Nice to see an update. I did order two more birdies bed making it a total of 6 for me. I am currently growing corn, pumpkin, Okra , peppers and red kidney beans. I have Everglades tomatoes growing wild lol Thanks for the update and looking forward for more. Happy Gardening.
We just posted our update on building 4 birdies 8-1 beds as one large long bed, and leveling that 😀. Using stakes and string work best we have found. Good luck growing!!
@@michelleinthemeadow we have a tunnel with 2 tall 8-1s on each side in the long and skinny formation (roughly 16ft long with 4 cattle panels). Then this short new mega bed is amazing at 27ft long and 44" wide. You need to make sure you think about the supports when doing multiple beds like this though, it takes some trial and error.
@@michelleinthemeadow thanks! If you want tobsee it when it was all growing check out this video from last season. ua-cam.com/video/Hq8uygmTgwg/v-deo.html
You are so fortunate to have a wooded lot, and neighbors with same who share tree debris. I'm starting to realize that I can't afford to fill one of these beds, because I'd have to buy filler. And my back got excited at the prospect of a tractor to haul and dump soil! Omg I love cattle panel!!! So sorry you have to wear the sling for so long. This is a really good video! Very well done! Looking forward to watching your garden grow!
I am very fortunate to have a wooded lot. It was a big appeal for us moving to this location. I do keep an eye for resources that my neighbors leave on the curb, because it seems like there are always leaves and branches and things around. The tractor was a massive help I suspect that one tractor dump is the equivalent of 20 of my wagons and so that saved me about 80 trips or more with the wagon back and forth. I don't live in a neighborhood where I have to worry about an H O A, so the tractor grooves in my grass aren't troubling for me. In other neighborhoods that could be a problem. Thank you for watching the video and thanks for the good thoughts about my shoulder. Day-by-day I'll get stronger and get back to full me, meantime I'll keep on going as best I can.
Regarding your rust on the metal in the edging: Dissimilar metals that are touching can generate galvanic corrosion. If you want to mitigate the corrosion, you can spot wrap the wire with 3M tape.
I tell you what... that tractor is a great win. I'm on 1/4 acre property in a town full of lots the same size or smaller so I don't even have a neighbor who has one. Filling our massive Birdies 8-in-1 took over 2 cubic yards of fill. When the wheel barrow or garden cart can only move 6 cubic feet at a time... and these 40-year-old bones are doing the work. Ooof. Next time I'm renting a tractor, even if I have to drive an hour out to get it! :D Thanks again for sharing these videos. I hope to see your channel and content take off like an eagle - Best wishes! edit: Just read your About for your channel. Funny you are also on 1/4 acre lot.
You are welcome, yes I'm on a quarter acre and the soil was a hundred feet away from where I needed it. That would have taken me I am estimating 80 of my wagon loads to fill. Thanks for watching
Wondering if you can invert the corners to create and inside bend, if you were connecting several kits together to make a unshape, with the 32 inch tall beds?
Interesting idea. In theory I guess you could, the one challenge I see would be from an aesthetic standpoint, the inside walls are painted white so you would have a different color on the outside Flicker Hill Homestead has created an extended bed system and bought extra bracing to make an ultra long bed. ua-cam.com/video/JbodeojLRZ8/v-deo.html
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I sure looked like there was gonna be too much shade where you filled the beds. I sure appreciate your experience. This way I don't have to try and re-invent the wheel when I get my beds in. BTW I learned about leveling the ground before from some 15 gallon grow bags and tomatoes this year. Level helps a bunch.
Good to see your update about your Vego and Birdie's raised beds. I bought 2 Vego 10-in-one beds last fall. Where it took you only 2 hours, it took me 4 hours to put together one raised bed. I filled mine with a pecan tree I cut last year, dirt & bokashi from 3-40/45 gallon trash cans and 18 cubic feet of compost. I decided on a 8/7 feet by 4.5 feet configuration. This gives me the most growing area.
Thank you for watching and I think I really was so determined to get it done but I was able to go faster. That is a great way to fill it, I am hoping to do some calculations later to talk about what it cost to fill the beds.
i bought a water tank from tractor supply that looks like this but it has a metal bottom to hold water. i opened the drain and added about 5 inches of rock so its over the small drain. i put a peice of root barrier cloth on top the rocks then filled the rest with kow manure bags and the top foot was potting soil. the thing is doing great but i wish i knew at the time i could just toss a ton of old logs in there instead of buying a ton of bags to fill it up
Glad I could help, sorry it couldn't have been sooner though. yes it really does help fill the void and they will break down and become part of the soil through the years. Thanks for watching.
