I use a gardening and landscaping center that is not part of a big box store. They usually have a lot of used landscaping blocks. There are not as many options, but once you get the blocks in the garden you can't tell the difference. And they are typically 25% of the cost of new blocks at Home Depot or Menard's.
I was actually gifted a 1/2 pallet of that type of stone. My sister did a big project and over bought so I think I have enough for a couple of circles. You took away some of my anxiety about using them in the best way. Looks easy enough for this old lady anyway! ♥️👍🙏🇺🇸🤓
Ah, brings me back to stargate! if we dig anywhere in the garden we end up pulling out sidewalk sections and rough dimensional limestone blocks. This can easily triple the amount of work we put into setting up a garden area, but who can resist the archaeology!~
I have made several of these around areas where we lost trees due to a tornado. Mine are not quite as precise as yours but was easy to do and gave me a quick place for some "pretty" to go.
Would love a video about critters. I have chipmunks that I love, but make havoc in my garden. I recently put out plants to harden off...they mowed down my sunflower seedlings. And picked new seeds out of the center of my peat , hadn’t considered they would do that. Didn’t realized I should supervise my young plants during hardening off.
I bought a product called Repels All. It's supposed to irritate the nasal passages of the critters so they leave. I haven't used it yet because ever since I bought it, the squirrel (that had been eating everything) has been missing. Maybe he read the label and just gave up.
Your bed looks good Gardener Scott. I just created one of these last week under a tree. So I am thinking of finding shaded plants under that tree in my front lawn
This is just the video I needed to help me identify a way to make some of my ornamental beds prettier looking, with low maintenance. I was not looking forward to maintaining edging. This will do the job nicely. Thank you Scott!
I have a small vegetable garden (4 x 8) that I made with these same blocks several years ago. Mine is two blocks high and has worked great! I love the idea of a round area for flowers. I think I have my next project! Thank you for a great idea! Love your videos!
👍I built my raised beds using cheap, generic cinder blocks. My fire pit is about 60" diameter, using the same blocks you used in this video. I might have to replace a few blocks around the fire pit soon because I get that pit raging from time to time & some of the blocks are breaking apart from extreme heat. 🤣
I wonder if you could alternate some of those bricks to create an elongated (albeit slightly wavy) garden bed with rounded ends. Thanks Scott! You've always got wonderful and practical ideas for the home garden.
Leveling is the worst. How much do you charge? :-) Just wondering, do you get compensated when I like a video if I'm a premium member and don't watch ads?
Great video Scott, as always. I have a question as a somewhat newer Gardner- I put straw down after I planted my vegetables- both plants and seeds. Perhaps I need to put more down. I did maybe an inch. However, Robins keep digging (probably looking for worms) and sparrows keep rolling..do you have any advice? Do I put more straw down to make it thicker? I have seeds coming up but I know they are disturbing them. I live in the midwest. I dont think the disturbance are moles but birds as I always see them in there. I appreciate it. Thank you.
Thanks. Deeper mulch will deter the robins and depending on the plants a few inches is a good goal. But for seeds and seedlings it should be thin so the plants can grow through it. It's a tough balance to maintain. You can try covering the bed with bird netting temporarily.
Why don't you check level of soil before you set your blocks? Then you can fine tune level after you have the blocks in place. This would be faster than placing blocks and removing them!
Quite a bit. The edges of the blocks in the inner circle define the diameter and can always touch. The gap between blocks on the outside will spread as more are added.
@@GardenerScott you can always add more blocks too if you want a larger circle ⭕️! But the gaps between the blocks still will not end up tightly together, since the angle of the blocks only fits tightly together for a certain size circle determined by the angle on the blocks. As I’m sure gardener Scott already knows too!
Those concrete types and the soils if you buy them easily cost a $100 or more. I saw $25 glaringly clear on your video title but no explanation. Please explain
In this video I showed the blocks at the store with a price of $2.18. The project used 12 blocks. Native soil with homemade compost doesn't cost anything, as I discuss in other videos.
Only problems I have is I can set everything perfectly level and have it looking beautiful. Then a few months go by if that and the dang moles or other underground gigging critters dig up under my blocks and so much for everything being level any longer! We live on 5 acre lots along with my neighbors and the neighbors do nothing to control the moles, etc. . So trying to control the moles myself in vain as well as extremely expensive! Believe me I’ve tried getting them off my property! Only solution I’ve found is to dig down deeper in the area where my blocks will go and pour concrete in that area to keep the moles from digging in that area, after concrete dries set my blocks on top the concrete. So far my blocks now remain level!
