the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Cool build. I would recommend a few things to new growers tho. Since that's so tall bury some big logs in the bottom, some sticks will be okay too but big logs will build up the soil over a long time. Really stimulates fungi and microbes. Second I would have also mixed some peat moss or coco in there with the top soil and compost, helps with moisture retention. And possibly some perlite which helps with drainage and compaction. With this mix your garden will be good the first year, but amazing subsequent years as the soil gets more loaded with fungi, microbes, worms. Also mulch it, the mulch will help regulate the moisture levels, keep the sun from harming the plants in the hot summer, and keep soil from splashing on plants when raining which can cause disease.
I would also would have cut away the grass by the fence. Would have taken out and maybe added rock or something so that area didn’t have growth and be a problem
@@patrogers8912 I did as well, but in the fall I shred up a bunch of leaves with a weedwacker, did maybe 3-4 inch mulch with it, so I don't get that splash and have way less disease. The worms really like it too, if I dig a hole for a plant I'm always finding a ton of worms. I guess one note is I hear slugs like leaf or wood mulch, so I use a little correys snail bait here and there and I haven't had a slug problem.
@@vypersportsLLC I’m still trying to decide what to put on the ground between my boxes for my next home. Previously I had weed barrier down with recycled rubber 16” tiles from Menards. But I’m questioning if that’s leeching chemicals into the yard. The problem I see with rocks is I’m messy. Over time dirt from the garden beds when I’m adding more, or harvesting, gets in the rocks and weeds start growing even in the littlest bit of dirt that spills over the rocks. Over time it’s gonna be a mess. I need to think on it!
A VERY nice looking and well built raised bed you have made there sir. If I could offer some tips on amendments for improving the soil though I'd say; 1. Landscaping fabric or tarp for weeds 2. Logs on the bottom for filler 3. Perlite or gypsum for less soil compaction 4. Peat or coco coir for moisture retention 5. Slow release fertilizer for when the compost gets used up in 3 months. Besides that, this looks terrific and I think you'll get an alright 1st season out of it. thanks for the video man, keep gardening!
You can add some pots along the side (and pull water in from your system) to add more veggies. I.e. container garden. (Or even flowers to attract bees for pollination and for color and beauty).
I’m just seeing this and you made it look so easy! I’m not allowed to use saws though, so hopefully I can get someone to make a couple of 4x4 ones. Very nice!
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Burns-o-matic.... love it. Ever try screening on the bottom to prevent moles, gophers? Landscape fabric layer for a weed barrier? Cardboard draws pests in our climate. Also, check the safety of materials touching the soil/roots to be sure it is food safe since you'll likely plan on eating what you grow. Nice design 👍🏻
Nice build mate. 👍🏾 First time gardener, I recommend herbs for your first grow season. Then when you don't kill them, come the second season try your hand at root vegetables. 😉
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Just ran into your channel, its going to be invaluable as a new homeowner that doesn't mind rolling their sleeves up. I love your attitude and energy, thank you for bringing it into my life!
Thanks, that was easy enough to make and looks great too. I didn't know that burning the wood helps it last longer outside. The cardboard is a good idea too.
Awesome content. I really like this project. It provides homeowners with a very versatile, inexpensive, and flexible method of creating a good sized raised-bed planter. You can fancy up the joinery depending on your level of tools, technique, and temperament. The Yakisugi method of wood preservation was one I wasn't familiar with. I'm not sure I'd use it personally, as I prefer the look of naturally-aged (albeit chemically and mechanically preserved) timber. But big ups for you and Bernzomatic (your sponsor) for introducing us to the technique. Another tool to file away. Also thanks to the many comments suggesting alternatives, depending on your climate, use, budget, and objectives. Last note: Loved to see your son participating in the project. Watching sons and daughters working with their moms and dads is, IMHO, one of the most gratifying parts of this sort of material. Those little people are the future of our planet and society, and seeing them working with their parents on DIY stuff like this makes my heart glow with love and hope.
Nice job! When using the speed square with the circ saw, I have found it easier to put the speed square lip on the far side of the board, pulling it toward you with your left hand as you push the saw through the cut with your right hand. That balances out the forces and the board won’t want to walk away from you quite as much. Hope this helps!
Love your positive can do attitude and your courage/sweat motto!!!I subscribed just for that! Need more hard working and inspirational people in my life. Keep up the awesome work!
