Jamie and I want to start growing some of our own food, so what better way than to throw together some raised garden beds? This project is super easy and you can make two 4×8 raised garden beds for around $50.
If you have any gardening tips, please leave a comment because we are trying to learn as much as we can about growing our own vegetables. As always, thank ya’ll for the support!
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Deer hate bars of soap. You can hang them by a tree branch, nail them to the edge of the box, slice them and spread them around, etc. Just normal soap. There are also several plants/shrubs that they stay away from.
Just an FYI in the future you can paint the whole thing with boiled linseed oil and let it dry for 24 hours it should effectively double the life of standard lumber breeze bed garden. All the best
Not sure if there are moles or gophers in NC. You might consider stapling 1/4 “ hardware cloth on the bottom to prevent predators from below.
I WOULD HAVE USED PRESSURE TREATED WOOD SO IT DOESN'T ROT AND FALL APART. Or stain and seal it.
Take some Irish Spring soap cut it up into pieces put in an old socks and hang it on steaks around the garden. It’ll keep all the little critters and deer away. You’ll have to replace it probably every 2 1/2 three months. But it’s really cheap
I live in the woods in NE PA and we have tons of deer. I’ve tried using the standard fence with white cloth/bags hanging on stakes to mimic a whitetail deer’s raised tail like they do to warn each other, but it never really worked efficiently as the weather would either destroy them or made them sag and not wave around.
What I then discovered is to create a double fence system, just the standard fence, but then a secondary fence spaced around 3 feet bigger all around with the stakes being staggered from the first and second fence. Deer have bad depth perception so when they approach the double fence they are wary about trying to jump between or over the fence as they don’t know if they will make it safely. I would also bury the fence in the ground to help prevent ground rodents from digging under it too. Just be wary of those bugs at night!
Bend 1/2" pvc into arches then lay the chicken wire over the top. fasten to one side. put screws in the other side but leave the head out 1/4". pull chicken wire over screws to secure.
I'm not sure if you guys have a lot of snails in your area but here in Texas those little suckers are everywhere. We run copper tape around the perimeter of our raised beds just at the top. So based on your design I think it would look pretty good just under your 2x4s at the top. We stay away from treated lumber completely (I saw someone mention that below but it's really not good for the plants) but we do use rough cedar. It's a bit more expensive but we get several years out of each bed without paint or seal. Great channel by the way, glad I found it.
Build a top cage for it with 2×2 and chicken wire 👍🏻
I noticed that your cuts are very clean. What kind of blade do you use and how many teeth? Thanks. Great video!
Thanks for the video. We are doing our first raised garden this year. Mine have 4"x4"x4' in each corner then I run 3- 2x4x8' along the 2 sides and fasten them with s hinge on top of the 4×4's. That way i can raise both sides from the bottom to work the garden. I used black plastic fencing on each side. Hopefully it will keep out all the critters. Mine cost a little more and I had to buy some fuller dirt also. I watched your newer garden planter boxes also. Now those look pretty sturdy. Thanks again for the video. Stay safe
May I recommend some cool people on you tube to watch? Roots and refuge. Great videos
There was a lady who suggest vinyl screening to lay right on top , it's lightweight too.
Great video