I recently read an article that discussed these plastic tarps and weed blockers used in gardening and farming is contaminating our soils with micro plastics (as they break down) that the plants than uptake into their roots and hence their fruits and veggies 😭 something natural and biodegradable is always the best option, obviously it may not be as cheap as these options, but the cost in the long run to health and environment is well worth it 👍🏽
So many things are contaminating the earth with microplastics. From car tires to our clothing. by the time we figure out how harmful these things are it'll be too late.
And then you hear stories of people who smoke their whole lives, live on basically nothing but fast food and not the healthiest of drinks who end up living to 100 years old. I think it's not healthy mentally (and in return to our bodies) to be too extreme on either end. I wouldn't worry too much about plastics as long as they're not heated to high temperatures when the plants are growing, which they won't be.
@@Nonx47And the reason why you hear about that cuz it's an anomaly. It makes for good news. And how many other thousands or millions of ppl do get cancer from smoking lol. Same thing with the breaking news of fit healthy marathonist dying from a heart attack all of a sudden. How many thousands of active, healthy, and fit live long healthy lives. Outliers make for good news stories.
My money saving idea is to use cloth drop cloths. The price has gone up but you get a very large (9x12 ft) piece of linen like fabric. I have 4 grown children and have made many curtains for large apartment windows, for them and myself. It will fray but sews easily to hem the edges. Thank you for your frugal ideas. I need them!
Thanks for the tip using drop cloth material! Gee, why didn't I think of that? I have in the past made new drop cloths to make natural looking rod pocket curtains. 😊
Thank you! I haven't used the soldering iron or wood burning tool in years and I'm not sure where they are. But I can lay my hands on a spare glue gun in ten seconds. Great tip!
What a nice way to ease into transforming my back yard into a producing garden. I have the IKEA bag and now just need to fill it. My first "bag garden" is going to be near the patio and filled with herbs. Thanks!
That’s exciting! If you have a YT video let me know and l will support you. I do a hydroponic garden and it’s been phenomenal. Now I can grow my beets and things on my porch bc of this channel.
If you want a lot of the bags & live near an Ikea store it's probably worth the time to make an Ikea trip because the bags are 99¢ at USA Ikea stores. We use those bags all over the house & for shopping, etc. I've seen them used as grow bags before but haven't tried it yet.
I use those 10 to 15 pound pet food bags that are made out of similar material. I tack stitch the corners of the bottom to make the bottom square, then I turn them inside out so that they're not so ugly. The inside is usually white which also reflects some of the heat of the sun. I also use a soldering iron to poke holes all over the sides of the bags starting about 2 or 3 inches from the bottom. I believe this allows the roots to air prune. I don't put holes in the bottom because these bags tend to dry out fairly quickly with the holes in the sides. This allows for some moisture to be retained in the bottom of the bag. It hasn't caused any kind of root rot so far. I've been experimenting with this for the last 3 years. I have to buy cat food anyway so it's basically a free growing container. You can only use these for 1 or sometimes 2 years because the bottom seams tend to rot since they're sown together with biodegradable threads. So far I've only tried growing potatoes in them and I haven't yet had a very good harvest. But the plant itself grows very well in these bags all the way to harvest time. I'm pretty confident that something like a tomato or pepper plant would do quite well in them. Another thing I've been doing lately is watching for those "green" grocery bags to go on sale. I sometimes see them 2 for a dollar and I pick up a bunch of them. They make great grow bags. The nice thing about them is that the roots will air prune. In the heat of the summer it helps to put them in some kind of tray where you can keep about an inch of water at the bottom of the bags.
@@iwona4685 I just got 35 pound cat litter buckets at Tractor Supply. First it was an excellent price on good litter and second I figured I was getting a $4-5 bucket or planter "free". 💁♀️
@@renel7303 when you are at TS try pine bedding for cat litter. I think nothing compares. Around $6 for 40lbs, natural, lightweight and great odor control.
@@iwona4685 I'll look into that. Thanks. I buy the huge bags of cedar shavings. They deter fleas and the cats don't like walking on it so they stay out of the areas I spread it.
Dan, your videos are the best! What I like most about your presentations is that you stick to the point. No rambling on BS. Thank you for sharing your unique and useful skills. Love, David
Dog food owners who feed their babies dry food, you can up cycle the bags. Same material as tarp. I just clean and save mine(i buy 25&40# bags) . Potatoes griw great in them. I recycle a lot of things when starting or growing
Thank you So Much for putting this video out! I've been thinking about trying to start a garden as the prices continue to rise . And the looks of some of the veggies in the stores are looking pretty pathetic! I actually picked out enough seed's today to start a garden but after thinking about the cost of everything I put them back. I just wasn't sure how I could afford to build a planter. But Now I have the perfect affordable way Thanks to your video!!!
This is brilliant. The owner of the garden I rented has sold the land and I’m looking for a quick solution to get a garden going in my back garden ( very stoney and rocky). Thanks so much!!!
