Great tutorial. Thanks for your detail and easy to follow instructions. This past Sunday I built it while watching my Dodgers loose to the Arizona Diamondbacks and I was done by the end of the game with this project. Thanks! Came out great
I enjoyed every minute. I'm not a craftsman (I said man in a normally used word 😅) and listened to your great detailed assembly instructions. Side note: "the disappearing line!"😮
I LOVE this idea! I'm wondering how this is working out for you? I'm thinking it needs a layer on the bottom of weed cloth to hold the dirt in as it composts. (my compost turns to sand.) OH! Just occurred to me; put the legs on the outside of the box so it will be less likely to rot.
I went with 2x6 spruce and lined with a tarp. And cedar on the bottom 2x6 . And weed fabric so I didn’t loose soil. Mine is 4x8 ft . I also put a centre leg on . Thanks.
Great video I actually just bought some 4x4 (PT) and some cedar boards to do something very similar great idea with the bottom also great selection of tools I have multiple Bosch side note Lowes is running their Bosch tool special buy select tools and get 2 free 4 AH batteries I’m up to like 14 batteries now I think
Dud you did great explaining all of it !!!!!! Most of all your Personality is Huge plus !!!! I’m in home building Great Job. I’m saving this , Awesome … having the gift to spell it out Is a Plus……!!!!!! Big ones I’m a carpenter
Great video! This must have been one of your first videos. Superserious. The humor hasn't emerged yet! This is the answer to keeping my Border Collie out of raised beds. Thanks!
Haha! I did too! Always list your projects in the description box for us challenged ladies! Just found your channel and I like your style and way of explaining projects. Nice!
Excellent video...thanks for sharing your mistakes so that your viewers can anticipate and avoid making those! I guess I could rent a table saw for a project like this one. I'm definitely lacking in shop equipment on the scale that you used in this video. Thanks again! I like your style and your content!
You can usually just measure to your liking. Typically you’d want 3 feet off the ground 6’ long 3’ wide (or 4’ wide) Depth is again optional. I wouldnt go deeper than 1’ because thats a lot of soil. If money is no object then you can do 1’. Most veggies you’ll plant 6” depth is enough. Materials is again optional depending on your pricing. Hope this helps!
also good to cut notches in the 4x4s and set the cedar into it so you have more room in the raised beds and don't have to worry about treated wood in the soil
This is a great design and I love the suggestions. Was there any issue with the weight of the growing medium pushing/deforming the hardware cloth? I was glad to see you reinforced it with wood.
I am enjoying your channel so much. So glad I happened upon you. Thank you. Really great -rejects mixed with some great humor. Please keep them coming.
I'm curious about why you used the hardware fabric on the bottom instead of planks. This is similar to ones that I made, but I like the design of your legs better, and yours does look more professional than mine.
Instead of scrolling through the comments, my question is what to finish the cedar with? I don’t want to use anything that might leak into the soil but want to protect the wood inside and out…right? Love your stuff btw
Cedar is naturally rot resistant so there isn’t a need to finish. You could use an acrylic paints on the inside, but again it’s not necessary. Unfinished, the wood will turn grey but should last for years.
Thanks for the video! I plan to make a couple of these boxes. Did you rip the pickets for the wall supports or use other wood? If so what dimension is it? I didn't catch that detail in the video.
great idea when considering slugs eating everything. copper wire round each leg with a 9v battery wired up. i built 6 beds with pallete wood and now wished id have raised them. i didnt have the wood at the time for a sturdy frame and then sods law ide built them and then aquired loads of decent free wood in a new labouring job id got 2 months later
I looked into using pressure-treated and the pros and cons and found countless videos where the US has discontinued using certain type toxic oriented, pressure treating chemicals. And that the new pressure-treated lumber available at the box. Stores are now safe from toxic leaching… Although I used plastic as liners anyway
I just found your channel and like to say awesome work. "We salute you Mr. DIY project, doer!" They should make a bud light commercial after your youtube channel lol. For real though, great content, great personality and great instructions. I can do a lot of small basic stuff but, sometimes we just need a bit of help from others with different projects.
Great Vid. Wondering how you lined the base of hardware cloth. Did you use landscape fabric? Or gravel? or straight soil? I've been researching these and it seems some people have issues with drainage with the elevated beds.
Titebond III is better for wet applications and for applications performed in human conditions -- e.g., Florida, Louisiana, or Houston TX. So yes, because this will be outside and encountering significant wetness, you should probably use TBIII
Hi...was looking to make something like this...was just curious with the landscape cloth added after how wet/moist does the soil stain.....does the dirt dry up faster and need more watering what with the bottom having all does holes to drain out of through the metal mesh?
