8 Of My BEST Raised Bed Gardening Tips
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Buy the raised beds I have in my yard here: shop.epicgardening.com/ Raised bed gardening is my favorite method of growing plants. There are SO many benefits, especially in small spaces: aesthetics, control, planning, variety...the list goes on. Here are some of my raised bed gardening tips - some old, some new - so sit back, brew a cup of coffee and enjoy the video!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Filling Raised Beds
2:54 - Irrigating Raised Beds
5:46 - How Tall Should a Bed Be
8:25 - How to Know When to Plant
12:05 - Succession Sowing
16:05 - Cut and Come Again Harvesting
19:22 - Interplanting
23:31 - Replanting a Raised Bed
26:25 - Outro
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I live in central Texas... we have 3 seasons; Spring, Summer and Summerer
Jay Simmons SO TRUE !!!!
I love this comment! Although i live in Oklahoma but im from south padre lol
I live in northern Utah. We have 4 seasons: winter, almost winter, windy, and road construction
I live in south Texas near the coast kind of and it’s.... Summer, Summerer, Oh hey a hurricane, and a warm winter
I live in Florida and we have summer, wet summer, and colder summer
You should commit a WHOLE video on succession planting with various plants and what to expect. This was the best part of the vid.
you should make a video about complimentary plants like corn, tomatoes, and beans. its very economical. you can plant 3 different crops all within the same space. the corn will give the beans something to grab onto and the roots of the tomatoes and corn will actually trade and share nutrients, allowing for the beans to syphon nutrients from that as well as the soil. plants that are beneficial for eahother are so cool.
Holy cow, that's so awesome 🥰 Thanks for sharing, I'll definitely look for more resources and info on this 😁
This is called the three sisters method, and if the beans have access to the right bacteria then they can make nitrogen available for theo there two, too! :)
Thank you for talking about a disabled gardener. Raised beds are also great as you get older and your knees aren’t happy.
I don’t know how you divided up the time bar and labeled the sections, but it’s really nice!
New feature ;)
I always like it when people do this with their videos.
"I plant a lettuce, 60 days later i have a lettuce" get out of my brain man lol. You make killer content my man, I've learned more from you then I have from college courses ! I finally have a prospering garden lol.(edit for my poor grammer haha)
Succession planting!! I just spent 4 hours last weekend planning my beds to make sure that we have a consistent crop all year long! I didn’t know this was a thing until I started planning what I was going to plant, saying to myself “I definitely don’t need that many radishes all at once...” thank you for answering my one question about replanting a square once I’ve harvested it!! I’m very excited...
I'm realizing its important now after ending up with that many radishes all at once 🤣. In our defense, we managed to eat quite a bit of it and gave away some more, but some still did go to waste (into our sorta compost pile)
You bet!
In the bottom part, is it OK to insert pine tree logs and branches? Would this affect acidity of the soil long term?
@@julienorban7781 I see you sent that question a year ago with no response. The answer is no. The acidity will be lost in the decomposition. Nothing to worry about.
About tip 7: Plant crops together, that need about the same water intake. If not one looses out, if it can't take too much/ too little water.
I did this with tomatoes and lettuce. While I want to water the tomatoes only a little bit every few days, the lettuce needs water more often, like daily or every two days.
Yeah great call there
I really want to thank you for having this channel. New gardener here and these video's are really, really helpful! If nobody else today tells you, you are APPRECIATED! Also, you seem like a really nice person. Please have a wonderful day!
I found using really large wood chips to fill the bottom of my large raised bed really helped and then I had mulch that was used from almond trees and then I put a high grade soil on top my strawberries and carrots are beautiful
I did a similar approach to my21 raised beds. The only two complains I have is that the water blows through the bed and that I have to keep adding soil at least 3 times a year even though I chose tough degrading wood: juniper.
So many gems 💎 in this video. This is the jump start guide for gardeners.
Those Aussie Birdie raised beds are great! I've had some of mine for 6 or 7 years and had to remove the soil from one due to tree root invasion and I found the inside of the bed in as close to pristine condition as I could possibly hope. Based on that I'd give it another ten years of life span without a problem.
