Boy do I have a surprise for you! I was messaged on Instagram (go follow https://www.instagram.com/epicgardening/ if you haven’t already) by a company to see if I wanted to test out a bed. Usually I say no to these types of requests, but curiosity got the best of me in this case.
Jim from Eco Garden Systems, the company that makes the raised bed, drove it out on a truck and helped me install this monster. It’s a wicking bed that stands at least 4′ tall, meaning that you don’t have to bend over to work in it!
It holds ~75 gallons of water and ~20 cubic feet of soil, so water usage should be much lower than a traditional raised bed where you top-water, even if you use drip irrigation.
I’m excited to grow in this system for the rest of the year to test it out and demonstrate fundamental gardening concepts for you all.
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Over 1650.00 $$$$ can buy a lot of food .. a real farmer would shake his head at this rip off . If I got it free LIKE U OK ,,BUT NO THANKS I'M NOT A MILLIONAIRE ..
Cool. To rich for my blood too. But what was the "Willy Wonka looking, crazy hot pepper"?
What are the benefits of these Materials , that are recommended in Gardens , container potting gardens, ??
1) Peat Moss & Coconut Coir and its benefits ?
2) Top Soil vs Native soil and its differences and benefits ?
3) Gypsum and its Benefits ?
4) Humates and its benefits ?
5) Bio Char_Pot Ash and its benefits ?
6) Crushed egg shells_powdered milk and its benefits ?
7) Rock Dust and its benefits ?
8) Dolomite lime and its benefits ?
9) Epsom Salts and its benefits ?
10) Kelp and liquid Seaweed and its benefits ?
11) Compost and its benefits ?
12) Worm compost_Castings and its benefits ?
13) Vermiculite_Perlite and its benefits ?
14) Manure (Cattle,Hog,Bat Quano, chicken, fish etc) and its benefits ?
15) Fungi ammendments and its benefits ?
16) Coffee Grounds and its benefits ?
17) Sand vs Clay vs Green Sand and its benefits ?
18) Mulch and its benefits ? (Straw vs wood chips vs Chopped leaves vs Grass clippings vs weeds vs Pine straw vs Bark mulch… etc
19) Fertilizers _ Plant Foods =Compost Tea / Worm Tea / Leachates / Comfrey Tea / Manure Tea / Weed Tea / Granule Fertilizer / Stick Fertilizers fertilizers / plant foods and their benefits ?
20) Gravel vs Cardboard vs Weed control Fabric and their benefits ?
cheers
ooooooo i like!
I know you said it is about 4' height. What about the other dimensions?
So thats where those peppers went!
looks awesome!!
It looks nice but it is too high, too expensive and it needs to be on wheels that can be easily moved around. It would have to be something that I can put together myself. My raised beds (Earthboxes) in their stands are 30" high which is perfect for most people. I am short (4'9") and 74 years old. I have peppers and determinate tomatoes in my boxes. The indeterminate tomatoes are in the Earthboxes that are for root vegetables. If they were any taller I would need a ladder to get to the top. My sugar snap peas I need a stool to get to the top 🙂 WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for demonstrating it. You do an awesome job. Thanks again.
"Water is 8.3 pounds per gallon" lol. Water is 1 kilogram per litre. Be sensible, use the metric system.
Love this type of system! I have issues with my spine that make it difficult for me to do a lot of bending over or bending down. I have some raised beds but nothing as wonderful as this. Can't wait to see how all of the growing goes.
Yikes that’s like a pool table weight and size.
I’m surprised you planted tiny pepper seedlings – how did they turn out? Here in Australia we tend to harden off our plants and let them grow around 3-4 inches before planting in full sun/wind.
Was there a follow up on this?
1500 pounds isn't that much. We built a hugelgarden. Took 5 1/2 months (by hand) and a whopping 17 TONS of material. And ours is not a big one either.
"Water is about 8.3 pounds per gallon" or in the normal world. 1kg per 1 litre.
Try using a tarp for mixing…. will make your mixing 10x easier and more thorough than just a shovel.
Any updates?
So it has been a year, are you still using this raised bed and why the tubing on the top, thought the point was to water from below?
I was interested in this raise before but once I tried to find the PRICE could not find it so am turned off I will look for different system when ready
I love gardening and have done so since I was a child (now 68). Bending over has become a major problem and I love raised beds. But I'm still finding it difficult because they are usually on the ground. This one is the granddaddy of all raised beds. But aren't you worried by putting it in front of your garage? Moving this thing looks like a 12 man job.
Hi youtube. I was trying to look at the vid creatore when the que insisted onscreen instead of giving me theoption to come baqck to it
I have an SIP but its not nearly as beautiful. Mine is lined with black pipes and works sot of like Earth Box. Am going to cover it with green house cloth and wondering if I can still use it in the winter and if so should I continue to water it using the spout and not use the bed at all. Secondly is I have it covered will it freeze in zone 7b.
I like the wicking method…but I don’t see a link???
Can you list what the ingredients are for your self watering raised garden?
Unable to get to ecogardensystem web site. Is the company still online? This is what i need, since I'm Paresis.
so irrigation came bed saw top? do fill like rain barrow or as water goes black layer fill tank with water used from water can. like when water baby plants use little bite water till get big. all extra water tank by time fill tank up. plants big have roots get stuff?