How to Build a Hugelkultur-style Raised Bed Garden
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- čas přidán 31. 10. 2017
- In this video I show how to make a Raised bed hugelkultur garden using dead logs and yard waste. Thanks for watching, and if you enjoyed this content, please share and/or subscribe to my channel. You can also check out my podcast or Facebook page where I discuss how to grow healthy food in your backyard cheaply and easily.
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I had a great laugh when you pulled out the chain saw after talking so fondly about your bow saw.
This style of gardening gave me an idea that gardening is an investment. Do all of the dirty and hard work before the season. Let it look ugly and feed it all the organic materials it needs. In the years to come, it will all pay out with a great return! Rich soil the plants loves, bed gets a rustic look, and tons of vegs you grew yourself.
You got it :)
Great video ! Canada is the best
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I love this! We have horrific soil. Black silt compacted into sand and river rock. Super heavy soil that is nutrient dense, but only for 1 year. After that, it packs back down into a fine and powdery nutrient deficient dust. Treated wood is a scam. It is extremely soft and splits quickly because it's been injected and messed with so much. It cannot tolerate water and sunlight as a result. It's also jam packed with toxic chemicals, so unlike regular wood, it MUST be thrown out-it cannot be reused for anything. Regular lumber holds up SO much better!
I loved this video as well. I have two things to add...in America there is hay and straw most of which is contaminated with a broad leaf herbicide, that takes years to dissipate out of the soil. And the horse, cow or goats that eat it,,,poop the herbicide as well. We lost a years garden to this problem, so I spread the word to make sure the free black gold you think you are getting manure wise is grazon free, and the mulch hay etc. too. And the second thing that is so cool for us, is we teach how to grow mushrooms and have a big mushroom meadow, and when the logs have been depleted after a few years of production, we put them in our raised beds too. I can hardly wait to use your rustic easy method for putting all this together. And we have to purchase 50# bags of powdered kelp here in Georgia. So lucky you. Cheers
That's terrible about the hay situation. It's just ridiculous what people are doing to the earth. Why can't you just collect seaweed in Georgia - is it illegal?
I totally feel ya about not caring so much about making stuff look good when its on the part of my property that you cant see from the road haha
I watch about 4 videos on this all under 3 minutes and got the idea, or so I thought. This auto-played and I was about to switch because it was so long. 26 minutes later and a lot more relaxed. I will do exactly what you did. Great video and enjoyed you talking too.
Thanks man - that's why I made it :)
Brilliant! I love your attitude. “The plants don’t care what it looks like” lol best video on hugelculture/ lasagna gardening I’ve seen!
Thanks so much!
I'm a 67 yr. old woman and so impressed with the way you work & think... and I'm only halfway through. Really inspiring to watch!
Hey that's great thanks!
Enjoyed watching the video, your dirt already looked amazing! Next time place your dirt containers on the outside of the beds before filling them so you don't have to lift 100 pounds of dirt every time!
Great video. Got a bunch of logs to build raised beds!
I have been watching your videos for a week now and love your way of gardening! All natural organic materials...you are so right about taking care of the soil and not putting too much thought on how your bed should look like.... l had to laugh when you started using the chain saw..😂😂 thank you for sharing and have a blessed day!
Thank you Sonia - so glad you like the vids!
I really love listening to your voice
My Hubby made me a Very Nice Tin sided Wood Framed Huglkulture Garden Box (to see how it grows) and then for my Long Rotted Out Raised Beds, he placed Cut Alder (downed from Wind) & Old Maple Trees on ether Sides of those Long Beds....it's very similar to what you have going there. What a Hoot!! I like how you have chosen "not" to use any Drills, Screws, or Electricity...Chainsaw doesn't count....snicker. Love what ya got going!!!
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Just go to Stodoys plans if you want to know how to do it yourself.
I believe I just did it myself...
Thanks for a great video! I especially enjoy the little tutorial you throw in about having a sharp ax.
Sharpness matters! Thanks :)
This is really rustically beautiful. Thanks for all the tips! Wish we had those paper leaf bags in the US. Here, you have to search carefully NOT to bring home those nauseating scented trash bags. I'll be looking for your update on this plot.
I use a goofy old pruning saw for everything! I did exactly this in my front yard in Anchorage, Alaska. I had a ton of small trees I had cut down and I wanted to tier the front yard and cover it with ferns and flowers. I was amazed at how well it worked. My neighbors thought I had lost my mind the first year.... but the second year they understood!
