Raised Beds - Design and Build - Hugelculture Style and VERY low cost ($5 per bed!!!)
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2023
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These beds happen to be 4'x8' but of course could be any dimension people wanted. We make them 4' wide because our 1/2" EMT conduit pipes bent in an arch will fit over them to turn them into mini low-tunnels if needed.
The wood is sourced from a local saw mill. Wherever you live you may find a saw mill that has offcuts, slabcuts, slabwood, live edge, wastewood.. ..Many names for a similar product. Often very very low cost or even free, these boards make for amazing raised bed building. The staves I made are from Black Locust which is ideal, but any wood would last at least a few years.
Filling these beds can be done in large part with old, rotten wood.... Abandoned firewood piles, big chunks from wood chipping, branches, etc., etc., leaves are nice too... Cleaning up old garden debris, raking off a lawn, collecting dropped branches in the woods, SO many sources of filling material. We then cover with soil, in our case leftovers from a pond dig, but maybe you have a ditch you want to dig nearby or a micro pond? You can get your soil for most of the fill from there! We will cap our beds in the last 2-4" with finished compost from our chicken system, which is made entirely from waste materials. Really works wonders!
Save that money and resource :)
We will share update video soon with how we mulch the walk ways and how we cap and finalize the soil on the beds.
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I send a lot of people to your videos because you do things without having to spend a lot of money because people think you have to go to the big box stores ace hardware stuff like that to get everything you don’t you got a resource was near you and who’s got it for free and you’re really good at that.
Thanks, yeah, it feels very very important to have videos centered on no or very low cost solutions, ideally based on waste streams so folks can approach this lifestyle without a financial burden.
Pretty cool! Gardening does not have to cost an arm and a leg. Your channel is full of creative ideas. Cheers!
We try to keep it cheep n' sturdy :)
I'm enjoying the longer form videos, even if they get a bit waffley or pineapple-ish :3 Always love your creative methods of low-cost construction & local sourcing. I am delighted by the idea of raised beds without fasteners to go to rust!
Fastenless stuff here, waffley to be sure, but fastenless and pineappleish too
Sean this is one of your best videos ever. 💪 Exactly the inspiration we need in late February 2023
Toronto Zone 6
Wow, so glad it landed in a good way for ya!
brother, I want you to be you tube famous. just not rich and famous. DO NOT CHANGE whether you gain wealth or not. You inspire us "un-wealthy' people to do better. Love the video. looks like what I have done on my own homestead.!! Keep up the amazing videos. remember when your famous dont change. SERIOUS! So many bs channels of people just flaunting you tube money...
Super kind words, thank you Timothy. I don't forsee any fundamental changes to what you see on this channel. There is no desire to get to a certain level with things so we can finally just buy new stuff! The point and focus of our lives is to live like this and share it, so it will be how we move forward, I think you can trust that...
What a lovely gift for your mother. A taller raised bed would be much appreciated by her.
Makes it easier for everyone once it's in position
Pineapplish! Great to see how everything is evolving.
Thanks
I am so new to your channel and I am beginning to realize what a treasure your videos are. Amazing what you do with what you have access to. It inspires me and gives me hope for my place.
So glad to have you with us Tanja, happy you found us and look forward to having you along for the journey!
Same here!
I'd love to see updates on your mother's new raised bed garden.. What a great gift for her!
We'll share updates as the season unfolds for sure
Sweetly pineapple-ish! Love that anything on the earth is not trash. On the other hand, stuff sent by rocket to the sun...
Thanks for your thoughts :)
I love the way you reuse and recycle, as well as using what you have. It makes a garden looks so much more natural and real. Thanks for the money saving tips!
You are an inspiration to all of us frugal people. I made my pea trellis from that wretched Virginia creeper. I ripped the vines off the fence & wound/wove them into circles/ovals. Then left them to bake on the concrete driveway. When it came time to "crochet" it all together, I used green vines. This is it's 2nd Michigan winter.
I bet that has a wonderful look and what a nice use of existing resources, very cool!
Pineapplish!!!!
Very inspiring!
So glad!
I love this! Using only material that will decompose makes it great, I can't wait to see how the area shapes up, it already looks awesome.
I remember watching a video when you made those beds for your mum.
This is looking very productive already and I really like how the wilderness in the garden is tamed a bit by these beds but not much - this is going to be a great area to spend time in. I look forward to seeing what will be planted here, probably not pineapples, but lots of other delicious plants.🤗
Probably not too many pineapples, but there are pines and apples all around :)
Hoping for a productive year in these beds and nice to hear from you!
