You're a complete legend! Your kids are so lucky that you're their mum and you would spend so much energy and time trying to make this garden a haven for them! You've done an incredible job! You bossed it!!
@remiclog It's so perfect! I love the result! That was well worth persisting with! Bloody well done for managing to stick with it and not let the ADHD brain lose focus! I'm autistic and I hyperfixate until I get bored of something so I totally get it! 😂💜
As an environmental educator who works primarily with young children, I applaud your dedication to making a place for your kids to play with real grass and dirt, and to planting for pollinators. It’s so important for everyone, but especially children, to have access to green spaces, and you’re right, they’re disappearing everywhere. Anyway, thanks for making this video and sharing all the practices you used to help the soil and the plants ❤
Exactly this, PLUS (I also work with kids) a kitchen herb garden is *_perfect_* for our little sensory-seekers, with all the different scents, textures and uses of the herbs too! 💗👏
When your boys are grown men, the smell of honeysuckle, the feel of grass on their bare feet, the texture of sand in their hands will bring to mind the wonderful memories of their time in that garden! It was a labor of love ❤️ Very well done!
in the USA the Daddy-Long-legs is actually the nickname for the common long legged house spider so I had to google which you were talking about--- turns out we call THAT crane fly, a Mosquito Hunter! very glad you got all those grubs out ❤
I was so confused too. Daddy long legs don't start as a grub. lol We call them mosquito hawks. We just had so many recently. My kids came home and 10 of them flew into the house at once. It was crazy trying to get them back out.
We call them mosquito hawks in Fl too! I was wondering what she meant because I knew it wasn’t the USA daddy long legs lol I’m terrified of those spiders 😅
I always thought I was just lazy and useless until I found your channel. When you explain how you are and the things you do, you could be talking about me. Thank you so much for giving me the courage to embrace who I am. The lawn transformation is amazing and the garden is gorgeous 😊.
Me too. The people who will never understand are the ones who convinced us we're just lazy. Hearing a voice of validation and understanding, knowing that it does make sense to someone, and knowing that I'm not the only one has been so encouraging.
Yes! Finally, the most anticipated video of the year: “ How Remi got her Garden Back”! Cheers, Remi, you did it! Your determination is so inspiring to me.
@@remiclog I’d pat myself on the back if I were you remi. You have 200k+ views on a 56 minute video about restoring your garden!! That makes me feel warm and fuzzy for you and your family! I hope you’re well
Something I love about you is that you don’t use your circumstances as an excuse. So many people (maybe myself included!) would be tempted to just shrug and say “oh well - I’m just renting so I won’t bother making any improvements because what’s the point.” You’re living in the moment and making things wonderful for your family! I am so inspired!
I totally agree and I love it so much! She manages to recognize that her circumstances (and those of other people) can make things difficult, but she still makes the most of everything and acknowledges we have personal agency in our lives 💖 She is so lovely, and such an inspiration. Watching her videos has had such a big impact on my life and perspectives 💖
I do like the natural wood, but I think the grey on that side of the garden balanced it out and brought it all together! It looks fabulous!!!! You are an inspiration!!
I can’t believe you ever doubted yourself, your voice, or your videos! Your content speaks to my soul and soothes my jitters and the doubts in my head. After watching you I feel a boost of confidence and as if I received a warm hug from a long missed loved one. Thank you!!
I am here literally one minute since post, is the first video that I give a comment, (I'm sorry if my English is not the best). It's been almost 3 months of watching your videos, and your channel is without a doubt, my comfort place, every time I need the power of watching a person like me getting things done even in problematic energy levels. You are a light in my day, thank you so much for been yourself in this world of just showing the 'pretty' part.
Remi, Thank you! Thank you for helping me understand that I am not alone and lots of us struggle with mundane tasks. Thank you for inspiring me and encouraging me to keep up with the housework. You have honestly helped change mine and my children's life ❤
Remi, the transformation is AMAZING 😳😳! It doesn’t even look like the same garden. The amount of work that your whole family put in is commendable. The reason I loved this video so much is because it made my heart happy to see Ike playing with his grandmother as she transplanted a plant from her own garden or your dad, stepdad or Charlie building pergola’s, sandboxes, furniture, you name it. It took a village. So much love was poured into your garden and now the whole family has a fresh green space to play and eat meals together outside. I practically cheered when you said you got to sit outside and relax on the bench for the first time. I hope you get to curl up with a good book and a nice cup of tea this week as you give yourself a huge pat on the back for all the labor you’ve put into seeding, mowing, reseeding, and creating a video that captures the entire two year journey. Wow! Thanks for sharing your beautiful life and garden with us! 👏👏🏡🪴🧑🌾 P.S. the grey pergola looks great and you’re protecting the wood from the elements so don’t feel bad, it will also be covered in sweet smelling flowers in the future so you might not even see the wood anyway.
Watching you using scissors to get the last bits along the wall brought back a fun memory when I was little. We had an electric scissors made for that task. It ran on a charge so we had to work fast! I’m now 62 and on my own to tend to 40 acres of prairiegrass. It’s daunting after my husband passed but it helps to look at it in pieces, several pcs a day. Thank you dear for your positive soul 🦋 Happy gardening from Iowa USA.
Your mom is adorable! You look so much like her. Personally, I really like the grey - it looks good with the red brick. Crazy that those little bugs come from such HUGE grubs! Everything looks beautiful - you've done a wonderful job. I hope you really enjoy it!
