How to Prepare a Raised Garden Bed for Winter | This Old House https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/d59b2baa-8654-486a-a5a9-5a3c3783b658 This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook puts a vegetable garden to bed for winter. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Before Roger arrived, the homeowner had already laid down a layer of hay to insulate the garden beds for the winter. Roger began by removing the hay to prevent the seeds from germinating in the beds. Next, he covered the beds with compost and added limestone to decrease the acidity of the soil. Shopping List for How to Prepare a Raised Garden Bed for Winter: ground limestone, used to raise pH level of soil, winter rye seed, used as a winter cover crop, Tools for How to Prepare a Raised Garden Bed for Winter: spade fork, garden rake, wheelbarrow, All of the materials for this project were purchased from New England Nurseries [https://www.newenglandnurseries.com/]. The limestone was manufactured by Old Castle Stone Products. The early-flowering tulip bulbs (Tulipa gesneriana) were supplied by Van Bloem Gardens [https://www.vanbloem.com/]. About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Prepare a Raised Garden Bed for Winter | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:59:02 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co How to Prepare a Raised Garden Bed for Winter | This Old House https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/d59b2baa-8654-486a-a5a9-5a3c3783b658 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.