Common Raised Garden Bed Mistakes (To Avoid)
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2020
- Raised garden beds have many benefits for gardeners, but common mistakes can make raised beds less effective. Gardener Scott discusses 10 common raised garden bed mistakes to avoid when choosing to enjoy the benefits of raised bed gardening. (Video #144)
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100% this man is the bob ross of gardening. what a great dude.
Yea, this is a GREAT video. This guy is an amazing teacher.
What a perfect description - yess!!!!
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I wish gardener Scott was my gpa
Dude, he even sounds really close to Bob Ross's accent. Just an octave higher.
0:49 - Mistake #1 - Making your bed the wrong size
2:22 - Mistake #2 - Putting the bed in the wrong spot
3:00 - Mistake #3 - Wrong spacing between beds
4:04 - Mistake #4 - Filling your bed with the wrong soil
5:00 - Mistake #5 - Using the wrong material to construct your bed
6:04 - Mistake #6 - Not using mulch
6:51 - Mistake #7 - Not amending the soil
7:22 - Mistake #8 - Not having an irrigation plan
8:28 - Mistake #9 - Ignoring your pathway
9:20 - Mistake #10 - Not using hoops
Thank you
Thank you!!!!
I wish people wouldn't do this so content creators lose viewer counts taking them out of the algorithm and lose ad sense income. Making videos is not easy work.
@@joan-lisa-smith damn that. Short cuts are gold for viewers
@@joan-lisa-smith you dont lose views with these
It took me five seconds to say "oh I love this guy, I'm all the way in." Great voice, great info.
I put sand bags along the bottom so that when you kneel its nice and soft on your knees, warm as well.
That’s a great idea!
That's such an awesome idea! Not to mention it should keep any pesky growth from encroaching towards the box.
What a great idea
Do you make them? Great idea I would love to do.
Lawn mower width is something to consider in spacing between beds.
Good suggestion. Thanks.
My mission is to replace lawn, it's functionally useless for an urban food forest
+ 1, I'm lazy, so use a trailer behind the mower instead of a barrow.
Mowing between the beds can be a bit of a 2 edged sword though. If the mower discharges out the side, then it can blow weed seeds up the walls and into the beds and give you more work down the track.
Mulch is good as it keeps the weeds down, stops it turning into a quagmire between the beds in the wet and line trimmer/whipper snipper/weed wacker is all you need to around the sides of bed walls.
I did this between my beds and they ended up about a metre apart as suggested anyway. Worked well! Used tongue and groove retaining wall timber for mine and lined inside with old polypropylene tarpaulins. This keeps treatment chemicals away from the plants.
@@dracolusus Agreed. Either woodchip paths that you can shovel onto the bed once they've done their initial N-hungry breakdown, or plant with deep rooted stuff like comfrey that will catch the leached nutrients in the water overflowing from the beds so you can bring it back as mulch - or various other options. Lawn is dead space unless you're using it for a specific purpose.
Old bookshelves make great raised beds. I've been able to find them in thrift stores and even at the side of the road. They provide a very cheap or free option. I grow my lettuce varieties and green onions in these beds. These are very old bookshelves and are made out of solid wood, not plastic or particle board. Look around, they work very well.
That's very innovative!! I'll keep and eye out, thanks!
this is an awesome idea. thanks 4 the tip!!😊
Does the finish leech into the soil, though? Or do you completely sand the shelves down?
Won't those bookshelves break down after a while tho?
@@TheCottonCandy707 probably but it's an inexpensive start to your raised bed
I get a strong This Old House vibes from gardener Scott. I like that
True. I am kinda getting an Al Borland aura.
I like your style of presentation. Very calm, full of useful advice based on personal experience, and straight to the point.
Thank you!
@@GardenerScott I agree. Thank you for getting to the points quickly, and not spending a ton of time on describing the obvious. I'm ready to start an asparagus bed and am considering brick.
Yes I like his video on Peet Moss vs Coco coir
@@GardenerScott Hey one question I know that this video is old and commenting on it seems rather odd but I do have a question I have built my structure for my raised bed and it seems to follow all the tips that you specified. BUT I built the bed in an area with an existing community of weeds and i mean a lot of weeds and the bed is built over weeds and I don't want the weeds growing through the soil and taking the life of my plants. so what should I do to amend this Should I put gravel on the bottom of my bed to stop them from growing or should I be fine. Please let me know! ( i still haven't put dirt in the bed its pretty new)
@@hudsonhill6925 If you look at some other videos on this topic some recommend putting cardboard down before the soil. It prevents the weeds from coming up, and decompose over time. I'll defer to "The Bob Ross of Gardening" as the expert though in case he disagrees.