The lightweight blue tarps are often on sale at the farm stores; sometimes as cheap as $2. Couldn't a person pretty quickly cut & sew your own grow bags? You could probably get a number of bags out of 1 tarp. Good winter project.
Great idea! Damn cats have been using my garden for a litter box! I had to resort to planting in pots, pools, trash cans small plastic ones from the 1.25 store. I will have to look these up. Thank you for sharing!!
Also you can reuse the soil bags, if you buy compost those bags hold plants really well I even got some flour bags from a factory that makes bread since they are made of a similar material as you have shown here, I love the idea of reusing garden material, thanks for the video because I never consider those bags as well and it looks like a doable project as well
Thanks. This is helpful. I’m still searching for how to make a raised bed that’s actually raised, so I don’t have to spend any more of my lift bent over.
Wonderful ideas! I will be using all of them in the next year. I subscribed because I just found this and the cardboard and chickenwire video which are both great ideas for making raised beds without the normal cost.
This is great and I'm excited to start crowing veggies this year! I've gathered all my materials and am ready to go, but I'm a little unclear on how to cover the blue bags with the burlap. In your video you got such good results and they look so nice. I am wondering how you did it.
I love the burlap and cardboard, but the big ikea bag will not break down in the environment. As an avid gardener, I don’t want to do that to the earth. Thank you for the other wonderful ideas.
Hey Dan, I loved the 2 foot raised bed which looks like you made with landscape fabric, chicken wire, and sackcloth, without any lumber supports, am I correct? If so, will it last more than a couple of years before collapsing?
John Jeavons book "How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine" great book on raised bed gardening. Original version (without fruits, nuts berries) in print since 1974, newer version since about 2004. Under $10 used.
I Live In An Apartment w/o Any Patio or Outside Deck. I Have 4 Houseplants 2 Of Which Need To Be Repotted. My Shamrock Plants. I Just Can Not Afford To Buy Bigger lPlanters For Them. I Have Been Trying To Figure Something Out, Do You Have Any Ideas For This Problem ? I Absolutely Love Your Raised Bed Garden Idea, GENIUS !! Had A Garden w/ House Forever Ago. ❤ Thank You ❗️
Just wondering what the dimensions in inches when filled as a garden bed L-W-H ? Also put drain holes 2 to 3 inches up and the potting mix will wick up and self water. If you live by a beach you can have free mulch to take up space, great for soil Minerals even plant in it USE SEAWEED and save money
$2.20 per bag isn't too bad if you don't live near an Ikea store. But if you live near an Ikea store, these 10-gallon Ikea shopping bags sell for just $0.89 (yep, 89 cents) at the store. (BTW, If you've never been to Ikea, make an afternoon of it and wander through the store, and have lunch there. They sell a really good Swedish meatball meal for under $5 in the restaurant, they and sell hot dogs, veggie dogs and ice cream cones for a buck near the checkout area. If you're just getting started on prepping, they have some reasonably priced storage items. One thing I like are their fully enclosed metal-and-glass candle lanterns for $5. These lanterns use tea lights/votive candles, (also sold at Ikea cheap,) and unlike open candles, they will radiate heat, and won't likely start a fire if they tip over. Sounds silly, but these are decorative on the patio, and could be a life-saver in a grid-down situation where you have to bundle up inside a tent in your living room to survive in the winter, the way they did in Texas last year. The only down-side to Ikea is that most of their stuff is Made In China... then again, the way things are looking these days, you may as well buy Chinese stuff now, 'cause we may not be getting any stuff from China soon, if we end up at war with them. Just sayin'.)
Great idea. I like the burlap around the Ikea bag b/c like you say, blue doesn't exactly blend in with nature. Did you put the burlap around the bag before you added the dirt? And how much burlap is under the bag? I think I will put burlap around my 5 gallon buckets that I planted my potatoes in because my husband hates the look of them with the lettering around the outside.
Plastic doesn't blend in with nature either. If you want to do it like you said you have to add the bag first because with the soil inside it will be almost impossible to lift. You could also just use the burlap bag without the plastic. For potatoes you can cut the bag open when harvesting. They decompose after a while. Excellent drainage and perfect root health in burlap.
I wonder how well this plastic or burlap bags will withstand severe freezing or extreme heat weather areas. I have ponderosa pine trees and would that be okay to use in the bottom of those bags?
I'm 85 and tried a little garden last year behind my apartment. Little cucumbers grew, but I had to readjust the supports, and they didn't like to be touched. I swear the broccolis were smiling at me, and trying so hard to grow. I loved them.
I am 64 , not as strong as I use to be…..so I just RECYCLE saved PAPER feed sacks! 🐓. Poke 4 holes! Sit 8 sacks 2 across, 4 long( rolled down top half before filling ) with WOOD CHIPS BOTTOM 1-2”, raised bed soil and sack is stabilized). As sacks decomposed and soil settles plants grow; you will end up with a slightly raised permanent garden bed! Free start,low work kills weeds underneath sack!
