Good on you, follow your passions, not fashions. I've always loved gardening even during my exams so long ago. I followed my dad around the garden as a teenager, and even now so many years later, after exams and careers, etc, I love mowing and weeding and planting. I agree Mike's videos are top banana, very cheerful and informative.
Young homie this is a skill that most ppl don't learn growing up but it comes in handy as an adult when you can grow your own tomatoes, lettuce ect... keep doing you.
Hi, Mark. You may remember me commenting to you last year after your vlog on propagating pineapples. I am the guy with terminal cancer who contacted you to thank you for all of the joy I have received from your wonderful work. Much to my surprise, I am still alive and have outlived my oncologist's predictions. It appears God had other plans for me. I am still terminal (as far as I know), but I'm feeling exceptionally well. I received an amazing amount of well wishes from your followers from all over the world. I also received a beautiful letter from you, all of which I appreciate so much. Not only am I still alive, but I have recently gotten a second wind, so to speak, and am using what little strength I have to build a modest raised bed garden to accompany the tiny one I have left over from last year. This year's raised bed is exactly what you showed in today's video using leftover lumber. I actually mustered the strength and energy to build it myself this week. I'm mostly proud that I was capable after all I've been through. Like the one in your video, my carpentry skills were not perfect, but it is just fine for what it is. It was fun for me to see you doing exactly the same project I just did right at the same time. In your last text to me you said that maybe one day you and I will garden side by side in the afterlife (I'm paraphrasing. You said it much more eloquently). In a way, it looks like we already are. How cool is that! Keep being the awesome guy that you are, Mark.
G'day Chris!!! I'm glad to hear that you are feeling so well and also well enough to even make a garden bed but it's more than making a garden bed - it's actually making the best out of life and I think this is a lesson we should rehash often to remind ourselves of the bigger picture. Yes, I'm sure God has plans for you mate. I hope this growing season is prosperous! Take care :)
“Remember, it’s just a veggie garden” So simple yet powerful. It’s not pretty, but it’s got your own blood sweat and tears (if it got stressful) so it’s something worth being proud of even more.
Love the mention of people with disability. My wife and I are blind and Sam has a bad knee etc and building a solid high bed from mostly repurposed hardwood was such a good choice for us. We put a ledge around the top and sanded it so no splinters and we can sit or lean on the bed and put our tools and watering can on too. The height, building on a couple of layers of cardboard and finishing with good soil pretty much gave 0 weeds to deal with and in 3 months only 1 or 2 snails. Gardening can be challenging with disability, chronic illness and neuro diversity to the extent that we started a permaculture Facebook group to discuss and try to find solutions. Happy growing all.
These are perfect for people like me who can't bend down, getting old isn't for sissies. I put some solar post lights on mine, it makes it pretty at night.
Kathy Baudoin, what a clever idea to add the post lights. I'm going to check into the cost of doing so in my raised bed garden. Thank you for sharing that idea.
Kathy Baudoin I also insisted on raised beds this year. Hubby did make them for me as I just cannot get down on the ground like I use to. And your right, growing old IS NOT for sissies! Lol I totally relate 👍🏼😉💜🍠🥬🥒🌶🌽🥕🥦🍉🍑🥭🍓🍋🍎
I have big dogs. I have a garden outside my yard but I also wanted to utilize the room inside my yard as well so instead of doing what you did I happened to see an old frigerator on the side of the road. I completely removed all the lines and wires and even the middle between the freezer to the fridge and filled it up with dirt and turned it into my green beans and carrots. I liked the idea so well that I got another one filled with corn
I was a master Craftsman before my stroke and you did great the most important thing is to take pride in what you are doing no matter what it is good job mark
I use old wooden fence sections. Cut them into 2 foot sections, set your posts and screw on the sections. Then cut one of the sections in half. Instant 3 x 6 x 2 garden bed. I never bury my posts and they are on the outside.
I sure do enjoy your videos...ideas...your FUN PERSONALITY...About 4 years ago, WE built one ALMOST like that...we stapled thick plastic all around the insides, going up from the bottom, so the water wouldn't seep through, and will stay inside the bed. IT IS 4' X 8' ... WE PUT LOGS, ROCKS, LEAVES, COMPOST, etc at the bottom half of the bed...AND the top, around 1 to 2 feet with the GOOD SOIL... each year (because the soil sinks each year) it needs to be added to, to get the level back up to the inch from the top, but it's been worth it, and it's SINKING LESS EACH YEAR ... It's done GREAT for most plants that dont need super DEEP ROOTING...AND we've NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT wood PUSHING OUT...The boards are screwed in...IT COST QUITE A BIT...with lumber costs rising...Ours is also 4 ft high...and we left the four posts (just at each corner) about a foot above, so we can staple plastic over the top, for our COOLER CANADIAN SPRINGS, letting the young plants not freeze...Our 4 POSTS ARE 4" X 4" UNTREATED POSTS...AND WE USED 4" X 1" X 8' BOARDS...It cost us , with the bags of soil added, around $500/CAN. But, with it being our only BIG RAISED BED, it was worth it! But, NICE to be able to FIND CHEAPER WOOD NOWDAYS, AS PRICES ARE RISING HIGHER, AFTER COVID! GOOD'AY MATEY 😃 from So. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁
Sooooooo happy I didn't purchase the high bed garden at the shop (like 187 euros!!!! And not even as big as this one) now, I can do my own! Many Thanks!!! 👍
For the backyard, it's perfectly fine, and a great way to recycle your stuff. 👍 I'm a retired contractor and carpenter with a symmetry complex, and my beds are right out in the front yard, so everything has to be juuuuust right, LOL.
Hey mate, I just watched your video when you contemplated getting a “real job”. I’m glad it worked out for you and the family. I too was a stay at home dad and I’ve never had a harder more rewarding job. Hello from Lynchburg, Va. I love the channel
G'day David, yes mate not easy but very rewarding (and often frustrating) but hey you know exactly what it's like and I don't regret making the decision to be a stay at home dad - I just wish I had more time in a day lol... Things are going much better now with my "content creation career" than a few years back and I have you guys to thank for keeping me motivated. Cheers :)
Here in the UK we have to either preserve the timber or line the bed with plastic after, to keep the wet soil off the timber and stop it rotting. I have to agree with you though, best way to build one is get out there and do it, 2nd and 3rd one gets better as your skills improve. Stay safe everyone...Steve...👍
I built a raised garden bed because of the information this very channel has provided. I just want to thank you for the information and inspiration!! My 28 pinto bean plants have a great home and are looking great!
