4 Cheap & EASY to Make Raised Garden Bed COVERS

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In this video, I show you how to make 4 different types of garden bed covers to protect your vegetables and plants from animals, birds, insects, heat, sun, hail, and the cold.
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@itsjustme3989 3 года назад

This man is a decent human being. Teaching things that are an inconvenience to himself to benefit others. He's not even using these things just now. He's just teaching us how to do it and that is super cool.

@teraanaam 3 года назад

Thanks for showing all different kinds of covers for the garden. Didn’t know I can get all these. Got to find them in USA now!

@balanceskateboarding8807 3 года назад

I thought the same thing 😍💜

@lydiaweaver1558 3 года назад

Absolutely. Thanks Mark. We love learning from you!

@fuckingstupidthatihavetoma2528 2 года назад

I mean I like his videos, but he isnt doing it for free lol... He makes money doing this and I imagine thats the primary motivation for continuing to do regular videos... Especially when you notice how he's kinda recycling video ideas from his earlier vids cause he needs content to keep the money flowing in

@fuckingstupidthatihavetoma2528 2 года назад

@T Mac I never said he didnt. I'm just not gushing over his sainthood as if it's totally selfless charity

@maggiemanzke7926 3 года назад

I love your down-to-earth style. Measure? Why? Just use your eyes! Love this!!! Thanks.

@notmyfault6835 3 года назад

I *ALWAYS* measure once and cut twice!! 🙃🙂🙃

@chrissierestall5952 3 года назад

@@notmyfault6835 Ha! So does my husband!! Lol

@TRoth858 Месяц назад

I love this channel. It's not only educational, but humorous. He's real!

@Selfsufficientme Месяц назад

Thank you 🙂👍

@sandracastle-od1lm Месяц назад

I used plumbing pipe and short droppers for my fruit trees with bird netting. It worked a treat. Pruned the trees to fit inside the piping with a light prune when necessary. The net slides up over piping so I can put it on myself. Tip, use white netting as you can’t see the red of ripening fruit at a distance. When I used black, the birds would fight to get through the black netting as they could see the colour of the fruit.

@jasonstranthon5183 3 года назад

Can't believe I haven't thought of doing that. I've used tons of poly pipe for irrigation. Tons of bamboo sticks to make stuff for beans / peas to climb around or for tomatoes or to keep the neighbours cats from jumping into and using the beds as their personal sleeping and litter spot... etc Never did I ever think, hey, this pipe can drop over this bamboo and make an easy cheap greenhouse cover or bird cover...... Amazing hahahah.. Thanks mate, gonna do this on the weekend for my beds, tho they not as tall as yours :)

@janeteholmes 3 года назад

I put white bird netting over my fruit trees. Got up one morning to find an adolescent joey had eaten a hole in it and dived inside, but couldn’t figure a way out! Called the wildlife people who came and let him out. Mum and a few others were waiting for him and they all hopped off.

@lilandraneramani1 3 года назад

It never occurred to me about the smaller netting not letting in bees and other beneficial insects. Thank you for teaching me this!

@hetheringtonfamily8798 3 года назад

Me too. I was thinking about getting that one but not now

@debsmith7120 3 года назад

Please search for “Megabattie netting” to see the dangers of netting for bats. There is bat-safe netting that some friendly insects can get through. If you want to ensure complete beneficial insect access at certain times of the season, you can raise the sides of the netting during the day, and then lower again at night. Protecting the bats is ultra important for environmental health!

@margareth1504 3 года назад

Hi - we saw a python after it was stuck terribly deeply entangled in a larger weave netting. It was a bit upsetting to see it trapped and looking lifeless, however, after several days of twisted stillness it began to move in a long time attempt to remove itself unsuccessfully as some netting strands were twisted hard and cutting deep into its body. The snake was saved though with help from Rspca.

@lilandraneramani1 3 года назад

@@margareth1504 good thing I live in UK and random snakes is quite a rare thing.

@gracecunningham7441 3 года назад

@@margareth1504 Python!!!!! Yikes; thank goodness I'm in northern Jersey, USA

@jgrady9553 3 года назад

Thank you! we have terrible problem with cabbage loopers decimating our brassicas, now can protect them from the moth that lay the eggs, also can use some shade cloth to keep peppers and tomatoes from sunscald. two thumbs up!