Or use one of those very thick cardboard box (not those flimsy ones, but like liquor boxes or moving boxes). Put a black plastic bag inside with several 1” holes in the bottom. Fill with good compost/potting soil and grow anything! I had one that has lasted for 6 years…the past 2 years I have surrounded it on 3 sides with old bricks (free from neighbor) just for some support and for looks.
There is a woman in my neighborhood that uses about 60+ white 5 gallon paint buckets--like Lowes. She doesn't have to stoop down so much to harvest and practically no weeding. She even grew climbing beans the way. She has quite a harvest.
@@pamelaspooner7183What exactly is the point in using any good products or even growing your own food if you're going to throw a big plastic bag in there with all your food? Do not recommend doing this for any reason.
Great ideas here. To all those living close to a Dollar Tree, they have very similar tarp style bags in their little seasonal gardening section. They might be a tad larger than what's seen here and cost only $1.25.
@@avajo5597 Not sure I don't buy the big bags anymore, in fact I don't buy dogfood at all anymore, my dog died suddenly about a month ago. And even for him I bought smaller bags cause he was only 30 lbs. I do buy 40 lb bags of cat food though & Those bags are plastic, sadly.
Love it! I wasn’t able to garden because of costs of soil and other materials needed. I looked at our messy yard filed with unraked leaves,branches, and logs. I raked it all into a pile, put coffee grounds on it daily, and let in sit for a few months. I am growing tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, and green beans in the ground in Florida.
I’m curious where are u at in FL?? I’d love to do that but in Miami…ANY TIME I try to get into the ground here, I end up going thru a pic axe. SO much coral 😭
WOW!! This demonstration is awesome. I just turned 75. I wanted several raised beds, but could not afford to pay someone to build them for me. Thank you and God bless.
I grow potatoes and cucumber straight in the sack of soil... I don't have a garden, just a little patio. Pots works great too if you don't have a garden. I have had potatoes, strawberrys, red currant, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, raddishes, blueberry and chives growing in pots and bags on a rader small balcony. I live in Sweden so we can't grow all year around, but it's possible to grow more than you think! 😊
@@marsfeathers When I was a kid we got it as dessert with whipped eggs (with a lot of sugar added). Use a big pot for the red currant. 👍 This year I'm gonna try rhubarb in a pot. I love everything you can make with rhubarb. 😊 Will also have strawberries this year.. 😊
I would go with the burlap. Sew your own and it will pay for itself. Some plastic has chemicals that seep into the soil..IMHO the closest thing to natural is what I am shooting for...great advice for ideas! Ty
Here in hawaii we dont use grocery bags at all. Foodland and safeway might give you brown paper bags. Hawaii is a no plastic bag state. So if you forget your bags all yoir items are going in you truck car lose. But they offer purchase of the tote bags at counter. So only reusable cloth tote bags that are dirt cheap. 15 cents a piece. Perfect 2 gallon pot. I ise to throw them away when the handles broke until i was like wait. These are cheap smart bags essentially. Lol
Nice video - I love your spirit. Comes up for me that these bags are plastic, so as they break down you get micro plastics in your soil and food.( Something we need to be much more aware of altogether). So the burlap bags are an attractive option for me, as they're made of natural material. Loved the layering of other materials below the soil.
Monsanto's roundup weed killer has a huge lawsuit for non Hodgkin's lymphoma i wouldnt trust anything from them. Stay organic-healthy soil/plant/human/earth
Tip: Ask your local coffee roasters for burlap bags! Coffee is usually shipped in burlap bags, so they usually have a ton of them and will probably give them to you for free.
Hate to be a rain cloud regarding this, but it might be worth ensuring that the plastics these bags are made of won't leech chemicals. I think it would be worth checking out just to play is safe.
I read 2, 4, and 5 are "ok", but note - many containers for lets say mixing cement at home, have a "mixed" recycled plastic symbol. Recycled plastic water bottles leach even more plastic crap into the water.
If you don't have a soldering gun (or a glue gun) : Take a wire hanger, straighten the hook with your hands, heat it over an open flame, press it onto what you want to melt a hole through, abs repeat. You're welcome ❤🙏🏾🙂
Make your drain holes about a couple inches UP FROM the bottom. Then a little bit of water will stay in the soil mixture, instead of quickly draining out from bottom holes.
@@PhilLesh69 I started putting drain holes about 2-3 inches up the side of the pots when I lived in TX...it helped keep the plants alive there! Otherwise, there was no way to keep a container watered in that kind of heat!
@Michelle B It depends on how wet is the area you live in. While in Texas I put just one rather small hole (from a hot nail) 2-3 inches up from the bottom on the backside. I would probably do the same in MN, but more towards the 2 inches rather than 3. Use good soil that both drains excess water, but also has organic matter and holds moisture. And if you lay mulch on top, (don't mix it in), it will help shade it so the sun doesn't heat the pot and roots up so much and looks nice.
