The Best Raised Garden Bed Option for you!

Are you planning on building raised bed garden boxes? Have you wondered which raised bed is best for you? There are all sorts of options; you could go with pre-made metal planters or brick or stone planters. You could even buy some plastic or PVC garden planters or you could go with the classic wooden raised bed planters. In this video I discuss all of those options to help you understand which kind of material is besed for your raised garden beds.

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[donnastormer]

Thank you for this video. I always appreciate it when people take time to do something like this.

[tinafuller]

"Cinder blocks" are no longer the same. If you go to Home Depot or Lowe's, they are now made of Portland cement and sand and aggregate. They are perfectly safe for a raised bed now. This is why they are no longer called cinder blocks. They are called concrete blocks.

[coachhannah]

I built beds 29 years ago out of bottom-grade Douglas fir 2x12s, and have even picked them up and moved them. I have redone the corner supports a couple times, and they are definitely showing their age in places, but they still serve honorably in my garden!

[debbieleathers]

We built ours out of cinder blocks and they are wonderful. They no longer have the fly ash or pot ash in them so they are not bad for your garden. They are wonderful because they will last for a long time but we can also take them apart and move them if needed. We built ours 24’ by 3’ and only 2 deep but I wish we we would have gone 3 deep just for easier access.

[gilbert]

Wow... Thank you sir. I am glad I ran into this video.. The idea of plastic for a raised bed did cross my mind. Thank you for your shared knowledge and experience. 😎👍👍

[donnastormer]

We have a roofing material company that’s close to us. It’s called Baker Metal here in Northwest Florida and they paint both sides of the roofing material which is a good thing for raised beds because it holds the aluminum/zinc chemicals in and make them safer raised beds. It’s a whole lot cheaper to build a frame and put that Sheeting on for raised bed then it is to buy one of these fancy kits. my neighbor built her raised beds using that process six years ago and they are holding up very well. They used pressure-treated 4 x 4 for the corner posts and pressure-treated two by fours for the framing..

[crabtrap]

lets get honest. the corrugated, galvanized beds are both the best and most cost effective. they are also removable if you want to move to another home. the heat issue is solvable by adding an insulated layer on outside or inside. timber always sucks and is WAY to costly nowadays

[movaughn]

I use old fridges, drill drainage holes, attach siding, or fence boards and paint. Better then the dump. Stinking LG!

[kagnewmp]

I have a nice size garden but I pick up those heavy duty watermelon boxes made from heavy cardboard for potatoes mostly. I get them for free at my local Walmart and at around 4 foot square and 4 foot high I can plant a dozen or more seed potatoes in each box and simply add more soil as they grow. I have picked close to 50 pounds of potatoes from one box and they usually fall apart at . the end of season and unlike potatoes in the garden you don't miss any potatoes. I'm a new Subscriber and thanks.

[simongrunchy]

Most gardeners are missing the boat. Consider using discarded upright Freezers or refrigerators for a raised bed. They are just the right size for weeding and harvesting at waist height, making them ideal for wheelchair access or seniors, or those with back problems. One or a dozen, it 's up to you. It took me two weeks on Craigslist to get an even dozen boxes, and that was being picky. No stainless steel, or black refrigerators, no side-by-sides, only white boxes. They come insulated, and the type of soil they have is up to you. No more gophers, moles, rabbits, either! Just remove and discard the doors and shelves, fill and plant. Water with a garden hose, or plumb them with an irrigation system from below. Ideal for an apartment with a small patio, or a big yard. No more bending to weed! Best of all, they're free, and you keep them out of the landfill! Details to your questions if you like

[stevenwood]

Pines and doug fir and hemlock: I built an untreated hemlock 12'x16'x22" and a treated 12'x10'x22" bed and used food grade canning wax to safely seal the wood from the elements...both inside (soil contact) and outside of the planter.

*I would lay the boards flat in the summer heat. I placed canning wax chunks onthe boards and let the sun soften the wax for about 15 mins to 30 mins. With rhe soft wax i would (in circular motions) wax on wax on or rhink waxing a surf board. Let the board sit out for 2 to 3 hours and let the board take in the wax. Flip it and repeat... All 6 sides. This will take a few days to complete.

Im redoing my beds and have broken aparts the boards. The hemlock bed boards i didn't treat are understandably pitting and rotting on the surfaces that contacted the soil. The boards i treated with Food safe canning wax are not perfect, but i estimate i could get another 2 to 3 years out of them. Ive had these beds for 7 years. So in theory if you treat the bed boards with canning wax you could get about 8 to 10 years out of them.

[richard-fymu]

With plastic especially buckets, unless food grade avoid! I am building frame box with chicken wire bottom to hold grow bags with top frame for insect fabric and a PVC sprinkler system to allow spot and drip irrigation like used in Israel as I m in a desert area with soil that could kill a plastic plant.

[neildriedger]

GREAT video, loved it..GREAT Information!!!!👍

[susanw]

Love DIY Dave. Thanks for all the great info.

[davidscott]

We're building ours with retaining wall block, and I was hoping that you wouldn't say that that was the worst thing that we could use. Cause we're already working hard on it, and have already bought 3 pallets of block and several cubic yards of dirt.

[jimpeter]

Every aspect nicely done. Thanks. Regards from Baltimore.

[teunlll]

I want to add something to the stone one. At least in the Netherlands, there are tons of people giving away their old stones/bricks for free if you pick them up there. In this case it's really cheap, durable and it looks just way more natural than the metal beds.

[nevillewalker]

Four free half IBC liners set in panelled surrounds made from free pallet wood. Filled with good old farmyard muck and soil does the job.

[bungalobill]

I use 2x6 lumber here in West Texas with growable soil underneath. Too hot and dry for anything higher or you will be watering constantly. And I mean constantly.

[harelmoshe]

structural insulated panels (SIPs) the metal panels, 5 cm thick, is the best material for garden bed or planter box.
Thanks from Israel 👍🏻😉