Our AMAZING Garden Transformation with DIY Raised Beds!
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Hello 👋 fraimly. Happy Monday. I put cardboard down first then I put a bunch of old dead logs or limbs. Then I add my soil. It will fill in around the logs or limbs plus they will absorb and hold water,so I don't have to water as much. Much love to y'all 👍👊💜🇺🇲🙏
I did the same with old logs, and branches. Doing this makes a difference on buying a a bunch of compost/soil.
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Mike a quick tip to save compost next time put some logs or tree branches on top of the cardboard first then add compost, then its a hugelkultur raised bed:)
Mike, i couldn't help but notice that the compost was steaming when you got it and then putting it in your bed. I hope your plants will be ok. Love watching your videos.
I noticed that, too. I hope the plants are okay. Looking forward to an update!
I was going to say the same thing...i am in the transition stage myself...jabe 4 metal raised beds....so.much better...more to get for fall..comepletely changing out
I like this idea when you get older it is harder to bend down and do gardening it's easier to do it standing up That's really cool thanks for sharing❤❤❤
If I was only 20 years younger. Love this raised bed looks great.
I follow another homesteader they got a dump truck load last fall, filled their raised gardens then let them set over the winter, found out after they planted this year that it take time for it to break down more to provide nutrients and almost lost their crop this spring because there was not enough nutrients in it. they amended it a lot, saved their crop and should be good for next year with very little amendments.
Hello everyone. I love what you did to the raised bed. Can't wait to see the rest of the project. So nice to see Sayla again. I miss seeing the kids.
Yes sir, the older you get it’s easier to garden using raised garden beds. Getting up off the ground isn’t as easy as it used to be. LOL!!!
A couple of years ago, I grabbed an old abandoned trough that had been used to feed our horses, the trough had rusted out at the bottom, brought it home, filled it with broken limbs from our pecan trees with cardboard at the bottom, filled it with dirt and it’s worked pretty good, I’ve used it for herbs and flowers. I’ve been looking for a new another one, and with your coupon, I got a good deal, and free shipping which is great. Your kids sure have grown. God Bless.
We went from a 4 bedroom house, 20x25’ garden to a2 bedroom 2 acre garden. +++ just a 30’ x 25’ garden but soo much better
Mike and Lacey...the raised beds look wonderful just be sure to realize as Living Traditions Homestead found out definitely need to add amendments to new compost as the plants can only use 25% of present nutrients for the first year and 25% more each year...their plants were turning yellow and that is what Sarah found out.
Well done guys!!! It looks great!
Hi... MIKE DICKSON AND LACEY, thanks you for showing your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍
Micah is so cute & funny...😮, AHHHHHH..I was so hoping you had put a tarp or even an old sheet in truck bed before loading...I was 🤔, What mess to clean out/ of the liner....The raised beds look great , can't wait to see how the plants do....
Greetings from Wisconsin. Wow Dickson family, nice job putting together the raised bed! It looked like it was incredibly hot out. The rosemary plants (?) were huge plant starters. It is going to look wonderful once the squash start to climb. Thank you for sharing a day in your life.
We are going to all raised beds next year! It’s so much better and seems more productive!❤
Great video good job on the raised bed. Since I am 58 those are looking like what I will be doing soon.
I enjoy your videos mostly because of your Godly family working together. That Micah is a character lol. You are doing a great job raising them much better for you to let him get his hands on the tools than just telling him how. Salah is growing up so fast into a beautiful young lady. But she is clearly your right hand man and always willing to help with a smile and respect for her father. We need that so much in our world today. Y'all are doing such a great job with them. God bless y'all and hope y'all continue to prosper.
Nice job. Only thing I can say is take advantage of hugelkulture and fill those beds w fallen wood etc to be able to fill w less.material. You're not lacking fallen wood there. also you won't be able to plant in that hot compost for quite a while I don't think. If that's rosemary it will need much more room. they going to cook in that hot compost? ❤your videos.
Like how you all work together.Jobs go easier and done faster. Great job to you all.Cant wait to see the fruits of all your labor. 😊😊
Hello guys, tks for video. Nice raised bed, really like them. Missing your other 2 sons in video. Waiting to see all the changes here. Keep up good work. Much love to all your family......
Mike my whole garden which is very large is raised beds I have been gardening now for 10 years & still love them. You will be surprised 😃😃 Cheers Denise- Australia
Great job Mike and kids! Looks great. Val C
I have 2 raised beds I put together this year for growing veggies in my garden, I have 2 more with cold frames that I’ve not built yet but had a new craft room built in the garden and that will be finished next week so I can rearrange some plants and then work out were the new raised beds will go,they are very good, the 2 I have built already have cold frames for them but the new ones are strong cold frame so am looking forward to putting them together. Enjoy I am with mine xxx
Hey thanks forbthis info on these raised beds that are much more eco-friendly. Didn't know about this product. God's blessings on you and your family.
