Nice demo, you just gave me a thought to keep the tree trunk and not put on the trayler and send off to the dump.That would cost to.The rest we chipped up for mulch,which is great around the garden. Now I can use the trunk too. THANKS.
Showed this video to our Happy Gardeners Club ....they loved it and all commented on the lovely down to earth presentation by Erica . Wales can be so proud of this lovely lady 😏🏴🏴🏴
That's given me an idea of how to get rid of the piles of dead wood from my woodland & get some raised beds for the winter squash I've got planned, just need some dry weather before Pembrokeshire floats away!!!!
I know, it's raining here so hard, I habw gardening jobs to do tomorrow and I'm going to get completely soaked if it doesn't stop! Glad to have given you an idea for your squash.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Heard of it before but never thought about trying it, got 4 acres of neglected woodland to clear up & about an acre to start growing in so doing this would be a win, win!!! I'll give you a wave next time I'm round Swansea way
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Thinking of buying a boat so I can get from the back door to the woods!!!! Ha ha!!!! need to plant some thirsty trees to try & dry things up a bit
I loved those little beds so much I ordered 4 lol. And now again thanks to you I know where to stash all my oak tree leaves. Those rotting tree bits hold so much water ideal if we have a summer like last year. Awesome video. Thanks
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I would like a couple of the larger ones. But I got 4 small ones too start with. But I have been thinking on how I could join those and make them larger if I wanted to. Thanks again Erica.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I may just give that a try. I'm just worried they may not be strong enough in the middle but I can fiddle and faff to see what I can do.
Another wonderful video, thank you! I too loved the seeing the decaying wood sponge! I would never have thought that would hold water like that. I filled raised beds similarly last year as I was starting from the beginning with 12 beds that were each 3 pallet collars high and needed to reduce the compost expense. I didn’t have as much wood/chicken manure etc as you but used sticks, random branch/bush clippings and grass cuttings. I then topped thickly with cardboard and finished with about 1 pallet depth of compost. It’s dropped lower this year and so needs filling up again but it definitely worked well and I had a really good season so worth a try if you run out of wood etc xxx
Very useful and factful little vid Erica. We all need a huggable culture, especially on cold wet days. Wow, so much water from a small piece of wood. I also think I'm going to have to get myself one if those galvanized raised beds. Cheers all round for this one. Paggy 🥁👍😊❤
Oh this is fascinating!! I’ve just got this feeling that your pumpkins are going to LOVE that bed!! I’ve never heard of this method before and I’m so looking forward to seeing your result. The down thumbers don’t realise that TH-cam still class it as interaction, so they’re actually helping us out eh!
I sawed the branches I used into 30 cm lengths so that I could pack more wood into the raised bed. Similarly, I used wood chips from the garden paths (they had been in place for four years, and so were well weathered) instead of twigs since I could fit more in this way. The additional work of sawing the logs was well worth it.
I live north of Seattle and my yard looks exactly like your video. Great stuff. I will definitely use your techniques. I’ve also found that wood log debris that is fully soaked with water. Never thought to use it in my garden. I will now thanks for the information
Hi, I had 4 large stumps of semi. Rotten trees drilled out by a very cool machine, instead of trying to get rid of all the bits and pieces I have incorporated them into the bed I’ve created; I have quite heavy soil so I am hoping this will encourage moisture retention and add some good nutrition to the soil. I love your channel.
Erica's Little Welsh Garden The house and garden were originally a row of garages, and the beech trees were there then. I planned the beds around the trees, but because they had been damaged rot set in and over time I had to have them cut down. At first I left the stumps then as they rotted I have had the chipped and then dug them into the bed.