You're so reasonable and soothing. I do want to learn about gardening, but I also just start you up when I want to read a book or do other tasks as background/company, because you're so relaxing. : )
The more you practice a skill the better you will become. Well done!! For US the pallets should have a stamp of HT (meaning HEAT TREATED) & look clean. Look it up online. Gardening is so therapeutic. Keep safe & healthy.
I'm building my 3 and 4th raised beds. I make all mine high rise because I'm in a wheelchair. I love gardening but couldn't anymore because of the fact I can't walk anymore. But now I have 2 made and filled with squash asparagus lettuce onions and watermelons. I also added in some spices and herbs.
Thank you Mark. I live in California about two hours away from (Epic) I appreciate you doing this because not everybody can afford those beautiful galvanized beds. I have a 4 x 8 garden bed that’s made from cinder blocks that are three blocks high. And I have one that I bought from Lowe’s. That’s made out of lumber and cross cut garden blocks. It looks nice but it’s just too low to the ground for me. I’ll be 60 at the end of the year so all that bending is hard on my back. It’s maybe 15 inches high so I’m gonna see if I can find some scrap lumber or try and count the cost again with cinder blocks and hopefully talk to some landscapers in the neighborhood an ask for gardening scraps from grass leaves, branches and smaller logs. Thank you again for sharing.
Very nice! A couple years ago I built a raised bed but didn't have any scrap wood. Bought 6 2x8's 8 feet long (sorry, imperial here 😊) and had the store (HomeDepot) cut 2 of them in half for the ends. Also got a 4x4 12' long that they cut into 2' lengths, used these for the corner and middle posts. This makes a 4' x 8' bed about 15" high, cost about $85 with the screws and a couple hours to put together, not working very hard. I didn't bury the posts into the ground but used a 2x4 cross brace attached to the middle posts (buried in the dirt). Filled it with free compost from my local green waste dump (black gold) and have had the best tomatoes I've ever grown (and zucchni and broccoli).
Just finished my second quarantine / summer raised bed. Needing more garden space, and not wanting to cut sod to reach red clay. I had bare ground, but with grapevine roots underneath. Given these, I considered raised beds. Good neighbors gave me some old warped and broken boards, and rotten firewood. With some masonary and ring shank nails, scrap pieces for bracing the corners, fertilizer and bird seed bags to line the sides, and rocks to keep it off the ground I had additional garden space to grow needed vegetables. Chipping the rotten wood and limbs gave me some "soil" for fill. It may not be as pretty as yours, it is something a beginner without money for a tiller or digging tools, desire to weed, or wanting to continue beyond the quarantine can do.
My main garden beds are very nice and cost a pretty penny. But the first time my wife came home empty handed from the grocery store I started thinking of ways to increase production. Old lumber or from construction site dumpsters. Corrugated metal, cinder blocks, bricks, kiddie pools, containers, 5 gallon buckets etc... etc... etc... you are only limited by your imagination.
I'm doing exactly this! First time gardening more than just a few plants. I'm in the US. I'm also using some of my old deck boards, which turned into old shed boards, which are now new garden boards! I'm even using an old door, lol. Trying to be as frugal as possible. Starting with (3X) 8foot by 4foot by 2foot high beds with 6 posts each, and plan to expand when I get more wood and when we get some relief from this rain.. Made out of scrap lumber I've been able to get from cleaning out the warehouse at work, and finding on the side of the road (I found a few better pieces besides the door...). I have a different design than yours, but I'm hoping it will last at least a few years. Mine has plywood sides, instead of hardwood between the posts. But I did have enough wood to make a full wooden rectangle frame to top it all and that's really whats holding the posts and board together. It feels strong I guess. All in $0 so far. I even had plenty of deck screws taking apart some old projects. :D :D To protect the plywood and posts I'm getting 6mil plastic that I plan to line the sides with. I've got some really nice mulched leaves. About 20-25 large garbage bags of mixed stages of decomposition there's a lot of the dirt from the area mixed in as well. Some of it is 5+ years of leaves so its really nice and has worms in it! Some is just straight this years fall. I plan to use the wood from a tree we are trimming and another we are chopping down for the bottom of the beds. Then the rest of the fill I'm still kind of figuring out... I'm pretty sure I could fill all the beds with the mulched leaves/dirt mix, but its really packed tight and muddy. From reading up and watching UA-cam I got the Idea to use peat moss to thin it out, not sure. I have a strange situation in my backyard. We are at the bottom of a hill and that means when it rains, the backyard floods about 6-8 inches. Hence the 2ft tall beds. I need a lot of woodchips I think. I've got the beds spaced out 4ft apart, and I want to lay woodchips on the paths and on the last 2 or so inches of the beds. There is a service here in the US called CHIPDROP that works with local arborists, and you can sign up to be next in line to receive a drop in your area. Problem is that they deliver 20-30 sq yards, no less, and no warning. So I cancelled my request with them. Next it was craigslist. Lots of free dirt and woodchips I can pickup, but I don't have a truck (you'd be surprised how many 8ft planks of wood a Honda Civic can hold though). So I'm trying to plan a day without rain that I can rent a pickup and drive around picking up free dirt and wood chips :D Thanks for your fun lighthearted videos. You're awesome and I can't wait to see your next vid. I've been going thru your back catalog :D
Hi Chris. A lot of good people on here thinking of you in their own small way. Here's hoping the positive vibe we bring you helps big time. All the best. 👍
I fed fed my garden all sorts of scraps and left over liquids and the soil was like butter to dig I recall not to many roots as opposed to another part of the yard , I was dieting on a high greens diet and I was getting very angry , when I started to enjoy my diet a bit more I was not getting angry as much , I think nervs are bad for our health I think the less nerves you have the better you will perform good luck I love your show .
I stopped worrying about how something looks as opposed to how well it functions. If people say anything about my projects, I tell them it's just like the men in my life--it ain't gotta be pretty, but it DOES have to WORK! Thanks for the great video!
For a superior construction I welded, wired and riveted a garden planter box together. Using cheap straight bits, square pipe surrounding, straight sections wired on. For the bends rivet bent metal pieces.
Thanks for the vid. My mate is a logger. So I will grab a few lengths of 4 x 4 and a bunch of the flitches. People throw em away, but they work pretty well - just have to replace them a bit more often and sometimes square em up a bit. I asked a q elsewhere but it was from an old vid, so there's a chance that you might not see it, so I am going to be cheeky and ask here as well. We are a few 100 KM N of you at about 25Km W of Gin Gin. Lousy soil and an insane number of browns. I couldn't believe the number that I see each year. So the raised beds are the only real way that I can go. Because of the snakes, I have also placed a lot of stuff on our verandah. So here's the Q.......... I have a few passionfruit plants in pots. Only about 5 months old, but already I have 6 green fruit on them. Hope that they will ripen. Why do I say that? Because they are starting to look pretty sad and sorry. The leaves are starting to fall off and whatever are left are pretty floppy. Is this normal going into winter please Mark?