You are a most engaging, enthusiastic & endearingly WATCHABLE host. I can not bear to watch MANY videos to the end, given that the voice, insincerity/lack of genuine excitement & astounding LACK of personality makes them...unwatchable. I ALSO like that you do not edit out what some others might deem "mistakes" a fact I find ENCOURAGING, as a neophyte or an expert, I STILL make mistakes & I love that you employ a genuine sense of humour & happily soldier on. The inclusion of such humour makes this video FAR MORE engaging than had you removed every honest reaction: I LAUGHED and LEARNED and am MOTIVATED to recreate YOUR DESIGN for myself. Precise build INFORMATION matters me to, and you deliver this with infectious enthusiasm AND your design is well thought out for STRENGTH, AESTHIC APPEAL (some raised beds are eyesores, others far too "flimsy" to withstand perching on the edge, whilst your adaptation is both elegant and STURDY. Kudos.) eminently FUNTIONAL: sturdy enough to withstand actual USE. One needs, as one levels up in XP, raised beds one can WORK, and short beds would be PAINFUL for me to even ATTEMPT planting/maintaining/harvesting. MY TIME is my most valued ASSET, and I am LOATHE to waste TIME or MONEY on something too ugly to bear...beauty makes me feel happy and this is the most beautiful (yet reasonably priced as compared to solid wood construction) raised bed I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
For those that don’t have convenient access to a sprinkler system to make this work, you could make this a self watering/wicking bed by lining the bottom with a pond liner and filling the first 1/4 or more with drainage piping to hold water. Add a fill pipe in a corner so you can run a hose or many watering cans to periodically refill the reservoir when it runs dry. Cover piping and fill the voids with a layer of lava rocks or organic expanded clay pebbles, put down shade cloth to help keep out the dirt and help with the wicking/capillary action then top that with your top soil/gardening mix. This method would also reduce the amount of soil needed to fill the bed. Depending on your geographical location this planter might be able to last several weeks before needing to be refilled with water.
Love it! I am so glad you did this project. It came out awesome. Raised beds are so expensive. The only thing I would of liked to see was the amount you spent to build it to compare savings of building your own versus buying one. Again, awesome!
Great video! Very informative and easy to do. I know this company called LifeSpace Gardens that also have a self-watering DIY kit for vegetable gardens, I bought a really cool garden from them and the finish they have is similar to this one you teach to build. Thanks again for teaching this!
Mr. Build is all about family. I watch with the kids and wife. Gotta plant some Jalapenos several types of them. Cucumbers will strangle your other plants.
Next bed, you can use cut logs or trees to partially fill bottom so you don't need so much dirt. They will break down over time and add to nutrients in soil.
German mound gardening = Hugelkulter. Mark from Self Sufficient Me practises this method and he even has a video where he shows how it ( his raised bed using the Hugelkulter method ) broke down over a four year period in his backyard. Interesting facts.
Great project. Like how the beard fluffing in! I think I might have put some five gallon buckets or something like that, upside down in the bottom to reduce the amount of dirt required. Simple, easy, great!
When I was younger we were kinda poor. My dad made mine and my brothers beds living room tables and a shelf for my mom to put things on she collected .. Thx for the videos. Man
Line it with plastic, then fill it half way with stone. Then put down weed barrier and put your soil in with a pipe you can use to put water in if needed. Put a drainage pipe at the bottom of your soil layer for overflow when the stone layer is full of water. Then the plants self water as needed as long as the stone layer is full of water.
You are AWESOME! You always have a great attitude with clear explanation of what you do, the tools and brands, too. Wow - such an inspiration, thank you.
Now that I am in a house I am going all out in the garden. Building 3 4x8 raised beds (2 ft tall) and 3 4x6 raised beds (also 2 ft tall). Will be running drip irrigation to it from the outside spigot (adding a manifold for multi use). In regards to growing, it looks like you are running a 2x4 bed so if you are looking at tomatoes, I'd go with small growth cherry tomato plants. You can find some that are more usable for apartment dwellers with small spaces. The reasoning is that larger tomato plants will overgrow the bed quickly. Or you could use a couple at one end, spaced apart for growth. I have a small 4x4 garden that I put in so that I am at least growing something this year and got 4 tomato plants (2 large and 2 cherry tomatoes) and they are taking over a good section of the space. For smaller spaces a couple of herbs depending on what you cook can be good as well (dill, basil, cilantro, etc.) If you are looking at doing a little bit of gardening I highly recommend looking into Square Foot Gardening as well if for no other reason than to learn how to space plants out and grow the most you can from what space you have available. Just my two cents worth!
Easy to grow plants like tomatoes, basil, cilantro, onions. Depending on your season length you might want to stick to short season things (under 55 days until maturity) because it’s almost August. Some places also carry plants that are closer to harvest, Bonnie Plants just recently started those.
i do two plantings in my beds. spring - cool crops - lettuce, kale, chard, peas (in back and trellised so they can be high and a backdrop) and beets, then summer - warm crops - tomatoes (cherry!), tomatillos (love green sauce!), onions, cukes, beans (kentucky blue wonder - crunchiest green bean period - and you can re-use your trellis in back for beans and cukes) and maybe some herbs like basil or dill. key is to plant your new crops while a few others are still in the ground so that you feed the micro creatures keeping your soil healthy (gotta have some red wiggler worms down there!). Good luck!!!