Your hugel bed should be an Ibiza holiday for pumpkins they’ll romp away in there Erica, looks great. will be interesting to see just how often watering will be needed 👍🏽
Wow I can't believe how quick that filled up and all natural too. Excellent video Erica. Thank you . I'm definitely going to plant my squash on one of my compost heaps. Well it was a hole in the garden that was so deep as I've got 3 sons who thought they'd make a fort but then gave in. So I filled it with nearly all the same bits as you've done . I didn't realise it would be good for veggieslike squash so that's a bonus. Thanks 💛💛 so glad I saw this video or it would have gone to waste. ☺
I am just now starting to hear about the Hügelkultur Method this year. It looks interesting and a great way to do raised beds if you have them really tall. That way you do not have to use so much soil. Great video. I guess you are my FIRST International subscriber. I hope I am your first American or Texas subscriber!
Thanks for watching Sidney! I have quite a few American friends already but it is great to have one more! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment! 😊
Yeah a few people mentioned this in the last video I did. I only learnt the name of this a few months ago, in the past I had done this but I never knew it was an actual this! 🤣
Brilliant way to use what you have for for on your doorstep look forward to seeing how you do other beds and how they progress. Really good informative update cheers Jan 💐
We collect mole hills from around our farm and use as part of the filling for our beds, as well as well rotted manure from our muck heap from our stables. Love this idea, we have some fallen branched around the farm. Thank you x
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I've done it 😁😁 AND..... made it my first ever you tube video (I've given you credit for the inspiration) super excited. Just putting the finishing touches to the editing and it will be uploaded... Woooo
Good day to you Erika !! all my raised beds at the front of my property where I grow my flowers are Hugulculture beds, it's a fantastic way of growing and the cheapest too !! Good luck with yours
I have a travelling raised bed that i move every Autumn and I fill it with all my composting material. I then use it the following spring for my pumpkins. I also make pockets in old round bales of barley straw and plant into them. as the straw breaks down I then move it to my rows. Over the years the soil in my garden has raised by a foot. The only problem is water logging . Another very wet night for us
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden been there, done that. When I lived on the Gower , I used to spend most of the day outside. Here I'm just off the coast but in the lee of mountains, my garden in drowned tonight and all the roads are flooded, we're used to it and it all returns to normal pretty quick, but the ground can stay wet. I'm good at growing moss though. love your bed
@@LizZorab I'll send you a picture tomorrow. I've been here 20 years. You can easily find out how much you've added in your garden. Dig a test pit and see the layers on top of the original soil level. Perma culture in action. The big question I have ,we are importing into our garden to raise fertility and therefor impoverishing another area. What is the balance? I built my soil out of garden waste, cocoa shells , manure,straw and prunings. I'm thinking of getting my soil analysed
Hey Erica awesome update.love the old school method a guy on my site did the same as you and it turned out amazingly. Happy growing Sam 🌞🌱🌼🐝 Ps like the little thumbs down bit cracked me up 🤣😂
Really interesting Erica. I too have loads of rotten branches and stuff so I might have to give this a go. Amazing how much moisture rotting wood holds lol. Good luck hope it works well for you. 🏴🌱grow With Kit🌱🏴
I had 4 rotten beach trees in the back garden ( our house used to be where garages were and the trees had been badly damaged) so when I designed my back garden originally it was around the trees. As time passed 1 by 1 we had to have them cut down as they became dangerous
Erica's Little Welsh Garden The bulk of them were chopped up and given to various people, the stumps and branches were chipped and dug into the beds or. Used as top dressing.
Hi Erica! That is brilliant! and last night I was reading up on planting out squash (growing it 1st time this year) and pumpkins, I have 2017 compost pile should be ready, just still not sure where to put them in the garden, Great video :-)
Great vid. I’ve never heard of this method, but it will be interesting to see the results. Also it could save a lot of money for those of us that don’t make our own compost and have to buy a lot to fill a raised bed. Can I ask if there are any benefits of metal over wooden beds other than longevity ? Does a metal bed warm the soil faster ? Thanks for the vid.
Hello, it was about the same price as the wooden ones and I chose it for ease of construction, no tools required and it will last longer. It is a no brainer if you ask me! Obviously you can make them from pallets but I wanted something I could easily make and I didn't have time to take them all apart etc. Thank you for watching! I agree about the money saving side the this method gives you! I love the fact I have done this for FREE! (Apart from the bed)
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Even sand works as the space between becomes the mycelium nutrient source ~ not so much the sand but how sand conducts moisture between different substructures.
