I live in a warm to hot climate down under, i realised straight away that growing in the gound would be better for the plants than raised beds and ive had plenty of success! Growing in the ground keeps roots cooler and halps to save water as my plants roots reach down into the native clay. I also try not to disturb the soil too much and i dont get many weeds as a result. So not that much work really for a lot of gain. Also in Australia arsenic treated pine is everywhere and its still the most common material for timber retaining construction. You have to go out of your way here to find senna or copper treated timber
@juusoblomqvist363
2 жыл бұрын
My experience of new pressure treated (nontoxic) wood is that it really does not resist rot much better than the untreated version of the same wood. I would go for heat-treated, mineralised wood, or a wood that is naturally rot-resistant. I've got over twenty year old frames made out of untreated Siberian larch with the inside lined with birch bark. I use high beds to keep a high volume of manure to give off heat while it decomposes. With added glass panels I can start growing seedlings when the ground is still frozen and covered with snow.
@WhatWeDoChannel
2 жыл бұрын
What great advice! There is so much misinformation out there! I grow in the ground too, it seems people these days think you can’t grow in the native soil! Even my builders backfill soil has become very nice over the last couple of decades with a yearly addition of home made compost and horror of horrors I till or dig it in! Klaus
@KanemiX3
2 жыл бұрын
I love this channel; so much have learned so much here than any other channel. Straight to the points and detail out in order. Thank you so much, you saved a newbie life. I hope your channel grow big and prosperous I will spread of your name
@judymckerrow6720
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, great information! I’m an old fart so raised beds work a little better for me, I don’t have to struggle with making our clay soil more user friendly. I also used galvanized stock tanks for my raised beds. I have two positioned so I can fit a cattle panel between the two, they are far enough away from each other that I can bend the panel in between them. I do have to think about where I position them because of the panel between them, I don’t want them shading out anything I plant on the other side. Plus I have high winds to consider. I like your thinking on the relevancy of raised beds and in most cases, I think in the ground gardens are a better option and when starting a garden is most cost effective. Your garden won’t be perfect right away but building the soil over the years is a worthwhile effort.☃️❄️💚🙃
@krumba100
Жыл бұрын
Excellent videos. What I like the most is how you give the reasons why.
@GARDENER42
3 ай бұрын
I took the sides off my beds, levelled everything & saw a huge decrease in slug & millipede damage. I also saw an increase in yield from brassicas, as their relatively shallow roots then had access to the soil under the (wood chip) paths.
@melissamybubbles6139
2 жыл бұрын
I need either a raised bed or a container for plants like raspberries that would otherwise become a neighborhood weed. I haven't found a container that seems like the right size and shape for raspberries, but maybe the regular round kind work fine.
@sdehues
Жыл бұрын
Your science based advice is so refreshing. it always passes the common sense test with me.
@ASpinnerASpinner
5 ай бұрын
Eastern Cottontail Rabbits. Raised beds that have a decent ledge (like say 3 inches or wider, need to be 2 feet high if you want them to be rabbit proof. If you use a fence like chicken wire or cattle panel around a garden, 1.5 feet is fine. They can actually jump over a 1.5 foot fence but they won't because they have to get a huge running start to do that and they won't expend the energy doing that, plus they know they may not likely get out easily if they do. I had to remove part of the 1.5 foot fence on one of my gardens a couple years ago and a rabbit got in. SO I closed it up again to see what it would do It took 2 minutes and many failed attempts for it to get out. Finally realized it needed a good running start and it was able to jump the fence, but it barely cleared it.
@tonipollack5021
5 ай бұрын
I have arthritis and degenerated discs that compress in my lower back, therefore the use of 17” deep bed works for me.
@pamelacorsi
2 жыл бұрын
I use straw for mulch but I do have trouble with slugs hiding under it and eating my plants at night. I love my raised beds!
@jimsparks-pw9tq
Жыл бұрын
So true. Thank you Robert. I used custom cut white cedar with rough cut dimensions. I was advised to scorch the wood inside with a torch until it is charred. This will stop the wood from rotting. It appears to work. The beds will outlast me I am sure.
@gunnarsson272
5 ай бұрын
we have lily of the valley and quince. they grow through 16 inches of soil with no problem.