For those of you who buy horse feed they now mainly use a strong plastic weave bag for most brands. If you turn them inside out so there is no labeling and cut the two pointed ends off, roll the bag down to about 2/3 tall you get great raised containers. I use them to plant root veggies like potato's and such because instead of digging down I just take a razor knife and open up the bag throw the dirt into a new bag. No digging
@@somethingoldsomethingnew2199 I think that before I would use any plastic bag I'd want to know if it was "food grade" and would not release toxins into whatever I was growing for food.
You young man just earned yourself a new sub! Also, the wood and organic matter in the bottom does much more than you said! It's a culture that makes a living soil in that bed. I would have added a few worms because I sheet compost with pulled weeds and garden waste. I garden by this creed: I feed the worms. The worms feed the soil. The soil feeds the plants, and the plants feed me. >> Tom's Ukrainian/American wife Pam
For those who have no electricity... Take a large nail.. Heat it on a kitchen burner till hot... Grab a hot mit and shove through as many holes you can before it cools.... Repeat as necessary!!!
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I recently read an article that discussed these plastic tarps and weed blockers used in gardening and farming is contaminating our soils with micro plastics (as they break down) that the plants than uptake into their roots and hence their fruits and veggies 😭 something natural and biodegradable is always the best option, obviously it may not be as cheap as these options, but the cost in the long run to health and environment is well worth it 👍🏽
So many things are contaminating the earth with microplastics. From car tires to our clothing. by the time we figure out how harmful these things are it'll be too late.
Yeah that'd be my concern, the paint and plastics leeching into the soil... No thanks.
And then you hear stories of people who smoke their whole lives, live on basically nothing but fast food and not the healthiest of drinks who end up living to 100 years old. I think it's not healthy mentally (and in return to our bodies) to be too extreme on either end. I wouldn't worry too much about plastics as long as they're not heated to high temperatures when the plants are growing, which they won't be.
I'm glad someone commented this cuz I was just thinking about this. Microplastics and paint. Cost effective yes but not ideal growing conditions
@@Nonx47And the reason why you hear about that cuz it's an anomaly. It makes for good news. And how many other thousands or millions of ppl do get cancer from smoking lol. Same thing with the breaking news of fit healthy marathonist dying from a heart attack all of a sudden. How many thousands of active, healthy, and fit live long healthy lives. Outliers make for good news stories.
My money saving idea is to use cloth drop cloths. The price has gone up but you get a very large (9x12 ft) piece of linen like fabric. I have 4 grown children and have made many curtains for large apartment windows, for them and myself. It will fray but sews easily to hem the edges. Thank you for your frugal ideas. I need them!
I use drop cloths on my furniture that my dogs lay on.
Great idea Ann 👍
Thanks for the tip using drop cloth material! Gee, why didn't I think of that? I have in the past made new drop cloths to make natural looking rod pocket curtains. 😊
great idea
For those who don’t have a soldering iron…use the tip of a hot glue gun. 😉
And for those that don't have a glue gun...use a pair of scissor. ; )
And for those that don't have a pair of scissors... use a pencil. 😉
Thank you! I haven't used the soldering iron or wood burning tool in years and I'm not sure where they are. But I can lay my hands on a spare glue gun in ten seconds. Great tip!
Ssssssmart!!
@@CyberSERT and for those that don’t have teeth go out and buy a darn soldering iron…
What a nice way to ease into transforming my back yard into a producing garden. I have the IKEA bag and now just need to fill it. My first "bag garden" is going to be near the patio and filled with herbs. Thanks!
That’s exciting! If you have a YT video let me know and l will support you. I do a hydroponic garden and it’s been phenomenal. Now I can grow my beets and things on my porch bc of this channel.
Guys, IKEA has a beige shopping bag for $2.79 now. PERFECT!!!!
If you want a lot of the bags & live near an Ikea store it's probably worth the time to make an Ikea trip because the bags are 99¢ at USA Ikea stores. We use those bags all over the house & for shopping, etc. I've seen them used as grow bags before but haven't tried it yet.
I use those 10 to 15 pound pet food bags that are made out of similar material. I tack stitch the corners of the bottom to make the bottom square, then I turn them inside out so that they're not so ugly. The inside is usually white which also reflects some of the heat of the sun. I also use a soldering iron to poke holes all over the sides of the bags starting about 2 or 3 inches from the bottom. I believe this allows the roots to air prune. I don't put holes in the bottom because these bags tend to dry out fairly quickly with the holes in the sides. This allows for some moisture to be retained in the bottom of the bag. It hasn't caused any kind of root rot so far. I've been experimenting with this for the last 3 years. I have to buy cat food anyway so it's basically a free growing container. You can only use these for 1 or sometimes 2 years because the bottom seams tend to rot since they're sown together with biodegradable threads. So far I've only tried growing potatoes in them and I haven't yet had a very good harvest. But the plant itself grows very well in these bags all the way to harvest time. I'm pretty confident that something like a tomato or pepper plant would do quite well in them.
