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The intro was beautiful, Sarah! It is so true! We here in Michigan are feeling the same. Ready for things to slow down and enjoy the change in seasons. Have a blessed day!
Due to back issues, we’ve gone to raised beds. We’re using the huge feed tubs that we get free from a friend, which is a real blessing! Thank you for so many great gardening ideas and for sharing your faith in Jesus!
We started with 2, 75 gallon stock tanks and now have 6. They are up off of the ground and few inches to aid in drainage and there is zero bending over! A great back saver and so easy to keep a few stray weeds under control. I still plant tomatoes and peppers in the ground, but everything else is tank farmed! Highly recommend!
Some people say, I live OFF the land. I say, I live WITH the land. If it wasn't for the land we wouldn't be here. I am thankful every day for the blessings God has given me. Love your respect for what you have. Thank you for all your hard work.
Morning Robert, that's the best saying I ever read. I had that tattooed in my brain! 😅 How true it is, barefoot is awesome!! Hugs from Chicago brother!
I live in a small town. I do not have the tiller to till an unground garden and at 60 I do not have the gumption to dig it by hand. I have 2 3X6 ft raised bed that I plant for fresh eating mainly. Although, I did get enough tomatoes this year to actually can some pizza sauce and tomato soup. I had 4 plants. I planted 2 zucchini plants in the corner and trained them to trail outside the bed and they provided me with all the zucchini I wanted and I shared some too. In the 2nd bed I planted peppers with butternut squash in 2 corners. I again trained them to vine outside the bed. Worked great and I enjoyed watching it all grow and spread.
After years of fighting (and losing) the battles of root knot nematodes, neighbor's tree roots, moles and voles, along with age and a bad back, I switched to Earthboxes in 2020. I was very pleased with the results and now have nine. They sit on a dedicated area covered with weed fabric, three rows of three boxes each. There are t-posts at the end of each row, topped with PVC fittings holding a metal pipe to hold a trellis for climbing plants. No weeding, no fertilizing except for the initial addition to the potting mix at the beginning of each season, no flooding, no drought situation, just water through the fill tube once a day, easy peasey (still sometimes have to deal with some pests and disease, though). It's a small garden compared to many people, but it's sufficient for the two of us.
The prairie voles alone are reason enough for such s set-up. A local orchardist told me that most mold-type diseases come from rain and hail, so covering plants and watering them as you do can help
I don't comment often but I have been with your channel since close to the beginning and have watched every single video the 2 of you have posted as well as all the lives (love those by the way) I really appreciate the huge amount of effort yall have put into the content you make and it has been a bigger blessing then I could ever express over these few words from a far away viewer, but truly thank you. ALSO the wonderful love you showed God in your opening today was beautiful. I've really appreciated how much more open yall have been about your relationship with God recently and it gives me so much hope and happiness for the future of our country. Love yall and God Bless 🙌 ❤️
@LivingTraditionsHomestead I agree with the comments about the opening of this video. But I also wanted to make sure you saw this comment, that spider looks like a Joro spider which is considered an invasive species here in Georgia. Less than 10 years ago I never saw one but now they are everywhere, they build giant webs that are extra tough and sticky, and we rarely see "normal" spider website outdoors anymore. I am not sure you want to encourage them! Look it up 😊
That was a beautiful intro Sarah and Kevin, such a blessing to hear. Thanks for sharing with us , this was a great video. Stay safe and keep up the fun you all have. Fred.
We love our four raised beds. Closing in on our eighth decade, we have extended our gardening season of life with raised beds. Gardening means quality food for the table, but also food for the mind and the soul ... and good exercise. As well, conquering zone 9B desert gardening requires social and cognitive engagement with seasoned desert gardeners, taking classes, reading, and watching gardening videos. I can't think of a better way to stay all-around healthy in our senior years. Thank you for your always informative and entertaining videos.
I'm with you here in 9b Arizona as well, and it's difficult to say the least! I've managed to keep several things alive "oversummered" and going strong now that the heat broke. 😊
Kevin and Sarah, so blessed to see how you have grown in the Lord, and are not timid in sharing with others. There are so many that need positive words and encouragment in these last days. Heaven is real and the Father's love is so abundant to all. We all need to be reminded of that. He's so blessed you and your loved ones. Thank you for giving back with your insight, Wisdom, and positive smiles! ❤
I like how your raised bed garden is able to have people who are physically challenged able to garden. My son loved to garden but he was finally wheel chair bound and couldn't garden.
Next year I am planning on installing some drip lines into the raised beds. I watched your video of when you were installing your water system for the greenhouse. I won't be doing as much as you did but I hope to prevent wasting water and NOT losing most of the garden to draught like this year. I'm praying that I will be able to make my body work as needed. I don't expect a bigger garden just more efficient. I need to plant only what I know we will use the most. Thank you for being such nice people, you don't talk down to those of us that have to learn by going to the library, then internet and by trial and error. I watch all of your videos and learn so much. So far I have been able to keep us fed, enjoyed watching things grow and bring healthy food into our bodies.
Your beginning was so wonderful. Thank you. I live in Canada in zone 4b. I have been growing successfully in metal raised beds for three years. When I put my 14 raised beds together I placed old logs and brush, chicken bedding etc. in the bottom as a hugelkultur bed. I generally do not water these beds unless we have gone several weeks with no rain. This has been the most stress free and enjoyable gardening that I have ever done! I even grow trellised butternut squash, small watermelon and luffa among other things. I would highly recommend growing in this way. Weeds really are kept to a minimum and are very managable even sitting from a chair beside the bed!
What an Amazing opening. It was beautiful and inspirational, almost surreal in a true calming way. It’s hard to express what I felt in the moment. Your of love for Jesus, WOW. Thank you for sharing the love of Christ!! Then Kevin “The Tomato Whisper” comes into the picture, I enjoy his “T’s” along with shared knowledge and humor. Thank you both for making these videos and experiences.
One of my favorite things about being a gardener way up north is the enforced rest that winter brings ❤ My garden is done for the year as well, and I'm ready to focus on winter hobbies and shopping from my pantry for dinners. God bless!
