Fixing an Old Raised Garden Bed Design!
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Dave
I was glad to hear your words about focusing on being less wrong rather than more right and accepting mistakes. I have a pretty big area to garden in, and let a bed go fallow for a few years. A neighbor gave me a huge pile of rotted manure last summer. Hey, I'll put a whole bunch of that manure in the new bed! Put the plants right in! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? All that nitrogen burned the bejeezus out of my home-sprouted tomato, tomatillo & pepper plants. Studied up and learned that 1) old manure still needs to go in a bed the prior fall and 2) if you dress with rotted manure, use sparingly! Luckily I had one starter of each that hadn't been planted yet. Transplanted the ones that looked to have a bit of life left into another bed. Lesson learned! I'll leave that hi-octane bed for next year! Thanks for being here for us!
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I was glad to hear your words about focusing on being less wrong rather than more right and accepting mistakes. I have a pretty big area to garden in, and let a bed go fallow for a few years. A neighbor gave me a huge pile of rotted manure last summer. Hey, I'll put a whole bunch of that manure in the new bed! Put the plants right in! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? All that nitrogen burned the bejeezus out of my home-sprouted tomato, tomatillo & pepper plants. Studied up and learned that 1) old manure still needs to go in a bed the prior fall and 2) if you dress with rotted manure, use sparingly! Luckily I had one starter of each that hadn't been planted yet. Transplanted the ones that looked to have a bit of life left into another bed. Lesson learned! I'll leave that hi-octane bed for next year! Thanks for being here for us!
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Xavier
So I'm rebuilding my front yard raised bed in the fall (putting the new 4x8 frame around my current 3x6, tearing down the walls--woven sticks lined with brown corrugated cardboard, and then burying those walls with more soil since it will all decompose anyway) and setting up a square-foot system for it. Would you recommend nails and twine (I already have natural twine around my current bed and I'll be burying that too rather than untying it and putting it in the compost) to divide it up, or would lengths of 1x2 strapping be a better choice? I know someone who has a bunch they're planning on giving away anyway, so I wouldn't be paying more to go that route, it's just that I'd like to have the opinion of someone with more experience in this than me.
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So I'm rebuilding my front yard raised bed in the fall (putting the new 4x8 frame around my current 3x6, tearing down the walls--woven sticks lined with brown corrugated cardboard, and then burying those walls with more soil since it will all decompose anyway) and setting up a square-foot system for it. Would you recommend nails and twine (I already have natural twine around my current bed and I'll be burying that too rather than untying it and putting it in the compost) to divide it up, or would lengths of 1x2 strapping be a better choice? I know someone who has a bunch they're planning on giving away anyway, so I wouldn't be paying more to go that route, it's just that I'd like to have the opinion of someone with more experience in this than me.
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Christine
I just created a bed with this design this season. I live in a townhouse-style apartment that I rent. I don't have a great space or access to use power tools outside and I don't have the money to replace my corded hand-me-down tools. I did two layers, so my beds are 12 deep and 4'x8' for their footprint. I'm pretty sure it will last me until I am able to move into a home of my own. I had a lot of fun mixing my own soil based on some of your info and some of the info from Joe Gardener. I've got green beans, zucchini, summer squash, acorn squash, chives, sage, and tomatoes in there.
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I just created a bed with this design this season. I live in a townhouse-style apartment that I rent. I don't have a great space or access to use power tools outside and I don't have the money to replace my corded hand-me-down tools. I did two layers, so my beds are 12 deep and 4'x8' for their footprint. I'm pretty sure it will last me until I am able to move into a home of my own. I had a lot of fun mixing my own soil based on some of your info and some of the info from Joe Gardener. I've got green beans, zucchini, summer squash, acorn squash, chives, sage, and tomatoes in there.
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handmade
I saw the original about 1. 5 months ago. I had never heard of square foot gardening before watching that video. I built my bed the way you did. My traditional garden didn't do too well last year so I thought I'd try something new. I used Mel's mix (after buying the book. Hopefully it works! I wish I would've been interested in gardening when my grandmother was still alive. She grew beautiful flowers and an amazing garden every year. She had two green thumbs. Her secret: she talked to all her plants, indoors and outdoors.
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I saw the original about 1. 5 months ago. I had never heard of square foot gardening before watching that video. I built my bed the way you did. My traditional garden didn't do too well last year so I thought I'd try something new. I used Mel's mix (after buying the book. Hopefully it works! I wish I would've been interested in gardening when my grandmother was still alive. She grew beautiful flowers and an amazing garden every year. She had two green thumbs. Her secret: she talked to all her plants, indoors and outdoors.
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Sammi
We have 2- 4x4 beds, 1- 4x2 bed, and 1- 6x1 bed we made after seeing your video a little earlier this year. Its working well for now and we plan on conditioning the soil and raising each bed by a blocks height each year moving forward until its our ideal height. We bought our place nearly 3 years ago and finally went for it when I came home from the nursery with a dozen packs of seeds and 15 tomato and 3 pepper seedlings. Lol. My husband said he had no choice but to make it happen this year. Its been the best time together!
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We have 2- 4x4 beds, 1- 4x2 bed, and 1- 6x1 bed we made after seeing your video a little earlier this year. Its working well for now and we plan on conditioning the soil and raising each bed by a blocks height each year moving forward until its our ideal height. We bought our place nearly 3 years ago and finally went for it when I came home from the nursery with a dozen packs of seeds and 15 tomato and 3 pepper seedlings. Lol. My husband said he had no choice but to make it happen this year. Its been the best time together!
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Fiona
I have a question about how to amend the soil when you grow vegetables in the containers (before or during the growing session. I found my zucchini plants didn't produce fruits that well. They turned yellowish and shrunken in size. And my second succession of lettuce didn't grow so well either. I assumed it's because I used the same pot for second round of growing, the soil has used out the nutrient. Kevin or anyone out there, do you have any advice for this problem?
