hi steve another very informative vid ive recomended your channel to many here in wales and a few others on yt who make vids of their plots you are one of best channels on line take care
@francesbatycki404
Жыл бұрын
I think I used all my muscles and energy just building four 4x8 beds! Lol!
@yvonnechassar9662
Жыл бұрын
Crist, I wish this video was about when I started my raised bed veg plot last year! Some cracking advice!
@christinebrooks6364
Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, I have all raised beds on my plot now, finished then off last season. Its going to be so much easier for me as I am getting older and looking at easier option for me as I want to carry on gardening for as long as physically can. Great video with lots if advice & tips too. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂
@davegilford1257
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve. Another excellent helpful, and informative video 👍👍👍
@happydigging
Жыл бұрын
Our plots are on a hillside that gets heavy rain! Raised beds work really well in these conditions 😊 Easier to weed, maintain soil health, and protect crops from the local badger!
@earlshine453
Жыл бұрын
The amounts of compost you need to set up raised beds like shown are double the amounts you need to start no-dig on a flat surface. A normal no-dig layer of 6 inches looses 1 inch each year. I wonder if you need to add 2 inches each year if the original compost layer is 12 inches. At the moment I'm very happy having filled the bottom part of my raised beds wth local dirt and producing enough compost for a 1 inch layer from kitchen scraps and garden waste. A side effect is that my global warming CO2 emissions are lower + less work + less costs.
@kgarden8960
Жыл бұрын
when I started my raised beds I dug out my paths, and heaped that on the bed, which had the effect of increasing the difference between Bed and Path - which helped drainage (I'm on heavy clay soil), and cost me nothing for the initial top-up soil ... then over time added my Compost on top of that.
@earlshine453
Жыл бұрын
@@kgarden8960 You are on the right track
@JBNat
Жыл бұрын
Lovely use of B-Roll to highlight exactly what you're talking about Steve!
@Lifegrowsonandon
Жыл бұрын
Not a fan of raised beds, no dig method without raised beds create more space less obstructions no heavy lifting or decay and as you can see at Charles' plot there is no need! Cardboard and compost peeps
@deanhawthorn5783
Жыл бұрын
my tip for wood preservatives....if on the tin....it says wash brushes in water.....put it back on the shelf
@kgarden8960
Жыл бұрын
Steve: the wooden frames on my raised beds are lined with DPM plastic like yours, but I worry that plastic (in fact any plastic, including Mypex membrane on top) is breaking down and introducing microplastics into the soil ... which will get into my food eventually, so I've stopped using any plastic that is likely to break down in situ, and I'd like to phase out the DPM too.
@alansallotment
Жыл бұрын
Nice one Steve, not to mention that working one space at a time means you see progress that motivates the next bed especially when weeding ;-)
@clynch9711
Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve. Really useful information on raised bed size. What were those onions? Their huge!!
@plot1895
Жыл бұрын
I love my raised beds. They are easier to access. The soil is a heavy clay and they were in a terrible state when I got the plot last year. The cardboard and compost has helped improve the soil. No digging. The few beds that are not raised on the plot are sodden pretty much all year. The things I tried to grow were attacked by slugs. Eventually I’ll try to improve them but just improving the drainage would probably put the problem on someone else’s plot. Living in NW England we have the joy of higher rainfall, we moan about it but in years to come we might be very grateful.
@russgreen67
Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, All my raised beds are made from an old sectional concrete garage that an old friend was getting rid of. I cut some sections in half for the ends and then buried about two inches in the ground. I made 9 beds in total which is enough for me to start with.
@thesmirkinggrape
Жыл бұрын
I like the measuring of the distance between knees etc. It wouldn't work for me to include my husband, he is 6'5 and I'm just over 5ft. I'd never be able to reach the center of the bed haha
@darrybush5293
Жыл бұрын
Steve, Great information, I’m a huge fan of raised beds, I have heavy clay soil that drains very poorly during our winter rainy season in Southern California, I’m growing something year around in the beds.
@markshaw5835
Жыл бұрын
Love raised bed, easier on the back and it stops my dog doing on my veg patch. Also love no.dig method
@NettieScraps
Жыл бұрын
"Wrinkly tin"! Love it. AKA corrugated iron. A much loved product in Australia for roofing and garden beds :).
