Growing Lots of Carrots in Small Raised Bed Plus Tips!
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2016
- Here's how to grow a ton of carrots in just one small round raised garden bed. Plus, I give several of my carrot growing tips!
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I'm a retired vet, in a wheelchair. Thought all was lost when I came home. Went thru a few years of rehab then home. Alone and dealing with this new life. So I started growing plants in containers and 3 years I now I have all kinds of raised beds and benches. Raised beds make it possible. Mine are not neat like those metals but I use a lot of scrap materials, road side scraps and rejects from Home Depot, etc.
I would have died if not for gardening, welding and wood works. I build Christmas silhouette figures out of rebar steel and all kinds of bird nest for my huge bird feeding stations. I'm good for now, a better place
Inspiritional brudda, raspek Fo unnu service, keep farmin, jah shines his light brightiss pon wi strugglin enuh , blessins irie vibrations fren, big up yuhself stay Igh!
Last year I had to start using a wheelchair. It depressed me so much, I didn't garden at all. Thank you for sharing. it's encouraging to know people needing wheelchairs can garden too.
a Hard road, but an encouraging story
I am so Gad to hear your story, it made my Day! THANK YOU FOR SERVING!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE and Happy Gardening, don't stop those other hobbies that give you a great purpose too..🌿👨🌾🦜🐦🥽🪓🪵
"You can do what you want, it's your back yard" the BEST line in any youtube garden vid. Too many people try and tell you what to do....
I had someone tell me that my kitchen and garden was 'overgrown'. I said that my kitchen produced all of my chillis and most of my herbs so they're fresh every time I cook. My garden is small, but produces a lot of food, and I have to point out that just about everything growing there can be eaten, and I still have a small pond and various other wildlife-friendly habitats to encourage pollination and diversity. My sister said if I wanted to sell my place my garden would put people off. Perhaps a fair point, but I'll figure that out when I have to.
Muddflapper, I totally agree! Great line and so true!!!
@@semanticsamuel936 so what? Your garden is your garden. They dont have to grow one, or they can create their own design. Its not like a fireplace or a cabinetry.
There are two types of people in the world. Those that want to be left alone and those that can't leave others the f alone.
@@semanticsamuel936 I disagree, Your garden sounds wonderful! :) It would be a selling point for many people.
THE SPIRAL MADE ME DROP MY JAW THAT IS SERIOUSLY SMART
I know right. And it looks sooooo cute. I’m going to plant mine like that.
It also caught me by surprise.. Guess what I'm going to do now!? 🤔😉
I learned so much from this video. Thank you so much for sharing!
Gardening should be as important in school as math or science.
Opi Begoob even more important. Some children think that loaves grow on trees...
Agree.
I agree. Also just learning nature, getting out away from the tv and interesting ways to bond with the family
Then you wouldn’t be as dependent on the system underpinned by the central banks...and historically, that makes you a target. They get very cranky when people don’t need them. Just ask any previously self-sufficient (and now war-torn) country that once had free or low-cost electricity, clean water and 0% interest loans, they’ll tell you. School isn’t about education, they even said so when they set up forced national education. They want “a nation of workers, not a nation of thinkers”. Thinkers are creative and self-sufficient. So it’s about indoctrination and creating slaves that don’t know they’re slaves. Slavery didn’t go anywhere. It got repackaged.
@@misskim2058 You should learn what slavery actually IS before sounding so stupid. 0% loans, hahaha, how naive can you get? Would YOU loan money for nothing??
Hey Mark I now save all of my tops. Nutritionally they're supposed to have six times more vitamin C than the carrot root. I dry the tops in bunches and sprinkle them on just about everything. Hash browns and eggs in the morning, spaghetti, and even in homemade soup. I continue to find new ways to use them. Love your videos!
Yes, carrot greens are edible and yummy.
Wow, I read that carrot tops were toxic!