@josealeman332
2 жыл бұрын
I spend the whole past year watching and learning from video tutorials like this but no sure what you mean go small or dont go big...I will plant what I can on the area I have and only going 6 to 10 inc from the ground to kill the grass under, the only thing is I like to use cardboard , it may take several months to decompose but it attracts a lot of worms to these areas. and yes garden its no easy and it can be very expensive the first time. I hope after it get less expensive. thanks for sharing
@Alex_Plante
Жыл бұрын
I find that 3 ft x 9 ft is the perfect size for a raised bed. I buy 2 x 12 planks, 12 feet long. I top them off with a 2 x 3 that I use as a sitting board. The beds have to be spaced just wide enough that you can get your wheelbarrow in, but close enough that you can sit on one and work on the next one.
@MichaelJosephJr934
Жыл бұрын
Every year in the high heat of the summer I said to myself I need to scale back. My garden is too big. Then the next day I build three more beds.
@TheCoyotemonster
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't raised beds but I resonate with #11. My first garden was enormous. Today I don't grow vegetables...If I had started small, I wonder if things would be different today...
@SophyaAgain
Жыл бұрын
I grow veggies in pots. Cemented small gardening space. My beloved red okra grow quite tall that I have to stand on tiptoes to reach them. 😅 Mr. Pavlis thank you so much for valuable information.
@niknaktabasco
2 жыл бұрын
Some people use raised beds because they have dogs who might trample the plants. But then the raised beds have veggies at perfect height for dogs to nibble on. 😆Please consider doing a video on dogs and gardens.
@dalekennedy8271
2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree that most people do not need a raised bed garden. We have been growing plants in the ground for thousands of years with excellent results. First time gardeners should try in -ground gardening before building raised beds. If they don't enjoy it they can easily let the area revert back to being a lawn. If they don't like it they now have an area that cannot be mowed and will have to be hand weeded.
@viva7642
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, sir!
@MextizaCalifa
2 жыл бұрын
Sir u are Mr. Smarty pants.. i wish i saw ur vid before i built 1 of my garden beds
@Angie-ci1lp
Жыл бұрын
Due to back issues! Tall raised beds makes my garden life easier
@patsyden6276
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I am truly grateful.
@SuePrimm
Жыл бұрын
As a lover of fresh raised veggies, I reluctantly built raised beds after moving from a nice sandy soil which grew great veggies to a hard clay packed property. Man, I miss my previous land. I am struggling to get things to grow in the raised beds. I'm taking your advise and next year will hopefully be a better year, although we don't hardly see any bees to pollinate the veggies. Any advice for that problem?
@DunrobinOntario
Жыл бұрын
I got a really weird situation that I'm trying to figure out! So my native soil type is sand! Literally coarse grind glacial crushed granite! Amazing drainage I built a raised bed into a sand bank, beautiful dry stacked stone walls, and I'm wondering how deep to dig out the sand now and replace with top soil?🤔 A foot maybe?
@Draconatus24
5 ай бұрын
18:05 I chose raised beds because literally every two or three feet theres a 50-200 pound rock(With some boulders scattered around too.) Ain't no way I could do regular gardening without 10 times the work lol.
@mannaman
2 жыл бұрын
Professor, Would love your input on this. My wife and I just sold our home in the city after 20 years and bought my dads small farm in Kansas, zone 6 (11acres). We have lots of room in the field and great loamy soul. But the problem we face is it’s located in a flood way. The river is on the east and south sides of the property and it can flood. Usually about 2 feet deep but with very little water velocity. We may go 5 years without a flood, or, like in 2019 it hit us 3 times. Wiped out our 2000 sq ft garden for sure. Last fall I built 3 4x18 beds about 28”” high from concrete blocks. This spring I’m building 3 more out of wood and corrugated galvanized metal. My plan is to use and amend the native soil and follow hugulkulter principles. There are plenty of dead and decomposing trees in the riparian area along the river. I also hold water rights to pump irrigate out of the river. I understand the cautions and warnings you give, but this is the only way I can think of to beat the flooding issue. Any thoughts or recommendations? Love your teaching videos. I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you.
