Or you could make it with concrete blocks, stacked without mortar, and it will last the rest of your life. If you decide you don’t want it, or want to move or enlarge it, you dissemble the blocks and use them elsewhere. And you don’t even need a drill!❤️🤗🐝
@@earthnailsandtails the space it takes up can be mitigated by planting herbs in the holes of the blocks, so the space isn’t wasted. And all you need do to make it look good is paint it. For instance….After you paint it sky blue, let your kids make an art project of it painting flowers. Then you’ll have adorable, wonky flowers that look like they are growing out of the ground.❤️🤗🐝
Your advice is inspiring me 8 months later. I'm starting my garden for the first time and I need to build a bed FAST! I'm def gonna do that and paint it at some point, that sounds like an amazing idea.@@deborahdanhauer8525
Literally people give away truck loads of cow or horse shit, etc.. And ain't no better flockin substrate for some tomaters an radishes, hell onions too.
FYI you should of did the opposite for the screws. Should of screwed through ends into the sides. Because your 10 foot pieces are going to have far greater outward pressure. The way you did it won't last as long because pressure is on the threads rather than the screw. But the shoulders will eliminate that.
@@siisjwj7647have fun literally poisoning your family. As both a farmer and wood worker pressure treated wood is absolutely horrible to ingest or inhale.
From my research, yes it does, but I specifically researched Menards "eco" pressure treating that uses a copper compound. I ended up feeling mostly comfortable with what the treatment was made of, only did a little mitigation. Treatment is "pushed" into the wood using pressure, so it's deep in there, but it is usually water soluble meaning every time you water you dissolve some out. Organic is a buzzword - copper sulfate is a certified organic pesticide. We decided to go with pressure treated wood for our raised garden beds, but lined the inside with a layer with thick plastic drop cloth to mitigate it leeching directly into our garden bed soil. It will leech into the soil around the bed, but as it's grass in our yard we didn't care. After 2 years, the grass is actually the thickest around the garden beds, probably due to the richness of the soil in the bed leaking into the ground as well.
@Scarlet @Scarlet ... organic is definitely not worse for the environment. You don't need pesticides, humans have farmed the same pieces of land continuously for thousands of years without them. The main reason you would need pesticides is monoculture which is lowering nutritional value of food and absolutely decimating the planet. If you companion plant, attract predators, and prioritize soil health, you should have a balanced ecosystem.
@Scarlet "look at the science," is probably the least helpful comment you can come up with when someone is basing an alternative opinion entirely on science.
My beds are running strong for 3 years now using recycled untreated wood. Hopefully they can last at least 5 years 😅. Have you heard about filling your beds using the hugelkultur method? I would recommend using logs or small branches at the bottom, leaves, unfinished compost, then fill the rest of it using soil/compost. I made a video earlier this year filling up my raised beds using compost from my local landfill ($7-8/dollars per yard). 12 beds for under $60. The quality of the compost is average but I finally had a chance to start my backyard garden in 2023. Goodby lawn😂.
Wouldn't it have been easier to clear the weeds first?
You obvious know nothing Ruth Stoiut gardening... look it up, then you may understand. He covers Ruth in another of his videos.
but also you know.. procrastination is a strong thing.. i'd much rather build a whole garden bed than weed the bed :)
The answer to you answer is yes it would be easier.
Depends, I'd clear some of these but not all.
Clear the tall ones, cover the rest in cardboard and compost as it'll kill the weeds
No, you put cardboard down under the raised bed, then add soil.
Thanks for posting! I'm gonna be creating a 6x4 or slightly larger and with the price of weed it's definitely more expensive but so easy to do a diy!
Nice! Enjoy the build
Great video man! Thanks for posting
Wow fast and good job 👍 😊
Or you could make it with concrete blocks, stacked without mortar, and it will last the rest of your life. If you decide you don’t want it, or want to move or enlarge it, you dissemble the blocks and use them elsewhere. And you don’t even need a drill!❤️🤗🐝
Did that for our first garden, worked well by took up more space and didn’t look as nice. Pros and cons to everything
@@earthnailsandtails the space it takes up can be mitigated by planting herbs in the holes of the blocks, so the space isn’t wasted. And all you need do to make it look good is paint it. For instance….After you paint it sky blue, let your kids make an art project of it painting flowers. Then you’ll have adorable, wonky flowers that look like they are growing out of the ground.❤️🤗🐝
Your advice is inspiring me 8 months later. I'm starting my garden for the first time and I need to build a bed FAST! I'm def gonna do that and paint it at some point, that sounds like an amazing idea.@@deborahdanhauer8525
Nice 👍
Ty!
Thanks very nice
Recommend light electric roto
I’ve got a broad fork that I love to use
You need to char burn your pine to help make them last longer
Won’t that pine rot though it’s not finished? Or did I miss it?
