6 STARTING TIPS | Square Foot Gardening In Raised Beds (Do You Know Them ALL?)

[@brittongodman7769]

Good video on raised bed//Square Foot gardening. I did notice on the section titled '' HOW TO FILL YOUR RAISED BEDS'' that you weeded out all of the wild purslane growing there. It is a really good warm weather vegetable that can be used in a lot of different recipes. I usually leave a fair amount of it growing in one bed where it doesn't interfere with whatever veggie I planted in that area.

[@kimyee2083]

Sure like to see your harvest later on.

[@lizparenzan4761]

Great video! The voice over work and time lapse filming is so easy to follow!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thank you. I am glad that you liked it!

[@PDXTundra]

What a great video! And I love those raised planters 👍

[@LolaWynns]

Thank you so much for your cyannel. New to sqft gardening and need much guidance.

[@LiliansGardens]

A very god layout. The king sent me and it's been worth it visiting your channel

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Welcome. Sey hello to Terry will you 👋😊

[@CindysCoveredCrown]

Your garden is Beautiful thanks for this information I’m excited about starting mines today ☀️

[@SmallGardenQuest]

You can do it! And don't forget to fave fun :)

[@ScottHead]

Hey friend! I agree, this is a great way to begin. 4x12 is a really nice size! Your graphics are really outstanding, very informative and illustrative. You are blessed with very nice topsoil!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thank you Scott! Yes it helps me a lot that playing with the computer was a normal thing for me from an early age :) The top soil is heavy clay soil but I amend it with compost so now is perfect :)

[@jomtanamsayur]

Beautiful garden ... 👍

[@Beckysallotmentdiary]

Hello I'm loving the square foot gardening. I might have to give this a go. Terry King said you were an expert, so I've happily come to see what you do. Take care Becky

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Hello. Say hello to Terry for me 😊 if you need any help just ask 😉

[@NotSoCrazyNinja]

Luckily for me, I found out recently that my local landfill sells compost made from yard waste and kitchen scraps for about $30 a yard and slightly composted yard debris mulch for $20 per 3 yards. They will even deliver it to me for $75 a delivery. For a couple hundred dollars, I can get all the compost and mulch I need and have it delivered to me. Prior to them offering delivery, I had no way of obtaining it (I don't know anyone with a truck capable of handling a yard of compost). Finally, 2021 I will be able to have a decent garden. My soil is crap so raised beds are about my only option if I want any decent success. I've tried in the dirt for three years in a row even with fertilizer and watering and nothing wants to grow except grass and weeds. I'm tired of my lawn, I want a garden complex.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Yes buying compost in bulk like that is a great idea! I unfortunately cant do it because I don't have a road to my garden and by that I don't have an easy access :( But I make my own and I am happy with it!

[@jeffscott8323]

Get you an old truck. Is useful in many ways. Haha. I did.

[@robertestes1081]

Yea mine does it for free 🤪 just got to be local

[@robertestes1081]

Get a soil tester.. them amend soil to what it needs

[@northlondonallotment6745]

I love what you’re doing! Terry King sent me over and I’m so glad he did! Elizabeth.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

O thank you! Yeah Terry is a champ. Say hello to him in my name when you chat to him will you? :)

[@northlondonallotment6745]

Small Garden Quest 👍🏻

[@mariabellernekasziba]

jó sok munka van ebben a kertben, de biztos megtérül majd .. tetszett a videó köszönöm

[@SmallGardenQuest]

szívesen. Igen, nagyon sok munka van, de megérte. A betakarítás bőséges volt, és sokat betakarítunk. Köszönjük, hogy megálltál és megjegyzést fűzött hozzá.

[@DickyBenfield]

​@@SmallGardenQuestKíváncsi voltam, mi az anyanyelve. Úgy gondolom, hogy magyar? Jól beszélsz angolul. Nagyon élvezem a videóidat. Nem beszélek magyarul. Szóval ezt lefordították a google-ból. Tehát kérlek bocsáss meg minden hibát. :)

[@SmallGardenQuest]

@@DickyBenfield I am from Slovenia - Europe :) Near Hungary :)

[@DickyBenfield]

@@SmallGardenQuest very cool. I was born in Germany, but we moved back to the United States while I was very young, so I don't remember it and I have not traveled outside of the US since. But I would love to visit some places in Europe some time.

[@ivancerjan9477]

For original SFG method you need mel's mix,but you are doing a great job widouth it :)

[@SmallGardenQuest]

The best mix in my opinion is native topsoil and compost :) Will grow wonders. No pest control no fertilizer added.

[@MyBackyardGarden]

Excellent tips! thank you for sharing!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Your welcome!

