New Vegetable Garden: How To Get Started

im new to gardening and im anoyed that you spoke about being cost effective with compost whilst you are spending money on raised beds that need replaced every few years and money on soil from a bag that isnt renewable in its nutrients and is sold by some random company you know nothing about and know nothing about how they made that compost. when gods green earth that has formed a natural cycle of unlimited billions of years old, time tested nutrient delivery system called mother nature. why not just plant directly in your soil. it has more nutrients, it is directly connceted to mother natures network of inects and boilogy and its where plants thrive. raised beds only make sense when you want a garden that has concrete slabs for the most part. but you can also just remove your slabs and put lawn back down and plug your plants back right into the earth. the earth will grow your plants way way way bigger and healtheir than any fake soil that man has tried to engineer. i grow my plants directly into my garden soil. my mums partner gave me some herbs he had in raised beds he no longer wanted. i put them directly into mother natures network and guess what they are now 3x the size. they are coming on 2foot tall. my strawberries are also towering in height now after throwing a few seeds onto the soil and leaving nature to do the rest. pots are good for sewing seeds so you can easily manage the weeds that grow around them but then i just put everything into the ground it grows much better. dont worry about pests they find there way up into those beds anyway it makes no difference. pests are a lottery that we all deal with and just find natural ways to defeat them.

and if your deal is you want a visible barrier between your crops so you know whats what, then just put a log or a peice of wood directly into the garden soil. or a little tiny fence, or anything at all just get creative with it. thats just all for aestetics. its not that important really. what you should be focused on is the yeild primarily.

also i havent had to do barely any weeding either in my soil. once my plants were established in that area they took over the weeds. theres only a few it takes a few minutes to deal with and thats it. i dont get the waste people spend on raised beds honestly. i dont even think they look nice. looks too organised and manufactured.
and your poor roots have nowhere to go. they hit the bottom of that bed so quickly then get stunted growth. let the roots be free into the ground with unlimited depth.

I don't add sticks and twigs to any raised bed that isn't at least a foot or more deep... especially if it already has cardboard in the bottom. Unless you are planting nothing but lettuces in it, it needs a good foothold of compost and soil to grow into. Maybe it's different for your climate across the pond. But in the Southern US, it's hot and humid here and plants struggle drying out too fast in shallow beds or drown in monsoon rain season.

Brilliant video, thanks for your help. Peace and love

I’ve become a true addict of your channel. I’m new to this hobby as I used to always be arty but I lost my eyesight, got diagnosed as severely sighted (blind) and so needed to find a hobby that felt wholesome but was more tactile.

My garden may not be as neat due to not being able to see but I thoroughly love it!!

I cosy up on the sofa with full windowsills and a brew to tune in - so thank you for making life feel amazing again ❤

I love this ❤

Plant a garden, help heal the Earth!

This was very helpful thank you!

Guys..... First time gardener here. Can I use pallets to make beds? Not the blue ones as I know they have been treated, but the general wood pallets?

What if rats just run along the salad beds and urinate etc?

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well all be doing this soon...thanks for making this. hopefully you have vids to know how to protect from mites and parasites that kill plants as well. japanese beetles etc...thats the other half of the battle here. making sure you get to eat the food before everything else does.

How often do you need to water them?

You are delightful. Love your videos and Rosie ❤really wants to get stuck in

What about termites in the untreated wood?

Fabulous, you are an inspiration. Can you tell me where get your pallet collars from?

This was incredibly insightful. Thank you!

Why use card board boxes they also have nasty chemicals.

what if the soil is red clay? I believe red clay is no good to plant in so should i dig in? help!😭

Melcourt compost is beautiful ❤

Thank you so much for all the information. I just subscribed to your YouTube channel 😊. Sadly I have deer who always eat my roses and plants.

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Thank you so very much happy and informative.
At 63 i sm finally going for derp beds and no dig.
Unfortunately i cant use wood in my garden, i tried, it rotted in 2 years. My water tsble is very high, about 20cm down in the winter here (Jan-March).
Then i discovered that my Uk friendd were drinking bottled water, min of 8, 10 litre, bottles pcm. So i have made my deep bed edges with those. Fill with rain water during the winter position, half empty for garden watering in Summer, refill again as rain water becomes available.
I now have 7 1.5 by 5m beds.
Not completely ideal as plastic, but doesn't rot, retains soil and allows strategic use of my compost.

Love this! Also what is planted in the big pots around your trampoline? I love the idea of the tall plants as privacy wall.

I have a very large in ground garden bought a 4 cycle tiller a few years ago

I've should of done this year's ago in my garden. I can't wait to do this. I don't mind gardening. I do believe gardening can reduce stress. You live and learn at a age

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Another really useful video thank you. Just got a rented property out of the town (very rural) and there's a bed, about 10x6 feet. Full of weed. Going to de-weed best I can then get rid of the top layer of soil and weeds, then add cardboard and soil on top. I've watched your other video about cardboard etc which was also useful.

What do I put on top after the card? I want to grow veg (carrots, peas etc) just compost? Or soil? Or both. And how do I avoid adding soil that will have weeds in it? Buy a good quality one?

thank you wallace

Awesome channel, I do wonder if it's possible to grow calaloo amaranth greens in our climate?

when do you start end of march

Great video thanks 😊

Not sure if you'll see a comment on a 3-year-old video, but this morning my 5-year-old and I were playing and I put this video on the TV for fun. He immediately says "oh let's play garden, like he's doing!" So there we were, with a piece of brown kraft paper as our garden and planting our colorful block "plants" with our little toy people. Thanks for sharing your love of gardening, it has changed my life and it's already making an impression on a small, future gardener!

Thank you so much for your very helpful and informative video. How encouraging and inspirational you are. I hope to get into my garden planting this year. I hope as well to grow my garden as you have in a raised bed form. my previous gardening was a bit small. but it was a start. Thank you for all you shared so i can get started and get planting.

I used to garden with my grandmother when I was a kid but haven't been able to do it as an adult. I've finally carved out time now that I have a yard to do a garden so this will be my 3rd year as a beginner gardener, each year more and more I learn about the garden and how I want to be laid out. This year I plan on the layout being a lot larger (around 100 ft by 50 ft) and set up with pathways and different sections. I want to make sure that I learn as much as I can as I'm doing this so I started to follow your page and the series to set me up for success! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

You inspired me! I’m now the proud owner of four raised beds (pallet collars - what a revelation!) It makes me feel so organised, I love it. Now I’m busy planning what to plant, next job is to zap the greenhouse and get sowing. Thanks for your enthusiasm, it’s contagious.

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Love the aerial view. Thanks for that.

Ben pls do a video on how to prune cherry trees and apple and pear and what time of yr you prune I haven’t go a clue pls

Ben watching this again 3yrs later from the first time I watched this I have a lot of raised beds and a 4.5mx3.0m Polly tunnel I build two yrs ago but the storms last yr destroyed it but I was a Welder buy trade and I made a new frame from Steel tube and I have had a lot for cucumbers and lot of different types of tomatoes as wall and lettuce Ian’s fruit trees I got from b+m in the uk two yrs ago two trees for £12 I got two apples two pears and red berry and black berry and a 🍒 tree

I started my first garden in a very shaded spot.

As demoralising as it was, it taught me to value my successes when they came!

Can you share a pruning &care on each vegetable . Hi from Australia

Thanks for another great video

will you inbox me I have a question.

Perfect guide! Can I grow these in pots?