This was fun. Love the yarn !! Is that west yorkshire spinners ?? I used to carry that in my shop : )

Ik geloof dat uien en wortels geen goede combinatie is. Beter bloemen er tussen succes, Marjolein

oh trippy

Where are your videos on the house?

nice job

bidden is much better product to use for razed beds

I didn't know that you changed your channel's name and create a new one.

Dig out the foundation under the logs

I kept wanting to tap you on the shoulder and point out that you put one of the beds under a tree canopy (assuming that tree is alive and just not leafed-out yet). I made that mistake putting a bed too close to a lemon tree and the bed gets too much shade. Hardware cloth worked great though in stopping gophers.

I saw an idea on pinterest where they used a muffin tin to press into the raised bed for perfectly placed transplants, and I thought of you.

I’m glad I found your new channel, too bad you didn’t let us know you were moving. I enjoy your content & watching you both. Thanks for still putting out videos!

Looking great and glad you have the wood for the project.
I like the stakes and gives you more opportunities in changing up and rotating plants in the future.
Big fan of raised beds with health issues keeps me gardening

You could use brown cardboard for the sides, you can get them from the blue recicle bins.

I like the look seems worth the effort. Being lazy I would have dug a trench stood them all up and cut off at desired height because short pieces go together easier without the gap. Good call on the plastic it is everywhere these days and lasts far too long.

💕They look fantastic wonky bits as well💕

Nice video, I saw them cut the plastic with a soldering iron. No fibers are then released. I prefer to use natural materials myself.

Hey use old newspapers for lining. I used it successfully on a slope, 5-6 pages and at least. 10 cm overlapping. Wet then fist and soil after. It lasted me 5-6 years in Sweden. Surprisingly sturdy and no weeds.

Put oranges on the post

But you did a nice work guys

Used cardboard so grass will not grow before you put your compost

You two are funny, trying to make nature perfect, that's the beauty of nature, all it's imperfections, your garden will be lovely, because the plants in it will be perfect.

Cardboard from boxes? Instead of buying burlap (hessian) or plastic.

Those beds are fantastic and beautiful. It's always heartening to see people repurpose material that otherwise would just be burned or thrown away. Everything is looking really nice.

Not level ground is good, drainage and runoff are important considerations in a garden. Best regards!

@14:30/You dont have a chainsaw yet? Incredible!

Great up-cycling for the logs! It is a nice way of bringing new live to such a misfortunate episode from the recent portuguese history.

About the voles, I believe it will work. We have some 16 raised beds (all similar in shape: 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, 80 centimeters heigh, so much more dull that the ones you built) and our first try without bottom protection was a dramatic (for us of course because it was like a summer resort for the voles….). One thing though, the small mice (field mice?) can climb the outer wall of the beds, so do not be very surprised if you find on inside one of these days. But the small mice do not cause that much damage as the voles.
Our trick to get rid of those pests, and also the slugs that climb all the way from the grass into the beds, was to build a sort of parapet all around the beds and glue to the underside of it a copper band. With this extra barrier the slugs do not pass, because the copper develops a sort of allergic reaction with their slime and they just back off into the grass again, and the mice just cannot get their claws into the wood and fall down into the grass due to the slippery surface.

Just as a side note, for the voles the only kind of trap we found to work is the "Supercat" mouse trap (originating from Switzerland, but easy to find on Amazon).

As someone already commented previously, a nice addition would be an irrigation system, to cover for the dry periods. We have one of those "foam-like" hoses that lay buried some 5 centimeters from the top. It works great, and two nice side effects are that 1. the plants develop their roots towards the bottom of the bed motivated for searching the water and, 2. the evaporation is almost non-existing. We have it connected to a Gardena controller that we can activate at distance via a Philips Hue "Smart Plug", so when we are a week off on holidays we just monitor the rainfall via the Netatmo weather station (same as you have) and water out the plants. I just love the geek side of gardening 🙂

Keep on the great work and the motivation to experiment, instead of giving hears to the one we in Portugal call "Velho do Restelo" (if you do not now it, just Google and you will see what I mean).

Could build with vertical posts. The concept of leveled is slightly different.
Could also use rope to fill the gaps between the wood. It is smaller but covers the essential. Juta was a nice option.

Scene-stealing kitty in hunting panther mode on the background @ 7:33 😻 – swoon!

You can use burlap for the inside of the beds

We used a roll of dpc on our beds

No straight lines in nature! Just go for it, foliage will cover it anyway.

You could always yarn bomb the tops of the posts to make them prettier

I love your orange trees, I wish I had them on my property.

Another 👍great video!

Looks good. Could you replace the coffee bags that were on the wall with the plastic? That way the plastic is still being used and not wasted. Not sure what your plans are for material use inside will be.

Hope the mesh works for the voles I had some in our garden last year. Will the go over the top and burrow?

The raised beds look great. You guys really need a chain saw.

I really like your rustic raised beds. I haven't started with mine yet but I think I might try this style. Also I really like your specs Kylie. Can I be cheeky and ask what brand they are? Gosh, I just have… lol! 😮

Can,t you put clay in between the logs?

Lovely work guys!

Hi guys, I cut the black fabric with a hot soldering iron as it seals the edges.great job.

Hi Both. I got a great giggle out of watching you attempt to get straight and level lines with natural materials. My advice there is embrace the wonky, and also leave the posts long as you build the frame shape, then trim once in place with a chainsaw, a bit like laying a deck. Re the voles and moles. I am pretty sure they can not dig through stone and heavy gravel. so I would create deeper frames and fill the bottom with the rubble you have about the place. 6 – 8 inches should be enough. The wire you have will break down over time and eventually they will get through, and you have the rubble already from your house build so its a cheaper option. I hope that helps. D

Great job! They look good. About those nasty voles….we've had massive trouble with them here too. They eat my beets and potatoes and yes, the roots of other plants too. But I found a product that seems to help keep them at bay for a time…it's called 'Molemax'. It's a grandular product with castor oil in it which they very much dislike. Both moles and voles stay clear of it. You have to reapply every 2 or 3 months. Maybe you might be able to find this. But anyway you guys have a wonderful week ahead! Oh and I love the yarn!

So cute with Coconut talking to you, I guess it was her and "hey, you're not our cat" ;-)) Interesting to hear that it gets so cold at night, because I'm keeping my citrus tree-lets inside as I thought they couldn't really handle cooler temps, but as yours are thriving I guess I'll move mine outside.