New subscriber here! Thank you for your get tips! I’ have a new home on my old property and have been looking for the best way to put a path around the house that connects the various raised beds! Thank you! This looks like fun!!!!
Brilliant ideas, many I've never heard of before! Especially love the Japanese path method as I've been scratching my head for an affordable way to create some garden paths.
Bunny, I enjoy your videos. I always look forward to a new one coming out. I've learned so much about garden design from the best! Thank you for that. Seeing the cows and birds in the background was such a treat. Please keep the videos coming. It's so nice to have a bit of brightness in these dark times. Planning the garden helps to keep me partially sane.
@@jenniewilliams1668 Things are improving. It is getting warmer and vaccinations are happening at warp speed! We will be able to visit English gardens some day. Cannot wait!
Many great tips, but my two favorites were the plastic theatrical pieces turned into garden elements & the thin cement pathway! Thanks Bunny, this is the first time I have heard of doing these. BTW, love your farm & cows!
So many great money saving tips here Bunny. I really like the half moon and the sundial. I have a fake gate with a mirror too and it really brightens up my dark shady corner. I think the mud hut is a bit beyond my capabilities though 🤣🤣 but there’s many of your ideas I could try quite inexpensively so thank you for sharing 😊
Especially liked the path idea. I have a 2-acre garden, sprawling all over the place, and need paths. I've used salvaged bricks, do-it-yourself concrete paver forms, but this idea of concrete/soil/gravel sounds so much easier and cheaper. Plus, it's much more compatible with my wilder areas. Thank you!
Great video as always! Have been reading your books since my kids were little. All the willow houses and fun water features. Kids are grown now and it's so good to see you doing these videos now. Thank you!
Thank you for all the wonderful ideas! We just unloaded three huge bags of pea gravel around my greenhouse. Now I have a good use for those nice sturdy bags. Thank you.
I love your kind advice, so generous with your practical extensive knowledge. We have just purchased a couple of acres and my original plans for the garden have changed enormously! Thank you, thank you, thank you Bunny from Australia
Gosh, this is timely for me lol. I've just launched into making an insect friendly garden in and around my fruit trees. I'm propagating like mad! Thanks Bunny - your vids are gold.
Oh.... my Godson (8) has mudhut construction in his Spring Break future! Combining it with the cladding suggestion i will build the hut n let him mix grass n mud to apply to his hearts content! I am so happy! I was racking my brain for a kid friendly outdoor week long project and I click on this.....TSMFS!
Thank you Bunny. A lot of thought and lots of ideas gone into this video. Thank you💚 ..... but OMG I cannot believe how big the brown cattle's head is!!
Thanks, interesting bit of background and economic perspectives, very practical and self-sufficient. Commercialised spaces can be expensive when you're on a budget....
thank you I needed this. I've been so unsure of how to proceed with my barren 12 acres but now I feel I can jyst "go for it " , with items from around the property and upgrade as time and money permits. I built a pergola from cattle rails that looks awesome and am digging up saplings and local shrubs to see what takes. I appreciate your videos and must say your property is stunning
Some great ideas thank you for sharing, I particularly liked the disguised plywood, and the faux mirror doors. I'm very much in the frugal category of gardening. Over the past few months I created a large trellis from fallen trees, and I think the organic, rustic look is far better than anything I could have bought from a store. I also wattled a large raised bed, with paths to enter the interior. Again it cost me nothing (luckily I have coppiced hazel in the garden), and filled it with leaves and composted material at hand, and it's far more beautiful than anything I could have purchased. These things suit a rustic cottage country garden, I guess for some more formal it would probably require more tools or expense.
I love your videos! I've learned so much. I'm very excited to try your concrete/rototilling paths. In one area of our yard that had grass, then converted it to a raised bed veggie garden, and now we're converting to a more permanent fruit tree mini-orchard (high density planting) with herbs and shrubs and flowers tucked in here and there. Hundreds of linear feet of narrow-ish pathways. This will be perfect! It won't break the bank and we can do small areas at a time. Plus, I can get white cement choose the finished color I want, without spending thousands of dollars. We have a limestone-colored, salt-finish concrete patio, and regular grey concrete wouldn't do it.