Great Info, Thanks 🥕
So, can you use them as you would other greens
I’ve made pesto with the carrot leaves. Was amazing
I like how he eats his food straight from the garden 😄
You can cut the tops off with a small top part of the carrot attached and replant them and you get your carrot harvest, plus a heck of a lot of seeds from the replanted tops. Don't expect carrot root to regrow from the replanted tops because it will never happen, just be glad it provided you with carrot leafy to feed your pet rabbits and some free seeds. : )
That’s good to know, must try that next year, even tho so far seeds have been the cheapest thing in the garden lol. Things could change with the way stuff is going tho so it’s good to know how to get double harvest like this, carrots to eat and seeds to regrow.
Oh god when you put the Fahrenheit for 1000000000°C in I lost it haha!
OH. You were showing how much the carrot looked like legs...…….my bad
😂😂😂
I was thinking he was making dirty jokes. 🤣🤣🤣
buahahahahah!!! this guy tickles my funny bone :D
I was thinking he was making a dirty joke, thanks for clearing that up lol.
@@ruliadultra 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I have T5 injury, raised beds made it possible for me to resume gardening.
Eat it t5?
@@drawthings1699 It's a spine injury. I bet it hurts to bend over.
Hope you’re doing well bud 👍🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧
Thanks for that spiral seeding technique! Genius!! I have circular tubs and that will be put to good use!!!
I thought that same thing!
The Indians is US use to plant their corn like that on a large scale
I really liked that as well.
I've tried every way i know to grow carrots but they always grow in a circle sort of shape max 7cm in length I almost gave up! After watching your videos I've got so many carrots in the freezer that I've harvested i LOVE your videos. You've saved me during this covid Boredom Mark. God bless you@
Carrot tops are flavorful parsley like and make great additions to soups and salads... you can also dry the leaves and compost the more bitter stems
They can also dial down the center to save you money! (please someone be old enough to get that joke...)
@@peterlamont647 is that a reference to carrot top the comedian?
I'm glad you bothered to convert 100,000,000°C to °F. Little touches like that are so lovely.
Man I love your place, the birds steal your space , they chirp they sing and they keep you complete with your gardening show.
This man makes the best gardening videos on the internet.
i also dehydrate carrot greens---- they are terrific in soups, stews, sauces, and salad dressings!!!!
I've never tried dehydrating carrot greens but I like the concept! Thank you :)
PLEASE DO try it, SSM--- they add wonderful flavor! Kept in airtight jars, they keep for years, and you can powder them easily in a coffee grinder or food processor.
Elaine Matthews Thanks Elaine, for this wonderful tip!
I think just adding the greens to a stock would be just fine too. no need to dehydrate. or saute them w olive oil garlic shallots, nom nom nom.
I chop up carrot greens along with other herbs when I make herb butter
I never thought of planting in a spiral in my round bed..thankyou thats clever. Will do it that way next time..😊
As someone who is looking to become more self sufficient and live am "urban homesteading" kind of life, your videos are exceptional!!! Motivating, fun, simple, with a down to earth way of explaining things! Cheers, Mark! Thank you for all your work and for sharing so much information!
Wow! What a long way you have come in 4 years, Mark! Thanks for ALL of your videos, I enjoy every one.
Besides the crops, it's cool to see the progress in both your garden & the quality of your videos! 🙂🙂
The competition carrots are grown in a similar deep tub by the veg show enthusiasts. The reason carrots became any colour as long as it's orange is due to the Dutch who have for centuries been very clever at plant breeding. They felt it important to flatter their royal family the House of Orange. So we have many varieties all coloured orange. The good thing is 2units of carotin = 1 unit of vitamin A. My chickens would be dancing up and down saying " Give us the carrot tops, then you can have what's left when it comes out the other end!"
I didn't know that bit of carrot history about the Dutch and orange breeding - very interesting Wendy! :)
Self Sufficient Me Nope, it's because Buggs Bunny's carrot was always orange. "Daaaa, what's up doc?"
