Complete Raised Bed Garden Install: Construction, Soil, Drip Irrigation + More
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- John from www.growingyour... shows you how to install a complete raised bed patio garden from start to finish.
In this episode, John will first assess the patio space and figure out the best layout taking into consideration the sun and shade. He will then go to the local Home Depot and pick up all the wood, soil, screws, irrigation supplies, and plants.
You will learn what different products John bought and why they are important to your success as a beginner gardener.
Next, John will show you how easy it is to build a 12" high raised bed garden using some pre-cut lumber from home depot and a cordless drill.
You will then discover the importance of selecting the best vegetable gardening soil you can to grow your food. You will discover John's favorite brand of bagged soil products as well as some other critical soil amendments you should include in your raised beds to maximize the health and yield of your plants. You will learn the specific measurements of home much of the different soil amendments are being added to the soil mixture.
Next, you will discover the best low-cost kit that will allow you to easily install a drip irrigation system in your raised bed garden as well as an automatic water timer that will water your plants so that you don't have to. You will learn how to make a plan for the drip irrigation tubing and why it is important to have a water filter to remove some of the contaminants and chemicals in the water.
Next, you will learn how to plant the plants in the new garden as well as the importance of proper plant spacing.
Finally, John will show how to install a drip emitter into the drip tubing to ensure your plants are getting the water they need to thrive.
Finally, John will sit down with the renter, Rachel Stewart who just got her garden installed as well as Josh Cunnings from the Boogie Brew Company to ask them some questions.
1:00:35 Interview Starts
1:03:08 Why did you want to put in a garden in Las Vegas?
1:06:22 What was the one food you cut out of your diet that made a big difference in your health?
1:09:00 What did you do wrong when gardening in Las Vegas previously?
1:18:08 How do you activate the microbial web in your garden?
1:27:27 Do you have any questions you want to ask me about gardening?
1:29:57 How do you set the irrigation system times?
1:36:21 Any final comments for my viewers or questions for me?
1:38:30 Any final comments Josh?
After watching this episode, you will learn how you can easily plan, build, select your soil, install an irrigation system, plant your plants and everything you need to know so you can be empowered to install your own raised bed garden in your patio or backyard.
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this guy is so awesome. I completely agree with u miss Athena. He is also very accurate with all of his measurements as well. Great teacher too. Keep up the good work Josh. For a first timer grower as myself I love this guy......
Very---VERY INspiring. WE began our journey of creating a community garden today based on all the videos I've been watching from John and Josh over the past week! My goal is to be as passionate about growing my own foods as well as eating more microgreens( and juicing) ---and helping others grow as John recommends! This is the best channel on CZcams in my opinion!! No-doubt!!
I love how articulate Josh is, and his infectious passion for gardening as a social movement. Thank you, John, for including Josh in more videos. It is a real treat to see both of you working together for a great cause.
Athena, thanks for the 'attaboyz....truth is the Boogie Boy just wants to talk and loves an audience, (lol)
Josh (the boogie boy), you are on a higher level, do not sell yourself short. You might like to talk "too much" but your perception is on point and needs a platform. Plainly, you have valuable insights because you are observant, can articulate those observations and you have accumulated a great amount of experience, Josh. Keep doing what you do. We appreciate it!
Yes, on a HIGHer level indeed :D
BIG THUMBS UP!!
AND he's looking forward to more of those magical raw pineapple-and-coconut (and cannabis) smoothies! John makes em just right!
What's the name of place you recommend in St George for compost?
Hey John! I have been watching these old videos we created together and its amazing how much Josh's push for me to spread my messages and your amazing guidance and generosity with your tie, energy and knowledge has truly transformed my life! Having moved from the town home and now working on building my urban homestead...these videos are such a treat because it is a tangible reminder of the power of paying it forward and what your guys kindness did for me and my family as well as is a tangible reminder of just how far I have come along my journey! Changing our lives to leave the matrix, become more self reliant, grow our own food and be empowered with the choices we are making to live mindfully and consciously with what we put in our bodies and what we bring into our homes, etc... is a challenging journey but also a very rewarding one. Thanks again my friend and even if we never meet in person again you will always have a special place in the heart of mine and my familys home! Much love to you and keep being awesome, Rachel!