Remi, you are amazing! You persevered with getting that lovely grass, and with all your effort, it came! You are a truly inspirational person, and should not put yourself down, as you deserve so much more. I do not know where you get your energy from, with all you have going on! Your children are so lucky to have a Mum like you. Blessings from Jilly & Madge, from West Devon, England. xxx
Dear Remi, your garden looks beautiful. I think the gray is refreshing and is consistent. More importantly is the exceptional lawn and greenery stands out with the gray backdrop. So happy for you.🎉
Your garden looks fabulous. I know it was a lot of hard work but you will enjoy it every day. And Ike is such a good helper! 😂 Seriously, he may not remember everything that went on but he will remember being with you and Charlie and his grandparents. It is the feeling that he will cherish.
I was excited for this one 😊 you spoke to my heart when you said "all I contributed was anxious, impatient energy" as that is me with any kind of diy project I make my husband do 😂 Enjoy your beautiful garden it is certainly well deserved! X
The grey was the perfect choice of colour ❤looks terrific. I also did my backyard myself at age 60 & found it so overwhelming but so rewarding in the end. I actually think it's so worth doing. Now a decade later I still look after it at age 70 so rewarding. You children have wonderful parents for sure. Excellent team work with everyone involved ❤love your channel so much. Keep up the good work as you make such a difference to others watching for sure. All the best for you & your family Remi sweetie ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺 to the UK 🇬🇧 with ❤️
You're amazing! Look at you, Remi, not getting distracted nor pulled away from your dream garden/yard in America! I'm so proud of you and thrilled for your family to have you leading them in this project. Go, Remi! Hoots! Cheers! Wild Applause!
What a great job Remi! I'm an old granny in the US and I am so glad I discovered your videos. I live in a tiny house and my outdoor space is so important to me and my family. Congratulations on your success!
So much work but so well worth it! Love how you let the boys help and played splash with Mushroom. Love all the plants, especially the honeysuckle and wisteria (so lucky you have a climate they can tolerate) and the herbs and alpine strawberries & Jasmine! Your garden must smell wonderful! Don’t worry about the grey - you had to protect the wood and the sun would, over the years, just turn it all grey anyway. I love the lights - extends your garden use when days get shorter in the fall! Bravo, Remi and all your kind and true blue family helpers! Enjoy your lovely garden for years to come! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What hard work!! Not only reviving the grass & making changes, but the consistency!!! And the filming, editing, voice over! Such an accomplishment! You & your family are truly adorable (and that includes your mom, stepdad, dad & Charlie-and granddad, too). It’s so wonderful to see love and support by actions. ❤❤❤
Your pluckiness and ability to stick with something is your real secret to success. You created a lovely lawn with effort and sticking with it even without money and fancy tools. ❤
Sprinkle some clover seed in your grass. It’s lovely under foot and it fixes nitrogen to make the grass thicker and greener. Nice job you did there! 56:07
As a keen gardner and former allotment owner, I applaud your hard work and efforts sincerely. You have learnt on the job and done your research and homework and taken on board people's advice on your comments section and it's really paid off. You have done your family proud. And how wonderful for your parents to help out. What a loving family you are, I had great pleasure watching every single minute. Your garden is beautiful and you have made every bit of it work for you. Well done❤
Aw Remi, I was only able to watch the first half of this vid last weekend, and am just watching the second half now. It's amazing. I'm so happy for you. Very well done!! 💕🦋👩🌾🌱🪴🍓😃💕
Absolutely brilliant transformation. You really inspire with “a little bit at a time”. So often we feel we are failing but you show that as long as we keep going, it WILL eventually get done. I am 69 and slowing down and your videos motivate me and comfort me that there are others out there who struggle with decision making and inertia, yet it can be done, bit by bit. It was also lovely to see your mom and stepdad and dad coming to help out. Something wonderful to look back on when they have finished walking this earth. I wish I had videos of my parents loving and teaching my children. Keep going Remi! You are WONDERFUL!!!!!!
No money, no problem. You've got something money can't buy, grit, determination and persistence. This video made me smile. I hope you are proud of yourself, creating a lovely environment for you and your family.
This is one of the most beautiful garden makeovers I've ever seen because it's a garden grown from a mother's incredible love strength and passion for her family. Good luck making more! I love the alpine strawberry tip! ❤
"Sprinting lasted about a week" made me laugh 😅 Love your videos Remi. Garden is beautiful. Your transparency and vulnerability is inspiring to so many.
Oh Remi, your garden transformation is absolutely divine!!! The two years were hard but totally worth it for the results you have! I love how your family was involved in helping you create this. We've also been spending time cleaning up our yard, landscaping, and fixing our front porch as our oldest is graduating high school next May and we want our house to look nice for her graduation party. It does feel really good to see things transform. Enjoy your beautiful new space!!!
