Will This Epic Garden Restoration FINISH me off? Should I Just QUIT?
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- Join me on an incredible journey as I tackle one of the most challenging garden restoration projects I've even done! In this video titled "Will This Garden Make Me QUIT?", I dive deep into the ups and downs of transforming this neglected 370 year old property and garden into a vibrant oasis. During this series I've navigated through tough decisions, unexpected setbacks, and moments of triumph in the garden. Will the struggles prove too much, or will the beauty of nature inspire me to keep going?
Get ready for an inspiring tale of perseverance and growth, filled with tips and tricks for your own gardening adventures! Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more gardening content and updates on this restoration journey. Let's dig in together! 🌱💚 #GardenRestoration #GardeningJourney #WillThisGardenMakeMeQUIT
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I’m an optimistic guy, but today that optimism started to flag a bit! Wow, what a big job this is, and I’ve only just started to realise! 😂 I hope I can get this done.
But a special thank you to everyone who’s been watching, your moral support will see me through!😊
I think they should hire you on as their permanent grounds keeper. This is surely a big job. Watching you uncover that driveway was brutal. It seems that once you finish getting it to look good it will be time to start all over again. Stay well Martin.
Don’t quit Martin. You’re doing a fantastic job. You could do with some extra help. That looks back breaking work.
Oh, thanks 😊 🙏 I shall carry the encouragement with me on the next visit to this garden 👍
Please don't quit Martin, look how far you've come!. I admire you for you're tenacity and work ethic, yes, the garden is bloody huge, but what an absolutley brilliant job you have done so far. You work so hard, it would be a shame to walk away now.
Здравствуйте. Отличная работа!
I don't think you are a quitter! the problem with a big garden is a bit like painting the Firth of Forth Bridge!! As the weather gets colder the plant growth will slow down and you will beat it into shape. Brambles are a long term eradication problem. Keep going, we want to see what is around the next corner.
Let the beauty of nature continue to inspire you to keep going. What you’ve done so far is wonderful! I’d like to see this beautiful space come back. Thank you
A creepy mix of bark, ash, fallen leaves and mud...wow, that's a challenging job Martin!! You definitely need a super shovel here 😉
I'm going to invest in a super shovel 😅 I've had my orders, by viewers, and also my back 😂
I don't know if you have access to one, but a wood chipper would be the best thing for all those branches, and make some nice mulch as well :)
Amazing job, another building and I saw another in the background. May the treasure hunt continue 🙌🙌🙌
Nooo don't quit...you've done so much and it really is making a difference!
I'll keep going 😊👍 I think I was just having one of those days.
You can easily see the hard graft you’ve been putting in, its making a huge difference xx
You're an encouraging one, aren't you 😊
Thank you. I shall endeavor not to disappoint 😅 I just hope the weather holds out so I can finish off the garden before Christmas.
That sir, is back breaking work! But look at your progress, the garden is starting to look alive again!
Wow, Martin! I think this job is going to require every bit as much mental fortitude and determination as it does physical stamina. You are an amazingly hard worker, and your sub numbers deserve to be so much higher than they are. This property is beautiful, but it has been let to go to ruin for a long time. If anybody can get it back into a reasonable state, it is you! I love watching you. Cheers! ❤️💐🇨🇦
The story goes on, Martin another exhausting day cutting and clearing! I bet some greedy developers would love to get their mitts on this huge garden but hopefully it's not for purchase. Keep up the good work!
Heavy equipment needed for that clearance and such hard work for one person.
Totally agree! Those brush piles are impeding your progress, and slowing you down. It's truckloads of garden debris and logs so heavy equipment is certainly needed.
Indeed, it is hard work. I'll be getting a wood chipper at some point, when I'm ready for it. But there's plenty to do in the meantime 👍
I'd love to use heavy machinery, but they are really expensive 😅 so it's man power for the most part.
You are fantastic Martin taking on a huge property like this, it’s looking so good, even the trees look relieved lol whatever you do next will be worth watching ❤❤. Pauline. Wiltshire
M. Le Prince Charmant qui réveille la princesse endormie ! Oui mais là le conte laisse la place à la réalité et le travail méticuleux et acharné remplace le baiser salvateur. Merci pour cette découverte magnifique .
Using a long handled shovel is a whole lot easier on the body for all that dirt and debris. You use your arms to lift instead bending over and using your back! You can also get your thigh under the long handle to help lift a heavy shovel load.
I'll search for one tonight 😅 I suppose I do need one. This place alone will make it repay the investment.