Another thing I've been doing lately is watching for those "green" grocery bags to go on sale. I sometimes see them 2 for a dollar and I pick up a bunch of them. They make great grow bags. The nice thing about them is that the roots will air prune. In the heat of the summer it helps to put them in some kind of tray where you can keep about an inch of water at the bottom of the bags.
Great ideas! I'm going to try.
I'm also thinking, those cat litter buckets will make good growing containers.
@@iwona4685 I just got 35 pound cat litter buckets at Tractor Supply. First it was an excellent price on good litter and second I figured I was getting a $4-5 bucket or planter "free". 💁♀️
@@renel7303 when you are at TS try pine bedding for cat litter. I think nothing compares. Around $6 for 40lbs, natural, lightweight and great odor control.
@@iwona4685 I'll look into that. Thanks. I buy the huge bags of cedar shavings. They deter fleas and the cats don't like walking on it so they stay out of the areas I spread it.
Have you thought about running a bead of hot glue down the seam to compensate for degrading of thread?
Dan, your videos are the best! What I like most about your presentations is that you stick to the point. No rambling on BS. Thank you for sharing your unique and useful skills.
Love, David
Dog food owners who feed their babies dry food, you can up cycle the bags. Same material as tarp. I just clean and save mine(i buy 25&40# bags) . Potatoes griw great in them. I recycle a lot of things when starting or growing
Thank you So Much for putting this video out! I've been thinking about trying to start a garden as the prices continue to rise . And the looks of some of the veggies in the stores are looking pretty pathetic! I actually picked out enough seed's today to start a garden but after thinking about the cost of everything I put them back. I just wasn't sure how I could afford to build a planter. But Now I have the perfect affordable way Thanks to your video!!!
This is brilliant. The owner of the garden I rented has sold the land and I’m looking for a quick solution to get a garden going in my back garden ( very stoney and rocky). Thanks so much!!!
The lightweight blue tarps are often on sale at the farm stores; sometimes as cheap as $2. Couldn't a person pretty quickly cut & sew your own grow bags? You could probably get a number of bags out of 1 tarp. Good winter project.
I found a similar bag that was intended for leaves; it’s the perfect size for a half (55 gallon) barrel wicking pot.
Great idea! Damn cats have been using my garden for a litter box! I had to resort to planting in pots, pools, trash cans small plastic ones from the 1.25 store. I will have to look these up. Thank you for sharing!!
Lol.. 1.25 store! Inflation!
Wooden bamboo skewers or sharp pointed sticks stuck in the soil every couple of inches will deter them from digging
Also you can reuse the soil bags, if you buy compost those bags hold plants really well I even got some flour bags from a factory that makes bread since they are made of a similar material as you have shown here, I love the idea of reusing garden material, thanks for the video because I never consider those bags as well and it looks like a doable project as well
I just ordered IKEA bags and burlap...what a great idea...thanks a bunch!
Thank you so much for these helpful tips!
I made 6 grow bags like these. I'm making 2 more. Thanks for all your info!
Thanks. This is helpful. I’m still searching for how to make a raised bed that’s actually raised, so I don’t have to spend any more of my lift bent over.
You Rock. God bless y’all.
Wonderful ideas! I will be using all of them in the next year. I subscribed because I just found this and the cardboard and chickenwire video which are both great ideas for making raised beds without the normal cost.
Be aware that tarps a get brittle when left in direct sunlight for long periods of time. The burlap cover was a great idea.
Thanks Dan, for sharing your awesome ideas, Happy growing ❤😊
Could cut holes in the soil bag too. Use it as a planter.
Great idea and very economical 😊
So down to earth . Love his videos.👍❤️
This is great and I'm excited to start crowing veggies this year! I've gathered all my materials and am ready to go, but I'm a little unclear on how to cover the blue bags with the burlap. In your video you got such good results and they look so nice. I am wondering how you did it.
Thank you for sharing your experience with Gardening tips
I love the burlap and cardboard, but the big ikea bag will not break down in the environment. As an avid gardener, I don’t want to do that to the earth. Thank you for the other wonderful ideas.
Hey Dan, I loved the 2 foot raised bed which looks like you made with landscape fabric, chicken wire, and sackcloth, without any lumber supports, am I correct? If so, will it last more than a couple of years before collapsing?
yes, just use stakes to hold the chicken wire up.
Brilliant - esp about the comfrey! Thank you!
John Jeavons book "How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine" great book on raised bed gardening. Original version (without fruits, nuts berries) in print since 1974, newer version since about 2004. Under $10 used.
One could say the bag the soil came in *is* a "grow bag" - just open the top, poke drainage holes in the bottom, protect it from UV rays...
