How to Build a Raised Flower or Garden Bed

[paulwheaton12]

Have you done anything with hugelkultur?

Instead of cedar, how about black locust?

[KnowYourRealEstate]

Raised beds are the way to go this day and age. If you are short on space, tier the bed so you get 2 or 3 levels. Plant the bushy or, heavier veggies on the ground level...smaller herbs on top.

[BackyardDiscoveryCo]

Great tips. Thanks for sharing.

[drewadvertisingsa]

Where's the 12 oz Lone Star Beer for when your done?

[NedAcres]

I use raised beds to grow my own food on 1/10 of an acre. to see them go to nedacres.com

[65gdoubleO]

easy project my butt im doing this for my eagle projuect and IT IS NOT EASY!!!

[mebirdo]

PILE OF SOIL?!

[ELSWJS]

This turns the easy raised bed idea to.....$100 at lowes.

[FWealthandHealth]

I don't see instructions under the video on the website... :(

[o00oZu1o00o]

this vid is just perfect in design and all

[o00oZu1o00o]

this vid is just perfect in design and all

[dbush7120]

The treated wood gives you a better buzz!!

[Iris81408]

This is a very interesting and easy video with good tips. I am working on my big back yard. This is my first home and I am trying to do it all by myself. It is a lot of work and I love to step back and see what I have created with my very own two little lady hands. My papa would be so proud. :) Considering that I am a city girl. Gardening is fun I just wish I started some projects sooner since summer is heating the days out here in the AZ sun.

[641reyna]

@Iris81408 im trying to make my lonly backyard to a pretty gardeen and this is my first day and i have some seeds and some soiil:D

[thebagsnow]

i dont have a deck can i still build this with wood?

[murdocha]

Great idea and I'll be doing this this weekend. But on a side note, isn't this the same guy from the Retro-Encabulator video? I loved that!

[Vengeance31]

Cedar also helps keeps the bugs away.

[SalladSicle]

This makes me wanna go to Lowes...

[lovadinasilvia]

I've really enjoy it

[alanckaye]

holy shit you could pay someone to do it for less than purchasing all that stuff.

[vcapo]

@alanckaye And is he going to supply you with the materials for free? Lumber AND labor WILL cost more than doing it yourself.

[seetherfanforever01]

Bull crap. He lists like 4,851 things you need to do this. All you need is some wood, seeds, dirt, and a saw. -_-

[Organikmechanic]

I use all recycled materials to make my garden raised beds - have also created a greenhouse for 7Euros/Dollars out of untreated pallet wood!

[lsophial]

Why not just, wood, electric or manual saw, hammer, nails, and a measurement tape? I garden a la natural, just prepare the soil, plant seeds, water it and keep caring for the plants.

[GuitaristFun]

haha you dont need half of thos things to build a simple raised flower bed :P

[lovedapizza1]

wow that simple thing will cost me 700$!!!! OH JOY!

[attilaclark]

you could cut all these items that are needed in half or more. Walmart or Lowes sponsored this video probably. A hammer and nails with some scrap wood. Nail some drift wood together to add a rustic look to the whole thing. You don't need dimensional lumber if you don't want it. Scrap wood is everywhere .

[wowoak]

well, after watching this I might as well just stick with buying frozen veggies at the store

[SunshineSuperman2]

Wow... the tool list sounded like someone was building a house

[gardenvespers777]

When I created my raised beds, I just had the wood cut at the lumber company at the lengths I needed. It saved me alot of time. Also, if your property slopes, you''ll probably need a level to level it out.

Cedar is so expensive, I just opted for regular wood, its ok If I have to replace a piece here or there, it will be a few years before I have to do that anyway.

I posted the video of what they look like and how I amended my soil.

[brandonleetran]

I went to Lowes to buy cedar 2x4's and they didn't have them. :(

[zcg3]

Eat me...

[DedFysch]

Useless.

[idesofmars]

do you not need to anchor the actual frame into the ground somehow? whats stopping it from being shifted by a lawnmower or something?

[brian1969a]

@idesofmars The video did show that a larger bed would need to be anchored (the posts in the ground), and said that since this was a smaller bed, it wouldn't need to be anchored, because (I assume) if it got moved it would be easy to put it back in place.

[leemichael53]

What sheet of material did the builder lay down on the ground as a barrier between the ground and the dirt he added? And why did he add the sheet of material?

[brian1969a]

@leemichael53 Landscape fabric (he said so), and it's in the list of materials.

[sexykat426]

lol that is way too many tools to build a garden bed.

[AtomicPhill]

ahhh u dont need all that to make a garden

[leemichael53]

@Antiks72  funny comment!

[rnrchickenman]

@Antiks72 Just ask TIGER WOODS :-)

[calidoggie]

You need 20 tools to build a wood planter box?

[gozentus]

What A crock o crap. Dont fergit to do a enviromental impact study.

