For the past 6 months I’m using hardwood logs and bamboo to edge my gardens. I love it. I like the way it looks, the lizards and squirrels like it too.
So far, I have leveled my three garden beds in their sunny spots, sheet mulched, and put down a clover cover crop in most spots. My phase 1 is just getting everything established. For phase 2, I have to get my drip irrigation fixed up and timed before our rainy season ends, and I mapped out my 4' wide paths by laying down dwarf clover wherever the path is. My next step is seeding native yarrow since I have another few weeks before frosts start, and when that's all settled, I'm planting a native fig tree and a gold nugget citrus near the parking pad, along with a few roses. The garden beds also have a cover crop since we hadn't decided what to grow, but it's looking like kale and carrots. I actually learned a lot from your channel (width of pathways, looking at all angles for best presentation, measuring for height and dimension, and keeping the path to the backyard unobstructed.
Aha! I'm doing it right! We put in trees, large shrubs, and all of our hardscaping this past summer to include a large patio and 250 feet of woodland path. Adding more trees, shrubs, and decorative grasses next summer. When planting trees and shrubs, I cover the bare spots with annuals, like Wave Petunias, until the shrubs fill in. Wave Petunias require no deadheading, are very deer resistant, and grow like crazy. Note that it's important to test the pH of your soil before you start so that you don't find yourself adding a lot of amendments to keep your plants alive. Our area is very alkaline so I've stuck largely with plants that like it and kept the ones that don't, like my acid-loving berry plants, in one corner of the yard. Also, if you get deer avoid Hostas and any plants that the deer love to eat. Hostas are so lovely, but when I lived in Virginia mine would disappear overnight - eaten right to the ground, One thing I would recommend is to do your foundation planting last. Since we moved from wet and subtropical clay-soil Virginia to cold and dry, sandy, alkaline-soil Wyoming our thoughts for the garden changed as we learned more about our climate and soil type. I now have a much better idea of how I want the foundation planting to look and what will do best there.
what a great video!! I am entering season 6 and I happily made ALL those mistakes!!! the one I find most valuable is not making the edges too squiggly.... If someone else cuts your lawn and they don't love the process as much as you they will constantly over run your lines. ......Dont do it!!
I am thankful, I’ve been able to glean some information from your videos.😊 I do understand, TH-cam publications can be self-serving also. Of course, I’m referring to the self empowered attitudes that come from the self-redundant affirmation some of us need. 😮 what I’ve personally learned is that being highly educated, is representative of a long learning curve.
We almost switched all our plastic and no edging to brick looks beautiful, almost professionally done in our back garden. Our front garden has bold curves. We used the basic edging for that. Makes a differences right about reducing the weeds.
I decided straight away that if I couldn't eat it, I didn't want it. That made life really easy, and I now have a fruit forest that feeds me all year round, has attractive blossoms, and fruits. Right now the citrus, persimmon, and pomegranates are lighting up my sky with beautiful shades of red and orange, and yellow. I rarely go to the grocery store.
Please people be considerate of your neighbors when planting trees. Our neighbors planted 8-10 Sugar Maples 5’ off our property line and several are within 15-20’ our septic filed. We asked them pls don’t plant water seeking Maples. Now we are spending thousands to sink a barrier on that end of our septic to protect it.😢
We brought a rundown farm and house I use to call bulldozer bait, with a 3 plus acre garden, its had only 3 familes own it, multigenerational for the first 120 years, it was rented out and the next owner used livestock to control the garden,one fence was 4 ft from a window. Plus all the mature shade trees were behind the fence, its still a large garden, probably too big, but after a lot of planting, am now removing the problem plants, generally things that have decided to sucker too far or colour clashes a bright orange lilyin a predominately pink border. Use local stones as edging.
Wrong trees in Residential..NO WILLOWS, you will be picking up after them all year your whole life.. in the pasture with horses and cows under them..great❤. I feel the same about Cottonwoods.
(pulsed at 3:00) I have wonderful neighbors but if I had to choose one thing that has been a pain in my bum, it would be the fact that they allowed 2 rogue tress for the Jurassic period root and grow directly up near my fence that I have a solid single concrete footer and the trees roots have cabled and tunneled under the concrete, BREAKING IT and pushing over my fence! It’s extremely saddening & will lower my resale value FOR SURE.😔
"your neighbours are gonna get mad if it's going over the edge of your property" tsome get mad even for the sole reason that you have anything but lawn on your land. in the countryside.
For the past 6 months I’m using hardwood logs and bamboo to edge my gardens. I love it. I like the way it looks, the lizards and squirrels like it too.
It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.
Awesome and welcome! Thank you so much!
Just subscribed to your channel as well 😊
@@PrettyPurpleDoor Thank you so much, I do appreciate your support 😊❤
@@PrettyPurpleDoor You are most welcome
So far, I have leveled my three garden beds in their sunny spots, sheet mulched, and put down a clover cover crop in most spots. My phase 1 is just getting everything established.
For phase 2, I have to get my drip irrigation fixed up and timed before our rainy season ends, and I mapped out my 4' wide paths by laying down dwarf clover wherever the path is.
My next step is seeding native yarrow since I have another few weeks before frosts start, and when that's all settled, I'm planting a native fig tree and a gold nugget citrus near the parking pad, along with a few roses.
