7 Raised Bed Gardening Techniques to Maximize Your Results
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Date: 2022-07-18
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TheWeirdOneOut
Not sure if you've gotten comments about this before, but I'd like to see how you would do the three sisters technique for corn. If you don't know about it, it's a native american way of symbiotic gardening where corn, squash, and beans are grown together. The corn provides a pole for the beans, the beans put nitrogen in the ground(all other nutrients needed are provided by small fish dug straight in the ground before planting, and the squash shades out any weeds and grasses (which I think will help with your problem nicely. It's supposedly a low effort technique if done right, because the plants do all the work for you.
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Not sure if you've gotten comments about this before, but I'd like to see how you would do the three sisters technique for corn. If you don't know about it, it's a native american way of symbiotic gardening where corn, squash, and beans are grown together. The corn provides a pole for the beans, the beans put nitrogen in the ground(all other nutrients needed are provided by small fish dug straight in the ground before planting, and the squash shades out any weeds and grasses (which I think will help with your problem nicely. It's supposedly a low effort technique if done right, because the plants do all the work for you.
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Vivian
I am a beginner. Started in December 2020, and so far I have gotten potatoes and have onions almost ready to harvest. Also planted bell peppers but still waiting on those. Saw a baby one finally yesterday. My bed is not raised, it is in ground but I live in Florida and the soil is sand. I know I would get better results with a raised bed. Once I harvest my onions my plan is to make a raised bed. Wish me luck lol
Thanks for the tips on your video, they are very helpful for a beginner like me.
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I am a beginner. Started in December 2020, and so far I have gotten potatoes and have onions almost ready to harvest. Also planted bell peppers but still waiting on those. Saw a baby one finally yesterday. My bed is not raised, it is in ground but I live in Florida and the soil is sand. I know I would get better results with a raised bed. Once I harvest my onions my plan is to make a raised bed. Wish me luck lol
Thanks for the tips on your video, they are very helpful for a beginner like me.
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Vera
I'm in New Mexico and I love me some ollas! I make some ad hoc ones myself, using two unglazed clay plots. Use silicone to seal them together (top to top, seal the bottom drainage hole, and use an angle grinder to cut off the other end. Bury them leaving 1-2 inches above the mulch level. I use one drip tray as a cover to prevent evaporation. They work just as well as the fancy ones, and you can make them in various sizes - I've used 4, 6 and 8 inch pots.
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I'm in New Mexico and I love me some ollas! I make some ad hoc ones myself, using two unglazed clay plots. Use silicone to seal them together (top to top, seal the bottom drainage hole, and use an angle grinder to cut off the other end. Bury them leaving 1-2 inches above the mulch level. I use one drip tray as a cover to prevent evaporation. They work just as well as the fancy ones, and you can make them in various sizes - I've used 4, 6 and 8 inch pots.
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Lada
Sorry, but isnt it a huge container, huge amount of soil and work and also a huge amount of money for just one head of cabbage, which will probably not grow well in San Diego weather? I think we should all learn from Patrick Dolan in One Yard Revolution how to be frugal. If I count all the cost of my raised beds, irrigation, fertilizers - and the price of my organic vegetable - it still has to be cheaper than store veggies.
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Sorry, but isnt it a huge container, huge amount of soil and work and also a huge amount of money for just one head of cabbage, which will probably not grow well in San Diego weather? I think we should all learn from Patrick Dolan in One Yard Revolution how to be frugal. If I count all the cost of my raised beds, irrigation, fertilizers - and the price of my organic vegetable - it still has to be cheaper than store veggies.
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Deborah
Awesome vlog. been following for a bit now but. sad face: (. I am in Australia and would have loved to have entered your giveaway; (. keep up the great work. maybe next time it will be open to everyone. the designs on the raised beds were awesome & unique. maybe I will have a chance at one of your inspiring books. I just this past year started gardening so I believe your never too old to start thanks again Debz from Oz
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Awesome vlog. been following for a bit now but. sad face: (. I am in Australia and would have loved to have entered your giveaway; (. keep up the great work. maybe next time it will be open to everyone. the designs on the raised beds were awesome & unique. maybe I will have a chance at one of your inspiring books. I just this past year started gardening so I believe your never too old to start thanks again Debz from Oz
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Joseph
Greetings Kevin,
Great video and presentation! I have one question though, would it be ok to put semi-green wood into raised beds, like on the bottom (hugellkultur) to save soil cost? This is wood I cut about a month ago and am planning on filling it in my raised beds. Because they are still pretty fresh and not decomposed, would this be ok, or would it steal nutrients from the soil and have bad effect? Thanks!