In the past 25 years, I've worked with in ground, raised beds on the ground, containers like buckets, totes and earthboxes and have learned lot. With the help of the USF & The County Ext. Office, they showed me what works best for our area. This year I'm adding the big raised beds like you have and the same size. I already know I'm going to love them. Everything but the old raised beds are staying as well and we are just rearranging them to all fit in my back yard. You have to learn what works for your area and run with it. And, what grows like crazy this year might not next year. I live in zone 9B and this is the start of our growing season. Our rest time is the summer when it's too hot. 😊
I’ve been doing raise beds for about seven years. they work quite well for me. I can sit on my little stool and work in my beds. I can plant a lot of food in them. I have great success in growing food in them. Mine are made out of cedar wood. The intro was absolutely beautiful. It is so true as the seasons change so do we.
It's so nice to see you guys happy and content at the end of the summer gardening season. The last couple off years have been rough in your garden and it showed by the end of summer. Made my heart ache to see you looking like you just wanted to be done with it already and I feared you might not even want to tackle it again in the spring. But you always bounced back with new plans to improve things and I think the two of you have done it. The outdoor garden has finally been conquered! Congratulations and Blessings be upon your Homestead always. 🙏❤🕊
I loved your opening and correlation with time to rest! We all need winter to rejuvenate! I started watching during Covid and built a raised garden bed at that time. I didn’t put enough support in the center and it bows a bit. It’s perfect for the two of us and our small yard!
Good evening! I feel the same. After gardening since I was a little girl my first couple years as an adult I tried to save all from frost 😂 now.... when I have harvested lots I embrace frost and know it's a time to slow down and enjoy the harvest❤
I just turned 70 and I am converting ALL of my garden areas to raised beds. I built a greenhouse with raised beds along the sides and it has been such a blessing. I guarantee that as you get older, you will appreciate the raised beds more every year.
You'll love the raised beds. At 65, we went to raised beds 3 years ago. I built 23, 4'x8' beds out of old corrugated aluminum barn roofing. Used 4x8 posts just sitting on the ground in the four corners and one set in the middle with a board between them to prevent the beds from bowing out. The next year I built another 18 beds. These are 4x8, 4x10 and 4x12. I got some metal sheeting a contractor friend was throwing out, cut the sheeting in half so these are 17" high vs the 32" high corrugated metal beds. Used the same process with the 4x4 posts. All going strong now for the 3 years we've been using them. I'm also experimenting with Hügelkultur (pronounced “hoogle-culture”) in 6 of my beds. We put sticks, rotten logs etc. in the bottom of the beds then filled the rest with dirt. The theory is when the sticks decompose they maintain water which the plants can use. Oh, last year I also added a drip irrigation system. So far all is going well, and my back appreciates the raised beds. We got a couple of those garden carts with the big tractor seats on them. They make a nice addition to saving your back when your weeding.
Beautiful introduction to the video! Thank you... such a great reminder and wonderful blessing. Blessings on your family and your homestead Kiddos! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕👵
Really enjoyed seeing the sun set and sun rise you filmed. It was worth any of the work it took to show us. I love flower gardening in raised beds. My husband made me 2 gardens about 26’ long by 9’ wide using old logs from buildings and made the gardens 3 logs high. The great drainage that you were talking about is the same with these and not many weeds. I love them! I can sit on the sides of them and work all around the garden tending to things. We have a huge fenced in vegetable garden and we work in it the old fashioned way but he leaves space enough between the rows to be able to pull a disc and tiller between them to keep that part of the garden weed free. We love gardening and the results we can see and eat. Enjoy your videos Sarah and Kevin. Take care.
Thinking back i don't believe I've ever heard someone say " I can't wait to be able to spend the day on my hands and knees pulling weeds but maybe I've not been paying attention.
Loved your intro! I have a chronic illness that prevents me from getting out to my raised bed garden and tend to it. This year I planted the raised beds, got to harvest some but not all before the weeds took over, inspite of weed barriers. I just can't keep up with it anymore. I also had 3 greenstalks that I had right outside my living room door. I got more produce and enjoyment from those. So next year I'm doing only greenstalk gardening. My hubby ordered me 2 more so now I have a total of 5. Looking forward to next year's garden.
I love the raised beds. I just ordered 4 more for next year. I have not planted orka in them yet. I'm excited to try it next year. I garden using raised beds, smart pots, and one wooden bed. But i like the raised beds best because of the height. Kevin, you can still change the shape of the beds by modifying the panels.
We are looking forward to our first gardening season in Alabama next spring and are switching to mostly raised beds. Thanks for your reviews...as usual, you've helped in our decision making. We make so fewer mistakes! Have a blessed winter season and a good rest. Love you guys!
I switched to raised beds three years ago. Number one reason is I am 78 and did not like all the bending over. I do not have as much room to grow as I did have but I could get more beds. Being able to garden standing up has been a blessing.
We actually completely remodeled our garden this spring using the Vegega beds. We also ran water to each bed with PVC and drip tape. It was such a game changer! Hardly any weeds. Much more enjoyable gardening season. We had some issues with using all new compost and had to amend our beds too. Also the soil really compressed down in the vegega beds so we need to top them off. Thanks for sharing about the vegega beds because we are very happy we chose them for our garden!
A truly wonderful start to the video. We transitioned to raised beds a couple years ago, adding more beds last year and this. It is so much easier, and we get so much more from our plants. We tried for years amending an in ground garden. With the clay soil, we got very little for all our work. I just love the raised beds. Thank you for all your hard work with these videos. God Bless!
Raised beds are just so enjoyable. It brings the fruit and vegetables up to your level and makes weeding and harvesting really enjoyable. I have 12 beds 40” X 15’ X 2 feet tall
Wow! Truly an inspirational and humbling intro - That was worth putting onto paper and framing! After the initial setup ( which is pricey) , I also found it a pleasure to work in my raised beds. This was also my first year - minimal bending , virtually no weeds and for me less watering. Love working with nice fluffy soil vs my hard, rocky clay soil . I also did 2.5 x 8 ft beds and I think I’m going to extend to 4 x8 for next year . Bless the two of you - love your videos !
❤I bought one a few months ago for our bug out land. Have not set up yet but glad to have it on hand. Bought one for a friend to help them for more harvest next year. Thanks for the code. GOD Bless
Hi. I’m your copycat. I Also moved from out west to southern Missouri. I also bought the exact same greenhouse as you. I also bought a whole bunch of corrugated metal raised beds this past spring. Except, mine are INside the greenhouse. Mine are 4x8’ and 3x6’. ..by 2’ tall. I love them.