@Steve Steve Amen Steve! Much love, Rachel
So happy that John allows us into his world. Your videos resonate beyond words. Thank you
Rachel, one year I learned about how great Blood meal was for gardens, so I bought a bag, and spread it all over my garden. Wow, you should have SEEN that garden, the most healthy and beautiful ever! But nothing fruited! Come to find out, nitrogen is for growing LEAVES! What I should have been adding for fruiting veggies, like cucumbers, was BONE MEAL, not blood meal. (although it IS good for things like lettuce and all the other veggies where you are eating the leaves!). Hope that helped! LOVE you girl!
Really good informative comprehensive video for designing and setting up a garden from start to finish with a lot of good details for growing in the harsh desert climate. Thank you John, Josh and Josh's wife for creating this garden for this nice woman -- you have paid it forward!!
I'm totally putting in a raised bed forrest garden in my little backyard right now. I'm on Home Depot choosing my 2x4's and 2x10's. Thank you for your timing. I love your honesty. 😋
Proud of Josh for not taking over the video. Excellent info in this, worth my time.
lol, you is perfectly right, Kelly! I'm finally learning...
Boogie Brew I'm still hoping you get your own channel. I like what you say.
I wish you represented my district in my state
THANK GOD HES GOT HIS OWN CHANNEL. JOHN SHOULD STOP SHOWING THIS GUY. I USE BOOGIE BREW BUT I DONT LIKE THIS GUY. JUST THE WAY HE TALKS, I MAYBE HATING, BUT I CAN "NOT LIKE" SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE, LOL1
Another inspiring video! Wish I'd seen these videos sooner. I got so depressed living as an expat in the Middle East..not having a garden but I could have grown microgreens!!! John shows us that it's ALWAYS possible to grow something literally anywhere!! No excuses!!!🌻🎋🌵
John makes a great one-man team. Add Josh, and this should be more than a CZcams site--PBS should pick this up and do a series on it, because it is soooo much better than regular square foot gardening. Before I began learning from this site, my old square foot garden raised beds were mediocre. Now, thanks to the methods King Green shows, I may have a messy back yard, but I can supply friends and family with food. I added more boxes because this site showed me how to make it less time-consuming per square. John, if I were rich, I would sponsor a PBS show for you.
You're a good hearted soul. Thank You John.
FAN-FREAKIN-TASIC video, John! I feel like it was done just for me. I learned SO MUCH in the first hour especially. You addressed many of the concerns & issues I've had with my Las Vegas, NV food growing garden! I'm SO MOTIVATED and inspired by the new things I learned and am going to move forward with growing MY greens! I'll be sharing this on my FB page as well. Thank you (and the others) that brought this episode to ME!!!
I remember seeing another Garden video with high temperature climates it's best to add woodchips to the top of your soil to hold in moisture!
Mix a small cup of soapy water. Dip your screws in it point and a good portion of the threads. The screws will go in alot faster/easier. Usually no need to drill pilot holes.
Nate Conner yeah I never drill pilot holes. I just drill with screw right in.
Awesome job guys. Thank you so much for making this video. It is very informative and John it is lovely to see you working with Josh. Thank you Josh for spreading the word and the sence of urgency that so many people do not possess. Hope more and more people get inspired. I am definitely sharing this video with family and friends:) Please keep up the awesome work!!!
I could tell by the sound of John's voice while he was unloading the truck that there was a lot of work to get done. I think John is willing to do that type work, but for the right price. How about $2,000 for that size of a job?
P.S.
WAY TO GO JOHN. You're friggin amazing!
lol...He DID IT ALL as a free favor to Rachel, and yes, Josh + Lia from Boogie, (us), came & helped. Indeed, that was our flatbed truck from which you heard the exasperation in his voice! (Don't blame him at all for being impatient, we were pretty exhausted from the journey to Vegas and it wasn't easy to keep up with him...
:) I don't blame him; I too know hard work. I also forgot to mention how incredibly inspirational, generous, talented, and charismatic John is. And, if that's you Josh you're also very charismatic and inspirational to me. I wish you all the very best and I hope to meet you guys someday. Cheers.
Hell yeah, Chris! JK is a freakin' GIFT to mankind, and so too are his TRIBE! (YOU). We love the GYG'ers, simply amazing group of humanity that cares more about soil / planetary health than anything else..Drop us a line sometime for some free Boogie samples...Cheers to you too, mate!
If you never make a mistake, you ain't doing nothing!
Great Video, Thanks Much & Have Fun!!!
I love that boogie board guy😂
Thanks John, You are the best!
I have problems too, my plants in the pots the test salty!!! and soil It's dry dry dry... like you said, this year will start new ways along with your video...Thanks.
