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I like rasied garden beds but how much cold weather and snow can they withstand, because where I live we can still have frost in june
Interesting video, thanks. But I never plant in dry Soil, should first fill in Water and than put the plant in.
Thank You Kevin!
Success comes with practice in growing , yep!
I've come a long way too, and still have a ways to go!
Has anyone used untreated wood? If so how long did it last for you? I’m contemplating using wood or some sort of metal.
Do you put anything down to keep gophers out of your raised beds or have you not had any issues with gophers
As a life long farmer and an agronomist of 5 years I’m quite impressed with your growth and knowledge. Raised bed videos interest me because of the expensive side of it to get it going. There is an artificial soil term called Terra Preta or black Earth from the Amazon rain frorest where people would add manure, bio-char, pottery and bones to the soil and over time it would become very tilthy and would attract microbes
Thanks for the info and insight, do you have a link to that raised bed mix you use??
I have to grow raised beds, if I get down on the ground, I can't get back up. I want to make my backyard into a farm but I have very little to no money. How do I start? What should I do first.
Well Kevin, after watching this video, I showed it to my husband. He loved the way you put that together and he got this look on his face that I knew meant we were headed to Lowe’s later on. Yep, and that helped us to demarcate the new section of the garden, as wel do container gardening. The soil where we live is mostly clay, and if you dig down too far, it’s brackish water. Growing in tubs and buckets have been much easier. Thanks for showing this.
Such a quick way to make a raised bed!
Thanks for your advice about the SOIL.
I was worried when I first saw this video- I just used the old one to make two beds! Luckily it looks like you wouldn't have changed much. I really appreciate the retrospective and update to the old video. Thanks!
Costco fan!! 🙂 For 6" Garden bed, you need a super high quality soil only if you want go organic. Otherwise, fertilizer should do the work.
You're always in barefoot.like a typical filipino farmer. Nice.
I'd love to try this, but I have NEVER seen blocks like that anywhere in my country! ☹
I have a question about how to amend the soil when you grow vegetables in the containers (before or during the growing session). I found my zucchini plants didn't produce fruits that well. They turned yellowish and shrunken in size. And my second succession of lettuce didn't grow so well either. I assumed it's because I used the same pot for second round of growing, the soil has used out the nutrient. Kevin or anyone out there, do you have any advice for this problem???
Thanks for sharing the knowledge, it's much appreciated
Nice. Had not seen garden bed blocks. Love the message about learning and not aiming for expertise. Very healthy. 🙂
Have you ever used Boogie Brew? Do you have any options about?
till some fish and mulch in the soil and you would be golden.. nice work dude
This would be awesome for a temporary frame for a Charles Dowding style no dig bed.
you can stack those to get a deeper raised bed
Just watched this and the original back to back, and I'm really happy that I've picked up enough over the last year of watching gardening videos that I immediately saw several of the errors you explained here! Always learning, always improving. 🙂 Now if only I had a space of my own where I could put more of them into practice…
If 6 inches isn't deep enough with cheap soil, would it be worth digging down a few inches? (I realize that raises the difficulty level a few notches with all the digging, and that wouldn't work if the bed is on a hard surface)
I made these beds for my garden this year! Fingers crossed my plants do well!
Do you need a landscape fabric underneath the garden bed?