@olgamunroe1408 3 года назад

I can't thank you enough! I have a seedlings business in The Bahamas and the white flies are horrible!! I was looking into a cover system but I actually have everything you used! I am so grateful!!🍅

@Megatron995 3 года назад

You'll need netting with a smaller mesh than he's using to keep whiteflies out. Other than that, you should be good to go with some cloth!

@Just-Nikki 3 года назад

Don’t you love it when that happens! Good luck with the white flies. Wishing you abundance and happy planting 🌱

@melissarobins3585 2 года назад

There is something new on the market or coming up that I recently heard about. It is a spray that smells like ladybugs, the natural enemy of white flies or aphids. Being promoted as effective. I don’t know what it is called.

@simongarribaldi9267 2 года назад

Hey Olga, in the Cayman Islands, they use natural soap with scotch bonnet mix. Mix it up with water and strain it. Apply to underside of leaves using spray bottle. God bless you.

@olgamunroe1408 2 года назад

@@Megatron995 Thank you🍅

@jordzhi7084 3 года назад

Ahh the Bob Ross of gardening back again with another wonderful video💕

@vtbn53 3 года назад

Who the hell is Bob Ross???

@lelleithmurray235 3 года назад

@@vtbn53 😱!! You've never heard of the late Bob Ross? He taught many people how to paint with unconventional paintbrushes, and is a cult classic icon here on local PBS stations in the USA with his two inch paintbrush and deep sexy voice! Look him up- he's on RU-vid!

@vtbn53 3 года назад

@@lelleithmurray235 Nope, he never made it to Australia.

@lelleithmurray235 3 года назад

@@vtbn53 He's here on RU-vid. He literally has the voice to put you to sleep if you're not careful!🙂

@Just-Nikki 3 года назад

Have you heard Charges Dowding speak? He’s very calm and happy.

@martinguerre8220 3 года назад

Thanks to Self-sufficient Me. Outstanding and always enthusiastically presented practical content.

@aseelpetstv 3 года назад

👍👍👍

@thehangmansdaughter1120 3 года назад

I agree. I love the "over the fence" style. I get a bit sick of overly complicated or pretentious twaddle seen in some gardening videos.

@martinguerre8220 3 года назад

@@thehangmansdaughter1120 Yes. What a great ambassador for Australia.

@dennisolive4741 3 года назад

A piece of that poly pipe tied to each pipe across the top in the center, would give the structure more strength and keep them apart

@masonlee89 3 года назад

I live in the upper Midwest of the US, so season is short here. With the price of commodities being so high, this is an excellent cost effective way to extend my season a bit. Dude you’re making me and therefore my family more self sufficient. Thank you. 🙏

@gavinhall3669 3 года назад

He is Australian so his name is Mate!

@tondawyant2911 3 года назад

@@gavinhall3669 LOL

@anthonyb8208 3 года назад

I have no use for one of these, but still watched it because it's entertaining. Thanks Mark.

@lynnever 3 года назад

Tip: I use large and extra-large binder clips (US terminology) to pin down my mesh, and hold fabric (including frost cover) to tubing or PVC pipe. They're much cheaper than even cheap clamps and hold up surprisingly well for not being intended for UV exposure.

@charlotteking8123 2 года назад

Seems like they'd be lighter as well.

@epacrisimp 2 года назад

Save me a few dollars - plus I have some ready to go.

@namastenurse Год назад

Thank you

@timheffernan4519 9 месяцев назад

Great tip

@woden_the_wanderer 3 года назад

Is it just me, or does anyone else just binge watch these videos?

@robpelletier9417 Месяц назад

Nope, it’s not just you. 😊

@user-ll8gd5bx1f Месяц назад

I watch as much as I can to learn all I can. BETTER TO LEARN

@susanbutterfly9579 Месяц назад

Same here ❤

@randallbrown6239 Месяц назад

No, woden, it's not just you, I live thru them what I can no longer do,and enjoy something not frightening on tv

@shaunglendinning 3 года назад

My wife would give you the biggest 'Bear hug' if she could! We have been fighting to try save our tomato crop against the birds and have been losing the battle BIG TIME! Thanks for the great advice and I am sure it will make things a whole lot easier. Thanks again Mark, all the best. Cheers till next time.