Hi you can get one from screw fix bulldog @@martinthegardenguy
you deserve more subscribers hard working diligent
Fantastic 😍
Great work Martin but you need a bigger shovel, you are going to get a bad back otherwise. Don't give up, hire someone to help!👍👏
Yes! Finally someone who said what I have been thinking.
This is hard work now, but think how glorious these grounds will be. Your hard work will be appreciated for years. Good job and i hope you can see it through. ❤
Oh, bless you 😊, I doubt I'll quit. It's not really in my nature, I do, however, have moments of pathetic weakness when I feel like quitting 😂
Where I'm from, we call it being a mardy bum 😁
He come s back in a few months and a Tesco is being built...🤣🇺🇸
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May I suggest a longer handled shovel and one of the attachments to keep you from ruining your back..❤
You may indeed suggest a long handled shovel. Everyone else has 😅
I'll go with the group and order myself one 😁
Alot of work but you are doing a great job! You might consider getting a longer handled shovel and a scoop shovel,it would save your back! 😉
Martin, you are really pushing hard. Shoveling gravel is an awfully back breaking job. A small tractor would have helped with that. Do you ever bring help? I’ve never seen you with a helper.
The property is sure showing improvement! Great work!
My back hurts just watching you. Good pogress!
Haha, thankfully, my back was OK. Not sure how, though 😅
Thanks for the comment 👍
It was interesting watching you process how to clean off this part of the driveway. I know you will persevere and clean it to the wall. Pruning trees and bushes are my delight! Good work!
Awesome, I love working with the trees as well. It's quite therapeutic shaping them up and letting more light into the garden 😊 it cam get a bit glum when it's too dark 😅
I really want to live in this magical place! :)
Me to 😊 it's awesome. It needs some work, though 😅
I think you should finish up by the driveway…..the bushes etc.
I guess the question is do you feel you’re being paid enough to carry on. You’re doing a great job, Martin, we all love watching your videos.
I'm doing it for free! 😂 although, in all honesty, I'll not give up. I just had a bad day and let it get on top of me a little.
I'm rested and ready to go again now 😅💪
Arduous. Fantastic job though. 👍👏👏👏
I was wondering why you cut of the cloth under the gravel.. You could have pulled it further up and rolled it up to create a barrier between the gravel and the driveway. Don't panic! How do you eat an elephant? One bite at the time 😃 You can do it! 💚
I love when you trim the lower branches on the trees. You do it so neatly, cutting close to the trunk instead of leaving a sloppy nub. The trees look neat and healthy afterwards. I can't wait for the ivy to go. I know you said that you are leaving the outer part of the yard for nature, but the dead branches thrown back there just look messy next to the attractive yard you are creating. It will I years for them to break down.Otherwise, this is becoming a beautiful place with areas of sunshine and shade, and little surprises around every corner. I'm enjoying seeing it all reappear.
But the wildlife will love the pile of old wood.
that was backbreaking work 😮
You give up on a garden project?…I can’t see you giving up on a garden, ever! 👍 😊 Martin my back hurt watching you clean the driveway. I’m still trying to understand the purpose of the ‘cloth’ that was laid there and it being a burning spot. 🤷♀️ What a tangled mess. I watched as you figured out the best way to tackle it and said if anyone can figure it out, Martin can…and you did! Good job! You are so tidy at each step! You make such a difference each week, amazing really what you can do!
Next?…I’m interested to see everything 😅, but I believe I’d like to see the front gardens worked giving them the Martin ‘touch’. I think they need a fountain in the area on right where they keep burning. Enjoyed watching, have a good week!
That looked heavy going this week, it is so starting to take shape now.
Thanks ☺️ 👍 I sometimes struggle to see what I've done, until I rewatch the first video.
Thanks again 😊
Who takes away the heaps of rubbish you assembled? Is there someone else assigned to that? And will there be an orderly compost pile (henged in etc)?
It'll all be getting chipped or shredded. And the soil waste is getting spread on some uneven parts of the garden 👍
Nothing wasted....😊
Although I do need to find a good wood chipper 😂
You must be creating a mahoosive compost ‘heap’ somewhere in the grounds?? It’s a ginormous job for one person but if you can see it through the transformation will be incredible.
Haha, yeah, it's a gigantic compost heap. Fortunately, there is plenty of space 😅 most of the branches are going to get chipped and then mulched around some of the trees 👍
What an epic cleanup. That garden seems to go on for ever!
I know you want to show the work that went into it but the driveway shovelling sequence went on a very long time and I was losing interest. It might be worthwhile speeding that up or shortening it.
A great video. Well done.