Remi, your tenacity with this project is inspiring! You mentioned you don’t stick to anything, well girl you have found either a passion or how to break through your barriers! RUclips and your channel has been consistent enough to help you fund a project that has taken time and look at the results for both! Give yourself a pat on the back girlfriend! Amazing loved loved this video. Been waiting for a while and totally worth it! ❤
I’m so irrationally afraid of things that look like grubs, maggots, and centipedes. I can’t even look at pictures of them on my phone (oddly, I think earth worms are adorable lol)😭 I think it comes from a bad experience I had as a child (really bad living situation, really bad family situation, and a centipede infestation). Going outside and seeing thousands in my yard making a “squelching” sound would genuinely be enough to send me over the edge lmao 💀 My personal phobia aside, i think fixing up a lawn sounds so overwhelming in general. So many things out of our control with weather and wildlife, and so much information to learn! Some people have no idea the work and money that can go into fixing a lawn. And sometimes people put in tons of work and money, and still can’t revive their lawn! Im so inspired by your determination and dedication to this project and others like it. Especially because you do it out of pure, selfless love for your family 💖 Your lawn looks SO BEAUTIFUL!! It’s so lush and green! It looks so soft! Perfect for your boys 💖 And you didn’t hire anyone! You and your family did that all by yourselves!! I’m seriously amazed. I’m so grateful for your videos. They are a blessing. You’ve been such a massive source of inspiration for me in so many ways. You’ve really impacted my life in a very big way. I think I’ve grown into a different person since watching your videos. I’m nicer to myself, more grateful for everything, more productive than ever, and i’m a better wife 🥰💖
Your narration is just as lovely (or even more so), than your lovely videos! Thank you for always sharing your heart, your triumphs and your “misses.” You encourage countless others through your honesty and love. 💜
Watched the whole video, I love how you showed the entire process and recalling certain days and explaining how you felt. The best was you talking about your life wisdoms - sharing you realistic timeline and alluding to how life isn’t that serious, do what you can, don’t beat yourself up about it, all efforts add up! Your optimism, outlook on life, and belief in what anyone can achieve are very refreshing. Cheers!
This was such a super satisfying video. Your garden area turned out lovely and a great place for your boys to play and for all of you to have great family fun. Your Mum & Step-dad were wonderful in all the help they gave you! They are both very talented.❣️❣️❣️
You are one heck of a mom, great partner-great person, period. I really feel that strongly. I am exceptionally proud of you for going way over and beyond the call of duty in making all this possible for your family. You know, thanks so much for sharing this sweet moment with us all! Parents, husband, children, friends, or neighbors-they’re the lucky ones to have such a great person around. I send love, joy, peace, and more blessings your way, beautiful soul.🙏💜💜💜💜☮️🪬
Gorgeous. You did an amazing job with it. Give the plants a chance to flourish and itll look straight from a fairytale. I liked the pergola natural but I think the grey easily works too. Keep in mind, it'll blend in as all the greenery, flowers, and whatnot grow and wrap around everything which is what will really pop. It's beautiful already but it's going to be absolutely stunning in another year or two. Good luck and take a rest, you've earned it! ❤🎉
Wow, what a transformation. All your hard work and perseverance paid off. You and your family have created a lovely space for your children. You should all be very proud, well done. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. xxx
Comments: 1. Impressive perseverance and hard work. 2. Ew, gross. 3. Well done. 4. The thanks goes both ways. I get a lot of pleasure and inspiration from watching your videos, so, happy to help and you're welcome! Where I live in Canada, our yards are not walled like a lot of yours. This makes it easy for skunks and racoons to come and go, and they do a great job at digging up the grubs and eating them. Some people complain about the holes they make, but it's easy to flip the grass back over and stomp on it. I appreciate the help with the yard work. If you are not happy with your gray paint on the pergola (which nicely matches your window trim), perhaps it will make a lovely back drop for a future family mural. Don't forget the wood unpainted would turn a weathered gray colour all on it's own. Alternatively, as it will need more coats in the future, you can always make changes then. And if you don't like seeing the corners of the tarp under the sandbox, what about decorative rocks? As for the sandbox cover, I did the same to avoid offering a public loo the neighbour's cats. We have indoor cats, so I wasn't worried about disease, just the nasty stink and the bother of having to clean it out and replace the sand. Your mom is lovely :) xo
It's gorgeous!! All of you did a marvelous job! You are very artistic. You could paint things on the pergola to accent the garden. Like butterflies, gnomes, pinwheels, etc. It might be fun to include the children in that. Then again...😅. Totally up to you. You give us so many awesome ideas I thought I'd try to give some back. Thank you for all you do in these videos for us! From, a starting to get older lady, and most definitely a fan! USA, Tennessee! ❤
Well done you!!!its a totally different garden!❤ like you ive been trying to do my front garden,divided it into thirds, one a wildflower garden which is amazing, 2, just grass and 3 gravel with conifers and some rocks as a zen garden, all thats left is to put the gravel down. Like you so proud of myself as done it by myself with some disabilities so taken much longer than a normal person would take, but im seeing the end now!
You’re fab! I’m only a couple of minutes in and I love the way you talk conversationally to the viewer. It makes me feel very involved and interested in your adventures. Love it! God, bless your family.
That is phenomenal! What a great job you and Charlie have done to create this garden and make it lovely to be sitting or playing out in! That's just terrific, Remi. Thank you for sharing the fruits of your labours with us - it really shows that it's worth making a consistent effort in a very unpromising starting place, because what you have now is a garden any family would be happy to have. Well done!
I Love how you involve your beautiful boy little one with doing the garden, older boy to its great you don't feel annoyed let them join you. ❤ But yeah when you need to do big clean you need the space to do it, you don't need to feel guilty. Your children, your family is wonderful. All my blessings prayers Jess x
Well done - you have absolutely the right attitude to achieve anything you want to. Don't feel bad about failures - the path to success is paved with them. You are a natural philosopher and full of good self-understanding. And a super mum.
