BACKYARD CLEAN-UP WITH LOTS OF PROGRESS/ removing more overgrowth and leafs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Another episode of project clean up the backyard 😍
This hubs and I got a lot accomplished with yard clean up. We removed over 70 baby trees that have taken over our yard and a little more leaf clean up.
Of course we put our new mini chainsaw to work to help with the cleanup! And we made a ton of progress and cleared out a lot of space ❤️
I hope this video helps you if you have an overwhelming project that is going to takes weeks and weeks to get done. One step at time and one area at a time creates big results in the end.
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When I first met my husband, I told him I preferred being outside doing yard work than cleaning house. He asked what tools did I need. I now have zero turn John Deere mower, push line trimmer, battery operated leaf blower and chainsaw plus a John Deere Gator with the lift bed. Got a Troy Built tiller this year. Love all you’re doing!
Oh Jan that is absolutely wonderful ❤️
Deep respect out to you for going back and nipping little bites of this task - while managing all your other tasks - I think you're a superstar 😊
Your yard is really coming along beautifully! It's going to look so much bigger when you are done clearing out the 'woods'! 😂
Don't you just love a man that gets out there and pitches in on the hard work 😊
I love Clark
Oh my gosh, if anyone ever needed a wood mulcher, it's you! You did so many branches! 👍
I know right!!! Wish I had a wood chipper for sure!
Great work Jodi! I used to be the same about birds, I’d watch my mother in law go crazy about her birds especially the yellow finches! Now we have a finch feeder, regular birdfeeder(2) and our hummingbird feeder 😊. Now I’m constantly watching them from my kitchen window😊my husband fills the feeders every other day! We live in the country so we see a lot of wildlife, last week I woke up one morning, looked out kitchen window before I let the dogs out( thank god) there was a fox with its head caught in our fence!! Thankfully my daughter lives 7 minutes away so my son in law came, cut the fence and freed the fox😮 love what your doing in your yard! Hard work!
Oh my gosh!! That poor little thing was probably scared to death. So glad you noticed. The dogs probably would have made it worse. I know Clarke would have. He’s started running and chasing birds he sees in the yard 🤦♀️😂
You are such an inspiration!! What a testament to “one bite at a time”..You should be so proud of your accomplishments and thank you for sharing so others can feel hope. ❤️
Thank you very much 🤗❤️
I love sitting on my porch and watching my humming birds and other birds. I have one mean humming bird that likes to run the others off even though there are 2 feeders. We have squirrels too-my husband throws out all our old bread and the crows come by and pick that up. We have a birdhouse that is frequented by several bird families. This season we've hatched out 2 sets of babies so far.
Awwww Joan that just sounds so wonderful ❤️
Keep up the good work!! Your yard is going to be beautiful when you are done 😊
Thank you Elaine ❤️
hi Jodi, I am going to be doing a declutter of each room. I am 68 with medical issues and tension, so the house needs to be decluttered. I am SO GLAD you did a bunch of decluttering videos. tysm!
Sue you will be happy with each declutter. It’s very freeing ❤️
I just want you to know that YOU INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE ME!!!!! I love watching your videos and you have inspired me to clean up a lot of my indoor and outdoor spaces, just do a little at a time! And I have been trying my hand at keeping some plants and flowers alive and gardening as well!!! Clark makes my day🤗
Jennifer thank you so much!! What a sweet comment and you made my day ❤️
That is a good sized hosta. You can shop in your own garden and separate the hostas that are big and replant tham throughout your yard. The flower are a feathery purple.
You’re making such a great difference in your tats! It gets better each week. Those stickers would do me in! You are brave! Lol! Beautiful plant and you did not kill it! Now you can I got this!!
Jodi you have a whole forest as a backyard 😍 what a dream backyard!
I do 🥰
It’s looking awesome!! Hubby is doing great too! I’m finishing up my bedroom project. Still trying to wind it down and get all the clutter dealt with. Furniture shopping storage etc. You’re setting a terrific example for pacing yourselves. It reminds me to set realistic expectations.
