UPDATE! Here's how the raised bed has been doing over the years: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5Jp_hAHKwmk.html&ab_channel=QDCrafts Thanks so much for watching and happy gardening!
I just discovered your channel and I am in love with the quality, the content, and the kindness you are showing on all your videos! I am looking for a garden for my future house, and I really want to do the same thing. Thank you so much!
I plan on doing something very similar to this but I'm going to have rows 4*8 or 12 parallel to each other with a cattle panel trellis crossing between the beds for the full length of the bed. You're climbing vegetables will do very well with this. Google cattle panel trellis if you don't already know about it. This is what I plan on doing in March. Thank you You did a good job 👍
I wish I saw this in the beginning of the summer before I bought a 70 dollar premade garden bed lol. I like the new content, I suggest making more garden based content in the future :)
The blocks, planks and gravel do remind me of Minecraft. Good Job! That much soil would've killed the grass anyway so I will use newspapers instead of the plastic barrier. In the fall I would pile dried leaves over the bed and mix in veggie scraps and let them compost
Weed barrier would block all the lovely worms. It will be a lot of work to remove the barrier, perhaps just stabbing some holes and break the sheets..And you will able to do more fun stuff (like adding compost bin or work bin) or grow root crops (potato carrots)
Remember since you have weed cover at the bottom, don't over water,it may be dried out on the top and still wet at the bottom, stick a dry stick down to see were the water level is peace 😊
Looks good! One tiny idea I had was to use some construction adhesive to hold the blocks together. Not sure if you ran into issues with them shifting but just something I thought of. I like the C shape, useful for accessing all the veggies.
These blocks have a hole in each of them for rebar. Rather than adhering, she could hammer the appropriate length of rebar to hold the blocks in place and keep them stacked.
Thanks! great video. Been trying to find these planter boxes in New Zealand. Don't think we have them. If you know of any recommendations to get some, much appeciated.
I was thinking not enough drainage and wrong soil type... i think when i build my raised bed for flowers and shrubs, I'd use an auger and and make lots of holes for extra drainage and use card board boxes instead
Hi i love your video so much, would you please share how do you calculate how much soil you need for your garden bed? If there is link/certain way to count it please share thanks so much😄🙏
Hi Lina, to calculate volume of a rectangular garden bed, you measure the length, width and height of the bed in feet and multiply them to get the total cubic feet of soil required.
Cedar wood is more resistant to rot so I expect it can last 5-10 years. So far after 2 years and long winters, the wood is fine and just lost some colour
Cedar or redwood will last and are food-safe, assuming they are left untreated, not painted nor stain. Those are the only two woods to consider for raised beds. I think she mentioned that the boards she used are cedar.
I am newbie to this and wanted to build a square planter but mine is going to seat on concrete, do I need a weed barrier as well? some say water tight seal, which I am not so sure. Does the soil needs drainage? Thanks
is there a mistake in the "supplies list" for this video ? i was looking for links related to this video n i see beads and iron film related supplies link
After trying these I quickly realized I was giving up a lot of stability and aesthetics because I was afraid to drill a screw into a piece of wood. I’m returning my blocks.
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> Make sure you pre-fit your 2x6 board(s) to one of your bricks to insure it will squeeze in between those cement joints. I bought some alleged 2x6 cedar planks from Lowes and they are a few mm's TOO BIG. I'll have to shave the edges of every one of them so that they'll fit properly. >
This is by far the most helpful and economical raised garden beds online! Well done, my Asian sista 😊 my mom will be really happy when I have ours done!
I have seen some people fill raised beds with old mulch (or stick/wood), leaves, and grass to fill most of the space to save money, seems like a cost effective solution. Thanks for the amazing video!
@@karinavlog9703 yes! I filled mine with large sticks, leaves, old mulch from my flower beds, grass clippings, and other compostable stuff. Then put soil over top and rake it flat. You’ll have to put more soil the next year as the bottom layers decay but it’s a cheaper way to get started!
Lovely!! I can't wait to have a garden so I can make something like this. I like how it can be disassembled and reused if you ever want to change the shape.
I read somewhere you weren’t happy with vegetables. Add the following to to soils and cultivate: Use bone meal for phosphorus, use blood meal for nitrogen and epsom salt for magnesium. Just research and make sure the vegetables you’re wanting to grow like all 3. Some only prefer 2 or even 1.
Love your garden beds. Peat moss is a cheaper alternative with three cow manure. I supplement with some raised bed soil. Soil is so expensive. I bought both of my raised beds wish I would have found your video earlier would have saved me money. I have peas lettuce and spinach in ground now with some zinnias and sweet allysum. I also started my tomatoes from seed a couple of months ago and I’m excited they’re almost ready to go in ground. Waiting for my last frost date. Happy gardening
The quality of the soil for your gardening is very important. Stop...STOP offering cheap alternatives, please. A good mix of compost, soil , sand, and worm castings will ensure a great harvest. Give it a try!
Raised beds offer a cost alternative to traditional ground gardening with no added benefits long term other than perhaps aesthetic. You had perfectly good soil to grow veggies my grandma with 70+ years exp says. She's likes to watch farming videos😊
It's better to just gather worms by hand and add them to your garden's soil. but I agree that plastic is horrid, using cardboard would've been more beneficial.
Use white cardboard not fully inked is chemicals maybe toxic and cardboard suck up a little moisture at first and stays damp, but put a few small holes in the fresh cardboard to let the bugs and worms make it up past cardboard
Oooh your doing garden videos now great, I love growing, raised beds and pots are great as they are so much easier to maintain. Yours looks great, those bricks that you just slot the wood into are a great idea. You should definitely do more videos with your plants, I’d love to see updates on your growing. I have grown a few edible things in the past, mainly tomatoes and bell peppers, I plan to grow more veg next year. I currently have other various plants in pots, you could also get some pots and grow plants that will flower to brighten up your garden 🪴🌻🌸😊
Filling that bed cost an arm, leg, foot and toe 😂 If you build more beds look for local top soil and compost. This will save you lots of arm's and leg's. 😊
I know you've probably already done that because this video was from a year ago but you can poke holes at the bottom of your liner and then the water will flow
I did this with the same kind of blocks and I found if you have a long side that you really need to put a piece of rebarb in the middle because the long side is trying to bow out
