In my first raised gardens, I didn't use soil at all - by placing wet down cardboard and newspaper layed VERY thickly at the base of the bed, gives worms a good breeding base, crowds and kills any weeds and helps fills the beds. Then I laid hay and straw and sugar cane mulch... The only soil I used, was pure compost - I made a hollow in the straw, placed a handful of compost then the seedling. My garden this year has a lot of broken down material turned to soil, and is soft and pliable. my regrowth of some perennials has been amazing plus I planted some flowers and herbs. The soil is rich and full of worms - compost had loads of baby worms in and they have bred up in the paper base.
Very good idea about the wet cardboard as a base for worms and eliminate some weeds. I have a space problem but I do have a 4' square bed in which I want to put homemade compost and maybe some straw but I put a layer of cardboard down. I grew some crops in it last year but weeds also grew. I want to grow some tomato plants in the box. Thanks for the tips. Probably might not hurt to get the cardboard down now even though Im a couple months away from putting down compost or planting.
This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought about cardboard. I get a lot of shipments for customers and they all come in cardboard boxes. I compost too, using up all my grass clippings and leaves and organic food scraps, but never even thought of breaking them down and adding wet cardboard to the compost. I have almost endless supply of that.
I got free composted horse manure from a local boarder near me. I had to get out there in the muck and load it up myself but it was FREE! Best thing I ever did for the garden!
Tim Pishdad Hi Tim I use horse manure only because my neighbor has horses. like all manure you want it to be completely composted. I have been using it for years. compost I believe is the key though.
CutestHeidi omg I got 100# this week from my local farm and I had to bring three huge containers to it. The only part that stunk was I had to walk in compost which was so dirty but I did no shoveling or lifting. The manager for farm did it happily
I believe that it's fine if it's old/composted. I have a friend that just told me he didn't like to use horse manure because the grain that they eat sprouted in his garden and caused problems. But I think that is also solved by using only composted manure.
Ronda DiCicco omg yes I keep getting sprouts from my garden. It is composted but maybe the top layer that I brought home had grains that were sprouting. I keep having to turn it over and mix it through. It's early my and I still haven't transferred my seedlings into the garden beds. It's been cold every other day
Why do people have to be so rude in the comments? If you don't like what or the way someone is saying something don't watch that channel, it's as simple as that. He is passionate about gardening so gives a lot of "background" info. If you listen some of the background info also has useful information intertwined, especially if you are new to the channel like I am.
Carrie Haddican -- "Why do people have to be so rude in the comments? If you don't like what or the way someone is saying something don't watch that channel" I like your flawed reasoning. If you don't like what people say in the comments, don't read them.
Carrie Haddican I agree with you that some of us really enjoy his channel journey and for those who don’t simply move to another channel. Its interesting to understand the back story and get to know the people who take the time to produce these videos a bit better. So many whiners.
"So many whiners.” Name calling. That’s so rude. It’s a comment section where people make comments. If you don’t like their comments don’t read their comments. “It’s as simple as that.” Oh, wait. You have to read their comments to determine you don’t like their comments, and then make your own rude comments.
@@timetravellingbunny3952 the point is more that the videos are put together for the viewers by the content creator and the rudeness is towards the content creator - I do lots of skipping in the videos when I'm looking for a specific solution to a problem BUT at other times I really enjoy hearing the mixture of general garden chat in the full length of the videos Why go round trying to prove people are hypocrites or should just not speak , why not enjoy the videos and enjoy the chat with others here ? I hope you are on the way to a superb Christmas or holiday season depending on your country and culture :)
Lots of work! Oh, how I miss being in my 20's when I had the strength to work sun-up until midnight. So wonderful to enjoy the fruits of our labour when the plants produce deliciously. Always so much to share with neighbors, friends, and strangers who happen to pass by. God-given abundance.
Looks great. My favorite way to keep weeds out and moisture in is to mulch with a thick layer of newspaper and on top of that, straw. I do it in the fall when I am closing out the season so that I can just dig into the straw/paper in the spring to plant. But you can also add it around your already planted out beds. I does an amazing job at keeping most of the weeds at bay, keeping the moisture in so you need to water a lot less, helping keep soil born diseases like blight down, and it all just composts in by the end of the summer growing season.
Can't wait until next yr!! It'll be my 2nd yr with this property and I have big hopes. I've been gardening my entire 45 yrs and now I have a great space to work with of my own. Thanks for the good info.
I really enjoy all the info you supply in your presentations, Luke. Feels like you're a good old friend of mine! I'm in Australia. & like knowing all the various situations you need to contend with, etc. Good job! I'm always so blessed & inspired. Been gardening since my mother passed away in 1985...still so many things to learn from a young'un like you!