Well I would say for that watering to catch some rain, but I lived in Las Vegas for nearly 15 years and in that time I seen maybe 10" of rain. haha! I'm now in TX and love it. But there is a few months I am seeing I cannot grow food outdoors in basically in Dec, Jan, Feb. But love your videos and I learn so much!
John & Josh,
Great work dudes! Inspirational. Keep up the awesome service to community! Hope Rachel's garden is growing well.
Hello John I’m glad to here about how make a vegetable garden bed to grow your owna vegetable garden
I seen so many Garden tip but I’m really impressed about how you grow your own garden, I’m about to go outside and dig up a garden to prepare for growing my own food thank for sharing your video Gby
This was a very good episode including the Q&A. Another great video John.
A multi-tiered raised bed at the back of their deck would be fantastic.
Bravo! Great work. Cool collaboration also! Way to support your fellow garden/youtube family.
This content is really good for me today. I'm learning how to set up an aquaponics system. we're in dif places but I love your vids saludos desde Costa Rica ;)
Great job John. Learned a lot
You just gave me a great idea. I am into micocontrollers and the smaller ones only have 3 or 4 usable ports. All you need is a relay that controls a a water pump wired to an arduino or esp 8266 or esp32 or attiny device. Then they sell water sensors that are basicly 2 wires that go down into the ground and detect the water level of the soil. when there is no water no power would be recived from that circuit and that would tell the microntoller to turn on the relay for the water pump for a time that you set like say 5 minutes or 10 or whatever you want. That would be so easy to set up. Controlling these microcontrollers is not that dificult. The arduino and the esp devices have usb ports on them to configure them. The attiny devices are better for power but are more complicated to set up. Its not rocket science. Look into how easy it is. it is c++ but all you are doing is specifying the ports you are using and give it limits so that when power is not received by the water sensor (basicly if) then turn on the relay for the water pump for x minutes. Heck maybe only a minute. You can set it for whatever you want.
Here is an example of what I am talking about:
acoptex.com/project/227/basics-project-008h-water-level-sensor-and-5v-relay-module-at-acoptexcom/
A backing should of been put on that box, now renter risk staining the brick. A ground covering like thick cardboard/ weed preventer to keep the rocks cleaner ( or just clear them out and replace them when the renter moves ) would of been a good idea. Either way it's great they are growing their own food and creating a better environment for theirselves in their backyard. I wish them well in their efforts. Thanks for posting the video.
Unless John mentioned it and I just missed it, the direction the wall faces will impact your plants especially in the summer.
thanks John. I was just thinking about this same subject.
Thank you John for all you do! You are a gift and a blessing!
John that's a good garden you guys did am thinking about to go back in the Caribbean and d get my garden start up and growing all let you know
Great clear demonstration of setting up irrigation for the raised beds. I never got it before. It helps to have your recommendation for a specific irrigation kit. I was often derailed trying to pick out all of the components. Many thanks.
I would have liked to see Josh (from Boogie Brew) do a segment, or another video with her, demonstrating how to make good actively aerated compost tea. Maybe you could do an episode of her channel on the topic and shill a little for boogie brew.
I'm a boogie customer, so I know aact is worth the time and minimal effort.
Well done!! We need to get everyone growing!!
Love that boogie board guy😅😅
Put her in yoga she's stressed! Wow just wow the doctors in quotes diagnose my daughter with school avoidance. It turned out to be Crohn's when we pursued it further
My brother has Chron's. He landed in the hospital a couple of times before it was diagnosed. He had to incorporate a more plant-based existence and went the smoothie route as the easiest way.
How is your daughter maintaining?
Nice video John. The only thing is if her neighbors complain about the water seeping through the block walls like my neighbors did.
You are appreciated sir!
Bonnie are monsanto gmo.
Josh was trying desperately to stifle his tangents. Good job!
lol, me still learning!
I can tell that you really care. I do the same thing sometimes.
Ha ha, it's just too easy for me to launch into "T & T's" (Tangents & Tirades), especially with the kind GYG'ers for an audience!
John, thanks for all your effort in shearing your experience with this organic food thing. Your friendly entertaining manner provided enough persuasion for me, (a red-neck conservative old fart) to consider, and to try, this organic garden thing. Now I’m trying to commit to it.
I would like your 2 cents on replacing the “Mell’s Garden Mix” ingredient’s, (vermiculite and peat or coco core), with native soil. I’ll leave out the log spiel on why, but If you did this, how exactly would you do it?
I live in Grass Valley Ca, and my soil is not likely to be contaminated and it’s a heavy clay. I had Peaceful Valley Farms store test my soil, and it is surprising good for minerals. My only soil short coming is the tippical drainage trouble with clay, and lack of organic matter and micro biology.
