December 23, 2024

VIDEO: The Internet Lost It's Mind When I Placed Raised Beds Directly on Grass


You would have thought the world stopped spinning when I installed our raised beds directly on green living grass. The internet lost it’s mind.
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27 thoughts on “VIDEO: The Internet Lost It's Mind When I Placed Raised Beds Directly on Grass

  1. I'm more shocked that anyone would think grass and weeds would really b e able to traverse through an entire foot of soil. Like, just giving it the eye test and some common sense would dictate that nothing is growing up through that lol.

  2. I guess this doesn’t work with Bermuda? Maybe you mention it but I missed it? So I followed this advice with 4 new beds and a year on I’ve got a real disaster to deal with. Now do I pull all soil out and spend hours weeding and tilling or can I cover it all with thick black plastic and throw away my spring season 🙁

    Open to any suggestions

  3. I wish I would have known as a new gardener that I am, that Bermuda grass is not “City grass” which I thought it was since I do live in the city!!
    I’ve been following and learning from Luke a ton, however I planted 4 garden beds on top of Bermuda grass after watching this video and to say that I’m really thinking about quitting gardening because of this is an understatement!
    PLEASE DO NOT PLANT GARDEN BEDS OVER BERMUDA GRASS!!!!!!!
    I’m not sure what to do I just cannot keep up with the weeding and it’s only the beginning of spring does anyone have any suggestions, like should I remove all the dirt and all the garden beds and start from scratch???

  4. I saw this video, figured I'd give it a shot. 9" of soil. I'm currently digging up all my beds and starting over. Maybe I'm just unlucky, with beastly razor grass. FML

  5. What are your recommendations for grass such as zoysia/ st augustine?. I tried placing a bed directly on grass without a barrier and it took over the bed completely. For my other beds I've been removing the grass completely and put a weed barrier down and that seems to work.

  6. I wouldn't worry about weeds or grass, but isn't it better for the roots of your vegetables if the ground underneath is cultivated?

  7. In my honest, novice, newbie gardener's opinion, how is grass gonna grow through 9 inches of soil? With no sun? I was planning on doing the same thing myself.

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