Great job Luke, and I know exactly how you feel. You are doing exactly what my husband and I did. The only difference is, I was the one digging the weedy and grassy soil while my husband build the frame of the raised bed. Yes, I was aching all over but felt really great for two reasons, one, I had a great work out and two, we accomplished our goal :-)
Sure is easy compared to where I am on the Olympic Peninsula because if I dig down I hit “potato” rocks. I call them that because they look like russets😐
Dang bro, kudos to you for the hard work. That is a full day to dig up soil and fill those raised beds in one day all by yourself. Congrats and it being three years in the future everyone can see your hard work paid off multiple times over and then some. Thanks for the vids, the information you give us and of course, the entertainment of it all. God bless you and your family.
to build my raised bed I used concrete block building bricks. in the holes I plant herbs, it serves as double durty. super easy and quick. it will probably last longer then wood. you can always move the bricks and very inexpensive to buy. I enjoy your videos.
I saw a TV show where a guy used vertical tubes like 6' - 8" dia. He became wheelchair bound after some accident and was a master grower. This raised his garden to here he could rim it and care for it. It turns out it is very efficient with water and created great plants. Your tip on using the holes of CMU bricks is a great idea too. Plus you can paint them if you want!
I live in southeast mi. Heavy clay soil here too. I've got an area available for me to dedicate to gardening (.75 acre) problem is 70% of it doesn't drain water well at all. I'm gonna have to use raised beds if I wanna make it work. Any ideas or suggestions?
Just so you don't have to set through a bunch of talk that has nothing to do with filling the 20 beds....all he is doing is taking soil from the walk ways and putting it into the beds. He states that he will, also add peat and compost.
gdubya Isaiah although a Godfearing prophet included himself when confessing the sins of Israel to God. Anyway I think it is good character. A reminder is the seventh day sabbath from creation week in the garden of eden blessed and honored by Jesus Himself for eternity is Saturday not sun day. 👍❤️😁🦋
It totally was. We tell a story, and we have information in that story. Not everything we do is a cut and dry "how-to" style video. Wouldn't that be boring? I mentioned that we used straw in the center of the beds and we dug around the beds to use the soil that was existing.
You just need a statement in the beginning of each of your videos that you like to talk and do get long winded so please skip a head to 0:00 for the actual planting. I think that is the best. Otherwise you have all these comments that are totally not respectful. I do like your videos. Thank you!
Am doing raised beds this year for several reasons. Harder to get up and down, new backyard, not sure how good the soil is, etc. Filling them up with junk mail, cardboard, lumber scraps, leaves and straw. Hope it works. Have big plans and dreams.
That's a lot of work! last year, I dug up my lawn and it was pure clay and as hard as a county road LOL. After mixing in bagged products of Garden Soil and Humas Manure, it produced a decent crop but those darn root knot nematodes are a constant problem.. This year, the soil is a lot softer from adding old potting mix and whatever organic material was available. Got some worm castings to mix in when planting starts. Due to summer like weather, I'm planning to plant onions, leeks and beets in a few days.
can you please post a video explaining how to make your harvest last through the winter? how you store it, etc? i want to be able to make my crops last without going bad, but i have no idea what to do. thank you in advance.
It's been so hot in the detroit area I don't want to do any gardening lol. We put some tomato seeds outside the other day and the silly raccoons dug them all up lol.
DON'T expect to learn much from this. You'll learn everything you need to know in less than a minute and a half, beginning at 6:30 -- including the fact that the video title is *inaccurate.* He *did* bring in *THIRTY cubic yards of compost* a couple of years previous to the video that he now used for the raised beds. On top of that, he brought in more amendments because he wasn't happy that the compost had compacted.
I did mine like this, but used black landscaping fabric on top of my beds. I had no weeds that way. With the junk I put in the trench, I never watered, not even once! I live in PA. My peppers were huge producers!
I feel you but I have no money right now or very little for all that’s needed. I’m finding odds and ends to make do. Very belatedly now hoarding all green and brown waste from the property for composting but won’t be ready this year.
So you didn't bring in more soil. You already had brought in more soil!!! Bit of a deceptive video title don't you think. Hardly ground breaking (pardon the pun) science . (We bought 30 cubic feet of soil 2 years ago and dug it up and put it in the garden beds...) Wow!
I just think the title is a little deceptive. I thought the video would have shown us via composting etc how they filled 20 raised beds with soil. Anyone can order 30 cubic metres and let it sit there then fill it. Glad he isn't on an hourly rate to fill 20 garden beds in 2 years. Not after my money back but the time I spent waiting for the secret to filling 20 garden beds without 'more' soil would be great.
Clinton Alleway and he did say he wanted to bring in sand from the beach and peat moss, so this video is completely deceptive, everything was brought in from outside!!!
Luke, you did a wonderful job. And, it looks like you ended up doing most all, if not all of the work yourself. Be proud of yourself! The garden looks great! I cannot wait to see what you do with the fire rings. I have some Datura wrightii (Jimsonweed) which the bees around here absolutely love. Not sure if you want to plant any of it somewhere outside of your garden in a sunny area and let it go wild. But it has a very lovely, intoxicating scent to it and the blooms are so beautiful. 😍
You rock, I'm dreaming of your beds, a lot of work is right... I have too many plants and I need to figure something out ASAP, I might be building a few beds tomorrow.
