Raised bed gardens are a great way to grow an incredible vegetable garden in any yard. Raised bed gardening optimizes soil for maximum harvests in small spaces. But, it’s important not to start blind. I made many mistakes when I started my raised bed garden, and I am sharing them with you so you can learn from them, and hopefully never make them yourself! In this video, I share 5 raised bed garden mistakes I’d never make again.
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How To Make Potting Soil: https://youtu.be/t3kx5PhCJU8?si=DsQO8z1Ye3weLFr4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction To Raised Beds
1:15 Raised Bed Gardening Mistake #1
4:08 Raised Bed Gardening Mistake #2
5:44 Raised Bed Gardening Mistake #3
7:22 Raised Bed Gardening Mistake #4
10:23 Raised Bed Gardening Mistake #5
14:53 Adventures With Dale
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30 Comments
“Everything we do is a compromise in life.”
That’s makes me think of the dieting idea that you can’t eat much fruit… Show me a person that’s weight challenged due to fruit consumption and I’ll show you a non-truth!
Do you have a chart for when to sow and transplant tomatoes? I love the cucerbits one!
I swear watching these videos makes my Common Sense points go up
Thanks for all the info. I live in BSL and just got you're channel told to me. Been looking for someone with advice with same soil and weather…we do raised beds and was glad to see all the 5 mistakes were something I thought of already before started…gotta catch up with all your videos!
Never give up!
Great video! “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” wow! That hit home! Thanks!
Do you recommend putting any weed fabric in the bottom of the bed before filling it? I’ve read many mixed reviews about that online. I also live in coastal NC.
I am curious, from your sandy yard. How did you get grass back there? Sod?? Thank you
This was cracking me up 😂
Loved the discussion on the treated lumber. Great tips!
If you burn the side touching soil the untreated works just fine if there is any reservation about using treated. Our forebearers knew this when they built posts that went into the ground up to 4 feet deep to hold up hides or as corner posts for more permanent dwellings.
Excellent!!!
Excellent video has always. Thanks for what you do.
So basically if I go the route of a brick garden where I'm using 8x8x16 brick, I should probably go 2 bricks high all the way around??
Thank you for sharing your gardening knowledge. I’m planing on converting a couple of my garden patches to raised beds, so your information will definitely be helpful to me.
Good common-sense stuff! I am going to be rebuilding a number of raised beds that I made out of untreated wood some years ago. They lasted quite a long time, but I'm not as young as I used to be so I will be using pressure-treated wood this time. So, hopefully, this will the last time I have to replace them. Thank you!
As an 80year old def need the sit down addition!
Great information, as always. I laughed out loud at the ending with Dale.
Thanks for the tips, we will be adding a flat board to the top of our beds for a seat
Elizabethtown area here. If you have 2 minutes I would like your opinion of the 5 or 6 year old Brown Turkey fig tree at the end of my first short I made today. Thanks! https://youtube.com/shorts/UFeZJj8YzsU?feature=share
spacing the garden beds rather closely, I feel that.
Great info on different types of treated woods. I love Mr. Dale’s talking mouth and he loves his mom.
Do you really have to perform the hand/arm acrobatics as you talk?
So you don't think using totes is a good idea for raised beds?
You are correct about the price I use to only buy Juniper because I have the largest Juniper Sawmill in N.C. near me.I got the left over picks of 6- 12' 2"x6" for 345.00 .That was the last time I went there.
when are you moving to fl?
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Old ,unpainted fence boards work well.especially if they have been charred,like the Japanese do for preserving. One can often get them free,when someone replaces their fence.
I used painted pressure treated lumber for a few raised beds some years ago,and even with the paint on it,it rotted(not all of it,but lots that were in the ground some inches did. I painted to avoid chemical leaching of acq.,or whatever the copper based pressure treating was. (Did never use for veggies,still). I would really not recommend pt for beds-stone,concrete, brick,or line beds with old ceramic/clay tile will last MUCH longer,in my experience.
Even lining with food grade plastic barrels may be a better option,just using the plastic below ground,so no ultraviolet degradation.
Half barrels,food grade plastic work ok,just cover outside with regular old used (not pt) wood,so it looks like a wood barrel.the outside wood will decompose after a while,just replace every 5-10 years……or use old tile that one can get free from remodels/leftovers.
Cardboard or tile inside wire fencing is another option. it can get a bit messy,and the cardboard only really works for annuals,as it rots in a while. one replaces the cardboard yearly. The wire fencing ,if placed partially under the ground, only lasts so many years,too….but works at keeping gophers out.
I put the barrels raised an inch or two above the ground,as if right on the ground the gophers/moles/voles/mice like to use that to shelter from rain,and then like to get to roots and set up a nice home for themselves….not usually great for the plants. Works well for a wicking system,or regular with good smallish drainage holes,or l