Lovely video with lots of great ideas as always. I love creating and reusing things for the garden too I get so much satisfaction when people comment. I'll definitely give the path a go. As its made from soil, do you know if it would keep the weeds away and also be strong enough to sweep and wash down?
I think if you let soil/debris build upon the surface weeds could germinate in that. If it is in an area with Iots of weed seeds blowing in I might be tempted to increase the amount of cement proportionally. It’s best not to let any weeds that do germinate in get too big as it will pull out some of the path when you pull them up. I would not use a strong pressure hose on it. Hope this helps.
I think you provide great information to the non professional garden designer. Thanks so much and would you be able to provide a link on the fellow you said made the plastic forms...like the sun dial face. Thanks so much.
Hi yes Peter Evans website is peterevansstudios.co.uk. Hoping to put fact sheets up on my website for each video in the Coming months. Glad you liked the video!
As usual SO inspirational- a wealth of ideas! I know this is for the UK subscribers, but it is watched globally. Cape Town, where I live, is very sunny. I have always wanted to put a mirror "gate" in the garden but have been afraid of creating a fire. Bunny, I know an acrylic mirror would be hardier- but, would it be safe enough, under the African sun? Would it and not create a fire?
Hi Bunny! I am wondering if you have a video or resources I can read about picking trees/ plants to place over utility easements? We desperately need some trees but live in a new subdivision so are extremely tight on space. I think the shrinking yards is an issue many people face and I love how you have tackled other challenges so thought I would reach out to you
Great tips! The Japanese path is an exciting idea. May I know the proper term so that I can look up a detailed tutorial with the proportions for the materials? Thanks so much.
Sorry for late reply I never quite found out the translated name for this when we made them in Japan. In uk think they are now just called soil cement paths. I first came across the method in a book by Elizabeth Beasley ‘design and detailing of the space between buildings’ it was published about 50 years ago. I would just do a few prototypes in small areas and experiment. 🐇
Thank you for making and sharing these videos. I am really enjoying them! When you plant a tree in a pot do you need to worry about the roots freezing? I am zone 5 and sometime our winters get very cold.
You mentioned that roses don't like being containerized. Does it meant that they would not like it in a baseless container: for instance, a mid sized rambler, an English rose or an Old Rose?
The natural cladding on the plywood stuctures looked amazing. I imagine the same method could look fairly sloppy if it isn't done well. What did you use to fill in the around the timber cladding at 15:33?
This infil is a type of pargeting. It is similar to render but an old fashioned craft. It was made here from lime and sand but I believe the exact make up varies in different areas. When you fit the rounds closer together as on the tree house I don’t bother to fill in the spaces, but the large pargeting infil does look good. Many thanks for your comment.
I was looking where I can put a path with the soil and cement mix. Can you tell me if it holds together on a slope? I am in the mountains and need an easy, cheap way to make paths.
Hi, I think as long as it was not really steep not more than 1:6 gradient, I think it should be ok. I would increase the amount of cement and start off trying it on a more gentle slope such as 1:10 and take it from there. You could make a stepped ramp, ie putting the occasional step in, which will reduce the steepness of the path. Let me know how you get on and good luck with it.
Regarding the 'free mulch' I think the jury is still out as to whether fresh wood mulch pulls nitrogen from soil. I personally let the wood age a year before using to be safe.
Hi, I spoke to Tim O’Hare about whether fresh material (shredding, bark etc) robs the soil of nitrogen as it breaks down. Tim is the soil scientist whose team worked on the Olympic park and he has a great reputation. He does not think that unbroken down materials such as grass clippings etc Rob the soil of nitrogen as they are broken down as long as you don’t dig them in. I agree that perceived wisdom in the past says it does but soil science has moved on massively and a lot of previous knowledge has been found to be inaccurate. Any wood chippings I leave for 3 months but that is so the tannins leach out, these can adversely affect growth. Many thanks for your comments - always much appreciated.
@Bunny Guinness Thank you so so much. Extraordinary work! I Have two questions. First, can you tell us what the beautiful little pink flowers are at the bottom of the arbors in the picture of the Japanese Rose Garden? They compliment it so well. And Secondly, do you worry about water damage on the wood structures built in the garden? Thank you. Lovely!