@@kevinerose I so wish that worked, since we have literally hundreds of cats around our area, most of which are feral cats and inbreeding among people just dumping their unwanted cats and dogs off around here too! Actually my best solution for moles wasn’t a cat, it was my little Lhasa/Yorkie mix dog. She had the patience of a Saint! She sit next to a mole hill for hours waiting for the mole to come up to the top of the mount and she pounce grabbing the mole right out of the dirt. Then she bring it to me to show me what she caught. Which sometimes that was in the middle of the night and she bring it into my bedroom to show me and the mole be trying to dig thru our carpet trying to escape! LOL Luckily I could praise my dog and tell her to take it back outside and kill it. I’d either find it by the front door on the porch or at the bottom of the porch steps in the morning to thru in the trash. Best dog I ever had, unfortunately she passed away almost a couple years ago now and the moles are populating more again now. I’ve set up all kinds of mole traps too, but I only catch a mole every once in a long while! Think the moles are getting smarter to traps personally! LOL
I use a gardening and landscaping center that is not part of a big box store. They usually have a lot of used landscaping blocks. There are not as many options, but once you get the blocks in the garden you can't tell the difference. And they are typically 25% of the cost of new blocks at Home Depot or Menard's.
I was actually gifted a 1/2 pallet of that type of stone. My sister did a big project and over bought so I think I have enough for a couple of circles.
You took away some of my anxiety about using them in the best way. Looks easy enough for this old lady anyway!
♥️👍🙏🇺🇸🤓
Thank you for all the details to create this bed
I also like your garden metal peacock
From Toronto Canada 🇨🇦
Just another brilliant example of what an improvement it makes to your final result if you take your time along the way.
Ah, brings me back to stargate! if we dig anywhere in the garden we end up pulling out sidewalk sections and rough dimensional limestone blocks. This can easily triple the amount of work we put into setting up a garden area, but who can resist the archaeology!~
Thank you for another clear and concise video. I have never tried to lay that style of blocks yet.
You made that look really easy
Thanks Gardener Scott.
Perfect idea for my backyard, Thank you Scott
I have made several of these around areas where we lost trees due to a tornado. Mine are not quite as precise as yours but was easy to do and gave me a quick place for some "pretty" to go.
I want to try this.... Thank You Gardener Scott
Would love a video about critters. I have chipmunks that I love, but make havoc in my garden. I recently put out plants to harden off...they mowed down my sunflower seedlings. And picked new seeds out of the center of my peat , hadn’t considered they would do that. Didn’t realized I should supervise my young plants during hardening off.
I bought a product called Repels All. It's supposed to irritate the nasal passages of the critters so they leave. I haven't used it yet because ever since I bought it, the squirrel (that had been eating everything) has been missing. Maybe he read the label and just gave up.
Thanks Gardener Scott. I want to do this around the area where I had a tree removed a couple years ago. I think that will look nice there.
Great idea. I will be doing this.
This is perfect. I was planning on doing this for my herbs. Thanks G.S.!
Your bed looks good Gardener Scott. I just created one of these last week under a tree. So I am thinking of finding shaded plants under that tree in my front lawn
It looks beautiful!
This is just the video I needed to help me identify a way to make some of my ornamental beds prettier looking, with low maintenance. I was not looking forward to maintaining edging. This will do the job nicely. Thank you Scott!
Looks great, interested to see what goes in there.
Thank You for another great gardening idea!Q Yers lumber prices are very high right now . Cement is a great alternative.
Perfection is not required. But if it isn't close, we always see the problem we should have fixed when we installed the garden.
🙂🙃🙂😉
I have a small vegetable garden (4 x 8) that I made with these same blocks several years ago. Mine is two blocks high and has worked great! I love the idea of a round area for flowers. I think I have my next project! Thank you for a great idea! Love your videos!
👍I built my raised beds using cheap, generic cinder blocks. My fire pit is about 60" diameter, using the same blocks you used in this video. I might have to replace a few blocks around the fire pit soon because I get that pit raging from time to time & some of the blocks are breaking apart from extreme heat. 🤣
I wonder if you could alternate some of those bricks to create an elongated (albeit slightly wavy) garden bed with rounded ends.