I've seen a number of videos where, like you, people filled a good portion of the bed with logs, branches, etc. Given that many vegetables have roots that go to 24 inches deep (some more), it seems that your beds really don't have much soil to work with. I like to have at least 20 inches of a mix of soil and aged compost to work with, and 24 inches would be better. Please update us on how well your plants grow in your beds.
That is a great point. I wish I had done just a wee bit more soil simply because the beds settled down. I will do an update video later, but so far most of the things that I planted have had a reasonable amount of production. Happy gardening my friend. Thanks for watching.
I have an old fashion tractor that I use to help fill my beds… my 22 yr old son who hauls bags of dirt for me ! Thx for the inspiration to use coco coir… I plan on giving that a try this year. Plus, have you ever tried to move a big soaked bag of peat moss ?
Have you u ever considered aeroponic tower growing? I wonder if it's more cost effective? What are your thoughts. I personally do in ground traditional gardening but I don't have much space. So the idea of growing vertical is appealing.
I am using greenstalk vertical planters. And I have a video coming out with that soon. I don't want a garden that requires me to have electricity for it to function. So I'm not a big fan of an aeroponic style Garden.
I wonder if putting a layer of chicken wire (at the bottom, under the cardboard) would help keep moles from digging up into the garden? (I'm about to install my vego gardens myself). Thanks for the great vids! Very helpful.
You are very welcome, thank you for watching. Yes I think that it would be helpful. On a wooden bed that we had we added the hard for a cloth underneath. I don't know how big moles are perhaps the whole in the wire gaps needs to be fairly small? Good luck with your new garden bed and happy gardening.
What kind of soil did you use and how many cubic feet did you use? Did you add any amendments? I have more beds coming and need to fill them all at the same time. I have the lower beds but will still do they same layering method on a smaller scale. I saw someone down the street who cut their tree and said I could have the limbs etc. Its been there for months so hopefully it will be there next weekend. (I am so happy to see your video!)
I use a garden soil mix that can work in raised beds, from a local company. Since I do lots of gardening and Mom does lots of gardening we had a truckload brought in to help with all the projects around my Suburban Garden. I would estimate that I used about a yard of soil in each of the beds. And I made a huge mistake and forgot to amend the bed. When I planted the seedlings I added a mycorrhizal powder at the time. I have since come back through with plant food. Things seem to be doing much better now. Thanks for watching.
We are in zone 9A in Northeast FL in what place were you looking at I think we have just some wood chips in the bag and where the tractors and driven through the dirt showing underneath. Thanks for watching
I noticed the dragon fruit behind you looks so healthy. Where in Florida are you guys? We're in south Florida and all our dragon fruit has gotten diseased in the last few years. 😩
Thanks for your Birdies and Vego bed videos. I'm preparing to order mine soon. We currently have 4 - 8x3x2 stock tanks that work great. Thinking of getting the Birdies this time.
We are in Northeast Florida, the dragon fruit stayed in the greenhouse all winter and seemed to really thrive in there. They are just a couple of years old here and we're abused the first year, so we are really happy to see that they are taking off now. We like watching the fellow on grafting dragon fruit Channel on UA-cam too.
Michelle in the meadow video pops up. drop everything and watch it.
Aw thank you so much. Things are popping in the meadow.
Nice
Thank you 😊
Always pays to be on good terms with the neighbor who has a tractor!
Great video - and thank you for sharing the "woulda done different" pitfalls.
Always always always. Thanks for watching.
Nice to see an update. I did order two more birdies bed making it a total of 6 for me.
I am currently growing corn, pumpkin, Okra , peppers and red kidney beans.
I have Everglades tomatoes growing wild lol
Thanks for the update and looking forward for more.
Happy Gardening.
Fantastic, you're welcome. Thanks for watching. I have Everglade Tomatoes this year hopefully they'll be wild for years to come.
Thanks for this information on the raised beds. I’m just starting to research my different options for the best raised garden beds.
You are very welcome, I hope you find it helpful. Thanks for watching and happy gardening.
Thank you for a nice clear explanation 👍
You're welcome thanks for watching.
We just posted our update on building 4 birdies 8-1 beds as one large long bed, and leveling that 😀. Using stakes and string work best we have found. Good luck growing!!