Thanks Mark, we’ve just moved to some acreage & need to put together some garden beds ASAP. This looks like a cost effective solution. Appreciate the step-by-step as there are no carpenters in this household 😂 I’m from Victoria and I have learned a lot by watching American homesteaders & some of the fabulous British gardeners but it’s great to see an Aussie living the life we are aiming for and helping us out with great videos. 👏
We have ordered many autumn seeds and I have ordered a greenhouse. I live in on the southern slopes, near Young. Wish me luck. I love your simplicity .. that's what I need. Stay safe and healthy
G'day mate, good job! Just a couple of little tips to make your planters last even longer! 1. Cut the top of you posts on a 45 angle so water doesn't pool on the top and make it's way down into the posts causing them to rot. 2. Paint the top and bottom 30cms of the posts with liquid tar or bitumen ($10 from bunnings#cheap# goes a long way) to water proof and prevent them from rotting. 3. Stapel any type of plastic sheet on the inside of your planter walls...you can buy this from your local building supplies store or reuse plastic from e.g. mattres plastic wrap or weed matting ect. This will prevent moisture from cotacting the walls and causing them to rot. Hope these tips were helpful, I don't profess to know everything, but I love to share my experiences to help others. Keep up the great videos, they are awsome!👍
I built my boxes with cedar fencing. However I also went lowes and got cheap aluminum flange and spray painted it dark brown and nailed it over the corners. I just used tin snips. I love these taller boxes. One I use as a compost heap.
I love your videos and I barely do any gardening. Your demeanor and presentation make it all seem very do-able, as you were saying those fancy projects you see on TV seem daunting and difficult, but your positive can-do attitude and addressing that it doesn't have to be perfect to be done are extremely reassuring. I love watching, please keep these videos coming!
I made a bunch of raised beds about 3 and 4 feet across out of concrete reinforcing wire. Then used zip ties to attach landscape fabric to the wire to hold in the cotton gin trash (compost). Got my dad and brother to help me to roll out 9 or 12 feet (some 3 or 4 meters it so), rolled them up into a big cylinder. We cut the verticle end off one and wrapped the horizontal ends around the other to with pliars to hold it together. Then I cut them in half to get about 3 foot in height. I got the wire free from a relative since it was damaged but maybe a construction yard would make a deal. They are heavy and takes a bit of work but that's what I had.
A few comments. 1. I built my first two of these this year, one of new lumber, one of old deck boards that were a little soft. I built the ends first. Then I set up the ends and put the side planks inside the end uprights. So the soil pushes the side planks out against the uprights and it doesn't take much to hold the side planks in place. 2. I did not put the uprights in the ground. Both raised beds, about 75 x 220 cm and 100 x 190 cm, sit on the ground with cardboard in the bottom and about 30 cm of sticks and small limbs inspired by the hugelkultur method that Mark did a video on. 3. I bought a SunJoe electric chipper. I have about 5/8 acre in western Tidewater VA. Many larger wooded lots together in about 1+ mile of road and side roads. Lots of limbs and sticks available for chipping. So chips go on top of the larger sticks and limbs. Then soil, some from the woods out back and some from garden supply stores. I don't know how this will turn out, but looks good so far. Allows a lot of plants in a small space and easy management of weeds. Mark, keep up the great content. I have learned so much.
If you keep 3 poles on one side high and chicken wire it good for pole beans on the outside to grow,nice beds. I have some,things grow good with compost soil added each year
I like the combination of different containers and recycling/upcycling. Some years ago a very talented interior designer showed me how to make mixed materials coordinate with each other. I had mixed picture frames but it applies to anything. She said: make them all the same color, they will look as if you planned them that way. I made mine pewter in color. I have metals, carved wood, straight wood and ceramics - and they look terrific. Yours will too if you can find the time.
Just finished some raised beds here. We used landscaping timbers. Figured that using those would take the guesswork out of wondering whether or not they could handle the soil weight and bowing. We are super excited and have been sprouts already growing like crazy. Here in the sub tropics of southern Florida the chickens run wild in the community. We love them but since we are infringing on their land we have to cover our crops in what looks like a coop that would normally be for the birds. It's a nice reversal and I hope it's enough to protect our first raised bed crops. Thank you for all you do Mark. It's tough getting started but your message starting to be self sufficient in just something really keeps us going
I acquired 3 sections of my neighbor's old cedar fencing he was replacing. I had to lower the grade around the patio to keep it from flooding in heavy rains. I have a tree that had some dead branches. I filled the bottom with the branches then filled the rest with the excess dirt. Topped it off with about 12 in. of quality soil. Been almost a year still holding together and growing stuff. I'm 68 if I can do it in the Texas heat of summer you can also.
We built ours similarly but used a heavy old industrial wood door cut in half for the ends. We filled it the way you showed us and veggies are growing fabulously. Thank you 😊
This is almost exactly how I got my raised beds! I rent a little home on a horse farm. The farm owners took down one of their wood fences, and, instead of burning or tossing the wood, my landlady decided to build us tenants several raised beds. the ones close to my house are about 2 meters by not quite a meter (72 x 33 inches). The others are 2.5 x 1 meters. Are they perfect? Nope. Are they going to last a lifetime? Nope, but they'll work for several seasons. I can't wait to start planting!
thank you, I'm planning a couple of 2x0.8 m beds to get started again with growing crops next year. I think I might skip the digging of the corner posts and just dig the center ones deeper to protect against blowout
Hubby just agreed to let me order one of the Birdie's beds yesterday and used your discount code. Here in the U.S. they are backordered until late June. That's okay. I'll use it for our fall garden. Love the new bed you built. I think it is so important for people to understand that what is important is the ability to grow food (and growing food) and not so much what the beds or containers look like.
@SeriousName It's because Queenslanders have their own accent LOL. And, too much sun and rain at the same time can make you say, 'teeembah' ...fairdinkum! LOL We are multicultural, so you would most likely hear a Kiwi Australian, a UK Australian, a bogan Australian and blah LOL I have a kiwi accent with a bit Australian and some Irish Haha. I have no idea where the Irish come from LOL
Every state has slight differences. It's the same with any large country, look at America or England. To confuse things further, some of us move interstate, after a few years it has an effect lol
Looks great. I scavenge wood for my raised gardens because it won't survive but a couple of years outdoors. I really like your tall steel containers. I am in Suffolk,Va in the USA
Good job. Instead of chopping off the top of the posts, you could use them to mount some trellis over the top for toms, beans, etc. I just don't like extra effort or waste if it can be utilised somehow. Alternatively, you could put a board across the two middle posts to add the longitudinal strength you were talking about - to stop the sides popping out. It'd also give you another spot to attach stuff in the middle of the bed. Just started following this channel (and your #2) and will be handy when I get back home in a few months. Interested to hear you talk about the potash too.
