After Six Years of Minibed Gardening - An Update

After Six Years of Minibed Gardening - An Update

Herrick Kimball

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@jimmykimball2877
@jimmykimball2877 - 10.05.2023 22:02

😁

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@hadrianaugustus5712
@hadrianaugustus5712 - 10.05.2023 22:52

Well done! Keep the videos coming.

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@crystalshertenlieb6044
@crystalshertenlieb6044 - 10.05.2023 23:32

I absolutely love my mini bed garden. I'm starting year 4 and expanding again this year. This system works and made me love gardening again.

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@uptheplots
@uptheplots - 10.05.2023 23:43

Great update, good to see the minibed expanding. Is there a reason you use rye and not field peas or beans as a cover crop?

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@cynthiafisher9907
@cynthiafisher9907 - 11.05.2023 00:30

You could use gorilla tape to patch the smaller holes in the plastic. I have done that. It doesn’t last forever, but it lasts a year or two.
I think it would be helpful to mention that this system might not work without watering in a desert climate.

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@davidpatrick1813
@davidpatrick1813 - 11.05.2023 07:00

Any idea to keep birds out?

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@CBJ2007
@CBJ2007 - 11.05.2023 07:04

What is the overall length and width of your minibed garden?

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@richardpowers4200
@richardpowers4200 - 11.05.2023 16:37

Hi Herrick, love the vids! I wonder if the bed frames were yearly washed with sodium percarbonate (oxy clean) would increase the longevity?

Or maybe not since the direct contact with ground.

I will try when my systems going.

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@teebob21
@teebob21 - 11.05.2023 17:26

Herrick, thank you for this ongoing series. You have inspired me to replace half of my growing space with minibeds on plastic and I am also trying to recreate your 4-Day Carrot method. Weed control was killing my interest in gardening as I was spending every single summer day trying to keep up.

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@teebob21
@teebob21 - 11.05.2023 19:26

How many extra years do you think you could get out of these 2x4 pine frames if a gardener rubbed them with linseed oil before installation?

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@beckymeyer1818
@beckymeyer1818 - 12.05.2023 05:09

Love my minibeds, too - can't imagine gardening without them. My wood frames have not held up as well as yours but even in bad condition they work. Will be replacing many in the near future. Thanks for all the inspiration over the years!

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@readysetdone6272
@readysetdone6272 - 12.05.2023 05:27

This is my first year with mini bed gardening and so far I’m loving it! Thank you for all your mini bed videos, I’m growing things I’ve never Ben able to grow b4.

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@Randy_Smith
@Randy_Smith - 12.05.2023 15:24

I took your advice about planting a rye cover crop last fall here in Indiana (Zone 5) and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. I planted it in two separate 3x10 beds around the time of my first frost (mid to late October) and it was able to get established before the hard winter freeze set in. By early April it was over a foot tall when I terminated it. I cut the rye at the base and then used a sharp spade to scrap away the crown. The rye that I cut gave me more than enough material to use as mulch for both beds I've got snow peas growing in both beds. These beds were previously part of my lawn and the rye did a great job of conditioning the heavy clay soil and getting it prepped for crops.

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@elizabethjohnson475
@elizabethjohnson475 - 12.05.2023 19:02

I put my minibeds in a year after you did. I have reused billboard, black plastic, 11mL. Last year it started to show wear. I think I can stretch it out for a few more years, but I now have to be careful not to walk near those worn spots caused by the sun and our intense hot summers. I was ready to give up all gardening because of weeds, there were so many! Then you developed minibeds-on-plastic and I was able to garden again and not be overwhelmed!!!! You know your cat excluder? I have to use mine to stop squirrels from digging. A couple days ago they killed a small red bell pepper plant. Thanks for mentioning cultivating with the fork you sent me. I have never cultivated in my minibeds, but will do it now. I see you have garlic; me, too. Do you have to cut the tops back when the bulbs are getting bigger, as with onions? My onion sets were going to seed-heads just when the days are finally long enough for the bulbs to grow (I put the onions in back in the fall). I'm trying a new tip to thwart aphids. They are already in my cabbage blooms (for seed harvest). I heard to take large, yellow Solo plastic cups and cover in vaseline; that aphids think the yellow is a flower and get stuck in the gel. I will let you know later how this works. I make my garden grow more plants each year and do a lot of preserving. I'd like to expand, because this size couldn't possibly feed the 2 of us year 'round. And soon, that may well be the need according to our world that is now in a death spiral. I found that 2 foot walkways gives just the right room when I have to be on my knees working the beds. I've had no problem with my wood frames at all. Maybe yours were affected by frequent rain and humidity that we don't have. I've never flipped mine. I agree that potatoes are the very best in a row garden. Give us an update on your remodel and your "orchard". I keep you and yours in my prayers nearly daily, and wonder about Futureman. God bless from far north California

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@aperson1181
@aperson1181 - 21.05.2023 05:43

Do you have contact info for the Amish Green house ?

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@jeffmeyers3837
@jeffmeyers3837 - 23.05.2023 20:41

@Herrick Kimball Is the "bunker plastic" just a 6-mil silage tarp with white on the opposite side? In other videos you mentioned it was a recycled billboard sign. Just wondering what it is since it has lasted you 6 years which is impressive. Silage tarps claim to be UV stable for 18 months which isn't very long. Thanks.

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@johnndavis7647
@johnndavis7647 - 04.07.2023 15:13

Thanks for the garden videos.

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@johnndavis7647
@johnndavis7647 - 04.07.2023 15:37

Did you arrive at your row spacing based on garden cart wheel width?

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