Hugelkultur Style Raised Bed | How We Filled Our Raised Bed For Free!
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Hugelkultur is a gardening technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and other compostable biomass plant materials is later planted as a raised bed. We decided to try it out in our new raised bed. Instead of buying a load of compost or a bunch of soil, we were able to fill our 2 ft tall raised bed for Free!! We hope you enjoy the video!
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I just don't see a down side to filling a raised bed like that . Clearing up your place and using it to help fill your beds. We all can save a little money and it really helps out right now.Thank's guy's and God Bless America!
I didn't know you were a Marine! Two of my grandsons are Marines and one is serving now at Camp LeJuene in North Carolina right now. God Bless America! You are showing the way. Thank you so much and God Bless you and your family! We are so blessed to live in this country. Drives me crazy when people complain about our country so much. Don't they know how very blessed they are?
So true, Rebecca. Americans are Blessed way more than they know.
Thanks for your support! 😊
Hi, great video! I wrote three Lasagna Gardening books and when I was writing the first one I decided to place all my garden waste, including branches and twigs, in one place. In the fall I covered it with black plastic. I opened it in the spring and, with the exception of a few big pieces of wood, fount it decomposed enough to plant. Didn't know there was a name. At 85 I am still making new gardens so will do this with my newly downed tree. Thanks!
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Patricia Lanza, it was so wonderful to scroll down and see your comments! I found your book at the library and went to work (perhaps it was the first). As soon as I read a few pages, my world - and gardens - changed forever. It made so much sense. I began to realize that no one was tilling or double digging the forest floor. I could simulate that and plant into while the decomposition was happening. I was able to have lush amazing gardens in red clay in Virginia - outside of Wash, DC - the first year. Our home was at the mouth of the neighborhood and on a big corner lot. I grew EVERYTHING that first year, and for months people stopped to ask me how I could get that red clay that fertile so instantly, almost overnight. Most everyone grew impatiens and begonias, all in a row, with sprinklers popping up like a soldier formation. Many did not like my garden's wild cottage style, but they thought I was waved a magic wand over the earth to grow so much so fast. Thank you!
A great video! Can you use freshly cut branches and logs? Thanks
@snowrideruk Don’t use fresh logs in the garden as you wouldn’t use them fresh to start a fire. Carbon isn’t available yet, but eventually it could be. Would be fine to use in place of a cinder block to hold the bed on grade.
I used to do this with my large planters, I'd walk around the yard and collect twigs, grass that clumped from mowing, leaves etc and fill the planters 1/2 way up then put in soil, who knew I was hugelkulturing…..lol, I just thought it was silly to put that much dirt in a planter. Great idea guys, totally makes sense, I always learn so much from you. God Bless
That’s awesome! Who knew you were hugelkulturing all along!
Thanks you for watching and for your support! 😊
We’ve built a few of these and it’s just makes sense. We have seen a increase in moisture retention and organic matter and plant health!
We hope it does well. But only time will tell. 😊
@@SawyerRidgeFarm If you haven't already, y'all really should get a compost mound set up on your property. God Bless. Thank you for the video!
@@SawyerRidgeFarm I would wait to plant until you've had a good soaking rain - or water the bed real well. That's when you'll see how the dirt will settle. Happy planting.
Beautiful Ending!! ❤️ when I was Young they played that on TV when it went off the air .It’s sad that you rarely hear that song anymore.
It is very sad
You made me cry. With and pride in Our Great Big Beautiful Country on this day. Thank You.
Thank you barbara, we thought it would be a up lifting ending.
Thank you showing her the respect she deserves. GBA
I am trying to get a palce and move to make raised beds. I do not want to start here and then move before food is ready. I like the way you did this bed so I will try that once I am able to make mine. You touched my heart with the ending as I am a daughter and sister of veterans. Thank you.
Your welcome sandra, I hope you have a good turn out in moving.
