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How to Make Terraced Raised Beds for Vegetable Gardening – E.1



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Raised beds are a good bet for vegetable gardening at your cottage, camp homestead or even your house in the city. Here we figure out how to make terraced raised beds to create cascading garden planters. Our plan is to plant a ‘three sisters’ garden – which consists of corn, beans and squash, along with other vegetables too. The best place to do this on our property is on a steep hill because the spot gets a lot of sun. Building a terraced garden is also a great way to make use of a steep hill that may be otherwise unused, and it leaves flatter spaces on your property for other projects and activities.

Stick around and watch the garden come together in the following videos. There will be an additional two terraces to come, as well as other work in and around the gardens to make them easier to access and more efficient to maintain. Before we plant, we’ll also be filling these with topsoil, manure and mixing in our natural, sandy glacial till to create rich soil. We’re not experts at this and are learning as we go to an extent. We’re finding that the more we learn, the more interested we become in it all. I don’t want to count my chickens before they hatch, but if all goes well, we should have a surplus of food and I’m looking forward to preserving and storing some of it so that I can venture off onto some of my longer canoe trips carrying with me only the food that I’ve grown and harvested myself. So, if all goes well, after the fall harvest we will be drying and canning much of what we yield.

On a bit of a side note, I think farming is one of the most under-discussed things when it comes to the bushcraft, survival and wilderness living world. It seems to be more thought of as a homesteading thing which indeed it is, in addition to a practical hobby in the city and country alike. But if you’re ever going to truly make a steak at surviving long term in the wilderness, growing your own food in climates where it’s possible is something that could really make a difference in your health and long term survival. In fact, most indigenous people of the northeast and beyond relied on plant agriculture for a large portion of their sustenance. In some environs, hunting and gathering can be less work than farming, however, it is less of a guarantee and more challenging to sustain larger populations.

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44 Comments

  2. Kekoa Mauna Kea

    Great job Kimo (aka Jimmy in Maoli) Tori ripped that saw like a pro…Little man looks happy as hell!!! ML&Aloha y’all, Kekoa&Ohana 🌺🤙🏽🌺🌊🚣🏻💨💨

  4. Jim Baird - Adventurer

    Thanks a lot for watching! Please subscribe to my channel and stay tuned to see this garden come together. My next vid is a whitewater decent of the river I live on.

  5. Joseph maschari

    Nice start to your garden. I'm glad I don't have my plants in yet, they are calling for frost here in northern Ohio tonight.

  7. Timelapse Adventure

    Very entertaining , interesting! we enjoyed from the start till end. Keep posting good content Jim. We can't wait for the EP 2.

    It's time, it's adventure.

  9. Kimberly Shalaby

    I'm late with gardening this year. A man is suppose to help me make a few raised beds, this would have been great had the other one showed up to mow the yard. Co-ordination's off. I love your wife! You've got a cute 'lil fella watching you too. He'll sure have room to run & that won't be to far off in the future. Thank you for sharing Baird family! Happy Mothers' Day Mrs. Baird!

  12. Gerold Knoebel

    That's right, fresh vegetables are a beautiful thing.

    I built some big planter boxes because the garden isn't as big as yours in Canada. It works. The beans and cucumbers have already sprouted and I hope there is a good duck.

    Greetings from Frankfurt

  14. Eric Gelsinger

    I know this isn't necessarily the content you'd thought you'd be putting out there, and, sure, from this side, I'd love to see another canoe or backcountry trip, but . . . surprisingly fun to watch! Oddly looking forward to Episode 2!

  15. Gary Lee

    At least you have decent soil for growing, where I live calichee is prevalent and sulphur, sand and/or compost needs to be added then tilled well then lightly packed. My grandfather would get brake drum cuttings/shavings ans throw in the mix then he planted peanuts the first year to add nitrogen. After that he planted grass in some areas and gardening elsewhere.

    As for burnt food my wife can scald Kool Aid, she once made me atop sirloin that couldn't be cut, I picked it up an it was rigid as a piece of pipe I offered it to my German Shepard and he smelt of and gave me a look, turned around walked off and never looked back, true story. The family has a saying if my wife offers to cook for you, you have passed her off and she's going to get you back so don't ever accept her invitation.

  17. rialobran

    A rolling stone gathers no moss….have you seen Kieth Richards lately…?
    As a horticulturalist I shall be watching this closely, great job on the first tier.
    Once finished a compost bin would be an idea for all those autumn leaves…sorry making work for you now, get out and paddle! 🙂

  19. sue zaple

    WOW the little dude is getting bigger and cuter each time we see him, those garden beds are awesome , nice to see you both working hard on them, and what a pay off it will be. freash veggies from the garden always tast the best. looking forward to part two

  20. G. S.

    It's nice to see you working together and your little darling supervising your work. Your garden bed looks really good. I think a few more beds and you can plant most of your vegetables by yourself. Maybe it's better if you take over the grilling and Tori can relax a little. Nobody can do everything💫☘️🥬

  22. Eric Lock

    I’d rather have chicken a little crispy than undercooked.

    But that was even a little much for me…lol

  23. Sean Brennan

    I have become accustom to burnt food ,I think it makes my hair curlier .Never seen a piece of chicken on fire before.I been growing my own vegetables for the last two years ,so much nicer and not got short with this Apocalypse :/ .I do grow my herbs mixed in with flowers in planters .As herbs so easy to grow ,but rather expensive to buy fresh. 🙂

  28. Mary Witt

    Hope you guys get into composting so you have good soil to add to your gardens. I use an old raised bed to put my compost in one end so I can dig soil from the middle or other end. Good luck with your gardens.

  29. janey rekats

    Just love 💘 you guys. Like chalk and cheese!! Perfect…..You do need to listen tho .. the wife is the ruler of her garden!! X

  30. Paul Richards

    Just happen to be starting one of these on a slope here in the Virginia Mountains. The only area I have that gets decent sun is on a slope. Thanks for giving me a good visualization of what I will be working on this fall.

  32. Sophia Low

    Splendidly to see Stodoys have new plans which helped me save some money and energy for this construction.

  35. april worley

    loving having a female showing up for women out there! you go girl. we want equal rights and thats what it should be we do anything the men can even if we are weak we can think of a way to get things done. defiantly gonna watch more whoop whoop

  40. Rosemount Farms

    Willingness to learn and try a new skill is refreshing! Farming is hard work, but so rewarding during your lifetime. That first fresh vegetable tastes so good. Thank you for this video. We are cheering you both on to success. Even if you don’t get a huge yields there are no failures if you are willing to try and experience it. Way to go Torie and Jim

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