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Greetings Kevin,
Great video and presentation! I have one question though, would it be ok to put semi-green wood into raised beds, like on the bottom (hugellkultur) to save soil cost? This is wood I cut about a month ago and am planning on filling it in my raised beds. Because they are still pretty fresh and not decomposed, would this be ok, or would it steal nutrients from the soil and have bad effect? Thanks!
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Pamela
Great videos! I am a big Ruth Stout fan! Just a share for you, my garden in Sacramento, ca was clay. My husband and I collected night crawler worms(not from my yard) for fishing. We dumped the leftover worms in the garden and lawn. After about 5 years the worms had seriously improved the clay soil! We had at least a foot of good soil in the lawn. The garden was even better. Nightcrawlers like to eat clay soils)
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Great videos! I am a big Ruth Stout fan! Just a share for you, my garden in Sacramento, ca was clay. My husband and I collected night crawler worms(not from my yard) for fishing. We dumped the leftover worms in the garden and lawn. After about 5 years the worms had seriously improved the clay soil! We had at least a foot of good soil in the lawn. The garden was even better. Nightcrawlers like to eat clay soils)
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Tammy
Hi Kevin thank for sharing so much you explain helps to understand why. tjank you
I have axquestion can i use ANY Bagged mulch from box stores for my containets. I plant everything in fabric bags but i need to mulch to help with moisture and splash back. I hope you can answer i dont have leaves or strsw. I live in FL WEST COAST
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Hi Kevin thank for sharing so much you explain helps to understand why. tjank you
I have axquestion can i use ANY Bagged mulch from box stores for my containets. I plant everything in fabric bags but i need to mulch to help with moisture and splash back. I hope you can answer i dont have leaves or strsw. I live in FL WEST COAST
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Philip
Hey Kevin! Was wondering if you've already done a video on how to keep birds away from your garden. I've read up a lot about home remedies and smells that birds hate (mint, cayenne, garlic, etc) to keep them away, but I'm not entirely sure if they work. I currently have a terrace garden, and birds are my number one enemy.
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Hey Kevin! Was wondering if you've already done a video on how to keep birds away from your garden. I've read up a lot about home remedies and smells that birds hate (mint, cayenne, garlic, etc) to keep them away, but I'm not entirely sure if they work. I currently have a terrace garden, and birds are my number one enemy.
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Michael
instead destroying trees we can be able to use Forest as building blocks then tearing blocks. I love the Teal colors. I hope you can this wise advise why? We can be able to change the world in 2 ways not just 1 we can be able to grow gardens in trees and grow them on the trees and we could make a new species
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instead destroying trees we can be able to use Forest as building blocks then tearing blocks. I love the Teal colors. I hope you can this wise advise why? We can be able to change the world in 2 ways not just 1 we can be able to grow gardens in trees and grow them on the trees and we could make a new species
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Shirleen's
Also not sure if i can request here, but I want to learn more on your take on edible flowers in the garden. One that will attract pollinator for your fruits and vegetables whilst also being edible and can be used in the kitchen: ) Not sure what will be great for my tropical climate, humid and hot.
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Also not sure if i can request here, but I want to learn more on your take on edible flowers in the garden. One that will attract pollinator for your fruits and vegetables whilst also being edible and can be used in the kitchen: ) Not sure what will be great for my tropical climate, humid and hot.
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Oliver
K with a patio one has to still worry about grubs midseason. Two irrigation typically can correct soil parasites if it freely drains but this does fvk soil balance. three too much sun. . I figure too much sun wound soil temp to comfortable for grubs and weevils midsummer
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K with a patio one has to still worry about grubs midseason. Two irrigation typically can correct soil parasites if it freely drains but this does fvk soil balance. three too much sun. . I figure too much sun wound soil temp to comfortable for grubs and weevils midsummer
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ObsidianGoddess
My husband built a raise bed for us last year, but im still a newbie and I'm excited about subscribing and following. It has been really helpful this time around and my babies are growing. fyi I've watched the 5 mistakes video repeatedly
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My husband built a raise bed for us last year, but im still a newbie and I'm excited about subscribing and following. It has been really helpful this time around and my babies are growing. fyi I've watched the 5 mistakes video repeatedly
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Katie
you have yet to see a squirrel get into a tall bed? you have yet to meet the squirrels around me - they are simultaneously amazing and extremely annoying because they are very skilled at getting into things squirrels shouldn't be able to get into
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you have yet to see a squirrel get into a tall bed? you have yet to meet the squirrels around me - they are simultaneously amazing and extremely annoying because they are very skilled at getting into things squirrels shouldn't be able to get into
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Lada
It is not easy to be economical these days, when grown vegetable in the supermarket costs more than one seedling.
There is not too many gardeners on the Utube who count the money and amount of work invested - compared to the result.
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It is not easy to be economical these days, when grown vegetable in the supermarket costs more than one seedling.
There is not too many gardeners on the Utube who count the money and amount of work invested - compared to the result.
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