Magic of the Spring Garden l Future Courtyard Plans
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- Опубликовано: 15 мар 2024
- Gardening is a bit like magic, especially in Spring. Long forgotten plants appear from nowhere! Join us as we look back at the vegetables and flowers that we've been planting and veggies harvested over the last few weeks.
We also share future plans for the courtyard in front of the veranda
Meraid and Dan
Thanks to SiegfriedundJoy for the magic 🪄 inspiration
The wall is great. It gives your house a bit of a castle feel. There are so many ways to make it prettier, but it would be nice to keep it at that height and feel protected in the courtyard.
I agree! Just render it in stone. It has so many possibilities!
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Wouldn't it be great for everyone to have a Meraid in their lives. What a joyous person.
That is simply lovely. Thank you ☺️
You can spray stucco on the wall ,some natural lime or sand mix, and grow passion fruit
That's a great idea! Thank you. Not sure we can handle any more than 12kg of Passion fruit but we could plant another fruit
Sunday-morning grapefruit halves, with a sprinkling of sugar. Prepared by my mum, too! Thanks for the memory! The garden looks great! Enjoy yourselves!
Back in the 60s...my dad did the grapefruit thing here 2 in the USA.
Wonderful!
We were a decade behind the US in Ireland back then.
You have a lot of leftover wood. Make a support grid on the wall and run peas and beans on it. There are many types of runners. You can create a waterfall-like effect with flower baskets or a flower arrangement with hanging baskets. There are small vertical waterfalls that can be placed in front of the fence, surrounded by a few rocks, you can make a pretty little pond, which the birds would surely be happy about.
Thank you for sharing ideas.
Rendering the concrete wall with a white finish would beautify it. Where you have a future outdoor seating or eating spot, an area on the wall with Portuguese Ceramic Tile would make it a feature. The other wall areas you could have a combination of climbing plants and your trees.
That's a great idea! Thank you.
very inspiring . And I love you showed a little of your cooking skills
Once Dan is away, the kitchen is mine and I love to cook.
Love asparagus cooked that way, reminds me of picking it wild & eating it that way in my friend’s home village outside of Madrid. Enjoy! x
Simple is best for me too.
You are spot on, that wall and enclosed area will evolve logically once the house is done. So, just grin and bear it, or as they say in Japanese, 'gaman'. The term means "enduring the seemly unbearable with patience and dignity". Which fits nicely in this context.
Great to learn a new word. Thank you.
Your dinner looks so good! Having been widowed six months ago, I still can't bring myself to cook a decent meal. Maybe one day soon I'll start cooking again. I don't have a garden, but I do have a wonderful produce farm very close that I could get fresh produce from.
Ah, Roselyn, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I'm sure your husband would want you to take care of yourself and cook a lovely meal for yourself. You deserve it. Take care.
Put natural color stucco render on it with some nice stone cap, and plant contrasting trees/bushes in front of it. A perfect place to attach a stone fountain too.
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Another great video. I’m not too sure that was fair - asparagus without Dan??!!?? Thanks for sharing, it was a great watch. Pauline, Australia
Dan can have asparagus next year. hehe
I LOVE that wall. I would retain that wall beacuse it will turn your yard lovely by : 1. I would paint it in MALLARD green so that it sort of hides away, 2. I would have BOUGAINVILLAS growing on and over it, 3. in btw as you said Avocados which need protection from direct sun rays, wind and cold, 4. you can put flower tops on it with hanging plants, 5. it gives you protection and privacy. Make a good use of it and you will be happy to have it.
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Love your videos, I’d reduce the wall by 2 courses, render it and line the top with old roof tiles, it will make a lovely courtyard in years to come 😊
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Wall : could grow pea vines to cover the walls. Pretty green, peas to harvest and nice flowers. Good luck.
Cheers
Thank you
Great video thank you 🙏🏼 🌸
Glad you enjoyed it!
You're so funny, Meraid! I love that you are eating the asparagus without Dan and enjoying the spears fully. LOL! Your dinner looked delicious, BTW. You've both worked so hard on your garden and it shows. Life must be good looking forward to being in your new home and looking over the land you've both worked so hard to develop. Safe travels, Dan.
