EP1: Build and fill a raised bed for free - How I turned my lawn into a food oasis
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2023
- From start to finish, here's how I built two raised garden beds and highlights of what we harvested from the same year.
We decided to convert part of our lawn into a food source so that we can grow our own food for many years to come.
As for filling the beds, no need to break the bank.
Here’s how you can fill up a garden bed with free materials.
- Layer of cardboard direct to ground to prevent weeds
- Large rotted logs
- Twigs and small branches to fill the gaps
- Leaves and garden debris - Subsoil, compost and chicken manure
- Final layer organic garden soil mix and worm castings from our worm bin Since we used large logs, this process will take away nitrogen from the soil to break it down.
We made sure to feed the soil with compost, fertilizer and worm castings during the growing season.
By Fall season, we rejuvenated the soil by adding green leaves, compost as well as a thick layer of brown leaves yo protect the soil from winter frost.
This is a no dig bed, we continue to add organic matter on top each season.
WHO WE ARE?
We are Char and Marv
@plantedinthegarden!
Our primary goal is to get as many people to grow their own food.
No matter the experience or space available.
We are urban
gardeners from Toronto that fell in
love with growing food because
not only is it amazing to eat fresh
homegrown food, but you also know
what you put into it and the joy you get when you share it with family, friends and the community.
Gardening never
stops for us; we are always looking
for solutions to continue to grow our
food - no matter what season. From
outdoor gardening, garage grow tent
to hydroponics, year-round gardening
is truly possible. We believe
in simple living, loving what you do,
and doing it with love!
Every year we start our garden, we learn something new and know that it's okay if it doesn't work out. There's always new growth to look forward to, so keep on learning.
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Can We get a garden tour when it’s finished! 🙏🏾
This was all done last season, I’ll make a long form garden tour come Spring time. Here’s a short vid on what our garden looked like at the time. ruclips.net/user/shortscj-TY5L1LTY?feature=share
I love that you use your hands. Grounding is essential. Lovely channel thank you for sharing.
You are such a smart and helpful gardener. Thank you.
I could watch ALL of your videos over and over and over!!! I want to plant in my back yard! First I'll need a fence to keep out the deer!
I'm a new subscriber, so I started watching from episode 1. One of your shorts showed up in my videos. I loved it so much that I wanted to see more. Thank you for all these awesome videos. I'm gonna binge watch them with my daughter and son. Then, we'll, try our hands at creating a small yard version of yours. ❤❤
Did you ever study horticulture or agronomy! Where does your knowledge on plants come from- have you been teaching yourself? What are some of your favorite resources and references for understanding plant species, different types of soil, growing environments etc! Thank you for your content it genuinely cheers me up 🫶🏻
Just subscribed.. awesome content.. not really a binge watcher until now.. Im learning, thank you. God bless
I can't watch your videos without liking them🥺❤️
Man this is AWESOME. Y'all have a great garden.
great work !! more videos please
Thank you, more to come!
This is some of theee most beautiful shyt EVER....
It's relaxing to watch😇😇
Wow, great thank you so much am inspired.
Love your garden. I also love and enjoy gardening.we not that far.im in hamilton and enjoy the quiiet life.my garden is ky happy place as well.thanks kabayan.good job in ur garden.❤😊
Thank you, I agree that gardening is such a joy💚
I am loving these beds but would you consider showing the layout of your garden on a graph? I really like your concept with garden bags, beds and even that u-shaped bed-trellis you made. Yep looking to build that for my garden. Also, how do you determine where to place your beds? Do you have sun through out your garden or did you do a sun graph? I hope you don't mind all the questions. I am just truly loving your garden and I would like to create my oasis in my back yard space. I would truly appreciate it, be blessed.
Very nice
Great work.
I noticed, you often add screws in a 45 degree hook.
Have you pre-drilled the holes for screwing the wood diagonally?
Great video’s 👍🏻
Hello….good job…I’m really inspired…
Wow, from building garden beds , planting and harvesting..Nicely done, I’m amazed, I want to do the same…Thank you for showing us how to do it 🙏🙏
The beauty of gardening is that every can do it, no matter the space or where you’re growing. Absolutely you can do this too💚
really inspiring content! i enjoyed watching the informative build with chill music. thanks!
galing!
great vid - thanks for sharing. I would love to see more about creative and beautiful vertical trellis and growing to increase my production in a small area. Your trellises are amazing!