Pineappleish...love it! This gives me inspiration for the raised beds I'll be putting in soon. I inherited about 70 sheets of old corn crib siding...I know it's not wood, which I would prefer, but it was free, recycled and will be reused. My beds will be 4x9 and 27" tall...I really like the idea of using staves...maybe this technique will work with the siding. 🤔 All trial and error on my part! Lol
Hope it comes together in a great way, seems like a great resource you can work with
You are fortunate to have so much natural material to utilize! Love the beds.
We're really pleased
I am so proud I found your channel. I really appreciate that you share your knowledge with us.
Pineappleish - I always make it to the end. Much Love from Nikiski, Alaska.
Thanks!
I love your mom’s place and what you’re doing there.
Thanks Cindy
Pineapplish! will be interesting to see all the things planted later.
We'll certainly share how it unfolds
"The pokey-uppy bits" I love the lingo!
Technical, I know, but hey, what can you do :)
So much jargon, right? ;)
Doing inspired work taught by nature's designs, using that which has be given to us for free. Beautiful example!
I’m so enjoying your channel! Thank you for the valuable information. These raised beds are genius. Would’ve never thought of using staves.
It's just a very inexpensive and quick way to get things soundly in the 'good enough' category to start growing!
For the low low cost of a cup of coffee u can have a beautiful hugle bed
💚🍍
More labor than a cup of coffee but similar price... Cheaper than a coffee I bought at a fancy place recently, yikes!
I love watching you do heavy lifting so i can feel accomplished. 😊
IT's amazing how much pineapplish stuff it takes to fill raised beds. Then every year to replenish. Glad we have chicken dirt and chicken compost.
Sure is a lot of fill, and I think we'll have to 'top them off' again sometime in the fall or before next spring (2024) but then they should be good to go for the duration
@EdibleAcres Thank you for all the teaching and inspiration, Sean. We are rehabilitating some old raised beds, and making them deeper. Converting them to hugel beds makes sense.
I was surprised, that in your mother's new beds, how deeply you piled the wood. I'd say, half? or more? What crops are planned for those beds, if you don't mind saying.
Super beautiful. Elbow grease, TLC, and keen use of very high quality 'waste' materials!
Hope your mama and fam loves this and is nourished by it!
By the way did you know pineapple is among the words most similar across most languages?
Like "making food first" and the importance of relationships...quite pineappleish
I should do an update on the scene... Kinda messy this time of year but wow did it help grow a lot of plants!
Very interesting and appealing. I learned about Hugelculture for the first time from your videos. Thank you!
Glad we were able to share some new ideas with you
Great work almost pineapple-ish!
I definitely dig the longer pineapple-ish videos! Such a great way to utilize all of those cut offs! Even after 25-30 years, those will be some fertile mounds!
I suspect these beds will last quite a while with the sides, and then break down into some nice soil in the future
That is so kind of you to setup gardening beds as such for your Mother. I appreciate when my sons help me with my garden. Keep up the good work and taking care of your Mom. You will be Blessed many times over.
Pineapple ish 😊 enjoy the snow
Thank you
Pineapple-ish! 😊 Thanks, I enjoy every minute of your videos.
So so glad!
Pineapple-ish? Love it
:)
Pretty pinapplish there eh! I also enjoy watching these longer style vids, especially on a snowing cold day... thanks for sharing
“All the poky uppy bits” love it!
Love "longer" videos 💚. Pineappleish 🍍
Awesome
Reminds me of my first raised bed building the front yard. I love your reuse n simple focus! My front yard south of Boston is a bit of a mess but I'm aiming for this in my back yard with a fence so chickens n groundhog don't get all
Sounds great!
Pineapplish nurse logs! As ever, simple, creative and efficient.
Pineapplish. Very nice looking beds.
Thank you! 😊
I look forward to seeing what your mum planted/will be planting in these and what it will look like.🤗
I do too! I bought some seed for us to set in and the soil feels like it is VERY ready to get going... Hopefully in the next few days we'll make it happen!
Pineappleish...
Loved the episode, that's almost found raised beds. I think they look amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure!
We had to close our resale shop last month, so I reclaimed all the screws and wood from the demo and built planter boxes. Took the sting off the loss looking forward to expanding my gardens and food production.
I'm sorry you had to close your shop but very relieved to know you reclaimed and rebuilt in this way!
Pineapplish!! 🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍Salvaged 1 x 6s and rebar suits this purpose. It's what I scrounged, but I didn't hugle, I just dumped in compost and spent potted plant a nursery was throwing out. Yeah, I know, it's not organic, but it's what I had available, which, for me is of value. I like what you all share. Keep Going!