Just made a hugelkulture raised bed after watching your video on our new allotment, but am a little unsure what to plant into it in the first year (before wood has rotted much) I am guessing it should be something without long roots so am considering courgettes and squash do you think this would work, or do you have other suggestions based on what is working in your beds. We are in Wales as well so have the same weather conditions i.e wet and windy most of the time 😊
Hello, this is the video where I talk about my raised bed! th-cam.com/video/NiNNry2Lha0/w-d-xo.html they come flat pack and I have the link to the amazon page for the beds in the description. Thanks for watching.
I wouldn't be filling up my rates flower beds with so much carbon I.e wood. The bacteria needed to break down decaying wood requires a lot of Nitrogen until fully broken down. I would have smashed the wood up and laid it down as flat as possible on the card board if I was persistent to do so. The other thing that can be done when you break the wood up and lay it over the cardboard I would have done a layer of cut grass to help the wood with extra nitrogen in close range. P.s loving the channel and who ever that cute presenter is 😜.
What height are the metal walls on that raised bed?- I am keen to know just how high really, a raised bed needs to be in order to fill bottom with logs before it gets too close to soil above?
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Quite short then. I am new to all this but I read several comments suggesting only to add logs if bed was at least over 60cm in height. I guess they were meaning only if growing items which need more depth for the roots then. Thanks for replying so fast.
@@AlasdairILoveOxford I have onions growing in there this year and they are doing fine, I have even put some carrots in. What's the worse thing that can happen? Nothing grows? Year after year the logs will keep rotting down. 😊
Interesting question! You have Nitrogen in the chicken manure, but this will still need a nice mix of soil before it's planted too! Thanks for watching! 😉
Absolutely fascinating!! I love this video well done Erica! I loved how you showed us the amount of moisture can be held in decaying wood😁
Hi Huw, thanks for the lovely comment! I couldn't beleive how much water did come out, thanks for watching.
I am a Hugelkultur enthusiast too. Excellent video! Thank you.
Thank you. I am so pleased with how this one has come on.
Nice demo, you just gave me a thought to keep the tree trunk and not put on the trayler and send off to the dump.That would cost to.The rest we chipped up for mulch,which is great around the garden. Now I can use the trunk too. THANKS.
Showed this video to our Happy Gardeners Club ....they loved it and all commented on the lovely down to earth presentation by Erica .
Wales can be so proud of this lovely lady 😏🏴🏴🏴
Thank you very much. ☺️
Erica, you are a joy!
Hi Douglas, thanks!
Great video. Congrats from Brazil
Thanks for such a lovely message.
That's given me an idea of how to get rid of the piles of dead wood from my woodland & get some raised beds for the winter squash I've got planned, just need some dry weather before Pembrokeshire floats away!!!!
I know, it's raining here so hard, I habw gardening jobs to do tomorrow and I'm going to get completely soaked if it doesn't stop! Glad to have given you an idea for your squash.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Heard of it before but never thought about trying it, got 4 acres of neglected woodland to clear up & about an acre to start growing in so doing this would be a win, win!!! I'll give you a wave next time I'm round Swansea way
@@P100pickup oh wow, that would be great! Nice to see you haven't floated away!
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Thinking of buying a boat so I can get from the back door to the woods!!!! Ha ha!!!! need to plant some thirsty trees to try & dry things up a bit
Hügelkultur is very popular in the USA, it obviously works.
Nice video Erica. Looking forward to the updates 👍
Steve
Hi Steve, thanks for watching! Let's hope it does well!
A ideal way to use up your organic waste if like you there is plenty readily available. Look forward to seeing it progress.
Hi sue, thanks for much for watching. Can't wait to see how they get on.
Awesome video! That's going to be one fertile bed for fruiting plants!
Let's hope so!! Really hopeful that whatever is planted here is going to be really happy!
great video erica
Thanks Steven!