@melodytenisch6232 3 года назад

I'm in western Washington state in the US. For whatever reason birds don't touch my tomato plants but bunnies, squirrels, and sometimes deer, nibble at cabbages, carrots, flowers. Good luck! Bummer if you can't even eat some of what you grow!👵🍀

@ElizabethHaynesTX 2 года назад

I’m so grateful for this video. Most videos advise PVC pipe or cattle panels - neither of which I can get home because I don’t have a truck. I also don’t have a way to cut thick material like that. I just ordered some of this piping and am excited to finally be able to make hoops for my row cover and shade cloth. Thank you! - Cheers from Texas, USA

@melw3518 3 года назад

We use clothesline pegs on our raised beds! Much cheaper and you can use more of them (to stop the possums from getting into it!)

@upharahyishrael7 3 года назад

I was thinking the same thing. Much much cheaper

@kayjames190 3 года назад

The clamps would be stronger then pegs

@mrbrown3546 3 года назад

Cheapy shops regularly have the small clamps if your needing more grab power than pegs, just not sure of the UV longevity.

@mspat8195 3 года назад

Mel W, stops possums, really? How about those beautiful & funny, but pesky raccoons?

@sumeraandzac424 3 года назад

I use clothes pegs for mine, but they break off or come apart easily. I need to get those clamps he used!

@Standfortruthandrighteousness 3 года назад

Wow that seems so doable for me and my 5 kiddos! thanks from Utah USA!!

@judithwilliams86 3 года назад

You can use a small length of pipe that has a slit down the centre as a clamp to hold netting or plastic tight to the pipe. We do this and it works a treat.

@lady14bug 3 года назад

Thanks for mentioning bats! If you must use larger netting, please check your nets frequently and keep contact info for wildlife rescue!

@margareth1504 3 года назад

Oh yes with larger open weave mesh, we did find a large -ish python so severley tangled and very still in the netting covering the tree - we thought the python had died in the tangle. Then five days later we saw the python had begun to move and try to untangle itself, however in places the netting was really cutting into the snakes body, too difficult to free it, and fortunately for the snake the rspca was able to rescue it. We felt sad seeing it looking dead at first, then amazed to find it was still alive, and it was very good to see its life was saved by the Rspca.

@thehangmansdaughter1120 3 года назад

My neighbour had a native Tui caught in his netting last year, when we were both away, so there was no-one around to free him. The poor wee thing broke his wing trying to get himself free and we feared he'd die. It took the local vet 5 weeks to get him ready for release. We still see him around, he successfully bred this season and I've had the pleasure of watching their nest all summer.

@reneebrown2968 3 года назад

Wish i could put 10 thumbs up. But one will have to do. Thumbs up

@DailyLifeandNature 3 года назад

You are right if RU-vid allow 10 thumb up i will press for him , great gardening work

@mspat8195 3 года назад

@@DailyLifeandNature, you have an interesting channel, too. I subscribed. 💞~👵

@DailyLifeandNature 3 года назад

@@mspat8195 thanks for watching and supporting my channel hope to see you soon new video tonight

@mspat8195 3 года назад

@@DailyLifeandNature, you're most welcome & I look forward to your content.

@lasie55 3 года назад

make 9 more accounts

@maggiescat3208 3 года назад

You just gave me a brilliant idea on how to keep 4 big dogs out of my short raised bed garden! I WAS going to build a fence. Thanks!!!

@teenagardner3623 2 года назад

My problem as well, I figure my beds should be just above leg height of dogs

@rachalnocchi5600 3 года назад

Bless you! Taking all those up and then down to show us how it looks and what each of them is good for! Thank you so much, I really enjoyed learning about the different materials out there for use.

@alexkrause5737 3 года назад

You're crushing Mark! Your vids have helped me loads and I can tell you have a great time making them. Keep up the great work.

@anniecochrane3359 2 года назад

Great stuff!! I use a version of this, but have picked up many extra tips from you here. Thank you!! I"ve found that adding a long piece of bamboo lengthwise, at the top, and tied onto each hoop helps keep the shape.