Thanks so much. We're feeling quite upbeat now.
@@NearbyVeggies I'm glad to hear it. Change isn't easy, but, generally speaking it's good for us.
You naughty girl... Eating the asparagus when Dan's gone 😂 I would partially render the wall and paint it white and clad other parts with stone. Where the rendering is done I would grow ivy. I use the leaves to make my laundry soap and it works really well
Thank you, I can be a little bit naughty.
The ground looks excellent, just waiting for planting delicious items, you certainly are creating a quality of life worth while. Thank you both for sharing
Thank you
Hi Meraid, I see those walls as a wonderful opportunity to do a central fountain. A serene space - can you imagine sitting on your veranda hearing the sound of water😍. Maybe a beautiful rose, lavender & gaura garden🙌🏻
I did one in my garden with an oval shape around the fountain. 8 sections filled with different roses 🌹
Lavender along my walls and gaura, ice cream bushes and shell/snail vines & wisteria up my pergola legs.
I also have some fruit trees to the one side and olive trees in between the lavender on the longest wall.
Just a thought and if you would like I could share some pictures with you of what I did - my walls are plastered with some detail (band & coping).
You and Dan are such inspirations to me with your food gardens 💜💜💜
Thank you for your lovely ideas. I’d love to see a picture. I’m on Instagram so it’s possible to send there by DM. 😊
Luv watchn a Irish lass n bibs...
Dan is always in the best spots when filming 👍🏻🤩
Just checking in from Wild and Wonderful Wva !!!!
Great stuff. Thank you.
Yes, I would also keep that wall. Always nice to have a, maybe, windless spot to sit in and I would also render or just paint it in stucco shades. Also lovely to have tender fruit planted there. I can think of cape gooseberries, maybe youngberries and buckets full of strawberries or other climbers that bears fruit. Oh and some containers full of fuchsias, dahlias and petunias! What a joyful place to have on any day of the year!
Thank you for the ideas. 😊
As always, I love your garden and your dedication to the garden. I would love having that much land to grow things on. The progress on your construction is going well. Looking forward to your future videos. Thanks for sharing . Katie
Thanks, Katie.
I just love all your videos ,your gardens are amazing ,your energy and Dan s are so contagious 😃I agree you about the wall ,and I know whatever you both decide it will be fantastic,lovd all thd ideas about thd patio ,I know it’s gonna bd gorgeous ,welcoming ,and one oc a kind !!
Those asparagus look so good ,thd pie looks delicious ❤
The asparagus was delicious.
You are about three months ahead of me with your garden, flowers, and orchard trees. Looks so pretty!
Thanks so much
It’s amazing how so much of you vege forest is open and not fenced off. By now the wild boars, rabbits and deer should have feasted! Lol
The terrace walls help.
🥰😍🙏🙏thank you for this wonderful garden tour❤❤❤
Thank you
Great garden :)
Thank you.
I think the wall is fabulous; I would render it in one of the colours from the stone on the house, have a planting bed in front of it all and plant flowers and some trees. By the way your scarf is fab🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
That's a great idea! Thank you.
I was so glad to see Dan pick some of those gorgeous oranges. Are they sweet?
They're sweet with a nice amount of tartness.
Love your channel, your passion for growing your food and knowledge on planting is great.
The wall would look amazing covered with schist. 💚
Thank you
I think I’d take a bit of the wall down so if you do use the courtyard for eating or having friends over you will have a better view
Thank you for your ideas
Spring....such a wonderful season, it always holds so much promise of what's ahead. Loved the video.
Thank you.
The first thought that came to mind when you showed the wall was render and paint. I think it would look very good.
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Horrah garden maintenance , wonderful❤
Thank you.