Wow, Erica, that wood sponge is AWESOME, how fabulous is that 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I know, that will keep the plants going on a hot day won't it?
for sure. A Welsh oasis 👍🏻
I loved those little beds so much I ordered 4 lol. And now again thanks to you I know where to stash all my oak tree leaves. Those rotting tree bits hold so much water ideal if we have a summer like last year. Awesome video. Thanks
Yay! Did you go for the small square ones or did you get the larger ones?
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I would like a couple of the larger ones. But I got 4 small ones too start with. But I have been thinking on how I could join those and make them larger if I wanted to. Thanks again Erica.
Yes that would be easy enough to do!
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I may just give that a try. I'm just worried they may not be strong enough in the middle but I can fiddle and faff to see what I can do.
With the forest behind us, I'm going to be watching how well this works!
You could mix it with that muck heap! It would be lush!
Good idea! Thanks!
Another wonderful video, thank you! I too loved the seeing the decaying wood sponge! I would never have thought that would hold water like that. I filled raised beds similarly last year as I was starting from the beginning with 12 beds that were each 3 pallet collars high and needed to reduce the compost expense. I didn’t have as much wood/chicken manure etc as you but used sticks, random branch/bush clippings and grass cuttings. I then topped thickly with cardboard and finished with about 1 pallet depth of compost. It’s dropped lower this year and so needs filling up again but it definitely worked well and I had a really good season so worth a try if you run out of wood etc xxx
Hi Louise, I filled beds like this over the years before I knew this was what it was called! Such a good way to save money.
Very informative we all look forward to the results. Great video Erica
That's for watching, let's hope it's some good results!
Very useful and factful little vid Erica. We all need a huggable culture, especially on cold wet days. Wow, so much water from a small piece of wood. I also think I'm going to have to get myself one if those galvanized raised beds. Cheers all round for this one.
Paggy 🥁👍😊❤
Go for it! Check out the link I have on my description if you want the same one! 😏 Thank you for watching.
Oh this is fascinating!! I’ve just got this feeling that your pumpkins are going to LOVE that bed!! I’ve never heard of this method before and I’m so looking forward to seeing your result. The down thumbers don’t realise that TH-cam still class it as interaction, so they’re actually helping us out eh!
Yep, down thumber dingbats is say! Thanks for watching Kelly, I'm looking forward to seeing the results too!
A Great video Erica, I was going to make this video last year never got around to it. You did a fantastic job and such a great way to save compost
Thabsk for watching Tony. Have you got in Hugelkultur beds at the plot already?
Looks like a great method, very nutrient dense! I'm excited to see what happens when the plants are in there!
Let's hope my plants agree with you! Hopefully they will!
I sawed the branches I used into 30 cm lengths so that I could pack more wood into the raised bed. Similarly, I used wood chips from the garden paths (they had been in place for four years, and so were well weathered) instead of twigs since I could fit more in this way. The additional work of sawing the logs was well worth it.
Yes I bet it was a better idea. I learnt from doing this. 😊. Thank you for watching.
Very informative video. I will be looking forward to an update on this. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Patricia! Let's hope it does well.
I live north of Seattle and my yard looks exactly like your video. Great stuff. I will definitely use your techniques. I’ve also found that wood log debris that is fully soaked with water. Never thought to use it in my garden. I will now thanks for the information
Fab, I hope this works well for you! 😍
Hi, I had 4 large stumps of semi. Rotten trees drilled out by a very cool machine, instead of trying to get rid of all the bits and pieces I have incorporated them into the bed I’ve created; I have quite heavy soil so I am hoping this will encourage moisture retention and add some good nutrition to the soil. I love your channel.
Great to hear, they really seem to keep the water in don't they? Did you build a raised bed around the stump or were the stumps cut off?
Erica's Little Welsh Garden The house and garden were originally a row of garages, and the beech trees were there then. I planned the beds around the trees, but because they had been damaged rot set in and over time I had to have them cut down. At first I left the stumps then as they rotted I have had the chipped and then dug them into the bed.