Northern Canada here and glad I found your videos. Appreciate all the info and the fact you seem like a genuinely good person. Cheers keep it up I will share and like your videos to help support!
Hey mate. I built my raised bed out of 65mm square galvanised steel I welded it all together as a frame first then I dug the post holes put it in put some concrete in levelled it all up I put fibro boards around the outside and I line the inside with 19mm cement flooring.
I love your sense of humor and learn something from every single video at the same time. Built my own 40x80cm raised bed for my little balcony/terrace and will harvest my first own radishes and kohlrabi within a few weeks, the radishes even raised from seeds. Cost was less than 20 bucks since I used rough sawn roofing wood plus 15 bucks for a first fill of good compost soil. Seeing the result motivated me to build it up into a mini-greenhouse for another 30 bucks. I am out there watching stuff grow every day and it makes me super happy. In the meantime we also added more little pots and stuff and now everything is green there. Your channel was my reason to start this whole thing, so thank you very much!
Hi Mike, greetings from Brazil ... I love your channel, you are such an inspiring guy. I bet your videos make a difference in many people's lives. Stay strong. I'm making a raised bed for my mom thanks to you...
Thanks pal, more great info :) To save money but still get the advantage of galvanisd sheeting, i'm gonna make a wooden base then use the narrower sheeting on top.
Just sitting here waiting on that notification for the next video, beginner gardener here and your videos have really motivated me and the wife to garden. We have tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, and carrots planted now. Keep up the great work!
Good vid, need to build a few new garden beds as the shops can't seem to keep up with the fruit and veg. Please make sure if your using hardwoods that you check what they have been coated in. Thanks Mark.
Just want to say hello from South Mississippi. Ive just started planting vegetables and made a raised bed using HomeDepot Garden Blocks. Very simple 4x4x10 and I love it. However, it is low and as a disabled veteran with back issues I realized it will be tough to maintain. So im glad you posted this so I can start planning my second raised bed. I saw the Birdies raised beds are out of stock when I went to the site in the link provided. So hopefully they will have more in stock soon. I don't want to break the bank, just something simple to continue to grow food. Cheers
You look like a real carpenter to me, Mike. Just like my hubby-he can build anything. It may not be the prettiest, but it is highly functional. I always wanted tall beds, so it is time for me to make some. Have a Wonderful & Blessed Day!
Thank you, I have had sleepers which have now bowed and I couldn't attach them together. Though after watching this I think if I attach to fencing post first it be easier to build my garden beds
Very nice. I had about 20 boards of 2x10 lumber that I kept by demolishing an old fox barn 15 years ago and finally I managed to make 3 raised beds at about 20 inches high. Beds are 4x8 feet each. I will build another one this weekend with the last of the boards. Free material is the best material.
I’ve commented this before but you were my inspiration to build tall raised beds a few years back. I’m relatively young and spry but I still love the convenience. Also, we have rock hard clay soil in my area so the added height allows a much thicker layer of loose compost for my plants to enjoy.
As a 15-year-old boy gardener, none of my friends do gardening. With horrible exams and other things, I love watching your videos, thank you :)
Good on you, follow your passions, not fashions. I've always loved gardening even during my exams so long ago. I followed my dad around the garden as a teenager, and even now so many years later, after exams and careers, etc, I love mowing and weeding and planting. I agree Mike's videos are top banana, very cheerful and informative.
15 and gardening? I wish i start at your age. Im 30 now.
Young homie this is a skill that most ppl don't learn growing up but it comes in handy as an adult when you can grow your own tomatoes, lettuce ect... keep doing you.
I’m 20 almost 21 and the same is true for me! Gardening is awesome and is a lifelong passion! Keep growing man! Mark is the best!
@@theman4908 LOL, I hear ya! I was growing dawn redwoods for 25 years before I finally realized I should put that experience into growing food.
Hi, Mark. You may remember me commenting to you last year after your vlog on propagating pineapples. I am the guy with terminal cancer who contacted you to thank you for all of the joy I have received from your wonderful work. Much to my surprise, I am still alive and have outlived my oncologist's predictions. It appears God had other plans for me. I am still terminal (as far as I know), but I'm feeling exceptionally well. I received an amazing amount of well wishes from your followers from all over the world. I also received a beautiful letter from you, all of which I appreciate so much.
Not only am I still alive, but I have recently gotten a second wind, so to speak, and am using what little strength I have to build a modest raised bed garden to accompany the tiny one I have left over from last year.
This year's raised bed is exactly what you showed in today's video using leftover lumber. I actually mustered the strength and energy to build it myself this week. I'm mostly proud that I was capable after all I've been through. Like the one in your video, my carpentry skills were not perfect, but it is just fine for what it is. It was fun for me to see you doing exactly the same project I just did right at the same time.
In your last text to me you said that maybe one day you and I will garden side by side in the afterlife (I'm paraphrasing. You said it much more eloquently). In a way, it looks like we already are. How cool is that!
Keep being the awesome guy that you are, Mark.
Chris Shirley God Bless you 🌈🙏🏼👍🏼😉🥬🥒🥦🥕🍉🍓🥭🍠🌶🌽🍑🍎👍🏼😉💜
Chris Shirley Many blessings your way and that the second wind last on your sail for a very, very long time!
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Chris Shirley sending lots of gardening strength your way Chris, enjoy x
G'day Chris!!! I'm glad to hear that you are feeling so well and also well enough to even make a garden bed but it's more than making a garden bed - it's actually making the best out of life and I think this is a lesson we should rehash often to remind ourselves of the bigger picture. Yes, I'm sure God has plans for you mate. I hope this growing season is prosperous! Take care :)
God bless you, Chris!
“Remember, it’s just a veggie garden”
So simple yet powerful. It’s not pretty, but it’s got your own blood sweat and tears (if it got stressful) so it’s something worth being proud of even more.
