DIY Raised Garden Bed Cover | How to protect your vegetable garden from small animals

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How to build a protective cover for your raised garden bed. It serves as garden bed fence to prevent animals from attacking your crop. We had a lot of squirrel problems last year without the protection on our raised beds, so this year we decided to build a raised bed enclosure with fencing to protect our vegetable crop.
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Materials:
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[@theanimaster]

4:32 props to hubby for daring to, without gloves. I’m usually a sad loner when building these and I’ll use a center punch.. but my boys are coming of age and they’ll soon be my tool monkeys :) DIY heaven!

[@vuhuynh637]

Wow, great ideas to protect crops from the birds and possums. Thanks so much for you video clip.

[@lisathiedeman4487]

Such a great design! Really beautiful!

[@angelapavese4326]

Maravilloso trabajo en equipo!!!!! Hermosa propuesta, muy interesante, gracias!!!! Desde Argentina, Buenos Aires les enviamos saludos!!!!

[@tassiegirl1991]

That is one of the nicest vegetable cages I’ve seen, I would like to have one just like it and another but with exclusion netting rather than chicken wire Thank you for sharing

[@richardweetman8984]

just the idea i was looking for, will consider using it on my allotment of raised beds

[@esmeewen]

Good idea and we are seriously thinking to make ours like yours, thanks a lot for your video 🌹

[@rizaldym2359]

Thank you for the video. Your raised bed enclosure inspired me to make my own. I plan to make each side separately and then put them together. I have three raised beds.

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

Glad it was helpful and good luck with your project :)

[@amyfretz2644]

How did it work?

[@thebusybrownangel5829]

Awesome build! Great teamwork! I love it! 💚

[@mi3manish]

but she didn't give any credit to her partner! :P

[@mylittlerebornlove8851]

I love this idea! So clever!

[@L3fT0H4nD]

Very nice and well done. I was looking for something like this as well.

[@79Scifiguy]

Thanks so much for this tutorial and how to book! I just bought it and look forward to making these for my garden beds. The squirrels won't know what hit em after I'm done!! Bwahahahahaha!!!!

[@Siddiqashuborna]

Love the concept! 😍

[@vickiesims643]

Great project. Gave me good ideas for my raised bed...

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

glad it was helpful!

[@roderickwhite7994]

Very cool Idea!!!

[@rachelgreengfgarden5467]

This looks great. Thank you for sharing. It looks like you posted this about 3 years ago. How has it weathered since in terms of twisting and warping? Are you pleased with the 2x2 boards? What do you think about using 1x2s for the doors?

[@caligirl3000]

Thanks for this video squirrel, wild cats & raccoons are my headache. Especially raccoons. This is GREAT. Have someone coming over to give an estimate on one built. Searching YT since last night. Today found your design & choose yours. So excited. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

So happy to hear that! Hope your project goes well :)

[@semievren8333]

i heard that squirrels don't like shiny stuff; im thinking of alaminum papers...🙏

[@elizabethmorgan2513]

Fantastic!!

[@mohammedmahjoub1826]

Thank you .. well done . Horray 👍☝💝

[@WilberWiley]

LOOKS NICE

[@onsapplikasies8620]

Thank you for the video.

[@Omnichaos55]

Very nice, I hope this helps with my brown bear problem!

[@DamrowFilms]

That was excellent!

[@Mariju_lpjb]

Very nice👍👍👍

[@islandgirl5382]

I will get my neighbor to construct mine!! Absolutely perfect!

[@musomaster9027]

This is excellent

[@elijahgreene]

Thank you for sharing! We're going to try and build this for our raised garden bed. The critters keep steeling our seeds and vegetables.

[@danielvelez4001]

Very nice

[@lilikokimura822]

真漂亮！！！得涂防腐剂！👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉

[@penttimuhli9442]

Looks good, for me I would use a more fine mesh. Yesterday hail damaged a lot of my tomatoes and more could be forecast in the next few days

[@thegirlatthefrontdesk3519]

1/4 " hardware cloth works great. Keeps critters out while letting in pollinators. ♡

[@benchpressgenesiskel]

I used this template to make one for my 6x4 garden. Thanks for the guidance.

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

I'm so happy to hear that! thanks for sharing.

