10 Raised Bed Gardening Lessons You Need to Know
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Hope you enjoyed the drone shots as much as I did filming them😉 For a detailed comparison of wooden raised beds vs metal beds take a look at my blog posts: huwsgarden.com/blogs/blog/raised-garden-beds-galvanized-metal-vs-wood 🌱
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Much love from Sri Lanka 🌱🌸❤️
I enjoyed you calling night time slug hunting a “slug bust”.. that made my day I’m going to use that term from now on
Hi Huw, I wanted to read the blog post but as the shop is now closed it seems to just take me to the closure page- is you blog accessible separately from the shop?
@@korinthecat4573 Ditto.
I love the way you utilize “the golden hour” in your videos. Every video has this beautiful, almost enchanting lighting that makes one feel like they’re in a fairytale garden.
Thank you for noticing this, we are going to try and do this as much as possible as it's so fun to film in!😊
@@HuwRichards it’s beautiful! Is this really early in the morning? ❤
My lesson: Needed 4.5 m3 of compost to start my 30 m2 of no-dig raised beds (layer of 6 inches or 15 cm). Nowadays I need 0.75 m3 of compost to maintain fertility and loss of level as the compost goes on with decomposing (layer of 2,5 cm or 1 inch).
*HUW* I stopped by my local library (Carlingford, Sydney, Australia) and there was *YOUR BOOK*, beautifully featured in a display!! Honestly, I was thrilled like a kid at Christmas - with the extra special honour of being the first to read it. Huw dear, you can rightly claim 'internationally renowned'. I'm looking forward to reading every page. Cheers from Oz!
An excellent tutorial on raised beds, Huw! I change from in-ground beds to raised beds 6 years ago and couldn't ever go back to in-ground beds. A couple things I do a little different is that I use wheat straw to cover unused bed sections instead of cardboard, and I have replaced the grass between the beds with wood chips. When I remove the straw from a bed, it goes into the compost bin as a brown. The wood chips between the beds is a great deterrent to slugs since they hate to crawl across it. And, the wood chips decompose into great soil under them that can later be used in the beds.
I've found wood chips to be a great place for slugs to hide during the day. 🤷♀ Having said that, I'm a big fan of wood chips for all the reasons you mentioned. Also, cardboard is my friend. lol But I wouldn't bother removing it when I want to plant, plant straight into it, does wonders for weeds, worms eat it and it breaks down eventually to feed the soil.
I can't get over all of the green in those aerial shots! Everything is so lush and beautiful! We don't see green like that in the inland valley of Southern California. Thanks for another wonderful video.
You’re an inspiration Huw, thank you. Your book has been a great help too. This summer has been my first try at growing food and I love it when I can say “this meal cost us nothing but time water and patience.” I hope to improve each year.
What a wonderful was to celebrate your harvests!! I really appreciate you sharing that!:)
@@HuwRichards Full wt
I added two 4 foot wide raised beds to my garden this year, using reclaimed wood. Because I’m vertically challenged (5 foot 1 inch), I’ve found that 4 feet is just a bit too wide for me to work with comfortably. I plan to make my next beds just a wee bit narrower. And that’s another great lesson: raised beds are easy to customize to various needs like reach. Thanks for another great video, Huw! BTW, the drone shots at the beginning were fantastic!!
I am also vertically challenged - I’ve found that 3 ft wide works well for me.
Raised beds are amazing. When I first started out, I built a meter wide raised bed against a fence. Big mistake because it is very difficult to reach the area closest to the fence. Thanks for giving me the idea to put pollinators back there.
Beautiful video - thanks for the helpful tips, Huw. Will have to watch again as I was distracted by the lovely garden.
Awhhh haha thank you!;)
Those of us who are shorter prefer beds only 3 ft wide. I would also like mine higher because I am older and have arthritis. Every gardener has to tinker a bit to customize their plot, but the principles you advocate are spot on.
Your "manageable chunks" point was the key feature for me this year, the first where majority of the garden in raised bed vs traditional.