Well said 👍
Sunken cost phallacy is a bitch isnt it lmao
Love the mention of people with disability. My wife and I are blind and Sam has a bad knee etc and building a solid high bed from mostly repurposed hardwood was such a good choice for us. We put a ledge around the top and sanded it so no splinters and we can sit or lean on the bed and put our tools and watering can on too. The height, building on a couple of layers of cardboard and finishing with good soil pretty much gave 0 weeds to deal with and in 3 months only 1 or 2 snails. Gardening can be challenging with disability, chronic illness and neuro diversity to the extent that we started a permaculture Facebook group to discuss and try to find solutions. Happy growing all.
These are perfect for people like me who can't bend down, getting old isn't for sissies. I put some solar post lights on mine, it makes it pretty at night.
Kathy Baudoin, what a clever idea to add the post lights. I'm going to check into the cost of doing so in my raised bed garden. Thank you for sharing that idea.
Kathy Baudoin I also insisted on raised beds this year. Hubby did make them for me as I just cannot get down on the ground like I use to. And your right, growing old IS NOT for sissies! Lol I totally relate 👍🏼😉💜🍠🥬🥒🌶🌽🥕🥦🍉🍑🥭🍓🍋🍎
Solar lights! Good for some evening work in the garden or for when you need to pick a few greens for a late dinner :)
@@Selfsufficientme Does the light affect the plants natural flowering cycles etc? I've always wondered, as I have a streetlight near my garden..
@@rowbearly6128 I'm more worried about how many insects are going to collect under those lights and if they will eat my garden
I have big dogs. I have a garden outside my yard but I also wanted to utilize the room inside my yard as well so instead of doing what you did I happened to see an old frigerator on the side of the road. I completely removed all the lines and wires and even the middle between the freezer to the fridge and filled it up with dirt and turned it into my green beans and carrots. I liked the idea so well that I got another one filled with corn
I wonder whether you could leave the wires in place and grow cold-weather crops in Mark's subtropical climate 😄
This makes me think old jacuzzi's would be perfect.
Do you call pot corn?
@@Berkeloid0 If you've got the money, your electricity provider's got the time!
How about drainage so they don't get waterlogged?
I was a master Craftsman before my stroke and you did great the most important thing is to take pride in what you are doing no matter what it is good job mark
I love realistic expectations. This is motivation I could actually follow.
I use old wooden fence sections. Cut them into 2 foot sections, set your posts and screw on the sections. Then cut one of the sections in half. Instant 3 x 6 x 2 garden bed.
I never bury my posts and they are on the outside.
one of the few youtube personalities that i'd like to meet in real..youre a very cheerful guy, mate.thanks for the vids.Sending good vibes your way
I sure do enjoy your videos...ideas...your FUN PERSONALITY...About 4 years ago, WE built one ALMOST like that...we stapled thick plastic all around the insides, going up from the bottom, so the water wouldn't seep through, and will stay inside the bed. IT IS 4' X 8' ... WE PUT LOGS, ROCKS, LEAVES, COMPOST, etc at the bottom half of the bed...AND the top, around 1 to 2 feet with the GOOD SOIL... each year (because the soil sinks each year) it needs to be added to, to get the level back up to the inch from the top, but it's been worth it, and it's SINKING LESS EACH YEAR ... It's done GREAT for most plants that dont need super DEEP ROOTING...AND we've NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT wood PUSHING OUT...The boards are screwed in...IT COST QUITE A BIT...with lumber costs rising...Ours is also 4 ft high...and we left the four posts (just at each corner) about a foot above, so we can staple plastic over the top, for our COOLER CANADIAN SPRINGS, letting the young plants not freeze...Our 4 POSTS ARE 4" X 4" UNTREATED POSTS...AND WE USED 4" X 1" X 8' BOARDS...It cost us , with the bags of soil added, around $500/CAN. But, with it being our only BIG RAISED BED, it was worth it! But, NICE to be able to FIND CHEAPER WOOD NOWDAYS, AS PRICES ARE RISING HIGHER, AFTER COVID! GOOD'AY MATEY 😃 from So. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁
Sooooooo happy I didn't purchase the high bed garden at the shop (like 187 euros!!!! And not even as big as this one) now, I can do my own! Many Thanks!!! 👍
What a guy. I could honestly listen to you explain stuff for hours. I don't have a raised garden bed but damn I want one now :)
🇨🇦 Yes, you look like an official carpenter. I LOVE it! Thanks for the humour & encouragement
For the backyard, it's perfectly fine, and a great way to recycle your stuff. 👍 I'm a retired contractor and carpenter with a symmetry complex, and my beds are right out in the front yard, so everything has to be juuuuust right, LOL.
Quit giving yourself such a hard time those beds look quite nice
I’m converting my front yard grass to raised beds this year, so I’m very grateful for this easy tutorial! Thank you 🙏☺️
Less mowing and more food growing! ;)
You are definitely for far my favourite Mark, a book of knowledge
I love you Mark, your personality and attitude towards life makes me happy
Hey mate, I just watched your video when you contemplated getting a “real job”. I’m glad it worked out for you and the family. I too was a stay at home dad and I’ve never had a harder more rewarding job. Hello from Lynchburg, Va. I love the channel
Good for you 👍 😊 ❤️
G'day David, yes mate not easy but very rewarding (and often frustrating) but hey you know exactly what it's like and I don't regret making the decision to be a stay at home dad - I just wish I had more time in a day lol... Things are going much better now with my "content creation career" than a few years back and I have you guys to thank for keeping me motivated. Cheers :)
I built my raised beds from old 4 by 4s and used corrugated roofing and it's was all free. So far they look good and have vegetables growing in them.
Here in the UK we have to either preserve the timber or line the bed with plastic after, to keep the wet soil off the timber and stop it rotting. I have to agree with you though, best way to build one is get out there and do it, 2nd and 3rd one gets better as your skills improve. Stay safe everyone...Steve...👍
I use heavy duty weed-block fabric as a liner
I built a raised garden bed because of the information this very channel has provided. I just want to thank you for the information and inspiration!! My 28 pinto bean plants have a great home and are looking great!
You're so reasonable and soothing. I do want to learn about gardening, but I also just start you up when I want to read a book or do other tasks as background/company, because you're so relaxing. : )
I know this is an old video but my wife and I just bought a house recently and this was a great help getting us started with gardening!
More people should be more self sufficiant especially during corona virus
Thank you for your content and hard work in the garden👍👍👍
The more you practice a skill the better you will become. Well done!! For US the pallets should have a stamp of HT (meaning HEAT TREATED) & look clean. Look it up online. Gardening is so therapeutic. Keep safe & healthy.
I'm building my 3 and 4th raised beds. I make all mine high rise because I'm in a wheelchair. I love gardening but couldn't anymore because of the fact I can't walk anymore. But now I have 2 made and filled with squash asparagus lettuce onions and watermelons. I also added in some spices and herbs.