Wish that I had seen this video before 3 years ago when I started using raised beds! Thank you for the great information! My biggest mistake was not lining my beds with rat/mouse proof wire. Last year our giant Texas rodents ate EVERYTHING!
Great video, Scott. It’s important to remember this when filling your newly-built raised beds: the soil will settle. By up to 50% or more. So fill the beds, tamp it all down, and fill them again. I filled one 4x12 bed, got hasty with the planting, and forgot to consider soil settlement. Now my carrots don’t have enough room to grow. As long as I’m learning from my mistakes, I don’t mind making as much. Thanks!
thanks for this idea. I've been getting these free from an internet giveaway site to use for mini front wall out the front of my house but hadnt thought about using these for a garden bed.
Aren't you supposed to allow the soil to settle naturally via watering it so that you don't create soil compaction?
Good idea? to fill in some space at the bottom with cheaper material like straw, then soil n compost - for less expense?
- a newbie
@@loganburke8378 Yes.
You want airy soil in your raised beds, not compacted. This is a garden, not a lawn. Let it settle as it needs to on its own. This is why you should build your beds at least one tier higher than you think you'll need.
This guy is the Bob Ross of gardening. I love the laid back personality and great info.
OK, this one got my third thumbs up for 2022. Great production, no BS, no irritating background "music", and very informative. Thanks for all of it.
Bob Ross of gardening 🙌🏻🙌🏽🙌🏿
Seriously, I enjoyed this video. Thanks a lot. It was very to the point. I look forward to watching more.
....a few happy little plants.....
thanks for adding the metric measurements - thoughtful and aware of all of us outside the U.S!!
Yep! The entire world! LOL :-)
Thanks for putting meter measurements on screen for us from the old world 👍
As a fellow Coloradan, I'm so stoked I stumbled upon your channel!
I have torched all my wood raised beds based on centuries old Japanese practice known as shou sugi ban. Properly charred wood will resist well against rot, bugs and I think helps with soil-borne diseases. I expect my wood beds should last at least twenty years and probably much longer.
I’ve heard about this. Can you do that to just reg ole 1x6 or does it have to be a special kind of wood??
@@scray00- regular pine is fine, I’m doing this process myself with regular 2x6 from Lowe’s. I used Rustoleum from a quart can mixed with Acetone. Let it dry overnight and I top coated with two light coats of Cabot Australian Timber something. It’s absolutely stunning.
@@RustyZipper you did all that after torching the wood? And is that ok as far as growing food in?
@@scray00 - yes, I hit the outside pieces with 80 grit on a random orbital sander to knock down the rough spots because I’m building a storage bench with two end planters for my mother. Then a light burn. As far as food safe 🤷♂️ I reckon it’s pretty safe. I can’t see any top coat leaching into the soil to cause any issues, but I’m not a chemist. I watched a video recently and the guy explained that even using current pressure treated has no impact on the plant because the formula is much safer and it’s such a chain to go from the wood to soil to seed to plant 🪴. Either way whatever you grow is safer than the chemicals added to packaged food in a store.
I love how your backyard has no grass to mow :-)
Purchase three 8'x 4"x4". cut one in half. Make perimeter frame and spray paint around outside of it. Long axis to S-E. Move frame and bring in rototiller. Work 6" deep and dig in 4x4 frame flush with lawn. Staple garden cloth to frame.
With sharpened garden trowel make X holes for planting established plants like peppers. Cut narrow slots for seed rows. Done. Stays moist, keeps out most weeds. No hauling fake topsoil or 'mulch' which is typically made from old pallets.
Thank you! As a beginner gardener I really appreciate your advices.
Your videos have taken so much anxiety away for me. Thank you for explaining in a calm, clear manner! I’m definitely subscribing!
Just wanted to say how helpful this was! Recently setting up our beds outside in a more urban space, but what you've shown here is an immense help in avoiding pitfalls!
Thank you for your hard work!!
Your program is another one I love watching on youtube on my tv!!!
I’m glad to have found this vid as I am about to put up raised beds in our front yard. This is very useful! Thank you!
this dude is like the bob ross of gardening i love it
Yep...a cross between Bob Ross and the teacher from Beavis & Butthead. Very chill.
stoopp that's SPOT ON
Haha. I was just thinking that right before I read your comment.