The beginning of outdoor gardening is almost here. We will create more long form content on our garden beds and vertical spaces. For now here’s a few short videos on our vertical garden structures ruclips.net/user/shortsZMUqlPa38ek?feature=share
ruclips.net/user/shortscj-TY5L1LTY?feature=share
Me gustaría que tenga los subtítulos en español para poder entender lo que dice 🙂
I’ll work on adding other languages for subs. Thank you for suggesting this
I subscribe to your channel, Keep up the good work guys 😊
Thank you so much for following our gardening journey. We will continue to provide valuable gardening content. Can’t wait to get started outdoors again💚
I really enjoyed this, thank you.
What is your region/climate? Your plants and fruit look so perfect and healthy.
Awesome. this is great. what is the purpose of netting on the bottom and do you mind sharing netting you used
Hi there! I love your channel and find it really inspiring. My partner and I are trying to live more sustainably and have been growing our own veggies in raised bed for a year. I'd love to learn how to choose could intercropping. Could you share what vegetables you choose to grow together? And at what season? We are in the UK so we will need to adapt 🙂 thank you kindly
That's wonderful that you're on a path to live a more sustainable life. Companion planting is a great way to increase your yield and also aid in bug issues. I find this link very useful when it comes to what plants grow well together. www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/garden-wisdom/companion-planting Hope this helps you out.
@@plantedinthegarden thank you that's such a good website to start learning! Appreciate it!
Beautiful! What did you use for mulch (couldn't hear what was shredded). Thanks for posting this.
Shredded corrugated cardboard😊
@@plantedinthegarden thank you!
@@plantedinthegarden where do you get it?
@@AutumnRain155 I collected cardboards overtime, brown only, remove any adhesives, tapes and no inks. I then used a shredder that can handle 10 sheets at a time. They’re good at shredding cardboards
What do you add to support the plants when the plants grow vertically? Is that fishing line tied to something above it? What are the supports made of?
I used a method called lower and lean. Heavy duty wire running from end to end at the top. I then use nylon rope to support each tomato. As the tomato grows, nylon is moved to the side and allow the plant to lean. This keeps the height the same.
Excellent. Where in the country is this. What state- province. Looks like you have ample rain! Really nice work!
Thank you 🙏 We’re up north in Ontario, zone 5B
Could you show us that little green house in the shot?
Here’s the a short vid on the greenhouse installation ruclips.net/user/shortscMY8pFJcSrM?feature=share
Hi do you purchase your shedded cardboard or do you do it yourself? If you shed it yourself how do you do it? Thanks great video.
Just use leaves
You dont realize it but you're doing God's work.
Everyone should learn how to grow their own food.
I like your channel more videos
Could I ask from where you get black containers??
Thank you so much. We got our black fabric containers from Amazon. Here’s our suggested list tr.ee/nbAjoFPaX5
@@plantedinthegardencouldn’t use the link. Are the grow bags still available?
Hi I m new gardener what soil are you used?? I use potting mix and some cow manure it okay? My vegetables not growing good 😢
What is what you put at the bottom? And stapled?
Can you make video from scratch how to fill raise bed please
Hi how did you join the cedar wood? Thanks
I'd be concerned about toxic ink, coatings on the cardboard, how do you avoid this'?
Can you buy shredded cardboard?
Lovely, but he obviously doesn't have invasive bindweed to deal with....If he did, this setup would last a max of 6 months!
what wood to use?
We used natural cedar
How do you keep wildlife away?
Mostly using covers and for racoons and squirrels, I found a coyote urine spray, seems to work for a week or so, they don’t like the scent. You just have to keep spraying
Beautiful! Would you be able to list materials you bought? Ex. How much wood and dimensions and the types of screws you used?
Ours was 8'L x 3'W x 12"H because of our space. We purchased 2" x 12" x 12' Cedar lumber. But with this size lumber you can go 4 feet wide. Cut your lumber to (2x) 8 feet and (2x) 4 feet. We went with pocket screws for outdoors 2 1/2" and same size deck screws for the corner support. The lumber for that is 2x2 and size it to the height of the bed.
@Planted in the Garden great! Thanks for the response. Looking forward to more videos 🙂
@@plantedinthegarden Thank you for the detailed! I am planning on building this myself.
How do you keep the squirrels out?