Accessible content like yours is the key to building a better world. Thank you!
Thank you for watching as this encourages me to create more and supports the channel 👍🙂
Thank you Mark. I live in California about two hours away from (Epic) I appreciate you doing this because not everybody can afford those beautiful galvanized beds. I have a 4 x 8 garden bed that’s made from cinder blocks that are three blocks high. And I have one that I bought from Lowe’s. That’s made out of lumber and cross cut garden blocks. It looks nice but it’s just too low to the ground for me. I’ll be 60 at the end of the year so all that bending is hard on my back. It’s maybe 15 inches high so I’m gonna see if I can find some scrap lumber or try and count the cost again with cinder blocks and hopefully talk to some landscapers in the neighborhood an ask for gardening scraps from grass leaves, branches and smaller logs. Thank you again for sharing.
Very nice! A couple years ago I built a raised bed but didn't have any scrap wood. Bought 6 2x8's 8 feet long (sorry, imperial here 😊) and had the store (HomeDepot) cut 2 of them in half for the ends. Also got a 4x4 12' long that they cut into 2' lengths, used these for the corner and middle posts. This makes a 4' x 8' bed about 15" high, cost about $85 with the screws and a couple hours to put together, not working very hard. I didn't bury the posts into the ground but used a 2x4 cross brace attached to the middle posts (buried in the dirt). Filled it with free compost from my local green waste dump (black gold) and have had the best tomatoes I've ever grown (and zucchni and broccoli).
You have the best videos on UA-cam, I looked around. I subscribed last week
“It’s just a veggie garden” Yes! Thank you! Just get something and get going
Perfect is the enemy of good. XD
Canadian here to thank you for using the metric system. 🤟 Fantastic video.
Just finished my second quarantine / summer raised bed. Needing more garden space, and not wanting to cut sod to reach red clay. I had bare ground, but with grapevine roots underneath. Given these, I considered raised beds. Good neighbors gave me some old warped and broken boards, and rotten firewood. With some masonary and ring shank nails, scrap pieces for bracing the corners, fertilizer and bird seed bags to line the sides, and rocks to keep it off the ground I had additional garden space to grow needed vegetables. Chipping the rotten wood and limbs gave me some "soil" for fill. It may not be as pretty as yours, it is something a beginner without money for a tiller or digging tools, desire to weed, or wanting to continue beyond the quarantine can do.
This is some magic, me and my dad we’re just thinking about how to do this cheap
Go collect some pallets, or check local lumber yard for scraps.
My main garden beds are very nice and cost a pretty penny. But the first time my wife came home empty handed from the grocery store I started thinking of ways to increase production. Old lumber or from construction site dumpsters. Corrugated metal, cinder blocks, bricks, kiddie pools, containers, 5 gallon buckets etc... etc... etc... you are only limited by your imagination.
@SeriousName Wow. That’s some smart motivated druggies you must know. Good on them, better than robbing people isn’t it?
I'm doing exactly this! First time gardening more than just a few plants. I'm in the US. I'm also using some of my old deck boards, which turned into old shed boards, which are now new garden boards! I'm even using an old door, lol. Trying to be as frugal as possible.
Starting with (3X) 8foot by 4foot by 2foot high beds with 6 posts each, and plan to expand when I get more wood and when we get some relief from this rain.. Made out of scrap lumber I've been able to get from cleaning out the warehouse at work, and finding on the side of the road (I found a few better pieces besides the door...). I have a different design than yours, but I'm hoping it will last at least a few years. Mine has plywood sides, instead of hardwood between the posts. But I did have enough wood to make a full wooden rectangle frame to top it all and that's really whats holding the posts and board together. It feels strong I guess. All in $0 so far. I even had plenty of deck screws taking apart some old projects. :D :D
To protect the plywood and posts I'm getting 6mil plastic that I plan to line the sides with.
I've got some really nice mulched leaves. About 20-25 large garbage bags of mixed stages of decomposition there's a lot of the dirt from the area mixed in as well. Some of it is 5+ years of leaves so its really nice and has worms in it! Some is just straight this years fall. I plan to use the wood from a tree we are trimming and another we are chopping down for the bottom of the beds. Then the rest of the fill I'm still kind of figuring out... I'm pretty sure I could fill all the beds with the mulched leaves/dirt mix, but its really packed tight and muddy. From reading up and watching UA-cam I got the Idea to use peat moss to thin it out, not sure.
I have a strange situation in my backyard. We are at the bottom of a hill and that means when it rains, the backyard floods about 6-8 inches. Hence the 2ft tall beds. I need a lot of woodchips I think. I've got the beds spaced out 4ft apart, and I want to lay woodchips on the paths and on the last 2 or so inches of the beds. There is a service here in the US called CHIPDROP that works with local arborists, and you can sign up to be next in line to receive a drop in your area. Problem is that they deliver 20-30 sq yards, no less, and no warning. So I cancelled my request with them. Next it was craigslist. Lots of free dirt and woodchips I can pickup, but I don't have a truck (you'd be surprised how many 8ft planks of wood a Honda Civic can hold though). So I'm trying to plan a day without rain that I can rent a pickup and drive around picking up free dirt and wood chips :D
Thanks for your fun lighthearted videos. You're awesome and I can't wait to see your next vid. I've been going thru your back catalog :D
I didn’t build a raised bed this year and after several heavy thunderstorms and a constant onslaught of slugs, I regret it.
Your videos always bring a smile to my face. Keep up the great work
Hi Chris. A lot of good people on here thinking of you in their own small way. Here's hoping the positive vibe we bring you helps big time. All the best. 👍
I fed fed my garden all sorts of scraps and left over liquids and the soil was like butter to dig I recall not to many roots as opposed to another part of the yard , I was dieting on a high greens diet and I was getting very angry , when I started to enjoy my diet a bit more I was not getting angry as much , I think nervs are bad for our health I think the less nerves you have the better you will perform good luck I love your show .
I stopped worrying about how something looks as opposed to how well it functions. If people say anything about my projects, I tell them it's just like the men in my life--it ain't gotta be pretty, but it DOES have to WORK! Thanks for the great video!
For a superior construction
I welded, wired and riveted a garden planter box together.
Using cheap straight bits, square pipe surrounding, straight sections wired on.
For the bends rivet bent metal pieces.
