Now is a great time to set up and fill your first garden bed or expand your garden. I show you how to fill raised beds using the 1/3 method and cover ways to do it inexpensively. You can set them up now, let them sleep through winter, and get ready for a great spring planting season.
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Metal Raised Beds
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I love the metal raised bed ❤
I’m building 2 new 2”x12”
4’x4’ bed to go along with my 11’x3’ raised bedthe rest I use containers per your advice – love your videos – keep up the good work. Steve zone 6bIn the bottom 1/3 you filled with logs, grass, & sticks — you put several handfuls of "Organic fertilizer" my question is won't chemical fertilizer do the same thing? — I have some year old 10-10-10 I would like to use up and not waste. OR does the salt in chemical fertilizer hinder the break-down process?
Perfect timing want new bed and to renew the soils in present beds
Does anything stop crab grass those sharp needles roots seem to go thru everything
Should I plant my plants in rows north to south, or east to west? I live in West Virginia in zone 6b. Thanks Gary, I look forward to all your videos as you post them. Great information
Perfect timing, I just purchased two raised beds and needed this tutorial! This is going to be my project tomorrow. I’ve also heard putting chicken wire or similar underneath the cardboard to keep moles and holes out?
Just began redoing our 4 raised bed garden. Used corrugated roof panels, 2 x 2 wooden framing so we don't have to bend over as much. Been doing the 3rd method of filling them up. Lots of yard cleanup, dead tree limbs and grass clippings. Once I get the last box built, I will order some decent garden soil to fill the last 1/3 and top with a few inches of home made compost. Been enjoying your videos. Nice to see a fellow Marylander gardening.
Do you do any worm compost? I get about a ton per year from my bins.
Doing just that today, the timing couldn't be more perfect!
Great video… question – do you keep your fabric pots filled with soil in the winter?