This video is a highrez combination of two older lorez videos. Here Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, builds a raised bed garden for square foot gardening and assembles a simple hoop house for it. The Perfect system for a city organic garden.
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is there a point to …
is there a point to the hoops?
Very impressive, …
Very impressive, nicely done!
I am adding chickens to our small farm and will be looking for any related video’s you have on it…
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video with the world, I am going to Fav&Share! You ROCK!
You are awesome
You are awesome
@Gerafix The size …
@Gerafix The size of the lumber is measured before planing
I love the combo of …
I love the combo of the animals and raised bed. Awesome ideas.
Another excellent …
Another excellent video. Placing your live stock cages on top of the beds is a great idea. Do you build those yourself as well?
ooooooooo-maw-gad! …
ooooooooo-maw-gad! i just came!
You didn’t mention …
You didn’t mention if the wood is pressure treaated. If not how long will it last before rotting away?
I like the hoop …
I like the hoop idea. Could adapt to my present beds. I would save the gravel for a parking lot, though.
A lot of really …
A lot of really exspensive lumber, too….Not to mention screening and hardware…sustainable chic…Good ideas that can be adapted by material scroungers like me though!
If you want just do …
If you want just do what I did and go break some rocks somewhere with your bare hands. Sustainable and good exercise, so get off your Americana.
This is why SI …
This is why SI units are better than crazy imperial units.
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the awesome video Pattie I haven’t constructed a raised bed and watching how it can be done will be another step for improvements that I plan to do during our Winter season next fall 2010.
@Ragrog105 When …
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@Ragrog105 When driving any type of screw into wood it pays to lube those screws with bar soap or spray them with WD-40. Even the longest screws go in easily. I learned this the hard way.
I also started last …
I also started last year from inspiration from Patti and David Wolf.
4 Large vegetable boxes.
Long box with Raspberries. 4 Varieties. (blacks/reds)
2 long boxes with strawberries. (10 varieties)
1 long box with blueberries. (5 varieties)
I used Organic cedar grove compost, mushroom compost, dirt, chicken manure and sand. Beds sit on 3″ gravel base with 2 layers of weed block beneath.
Berries taste awesome as do the veggies. Totally different than grocery store.
Good luck next season!
i made my bed year …
i made my bed year ago from her video thanks patti
Ahahah I use …
Ahahah I use sunglases too as eye protection lol…I just love the way your garden is organized.
Excellent video …
Excellent video Patti. One thing I would change is the screws you are using. There’s a type of galvanized deck screws that are not Phillips head screws.
It used a square driver that comes in 4 sizes, the most common being the “S2″. Just match the driver to the screw, you’ll see that info on the box. You don’t get the frustrating slippage and strippage like with the Phillips variety.
But a word of caution. Go slow to avoid breaking the head off. The bits can be found anywhere hardware is sold.
That’s a lot of …
That’s a lot of gravel. Is that really sustainable?
really enjoyed that …
really enjoyed that one.
But if you use …
But if you use grass and leaves grown from city soil how can you be sure that it is not contaminated? doesnt that defeat the purpose of not using the citys soil in the first place?
that was great! is …
that was great! is there a video that talks about the rotatable livestock cages? we are learning about permaculture in school and the cages sound like a great idea.
Great video and …
Great video and Five Stars!!
Great advice – …
Great advice – however, why didn’t you just use the ‘X’ PVC pieces, you could just have glued the entire frame together for your hoop house.
Thanks again, great idea with the chickens. I’m going to try that.