I can't wait to see that I was thinking about stringing a group of them together for a small Orchard bed. I'll check it out thanks for sharing
@@michelleinthemeadow we have a tunnel with 2 tall 8-1s on each side in the long and skinny formation (roughly 16ft long with 4 cattle panels). Then this short new mega bed is amazing at 27ft long and 44" wide. You need to make sure you think about the supports when doing multiple beds like this though, it takes some trial and error.
We're watching the video now, I'm so jealous. This is awesome.
@@michelleinthemeadow thanks! If you want tobsee it when it was all growing check out this video from last season. ua-cam.com/video/Hq8uygmTgwg/v-deo.html
You are so fortunate to have a wooded lot, and neighbors with same who share tree debris. I'm starting to realize that I can't afford to fill one of these beds, because I'd have to buy filler. And my back got excited at the prospect of a tractor to haul and dump soil! Omg I love cattle panel!!! So sorry you have to wear the sling for so long. This is a really good video! Very well done! Looking forward to watching your garden grow!
I am very fortunate to have a wooded lot. It was a big appeal for us moving to this location. I do keep an eye for resources that my neighbors leave on the curb, because it seems like there are always leaves and branches and things around. The tractor was a massive help I suspect that one tractor dump is the equivalent of 20 of my wagons and so that saved me about 80 trips or more with the wagon back and forth. I don't live in a neighborhood where I have to worry about an H O A, so the tractor grooves in my grass aren't troubling for me. In other neighborhoods that could be a problem. Thank you for watching the video and thanks for the good thoughts about my shoulder. Day-by-day I'll get stronger and get back to full me, meantime I'll keep on going as best I can.
I made a mistake too of not watering as I go when I filled my raised bed, it’s lesson learned and not to fret about it
Thanks, so many chances to learn when you're gardening. And lots of chances to do over. Thank you for watching.
Regarding your rust on the metal in the edging: Dissimilar metals that are touching can generate galvanic corrosion. If you want to mitigate the corrosion, you can spot wrap the wire with 3M tape.
Thanks for the tip. Happy Gardening! 😊
I tell you what... that tractor is a great win. I'm on 1/4 acre property in a town full of lots the same size or smaller so I don't even have a neighbor who has one. Filling our massive Birdies 8-in-1 took over 2 cubic yards of fill. When the wheel barrow or garden cart can only move 6 cubic feet at a time... and these 40-year-old bones are doing the work. Ooof. Next time I'm renting a tractor, even if I have to drive an hour out to get it! :D
Thanks again for sharing these videos. I hope to see your channel and content take off like an eagle - Best wishes!
edit: Just read your About for your channel. Funny you are also on 1/4 acre lot.
You are welcome, yes I'm on a quarter acre and the soil was a hundred feet away from where I needed it. That would have taken me I am estimating 80 of my wagon loads to fill. Thanks for watching
Wondering if you can invert the corners to create and inside bend, if you were connecting several kits together to make a unshape, with the 32 inch tall beds?
Interesting idea. In theory I guess you could, the one challenge I see would be from an aesthetic standpoint, the inside walls are painted white so you would have a different color on the outside Flicker Hill Homestead has created an extended bed system and bought extra bracing to make an ultra long bed. ua-cam.com/video/JbodeojLRZ8/v-deo.html
Interested in your own raised garden bed?
Birdies Raised Garden Bed michelleinthemeadow.com/epic Save 5% with code MEADOW on qualified products.
Vego Raised Garden Beds michelleinthemeadow.com/vego Save 5% with code MICHELLEINTHEMEADOW5%OFF through August 11, 2023
I am an affiliate, I will receive a small commission when you choose to make a purchase through my link. Your purchase helps support this channel.
I sure looked like there was gonna be too much shade where you filled the beds. I sure appreciate your experience. This way I don't have to try and re-invent the wheel when I get my beds in. BTW I learned about leveling the ground before from some 15 gallon grow bags and tomatoes this year. Level helps a bunch.
I worried about that too, but the bed has really thrived.
Good to see your update about your Vego and Birdie's raised beds. I bought 2 Vego 10-in-one beds last fall. Where it took you only 2 hours, it took me 4 hours to put together one raised bed. I filled mine with a pecan tree I cut last year, dirt & bokashi from 3-40/45 gallon trash cans and 18 cubic feet of compost. I decided on a 8/7 feet by 4.5 feet configuration. This gives me the most growing area.
