This video is a review of gardening in my raised bed over the past 4 years. In this video, I will briefly discuss how I built a 20’x3’x22″ raised bed over clay soil in my central Texas backyard. Most of the video is reviewing my harvests over the years and plans for the future.
I’ve really enjoyed this raised bed for my backyard gardening projects here in the suburbs of Austin Texas. We are located in Zone 8b/9a, so we get hard freezes around 20F and long hot summers over 100F where this garden bed is useful year round.
The materials I used for this project are as follows –
104 feet of 2×12 Pine Boards
16 feet of 4×4 Cedar posts
80 Wood Fasteners
3.7 cu.yd. of Raised Bed Soil
1 cu.yd. of Granite
Some of the things I’ve grown in this garden bed include tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, eggplant, cilantro, dill, basil, romaine lettuce, jalapeños, habaneros, radishes, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, red onions, green onions, cabbage, tulips, sunflowers, purslane, and assorted ornamentals for pollinators.
Here are some relevant video chapter timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:57 2021 – How I Built the Raised Bed
3:34 2022 Harvests – Cumbers, Tomatoes, Jalapeños, and Strawberries
5:58 2023 Harvests – Carrots, Lettuce, Cabbage, Blueberries, and More
8:19 2024 Harvests – Onions, Blackberries, and Rosemary
8:52 2025 Harvests – Determinate and Indeterminate Tomatoes
11:03 2026 Update – Four Years of Wear and Tear on the Raised Bed
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This video is a review of gardening in my raised bed over the past 4 years. In this video, I will briefly discuss how I built a 20’x3’x22″ raised bed over clay soil in my central Texas backyard. Most of the video is reviewing my harvests over the years and plans for the future.
I’ve really enjoyed this raised bed for my backyard gardening projects here in the suburbs of Austin Texas. We are located in Zone 8b/9a, so we get hard freezes around 20F and long hot summers over 100F where this garden bed is useful year round.
The materials I used for this project are as follows –
104 feet of 2×12 Pine Boards
16 feet of 4×4 Cedar posts
80 Wood Fasteners
3.7 cu.yd. of Raised Bed Soil
1 cu.yd. of Granite
Some of the things I’ve grown in this garden bed include tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, eggplant, cilantro, dill, basil, romaine lettuce, jalapeños, habaneros, radishes, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, red onions, green onions, cabbage, tulips, sunflowers, purslane, and assorted ornamentals for pollinators.
Here are some relevant video chapter timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:57 2021 – How I Built the Raised Bed
3:34 2022 Harvests – Cumbers, Tomatoes, Jalapeños, and Strawberries
5:58 2023 Harvests – Carrots, Lettuce, Cabbage, Blueberries, and More
8:19 2024 Harvests – Onions, Blackberries, and Rosemary
8:52 2025 Harvests – Determinate and Indeterminate Tomatoes
11:03 2026 Update – Four Years of Wear and Tear on the Raised Bed
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