You are so welcome Remi ❤ I can't think of anyone more deserving. You post relatable content and your so vulnerable with us and it's why I enjoy these videos so much. I hope your channel continues to grow.
Rock on Gf, don't even trip I'm 63 an artist and I've always started such big projects, and seen not as many through to finished, your grass is gorgeous and so are you. Do what you do, enjoy your Now❤
What a delightful video! Thanks for sharing your struggle with us! Congrats on not giving up and putting turf down. Good things come to those who wait, and are patient! Such a lovely sanctuary your family has created! I watch lots of cleaning sites and happlily subscribed to yours too! I'm from the USA, in Michigan, north of Detroit and we ALL know about rain and clouds in Michigan, not to mention the brutal cold and snow! I'll be watching my new friend, cheers! Thanks for making me laugh and smile, the kids are adorable!
👍👍👍For persistent. Thanks for demonstrating and let us see the fruit of your labour. I too found the odd grubs when I scarify. And most likely I have a lot more of those critters hidden away. So I’ll be using nematodes too. Beautiful garden btw.
Its took me 2-3 yrs to get a lawn from nothing, we downsized to a new small 3 bed house, our lawn was the same as yours but I decided just to keep cutting what I could and over time it recovered all by itself, I am a keen gardener and have turned an empty space into a garden. Gardens grow, they are not made ! Keep at it girl, you’er winning ❤
It’s so refreshing hearing experiences from people who do things manually because they have no money. And I mean really have less than $50 from all possible sources. We live on acreage full of wild weeds and I remember that for the first 2 years it took me literally over an hour to pull weeds out on the 4 square feet around my kneeled area. We finally bought a half working rototiller from our neighbor and fixed it. It helped tremendously in the garden. My husband uses it to clear large areas when needed. It’s our 8th year here and I still crawl on my knees for most tasks and learned soooo muuuuch in a process. Yet still have so much to learn. Appreciate all the learning curves of other people. Biggest problem I have now is my chicken and wild turkeys constantly disturbing my mulch in garden beds and under trees and deers chewing everything that cannot be enclosed in fence.
You're a complete legend! Your kids are so lucky that you're their mum and you would spend so much energy and time trying to make this garden a haven for them! You've done an incredible job! You bossed it!!
Ahhh thank you soooo much! 🥹❤️
@remiclog It's so perfect! I love the result! That was well worth persisting with! Bloody well done for managing to stick with it and not let the ADHD brain lose focus! I'm autistic and I hyperfixate until I get bored of something so I totally get it! 😂💜
I agree! Well done! Mother of the year award!❤
Согласна полностью❤❤❤❤
Both Remi’s kids & landlord are very lucky! Excellent job! Well done.
As an environmental educator who works primarily with young children, I applaud your dedication to making a place for your kids to play with real grass and dirt, and to planting for pollinators. It’s so important for everyone, but especially children, to have access to green spaces, and you’re right, they’re disappearing everywhere. Anyway, thanks for making this video and sharing all the practices you used to help the soil and the plants ❤
Thank you, it means a lot to hear this, especially from someone in your field ❤️
What a fabulous job. Its a real credit to you. ❤
Exactly this, PLUS (I also work with kids) a kitchen herb garden is *_perfect_* for our little sensory-seekers, with all the different scents, textures and uses of the herbs too! 💗👏
I absolutely loved this video
I could listen to you all day
You deserve a lot more subscribers
Well done remi 💫
You forgot to mention the importance of the worms they removed 😖
When your boys are grown men, the smell of honeysuckle, the feel of grass on their bare feet, the texture of sand in their hands will bring to mind the wonderful memories of their time in that garden! It was a labor of love ❤️
Very well done!
What a beautiful thought. I hope we can always consider what kinds of memories we are creating for our children.
in the USA the Daddy-Long-legs is actually the nickname for the common long legged house spider so I had to google which you were talking about--- turns out we call THAT crane fly, a Mosquito Hunter!
very glad you got all those grubs out ❤
I was so confused too. Daddy long legs don't start as a grub. lol We call them mosquito hawks. We just had so many recently. My kids came home and 10 of them flew into the house at once. It was crazy trying to get them back out.
We call them mosquito hawks in Fl too! I was wondering what she meant because I knew it wasn’t the USA daddy long legs lol I’m terrified of those spiders 😅
I know I was like a daddy long leg starts as a grub…. Huh?!?! To funny that a daddy long leg means something totally different to us across the pond 😂
In Michigan we call them mosquito eaters. And daddy long legs are common house spiders.
I also heard some other of the same bugs with different names on another RUclipsr from the UK. Funny we use the same names for different bugs.
I always thought I was just lazy and useless until I found your channel. When you explain how you are and the things you do, you could be talking about me. Thank you so much for giving me the courage to embrace who I am. The lawn transformation is amazing and the garden is gorgeous 😊.
We've got this Michelle ❤🎉
I thought the same 😢
Me too. The people who will never understand are the ones who convinced us we're just lazy. Hearing a voice of validation and understanding, knowing that it does make sense to someone, and knowing that I'm not the only one has been so encouraging.
Yes! Finally, the most anticipated video of the year: “ How Remi got her Garden Back”! Cheers, Remi, you did it! Your determination is so inspiring to me.