We use material that isn't organic if that is what presents as available, we try not to get too intense about all that. Aim for quality and 'pure' when it lines up, but take what shows up!
Totally worth the pineapple-ishness! Not long winded at all. Thank you! I did sth similar but much less thought out in my garden last year, so this vid helps me improve my design.
So glad!
This is going to change my summer in a beautiful, pineapple-ish way. Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring 🍍
You are so welcome!
Pineappleish! 😉 Love all your videos. I’m building a similar permaculture chicken garden this Spring. Gathering supplies now!
Sounds great!
Pinapplish😂
Thanks for all the wonderful and abundantly helpful information you share🙏🏽 I don’t have a big budget and you inspire me to get creative with what I have access to 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
So so happy to share with you Nathalie!
thoroughly enjoyed this share, ty
So glad!
Love the beds.
Great idea! Thanks! 👍🏻
Pineappleish 😄.
You are so welcome!
Well done!
Great demonstration of how to built your own veggy garden at almost no cost. Now imagine the beds full of healthy delicious food, that is going to be a whole lot to eat!
Thank you for this video. Great great great ideas and very well played out. Those beds will be WONDERFUL
I hope so
Thanks for showing us this method. Really nice of you to help mom with these nice beds.
So happy to share
5$ per bed. That's amazing 👍🏼
Pretty decent deal :)
Great video. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 . Hope you get home safe 👍
Thanks, yep, safe and sound
Good morning ☀️
Cool beds
"Taught line" It's actually been a reeeeeaaally long time since I actually saw anyone write the word down so I couldn't remember how to spell it (I come from a generation where spelling and grammar were drilled into us, lines upon lines of parrot learning) and "taught" looked odd 🤔. Sorry but I had to look it up - correct form is "taut". Thank you for inadvertently prompting me to check it. Also, I do love watching your videos - informative, with a innovative thriftiness, and such a relaxed air to it all 🙏🏻. Thanks for the continued inspiration
You taut me something here! :)
So glad you enjoy the videos!
Great video ❤
Really makes me want to plant some black locust seeds this spring! They seem very pineapplish indeed.
Thanks for another great video. Lots of good ideas here!
Happy to share
Your methods are quite pineapplish to say the least. I love it. Thanks for all the inspiration!
I would hope so
The pineappleish beds looked nice!
Pineapplish. Love it. Really the look of those beds just touches my heart in all the right places... Plus I love slab wood. Looks like something Id do ! I like your black locust. Down here we can get red cedar slabs for that kinda pricing, big bundles for cheap it really works great for projects like this, another recommend is using these slab pieces for tall awesome pioneer looking blind fences, works great. Cheers bro.
Red Cedar must be dreamy to work with, what a beautiful color and aroma!
Pineappleish! Love the longer videos.
So glad!
I like your informal, pineapple-ish way of doing things. Thanks.
We try
Juan did a wonderful job filming. Loveley to have seen you on live Jaun!
We took turns back and forth, we need to do some more videos featuring him specifically!
Pineappleish 😂 love your videos!
So glad to have you with us!
This is great! I'm about to do similar with some new beds and I don't think I'd have put anywhere as much material in so I'm glad I saw this first!
You can fill them however you want... We just happen to have a ton of random logs and nuggets and debris to deal with in the area so it's a chance to clean up too.
@@edibleacres oh same! But I would definitely have put less of it in. Seeing you fill them so full makes perfect sense since they'll rot down a lot. I'm going to chuck loads more in this weekend
So grateful for your know how saving money and creative ideas , super useful !!
Love seeing all the parts of the project !!
Thanks a bunch !! I’m not sure what pineapple-ish is all about but I’ll try and catch up ! Be well !!
It's the secret word at the end of the video, just being silly and you certainly didn't miss much :)
Wow! I'm really jealous of that pineapplish locust wood.
Thanks, we're super lucky to live near this mill
It snowed here today (mid-Hudson Valley) but it’s turning to rain. My new beds are lots of wet cardboard, about 10 inches of leaves (now reduced to maybe six), with additional doses of coffee grounds and chicken poop. No 🍍ish materials, though!
Sounds like its coming together, awesome!
I think I might give this a try! I thoroughly enjoy even your most pineapple😸ish presentations.
I hope it works wonders for you!
As of late, I have switched to making raised & semi raised beds out of whatever scrap fencing-like material I can find & pounding wood staves or pre-cut rebar I've had for years to hold them upright. Old cyclone (cut down) fence, cattle panel, concrete mesh works fine. If it looks really hideous, I grow & train beans/peas around the outside. After hearing you huff & puff after moving all that locust, I remember why I switched from wood. Locust really is wonderful, even the off-cut scabs.
