True about doubling the height for root crops Huw but don't forget that after the bed has been in place (on soil) for a year or two then the ground underneath will be usable by the crops (no dig theory). The book arrived today! Steve
Can't thank you enough. I have just managed to get a large allotment 5meters by 12 and half of it has become quite over grown and neglected. A fellow allotment holder suggested that I should clear the area slowly but first start a raised bed to get planting. Your tutorial was very clear and concise and I will definitely be purchasing your book! Obviously I am also subscribed to the channel. More please young sir.
Love how I found this video AFTER building a huge raised bed by hand, with nails, a hammer and scrap pieces of half-rotted wood. I just found your channel today and I love all your advice on how to grow your own food
I live in Burbank California. Though our climates are opposite. I have learned loads more information from your insight and knowledge, then I have from my local nursery specialists here. Lol Plus, you have great presence, and explain things thoroughly with great aplomb. I just purchased your book. Look forward to receiving it. May all your hard work, and garden passion bring you much success to come. Thank you my Welsh gardening kin 🙏
I know I'm a bit late to the party. I got the book for Christmas and have just found your UA-cam videos. I'm addicted. They're great. Looking forward to more from you.
I thought the process of choosing and installing a raised bed was very clearly explained, with clear demonstrations given throughout. I’m shortly about to be allocated an allotment and the practical knowledge gained from your video will come in very useful. In the meantime, I do hope your book has reached the wide audience you had hoped for.
I don't know Brittish fauna, in Hungary we have lot of moles. So if I buid a raised bed itt's most inportant to fix a chicken net or a mole net onto it's bottom.
Thanks for great info. Not sure as an older person if I can do this but am preparing to begin anyway. Lol. My beds will have to be smaller and a bit higher. I’m trying to think of ways of using “found” objects. Love your channel. Inspiring. Hello from cold Southern California! 👍🌴🇺🇸
Nice one! I built a load of raised beds using cardboard and compost on top of an old stone driveway; It works! Next year I’ll give it a go on the other quarter acre of old Grassland! We’ll see how it goes! 😊
if you take a look at the comopany you recommend, their raised beds kits are really expensive, a bit of a contradition with the idea of making growing food accesible which is the whole point of your book. if would be nice to see more affordable alternatives
I just got home from work and my copy of your book is here waiting for me. Looking forward to sitting down and having a read through, then making a start on a raised bed this weekend. Cheers.
@@HuwRichards no thank you. I'm already hearing so many good things about your book from many in the gardening community here on UA-cam. It will help me organise myself so much.
Just got notification from Amazo, my pre-order will arrive here in NY on the 25th! I am excited to read this book and to share it with friends :) Thanks for your channel.
🔥🔥🔥!!! Give thanks for all the info. Your delivery of all the steps and tips was perfect for me. I started following you on IG as well. I'm going to check that book.. we're just about to fill our raised beds with soil. 🌱🙏
Hi Huw, congrats with your book. I have ordered it from Waterstones to collect in the shop as I still have a voucher I can use. I was making a jigsaw puzzle on my iPad when an advertisement came up where you advertise your book. Well done. Eveline
If anyone watching only has one person to build these, I have a tip. I connect my boards with the stakes/posts that will go in the ground first, so they're 2 high, but connected. Then I set them up upside down so they form the bed with the ends and lengths how I want them, each side just loosely leaning against each other. Then I use a ratchet strap around the outside 4 corners of the bed, tighten it, and it will hold them all together upright. Do your drilling and driving, then just disconnect the ratchet strap and flip it over. The strap will hold them all tightly together in the bed shape and it makes it easy to do with one person. You can also chain 2 ratchet straps by connecting the hooks together if needed for more length.
Dear Huw, I'm looking very forward to get your first book. Because of living in Germany I have to wait a few more days for delivering via amazon. I preorder the book. Kind regards from Germany, GaHou
Received my book this afternoon, looking forward to using it on my allotment as I tend to waste a lot of space between growing stuff and never sure what works best together
Hi Huw, those raised beds can they be built in a polytunnel? Also the bark around the outside would that create too much moisture in the polytunnel? And congratulations on the book ♥
Very nice, indeed! Thanks for the step by step instructions. I'm in the process of planning out my raised beds. Things are moving kind of slow since I broke my arm...lol. but, I'm getting there. Is your book going to be available on Amazon? Thanks!