I like that you don’t ramble. Informative and easy to watch. Thank you!
I just preordered 2 birdies raised beds from you a few nights ago and I’m suuuuuuper excited! I’m replacing my warped wood beds and expanding the garden! You and Mark are so inspiring.
Thank you so much for the order! I'm excited to getthem in your garden :)
Hello! These look great, do you ship outside the U.S.?
Colombia to be more specific?
I am a teacher and the topics that you cover are amazing. I can't wait to get back in the classroom and utilize what I've learned from you!
On succession planting - even if you aren’t especially organized you can do a couple of things: on the day I plant out my starts I always plant the same seeds - first succession done! Also when I was a grower we planted every Friday - I’m retired now but I’m still in the habit of putting in a few seeds every Friday. It means I don’t have to do a lot of planning but it still gets the job done. Except for zucchini and tomatoes 😮
This is some really good info. I'm right at the beginning of my gardening life, so I can appreciate not only the Square Foot Gardening book, but these very helpful videos. Thanks brother!
I like hugelmounds in my raised beds because the materials eventually compost then my beds are full of natural microbes. All I do is add soil on top of the bed when it settles. I also shred my monthy bills then use the paper shreds in my beds and chicken coop and beds. The chickens seem to enjoy scratching through the shreds too.
Yeah I shred my bills too! After paying them ;)
I burn the shredded bills, then add to compost. You never know what's in the ink dye. Apparently, the only newspaper with non toxic ink in the UK is The Guardian.
I've got soaker hoses, they're cheap and works fine. I can really recommend a water computer, I've got a Gardena select which waters automatically when I'm away.
What are your thoughts on companion planting? Does it really work? (ie Marigolds and other flowers/plants with the vegetables)
This was the best video ever! I’m a new grower and need all of this. I will save and watch several times I’m certain. Thanks!
I have a dog named radish... Poor girl is so confused who keeps talking to her
😂🤣😂❤❤❤
That is such a cute name!
With a name like radish she must be cute AND a bit sassy! Love her name!!!
I loved raised beds especially for replanting.
So much helpful information I could have watched even longer! Thanks for everything you’ve been an amazing teacher 😁
I am 60 and love to learn new things. You have given me so much to digest. Thank you for your time and all of the work you do.
I love how organized this is. So cool and I really needed this info 🙃
Awesome video!! Extremely informative and inspiring. I am starting my first ever gardening project right now and your videos have been beyond helpful! Thanks for all the great work!!!
this method of dividing video clips by subject is genius! less boring... and i love it! i am one who needs to review clips more than once to really make sure i did not miss anything :) i love those bibb lettuces and i really want to try growing those! can you tell me where i can get those exact kind? pretty please ..... God bless... stay safe and be well... keep those gardening tips coming!!
Really helpful video and amazing techniques. I can’t wait to use them in the upcoming season. Excellent work as always!!!
Fantastic content. I started my first raised beds a month ago. I built them and filled them with soil based on your videos. Thank you for all the help 🙏
Wow this is a fantastic video! Can’t believe we get this content for free. Keep up the good work!
Great video! I have been gardening for almost 5 years now but continually learning. I always wondered how long I could cut and come again on most lettuces and never realized it was around 5 times. :)
I'm liking the timestamps
"We all have seasons, right?"
Me, from the tropics: "..."
LOL
Same. Tampa here.
same but plants love it here. mine are prospering! wanton mee is delicious btw
LIKEWISE! lol.. down here in Panamá, trying to get my garden going on! LOTS of rain, then lots of SUN! and lots... LOTS of BUGS!
Rainy season? dry season?
I’ve had short beds, about a timber high, and double one high, I preferred the taller one, and that’s why we’ve ordered a bunch of taller beds this time around. As someone who has on and off lower back pain, I wanted to ensure I got the beds that will grow with us. The smaller ones are better for the kids, but as long as they have a step, then they can still help.
Excellent! You're such a great teacher! Thank you for compiling the responses to all of these questions. Love the no dog method explanation about leaving in the roots
You have been such a ray light for my go to videos for anything that I have tried to grow for the past 2 years.
All of your videos are WONDERFUL! I found you at the beginning of our covid lockdown in 2020.
