Ingenious Raised Bed Pallet Garden & Growing Over Concrete at Urban Adamah Organic Farm
John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to Urban Adamah, a Farm in the middle of a big city – Berkeley, California. In this episode, you will learn how Urban Adamah grows food over concrete by using a variety of methods. You will discover how they use a standard shipping pallet to make a raised garden bed that can be moved with a forklift when their lease on the land is up.
25 Responses to Ingenious Raised Bed Pallet Garden & Growing Over Concrete at Urban Adamah Organic Farm
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Vertical farms are getting all kinds of funding.You should look into Dr.Dickson Despommier’s projects who is at Columbia university.
Will produce much more produce with very little water used.
eretzsus
December 3, 2011 at 10:19 am
Adamah is earth in hebrew (earth as in dirt).
jambalulu
December 3, 2011 at 11:11 am
@growingyourgreens Oh awesome! You might double your viewers after you start using HD, Some people only search HD videos. Can’t wait to see your garden in HD. Did i mention HD enough?? HDHDHDHD 😀
ChrisGrowingOrganic
December 3, 2011 at 11:33 am
I had a permanent organic raised bed garden at my last home, but we had to sell and move. Now I’m in a rental and didn’t really want to grow in containers all that much. This is a perfect idea! I love it! Thanks so much for this video and showing all the different ways they’ve made growing portable and yet roomy enough to feel like you have a substantial plot!
jsorensens2
December 3, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Great video John, nobody can brush wood chips off of concrete like you!
rskurow
December 3, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Thanks for the offer. I finally did get a HD camera, but have not started using it yet.. Thats another story.. Thought i was buying a NEW HD kodak camera, and they sent me a Refurb.. so I had to handle that situation. Hopefully I will get that up and running soon.
growingyourgreens
December 3, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Great vid & awesome place…very ingenious.
powrxplor69
December 3, 2011 at 1:11 pm
You’re the best John, always a positive guide not trying to change people that would want to garden anyway, but you convinced me, thank you very much from Canada!
ferrisbueller9000
December 3, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Home Depot or Lowes.. or other Hardware Store.. Looked it up and I guess it can get expensive.. Maybe try a feed store/farm supply store? They do also have the plastic hardware cloth, much less expensive, if you wanted to go that route for certain projects..
growingyourgreens
December 3, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Also, if you’re lining it with burlap anyways, couldn’t you use a less expensive wire mesh, say chicken wire? You might get some bulging out of the holes, but I can’t see why that would be a problem. It also might require a little extra wood bracing to be as stable.
m081779
December 3, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Joh, I heard you say that the harware cloth is really cheap. Where do you buy it??? The only place I have ever seen it was the big box stores, and they charge an arm and a leg for it? I can think of a million things I could use it for, if only it was cost effective?
m081779
December 3, 2011 at 1:55 pm
John, what is your opinion of hugelkultur? I was wondering how well it would work if you just stacked a couple of pallets on top of each other with a few of the slats removed, filled in all the crevices with dirt and grew in it? I feel like it would increase the water retention capabilities while the wood as it breaks down would aerate and add nutrients to the soil. Even the nails would add iron! This would keep from having to buy anything. What’s your opinion?
m081779
December 3, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Wonderful!
adam4bomb
December 3, 2011 at 3:19 pm
one of your better videos, John! Keep it up!
rag4k
December 3, 2011 at 3:29 pm
John – even though the pallets are ostensibly free, when one adds the material cost of lining the bottom and sides of the pallets with 1/2 ” hardware cloth (it’s incredibly expensive; I know this from my chicken coop construction) and burlap which degrades over time, urban growers would be many, many dollars ahead just to construct their growing beds out of cedar boards or any other other type of wood.
MyMaxmorgan
December 3, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Great vid john, gives me a lot of ideas
curandero2012
December 3, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Great episode John, keep up the good work.
36Alxmr
December 3, 2011 at 5:18 pm
John if i were to start a fund raiser on getting you a Flip HD Ultra, would you use it? The HD quality would make your “already awesome videos” even better! Plus i would throw in the macro lens and you could do super close ups on plants!
ChrisGrowingOrganic
December 3, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I love the parts about the wild edibles. I always wanna learn more about what i can eat that is just growing on the ground in the back yard. Ive transplanted a few mallow plants that were in my back yard into some rock dust and compost also some dandelion plants. Now I can get some of that plantain and put in some pots. Thanks John!
ChrisGrowingOrganic
December 3, 2011 at 6:06 pm
awesome video John
phosio
December 3, 2011 at 6:18 pm
great video john
SteveHarpster
December 3, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Great job, John, showing creative ideas!
StephieMcCarthy
December 3, 2011 at 6:35 pm
great episode 🙂
blackboy424
December 3, 2011 at 6:54 pm
I really like the various field trips you take. This one especially.
buddyhump
December 3, 2011 at 7:07 pm
I really like the various field trips you take. This one especiall
buddyhump
December 3, 2011 at 7:38 pm