[maslabud]

wow i never thought building a flower bed was so expensive, i built mine with left over fence post and compost, 100% free

[noblew357]

wow i guess people in the ghetto cant grow healthy food cause they have to first spend a hundred bucks on bs equipment. 

[TheBrassHole]

@noblew357 People in the ghetto would never do anything that requires work any way, so you don't have to worry about it. Just keep sending your money to them.

[noblew357]

@TheBrassHole lol

[phonepride]

great video

[eredy]

funny ive used treated for yrs never had a problem and ceder is a pestilence

[pepperjoe12]

Check out my Gardening videos on YouTube.

[TimKGrimes]

They want you to purchase untreated wood. That way, the wood will decay, rot, attract termites, then self-destruct. They'll sell you more! ;-) Cedar "resists decay?" Sure it does.

How about insulating the pressure treated wood with thick mil plastic sheeting (against the pressure treated wood - for about 1 foot), and otherwise as this video demonstrates.

[TheBrassHole]

I just farted

[controlpopulation]

Don't use treated wood for your veggie beds. Flowers and plants yes, veggies? Never... It will kill them because the chemicals will release from the wood into your veggies.

[ARBuilder1776]

@controlpopulation What if you line it with weed blocker material?

[controlpopulation]

@ARBuilder1776, I don't like weedblocker because the weeds end up making a mess of it eventually. I would dig up the grass, put a layer of newspapers down and then fill it with top soil. I did my beds a few years ago like that and the only weeds are the occasional top of soil ones, which I can easily pull out by hand. You don't get too many weeds in raised beds, thats one of the advantages.

[bf1964bf]

@ARBuilder1776 dont use any kinda treated of any kind near vegs

let nature take its course

[bookooc]

@controlpopulation

do some research pal, treated wood since 2003 is safe for veggies, and the issue was never that it would kill the plants, it was that it would kill YOU. Some people may still not choose to use it, not trusting the companies that use the new process, but you can always cover the boards with plastic.

[controlpopulation]

@bookooc, you are correct, it would kill you and still will. But it would also kill many of the veggies. Trust me, I used it for years and lost many veggies to it to only figure it out later from an old wise farmer who filled me in. Treated wood is still chemical based and should not be used around any food supply. I use untreated wood which is 1/2 or less the price and I switch the boards out every 2-3 years depending on what size I buy. I have done my research.

[MrEnergyCzar]

My video shows you the ultimate raised planters that are waist high for your deck.. It's in my video called, "Preparing for peak oil"...

[ielaba98]

why the landscape fabric?

[jsavoy1]

@ielaba98 Keeps weeds from growing in

[CCNutella]

We made ours higher, so you don't have to bend over to tend to it, and we put 1/2 inch wire in the bottom to keep the critters out.

[desertcajun10]

Why no treated wood?

[mw4205]

@desertcajun10 chemicals in your veggies

[SaviourSole]

The treatments are usually copper and arsenic, which are toxic.

The toxicity is how treatments keep the lumber from rotting; kills bugs and molds, etc.

Many museums used arsenics to preserve leather/wood/paper artifacts. They have actual safety procedures just for opening boxes of old stuff, to prevent inhalation poisoning. When they started returning artifacts to native Americans the tribes had to treat their own stuff as toxic waste!

[Andreaswidow]

An excellent video, very easy to follow, very infromative.

[metalschooldrill]

This really is an excellent mini garden. Really a good idea for consumables so you can have a lot of the best soil over the original landscape.

[MyREDTAIL]

How do i keep the deer on my land from eating my veggies, besides shooting them HA HA no really can I buld some chicken wire around & on top of the raised beds ?

[metalschooldrill]

Get the sonic pest deter with motion sensor and maybe the flashing light. If it fails, hook it up to some firepower

[j123butt]

people are alway's throwing away wood so just buy some dirt and screws and your all set.

[violentbuddha]

Overkill. i staked down some railroad ties, removed the sod and covered it with dirt and garden soil. skip the irrigation and just water it weekends. the whole thing cost me about $100 and took an afternoon.

[TheBrassHole]

If you have kids, you might want to keep them away from the railroad ties. And keep them away from the contaminated soil around the railroad ties too.

[metalschooldrill]

Railroad ties are covered with oil and tar. Crazy oil. Your going crazy

[dhearndon]

Man, thats a lot of stuff to buy. May can borrow some of these things to cut the price.

[stodarddaton]

This more about spending money at Lowe's than it is about anything else.

[bf1964bf]

@stodarddaton i think ur right

spirit leval piped hose etc etc

i made mine frm a few scrap pieces of wood and a few rusty nails

and it wrks perfect

[drychalice]

@stodarddaton If you don't like LOWES, go to HOME DEPOT.

[ecsoehng]

There is no need to remove the sod under those beds. They will not get light and will not grow up through the landscape fabric.

[myhorsesrocktheshow]

i have one of these.

[eragon22125]

This guy reminds me of Al Gore, Lol.