Regarding your courtyard! Paint the walls white, fix up some trellis and plant grape vines and attach to the trellis. Then put limestone on the floor. The limestone will keep the vine roots warm during the winter and colder nights ❤😊
Thank you
So my suggestion for the wall is as you concluded. Wait. Once the house is built and you enjoy it for a few months, then decide about the wall. One other thing to consider is just cutting out a doorway or pathway out to the garden maybe with a lovely trellis. And there are so many fruiting options for things that can be grown against a wall. Kiwi, raspberries, blackberries, other varieties of passion fruit and more
Thank you
Happy St Patrick's day Meraid I hope soon you'll get revelation what to do to beautify that wall and surrounds ✨️ Stone pots with plants, a water feature, miniature pond, and a little fire pit could be a nice chill area ... just a thought 💛 Have a good week ...
Thank you. Went for coffee with a friend for St Patrick's Day. Almost forgot about it until you reminded me.
I'd give that block wall a rustic look. Neatly re-point the mortar joints for strength and then color with oxide stains for concrete to give it a more stone-like appearance - and then look into doing some espalier fruit trees (citrus, avocado, etc.) on wood grid mounted to the block. Showy and green in the warm months, and sculptural in the cold months. :)
Thanks for the ideas.
The garden is looking beautiful 😊
Thank you.
Lovely ideas for the wall. You'll come up with a beautiful project ✨️👍😊👍 Veggies look so healthy - ❣️🫶✨️
Thank you
It's been a while, happy to see you're doing great! Take care and keep growing, stay Human!
Thank you
The wall might end up being your favourite thing!
You could get a million ideas off Pinterest
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Great to see your garden: it's wonderful! It's like in paradise to have such an orange tree, lovely! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you
Have you thought of no dig ,use pallet boxes to create the raised edges, it looks so organised and less hassle regarding weeds etc
Thank you
Máiréad agus Dan, Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
☘️☘️☘️ 🇮🇪
Ná bí ag cuimhneamh ar an mballa go fóill.
Go raibh maith agat.
I really enjoy seeing your garden. Still mostly winter weather here in NW Montana. So many possibilities for the ugly brick wall, paint murals, take some blocks out make some interesting shapes and render the whole thing. I’m sure you will have collected many ideas before you need to deal with it.
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Waiting till the veranda is done and you and Dan have your chairs there will inspire you I’m sure on what to do with your wall. Maybe even a water feature🤷🏻♀️
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Hi Meraid and Dan, the garden looks beautiful. It inspired me to Start working on my veggie garden too. I love the orange tree and your olive trees are wonderful too. They must be very old, they are so mature. Thank you for sharing another great video. Stay well.
Great to know you're feeling inspired. Yes, some of our trees are very old.
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, wonderful garden good work guys 💝
Thank you
Dan/Merida,
WRT to the block wall. I suggest that you render it and do a small amount of customization by interspersing some tile work along the face. I did this to a wall along the back of our property and used to 5-four inch tiles to make a cross shape. I did this in six places and it gave it a nice custom look.
Jim
Thanks for the tips 👍
A walled garden would serve lots of purposes. Fire break...lots of fires in Portugal. I would stucco it. Put a beautiful fountain or koi pond in it. Put some lovely plants and a nice spot to sit. Comes in handy on windy days to.
That's a great idea! Thank you.
Your garden is looking fantastic! ❤
Thank you
An enclosed protected garden has its advantages if you want to dine outside on windy days. Or as you said to grow frost tender trees or plants. Bananas? Babaco papaya? Mango? Or maybe kiwi or flowers? It seems easier, quicker, & cheaper to render it than to put stone on it. Someone suggested Portuguese tiles on some parts. Maybe a small fountain too? What a good time to dream about while there's time before the build is done.
Appreciate you ideas. Thank you
My suggestion for your wall; Take the top course of block off. Then it will be 3 blocks high or about 24"s, When the plasterers are on site, have them put a simple smooth (white quartz sand) coat of render on the wall (inside, outside and on the the top (no coping). Just a very simple low wall of monolithic color (whatever the natural color of the plaster may be).
That's a low cost solution and it will transform the block wall from an eyesore into an architectural element that defines a delightful patio & formal garden space. 😊👍
The Garden& patio space has a slope - so you can correct the slope with fill so the the inside height of the wall is ~24"s. At this height, you will be able to easily see over the wall for countryside viewing.