@ayersman96 3 года назад

I live in the southwest desert in California, USA. And I can tell you the shade cloth works extremely well. I am able to grow pretty much any crop in 120°f (probably around 40°-50° C). This year I even started a blueberry plant. I had to double up the shade cloth, and made it two layers thick. It's still blooming and got over the sun burning.

@Pandalotl 2 года назад

I was just wondering how to grow it in those temperatures. Thanks for the ideas!

@tegtego5362 2 года назад

Do you use this method 104 today

@matthewlabb8195 Год назад

PHX here, zone 9....hot as can be here too! Do you hold off on using the shade structure until its 100+ or use it sometimes in the 90s?

@MiaRomero Год назад

Hi! Wondering if anyone in the states knows a good garden shield brand for heat protection. Looking for 50% since our summer temps have reached 115 here

@renestewart1663 3 года назад

Thank you from Johannesburg, South Africa. Excellent video.

@CDNShuffle 3 года назад

keeping the net tight is important like he said. i caught 3 birds and a squrriel in a loose double layered bird net used as a fence, but it kept all the critters out had the best yield when i did that.

@johnsammers 28 дней назад

What a star! Thanks for all your practical help and down to earth humanity. It's a refreshing treat.

@odddadout 3 года назад

That is the best idea for cover frames I've seen so far, and so much cheaper than all the other options. 👍👍

@Mojo_3.14 3 года назад

Thank you, my sister was just asking me about netting and I'm going to send her a link to this.

@chaumander1 3 года назад

I got nice straight branches from trimming I can use as stakes and couldn't find clamps so I used clothes pegs! Great ideas Mark!

@juliekraft4102 3 года назад

Finding it hard to sympathize with you dealing with heat & sunshine.🥰

@MrsMarybiz Месяц назад

This is great. Our daughter raises chickens, just 6 because she’s a city dweller. But those chickens love to peck at her veggies. Can’t wait to share this. Thank you. ❤

@MothmanBaddie 3 года назад

This could not have come at a better time for me. Thank you. Love you

@kellyrancie5766 3 года назад

I love the paper “self sufficient me” sticker on the hat...that’s gold!! Thanks for the info on coverings, very helpful!

@freakier0790 3 года назад

🤔🤔🤔🤔 now I wanna do a hot house one over the winter so that I can keep my salad greens here in Iowa.

@Myrtle2911 3 года назад

I keep coming back to this video to re-watch it so I can take notes and figure out which supplies I need. Thanks so much for it!

@ryanbarnfield2736 3 года назад

He seems such a nice guy, love his life and way of living..... So much respect from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@jacintabyline 3 года назад

Kia ora from NZ Mark. A BIG thumbs up! You have the best ideas and explain them so well.

@reneebowman4632 9 месяцев назад

OMG! Where have you been with these tips the last two years I have lost my battle with the dreadful heat and scorching sun in FLORIDA?!!! I am hopeful once again thanks to your tips on shielding from these versatile types of weather conditions and thankful for your time and tips and demonstrations! I just hope these materials will hold up in the long hot summer months from the sun and it’s destructive UV rays.

@olivergarcia2459 3 года назад

Thanks Mark for this video I really needed these tips and cheap ways to cover a raised bed because I have a big problem with squierls.

@DanKoerner 3 года назад

About to build my first Birdies bed I bought from Epic Gardening. Can't wait to add some cover to it XD

@bastbotanicals 3 года назад

My brain just exploded! Seriously, I cannot thank you enough from Ithaca, NY in USA

@jujube2407 3 года назад

Same here neighbor! Albany ny!

@crazydee1955 3 года назад

Same from Houston TX.

@tabethapacion7137 3 года назад

same from Glendale Arizona.

@crazydee1955 3 года назад

@@tabethapacion7137 howdy to Ithaca, Albany and Glendale. Love and light to you all and to our friend from down under.