Hi, just found your channel, I am gonna start a garden, however the grounds in the city of Amsterdam are contaminated. So would you recommend to put something in between the ground soil and the raised bed? Or do you think the toxins won't mix since I use the no dig principle?
Great video. Thank you. Looking forward to more. Lost my allotment, garden all tubs and pebbles and a greenhouse full of veggie plants looking for a home. Will buy your book.
Hi there, I have a garden just like yours and I was just wondering, when you make your raised vegetable platforms do you place a lining to separate the existing grass from the compost in the new vegetable patch? I am really worried that all of the insects in my existing grass may feed on my plants and I would be really grateful if you could advise me.
Congratulations on your book! You should be very proud of yourself! Any update on the apple challenge?!? My seeds have been planted since you released that video but no sprouts yet :/
Thank you, this is such a helpful video... alas , I didn’t put cardboard at the base, of my bed. I only have one layer of board. Maybe I should extend? Xx
Great advice Huw! I wish we had a company that sold that plastic lumber like this in the USA, if you know any companies doing this I'd love to to know!
Found an answer to my own question I believe this company is comparable to the one in the UK! If anyone ask you can send them here Huw. itsrecycled.com
I really appreciate how youre helping begginers like me :) i have a question regarding the amount of bean harvest in the 4 by 10 feet area which you recommened, about how many kilos would one harvest? (For example if we planted white gigantes beans or mung beans.) When planting, how can we calculate the resulting harvest to know how much planting space we would need? Thank you :)
Hi Huw great video thank you for uploading. Have you considered measuring diagonally across each corner to check the bed has been built square? Due to costs I am planning on filling my beds just a little each year :)
I'm in Australia and I just purchase my copy through my affiliate with "The Book Depository UK". They do world wide postage for free! Congratulations Huw.
Is raised bed effective with normal planting& what type of material you are using in raised bed....becoz wood usually becomes food for mites😂 in my garden
HI, I see in this video what looks like a home made polytunnel in the back ground, I was wondering could you make an step by step video as i need to make one about 6 feet long and 3 foot wide to go on top of a raised bed i will be making soon. your one looks like it can be removed to work the bed that would be ideal for me . Thanks Marc
Huw. I keep seeing conflicting advice. Can I use pressure treated boards? I can't afford the plastic version but would like to add 2 raised beds in my back garden. Any advice would be appreciated. Chris
In my searches, Chris, I've found bits saying you should line your pressure treated beds with black poly that you can buy rolls of. This keeps the chemicals of the wood away from the plants/soil - and you don't have to use poly on the bottom, just the sides. I can't find this poly anywhere of course, and I have a bunch of spare PT wood laying around, so I'm not sure what to do now either. The last thing I want is to go through all the trouble of building these and have the wood rot out within a few years.
@@DadBooom . I read a whole list of advice and in the end I asked a number of people on a nearby allotment and my local wood supplier. They all (independently) said that the pressure treatment now is harmless, However, DO NOT USE SECONDARY PRESERVATIVE OR WOOD THAT HAS BEEN TREATED POST PT. This is the paint on/spray on used for fences, decking and sheds etc. The plastic option can harvest slugs and snails... everyone told me to avoid. Also it is not a bad thing to reconstruct every 5 years or so as it gives you a chance to really recondition the soil. I hope this helps. It is working for me. My first home grown veg this year 👍
Great information !!! The place I need to put my bed currently has an invasive plant on it. If I cut the plant down and dig out most of it, will that be enough to keep it under control? I think it is a mertensia???? Thank you!
Huw: “You might have a tiny tiny garden” Me: 🙋🏼♀️ My garden is about the size of a postage stamp! But! I’m working on putting in 3 raised beds stair stepping up the back slope. Thanks for the tutorial!
