This is the first episode in our growing food in small spaces series and it shows how to build a raised garden bed made from colorbond steel situated in a small city lot.
Raised bed gardening as vegetable gardens are amazing for smaller spaces and it’s surprising how much food you can grow in a bed such as this not to mention how easy it is to plant, weed, and maintain a high sided bed as you stand up with no bending over required!
The video shows 5 stages of making a raised garden bed: Positioning or sighting, Building, Filling, Planting out, and Protecting crops from Animals such as possums or birds using an easy cheap DIY fitted net.
Soil used: 35 bags of 25L garden soil mix; 5 bags of 25L garden compost (you will require more bags if not using hugelkultur method of organic waste in the base of bed). Good quality soil delivered by the trailer load would be cheaper but for ease of project and to ensure quality product we used bagged soil.
Birdies Raised Garden bed 8-in-1 information here: https://goo.gl/nhpkAH – if you are in the USA Birdies are working on getting a shipment of high sided beds to the US this coming spring. I advise you to email Birdies Garden Products to enquire and submit your interest if considering buying one of these beds.
This episode and video series were created with the help of Creator Queensland (a QLD Govt and YouTube initiative) and Griffith University.
The following student crew from LiveLabs helped create the “Growing Food in Small Spaces” series as part of their film course final assessment:
Scott Nolan – Director
Emma Adin – Unit Manager/2nd AD
Karlee Catalano – 1st AD
Sophie Cross – Camera
Phoebe Ireland – Data Wrangler
Tom Davison – Camera
Kenny Waterson – Sound Recordist
Hugo Hood – Production Assist
Patrick Mahon – Continuity
This series was certainly a great learning experience for me as well as being a fun project to help create – thanks to all who made this possible.
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I love those raised beds, but wonder if I can get them in UK? All your videos are awesome. Thanks for all your hard work and info. Eva from Hampshire
Do you think it's possible to build such a garden on a balcony?
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So glad you posted this video! I've been admiring those raised beds for quite some time. I think I'll have to add one or two to my yard.
I'm container gardening in a rooftop right now, but we're going to be buying a house in a year or so and I'm so, so excited to fill the yard with garden beds!
Our new favourite show from Canada. We put in 2 raised brick grden beds with pipe drainage too. One is for vegetables and anlther berries. We got a large , tall garden bed made too.
You’re an amazing fella
Man that garden hose hack to proof the bed from critters was a stroke of genius
What is Mobotallor Secrets? Does it work? I hear many individuals increase their height fast naturally with this grow taller method.
What is Mobotallor Secrets and how does it work? I hear many people grow taller with this increase height system.
How effective is Mobotallor Secrets? I have heard numerous awesome things about this increase height system.
Love your videos Mark. I see you've filled up the last foot with Richgro garden soil mix (as well as a bit of compost and blood + bone). Does bagged garden soil mix do the job in raised garden beds like this? Some of your other videos recommend using manure/compost/fertiliser for the top layer. Thanks again.
That netting is dangerous for wildlife. Small birds and bats become trapped and injured.
The reaction of the lady is so wholesome, how lovely proyect
I do not get how this thin net can protect from medium animals. :-/ Even squirrel will chew through it in no time. And raccoons will remove your clips easily.
Mark do you notice the new catch phrase is let's get into it? Every place I go , I hear this and think of you.
Thank you Love it! A question: I don't have any space on the west side – can I do same on east side? Very suburban space – more concrete than soil.
Wow! Glad I came back to watch this first video in the series (started with the pallet wall one). I have been struggling with appropriate hoops and netting for seedling beds (raised or not) for a while now… bought a few packs of grow tunnels from Bunnings but the hoops are too small and weak and bend/break/disintegrate too quickly for my liking. And I hate the idea of having to buy more of them each year. Your pvc pipe/irrigation tubing solution is pure genius! Thank you, Mark! Love your work 🙂
It's look easy.Next year I will pinch your clever design.Thank you for sharing your video with us.
how does the water drain , just curious
Hi Mark I know this video was in 2018 but I went to the site to purchase a raised bed and they don't supply south africa. Tried to send enquiry but unless you have a zip number in nz Australia it wo t go through. So sad. Can you suggest an international al outlet for me please?
I’m About to build my gardens just like yours, thanks for the educational videos
What are your garden bed frames made of?