I live in San Diego and I have a restricted garden format because I rent my cabana, so growing what I eat has to be done in either garden pots or a raised bed.
Thank you so much for all of your incredible education!
Wow, Kevin! One of the best videos you've done, can't thank you enough!!!!!!!
Glad you liked it!
Hello, Kevin! I just want to say thank you for your content! I love your channel! You explain things every well and I'm learning so much from you!
I like the way you explained succession planting. It can be very overwhelming but what you said makes sense.
I've been gardening since 1966, and I can still learn new things. I'm trying to switch to raised beds and RGGS because of my body not liking things like bending and weeding. Thank you for your videos.
Perfect timing I just got my beds delivered to me this week. Thanks for putting all this information together it helps tons
Glad it was helpful! Enjoy the beds!
Love the tips! Thank you.
I am really enjoying binge watching your videos! I've learned so much. I really appreciate the production quality and your pleasant voice and diction. Thank you for all the hard work and high quality production and information. Thanks for helping me grow my 🟩👍🏼. 🙂
Thank you for this video. I like your approach to grow wherever you can, because we don't always have the choices we want, but we still have choices. These tips have super payback potential. I do get lazy, or absent minded about mulching and it really takes a toll mid season. I also like the tip is planning based on sunlight path.
I love how you explained succession planting. So clear and makes perfect sense. Thanks! 👍❤️
Thank you. Always find the information beneficial.
Hi Kevin,, thank you so much for making the Birdies raised garden beds available.
We ordered ours from you last April and just received them June 22nd.
We are very pleased!
Thank you again !
Have a great day.
Mrs Polly Long
Hey, thank YOU for the support. It means the world...I hope you love the beds.
@@epicgardening ruclips.net/video/OTVL9iJ7ozI/видео.html >>>> Green House Update
Thank you again for offering us these beds,, im sure they are going to be GREAT can't wait!
the Longs
I have some shallow beds set on native soil. Growth is excellent in them, but the challenge this year has been the puppy getting into them and digging up the soil. Had to add barriers after sowing until plants were big enough that he wouldn't be tempted by bare soil.
I love your channel, you and mark have really taught me everything I know about gardening. Keep up the good work!
You are a great teacher! I don’t want to give up.
I love your videos! I wasn't into gardening I've started this year did some mistakes but learn a lot from you! Your videos are as zen as gardening. You're doing a great job with the editing and I love that new feature from youtube that cuts the lenght bar time into parts. Keep it up you're EPIC! :D
Thank you so much!
Your videos are so helpful. Very educational and love the way you break things down to explain! New to vegetable gardening and I've learned so much so far from your videos! Thank you! 🌿🌺
Thanks a million for these videos. Just yesterday, I harvested my very first salad from my brand new garden.
Just planted my first raised garden. Wish I saw this before I did, lol. I finally understand succession planting. That was very helpful. I will use it in the future. I also now understand cut & come again, that will be helpful with all the greens I have planted. I can't wait until I can use this method. Thanks again for all the tips & tricks.
WOW!!! This is SO informative!!! I just bought a property & have been thinking about doing some gardening but am a bit overwhelmed as it's a large property, Best way to go is start with some raised beds until I get the hang of this new zone & how much I can honestly really handle on my own. Thank you so much for all your information. I WILL stay tuned!
Great tips. Bless your epic Mama ❤️ she must be so proud.
You have now saved me so much on dirt I'm never going to buy so much again genius idea I'm so sad I haven't thought of anything like this yet! Thank you sir. I feel so stupid, the feet upon feet upon too much dirt I have spent money on. My little pots I have started using rocks and water for to save on dirt and now I have a way to save on my bins buckets and trash cans full of plants! Ur the best!
Great video, I’m currently preparing for my birdies raised bed that I pre ordered through your site. Can’t wait! Thanks for all the tips and tricks. I’m gonna go and order that seeding square now, that thing is pretty neat.
So glad you got one! Thank you for the order
Would you consider doing an "over wintering" video? I'm a new gardener in zone 6A and I'm feeling really attached to all of my vegetable plants, herbs, and even bulbs that are not for my zone. Any tips on what does really well inside over the winter (and if they need grow lights) vs. what doesn't do well inside over the winter that I need to let go of? Thanks, I love your channel!!! :)
Totally will as we get closer!