Hi Huw, brilliant series on building raised beds. Your book looks excellent. I’m hearing some great reviews. I’ll definitely be looking out for a copy. Are you doing any signed copies? Take care. Nick
Great video 👍🏻 those raised beds are awesome but I wouldn’t use them down my allotment due to them being quite expensive, definitely in my own garden though.
I've got quite a bit of leftover soil from a 'sfg' raised bed about two years ago. So it's pretty much vermiculite, compost and peat moss. Would that be suitable to go in this raised bed or should I start from scratch?
I built mine out of old wood. Some has been treated so i use sheets of core deck its great for lining the inside of the bed and cheap per 8x4 sheet. About 3.50
I can't believe my book is now out!! Make sure to join in for my first every livechat this Sunday @3pm UK time - I would love to see you there!
Your book (mine now) is due in the mail today!!
@@dinetk3125 Yay! :D
HuwsNursery - Grow Organic Produce Inexpensively Congratulations on your new book. Hope it will soon be available in the USA 🇺🇸
Congratulations. Fairplay to you. Will have it by the weekend.
Book is here, and i’ll be there on sunday too!
Baby faced huw is so cute 🥰
True about doubling the height for root crops Huw but don't forget that after the bed has been in place (on soil) for a year or two then the ground underneath will be usable by the crops (no dig theory).
The book arrived today!
Steve
Can't thank you enough. I have just managed to get a large allotment 5meters by 12 and half of it has become quite over grown and neglected. A fellow allotment holder suggested that I should clear the area slowly but first start a raised bed to get planting. Your tutorial was very clear and concise and I will definitely be purchasing your book! Obviously I am also subscribed to the channel. More please young sir.
Love how I found this video AFTER building a huge raised bed by hand, with nails, a hammer and scrap pieces of half-rotted wood. I just found your channel today and I love all your advice on how to grow your own food
I live in Burbank California. Though our climates are opposite. I have learned loads more information from your insight and knowledge, then I have from my local nursery specialists here. Lol Plus, you have great presence, and explain things thoroughly with great aplomb. I just purchased your book. Look forward to receiving it. May all your hard work, and garden passion bring you much success to come. Thank you my Welsh gardening kin 🙏
I know I'm a bit late to the party. I got the book for Christmas and have just found your UA-cam videos. I'm addicted. They're great. Looking forward to more from you.
I thought the process of choosing and installing a raised bed was very clearly explained, with clear demonstrations given throughout. I’m shortly about to be allocated an allotment and the practical knowledge gained from your video will come in very useful. In the meantime, I do hope your book has reached the wide audience you had hoped for.
I don't know Brittish fauna, in Hungary we have lot of moles.
So if I buid a raised bed itt's most inportant to fix a chicken net or a mole net onto it's bottom.
Congratulations for the launch of your book Huw! I love the boards from British Recycled Plastic, they look really tidy.
Thanks for great info. Not sure as an older person if I can do this but am preparing to begin anyway. Lol. My beds will have to be smaller and a bit higher. I’m trying to think of ways of using “found” objects. Love your channel. Inspiring. Hello from cold Southern California! 👍🌴🇺🇸
Bought the book, now I’ll watch your advice
Great how to build a raised bed video Huw. Will be great to go along with the book. Congrats on it all
now the rainy season, the perfect time to start growing vegetables for the family. I started by making plant beds using wood
Nice one! I built a load of raised beds using cardboard and compost on top of an old stone driveway; It works! Next year I’ll give it a go on the other quarter acre of old Grassland! We’ll see how it goes! 😊
if you take a look at the comopany you recommend, their raised beds kits are really expensive, a bit of a contradition with the idea of making growing food accesible which is the whole point of your book. if would be nice to see more affordable alternatives
This is the video I've been searching and waiting for. Thank you!
I just got home from work and my copy of your book is here waiting for me. Looking forward to sitting down and having a read through, then making a start on a raised bed this weekend. Cheers.
Great video. The book is awesome and has made me want to get into growing veg. Thanks!
Great helpful vid. Will definitely check out your book. Congratulations
Could you do a video on which varieties of vegetables you prefer and why ? There’s so much choice that is perplexing as to which variety to go for
Thanks for all your amazing information! I live in America and enjoy learning from you. Elise
Hi, As always very good gardening information. I made 2 small raised bed from wooden pallets.from your last video you give good instructions . thanks.