I am building the exact bed... only mine is 8' long and 2 1/2' wide by 3' tall..... my question is, I'm afraid the dirt once it gets wet will be to heavy for those skinny picket pieces on the bottom and the whole bottom will fall out.... because you just screwed those pieces into the the picket walls.... does it really hold up, or am I missing something?
Hey could you possibly help me figure out why my hanging raised bed split down the middle? I’m so perplexed by it! How can I send you pics? Any insight will be appreciated!
Hi Haxman! 💚 Do you recommend using cinderblocks for a raised garden bed? Do you think it’s not worth the risk because of the potential toxicity from the fly ash in them? Or maybe the traces are small & I’m overthinking. I just recently dealt with termites & I’m not to sure about using wood anymore. Idk! Any help from anyone is much appreciate too! Thank you & have a blessed day!💚💚💚
I not an expert on that. It's probably not really an issue. To complicate things even more people and companies use the terms cinder blocks and concrete blocks as a generic term. Concrete blocks don't have cinder in them and they would be totally safe. That probably didn't help. Sorry 😂
@@HAXMAN oh yay!! You answered so quickly, thank you! & actually you DID help! 🙏🏼 When i finished typing, i was like “oop, I meant to say concrete blocks” like the ones from Home Depot so honestly, I’ll probs just give that a go! So happy I found your channel yesterday, love the way your personality shines through & your content! 💚💚💚
2 years later - how are they holding up? Cedar 4x4s are still over $40 each around me... so I'm thinking of doing the Fir 4x4 with the 4" concrete blocks under like @popeye andy said.
No. Even untreated wood can last 15 years outside but since this is cedar I would expect longer. I actually show these in a recent video after a year and they look pretty much like the day I made them.
@@HAXMAN interesting, must be where you live. cedar contacting wet dirt in Houston will have termites and other wood eaters setting up shop within 6 months
I used your model and it went well. I had one suggestion / question: I would rather the legs don't encroach into the soil space. 1. because it takes up space, 2 because it leeches chemicals. I'm building another one. You know of a way to keep the legs out of the soil area?
Why didn’t you mention the size you need to cut your piece to acheive the 5’ x2’ so the I figured it out after the piece was cut so the hardware cloth would fit poor tutorial
great, that is assuming you can afford to buy incredibly expensive cedar. spending 500 bucks for 20 bucks worth of produce is not a good value as far as I can see.
@@FaxMe2Barbados wow! We have an abundant supply at our local Home Depot and they are only 1.50 each! If they are charging that much at your location, something isn’t right.
@@FaxMe2Barbados I think you might be mistaking the dried cedar boards for what he used on these beds. He actually used the cedar fence pickets, which are very inexpensive. The dried cedar boards at my store are 25.98 each. Go to home-depot site and do a search for cedar fence pickets. That will bring up what was used in this video.
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Why in God's name does no one making these vids have sense enough to BACK OFF for some shot of the completed result? This is the second one of these where everything is close, and you never get to see a single box, completed, by itself? You get close to doing it, but even in that final segment, you jam all three into one shot and pan across them, never having a single freestanding one in a shot. :-/
Thanks for the plans! My planter was only 4’x1.5’ but it was an easy planter to make. Thank you for the marking & cutting tip. My armature woodworking skills need all the pro tips they can get. 🪚🔨
Maybe my new favorite channel. Honest about mistakes we’ve all made. Subtle humor without the typical RUclips theatrics.
Make them 32" and put a retaining wall block under the end of the leg. Raises it to her 36" and reduces ground contact with the untreated fir 4x4's
Man your channel is gonna get huge, solid craftsmanship in every video
Thank you!
@@HAXMAN 🌹💚✌
Man watching you install the wire mesh was brutal! I know that frustration all too well. Great build.
Great tutorial. Thanks for your detail and easy to follow instructions. This past Sunday I built it while watching my Dodgers loose to the Arizona Diamondbacks and I was done by the end of the game with this project. Thanks! Came out great
I enjoyed every minute. I'm not a craftsman (I said man in a normally used word 😅) and listened to your great detailed assembly instructions. Side note: "the disappearing line!"😮
The hardware cloth rolling up reminded me of a 3 Stooges episode with Curly "laying" linoleum. Love the channel, wit and knowledge at the same time!
This is so amazing! Could you please update the description box with all the materials and measurements used? ❤️
Yes, I agree
Do you sell your garden planters?