Really enjoyed the garden tour, your veggies all look healthy and vibrant. Over the past two years Ive incorporated a lot of your information into growing food in three raised beds I’ve built, 16ft x 4ft. This year the growth and Harvest has been bountiful and I’m enjoying it so much. Many thanks from Northern Canada zone 3
So green and lush! I remember when California gardens looked that way. Such a struggle when on a well now.
Those crops ALL look so healthy...I'm learning...so thanks for sharing
Your garden looks glorious Huw!
Thank you so much!!
Love my raised (12") beds. Less weeding and organized.
You are such a knowledgeable young man. Your method of gardening is so encouraging to new gardeners like me. I’m really enjoying your book and will be ordering others in the future. Thank you for sharing your tips. Sending you well wishes from Canyon Lake Texas.
Thank you so much for your support! It means the World :)
Hey Huw! I have a raised bed made of stone and slate and is about 1 metre high. I planted oregano just above a large boulder that forms the corner of this particular bed and everyone raves and asks what plant is that because it happily cascades down the rock like a herbal waterfall. Cheers!
Interesting that you talk about sloped raised beds. My beds are raised because our land is sloped. We leveled the beds, one side is dug in, and the other exposed. That helps me get flat garden beds and not a slope that makes the soil go down the hill when rain comes.
I've done the same as my veggie growing area is anything but flat. I've also stepped down some beds which has helped.
What a gorgeous view from above ❤. Life gardening goals that I hope to accomplish by next summer. Happy gardening friends.
Wales is gorgeous! Who now has it added to their travel list?
beautiful scenery surrounded with greenery and fertility of vegetable plants, very healthy and good for the mind, thank you for your hard work managing the garden 🥰🥰
Wow! beautiful.
I've built some beds far too close together (deliberately) to maximize my growing area. The paths are less than a foot wide. To keep myself safe from falling, I've pounded sturdy stakes into the edge of the beds at intervals, so I have a hand hold. I've also built one very wide flower bed against a fence (again, not ideal, but I wanted to maximize my growing area) and to access the middle I've put down steppingstones with hand hold stakes at convenient intervals. I get so much inspiration - and courage to try different things - from seeing beautiful gardens like yours and from reading the comments. Thank-you!!
Thanks for the thoughtful content 🙂
Very helpful, thanks for sharing
YET ANOTHER excellent video.
I learn so much - thank you!
I grow alot of food here in 8 beds that are 8 by 4 Love your videos and tips. Love and hugs from Pennsylvania Sincerly Melody
i wouldn't mind your opinion and views of large container pots like fabric pots and air pots..
i use them and find them brilliant especially for plants and veg that can benefit from a bigger root system
Exceptionally helpful video. Thank you x
You're most welcome!
Great tips especially when it comes to management. One of the biggest set backs when gardening is letting it get away from you and, as you said, becoming overwhelming. Having compartmentalised beds is awesome for being able to chip away, get a sense of achievement and still getting work done without feeling bad about the state of your garden.
Great video Huw! I've really been enjoying my raised beds. It's a bit easier on the back, and I agree, it feels very tidy and organized. And I love that they don't change size too. I use wood chips between my beds and keep the grass out of the raised bed area. I find it's a lot less work than trying to mow all those little spaces. And I've been making a one last raised bed to finish off my veg garden area.
Great tips ..thanks Huw.
Thank you for your wisdom 🌟❤️🌟
Thanks for touching on the pesky snails! I am so sick of mine, thought I had them under control with my beer traps, but after moving my drying gourds from rain, they were covered with snails. I was sickened picking them off and see they managed to destroy the tops of two of my gourds. BACK TO THE BEER TRAPS!!!
Great advice and great encouragement Huw 👍😋
VERY helpful
I like to watch your video, I have a plan to make beds for my garden. I also learned to make compost by watching your video, thank you for the video.
I love the tip on dry vs wetter parts of the bed
I've been calling this 'tactical planting' and have been experimenting with using it to offset some of the succession planning....
Alot of us aren't very good with the planning side of things..
So for example, it's just turned spring here.... I'll direct seed some lettuce in the prime, warmest growing position in the garden and also direct sow some lettuce in the average spots and another lot in the shady cold part.... I've downsized three separate planting tasks and created a sequential 'alarm clock'of lettuce that gives me time to plan for the 'fourth sequential plantings'
Have you experimented with this Hugh?