Because I use "
It is a heavy material to move around to be sure, but they will hold soil for decades, and once these areas a very well established and defined in a few years we can move the whole lot of wood to another area and start again!
Thank you for all you do edible acres TEAM
I love the resourcefulness of your channel. I have a wooded area as well that gives me fungus rich fallen timber to make borders around my planting spaces. I've also harvested some of the forest floor topsoil to give my plants a boost. The leaves go to the chickens when they fall in my yard to become rich compost. Fallen logs also become birdhouses for the finches and blue birds
Sounds like a really neat system unfolding in your landscape!
My mantra nowadays is: If you fill a raised bed with more than 6 inches of organic material, you will need more than 1 inch of compost every year to keep the bed at the same level. And if you planted perennials or trees in those beds, you may encounter some problems.
Yeah. Bed sink is an issue. I try to dig out 10 in of dirt (set aside) & place all the heavy logs & braches in the very bottom packed as tightly as possible. Use the set aside dirt as close to the top (cap) as possible. No perennial shrubs get planted until the bed has "settled" so they don't get "wonky."
Too many "leaves" in the layer almost assures uneven settling. I use them to "pack" spaces as tightly as possible.
Good note... No trees going in, but some perennials in the middle, which we'll bulk out with a LOT more compost before planting. Yes, we'll have to top these off...
Pineapple Good video thanks for sharing God bless you and yours.
Thank you too
This is so I educational. Thanks
So glad
ooooooo! I love this idea! we build our chicken coop for about 20 pounds! REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE! ♻ love it! i think more people should try to do it then the environment would be in better nick lol 😝
Comments help yeah?
Love your work!
Comments do help, thanks!
I love the organic (pineapple-ish) look of the beds. It's going to look even better when you get some stuff growing in there.
Hopefully they look full of plants this summer :)!
Have a funny feeling your mom's gonna make some awesome suppers/lunchs from this garden 😉 I am definitely going to try the how to method on how to make the stakes pointed so they penetrate the ground better. Awesome content!
I hope you have good success with the stakes... PLEASE PLEASE be careful and wear all safety gear
@@edibleacres I dont leave home without my PPE 👍
Pineapplish Sounds yummy
On the verge of delicious
That is so cool!!! I would love to grow some fresh lions mane! Can they grow on pine? Got a lot of pine! I started taking lions mane powder in my morning coffee along with turkey tail to help fight cancer and I'm making some progress, my numbers a slowly recovering from the chemo and I no longer forget why I'm in a particular room! So I'd say it's helpful. It is on the expensive side though so growing my own would help a lot! Thanks for the good info, your helping me fight the good fight!
Pine apple ish ❤
:)
Growing pines, apples, & a whole lot of other "Ish" over here in the upper midwest - including a number of new selections from all of you at Edible Acres this year 😎
EdibleAcres' bingo: black locust offcuts :D
We're really lucky to have this resource near
You can always keep one end or side of the bed "open" so you can just run the wheelbarrow into the bed & dump. It reduces shoveling (dig & lift) quite a bit.
Save your back. You will need it when you get old.
Great idea!
Learned it the hard way on the first tall raised bed which was wooden & I didn't want to take out any screws. Yikes!
I love these beds. I wish I had a source for wood like this. My thoughts....since i have some locust posts on my property, is that these beds will last much longer
I wonder if you will grow any pineappleish plants this year. If you trim the bottom board of the first bed with a chainsaw, just a hair, the top board will sit more flush. Great use of material!
We may grow some pineappleish plants, we'll see...
Yeah, we may trim a little to get things flush, BUT we may find more value in planting out the cracks with plants like oregano and thyme and let them spill out of the sides... We'll see..
Pineappleish - lot more of these long videos please.
OK, we'll see what we can do :)
Very interesting, pineapplish.
So glad
you're an awesome son!
Very kind, I can be helpful in certain ways
You & Juan rock in a pineapple-ish kind of way :)
I get my best results when I pack the hugel as densely as possible when constructing. Takes a bit more care but the beds don't collapse as much.
Super helpful. I have lots of new beds to build and plenty of rotting logs.
Yep, these will certainly break down a LOT over the year or two, but we can always add more compost later to top them off and we'll keep it mainly annual for a while knowing that this will be the case
@@edibleacres True, but alas not everyone has your super abundance of compost.
Pineapple-ish 😊