Nice progress! Plenty of new things in our garden. New perennial fruits, lots of vertical gardening, and an additional 400 square feet to work with. It's a great time of year!
Our ministry Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard built a row of raised beds in our three acre gardens this year. one thing we did is because of the length of the beds we put a cross member (2 x 6) in the center down from the top of each bed to keep the sides from spreading over time.
Excellent Garden expansion! i'd be wiped out after filling just 3 or 4 of those beds. your soil looks nice and rich too, great use of moving it into the new raised beds.
looks absolutely amazing thank you for bringing us along on your journey. I have to fill 3 beds this week and I'm a little hesitant..lol .I can't imagine 20.. im down in zone 10 .. florida.. so my fight is against the heat and I'm also near water. but i wouldn't garden if I wasn't optimistic. .happy gardening everyone!
I just got done building and filling 12 raised beds! Almost 10 yds of soil moved by shovel and wagon. You guys were the inspiration, my arms were the motivation. I need to put some pictures up on your facebook or something.
Thank you for the video! I've been watching many of your videos and I really enjoy them.( Ignore the negative comments) I totally get your reason for this video. You moved soil from the surrounding space into the beds so as to raise the soil level in the beds. I think it's brilliant. I just moved into a new place and had to start a new garden. I wish I'd seen this video over the winter because I would have like to make raised beds but didn't want to haul in soil.
Because you have to till the soil to plant down into it, which doesnt improve the soil. If you plant on top of it you are repairing the soil and making it better.
raised beds warm up sooner, drain after rain better(also you can get in the bed to work sooner because you don't have to worry about spreading disease) and with people not walking on the soil it is easier to plant. Combine that with a deep mulch and no worms being murdered by tillers and you have soil improving without any further work. Some people have no choice because their soil is bad in some way.
1 working a higher level is easier for some people, 2 it allows you to use soil that is loosened to a deeper depth, 3 raised bed's warm up sooner 4 the drain better 5 soil doesn't compact because no one is walking on it 6 honestly I like the manicured look of raised beds
Such a beauty! Great work and I bet it was hard work but SOOOO worth it! I keep adding beds to our little garden, so far only 6 but in our small city yard that is a lot! :D
You do NOT NEED PEAT MOSS, SAND OR BAGGED SOIL. You only need DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MATTER dumped on the top. You really do not need sides for those beds, straw...for heat? Ugh. Hugelkultur grrrrrrr. You do have an awful lot of stuff going for you...what you are doing is sort of right.
No disrespect intended, just an observation, your wearing a "pretty heavy coat" because it's cold out, yet your wearing shorts, I've never understood that concept. I see it all the time where I live as well (New England), 20 or 30 somethings wearing a "pretty heavy coat or Hoodie" and wearing shorts!!! PUT ON A PAIR OF LONG PANTS FOR GOODNESS SAKE!!! Like I said, no disrespect, just an observation. Have a great day, and go put on some pants will ya, lol.
I am vindicated!! My soil is stunning naturaly. Don't ask me why. Very new gardener here... But, I had been trying to figure out this exact problem with no monwy for other oprions, and I decided to do this exat thing. My soil, qithout any amendments, looks as dark and rich as yours 👍🙌😂 Last year (first garden) out potatoes and cucumbers went CRAZY!!!
I’m thinking of replacing dirt outside of bed with sod dug up from bed area, covering with weed cloth and mulch anyway. Garden keeps expanding, but wife wants to move. Not till I take up every square inch of yard with garden!
I just noticed you have a biden t shirt on ! I can’t buy many of the seeds I want because of the cost of living! I can barely buy gas to get to work! Thank you for helping me go without necessities! Bye!
We received our packets of seeds from you folks and are excited to give them a try. we are long time gardeners- like if we go back to being kids and gardening with our folks- almost 50 years. We live in the PNW- and tomato blight- early and late is horrible. Can you recommend a blight resistant tomato. We have tried everything suggested over the years to stop it and it always seems to catch hold. And generally it is late blight. The only time we didn't have blight is when we planted and left them full season in the green house- Thanks again for the enjoyable videos/ Happy Gardening! Karyol
1. You mentioned "sand from the beach." Make sure you "wash" it first, so you're not adding a bunch of salt to your beds. 2. Put down black 6/mil plastic and cover with pea rock or strips of old carpeting you can get free from the city carpeting stores (they have to get rid of the stuff they removed from the houses. Real estate property managers can help with this too). If you add straw or wood chips like I did, it will eventually turn into dirt and grow weeds again.
I would like to do raised beds for myself, But I do not understand why you make raised beds of 12 in. I was thinking of 30 in for me, could somebody explain to me what the advantages of having a raised bed of 12in rather than just on the ground?
Learned my newbie raised garden bed mistake. Just purchased fill dirt thinking that was enough....it grew some plants, but I suspect it would have been better if I had better soil.
