Comparing The Top 3 Metal Garden Beds Head-to-head - Which One Reigns Supreme?

If you are looking for one are to find a review on all three of the most popular garden beds than this is it! This video looks at the Outsunny metal garden bed, the VEVOR galvanized Raised Garden bed, & the Vego Extra-Tall metal beds. Depending on what price point you are looking for one of these beds will likely fit your needs.
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[@GardeningInCanada]

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[@logarithmic7]

i have 9 of those large beds from vego and i filled them all with carboard bases and broken up strawbales! The last 1.5 foot was my own soil mix of peat/coir, manure, leaf litter and potting soil. over the years i top dress them with compost and they get a light turning in the spring, to mix in the composting straw bales. Fantastic and inexpensive for south west SK here!

[@GardeningInCanada]

So they shrink a lot year to year?

[@lyonsy143]

​@@GardeningInCanadadid simerlar, beds where we did a lot of compacting of the straw sunk 3 to 4in beds with no compaction lost 6in

[@logarithmic7]

@@GardeningInCanada the shrinkage is from the decomposing straw/cardboard layers. When i top dress in the spring its about 1-2 inches of compost. I plant everything really close in my beds and I don't mulch very often. The straw/carboard layers I think have really helped during the drought.

[@silviag1547]

We purchased 4 beds from a company in Toronto that makes them so bonus supporting a Canadian company. We went to the city and got lots of logs put them at the bottom then different types of boxes egg cartons coffee grounds from different places around our neighbourhood lol then earth . Our vegetables and flowers are looking great.

[@wendyostlund3482]

I do love your humor, and your husband is very lucky!

[@GardeningInCanada]

😊 thank you 🙏 I will let him know

[@vbrown1889]

Each year I add one more raised bed from sproutbox, throw in a bunch of decomposing wood at the bottom, add in garden clippings during the year and then all my used pots at the end of the season. Top up with compost in the spring and voila!

[@marajokegr]

I recently ordered 2 smaller Outsunny beds from Aosom (???direct) rather than Amazon. Anyway, they haven't arrived yet so no comment on the quality. I can say that I already have 6 custom made metal raised beds in my yard and I love them. I love that magnets can be used on them to hold down frost/insect/hail covers.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Mine look forever to show up as well! I never thought of the magnet idea! that is SO smart

[@fauxurfancy]

Great idea!

[@allthingsthread]

Thanks for the review. We live in rural Saskatchewan and about 3,4 years ago my husband dismantled a smallish round metal grain bin and reassembled them into raised garden beds. They are canoeish shaped with a 6x6 post at each end, which is what each panel of the grain bin is anchored to. They are set into the ground a bit and sit about 36" above ground. We did this for access and to allow us to water only the plants in the beds. We used logs standing on end and an assortment of other organics before we put soil in. We are very pleased with them. If you have access to grain bins (there are hundreds of unused ones) and are handy, I would recommend them.

[@cathylockwood9621]

Hugelkulter beds!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Definitely have a couple of those in the plan

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

I love my outsunny.

[@shellmcphee971]

My raised beds are a variation on the Hugelkultur method (flat of course) Bottom layer cardboard, next is some larger pieces of wood, then loads of twigs, and then I had about 3 years of shredded paperwork I had hoarded in the garage, then dirt! Working well so far. I am on year 2 and the level has sunk about 2-3 inches.

[@johne1460]

Hi, I have higher beds that I made myself. I filled the bottom 18" of the beds with free wood chips (against everybody on the internets advice) and I can say they turned out fantastic, no nitrogen problems at all its been 4 years and they have settled about 6" and most of the woodchips are composted completely into soil.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Nice! As long as it produces

[@noora7773]

I'm dreaming of a raised bed vegetable garden although I don't have a house with a yard yet😅 I'm dreaming of composting too🤭

[@GardeningInCanada]

Haha awe. Just find a boulevard to set one on 😅

[@bigjeffsb]

You might want to try container gardening, Perfect for small spaces

[@mirro_shka]

Same here hehe :-) i started with little containers on the balcony + bokashi composter inside the condo

[@dnawormcastings]

Great information on raised beds 🇳🇿❤️

[@GardeningInCanada]

Thanks for watching!