Great video. Im a bird person, lol. So I get it. It calms my soul to watch them :)
Hi Jodi, you are doing a great job in your yard. You have some huge obstacles with your forest. A lot of great playthings for your grandkids when it gets done. I bought a teeny tiny playhouse for my 15 month old granddaughter. I read the dimensions but it did not compute in my brain. I bought a little couch and table which when I put together the house did not fit so I took down the indoor pen and put the couch and table there. Put shelving and a little chair in the house and put my vintage Fisher Price toys in….sink, stove, food and dishes. She needs a little fridge, they all look cheap but cost a lot. Of course I want it in aqua😃. I went with a small can fridge that looks retro, in aqua and half the price of the cheap looking toy fridges. Put up window boxes, kitchen curtains, wallpaper (contact paper) and window trim for the inside. Looks darn cute. I thought I spied a little house in your forest. 🙂Decluttering my porch which is like a huge junk drawer but making progress. Thank you for your encouragement in tackling big jobs bit by bit.
Oh my gosh Mary that sounds adorable! I don’t blame you for wanting aqua. It’s such a pretty color.
Yes the girls had a playhouse when they weee little. Can’t wait to get that out and power wash it ❤️❤️
You're making great progress. Just remember that it didn't all grow in a year 😁
Regarding the prickly bushes, can you lay a tarp, open a brown bag flat, lay the branches on top, and then jellyroll style roll it up. The tarp would give add'l protection, the branches would be wrapped in the brown paper, which you could then slide into a new bag. Just a thought.
That’s a great thought Ann. I’m going to try that ❤️
Hi Jodi. Usually, a butterfly will rest with its wings up and a moth lays them flat. Of course, Mother Nature doesn't like the word 'usually.' Happy to see the birds. I was raised in NJ and we had Robins, Jays, Cardinals, all the beautiful birds. Here in the desert of Arizona, you just don't see them. Hummingbirds and Mourning Doves is about it.
Yes we really do have some beautiful birds ❤️❤️
I'm exhausted watching this video! Things are coming along great. Loved your gratitude moment that you are so thankful that you can do that work that your body can bend and do the work. I think that is such an important thing to hear. Too often we measure our bodies by a fashion size rather than its ability to work and keep us healthy. I love my body it keeps me going.
Joann that’s a great point I hadn’t thought of. Yes so many people struggle that I remind myself daily how much I appreciate what my body can do ❤️❤️
Hi Jodi 👋 more back yard. Let's go.
Remember to count the positives before the negatives!!! Poison ivy is just a minor issue given the difference made!!! Yay!!!!😊 I see you are later into video !!!😊First take the poison ivy and treat it. Then mark it with some stakes you paint bright orange with spray paint. Then you can pull whatever you want without touching the p.ivy!
I reuse bigger pots all the time. You should in future go up 2" in diameter of pot AND 2" in height of pot for best results. Especially for the larger plants.
Still working in my dining room...our tv has been there for years with the DVD player. So working on the massive DVD & CDs collection. Sorting for the kids to determine if they want to keep or not. If nothing else they can be turned shiny side out and made into a mirror "wall" to magnify light in a dark space.
TODAY...they are FINALLY starting to get ready for putting in the central air. And today I am able to put the fans in the windows...only going to get between 89*-90*f today. Tomorrow will be hotter but he thinks they might be able to finish by then. A blessing as tomorrow the humidity levels will be going up with the heat levels!!!!
Oh that’s a great idea to mark it Edie!!
Oh my gosh yay. I know it’s so hot where you are and central air is basically a necessity. Hope then have it up and running in a jiffy ❤️
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 I do, too!!!
Love watching the yard works! First thing because Clarke is all over the place 😂 secondly, your backyard reminds me of our house back in the phillipines! It’s like a little forest but always refreshing to see.
Awe I love that Sal ❤️❤️
Your yard is looking great! Good job.
Jodi, you are doing a wonderful job on the yard. I have started trying to declutter room by room again. Have a wonderful week.
Yay Mary 👏👏
Wowwww look at all of that progress!! 😍 as for the prickly plants, your future self will thank you for doing that big chunk this week 🤪🥰
I know but it sucks now 😂 and I have so many more to get. Grateful for the ones I’ve gotten out though ❤️
Hello, dear Jodi, i'm so happy that i found your chanel. I love your videos and watch couple of them every day.. I send you love from Serbia, Europe.