Remove Snow-fence. Plow, disc and harrow the entire area. Leave 2x10's or whatever in the lumber store. Lay out planting areas with string and sticks. There is no need to Raise growing areas. What are you thinking? They will simply dry out faster. Replace snow fence to keep out small animals and put up a decent gate. Consider electric fence wires if deer are a problem.
You sure talk alot about ????. Get to the point! I really do like your videos but man cut down on the small talk. I really just want to see what your post says. Again i really appreciate your experience. Im trying not to be mean.
Why don't you save yourself a lot of work and growing area by just digging and making the beds on the ground without the raised beds with the paths in between. I don't see the logic in what you're doing. What's the point of the wood sided beds?
That's the one thing about raised garden beds that I find annoying, especially those "fire rings" as you call them (good 'ol Aussie corrugated iron). You constantly have to top them up with soil as the soil is always depleting either by compacting down or by the worms (and ants) moving it down to ground level. There has to be an easier way, but what is it?
and I'll bet you thought of mulching the paths and then adding that soil to the beds when the mulch breaks down, didn't you? You could always use some boulders to create your own micro climate and offset that Lake Huron breeze.
Nice looking job... but, I don't understand why you need boards surrounding the planting area. Why not just pile up the dirt in a semi-rectangular area and level it off and water using a drip system so as to not wash the dirt away from the planting areas.
Tried the straw and added compost..... I don't know but, I lost all my transplants, and then no seeds came up.... so now, I am going to buy transplants and plant into bag soil. Hope it all rots down, and isn't a permanent plant death trap. frowny face.
A little late to this party, but I couldn't help noticing that the base of his raised beds sits below the surrounding turf by a significant amount, and it seems water will run off the higher undisturbed turf into the lower dug out area, bringing more water to the base of the raised beds. Ever noticed a drainage ditch and how weeds grow so much better in them than the surrounding area? More water runs off the ground around them, and the rain also brings in topsoil runoff, which is a good thing.
I'm a little surprised it cost you to get compost. I'm from Saginaw, MI and here I can get free compost as long as I show I'm a resident and transport it myself.
Anyone else that wants to know '''How We Filled 20 Raised Beds Without Bringing in More Soil'' skip to 6:30
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In my first raised gardens, I didn't use soil at all - by placing wet down cardboard and newspaper layed VERY thickly at the base of the bed, gives worms a good breeding base, crowds and kills any weeds and helps fills the beds. Then I laid hay and straw and sugar cane mulch... The only soil I used, was pure compost - I made a hollow in the straw, placed a handful of compost then the seedling. My garden this year has a lot of broken down material turned to soil, and is soft and pliable. my regrowth of some perennials has been amazing plus I planted some flowers and herbs. The soil is rich and full of worms - compost had loads of baby worms in and they have bred up in the paper base.
Very good idea about the wet cardboard as a base for worms and eliminate some weeds. I have a space problem but I do have a 4' square bed in which I want to put homemade compost and maybe some straw but I put a layer of cardboard down. I grew some crops in it last year but weeds also grew. I want to grow some tomato plants in the box. Thanks for the tips. Probably might not hurt to get the cardboard down now even though Im a couple months away from putting down compost or planting.
This is a great idea. I hadn't even thought about cardboard. I get a lot of shipments for customers and they all come in cardboard boxes. I compost too, using up all my grass clippings and leaves and organic food scraps, but never even thought of breaking them down and adding wet cardboard to the compost. I have almost endless supply of that.
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I got free composted horse manure from a local boarder near me. I had to get out there in the muck and load it up myself but it was FREE! Best thing I ever did for the garden!
I heard horse manure is too strong for the garden? You have any problems with it and the plants growing?
Tim Pishdad Hi Tim I use horse manure only because my neighbor has horses. like all manure you want it to be completely composted. I have been using it for years. compost I believe is the key though.
CutestHeidi omg I got 100# this week from my local farm and I had to bring three huge containers to it. The only part that stunk was I had to walk in compost which was so dirty but I did no shoveling or lifting. The manager for farm did it happily
I believe that it's fine if it's old/composted. I have a friend that just told me he didn't like to use horse manure because the grain that they eat sprouted in his garden and caused problems. But I think that is also solved by using only composted manure.
Ronda DiCicco omg yes I keep getting sprouts from my garden. It is composted but maybe the top layer that I brought home had grains that were sprouting. I keep having to turn it over and mix it through. It's early my and I still haven't transferred my seedlings into the garden beds. It's been cold every other day
Why do people have to be so rude in the comments? If you don't like what or the way someone is saying something don't watch that channel, it's as simple as that. He is passionate about gardening so gives a lot of "background" info. If you listen some of the background info also has useful information intertwined, especially if you are new to the channel like I am.
Carrie Haddican -- "Why do people have to be so rude in the comments? If you don't like what or the way someone is saying something don't watch that channel"
I like your flawed reasoning. If you don't like what people say in the comments, don't read them.