That’s cool, I’ve seen a lot of people put logs in the bottom as a filler and never understood why. I always just figured it was cheaper than buying soil.
It kind of makes perfect sense, every year that was gonna right and the top of the dirt will sink down a little so every year you can add a little nutrient rich topsoil to get everything started and it will just keep flowing down for a few years.
God Bless our service men, Nurses, First Responders, Doctors, Truckers, Food handlers, Grocery workers, Corrections officer, Police, EMS, Fire Fighters
Thanks for a great post Red Road. If you ever think a person's task is non essential, do without them for a while, and see how wrong you were. All lives matter.
Beautiful ending. Very fitting for what’s going on right now
Leslie Ortiz I couldn’t agree more! Very touching!
Thank you Leslie and Amy! 😊
My daughter and I just set up 2 raised beds today. They are 4'x8' and 18" deep. We used small oak logs, pine needles and oak leaves. Then we topped it off with my rabbit poo/wood ash soil i've been working on all winter. We are super excited to garden this year, last year we just used pots and buckets but still had great success. With our rabbits, chickens, and new garden area this is the year for us to finally get where we have been wanting to be with our homestead.
I love it🇺🇸 keep old glory waving
Thanks for encouraging everyone to grow. I'm not able to because of lung issue. Just cant be outside, even more so now. I love your videos. Thank for keeping this old heart happy💜
The cardboard will attract earth worms and worm casting which will aerate the soil and enrich the soil. It seems like it would be beneficial to break the wood into smaller pieces to aid in decomposition. Interesting to watch. I plan to try it next year. Thank for sharing about this method.
I have been gardening for 40 years and do this, even in "normal" beds. I found it very effective for perennial herbs which I usually divide and clean out every 4 to 6 years at which time I bury a few more branches.
Very Nice Raised Bed and very inexpensive to fill. Just gather unwanted biodegradable things and top with leftover soil. Very nice. Stay Safe God Bless and Peace Be With You All ☮️🙏
In my Alabama neighborhood we are all flying our colors as a show of loyalty and faith in place of ribbons at this time
That is awesome Jennifer more neighborhoods need to be like that more than ever.
I’ve done 2 Hugelkulture beds, it helped me get rid of all those tree limbs, branches leaves and whatever else was laying around. I started with the larger logs,then limbs, branches, twigs getting smaller as you get to the top then my compost. It does kill a couple of jobs at the same time. Love your channel.
It really does! We hope it does well! Thanks for watching! 😊👍
I‘m just starting out on raised bed gardening. We were blessed in that our local Feed and Seed has been able to supply our needs but, things are starting to get tight. We put hay sandwiched in between landscaping cloth in our one bed but this method will be a gamechanger! What a great idea! Thanx for sharing.
Passing along the message, please pray for Brandon and his entire family over at Rustic Woods. He is waiting on test results now because he has a fever, is feeling lousy and scared for his family.
Oh no! I had not heard about that. Will definitely be praying.
You are and inspiration. I am working on my raised bed. Thank you for sharing. The ending was fantastic. God Bless you and God Bless America.
New here. Thanks for sharing this with us. Victor 🙏
Thanks for joining us! 😀👍
Loved your video. I am living in Fiji and that's exactly I am doing with my family just planting vegetables. We've laid off from work because I work in tourism industry. But that's not of a problem because we rich soil and lots of place to farm. Thanks again for your a wonderful video about raised bed. God bless you both.
Thank you Geoff! And thanks for your support all the way from Fiji!
Great idea we have so much filler around with cutting off dead limbs and yard waste will try! Thank-You Jason for your Service and Continued Service stay safe. You are a beautiful young couple God grant you both with continued good health. We never know what we will all be called on to face and our Country was founded on Freedoms other Countries never have. We have a wonderful life and so much blood has been shed protecting our Freedoms and we will continue to fight even unseen dangers. Thanks to all our EMS personnel for all they are doing to help us all in need without hesitation or fear. As a retired RN I personally know the feeling of frustration and pure exhaustion they are facing. But also the relief of knowing at shifts end I did all I could to protect this balance of life and death. We cry, get furious and above all Pray for the knowledge and skills to protect each person we take care of. We are human too and face fears only we can know and through it all we go right back in time after time because we care. Hearts for nurses❤💙💚💜✝️🕊💞
I am also a retired nurse, you stated beautifully what it is like as a nurse to deal with hard situations.