Epic Gardening 😃 thank you so much!
More interplanting please ❤️
Awesome garden indoors. When you and belthan cottage plant I do.
Absolutely love your videos and appreciate all of your knowledge that you share! Thanks Kevin!
You make the BEST videos! I’m definitely keeping this one, so much goodies in it! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽😊😊😊👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Do the raised beds EVER go on sale? My 86 year old dad and I have been doing raised bed, square foot gardening for many years, but our wooden 4x4 beds (all 6 of them) are about shot and need to be replaced. Both of us are retired and on fixed incomes, so buying about 4 of your amazing beds is cost prohibitive. I'm trying to do something; we both love gardening and Dad says it's his therapy...especially since losing Mom in March, 2022...his bride of over 64 years.
Thank you for such a wealth of knowledge! I grew up watching Mel, bought his book and use his methods. You have carried it to the next level, teaching millions how to grow through both your successes and mistakes! May God continue to bless you!
Fantastic video Kevin! I live near by in San Marcos and deal a lot with heat and sun during June/July. I just got some sun shade and I'm hoping it'll help. Keep up the great work man.
I just found you and you are fantastic and as a new Gardener I pretty much have done things right you have validated that for me thank you
I’ve watched a ton of your videos. My favorite gardener! This is the best video by far
You're awesome and I love your videos. I've learned so much from you. Hope I can improve my gardening skills and start growing better crops soon.
So nice of you
Great videos and presentation of info! I'm new to gardening and your channel is very informative without making things more complicated than they need to be! Thanks!!
Succession planting info was great!
Glad it was helpful!
thank you for the cut and come again method!
Best Vid Ever! Thank you for all the solid info.
Great information Kevin, thanks so much for great gardening tips. Just order my raised beds from you today, and can’t wait to get gardening 🧑🌾 I am a California Transplant to Minnesota, miss those long growing seasons, but thankfully I can grow micro greens during the winter months here in Minnesota. Thanks again ~
Kevin, I love your work and have learned so much from you. My enthusiasm for gardening has increased by orders of magnitude through the wealth of information you have given me. Thank you. I'm planning on buying Birdies for next year and wanted to know what all I should add into the raised bed organic soil that I'll use. Do you recommend buying earth worms to add in? What else?
Say what?! A SEEDING SQUARE 😵🤩😍 My Holiday list is going to be Epic Gardening themed for sure 😆 If you sold it as an affiliate, I would surely buy via your link to support (just an idea 😇). Thanks Kevin for yet another gardening ”aha”! 👌🏾😎
I like it, but I'm wary of the plastic these days...there must be a way to make one from wood!
Epic Gardening: Very true; I was hoping it was hardened silicone or repurposed plastic. Agree about wood as a better alternative; hopefully someone out there will create it (or already did!).
That seeding square is the silliest, most n00by gardening tool I've ever seen. It's actually adorable.
I’m loving my waist-high, 8” flower bed. So spine problems don’t stop me from growing. I also have ground-level, 10” raised gardens for veggies.
As a first year gardner THANK YOU
Holy smokes. This video is HEAVY with insane content! Great job, Kevin. And thank you!
this video was epic! thanks so much for sharing your knowledge
1st year with an actual garden. I made the mistake of filling my beds with a dump truck load of "garden soil" from a local supply house which was supposed to be 1/2 compost and 1/2 topsoil. I did amend the soil with some peat and coco coir, added some slow release fertilizer and worm castings in the holes when I planted. I have had quite a few problems with what I believe are nutrient problems. The pH is too high- around 7. I have a tomato plant that grew massive, but the top leaves are always droopy and kind of curly-still no tomatoes or buds, my squash female flowers die before ever blooming, pepper plant with curling leaves-and now yellowing veins. Lettuce did fabulous. My question is-should I dig it up after the season and start over or is there a way to fix the issues? I have been fertilizing and trying to add compost.