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Carrie Haddican I agree with you that some of us really enjoy his channel journey and for those who don’t simply move to another channel. Its interesting to understand the back story and get to know the people who take the time to produce these videos a bit better. So many whiners.
"So many whiners.” Name calling. That’s so rude.
It’s a comment section where people make comments. If you don’t like their comments don’t read their comments. “It’s as simple as that.” Oh, wait. You have to read their comments to determine you don’t like their comments, and then make your own rude comments.
@@timetravellingbunny3952 the point is more that the videos are put together for the viewers by the content creator and the rudeness is towards the content creator - I do lots of skipping in the videos when I'm looking for a specific solution to a problem BUT at other times I really enjoy hearing the mixture of general garden chat in the full length of the videos
Why go round trying to prove people are hypocrites or should just not speak , why not enjoy the videos and enjoy the chat with others here ?
I hope you are on the way to a superb Christmas or holiday season depending on your country and culture :)
You seem like such a sweet down to earth person, Luke! I am learning a great deal from your videos. Thank you for them.
Lots of work! Oh, how I miss being in my 20's when I had the strength to work sun-up until midnight. So wonderful to enjoy the fruits of our labour when the plants produce deliciously. Always so much to share with neighbors, friends, and strangers who happen to pass by. God-given abundance.
Who needs a tractor when you've got a Luke?
right?!?!
I think Sindy did most of the work. I could be wrong.
***** She totally did. Her job was to sit and watch because I didn't want to have our little one come out early. She did a great job!
I knew it, haha. I guess you guys have under 45 days left or so.
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Looks great. My favorite way to keep weeds out and moisture in is to mulch with a thick layer of newspaper and on top of that, straw. I do it in the fall when I am closing out the season so that I can just dig into the straw/paper in the spring to plant. But you can also add it around your already planted out beds. I does an amazing job at keeping most of the weeds at bay, keeping the moisture in so you need to water a lot less, helping keep soil born diseases like blight down, and it all just composts in by the end of the summer growing season.
Do you know if straw is safe from round up used to “ ripen” wheat?
It's coming along GREAT Luke! What a project but the reward will be soooo worth it, as you know!
Can't wait until next yr!! It'll be my 2nd yr with this property and I have big hopes. I've been gardening my entire 45 yrs and now I have a great space to work with of my own. Thanks for the good info.
I really enjoy all the info you supply in your presentations, Luke. Feels like you're a good old friend of mine!
I'm in Australia. & like knowing all the various situations you need to contend with, etc. Good job! I'm always so blessed & inspired. Been gardening since my mother passed away in 1985...still so many things to learn from a young'un like you!
Great job Luke, and I know exactly how you feel. You are doing exactly what my husband and I did. The only difference is, I was the one digging the weedy and grassy soil while my husband build the frame of the raised bed. Yes, I was aching all over but felt really great for two reasons, one, I had a great work out and two, we accomplished our goal :-)
Sure is easy compared to where I am on the Olympic Peninsula because if I dig down I hit “potato” rocks. I call them that because they look like russets😐
I am going to put a garden bed this year for the first time!
Dang bro, kudos to you for the hard work. That is a full day to dig up soil and fill those raised beds in one day all by yourself. Congrats and it being three years in the future everyone can see your hard work paid off multiple times over and then some.
Thanks for the vids, the information you give us and of course, the entertainment of it all.
God bless you and your family.
to build my raised bed I used concrete block building bricks. in the holes I plant herbs, it serves as double durty. super easy and quick. it will probably last longer then wood. you can always move the bricks and very inexpensive to buy. I enjoy your videos.
great idea, to plant herbs in the blocks. I use building blocks and retaining wall blocks for appearance.
Don't try it in Texas. Your plants will get fried no matter how much water you put on them.
I saw a TV show where a guy used vertical tubes like 6' - 8" dia. He became wheelchair bound after some accident and was a master grower. This raised his garden to here he could rim it and care for it. It turns out it is very efficient with water and created great plants.
Your tip on using the holes of CMU bricks is a great idea too. Plus you can paint them if you want!
Besides, in central TX, Austin area, the soil is such heavy clay you have to add topsoil and compost or you might as well make pots out of it.
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Wow!!!! Never thought that people would go hog-wild in their comments about this guy's deceptive title.
Great/Humorous comments though. Aloha!!!
Kneebuckler2011 hope you’re well there!
You could have cut 2 feet off each of the 12 footers. Join two 2 footers together into 4 feet.
EcoCentric Homestead that’s what my husband did. This guys strength is in his kindness. Well and his back!
Where do you find the metal rings you have next to the raised beds???
I have heavy clay soil. Can I mix peat moss with my native soil to fill my raised beds?
I live in southeast mi. Heavy clay soil here too. I've got an area available for me to dedicate to gardening (.75 acre) problem is 70% of it doesn't drain water well at all. I'm gonna have to use raised beds if I wanna make it work. Any ideas or suggestions?