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I have a question about how to amend the soil when you grow vegetables in the containers (before or during the growing session. I found my zucchini plants didn't produce fruits that well. They turned yellowish and shrunken in size. And my second succession of lettuce didn't grow so well either. I assumed it's because I used the same pot for second round of growing, the soil has used out the nutrient. Kevin or anyone out there, do you have any advice for this problem?
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Cecelia
Well Kevin, after watching this video, I showed it to my husband. He loved the way you put that together and he got this look on his face that I knew meant we were headed to Lowes later on. Yep, and that helped us to demarcate the new section of the garden, as wel do container gardening. The soil where we live is mostly clay, and if you dig down too far, its brackish water. Growing in tubs and buckets have been much easier. Thanks for showing this.
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Well Kevin, after watching this video, I showed it to my husband. He loved the way you put that together and he got this look on his face that I knew meant we were headed to Lowes later on. Yep, and that helped us to demarcate the new section of the garden, as wel do container gardening. The soil where we live is mostly clay, and if you dig down too far, its brackish water. Growing in tubs and buckets have been much easier. Thanks for showing this.
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Collin
As a life long farmer and an agronomist of 5 years Im quite impressed with your growth and knowledge. Raised bed videos interest me because of the expensive side of it to get it going. There is an artificial soil term called Terra Preta or black Earth from the Amazon rain frorest where people would add manure, bio-char, pottery and bones to the soil and over time it would become very tilthy and would attract microbes
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As a life long farmer and an agronomist of 5 years Im quite impressed with your growth and knowledge. Raised bed videos interest me because of the expensive side of it to get it going. There is an artificial soil term called Terra Preta or black Earth from the Amazon rain frorest where people would add manure, bio-char, pottery and bones to the soil and over time it would become very tilthy and would attract microbes
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Landru
Holy crap! I had no idea these planter's blocks existed (total noob here. You have just given me my idea for raised garden beds for next year. I've been thinking about how best to do it. At one point I was going to splurge on a couple Birdie's beds and then I was thinking about making them out of old pallets but now I have my solution. I will probably do two sets of 2x6 to get 12. Thank you!
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Holy crap! I had no idea these planter's blocks existed (total noob here. You have just given me my idea for raised garden beds for next year. I've been thinking about how best to do it. At one point I was going to splurge on a couple Birdie's beds and then I was thinking about making them out of old pallets but now I have my solution. I will probably do two sets of 2x6 to get 12. Thank you!
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Michael
I did mine like this because I wanted to be able to pressure wash the wood when they start looking ugly. I took much longer though. To save money I bought the boards in 8 foot lengths and cut them myself to save money. I also used a level and spent hours excavating to make sure it was all nice and straight. What I really dislike about them is how difficult it is mow around them.
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I did mine like this because I wanted to be able to pressure wash the wood when they start looking ugly. I took much longer though. To save money I bought the boards in 8 foot lengths and cut them myself to save money. I also used a level and spent hours excavating to make sure it was all nice and straight. What I really dislike about them is how difficult it is mow around them.
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Felicia
Ok. I think you may have answered my question as to why my tomato plant isnt really growing in the bigger pot I transplanted it in. I didnt break up the roots, so maybe its growing in a circle from the bucket I had it in prior to transplanting it. If that is the case, do I need dig it out a bit to loosen the roots? or will it eventually correct itself?
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Ok. I think you may have answered my question as to why my tomato plant isnt really growing in the bigger pot I transplanted it in. I didnt break up the roots, so maybe its growing in a circle from the bucket I had it in prior to transplanting it. If that is the case, do I need dig it out a bit to loosen the roots? or will it eventually correct itself?
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alysoffoxdale
Just watched this and the original back to back, and I'm really happy that I've picked up enough over the last year of watching gardening videos that I immediately saw several of the errors you explained here! Always learning, always improving. :) Now if only I had a space of my own where I could put more of them into practice.
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Just watched this and the original back to back, and I'm really happy that I've picked up enough over the last year of watching gardening videos that I immediately saw several of the errors you explained here! Always learning, always improving. :) Now if only I had a space of my own where I could put more of them into practice.
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luanllluan
I know your audience might be mainly north american, but for the rest of us it would be very nice if you put the measures in centimetres on the screen, every time you say X inches, i pause and try to think X times 2. 54 hahahah
Great video as always, it's nice to see what you've improved and what keeps standing
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I know your audience might be mainly north american, but for the rest of us it would be very nice if you put the measures in centimetres on the screen, every time you say X inches, i pause and try to think X times 2. 54 hahahah
Great video as always, it's nice to see what you've improved and what keeps standing
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handmade
I used that video not long ago for my first garden. I found it really helpful because i had no idea what I was doing. A few days ago I harvested my first vegetables and I am thrilled. I just wanna thank you for inspiring me to start gardening. ( excuse me if I made any mistakes but English is not my fist language)
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I used that video not long ago for my first garden. I found it really helpful because i had no idea what I was doing. A few days ago I harvested my first vegetables and I am thrilled. I just wanna thank you for inspiring me to start gardening. ( excuse me if I made any mistakes but English is not my fist language)
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HeySuz
I was confused for a minute. When you froze the old video and were talking about putting in nails to do the square foot gardens, the tree in the old video lines up perfectly with the plant behind you on the shelf in the new video. I was wondering what it was at first. Lol!
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I was confused for a minute. When you froze the old video and were talking about putting in nails to do the square foot gardens, the tree in the old video lines up perfectly with the plant behind you on the shelf in the new video. I was wondering what it was at first. Lol!
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