We followed your lead and now have 8'x3' raised beds with landscape fabric as well. We also have little raised beds we made out of 10"x2"s for the melons and squashes to then spread out over the fabric. Weed free! Yay! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Love you two here in Wisconsin. 😉
I live on just 1/4 acre so I have only used raised beds and I get enough produce to can , I love my raised beds. No weeds !! ty for all the info. you put out🙂
We bought Vegega beds. We are happy with them. Our ground is clay and rock so the beds have helped us grow vegetables. David and I always pick up gardening tips for you both, thank you for your insightful videos Lee
I appreciate your analysis! We’ve been in Missouri for 3 years. After spending most of our lives in northern Illinois where is actual soil, the rock and clay we have here is so terrible to work with and makes it very easy to see why they grow cattle here, not crops. Our garden is split up between raised beds, large containers, straw bales, and mini beds in plastic ala Hedrick Kimball in upstate NY. Mr Kimball’s plan worked amazingly good in Illinois. Here, we had to adapt his plan a bit by adding a few inches of purchased soil to the surface. We’re learning what does best in each situation. Before next spring I intend to buy new plastic and cover the entire garden because fighting the weeds, especially wild blackberries, is incredibly time consuming.m and by mid-July we lost the battle. I have thought of putting the raised beds over plastic as you did for the same reason. Thanks for putting this video out!
Beautiful devotional time with excellent background music. You two people are exceptional. And your expression of Christ in your lives is really, really inspiring.
I loved this video in that I too have raised beds. I made mine from rough sawn lumber, they are 4' X 16', I have four of them. I have loved mine for a lot of the same reasons that you have. There is one thing I do that you may want to try, I sprinkle the water absorbing beads in my beds which helps so much with the watering situation. I have tried raising sweet corn in one of my beds with the hope that it might deter the racoons, but not so much, and it gets to tall that the wind blows it over more easily. There are a few weeds that pop up, but I think the birds are bringing them in. Even so it is so much easier to see them and pull them out. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
We do a combo of beds/ground. Super helpful is w wood beds making a bench around top. Can sit while working, resting, enjoying chicken & bees. Grandkids enjoy helping more too.
I planted in 6 raised beds, 8 huge pots (herbs) and many in ground rows. (weeds even with mulch) But everything thing did really well. BUT, the beds are so much easier to keep weeded and water. So, we just finished putting 6 more raised beds together. (sore fingers from all the nuts and bolts lol) And today we got them filled up and topped off with compost. we also got 2 more trellis put up. Got a frost 2 nights ago, what was left, is damaged, except for one Gold Metal tomato, still hanging in there, as well as all the mints. It was a great garden year (lots of watering because no rain for 2 months) Love watching and learning from you guys. Sarah loved the opening!!! Amen!!!
Hi guys. Firstly, luv your videos. I'm from Downunder and have 18 raised vege beds. We did cut out the landscape fabric from around the insides of the beds, BUT we covered that bare soil with thick cardboard before filling with debris and then compost. It's nearly 3years now and we have had no issues with weeds growing up through the soil. You will get the occasional weed/s on the surface, but that is easy to take care of. We luv our raided beds.
Thanks for the review of your raised beds. We’ve been amending our garden for 25 years and have some lower raised beds. The soil is beautiful but some trees on the west side have grown a lot so we have less hours of sun which is becoming a problem. However, we have a deck that might work as a place to use some beds like yours. And we are 76 and almost 78 and in-ground gardening is not as easy any more!
I use a different brand that are 30 inch high. As a 71 year old with a bad back, I find that the height is so much easier to work with. I have no regrets with raised bed gardening. Tried hydroponics and liked it but that also has drawbacks. Totally enjoy your channel as you don’t use gimmicks, just honesty. Thanks.
I have the weed barrier from your description box and it freed up so much time this past summer! I love it and won't go back to all of that weeding again. I also like that you can get it in one huge piece instead of on a roll where you have to overlap the edges and try to secure it all.
What about potatoes?did you grow any in raised beds?I watched your video this summer when you got your raised beds and decided to get some.This year I had all my gardening in buckets due to hard clay.I have my beds set up and ready to go for the spring.I want to thank you for all the info you provided to help me decide this is the way to go.And yes,these vegega beds seem to be made very well❤❤
Thank you for a wonderful video. The thing I love about raised beds is not having to bend over, to be able to stand upright and take care of the plants. I like the drip irrigation system but might consider using a controller for routine watering since you said that they have to be watered more often.
I have raised beds here in South Dakota and I grow pumpkins and watermelon in raised beds. I plant them along the edge and let them grow over the edge onto the ground. I got amazing watermelon and cantaloupe this year doing it this way. Hope this helps. Love your videos! ❤️
We bought the same raised beds as you did, after watching your video last year. We love them, our soil is terrible so they really did make gardening better this year. Thank you for sharing. 😊
You always have a lot of good information and experiences in gardening. I am being forced to transition to containers and grow bags as I gave up fighting giant pine tree, crepe myrtle and large bush roots effecting the beds and production.
This year I had 35 cattle mineral bins and that was so much easier than in ground. Being older it saved my back! The initial set up and filling was a lot of work so a few of my plants were started late. Can’t wait till next spring! Minnesota zone 4b
Lovely opening! I am not getting any younger so I love my raised beds. I use a combination of raised beds, half barrels, and Green Stalks. :) Love not having to fight the weeds on steroids!
I love the woven ground cover!! That along with our raised beds makes things sooo much easier, and neater!! Cleanup is fast - leaf blower and a broom. Yes you do have to water everyday with raised beds but like you said - "no flooding". Sad that it's the end of the gardening days. Thanks for sharing. God bless and protect.
I grew inground with my first garden but since 2020 i built my own raised beds because there were some spots in my yard that was just too rocky, and they worked out really well. Now after almost 5 years I' m getting myself metal raised beds and i'll be testing them out for my spring garden 🎉
I found your introduction, very soothing and calming and true to the traditional gardener you know towards the end of season you do get a little worn down and you need to reap the benefits of what you’ve done, thank you. Well, I’ve taken your lead with Vegega raised beds, and started my little Garden area in a community garden area where I live and it’s done so well! The soil combination and amendments you recommended when you were putting up your herb gardens in the corners I went by that and I’ve had really good results. here in North Carolina along the coast we can have a falll planting and it’s been a lot of fun. I haven’t been a serious gardener for 30 years and these raised beds were just the ticket. Easy to put together the fun colors and the people were really amazing to work with this spring I will be connecting two oblong beds with some cattle panel so that I can, train my Vining plants up and over. Thank you for sharing your lives with with us. I’m originally from Missouri and I just love the area. I have a brother that lives in the Ozarks and he has his own little Homestead up on the hill and innovative gardening ideas as well as you guys take care.