Oh and as to damage to wood it depends on the type of timber. In the uk there are only 3 native durable timbers oak, yew and sweet chestnut. But you can use pressure impregnated with preservative soft wood ( so the preservative sinks into the wood in a vacume) which should last around 10 years or use a foreign hardwood . When I get timber items made I get a range of prices for different types of timber. The most longest lasting wood is Accoya, but it’s hugely expensive! I often check with TRADA, the Timber Development and Research Association if I need specific info on different woods, but it is not straightforward, for instance foreign grown western red cedar is fairly durable but uk grown western red cedar just does not last.🐇
@@bunnyguinness Yes, Sorry. It looks like small pink roses at the bottom of each arbor. I would think it was climbing roses except I've never seen them put out tiny ones at the the very bottom like that, but maybe I'm wrong. Thank you so much for taking the time.
Another great video! Thank you Bunny, you're a treasure!
That is what gardening is to me, it generates my imagination, money would cloud it
A veritable treasure of ideas--thank you!
New subscriber here! Thank you for your get tips! I’ have a new home on my old property and have been looking for the best way to put a path around the house that connects the various raised beds! Thank you! This looks like fun!!!!
Omg. Your lessons on paths … please and thank you dear girl. I am sincerely grateful to you for your real life videos. Ching.
I never miss your videos and pass them on to all my gardening friends. Thank you for all your advice.
So many great ideas.
These are really good suggestions! and this is such an important topic to be discussing at the moment, I really enjoyed the video!
Brilliant ideas, many I've never heard of before! Especially love the Japanese path method as I've been scratching my head for an affordable way to create some garden paths.
Bunny, I enjoy your videos. I always look forward to a new one coming out. I've learned so much about garden design from the best! Thank you for that. Seeing the cows and birds in the background was such a treat. Please keep the videos coming. It's so nice to have a bit of brightness in these dark times. Planning the garden helps to keep me partially sane.
It's getting better! I hope you are finding things are getting better where you are.
Warm regards from another nurse.
Jennie
@@jenniewilliams1668 Things are improving. It is getting warmer and vaccinations are happening at warp speed! We will be able to visit English gardens some day. Cannot wait!
Excellent video. I love frugal gardening as well, and think that free materials often look better than manufactured ones.
Many great tips, but my two favorites were the plastic theatrical pieces turned into garden elements & the thin cement pathway! Thanks Bunny, this is the first time I have heard of doing these. BTW, love your farm & cows!
So wonderful! A wealth of ideas and insight. Thank you so much, for sharing your designing genius ❤
Great video, very inspiring, thank you.
So many great money saving tips here Bunny. I really like the half moon and the sundial. I have a fake gate with a mirror too and it really brightens up my dark shady corner. I think the mud hut is a bit beyond my capabilities though 🤣🤣 but there’s many of your ideas I could try quite inexpensively so thank you for sharing 😊
Especially liked the path idea. I have a 2-acre garden, sprawling all over the place, and need paths. I've used salvaged bricks, do-it-yourself concrete paver forms, but this idea of concrete/soil/gravel sounds so much easier and cheaper. Plus, it's much more compatible with my wilder areas. Thank you!
What inspirational ideas!
Love your videos. I look on my iPad and TV. Thank you.
Class video and loved the advice - particularly about opting for a wholesale grower! 👍
Great video as always! Have been reading your books since my kids were little. All the willow houses and fun water features. Kids are grown now and it's so good to see you doing these videos now. Thank you!
Thank you for all the wonderful ideas!
We just unloaded three huge bags of pea gravel around my greenhouse.
Now I have a good use for those nice sturdy bags.
Thank you.
Wishing you a wonder filled 2021.
I love your kind advice, so generous with your practical extensive knowledge. We have just purchased a couple of acres and my original plans for the garden have changed enormously! Thank you, thank you, thank you Bunny from Australia
Love Bunny
Gosh, this is timely for me lol. I've just launched into making an insect friendly garden in and around my fruit trees. I'm propagating like mad! Thanks Bunny - your vids are gold.
Excellent video!
You had me at the first glimpse of those soft-eyed cattle. I love them! 🥰
Oh.... my Godson (8) has mudhut construction in his Spring Break future! Combining it with the cladding suggestion i will build the hut n let him mix grass n mud to apply to his hearts content! I am so happy! I was racking my brain for a kid friendly outdoor week long project and I click on this.....TSMFS!