Sooooo interesting.. just got my aluminum raised bed delivered yayyyyy! Thanks Erica going to do this😁🌱
Amazing, it such an easy and cheap thing to do! Let me know how it goes!
Your hugel bed should be an Ibiza holiday for pumpkins they’ll romp away in there Erica, looks great. will be interesting to see just how often watering will be needed 👍🏽
Let's hope so! I'm really hopeful that whatever grows here will thrive!
I love this video Erica, it's really informative and that spongey wood - wow!
I know, loving the wood of sponge! Thank you for watching!
Wow I can't believe how quick that filled up and all natural too. Excellent video Erica. Thank you . I'm definitely going to plant my squash on one of my compost heaps. Well it was a hole in the garden that was so deep as I've got 3 sons who thought they'd make a fort but then gave in. So I filled it with nearly all the same bits as you've done . I didn't realise it would be good for veggieslike squash so that's a bonus. Thanks 💛💛 so glad I saw this video or it would have gone to waste. ☺
Wow, I bet you're squash will thrive there! Now I know how to fill up that big hole I'm creating in the pumpkin patch! 😂🎃
I am just now starting to hear about the Hügelkultur Method this year. It looks interesting and a great way to do raised beds if you have them really tall. That way you do not have to use so much soil. Great video. I guess you are my FIRST International subscriber. I hope I am your first American or Texas subscriber!
Thanks for watching Sidney! I have quite a few American friends already but it is great to have one more! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment! 😊
I was going to suggest this to you when I saw the beds but figured you already had something in mind. Glad you've done a video on it, its great 🌺
Yeah a few people mentioned this in the last video I did. I only learnt the name of this a few months ago, in the past I had done this but I never knew it was an actual this! 🤣
Popped over from Hew's channel. I really like your garden!
Thank you for joining me! 😁
Brilliant way to use what you have for for on your doorstep look forward to seeing how you do other beds and how they progress. Really good informative update cheers Jan 💐
Thanks for watching, hope it does well and my plants thrive here.
That's a good idea what you dun there to fill your rasbead 👍
Thank you for watching!
Great video never heard of this method, looking forward to watching you fill the other raised beds ❤️
Hi Ann, thanks for watching, let's see how we get on, still working on ideas for the others.
Fascinating! Never heard of this before! Look forward to seeing more of this
It's a pretty good idea isn't it?
We collect mole hills from around our farm and use as part of the filling for our beds, as well as well rotted manure from our muck heap from our stables. Love this idea, we have some fallen branched around the farm. Thank you x
Oh, that sounds great! Add some logs and you will be set up!
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I've done it 😁😁 AND..... made it my first ever you tube video (I've given you credit for the inspiration) super excited. Just putting the finishing touches to the editing and it will be uploaded... Woooo
Good video, really surprised by the amount of water that came out of the wood, interesting
I know, it's crazy isn't it? So much water, they will make my pumpkins happy hopefully!
I don’t think you’d ever find decaying wood in Australia holding water like that
@@lynmaunsell4062 nope unfortunately not Lyn
Great way to clean up a yard too.
Yes for sure! 🤣
Loved this video, great job!
Thank you so much for watching m
Finally had a chance to catch up with your hugelkultur video - brilliant (great minds think alike!) - I'm excited to see how yours does for you. :-)
Thanks for watching Vivi! Let's hope they do well. 😘
Turned out really nice. I currently have a keyhole shaped hugelkultur bed. Also my raised beds are hugelkultur style as well.
Oh wow, that sounds great! I have to. Look into the keyhole garden method properly at some stage!
New subscriber 👍🏼 Going to binge watch your vids tomorrow ...well it is forecast rain all day here 😂🤣
Good day to you Erika !! all my raised beds at the front of my property where I grow my flowers are Hugulculture beds, it's a fantastic way of growing and the cheapest too !! Good luck with yours
Yes, it's so good isn't it?