[@rosslee4582]

This is awesome! This is the best I have seen with the open door. How did you attach the cover to the raised bed? By using nailing down?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

Thanks! I just place it on top because it’s kind of heavy. You can screw it to the raise bed

[@woodandgarden3073]

Super 👍😉

[@InesBabyreborn]

***BRAVO!!!BISOUS DE FRANCE***

[@kimgibbons8223]

I love this! Thank you! What was the size of the width of wood

[@israel-mendes]

This is awesome! This was the inspiration I need! How long were the small 45 degree pieces?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

it doesn't have to be accurate. mine was around 6"

[@dancheatham5106]

squirrels have been having fine dining on my maters...I want to do this tomorrow, will be pressed for time as we go on vacation friday. but I want to have some edible fruits left!!! thanks for sharing, subscribed...

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

"fine dining" made me laugh haha. but yeah they definitely enjoyed themselves with all the edibles lol

[@TheMississauga333]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse just wondering can birds or squirrels get through the chicken wire, thanks great vid!

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

larry h I haven’t seen it. The chicken wire holes are pretty small, so only insets get in so far.

[@TheMississauga333]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse ok cool,thanks

[@semievren8333]

i heard that squirrels don't like shiny stuff; im thinking of alaminum papers...🙏

[@jayhoney8309]

How did the 2 x 2's weather over the seasons? Did they warp any or did they stay usable? How many years did it work?

[@bjudy]

Im going to use your beautiful design for my Tomatoes that are in Lg pots.The unit will sit on level ground and I will wire the bottom so the Squirrels can't dig in. My question to you is I want it to be 7' high 3' wide. do you think I should add a middle brace 1/2 way up the 7' high back and side panels? I will build it the same as you did with the 2 half's. The only difference will be that I will not have the wire on the inside middle where they come together. I want it to be all one unit. They will be screwed together.

[@melissadavis5954]

Going to try this with flexible bird netting instead! (scared of the lead in chicken wire) but this is awesome!!

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

good luck with your project!

[@volvosan]

We've got lots of squirrels and they chew right through that plastic. Dare say plastic netting is no challenge to racoons either. Got a family of those nearby also.

[@ladernieresamourai6186]

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you. I'm was desperate in my battle against monkeys 😩😩😩

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

oh my! monkeys! that sounds really challenging

[@caligirl3000]

Monkeys???? Wth do you live?

[@ladernieresamourai6186]

@@caligirl3000 Mauritius island

[@sandrapinkney]

Great work! I love it and am making my own to protect my blueberries. Tell me please what is this 1 inch wiring.? And is that sufficient to keep birds out? Thank you . Great design

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

For us it was sufficient to keep birds out, after all only mid to big birds are interested in our blueberries lol

[@barbbeckham]

What type of wood did you use for the actual garden bed?

[@TheRoseofasia]

Well done! Thank you for sharing, how much cost the saw and where you bought it?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

It was probably like 100+. If you check out my blog post in description, I linked the exact one I had.

[@wadmasgrande]

nice what size is it?

[@theanimaster]

1:16 ah, the classic man-crack appears.. 🙈 Great video and awesome team work there!

[@rowenadinsmore1]

how does this cage look like now after 2 years?

[@arlenewiggins569]

I'm growing squash and bush beans in a grow bag; how tall and wide should i build my protective fence? Have a problem with squirrels and raccoons, etc

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

I built my cover at 4 ft tall to account for growing pole beans and squash. 4-6 ft tall is good, just tall enough that you can reach them. Width is more of a preference, depending how far each seedling need to be apart from each other.

[@CnSee02]

I finished something similar to your project today, took three days. I also used chicken wire, but I have small mice raiding my vegetables. Maybe they will go through the chicken wire, I'll have to see if they do.

[@lesliem.534]

Do you still have trouble with the mice? That's what I'm watching this for as well. 🙂

[@CnSee02]

@@lesliem.534 So far no mice got in. Maybe they haven't found my veggies yet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWbRoYeMmK2bopo

[@lisastuhley9577]

Hardware cloth may be what you need instead if they are getting in.

