How to Prepare Raised Beds for Growing Vegetables

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Today you will learn how you can improve your soil in the Autumn for growing nutritious vegetables in Spring. Watch the whole video to get every bit of detail you need to grow amazing vegetables. This method will improve the soil, stop weeds from growing and keep it warmer so you can start planting a couple of weeks early. Check out how is worked:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNG4bG_vtMg Thanks for watching and please subscribe so you can stay up to date with what to do in the garden, tips, advice and how to's including delicious recipes. You can subscribe here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=HuwsNursery Also find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuwsGardenNursery See us on Blogger http://organichomegrown.blogspot.co.uk/

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I am sure that you will find good way to make it on woodprix Webpage.

Nice movie. However you can make it yourself. Just google woodprix and learn how to do it easily.

how soon can I plant, after doing this?

I'm not looking at beds , I'm looking at his butt

I was going to say Newspaper but you beat me too it :p, thanks for the video!

hey man, you should check out the back to eden film

very informative thank you

Seems like the black plastic would keep moisture out, making it less inviting to worms. I know it would minimize moisture loss, too, so maybe that's enough to keep it moist enough for worms? I think I'm just gonna use a thick layer of barks or wood chips. Won't keep it as warm, but will allow rain and snow melt to seep in.

thanks for the tip

Also can you use a green mulch over the top instead of black plastic ?

Hi great video. I read somewhere that you shouldn't walk on raised beds as it disturbs the micro organisms? If my beds were narrower would that help me not walking on them. Thanks again

a fine video! Thank you for sharing!

It's spring here in New Jersey, but now I knwo what I'm doing this fall.

But be careful with weeds that already have seeds. If you throw them on the compost their seeds will come back to your garden, too. That's also part of the cycle. Greetings from Germany :)

I saw the video on the border plants. It was great, but wondered what experience you have with honey bees. I am in the preliminary stages of planning a large vegetable& fruit garden. Your videos have provided clear and useful information and are for me top notch entertainment. Thank you and keep them coming. Maybe when I begin you can do a video at my garden :-)

Thanks for the reply Huw. I had contemplated these high pitched sound emitters but wondered if it would scare other wildlife away too.
The other question I had was, do you keep honey bees to help you pollinate your plants or do you plant your borders with plants that attract the local insect population?

HNY Huw. Been a subscriber for a while & enjoy the videos. I am planning my own garden but have moles in my soil. How can I prepare a raised bed that is mole proof as I don't want to exterminate the moles?looking forward to any information you can share.
Keep the videos coming ;-)

Hello Hew. Nice uncomplicated video, easily understood and well presented. I find the best compost is always at the bottom of the pile and the best soil is the soil that the compost sit's on. So what I do, I layer my green grass and chopped brown leaves on top of my empty vegetable beds covered with a tarp. It's only a few inches deep so removing the tarp and turning the mix is easy the worms and the bacteria do the rest. I also like to use seaweed in the mix. There are no prizes for how many different different things you add, keep it simple and don't get too hung up on ratios. See my vids.

And when the plastic is lifted in the Spring, I bet there is nice, warm, rich soil for the planting. Brilliant, thank you!

Thanks Huw, we've just started to build our first raised beds and were hoping to plant something, but all our searches advise a short time away for winter preparations !!