I LOVE this idea! I'm wondering how this is working out for you? I'm thinking it needs a layer on the bottom of weed cloth to hold the dirt in as it composts. (my compost turns to sand.) OH! Just occurred to me; put the legs on the outside of the box so it will be less likely to rot.
I went with 2x6 spruce and lined with a tarp. And cedar on the bottom 2x6 . And weed fabric so I didn’t loose soil. Mine is 4x8 ft . I also put a centre leg on . Thanks.
Great video I actually just bought some 4x4 (PT) and some cedar boards to do something very similar great idea with the bottom also great selection of tools I have multiple Bosch side note Lowes is running their Bosch tool special buy select tools and get 2 free 4 AH batteries I’m up to like 14 batteries now I think
We did something like this but added an extra layer of boards so we could include 5” plastic tubs and make them a subirrigated planter.
Dud you did great explaining all of it !!!!!!
Most of all your Personality is Huge plus !!!!
I’m in home building
Great Job. I’m saving this ,
Awesome … having the gift to spell it out
Is a Plus……!!!!!!
Big ones I’m a carpenter
Those are some good looking garden beds, the trim work is a nice touch 👍
Thanks very much!
so building this next week, I have been doing the research, grabbing the supplies. Can't wait to build it now!
Wish I'd seen this before we did ours. Ended up building it very similarly, but definitely spent more on lumber.
Great video! This must have been one of your first videos. Superserious. The humor hasn't emerged yet! This is the answer to keeping my Border Collie out of raised beds. Thanks!
I wished you listed the materials in the description box (I had to watch 50x) hahaha great beds! I will try to do it myself.
Haha! I did too! Always list your projects in the description box for us challenged ladies! Just found your channel and I like your style and way of explaining projects. Nice!
Any chance you could share the list here too? Pretty please! :)
Excellent video...thanks for sharing your mistakes so that your viewers can anticipate and avoid making those! I guess I could rent a table saw for a project like this one. I'm definitely lacking in shop equipment on the scale that you used in this video. Thanks again! I like your style and your content!
I make a lot of birdfeeders and birdhouses and outdoor things and use those cedar fence pickets all the time. I don't mind the "rustic" finish.
Great idea! My concern is soil and nutrients seeping out the bottom thru the fabric. Have you had any issues with this problem?
It would’ve been nice to list all material and measurements, I actually like this kind of elevated beds
You can usually just measure to your liking. Typically you’d want 3 feet off the ground 6’ long 3’ wide (or 4’ wide)
Depth is again optional. I wouldnt go deeper than 1’ because thats a lot of soil. If money is no object then you can do 1’. Most veggies you’ll plant 6” depth is enough. Materials is again optional depending on your pricing. Hope this helps!
Thank you. Nice instructions and I like the boxes. Could you tell me how these have held up after 4 years and would you change anything? Thanks again!
When you said make the line disappear you got me 💯
also good to cut notches in the 4x4s and set the cedar into it so you have more room in the raised beds and don't have to worry about treated wood in the soil
This is a great design and I love the suggestions. Was there any issue with the weight of the growing medium pushing/deforming the hardware cloth? I was glad to see you reinforced it with wood.
Thanks! No issues at all.
I am enjoying your channel so much. So glad I happened upon you. Thank you. Really great -rejects mixed with some great humor. Please keep them coming.
I'm curious about why you used the hardware fabric on the bottom instead of planks. This is similar to ones that I made, but I like the design of your legs better, and yours does look more professional than mine.
Instead of scrolling through the comments, my question is what to finish the cedar with? I don’t want to use anything that might leak into the soil but want to protect the wood inside and out…right? Love your stuff btw
Cedar is naturally rot resistant so there isn’t a need to finish. You could use an acrylic paints on the inside, but again it’s not necessary. Unfinished, the wood will turn grey but should last for years.
Coat the bottom 2"-3" of those legs with copper naphthenate and they'll last forever. It smells bad but works awesome.
Thanks for the video! I plan to make a couple of these boxes. Did you rip the pickets for the wall supports or use other wood? If so what dimension is it? I didn't catch that detail in the video.
great idea when considering slugs eating everything. copper wire round each leg with a 9v battery wired up. i built 6 beds with pallete wood and now wished id have raised them. i didnt have the wood at the time for a sturdy frame and then sods law ide built them and then aquired loads of decent free wood in a new labouring job id got 2 months later
I looked into using pressure-treated and the pros and cons and found countless videos where the US has discontinued using certain type toxic oriented, pressure treating chemicals. And that the new pressure-treated lumber available at the box. Stores are now safe from toxic leaching… Although I used plastic as liners anyway
Really like these boxes
if I could ask what was your potting mix for your boxes and did it fall through the holes in the screen ?