Thank you so much ❤️
I highly recommend a leaf blower for your future, they are as much fun as the pressure washer.
We’ve had a leaf blower for many years but I disagree. Power washer is way more fun 😂
It's nice to hear you be thankful for being physically able to do yard work. Not everyone can do it. Also, I spray weed killer in parts of my yard where I dont want anything growing. It helps. Great job!
Having a body that moves and does what I want it to do is just a pure blessing ❤️❤️
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 my husband suffered 7 strokes last year....he has had to relearn EVERYTHING. He used to be the Energizer bunny. It has been tough.
I am loving these yard clean ups!!! It has GOT to feel so refreshing to get it all done!!!
Thank you ❤️
It’s feeling good to see the progress 🤗
im so happy you're being protected and careful with the yard work, i know u wanna get your yard done as much as possible while the weather is nice, you can do it! i believe in u
Thank you Kay! I won’t even get out without my awesome sleeves 😍😍😍
Great job to you and the hub’s it’s looking so good piece by piece Omygoodness 👏👏👏👏
Hey Jody, garden is looking good! Maybe you could use your baby chainsaw and remove some lower branches of evergreen tree and that would help make it more healthy. Keep going you are doing amazing!
Thank you Allison 🤗
The yard is looking great! You have made huge progress. I just swapped out shelves in my kitchen. Went with bigger ones. Not so much stuff on the floor! Really happy with decluttering and organizing in my apartment so far!
Your yard is looking better with each video that you are posting and of course I always enjoy seeing what Clark is up too. I have not been doing much yard work here in south central Texas… it’s just to dang hot and dry. It’s around 103 here, about 3 weeks of 100. We have a few small areas of green grass that we keep watered but beyond that everything is dry, brown and crunchy.
Thank you Rhonda ❤️
Ugh that it is very hot! I don’t blame you. Stay cool 🤗
Oh, wow, Jodi, great progress! I could imagine your grandkids playing on that structure. Our house came with one and our grandkids love it. We do have to check for wasps every year though. I'm sitting on my patio right now watching baby birds who just learned to fly last Friday. It's so much fun! Looking forward to next week!
Oh my gosh that sounds just beautiful watching new baby birds 🥰🥰
Yes I have the imaging in my mind of EJ and Violet next summer out there playing ❤️❤️
Oh wasps 🤦♀️ wait until you see next weeks video. We had quiet an adventure this week 😂
Great job!! So proud of you!!
Its good to be thankful for your body - able to move and do all the things... I cannot. I wish I could...living with chronic pain and having Fibro is a beast.
Continue to work hard and be thankful - you are having excellent results!! 😍👍👍
i love little chain saw like i use it all the time
As a fellow bird lover, the winter is really the most important time to keep your feeders filled. Especially the suet cakes. There’s less food in nature for the birds to eat when it’s cold and the ground is frozen. I’m so crazy, I have a bird bath heater so the birds still get fresh water when it’s freezing outside! 😂
I’m in Indiana, so our hummingbirds start migrating south in September. With you being further north, yours could start in August. So the next month or so, they need as much nectar as they can get. They are fascinating little birds! Now that they have found your feeder, they’ll be looking for it in the spring! 🙂
Thank you Lisa! I never thought of winter being harder for them. I will definitely keep the suet going.
I have to remember to remove every night because the raccoon are stealing it 😂
Oh my goodness a heated bird bath!! I love it ❤️
Wow Jodi! It is looking great! I love seeing how you and hubs work together!!!!