Big 292 I would mix sand and peat moss and mulch with the clay. Just my 2 cents.
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can interlocking concrete blocks be used for raised beds?...its cheaper then timber in NZ,
Erana Burland yes! It’s a great choice. Also add coconut coir to your “ soil”.
Holy cow thats amazing! That'll be a great garden once you get planted and growing. I am mightily impressed.
How much space do you have in between each bed?
Just so you don't have to set through a bunch of talk that has nothing to do with filling the 20 beds....all he is doing is taking soil from the walk ways and putting it into the beds. He states that he will, also add peat and compost.
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How deep are the beds? 6, 8 or 10" ? Beyond the sale, is 6" deep enough?
Nice job. Are you using pine for your beds? Are they just nailed at the corners? How many years do they last?
Hey, thanks for the video. What's the red rocket looking thing to the right in the background? Thanks, Jess, Australia
karleken2009 lol
Your new gardening method looks GREAT. I think you will love it.
I live next to a forest, free compost
This guys such a team player he can't say "I". Keeps saying we
gdubya Isaiah although a Godfearing prophet included himself when confessing the sins of Israel to God. Anyway I think it is good character. A reminder is the seventh day sabbath from creation week in the garden of eden blessed and honored by Jesus Himself for eternity is Saturday not sun day. 👍❤️😁🦋
How u fill the garden bed??
I put straw at the bottom of my bat houses and when I change it out I pile it up and after it breaks down I have compost with guano 😀
Not really a video about how to fill raised beds without bringing in soil.
It totally was. We tell a story, and we have information in that story. Not everything we do is a cut and dry "how-to" style video. Wouldn't that be boring? I mentioned that we used straw in the center of the beds and we dug around the beds to use the soil that was existing.
I enjoyed the video people without the patience to watch and enjoy may not have time or patience to enjoy gardening.
You just need a statement in the beginning of each of your videos that you like to talk and do get long winded so please skip a head to 0:00 for the actual planting. I think that is the best. Otherwise you have all these comments that are totally not respectful. I do like your videos. Thank you!
It totally wasn't.
No it wasn't. You still used soil you brought in, just a couple of years earlier.
Am doing raised beds this year for several reasons. Harder to get up and down, new backyard, not sure how good the soil is, etc. Filling them up with junk mail, cardboard, lumber scraps, leaves and straw. Hope it works. Have big plans and dreams.
looking good. jealous of all that grow space!
Throw some flowers in the area to bring in the pollinators.
scott FOSS yesss!
That's a lot of work! last year, I dug up my lawn and it was pure clay and as hard as a county road LOL. After mixing in bagged products of Garden Soil and Humas Manure, it produced a decent crop but those darn root knot nematodes are a constant problem.. This year, the soil is a lot softer from adding old potting mix and whatever organic material was available. Got some worm castings to mix in when planting starts. Due to summer like weather, I'm planning to plant onions, leeks and beets in a few days.
can you please post a video explaining how to make your harvest last through the winter? how you store it, etc? i want to be able to make my crops last without going bad, but i have no idea what to do. thank you in advance.
It's been so hot in the detroit area I don't want to do any gardening lol. We put some tomato seeds outside the other day and the silly raccoons dug them all up lol.
Late planting due to moving.
DON'T expect to learn much from this. You'll learn everything you need to know in less than a minute and a half, beginning at 6:30 -- including the fact that the video title is *inaccurate.* He *did* bring in *THIRTY cubic yards of compost* a couple of years previous to the video that he now used for the raised beds. On top of that, he brought in more amendments because he wasn't happy that the compost had compacted.
How did you kill your grass?
I did mine like this, but used black landscaping fabric on top of my beds. I had no weeds that way. With the junk I put in the trench, I never watered, not even once! I live in PA. My peppers were huge producers!
Very hardworking person
My soil is pure clay. Legit red, cracky, and dense. Sadly I'll need to spend some money on my soil.
I feel you but I have no money right now or very little for all that’s needed. I’m finding odds and ends to make do. Very belatedly now hoarding all green and brown waste from the property for composting but won’t be ready this year.
just move the fence a little
If your garden is on top of 30 yards of compost, this video will be useful to you.
Work smarter, not harder.
So you didn't bring in more soil. You already had brought in more soil!!! Bit of a deceptive video title don't you think. Hardly ground breaking (pardon the pun) science . (We bought 30 cubic feet of soil 2 years ago and dug it up and put it in the garden beds...) Wow!
and.... so what's your point other than to demean him. Its a helpful video set. Do you want your money back?
I just think the title is a little deceptive. I thought the video would have shown us via composting etc how they filled 20 raised beds with soil. Anyone can order 30 cubic metres and let it sit there then fill it. Glad he isn't on an hourly rate to fill 20 garden beds in 2 years. Not after my money back but the time I spent waiting for the secret to filling 20 garden beds without 'more' soil would be great.
Clinton Alleway very valid point, moving dirt from the ground isn't exactly video worthy unless you get pleasure out of watching paint dry....