Mary N Chapman yes, I agree. Thank you Pam! 😊❤️
Have done my beds like this for years. They work great. Part huglecultur, part lazagna bed, part back to eden. I also use mushroom compose as the top layer. Grows lots of veggies with little watering. 6 months to sell old homestead so was not able to go over to water but once a week when we cut the grass. Everything grow all by itself with no extra water except rain. Love them!
Excellent system. My old back won't take prolonged bending so I build mine counter height. I use any old masonry, rocks, or concrete for the bottom 1/3'd and a 50/50 mix of compost/soil for the top 12-16" depending on the crops. WELL done on the 'outro' Marine. God Bless...~Eli.
Thank you! 😀
I love the ending guys! My deceased husband was a Vietnam marine veteran. Jacob moving that bed over that fence wasn't nothing for you with you being so tall but it was a lot harder for Alex. I was thinking how in the world does he expect her to lift that over a fence nearly as tall as her? But you guys made it and that's all that matters. I had to laugh when the frog jumped and Alex screamed. I had a big frog by my back door the other night and none of the dogs even noticed it. Take care kids and stay safe and healthy! Xs &
Glen Okla thank you so much! And yeah, that frog got me for sure! 😂
@@SawyerRidgeFarm , you're so very welcome honey!
In 20 years you are going to be glad you made 24 inch tall beds ... Looks like you need a dozen or so fruit trees ... You can also put in a bed about that size for perennial herbs ... Be good for second income ... Stay healthy ... Stay safe ... Semper Fi '74 - '78
Semper Fi james
So glad you did this video. I have this fallen tree in the back of my property that has been rooting out for awhile. I’ve used some of it in big pots with added soil, but I am going to try this in a large horse trough, it has a drain hole so water can escape . This is going to be a trial run and I’m really hoping it works. I didn’t know that I could put sticks in it, but I always have them laying around so in the trough they go. You two work so well together and I always look forward to watching you because your content is so darn good. Thank you for just being good people and thank you for that amazing ending that had me in tears and goose bumps.Thank you Jacob for your service both in the marines and law enforcement and God Bless America and God Bless You both. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸👍🙏
Thank you, Linda! We’re glad this video could help you out! 😊
I like that your wife works along side of you. My property was so overgrown. Recently I started pruning back everything. Then shredding everything. I have several different piles of this stuff spread all over my property. We've been thinking of doing raised beds. I was thinking of going to home depot to get some concrete corners and 2x sixes. Meanwhile my wife has been telling me to get rid of the old corrugated roofing we have. Ah now it all comes together! Thank you for your encouragement.
I just ran across your channel as I was trying to decide on the composition of soil I need to put into a new elevated garden. Y'all are precious and very good at this! I've heard of this method, but really enjoyed seeing exactly what y'all included in your bed. I'm sure it will work out great...can't wait to see! It looks like y'all are in Alabama. We're in a suburb of Dallas, Tx. that has become WAY too city. It was in the country when we moved here, but has way outgrown us. We have bought properties, but ended up selling them...wish we had hung on to one! We JUST turned 70 and 71. I KNOW y'all realize how smart you are getting your homestead well on the way. I usually watch Offgrid With Doug and Stacy on their channel. They are in their 50s and are wisely preparing for their latter years. They've been in process for 10 years and we have been to their first 2 Homesteading Life Conferences in Hannibal, Missouri. They're in August...not sure we'll make it this year, but y'all would love it. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to any tips I can incorporate. I appreciate the encouragement to hire it done if necessary...just get it done...that "where there's a will, there's a way!" God Bless you and our Country, God's Country!