Another feature for this spot is an almost fully inground soaking pool. Same render as the wall and barn with an 8" curb. Big enough for 4 adults to lounge on those scorching summer days with room to spare. 👍
I say no to a schist veneer. Stone will add mass and make the wall a distraction. Keep it simple. Render the barn wall too. Same color, same texture - no maintenance. Taking a simple approach will help the wall "disappear". Visually, there is enough texture going on with the house. The eye will be happy to take a break.
That's a great idea! Thank you.
@@NearbyVeggiesMost welcome! Thank you for the reply. 😊
I like the idea of giving the eye a rest. Thank you for such a comprehensive comment. 😊
@@NearbyVeggies You folks are doing a lovely job with your garden design and execution. If you put pencil to paper regarding the courtyard space, by the time it is available for landscaping, you will have a magical design 😉
You speak so lovingly of your veranda, I thought this space could be a logical extension. A great space to be and a lovely space to view from above. All the best! 👍
The land is looking great. Hope the asparagus was tasty 😊
Delicious 😋
Take the wall down to about 3 feet. Use the blocks for another wall. Turn it into a planter for beautiful plants to make a beautiful patio with a full view. You can clad the blocks to improve their looks..
Thank you
Lovely video! Each video I admire your wonderful orange tree! Since when are your oranges ripe /when did you begin to pick them and how long will you be able to keep them on the tree/pick them for eating?
The oranges are ready from about December and last until June, but this year they are dropping off and moulding due to the relentless rain. We'll have to wait and see how long the last this year.
Try planting the potatoes on the ridges but don’t make the ridges too steep. 😊
Lovely garden video ❤
So nice of you
Springtime for you and autumn for me, love both seasons. 🐦🌱🐝
Me too.
May I suggest you plant a Boston ivy as it would cover the bricks.
You can plant espaliered trees along in front of it .
You will love the look of more greenery.
It will be a cheaper option.
Btw loving your videos as it's a good relaxed styled to wind down after a day in my backyard patch.
Thanks for the tips!
😂😂😂 Sorry Dan,!!! Amé tu cara de orgullo al cosechar tus primeros espárragos. Es verdad que ese muro no se ve bien 🤔 pero creo que es necesario, y como tú dices, recubriendolo con piedras del lugar quedará hermoso... Ya veo ahí un jardín secreto😂, con árboles frutales y plantas trepadoras, una mesa y sillas para tomar el mate 🧉😂 bueno, el té en su caso
Obrigada
Cheguei agora no canal! Eu amei vida de vocês ! Maravilhoso 😘🌻🌻🇧🇷
Obrigada e bem vindo 😊
My suggestion: Apples, peaches and pears can be grown against a wall or fence in trained forms such as fans, espaliers or single-stemmed cordons. Walls that face the midday and afternoon sun will help to ripen fruits and are great for warmth-loving fruits such as figs.
Thank you for your ideas
Maybe lime it and use it for an Art wall you have lots of talent and imagination and there are many types of Art painting, sculptures, fountains etc.
Thank you for your ideas
Podéis poner piedra sobre el muro. Como va la casa?? Nos encanta ver su evolución. Enhorabuena por los espárragos!!.
Obrigada
Nice visit to your garden! Obrigada pelas explicações! Love the ideia of protected courtyard for those delicate trees, already tried to bring avocados unsuccessfully… let me check on my espargos too 😉 boa semana!
Obrigada, Catarina.
Fresh oranges are the best!
Absolutely
Your olive trees are so lush!
Too lush, they need a good hard prune.
@@NearbyVeggies Evidence of your good care. Now you can choose to let go of the ancient branches and let younger branches take over.
You whole garden looks so happy and healthy.
I saw a documentary on a lady who was the last living on her Greek Island. She lived on wild asparagus.😊😊
How interesting
Lady Banks Rose or any type of climbing rose would be very nice I think .
Thank you for your ideas
Thabks for sharing yet another video with us. You two are like bees, never stopping. Your garden is like a quilt with many different patches. It is full of different plants and cultures. There r sometimes i get tired just from watching u guys work in the garden.