Thank you so much!! ☺️❤️
@@remiclog I’d pat myself on the back if I were you remi. You have 200k+ views on a 56 minute video about restoring your garden!! That makes me feel warm and fuzzy for you and your family! I hope you’re well
Something I love about you is that you don’t use your circumstances as an excuse. So many people (maybe myself included!) would be tempted to just shrug and say “oh well - I’m just renting so I won’t bother making any improvements because what’s the point.” You’re living in the moment and making things wonderful for your family! I am so inspired!
I totally agree and I love it so much! She manages to recognize that her circumstances (and those of other people) can make things difficult, but she still makes the most of everything and acknowledges we have personal agency in our lives 💖 She is so lovely, and such an inspiration. Watching her videos has had such a big impact on my life and perspectives 💖
Loved this video! You have done such a fabulous job, well done
I agree but she does earn loads from youtube too. So she will use this house for views
I do like the natural wood, but I think the grey on that side of the garden balanced it out and brought it all together! It looks fabulous!!!! You are an inspiration!!
I can’t believe you ever doubted yourself, your voice, or your videos! Your content speaks to my soul and soothes my jitters and the doubts in my head. After watching you I feel a boost of confidence and as if I received a warm hug from a long missed loved one. Thank you!!
I feel the same! I replay her old videos, and always feel so excited when I get a notification for a new video 🥰 she’s such a warm person.
I have watched her videos at night and fallen asleep. Her voice is amazing!
Absolutely the same feeling im getting from all Remis videos ❤🙏❤️ love you Remi! ❤
I love your voice-overs. And a two year project in a video this long is an incredible achievement. Beautiful!
I am here literally one minute since post, is the first video that I give a comment, (I'm sorry if my English is not the best).
It's been almost 3 months of watching your videos, and your channel is without a doubt, my comfort place, every time I need the power of watching a person like me getting things done even in problematic energy levels.
You are a light in my day, thank you so much for been yourself in this world of just showing the 'pretty' part.
Such a lovely thing to read! Thank you so so much! It means everything to know I’m able to help and provide some comfort ❤️
My darling ,clearly you’d never done any gardening ever before . What a learning curve! What a star you are .
It's so nice to see "normal" relatable folk on YT 🧡 Looks amazing! Good work+
Amazing transformation. A family effort and the love shows, your garden just glows with happiness. Well done everyone !
Thank you so much!!! ☺️☀️
Remi, Thank you! Thank you for helping me understand that I am not alone and lots of us struggle with mundane tasks.
Thank you for inspiring me and encouraging me to keep up with the housework.
You have honestly helped change mine and my children's life ❤
Oh my goodness, you are so very welcome! Sending all the love to you and your family ❤️
Remi, the transformation is AMAZING 😳😳! It doesn’t even look like the same garden. The amount of work that your whole family put in is commendable. The reason I loved this video so much is because it made my heart happy to see Ike playing with his grandmother as she transplanted a plant from her own garden or your dad, stepdad or Charlie building pergola’s, sandboxes, furniture, you name it. It took a village. So much love was poured into your garden and now the whole family has a fresh green space to play and eat meals together outside. I practically cheered when you said you got to sit outside and relax on the bench for the first time. I hope you get to curl up with a good book and a nice cup of tea this week as you give yourself a huge pat on the back for all the labor you’ve put into seeding, mowing, reseeding, and creating a video that captures the entire two year journey. Wow! Thanks for sharing your beautiful life and garden with us! 👏👏🏡🪴🧑🌾 P.S. the grey pergola looks great and you’re protecting the wood from the elements so don’t feel bad, it will also be covered in sweet smelling flowers in the future so you might not even see the wood anyway.
I may be in the minority but I love everything about your backyard, even the gray paint! Beautiful
Watching you using scissors to get the last bits along the wall brought back a fun memory when I was little. We had an electric scissors made for that task. It ran on a charge so we had to work fast! I’m now 62 and on my own to tend to 40 acres of prairiegrass. It’s daunting after my husband passed but it helps to look at it in pieces, several pcs a day. Thank you dear for your positive soul 🦋 Happy gardening from Iowa USA.
Dreams can come true. You proved it to everyone. Wow beautiful
You did such a good job Remi 😊 I love the transformation of your garden ❤️
Thank you so much! ☺️❤️
Your mom is adorable! You look so much like her. Personally, I really like the grey - it looks good with the red brick. Crazy that those little bugs come from such HUGE grubs! Everything looks beautiful - you've done a wonderful job. I hope you really enjoy it!
Remi, you are amazing! You persevered with getting that lovely grass, and with all your effort, it came! You are a truly inspirational person, and should not put yourself down, as you deserve so much more. I do not know where you get your energy from, with all you have going on! Your children are so lucky to have a Mum like you. Blessings from Jilly & Madge, from West Devon, England. xxx
Dear Remi, your garden looks beautiful. I think the gray is refreshing and is consistent. More importantly is the exceptional lawn and greenery stands out with the gray backdrop. So happy for you.🎉
Wow! What a change! Great job! Inspirational! ❤❤ Your children are so blessed to have such great parents!
Oh you’re so kind! Thank you 🥰❤️
Your garden looks fabulous. I know it was a lot of hard work but you will enjoy it every day. And Ike is such a good helper! 😂 Seriously, he may not remember everything that went on but he will remember being with you and Charlie and his grandparents. It is the feeling that he will cherish.