Congratulations on your book launch. My copy should be with me tomorrow hopefully. I can't wait so excited.
Yay how exciting Tracy! Thank you so much!
@@HuwRichards no thank you. I'm already hearing so many good things about your book from many in the gardening community here on UA-cam. It will help me organise myself so much.
Excellent advice. I made mine out of decking and purposely over tall (50cm), which looks nice saves my back and avoids slugs!
Hi Steve thank you so much for watching! Wow what a lovely depth there! Almost tall enough to avoid carrot root fly too
@@HuwRichards But terrible to fill up!
Try hugelkultur:D
@@HuwRichards Hey, I told Erica about putting logs in raised beds! Totally stole my idea with her video! Hee, hee! Great minds eh.
@@MrBobthephilosopher Hehehehe there we go Erica is in the center of the universe :D
Congratulations on your book launch! We use raised beds and love it. Great video. 🙂
Thank you so much! :)
@@HuwRichards You're welcome 🙂
Just bought 2 copies. Will give one away on my channel. Good luck Huw - you rock sir. Well done 😊👍
Fairplay Tony. Im getting mine at the weekend.
Thanks for the tips! I want to do this on my balcony but on a smaller scale...hope this will work. Good luck with your book launch!
Thank you so much Mona and good luck with your growing! Try making mini-raised beds for your balcony :)
Hi Huw. Your book arrived today. Fantastic! Well done!
My copy of your book is in it’s way to Australia & should arrive next week
Just got notification from Amazo, my pre-order will arrive here in NY on the 25th! I am excited to read this book and to share it with friends :)
Thanks for your channel.
That is a gorgeous book cover
I must get a copy of your book Huw. Well done. Great to see success. Regards Patrick
Thank you so much Patrick that would be so amazing!
Will try to build my own raised bed this year and I will fill it with my compost with your inspiration thank you.
Whilst watching your video the door bell rang and your book turned up! Coincidence or good timing? Looking forward to reading it.
Haha
Your videos are a very good based information for gardening!
Nice learned how to make bed - was quite scared on how to do it. Thanks.
🔥🔥🔥!!! Give thanks for all the info. Your delivery of all the steps and tips was perfect for me. I started following you on IG as well. I'm going to check that book.. we're just about to fill our raised beds with soil. 🌱🙏
MY book is on its way! thanks Huw cant wait. Hope can apply to my area and climate. Just had another 4 inches of snow.
Your new raised bed became perfect. Good success in the vegetables you cultivate! 🍅🥕🌶️🍆 🇬🇷
OK I am gonna binge watching all your videos now
Wow, dead excited, book has arrived, it is brilliant, great job
Thank you so so much! Please feel free to leave a review, best wishes, Huw
Brilliant. Can I grow most vegetables in these raised beds on top of concrete slabs inside a polytunnel?
Cheers
First time subscriber..so excited to follow you😁..sad cannot get your book across the pond. 😞
If you find it on amazon.co.uk you can select international shipping
Hi Huw, congrats with your book. I have ordered it from Waterstones to collect in the shop as I still have a voucher I can use. I was making a jigsaw puzzle on my iPad when an advertisement came up where you advertise your book. Well done. Eveline
I do this every year what ever I can grow , thank you guys for helping
I would love to marry you
Congratulations on your book launch huw.
I built a double high cinder block garden bed over concrete, its just perfect
Awesome timing, I got an email this morning saying your book was being delivered today :)
YAY! Enjoy it!! And thank you so much for watching!
Got it 😁
If anyone watching only has one person to build these, I have a tip. I connect my boards with the stakes/posts that will go in the ground first, so they're 2 high, but connected. Then I set them up upside down so they form the bed with the ends and lengths how I want them, each side just loosely leaning against each other. Then I use a ratchet strap around the outside 4 corners of the bed, tighten it, and it will hold them all together upright. Do your drilling and driving, then just disconnect the ratchet strap and flip it over. The strap will hold them all tightly together in the bed shape and it makes it easy to do with one person. You can also chain 2 ratchet straps by connecting the hooks together if needed for more length.