A better title might be "...without bringing in more soil than we already brought in 2 years ago." I found it disappointing too, nothing new here.
Clinton Alleway and he did say he wanted to bring in sand from the beach and peat moss, so this video is completely deceptive, everything was brought in from outside!!!
You da man!
very deep mulch 4 to 6" will help with the weeds and feeds the soil as the worms process it.
try urban farmers trick of covering the beds with plastic and cutting holes for plantings...no weeds
Luke, you did a wonderful job. And, it looks like you ended up doing most all, if not all of the work yourself. Be proud of yourself! The garden looks great! I cannot wait to see what you do with the fire rings.
I have some Datura wrightii (Jimsonweed) which the bees around here absolutely love. Not sure if you want to plant any of it somewhere outside of your garden in a sunny area and let it go wild. But it has a very lovely, intoxicating scent to it and the blooms are so beautiful. 😍
Forget the haters. Do what you love. I enjoy watching your garden videos!
we are adding more and more raised beds, if for no other reason than to try to use as much of our space wisely as possible, good job on yours
You rock, I'm dreaming of your beds, a lot of work is right... I have too many plants and I need to figure something out ASAP, I might be building a few beds tomorrow.
Nice progress! Plenty of new things in our garden. New perennial fruits, lots of vertical gardening, and an additional 400 square feet to work with. It's a great time of year!
i love u .nice garden
I'm from Cleveland... Lake effect snow is the worst!!!! I can sympathize with you on the lingering cold....
agree
Our ministry Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard built a row of raised beds in our three acre gardens this year. one thing we did is because of the length of the beds we put a cross member (2 x 6) in the center down from the top of each bed to keep the sides from spreading over time.
Excellent Garden expansion! i'd be wiped out after filling just 3 or 4 of those beds. your soil looks nice and rich too, great use of moving it into the new raised beds.
looks absolutely amazing thank you for bringing us along on your journey. I have to fill 3 beds this week and I'm a little hesitant..lol .I can't imagine 20.. im down in zone 10 .. florida.. so my fight is against the heat and I'm also near water. but i wouldn't garden if I wasn't optimistic. .happy gardening everyone!
I just got done building and filling 12 raised beds! Almost 10 yds of soil moved by shovel and wagon. You guys were the inspiration, my arms were the motivation. I need to put some pictures up on your facebook or something.
Did you sharpen your shovel
ared18t thanks for the reminder. But hopefully now he’ll never need his shovel again!
That's actually very clever idea - taking the soil from under the raised bed. Thank you!
Thank you for the video! I've been watching many of your videos and I really enjoy them.( Ignore the negative comments) I totally get your reason for this video. You moved soil from the surrounding space into the beds so as to raise the soil level in the beds. I think it's brilliant. I just moved into a new place and had to start a new garden. I wish I'd seen this video over the winter because I would have like to make raised beds but didn't want to haul in soil.
You remind me of my son & my nephew...... a nice mix of the 2. Both are great guys. Ahhhhh, to be young and strong!
why raised beds? why not just grow in the ground?
Because you have to till the soil to plant down into it, which doesnt improve the soil. If you plant on top of it you are repairing the soil and making it better.
charlieRobinson also, some people aren't allowed to till their soil.
raised beds warm up sooner, drain after rain better(also you can get in the bed to work sooner because you don't have to worry about spreading disease) and with people not walking on the soil it is easier to plant. Combine that with a deep mulch and no worms being murdered by tillers and you have soil improving without any further work. Some people have no choice because their soil is bad in some way.
1 working a higher level is easier for some people, 2 it allows you to use soil that is loosened to a deeper depth, 3 raised bed's warm up sooner 4 the drain better 5 soil doesn't compact because no one is walking on it 6 honestly I like the manicured look of raised beds
Logan: No. Thats a silly convoluted reasoning.
8:20 camera shadow.
how many years those wooden raise bed would last? a wood log might last longer, right?
can not wait to see your garden this year.....yahoo
What depth 2x's did you use and is that doug fir or just reg spruce/fir/pine framing lumber?
Such a beauty! Great work and I bet it was hard work but SOOOO worth it! I keep adding beds to our little garden, so far only 6 but in our small city yard that is a lot! :D
You do NOT NEED PEAT MOSS, SAND OR BAGGED SOIL. You only need DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MATTER dumped on the top. You really do not need sides for those beds, straw...for heat? Ugh. Hugelkultur grrrrrrr. You do have an awful lot of stuff going for you...what you are doing is sort of right.
No disrespect intended, just an observation, your wearing a "pretty heavy coat" because it's cold out, yet your wearing shorts, I've never understood that concept. I see it all the time where I live as well (New England), 20 or 30 somethings wearing a "pretty heavy coat or Hoodie" and wearing shorts!!! PUT ON A PAIR OF LONG PANTS FOR GOODNESS SAKE!!! Like I said, no disrespect, just an observation. Have a great day, and go put on some pants will ya, lol.
