk through! I am currently reimagining an area in my back yard and I was thinking of moving some shorter raised beds my husband made me a few years ago to a new spot. You've helped me to decide to do that because it's the place with the most sun, but I'm also going to have him make them taller.😊
Thank you, so helpful and inspiring.
Great video, your garden gate was my inspiration when we put one in a few years ago!
Your garden is absolutely dreamy! Love everything about it! Thanks for sharing your tips!💚
Thank you!!!! This is the best video ever! So much good info, just what I needed.
Beautiful garden. Love the design, and the details you provided about building it. Thank you!
Thank you, Erin! I just bought a little farmhouse on an 8 acre property this past summer and I can’t wait to have a beautiful garden….but I have so many deer!!! Your videos have really helped me cope with the deer (repellent really does work!) and I am at this moment planning my summer veg garden. I’m struggling to resist the urge to build out something like your veg garden….I want it so badly!!! But I feel it is smarter to live here for at least one year to feel all of the seasons and observe what happens naturally before making more permanent decisions. This video is a HUGE help as I look towards my future vegetable garden!!! Appreciatively yours, Pamela zone 9b
Save up money for a deer fence. You will never regret it. Over time our deer overcame every scent repellent I tried. When they started eating out of window boxes I knew they had won that battle.
Ditto as to the deer fencing. In my experience regarding in-ground or low raised bed gardens, much of the damage is done by the deer trampling the plants as much as eating things and/or pulling them out of the ground.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried a sort of "Deer Garden" located close to the woods... Where things that Deer love the most are, they can feast to their hearts' content and hopefully leave alone what the humans have planted for themselves? On second thought, that wouldn't work because they'd start in on the humans' space. Poor things think that the "invaders" of their space are planting gardens as "peace" offerings 🤔😉😉.
@@alcg3981 I live in Colorado where the deer population is large even in town. From experience they go for the plants they are drawn to the most and then they will hit everything else. Recently, I saw a 6 point buck eating out of a neighbor's birdfeeder. Nothing is safe from deer. Even so-called deer resistant plants are no guarantee that they won't be chomped on. 🙄
We are also planning raised beds after deer destroyed our whole garden last early July before the first tomatoes.
Loved this recap and can't wait to watch and read everything about your gardens.
Great video! I’m planning my raised beds, and this information was priceless. Thank you 🙏
Thank you for sharing how you designed your garden and it is beautiful
I love that garden space!! I wish I had the room. I have a narrow garden with poor soil so I use pots and grow bags for my veg and herbs.
I would love to have that! Looks beautiful too!!
LOVE the details. Wish I could have watched this 6 years ago. I agree with everything she is sharing! Such helpful information to a new gardener!
I also had to dig up landscape fabric from my entire garden last year. It was such a pain in my wazoo. Glad you brought that up for people to consider.
I’m taking notes!!! Hope to be moving to more land and want a fenced in space like yours!!!
I love your raised bed garden and especially that gate. While I don't go for symmetry in most garden spaces, I love a neatly laid out raised bed garden. And yes to 2ft paths, they feel perfectly cozy and keep things from feeling too bare and spaced out! I'm in the midst of recapping my second version of my potager as I type (or rather watch videos to procrastinate : )
Beautiful garden space! In the process of completing my terraced beds note all your great tips. Also learned the lesson no landscape fabric on the pathways tore up a few and redid that was a turf job.
Great idea to do this video. Very helpful, very insightful.
Thanks!
I can't wait to build our own raised bed garden! Right now we have started planting vegetable plants along with our flowers and landscaping in some flower beds. Big plans for 2024 for us, for now I have to be patient. Thanks for sharing your tips.
Your garden space is truly divine! Thanks for the walk-through. You have given me some great ideas with which to improve my 16 year-old raised bed garden that is desperately in need of renovation. Happy gardening.
Saved this video for my hubby to listen to later. 😁. We’re hoping to put in raised beds this year.
Very inspiring garden project completed by you and your team! The use of hewed timber for your beds and various building materials along the gate fence will certainly excite this landowner to follow his own dream on my property.
Thank you so much Erin for all this wonderful precise information. You gave me so much to think about and ponder, and I just love that cold frame possibility! You are such an inspiration, thank you for sharing!
Love love LOVE this, thank you for gifting us with this!!
Love your raised garden design and once you have raised beds you'll never go back. I agree about the longevity of cedar compared to other woods. I live on the west coast so lots of rain and cedar is everywhere to use. After 3 growing seasons the cedar was getting a little spongy at the bottom so we refreshed all the boxes by jacking them up and placing a railroad tie underneath. I'm happy because the boxes are a bit higher now so easier on my back. My husband and I are seniors so this was our last big project for the garden and hopefully it will give us a few more years to grow things.
I love it all! Thank you so much for sharing your experience. House hunting but all I can think about is gardening 🥰
Great video. So helpful to hear both sides given your hindsight. As usual your down to earth, practical, full out honesty is a treat to watch, listen and learn from. Thank you.
We relocated (Zone 5 to Zone 7, longer growing season yay!) and will be planning a growing area. Beautiful garden! Lots of ideas (pro's & con's) . Appreciate your sharing your knowledge. ~Kate
Love this. I wish we could have seen it before building our raised bed garden. It works for us but should have been designed better.
Hi from Appleton. Very informative. I got some metal watering troughs last year but didn't get it put together yet. More motivated for this year as mice ate half of my potatoes.
Excellent Erin, sorry for taking some of the pain off of us. You mustn't beat yourself up over the little over sites you made. This was your first attempt, and frankly, it's beautiful. I only wish I had more sunny space in my back yard to have such a wonderful thing! Thanks for sharing your journey!
Good morning Erin. That garden looks absolutely lovely. It's always better to convert our backyards into gardens - so many edible plants and weeds out there. I can't wait to get started on mine.
I have always admired the design of your gate-it adds so much to the garden. I wish I had a place to put one lol. My yard is similar to yours with all the trees surrounding the south side. Great information 😊
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your beautiful raised bed garden! My husband and I will be moving into our new home and have plans for fenced in raised garden beds and I found your video very helpful!
Great video, I’m at the beginning stages of designing my raised garden, deer issues also 😤. Thanks!
Great informative video Erin. I will defiinalely be watching again and taking notes. Thank you