That is awesome!
You said the framework looks medieval, but I call it rustic, which is a style I favor. That should be a very productive bed once it ages a bit. Love your attitude towards gardening. Your neighbor had a problem, dead trees, and you turned a free resource into a solution. Funny what you said about neighbors bagging up their leaves, as I collected over 60 bags for my leaf bins this year. After they've aged for 6 months, I'll feed them into my compost pile next year, along with grass clippings I get from a neighbor. Don't you just love getting free stuff!? Like your channel, glad I found it. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Glad you like it!
A man after my own heart....I have the same tastes in "anything goes." I will be using all my dead trees in my back woods :)
Really enjoyed the video and watching the pronciple of Hugelkultur.Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
This answers many problems I have on my property. I want a garden & need raised beds (for many reasons) but have too many trees (downed & standing), years of built up tree debris & too many slopes in all the sunny spots. THANK YOU for a workable solution using my abundant resources!
Great! Glad to help, hope it works out well for you! :)
Beautiful video! As soon as I understood what you were doing I realized that this hugelkultur thing is for me. My chemical dependent neighbors will enjoy a scandalous performance. Thank you!
Awesome! Enjoy :)
You are funny, Mr., and your work is elegant enough.
Thanks :)
I like your mentality,dont waist anything,be simple and dont overcomplicate things ,i enjoy your uploads the music veryrelaxing and informative.Tnxs greetings from The Netherlands/Holland
Bedankt! It's nice to know that there's viewers in the Netherlands!
Thank you. Love your wisdom
I love the ideas you have, thank you for sharing❤
Thank you! 😊
I did one of these for a friend. I used thicker old logs so I didn't have to do the stakes. I filled it with semi finished compost with a layer of finished compost on top. Then a layer of cut grass for mulch. The mulch is scooted aside to plant.
Awesome video with a lot of great tips, thanks for taking the time to put this together!
Great video and narrative style! Thanks for sharing!
Just a simple comment on the clay at the bottom of your beds. Growing up dad would have me use a post hole digger to dig in the woods behind our house and add what I got to the compost pile that would be used next season in the garden. He explained that the clay/dirt that I was pulling out was below the depth that the plant roots went and therefore "richer" in minerals than what the plants used in the garden.
Probably for microbes aswell.
Will surely do that a good ideas
Dang it! Why am I watching this in the spring? 😆 Definitely going to build some of these this fall for next year! Thanks for posting!
You can build them this time of year too :)
@@maritimegardening4887 Oh great! Could I plant in them if I top them with gardening mix and compost?
@@stingburn Yes
@@maritimegardening4887 Awesome! And thank you so much for your response-- I feel star struck. 😆🤘
@@stingburn aw shucks :)
Okay... so finished watching the rest of vid. I have to say I usually fast forward most videos and get anxious about getting through them. Yours has been just the opposite... hated that it ended! You are so "comfortable" to watch.. love your demeanor and attitude. I actually felt like I was just sitting on the front porch talking with a best friend. Obviously I subscribed.. lovely channel... thank you for taking the time to share!
Thanks that's so nice of you to say, and exactly the feel I was going for in this vid, and in most of my vids in general. Funny you mention sitting on a porch - the music in the background in this vid is literally called "front porch sitter" how about that!
ensign4Him it’s such a blessing to see wonderful comments like yours!
So perfect!
Thanks so much. You gave me SO many good natural ideas for my hugelkultur beds!
Your welcome! Glad to be of help :)
I love the look of the logs!
Thanks!
I just made a hugelkulture bed, and I discovered why you are laying on your bed. You want the bed to settle. First you add the logs, then compost, then garden soil. You walk on it to remove the large air spaces. When you lay on it you do the same thing. Very interesting. I thinking about spending at least one August night sleeping on my hugelkulture bed.
I laid on it at the end of the video because I thought it would be funny :) The beds does settle though - after a few months the soil level dropped by about 4:
Thanks. Will be doing a box like this tomorrow.
Love the use of logs as walls, I have done this a number of times works great.
Hi Greg, I'm watching this again a few years later. I'm having some trees taken down and I will have lots more sun in my yard and some logs to build new beds with. Thanks for all your great videos it's a library of wealthy knowledge.💖
Thanks that's nice of you to say :) I hope the garden you build is productive !
I love it! So rustic looking.
Thanks :)
I like it also.