I think he said he also put some landscaping material on it too.
cant wait to try this next year
I just found your channel and like to say awesome work.
"We salute you Mr. DIY project, doer!" They should make a bud light commercial after your youtube channel lol.
For real though, great content, great personality and great instructions. I can do a lot of small basic stuff but, sometimes we just need a bit of help from others with different projects.
Did you also line the bottom with landscape fabric? Thanks for the video. Fixing to build a couple real soon. Mine are starting to fall apart.
Yes I did. Thanks!
II cut the legs to 32" and then add a wheel to the bottom since we have it on the deck/patio. Overall height was 36" which is ideal for most people.
Just wondering about the fence slats shrinking. Beautiful.
Just watched this and love your idea. I was wondering how it has held up since you started using this design. Thank you!
Thanks! I just did an update video recently. They are good as new.
@@HAXMAN Thank you - I found the update :)
Great Vid. Wondering how you lined the base of hardware cloth. Did you use landscape fabric? Or gravel? or straight soil? I've been researching these and it seems some people have issues with drainage with the elevated beds.
Have you found out?? Im wondering the same thing if there were soil issues
So what’s the length? 2’ x ?’
I’ll be building several of these for my wife! A perfect Mother’s Day gift!
How did you keep the dirt from falling thru the mesh?
Titebond III is better for wet applications and for applications performed in human conditions -- e.g., Florida, Louisiana, or Houston TX. So yes, because this will be outside and encountering significant wetness, you should probably use TBIII
bud glue stronger then nailing trim if you want to take apart
Hey nice build.... Did you put the dirt right in or is there something between the dirt and wire mesh? If not does much dirt fall out?
Thanks! We did pout landscaping cloth down first.
I am completely new to this: why is hardware cloth used for the bottoms of the beds? Why not all boards?
I would have put the legs on the outside of the box, to allow the metal fabricator clean application and to allow easier planting.
Awesome job, what's the cut list if I wanted to make one of these?
What do you use to keep the soil from going through the mesh? gravel? another liner?
Landscaping fabric
I appreciate it. you think 1/2 squares in hardware cloth is pushing it?
I appreciate it. you think 1/2 squares in hardware cloth is pushing it?
I appreciate it. you think 1/2 squares in hardware cloth is pushing it?
I appreciate it. you think 1/2 squares in hardware cloth is pushing it?
Like the look of these. Thank you.
What did you put in the bottom to keep the soil from falling out?
Hi...was looking to make something like this...was just curious with the landscape cloth added after how wet/moist does the soil stain.....does the dirt dry up faster and need more watering what with the bottom having all does holes to drain out of through the metal mesh?
Did the soil hold up with the amount of pieces u have in the base? Thought some would fall through since they were apart a lot
Very little soil came through. It holds it in very well especially once it's all in.
Why did you go with hardware cloth instead of more cedar boards for the bottom?
Do you have a materials list for quantities? I'd love to build these for my own garden too.
Same here!
How do you keep all the soil from just falling out of the bottom through those small square holes?
Great informative video, but I have a question. How dl you keep grow medium inside of box.
Good video enjoyed it Be safe God Bless
Thank you so much! You as well!
Well done!!
So 2 years later, how are they holding up? Any bowing on sides or bottom?
Just curious?
Do you have plans we can download?
I don’t right now. Sorry. I’m working on having them available in the future.
Need to give more detail in general. Like how long are the screws for ex.
they looked like 2" deck screws
Super nice.
What are the lengths of the sides?
What if you don't want the soil to go through the guage wire on the bottom. Could you use plywood instead?
The soil won't go through this. We didn't lose any. Plywood would rot and not drain well.
I am building the exact bed... only mine is 8' long and 2 1/2' wide by 3' tall..... my question is, I'm afraid the dirt once it gets wet will be to heavy for those skinny picket pieces on the bottom and the whole bottom will fall out.... because you just screwed those pieces into the the picket walls.... does it really hold up, or am I missing something?
These are still good as new years later. Thanks!
Thanks for the great idea
Did you sand the fence panels?
What are people's thoughts on whether or not these need to have the 4x4s in the ground? If yes, how deep?
He would be over 1M subscribers if he put his recipe in the description.
Where did you get hardware cloth?
This was a great project, could have used knife to cut hardware fabric mesh.
Measurements please ?
Great video, thanks!
What did you seal them with?