@gmantoon
Жыл бұрын
Huge fan of raised beds just put three in my front garden while await for a plot to come up carrots turned out great in them last year 1st time growing am after more now but the other side of the garden is shaded
@mariewright9352
Жыл бұрын
Great tips, I’d like to put raised beds on my plot but I’m only in first full year so money is going on other things to get me going but in time I’m sure I will get there 😊 I’ll remember your measuring method, very useful
@majordog2399
Жыл бұрын
I do like raised beds but for me they are cost prohibitive. The ones I have made are all from recycled fencing but it will take a good long while with my own compost to fill them right up.
@kgarden8960
Жыл бұрын
I started off with "lazy raised beds" - just dug out the soil from the paths and heaped it on the beds. Only raised a few inches, but that helped with drainage etc. The only annoyance is that the "shoulders" lose some planting space, and they collapse into the path and need tidying up every couple of years. But bit by bit I got timber and upgraded them one by one.
@majordog2399
Жыл бұрын
@@kgarden8960 your bed setup sounds similar to mine but I haven't dug out the paths as we are on a clay pan. Another plot holder did just that and now every time it rains their paths fill with water for a few days so digging paths won't work but thanks for the suggestion. I will get there in time as I have 3 compost heaps to generate more of the good stuff. C.
@annicabackstrom7757
Жыл бұрын
Thank's 😊👍
@ConcreteCauldron
Жыл бұрын
🥳🇨🇦
@locke6531
Жыл бұрын
👍
@patjoyce7247
Жыл бұрын
I've got raised bed envy Steve😁 I've got 4 raised beds which are 1 scaffold board high. I was happy till I watched your vid, now I want another 10!!!🤣 Even if I did I can't produce enough compost. Oh yeah I've got compost envy too! Thanks a lot!🤪
@marksallotmentplot
Жыл бұрын
Great video Steve. Jam packed full of all the info you need on raised beds. Top job👍
@David_Bell_growing
Жыл бұрын
All but one of my raised beds are 1.2m wide, so easy to reach from both sides and so pallet collars will fit across them. The paths between are 610mm wide so both 600mm and 24" paving slabs will fit between them as an when they become available free of charge. I have Mypex strips for growing stuff like tomatoes and courgettes through that can be swopped from bed to bed. I have one long 1.8m wide bed for (mainly) growing strawberries as I have an adapted/cut down galvanised steel marque frame 6m long as a cage to cover with mesh that's in three 2m sections, so each year one end gets moved to the other as 3 year old plants are removed and new runners planted at the other end. All my beds (apart from in front of polytunnels, fruit cages, brassica tunnels, sheds, etc. are over 10m long as I don't believe in wasting growing space and materials with lots of small beds and an excessive amount of paths (some allotments restrict the amount of plots used for paths to something like 25%). And about half of our 600m2 is open ground bisected by heavy duty Mypex paths that can be shifted around if required.
@bobtugwell6177
Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, I look forward to watching your videos as there's always something in them that I can pick up and use, despite gardening for 50 years....we never know it all! I've got a medium sized allotment in Camborne with 2 greenhouses on them and similar at home. Having started to ache more as the years go by I have decided to turn over to 'no-dig' to cut down on the weight of soil that I have been moving in my past gardening work. So far, so good with the guidance available from your good self and Charles Dowding. Thanks for sharing your experiences and taking the trouble to post your videos.
@joanpulley9722
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant ,Steve very organized...something to pay attention to with the measurements between beds.👍
@stewartw7302
Жыл бұрын
Great vid. Confirms that I’ve worked out, more or less, The ideal size and path width. All my raised beds are 8 x 4, about 14” high, with about 2ft paths. I fixed a flat board on top of the beds. A: to make it comfy to sit on, and B: to rest my covers on. All the covers, except the tall brassica covers, are hoops fastened permanently to a wooden base frame and covered with environmesh. For the brassica covers, same principle, but with tall, square hoops, instead of the curved hoops used elsewhere.
@timredford6608
Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, I started making my own raised beds about 3yrs ago of various sizes, but thanks to your vidio I think I will make a few more of one size makes sense Thanks again Tim.
@donaldmarks8707
Жыл бұрын
All useful info Steve. Just completely cleared my garden. shed to go up, greenhouse to go up Then three raised beds to go in. Looking forward to the weather improving so I can get on with it. 🙂
@christophermee5214
Жыл бұрын
Hey Steve. Do you still see the beanpole & the diddy pop down the allotment
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