I was just watching it thinking that all the bits you've done are looking far better now and the lawns are greening up beautifully. Keep up the good work you are doing a fab job. I'd love to see that border on the right tidied and weeded to show all the beautiful shrubs. And maybe doing something a bit more "planty" which would then be finished (or as finished as gardening ever is) would help you feel a bit more positive. You are doing amazingly, it will be wonderful to maintain at the end. I'm tackling a 12ft high pyracantha with loppers tomorrow for a client. The one day of the year I'm not so keen on being a gardener 😂
Also is there a final place for the shingle? Top of a border somewhere. If so sort that border and shift the shingle straight to there. Then you could be doing clearing and construction all in one ❤
dont quit!! yr doing a great job 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Awesome encouragement 😊😅 thank you. I don't think I ever quit, but I do have some days where it crosses my mind 😂 I'm sure we all do.
Martin, do you not have a bigger scoop shovel? At least for the bulky top layer.
That was one brutal job😮
Is there another sidewalk off to the right from the driveway, could there be 2 neverending siewalks? Lol Are you opposed to woodchipping those branch piles? Or is it a matter of funds and such? I was just thinking that those branches would compost just as well as woodchips but faster and add some mulching for the trees and garden beds. I'm confused by the gravel and weed barrier being placed over the tarmac. Is there somehwere else the gravel can be used? There's so much to choose from, its hard to pick what should be done next. Its looking lovely tho! Thanks for these videos!
It's such a job you have taken on but it's going to be glorious for the homeowners for years to come. One question if I may? Why don't you have a "regular height" shovel? I'd think that would be such a help! Easier on your back for sure and easier to get leverage. Just curious as I see so many folks on various garden channels in the UK using the short ones like you have whereas here in the US everyone has the longer handled ones. Again, you're doing a wonderful job!
It's a perfectly valid question 😊😅 I don't really do that much shoveling to be fair. A long handle one is certainly on the shopping list, but so are quite a few other tools 😁 so I just make do with what I have.
I agree with the saying "right tool, right job" but also that a good gardener can use any tool to complete a task. Even my bare hands on occasion 😅
Sound the retreat maybe....but an Englishman never quits.🤣🇺🇸
An English man never surrenders 💪 until it's time to surrender that is 😂 which is normally when the kettle boils and it's time for a nice cup of tea 😊
Great sense for the job 👍
Another great job❤
Love you to do mine. I wish. 😮
Instead of raking it towards the building, I would have raked it off that tarp onto the clear driveway. Then you wouldn’t have had so much build up at the end. Just my opinion.
Martin, do you have a bigger shovel??😆
Why's does everyone hate my little shovel? 😅 it may be small, but it's my favorite. Also, it's very sturdy 😂
@martinthegardenguy That shovel is an excellent trenching tool and is a gardener's best friend in most cases, however, I think you may need to consider getting a full handled square spade. You will tire out less quickly and your back will hurt less. Square spades have saved me hours of time on clean ups and sidewalk clearing. You're doing an excellent job either way! Loving watching you restore this space!
@@martinthegardenguy 🤣🤣
@@martinthegardenguy It is your back that hates the little shovel, Martin 🥲
Does the council allow you to burn the green waste on premises? Or do you have to haul away all of those piles of brush and brambles?
Una scatola senza fondo ti aiuterebbe con il sacco e forse anche una zappa per smuovere il terreno e una pala con il manico lungo, coraggio non mollare
I'd never give up really 😅 I was just having a bad day, I think 😊
Martin, I'd suggest you get all that dead wood chipped and spread or removed. That way you can see what's next.
How lucky they are to have such a big garden, but nature can get away from you very quickly. Are you going to continue the maintenance?
I'll keep going until the place sells 😅👍 I'm working for free, so I'll have to fit it in around my other work. But I hope to have it to some level of completion, even if it's just to help out new owners.
The Garden would scare quite a few buyers off otherwise 😂
So satisfying to watch, but yeah…I can see why you might want to quit. To save your back, you would need better tools to dig that all up, maybe even hire one of those mini excavators perhaps? So odd that the previous owners decided to pour grind on a functional concrete driveway. With even some cloth underneath. 😅 Like… Why?
Who owns the property?
I was going to send you a long handled shovel but there's no address or PO box to send it to. You really need to get one because you're destroying your back with that short one.
Agree. Need a different shovel.
How do you eat an elephant… get a few friends to clean just a small piece each 😛
My friends are all big lads as well, they'd polish off that elephant in no time.
Unfortunately, none of them are very useful in the garden 😂
Although I love your take on the old saying 😁 it makes far more sense.
You've done so much already. It would be a shame to stop now. You've made a big dent in that ash pit at the end of the driveway, and have taken up a good portion of that so-called "weed-barrier" cloth. It would be great to see that removed completely, and for some mulch or something to be put in its place.