I’m building my razed beds for, among other reasons, to protect my plants from moles and gophers. I’m building my razed beds with screen to stop dirt rodents from intruding. I’m also trying to build the best possible soil for my vegetables, and healthy food. I think this is one of your top issues.
Peaceful Valley says they never heard of Mell Bartholomew, and don’t seem to get the Mell’s mix for vegetable gardening or square foot gardening thing. My discussion with the (Peaceful Valley soil authority) provided the following info;
My Peaceful Valley Raised bed potting soil is effective for short term, but very expensive for long term. It must be improved at significant expense, every year. Improved native soil in my area is ideal for long term, but it will take 5 years to build an optimum growing medium. I’d like to have a heathy long term soil medium ASAP. As discussed above; I would like your 2 cents on replacing the “Mell’s Garden Mix” ingredient’s, (vermiculite and peat or coco core), with native soil.
I’ve followed your discussion of the importance building good soil, and I’m putting huge effort into this. I agree with your opinion to review many ideas on this. I’ve also been following the (one yard revolution CZcams channel.
I’ve set up a couple of 4 ft by 8 ft raised beds with potting soil from a local organic garden supply store, Peaceful Valley Farms. Your buddy Josh seem s to think there the real deal. By the way, I also appreciate Josh’s help with my stuff. I think he’s one for the good guys. You should tell him to set up a video thing for bikes like you’re doing for vegetables. What the hell, it’s his thing!
I’ve followed a random number of your videos, and I’ve bought into the organic vegetable garden thing, thanks to your spiel.
You might want to set up one of your video interviews with, Trish, from Peaceful Valley Farms. She’s got Josh’s approval for this green bean thing.
Thanks again
Brent Erb
Home Phone: 530-274-7121 after 4:30 pm
Hi Brent, will try to remind JK to egt up your way and thanks for the attaboyz',you deserve big kudos for what you are doing up there in GV. Definitely I would try to build as many living worm colonies as possible and include bio-char, new wood mulch seasonally and adding extra worm eggs to your mix should do the trick on your soil...miss u already!
What a great video John. Thank you!
My garden is covered in about 6 inches of mulch (wood chips). I live in mid Texas and water it once or twice the entire growing season.
Josh is hilarious!
Great show. Great causes! #Keepupthegreatwork
love your videos!
Excellent John, thank you!
I freakin love Josh. Josh:" It's actually the plasticization"
John: "not now josh" hahahhaha @1:28:50
great video john an thanks for sharing : )
"read the instructions, I don't need the instructions because I'm a guy'...beside how many times have you done it?? Oh Bless you--you sneezed. Nice job. Rachel, its also cool to be able to go out and pick the veggies u need to juice.. Oh yeah what he said. I hope you do an update before Summer kills everything off. thnx for sharing.
Hey John, what a great video, good job by the way :)
You gave me a really good idea og what to talk in my site... how to create your own bed garden...
Thanks for sharing this with us ;)
Hi John, when you mentioned good soil in victorville did you mean American Organics? I'm in Apple Valley and I'm saving up money to build raised beds out of brick. victorville is just a few miles from me so I would love it if you can tell me the name of the soil place out here. that would save me some money filling these babies up lol.
something should be added to the top to keep the soil COOLER. LOTSA SMALL WOOD CHIPS! DONT MIX INTO DIRT THOUGH. Wood chips can keep moisture in roots and keep soil cooler
thank you, John, whether Las Vegas or Aussie gardening your detailed videos help me get to "chi " with my garden with my batteries yes AA batteries and my life your awsome
Josh is the fucking man!
I've never seen someone use a dril with rubber gloves, corona construction?
went to the one in victorville off route 66 a few years ago and there was alot of ground up glass in the compost
John can you give pointers in the future for some of us that have a built-in add on greenhouse but need help in maintaining them?
It would be much easier to throw the soil straight into the garden bed and mix. Dosn't need to be exact, for example: when it rains or when you water and the water runs out the bottom, so does the nutrience and minerals and therfore your measurements are out in the first week anyways :) Just chuck it in the garden bed and mix. It will be fine. You will get it done in less than half the time not to mention the weight of the tote once you fill it (for all the females out there LOL!)