We haven't had frost but we did get down into the upper 30s. My okra looks a little sad, my fall tomatoes look good but my mini-bell peppers are looking sad. My spinach is looking better than it did in the heat. I seriously think that most of the suffering my plants did was because of the intense sun and irregular rain (6 weeks without a drop and then 6 inches; 4 weeks with no rain and then 3 1/2" followed 2 days later by 3 3/4". Thanks for another successful year and for sharing your life on the homestead!
The raised beds save a ton of work! When the kids were growing up, I had a huge garden and did so much canning and freezing. The food was so good! I am 73 and still working so I don’t have the time and energy to have a big garden. This year I will probably plant tomatoes, potatoes, and basil.
The opening to this video was so heart felt. You praised the Lord is a beautiful way. We made our raised beds from lumber milled from trees on our property. They are 3 ft x whatever length the board was cut at. Mostly 12 ft. We used the Hugelkultur method of layering logs, mulch,branchs, mulch and soil. Our beds are 2.5 ft tall. We plant cucumbers, gourds, beans on trellises that are arched from 1 end of a bed to the next. In the beds we grow tomatoes/peppers/squash/brassicas/lettuces/flowers/herbs. We still plant in the ground. But our plan is to add more raised beds as we get older for ease of gardening. We find it easier to control the weeds in the beds. My adult kids also use raised beds in their gardens.
I’ve been doing raise beds for about seven years. they work quite well for me. I can sit on my little stool and work in my beds. I can plant a lot of food in them. I have great success in growing food in them. Mine are made out of cedar wood. Your intro was absolutely beautiful and it is so true as the garden begins to shut down so do we. It is often needed. We work very hard all spring and summer. now the beds are put to sleep and rest, so do we rest. ❤
First of all, and most important ....I enjoy your content so much! Informative, genuine, and so positive ! Number two, I also changeed (after decades) to raised beds this past season and it was a game changer. As you mentioned ( and that made me happy ) , I still planted my pumpkins and sweet corn in the ground rows. Thank you for your content, God bless! ❤ Nova Scotia !
I have been dreaming of raised beds for years! As I get older it is harder and harder to do the in ground garden. Hopefully next years we can start implementing raises beds. Thank you so much for input….i love your channel. God bless 😊👍
I love growing in the raise beds as it is some much cleaner and easier. when putting the beds to rest for the winter it looks so much cleaner. A mix of style with the beds will look great in the garden and maybe even a mix of color.
I purchased the Advanced raised bed that has a 15 gallon water reservoir . I don’t have to water very often and the nutrients don’t wash out and I have a worm container in my bed as well. I am 70 years old and this is a much easier way for me to garden.
This was our first year of a very similar raised bed garden, and we are SO pleased with the results. We had all of the benefits you mentioned, but I want to mention one more thing that we found very interesting. We didn't get around to fencing in our garden and there is a decent deer population that runs through our property regularly. Our neighbor lost nearly ALL of his pumpkins and squash due to deer (he planted in the ground) but we didn't lose a single thing to deer!!! Our theory is that the deer don't like the feeling of stepping onto the black fabric, and so they avoided our garden altogether! We'll be putting a fence around the garden in the spring, though, because we don't want to press our luck.
Sarah and Kevin i have been watching you for the last 5 years I have learned so much from the two of you when I watched your video on raised beds I said to myself I can't afford them at this moment so I looked around my yard and built beds out of vinyl siding and planted my veggies and they did amazing. I love the videos you do of your success but also your failure I believe this is how God wants us to learn, thank you so much for yiur hard work and learning curves take care and God bless from ontario canada ❤❤❤❤❤
Good morning and God bless you. I don't comment often but I watch always. I am 70 years young, live in town, and I am trying to duplicate what you do on my little acre and 1/2 on my little homestead, on a small scale of course. I have decided on the same raised beds as you and I am trying to justify just how big a greenhouse I really need. Growing enough for us as well as supplimenting our social security with maybe selling a few plants would be great. I have never been a great gardener because I have lived my life in corporate America as well as so many others. But by the grace of God I am going to try one last time! I do scour your videos trying to gleam all the information I can. You mentioned 4 foot wide beds, what would they be more useful raising? I realize this is long and any information you can offer I appreciate. God bless you guys!
We found our perennials such as strawberries, aspargus, and garlic did not winter well in our raised beds as roots froze and thawed during winter. We are in zone 3-4. We ended up needing to stack straw bales around those raised beds to protect the roots. Other than that, we love our raised beds.
A friend recommended filling raised beds with small logs--with a good layer of compost on the top. The wood supposedly both takes up space, but makes it so you have to water less often. The wood also turns to compost over time.
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THIS LADY HAS TRUTH AND SPEAKS IT!!!!!!!!!!!! AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!
The way you began this video blessed my soul! I was overwhelmed with emotion, love for my Jesus!! Thank you for sharing the love of Christ!!
I echo your words. I became emotional at the truth and wisdom, but more the expression of the love of our Father and King of kings. How wise He is.
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Love your videos!!! ... SO informative, spiritual, & interestingly-FUN to watch❣️‼️❣️
So lovely ... teared up
I agree, I've never really looked at the change of season in that way before. Thank you for that!❤
I agree 💯! It was beautiful!
I love the beautiful ways you are introducing your videos lately. Love the sweet talk of what God does and the gentle music. Thank you.
Amen!!
@@jeanmullins3284yes indeed
Me too! LTH is, in my opinion in the top three of my favorite YT channels. Could honestly be my most favorite homestead channel.
What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL intro to your video. Praise God and all He has created.
Yes, enjoying as well!!
The intro was beautiful, Sarah! It is so true! We here in Michigan are feeling the same. Ready for things to slow down and enjoy the change in seasons. Have a blessed day!
I loved your intro this morning. Giving praise to the Lord on your channel.
YESSSSSS...SO DID I! SARAH YOUR VOICE IS SO SOOTHING! Just Love your cchannel! ❤🙏😘
Thank you for the beautiful introduction.
May our Heavenly Father protect you and Bless you.❤
Agreed, Amen
Due to back issues, we’ve gone to raised beds. We’re using the huge feed tubs that we get free from a friend, which is a real blessing! Thank you for so many great gardening ideas and for sharing your faith in Jesus!