Oh, whenever I have a chance, mostly before winter, I pour “blended” organic left overs from my kitchen in my hop-house. I don’t have a compost asIde. This method has work very well already for 6 years for me. 👍🏻
I'm sure some or all of this has been said. The sod works as fertilizer if left in the bed. 1/2" hardware cloth on the bottom to keep the miles and voles out. Firewood/logs in the bottom, then a mix of manure, top soil, compost, biochar, sea-90, or other mineral additive like organic chicken feathers, all tilled/mixed together. Put it in layers with raw sugary produce in different areas like apple halves, mellon's. These add extra immediate food for red worms. 1 pound of red worms if you don't have any or wait till it rains and go pick them off the sidewalk and put a hundred or so in your bed. Love the watering system. A heave coating of baking soda around the base should keep the weeds away. Buy in bulk at a farm supply. Plantain makes a good ground cover and is edible. Clover also and puts nitrogen back in the soil.but then again so do other legumes like peas and beans. Try companion planting. Your food will taste better. Foods that go together just check your seasoning jar or your favorite sauce. Tomatoes, onions, garlic, oregano, basil and the like. Beneficial nematodes and milky spore is also a good idea to keep pests away. The cardboard weed barrier is great and attracts worms. You can add grass clippings or wood chips to the top throughout the season for a better looking garden that holds in moisture better. Late planting will keep certain pests away. Have a blessed garden.
Nice. Thanks! Gonna make a few. 😂Sorry but have to mention I got a good laugh at the part where you going on about how hot it is while wearing a shirt that says: "Embrace the Suck".
You’re not alone. I find it hot after like 72 degrees outside, unless it’s winter and the humidity is lower. I’m in Florida though. 80+ degrees here and I’m staying inside unless I have to.
You have to create a strawberry patch!!! Everbearing plant and once they are established they make more and more plants off runners that you can share with friends!!
I'm curious about the success of your raised bed and what you grew in it. I've heard mixed results with using cardboard as a weed barrier, mostly because it decomposes fairly quickly. There seems to be a lot of uneducated planting advice in the comments. 1. Tomatoes are an absolute must in the garden since they are excellent fresh. If you get an indeterminate variety (most of them) they will spread like a vine so getting a good cage or staking them up will save a lot of space. 2. Most veggies do not share their flavors with each other but veggies that require a lot of the same soil nutrients don't do great together. 3. Most of your plants are annuals, benefit is you can plant something different every year. 4. Perennial plants (many herbs and strawberries) often spread so plant them where you want to keep them forever. 5. Just figure out the growing habits of the things you will plant and know that depending on where you're located everything cannot be grown will from seed.
it's not so much what you're going to plant, it's when you're going to plant those things. and that depends entirely on which hardiness zone you live in. down here in SE Texas, I start my tomatoes and peppers off from seed around the last week of December or the first week of January. They're ready to go in the ground by about 1 March. Eggplants, broccoli, cabbage, and cauli, all also started from seed, get started about the same time, maybe a week after the peppers and tomatoes. But if you live way up north, it may not do you any good to start seeding those things before I even put mine in the ground. I'd recommend a book by a retired engineer - the book is Square Foot Gardening, and the author is Mel Bartholomew. Loads of good info in that book, no matter where you live.
watch out for root requirements... this year I’m doing potatoes in grow bags because the roots (and potatoes) get in the way of my tomato plants in a raised bed. Also, bonus: it’s a LOT easier to find potatoes when all you have to do is dump out a grow bag. 😁
I had never heard of using cardboard for a weed barrier.... kool, if it works. I got a tip a couple of years back for a weed barrier. Use old carpet. Pile side down. water goes thru it but weeds can't come up through it. Think of how much carpet goes to landfills EVERYDAY.... We couldn't be happier with all the landscaping around our crib using carpet. Cut it to fit - thinking rounded edges. Recycled carpet destined for the landfill and we're Weedless for two years and counting.
Great little project :) Use Tent pegs mate to hold down your retic pipe. Cheap, rust resistant and easily moveable (for when you need to move the pipe as the plants grow/ change). The other tip would be dont by the expensive adjustable low pressure sprayers, by the non-adjustable low pressure sprayers and just put one valve on the feed pipe... which also means you don’t get wet whilst adjusting.
So with the pavers underneath, obviously the bed is raised and for now there is a gap all around it. How does that work with the cardboard and the heavy soil? Did the soil push the cardboard down, did anything come out from the sides?
I would go basic plants for beginners of gardening or ask someone that's been gardening for a long time. Also plants that will do great in the watering system you have.