[@lyonsy143]

The way we have filled these for our beds was with lots of pea straw, tree branches and other garden trimmings that would normally go in compost to get to 3/4 full, we then used mushroom compost to fill the rest, but that was a mistake, we are now topping these up with top soil or sandy loam.

[@sunnyflowers2812]

If you have pruned tree limbs, last years leaves and garden clippings then you can set up like a hugelkultur mound. Worked great for my raised beds 😊

[@IIMajaTadeoII]

I have very shallow beds, it's more like "in ground plus" 😂 so I didn't need that much fillers. Used cardboard, then leaves and grass clippings and then topped of with loads of "gardening soil" sold by the local composting area. It is compost mixed with sand and dirt cheap, like 20€ for a ton (literally!) of that mix.

[@samanthamclean9596]

I used the failed compostable dirt pots / stolen branches (dead on ground) from the park across the street / last years dead annuals 😊

[@marya6549]

I used hugely method too. Logs lined up in bottom. Then covered with soil. Otherwise, could never afford.

[@b_lumenkraft]

99,9k subscribers!! Soon... (so god damn earned i'm telling ya!)

[@GainingDespair]

Bought from Vevor in the past oddly enough, a AC manifold gauge last month. Needed to work on our AC unit and other kit was somewhere in storage. The gauges where horribly calibrated, alike not in the realm of possibility off. Contacted them about it, figuring they would offer to send me a return shipping label for exchange. They emailed back (fairly quickly as well) offering to cover the cost for the gauges to be calibrated, or a 15% immediate refund/key product as is. I ended up not taking either offer as they told me they would have their supervisor message me back, and the closed the ticket shortly after =/

[@GardeningInCanada]

You should message them again!

[@leikamorgan865]

I bought 2 of them and they are the absolute worst

[@matthewmaclellan_]

I don't know what I'd fill them with, but I'll tell you what I'd consider. The proponents of square foot gardening are always kind of talking about how filler materials other than Mel's Mix mess with the pH of the soil. (i'm not taking a pure Sq Ft Gardening approach for my own use). So, I think, inspired by that kind of point of view, I'd be thinking about the pH ramifications of any materials I was adding!

[@amyschmelzer6445]

Perfect timing. I have been wanting a raised bed for my strawberry bed but I’ve been afraid of making the wrong choice so I have not bought one yet.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s fair for raised beds I would make them shorter.

[@vanessajohnston1671]

I purchased a few 32-inch beds from SproutBox this year to keep my dogs out. They just love to dig, and for some reason, even though I left them 2/3 of my current bed, they have to dig where I planted seeds. I am still setting them up ( snow has gotten in the way), so I am interested in seeing filling suggestions.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Pets are wild lol 😂 just anarchists.

[@tabithadrew9875]

oh all my beds are outsunny ones (yes from amazon lol) but i got the even cheaper range (even the 320cm x 45cm x 40cm were under £60 each) so mine are coated on the outside only but very thin metal, except the braces are actually solid and not flexible like your outsunny ones. my fingers were shredded putting all of them together because the gloves provided for protection are too thick to grip the nuts so you need bare hands. my oldest ones are on their third season and they are grand except all the nuts and screws are rusted so taking them apart eventually will be a task and a half.

[@mhariclare1]

Hydro wood chips…they are always clearing around lines here in Ontario and it won’t likely have any unwanted chems, people’s yard waste disposal sites ❤️🇨🇦❤️

[@GardeningInCanada]

Interesting! Good idea

[@atomizer2665]

I would make a diy bed to compare against them. Make a rectangular frame with 2x4`s and fit 4 legs to it so it resembles a table without a top. Buy a roll of strong weed barrier fabric, ideally the woven type. Staple the weedbarrier fabric to the top of the frame allowing it to hang down inside creating a hammock. Reinforce the staples by nailing a lath to the top edge. Fill the hammock with compost. The bed is free draining and impossible to water log, it heats up faster than a traditional bed and provides the roots abundant access to oxygen, even from below. If you set it up on a patio you can add a sloping loop of waterproof tarp, greenhouse poly etc below the weed barrier to catch and direct the water into a tub. You will have to fit the drainage loop before the hammock You can attach shade cloth to cover the side of the bed, alternatively trellis or even plants in containers. You`ll be amazed how well these beds work.