Something is definitely up w/ your soil, get a soil testASAP to see if there are major issues
@@epicgardening Should I do a more detailed test or just nutrients and pH? Our county doesn't do them for free and the cost goes up the more things tested
Great tips today! Have you considered doing a video for people that live in zones 8 to 13 as to what we should consider planting for our fall garden? 😊
Great idea!
Thanks so much! Im just getting started and learned a lot.
I use small stock tanks on cinder blocks for ‘raised’ beds. I like your drip irrigation system.
I remember I was so excited because all my tomato seedlings sprouted and planted them all so I'm now left with tons of mother plants with huge amounts of tomatoes. Succession planting would be a good thing
I have that same sprinkler can... but you’re using the sprinkler side upside down. Give it a twist, there’s at click on both the pour and sprinkler side so that it’s more like a light shower good for delicate seedlings. 😃 And thx for ALL your awesome tips! New to your channel and just love it!, 😁🐓🐶🌱
Thanks for all the helpful tips😀
I'll be following these tips thanks 😊 👍
Love this channel and ur wisdom and gardening and i am starting out 1st time this year myself and i trust doing ur tips n tricks and experience will help me way way more and. I am gonna start my gardening channel soon and give my advise and experience and my journey along the way
Love this simple idea
Kevin, thank you so much for your videos, I'm totally in love and learning A LOT. I'm taking it so serious that I've created a "class schedule" to watch your videos at least 1 hour per day 3x per week.
I need some help planning my garden. It's a balcony in Los Angeles (zone 9) and, unfortunately facing EAST. I have good sunlight unit around 4pm now in the summer.
Anyway... Due to weight limitation, I ended up with a Keter "self watering" raised bed. But I'm not exactly sure how many plants I can have in it and WHAT to plant.
For now, I have Rosemary, basil and parsley (Home Depot, Bonnie crap) that I purchased BEFORE i discovered your channel and started learning. I want to optimize the small space i have as much as possible.
I also have a dwarf apple tree in a round pot and a carnivorous plant (Nepenthes) that I bought only to rescue it from Home Depot and it's now doing much better as I'm watering it properly.
Is it possible to hire you for a "in loco" consulting to make my tiny garden gorgeous as yours? It could also be online... I added you on Facebook.
Excellent information Thank you.
I have wooden raised beds (about 4 feet high due to rabbits on Pictou Island ,Nova Scotia.
Wood is rotting in places. Shore up or find new containers. All things have to be ferry transported so anything lighter helps, ie liquid fertilizers, soils, etc.
I was chuckling over the discussion of zones and frost dates. I live in central OR at 4200 feet vertical. We are zone 3-4. We can freeze any night of the year. And lots of people garden. It's a matter of understanding what, when and how.
10...all are beautiful! They make me smile 😊
Thank u for
the explaining u do for us…🤗🤗
Those are some really beautiful lettuces you have there. Your video is enlightening, thank you.
Great advice. Thank you
Omg look at the Loquats on that tree when he talks about interplanting!
I was looking at those as well, but thinking are they mangoes 😁.
Your discussion of interplanting really calls to mind the Three Sisters method that Indigenous people have used in the Americas for millenia. Corn grows tall and stiff, plant it with climbing Beans and let them climb up the corn as a trellis (and fix nitrogen), and plant it with Squash to grow low and cover and protect the soil. Those crops were bred for centuries to work well together, and have complimentary nutrients. Some tribes also interplanted with bee-attracting flowers to help with pollination.
If you want to be real traditional, you might bury a fish first, and then plant in the soil above, to have a slow-release fertilizer throughout the year (Self Sufficient Me did a video about experimenting with burying a fish head, and found that the decomposition may have caused the plants to grow a little slower than his controls, but also greener, and they stayed productive much longer into the season). I believe the Indigenous method is to bury a fish in a hole, and then allow several inches of soil on top, rather than planting directly on top of a decomposing mass.
In any case, good advice for anyone, if you're growing Indigenous crops, learn from how Indigenous people grow them (every plant comes from somewhere, so pay attention to how the people there grow it).
when you brought up succession planting i almost clicked off, i dont like crop rotation, but this will save me SO MUCH HARVEST and will really help me go self sustainable. amazing video, thank you