Raised Beds Guide for Beginners!
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Christi
I'm getting caught up on older videos. This morning I watched one from two years ago where you set up the cedar beds from Gardeners Supply in the vegetable garden and then autoplay took me to this video and these are redwood beds. What prompted you to change from cedar to redwood? Did I miss that video? If so, can you link it here so I can watch it? I did square foot gardening years ago in raised beds and I loved it but didn't have enough sun to sustain it. Some trees are gone now so I'd like to try again and was considering the GS cedar beds but am wondering why you switched them for redwood. Thanks!
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I'm getting caught up on older videos. This morning I watched one from two years ago where you set up the cedar beds from Gardeners Supply in the vegetable garden and then autoplay took me to this video and these are redwood beds. What prompted you to change from cedar to redwood? Did I miss that video? If so, can you link it here so I can watch it? I did square foot gardening years ago in raised beds and I loved it but didn't have enough sun to sustain it. Some trees are gone now so I'd like to try again and was considering the GS cedar beds but am wondering why you switched them for redwood. Thanks!
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Orr
Just a little side note. Having been in construction and you mentioned being tempted to use soil from your neighbors piles be very aware that most excavator's DON'T scrape off the top layer of dirt (which has more anaerobic material within it. Depending on your area you live in most soil that is below 14 to 20 inches is what we call overburden and its in simple terms what we call dead soil, meaning it has fewer nutrients and more densely compacted. Having worked in pits they pile all this dirt off to the side and sell it as top soil or a blend mixed with the overburden soil.
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Just a little side note. Having been in construction and you mentioned being tempted to use soil from your neighbors piles be very aware that most excavator's DON'T scrape off the top layer of dirt (which has more anaerobic material within it. Depending on your area you live in most soil that is below 14 to 20 inches is what we call overburden and its in simple terms what we call dead soil, meaning it has fewer nutrients and more densely compacted. Having worked in pits they pile all this dirt off to the side and sell it as top soil or a blend mixed with the overburden soil.
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Vlrissolo
off topic, you really have beautiful hair! love it longer in this video, of course you have a new baby, but being a stylist with unruly hair myself, i find longer hair is BY FAR easier to keep from hanging in your face. Simply creating cute looks like quick twists and messy buns are fast and flattering! . btw, I'm going to make a raised flower bed at my condo! thanks for all of the info and inspiration!
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off topic, you really have beautiful hair! love it longer in this video, of course you have a new baby, but being a stylist with unruly hair myself, i find longer hair is BY FAR easier to keep from hanging in your face. Simply creating cute looks like quick twists and messy buns are fast and flattering! . btw, I'm going to make a raised flower bed at my condo! thanks for all of the info and inspiration!
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Sheri
Always such good info! This is my second year gardening and first year doing melons (watermelon, cantaloupe and honey dew) on cattle panel which are growing like crazy in my Zone 8a garden where its super hot so I cant agree not to do melons depending on where you live. I have a TON of melons! Theyre my most favorite and Im super excited to harvest them soon.
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Always such good info! This is my second year gardening and first year doing melons (watermelon, cantaloupe and honey dew) on cattle panel which are growing like crazy in my Zone 8a garden where its super hot so I cant agree not to do melons depending on where you live. I have a TON of melons! Theyre my most favorite and Im super excited to harvest them soon.
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archangel20031
Melons? Plant on at your houses gutter downspout and it will take over the yard!
We had a mystery plant that turned out to be a butternut squash and in the end we got 78 squash, and if every one that started were to have survived, it would have been over 100, and we did NOTHING to support it, just planted it and watched it grow!
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Melons? Plant on at your houses gutter downspout and it will take over the yard!
We had a mystery plant that turned out to be a butternut squash and in the end we got 78 squash, and if every one that started were to have survived, it would have been over 100, and we did NOTHING to support it, just planted it and watched it grow!
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Belle
Any recommendations for what type of soil I should used for my future raised beds? They are going to be 8ft long 4ft wide and 12in deepdidnt know if I should just fill them with bagged or do the layering method. This will be my first raised bed, I have only really grown in containers and used a special container mix for them. Thank you
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Any recommendations for what type of soil I should used for my future raised beds? They are going to be 8ft long 4ft wide and 12in deepdidnt know if I should just fill them with bagged or do the layering method. This will be my first raised bed, I have only really grown in containers and used a special container mix for them. Thank you
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Ruth
How do I know if the wood that was used to build my raised bed was chemically treated? Someone built me a raised bed but after watching this video Im worried the wood couldve been treated with chemicals. How do I know for sure? Is there anything I can do to remove possible chemicals in the wood?
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How do I know if the wood that was used to build my raised bed was chemically treated? Someone built me a raised bed but after watching this video Im worried the wood couldve been treated with chemicals. How do I know for sure? Is there anything I can do to remove possible chemicals in the wood?
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jerrycrow66
She drones on! Trying to sell products! Raised beds are easy, four pieces of wood and some screws or nails! Fill them up with soil, wood chips and compost! Leave it all for a few months, add some more compost and mix it in. Then go growing stuff! ;-)
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She drones on! Trying to sell products! Raised beds are easy, four pieces of wood and some screws or nails! Fill them up with soil, wood chips and compost! Leave it all for a few months, add some more compost and mix it in. Then go growing stuff! ;-)
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Delightful
Thank you for this information. I love the layout of your raised bed garden. I started with 2 raised beds in the backyard and I do wish I watched this first before starting. My beds are in a shadowy part of the backyard. May have to redo.
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Thank you for this information. I love the layout of your raised bed garden. I started with 2 raised beds in the backyard and I do wish I watched this first before starting. My beds are in a shadowy part of the backyard. May have to redo.
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