Great and peaceful video 🌿🌿🌿regards dear friend💐💐
Always amazing. I love your garden 😍
Thank you!!:)
Great video! Do you have a video on how to start from scratch with raised beds? How to prepare the location, what soil to use, etc. That would be great!
2:50 no raised beds in my section, though I do have terraces. I have discovered that you can sit down almost anywhere you can stand. And in some spots, I can even lie right back! Try doing that on a narrow bit of wood! It's amazing: there's ground everywhere down here ;-)
Thx a lot 👍
Your garden is so beautiful 🌹
Thank you!:)
Bonjour , magnifique, félicitations à bientôt 🙏🙏🙏
Love all of your content! Would love to see a video on parts of plants you didn't know you could eat 🙏 I have recently discovered using purple sprouting broccoli leaves as a kale/cabbage alternative and made me think there must be similar usages for other parts of plants.
As usual, amazing tips and techniques on a productive garden,amazing channel 💚🌱💚
Thank you so much!
@@HuwRichards 🤗🌱💚🌱
What do you do with slugs and snails when you find them? Is there a slug exile?
Great video I’m starting this autumn. Found your channel and book at just the right time. thanks Huw
I'm so pleased to hear that and best of luck! Autumn is the ideal time to start!
@@HuwRichards Just ‘leafing’ through the book veg in one bed. Even more please to have bought it. Quite excited to give it a go. Beds and soil in autumn and winter ready for spring. Thanks thanks.
All my raised beds are 1.2 meters wide simply because timber is sold in a standard 2.4 meters lengths, so they are 2.4x1.2. I suspect many beds are the same size purely due to this. I personally feel that 1 meter would be the ideal for reaching the centre with ease but I was not going to waste the offcut that would cause just to save a very slight stretch.
I enjoyed this video immensely! Some recap and review from past videos with a lot of new information as well. I have six ERBs (elevated raised garden beds) and one ground level squash bed so I really appreciate the info. Huw, I got a girl woody when you pulled that turnip out of the soil! Ah....gardening. 🙃
Dear Huw thanks very much for sharing all your knowledge. How do you manage the grass inbetween the beds. I experiment with cardboard and woodchip, black plastic and stones and grass also. I see Charles Dowding tends to grow without raised beds and no paths as such. I personally like the raised beds. Best wishes from West Cork Ireland
New viewer here. Very impressive!
Thanks and welcome :)
Your videos are very inspiring & informative. I’m gathering info & hoping to begin a garden next growing season. What wood should be used for raised beds? It seems like treated lumber would hold up better, but I didn’t know if it would have chemicals that may leech into the soil and food. Thanks
I’m I’m the process of filling six raised beds 4x5 foot by 2&1/2 foot high. At age 74 I’m eliminating all that back bending. There is a company called Birdies in England and Australia who manufacture a 9 in 1 modular galvanised design. This means you have nine choices to choose your dimensions in the one flat pack. Hope this is helpful. Cheers.
Concerning the raised beds. If you have moles, voles, gophers, rats etc. It would be wise to used an appropriate galvanized metal grid to close off the bottom of your raised bed before filling it up. If you have to place your beds near aggressive trees You might want beds tall enough to put 3 inches of cement at the bottom of your bed (you can drill drainage holes if needed). If you have rabbit or ground hog issues you might want to make your raised beds with smooth tall sides. If you have problems with cats then good luck. My neighbor covers his raised bed soil with plastic to keep all the neighborhood cats from fertilizing his garden.
Hi Huw
Many thanks for your great videos! I intent to construct raise beds with bricks as they probably last longer. Other than the cost, do you know the contra and pro for those?
If not, where can I find info about them? Thank for your support.
Hello Huw. SUCH a major fan of what you're doing. Do you ever think that ordering items from your webshop will be possible from the Netherlands?
How do you manage have all those garden beds with no netting over any of them??. Im in Australia, not UK but still, we cover everthing with netting so it doesn’t get eaten by anything. I wish we didn’t have too.
I'd love to grow in raised beds,have just put in a couple of small ones.... My problem is the money they cost compared to grow bags and pots.