Thank you for posting this video. I am planning on making some raised beds this fall and have watched many video about making a raised bed. Your video is the only one I have seen that has no wood at the bottom. That was so smart. There is no need to put wood at the bottom. It will just rot out. It also cuts down on the expense. I will be making several of these.
Wonderful video, best ending ever. I leave my raised beds and large containers 6"-8" from top first year. It allows room for me to put 2" of compost, or other organic matter it in the fall. In 3-4 years they are overflowing and I am digging them out to make room.
Nice seeing y’all work together. Great having help. Enjoyed the video!
Gardening, American flag, DTOM flag and a 1911...New sub! John Moses Browning would approve of this video. I’m going to eat some apple pie now...that is all.
I'm doing exactly this in my garden at the moment. I'm using logs,sticks, woodchips and horse manure and then topping off with a mix of topsoil and we'll rotted manure. Good luck with your project. I'm in South East England xx.
I did the same thing.8-4x8x24” deep beds. So much digging!!! Wood chips around the beds. 3rd year so let’s see what happens. Take care
Greetings from Montana! I dug out a flower bed last year that faced the South and was against the house making it too hot of an environment for plants. I made it into a hugelkulture bed. Now it is very productive. Enjoyed your video. God Bless America!
the only thing that would have added protection is using hardware cloth to keep varmints out from digging underneath, moles, voles and the like. Also, I would put compost on to top-dress it.
One tip on how to keep the entire bed wet/moist is that you simply put a pail/bucket on the bottom of the bed every meter/yard. Just leave it there, standing up, and fill the bed just like you did. The bucket will remain in the bed, and it will keep any water trickling down into it, slowly releasing it back to the soil when needed. if they get full, the water simply seeps off over the edge and drains downwards. Yes, they are to be filled with soil ofc. They will hold water anyway.
If your bed is 2 feet high and your buckets are 1 foot, you are in effect creating an artificial water table at a minimum of 1 foot below the surface. I tried this, and it works a charm. Do not punch holes in your buckets, just use as is.
Thank you!!!!
That's a great idea and a great use of existing material. Good Work
Ha, ha, what I've found with mine is that it doesn't take long to "settle", and you find yourself refilling the top over and over until it stops. But the principle of it is magnificent. Stuff grows!
Good on you both and all the best.
'Back in the day' l was terrace gardening on a city lot ... finding soil to fill the terraces was a problem ... l did just as you show ... also filled my pathways with twigs,... anyway, in a few years, my soil was super. Stay safe ... love from the Ozarks.
Thank you for sharing
I am going to try this method this year. I appreciate your patriotic ending. My husband was an army veteran. He would love it
I had no clue it had a name. This is how I garden and fill my pots. 3gal to 50 gal all filled from an empty property near my house. I mix and shovel it in a wheelbarrow then put it to use. Nice work.
Will be trying the corrugated raised beds next season along with the Hugelkultur method. In our garden, we use raised beds from the pine/ash trees that are cut down in the area and fill the walking areas with wood chips (free from the tree services). The wood chips keep the area clean and the mechanical (walking on them) breaking down hastens the process somewhat and the paths are cleared out every spring, added to the raised beds as mulch and new chips put down. Great video
I used this method last spring and it worked amazing for me! I’m in SoCal and we are very dry. The bed stayed very moist. I didn’t have to water it very much. I can’t wait to see how yours does!!!!
Some good looking dirt. Great job
Ya dutch it was alot better than I thought it was gonna be for sure.
Great job ,I did the same ,I also talked to a big grocery store ,I got 20 big garbage bags a week and tons of coffee grounds as bass fill ,good job folks
The pistol is hilarious. So used to seeing more hippy dippy gardeners doing these videos so it was kind of funny.
Thanks for this video. We took care of a few projects at once today filling our new Hugelkultur raised bed.