Thank you Tammy ❤️
I absolutely love your vids sooo motivating and my kiddies absolutely love your starting catchphrase I have to watch with them and they repeat the phrase hello, hello, hello omg welcome back... so your catchphrase is being shared in Manchester in the u.k ❤ and they always wave at the girls and doggy xx
Awe I love that!! Thank you so much Robin ❤️
I'm really trying to declutter and clean my hall well I guess you could call it my laundry room yep it's in my hall lots of fun , but you are doing a great job
Well maybe not ideal but I’ve learned most homes in the UK have their laundry in the kitchen. So hall doesn’t sound bad Peggy ❤️
Love watching your videos they always give me a lift your back yard is looking great 👍 keep up the good work jodi
From ireland 🇮🇪 ❤❤
Thank you so much 🤗
Growing up, we had a Hawthorne tree in our front side yard. My grandfather used to cut the thorns off of the lower trunk so none of the other neighborhood kids would get hurt while playing.
Awww that’s so sweet!! Those things can be so painful
@jodidunnmymessylife1847 yes ma'am, he was a sweetie for sure!
I am really liking the outdoor clean up video's. Very satisfying to watch
Thank you ❤️
I've been working on garden stuff and starting to tackle some bigger projects inside.
Your back yard is really coming along! And look who has a green thumb! 💚
Thank you Ann ❤️❤️
I’m really enjoying the plant and flower life. Minus the poison ivy of course 😂
Great progress on a very tough job Jodi!
I love your persistence Jodi😍, it’s looking great!
Thank you Susan 🤗
I enjoyed watching you cut down the trees with the chainsaw! I prefer yard work over house work.
I prefer being outside too Melanie ❤️
Those are hostas. My hostas blossomed purple flowers. Some blossom white flowers. Great job the hubs is doing and I can't wait to see your dreams come true. Will you put sand down in the swing set area? The grand kids will have a ball!!😎😍
Yes I have lots of hostas in my yard and this one bloomed purple flowers ❤️
I would love yard work if it wasn’t so hot. It was 111 degrees the other day and we have 100 degree weather all week. I can’t stand the heat. You are a chunks of time person and I’m a get it done person but after the death of my daughter three years ago I’m having trouble doing anything. It’s wonderful to see the progress. It gets me motivated to get busy around my house. Loving the videos ~ Janet 😘
Oh Janet yes that is so darn hot 🥵
Sending you lots of hugs 🤗
Jody.your yard is huge I get overwhelmed by looking at all those trees God Bless you You are a Saint lots and lots of work But it will be beautiful when you are done
Cindy me too 😂😂😂
Omg the space that opened up in yer yard is fantastic. The before and after pictures show it every time. The amount of bags is unbelievable, well done to ye both. 13 bags is a lot of progress 👏👏👏
Is there more light getting into the house with some of the trees gone?
Clarke is so big. Have a great week. Mary, Joes wife 🙇♀️👏👍💪🙏💐🦮🪵🪚
Oh Mary I haven’t even taken time to notice if there is more light coming in during the day. Now I’m going to check 😊
Thank you ❤️❤️
I am revamping a garden bed by my shed in my backyard. I had some stacked pavers that I moved from my front yard to my backyard and then used them as a border for the shed bed. I am now shopping in my yard for shade plants - hosta's and heuchera's to put in there.
Oh Barbara that sounds wonderful ❤️❤️
I don't miss buying those bags in MI to bag yard debris. But while living in IL, I was pulling weeds around some hostas and tulips in a flower bed beside our house. I screamed, my kids came running. Things started leaping out of the ground. Come to find out, a mama bunny hollowed out around the plant, made a nest and had her babies. So, about 6 or 7 baby bunnies went scattering out running for their lives. We managed to catch them and rehome them. Scared the you know what out of me. Now we live in GA, so I have to watch for all kinds of venomous and stinging things. Velvet ants, yellow jackets like to burrow, good snakes, bad snakes, scorpions, big spiders. Walking into spider webs. haha Plus it is sooooo very hot and humid, it is hard to stay out long and you have to be careful being out in the middle or hottest part of the day.
Oh Denise that would have scared me too. Poor bunnies. Glad you were able to re-home them. I have bunnies in my yard constantly so I hope I don’t disturb a nest
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 I would not have bothered them if I had known they were there. It scared the bejesus out of me.
Hi Jodi, " progress not perfection" love this saying. thanks for the motivation. So glad hubs got out there.
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You are awesome! You are doing such an amazing job on your yard.
Thank you so much Pamela ❤️❤️
You both did so much great work!