I remember my old house and the 14 raised beds I built. It cost a lot of money and was a ton of work to fill them with good soil and compost. Worth the work though. My friends own that house now and years later still use the beds. Happy to see they are getting used.
Love watching you Gardener Scott your an amazing teacher and we appreciate you have a beautiful day
Loved this video, it’s super simple to understand for beginners. Plus, he has very calm and relaxed voice!
I am so excited, yet nerves to start my new garden. I have one raised bed now and will be creating four more with cement blocks. Here to learn. Thank you!
Great video! I just finished prepping my 7th and 8th raised bed (Adding and tilling vitamins and organics into the soil and checking PH and moisture levels). A couple things I'd add though are to put chicken wire at the bottom of your raised bed and cardboard on top of that. The wire keeps the gophers out and the cardboard makes sure that any weeds still lingering in the ground soil die and don't invade your garden. They sell weedblockers... but cardboard works just the same. I spent half a day setting up a drip system and scrapped the whole thing. I wasn't happy with the lack of freedom and realized that one of the things I love about gardening is taking a quiet 20 minutes in the morning to check each plant and hand water them, trimming and pampering every section. I was spending time to rob myself of that.
Thanks! I do have chicken wire at the bottom of all of my beds for the gophers. I agree on watering. I stopped using a drip system years ago.
I agree 100% about the chicken wire, and cardboard! Things people don’t think of! I save all my cardboard and use it everywhere. Reuse, recycle, win win. And it’s great stuff! 👍
I added the cardboard, but we have rabbits and voles, not gophers here in florida. At least that I know of...but if you want an Armadillo stop by and pick up a few dozen. Theyre everywhere.
Thanks for the vid Gardener Scott!
Thank you!!!
All the way from a family trying to start their first garden in Portugal ❤
The first tip was brilliant! I learned this the hard way when I planned a 4 foot bed against of my wall house for partial shade and it killed my back an entire season trying to sort that out. Pro tips right here!
Thank you Scott, I started my raised bed garden 5 years ago and made almost all 10 of the mistakes you pointed out. I had to slowly amend the mistakes over the last few years. Thank you for sharing 🙏
Glad to help!
Thanks Gardener Scott! Terrific tips!!!
Thank you for your brilliant advice, it's very helpful. Your delivery is excellent as well, I appreciate your calm voice and demeanor, very soothing
He touched on every point with this one so thorough.
Very well explained info, thank you for passing your knowledge forward . Just starting digging a long narrow raised bed for my fence line yesterday and feeling confident to keep going on it now !
You can do it!
Gardener Scott I did it . Went a little crazy and used 4x8x16 cedar and it all came together nicely . Wife is very happy . Subscribed for more helpful hints .
All pointers made sense thank you!
Some very good advice. Thank you for taking the time to make this.
Gardener Scott is my new favorite RUclipsr. 👌🏼
Wow, thanks!
Thanks for adding the measures in meters as well! Not many people do so. Really appreciate the effort.
Glad I can help.
I am so happy to have found you Gardener Scott! For years, I’ve struggled with not knowing the DETAILS or procedure to have gardening success. I’m very encouraged to keep trying….ESPECIALLY in these times. Soil composition and your help is keeping me going!!!
What a fantastic education. THANK YOU!
Almost time to replace the sides of our raised beds again. I've always used 2x12's that need replacing every 5 or 6 years in the past. This gets old fast and I'm not getting any younger. This time we are thinking of making a form and pouring short connectable cement walls to make our next rebuild last, so I won't need to rebuild it again. Those were all good things that Gardener Scott mentions to consider when you build your raised beds. One more tip: In deep raised beds like his, you can save $ and fill the bottom half hugelkultur style, with old rotting logs and leave the top 12" for your well amended soil and compost. The rotting wood will add to the organics as it decomposes and provide a mycorrhizae inoculant for the soil microbes to thrive.
Yes ! Exactly what my husband and I are doing this Spring !
When we redid our beds we opted for home depot garden blocks that are made for using 2 x 12 x what ever length you need. You can get creative with the length and width that you need.
Mark Nadams check ours out we just made and let me know what u think
I used galv roofing for my sides with flashing in the corners and exterior was treated lumber. The wood has almost no contact with the beds and is CHEAP to make compared to other methods imo. Im 4 beds in and 3 more to replace to this style. Last thing i loved was the dimensions of the roofing sheets.. 4x8 and 28 inches high.. perfect imo. Just be careful, stuff can be sharp.