Great tips! Thanks 🌸❤️
Great video as always.Thanks a million for sharing your ideas with us.
You had a good audience in the background 😊
Really inspiring! Thank you
This is pure gold. Thank you, thank you! 🙏🏻
Thank you Bunny. A lot of thought and lots of ideas gone into this video. Thank you💚 ..... but OMG I cannot believe how big the brown cattle's head is!!
Thanks, interesting bit of background and economic perspectives, very practical and self-sufficient. Commercialised spaces can be expensive when you're on a budget....
You give such gteat and practical tips! Thank you so very much.
You are amazing at your craft. Thank ypu for sharing and teaching!
thank you I needed this. I've been so unsure of how to proceed with my barren 12 acres but now I feel I can jyst "go for it " , with items from around the property and upgrade as time and money permits.
I built a pergola from cattle rails that looks awesome and am digging up saplings and local shrubs to see what takes. I appreciate your videos and must say your property is stunning
We need more of your videos.
I love all your videos👍
Some great ideas thank you for sharing, I particularly liked the disguised plywood, and the faux mirror doors. I'm very much in the frugal category of gardening. Over the past few months I created a large trellis from fallen trees, and I think the organic, rustic look is far better than anything I could have bought from a store. I also wattled a large raised bed, with paths to enter the interior. Again it cost me nothing (luckily I have coppiced hazel in the garden), and filled it with leaves and composted material at hand, and it's far more beautiful than anything I could have purchased. These things suit a rustic cottage country garden, I guess for some more formal it would probably require more tools or expense.
I love your videos! I've learned so much. I'm very excited to try your concrete/rototilling paths.
In one area of our yard that had grass, then converted it to a raised bed veggie garden, and now we're converting to a more permanent fruit tree mini-orchard (high density planting) with herbs and shrubs and flowers tucked in here and there. Hundreds of linear feet of narrow-ish pathways. This will be perfect! It won't break the bank and we can do small areas at a time. Plus, I can get white cement choose the finished color I want, without spending thousands of dollars. We have a limestone-colored, salt-finish concrete patio, and regular grey concrete wouldn't do it.
Lots of good ideas. Thanks
Always a good video from Bunny
Bunny, you are wonderful!!!!!
Love your videos!
I’m so happy I found your videos, you have great ideas can’t wait to see more.
I love your styles & I’m so glad I found your videos. I can’t wait to watch more ! 💕
So many great creative ideas, excellent video
Lovely video with lots of great ideas as always. I love creating and reusing things for the garden too I get so much satisfaction when people comment. I'll definitely give the path a go. As its made from soil, do you know if it would keep the weeds away and also be strong enough to sweep and wash down?
I think if you let soil/debris build upon the surface weeds could germinate in that. If it is in an area with
Iots of weed seeds blowing in I might be tempted to increase the amount of cement proportionally. It’s best not to let any weeds that do germinate in get too big as it will pull out some of the path when you pull them up. I would not use a strong pressure hose on it. Hope this helps.
@@bunnyguinness Fantastic, thank you.
I think you provide great information to the non professional garden designer. Thanks so much and would you be able to provide a link on the fellow you said made the plastic forms...like the sun dial face. Thanks so much.
Hi yes Peter Evans website is peterevansstudios.co.uk. Hoping to put fact sheets up on my website for each video in the Coming months. Glad you liked the video!
Lots to inspire me here. Thankyou.
Loved it!
Best look ever ❤👍
7:09 a path for peanuts
Wonderful!
As usual SO inspirational- a wealth of ideas!
I know this is for the UK subscribers, but it is watched globally.
Cape Town, where I live, is very sunny. I have always wanted to put a mirror "gate" in the garden but have been afraid of creating a fire.
Bunny, I know an acrylic mirror would be hardier- but, would it be safe enough, under the African sun? Would it and not create a fire?
Good point. I would keep it out of the sun maybe under an overhang? Many thanks for flagging that up.
Thank you
Hi Bunny! I am wondering if you have a video or resources I can read about picking trees/ plants to place over utility easements? We desperately need some trees but live in a new subdivision so are extremely tight on space. I think the shrinking yards is an issue many people face and I love how you have tackled other challenges so thought I would reach out to you
Great tips! The Japanese path is an exciting idea. May I know the proper term so that I can look up a detailed tutorial with the proportions for the materials? Thanks so much.