I love it that you have a shopping trolley for a washing basket.
"Do what you want. It's your backyard." Love it.
The gladiator of gardening! Great video as usual!
The spiral carrot idea is genius. I learn so much watching this channel, many of which are simple things that I went way too long without learning.
No you can eat the tops they make great soups and juice them to.
Mix them into stew
Same way with celery 👍😁
Hi Mark!
I've learned that when you cut your tops off, you can replant them to make a new 🥕.
I just planted some I saved and they're sprouting new green shoots. Onions, celery, lettuce, work also, just like pineapples. Free plants... recycled!
Awesome!!!
Great tip/top lol thanks for sharing and the more free plants the better! Cheers :)
Just to clarify.... carrots and pineapple plant the tops! Onions and celery plant the bottoms... (roots)
@@Lanchoooo can you tell me when you plant the root part-say celery, onion-you face the old root down and the cut off part up? The the other you plant the cut down, as in the pineapple 🍍. Also is this from the grocery store veges/fruit or do you have to buy it special? Really great info thanks so much
You inspired me to grow my own food garden. Thank you for tips and continues information. Big Fan from Western Australia
The way say “gaddayy” at the beginning is so fresh!
Nice harvest Mark 👍
+Rob Bob's Backyard Farming thanks Rob! :)
Holy cow! Look at the change in you since this video! Good job!
It is so comforting to know that the carrots can grow so closely together and still do well. I was getting worried that our carrot seedlings are too crowded, but it seems they will be just fine :)
Wow. Cool, I found a heap of culvert halves at the dump and made beds out of them. Cool to see these!
That's an old vid for me, I discovered your channel about a year ago and noticed how much more comfortable you are in front of the camera these days, kudos to you, cheers!!
I could just sit and listen to the sounds in your yard for the rest of the day. Beautiful!
You can throw the carrot tops onto the compost if you want, but they're actually edible and make a great edition to a green juice, sautee, or from-scratch broth. Also can be dehydrated/powdered for later use.
Just discovered your channel and love your videos! You are so informative. Getting ready to set up my first raised beds this year here in Canada and your channel has been a real Godsend! Thanks so much:)
Just love your channel being a Brisbane veggie patch viewer. Thanks so much
What a great idea growing in the circular trough ! Thanks Mark
you do the best descriptive explanations/commentary and all on the fly..!!awesome job..
Another great video sir!
I remember popping tasty sweet carrots right out of the ground and eating them. Not washing first, just rubbing a bit of dirt off with the carrot top if it was really dirty.
And chow it down right there in the carrot patch.
it is the best tasting carrot -just out of the ground ( I don't eat any other way)
Thank you for the variety of videos you provide!
I wish I could have raised beds like that. Love it!
Those white ones always seem to bolt and make seeds. I absolutely love the colored carrots.
Just planted some "Little Finger" carrot seeds. I will definitely be using your spiral method in my community garden plot on the next round. I am here in coastal Southern California.
I love how happy you are - with that great big smile on your face! Thank you :)
I love the swirl planting method in the round container! Very cool!
Chuck
you sir are a gardening genius...we ,love your channel...keep up the good work..:)
you can eat the greens too, great in smoothies
When I come across your older videos, it makes me so happy!!!!!! Thanks for your advice, your humor, and your honesty in self sufficiency
What great video to watch on a cold miserable day.
My dad is nutts because all he says is my sufficient me and now we are growing carrots in the garden 😁
Such great content on this channel. Glad I came across it!
Thank you! :)
I agree! Friendly, informative, and nice to see crops from Down under.
Love these vids. I just found Self Sufficient me today. Love the info and all the back ground noises. Very different to England but lovely all the same. Thank you Mark.
Akuma right! I just subbed!
planning on planting carrots this year. thanks for the tips
Veggies & fruits are soooo expensive these days ..can’t wait to start growing some of the veggies my family and I love 😊
Interesting way to grow carrots and nice harvest! Thanks for making this video!