@allisonculbertson5882 3 года назад

Hello from the garden State in the U.S! My husband and I have been getting into making our backyard a garden paradise. Your videos have become the absolute best place to find out how it's done the right way. We love your knowledge and will continue to try to become as self-sufficient as we can. At least elf-sufficient at something!🤗

@tabethapacion7137 3 года назад

just in time. I needed some ideas for my raised garden beds for my fruit trees. just a wonderful video mark. you are so awesome. watching from the States 🇺🇸

@rebeccaflowers1992 3 года назад

You just made me feel like I have been seriously overthinking my bed covers haha. Thank you for making it easy! 💞 Sending appreciation from Florida 🙋‍♀️

@AnthonyDeeYT 3 года назад

So much of my garden was made with your tips. Thank you so much!

@shannonrobinson262 3 года назад

You could also use metal conduit and bend into a u shape and put over 6 ft long rebar. Put it up the same way. Then you have 2 ready made frames in the center for attaching trellis netting for vertical growing. That’s what we do.

@iggydi1 3 года назад

Hi Mark. We use the orange string line which we threaded through the bottom of the netting . It stretches and we can roll up the netting through the day. We have 1 tomato trellis type mesh used at 1 end of the bed. and taper it down at the other end. That's why we can roll it up. Love your videos. Thanks

@susanoettle2373 2 года назад

This sounds like an interesting idea. Would love to see a picture of it if you have one!

@brainclerk4431 3 года назад

i use plastic electrical pipes £1 for 6ft plus a 50pence joiner thats about £10 per bed , i also zip-tie a bamboo to the top to make a ridge beam , this stiffens everything up !

@Amanda-kw1vi 3 года назад

BRILLIANT!!!! I've always wanted hoops but wasn't sure about storage or bringing them to the house, this solves that issue! So cool!

@DailyLifeandNature 3 года назад

New idea to use bamboo and pvc pipe create net cover the garden bed to protect from insect and bird , thanks for sharing to us i learn something from you

@mariacampbell581 3 года назад

I like the first one with bird mesh very much. A cross bar on the top joined with another bamboo pole and zip ties would make the arches more stable and less likely to collapse. thank you for the video. I made raised garden beds with your suggestion for filling the beds. I appreciate the work you put into them.

@sadhe57 3 года назад

My three big diggy dogs were delighted with all the fresh soil in my new raised bed. 🙁 I've been trying to figure out a way to barricade the dogs, but that gives me easy access. This is perfect - inexpensive, uncomplicated, and adaptable. Yay! Thank you!

@therealhellkitty5388 3 года назад

You could also use two sided carpet tape to join the sheets of plastic and sew shade cloth together with twine and crochet hook. Love your video’s, Mark. I tell everyone I know about them.

@dianebonner7857 2 года назад

Best bed cover idea I’ve seen.

@kyllfalcon 3 года назад

Here in Kentucky in the USA we get quite varied and often severe weather: freezing cold, blistering heat, heavy rain, strong winds, snow and ice. I use a very similar structure over my raised beds, except I drive six 3/8" rebar stakes (stakes about 12" taller than bed) into the bed until the same height as the edge of the bed. I bend a 10' PVC pipe (1/2") over the rebar stakes, pushing the excess pipe into the soil over the stakes. I use a 3/4" tee on each end hoop and a 3/4" 4-way fitting on the middle hoop to brace the top with two pieces of 3/4" PVC pipe. Works the same as these structures, just more stable and can withstand extreme weather. I attach various netting, row covers, plastic with PVC clamps.

@FreeGumFighter 3 года назад

Great job Mark, just one thing though: I'd put one of the 4 pairs of legs lengthwise, and tie it to the others at the intersections to give lateral stability to the structure

@barbarahaynes3453 3 года назад

Thank you Mark for the very useful tips and demonstrations from 🇧🇧

@adryawebb2556 3 года назад

Here in zone 6b in the States I've used a combination of tulle mesh, clear plastic sheeting, non-woven row cover and shade cloth for different plants depending on the time of year. I used 40% shade cloth for the first time last spring to protect my cabbages as we got some days near 90F and it worked to keep them cool along with a light mist over them. I transplanted them early March but any earlier and it would have been too cold. Our spring weather here can often be wacky and get hot. I used plastic and white row cover to extend my peppers into early December which was awesome!

@ivebeenredeemed379 Год назад

This guy is good, and entertaining. Very much appreciate his willingness to share his knowledge.May the Lord bless, and protect him, and his loved ones. Thank you very much sir.