We started with 2, 75 gallon stock tanks and now have 6. They are up off of the ground and few inches to aid in drainage and there is zero bending over! A great back saver and so easy to keep a few stray weeds under control. I still plant tomatoes and peppers in the ground, but everything else is tank farmed! Highly recommend!
Some people say, I live OFF the land. I say, I live WITH the land. If it wasn't for the land we wouldn't be here. I am thankful every day for the blessings God has given me. Love your respect for what you have. Thank you for all your hard work.
Morning Robert, that's the best saying I ever read. I had that tattooed in my brain! 😅 How true it is, barefoot is awesome!! Hugs from Chicago brother!
The sun setting and then rising on a frost was a really cool affect!
Loved that gratitude starting off.
Sara, thank you for the awesome witness. Unfortunately, that is rarely seen these days. You and Kevin have always been our favorite on RUclips.
Dave
I live in a small town. I do not have the tiller to till an unground garden and at 60 I do not have the gumption to dig it by hand. I have 2 3X6 ft raised bed that I plant for fresh eating mainly. Although, I did get enough tomatoes this year to actually can some pizza sauce and tomato soup. I had 4 plants. I planted 2 zucchini plants in the corner and trained them to trail outside the bed and they provided me with all the zucchini I wanted and I shared some too. In the 2nd bed I planted peppers with butternut squash in 2 corners. I again trained them to vine outside the bed. Worked great and I enjoyed watching it all grow and spread.
After years of fighting (and losing) the battles of root knot nematodes, neighbor's tree roots, moles and voles, along with age and a bad back, I switched to Earthboxes in 2020. I was very pleased with the results and now have nine. They sit on a dedicated area covered with weed fabric, three rows of three boxes each. There are t-posts at the end of each row, topped with PVC fittings holding a metal pipe to hold a trellis for climbing plants. No weeding, no fertilizing except for the initial addition to the potting mix at the beginning of each season, no flooding, no drought situation, just water through the fill tube once a day, easy peasey (still sometimes have to deal with some pests and disease, though). It's a small garden compared to many people, but it's sufficient for the two of us.
The prairie voles alone are reason enough for such s set-up. A local orchardist told me that most mold-type diseases come from rain and hail, so covering plants and watering them as you do can help
I don't comment often but I have been with your channel since close to the beginning and have watched every single video the 2 of you have posted as well as all the lives (love those by the way) I really appreciate the huge amount of effort yall have put into the content you make and it has been a bigger blessing then I could ever express over these few words from a far away viewer, but truly thank you. ALSO the wonderful love you showed God in your opening today was beautiful. I've really appreciated how much more open yall have been about your relationship with God recently and it gives me so much hope and happiness for the future of our country. Love yall and God Bless 🙌 ❤️
Praise God. Thank you so much!
@LivingTraditionsHomestead I agree with the comments about the opening of this video. But I also wanted to make sure you saw this comment, that spider looks like a Joro spider which is considered an invasive species here in Georgia. Less than 10 years ago I never saw one but now they are everywhere, they build giant webs that are extra tough and sticky, and we rarely see "normal" spider website outdoors anymore. I am not sure you want to encourage them! Look it up 😊
That was a beautiful intro Sarah and Kevin, such a blessing to hear. Thanks for sharing with us , this was a great video. Stay safe and keep up the fun you all have. Fred.
Thank you. Sara. What a perfect reminder of who is always responsible. God Bless you!
We love our four raised beds. Closing in on our eighth decade, we have extended our gardening season of life with raised beds. Gardening means quality food for the table, but also food for the mind and the soul ... and good exercise. As well, conquering zone 9B desert gardening requires social and cognitive engagement with seasoned desert gardeners, taking classes, reading, and watching gardening videos. I can't think of a better way to stay all-around healthy in our senior years. Thank you for your always informative and entertaining videos.
I'm with you here in 9b Arizona as well, and it's difficult to say the least! I've managed to keep several things alive "oversummered" and going strong now that the heat broke. 😊
Kevin and Sarah, so blessed to see how you have grown in the Lord, and are not timid in sharing with others. There are so many that need positive words and encouragment in these last days. Heaven is real and the Father's love is so abundant to all. We all need to be reminded of that. He's so blessed you and your loved ones. Thank you for giving back with your insight, Wisdom, and positive smiles! ❤
I like how your raised bed garden is able to have people who are physically challenged able to garden. My son loved to garden but he was finally wheel chair bound and couldn't garden.
Next year I am planning on installing some drip lines into the raised beds. I watched your video of when you were installing your water system for the greenhouse. I won't be doing as much as you did but I hope to prevent wasting water and NOT losing most of the garden to draught like this year. I'm praying that I will be able to make my body work as needed. I don't expect a bigger garden just more efficient. I need to plant only what I know we will use the most.
Thank you for being such nice people, you don't talk down to those of us that have to learn by going to the library, then internet and by trial and error. I watch all of your videos and learn so much. So far I have been able to keep us fed, enjoyed watching things grow and bring healthy food into our bodies.
An amazing introduction!
Your beginning was so wonderful. Thank you.
I live in Canada in zone 4b. I have been growing successfully in metal raised beds for three years. When I put my 14 raised beds together I placed old logs and brush, chicken bedding etc. in the bottom as a hugelkultur bed. I generally do not water these beds unless we have gone several weeks with no rain. This has been the most stress free and enjoyable gardening that I have ever done! I even grow trellised butternut squash, small watermelon and luffa among other things.
I would highly recommend growing in this way. Weeds really are kept to a minimum and are very managable even sitting from a chair beside the bed!
I really enjoyed this summary of your summers experience 😂with raised beds. It's a blessing to hear your witnessing too. 🎉
I bought some and did them on the weed fabric too. Love, love, love them. God bless you both and thanks for all the great ideas.
I loved your opening comments.
What an Amazing opening. It was beautiful and inspirational, almost surreal in a true calming way. It’s hard to express what I felt in the moment. Your of love for Jesus, WOW. Thank you for sharing the love of Christ!! Then Kevin “The Tomato Whisper” comes into the picture, I enjoy his “T’s” along with shared knowledge and humor. Thank you both for making these videos and experiences.
I absolutely enjoyed the beginning of this video. It was calming and restful.
One of my favorite things about being a gardener way up north is the enforced rest that winter brings ❤ My garden is done for the year as well, and I'm ready to focus on winter hobbies and shopping from my pantry for dinners. God bless!