[@terryjbrown6953]

I don't have any raised beds, but I would find someone who is cutting a tree down and wants it taken away so it's not on their property for free and fill them with the logs and branches. In my tubs for drinks that I use to put my vegetables in I have put plastis soda bottles in them and put a thick piece of cardboard on top of them so the plastic doesn't leach into the soil that's what I would do hopefully this year or next year my husband will buy me some wood raised beds with legs for me because I'm particularly disabled with 2 arthritic knees that need to be replaced and a bad back. Right now I have my tubs on 2 huge cable wire spools that people make tables out of for now.

[@GardeningInCanada]

At this point i have so many I would pay them for the wood 😅

[@marycrawford9428]

Talk to the tree removal companies, they probably have to pay to dump the woody debris. They might be happy to dump at your place.

[@teac117]

Put solonetzic soil in the tall one. You know you want to... for science!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ahaha omg literal nightmare scenario

[@lisachow2143]

Thank you for the comparison of these 3 raised beds. I am wondering if anyone has purchased one from Raised Beds Canada (RGB)? They are made in Canada which I really like. Following this discussion to see how people are filling their beds!

[@osmia]

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[@edna7748]

Great info! Off topic...I live in Winnipeg and I hate cutting grass. Can you suggest lawn alternatives?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Clover is a good one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqeVq5WpqbtlqNEsi=ETUJdgnDkmgn7sx-

[@melguilb4508]

Prune some overhead for more light and dump the wood iand leaves in the garden boxes before u fill with dirt

[@GardeningInCanada]

I’ll do a video on it, but I essentially ended up doing four different set ups. One with cardboard, one with straight soil, one with leaves and one with sticks and twigs and that sort of thing

[@Orange_You_Glad]

Is there any downsides to partially burying these? I know they’d end up less raised, but they’d be anchored pretty well and also cheaper to fill.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That is such an interesitng concept! I don't think it would be an issue. Maybe a bit compact but otherwise It would be fine.

[@mr.hamilton5393]

Sharing is caring 😊x2

[@reneedevry4361]

I would talk to a local arborist and see if he or she has small logs or rounds that you could pick up for free. Fill bottom half/ or 3/4's with log bits , sprinkle some blood meal over, then add soil on top. I have done this for years and works great. Straw bales (with straw stems vertically placed) would be incredible but straw is $10 a bale here in Ontario. These also need to be soaked and primed with blood meal before adding soil. I prefer the straw option as my veggies loved it better but you need to add more soil after 2 or 3 years.❤

[@VGV0]

Other than soil that is coming from my local garden center,(all they had was sterilized soil), compost etc..would you recommend I put some of my native soil into the Garden bed? Im thinking it will help get some good microbes into the soil

[@GardeningInCanada]

100% I would. You’ll have some weeds likely but it’s better than straight compost

[@VGV0]

@@GardeningInCanada thank you!

[@GardeningInCanada]

No problemo!

[@PlantObsessed]

I filled the bottom of my birdies with big cardboard ,logs, and the pallet bed that it replaced. On top of that went twigs and leaves. Top 18 inches was yard soil then bagged top soil. They seem to sink about 6 inches a year .👍🏼🪱😃

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s not horrible though

[@12365498760]

I have a great variety of 17" Vego beds. I have filled them with all sorts of material that breaks down over time and each year I add to them. On one of my beds I failed to remove the protective shipping film on the inside, made quite a mess. It looks as if that film was not removed. I suggest you remove it. Love your channel

[@GardeningInCanada]

Omg! Mine is still not in pretty sure now I need to check

[@carolstuff]

👍

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚💚

[@GardeningInCanada]

[@richardk3347]

Would straw work as a filler? Should have access to some square bails there in Sask..

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s would most definitely only issue is the potential for lots of weeds lol

[@gettingtothepoints8074]

Your husband gave you a hurting in all 3 of those beds, his payment for construction! Attaboy

[@Darknamja]

😉😉

[@bastionwolf]

You definitely have to put part 1 in the video title. Make this a series to help bring in more revenue and get people engaged with the videos. The title as it is pretty clickbaity

[@Mercury688]

I find nothing click baity about this title. They are the top 3 beds and she reviews them. What exactly were you expecting when you clicked on it?

[@shellmcphee971]

@@Mercury688 A Royal Rumble style brawl obviously! ;)