If you plan on building a second one of these, plant roots only really go 12-18 inch's down, to save on money you can fill the bottom layer with organic scraps and wood. Twigs branches, cut down plants table scraps.
Wouldn’t you either over water the garden based on the lawn watering time for the sprinkler zone or under water the lawn if you adjust it for the garden unless it becomes it’s own independent zone?
If it were my raised planter I would be planting herbs, you don’t really have lots of room for more than one vegetable, but you could section it out on top using just half inch beading wood and then plant maybe 8 different herbs. You could then have fresh watercress, mint, basil, rosemary, parsley, dill, sage, thyme, chives, oregano, to name but a few.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
We have one about that size and did 3x cherry tomatoes (one of them chocolate cherry tomatoes, not sure how they'll be!) and then 2 hot peppers. Definitely looking forward to the cherry tomatoes!
Juicy Fruit oooh sounds interesting!! I think we spread each plant about 2 feet apart in ours. That’s good to keep in mind though I appreciate that. It’s my first garden
We placed cardboard over our grass and made sure there was plenty of overlap. Saved my back and it works. Only problem I noticed is the grass around the garden bed tends to worm its way inside but i just pull it out by hand and since the dirt is fairly lofty its pretty easy.
Mr. Build it**** You should really consider building a stucco fireplace or an 8 foot tall outdoor fire place with side storage for wood. There's videos on youtube of people building it but never step by step videos just pictures. That would be an awesome video!!
Carrots! You definitely need carrots for that luxuriously, deep bed. Inspired to incorporate some of your ideas when I build mine. Hugelkulture for the bottom is what I plan to do with mine.
I can speak on how much my raised bed ended up costing us. A 10' x 4' bed standing 2.5' tall ended up costing about $500 per bed including dirt and screws. My beds are fully wood, and were pressure treated since I am comfortable in the low amount of chemicals if any that would be leached into the soil through the years. Not as pretty as the one above, but pretty functional.
I priced out two 4x8 beds this style, get the roofing at lowes, and pressure treated 2x4s, with the roofing screws. If you already have the tools these tall beds are pretty cheap, about 120-150 per depending on wood cost. And the roofing you can get in 12' sheets, so two sheets would cut 2 8' strips and 2 4' strips, perfect for one bed, at about 30$ a sheet. So 60ish dollars and then enough 2x4's to frame it. I'd estimate 13ish 2x4s . 6 8' for long boards on frame and top ledge, 10 2' adding L corner and center braces, 6 4' for cross braces and 2 on the top ledge. 102 linear feet of board. 13-2x4 x 6$ = 78$. 2 12' galvanized roof sheets x 30$ = 60$. 78+60=138$. Good price for a big deep garden bed.
Tomatoes and Peppers are two pretty easy starter garden plants. You will need some kind of trellis for your tomatoes, you can probably plant 2-3 plants in the back, and maybe 4 or so peppers in front. You've done a lot of great indoor projects, it's nice to see more outdoor projects. A yard tour might be nice sometime.
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Cool build. I would recommend a few things to new growers tho. Since that's so tall bury some big logs in the bottom, some sticks will be okay too but big logs will build up the soil over a long time. Really stimulates fungi and microbes. Second I would have also mixed some peat moss or coco in there with the top soil and compost, helps with moisture retention. And possibly some perlite which helps with drainage and compaction. With this mix your garden will be good the first year, but amazing subsequent years as the soil gets more loaded with fungi, microbes, worms. Also mulch it, the mulch will help regulate the moisture levels, keep the sun from harming the plants in the hot summer, and keep soil from splashing on plants when raining which can cause disease.
Soil on plants is something I’ve totally underestimated as a gardener. Thanks for that input
I would also would have cut away the grass by the fence. Would have taken out and maybe added rock or something so that area didn’t have growth and be a problem
@@patrogers8912 I did as well, but in the fall I shred up a bunch of leaves with a weedwacker, did maybe 3-4 inch mulch with it, so I don't get that splash and have way less disease. The worms really like it too, if I dig a hole for a plant I'm always finding a ton of worms. I guess one note is I hear slugs like leaf or wood mulch, so I use a little correys snail bait here and there and I haven't had a slug problem.
@@vypersportsLLC I’m still trying to decide what to put on the ground between my boxes for my next home. Previously I had weed barrier down with recycled rubber 16” tiles from Menards. But I’m questioning if that’s leeching chemicals into the yard. The problem I see with rocks is I’m messy. Over time dirt from the garden beds when I’m adding more, or harvesting, gets in the rocks and weeds start growing even in the littlest bit of dirt that spills over the rocks. Over time it’s gonna be a mess. I need to think on it!
This is the build video for me! That’s all the tools and materials I have, plus I love playing with fire!