Amen, fexummuk! We, (Lia, Rachel & - he didn't film us tho), were all doing it your way! I guess John DOES occasionally complete his tasks in not quite so efficient a manner, (although I will continue to heap attaboyz' on his multi-tasking abilities).
hey john i just found your channel not too long aho and have been binge watching and you have helped me tremendously. i live in las vegas too and always use dr earth but the home depot by me has the bags on sale for 10 bucks which one has them on clearance so i can pick some up asap? thanks for all the knowledge
where I live luckily we are allowed to landscape and garden but in the U.S they keep making it harder and harder to grow your own food
How do you feel about the toxins from the concrete blocks leaking in to the soil. Also, I'm building a home and want to install raised beds. What is the best and safest material to make them with? Thanks for you videos!
Redwood.
I've heard you should only have home depot cut one direction... Vertically I think, because horizontal cuts aren't as accurate.
hi john! What's your thoughts on Las Vegas Tomato Lady Mix soil? It's always talked highly about around here. And locally made.
Fabulous video with Rachels patio garden. Just confused about the word "Compost". You used Dr. Earth soils, Rock Dust, & Worm Castings. Is the compost the Dr. Earth Potting soil? Cheers Patty
LOL.... Hey John comwe help me putting raised beds in my country.... Namibia.... LOL... super
Love this video! Thank you John :D
I think decking screws might last longer
Dude, get a patreon!
Uh oh. You're not getting any tonight brother.😉
That’s exactly what I was thinking. I can see it in my head. His Lady saying “yeah, just keep talking”
Do you have a favorite app for planning landscapes?
hi john, i bought a aloe vera plant in a pot a bout 6-7 months ago, i have it on my patio in my rental apt. the problem i have is that it would grow but in no time the would start fallig over the pot & dying, at first i thought i was watering too much then i stop yet it's still dying.
do i need to add any of those stuff in the doil to allow it to grow? any ideas would help. thanks
Is this Lasvegus?? These surroundings are looking like that of a Gulf country (desert ,& building architecture).
What do you buy for watering your beds when you only have one spigot but also have to water a large lawn area?
A spigot split available for like 10 bucks.
What watering timer are you recommending now? I saw the Melnor 4 zone timer in some of your other videos.
John, Is it true that you cannot grow asparagus close by fruit trees. If so how many feet do I need to stay away.
i will never buy another bag of worm gold plus again. the last bag was half plastic. it looked great until I really went through it. little pieces of plastic were every where. it could of been just the one bag, but i doubt it. Dr Earth products had some plastic as well but nothing like the worm gold plus. Maybe a piece or two in the two bags a bought.
Termites, etc will be eating those framing boards in short order, no?
Bought. Damn computer.
Specifically the problem is actually GMO wheat gluten along with the addition of glyphosate.
what about Miracle Grow for the soil mix?
I would never have bout that house. No soil or yard no live.
its an apartment, he said she doesn't expect to live their more than a year before she buys her own home, at the beginning of the video-where he was telling us about treating the wood or not, he stressed it was temporary.
G'Maw's Garden I realized that but I had already posted.
I love you man, but you really gotta work on your ideas about women. We also own simple tools like drills, lol. Keep up the great vids.
oh! you didnt put coconut coir
john why cant you grow your greens under fruit trees do they really need that much sun in your climate? youd go up a zone if you had a tree canopy even if the trees are in pots, and i would think it would be ideal in the desert anyway cut way back on your water, it sounds like you have a leafy green infestation and you need to plant some trees to help get rid of them lol imagine how much space lettuce takes up to get the same weight as say an orange.. not even a comparison lol just thin em out a bit how cold you not
Excellent point! Geez...why didn't I think of that, brilliant...
thanks josh i luuuuh youuu mate! lol
What brand timer is that?
Oh no John don't lift it like that 43:10 >_
Anyone can make a living doing anything in Vegas.
I didn't say that right. Uncomposted - not fully broken down compost - can spread bad microbes and other diseases among your plants and the excessive nitrates present in uncomposted material will cause the plant greenery to grow faster but not produce fruit because of the nitrates. I am uncertain about the edible quality of plants grown in uncomposted material.
If this is a 'No Til Style Garden' why did you mix the soil before putting it in the garden bed? LOL!!!
😂😅
IF I WAS ALSO DOING THE UNIVERSAL SHOUTING, MAYBE?!?
Tina Seda = mole
Josh were is your wife? R u married? Well if you are married she is one lucky lady!!!
can u build my raised beds ? ;) jk
His nose is so stuffy in this video I had to turn it off it was so incredibly annoying . Who on earth did the sound or put microphone in wrong place. It sounds so gross yUuuuuuuuccclkk,l .
wtf???
If she things changing her diet will be hard just wait till she loses a foot.
such long video