@@TheLissabee Sounds like a great idea. I wish you luck. Happy Gardening!
Thanks for the tips! First time gardener, so wish me luck!
You can do it! Good luck!
Appreciate the suggestion to build up the height of the bed. I need the depth for carrots,beets and parsnips👍
This is one of the most amazing videos on raised bed gardening learned a lot enjoyed watching and thank uu for sharing
As a beginner I totally appreciate this man's knowledge. I feel a boost of confidence by listening and jotting a few things down in my new gardeners notebook.
As a carpenter with 40 yrs experience I would strongly suggest that the one material that should never be used for raised bed frames is pressure treated lumber. I see that folks are using it quite often. Plain and simple, it is like adding poison to your beautiful garden bounty.
100% right Ted. Landscape ties, railroad ties....ughhh...I see people using old tires as well! Ughh.....not good. :(
Good tip about overhead watering hastening the decomposition. Pallets make an ok if somewhat labor intensive to build raised bed. You can paint them with latex exterior paint to make them last a little longer. You can also line your beds with polyethylene to keep the soil off the wood (of course you’re now using plastics so this is up for debate ecologically)
I'm glad I watched this before trying to build a raised bed
I'm catching some smooth, soft, empathetic Bob Ross styles here. I could listen to you all day 🌱
I use cinder blocks for my raised beds. They don't deteriorate and I can plant some additional plants in the cinder block holes. Cucumbers grow well in the holes.
How expensive was that to build
@@queerdor the blocks are about $2.00 a piece. I removed the grass underneath with a shovel and placed plastic on the ground before building the bed with the blocks. I stacked the blocks two high so that the soil was deep enough to root. The biggest expense is the soil.
@@robertshatcher thank you for this. I'll use cinder blocks.
I've had drainage and heating issues with concrete blocks. I'm currently using them for herbs.
Rob Hatcher wow I did not know that
Super helpful! I just subscribed! I love your calm energy & appreciate how you get straight to the point. I'm new to garden beds. The previous owners of my home placed garden beds behind a shed so it's shady. I'm going to remove them completely since the old ones are rotting & make sure they're in a better spot.
Thanks! Welcome to the channel.
Raised beds is where it’s at!! Direct ground gardening is a struggle. Especially if you have herbivores around that love what you’re planting 😖😖.
Thank you so much! I learnt a lot from this video, things I did not even think about you made mention of!
Mutual support: Scott and Garry🤝🇨🇦🤝🇨🇦
hahaha, when you said magical.. you sounded sooooo much like Bob Ross!!
:)
I had to laugh about the water hose route. That is so true and one of those things that really tends to be an afterthought after you've plowed down a row of tender young plants with that heavy hose your dragging about. Haha!
Great boss sir 👏 👍 🙌 we as people have forgotten growing as a culture
Excellent video! Thank you. Greatly appreciated!
We have 3x8 and 4x8 beds. We like the 3x8 better because most beds have a vertical element one side. It’s hard to reach across the wider beds if there is a trellis or arch on one side. Great information in your videos!
Thanks, Paul.
Sooooo glad I found you brother! Newly married just graduated, made garden bed and my plants aren't doing well. Can't wait to learn!
Welcome aboard! Enjoy the journey!
Your videos are all very beneficial. Thank You Scott.
Extremely helpful especially for beginners like me. thanks a lot!
Great video! I like that when you give an instruction you also give the explanation for it. Which direction should your rows of vegetables be running? East to west or north to south?
Thanks! I prefer north to south beds for more even sun exposure. The rows within the beds are east to west, with taller plants on the north end so they don't shade smaller plants..
I learned a great deal about raised bed gardening from watching your videos. I built a 4’ X 8’ as my first and made it with two layers of 10” stock so it is the perfect height for me. I like it so much I decided to add two more and fence the area in. I laid out a design of three feet apart at the sides and added three more smaller beds 4’ X 4’ at the ends of each of the larger ones 2’ away. I realized as I built my second large one that the ground i put it on is slightly uneven and overall it slopes about an inch or two in one direction. Will this make a difference at all? I put the beds on what was a lawn area and the drainage is good on the whole area.
Thank you
Joe Adrignola
Excellent video! Thanks!
Very well thought out. Thank you!
You do not need to walk all the way around if you have a long bed. I put a board across, making a bridge across, problem solved. I also use a bridge board to reach the other side of the bed.
Just in time. I'm planning my first raised beds in my daughter's new house in zone 5b, thank you sir!