OAG
Thank you! :)
OAG, I love watching u😍
interesting!!!i also.want to grow my own carrots
Love all ur vids ...thank you for sharin with us..
Thank you for watching! :)
I am SO glad to have found your videos. I've been binge watching them all day! lol I don't have much of a green thumb myself, but you explain everything so well and hopefully your examples will help my gardening skills!
First time stopping by, now to watch all your stuff. Nice gardens
7:23 LMAO the Celsius-Fahrenheit conversion 😂
I'm very new to gardening but looking at your videos SSM I'm starting to get more & more confident the more I watch your videos bc they are very informative for a beginner like me. Glad I subscribed. Great job! Also I stay in Florida so what are the best fruits or veggies to grow in a tropical climate?
I'm completely self-taught in backyard food growing and it really is as easy as it looks. Yeah sure, sometimes things fail or don't grow as well but generally, it's something most people can do and do well 99% of the time. Thanks for subscribing mate - much appreciated. Cheers :)
anything Mark grows on this channel would work well in Florida, as both locations have very similar climates
It depends on some degree as to where you are in Florida. Miami is sub-tropical. Tallahassee is more temperate. Check with your local extension office. They can also test your soil for pH.
I live in central florida and papaya trees seem to do very well here. Also mango.
I am in southern Florida, and find that bell peppers, sweet potatoes (don’t forget to eat the greens), bunching onions, small cherry, roma or Everglades tomatoes, moringa trees, cowpeas, beans have been my easiest crops. Squash, melons, pumpkins are somethings that I am trying now. 🤞🏼
this year is the first time i actually had a carrot harvest! loving my raised bed, and my carrot bag!
Awesome effort. Great tips too. I have a garden journal ready to start keeping your great solutions n hints. Thanks Mark.
Did you thin the crop a bit when they came up? I love the spiral technique!! I will use that! Brilliant! I love the purple carrots the best to eat they are sweeter I think.
I was wondering the same. He must have else there would have been 4 times as many and they would all be tiny?
Great video, very informative. 👍 Lovely harvest! The variety and colors are so pretty. 🤗 I wanted to suggest that the carrot tops make an excellent green juice, and can also be dried and used in recipes that call for parsley, as the taste is similar. I like to save what’s edible as much as I can make use of it, so I thought I’d share these ideas. 🥕
Love watching, learning, your vids, thx for your wisdom! Illinois USA!
Your gardening techniques really inspired me
That was a beautiful harvest, Mark. You are burning up and we are freezing now. :)
Very true!
Yeah it's hot here alright I wouldn't mind a bit of your coolness! Cheers :)
Where do yu et those deep continers?
Where do you get these deep containers?
I LOVE your channel. I have learned much and just plain enjoy watching your vids.
Following your channel from Montreal Canada. First time ever this year trying to grow carrots in 5 gallons on our patio. We live downtown and have limited space so we are doing the best with what we have. We sowed them a few days ago and waiting to see them germinate. Watching everything that has to do with carrots. Love your channel.
Fab carrot harvest, Mark. Though I wouldn't leave saving seed until the very last bit of original seed. Never know when Mother Nature will deal out a rubbish year and you end up losing the crop you were counting on for future seed.
Yes great advice! I do have a few going to seed at the moment so as you suggest I'll leave them and harvest the seed just in case. Cheers :)
Bugs Bunny to blame for convincing people the bright orange carrot is the best!!
Many sbought carrots in the US are treated to be bright orange and baby carrots are scrape s shaped to little carrot shapes.
Thanks
Thanks Rev - I blame Bugs Bunny too! Cheers :)
LOVE SEEING THESE OLD ONES POP UP👍
They look brilliant mark
can you do a video on beans?
also Im curious what your daily garden routine is
Much more nutrients in the edible tops.
