Most likely yes, it does sound like it would be pretty tedious and labor intensive so there may be better ways to accomplish your goal.

Just fix up a new bin as we show here, then pull out a couple hand fulls of worms/bedding/castings and add them to your new bin. However, the worms will control their population so this isn't something you have to do, only if you want to.

Environmental Studies and thank you for the compliment!

Gardening is our passion and it's our business so that is what we choose to spend our money on over eating out, going on vacations, etc. You don't have to garden in raised beds, however, where we are located, the gophers would be an endless battle so growing above ground is what is necessary.

Thank you!

Thank you, I am sure you will be successful in your wreath making, good luck!

Lumber prices fluctuate depending on a number of factors, even using the current pricing at our local Home Depot, the lumber for each bed would cost $179, that's nine 2x6x8 foot common redwood boards and one board of 4x4x8 foot common redwood. You aren't really going to be able to buy a comparable raised bed or build something that will last as long for less money so...

We will add more bedding if we harvest a lot of the castings which is typically the case.

You now have a fully active and healthy sourdough starter so it will not fall as readily as before. You will now need to start discarding some of the starter before you feed it. Check out our article on How to Feed a Sourdough Starter if you want more in depth information: homesteadandchill.com/how-to-feed-sourdough-starter/

Thank you so very much!! My first loaf came out perfectly delicious 😋 I really appreciate your videos and your time. 😊

@@micaelaham8436 So great to hear, have fun baking!

No, we may have the same hardiness zone but our average high summer temperatures are in the low 70's F while we get overnights lows in the 50's F throughout the summer. We live on the temperate Central Coast of California.

We still had to use a fence pounder to get the t posts inserted into the ground but that's not too difficult in our sandy soil. The flowers did well the first season but we didn't replant any the second season and if anything had reseeded from previous year, it was overgrown fairly quickly by the berry vines. It's till fun to do and something to try though!

Absolutely! We will always have a worm bin around for the rest of our lives, they really are too easy not to.

Thank you so much for the kind words, we are so grateful for the support!

Thank you so much and glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Once you have a healthy and active sourdough starter, yes you can.

So glad you found it helpful!

Thank you so much for the kind words and we are glad you found our content helpful. Raised beds work quite well and good luck on the transition, we have a lot of experience with them so reach out if you have any questions, good luck!

That would be tough to deal with for sure.

We use landscape fabric below the raised beds so we actually don't have that issue.

We haven't made one in a while but it's not because we aren't going to be making videos, we just only have so much time to do things and our main focus is our website.

@@HomesteadandChill o ok 👍

So great to hear and we hope you have fun baking with sourdough! The options are really endless and the baked goods you will make with it are so delicious!

We are so glad you have enjoyed our videos, we haven't had as much time lately to produce more content on KZbin although we are on here most days to answer questions or comments. Most of our time has been dedicated to our website and shop where we make homemade skin care products and sell sourdough starter. We still plan on adding more content here but you can always follow along on IG as well if you want to see the day to day stuff that goes on around here. Thanks for reaching out.

That's too bad but we would stay away from poison ivy too!

Absolutely we do, we love dolmas actually!

Thank you so much!

So great to hear and good luck transforming your space!

So glad you found it helpful!

We have a 40 psi regulator at the main valve where the water enters the garden via PVC pipes so we have good pressure reaching each bed. Drip tape however needs to be further reduced to 8-15 psi depending on what type of drip tape you are using so we have a 15 psi regulator in each bed as well. If you were to use a 15 psi regulator at your main water valve, you wouldn't get enough water pressure to your beds to successfully irrigate them. Hope that helps and good luck on your project.

Thanks for you interest, we linked the various components and parts used in the caption of the video. Good luck!

Thank you so much!

So glad you enjoyed the video, if your outdoor temperatures get below freezing, you may want to hold off until spring. However, if you have a garage space or even and outbuilding or shed, the worms should be able to survive, even in temperatures that are close to or below freezing. Their activity just slows way down so they don't eat as much and they don't produce castings as quickly as when it's warmer. Hope that helps and good luck!

So great to hear and good luck on your project!

Yeah, the gophers have been doing what they do but the terracing is still holding up, however, we haven't noticed any ground squirrel activity. The goal is/was to have the plant and tree roots grow in to help solidify the terracing with time. Getting the bark mulch to stay on the slope part of the terraces has been somewhat difficult as it slowly falls down the slope, especially if any animal walks up or down the area. Plus, the burlap has still held up in most of the areas along the terracing so that is holding in the soil as well. The burlap has broken down and decomposed in areas that are near the irrigation.

That’s great to know. I have a local source of free burlap coffee sacks, similar sandy soil, and mostly sloped land, so this is a very relevant project. Thanks for sharing

@@joekunin So great to hear and good luck on your project!

@@HomesteadandChill Thanks! Did you plant your trees in cages for this project? I've been trying to figure out how to reinforce an entire planting bed with gopher wire, but short of digging it all up, caging, and refilling, I haven't had any great ideas. I'm guessing a cage per tree may be the way to go.

@@joekunin Oh yes, we definitely plant each tree inside of a gopher cage for sure. They need a number of years of growth to where they can better withstand an attack from gophers. In regards to raised beds, we always add hardware cloth to the bottom of the beds. We have partially dug out the soil on raised beds we had inherited that were essentially anchored to the earth via concrete and added hardware cloth to the bottom 1/3rd of the bed. In the past we have also completely removed the soil from a raised bed for other reasons. Just have a tarp nearby to put the soil on, it may or may not be worth your effort depending on the quality of the raised bed and how long you plan on it lasting. Hope that helps.

We are located on the Central Coast of California and the lights in the beds are solar powered torch lights.

The lumber used for the beds were 2x6's and 4x4's which actually measure 1.5x5.5 and 3.5x3.5

@@HomesteadandChill thanks for the reply .. I am not sure how to ask this question right. I am looking for length, width are ok , but I am looking for thickness of the wood , is it 0.5 inch or 0.8 or 1 inch ?

@@Ramya519 The boards on the sides of the beds are 1.5 inches thick although they are considered 2"x6" boards. The corners are 4"x4" which measure 3.5 inches both directions.

@@HomesteadandChill thank you so much

@@Ramya519 You are welcome.

So great to hear! You should have a lot of fun making wreaths with your grapevines and it's even more fun once you start to decorate them as well. So many options!

We don't sink the 4x4's into the ground as we want to reduce the wood to earth contact which will help increase the longevity of the raised beds.

@@HomesteadandChill that makes sense to me. Thanks. I’m about to build my first ones (now that I’m retired 😆) and love the quality of yours. Thanks again.

@@JohnMonsterCanada Sounds great and good luck building your raised beds, gardening is a great activity to do during retirement!