A hugelkulture garden makes a lot of sense. It is my understanding that you will need to water it the 1st year, but starting the spring 2021, those logs will be decomposing and providing a lot of moisture to your garden. Don’t be disappointed if your results aren’t what you expect this year, wait until spring 2021 to really judge the garden.
Thanks for posting.
I have heard and read about this method, but have never tried it before. I gave Jason a book last year on homecoming the old ways, and I believe the book showed this. The rest of your Garoua looking good. 👍👍😎👍👍
Loved the ending song , love our america. Great job on the raised bed. God bless you.
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing ! Nature comes with a simple, economical and smart method of preparing soil for plants , that we can imitate .
I put two new 50 sq ft beds in this year using this method. Cardboard then branches and logs then horse manure then compost. When we got some frost, the soil in these beds was frost free.
That’s awesome to hear! 👍😀
I love this video! You have a beautiful place and are so lucky to be able to live the way you want. I would love to see a follow-up video about how your crops did in this bed.
The bed looks great! I did the same thing with my new bed this year, I guess we’ll see how it works! 😁
I get teary eyed every time I hear God Bless America 🇺🇸💕 Thank you!
This is our first time to do this, so we hope it works out. We’ll see. It gets to me too. ❤️
Fantastic Ending!! " We The People" would be nice to start planting but our Governor in Michigan has stopped the sale of plants and seed till may. Thank you for sharing your life and channel with us
That is crazy to stop the selling of seeds and plants. 😳
Grocery shopping is essential. Agriculture businesses are essential. Personal food production and independence are not essential?!?! Bananas!
fantastic ending... the proceeds to shit on the governor trying to stop the spread of the virus in their state.... and leveraging "seeds" over lives. Will you die if you can't plant seeds? no. but if you go out to needlessly shop, you can spread disease that can kill others. Just order seeds online. stop being so selfish
Nice tribute at the end. A hugelkultur bed makes a lot sense. I’ll be interested in seeing the results as your plant and harvest.
Jeanne L thank you for your support! We hope this raised bed does really well. We will see in time. 😊
I'd already seen this video but it randomly popped up in my feed so..heck yeah...gave the Sawyers another view. Loved the ending.
Thank you for the support
Holy Crap! Just found you guys. Fellow Okies!!!! Fellow gardeners as well!!! We are doing the exact same method with our beds! Great minds think alike!!!!
That, sir, is an really independent women. Bravo.
God bless you two also. Thanks for the video...We made 2 raised beds from your design. I am so thankful to have found your channel... I will be praying for you each time I enjoy watching the content you put up. My hubby and I are from Texas in a city south of Dallas . Its always been on my heart to move to the country and start a homestead....but here in the city in my backyard...we started our first raised bed with veggies. If you have to start small, you start small. Praying for a great harvest and hoping to bless other families by sharing what we grow.
Janis that is awesome you started raised beds. Good luck this growing season.
Well done - great ending - greetings and thanks from the UK
I am new to your channel. Ty for sharing. You have a really nice place. I wish I could make a couple of raised beds. I am 67 a diabetic with neuropathy. My mind is still good. My will to do is great. Just my body won't allow me. I have the room to do it. No one to help. Thank y'all for helping Jason. He's so proud. But sometimes people need help. I think once he gets that house done gets his animals he will be so much better. Oh I know he's a grown man. He's still human. I just worry about him. He will be ok. He has good friends like you. So thank you. I will be watching more of your videos
Thank you for your support! 😀👍
Love from down under ..Well done ....God Bless you and your family at this time ...
Janice' Qamouta thank you! 😊
I have a bunch of rotten wood from an old oak tree. I feel a new asparagus bed coming on. Thanks guys you are a blessing. Have a blessed Easter.
Thank you Cynthia! Happy Easter to you all too! 😊
I've been surface planting my entire life and am just now building my first raised bed. This is a great way to fill it and get rid of all this yard crap I have accumulating that I would normally just toss into the woods.