I was excited for this one 😊 you spoke to my heart when you said "all I contributed was anxious, impatient energy" as that is me with any kind of diy project I make my husband do 😂 Enjoy your beautiful garden it is certainly well deserved! X
The grey was the perfect choice of colour ❤looks terrific. I also did my backyard myself at age 60 & found it so overwhelming but so rewarding in the end. I actually think it's so worth doing. Now a decade later I still look after it at age 70 so rewarding. You children have wonderful parents for sure. Excellent team work with everyone involved ❤love your channel so much. Keep up the good work as you make such a difference to others watching for sure. All the best for you & your family Remi sweetie ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺 to the UK 🇬🇧 with ❤️
It looks gorgeous. A proper little peaceful sanctuary. Well done!
Thank you 🥰
Best tiny backyard EVER! So happy for you ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much! ☺️❤️
Loved it, you're awesome . You calm me with your trying to help us understand different problems. I'm 65 yrs old and still learning .thanks
I like the grey. Nice and tidy. Everything looks so fresh and clean.
Little Ike is so sweet helping in the garden. He is so enthusiastic about the shoveling and planting. ❤❤❤
He’s such a sweetheart! 😭😁
You're amazing! Look at you, Remi, not getting distracted nor pulled away from your dream garden/yard in America! I'm so proud of you and thrilled for your family to have you leading them in this project. Go, Remi! Hoots! Cheers! Wild Applause!
You have done an amazing job, your garden looks fantastic. Well done. Hope you and your family enjoy every minute spent in the garden. xx
Thank you so much!! We’re all sooo thrilled ☺️
You should be proud of yourself, your garden looks lovely , so nice that your Mum and Stepdad were able too help you and Charlie 👍
What a great job Remi! I'm an old granny in the US and I am so glad I discovered your videos. I live in a tiny house and my outdoor space is so important to me and my family. Congratulations on your success!
So much work but so well worth it! Love how you let the boys help and played splash with Mushroom. Love all the plants, especially the honeysuckle and wisteria (so lucky you have a climate they can tolerate) and the herbs and alpine strawberries & Jasmine! Your garden must smell wonderful! Don’t worry about the grey - you had to protect the wood and the sun would, over the years, just turn it all grey anyway. I love the lights - extends your garden use when days get shorter in the fall! Bravo, Remi and all your kind and true blue family helpers! Enjoy your lovely garden for years to come! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What hard work!! Not only reviving the grass & making changes, but the consistency!!! And the filming, editing, voice over! Such an accomplishment! You & your family are truly adorable (and that includes your mom, stepdad, dad & Charlie-and granddad, too). It’s so wonderful to see love and support by actions. ❤❤❤
Your pluckiness and ability to stick with something is your real secret to success. You created a lovely lawn with effort and sticking with it even without money and fancy tools. ❤
I absolutely love the bit with Ike looking in all the holes around the garden at 20:20. So cute and curious ❤❤
You have a beautiful family and so many people who loves you. It was great to see.
Your grass look like golf grade one at the end!
Great job! Looks like the perfect area to spend time with the kids in. I bet they love it! 🧡🧡🧡
Sprinkle some clover seed in your grass. It’s lovely under foot and it fixes nitrogen to make the grass thicker and greener. Nice job you did there! 56:07
You are a great Mom, and your own mum and stepdad are awesome!
The grey looks fine, your flowering plants and shrubs will be a lovely contrast.
I’m so proud of you! You and all your helpers did a fantastic job ✌️
Ahh thank you so much!! 🥰❤️❤️
Wow. You are so hardworking.
Really kind of you to say. Thanks! 😊
As a keen gardner and former allotment owner, I applaud your hard work and efforts sincerely. You have learnt on the job and done your research and homework and taken on board people's advice on your comments section and it's really paid off. You have done your family proud. And how wonderful for your parents to help out. What a loving family you are, I had great pleasure watching every single minute. Your garden is beautiful and you have made every bit of it work for you. Well done❤
What an amazing transformation. Your dedication to this project was amazing!!! Congratulations 🎉
Aw Remi, I was only able to watch the first half of this vid last weekend, and am just watching the second half now. It's amazing. I'm so happy for you. Very well done!! 💕🦋👩🌾🌱🪴🍓😃💕
What a wonderful transformation 🎉 Remi you rock!!! ❤️🏴❤️
Thank you so much!! 😁❤️
Absolutely brilliant transformation. You really inspire with “a little bit at a time”. So often we feel we are failing but you show that as long as we keep going, it WILL eventually get done. I am 69 and slowing down and your videos motivate me and comfort me that there are others out there who struggle with decision making and inertia, yet it can be done, bit by bit. It was also lovely to see your mom and stepdad and dad coming to help out. Something wonderful to look back on when they have finished walking this earth. I wish I had videos of my parents loving and teaching my children. Keep going Remi! You are WONDERFUL!!!!!!
Well done on your garden . Blood sweat and tears have gone into your garden transformation xxxx
No money, no problem. You've got something money can't buy, grit, determination and persistence. This video made me smile. I hope you are proud of yourself, creating a lovely environment for you and your family.
So happy you released the video of this garden - journey 😊
It’s been a long time coming! 😊
@@remiclogbut itvshows we must persevere:) well done 💪🏻
@@crystalclear6864 thank you! ☺️
Oh the garden looks amazing 😍 so cozy well done 💪🏻❤️😘
@@Pelinaka696 thank you ☺️
This is one of the most beautiful garden makeovers I've ever seen because it's a garden grown from a mother's incredible love strength and passion for her family. Good luck making more! I love the alpine strawberry tip! ❤
"Sprinting lasted about a week" made me laugh 😅 Love your videos Remi. Garden is beautiful. Your transparency and vulnerability is inspiring to so many.