Thanks so much!
loving the music you guys have been using lately :0)
Thank you
Is great to see you both planting thank you for this video
Thank you
Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog ve video için kolay gelsin hayirli işler bol bereketli kazançların olsun 👍👍👍👍
Thank you
I’ll bet that asparagus was the best ever 😉
They were
You naughty Asparagus thief 😜
Guilty as charged.
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Make the wall higher 😊
Make a proper courtyard, perhaps a pergola
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Love your videos. What part of Portugal are you?
Thanks for the idea!
Arties lookin good.😊😊
What are arties?
@@NearbyVeggies Artichokes!!!!
@Shibalvr Thank you, I’ve not heard them called that before 🤗
@@NearbyVeggies sorry, I am a retired Hi-Tech Silicon Valley software PLM Administrator, used to abbreviating everything!
@Shibalvr of course, a HT SV PLMA. Love it 🤣
Your BFF NBV 🤗
Hi. How are you. Donna from long Island ny here. We spoke last summer about m6 dogwood tree not blooming? You had advised me to prune early this spring.....i decided not to do that because in the spot its in we get alot of wind so if i prune the bottom branches off of it it would be top heavy....not good for the trees sturdiness. Its starting to bud now🎉...hopefully it'll bud flowers this year..😂 ill keep in touch. Thnkx. Donna
Let’s hope you have more success this year 👍
O muro? Talvez ligeiramente mais baixo e coberto com xisto serve para proteger as culturas e de animais que gostam de as comer.
Obrigada 😊
Do they have personal lawnmowers over there? I don't think I've seen anyone use one there from all the shows I watch. hmmm That is a large area to strim.
Of course there are personal lawnmowers but we have rather lumpy land which is sloped too and not a lawn. We would always need the strimmer on the lower terraces
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Obrigada ☺️
Happy St Patrica’s Day “M”.
Thanks for the memory jog.
I bet it’s not celebrated too much in 🇵🇹
It’s not around here anyway 🤣
me sabe a poco vuestra conexion semanal.es que pla tais en vuestra huerta lo que yo planto en galicia.la coruña
Can you tell us where Dan goes and what type of work he does? Love the videos
Dan explained what he does in this Q and A video When can we move in? How we Met❤️
ruclips.net/video/aZBa3G8p7mA/видео.html
If that wall has a portion that gets the southern sun, why not attempt to esplanade avocado trees. If anyone can do it, you can! By being esplanaded you would not have to worry about the height and it would be easier to protect them during the colder weather.
Thank you for your ideas
Could you grow espalier apple trees or some other fruit trees along the cinder block walls! Could provide your recipe for your delicious looking pie?
I used a fish pie recipe that I found on google
É uma pena vocês não ativarem as legendas para vários idiomas, português... até sua fala em português está impecável🎉🎉🎉 gostaria muito de acompanhar suas falas ... Florianópolis,Brasil🎉🎉🎉🎉
As legendas estão disponíveis. Active-as nas definições. Obrigada ☺️
I’m going to look up fish pie
Potato top and fish in a sauce 😊
If you are thinking of avocados, I would start them in pots now as it can take 7 years for them to bear fruit.
Thank you
Fifteen starts for a €. In Canada we pay 10 times that.
Your growers might need to heat tunnels to get the starts
Why don't you use the wall as part of lean to greenhouse?
Bom dia ❤❤
Bom dia. 🌞
Espalier vines or fruit trees on the wall after it has been stuccoed or rendered
Thank you for the tips
How would you describe your gardening approach? Is it companion, cottage, food forest?
Probably a little bit of everything you mentioned. The goal is a beautiful garden filled with edibles and plants for animals and insects. We use companion planting and grow fruit and vegetables that we like to eat and plant flowers and plants for structure and colour. We try to plant as many perennials as we can and also aim to attract lots of pollinators such as birds butterflies bees and insects.
Trees, especially avocado, will block your veranda view. I think you can get dwarf varieties of grapefruit. You could build raised beds along the perimeter of the wall and put in flowers with various heights and colors.
Thank you for the ideas.