I Live In An Apartment w/o Any Patio or Outside Deck. I Have 4 Houseplants 2 Of Which Need To Be Repotted. My Shamrock Plants. I Just Can Not Afford To Buy Bigger lPlanters For Them. I Have Been Trying To Figure Something Out, Do You Have Any Ideas For This Problem ? I Absolutely Love Your Raised Bed Garden Idea, GENIUS !! Had A Garden w/ House Forever Ago. ❤
Thank You ❗️
Just wondering what the dimensions in inches when filled as a garden bed L-W-H ?
Also put drain holes 2 to 3 inches up and the potting mix will wick up and self water. If you live by a beach you can have free mulch to take up space, great for soil
Minerals even plant in it
USE SEAWEED and save money
Respect love and gratitude 🙏
For all these chemical naysayers… I’m a city dweller with a balcony and this is a wonderful idea!!!
NICE.....Will be sharing with my organizaion.
Just found this ...I love your methods !
Thanks. Good ideas
$2.20 per bag isn't too bad if you don't live near an Ikea store. But if you live near an Ikea store, these 10-gallon Ikea shopping bags sell for just $0.89 (yep, 89 cents) at the store.
(BTW, If you've never been to Ikea, make an afternoon of it and wander through the store, and have lunch there. They sell a really good Swedish meatball meal for under $5 in the restaurant, they and sell hot dogs, veggie dogs and ice cream cones for a buck near the checkout area. If you're just getting started on prepping, they have some reasonably priced storage items. One thing I like are their fully enclosed metal-and-glass candle lanterns for $5. These lanterns use tea lights/votive candles, (also sold at Ikea cheap,) and unlike open candles, they will radiate heat, and won't likely start a fire if they tip over. Sounds silly, but these are decorative on the patio, and could be a life-saver in a grid-down situation where you have to bundle up inside a tent in your living room to survive in the winter, the way they did in Texas last year. The only down-side to Ikea is that most of their stuff is Made In China... then again, the way things are looking these days, you may as well buy Chinese stuff now, 'cause we may not be getting any stuff from China soon, if we end up at war with them. Just sayin'.)
Where I live the veggie hotdogs cost 50cents and they also have veggie meat balls for the freezer and in the restaurant
Amazing tips! Thank you for sharing! 🙌🏾
Thank you for your knowledge and wisdom! Just subscribed please keep the great videos coming! Blessings to you
Best ikea hack ever!
Thank you for that very informative video.
Great idea. I like the burlap around the Ikea bag b/c like you say, blue doesn't exactly blend in with nature. Did you put the burlap around the bag before you added the dirt? And how much burlap is under the bag? I think I will put burlap around my 5 gallon buckets that I planted my potatoes in because my husband hates the look of them with the lettering around the outside.
Plastic doesn't blend in with nature either. If you want to do it like you said you have to add the bag first because with the soil inside it will be almost impossible to lift.
You could also just use the burlap bag without the plastic. For potatoes you can cut the bag open when harvesting. They decompose after a while.
Excellent drainage and perfect root health in burlap.
you aint kiddin'! very nice.
Great ideas. Thanks.
Stunning 😮thank you
Hugel kultur: how do you prevent disease coming from things like wood, comfrey and compost?
Excellent. Thanks.
Thank you so much.
I wonder how well this plastic or burlap bags will withstand severe freezing or extreme heat weather areas. I have ponderosa pine trees and would that be okay to use in the bottom of those bags?
Very helpful thank you so much
Way to go & yeah to the Choppers 🙏😎
Great info! Thank you 🙏
Great idea.
Wondering that since the bags aren't as permeable as grow bags, do you not get any air pruning on the roots?
Nice, thank you!
What is the difference between a raised garden bed and a big plant pot that will last for many years then?
Great tips
That looks great. But, what material is the ikea bag made if? Is it going to leach into the soil that the plants are growing in?
whats in your tap water? get help.
Great idea!!
good old microplastic in your food, nice idea
Can this blue bag be used for another year? Maybe add more soil?
BTW yall, plastic Aldi bags are of similar material.
Can I grow potatoes in ikea bags? Thanks a lot
AWESOME idea . bro
Love it thanks
thank you so much for this !!!
But can they hold up to our 115F plus degree weather? Or will they melt?
AMAZING 🙏
What is wrong with growing things in the ground?
How well do the sides of these retain the water?
Water does not seep through the sidewalls. Cheers!
Is this material food safe?
What kind of chemicals does it leach though?
ikea rules
Garden fencing with hay/straw.
Feed bags work as well…
Um.... Do you know what those are made of and do you really want it leaching into your food?
any plastic material??😮
Cardboard is low cost housing for all bugs !
I'm 85 and tried a little garden last year behind my apartment. Little cucumbers grew, but I had to readjust the supports, and they didn't like to be touched. I swear the broccolis were smiling at me, and trying so hard to grow. I loved them.
THX.. Made me smile. :)
Wonderful story.