The garden beds also have a cover crop since we hadn't decided what to grow, but it's looking like kale and carrots.
I actually learned a lot from your channel (width of pathways, looking at all angles for best presentation, measuring for height and dimension, and keeping the path to the backyard unobstructed.
Having garden "rooms" helps me.
Aha! I'm doing it right! We put in trees, large shrubs, and all of our hardscaping this past summer to include a large patio and 250 feet of woodland path. Adding more trees, shrubs, and decorative grasses next summer. When planting trees and shrubs, I cover the bare spots with annuals, like Wave Petunias, until the shrubs fill in. Wave Petunias require no deadheading, are very deer resistant, and grow like crazy. Note that it's important to test the pH of your soil before you start so that you don't find yourself adding a lot of amendments to keep your plants alive. Our area is very alkaline so I've stuck largely with plants that like it and kept the ones that don't, like my acid-loving berry plants, in one corner of the yard. Also, if you get deer avoid Hostas and any plants that the deer love to eat. Hostas are so lovely, but when I lived in Virginia mine would disappear overnight - eaten right to the ground, One thing I would recommend is to do your foundation planting last. Since we moved from wet and subtropical clay-soil Virginia to cold and dry, sandy, alkaline-soil Wyoming our thoughts for the garden changed as we learned more about our climate and soil type. I now have a much better idea of how I want the foundation planting to look and what will do best there.
what a great video!! I am entering season 6 and I happily made ALL those mistakes!!! the one I find most valuable is not making the edges too squiggly.... If someone else cuts your lawn and they don't love the process as much as you they will constantly over run your lines. ......Dont do it!!
There is quite a selection of perennials that only last ~5 years. Those are great for fill-ins while smaller shrubs grow up.
Love the brick edging and why!
But weeds grow in between the bricks!
@@anitasowers9987 I’m ok with that, I can run my mower over the top and the metal/plastic edging is a secondary help
As always, a very helpful landscaping video. Thank you, Amy!
You are so welcome!
I use stone edging, also wood log edging
I am thankful, I’ve been able to glean some information from your videos.😊 I do understand, TH-cam publications can be self-serving also. Of course, I’m referring to the self empowered attitudes that come from the self-redundant affirmation some of us need. 😮 what I’ve personally learned is that being highly educated, is representative of a long learning curve.
great tips! (tip #3 just helped my planning) 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
You're not lying about those lovely curved edges, I've finally given in to the hard edging after two years of hand clipping the grass😂
Thank You!
We almost switched all our plastic and no edging to brick looks beautiful, almost professionally done in our back garden. Our front garden has bold curves. We used the basic edging for that. Makes a differences right about reducing the weeds.
We have a lot of perennials but their pretty low maintenance or no maintenance. We had to move our tree. Its in the right place now.
I decided straight away that if I couldn't eat it, I didn't want it. That made life really easy, and I now have a fruit forest that feeds me all year round, has attractive blossoms, and fruits. Right now the citrus, persimmon, and pomegranates are lighting up my sky with beautiful shades of red and orange, and yellow. I rarely go to the grocery store.
Awesome. My channel is about flower gardening so probably isn't super relevant to you. But enjoy that beautiful fruit forest 😊
I planted some peach trees this year. What do you use to spray for insects?
I garden organically and don't use any pesticides. Especially not for food. Sorry, I'm not a good person to ask.
I like brick edging, too. Concrete bricks offer different earth tone shades, but are they durable? How long do they last compared to clay?
They are durable. I don't know the timespan but I've used them for 10+ years with no issues... Just like concrete pavers of other sizes are durable.
Please people be considerate of your neighbors when planting trees. Our neighbors planted 8-10 Sugar Maples 5’ off our property line and several are within 15-20’ our septic filed. We asked them pls don’t plant water seeking Maples. Now we are spending thousands to sink a barrier on that end of our septic to protect it.😢
We brought a rundown farm and house I use to call bulldozer bait, with a 3 plus acre garden, its had only 3 familes own it, multigenerational for the first 120 years, it was rented out and the next owner used livestock to control the garden,one fence was 4 ft from a window. Plus all the mature shade trees were behind the fence, its still a large garden, probably too big, but after a lot of planting, am now removing the problem plants, generally things that have decided to sucker too far or colour clashes a bright orange lilyin a predominately pink border. Use local stones as edging.
Wrong trees in Residential..NO WILLOWS, you will be picking up after them all year your whole life.. in the pasture with horses and cows under them..great❤. I feel the same about Cottonwoods.
(pulsed at 3:00)
I have wonderful neighbors but if I had to choose one thing that has been a pain in my bum, it would be the fact that they allowed 2 rogue tress for the Jurassic period root and grow directly up near my fence that I have a solid single concrete footer and the trees roots have cabled and tunneled under the concrete, BREAKING IT and pushing over my fence! It’s extremely saddening & will lower my resale value FOR SURE.😔
"your neighbours are gonna get mad if it's going over the edge of your property"
tsome get mad even for the sole reason that you have anything but lawn on your land.
in the countryside.
As long as it's not encroaching on their property, then I say... Who cares, neighbor 😅.
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And THE LEAVES!!!!😔