Loved watching your little lawn inspector checking out your work 😂❤
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Oh Remi, your garden transformation is absolutely divine!!! The two years were hard but totally worth it for the results you have! I love how your family was involved in helping you create this.
We've also been spending time cleaning up our yard, landscaping, and fixing our front porch as our oldest is graduating high school next May and we want our house to look nice for her graduation party. It does feel really good to see things transform.
Enjoy your beautiful new space!!!
Remi, your tenacity with this project is inspiring! You mentioned you don’t stick to anything, well girl you have found either a passion or how to break through your barriers! RUclips and your channel has been consistent enough to help you fund a project that has taken time and look at the results for both! Give yourself a pat on the back girlfriend! Amazing loved loved this video. Been waiting for a while and totally worth it! ❤
I’m so irrationally afraid of things that look like grubs, maggots, and centipedes. I can’t even look at pictures of them on my phone (oddly, I think earth worms are adorable lol)😭 I think it comes from a bad experience I had as a child (really bad living situation, really bad family situation, and a centipede infestation). Going outside and seeing thousands in my yard making a “squelching” sound would genuinely be enough to send me over the edge lmao 💀 My personal phobia aside, i think fixing up a lawn sounds so overwhelming in general. So many things out of our control with weather and wildlife, and so much information to learn! Some people have no idea the work and money that can go into fixing a lawn. And sometimes people put in tons of work and money, and still can’t revive their lawn! Im so inspired by your determination and dedication to this project and others like it. Especially because you do it out of pure, selfless love for your family 💖 Your lawn looks SO BEAUTIFUL!! It’s so lush and green! It looks so soft! Perfect for your boys 💖 And you didn’t hire anyone! You and your family did that all by yourselves!! I’m seriously amazed. I’m so grateful for your videos. They are a blessing. You’ve been such a massive source of inspiration for me in so many ways. You’ve really impacted my life in a very big way. I think I’ve grown into a different person since watching your videos. I’m nicer to myself, more grateful for everything, more productive than ever, and i’m a better wife 🥰💖
Remi, you’re a sweet-pea and wonderful mama. You’ve all done a beautiful job and you must feel so proud. ❤
Hello! It is always so nice to get a new video notification from Remi Clog! It just goes to show "determination" pays off! Your lawn looks amazing! 👍
Your narration is just as lovely (or even more so), than your lovely videos! Thank you for always sharing your heart, your triumphs and your “misses.” You encourage countless others through your honesty and love. 💜
I love your dedication, Remi. ❤️
Your garden transformation is amazing! 🙂 I love watching your videos. I find them relaxing. Thank you xx
Watched the whole video, I love how you showed the entire process and recalling certain days and explaining how you felt. The best was you talking about your life wisdoms - sharing you realistic timeline and alluding to how life isn’t that serious, do what you can, don’t beat yourself up about it, all efforts add up! Your optimism, outlook on life, and belief in what anyone can achieve are very refreshing. Cheers!
The nighttime photos are stunning! The yard looks so pretty lit up at night.
WOW! You all created a wonderful space for your family. The grass, the lights, the plants, the pergola. Congratulations!
This was such a super satisfying video. Your garden area turned out lovely and a great place for your boys to play and for all of you to have great family fun. Your Mum & Step-dad were wonderful in all the help they gave you! They are both very talented.❣️❣️❣️
You are one heck of a mom, great partner-great person, period. I really feel that strongly. I am exceptionally proud of you for going way over and beyond the call of duty in making all this possible for your family. You know, thanks so much for sharing this sweet moment with us all! Parents, husband, children, friends, or neighbors-they’re the lucky ones to have such a great person around. I send love, joy, peace, and more blessings your way, beautiful soul.🙏💜💜💜💜☮️🪬
Gorgeous. You did an amazing job with it. Give the plants a chance to flourish and itll look straight from a fairytale. I liked the pergola natural but I think the grey easily works too. Keep in mind, it'll blend in as all the greenery, flowers, and whatnot grow and wrap around everything which is what will really pop. It's beautiful already but it's going to be absolutely stunning in another year or two. Good luck and take a rest, you've earned it! ❤🎉
Wow, what a transformation. All your hard work and perseverance paid off. You and your family have created a lovely space for your children. You should all be very proud, well done. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. xxx
Comments:
1. Impressive perseverance and hard work.
2. Ew, gross.
3. Well done.
4. The thanks goes both ways. I get a lot of pleasure and inspiration from watching your videos, so, happy to help and you're welcome!
Where I live in Canada, our yards are not walled like a lot of yours. This makes it easy for skunks and racoons to come and go, and they do a great job at digging up the grubs and eating them. Some people complain about the holes they make, but it's easy to flip the grass back over and stomp on it. I appreciate the help with the yard work.
If you are not happy with your gray paint on the pergola (which nicely matches your window trim), perhaps it will make a lovely back drop for a future family mural. Don't forget the wood unpainted would turn a weathered gray colour all on it's own. Alternatively, as it will need more coats in the future, you can always make changes then.
And if you don't like seeing the corners of the tarp under the sandbox, what about decorative rocks?
As for the sandbox cover, I did the same to avoid offering a public loo the neighbour's cats. We have indoor cats, so I wasn't worried about disease, just the nasty stink and the bother of having to clean it out and replace the sand.
