How to make a DIY inexpensive raised bed soil mix and how to fill them quick and cheap! Watch the raised bed garden series for all the know-how you need to build and grow veggies in raised beds.
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Hello, Thank you for this great video! Would you happen to have a video of how you built the raise bed? What kind of wood did you use and the dimensions? Is it availabe at Home Depot? Thanks!
Mac cracks me up. I love that pup❤️
It is looking pretty good but you forgot the mulch! You want to protect the top layer from the sun! Plus your top layer is gonna dry out.
Hello from Devon U.K., do you think I can used grass cuttings in a raised veg bed before the compost?
Thanks for the great tips.
So to fill a bed on the cheap the tip is to have 2 trash cans full of soil?
Do you always have to remove the grass ? Will cardboard not kill it?
I love your videos but I also love your dog too! He’s so cute
How much does it cost
Can you use cow manure
I planted one of my raised garden beds with green beans. The plants died from disease and harmful insects. Should I replace all the soil in this bed before planting again? The bed is 1.5 foot by 6 foot. The bed is 2ft deep and is waist high. Thank you.
I live in San Diego and Followed step-by-step using your garden soil method for my raised bed. I have so many little flies flying over the composted chicken manure during the day. What and how do you get rid of them?
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Excellent breakdown of how to fill a garden bed! In Wisconsin we are still -9°F and dreaming of warmer weather!
Love how the dog is just sitting in the way!❤
Remember , your soil will also settle like crazy over a season. So you are going to have to add about the same amount as you did in the first place.
why are you not putting a bed liner in before you put the contents in, this will protect the wood of the bed, keep the water away, etc
We did our beds togather. This is our method https://youtu.be/NOConzksaGI
Thank you so much for this. All the other people I have run into trying to make a good mix use hard to find things or expensive things or just like make it so complicated. This was extremally helpful.
I have always used hardware cloth on the bottom of my raised beds to keep burrowing critters out. I no longer use cardboard or newspaper at the bottom. I like Morage Gamble's no dig way of gardening. It could be applied to a framed in raised bed.
I thought having green leaves and uncomposted wood and greens would burn the plants or sap the nitrogen?
Hi great vid, no pumice or perlite?
Hey guys, thanks for the video! Do you think putting grass clippings under the soil would work to bulk up the soil? Any drawbacks there?