A VERY nice looking and well built raised bed you have made there sir. If I could offer some tips on amendments for improving the soil though I'd say;
1. Landscaping fabric or tarp for weeds
2. Logs on the bottom for filler
3. Perlite or gypsum for less soil compaction
4. Peat or coco coir for moisture retention
5. Slow release fertilizer for when the compost gets used up in 3 months.
Besides that, this looks terrific and I think you'll get an alright 1st season out of it. thanks for the video man, keep gardening!
You can add some pots along the side (and pull water in from your system) to add more veggies. I.e. container garden. (Or even flowers to attract bees for pollination and for color and beauty).
I’m just seeing this and you made it look so easy! I’m not allowed to use saws though, so hopefully I can get someone to make a couple of 4x4 ones. Very nice!
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HATS OFF! YOU MADE IT LOOK AMAZINGLY EASY! WISH YOU WERE MY NEIGHBOR!
Burns-o-matic.... love it.
Ever try screening on the bottom to prevent moles, gophers? Landscape fabric layer for a weed barrier? Cardboard draws pests in our climate. Also, check the safety of materials touching the soil/roots to be sure it is food safe since you'll likely plan on eating what you grow.
Nice design 👍🏻
Strawberries are always great. Lots of fond memories picking them in my grandma’s backyard. And low mx
Dude thanks for this video! I am heading to lowe’s right now to build one! My wife would be very happy for sure😜
More drill and circular saw videos! This is what most people are looking for! Basic tools but great builds! Great job!
Nice build mate. 👍🏾
First time gardener, I recommend herbs for your first grow season.
Then when you don't kill them, come the second season try your hand at root vegetables. 😉
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Just ran into your channel, its going to be invaluable as a new homeowner that doesn't mind rolling their sleeves up.
I love your attitude and energy, thank you for bringing it into my life!
Basil has always been an easy grower for me, and you can make some homemade pesto! A nice herb to throw into any extra gaps you might have!
Bravo! Make a few more for this spring to expand!
Thanks, that was easy enough to make and looks great too. I didn't know that burning the wood helps it last longer outside. The cardboard is a good idea too.
Awesome content.
I really like this project. It provides homeowners with a very versatile, inexpensive, and flexible method of creating a good sized raised-bed planter. You can fancy up the joinery depending on your level of tools, technique, and temperament.
The Yakisugi method of wood preservation was one I wasn't familiar with. I'm not sure I'd use it personally, as I prefer the look of naturally-aged (albeit chemically and mechanically preserved) timber. But big ups for you and Bernzomatic (your sponsor) for introducing us to the technique. Another tool to file away. Also thanks to the many comments suggesting alternatives, depending on your climate, use, budget, and objectives.
Last note: Loved to see your son participating in the project. Watching sons and daughters working with their moms and dads is, IMHO, one of the most gratifying parts of this sort of material. Those little people are the future of our planet and society, and seeing them working with their parents on DIY stuff like this makes my heart glow with love and hope.
Absolutely gorgeous... In aboiut 2 weeks we will see if I can follow instructions
Nice job! When using the speed square with the circ saw, I have found it easier to put the speed square lip on the far side of the board, pulling it toward you with your left hand as you push the saw through the cut with your right hand. That balances out the forces and the board won’t want to walk away from you quite as much. Hope this helps!
Great talker, clear and fast.
Love your positive can do attitude and your courage/sweat motto!!!I subscribed just for that! Need more hard working and inspirational people in my life. Keep up the awesome work!
You are a most engaging, enthusiastic & endearingly WATCHABLE host. I can not bear to watch MANY videos to the end, given that the voice, insincerity/lack of genuine excitement & astounding LACK of personality makes them...unwatchable. I ALSO like that you do not edit out what some others might deem "mistakes" a fact I find ENCOURAGING, as a neophyte or an expert, I STILL make mistakes & I love that you employ a genuine sense of humour & happily soldier on. The inclusion of such humour makes this video FAR MORE engaging than had you removed every honest reaction: I LAUGHED and LEARNED and am MOTIVATED to recreate YOUR DESIGN for myself. Precise build INFORMATION matters me to, and you deliver this with infectious enthusiasm AND your design is well thought out for STRENGTH, AESTHIC APPEAL (some raised beds are eyesores, others far too "flimsy" to withstand perching on the edge, whilst your adaptation is both elegant and STURDY. Kudos.) eminently FUNTIONAL: sturdy enough to withstand actual USE. One needs, as one levels up in XP, raised beds one can WORK, and short beds would be PAINFUL for me to even ATTEMPT planting/maintaining/harvesting. MY TIME is my most valued ASSET, and I am LOATHE to waste TIME or MONEY on something too ugly to bear...beauty makes me feel happy and this is the most beautiful (yet reasonably priced as compared to solid wood construction) raised bed I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
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you make me want to build stuff. I think im gonna do this project for my mom. Thanks
Awesome video man keep up the great work. Only 20 years old but trying to get where you are in the future
For those that don’t have convenient access to a sprinkler system to make this work, you could make this a self watering/wicking bed by lining the bottom with a pond liner and filling the first 1/4 or more with drainage piping to hold water. Add a fill pipe in a corner so you can run a hose or many watering cans to periodically refill the reservoir when it runs dry. Cover piping and fill the voids with a layer of lava rocks or organic expanded clay pebbles, put down shade cloth to help keep out the dirt and help with the wicking/capillary action then top that with your top soil/gardening mix. This method would also reduce the amount of soil needed to fill the bed. Depending on your geographical location this planter might be able to last several weeks before needing to be refilled with water.