Dear Huw, I'm looking very forward to get your first book. Because of living in Germany I have to wait a few more days for delivering via amazon. I preorder the book. Kind regards from Germany, GaHou
I got notification just after midnight last night that your book was on it’s way to me here in Dublin 😃
I've got your book today 😊 I have a allotment but feel like I should do this one raised bed too, I have some decking boards I could use.
Awh yay! Good luck with it Kimmy!
Did the publisher give you any indication of when the book will be available on Amazon in the US?
I got my book on Amazon yesterday as a pre-order, it says I will get it on the 18th of Mar.
Received my book this afternoon, looking forward to using it on my allotment as I tend to waste a lot of space between growing stuff and never sure what works best together
Hi Huw, those raised beds can they be built in a polytunnel? Also the bark around the outside would that create too much moisture in the polytunnel? And congratulations on the book ♥
Very nice, indeed! Thanks for the step by step instructions. I'm in the process of planning out my raised beds. Things are moving kind of slow since I broke my arm...lol. but, I'm getting there. Is your book going to be available on Amazon? Thanks!
Yes it is on Amazon now so make sure you go get yourself a copy :D I hope your arm fully heals soon.
@@HuwRichards Thanks so much! My doc says I am healing beautifully, thanks...😁
@@sweetolyve Awh I am so glad!
Hi Huw lve just ordered you new book,Thank you
Wow thank you so much Pat!
Nice one. Thanks. I'll also keep an eye out for your book. Cheers.
Hi, just found your channel, I am gonna start a garden, however the grounds in the city of Amsterdam are contaminated. So would you recommend to put something in between the ground soil and the raised bed? Or do you think the toxins won't mix since I use the no dig principle?
Great video. Thank you. Looking forward to more. Lost my allotment, garden all tubs and pebbles and a greenhouse full of veggie plants looking for a home. Will buy your book.
Hi there,
I have a garden just like yours and I was just wondering, when you make your raised vegetable platforms do you place a lining to separate the existing grass from the compost in the new vegetable patch? I am really worried that all of the insects in my existing grass may feed on my plants and I would be really grateful if you could advise me.
Congratulations on your book! You should be very proud of yourself! Any update on the apple challenge?!? My seeds have been planted since you released that video but no sprouts yet :/
Super exciting! Video in the next week or two about that! :D
Thanks, I made one of these today!
Thank you, this is such a helpful video... alas , I didn’t put cardboard at the base, of my bed. I only have one layer of board. Maybe I should extend? Xx
As long as you add more than 15cm (6inch) of material on top you don't need cardboard underneath
Thanks for broadcast makes it less scary!
Thank you so much Kathy
@@HuwRichards You are so welcome!
Great advice Huw! I wish we had a company that sold that plastic lumber like this in the USA, if you know any companies doing this I'd love to to know!
Found an answer to my own question I believe this company is comparable to the one in the UK! If anyone ask you can send them here Huw. itsrecycled.com
@@kiltedgardener Ooo great spot thank you! :)
2 drills; great idea!
Are the raised beds made from recycled plastic? and where can you purchase them?
I really appreciate how youre helping begginers like me :) i have a question regarding the amount of bean harvest in the 4 by 10 feet area which you recommened, about how many kilos would one harvest? (For example if we planted white gigantes beans or mung beans.) When planting, how can we calculate the resulting harvest to know how much planting space we would need? Thank you :)
Great video as always huw, some fab tips! Will try and make it to the live 🌺
Hi Huw great video thank you for uploading. Have you considered measuring diagonally across each corner to check the bed has been built square? Due to costs I am planning on filling my beds just a little each year :)
Thank you so much! If the lengths are all cut perfectly to size then it will automatically be 90 degree angles at each corner :)
@@HuwRichards Not
I'm in Australia and I just purchase my copy through my affiliate with "The Book Depository UK". They do world wide postage for free! Congratulations Huw.
Sadly owned by Amazon now :/
Got my copy. Great stuff!
Thank you so much Josephine! :D
What was the reason for the two different drills for pilot holes/screwing?