Loving this, we do this in the college veg courtyard 👍🏻
That's really cool!
Brilliant!
Thank you for watching Debra
Wow that's amazing never seen owt like before looking forward to see how it goes for you Erica 😁
Should be good Dave! Thanks for watching.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden sure does and you're welcome Erica :)
Nice one. I love it when I learn something.... I just wish you’d done it 3 weeks earlier 😉
Sorry Frank! Maybe you will just have to get some more raised beds to try it with then! Hehe, then you can grow more food!
I have a travelling raised bed that i move every Autumn and I fill it with all my composting material. I then use it the following spring for my pumpkins. I also make pockets in old round bales of barley straw and plant into them. as the straw breaks down I then move it to my rows. Over the years the soil in my garden has raised by a foot. The only problem is water logging . Another very wet night for us
It has been raining here so much today. I just have to get out and garden becasue I just can't no when I have such little gardening time!
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden been there, done that. When I lived on the Gower , I used to spend most of the day outside. Here I'm just off the coast but in the lee of mountains, my garden in drowned tonight and all the roads are flooded, we're used to it and it all returns to normal pretty quick, but the ground can stay wet. I'm good at growing moss though. love your bed
Wow, that's a great rise in the level of your garden!
@@LizZorab I'll send you a picture tomorrow. I've been here 20 years. You can easily find out how much you've added in your garden. Dig a test pit and see the layers on top of the original soil level. Perma culture in action. The big question I have ,we are importing into our garden to raise fertility and therefor impoverishing another area. What is the balance? I built my soil out of garden waste, cocoa shells , manure,straw and prunings. I'm thinking of getting my soil analysed
Hello Erica, Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸
Great video 👍 I've never tried Hukelculture, but your video really covered it well. 🌿💚🌿
Great, give it a go. 😁
be super interested in seeing the progress on this
Thank you for watvhing, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.
you are doing great
Thank you for the lovely comment!
Hey Erica awesome update.love the old school method a guy on my site did the same as you and it turned out amazingly.
Happy growing Sam 🌞🌱🌼🐝
Ps like the little thumbs down bit cracked me up 🤣😂
Really interesting Erica. I too have loads of rotten branches and stuff so I might have to give this a go. Amazing how much moisture rotting wood holds lol.
Good luck hope it works well for you.
🏴🌱grow With Kit🌱🏴
Thanks for watching! Try doing one!
I had 4 rotten beach trees in the back garden ( our house used to be where garages were and the trees had been badly damaged) so when I designed my back garden originally it was around the trees. As time passed 1 by 1 we had to have them cut down as they became dangerous
What did you do with the trees when they were cut down? Did you use this method?
Erica's Little Welsh Garden The bulk of them were chopped up and given to various people, the stumps and branches were chipped and dug into the beds or. Used as top dressing.
@@sarah-janegarnell9894 oh lovely!
That’s interesting and wonder how long for those thick logs to break down . Well done
No idea! Keep watching me for the next few years and you might find out!😂
Fantastic!! Need to get going on our raised beds a bit this week! If the rain lets us!!
Yes, you could so do it! But it can be done without a raised bed too!
Hi Erica! That is brilliant! and last night I was reading up on planting out squash (growing it 1st time this year) and pumpkins, I have 2017 compost pile should be ready, just still not sure where to put them in the garden, Great video :-)
I reckon put them somewhere where there is lots of sun!
Well done!
Thank you
Love this, does the moss become a problem?
No idea, let's see what happens this year! 🤔🤣
I call it Hogleculture 😉new subscriber. Good video.
Hehe good name for it!
All that biodiversity ... you hero you 👍🏻
Thanks, love it!
Giving this a try with wood chips
Liz Zorab did this and had great results. Good luck.
ooo love this!!
It would work well in your garden for sure!
I think i may have done this already without knowing lol
Erica, who sells the walls/frame of your metal raised beds?
Hello, I have a link for them in my description. I got them from Amazon. 😁
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Thank you. Yes, I found it in Amazon US.