Thank you this is what I was looking for, now I need to see it in action 😊
Love it! I am so glad you did this project. It came out awesome. Raised beds are so expensive. The only thing I would of liked to see was the amount you spent to build it to compare savings of building your own versus buying one. Again, awesome!
Great video! Very informative and easy to do. I know this company called LifeSpace Gardens that also have a self-watering DIY kit for vegetable gardens, I bought a really cool garden from them and the finish they have is similar to this one you teach to build. Thanks again for teaching this!
Mr. Build is all about family. I watch with the kids and wife. Gotta plant some Jalapenos several types of them. Cucumbers will strangle your other plants.
Definitely some chive! Amazing on sandwiches and potatoes and salads ☺️
Next bed, you can use cut logs or trees to partially fill bottom so you don't need so much dirt. They will break down over time and add to nutrients in soil.
German mound gardening = Hugelkulter.
Mark from Self Sufficient Me practises this method and he even has a video where he shows how it ( his raised bed using the Hugelkulter method ) broke down over a four year period in his backyard. Interesting facts.
Looks great will have to try this out !
Great project. Like how the beard fluffing in! I think I might have put some five gallon buckets or something like that, upside down in the bottom to reduce the amount of dirt required. Simple, easy, great!
You've gotta try sugar snap peas! Love fresh picked sugar snap peas and if you can them, they last into next year
When I was younger we were kinda poor. My dad made mine and my brothers beds living room tables and a shelf for my mom to put things on she collected .. Thx for the videos. Man
Line it with plastic, then fill it half way with stone. Then put down weed barrier and put your soil in with a pipe you can use to put water in if needed. Put a drainage pipe at the bottom of your soil layer for overflow when the stone layer is full of water. Then the plants self water as needed as long as the stone layer is full of water.
You are AWESOME! You always have a great attitude with clear explanation of what you do, the tools and brands, too. Wow - such an inspiration, thank you.
Now that I am in a house I am going all out in the garden. Building 3 4x8 raised beds (2 ft tall) and 3 4x6 raised beds (also 2 ft tall). Will be running drip irrigation to it from the outside spigot (adding a manifold for multi use). In regards to growing, it looks like you are running a 2x4 bed so if you are looking at tomatoes, I'd go with small growth cherry tomato plants. You can find some that are more usable for apartment dwellers with small spaces. The reasoning is that larger tomato plants will overgrow the bed quickly. Or you could use a couple at one end, spaced apart for growth. I have a small 4x4 garden that I put in so that I am at least growing something this year and got 4 tomato plants (2 large and 2 cherry tomatoes) and they are taking over a good section of the space. For smaller spaces a couple of herbs depending on what you cook can be good as well (dill, basil, cilantro, etc.) If you are looking at doing a little bit of gardening I highly recommend looking into Square Foot Gardening as well if for no other reason than to learn how to space plants out and grow the most you can from what space you have available. Just my two cents worth!
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nice made man!
I think i will make it different just becasue i dont have much energy to work with.
But this was nice and inspiring to see, great work!
Lov the wood and metal combo, plus quick and easy diy build. Thanks
Easy to grow plants like tomatoes, basil, cilantro, onions. Depending on your season length you might want to stick to short season things (under 55 days until maturity) because it’s almost August. Some places also carry plants that are closer to harvest, Bonnie Plants just recently started those.
The dance moves are back, awesome!!! Great video!
LOVE seeing your boys in the videos!
Can you do a video on how to make a Murphy Bed?! That would be awesome to watch! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, expertise and skills.
i do two plantings in my beds. spring - cool crops - lettuce, kale, chard, peas (in back and trellised so they can be high and a backdrop) and beets, then summer - warm crops - tomatoes (cherry!), tomatillos (love green sauce!), onions, cukes, beans (kentucky blue wonder - crunchiest green bean period - and you can re-use your trellis in back for beans and cukes) and maybe some herbs like basil or dill. key is to plant your new crops while a few others are still in the ground so that you feed the micro creatures keeping your soil healthy (gotta have some red wiggler worms down there!). Good luck!!!