Beautiful beautiful Intro. So relaxing with my morning coffee and thanking god
almighty for the Harvest
In the past 25 years, I've worked with in ground, raised beds on the ground, containers like buckets, totes and earthboxes and have learned lot. With the help of the USF & The County Ext. Office, they showed me what works best for our area. This year I'm adding the big raised beds like you have and the same size. I already know I'm going to love them. Everything but the old raised beds are staying as well and we are just rearranging them to all fit in my back yard. You have to learn what works for your area and run with it. And, what grows like crazy this year might not next year. I live in zone 9B and this is the start of our growing season. Our rest time is the summer when it's too hot. 😊
I’ve been doing raise beds for about seven years. they work quite well for me. I can sit on my little stool and work in my beds. I can plant a lot of food in them. I have great success in growing food in them. Mine are made out of cedar wood. The intro was absolutely beautiful. It is so true as the seasons change so do we.
It's so nice to see you guys happy and content at the end of the summer gardening season. The last couple off years have been rough in your garden and it showed by the end of summer. Made my heart ache to see you looking like you just wanted to be done with it already and I feared you might not even want to tackle it again in the spring. But you always bounced back with new plans to improve things and I think the two of you have done it. The outdoor garden has finally been conquered! Congratulations and Blessings be upon your Homestead always. 🙏❤🕊
I loved your opening and correlation with time to rest! We all need winter to rejuvenate! I started watching during Covid and built a raised garden bed at that time. I didn’t put enough support in the center and it bows a bit. It’s perfect for the two of us and our small yard!
Good evening! I feel the same. After gardening since I was a little girl my first couple years as an adult I tried to save all from frost 😂 now.... when I have harvested lots I embrace frost and know it's a time to slow down and enjoy the harvest❤
I just turned 70 and I am converting ALL of my garden areas to raised beds. I built a greenhouse with raised beds along the sides and it has been such a blessing. I guarantee that as you get older, you will appreciate the raised beds more every year.
You'll love the raised beds. At 65, we went to raised beds 3 years ago. I built 23, 4'x8' beds out of old corrugated aluminum barn roofing. Used 4x8 posts just sitting on the ground in the four corners and one set in the middle with a board between them to prevent the beds from bowing out. The next year I built another 18 beds. These are 4x8, 4x10 and 4x12. I got some metal sheeting a contractor friend was throwing out, cut the sheeting in half so these are 17" high vs the 32" high corrugated metal beds. Used the same process with the 4x4 posts. All going strong now for the 3 years we've been using them. I'm also experimenting with Hügelkultur (pronounced “hoogle-culture”) in 6 of my beds. We put sticks, rotten logs etc. in the bottom of the beds then filled the rest with dirt. The theory is when the sticks decompose they maintain water which the plants can use. Oh, last year I also added a drip irrigation system. So far all is going well, and my back appreciates the raised beds. We got a couple of those garden carts with the big tractor seats on them. They make a nice addition to saving your back when your weeding.
@@petenelson8136thanks for sharing this information.❤
Beautiful introduction to the video! Thank you... such a great reminder and wonderful blessing. Blessings on your family and your homestead Kiddos! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕👵
Really enjoyed seeing the sun set and sun rise you filmed.
It was worth any of the work it took to show us.
I love flower gardening in raised beds. My husband made me 2 gardens about 26’ long by 9’ wide using old logs from buildings and made the gardens 3 logs high. The great drainage that you were talking about is the same with these and not many weeds. I love them! I can sit on the sides of them and work all around the garden tending to things. We have a huge fenced in vegetable garden and we work in it the old fashioned way but he leaves space enough between the rows to be able to pull a disc and tiller between them to keep that part of the garden weed free. We love gardening and the results we can see and eat. Enjoy your videos Sarah and Kevin. Take care.
Thinking back i don't believe I've ever heard someone say " I can't wait to be able to spend the day on my hands and knees pulling weeds but maybe I've not been paying attention.
Loved your intro! I have a chronic illness that prevents me from getting out to my raised bed garden and tend to it. This year I planted the raised beds, got to harvest some but not all before the weeds took over, inspite of weed barriers. I just can't keep up with it anymore. I also had 3 greenstalks that I had right outside my living room door. I got more produce and enjoyment from those. So next year I'm doing only greenstalk gardening. My hubby ordered me 2 more so now I have a total of 5. Looking forward to next year's garden.
I loved the way the video began. You did amazing on it
I love the raised beds. I just ordered 4 more for next year. I have not planted orka in them yet. I'm excited to try it next year. I garden using raised beds, smart pots, and one wooden bed. But i like the raised beds best because of the height. Kevin, you can still change the shape of the beds by modifying the panels.
I loved the intro to the video today! Thank you! It gave me a new perspective!
We are looking forward to our first gardening season in Alabama next spring and are switching to mostly raised beds. Thanks for your reviews...as usual, you've helped in our decision making. We make so fewer mistakes! Have a blessed winter season and a good rest. Love you guys!
Loved your sunrise footage.❤❤❤
I must say we changed over to raised beds 12 years ago and it's still the best way for us to enjoy gardening.
First time Gardnener here as you inspired me to start. I did a raised bed and loved the experience because of you. God bless you both.
I switched to raised beds three years ago. Number one reason is I am 78 and did not like all the bending over. I do not have as much room to grow as I did have but I could get more beds. Being able to garden standing up has been a blessing.
We actually completely remodeled our garden this spring using the Vegega beds. We also ran water to each bed with PVC and drip tape. It was such a game changer! Hardly any weeds. Much more enjoyable gardening season. We had some issues with using all new compost and had to amend our beds too. Also the soil really compressed down in the vegega beds so we need to top them off. Thanks for sharing about the vegega beds because we are very happy we chose them for our garden!
Thank you for today’s video and thank you God for your unfailing love
A truly wonderful start to the video. We transitioned to raised beds a couple years ago, adding more beds last year and this. It is so much easier, and we get so much more from our plants. We tried for years amending an in ground garden. With the clay soil, we got very little for all our work. I just love the raised beds.
Thank you for all your hard work with these videos. God Bless!
Raised beds are just so enjoyable.
It brings the fruit and vegetables up to your level and makes weeding and harvesting really enjoyable.
I have 12 beds 40” X 15’ X 2 feet tall
I have used these raised beds in my city garden for three years and they are as good today as when I started. Love your videos!
Wow! Truly an inspirational and humbling intro - That was worth putting onto paper and framing! After the initial setup ( which is pricey) , I also found it a pleasure to work in my raised beds. This was also my first year - minimal bending , virtually no weeds and for me less watering. Love working with nice fluffy soil vs my hard, rocky clay soil . I also did 2.5 x 8 ft beds and I think I’m going to extend to 4 x8 for next year . Bless the two of you - love your videos !