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I am 64 , not as strong as I use to be…..so I just RECYCLE saved PAPER feed sacks! 🐓. Poke 4 holes! Sit 8 sacks 2 across, 4 long( rolled down top half before filling ) with WOOD CHIPS BOTTOM 1-2”, raised bed soil and sack is stabilized). As sacks decomposed and soil settles plants grow; you will end up with a slightly raised permanent garden bed! Free start,low work kills weeds underneath sack!
Much better idea! I don’t know why anyone would use plastic in their garden.
What a fantastic idea! I imagine if you water carefully (drip, for instance), the outside edges hold up for the season. Really great!
Or use one of those very thick cardboard box (not those flimsy ones, but like liquor boxes or moving boxes). Put a black plastic bag inside with several 1” holes in the bottom. Fill with good compost/potting soil and grow anything! I had one that has lasted for 6 years…the past 2 years I have surrounded it on 3 sides with old bricks (free from neighbor) just for some support and for looks.
There is a woman in my neighborhood that uses about 60+ white 5 gallon paint buckets--like Lowes. She doesn't have to stoop down so much to harvest and practically no weeding. She even grew climbing beans the way. She has quite a harvest.
@@pamelaspooner7183What exactly is the point in using any good products or even growing your own food if you're going to throw a big plastic bag in there with all your food? Do not recommend doing this for any reason.
Great ideas here.
To all those living close to a Dollar Tree, they have very similar tarp style bags in their little seasonal gardening section. They might be a tad larger than what's seen here and cost only $1.25.
Dog food bags same material.
Wonder if horse feed and chicken feed 🎒's might be about the same as dog food bags.
@@Seriouslydave Hmmmm.....my pet food bags are plastic or plastic reinforced paper.
@@pamh.5705 I think the really large dog food bags are the tarp-style reinforced material.
@@avajo5597 Not sure I don't buy the big bags anymore, in fact I don't buy dogfood at all anymore, my dog died suddenly about a month ago. And even for him I bought smaller bags cause he was only 30 lbs.
I do buy 40 lb bags of cat food though & Those bags are plastic, sadly.
Love it! I wasn’t able to garden because of costs of soil and other materials needed. I looked at our messy yard filed with unraked leaves,branches, and logs. I raked it all into a pile, put coffee grounds on it daily, and let in sit for a few months. I am growing tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, and green beans in the ground in Florida.
I put yard waste in thick black trash bags, and left them in the backyard in Florida. In a few months I had the BEST rich soil. Surprise!
This is similar to "lasagna gardening"!
Throw your lawn clippings and shredded paper onto the pile. That will get a compost pile heated up real quick.
brilliant!
I’m curious where are u at in FL?? I’d love to do that but in Miami…ANY TIME I try to get into the ground here, I end up going thru a pic axe. SO much coral 😭
WOW!! This demonstration is awesome. I just turned 75. I wanted several raised beds, but could not afford to pay someone to build them for me. Thank you and God bless.
72 here.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF RAISED BEDS BUT WHO WOULD VOULENTEER TO MAKE A FEW FOR ME. IM A SENIOR TOO.
Me too!
@@susanwilson9755 80 here
You should try straw bale gardening. Its an instant raised bed! They work amazingly well. And very little to no weeding....and no plastic... :-)
I grow potatoes and cucumber straight in the sack of soil... I don't have a garden, just a little patio. Pots works great too if you don't have a garden. I have had potatoes, strawberrys, red currant, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, raddishes, blueberry and chives growing in pots and bags on a rader small balcony. I live in Sweden so we can't grow all year around, but it's possible to grow more than you think! 😊
thanks for sharing what can all be grown in these.
@@gladysanderson1351 Glad if I could help in any way!
Oh golly I want some red currant, my favorite fruit as a kid so delicious and sour!!!
@@marsfeathers When I was a kid we got it as dessert with whipped eggs (with a lot of sugar added).
Use a big pot for the red currant. 👍 This year I'm gonna try rhubarb in a pot. I love everything you can make with rhubarb. 😊 Will also have strawberries this year.. 😊
Thank you
I have tried lots of ways, but the squirrels eat everything I grow.. I don't know how to stop this....
I would go with the burlap. Sew your own and it will pay for itself.
Some plastic has chemicals that seep into the soil..IMHO the closest thing to natural is what I am shooting for...great advice for ideas! Ty
Just burlap container?
I was just thinking the same, thanks for confirming!
I was also wondering about chemicals from plastics seeping into soil.
A soldering iron is great. I saved 1litre yogurt containers and used the soldering iron to make holes in the bottom and now have multiple plant pots.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Here in hawaii we dont use grocery bags at all. Foodland and safeway might give you brown paper bags. Hawaii is a no plastic bag state. So if you forget your bags all yoir items are going in you truck car lose. But they offer purchase of the tote bags at counter. So only reusable cloth tote bags that are dirt cheap. 15 cents a piece. Perfect 2 gallon pot. I ise to throw them away when the handles broke until i was like wait. These are cheap smart bags essentially. Lol
They go in loose unless you buy 13 gallon trash bags to put them and take them home that way
Yes! Great idea! Aldi sells reusable cloth tote bags too! I’d rather use those over plastic! Thx for the idea! 😃
wow, reusable CLOTH bags....so much better than the plastic 'fabric' bags!