Oh, whenever I have a chance, mostly before winter, I pour “blended” organic left overs from my kitchen in my hop-house. I don’t have a compost asIde. This method has work very well already for 6 years for me. 👍🏻
I'm sure some or all of this has been said. The sod works as fertilizer if left in the bed. 1/2" hardware cloth on the bottom to keep the miles and voles out. Firewood/logs in the bottom, then a mix of manure, top soil, compost, biochar, sea-90, or other mineral additive like organic chicken feathers, all tilled/mixed together. Put it in layers with raw sugary produce in different areas like apple halves, mellon's. These add extra immediate food for red worms. 1 pound of red worms if you don't have any or wait till it rains and go pick them off the sidewalk and put a hundred or so in your bed.
Love the watering system.
A heave coating of baking soda around the base should keep the weeds away. Buy in bulk at a farm supply. Plantain makes a good ground cover and is edible. Clover also and puts nitrogen back in the soil.but then again so do other legumes like peas and beans. Try companion planting. Your food will taste better. Foods that go together just check your seasoning jar or your favorite sauce. Tomatoes, onions, garlic, oregano, basil and the like.
Beneficial nematodes and milky spore is also a good idea to keep pests away. The cardboard weed barrier is great and attracts worms. You can add grass clippings or wood chips to the top throughout the season for a better looking garden that holds in moisture better. Late planting will keep certain pests away. Have a blessed garden.
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Hi from Belgium. Nice project
Would definitely recommend romaine lettuce, easy to grow. Also radish, the breakfast radishes are good 👌🏾. Both great for beginning gardeners.
Cilantro, basil, are great herb. Tomatoes 🍅 grow well. Mint, lemon balm and oregano spread like weeds.
Nice. Thanks! Gonna make a few. 😂Sorry but have to mention I got a good laugh at the part where you going on about how hot it is while wearing a shirt that says: "Embrace the Suck".
Good job nice video. I think I’m gonna incorporate that watering trick into my build.
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alway fun, thanks for sharing your projects... hope everything's fine with the new born, your wife, kids and family
You’re not alone. I find it hot after like 72 degrees outside, unless it’s winter and the humidity is lower. I’m in Florida though. 80+ degrees here and I’m staying inside unless I have to.
That is a nice piece.
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Amazing and you made it sound so easy!!!!!
Needs a LOT of water, and will be a tree
This channel has inspired so much as a small TH-camr, you doing great
Great video, and I never thought to use a speed square as a guide for the circular saw, that's very helpful!! Thank you!!
You have to create a strawberry patch!!! Everbearing plant and once they are established they make more and more plants off runners that you can share with friends!!
Easy starter veggies to grow - peppers/squash/zucchini/herbs(rosemary/parsley/basil)
The courage you give at the end of the videos is amazing. Keep up the good work 👌
I'm curious about the success of your raised bed and what you grew in it. I've heard mixed results with using cardboard as a weed barrier, mostly because it decomposes fairly quickly. There seems to be a lot of uneducated planting advice in the comments.
1. Tomatoes are an absolute must in the garden since they are excellent fresh. If you get an indeterminate variety (most of them) they will spread like a vine so getting a good cage or staking them up will save a lot of space.
2. Most veggies do not share their flavors with each other but veggies that require a lot of the same soil nutrients don't do great together.
3. Most of your plants are annuals, benefit is you can plant something different every year.
4. Perennial plants (many herbs and strawberries) often spread so plant them where you want to keep them forever.
5. Just figure out the growing habits of the things you will plant and know that depending on where you're located everything cannot be grown will from seed.
Great job.
it's not so much what you're going to plant, it's when you're going to plant those things. and that depends entirely on which hardiness zone you live in.
down here in SE Texas, I start my tomatoes and peppers off from seed around the last week of December or the first week of January. They're ready to go in the ground by about 1 March. Eggplants, broccoli, cabbage, and cauli, all also started from seed, get started about the same time, maybe a week after the peppers and tomatoes. But if you live way up north, it may not do you any good to start seeding those things before I even put mine in the ground.
I'd recommend a book by a retired engineer - the book is Square Foot Gardening, and the author is Mel Bartholomew. Loads of good info in that book, no matter where you live.
Strawberry's are the best👌
i aspire to be this man
Lovin' that "exterior core" @ 7:15
Potatoes!!!! ..can never go wrong with that ..also awsome content keep it up !😎
watch out for root requirements... this year I’m doing potatoes in grow bags because the roots (and potatoes) get in the way of my tomato plants in a raised bed. Also, bonus: it’s a LOT easier to find potatoes when all you have to do is dump out a grow bag. 😁
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Absolutely love this channel!
