Your first thought on seeing the name of this product might be “Yeah, sure.” But Garden in Minutes is aptly named. It’s an easy-to-use, effective raised bed system with an integrated watering system that’s customizable for any size of garden. It’s difficult to beat for benefit and ease of setup.

Garden in Minutes Kit

A big box, weighing about 43 pounds, includes everything you require (other than soil, naturally) to set up a raised bed. All you need to do is add soil– and the package includes a chart that informs how many cubic feet of gardening soil it will take to fill your raised bed.

There are kits available in a variety of sizes and you can easily expand on a kit yourself. I checked the business’s 4-foot by 4-foot square bed kit, their most popular option.

The box is large however holds the total raised bed kit, consisting of cedar boards, a grid watering system, and instructions

Four cedar boards make up the raised bed frame. The 2 x 8 boards (determining 7-3/4 inches high and 1-3/4 inches thick) are cut to size (however not sanded, so watch for splinters) and have pre-drilled holes on the corners. Metal pins (like large bolts) are included that slip into the predrilled holes.

The cedar boards are tough. Notification the metal pin on the left side of the board. The sides simply slip into location.

And the best part of the Garden in Minutes package? The predesigned and primarily preassembled garden grid watering system in the very same box.

Instructions, a plant spacing guide, and the watering system ports can be found in a paper bag, which I love. No plastic trash! The bag likewise contained a package of lettuce seeds, perfect for my prepared use of the kit.

I valued the simpleness and sustainability of the lunch bag with directions and water supply parts inside

Putting the Raised Garden Together

You just unload the boards with the pins taped in location and set the very first one in your ready location. The cedar boards, utilized for the sides of the raised bed, have precut notches and holes; you just slip the notch into the hole, correct the alignment of the corner and push in the pin.

Garden in Minutes is fantastic in its simpleness for the gardener. Simply interlock the corners and push in the pin.

Keep going till you attach all four sides. It truly is that basic and took just minutes to totally assemble.

It is very important to prep and level the location initially, however that’s real of any raised bed you make or buy. We tilled the ground under the area since it was super compacted. I grew greens, which have shallow roots, however if you plant a root crop, large plants or seasonal herbs in the garden, the roots eventually reach much deeper than the bed height.

Make sure the ground around the bed is relatively level before setting up the Garden in Minutes. We leveled our boards before including soil. Other than that, we needed no tools at all.

The guidelines were simple to follow, and include how to broaden the bed if you want.

The sides went together in no time, without any tools required. We utilized just a small level.

Putting the Garden Grid Watering System Together

The grid watering system that includes the Garden in Minutes package is much more dazzling than the raised bed. The drinking-water quality plastic grid is available in 2 sections. All you do is put them together in the middle, twisting or wiggling the connections for each row, and after that place it in the bed.

A small strip on the leading lets you know if the holes that will water your bed are pointed in the instructions you prefer.

The water system comes mostly assembled, in 2 large parts plus the feeder tube.

As soon as the watering grid is in location, include the tube that feeds the system (also included) and links to a standard garden hose. It also just twists on.

The package consists of a manual timer and single water circulation valve.

The procedure is practically too basic to believe and worked right out of package. The timer is easy to run, with just a dial turn you set to total minutes. You might always add a programmable timer if you desire, like the HydroLogic timer from Melnor.

The single control valve (left) and manual timer screw on between your hose and the feeder tube. It was simple and absolutely nothing dripped

The one-way water flow valve enables you to manage pressure to the watering grid right at the raised bed, not back at your faucet. Depending on your water pressure at the spigot and the diameter of the garden hose you use to feed the watering grid, the valve can be utilized to have water discharged as anything from a sluggish drip to a bubble to a spray.

All the parts assembled quickly and worked as designed.

You can set the flow rate or lightly twist each square’s tube to change how much water some locations of the bed receive.

Filling and Growing in the Raised Bed

The Garden in Minutes kit’s consisted of table said we required 12 cubic feet for the 4 x 4 bed we tested. We filled it nearly to the top of the sides to allow for settling.

I planted several kinds of lettuce and other greens in the squares after setting up the water grid. This is another terrific function, assisting you design and divide plants or seeds to work around the grid and receive lots of water.

Your gardening is made even simpler by the plant spacing guide that features the Garden Grid, informing you the number of typical veggies you can plant per square. Although the guidelines do not specifically refer to “square-foot gardening”, the 1 x 1 foot grid it perfectly set up for that type of extensive cropping. I confess I loved the structure and proportion of the system, that makes square-foot gardening so easy.

Here’s the entire system established and prepared to plant inside the squares.

The lettuce grew really well in the Garden in Minutes bed. My only problem was squirrels eating a few of my seedlings. I put some row cover over the bed, which also is simple since you can secure the fabric right onto the sides of the raised bed.

A few weeks later on, we had an even circulation of lettuce and other greens. The bareness on the left is from a starving bunny or squirrel. We placed metal hoops and covered the lettuce after that.

Unique Features

I love the square shape and 4-foot size of the Garden in Minutes system, however if you ‘d choose another size or shape the kits are available in different sizes, from 2 feet by 2 feet (or 1 foot by 4 feet) and up. You can buy expansion boards to make your raised bed bigger, shaped in a different way, or create a tiered system.

The timer makes it really simple to water in the early morning (or any time, actually). Prior to leaving for work, just set the timer to the number of minutes you want the water to flow and it will cut off the water after your chosen variety of minutes. That saves water, and in turn, cash.

The business also sells some accessories independently, such as one-way and two-way flow valves, timers and short lengths of garden hose to connect water grids for growth to larger or tiered beds. Most of these can likewise be bought at your local garden center or hardware shop.

Healthy lettuce leaves in a cool, easy and included gardening system.

Service warranty

According to the co-founder of the Garden in Minutes, “our guarantee, for the majority of everything, is a case by case basis. However, in the rare circumstances of problems or damage, we instantly send a replacement product to the consumer”.

Suggestion

We’ve built numerous raised beds over the years, and seen other individuals build them out of unsafe or flimsy materials. A lot of determining and cutting enter into building a good level raised bed, which doesn’t even represent connecting sides with screws or joints. Then, you have to create a water supply that will cover the plants equally. Ugh.

This system is so easy. You can rather literally set it up in minutes without any tools and then delight in the rest of your night or weekend.

The set makes excellent sense for hectic individuals or families who want to grow a few of their own food. Unlike pressure-treated or recycled wood, the rot-resistant cedar boards will not seep chemicals that can infect your food.

If you’re looking for a way to evenly water an existing garden bed, the Garden Grid Watering System can be bought independently. It sets up just as quickly as the raised bed package and works very well to make sure even and adequate protection throughout the whole bed.

I would suggest Garden in Minutes (both the full kit and the grid watering system) for knowledgeable and novice garden enthusiasts alike. Anyone who wants to grow however has little time, dislikes mathematics, doesn’t have lots of tools (or would prefer not to utilize them), has little area, or just wishes to invest more time delighting in the fruits of their “labor” will gain from this product.

The 4 × 4 square bed fit perfectly near a homemade raised bed in our garden. It’s low profile, however adequate space to grow several vegetables for your household or cut flowers for your home.