Great video, wish I had known about Hugelkultur years ago when I started my garden beds. It would have saved me thousands. Best to give it a good watering at the end to get things started. Happy gardening!
Glad it was helpful!
I'm 72 and I want to make me a raised flowerbed garden for rare herbs, vegies, 5' wide and about 20' long I'll have to have help but I love your video it really inspired me and I think yours is the best one out there, out of all the ones with making a bed with pallets and yours seems to be inexpensive and very nice I really liked the presentation too, I enjoyed your video very inspirational
Thanks. Only suggestion that I'd make is that you keep it 4' wide since, unless you are over 6' tall, it will be difficult to reach the center from the side if it's 5' wide.
Very very very cool. Def gonna build some of these. Ty very much
They work great!
@@maritimegardening4887 yeah been brain storming business ideas. As I am currently living out in the country. Minnesota
I almost never comment, but the video is at 7:50 and I have to appreciate someone that appreciates using a manual saw.
Now the videos at 8:20 and LOL. Sometimes Its time to get out the big tools, make short work of them logs and get more done.
I loved that fish story that's just randomly there at about 14:30.
Thanks man, nice to hear. I use manual tools a lot, I like how quite they are. Nice to know there's others that appreciate them :)
Thanks, great video. I want to try this. Makes good sense to me. Love the music!
Thanks, and good luck with it - I find them very productive!
Thank you for your fun and educational video! I enjoyed it! Cheers from Costa Mesa, Southern California!
Awesome thanks!
Like your production style. Very down-to-earth and conversational.
Thanks that's nice to hear :)
Love anything that is less work in the long run!!
Another maritimer here, great to come across your channel and seeing some permaculture techniques done here.
Thanks, good to have you! :)
Lot of hard work Greg, I am a new gardener and following your footsteps. I live in Cole harbour, thanks for videos. Keep it up 👍
Awesome! Thank you!
Another enjoyable informative video thanks
Thanks Greg. Really enjoyed your video.
Very welcome
Inspiring vid! I’m going to make some beds like that. Thanks!
Great - good luck!
Building a hugelkulture bed, word to the wise, make sure you have your material first before digging a hole! I dug a 12 x 4 ft trench about 18 inches deep into virgin soil, and it’s now day two and probably have another days work! Next time I’m going to give myself a weekend to do it and also have a surplus of material before I start digging! Awesome concept, thanks for making it look easy!
Thanks - but yes - you need all your stuff ready to go for sure :)
Super cool. You make garden so simple and it should be simple like that. I am in love.
Thank you :)
Hey Greg, thanks so much, this was so helpful and informative....... yes going with nature and helping to make soil is Everything! Best wishes from the UK.
Thanks, and best of luck with your garden next year!
Great video. Thank you.
Absolutely love your approach to gardening, and building stuff like this. If it works it's good enough! In my opinion it looks good too! :) Cheers, and thanks for the inspiration :D
Thanks that's very nice to hear :)
Excellent video on natural gardening and love learning about how this process works! You are experienced and successful and to me I It way cheaper plus you have made friends as well. Thank you for sharing your way to make a raised bed naturally 🍀👍👍👍❣️
Thanks, glad you liked it :)
Easy to listen and understand video, I enjoyed your simple approach without attacking anyone’s way of doing things. Just make sense gardening. Love the music in the background perfect. New sub!
Thank you very much, thanks for subscribing - cheers!
I like the log staking technique!
Thanks - yes - pretty simple & effective :)
Hello from GREECE. Wonderful! Amazing! Congratulations! I'll do it too.
Thanks, and good luck! :) Man I wish I had your growing conditions!
please post the follow up video when it is time to plant. would be interesting to see by how much it would settle and if any soil addition will be needed.
Will do sir!
I doubt it will need any soil. The way these work is you ad a massive layer of mulch each fall, and that becomes soil as it composts.
This is exactly what I’m planning on doing with our trees we cut down this past spring. I love how you even incorporated limbs/saplings as stakes. I was planning on using rebar but now I’ll still with using what I have on hand which is a bunch of useful tree debris. I’m so glad to have found your video! Thank you for sharing!!!
Glad to help - hope it works out great for you!
Great video I watch a lot of you tube garden videos and this was so informative and entertaining and enjoyable. Thank you
Thanks, glad you liked it!
I like your no nonsense approach. I garden in the outer Hebrides,so your advice is somewhat relevant to me.