Thank you for watching and I think I really was so determined to get it done but I was able to go faster. That is a great way to fill it, I am hoping to do some calculations later to talk about what it cost to fill the beds.
i bought a water tank from tractor supply that looks like this but it has a metal bottom to hold water. i opened the drain and added about 5 inches of rock so its over the small drain. i put a peice of root barrier cloth on top the rocks then filled the rest with kow manure bags and the top foot was potting soil. the thing is doing great but i wish i knew at the time i could just toss a ton of old logs in there instead of buying a ton of bags to fill it up
Glad I could help, sorry it couldn't have been sooner though. yes it really does help fill the void and they will break down and become part of the soil through the years. Thanks for watching.
I've seen a number of videos where, like you, people filled a good portion of the bed with logs, branches, etc. Given that many vegetables have roots that go to 24 inches deep (some more), it seems that your beds really don't have much soil to work with. I like to have at least 20 inches of a mix of soil and aged compost to work with, and 24 inches would be better. Please update us on how well your plants grow in your beds.
That is a great point. I wish I had done just a wee bit more soil simply because the beds settled down. I will do an update video later, but so far most of the things that I planted have had a reasonable amount of production. Happy gardening my friend. Thanks for watching.
@@michelleinthemeadow Good application of huglekultur and thrift.
@@AlvinMcManus Thank you. Thanks for watching. Happy gardening!
You really should have some more subs. Great channel
Thanks John feel free to share and help me gain some more subs. I am having a great time and look forward to continuing.
I have an old fashion tractor that I use to help fill my beds… my 22 yr old son who hauls bags of dirt for me ! Thx for the inspiration to use coco coir… I plan on giving that a try this year. Plus, have you ever tried to move a big soaked bag of peat moss ?
It is good to have your own tractor. Thanks for watching. No I have never tried to move a fully soaked bag of peat moss I can't even imagine.
Have you u ever considered aeroponic tower growing? I wonder if it's more cost effective? What are your thoughts. I personally do in ground traditional gardening but I don't have much space. So the idea of growing vertical is appealing.
I am using greenstalk vertical planters. And I have a video coming out with that soon. I don't want a garden that requires me to have electricity for it to function. So I'm not a big fan of an aeroponic style Garden.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the question.
I wonder if putting a layer of chicken wire (at the bottom, under the cardboard) would help keep moles from digging up into the garden? (I'm about to install my vego gardens myself). Thanks for the great vids! Very helpful.
You are very welcome, thank you for watching. Yes I think that it would be helpful. On a wooden bed that we had we added the hard for a cloth underneath. I don't know how big moles are perhaps the whole in the wire gaps needs to be fairly small? Good luck with your new garden bed and happy gardening.
What kind of soil did you use and how many cubic feet did you use? Did you add any amendments? I have more beds coming and need to fill them all at the same time. I have the lower beds but will still do they same layering method on a smaller scale. I saw someone down the street who cut their tree and said I could have the limbs etc. Its been there for months so hopefully it will be there next weekend. (I am so happy to see your video!)
I use a garden soil mix that can work in raised beds, from a local company. Since I do lots of gardening and Mom does lots of gardening we had a truckload brought in to help with all the projects around my Suburban Garden. I would estimate that I used about a yard of soil in each of the beds. And I made a huge mistake and forgot to amend the bed. When I planted the seedlings I added a mycorrhizal powder at the time. I have since come back through with plant food. Things seem to be doing much better now. Thanks for watching.
What zone in FL are you located in? Was that topsoil on the top layer or the chips from your neighbor? We are in North Central FL zone 8b.
We are in zone 9A in Northeast FL in what place were you looking at I think we have just some wood chips in the bag and where the tractors and driven through the dirt showing underneath. Thanks for watching
I noticed the dragon fruit behind you looks so healthy. Where in Florida are you guys? We're in south Florida and all our dragon fruit has gotten diseased in the last few years. 😩
Thanks for your Birdies and Vego bed videos. I'm preparing to order mine soon. We currently have 4 - 8x3x2 stock tanks that work great. Thinking of getting the Birdies this time.
We are in Northeast Florida, the dragon fruit stayed in the greenhouse all winter and seemed to really thrive in there. They are just a couple of years old here and we're abused the first year, so we are really happy to see that they are taking off now. We like watching the fellow on grafting dragon fruit Channel on UA-cam too.
You are welcome, good luck. I have looked at the stock tanks before and I may still end up with some of those as well.