🌞 Fixing MISTAKES In My Garden || Laying Cardboard & Mulch || Eggplant & Pepper Harvest
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Follow along as I fix a mistake in my garden by pulling back mulch and adding cardboard, plus harvesting eggplants and peppers.
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I agree - the more mistakes we make, the more we learn.
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Tough job! Well done 💪🌸😅
Thank you! 😃
Good morning. Your walk way with the mulch is coming along. I think it is now starting to look neat and tidy. I don't have Bermuda grass but I can feel your frustration with it. Enjoy your harvest and the rest of your day.
Good morning!
I hope the cardboard and weed barrier work! Cedar
Is hard to find. Love your enthusiasm. And we all make mistakes and learn.
Me too!
Your arbor is beautiful. I was just thinking how lovely it would look painted the same color as the trim of your house, that charcoal gray color. Just an idea. Looks pretty either way!
Oh!!! You are the only one who has ever suggested that and I think that’s a great idea!!!
I've definitely made numerous gardening mistakes and do learn from them. I've used cardboard under mulch and it's worked pretty well. I've heard so many mixed opinions about landscape fabric but did use it to suppress a very invasive weed in a wet area. I covered it with river pebbles. It's been 3 years and some of the weed has come through but for the most part it has stayed suppressed.
I’m hoping the combination of the two will be a winner!
Wow, that was a lot of hard work! Looks good and thanks for the tips regarding the edging you got from Home Depot. That looked a lot easier to install than the stuff I've been using. Glad to see you were able to harvest some eggplant and peppers from your garden. All of the vegetables I planted were a big fail this year. After hurricane Beryl hit, they were either blown over or looked like a steam roller ran over them. I pulled them all up and planted zinnias and sunflowers to enjoy later in the season in their place. Those gladiolas are beautiful.
My tomatoes were a massive fail this year.
Thanks for sharing your do-overs, Amanda. I love that you're not a perfectionist! I struggle with researching too much, trying too much, and sometimes getting so overwhelmed that I do too little too late. Jumping in with what we already know and learning more as we go is a healthier and more productive approach. I'm working on it. 😁
Oh, I scored some half-priced mandevilla recently, really big ones on wooden trellises, and I'm going to try to overwinter them. Wish me luck!
You’re doing great Becky!!!
@@shesamadgardener Thanks! (Now tell that to my hydrangea. 😆)
Fixing mistakes makes one a better gardener. It also in many cases makes one physically stronger.
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@@shesamadgardener I thought about you last week as I worked on one of my "mistakes," which necessitated getting bermuda grass out of my flower bed. The grass creeps over from the adjacent property. Ah the joys of gardening!
Amanda, anytime there is a buildup of dirt or mulch on top of weed barrier, the weeds will grow on top of the barrier. The roots will start growing into the barrier and is hard to get off the top. You will actually still have the same problem cardboard or not as long as mulch is breaking down and wind blows or birds drop seed unto the top of the barrier. As you mentioned, if you weed before they can get a hold then it won’t be as bad.
I’m sure it will be a never ending battle!
I don't think Bermuda grass can be beat,exactly, But you can make it unhappy if you try hard!
New gardening goal is the make Bermuda grasses life miserable!
I am definitely learning a lot from my gardening mistakes. I should be a master gardener by now because of all the trial and error! 😂 I would love to try out your pot pie casserole recipe!
😂😂😂 I’m gonna be a master gardener pretty soon too!
I think I'll try that edging in my garden. Thanks for the idea
Glad you like it!
My peppers over here in Lewisville did the same thing.
Yeah I’m wondering if it has to do with pollination.
Looks like that oughta do it. We just put in the same edging.
I hope it works this time!
Just part of the creative process,...you have an idea, you act it, you discover what does and what doesnt work! This is true for anything. You are correct in that it is a learning process. It's nice you share so as we venture forth with a similar idea. We can adjust and discover new things that do and do not work!
Thanks Amanda.
Also, thanks for reminding your viewers to like and comment even with an emoji to help grow your channel. Since most if us are not pro you tube creators, this has really help educate me in how i can support the people i follow.
Aww thank you!
I don't even try to cover Bermuda. I just dig it out. Not my favorite thing to do, but I don't think I would ever be rid of it in my flower beds for paths if I tried to suppress it. Bermuda is the most invasive weed in my yard. My mistakes this year: planting several hostas in an area that in previous years was shady but is not now since the neighbors to my west lost at least one tall tree and a few large limbs in late summer storms last year. It greatly affected the amount of sunlight in my side yard. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I've had to dig up some plants and replace with sun lovers instead of shade. I also planted a couple of daylilies that someone shared with me. They did great but were totally intertwined with some sort of weedy grass. The daylilies came right out and were left for waste management to pick up. I have enough weeds without someone elses!
