https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/ad788531-a3d1-4ec9-9058-16f88edac753 How much does a raised bed garden cost and how much food will a garden grow? I break down the cost and value of a simple raised bed garden system. See the cost and value breakdown and join my membership below. ENCORE Spring Registration open till April 26th, 11:59pm EST I can teach you HOW to grow a garden inside DIY Abundance: http://bit.ly/DIYAbundance START UP COSTS: My Raised Bed $324 Logs (rotten or fresh) - Free Soil - 1 Raised bed of soil (8’x4’1) is $6.40 a foot. $202 Four tomato cages - $6 each, $12 Tools/Supplies - $40 Plants/Seeds - $78 TOTAL Cost - $656 Depreciate Beds, tools and soil and cages, it’s $57.80 per year Or spend $90 on compost, $5 on weed barrier, $10 on amendments we’re looking at $105! One planting based off of square foot gardening, average yields and whole foods pricing $391.44. In 10 years, you’ve put in $656 plus $78 in seeds every year (total of $1436) and you’ve gotten nearly $4,000 worth of produce. So for EVERY Dollar, you Spend you could get $2.73 in value. Spend $1,000 and get $2,730 LOCAL SOIL COSTSBAG: (70 lb) - $15.00 including tax BAG: (70 lb) SCREENED - $52.00 w/tax/pre-order/pre-pay SCOOP: (980 lb.) (BEST DEAL) - $155.00 including tax 1/2 SCOOP: (490 lbs) - $80 including tax 1 Raised bed of soil (8’x4’x1’) is 32 cubic feet At $6.40 a cubic foot that’s $202 27 cubic feet is 1 cubic yard 1,080 pounds is 1 cubic yard 40 pounds in one cubic foot. Need 1280 pounds 16 cents a pound $6.40 for one cubic foot (40 pounds) $202 of soil for one raise bed. Square Foot Garden Planting 4 squares of lettuce, 16 lettuces ($3 for a pack of four) ($12) 4 squares of 16 chards ($3 pack of seeds) ($12) 4 squares of tomatoes, 4 tomatoes ($3 for a pack) ($12) 4 squares of pepper, 4 peppers ($3 for one) ($12) 3 Square of broccoli, 3 broccoli ($3 for one) ($9) 3 square of cabbages, 3 cabbages at ($3 for seeds) 4 squares of squash, 4 squash ($3) ($12) 4 squares of cucumber, 2 cucumbers ($3) ($6) 2 squares of melon, 1 melon ($3) Total Plant/Seed costs: $78 Wholefoods Grocery store values: 1 bunch of swish card is $2.49, 16 chards ($39.84) 1 Lettuce head is $1.99 each, 16 lettuce ($32) Tomatoes are 2.99/pound (8 pounds per plant) ($95.68) Peppers are $3.99/pound (3.5 pounds per plant) ($55.86) Broccoli are $2.49/pound (2.5 pounds per plant) ($18.68) 1 Cabbage weighs 2 pounds at .99 per pound ($6) 1 Zucchini squash 10 pounds per plant. $2.49/pound ($99.60) 1 Cucumber $1.49, 10 per plant ($29.80) Melon $6.99 per melon (2 melons per plant) ($13.98) Total Value: $391.44 GARDENING SUPPLIES: Tomato cage $3 Lowes per cage Dewit Right-hand Cap Cod Weeder $43 Dewit weed barrier $62 Organic garden lime $8 for 7 pounds. Gypsum - $15 for 6 pounds Compost - 10 cubic feet, $9 afoot. Now that you see how valuable Gardening can be, it’s a no brainer from a financial perspective. You could save even more by forgoing the raised beds and planting directly in the ground! These are the numbers, but you’ll need some Guidance to help make this a success. I’ve thought thousands of people how to grow their own gardens and homesteads and I can teach you. Inside my DIY Abundance Member Area: http://bit.ly/DIYAbundanceMembership you’ll find step by step video instructions on how to build and maintain your garden. JOIN DIY Abundance, here and let’s build a Garden Together: http://bit.ly/DIYAbundanceMembership 🌿Check out our Merch at https://shopjustinrhodes.com/ 🌿You Can Homestead. We Can Help. Know-How and Community to Help you on Your Homesteading Journey can be found at https://abundanceplus.com/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:44:19 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/ad788531-a3d1-4ec9-9058-16f88edac753 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.