Mica mentioned that the compose is hot; it might be still composting. If it is it might need to sit awhile. I found, as did the super nice people at "Living Traditions Homestead" that their compost filled beds lacked some nutrients. I put in some native soil which added not only earthworms and ground beetles but also micro-fungi which is needed for the roots of plants so they can absorb the nutrients I added. Hopefully this is helpful. Beautiful raised bed.
The growth of both garden plants and weeds, the new blackberry shoots all over the rest of my garden, weird super rapid growth on m y tomatoes and zukes, convinces me we are going to be in store for a wicked winter. The increase in insects reaffirms my suspicions in my mind. Then there are the animals, a hen turkey crossed my path with easily a dozen chicks already capable of short flight, a doe with three fawns , many raccoon babies and a plague of field mice. The infamous 'winter of discontent '
I would love it if Lacie, came out with a n E-book on Essential Oils, and Herbs formulations.
Well Done🙏🙏 Be blessed ya all. We fly soon, may the Lords wing be above his children in these last days .
I have 6 of the Birdies garden beds. So easy to weed , and looks great.
That looks GREAT!
It just may make things easier.
Mike love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals and the homestead
Hello I enjoy your family & You Tube Videos..thank you ❤🙏🏼
My whole garden this year are in cattle mineral tubs! I got 20 of them free from a friend who brings his cattle to our pasture every year!
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I don’t have much luck growing in straight compost. My plants do better when I mix the compost half and half with native soil. Also, if that compost touches any metal in your truck you want to make sure to sweep it all out and wash it off. It can eat through the metal. Looks like you have plastic lining in your truck so it is probably not a problem.
Raised beds are much easier to weed unless it gets overwhelmed with weeds and you need to use tools to rip them out.
Excited to watch as you make progress on your homestead
You can mix common soil with that compost. You will be blessed with the results.
I just looked at oval raised bed,,i think i can get one now for next year so happy😊
I’m using metal raised beds this year. I enjoyed your video. Thanks ❤💚
Love watching your videos so informative since i started watching😊
Love the new beds!
Will you utilize the space under your fruit trees planting strawberries?
It seems like a great containment and a perfect ground cover.
Easy pickin', too. No weeds to compete.
Yes I have put similar beds together and it's ALOT of nuts and bolts. lol
Where I live I have to use raised beds, and I luv mine
Glad to see y'all.
Selah is a very hard worker she is strong to and little Mika he’s going to be a great farmer to. He’s a strong little boy. Yeah, racing find children I thinking about getting a raise.to it would be so much easier on my back tyfs hugs 🥰 .
That looks great! I have found raised beds and pots are much better than attempting in ground gardening in Tucson. My native soil here is so alkaline that it fizzes when you put vinegar on it!
Your kitty was cute😊
The rosemary will get huge. It will shade out the basil.
Great video ❤. That raised bed looks great there. I don’t have any metal beds, but I do have some made from cypress first cut slabs I bought from a local sawmill. They worked great. It also helps with my back. No more bending over. I’m on the road to recovery from my shoulder surgery and hope to be back in my garden soon. Trying to figure out a new design for putting insect netting around my containers and for the raised beds. I’m always looking forward to your videos and learning more gardening tips. Have a blessed week ahead 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
Hey Debbie! I am so glad that you are doing well after your shoulder surgery! ~ Lacie
Worth setting down
Love Ya'll
I want to do raised beds next year😊
Nice garden bed😊
Hello, I hope that y'all are going well. Me and my family are thinking about doing raise beds. Is cool to see the raised bed and how it looks good where you put it. I enjoy watching your animals.
Have you or your wife talked about doing a medical garden?
Like growing, heard's to use as medicine or teas. I just wondering about it.
I hope that you and your family have a blessed and safe day.😊
Proverbs 8:11
[11]For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Great job, fam ❤
I'm slightly concerned about how the compost you purchased was still very hot. I hope it goes ok. I usually only use compost when it has fully broken down and has cooled down.
Good job!❤🎉😂😊
Looks great
Thanks Brother just got $50 dollars off my order
Great video 👍
When are you all getting the second yurt put up!
When we have the money to accomplish the project.
Nice, having raised beds. Good for your low back - none of us are getting younger. And one may fill a lot of odd twigs, wood etc in the bottom of the beds. 🤩
I really enjoy watching all of your videos. They are very informative and entertaining. I would like you to watch a few videos on The Dad Challenge Podcast if you already haven't. Your children are thriving and beautiful but in your intro....I know it is an innocent capture of your child wanting to eat the radish but the child predators take it too far. Just be careful.
The buried trellis section is a waste of trellis? In my raised beds, we put in the posts after it was filled, and have the wire at least a foot above soil level. Glad this is working for you, but just something to keep in mind for next time.