@karenanson 3 года назад

This is so awesome! I’ve never been successful trying to garden here in the Mojave with all the SUN, chickens and wild rabbits. This method gives me new hope! Thanks so much! 😃🐶🐓🐇☀️

@richardhutson7903 3 года назад

Mark, masonry ladders (sold at the hardware store for ~$2 each) are 10 foot sections that make ridged ~5' arches that are excellent bird net frames. Very cheap, and reusable for years since they're galvanized.

@littlelomaricafarm7302 2 года назад

I use mason’s ladders as well. they work great.

@haroldtheescapist2865 8 месяцев назад

@@littlelomaricafarm7302 That just leads to freemasonry links do you have an Australian translation for this item that are sold at bunnings in Australia?

@artichokekaleidoscope8471 8 месяцев назад

@@haroldtheescapist2865Haven’t found a Bunnings Australia listing for it, but type in masonry ladder mesh (or wire) and there are other companies that sell it here.

@dizzylizzy7582 8 месяцев назад

@@haroldtheescapist2865did you ever find an equivalent product in Australia? Ty

@Aaron9581 6 месяцев назад

@@haroldtheescapist2865 Maybe referring to ladder mesh or train track mesh. It's not cheap here in aus though

@beesandseeds 3 года назад

Thank you! I was just trying to decide yesterday how I want to protect my beds from the deer. This looks like a good solution.

@mamasaidno1749 3 года назад

Thank you for posting this. I have been wondering how to cover my raised beds to prevent devastation by grasshoppers this year.

@goodjuju2723 3 года назад

This was perfectly timed. I have a stray neighborhood cat who has decided to make my 2m x 1m raided garden bed its litter tray. I've cleaned up the soil and covered it with tarp for the time being. I will be heading out to purchase the piping, clamps and netting this weekend. Thank you!!

@samanthanicholson9015 Год назад

Tulle should help keep em out. Robbie and Gary on you tube uses it in their garden to keep our rabbits and squirrels etc. The birds can't eat the newly planted seeds. So far it's working for me.

@mariacampbell581 3 года назад

I'd also suggest making one arch and use it as the pattern for the rest of them. That will guarantee the arches being the same size.

@Kendy1977 8 месяцев назад

As someone just starting out with gardening in Florida, this video is a gem of knowledge because I now know how to protect my garden from pesky pests and harsh weather conditions without breaking the bank. Thank you 🙏

@DianeHasHopeInChrist 3 года назад

I've got to try this. I live in Southeast Idaho, USA. The winters are harsh, and the growing season has been shortening for the last decade. I could only grow late June to mid August, as the nights got to the 30-40° temperatures. I only harvested a few Jalapeno peppers, Anaheim peppers, and about 3 dozen tomatoes that had to ripen in my living room window. They were delicious, and juicy.....but what a pain....lol I called the State of Idaho Agricultural office, and they said that even potato farmers were unable to produce much crop due to the shortened growing season. It started snowing in September, but cold all summer nights. This is a great solution for us small crop growers. Thanks Mark!

@dougveganparadisebuilder5808 3 года назад

We are building the terrasses right now (we are on a hill) followed by raised beds made from rocks and cement poured in a mold similar in shape to what you have. So this video comes in handy for the step of covering them!

@tarapath5099 3 года назад

Cement is supposed to be really harsh when used in gardens as it destroys the PH balance.

@dr.lexwinter8604 3 года назад

Get zincalume fencing material and make some raised beds, the alkalinity of the cement will absolutely wreck your yields unless you're growing tobacco or something that wants extremely alkaline soil. Even then you're going to have issues with seepage too and thus mould infesting the cement and spreading to your seedlings faster than light. Not to mention just the sheer cost; using fencing is dirt cheap. Your dirt will cost you more to order in than the raised beds. Getting a cement truck in (assuming your beds are big enough you aren't going to be carrying two hundred bags of cement down by hand) will set you back more than decking it out with zincalume.

@tammybyrd1054 3 года назад

Thanks so much for this! I've been trying to figure out an easy, inexpensive way to put hoops and cloth over my beds and this was great! Taking back what I bought and doing this! MUCH less expensive and MUCH easier! Made my day! We appreciate you!