I am vindicated!! My soil is stunning naturaly. Don't ask me why. Very new gardener here... But, I had been trying to figure out this exact problem with no monwy for other oprions, and I decided to do this exat thing. My soil, qithout any amendments, looks as dark and rich as yours 👍🙌😂 Last year (first garden) out potatoes and cucumbers went CRAZY!!!
I'm cross breeding peppers
Tony Munoz sounds yummy!
I just made a video on raised beds! Check it out!
I’m thinking of replacing dirt outside of bed with sod dug up from bed area, covering with weed cloth and mulch anyway. Garden keeps expanding, but wife wants to move. Not till I take up every square inch of yard with garden!
All your hard work will pay off in the garden. There is a lot to be done. Take care.
I just noticed you have a biden t shirt on ! I can’t buy many of the seeds I want because of the cost of living! I can barely buy gas to get to work! Thank you for helping me go without necessities! Bye!
We received our packets of seeds from you folks and are excited to give them a try. we are long time gardeners- like if we go back to being kids and gardening with our folks- almost 50 years. We live in the PNW- and tomato blight- early and late is horrible. Can you recommend a blight resistant tomato. We have tried everything suggested over the years to stop it and it always seems to catch hold. And generally it is late blight. The only time we didn't have blight is when we planted and left them full season in the green house- Thanks again for the enjoyable videos/ Happy Gardening! Karyol
1. You mentioned "sand from the beach." Make sure you "wash" it first, so you're not adding a bunch of salt to your beds. 2. Put down black 6/mil plastic and cover with pea rock or strips of old carpeting you can get free from the city carpeting stores (they have to get rid of the stuff they removed from the houses. Real estate property managers can help with this too). If you add straw or wood chips like I did, it will eventually turn into dirt and grow weeds again.
finally some garden vids from someone with a comparable climate to myself
Love the video but had to laugh at “it’s absolutely freezing, pretty heavy jacket on” but is still wearing shorts. 😅
Life in the Midwest. Haha. Flip-flops with sweatpants are also mandatory. Lol
As a canadian I cant help myself but laughing at most of those youtubers speakin of cold weather hahaha.
I would like to do raised beds for myself,
But I do not understand why you make raised beds of 12 in. I was thinking of 30 in for me, could somebody explain to me what the advantages of having a raised bed of 12in rather than just on the ground?
Learned my newbie raised garden bed mistake. Just purchased fill dirt thinking that was enough....it grew some plants, but I suspect it would have been better if I had better soil.
Remove Snow-fence. Plow, disc and harrow the entire area. Leave 2x10's or whatever in
the lumber store. Lay out planting areas with string and sticks. There is no need to Raise growing areas. What are you thinking? They will simply dry out faster. Replace snow fence to keep out small animals and put up a decent gate. Consider electric fence wires if deer are a problem.
You sure talk alot about ????. Get to the point! I really do like your videos but man cut down on the small talk. I really just want to see what your post says. Again i really appreciate your experience. Im trying not to be mean.
Why don't you save yourself a lot of work and growing area by just digging and making the beds on the ground without the raised beds with the paths in between. I don't see the logic in what you're doing. What's the point of the wood sided beds?
That's the one thing about raised garden beds that I find annoying, especially those "fire rings" as you call them (good 'ol Aussie corrugated iron). You constantly have to top them up with soil as the soil is always depleting either by compacting down or by the worms (and ants) moving it down to ground level. There has to be an easier way, but what is it?
and I'll bet you thought of mulching the paths and then adding that soil to the beds when the mulch breaks down, didn't you? You could always use some boulders to create your own micro climate and offset that Lake Huron breeze.
Nice looking job... but, I don't understand why you need boards surrounding the planting area. Why not just pile up the dirt in a semi-rectangular area and level it off and water using a drip system so as to not wash the dirt away from the planting areas.
Tried the straw and added compost..... I don't know but, I lost all my transplants, and then no seeds came up.... so now, I am going to buy transplants and plant into bag soil. Hope it all rots down, and isn't a permanent plant death trap. frowny face.
Wow. It looks great.
ok. so the way to fill raised beds without bringing in more soil... is to bring in soil... then shovel it in to the beds... um...... thanks
A little late to this party, but I couldn't help noticing that the base of his raised beds sits below the surrounding turf by a significant amount, and it seems water will run off the higher undisturbed turf into the lower dug out area, bringing more water to the base of the raised beds. Ever noticed a drainage ditch and how weeds grow so much better in them than the surrounding area? More water runs off the ground around them, and the rain also brings in topsoil runoff, which is a good thing.
Since you dug the walkways out around your beds did the walkways flood during the autumn and spring (if you've had then yet) rains?
I'm a little surprised it cost you to get compost. I'm from Saginaw, MI and here I can get free compost as long as I show I'm a resident and transport it myself.
Love your optimism and the garden. Can't wait to see what you plant in there.
Sheesh, didn't your "help" ever show up? You were ripped son. Be careful, we don't want you getting sick!