I love raised beds! I have two water troughs and five 4 ft long x 3 ft wide x 12 inches deep. I plan on getting more for next year. I don't have to fight hard clay soil where I live.
I have made 4 raised beds mostly from reclaimed materials as I am nearer 60 than 50 now.
That’s a beautiful raised bed!
snowshovel greatforthat n square shovel aswell
Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen
We got bunch of babies turkey out on a county road 20 of them the very cute
Great video Mike
You could have filled half of the garden bed with wood then dirt. It gives you more dirt for other beds. The wood deteriorates into good soil.
Mike when you going to put other one up
How are the bees doing
Very nice! It's going to look so pretty when it's all done! At 5:07 what is the name of that tool? My yard looks like your yard but I live in a cul de sac 😂 and I need a tool to cut out all the invasive elm trees that sprang up over the past year while I was sick. Thank you in advance!
Mike, where did you get your flame weeded from? I love it!
Mike would you elaborate more about not using block? I have 1 raised bed made from block. Thank you for the wonderful video.
You will read that some block leech chemicals out of them into the soil. I don't think it is a huge concern and I haven't seen a lot of research on it either. It is more like you "hear" that block leech things into the soil. We wanted to offer people a different option than block if they had that concern. We have been using block for the edges of our raised beds for years and haven't seen any harm.
@@MikeTheFitFarmer Thank you, to me it makes sense. Block like anything else erodes over time and would leach into the ground. I’m slowly moving away from traditional methods and moving towards the raised beds. Getting older, lol.
I need to make raised beds if I intend on growing more than a few herbs and flowers. I am disabled and this year I am more aware of my limits.
I really like the raised bed Mike set up. I did not know that cinder block isn't a good material for raised beds.
It was a disappointment initially. I am in Guatemala. Cinder blocks are affordable and abundant. But so is corrugated metal and plastic. I am grateful that Mike shared this just in time for me.
The added expense shipping, especially tarifs, prohibits me from just ordering myself a couple.
I am a big fan of several homesteaders sharing their experiences. Making and fixing things with what they have. I am confident that I will be able to reconfigure my original plans and create a sturdy and esthetically pleasing raised beds using more appropriate materials.
Is it ok to make a bottom layer of larges stones and logs so I don't need as much soil/compost? I have seen folks do that but I don't know the pros and cons.
Yes you can definitely use some stones and logs in the bottom. The stones will allow for drainage and the logs/branches will decompose over time adding to your soil. Your soil will probably settle and you will need to add more soil to the top but that wouldn't be hard.
If block is what you have and it is easy to acquire then I would use it. I still haven't seen definitive proof that block are bad to use and we have them all over our property. It isn't something I will lose any sleep over so do whatever is easiest for you.
Hopefully kis will want to Homestead as well n possible stay on your land n build their own home(s)
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I like that rake. Is it a special kind of rake? Does it have a name I can find it under?
Hi Mike, what color are those raised beds, we would like to order some but I'm wondering if those you have are the light beige or cream color?
What kind of rake are you using as I’ve never seen one with that type of an arch before? Also, where can I find it at?
If I stay where I am considering a raised garden instead of the buckets
What size is that raised bed so i can get an idea please😊
As hot as that compost is in, I'm confused as to why you would risk planting anything until the temp goes down. Is it not as hot as it looks?
Sayla needs her own room. I thought the new yert would be finished already. 😢
Nice …. It would really be better if you would add limbs in the bottom of your bed. Hulgel Culture or something like that lol. 😊❤
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What size is your raised bed?
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Hi guys from West Tx. You going to use the cardboard to put under the raised beds?❤❤❤❤❤
what is life span of those beds?? I'm very interested
They are galvanized so you should get many years our of them. Get 10% off with Land Guard garden bed products with this link bit.ly/LandGuardFitFarmer, or use coupon code FITFARMER10OFF
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Then raise beds. Are they reasonably priced? And do you have a promo code for a discount for them
They are a much better price than other brands like them. landguardgarden.com/
Right now they are having a really good sale.
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Yeah, but the bad thing about having to buy in bulk like that is it is probably full of broad leaf killer and you just screwed yourself over. Ask me how we know😢. Unfortunately, unless you can make enough of your own compost or can source from a trusted organic compost source, you have the choice of cheaper bulk or higher out of pocket for bags of organic.
Your link is broken. Is there a code? Or is it a link? And can you stack the % off as they are having a 50% sale.
No we don't have a code so go ahead and shop the sale. landguardgarden.com/
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can't stand rosemary I ripped all 15 plats our 9f my yard cant stand smell or taste n scorpions l9ve it n we live in desert with tosso out they came to guy I had earthen out said can I have them n said sure can
I love watching how you plant seeds and how delicious 😋 🍓🍑 fruits grow. But we don't see videos on your new white dog 🐕 and other animals you all have ....
another awesome video