5 Raised Bed Garden Mistakes to Avoid

Starting a raised bed garden can be an exciting and rewarding experience. Still, there are some common mistakes even experienced gardeners can make. Before planting, here are five raised bed garden mistakes to avoid so your gardening journey is successful.

Introduction: 00:00
Mistake one: 00:27
Mistake two: 01:36
Mistake three: 02:53
Mistake four: 03:38
Mistake five: 05:49

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[guyfronte]

In my late 50's and ashamed I know nothing about gardening. I'm reading as much as I can in this my first year of trying to grow veggies and herbs in a raised garden bed and still making all the mistakes you mentioned and more. I started Broccoli, artichoke, squash, onion, green beans, red peppers all from seed and basil, oregano and mint for fun but truly hope at least some of these actually grow. This is such great info, thank you!

[ronpeterson]

Mesa, Arizona, wow. I was born and raised there. Never could get things to grow. After 59 years I've moved to North Carolina. Now I grow everything. But you have good advice.

[tsalagianisahoni]

Nice video. Thanks. For those who can't put in drip irrigation, there are ollas, indigenous clay pots for drip irrigation in Phoenix. Am using large gallon plastic cartons instead with a few holes in lower sides planted in the raised beds. Fill them with water and they slowly drip out water.

[kimberlybarton]

I bought one of your calendars and LOVE IT. So helpful. Thank you for the awesome videos!

[lindag]

Awesome advice! I'm still a relative newbie here in the Phoenix area, and I love the calendar I bought from you.
I have started with "portable" raised beds on legs so they could be moved if necessary. My gardener added drip outlets to the beds. But I have the tools now to add more if needed.
I've learned the hard way about soil and timing. Shade too.
Thanks so much!

[DavidNoach]

I’m 9b in Florida. A lot wetter but still your advice works here as well. Thank you

[HeadstrongGirl]

We fill the bottom 1/3 of our raised beds every spring with leaf mulch off the flower beds. When it's time to work the soil, we add in the new mulch and turn everything well, bringing the older soil/leaf mixture to the surface and burying the fresher leaves near the bottom. We always amend with some compost and fresh soil too, but honestly, we don't need to add much and leaves are way cheaper than filling the whole thing with soil. We have good harvests every year.

[donnacochran]

Oh my goodness!! How I wish there was someone with such valuable resources here in northeast Georgia. Due to elevation our county is 6a-8a. It's hard to know when to plant. Thank you Angela for your videos. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ARIZONA!! SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STATE!!

[WR_CTorch]

You know, when looking for love in the past, I always sought out a gal with her own fishing boat. I believe I’ll be adding a new addendum to this criteria. She must also have a awesome garden with raised beds. 🤣😜😇

[animtorfiddler]

Just 3 minutes into the video and I am wishing I had seen this decades past.
I will recommend your wisdom to friends and strangers! New Subscriber.
I have done gardening four different periods over 4 decades, each time for 2 or 3 seasons.
Lot of luck, but until the internet matured, ready access to information has been tricky.
I have learned lots from books, but books on gardening have not been as helpful as those on many other subjects.
*_Grey's Anatomy_* has been a useful book to medical students for generations, for good reasons. Excellent illustrations!
Some subjects need Visual information along with the words.

[bgerros]

Great information! I inherited my 2 garden boxes from the previous owner. They had just filled them with ground cover type plants. I pulled them out and have now had several seasons growing a variety of vegatables. However, the size and amount of fruit that comes from my plants is pretty small. I'm thinking your point about the soil is part of it. I have about 6 inches of decent garden soil and then below that is just standard desert dirt and clay. I have started doing in-garden composting. I dig deep into the dirt and dump my gallon jug of composting materials in, then cover it back up. I am hoping this leads to larger vegetables and more abundant harvests.

[Gracie]

Thank you so much!! I’m in Sacramento CA 9b also. I just found your site I’m thrilled!!

[joshuathompson]

I living in San tan/ florence area, you’ve inspired me to start a garden this week!!

[thisoneT]

Thank you for putting out great gardening information! I've learned so much from your channel! I'm in zone 10b, so I watch a lot of southern gardeners for what to plant and when 👍🏽

[stephanieray]

I honestly didn't think that I would learn anything new but boy was I wrong! Thanks so much for the good advice!

[mandiesplace]

This year has taught me how much the frost date can change! I live in AZ too, zone 8b and we usually have our last frost mid February…. And there is snow covering my beds today March 3rd 😢 no fun! All my little starts are looking so sad!

[Chemistry]

I have one bed which I made every single one of these mistakes with 😂. I named it my “bed of disappointment.” It’s for the iitoi onions now.

[sherylwhited]

Just ordered a watering grid based on your recommendation - my beds have rounded corners so it’s great that they have cornerless options. Great video - thank you!

[BluebonnetU]

Made a lot of mistakes as a beginner and your video explains vey well about those. Thank you!

[smhollanshead]

The five mistakes: Failure to have an overall garden plan; not planning on how to water the garden beds; failing to fill the entire bed with soil; don’t skimp on soil quality; and don’t get the plant timing wrong.