❤I bought one a few months ago for our bug out land. Have not set up yet but glad to have it on hand. Bought one for a friend to help them for more harvest next year. Thanks for the code. GOD Bless
Hi. I’m your copycat. I Also moved from out west to southern Missouri. I also bought the exact same greenhouse as you. I also bought a whole bunch of corrugated metal raised beds this past spring. Except, mine are INside the greenhouse. Mine are 4x8’ and 3x6’. ..by 2’ tall. I love them.
We followed your lead and now have 8'x3' raised beds with landscape fabric as well. We also have little raised beds we made out of 10"x2"s for the melons and squashes to then spread out over the fabric. Weed free! Yay! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Love you two here in Wisconsin. 😉
I live on just 1/4 acre so I have only used raised beds and I get enough produce to can , I love my raised beds. No weeds !! ty for all the info. you put out🙂
We bought Vegega beds. We are happy with them. Our ground is clay and rock so the beds have helped us grow vegetables. David and I always pick up gardening tips for you both, thank you for your insightful videos Lee
I appreciate your analysis! We’ve been in Missouri for 3 years. After spending most of our lives in northern Illinois where is actual soil, the rock and clay we have here is so terrible to work with and makes it very easy to see why they grow cattle here, not crops. Our garden is split up between raised beds, large containers, straw bales, and mini beds in plastic ala Hedrick Kimball in upstate NY. Mr Kimball’s plan worked amazingly good in Illinois. Here, we had to adapt his plan a bit by adding a few inches of purchased soil to the surface. We’re learning what does best in each situation. Before next spring I intend to buy new plastic and cover the entire garden because fighting the weeds, especially wild blackberries, is incredibly time consuming.m and by mid-July we lost the battle. I have thought of putting the raised beds over plastic as you did for the same reason. Thanks for putting this video out!
Beautiful devotional time with excellent background music. You two people are exceptional. And your expression of Christ in your lives is really, really inspiring.
I loved this video in that I too have raised beds. I made mine from rough sawn lumber, they are 4' X 16', I have four of them. I have loved mine for a lot of the same reasons that you have. There is one thing I do that you may want to try, I sprinkle the water absorbing beads in my beds which helps so much with the watering situation. I have tried raising sweet corn in one of my beds with the hope that it might deter the racoons, but not so much, and it gets to tall that the wind blows it over more easily. There are a few weeds that pop up, but I think the birds are bringing them in. Even so it is so much easier to see them and pull them out. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
I LOVE what you say at the beginning!! Amen to that!
We do a combo of beds/ground. Super helpful is w wood beds making a bench around top. Can sit while working, resting, enjoying chicken & bees. Grandkids enjoy helping more too.
I planted in 6 raised beds, 8 huge pots (herbs) and many in ground rows. (weeds even with mulch) But everything thing did really well. BUT, the beds are so much easier to keep weeded and water. So, we just finished putting 6 more raised beds together. (sore fingers from all the nuts and bolts lol) And today we got them filled up and topped off with compost. we also got 2 more trellis put up. Got a frost 2 nights ago, what was left, is damaged, except for one Gold Metal tomato, still hanging in there, as well as all the mints. It was a great garden year (lots of watering because no rain for 2 months) Love watching and learning from you guys. Sarah loved the opening!!! Amen!!!
I’m not a homesteader, but I love your videos. I’ve been following you for quite some time. Have a blessed day.
Yes! God gives us rest yearly but also weekly. The 7th day is the Sabbath, in it we are to rest, put work aside and spend time with him. He is good
Hi guys. Firstly, luv your videos. I'm from Downunder and have 18 raised vege beds. We did cut out the landscape fabric from around the insides of the beds, BUT we covered that bare soil with thick cardboard before filling with debris and then compost. It's nearly 3years now and we have had no issues with weeds growing up through the soil. You will get the occasional weed/s on the surface, but that is easy to take care of. We luv our raided beds.
Sarah I really enjoyed your monologue in the beginning.
Thanks for the review of your raised beds. We’ve been amending our garden for 25 years and have some lower raised beds. The soil is beautiful but some trees on the west side have grown a lot so we have less hours of sun which is becoming a problem. However, we have a deck that might work as a place to use some beds like yours. And we are 76 and almost 78 and in-ground gardening is not as easy any more!
I use a different brand that are 30 inch high. As a 71 year old with a bad back, I find that the height is so much easier to work with. I have no regrets with raised bed gardening. Tried hydroponics and liked it but that also has drawbacks. Totally enjoy your channel as you don’t use gimmicks, just honesty. Thanks.
I have the weed barrier from your description box and it freed up so much time this past summer! I love it and won't go back to all of that weeding again. I also like that you can get it in one huge piece instead of on a roll where you have to overlap the edges and try to secure it all.
I'm 68 yrs old with a fused back & raised beds have been a blessing for me.
What about potatoes?did you grow any in raised beds?I watched your video this summer when you got your raised beds and decided to get some.This year I had all my gardening in buckets due to hard clay.I have my beds set up and ready to go for the spring.I want to thank you for all the info you provided to help me decide this is the way to go.And yes,these vegega beds seem to be made very well❤❤
Thank you for a wonderful video. The thing I love about raised beds is not having to bend over, to be able to stand upright and take care of the plants. I like the drip irrigation system but might consider using a controller for routine watering since you said that they have to be watered more often.
I have raised beds here in South Dakota and I grow pumpkins and watermelon in raised beds. I plant them along the edge and let them grow over the edge onto the ground. I got amazing watermelon and cantaloupe this year doing it this way. Hope this helps. Love your videos! ❤️
We bought the same raised beds as you did, after watching your video last year. We love them, our soil is terrible so they really did make gardening better this year. Thank you for sharing. 😊
You always have a lot of good information and experiences in gardening. I am being forced to transition to containers and grow bags as I gave up fighting giant pine tree, crepe myrtle and large bush roots effecting the beds and production.
This year I had 35 cattle mineral bins and that was so much easier than in ground. Being older it saved my back! The initial set up and filling was a lot of work so a few of my plants were started late. Can’t wait till next spring! Minnesota zone 4b
Lovely opening! I am not getting any younger so I love my raised beds. I use a combination of raised beds, half barrels, and Green Stalks. :) Love not having to fight the weeds on steroids!