Is raised bed effective with normal planting& what type of material you are using in raised bed....becoz wood usually becomes food for mites😂 in my garden
HI,
I see in this video what looks like a home made polytunnel in the back ground, I was wondering could you make an step by step video as i need to make one about 6 feet long and 3 foot wide to go on top of a raised bed i will be making soon. your one looks like it can be removed to work the bed that would be ideal for me .
Thanks
Marc
Huw. I keep seeing conflicting advice. Can I use pressure treated boards? I can't afford the plastic version but would like to add 2 raised beds in my back garden. Any advice would be appreciated. Chris
In my searches, Chris, I've found bits saying you should line your pressure treated beds with black poly that you can buy rolls of. This keeps the chemicals of the wood away from the plants/soil - and you don't have to use poly on the bottom, just the sides. I can't find this poly anywhere of course, and I have a bunch of spare PT wood laying around, so I'm not sure what to do now either. The last thing I want is to go through all the trouble of building these and have the wood rot out within a few years.
@@DadBooom . I read a whole list of advice and in the end I asked a number of people on a nearby allotment and my local wood supplier. They all (independently) said that the pressure treatment now is harmless, However, DO NOT USE SECONDARY PRESERVATIVE OR WOOD THAT HAS BEEN TREATED POST PT. This is the paint on/spray on used for fences, decking and sheds etc.
The plastic option can harvest slugs and snails... everyone told me to avoid. Also it is not a bad thing to reconstruct every 5 years or so as it gives you a chance to really recondition the soil.
I hope this helps. It is working for me. My first home grown veg this year 👍
@@chrismagee5843 i can get two types of pressure treated wood and one is treated with copper and arsenic, and i wouldn't use it for food production
Great information !!! The place I need to put my bed currently has an invasive plant on it. If I cut the plant down and dig out most of it, will that be enough to keep it under control? I think it is a mertensia????
Thank you!
Huw: “You might have a tiny tiny garden”
Me: 🙋🏼♀️
My garden is about the size of a postage stamp! But! I’m working on putting in 3 raised beds stair stepping up the back slope. Thanks for the tutorial!
great job with the raised bed build Huw !!
Would you recommend using raised beds over growing vegetables in the ground ? I am trying to figure out the advantages of this system. Thanks.
Lovely vid, can't wait to watch the next video!
Hi Huw, brilliant series on building raised beds. Your book looks excellent. I’m hearing some great reviews. I’ll definitely be looking out for a copy. Are you doing any signed copies? Take care. Nick
Just wondering what is the difference between compost and top soil? 🤔
Great video. Thanks for sharing Huw.
Great video!
Great video 👍🏻 those raised beds are awesome but I wouldn’t use them down my allotment due to them being quite expensive, definitely in my own garden though.
More helpful from others vedios I liked it. Thanks
Good episode as covered a topic on my mind lately, would you use any amendments to the raised bed prior to planting/seeding?
I've got quite a bit of leftover soil from a 'sfg' raised bed about two years ago. So it's pretty much vermiculite, compost and peat moss. Would that be suitable to go in this raised bed or should I start from scratch?
The book looks great congratulations!! Will it be available in the US? Cant find it on Amazon
It’s on amazon.co.uk and you can get international shipping
Hi Huw (or anyone experienced).
Just topsoil and compost? No "lasagna"?
Crikey Huw, recycled plastic beds from that site is way over my cost budget 😢 £342 for 1.5m x 0.5m x 30cm!!
Can I build a bed with three boards instead of two like yours? Or two boards are good enough?
Great info Huw. Any plans on offering the book on Amazon U.S?
It’s on amazon.co.uk , you can select international shipping
sorry I missed your live. I live in the slow lane...
I bought Your book yesterday from ebay:)
is your wood treated and/or painted? I'm planning some raised beds for vegetables and wondered about using wood preservative/stain on the planks.
I built mine out of old wood. Some has been treated so i use sheets of core deck its great for lining the inside of the bed and cheap per 8x4 sheet. About 3.50
Do you not put chicken wire underneath to keep rabbits out?
Congrats and Thank you