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My journey with raised beds led me to making them out of concrete. We used basalt fibers (they don't chemically react with the alkalinity of the concrete & are 3x lighter & 2.5 stronger (tensile) than steel fibers) mixed in with the concrete (+ dye for color) & used some hardware cloth to reinforce the corners, otherwise no rebar. We built them right on top of French drains we dug to deal with drainage (we covered the trench from bottom to top with landscape fabric to greatly slow infiltration of dirt over time, as well as keeping the concrete mix out) as well as a cushion to buffer against the seasonal, clay shifting in the ground. We made them 4" wide at the top & 6" wide at the base & 2' tall. It took us all summer to build them with just the 2 of us. (We wanted them to lie fallow that year as they needed to rest after 7 years of rotational use.) We set up forms with plywood & aluminum roofing sheets, filled & gently vibrated them to ensure even distribution & let them set for a week, covered with tarps to keep the moisture in. & then filled them after 2 weeks with mostly half decomposed wood chips which would finish by the time spring planting came back around. They've stood up with no cracks, no mole/vole invasions & good, healthy soil for 3 years now.

Thank you sir. I was looking for months to find informations about how to collect seeds. You explain very well the entire process. Greetings from Italy

Can you put crushed eggshells for calcium into the soil??

If I have to water I don't want to garden like that

So what happens if we were at tractor supply and found half-price blueberry plants and already purchased them lol I don’t have the six months, will they stay for two or three months and plan them in the fall?

i have an apartment with no outdoor spigot or hose, so I guess it does not make sense to buy the stalks and auto-watering system. As you put it, it would take a long time to water all those compartments.

So. . .the soft-neck variety does not have a scape? (at 1:30)

How about putting a heat generating resistance in the water to overcome freezing days without sun?

My family loves fried green tomatoes!😂

I like this guy

Thanks for the advice

Great video and suggestions. Is there a bird bath bubbler available that just bubbles, instead of sprays the water up? In arid AZ, a sprayer will cause teh bird bath to dry out too quickly. Thanks!

There is no situation on earth in which I would feel compelled to water multiple times per day-unless I was starving and absolutely dependent upon those particular plants! Daily is far more than I’m usually willing to do!

New to green stalk here. I have set mine up but I feel like the water is moving through the whole the Ing to fast. I can’t get it filled to the top of reservoir for it to leak down because it runs out to fast. Should I be blocking the top center whole?

I have had a hard time with aphids on my plant starts in my house for the first time.

Very informative. Thanks for sharing. I did seeds indoors this year and it started well but when I transplanted most of them died. Im pretty sure most of what died, I should of direct sowed. It was just to much of a shock to transplant. Also, Oregon had over average rains which was crazy wet even for us. Lol.

Any tips for blueberries in NJ

I just built benches to sit in the best view of my gardens. It truly is uplifting and almost spiritually. Love your channel and I have learned so much!! Thank you

THANK YOU!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ I get so confused about fixing my soil. Growing in SNOW weather areas because even on a July night we can drop to 30s

I planted one cherry tomato plant in a pot, bought a traditional triangle tomato cage at Walmart for $5 and put it on the tomato plant upside down (which my hub pointed out this morning), which is why I'm here. 😅

Happy Monday Gardener Scott! Its Tuesday here, hahaha

Thanks for sharing, very informative

Great video man, really showing us in real time how exponential gains can be had with a simple investment of time and energy

So you’re composting

I guessed $300.

thank you!

I miss OYR channel too! He had so many great ideas to share. Plus he lived here in IL.

Have you ever done bokashi composting?

Get well soon! Thank you for such a comprehensive explanation for the gardener.

Didn’t watch entire video but don’t leave wet soil in the openings of the block going into winter. Expanding from a freeze will surely break the block. That expansion will also push the perimeter a smidge so be aware next spring as well

Listening to the replay while doing some gardening and dinner prep. Trying some cardboard and compost on four 4'*12'beds of previous garden area. Finding out with planting peas in couple beds, just starting to sprout. Remaining garden beds are in ground. Great video thank you

I need to plant them temporarily in a container, but can they be moved at another time? Help!

You took that photo from the marshmallow bush perspective.

I brought two green straka last night

It seems silly to me to call a bed no-dig if you’re moving soil on top of it. Effectively, that is digging. You’re shoveling a layer of soil on top of your ground, and that soil is “dug.” What’s “no-dig” about that? No did is what Ruth Stout did. Not digging into any soil.

Should I add mycorrhizal innoculant for plants or necessary?

Great video but when you use 2x8s and screw your four foot end boards on there, you lose the interior space of the thickness of the lumber. So instead of having an interior planting space of 24 by 96 inches, you will have 21 by 93 inches. If you're doing square foot gardening and growing plants that need 1 square foot each, you might not have enough space to get 32 plants in a 4x8 food bed.

I'm growing them this year!

I missed the live..again. Great info today.

I've added 3 inches of 80 percent eaves leaves and rear garden waste. In spring 80 percent grass clipping and garden waste. After seedlings in ground

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Is my soil bad because I have a lot of pill bugs?

what is the best way to add calcium to the soil right now for spring-summer growing?

Does The Dude abide?

Almost didn't watch this, because.....

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i wonder if i can just ONLY water blueberries with very dilute vinegar solution of pH 4.5 to 5.5, because I would guess this should never cause pH in the soil system to go below 4.5 of course because the vinegar would at the lowest be pH 4.5 (easily measured with pH paper). also tap water is like pH 8, so maybe i should always make this tap water into dilute vinegar solution of pH 4.5 to 5.5...i guess i would first have to test if continually dousing my pH 7 soil with this ph 4.5 to 5.5 vinegar solution will over time cause the soil to become like at least below pH 6...i can only hope that such a mild vinegar wouldnt kill too many microorganisms

First thing you need is a composter. Or you just build a pile of it. And thats pretty much all you need accept a little elbow power

What if you don't make the cup of coffee and you just open the can and pour it into to the ground?

Thanks for this extremely informative video. I'm using coco coir pellets seed starting system for the first time with heirloom tomato seeds. Your video made me feel like I might have a chance of success 👍😊