Yes it will, takes about 4 years
yes it will, wrong material. cedar is better choice. More expensive but you won't have to replace your garden beds every couple years lol.
Now add in the cost of the compost and soil to fill it...
Quit whinnying
Literally people give away truck loads of cow or horse shit, etc.. And ain't no better flockin substrate for some tomaters an radishes, hell onions too.
Add about $200
Came here a year later to call you a big dum dum
@@fraesshair why because I commented that filling a raise bed like this might cost a little bit more than $40? Lol. Ok sir or madam. Go off! 💀
🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥
FYI you should of did the opposite for the screws. Should of screwed through ends into the sides. Because your 10 foot pieces are going to have far greater outward pressure. The way you did it won't last as long because pressure is on the threads rather than the screw. But the shoulders will eliminate that.
Should HAVE not OF. Empty vessels really do make the most noise. 🤦♀️
@@Spacetwerp English much?
I mean it's literally just a rectangle of wood is it that hard?
I think its worth it to go pressure treated with these
People are still cautions with pressure treated but if you wanted to you totally could
@@earthnailsandtails Yeah I think its worth it as they last longer exposed to the elements.
@@siisjwj7647have fun literally poisoning your family. As both a farmer and wood worker pressure treated wood is absolutely horrible to ingest or inhale.
Treated wood contains arsenic
@@musictech85depends on the treatment plenty don’t
Cedar is a better wood for a raised garden bed
also much more expensive!
✊️🤟✌️🖖👍☮️🌲🌻Respect !
LOL ❤
Be careful with the pine the termites love it so you might be introducing a whole new pests that you definitely don't want around your property
Would you use cedar?
@@glockwidstik of course cedar is the better choice, also more expensive
@@vivimuoak is best
I used cedar fence boards
@@tamar5261super expensive lol.
Untreated?
Indeed 👍🏼
One question..does wood treatment seep causing organic soil to no longer be organic .untreated rots pretty fast
From my research, yes it does, but I specifically researched Menards "eco" pressure treating that uses a copper compound. I ended up feeling mostly comfortable with what the treatment was made of, only did a little mitigation. Treatment is "pushed" into the wood using pressure, so it's deep in there, but it is usually water soluble meaning every time you water you dissolve some out.
Organic is a buzzword - copper sulfate is a certified organic pesticide.
We decided to go with pressure treated wood for our raised garden beds, but lined the inside with a layer with thick plastic drop cloth to mitigate it leeching directly into our garden bed soil. It will leech into the soil around the bed, but as it's grass in our yard we didn't care. After 2 years, the grass is actually the thickest around the garden beds, probably due to the richness of the soil in the bed leaking into the ground as well.
@@ScarletDeath1312how?
@Scarlet @Scarlet ... organic is definitely not worse for the environment. You don't need pesticides, humans have farmed the same pieces of land continuously for thousands of years without them. The main reason you would need pesticides is monoculture which is lowering nutritional value of food and absolutely decimating the planet.
If you companion plant, attract predators, and prioritize soil health, you should have a balanced ecosystem.
@Scarlet "look at the science," is probably the least helpful comment you can come up with when someone is basing an alternative opinion entirely on science.
@Scarlet you're a wally
Spruce pine will rot in 2 years
I would not use pressure treated wood for vegetable.
Sounds good 👍🏼
40 bucks per board you mean?
Maybe now 😅
I was exiTed to see how you were going to fill that with soil for $40. Boo
3 to 7 lol
😂 “For about $40 bucks” pulls out a dewalt screw gun that cost at least 140 haha😂😂
You bought a house before a drill? Goofy 🤡
Screw driver*
That will prolly make it 2yrs before it starts to rot.
Yeah they typically last about 4 years
That pine will be gone in 1 year lmao
Just replaced my original beds that lasted 4
In California it would last much longer. It doesn't rain 8 months of the year.
@earthnailsandtails in Pennsylvania it wouldnt make it through a winter. Maybe its different were you live but here you need treated lumber
My beds are running strong for 3 years now using recycled untreated wood. Hopefully they can last at least 5 years 😅.
Have you heard about filling your beds using the hugelkultur method? I would recommend using logs or small branches at the bottom, leaves, unfinished compost, then fill the rest of it using soil/compost.
I made a video earlier this year filling up my raised beds using compost from my local landfill ($7-8/dollars per yard).
12 beds for under $60. The quality of the compost is average but I finally had a chance to start my backyard garden in 2023.
Goodby lawn😂.
$40 bucks for those woods, i'll pass, i'll rather buy the aready made aluminum garden bed for that much
What if someone doesn't have these tools 🥲
Get some! Having tools is so useful. You could also borrow or ask a friend/neighbor
Been there, done that. Dont waste your money.
Not everyone has the ability to get expensive metal raised beds so it’s a good option to get started