You're very welcome. Enjoy your new beds.
Wtf is zone 5b...?
@@MauiGecko The US is divided into grow zones that let you know which plants will work best in your area based on last and first frosts. I am in Zone 9b. Look up "USDA plant hardiness zones."
@@jennifermartin2886 we don't ever have snow. In all my 27 years of life. Never have there been snow where I live lol.. get maybe lowest 58°F
great tips! I am planning my raised beds for front yard garden
This is the BEST VIDEO AND INFORMATION people need to just get started!
I was waiting for a Jeff Bridges voice.
I totally thought it was going to be and I would have shit a golden brick.
Jeremiah Bachmann have you seen the movie Tideland
I think Jeff grows different crops. :-)
the dude abides
Right?!😂
I've been seeing fabric beds pop up online. Might be a decent alternative to wood. I know i really enjoy my fabric plant pots
Do you have a link to ones you use !?
This information is invaluable! We live in south west Pa. It is wet and humid. We are researching galvanized steel beds. Thank you for your wisdom!
Thank you so much for the great video Scott!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences with raised beds . I've been a traditional gardner for over 4 decades and have always toyed with changing over to raised beds for about half dozen years after watching and subscribing to your informational videos I'm taking the plunge this season in 2022 , thanks again looking forward to seeing and gathering more of your knowledge.
Jack Reed 👋
I have one 30 ft. Cement raise bed. It's the size of my wheelchair. This gift is awesome. I have it since around 10 years. I also have high containers also. Great video. Keep up the great job.
That is awesome! Thanks!
That’s a big wheel chair
Very soothing voice I could take a nap to it. Great information!
What a great instructive video! Thank you!
This video save people lot of time and headache.
We have gophers in our area so we stapled 1/4" wire to the bottom of the beds in our community garden and it works very well.
I have wire at the bottom of all of my beds for gophers too.
@@GardenerScott what would you say is the minimum size of wire? I have some 2"x4" wire, do you think that is too big? chicken wire best?
@@Lewisusa11 1/2 or 1/4, otherwise theres enough gap for gophers and moles to work at the wire
Thank you, super helpful.
Very thorough, easy to listen to, thank you!!
I've switched to rain gutter gardening and grow bags. The watering is so much easier. The garden is mobile so I can easily move plants. The results are phenomenal.
Did you do a RUclips Video?
@@patentexperts1675 check out the Larry Hall videos. He has everything there. I have lots of pictures. Just started resetting it up today. Hoping to put out broccoli next week.
I situated my raised beds two feet apart and then used big, two-foot-square patio stones in between. No weeding or mowing necessary. I can't get down on my knees anymore, but the raised beds make gardening a pleasure - as it should be!
Thanks for this. I was certainly heading towards at least three of these rookie mistakes!
Great advice. Thank you.🙂
Great guidance here. I used bulk premixed garden soil available at my local landscape supply and also bought 2000 red worms to distribute between my 5 beds. Blend in a little manure now and then with some compost. The worms and the organics keep the soil well conditioned. As for watering, I set up a drip system connected to a simple inexpensive timer. Works great to put the water at the base of the plants at the right times of the day.
Good stuff! Thanks.
very informative. but also: thank you for the conversion into the metric system. much appreciated
Glad it was helpful!
This is one of the most relaxing videos I've ever watched
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great episode mr Scott! I wish I had thought of some of these things you mention,when I was setting up my raised beds. I was a total rookie and now instead of mowing easily between my beds I have to weed whack the whole shebang! Such an inconvenience! I just hate it. 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏼♂️ little things do make a big difference sometimes!
Thanks, Derek. You're not a rookie any more.
Good reminder on advantages of raised beds . Lockdown uk we have plenty of time in the sun . Weeds (or virus,) is always the problem . Thx for advice . Cheers HS
Thanks. Cheers!
Thanks for good advice.
great info thank you much!
Another great video Scott really enjoy them , i have all raised beds the older i got the higher off the ground i made them, i wonder why?
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I tend to put the wrong type of soil in my beds as well. Especially when I have bad dreams.
you are wonderful!
thank you, waiting for more video
Great information…thank you
A lot of great tips. You mentioned that in time the wood will begin to decompose and rot and will need replacing,something we all dread.One thing I do to slow that is to oil the boards several times a year with Linseed and Beeswax mix.I do the same with handles for axes,rakes and even knives.By keeping the wood oiled it will almost triple its life span.
Great tip! Thanks!