Urban Gardening: How to Build a Raised bed and Hoop House

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This video is a highrez combination of two older lorez videos. Here Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, builds a raised bed garden for square foot gardening and assembles a simple hoop house for it. The Perfect system for a city organic garden. Read the companion article here: www.gardengirltv.com Visit: www.gardengirltv.com and http Subscribe to Urban Sustainable Living Magazine : visitor.constantcontact.com

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25 Responses to Urban Gardening: How to Build a Raised bed and Hoop House

  1. Patti, todo lo que haces, además de mucho esfuerzo, tiene mucha belleza ! <3

    rotuloyou
    November 5, 2011 at 4:29 am
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  2. It would take a WOMAN to make things look interesting and quite informative! thanks!

    linmira
    November 5, 2011 at 4:46 am
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  3. Urban gardens are awesome. Thank you for this helpful information.

    GNYBerlin
    November 5, 2011 at 5:18 am
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  4. why,do you need livestock? and do you put 3 holes on both edges of every piece of wood, or just on edge of holes on each piece of wood?

    brietta42
    November 5, 2011 at 5:30 am
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  5. @fossilman2

    Next project, look for a Power Pro screws. They’ll self drill and self countersink in almost anything, including composite materials such as MDF and OSB. They are available in numerous sizes and with zinc exterior coatings. They are a Torx drive which IMO is the best marriage of no cam-out like a with a phillips screw and not having your bit try to lock into them like with a square drive screw. A bit pricey but they’re a quality product. A google search should net results.

    jcat5150
    November 5, 2011 at 6:12 am
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  6. Hi Garden Girl, watched some of your vids last year, got inspired and started my own urban garden here in western NC. Keep up the great work. Jimhikeswnc.

    jimhikeswnc
    November 5, 2011 at 6:23 am
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  7. wouldn’t redwood be better for rott then douglas ifr?

    blankthree
    November 5, 2011 at 6:40 am
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  8. This looks great! And looks like a lot of fun. The wires on the bottom sound like a good idea, for animals. But would the wires disrupt any of the root vegetables, such as carrots? Or maybe they wouldn’t go down that far, since you have a double layer of a box. 😀

    TheCarolynMusic
    November 5, 2011 at 7:18 am
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  9. i love your idea for making corresponding raised beds to fit the livestock houses. did you build the livestock houses yourself? if so, what are the measurements?

    kirstenandshyann
    November 5, 2011 at 7:22 am
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  10. PVC is a highly toxic contaminant for its entire life cycle. Manufacture through use on to removal. What other options are available for the hoops? (If you question the veracity of my claim about PVC, check out the documentary “Blue Vinyl.”)

    HisMountainRose
    November 5, 2011 at 8:10 am
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  11. PVC is a highly toxic contaminant for its entire life cycle. Manufacture through use on to removal. What other options are available for the hoops? (If you question the veracity of my claim about PVC, check out the documentary “Blue Vinyl.”)

    HisMountainRose
    November 5, 2011 at 9:01 am
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  12. @iscavengersam you can create proper drainage, create a gutter system under the gravel and have it run to pot plants.

    hiragabaka
    November 5, 2011 at 9:15 am
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  13. are the chickens in the cages all day or do you have a run for them as well?

    hiragabaka
    November 5, 2011 at 9:34 am
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  14. HAND TOO CLOSE TO SAW BLADE!

    opcn18
    November 5, 2011 at 10:24 am
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  15. you can find survival seeds and other supplies at mahaffeyiti (dot) com take out the (dot) and put .

    mahaffeyitidotcom
    November 5, 2011 at 10:52 am
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  16. Umm…you are using 2″ bolts, not 1 1/2″.

    wondervamp
    November 5, 2011 at 11:51 am
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  17. where do you get the soil to put into the raised beds? Just buying bagged soil would be pretty expensive if not prohibitively so.

    melonbarmonster
    November 5, 2011 at 12:47 pm
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  18. Thank you for the post! We were actually just talking about how to redo our garden. Keep up the good work :).

    ladynikon
    November 5, 2011 at 12:59 pm
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  19. Any thoughts on whether it is “better” to have the hoops attached to the inside of the beds panels, or the outside?

    pcharles67
    November 5, 2011 at 1:17 pm
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  20. is it possible to create a raised bed on a patio? Will there be proper drainage on a patio?

    iscavengersam
    November 5, 2011 at 1:48 pm
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  21. Nothing like a hot girl who can handle power tools and get her hands dirty. Awesome job.

    hcmatley31
    November 5, 2011 at 2:22 pm
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  22. Yes they extend your growing season they help protect against pests like cabbage worms birds etc. they can reduce how much water you use HTH

    Ender1zero1
    November 5, 2011 at 3:20 pm
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  23. is there a point to the hoops?

    saltycreefer
    November 5, 2011 at 4:15 pm
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  24. Very impressive, nicely done!
    I am adding chickens to our small farm and will be looking for any related video’s you have on it…
    Thanks for sharing this wonderful video with the world, I am going to Fav&Share! You ROCK!

    JimboJitsu
    November 5, 2011 at 4:44 pm
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  25. You are awesome 😉

    samljer
    November 5, 2011 at 5:21 pm
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