Your opening prayer blessed me so much. I've been down about the wanning daylight but you put things back in perspective.
I love the woven ground cover!! That along with our raised beds makes things sooo much easier, and neater!! Cleanup is fast - leaf blower and a broom. Yes you do have to water everyday with raised beds but like you said - "no flooding". Sad that it's the end of the gardening days. Thanks for sharing. God bless and protect.
I grew inground with my first garden but since 2020 i built my own raised beds because there were some spots in my yard that was just too rocky, and they worked out really well. Now after almost 5 years I' m getting myself metal raised beds and i'll be testing them out for my spring garden 🎉
The beginning of this video filled my heart with joy the way you described how Abba shows His compassion for his children.
I found your introduction, very soothing and calming and true to the traditional gardener you know towards the end of season you do get a little worn down and you need to reap the benefits of what you’ve done, thank you. Well, I’ve taken your lead with Vegega raised beds, and started my little Garden area in a community garden area where I live and it’s done so well! The soil combination and amendments you recommended when you were putting up your herb gardens in the corners I went by that and I’ve had really good results. here in North Carolina along the coast we can have a falll planting and it’s been a lot of fun. I haven’t been a serious gardener for 30 years and these raised beds were just the ticket. Easy to put together the fun colors and the people were really amazing to work with this spring I will be connecting two oblong beds with some cattle panel so that I can, train my Vining plants up and over. Thank you for sharing your lives with with us. I’m originally from Missouri and I just love the area. I have a brother that lives in the Ozarks and he has his own little Homestead up on the hill and innovative gardening ideas as well as you guys take care.
We haven't had frost but we did get down into the upper 30s. My okra looks a little sad, my fall tomatoes look good but my mini-bell peppers are looking sad. My spinach is looking better than it did in the heat. I seriously think that most of the suffering my plants did was because of the intense sun and irregular rain (6 weeks without a drop and then 6 inches; 4 weeks with no rain and then 3 1/2" followed 2 days later by 3 3/4".
Thanks for another successful year and for sharing your life on the homestead!
The raised beds save a ton of work! When the kids were growing up, I had a huge garden and did so much canning and freezing. The food was so good! I am 73 and still working so I don’t have the time and energy to have a big garden. This year I will probably plant tomatoes, potatoes, and basil.
The opening to this video was so heart felt. You praised the Lord is a beautiful way.
We made our raised beds from lumber milled from trees on our property. They are 3 ft x whatever length the board was cut at. Mostly 12 ft. We used the Hugelkultur method of layering logs, mulch,branchs, mulch and soil. Our beds are 2.5 ft tall. We plant cucumbers, gourds, beans on trellises that are arched from 1 end of a bed to the next. In the beds we grow tomatoes/peppers/squash/brassicas/lettuces/flowers/herbs. We still plant in the ground. But our plan is to add more raised beds as we get older for ease of gardening. We find it easier to control the weeds in the beds. My adult kids also use raised beds in their gardens.
I’ve been doing raise beds for about seven years. they work quite well for me. I can sit on my little stool and work in my beds. I can plant a lot of food in them. I have great success in growing food in them. Mine are made out of cedar wood. Your intro was absolutely beautiful and it is so true as the garden begins to shut down so do we. It is often needed. We work very hard all spring and summer. now the beds are put to sleep and rest, so do we rest. ❤
Raised beds and greenhouses with weed fabric and watering systems are amazing! Wouldn't go back. Learned a lot and so fruitful
First of all, and most important ....I enjoy your content so much! Informative, genuine, and so positive ! Number two, I also changeed (after decades) to raised beds this past season and it was a game changer. As you mentioned ( and that made me happy ) , I still planted my pumpkins and sweet corn in the ground rows. Thank you for your content, God bless! ❤ Nova Scotia !
I have been dreaming of raised beds for years! As I get older it is harder and harder to do the in ground garden. Hopefully next years we can start implementing raises beds. Thank you so much for input….i love your channel. God bless 😊👍
I love growing in the raise beds as it is some much cleaner and easier. when putting the beds to rest for the winter it looks so much cleaner. A mix of style with the beds will look great in the garden and maybe even a mix of color.
I purchased the Advanced raised bed that has a 15 gallon water reservoir . I don’t have to water very often and the nutrients don’t wash out and I have a worm container in my bed as well. I am 70 years old and this is a much easier way for me to garden.
This was our first year of a very similar raised bed garden, and we are SO pleased with the results. We had all of the benefits you mentioned, but I want to mention one more thing that we found very interesting. We didn't get around to fencing in our garden and there is a decent deer population that runs through our property regularly. Our neighbor lost nearly ALL of his pumpkins and squash due to deer (he planted in the ground) but we didn't lose a single thing to deer!!! Our theory is that the deer don't like the feeling of stepping onto the black fabric, and so they avoided our garden altogether! We'll be putting a fence around the garden in the spring, though, because we don't want to press our luck.
Sarah and Kevin i have been watching you for the last 5 years I have learned so much from the two of you when I watched your video on raised beds I said to myself I can't afford them at this moment so I looked around my yard and built beds out of vinyl siding and planted my veggies and they did amazing. I love the videos you do of your success but also your failure I believe this is how God wants us to learn, thank you so much for yiur hard work and learning curves take care and God bless from ontario canada ❤❤❤❤❤
You’ve gotten colder than me in Minnesota! I love my raised beds.
Good morning and God bless you. I don't comment often but I watch always. I am 70 years young, live in town, and I am trying to duplicate what you do on my little acre and 1/2 on my little homestead, on a small scale of course. I have decided on the same raised beds as you and I am trying to justify just how big a greenhouse I really need. Growing enough for us as well as supplimenting our social security with maybe selling a few plants would be great. I have never been a great gardener because I have lived my life in corporate America as well as so many others. But by the grace of God I am going to try one last time! I do scour your videos trying to gleam all the information I can. You mentioned 4 foot wide beds, what would they be more useful raising? I realize this is long and any information you can offer I appreciate. God bless you guys!
We found our perennials such as strawberries, aspargus, and garlic did not winter well in our raised beds as roots froze and thawed during winter. We are in zone 3-4. We ended up needing to stack straw bales around those raised beds to protect the roots. Other than that, we love our raised beds.
A friend recommended filling raised beds with small logs--with a good layer of compost on the top. The wood supposedly both takes up space, but makes it so you have to water less often. The wood also turns to compost over time.
Thank you for a great gardening season!