Great job. Maybe I will make one. I love watching your videos and I will keep watching and learning new things. 🙏
Making and preparing that raised bed was great. A very good way to clean up the property. I am going to do this. Best Wishes. Grandpa Jones. 😃 Semper Fi Jarhead
I Love that beautiful flag and for what it stands for!! Thank you sir for serving our country!! God Bless!!
Very nice hugelkulture bed, nice job 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍
Thanks for this awesome video! GREAT JOB! I know from experience, its alot of work, but life long benefits! God bless your family! From Baudette MN
God Bless and Good Friday to you both
I just started filling mine today! I've never done one of these before either but I heard you have to put alot of nitrogen rich material like live green waste or manure with the carbon material to balance it out.
Excellent video thanks and thank you for your service!! A well armed Citizen enjoying his land and freedom...America!
I love your ending ❤️😊😺🐶🌻🌺🌼🌹
Thank you for your service Sir
Good morning.i just found your Chanel. I really like your interaction with each other. This is my 1st year gardening... loved the flag
Thanks for the vid. Could you comment on how that design held up after a year i.e. did the sides (tin) bulge at all? This design is certainly a cost saving measure if it holds up to the test of time. Burying the bottom in a trench and not adding another course of expensive lumber is a huge cost saving benefit.
Thank you for your service to God and this Great Nation. Crazy will pass. We will do it 1 plant at a time 💕
For years trees are pull nutrients from the ground. Now you have it all in your garden. Good work!!
Thanks! I never really thought of it that way, but very true! 👍
I enjoyed the ending! Beautiful!
What an economical solution to filling a raised bed!
Raised gardens had not yet come into use during my growing up. They have many advantages. reuse, make do and don;t waste even a 'chip'.
pauline larach that’s right! We try to reuse anything and everything we can on the farm. 😊
I always love what you guys put out & I loved everything about this one as well. Thank you for your time, effort, & care. God bless you. Also, Jacob thank you for your service. -many blessings ~Mary & fam in NJ
Thank you so much.
Thank you very much Brother I liked this awaysom method will try this and inform you soon. God bless you both. Praise the Lord 👍
This made me feel much better about the world.
Gary Teters I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 😀
Brilliant thanks so much
Love the way you do these videos
Thank you for your service
Hugs to both for the ending. A long time ago when television ended at midnight they would play that. I have seen others plant gardens that way but never knew what it was called. Great idea to save money on dirt. Thank you!
When I get the chance to garden again, I plan on trying raised beds. I will probably go with the 2' high ones. With arthritis in both knees and my back, getting down on the ground doesn't work real well for me. I miss gardening, but I'm just not home enough to do any.
If I'm able, I'll probably work about another 9 years, then it's retirement time.
I'm looking at some ground sorta in your neighborhood. It's in Le Flore county. I know, that would be a big neighborhood. lol! But at least the same state.
Another good video. Keep them coming. Jealous of your weather. We had 70 Wednesday, low 40's yesterday and today with wind.😣
Robert Jones hopefully you will get your garden sooner than later! Thank you for your support! 😀
Great information love the ending. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Hey Jake & Alex he raised bed garden looks beautiful. Keep up the great work your doing on the homestead guys.
Thank you lee
Well done. Great use of natural yard waste. Reusing it and obtaining a benefit from what would otherwise be hauled to a dump. You might also clean out the chicken coup or other animal stalls and add that material.
Thanks for sharing, I AM ABOUT 1/3 full on my 1st hugel bed, your video is great good filming!
Thank you Patricia
Good video here 👍👍
Great ending at well..
Have a good evening and God bless🌻🌻🌻
Thank you! 😊
Sorry but I laughed with Jacob when the frog came at you. 😆 I love your raised beds!
Sherry Garrett haha! That thing jumped right at me. 😂
Thank you for your videos. I will be using these tips for my own raised beds. Semper Fi, brother!
Semper Fi