Sorry for late reply I never quite found out the translated name for this when we made them in Japan. In uk think they are now just called soil cement paths. I first came across the method in a book by Elizabeth Beasley ‘design and detailing of the space between buildings’ it was published about 50 years ago. I would just do a few prototypes in small areas and experiment. 🐇
@@bunnyguinness Thanks! It's a really great idea.
Thank you for making and sharing these videos. I am really enjoying them! When you plant a tree in a pot do you need to worry about the roots freezing? I am zone 5 and sometime our winters get very cold.
👌👍
You mentioned that roses don't like being containerized. Does it meant that they would not like it in a baseless container: for instance, a mid sized rambler, an English rose or an Old Rose?
The natural cladding on the plywood stuctures looked amazing. I imagine the same method could look fairly sloppy if it isn't done well. What did you use to fill in the around the timber cladding at 15:33?
This infil is a type of pargeting. It is similar to render but an old fashioned craft. It was made here from lime and sand but I believe the exact make up varies in different areas. When you fit the rounds closer together as on the tree house I don’t bother to fill in the spaces, but the large pargeting infil does look good. Many thanks for your comment.
@@bunnyguinness thank you!
I was looking where I can put a path with the soil and cement mix. Can you tell me if it holds together on a slope? I am in the mountains and need an easy, cheap way to make paths.
Hi, I think as long as it was not really steep not more than 1:6 gradient, I think it should be ok. I would increase the amount of cement and start off trying it on a more gentle slope such as 1:10 and take it from there. You could make a stepped ramp, ie putting the occasional step in, which will reduce the steepness of the path. Let me know how you get on and good luck with it.
@@bunnyguinness Thank you!
Regarding the 'free mulch' I think the jury is still out as to whether fresh wood mulch pulls nitrogen from soil. I personally let the wood age a year before using to be safe.
Hi, I spoke to Tim O’Hare about whether fresh material (shredding, bark etc) robs the soil of nitrogen as it breaks down. Tim is the soil scientist whose team worked on the Olympic park and he has a great reputation. He does not think that unbroken down materials such as grass clippings etc Rob the soil of nitrogen as they are broken down as long as you don’t dig them in. I agree that perceived wisdom in the past says it does but soil science has moved on massively and a lot of previous knowledge has been found to be inaccurate. Any wood chippings I leave for 3 months but that is so the tannins leach out, these can adversely affect growth. Many thanks for your comments - always much appreciated.
@@bunnyguinness That’s great to know. Thank you and love your channel!
@Bunny Guinness Thank you so so much. Extraordinary work! I Have two questions. First, can you tell us what the beautiful little pink flowers are at the bottom of the arbors in the picture of the Japanese Rose Garden? They compliment it so well. And Secondly, do you worry about water damage on the wood structures built in the garden? Thank you. Lovely!
I can’t find the pink plant, if you can be bothered can you tell me how far in it is please?🐇
Oh and as to damage to wood it depends on the type of timber. In the uk there are only 3 native durable timbers oak, yew and sweet chestnut. But you can use pressure impregnated with preservative soft wood ( so the preservative sinks into the wood in a vacume) which should last around 10 years or use a foreign hardwood . When I get timber items made I get a range of prices for different types of timber. The most longest lasting wood is Accoya, but it’s hugely expensive! I often check with TRADA, the Timber Development and Research Association if I need specific info on different woods, but it is not straightforward, for instance foreign grown western red cedar is fairly durable but uk grown western red cedar just does not last.🐇
@@bunnyguinness Yes, Sorry. It looks like small pink roses at the bottom of each arbor. I would think it was climbing roses except I've never seen them put out tiny ones at the the very bottom like that, but maybe I'm wrong. Thank you so much for taking the time.
Where can I find thing made from “ plarstic” ?
Sorry it’s plastic ! My accent maybe? You get them from www.peterevansstudios.co.uk hope this helps!!!
Thanks! I thought it might be a new material. I’ll look up the website.
Buying online now is disappointing! What was a plug plant is now micro plug with expensive postage