@arhodes2866 3 года назад

Thanks. I have been thinking of using that method to put covers over my beds. So good to see how you did it.

@rogerajohnson6495 2 года назад

I live in Arkansas, USA which is a different climate than where you live. My wife has been wanting a small greenhouse and this is perfect for what she wants. Thank you so much!

@Natalieleu 3 года назад

Thank you Mark. I was trying to figure out how I was going to keep the squirrels out of my dwarf fruit trees. This is perfect. Love your channel.

@williamthompson9508 3 года назад

Perfect timing for my new beds as we hit our hot summer. Thanks for all your videos Mark! Albuquerque, New Mexico

@irenesilva744 3 года назад

I’m going to try this to protect my corn this year. Thanks!

@The-Grateful-Hippie 3 года назад

I'm finally getting my high side hugelkultur beds finished. I used PVC and pipe straps for the arches. We are using hog panels as arches for the tomatoes to climb on.

@livetiny536 3 года назад

Awesome mark bunnings is always the solution aha

@andrewsteele7663 3 года назад

Good morning Mark, excellent video, just what I needed on this Saturday morning, cheers

@rhondamurff9101 3 года назад

Thanks Mark as I wondered how to cover my Raised Beds on the cheap!! Fantastic!!🌿🌻💚🥬🫑🍅🌶🌹❣

@vward4871 3 года назад

The timing of this is impeccable!!

@hlengiwemasondo2858 3 года назад

Thank you. From Cape Town,South 🇿🇦

@quanahhurtt1833 3 года назад

Mark, I always look forward to what you are going to show us next.

@elenidemos 3 года назад

If you tie the hoops with a ninth piece of bamboo at top centre, the frame will be much stronger. Using even more, you can also use it as a trellis for things like cucumber & tomato. NOT practical for things like pumpkin, but great for temporary systems.

@libbyworkman1666 2 года назад

@Eleni Demos I was thinking the exact same thing. I couldn’t figure out how to make a trellis. I’m also thinking zip ties would work to secure the vines to the trellis. But probably twine would be a more earth friendly solution.

@joking7081 3 года назад

Cheap, quick and effective. I'm in a colder climate. Going to Bunnings tomorrow to get bamboo, pipe and plastic to see if I gain keep my tomatoes plants going a bit longer.

@karimonster 3 года назад

If it wasn't for shadecloth, I wouldn't be able to grow in Texas from July-September :) I absolutely LOVE the way you make the framework and i'm definitely going to try that method for my beds!

@pamelaroden5513 3 года назад

I am going to use this. Thank you.

@patriciacole8773 3 года назад

Your always full of helpful information. We appreciate the simplicity of the visual aids.

@user-ik4xo4jf8v 3 года назад

Great introduction to making raised garden bed covers. The bug netting will be used to help my garden survive 30-40mph winds we experience every now and then.

@acemcplane 3 года назад

Here in Nova Scotia we regularly get tropical storm level winds so I've been thinking lots about how to do this here. I'm thinking the base needs to be a sturdy box frame that lines up to the raised bed and latches down with metal hinges and latches. Probably going with wooden raised beds for this reason.

@nicolaj3294 3 года назад

Those clamps are great, will be going to Bunnings this weekend, great tip. Thanks Mark

@HootMaRoot 3 года назад

I have been using water pipe to making framing since I was a child which wasn't yesterday. But I use old fence posts to hold enviromesh down

@TigerLilyGzzTLRoars 3 года назад

omg brilliant!!! I have EVERYTHING for this project and have been desperate to protect my plants from chickens and deer!!! You make my day.

@Babyluthi 3 года назад

You can use frost cloth too😊

@davidnguyen8390 3 года назад

Great tutorial mate! This was the exact dilemma I was dealing with, working out how to build a covering for a metal raised bed. Thank you!

@silverskyranch 3 года назад

I already use bird netting and shade cloth, but clearly I need to get some of those clamps! Right now, I just use twist-ties (tomato ties) and the netting hangs down using a rim of fishing weights, but last fall I had an opossum still get through and eat my cantaloupes!