Best Amazon Raised Garden Bed 🌿 #RaisedGardenBeds #gardening

🌻 Can an AMAZON Raised Garden Bed made by Anleolife be as good as it claims? We'll answer that question as we set up, review, fill this raised garden bed. As an added bonus, I'm going to show you how to save TONS of money 🤑when you fill your beds using a modified hugelkultur method.

🔨 Step 1: Constructing the Beds - Discover the convenience of the Anleolife galvanized raised beds, saving you time and effort with their easy setup. [OOPS! Metal is .8mm thick...sorry about that missing decimal! 🙄]

🌱 Step 2: Preparing the Site - Learn the importance of leveling the ground, orienting your beds for optimal sun exposure, and using weed fabric for weed control.

🌿 Step 3: Creating the Soil Mix - See how we craft a nutrient-rich blend using repurposed potting soil, mushroom compost, and sand for added drainage.Filling the Beds - Explore our modified hugelkultur method, utilizing rotting wood for enhanced soil fertility and water retention, perfect for dry climates.

🌱 Step 4: Filling the Beds - Explore our modified hugelkultur method, utilizing rotting wood for enhanced soil fertility and water retention, perfect for dry climates.

💧 Step 5: Adding the Soil Mix - Watch as we layer our custom soil blend on top of the wood, getting our beds ready for planting in no time.

Join me on this journey to create affordable, sustainable raised garden beds that will yield delicious harvests for seasons to come! Don't forget to subscribe to Growing with Glenna for more tips, tricks, and adventures in growing your own food! 🌱✨

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#Gardening #DIY #SustainableLiving #RaisedGardenBeds #GrowingWithGlenna 🌿

Thanks Pixabay for the awesome music!

[alisonstrand]

Glenna, you are a ray of sunshine and your videos are excellent! Very informative and helpful. Thank you!! Great idea re the rotting logs to help fill. My thot was it was going to be pricey to fill that big boy container but you took that into consideration. I appreciate that!

[Mityob]

Cardboard over weed fabric because it invites earthworms, never has to be removed, and does the same job as the fabric for less money (free if you look around).

[jimginnyohio]

I ordered three of the 12-foot beds and eight of the 8-foot beds. The 12 foot beds are great since they included the cross-braces, tying the sides together. However, the 8-foot beds are terrible! They looked fine when I first filled them up, but as the soil began settling over the next few weeks, they beds began bulging outwards along the center seam and mushrooming outwards along the bottom middle section.
I contacted the company and they sent out cross-braces to be installed. That was a lot of extra work, since the beds were already full of soil. I had to dig out along the middle and each side to get those installed. Now, with the bracing installed, the beds are pulled inward along the middle, giving it an hour-glass shape. Not sure if the braces they sent were too short or this was due to the soil already in place along the outer, curved areas. In any case, they look terrible...and they haven't even been planted for the first season yet!
I would definitely avoid the 8-foot beds!

[peoniesandlilacs]

The design of their beds need to be like vego garden beds. 4 corner panels, 4 long panels and 4 short panels. The shorter panels are always best behind each corner panel and behind the long panels on left and right sides both. Best to use nuts and bolts with washers. The bed you used the company needs to redesign their product. Love their thicker metal and shiney paint with corners that do not cut your fingers. Maybe they will improve their panel design and use nuts but not wingnuts.

[lv]

Nice vid. I'm planning on getting 8 of these but am concerned about support for the middle. Have you noticed any bowing out of the beds?

[sangueguerriero]

Would this be good for making compost ?