Your mom is lovely :)
xo
The fact you couldn’t afford it before but you can now is awesome, I love that for you. This was a very nice episode with the yard progress.❤
Oh! So happy to see you. It's been a while. The garden looks great. Well done!
The grey is fabulous. Don’t second guess yourself. Fantastic job and I’m very envious of what you’ve created ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It's a dream garden remi! You're so fortunate and your work has definitely paid off! Hats off to remi! 🎉
It's gorgeous!! All of you did a marvelous job! You are very artistic. You could paint things on the pergola to accent the garden. Like butterflies, gnomes, pinwheels, etc. It might be fun to include the children in that. Then again...😅. Totally up to you. You give us so many awesome ideas I thought I'd try to give some back. Thank you for all you do in these videos for us! From, a starting to get older lady, and most definitely a fan! USA, Tennessee! ❤
I’am so proud of you going though all that trouble to find the problem and hard work 😓 your yard looks fabulous 🙏🏻🙌🏻
Well done you!!!its a totally different garden!❤ like you ive been trying to do my front garden,divided it into thirds, one a wildflower garden which is amazing, 2, just grass and 3 gravel with conifers and some rocks as a zen garden, all thats left is to put the gravel down. Like you so proud of myself as done it by myself with some disabilities so taken much longer than a normal person would take, but im seeing the end now!
The dedication and the progression was worth the wait. Good job!
Soo relieved to hear this! Thank you 😊
@@remiclog ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I’m proud of all
your hard work. I know your kids love it!
You’re fab! I’m only a couple of minutes in and I love the way you talk conversationally to the viewer. It makes me feel very involved and interested in your adventures. Love it! God, bless your family.
Good morning Remi Love your garden transformation!!and all your content ,Be blessed
Thank you lovely! ❤️
That is phenomenal! What a great job you and Charlie have done to create this garden and make it lovely to be sitting or playing out in! That's just terrific, Remi. Thank you for sharing the fruits of your labours with us - it really shows that it's worth making a consistent effort in a very unpromising starting place, because what you have now is a garden any family would be happy to have. Well done!
I love the grey garden ❤
Ahh pleased to hear that! Thank you ☺️❤️
I Love how you involve your beautiful boy little one with doing the garden, older boy to its great you don't feel annoyed let them join you. ❤ But yeah when you need to do big clean you need the space to do it, you don't need to feel guilty. Your children, your family is wonderful. All my blessings prayers Jess x
Congratulations
What a beautiful garden you’ve created! Well done!
Thank you so much 😊
Well done - you have absolutely the right attitude to achieve anything you want to. Don't feel bad about failures - the path to success is paved with them. You are a natural philosopher and full of good self-understanding. And a super mum.
Beautiful garden! Enjoy it as much as you can. You're a very hard working family. 😊
You are so welcome Remi ❤ I can't think of anyone more deserving. You post relatable content and your so vulnerable with us and it's why I enjoy these videos so much. I hope your channel continues to grow.
So great! You have a lovely back garden!! Hugs from N.C., USA. ❤
Thank you ❤️
Rock on Gf, don't even trip I'm 63 an artist and I've always started such big projects, and seen not as many through to finished, your grass is gorgeous and so are you. Do what you do, enjoy your Now❤
Such a wonderful transformation and so happy for you. Just wow!!🎉❤❤❤
Ahhh thank you so much! 😊❤️
What a delightful video! Thanks for sharing your struggle with us! Congrats on not giving up and putting turf down. Good things come to those who wait, and are patient! Such a lovely sanctuary your family has created! I watch lots of cleaning sites and happlily subscribed to yours too! I'm from the USA, in Michigan, north of Detroit and we ALL know about rain and clouds in Michigan, not to mention the brutal cold and snow! I'll be watching my new friend, cheers! Thanks for making me laugh and smile, the kids are adorable!
Hello so glad your here .I yelled Remi is here lol
Ahh this made me smile! ☺️
👍👍👍For persistent. Thanks for demonstrating and let us see the fruit of your labour. I too found the odd grubs when I scarify. And most likely I have a lot more of those critters hidden away. So I’ll be using nematodes too. Beautiful garden btw.
It turned out spectacular. Well done. You should be proud of it. It looks lovely❤
Thank you so much! ☺️🥹
Its took me 2-3 yrs to get a lawn from nothing, we downsized to a new small 3 bed house, our lawn was the same as yours but I decided just to keep cutting what I could and over time it recovered all by itself, I am a keen gardener and have turned an empty space into a garden. Gardens grow, they are not made ! Keep at it girl, you’er winning ❤
My mood improved when i got the notification that you posted a video ❤❤❤
It’s so refreshing hearing experiences from people who do things manually because they have no money. And I mean really have less than $50 from all possible sources. We live on acreage full of wild weeds and I remember that for the first 2 years it took me literally over an hour to pull weeds out on the 4 square feet around my kneeled area. We finally bought a half working rototiller from our neighbor and fixed it. It helped tremendously in the garden. My husband uses it to clear large areas when needed. It’s our 8th year here and I still crawl on my knees for most tasks and learned soooo muuuuch in a process. Yet still have so much to learn. Appreciate all the learning curves of other people. Biggest problem I have now is my chicken and wild turkeys constantly disturbing my mulch in garden beds and under trees and deers chewing everything that cannot be enclosed in fence.
Congratulations! It looks amazing!
Thank you!! ☺️