[@EccentricNature]

Really cool tips and ideas. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Your welcome. I will try to share more tips and tricks in the future :)

[@sandiegotropicalgarden3531]

Thanks for the tips on raised beds, great ideas👍thanks for sharing 👍

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thank you for watching. Will try to continue and improve on my work.

[@levkriscoins9115]

Beautiful beautiful garden you have. Love your video 🌼🌿

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thank you Kris!

[@gabriellecrofts6664]

I am new to growing thank you I am in Perth Western Australia

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Great! Wish you all the best on your gardening quest :)

[@jampackedfamilycountrylivi8022]

Nice video! Thanks for the thorough info

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thank you for watching. What was your best advice?

[@c4inkb013]

I think it was done very well..u got 7k views!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

@@c4inkb013 Yeah I dont know how that happen :D But I am happy.

[@krzysztofrudnicki5841]

Put a corrugated cardboard, newspapers or cardboard on top of this flipped topsoil and forget about weeds. Or if you are making beds in fall you can do a lasagna layers. You don't even need to flip grass, just put cardboard on vegetation, then some green and brown materiał and compost on top. Greetings from Poland :)

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Greetings to Poland. I agree with you I could do that. But I wanted to achieve the height needed for the raised beds. Thats why I flipped the grass. Otherwise yes if you just want to suppress the weeds some cardboard will do just fine :)

[@krzysztofrudnicki5841]

@@SmallGardenQuest I just did the math and I saw that I need about 40 sq m plantable area for vegetabales for my family to eat and preserve all year. I will do similiar beds like you but "u shaped" with about 60 cm bed connecting two beds at north side. Good content tho. If I may suggest something, put a lot of charcoal to your compost. It can do wonders.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

@@krzysztofrudnicki5841 Thank you for the suggestion. Will try to do it now in the winter because we heat up our home with wood :)

[@krzysztofrudnicki5841]

You welcome. You can google "terra preta" if you want to read more about it. Also wanted to ask how wide are your paths between beds?

[@SmallGardenQuest]

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[@omribuch]

Thank you :) What about watering/irrigation? How do you do it?

[@SmallGardenQuest]

I dont have any problems with watering my raised beds. I did it 6 times last season. If you use mulch (i talk about it in another video) you dont need to water so often.

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

Love your videos.Just subscribed from Australia!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Love to have an Aussie on the channel! My father was born on the land down under!

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

Small world! Look forward to seeing more soon!By the way where in Australia did your Dad live?

[@SmallGardenQuest]

@@HOMESTEAD_AUS Yes a very small one. I dont know exactly which town but near Sydney. Must ask him :)

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

Raised beds? They look to me to be sectioned off gardens. Here is my story. First, I should say I used to watch a gentleman on PBS who square foot gardened, some 42 years ago. So. I moved into my first and last house 19 months ago. The house had two single beds in one of the bedrooms. We took the beds apart and reassembled them outside. These were truly RAISED beds. Nice seeing how I'm in a wheelchair. I live in the desert where we can't rely on top soil. Its much to sandy to use to plant with. We bought bags of raised bed soil, and 🐔💩. We also added coconut shavings to enrich our soil. Last year planting in the summer was VERY difficult. I lost my plants TWICE. This year I decided no planting when the temps were from 105°~120°! It's now just under 100° so I started my crops from seed. Its looking very good. I'm not planting totally square foot, but certain plants that need more care are at the front of my beds. I've also made sure not to plant the sane plant in the area where I planted last year.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Glad to see that you are gardening. Yeah the raised beds are not elevated beds but they are 40 cm or 16 inches up so good enough for me :) And yes planting in the summer heat is hard you need to provide your plants some shade with a shade cloth and water them twice a day to cool of the soil around them.

[@kaylabryson1932]

We are trying “no dig” method by Charles Dowding . You don’t have to remove grass. It looks amazing . A lot less work ! You might like it

[@SmallGardenQuest]

His method is OK for some climates and type of soils but here where the land is an old swamp with heavy clay soil I needed to raise the soil so that the garden would not get flooded in heavy rains. None of the gardening methods as far as I learned is a "fits them all" method 😊 but I watch Charles and he is great. Learned a lot from him 👍👍

[@alionofengland4059]

very useful info! Thank you for sharing

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Your welcome. Will continue to do so :) Glad to see you also subscribed :D

[@triotomotif2482]

Indonesia, bagus video nya

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thank you! My greetings to Indonesia!

[@shriyaskuttyfarm]

Good video.Result of hard work. Give your valuable comments to improve our channel thank you. Stay connected and stay blessed

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thanks for the support!

[@blackpackhomesteadchrisand7337]

Raised beds are great way to grow!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Indeed they are. Do you have them too? How many?