Thanks Scott! You've always got wonderful and practical ideas for the home garden.
You can definitely alternate the blocks. These have a rough edge on the front and a smooth edge on the back so the appearance would alternate.
Looks great. What are you going to plant in it?
It's primarily for stinging nettle but will also have annual flowers inside and perennials outside.
Leveling is the worst. How much do you charge? :-) Just wondering, do you get compensated when I like a video if I'm a premium member and don't watch ads?
RUclips does compensate a very small amount from premium members. Thanks for asking.
Great video Scott, as always. I have a question as a somewhat newer Gardner- I put straw down after I planted my vegetables- both plants and seeds. Perhaps I need to put more down. I did maybe an inch. However, Robins keep digging (probably looking for worms) and sparrows keep rolling..do you have any advice? Do I put more straw down to make it thicker? I have seeds coming up but I know they are disturbing them. I live in the midwest. I dont think the disturbance are moles but birds as I always see them in there. I appreciate it. Thank you.
Thanks. Deeper mulch will deter the robins and depending on the plants a few inches is a good goal. But for seeds and seedlings it should be thin so the plants can grow through it. It's a tough balance to maintain. You can try covering the bed with bird netting temporarily.
@@GardenerScott Thank you very much.
Do you know if this block contains fly ash?
As far as I know it doesn't.
Why don't you check level of soil before you set your blocks? Then you can fine tune level after you have the blocks in place. This would be faster than placing blocks and removing them!
How much can you increase the diameter before it starts loosing integrity?
Quite a bit. The edges of the blocks in the inner circle define the diameter and can always touch. The gap between blocks on the outside will spread as more are added.
@@GardenerScott you can always add more blocks too if you want a larger circle ⭕️! But the gaps between the blocks still will not end up tightly together, since the angle of the blocks only fits tightly together for a certain size circle determined by the angle on the blocks. As I’m sure gardener Scott already knows too!
You can also these blocks and similar ones in other configurations. Lots of inspiration out there.
Those concrete types and the soils if you buy them easily cost a $100 or more. I saw $25 glaringly clear on your video title but no explanation. Please explain
In this video I showed the blocks at the store with a price of $2.18. The project used 12 blocks. Native soil with homemade compost doesn't cost anything, as I discuss in other videos.
Only problems I have is I can set everything perfectly level and have it looking beautiful. Then a few months go by if that and the dang moles or other underground gigging critters dig up under my blocks and so much for everything being level any longer! We live on 5 acre lots along with my neighbors and the neighbors do nothing to control the moles, etc. . So trying to control the moles myself in vain as well as extremely expensive! Believe me I’ve tried getting them off my property! Only solution I’ve found is to dig down deeper in the area where my blocks will go and pour concrete in that area to keep the moles from digging in that area, after concrete dries set my blocks on top the concrete. So far my blocks now remain level!
The best solution I have found for moles is cats.
@@kevinerose I so wish that worked, since we have literally hundreds of cats around our area, most of which are feral cats and inbreeding among people just dumping their unwanted cats and dogs off around here too! Actually my best solution for moles wasn’t a cat, it was my little Lhasa/Yorkie mix dog. She had the patience of a Saint! She sit next to a mole hill for hours waiting for the mole to come up to the top of the mount and she pounce grabbing the mole right out of the dirt. Then she bring it to me to show me what she caught. Which sometimes that was in the middle of the night and she bring it into my bedroom to show me and the mole be trying to dig thru our carpet trying to escape! LOL Luckily I could praise my dog and tell her to take it back outside and kill it. I’d either find it by the front door on the porch or at the bottom of the porch steps in the morning to thru in the trash. Best dog I ever had, unfortunately she passed away almost a couple years ago now and the moles are populating more again now. I’ve set up all kinds of mole traps too, but I only catch a mole every once in a long while! Think the moles are getting smarter to traps personally! LOL
Very nice.....but quit giving me ideas, lol.😆
Hey, where's the hat ? ;)
I was wearing it. I just took it off for some of the filming. :)
Easy. And grows. Okay, yeah
Oh. I work there, in another state.
Blocks are in many ways better than wood.
And don't hit your thumb