@Gardenfundamentals1
2 жыл бұрын
In a very wet area, higher raised beds can work. the alternative is to solve the water problem with a drainage system.
@mannaman
2 жыл бұрын
@Garden Fundamentals Thank you for the reply. I can see I wasn’t clear. When the river is 2 feet in my field, it has risen from the norm of 7’ to 29-30’. Only the Creator can solve that drainage problem. lol
@melissamybubbles6139
2 жыл бұрын
You can use stone to make a sloped raised bed? That is an important piece of information. I have a 25x4ft sloping, shady clay, rocky, dry and unirrigated, windy, north-facing side yard filled with bindweed and other weeds. I'm starting to sheet mulch there. Eventually it would be nice to grow some native shade plants. How would a rock bed be built on such a spot?
@austenhead5303
Жыл бұрын
With due respect to your expertise, I put down three layers of cardboard, over a foot of soil, and a few inches of straw mulch over my field full of couch grass last spring, and that bitch was up and through and messing with my strawberries in about six weeks. This year I'm putting down landscape fabric, and if that doesn't work, next year I'm pouring concrete. If you have couch grass, cardboard and newspaper are just not gonna cut it.
@alanaminty6229
Жыл бұрын
I'm getting ready to build some raised beds. Our neighbourhood has quite a lot of voles. My neighbour gardener told me I need to make the beds at least 18" high, and line them with hardware cloth (similar to your strawberry video). I don't want a lid though, because I would like to grow tall stuff too! Is it true that voles can climb/jump, so I need higher sides? I'd love to save some $$ on materials, but I'd like to eat the food that I grow!
@kathrynmettelka7216
2 жыл бұрын
We can always count on you to make sense. In Texas we have this terrible stuff called caliche as the natural base for our gardens. Awful rocky stuff. What works for me so far is compost and mulch. Do you have any advice?
@Gardenfundamentals1
2 жыл бұрын
The best thing to improve poor soil is what you are doing compost. If the soil is real rocky, treat it as if you are building the beds on concrete and go a bit higher.
@shannonz9211
2 жыл бұрын
I "rooted" 8 red twig dogwoods from cuttings! I think. . . So, they have new leaves starting but no actual "roots". Will they grow roots eventually?
@Gardenfundamentals1
2 жыл бұрын
Usually, if they grow leaves first - they don't root. You can try pulling the leaves off and see if it roots.
@shannonz9211
2 жыл бұрын
@@Gardenfundamentals1 Ha! I pulled most of the leaves off except for the top couple. I have the jar of water under lights and change out the water every 2-3 days. 4 of them have little white roots!!!!! And I had another jar to force forsythia and most of them rooted AND I had some pussy willow that have HUGE roots. People should pay me for this! Ha! Thank you sir.
@evelynm6961
2 жыл бұрын
I am desperately trying to get rid of whiteflies on my citrus tree, I’m in California. I removed a bunch of leaves and branches but to no avail. Would a neem oil in water w dawn solution work? Or do you know anything better? 🙏
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:27 *💧 Think about irrigation before building raised beds; they dry out faster than in-ground soil.* 02:35 *🌱 Lower raised beds (6 inches high) are optimal for soil growth; higher beds unnecessary unless for accessibility reasons.* 05:06 *📏 Optimal bed width is 4x8 feet for accessibility and efficient use of materials.* 06:44 *🏞️ Use topsoil with minimal organic matter and add compost or manure for nutrient-rich soil that doesn't settle as much.* 08:35 *🪵 Use 2-inch thick boards for raised beds; thinner boards are too flexible and prone to rotting.* 10:36 *🚫 Avoid lining beds with plastic; it accelerates wood rotting. Quality pressure-treated wood can last over 10 years without lining.* 12:28 *🌾 Mulch beds with straw to suppress weeds and retain moisture; avoid using compost as it may encourage weed growth.* 14:04 *🛤️ Leave adequate space between beds for accessibility, considering the width of a wheelbarrow for easy soil transport.* 16:05 *🌱 Start small with one or two beds if you're new to gardening; it's easier to manage and learn from mistakes.* 17:32 *🌱 Raised beds aren't essential; consider piling soil directly for a raised effect, especially if your ground soil is suitable.* Made with HARPA AI
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