[@1of2shoes]

I’m planning a 420 sq ft garden this year.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Wow that is great! What is your favorite plant or in other words which plant will cover the most squares :D

[@braxtonrichards3202]

@@SmallGardenQuest definitely marijuana

[@kaiya4376]

Nicee

[@jimmycecil1287]

​@@braxtonrichards3202 lmao

[@PatrickDustman]

Nice video, I really enjoyed watching. SurvivalAustria

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Thank you. I am glad to see that :) Hope there will be more videos from me that you will enjoy watching :)

[@Skyeisforthelulz]

Yoohoo, big summer blowout!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

😊

[@helenarichard]

Any tips if you have cats? They might spray in the crop? How can I hold a square foot garden on a table?

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Hi Helen. Cats usually dont just spray on the vegetables. The most they do is poop in the garden but they usually dig it in so you shouldn't have a problem with them. If you do some netting around your plants should provide some protection. About the second question I dont know what you meant by holding a garden on the table.

[@kathleenosullivan8601]

Hi, Jan, Scott Head from Black Gumbo Southern Gardening sent me over. Where are you located & what zone are you in? I’m gardening in Denver Colorado, Zone 5b.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Hi and welcome! I am from sLOVEnija zone probably 7a 😊 last frost date is 1.5. First frost date at the end of October 😉 how big of a garden you have?

[@kathleenosullivan8601]

Small Garden Quest - I’m in Zone 5b. Denver Colorado USA. I’m a Community Garden Leader. There are 47 total plots. I garden 4 of those plots (10’x12’ ea) so total area of 20’ x24’. We use straw for mulch & have organic compost delivered each spring. Denver’s community gardens are located on the grounds of public elementary schools & they say we can not have an active compost bin, so I keep Red Wiggler worms composting in my basement. I keep all of the plots at full capacity each year since taking on the Garden Leader role 4 yrs ago. I actually have gardened for 30+ years, but in 2 very different Zone 5 locations. First, in Chicago where the humidity is always above 60% & now in Denver, where the humidity is always below 60%. Huge difference in gardening methods! I’m enjoying your videos. Even with your accent, you speak very easy to understand English! Keep posting & always keep learning new stuff 🌱🌱🌱

[@steveelkins52]

That is a back breaking approach , turning grass sod is hard work and exposes weed seeds that will plaque you for years, not to mention pernicious weeds like thistle and bindweed. Much better just to cover your raised bed area with layers of cardboard and a mulch of compost and get planting straight away.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

It is better I agree. But can you afford a truckload of compost? I cant even bring a truck to my propriety and I cant imagine how much time it will took to to bring all the soil in my beds. And I can tell you that I dont have much weeds now. Because I covered the area with a few inches of compost and another few inches of wood chips and this seems to work great :) Will see. Will keep you posted. Thank you for the comment tho. I try to look it positive - a workout cant hurt me :D

[@steveelkins52]

@@SmallGardenQuest I started a small raised bed garden for an impoverished single mom using just 5 growbags, this gives a 3x4 area. In the second year just add more bags. You end up with an instant garden that builds into a useful raised bed while being immediately productive. Much less work.

[@helenarichard]

Humblebrag. How did the woman reward you by the way?

[@angelaberni8873]

I'm just at the beginning but can see a mistake. There isn't enough room in-between beds for a wheelbarrow.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Depends on the size of the wheelbarrow 🤔 but yes I reduce the pathways to a minimum because I have limited space on the plot. This land is not mine and I can't use it more. So your observation is absolutely correct go wider if you can.

[@mickcv4554]

Why do you stake them in so deep? Looks like you have a 2x4 in almost a foot into the ground.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

To hold them in place. I like to walk on my raised bed boarder. You could stake just a few inches. Also by staking them so deep it's easier to build them if you are alone. If you have halting hands you can go with less. How many raised beds do you want to build?

[@alionofengland4059]

Hey man :) New Subscriber here

[@SmallGardenQuest]

I am glad that you had fun watching the video. Do you also have a square foot garden or plan to build one?

[@alionofengland4059]

@@SmallGardenQuest yes i am planning on building one :)

[@SmallGardenQuest]

@@alionofengland4059 Congratulation! Hope you follow the square foot method :D

[@janea5898]

You don’t have to compost that grass. Just turn it upside down and put your dirt on top

[@SmallGardenQuest]

What grass?

[@MarelisaFabrega]

I think that 4 feet is optimal for men, but 3 feet is optimal for women.

[@SmallGardenQuest]

It depends on your height not your gender :)

[@gracebudd5413]

YOUR SEESTER HAS A NICE ESS

[@SmallGardenQuest]

No seesters in the video :)