How to BUILD, FILL and PLANT a Raised Bed | Grow Your Own Food

Raised beds are a wonderful way to grow your own food, and in this video I will show you how to plan, build, fill and plant your first-ever raised bed, using as many low-cost techniques as possible. Click to see more links and info.

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HuwsNursery is a channel which dedicates itself to teaching you how to grow an abundance of food at your home. Videos are uploaded every week and cover a vast range of subjects including; soil health, sowing, transplanting, weeding, organic tips, permaculture, pest control, harvesting and low maintenance growing to name a few.


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[tonysgardensgizmos]

I spoke to my local landscaping company. They give me all their good quality scrap wood, decking boards etc. Reduces their tipping costs, and means it gets a second life on my plots.

[ALTSINC]

Saving this video for when I buy my first house. Thanks man

[raccoonruby]

So jealous of your beautiful Welsh garden!! Wales is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Great video, thanks Huw!

[Lucyflygirl]

Watching your video from the U. S. I have bought one of your books, I have your latest book on pre-order. I am so excited to start my garden reading your books and watching your videos have given me a good amount of confidence.

[artinaam]

I had to chop two hazel bushes due to constructing a new fence around my garden. I was left with dozens of straight hazel sticks, so I just used them for a woven, wattled raised bed (slightly medieval in style). It takes a while to weave, but looks great :)

[Aarinesque]

It’s like you knew I was just about to measure out some raised beds and I’m even in cue for B&Q website to check what I’ll need to buy. Cheers for a well timed video once again! xx

[AmysHope]

I'm new to your channel from Texas..I just finished my 1st raised bed with veggies so proud of myself 🥕🌶🥬🍅

[katooloughlin]

I got about 50 free roof tiles, that I made my raised beds from in my city garden vegetable plot and they are working really well. It took a bit of time to bury and level them but they are so sturdy and will prob last forever 😉 Thanks for all your great info 💚

[andymoore]

2:30 Regarding size of beds Huw makes a good point about both width (for reach) and length (to avoid walking through the bed). 10 feet is an ideal length and is also a standard size for planks in the UK. But 4 feet wide may be a little too wide for some of us shorter folk. I respectfully suggest that for many buying 10 feet long planks and cutting them in 3 to make beds 10.00 feet x 3.33 feet could be preferable and saves a potential 2 foot 'off cut' in the process.

[Jeanettecraftsmoxie]

I'm lucky enough to have been given loads of pallet collars. They're so good for this purpose. I sometimes stack them 2 high as our soil is just so bad and it gives me a few more options as to what I can plant in them. . They've been my favourite way of making raised beds for the last few years.

[potornotpot]

Just bought your books. Have been watching you for a short while. I started gardening with Mel Bartholomew in the ‘80’s while watching PBS in Houston, TX. I now live in SE KS and my growing zone is 6B here. We have very hot summers, 90’s and cold winters, 5 to 10 degrees F. I am starting to garden again since I retired and would be able to compare my garden with yours better if I knew your zone. Then I could tell what might work for me. We are also humid, because we are in between the Kansas prairie and the Ozarks in Missouri. I like to garden in morning to early afternoon sun, giving my garden shade in the afternoon. Otherwise my garden shrivels up by late July. We love to grow yellow squash and Zucchini, (Courgettes) but fight squash bugs and vine borers. I have always grown organic. We have wonderful weeds Lol! here and have a good amount of rain usually. Tornado alley too. I used to grow pattypan squash but picked them much smaller (as I like to pick all my squash small) and never tried to keep them on the windowsill.
I have learned a lot from watching your channel and I look forward to reading your books and truly enjoy seeing all the UK and European gardens. Thanks for being on YouTube. It is all I watch now. KJPG

[gp]

starting my 1st own vegetable beds this season, cant wait ..this guys my new hero 🤣

[cottagemommy]

I have used the hugelkulture for my beds- saves $ and works great!

[mrgreen]

Thanks! Excellent tips especially cheap raised beds to get started (pallet collars). Keep it up

[BraveSirSausage]

i just got given a raised bed to look after at an allotment, looks like this is my channel !

[bethanskitchengarden]

It's always amazing the amount of materials that can be recycled and repurposed in raised beds. Great tips and advice as always 😊

[joanneoakley]

Thank you so much for all your inspiring videos and your Grow Food for Free book, which is brilliant by the way and really useful for a beginner like me! I only have a small space but you have inspired me to grow some veg in containers and plant some fruit bushes. I have Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue but by doing a few small jobs each day, I have achieved quite a lot and given me something to plan when I can't get out into the garden. I am even making compost on a small scale in some mushroom crates stacked up! Thank you so much for all that you share and loving the beard by the way! ;) Keep up the good work and take care!

[casadepanda]

These videos are great! Keep up the great work. Huw makes gardening interesting! I'm someone who hasn't a clue about gardening and Hue makes it actually possible for me to learn and try these things, without getting overwhelmed. Gardening helps bring me in better spirits about the world right now and something productive to focus on.

[Thegirlgardener]

I have just finished building five pallet raised beds. I have two left to build then i will put them into their right places and fill them up huglekultur style. Really looking forward to getting things growing in them 😃

[TomekLach]

Thank you! Very informative and insightful video. I am starting my little project today :D ...greetings from Poland!