Thanks, glad to help :)
Ursina MacLellan Beautiful Country💛, seaweed & sheep poo 👍🏼
Man when you pulled out the chainsaw I almost died hahahah
Good f***** video thanks
Thanks man :)
I discovered hugelkultur last year and have done some hugel pots but I started my first hugel bed this last week, at 55 I'm a little slower than you. I dug a 4×8 bed out about a foot and a half deep, put the branches in, planned on working on it the next day but we've had alot of rain here in Texas, so that wood is soaking up alot of water right now! Enjoyed the video:)
That's great Sarah! Let me know how it works out for you :)
Terrific!!!
thanks for this, i've been thinking about hugelkulture for a while, i like your style; i have access to a huge amount of "waste" material, your video showed up just in time. thanks for taking the time to record your excellent work.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent, thank you
I really enjoy these hugel videos Greg, and I appreciate the way you narrate them. Keep up the good work man.
Glad you like them!
muchas gracias!
Great job. Good ideas, use what you have.
Yes! Thank you!
Great Video. I grow a one thousand sq ft garden and am moving to raised beds this year. I am definitely going to use your method. Great looking, rustic raised beds and good exercise to boot. God Bless
Don't go too high - the higher you go, the harder it will be for the plants to get water.
Inspiring !
Great video man. I'll never waste a twig or leaf or weed again.......
Thanks!
Thanks!
I really enjoyed that loosely goosey layering of materials in your renaissance-looking log box and it makes me happy thinking about the decaying of all that multi-various stuff in encouragement of microorganisms creating a perfect bed for growing!! We are in Eastport Maine which is similar in climate to you and I just layered in hay and peat and topsoil and seaweed and sawdust and compost into one of my new raised beds I built today. I had dug down and taken out a bunch of clay to replace with more nutritious soil ingredients : )
Thanks
Thank you for this description! I live on Cape Breton Island and was looking for a hugelkulture bed method that will work best with the materials I have near me. Subscribed!
Glad it was helpful!
Made me smile to see this. I make mine quite similar with the exception of the seaweed. I'd love to see a soil analysis after it's broken down. I bet it'd look great. Cheers brother
The results have been great in every bed where I've done this.
That's so true about the fish...we used to catch fish so easy, but now you can't even catch many even in the ocean...sad
I want to echo what Daniel said, this is one of the best, most straightforward hugel bed videos out there. I think I've seen them all over the last year or so planning my garden, so feel pretty confident of this. The only question I have is with the seaweed. I'm surprised it didn't need rinsing for the salt. Love this video and approach, subscribed!
Thanks that's very nice of you to say. re: seaweed - all questions answered in my seaweed video! Enjoy!
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Great video, very informative. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow thats great!!!lots a great information!
Thanks for watching
Awesome video, thank you!
Thanks man :)
I would dig out sections dump stuff without lifting the dirt out but I’m not a manly man 😅 if i had dirt like you do I’d start layering instead after light tilling if needed. I have clay so I amended most over years and recently raised the planting areas without boxes or edges and dug out only my carrot bed. I don’t have a perfect garden design because my chickens free range in my urban backyard. Alot of chicken wire! 😊
Inspired, cheers!
Rocks are decorative in the corners and minimize the distance you have to carry them
Best video I have come across on this topic. Thanks for posting. Liked and subbed.
Thanks!
Thank you sir for showing us how to make a hugelkultur garden bed.I am going to make one with what I got ...it may not look as pretty as yours but worth trying it. 😊 Good luck with your garden and God bless!
Glad you enjoyed it thanks :)
Spent coffee grounds from your local coffee shop can be a good input for plants that like acidic soil.
most coffee from coffee shops is not organic, just like most manure is not organic either.
@@13c11a doesn’t matter. As long as it doesn’t have harmful chemicals or herbicides it’ll do just fine as compost.
Thanks very much¡ What a great idea. I will definitely build one myself - or even 2! I imagine that they remain fertile for many years
Awesome
Good attitude while making the video... very entertaining ! Lol
Glad you enjoyed
I enjoyed that
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Well done and entertaining Brother. I like the rustic look as well and the price is unbeatable. Blessings to You and Yours
Thanks man :)
I really like the way you narrate! This is great. Thank you. New sub.
Thanks
Doing more hugelkulturs this year. Looking forward to it. Have a lot of branches taken off damaged trees.
It's wonderful when resources simply fall from the sky! Of course, not so wonderful when they land on your car... :)