Your channel is just what we need at the moment, thank you 😊
Another excellent video ! Thanks for posting .
love your channel and all the wisdom you have to share, but what kind of boots are you wearing?
Thank you! Zip side safety boots by Oliver. Cheers :)
thanks!
Mark! Eat those carrot greens! Great in stir fries!
True, I live carrot in stir-fry it's so easy too! Thanks Julie :)
Freakin awesome dude
Thanks mate. I like your videos as it's just easy to understand.
I haven’t grown potatoes or carrots before and I’m so glad I watch your channel. You have given me the confidence to just go for it!!
Beautiful! :D
Hey Mark, I read that you can plant carrot tops and they will grow their greenery again. Would you be able to get any seed this way? Assuming the time of year is right of course!
Yes you can do that 🙂
Need to have almost an inch cut from top to regrow
I love this seed to harvest style video!
I learn more from your videos than anywhere else. Really fantastic knowledge mate. Appreciate you sharing.
Carrots are biennial. If they are going to seed the first year they are stressed.... high heat and humidity will do that.
Steven Feil yep
Maybe in your region, but in subtropic Australia I doubt any carrot will last two years. Our summers are too hot for that.
"Look at this one!" Hahahah!
I was expecting a big one. 🤭
I greatly appreciate your efforts
Beautiful! You really were able to grow a ton in that space. I will have to try planting them like this next time. I personally love the variety of colors like that, too. So fun! And also a variety of antioxidants from the different colors.
What are you raised beds made out of? Not the dirt part, the outside? Looks like drain pipes that would go under roads to drain water.
Culvert pipe. I couldn't think of the name lol
Is there a recommended soil mixture for carrots? I’ve tried a few times but they grow very stubby and crooked, when they should have been longer.
Jennifer Dozar they like sandy soil. There is a you tube vid of a guy that grows them in barrels of sand and punches perfect holes with tubes and puts carrot seedlings in the hole like plugs. All the carrots he gets are perfect and all exactly the same.
@@mikeykman401 oh awesome!! I'll look for that video. Thanks!
I learn so much from you for which I am grateful. Thank you so much for sharing.
My carrots start growing and thanks for your awesome great tips! I loved you website.
What do you use to create the metal circular containers that you grow in? I really like that Idea. Do you fill all of the container with growing Medium or do you fill the bottom with filler and just put the good soil towards the top? Thanks for the video!
Stephen Jacobson
I'd like to know that too. I'm new to this channel.
Stephen Jacobson
I'd like to know that too. I'm new to this channel.
I don't make them Stephen they come flat packed and I put them together. These beds are common in Australia and were born out of our love for colorbond steel and galvanised water tanks. People started using their old water tanks as raised garden beds and then companies began to make them purpose built for gardening. Basically, I use any organic fill in the base and then topsoil + compost on top. I've written an article about the medium I use in raised beds like this if you would like more info. www.selfsufficientme.com/fruit-vegetables/how-much-drainage-and-soil-do-i-need-in-a-raised-garden-bed Thank you :)
Self Sufficient Me curious about the galvanized stuff because I know here in America you don't use galvanized pipes anymore that's a big fat no no in your plumbing so I was just wondering how that affects with the galvanized have that affects the plants in the soil
"looka this one!"
*proceeds to make carrot look like genitalia*
This is one reason why Mark is so great lmao
Im pretty sure he was showing how it lookex like legs
Legs...
You always put on a good show.
Thanks for the tips!
Mark Where do you get your Raised Garden Beds? I don't live to far from you, cant seem to find them at that height.
Mate, this one in particular is made by Aestivo and I got it from eBay bit.ly/2huzWtM but they are sold out unfortunately. If you search online for round raised garden bed you'll see them sold and custom made by several companies but they are usually expensive! Personally, I wouldn't pay more than $150 for a 1m x 800mm (diametre x height) round bed. It could be better value to buy a rectangle or oval bed if you can't find the round ones for a good price. Best of luck! BTW, love your avatar :)