It’s the worst!! Mine goes down over 15inches so digging it up is not an option!
My biggest mistake this season was using donated crape myrtle branches to help fill the bottom of a tall raised bed. I had sprouts coming up everywhere! Once all the veggies petered out, I had to dig all the branches up! Oops! 🤦♀️
Oh no!!! I never even thought of that!
my big goof was thinking if I cover my small area with pavers that I made from concrete with a form and cemented them in, I'd create an old world cobble- like walking surface and I'd have no issues. Wrong. Eventually the cement cracked away from the pavers due to ground shifting and weeds sprouted with a wild form of purslane being the worst I cringe everytime I hear you're planting purslane! Plus everyplace the cement stayed intact, small amounts of soil collects and weed seeds drift in from above.
So in other words, I'm constantly having to deal with either pulling weeds or spraying them with 20% vinegar. Just another day in the life of a gardener!
Vinegar is an excellent idea, thanks!
I feel your pain, Amanda. Once this torturous job is done, it's a dream! It's been too hot here so it's a job I have to tackle. Thank you for sharing.
So hot!!!
Maybe I missed it - is the cardboard because too much moisture retention between the plastic and mulch or weed control? The back porch area looks stunning!😍🇨🇦
To suppress the grass growth!
Im having a similar experience . If im right, it will be a mess! 😅
Good luck!
You and hubby do great for a crew of 2. 😊
😊 thank you
I absolutely HATE pulling grass lol
Same!
Pathway maintenance is my least favorite thing to do. All around my raised vegetable beds has become overtaken with grass I put down weed barrier and cardboard and mulch but the Bermuda grass does not care!
It is such a beast of a grass!
Really nice job👍Hard support for you
Thank you so much 😀
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Lots of hard work in gardening. Never-ending weeds. ⚾️
You got that right!
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I'm going back in with that same edging except I got the one from Lowes that has the scallops on top. It is working to hold the mulch in place. I fight with the Bermuda grass too. Instead of trying to pull it, I spray it. You can pull that stuff but it'll just break off and leave the runners and come back LOL! Yours is looking really good, take your time, buy LOTS of mulch :D
Yes I need to get in the habit of spraying it!
Honestly I was a little overwhelmed watching you have to redo your mulched area. 🥴 unfortunately for me I will procrastinate because I don’t want to screwup 😂. All your information really helps. Thank you Amanda. ☺️
You and me both!
Bermuda grass is a constant battle! I think your efforts will pay off.
I hope so!
The gladiolus look so pretty!! I have several blooming, loving them. Do you overwinter yours or are they hardy for you?
They are hardy for me but I will be pulling up the ones in these grow bags during the fall so that I can succession plant them next year.
Have yourtried to do thefree Chip Drop in your area? It's free!
Yeah I was going to ask her about Chip Drop too to save money on mulch.
I have not … my biggest concern is termites and that they cannot guarantee that there are no termites in the chips that they deliver so I haven’t tried it yet.
Yep, I know this struggle with grass, especially Bermuda, very well. In the future, buy a good pro-quality woven ground cover, then skip the mulch. Like pro nurseries do. I know, the mulch is prettier and it looks more "green", but it doesn't work, unless you use chemicals, like you say you're going to use. Bermuda loves mulch. It will grow in the smidgen of soil under the mulch and spread all over it. In fact, it loves wet cardboard. I put down cardboard, then a thick layer of fresh mulch and 2 years later you can't tell I ever put down cardboard and it's covered in grass. No more cardboard for me. I'm a senior and I don't have the time or physical energy for all this grass. I'm using just nursery quality woven landscape fabric to repair my wasted efforts. It's not that expensive, in fact it's cheaper in the long run, and it works.
Oh man! The cardboard has worked great on the Bermuda in areas that I did 4 years ago so fingers crossed it works this time too!
The two things I most dislike in the garden are Bermuda grass and plastic weed cloth barrier. The weed cloth barely suppresses weeds, it deteriorates, and it is horrible to remove. I prefer layers of cardboard covered by heavy layers of mulch. Mulch and compost work miracles. Do other people have better experiences with weed cloth? I know there are reasons to plant Bermuda grass, but I hate how the runners invade garden beds.
I’m hoping the combination of both will keep the grass at bay, I’ll definitely let yall know either way!
Are you concerned about tripping over the edging that is at the end of your patio? I would think you’d have to be careful when going from the patio onto the mulched area.
Now I am 😂😂😂 I’m sure I will at some point but hopefully not often!
How do you keep your zinnias from falling over
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Love what you are doing, but please use gloves for this type of projects. I'm quite a bit older than you, I know this from experience.
I’m not a fan of gloves but I do use them when my hands are cracked or dried.
Bermuda , don’t you just love it….not! In my yard it grows great where I don’t want it and terrible where I need it! 🤦🏼
The WORST!