Great vid. I’ve never heard of this method, but it will be interesting to see the results. Also it could save a lot of money for those of us that don’t make our own compost and have to buy a lot to fill a raised bed. Can I ask if there are any benefits of metal over wooden beds other than longevity ? Does a metal bed warm the soil faster ?
Thanks for the vid.
Hello, it was about the same price as the wooden ones and I chose it for ease of construction, no tools required and it will last longer. It is a no brainer if you ask me! Obviously you can make them from pallets but I wanted something I could easily make and I didn't have time to take them all apart etc. Thank you for watching! I agree about the money saving side the this method gives you! I love the fact I have done this for FREE! (Apart from the bed)
After one year of your bed how did this work out. Planning to fill at pallet crate with hugleculture so rewatched your video today cheers Ray ✅
Yes this really does work well. Only thing I would say is fill the gaps between the logs with compost as you go so there isn't air holes left behind.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Even sand works as the space between becomes the mycelium nutrient source ~ not so much the sand but how sand conducts moisture between different substructures.
Just made a hugelkulture raised bed after watching your video on our new allotment, but am a little unsure what to plant into it in the first year (before wood has rotted much) I am guessing it should be something without long roots so am considering courgettes and squash do you think this would work, or do you have other suggestions based on what is working in your beds. We are in Wales as well so have the same weather conditions i.e wet and windy most of the time 😊
Totally think squash would work!! Go for it.
I May have missed it but what did you use to build the bed itself?
Hello, this is the video where I talk about my raised bed! th-cam.com/video/NiNNry2Lha0/w-d-xo.html they come flat pack and I have the link to the amazon page for the beds in the description. Thanks for watching.
Erica how did this produce
It did really well but the issue I have now is that its quite shady up there so once the leaves go green things slow down growing.
And there's me suggesting you put logs in your raised beds! Are you going to do this with all of them or only some to try out?
I want to grow root vegetables too so that's not going to work with those I don't think.
I wouldn't be filling up my rates flower beds with so much carbon I.e wood. The bacteria needed to break down decaying wood requires a lot of Nitrogen until fully broken down.
I would have smashed the wood up and laid it down as flat as possible on the card board if I was persistent to do so.
The other thing that can be done when you break the wood up and lay it over the cardboard I would have done a layer of cut grass to help the wood with extra nitrogen in close range.
P.s loving the channel and who ever that cute presenter is 😜.
What height are the metal walls on that raised bed?- I am keen to know just how high really, a raised bed needs to be in order to fill bottom with logs before it gets too close to soil above?
I think this is 30cm tall.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Quite short then. I am new to all this but I read several comments suggesting only to add logs if bed was at least over 60cm in height. I guess they were meaning only if growing items which need more depth for the roots then.
Thanks for replying so fast.
@@AlasdairILoveOxford I have onions growing in there this year and they are doing fine, I have even put some carrots in. What's the worse thing that can happen? Nothing grows? Year after year the logs will keep rotting down. 😊
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Indeed- worst that might happen is I might cry Welsh onion tears!!
A question, not a criticism: that material appears to be mostly carbon. Did I miss an N source?
Interesting question! You have Nitrogen in the chicken manure, but this will still need a nice mix of soil before it's planted too! Thanks for watching! 😉
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden If I remember correctly, Edible Acres uses urine to reduce the deficit. Your neighbors might not approve, though.
You are very nice and joy Erica 😍 where are you from?
Thank you for joining me! 😊
Just what do video. It's been a year. How is it going. Any termites or ant infestation yet?
I'm going to do a follow up video on this soon.
waste of time how can you do crop rotation ?
Hello, thanks for watching, why can't I do crop rotation? Surely I just exclude roots from this bed but I can rotate everything else?
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden yes no root veg it will take about 20 years for the bed to brake down
thanks
Yeah that's fine. I'm only doing a few this method. I can still plant root veg in other places.
Are rodents or termites or cockroaches attracted to this method of planting?
Not here in my climate but we don't have as many of those types of pests here in the UK.