Thanks for the vid. My mate is a logger. So I will grab a few lengths of 4 x 4 and a bunch of the flitches. People throw em away, but they work pretty well - just have to replace them a bit more often and sometimes square em up a bit. I asked a q elsewhere but it was from an old vid, so there's a chance that you might not see it, so I am going to be cheeky and ask here as well. We are a few 100 KM N of you at about 25Km W of Gin Gin. Lousy soil and an insane number of browns. I couldn't believe the number that I see each year. So the raised beds are the only real way that I can go. Because of the snakes, I have also placed a lot of stuff on our verandah. So here's the Q.......... I have a few passionfruit plants in pots. Only about 5 months old, but already I have 6 green fruit on them. Hope that they will ripen. Why do I say that? Because they are starting to look pretty sad and sorry. The leaves are starting to fall off and whatever are left are pretty floppy. Is this normal going into winter please Mark?
Thanks Mark, we’ve just moved to some acreage & need to put together some garden beds ASAP. This looks like a cost effective solution. Appreciate the step-by-step as there are no carpenters in this household 😂 I’m from Victoria and I have learned a lot by watching American homesteaders & some of the fabulous British gardeners but it’s great to see an Aussie living the life we are aiming for and helping us out with great videos. 👏
We have ordered many autumn seeds and I have ordered a greenhouse. I live in on the southern slopes, near Young. Wish me luck. I love your simplicity .. that's what I need. Stay safe and healthy
I love the solid rimu saw horse there Mark. You are the king of repurposing and budget builds and I truly admire your videography. Good work.
G'day mate, good job! Just a couple of little tips to make your planters last even longer!
1. Cut the top of you posts on a 45 angle so water doesn't pool on the top and make it's way down into the posts causing them to rot.
2. Paint the top and bottom 30cms of the posts with liquid tar or bitumen ($10 from bunnings#cheap# goes a long way) to water proof and prevent them from rotting.
3. Stapel any type of plastic sheet on the inside of your planter walls...you can buy this from your local building supplies store or reuse plastic from e.g. mattres plastic wrap or weed matting ect. This will prevent moisture from cotacting the walls and causing them to rot.
Hope these tips were helpful, I don't profess to know everything, but I love to share my experiences to help others. Keep up the great videos, they are awsome!👍
I actually prefer the imperfect look. It adds character to the garden 💚
I built my boxes with cedar fencing. However I also went lowes and got cheap aluminum flange and spray painted it dark brown and nailed it over the corners. I just used tin snips. I love these taller boxes. One I use as a compost heap.
I love your videos and I barely do any gardening. Your demeanor and presentation make it all seem very do-able, as you were saying those fancy projects you see on TV seem daunting and difficult, but your positive can-do attitude and addressing that it doesn't have to be perfect to be done are extremely reassuring. I love watching, please keep these videos coming!
The only useful video I found on you tube for this matter! Thanks, Mark!
it is nice hearing people talk about centimeters and kilogram, it's easy to understand :)
I made a bunch of raised beds about 3 and 4 feet across out of concrete reinforcing wire. Then used zip ties to attach landscape fabric to the wire to hold in the cotton gin trash (compost). Got my dad and brother to help me to roll out 9 or 12 feet (some 3 or 4 meters it so), rolled them up into a big cylinder. We cut the verticle end off one and wrapped the horizontal ends around the other to with pliars to hold it together. Then I cut them in half to get about 3 foot in height.
I got the wire free from a relative since it was damaged but maybe a construction yard would make a deal. They are heavy and takes a bit of work but that's what I had.
A few comments.
1. I built my first two of these this year, one of new lumber, one of old deck boards that were a little soft. I built the ends first. Then I set up the ends and put the side planks inside the end uprights. So the soil pushes the side planks out against the uprights and it doesn't take much to hold the side planks in place.
2. I did not put the uprights in the ground. Both raised beds, about 75 x 220 cm and 100 x 190 cm, sit on the ground with cardboard in the bottom and about 30 cm of sticks and small limbs inspired by the hugelkultur method that Mark did a video on.
3. I bought a SunJoe electric chipper. I have about 5/8 acre in western Tidewater VA. Many larger wooded lots together in about 1+ mile of road and side roads. Lots of limbs and sticks available for chipping. So chips go on top of the larger sticks and limbs. Then soil, some from the woods out back and some from garden supply stores.
I don't know how this will turn out, but looks good so far. Allows a lot of plants in a small space and easy management of weeds.
Mark, keep up the great content. I have learned so much.
It looks good and solid. I built two garden beds 1700Lx700Wx600H out of old hay shed floor boards. I only had to buy the screws.
I have constructed a bunch of them myself I just used skids and took them apart they were perfect to use.
If you keep 3 poles on one side high and chicken wire it good for pole beans on the outside to grow,nice beds. I have some,things grow good with compost soil added each year
After watching this video I now plan to make my own raised beds... Thanks a lot for sharing
I like the combination of different containers and recycling/upcycling. Some years ago a very talented interior designer showed me how to make mixed materials coordinate with each other. I had mixed picture frames but it applies to anything. She said: make them all the same color, they will look as if you planned them that way. I made mine pewter in color. I have metals, carved wood, straight wood and ceramics - and they look terrific. Yours will too if you can find the time.
I think your carpentry skills are just great! Love watching g your shows. Thank you.
What an entertaining, informative gentleman. I look foreword to your videos everyday.
I think the bed looks great! And I would watch just for that great Aussie accent!
Raised bed made of wood is undoubtedly the best. Trying to go as natural as possible in my garden
Love that you take different people capabilities into account in your advise so it's really nice to see. :) gardening for all!!!!!
Just finished some raised beds here. We used landscaping timbers. Figured that using those would take the guesswork out of wondering whether or not they could handle the soil weight and bowing. We are super excited and have been sprouts already growing like crazy. Here in the sub tropics of southern Florida the chickens run wild in the community. We love them but since we are infringing on their land we have to cover our crops in what looks like a coop that would normally be for the birds. It's a nice reversal and I hope it's enough to protect our first raised bed crops. Thank you for all you do Mark. It's tough getting started but your message starting to be self sufficient in just something really keeps us going
Yes epic gardening is another great channel with Kevin.
simplicity makes it more better than fancy garden beds.. the important thing is, you can plant your vegies.. 😁
I’m currently building a raised bed with logs from my woods. So rewarding 🌱👊🏻
I acquired 3 sections of my neighbor's old cedar fencing he was replacing. I had to lower the grade around the patio to keep it from flooding in heavy rains. I have a tree that had some dead branches. I filled the bottom with the branches then filled the rest with the excess dirt. Topped it off with about 12 in. of quality soil. Been almost a year still holding together and growing stuff. I'm 68 if I can do it in the Texas heat of summer you can also.