Very lovely kids
I had never heard of using cardboard for a weed barrier.... kool, if it works.
I got a tip a couple of years back for a weed barrier. Use old carpet. Pile side down. water goes thru it but weeds can't come up through it.
Think of how much carpet goes to landfills EVERYDAY.... We couldn't be happier with all the landscaping around our crib using carpet. Cut it to fit - thinking rounded edges.
Recycled carpet destined for the landfill and we're Weedless for two years and counting.
Great little project :)
Use Tent pegs mate to hold down your retic pipe. Cheap, rust resistant and easily moveable (for when you need to move the pipe as the plants grow/ change). The other tip would be dont by the expensive adjustable low pressure sprayers, by the non-adjustable low pressure sprayers and just put one valve on the feed pipe... which also means you don’t get wet whilst adjusting.
So with the pavers underneath, obviously the bed is raised and for now there is a gap all around it. How does that work with the cardboard and the heavy soil? Did the soil push the cardboard down, did anything come out from the sides?
I would go basic plants for beginners of gardening or ask someone that's been gardening for a long time. Also plants that will do great in the watering system you have.
If you plan on building a second one of these, plant roots only really go 12-18 inch's down, to save on money you can fill the bottom layer with organic scraps and wood. Twigs branches, cut down plants table scraps.
Been waiting for this one for the wife!✊🏽
This is such an effective beginner-friendly tutorial! Thank you :).
Tomatos and peppers work great.
Wouldn’t you either over water the garden based on the lawn watering time for the sprinkler zone or under water the lawn if you adjust it for the garden unless it becomes it’s own independent zone?
Check for midseason veggies. Herbs are always a good choice, too.
If it were my raised planter I would be planting herbs, you don’t really have lots of room for more than one vegetable, but you could section it out on top using just half inch beading wood and then plant maybe 8 different herbs. You could then have fresh watercress, mint, basil, rosemary, parsley, dill, sage, thyme, chives, oregano, to name but a few.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
So cool! I actually just made my own garden box. LMK how I did 😬
Enjoyed the video...How about a series for building a home gym?
We have one about that size and did 3x cherry tomatoes (one of them chocolate cherry tomatoes, not sure how they'll be!) and then 2 hot peppers. Definitely looking forward to the cherry tomatoes!
I hope you didnt put the hot peppers close to all your tomatoes, or you will get very mild peppers and very spicy tomatoes
Juicy Fruit oooh sounds interesting!! I think we spread each plant about 2 feet apart in ours. That’s good to keep in mind though I appreciate that. It’s my first garden
Great idea! Looks great!
Very nice
Thanks for a project requiring only basic tools.
We placed cardboard over our grass and made sure there was plenty of overlap. Saved my back and it works. Only problem I noticed is the grass around the garden bed tends to worm its way inside but i just pull it out by hand and since the dirt is fairly lofty its pretty easy.
Mr. Build it**** You should really consider building a stucco fireplace or an 8 foot tall outdoor fire place with side storage for wood. There's videos on youtube of people building it but never step by step videos just pictures. That would be an awesome video!!
Carrots! You definitely need carrots for that luxuriously, deep bed. Inspired to incorporate some of your ideas when I build mine.
Hugelkulture for the bottom is what I plan to do with mine.
Thanx brother
could you start adding how costly your projects are?
I can speak on how much my raised bed ended up costing us. A 10' x 4' bed standing 2.5' tall ended up costing about $500 per bed including dirt and screws. My beds are fully wood, and were pressure treated since I am comfortable in the low amount of chemicals if any that would be leached into the soil through the years. Not as pretty as the one above, but pretty functional.
I priced out two 4x8 beds this style, get the roofing at lowes, and pressure treated 2x4s, with the roofing screws. If you already have the tools these tall beds are pretty cheap, about 120-150 per depending on wood cost. And the roofing you can get in 12' sheets, so two sheets would cut 2 8' strips and 2 4' strips, perfect for one bed, at about 30$ a sheet. So 60ish dollars and then enough 2x4's to frame it. I'd estimate 13ish 2x4s . 6 8' for long boards on frame and top ledge, 10 2' adding L corner and center braces, 6 4' for cross braces and 2 on the top ledge. 102 linear feet of board. 13-2x4 x 6$ = 78$. 2 12' galvanized roof sheets x 30$ = 60$. 78+60=138$. Good price for a big deep garden bed.
Tomatoes and Peppers are two pretty easy starter garden plants. You will need some kind of trellis for your tomatoes, you can probably plant 2-3 plants in the back, and maybe 4 or so peppers in front.
You've done a lot of great indoor projects, it's nice to see more outdoor projects. A yard tour might be nice sometime.
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Man the area you live in looks amazing!