So far, I have leveled my three garden beds in their sunny spots, sheet mulched, and put down a clover cover crop in most spots. My phase 1 is just getting everything established. For phase 2, I have to get my drip irrigation fixed up and timed before our rainy season ends, and I mapped out my 4' wide paths by laying down dwarf clover wherever the path is. My next step is seeding native yarrow since I have another few weeks before frosts start, and when that's all settled, I'm planting a native fig tree and a gold nugget citrus near the parking pad, along with a few roses. The garden beds also have a cover crop since we hadn't decided what to grow, but it's looking like kale and carrots. I actually learned a lot from your channel (width of pathways, looking at all angles for best presentation, measuring for height and dimension, and keeping the path to the backyard unobstructed.
I am thankful, I’ve been able to glean some information from your videos.😊 I do understand, RUclips publications can be self-serving also. Of course, I’m referring to the self empowered attitudes that come from the self-redundant affirmation some of us need. 😮 what I’ve personally learned is that being highly educated, is representative of a long learning curve.
what a great video!! I am entering season 6 and I happily made ALL those mistakes!!! the one I find most valuable is not making the edges too squiggly.... If someone else cuts your lawn and they don't love the process as much as you they will constantly over run your lines. ......Dont do it!!
Aha! I'm doing it right! We put in trees, large shrubs, and all of our hardscaping this past summer to include a large patio and 250 feet of woodland path. Adding more trees, shrubs, and decorative grasses next summer. When planting trees and shrubs, I cover the bare spots with annuals, like Wave Petunias, until the shrubs fill in. Wave Petunias require no deadheading, are very deer resistant, and grow like crazy. Note that it's important to test the pH of your soil before you start so that you don't find yourself adding a lot of amendments to keep your plants alive. Our area is very alkaline so I've stuck largely with plants that like it and kept the ones that don't, like my acid-loving berry plants, in one corner of the yard. Also, if you get deer avoid Hostas and any plants that the deer love to eat. Hostas are so lovely, but when I lived in Virginia mine would disappear overnight - eaten right to the ground, One thing I would recommend is to do your foundation planting last. Since we moved from wet and subtropical clay-soil Virginia to cold and dry, sandy, alkaline-soil Wyoming our thoughts for the garden changed as we learned more about our climate and soil type. I now have a much better idea of how I want the foundation planting to look and what will do best there.
Please people be considerate of your neighbors when planting trees. Our neighbors planted 8-10 Sugar Maples 5’ off our property line and several are within 15-20’ our septic filed. We asked them pls don’t plant water seeking Maples. Now we are spending thousands to sink a barrier on that end of our septic to protect it.😢
"your neighbours are gonna get mad if it's going over the edge of your property" tsome get mad even for the sole reason that you have anything but lawn on your land. in the countryside.
Wrong trees in Residential..NO WILLOWS, you will be picking up after them all year your whole life.. in the pasture with horses and cows under them..great❤. I feel the same about Cottonwoods.
So far, I have leveled my three garden beds in their sunny spots, sheet mulched, and put down a clover cover crop in most spots. My phase 1 is just getting everything established.
For phase 2, I have to get my drip irrigation fixed up and timed before our rainy season ends, and I mapped out my 4' wide paths by laying down dwarf clover wherever the path is.
My next step is seeding native yarrow since I have another few weeks before frosts start, and when that's all settled, I'm planting a native fig tree and a gold nugget citrus near the parking pad, along with a few roses.
The garden beds also have a cover crop since we hadn't decided what to grow, but it's looking like kale and carrots.
I actually learned a lot from your channel (width of pathways, looking at all angles for best presentation, measuring for height and dimension, and keeping the path to the backyard unobstructed.
Having garden "rooms" helps me.
I am thankful, I’ve been able to glean some information from your videos.😊 I do understand, RUclips publications can be self-serving also. Of course, I’m referring to the self empowered attitudes that come from the self-redundant affirmation some of us need. 😮 what I’ve personally learned is that being highly educated, is representative of a long learning curve.
what a great video!! I am entering season 6 and I happily made ALL those mistakes!!! the one I find most valuable is not making the edges too squiggly.... If someone else cuts your lawn and they don't love the process as much as you they will constantly over run your lines. ......Dont do it!!
Aha! I'm doing it right! We put in trees, large shrubs, and all of our hardscaping this past summer to include a large patio and 250 feet of woodland path. Adding more trees, shrubs, and decorative grasses next summer. When planting trees and shrubs, I cover the bare spots with annuals, like Wave Petunias, until the shrubs fill in. Wave Petunias require no deadheading, are very deer resistant, and grow like crazy. Note that it's important to test the pH of your soil before you start so that you don't find yourself adding a lot of amendments to keep your plants alive. Our area is very alkaline so I've stuck largely with plants that like it and kept the ones that don't, like my acid-loving berry plants, in one corner of the yard. Also, if you get deer avoid Hostas and any plants that the deer love to eat. Hostas are so lovely, but when I lived in Virginia mine would disappear overnight - eaten right to the ground, One thing I would recommend is to do your foundation planting last. Since we moved from wet and subtropical clay-soil Virginia to cold and dry, sandy, alkaline-soil Wyoming our thoughts for the garden changed as we learned more about our climate and soil type. I now have a much better idea of how I want the foundation planting to look and what will do best there.
Love the brick edging and why!
You're not lying about those lovely curved edges, I've finally given in to the hard edging after two years of hand clipping the grass😂
I like brick edging, too. Concrete bricks offer different earth tone shades, but are they durable? How long do they last compared to clay?
Please people be considerate of your neighbors when planting trees. Our neighbors planted 8-10 Sugar Maples 5’ off our property line and several are within 15-20’ our septic filed. We asked them pls don’t plant water seeking Maples. Now we are spending thousands to sink a barrier on that end of our septic to protect it.😢
As always, a very helpful landscaping video. Thank you, Amy!
You are so welcome!
great tips! (tip #3 just helped my planning) 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You!
"your neighbours are gonna get mad if it's going over the edge of your property"
tsome get mad even for the sole reason that you have anything but lawn on your land.
in the countryside.
Wrong trees in Residential..NO WILLOWS, you will be picking up after them all year your whole life.. in the pasture with horses and cows under them..great❤. I feel the same about Cottonwoods.