Hey could you possibly help me figure out why my hanging raised bed split down the middle? I’m so perplexed by it! How can I send you pics? Any insight will be appreciated!
Looks great. Thanks for sharing
Thanks!
Excellent work
You should epoxy the leg ends so they won't wick moisture.
Reminds me of a handy John C. Reilly
Hi Haxman! 💚 Do you recommend using cinderblocks for a raised garden bed? Do you think it’s not worth the risk because of the potential toxicity from the fly ash in them? Or maybe the traces are small & I’m overthinking. I just recently dealt with termites & I’m not to sure about using wood anymore. Idk! Any help from anyone is much appreciate too! Thank you & have a blessed day!💚💚💚
I not an expert on that. It's probably not really an issue. To complicate things even more people and companies use the terms cinder blocks and concrete blocks as a generic term. Concrete blocks don't have cinder in them and they would be totally safe. That probably didn't help. Sorry 😂
@@HAXMAN oh yay!! You answered so quickly, thank you! & actually you DID help! 🙏🏼 When i finished typing, i was like “oop, I meant to say concrete blocks” like the ones from Home Depot so honestly, I’ll probs just give that a go! So happy I found your channel yesterday, love the way your personality shines through & your content! 💚💚💚
Cedar wood is supposed to be termite resistant. I have used cedar wood in the past to build garden beds.
@@sukeshkohli475 thank you! :)
Wondering if you could list all the tools you will need to complete this? Also like the current video you posted a couple days ago. Thanks.
2 years later - how are they holding up? Cedar 4x4s are still over $40 each around me... so I'm thinking of doing the Fir 4x4 with the 4" concrete blocks under like @popeye andy said.
Still good as new
Great video!
I notice you have no barrier between the wood and dirt, has it started to rot yet
No. Even untreated wood can last 15 years outside but since this is cedar I would expect longer. I actually show these in a recent video after a year and they look pretty much like the day I made them.
@@HAXMAN interesting, must be where you live. cedar contacting wet dirt in Houston will have termites and other wood eaters setting up shop within 6 months
How are they holding up after 2 years ?
Good as new. We’ve moved them around a bunch too.
@@HAXMAN thanks for your reply ...simple and to the point video. I needed some ideas and I'm gonna go with this. Thanks again
What kind of wood did you use for the trim? Size?
It's cedar as well. Those pieces I believe were 3/4" by 1 1/2"
Only real men admit mistakes🤫 Great job they are beautius!
Dremel tool to cut the screen - very simple.
I used your model and it went well. I had one suggestion / question: I would rather the legs don't encroach into the soil space. 1. because it takes up space, 2 because it leeches chemicals.
I'm building another one. You know of a way to keep the legs out of the soil area?
I used non pressure treated 4x4s so there wouldn’t be any leaching. Where I live they’ll last a long time.
yep... hardware cloth is a pain....
Can you provide the cut list?
Why didn’t you mention the size you need to cut your piece to acheive the 5’ x2’ so the I figured it out after the piece was cut so the hardware cloth would fit poor tutorial
great, that is assuming you can afford to buy incredibly expensive cedar. spending 500 bucks for 20 bucks worth of produce is not a good value as far as I can see.
Wow! Where are you shopping for cedar fence slats? They are only $1.50 each where I live.
@@littlehousehappyhome1504 they are hard to come by but, last time in stock, home depot was 28 each..
@@FaxMe2Barbados wow! We have an abundant supply at our local Home Depot and they are only 1.50 each! If they are charging that much at your location, something isn’t right.
@@FaxMe2Barbados I think you might be mistaking the dried cedar boards for what he used on these beds. He actually used the cedar fence pickets, which are very inexpensive. The dried cedar boards at my store are 25.98 each. Go to home-depot site and do a search for cedar fence pickets. That will bring up what was used in this video.
@@littlehousehappyhome1504 in
Jesus loves you and died on a cross and rose three days later taking our place and paying our debt (for the wages of sin is death) so you can have eternal life and be forgiven of sin if you repent and pick up your cross and follow him daily
Why in God's name does no one making these vids have sense enough to BACK OFF for some shot of the completed result? This is the second one of these where everything is close, and you never get to see a single box, completed, by itself? You get close to doing it, but even in that final segment, you jam all three into one shot and pan across them, never having a single freestanding one in a shot. :-/
You need a taller wife.😁
You need a woman on the show - something pretty to look at to distract me - so I have to watch the episode a few times.
Thanks for the plans! My planter was only 4’x1.5’ but it was an easy planter to make. Thank you for the marking & cutting tip. My armature woodworking skills need all the pro tips they can get. 🪚🔨