Great stuff! :)
We built ours similarly but used a heavy old industrial wood door cut in half for the ends. We filled it the way you showed us and veggies are growing fabulously. Thank you 😊
Awesome! :)
This is almost exactly how I got my raised beds! I rent a little home on a horse farm. The farm owners took down one of their wood fences, and, instead of burning or tossing the wood, my landlady decided to build us tenants several raised beds. the ones close to my house are about 2 meters by not quite a meter (72 x 33 inches). The others are 2.5 x 1 meters. Are they perfect? Nope. Are they going to last a lifetime? Nope, but they'll work for several seasons. I can't wait to start planting!
thank you, I'm planning a couple of 2x0.8 m beds to get started again with growing crops next year. I think I might skip the digging of the corner posts and just dig the center ones deeper to protect against blowout
Hubby just agreed to let me order one of the Birdie's beds yesterday and used your discount code. Here in the U.S. they are backordered until late June. That's okay. I'll use it for our fall garden. Love the new bed you built. I think it is so important for people to understand that what is important is the ability to grow food (and growing food) and not so much what the beds or containers look like.
“Old Teembah” I just love the way he speaks. So cool, informative and fun.
@SeriousName It's because Queenslanders have their own accent LOL. And, too much sun and rain at the same time can make you say, 'teeembah' ...fairdinkum! LOL We are multicultural, so you would most likely hear a Kiwi Australian, a UK Australian, a bogan Australian and blah LOL I have a kiwi accent with a bit Australian and some Irish Haha. I have no idea where the Irish come from LOL
Mary Playford UA-camr Ozzy Man says fairdinkum a lot and calls most girls Sheila.
Every state has slight differences.
It's the same with any large country, look at America or England.
To confuse things further, some of us move interstate, after a few years it has an effect lol
@SeriousName No matter what country you are living in there are different dialects/accents, depending on the area.
conflectiz ❤️ love his message. Use what you’ve got. Don’t stress over the pretty. Functional is all we need. Happy growing everyone
I like this guy. He always keeps it real with the best videos
Looks great. I scavenge wood for my raised gardens because it won't survive but a couple of years outdoors. I really like your tall steel containers. I am in Suffolk,Va in the USA
Haven't seen anybody rock the short shorts like this since, John Stockton!😎👍
I love them!
Good job. Instead of chopping off the top of the posts, you could use them to mount some trellis over the top for toms, beans, etc. I just don't like extra effort or waste if it can be utilised somehow. Alternatively, you could put a board across the two middle posts to add the longitudinal strength you were talking about - to stop the sides popping out. It'd also give you another spot to attach stuff in the middle of the bed. Just started following this channel (and your #2) and will be handy when I get back home in a few months. Interested to hear you talk about the potash too.
I appreciate you putting the unit conversions in the video. What a champ!
I'm currently building my first raised beds. 👍
Me too
congrats I just bought a house and going to plant in ground this year and maybe next too make sure i have a good place for my beds
I hope u did great
Great work Mark. Your explanations are very clear.
began to farming yesterday in my tiny
land..
u are legend Mark. terima kasih..
Northern Canada here and glad I found your videos. Appreciate all the info and the fact you seem like a genuinely good person. Cheers keep it up I will share and like your videos to help support!
Hey mate.
I built my raised bed out of 65mm square galvanised steel I welded it all together as a frame first then I dug the post holes put it in put some concrete in levelled it all up I put fibro boards around the outside and I line the inside with 19mm cement flooring.
I love your sense of humor and learn something from every single video at the same time. Built my own 40x80cm raised bed for my little balcony/terrace and will harvest my first own radishes and kohlrabi within a few weeks, the radishes even raised from seeds. Cost was less than 20 bucks since I used rough sawn roofing wood plus 15 bucks for a first fill of good compost soil. Seeing the result motivated me to build it up into a mini-greenhouse for another 30 bucks. I am out there watching stuff grow every day and it makes me super happy. In the meantime we also added more little pots and stuff and now everything is green there. Your channel was my reason to start this whole thing, so thank you very much!
Great to hear about your balcony garden - love it! Well done :)
@@Selfsufficientme thanks Mark
Uou mentioned mock up to decide height. What I did and worked great. Was a round dining room table. 48" across 30" tall.
Hi Mike, greetings from Brazil ... I love your channel, you are such an inspiring guy. I bet your videos make a difference in many people's lives. Stay strong.
I'm making a raised bed for my mom thanks to you...
Thanks pal, more great info :) To save money but still get the advantage of galvanisd sheeting, i'm gonna make a wooden base then use the narrower sheeting on top.
I love seeing Scooter in the background every time.
Just sitting here waiting on that notification for the next video, beginner gardener here and your videos have really motivated me and the wife to garden. We have tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, and carrots planted now. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! All the best with your crops - homegrown toms... You just can't beat them! Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme thanks brother and goodluck to you on this years harvest
Now every time I see rotting logs I'm like, ooh my next garden bed lol
Me too. Very distracting! lol
Cheers mate ! I'm doing mine tomorrow :) I love the way you explain things it's brilliant !
Good vid, need to build a few new garden beds as the shops can't seem to keep up with the fruit and veg. Please make sure if your using hardwoods that you check what they have been coated in. Thanks Mark.
Just want to say hello from South Mississippi. Ive just started planting vegetables and made a raised bed using HomeDepot Garden Blocks. Very simple 4x4x10 and I love it. However, it is low and as a disabled veteran with back issues I realized it will be tough to maintain. So im glad you posted this so I can start planning my second raised bed. I saw the Birdies raised beds are out of stock when I went to the site in the link provided. So hopefully they will have more in stock soon. I don't want to break the bank, just something simple to continue to grow food. Cheers
You look like a real carpenter to me, Mike. Just like my hubby-he can build anything. It may not be the prettiest, but it is highly functional. I always wanted tall beds, so it is time for me to make some. Have a Wonderful & Blessed Day!
Thank you, I have had sleepers which have now bowed and I couldn't attach them together. Though after watching this I think if I attach to fencing post first it be easier to build my garden beds
Very nice. I had about 20 boards of 2x10 lumber that I kept by demolishing an old fox barn 15 years ago and finally I managed to make 3 raised beds at about 20 inches high. Beds are 4x8 feet each. I will build another one this weekend with the last of the boards. Free material is the best material.
I’ve commented this before but you were my inspiration to build tall raised beds a few years back. I’m relatively young and spry but I still love the convenience. Also, we have rock hard clay soil in my area so the added height allows a much thicker layer of loose compost for my plants to enjoy.
I just built two of those...working on more. Going for six in total. My problem is filling them with good soil. I live on hardpan. Love your channel.