Nice video - I love your spirit. Comes up for me that these bags are plastic, so as they break down you get micro plastics in your soil and food.( Something we need to be much more aware of altogether). So the burlap bags are an attractive option for me, as they're made of natural material.
Loved the layering of other materials below the soil.
Yes - micro plastic. We are not aware of the distribution everywhere.
Exactly. Microplastics are bad.
Most Americans already have microplastics in their blood. Sames true for most countries. Sad times.
I planted potatoes in dollar tree pillowcases filled with miracle grow potting soil. AMAZING HARVEST!
I would love to see that.
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That is good to know!
Monsanto's roundup weed killer has a huge lawsuit for non Hodgkin's lymphoma i wouldnt trust anything from them. Stay organic-healthy soil/plant/human/earth
Dang nice
As a swede that has like 20 IKEA bags, I am very happy right now. This will save me a fortune! 😄
I thought of IKEA bags too! I’ve bought similar ones from Amazon too.
they will last barely a season outside...but still good for a potato crop
Tip: Ask your local coffee roasters for burlap bags! Coffee is usually shipped in burlap bags, so they usually have a ton of them and will probably give them to you for free.
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I just ask my local Cooper for old barrels.
@@toadlika what's a Cooper?
@@MarySmith-ry9cu Coopers Hawk Winery
@@MarySmith-ry9cu They make wooden barrels.
Hate to be a rain cloud regarding this, but it might be worth ensuring that the plastics these bags are made of won't leech chemicals. I think it would be worth checking out just to play is safe.
That was one of my first thoughts
@@misscoy05ify Me, too.
I read 2, 4, and 5 are "ok", but note - many containers for lets say mixing cement at home, have a "mixed" recycled plastic symbol. Recycled plastic water bottles leach even more plastic crap into the water.
You can use a large brown paper box instead
Yeah, I thought of this right away.
If you don't have a soldering gun (or a glue gun) : Take a wire hanger, straighten the hook with your hands, heat it over an open flame, press it onto what you want to melt a hole through, abs repeat.
You're welcome ❤🙏🏾🙂
Make your drain holes about a couple inches UP FROM the bottom. Then a little bit of water will stay in the soil mixture, instead of quickly draining out from bottom holes.
That little bit of stagnant water might increase the risk of root rot fungus.
@@PhilLesh69 I started putting drain holes about 2-3 inches up the side of the pots when I lived in TX...it helped keep the plants alive there! Otherwise, there was no way to keep a container watered in that kind of heat!
I do the same with pots, have not had a root rot problem.
@Michelle B It depends on how wet is the area you live in. While in Texas I put just one rather small hole (from a hot nail) 2-3 inches up from the bottom on the backside. I would probably do the same in MN, but more towards the 2 inches rather than 3. Use good soil that both drains excess water, but also has organic matter and holds moisture. And if you lay mulch on top, (don't mix it in), it will help shade it so the sun doesn't heat the pot and roots up so much and looks nice.
@Michelle B and just to be clear...I would skip the hole on the bottom.
For those of you who buy horse feed they now mainly use a strong plastic weave bag for most brands. If you turn them inside out so there is no labeling and cut the two pointed ends off, roll the bag down to about 2/3 tall you get great raised containers. I use them to plant root veggies like potato's and such because instead of digging down I just take a razor knife and open up the bag throw the dirt into a new bag. No digging
So smart
Thankyou. You just saved me $2. A bag
Would the 50 pound bags that chicken feed come in work as well?
Dog and cat food bags too. I have washed them up and sewed handles on for quirky totes for my animal-loving friends.
@@somethingoldsomethingnew2199 I think that before I would use any plastic bag I'd want to know if it was "food grade" and would not release toxins into whatever I was growing for food.
You young man just earned yourself a new sub! Also, the wood and organic matter in the bottom does much more than you said! It's a culture that makes a living soil in that bed. I would have added a few worms because I sheet compost with pulled weeds and garden waste. I garden by this creed: I feed the worms. The worms feed the soil. The soil feeds the plants, and the plants feed me.
>> Tom's Ukrainian/American wife Pam
Nice thought
For those who have no electricity... Take a large nail.. Heat it on a kitchen burner till hot... Grab a hot mit and shove through as many holes you can before it cools.... Repeat as necessary!!!
Also if you don't want to hold a nail, heat a drill bit in your cordless drill, whether you turn it on or not?
Or use scissors and snip holes.
why no electricity? you okie hill bred?
My son lived in Sweden for a few years. We loved visiting there.