[@317stitches2]

@@lisastuhley9577 I built two caged garden boxes last year but no doors on them. My garden box lids open up at the bottom of the lid and I flip the lid back. I used 1/4” hardware cloth around the entire box and stapled some on the very bottom of the box before I added dirt. No groundhog, mice’ snakes, birds, etc. can get thru. No problems whatsoever last summer except for the Japanese Beetles for a month but I solved that problem too by putting Tulle netting around my tomato plants. They can’t get thru that. Chicken wire has holes big enough for small rodents & bugs to get thru.

[@sami13z97]

How much did all the material cost?

[@ldepass4343]

Awesome. Can you build mine please?😊

[@TheMistashmoe]

How would you keep mice out?

[@lisastuhley9577]

Thank you for this video as it is exacly what I was looking for with my raised boxes. I will be using hardware cloth instead because we are dealing with rats and squirrels. My question is, do I need to do those small angled pieces for the corners or can I just use a metal brace of sorts? I will continue to research but thought I'd ask here in case you have a suggestion.

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

Hi Lisa, I think metal braces is a great idea! I personally didn't try out but would love to hear how yours turns out :)

[@jipfoley5]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse I used metal braces and it's wobbly.

[@TXJan0057]

I wish I could manage this. My arthritis is so bad I can barely close a clamp.

[@semievren8333]

u should regularly intake turmeric, either its powder or the roots itself. it slowly heals, coz its natural 🙏

[@techols4287]

What angle did you cut the corner pieces?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

45 degrees

[@beeinasia5403]

好喜歡這個網室，可不可以給我切木頭的機器的相關資訊呢？

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

我用的是ryobi miter saw

[@michaelboykin1511]

Can you add the measurements if you don’t mind?

[@yarrowworld]

I’m unclear how you attaches this to the cement cinder block raised beds? And do you think you could convert this to a spring or late fall greenhouse by covering with plastic?

[@yarrowworld]

And thank you fir the great video!!

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

My raised bed is made of wood, not cinder block. It looks gray because it is aged haha! I just placed the cover on top because it is pretty heavy.

[@spicano6309]

Any wood preserver used to prolong lifetime of wood?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

I didn't, but I'd recommend that!

[@syniasmith9966]

做架子的部分应该再细点，顶铁丝网的再少点更好。

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

谢谢你的建议。剪完片子给我老公看的时候他也这么说。拍摄中有些镜头没有取到。

[@amysnipes4245]

Would have been helpful to have a commentary of what you're doing, also measurements.

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

Check out the description - I have a blog post with more details

[@semievren8333]

i heard that squirrels don't like shiny stuff; im thinking of alaminum papers...🙏

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

let me know how it turned out!

[@semievren8333]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse they dont get close to it, so it helps :)

[@semievren8333]

❤️

[@mack88882]

If my raised garden box is 4’ x 8’, could you help me determine the dimensions of the boards I need and how much chicken wire? Great job by the way!

[@rebeccaoliver7977]

Draw it out on a piece of paper. Lots of good skills are learned by figuring this type of thing out. Make a little scale size model out of straws or other material if you need to. I think it’s part of the fun very satisfying!

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

Do chipmunk fit through it?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

I'm not sure because we don't have wild chipmunk here, but the chicken wire holes are pretty small

[@nicoleip568]

How much did this cost?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

I don't remember since it's been a while, but I linked all the materials in a post you can find in description

[@nicoleip568]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse how do you seal the garden beds? I don't want to poison my produce

[@tarachambers7704]

Would you ever sell these?

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

probably not, but I shared a few alternatives on my blog if you don't want to DIY: hydrangeatreehouse.com/how-to-choose-raised-garden-bed-cover/

[@tarachambers7704]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse THANKS!!!

[@MextizaCalifa]

Nope the cost of wood is HELLA Expensive this would leave me broke big time

[@jpd256]

Looks great, but the cost of lumber right now , it would cost $5,000

[@grwartyyvhui2088]

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[@jbocica]

nice build, but a tutorial gives instructions...This was a video watching what you guys did with no guidance or help for others.

[@HydrangeaTreehouse]

I do have a written step by step instructions linked in the description. You should check it out.

[@jbocica]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse thank you, I didn't see that.

[@jipfoley5]

@@HydrangeaTreehouse You do not indicate what length are your 45 degree cut braces

[@caroline61804]

Very nice