The soil at my new house is GOOD, but compact and high in clay content. To get it to grow anything, I tilled up about 4-5″, mixed in various sources of compost, biochar, and mycorrhizal fungi, and then topped it off with a few bags of high quality soil mix.
Beds can be about 30″-48″ wide in ground to account for workability. Make sure you water in well and lay down some mulch after planting.
This is one of the easier ways to get a garden started if you have the space for it, as you’re using your own native soil to form the bed, saving you money.
0:00 – Intro
0:58 – Troubleshoot Existing Soil
2:24 – Measuring the Bed
4:14 – Tilling Existing Soil
4:58 – Adding Compost
7:02 – Topping With More Soil
9:25 – Planting Thai Veggies
11:19 – Outro
SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING
→ Buy Birdies Raised Beds: https://shop.epicgardening.com
→ Buy My Books: https://shop.epicgardening.com/collections/books
→ Support Directly: https://www.patreon.com/epicgardening
LEARN MORE
Epic Gardening is much more than a YouTube channel:
→ 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/epicurbanhomestead
→ In-Depth Articles: http://www.epicgardening.com/blog
→ Daily Podcast: https://apple.co/2nkftuk
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicgardening/
→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicgardening
→ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@epicgardening
→ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/cuXxvKRwKN
→ FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/epicgardening/
→ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/epicgardening
→ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/epicgardening
DISCLAIMER
Epic Gardening occasionally links to goods or services offered by vendors to help you find the best products to care for plants. Some of these may be affiliate links, meaning we earn a small commission if items are purchased. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. More info on our process: https://www.epicgardening.com/disclaimer/
What other types of themed gardens do you want to learn how to grow?
Can you put stones at the bottom of an in-ground bed?
Cant wait for levitating garden beds
No way! My mums name is Suphannee, best Thai cook I know, ruined most restaurants for me. Cheers mum aka Super Nee. Living your videos, saving me and my black thumb down in Tasmania, Australia
love the channel! Do you have a video on rodents/pest (rabbits/squirrels/birds)?
I have always watered the area I want to rototill, the day before rototilling. This loosens the compacted soil a bit, and reduces all that dust. Kind of lubricates the soil, allowing the tiller to dig in and down easier. The thing to remember is not to drown the compacted soil. Just slowly water the area, then till the next morning. Great video, by the way. Thank you for the teachings.
Do you have any advice on how to make caliche into good usable garden soil. I am planning to make a garden in my backyard, but of course here in Vegas we have wonderful caliche everywhere. I know we have an orchard out here so we are able to grow crops, just curious how you would go about treating the caliche. thanks in advance for your help!
Could have dug up 6 inches deep take the soil you dug out and mixed it with you addition soil for a deeper longer lasting plot…and you could use it for root crops like potatoes since you softened up 6 inches down
In Florida we have nematodes that will suck the life out at the roots. So, when preparing a raised garden you need to place something between the garden and the natural soil. Also, tree roots tend to take over. Is there something cheaper than pool lining material that works and that the sun won't deteriorate in a couple years since it needs to go up the sides of the form for the garden and extend above the soil level?
It's so beautiful that she brought you a marigold awwwww
@epic gardening. Can you show the progress of the inground garden beds?
How far a part are those halboneros? I thought they needed a foot and a half of space
We put in 2 inground garden beds last year and they did way better than the raised beds right away. This year we are adding a couple of BIG gardens and using the raised for onions and carrots. Lol
ugh thanks for this video bc im trying to cut the costs of these raised beds, and amending existing soil will help a lot
I have terrible clay soil. I have tried adding soil and compost every year, but it’s still so hard and not the greatest for my veg. What else can I do to improve the soil?? Thanks!!
Seems if you soaked ground, you would get better depth
Do you run your water through a clorine/cloramine filter? My friends dad always had the best garden and vegetables I have ever tasted. He only used rain catch water or filtered water when he ran out of stored rain water (California). His theory was that of chemicals in the water kill bad bacteria, they also could harm good bacteria in the soil and plants.
Question- how do you get rid of crabgrass below and stop it from infiltrating the bed? I had a good first season and then come to find crabgrass snuck in under 3 layers of cardboard, and 1 layer of weed block. any ideas on keeping it out? thanks in advance
Taking notes.. I'm considering how I want to grow in the backyard.
I'd love to connect with you one day!
She is so cute that warmed my heart
I love talking to my plants
Would love to see an entire grow bag garden.
How deep should I loosen the soil for veggies? My soil is hard after 6 inches or so.
Talking to your plants is essential