I'd rather have raised bed ATM as have 4 Labrador retriever puppies with me instead of 1,plus mum. And bless em they love climbing on the pots and bags. But means my last 4 weeks of growing anything has gone out the window.
Had I got raised beds and could of put netting over the lot would of protected them. But I hadn't and didn't know I'd be fostering these guys for Up to 8 months.... Long time,be spring lol
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Hi How do you manage the grass between the beds? Just starting out and about to make my first frame, going to make a few to start and build up to six. What’s the best method for keeping walk ways clear. Thanks 😊
What do you use as a mulch for your raised beds ? I dont see any wood chips in your videos. Hope to get a reponse
wrt sloped beds, another option is a bed built in three steps.
I think after reading your raised bed comparison blog, I will attempt to use bamboo for my raised garden. I understand the challenges involved. Have you ever considered it and if so what would be your advice? Thanks.
If you treat your bamboo first it will last well
Por favor activa subtítulos en español, gracias
Hi Huw, quick question, when sowing buckwheat do you sow in drills or scatter them?
I've done both with equal success
advise for when your raised beds (6 inch) are so full of worms and worm castings that they drain water so fast!!!😵 and I keep adding compost but it seems to sink at a really fast rate.
Good problem to have. Healthy soil to plant in!
what is total garden size huw?
What's with the CDs on a string?
save breakfast food cardbord box or pezza box put around edge keep grass out. with wood chips. dig deep. dig waist or neck deep. layer dirt with straw or grasses clips or leaves. then next year do same thing again and again. get air down deep parts turn dirt around. I add wood Ash or add sand if dirt to clay like. but area out side raised bed leave clay act like giant free pot. straw hold water in deep. when plats drope roots grow crazy well. greens, beans , roots , fruits. make life simpler. so I grew super hot peppers and tomatoes fruit. planted flowers end and middle bring pollinators. greens don't need pollinators. when dig dirt like this get lot extra so make super tall raised bed for greens cut them salads eat summer a lot. also good grow strawberries that fruit row thing. beets did super well for me. put cold drawer in fridge. pickle if want. store well winter. that root. yet do any beans try next year. so help there. but almost balanced diet. change up year to year. 4 ft 8ft bed. extra dirt put raised bed or pots or hang baskets. it take few years dirt lose black. if too lose. simple dige hole mix clay with good dirt make two really good bed one year. were took couple years first really good bed. when dig deep mix organic material like use grow bag put dirt in so put. back or move around don't grow bag tractor supplely. use dog foood or cat food bags even animal feed bags tractor supple strong hold dirt for while get things way want. also drop worms form fish store help worms go fast. as hill make raised bed tall down side short up side. put in some fence post hold tall side. leave space walk around. if dig deep have plant dirt fill up.
I love Huw's videos and I'm reading Veg in One Bed. I don't think I can transport ten-foot long pieces of decking lumber in my little car, and it's $80 to have it delivered. If I have them cut the 10-foot pieces in half, what would be the best way to connect them together again when building the raised bed? (To get a 4x10ft bed)
Two 4'x5' beds abutted, requires an extra 8' piece cut in half but you'll have a very very stable structure.
@@davec1117 Thank you for the advice! I'll try that!
@@freedombug11 Your welcome. I'm stuck too when it comes to bringing long boards home from the lumber yard.
Cut the 10 ft. Boards into 6 & 4 ft. Pieces for a 6 x 4 bed, less waste and easier to walk around!
Or 7 ft. X 3 ft..?
Did you think of keeping ducks/chickens?
We do :)
I think you have a great channel but also reckon there must be a great opportunity to do a second, supplementary channel!
You're videos and so polished and well put together but I would also love to see some variety.
A second, more casual and spontaneous channel would be great! Not polished, behind the scenes, day to day kind of stuff.
It could have everything not on the main channel, life with the ducks, cooking your produce, behind the scenes of shooting your vids, more stuff for your audience to get to know you, bloopers, unscripted, even if it's shot on a decent mobile phone is more than enough these days!
I say this sincerely and with the best of intentions, I just thought there must be no shortage of bloopers we don't get to see! 🤣😂
Background music is really loud
one thing I know, you need a little HUGE LAND.
Your audio is too quiet