How to Top off Raised Bed Soil to Re-Charge it for Your Spring Vegetable Garden in 5 Easy Steps

Top off your raised bed soil to re-charge it for your spring vegetable garden, with these 5 easy steps. This is important to do each growing season so your garden has the nutrients it needs produce lots of veggies for you to eat.
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[@marieheffern1575]

One thing I always appreciate about your videos is how much you show "in real time". I always wonder when topping up beds what to do with the plants you want to save. I love that you show the whole process. You guys are just awesome.

[@larainechavez796]

Happy National Gardening Day! This video was awesome, CG has is great with the film production, and capturing each step in refilling your raised garden beds. Calikim is so sweet, pretty, and calm as she explains each step in gardening. You guys make a great team! 😊

[@kele1264]

That refreshed bed looks beautiful. I love the look because it represents hope, a new beginning for the garden. Early garden stages are my favorite!

[@CaliKim29]

Yes it does, Ke !!

[@angelamc3532]

@@CaliKim29 Do you have a easy to build video on how to build one that large?? I want it big enough for a trellis for growing watermelons

[@Lemmy_SoCal_Gardener]

I love starting the season with a blank canvas in the raised beds! Recently did the same maintenance in my garden. Excited to get something planted in them! 🌱🌱

[@teriwilliams4212]

Great camera work, CG! I loved the overhead drone shots of Kim walking and showing the whole garden. Kim, I have a lot of nasturtiums too and am trying to include them in salads. I’m so thankful you told me they’re edible. I’m not crazy about the taste but added in with other greens and tossing with a balsamic vinaigrette makes them pretty tasty. Good job, guys. See you tomorrow!

[@tammyrodriguez1362]

You can eat those nasturtiums, the leaves and flowers. They taste like radishes

[@maryram3412]

Kim thank you for all the great information. Camera guy great view of your whole garden. Loved it. You keep me smiling because you make me feel like I’m in a ‘I Shrunk the Kids’ movie😁

[@rockyusa2012]

Great tips. I'm looking to top off my raised bed this Monday.

[@GeorgiaGrowGuy]

Dont forget some non-organics to help with aeration and compaction reduction. Sand, grantite fines, crushed rock, oyster shells, etc.; will help as well. Build yourself a composting worm tower and you can compost inside of each bed and it ensures an active worm population in the beds. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@jackrudden5970]

My beds have sunk significantly. Definitely need to refill them.

[@annmoy8932]

Happy National Gardening Day, Kim and Jerry! Great and helpful video! Jerry, I also loved how you used the drone to capture Kim walking through the garden. Beautiful!

[@keithrodz6485]

Good afternoon kim I'm getting slowly of growing my spring vegetables 🥕🌶🥒🍅

[@winbev11]

❤Good job as always love watching you garden growing my garden need rain

[@CaliKim29]

So nice of you - Kim

[@lindapooh1970]

Thankyou so much Kim! Needed this today ❤️👍

[@CaliKim29]

So glad to have helped, Linda! Kim

[@CamiTSky]

I'm glad it's okay to use old potting soil. I've been doing that and just crossing my fingers that I wasn't doing any harm 😂

[@patricianunez4025]

If only I had more sunshine😊

[@greenmantis2158]

Veggies are so hard to grow, it's amazing this stuff growing wild once and where? I'd love to walk up to a wild tomato or artichoke plant in the wild

[@susunslatky]

Informative video! Just wish you could’ve saved some of the nasturtiums and transferred them to big Smart Pots.

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Susun - glad you enjoyed the video! I hear ya on the nasturtiums, it's always hard to pull them out. Unfortunately, they wouldn't have survived much longer with the summer heat, and don't transplant very well, esp at this large stage. The good thing is, they grow back year after year, and I never have a shortage in the cool weather months. Hope your raised beds are doing well! Thanks for stopping by!

[@Stephanie_Cumbie]

To be sure, my tomato containers have sunk since I planted in February. Thank you for this!!!!!! Soooooo……are you getting chickens? 😂

[@randallbailey1306]

All you have been doing lately looks good

[@cherisebeekman]

Do you mind sharing how many bags of potting soil, compost, and worm castings you used for the 4 x 8 raised bed? I’m trying to get a good estimate for my L-shaped garden, which is like a 4 x 12 and a 4 x 8 squished together. My soil has sunk down quite a bit, so I think it will be similar to yours and I can do the math if I know how many you used in that space.

[@CaliKim29]

Hi Cherise, first, thank you for subscribing and we surely hope our videos are helpful and inspiring to you. As far as your question...I do not remember how many bags I used, quite honestly. Good news, Google soil calculator and should find a tool out there, that allows you to enter your raised bed dimensions, etc. and it will tell you how much you need, etc. I hope this helps! And look forward to hearing more about your garden...sounds lovely!!! ( Love raised beds!) Kim

[@davevjordon]

Kim, you look great!

[@bcgardeningexperimentshomestea]

Thanks for sharing

[@CaliKim29]

My pleasure! Kim

[@stephenhope7319]

Surprised you dont make your own compost.

[@Gkrissy]

She does, she mentioned she didn’t have enough.

[@ceceliabeck8967]

Could I just add 10:06 compost and cow manure. If so would I add 2:1 Mine is like yours as far as how much I need to add. I

[@debbieflores7256]

HI! I do this with used container soil as well. Love the worm casting idea! I hadn't thought of putting it all over. Did you raise up the pepper plant or leave it where it was with the canes buried by the new soil?

[@bethb8276]

I was wondering if the height of the new soil against the stems of the remaining plants would cause problems too, wouldn't they rot?

[@CaliKim29]

Hi Debbie - works great with container soil as well - great job! I just left the peppers as is- shouldn't be a problem. When the weather warms up a bit, they'll start leafing out again. Thanks for watching!

[@CaliKim29]

Hey Barb - shouldn't be a problem - looking forward to seeing them put on new leaves once the weather warms up!

[@CaliKim29]

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[@Dreamstar1666]

did you like the new zealand spinach?

[@featheredsunsets4675]

You don't eat the nasturtiums?

[@CaliKim29]

Yes, we do! See our instagram post - calikim29

[@rachelsaunders3800]

Which Dr. Earth compost are you using?

[@CaliKim29]

Hi Rachel - it s the organic bagged Dr Earth compost, works great!

[@melissakingery4393]

CaliKim why would you take such healthy flowers and throw them away I don't think I could do that

[@CaliKim29]

I have tons of them, I need to make space for my next planting-sometimes you have to make that call. Kim

[@eb1684]

You are not even perspiring! Here in South Carolina you would have to do that before sun-up.

[@CaliKim29]

LOL!!!!

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[@CaliKim29]

Thanks for watching, Bubba. Kim