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Love your insights to "real gardening". Miss your garden devotions
How do you water your beds?
Raised beds are the only way to garden! I've used concrete blocks (double-height) for many, many years. It all started when I lived on the Oregon coast 15 years ago and I wanted something that would last through all that wet. Then when I moved to the high desert of California (talk about opposite climates!) I used the blocks again – I got used to not having to bend down or kneel and also not having to till – and I love it!
I've always heard not to use top soil & to stick to potting mix w other added things, you always seem to have flawless growth tho but here is what I just found also
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/the_shocking_truth_about_topsoil
Thank you for this.
Hey Jess, I recently found your channel and have become addicted you've inspired me to make my garden more enjoyable. I'm working on building raised beds now and make it a space my family can enjoy instead of just work work work. I do have a question for you! do you grow what potato verity's do you recommend?
Do you ever plant underneath your trellised plants?
Have you ever tried potatoes in a bed? They can do well and are really pretty green plants.
Lisa
I started doing raised beds because I didn't want to spend time of money on a tiller. So I slowly started building new spots every year. Now I want to do a high raised bed with it filled half way with old wood. Thanks for your video. Rhonda
Why do you add a couple inches compost to your raised beds every year? Do you have to remove soil to add the compost? If you just add 2+ inches, where did it go over the previous year?
I have only recently started watching your channel, and I just keep coming back! Your information is so relevant to me, and your spirit is refreshing. You have indeed found a calling as a teacher.
Love your videos, and adore your garden, can you share how you water? I am slowly building some raised beds, and during our hot summer months, spending a couple of hours each day hand watering…thx
I know your taking some time off. But I just missed you and have started watching old videos. Hope all is doing ok, and that God's peace and love surrounds you all. I'm sorry but I just heard you mention the back to eden garden. I just have to say the people I know that have tried it. It just didn't work.
I do hugelkultur, so I used logs, grass clippings, sawdust, etc at the bottom of my extra high raised beds ..if your interested in researching( if you haven't already)
I have the same apron!
What are the canning jars hanging in all of your beds?
This was so helpful.
can you do a "first time gardener part 2" and go over things after the basics like maintaining, pruning?
For those that are interested in a taller bed but don't want to spend a fortune to fill it up, check out the practice of Hügelkultur. Basically you fill the bottom half or so of your bed with sticks, logs, leaves, and grass clippings and then you only have to fill about a foot or so with soil. I have back injuries and we chose to use couregated metal roofing panels that are about 26 inches wide. They are every affordable and rot resistant, but it would have cost us 100s of dollars in dirt alone to fill. Instead the bed and the soil only cost about 150 all together. It has the added benefit of feeding your bed over time as the material breaks down. Just make sure to use a nitrogen rich fertilizer since composting the sticks will use that up quickly
JESS , I HAVE HAD RAISED BEDS WHEN I LIVED IN MY HOUSE . NOW I AM IN A SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING CENTER WITH A BALCONY DECK . WITH YOUR INSPIRATION , I HAVE RECYCLED 11 FIVE GALLON PAINT BUCKETS AND 10 SMALL RECTANGULAR PLASTIC "FLOWER TYPE " CONTAINERS . NOW ON MY BALCONY I HAVE CARROTS , ONIONS. GARLIC . SIX KINDS OF LETTUCE, PEPPERMINT , SPEARMINT , LEMON BALM DILL , BASILS . . ALSO POLE BEANS , BUSH BEANS , JAPANESE CUCUMBERS , JAPANESE EGGPLANTS , KALE, SPINACH ,. AND MUSTARD SPINACH .
AS YET I HAVE NOT DONE WELL AT ALL GROWING ANY TOMATOES FOR SALADS OR "TOMATO SANDWICHES " . BUT BEING ON THIRD FLOOR I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH WEEDS [] SO FAR []
I AM IN NO WAY A HOMESTEADER LIKE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS . I AM ONLY AN 82 YEAR OLD BALCONY GARDENER AND I TOTALLY LOVE ALL OF YOUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS . MY GIVEN NAME IS VISIONBEAR
It's raised garden beds for me. The primary reason is my knee trouble (two surgeries on right knee '94 & '96). Also, the dirt is not good where I am at.
Great and informative video. Thanks for the information.
Do you have a video on pest control?
Is there a video showing where you add of amendments?
Any chance you could do a video on how you made your raised garden beds? I was able to get some free pallets and am wanting to use those, but was wondering how you made yours.
♥ my raised garden beds! Yours too!!
Hi! Love your videos and I'm sorry if someone's already asked this but I couldn't find a video that addressed it but what type of soil mix do you use in your raised beds for tomatoes?
I am this year building 2 raised garden beds. This video made me so happy. I feel like I will enjoy my garden so much more this
Year! Thanks Jess!
Wow at only 12 inches high! Love all your energy. Thank you