Just love when you said who made this mess? I think of Big Comfy Couch!😂 Hubby understood the assignment!! I know we need to work on keeping on our garden. Darn weeds!
Jodi, You don't even need to leave your yard to go camping, just go into your backyard forest.😊
Yes we can go camping in “the woods” as hubs calls it 😂
I would love a little wood in my garden! Not too dark, though😂 its lovely that your man is helping you with al your hard work . ;) i think he wanted to play with your little chainsaw.... but thats fine :) sending love to you all again from linda in england. Xxx
Well, Miss Jodi, you've inspired/motivated me! I got me a mini chainsaw. If you can do new things, I'm going to try it as well 😊
Yay Cheri ❤️❤️
Tree stumps are really good for the environment and insects etc look at it as a positive thing for your yard ecosystem ❤
Maybe next try some of mechanic /worker gloves. You can grab them at home depot/ lowes /harbor freight. For when you do the pickers?
Ps ...also , I think you might enjoy adding a Buddleia
Bush to your plants. They are so pretty and attract butterflies ! 🦋
Thank you ❤️❤️
Awesome job guys wow oh wow❤😊
Excellent progress on your yard cleanup! 🎉 The trees in your backyard are beautiful! Are you going to keep some?
You’re a good example of how slow and steady wins the race! I’m all about making progress bit by bit! Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you Amber ❤️❤️
I’m keeping all the trees for the now. Well the ones that should be there 😂
Are y’all going to fix the swing set
i saw a video and it said when you repot a plant cut the bottom of the store pot off and put it in a new pot and cover with dirt dont take it out of the pot that you brought it home in
I'm working on pressure washing my long driveway and deck.
Oh how fun!! I love pressure washing ❤️
Love how it’s looking!
Thank you Ardis ❤️
Hello Jodi. So proud of you with the progress you have made in your yard. Keep it up, girl.i can see you and the hubby watching the grandkids play on the swing set. (Clark too)
I'm starting on my Christmas stuff. I have way too much, and I need to trim it down.
Thanks again. For inviting us into your home. Your the best!!!
Nancy I can’t wait to watch them playing ❤️❤️
Oh good for you!! This is great timing to start thinning out Christmas stuff 🤗
I’m glad I don’t have to bag up yard waste. I can either put it in my burn pit or just put the waste itself by the road without bags and they pick it up.
Yes that’s awesome Deanna ❤️
Have you thought about using a push mower with a grass catcher for the prickly bushes
No I hadn’t. Isn’t that bad for the mower? Hubs always clears any sticks before moving so I honestly don’t know. But that should would make it easier 😊
Lol I like how you say picker’s.
Great progress again this week! This week, instead of decluttering and cleaning, I am canning and freezing food. That is a job in itself...not hard but time consuming! Have a great week!
Oh Barb yes that is very time consuming. Also a great time saver for the future ❤️
Great job, Jodi and hubby! The yard is really looking good.
Thank you Jenn ❤️
The yard is coming along nicely. You could try leather work gloves to provide some protection from the picker bushes. Our garden is keeping us busy so no yard work for us until fall.
Thank you Allison 🤗
Oh how fun!! I bet your garden is wonderful ❤️
The changes you make little by little are just amazing! The ripple effect of the family pitching in is such a blessing too!❤❤
I know how much you love suggestions, but here goes….
Since you plan on doing an overhaul of the backyard and it had so many weeds for so long I will share with you a trick farmers use when prepping a new area. Lay down the black fabric. Get the expensive stuff that won’t tear. Dewitt Pro is THE BEST and its at Home Depot. Lay it down on the areas you clear and leave it for 2 full years. All of the seeds that were once there will have died and you won’t be fighting a battle every year after that trying to maintain the spaces. This works especially well in areas where there are invasive things. Like burdock, vines, etc. After 2 full years take up the fabric and you can do a happy dance and fill up the space with whatever you love and enjoy the area for years to come. Don’t use the fabric under the garden bed though and put mulch on it in a few years. When mulch breaks down and turns to dirt you are left with layers of the black fabric and any weed that spreads by rhizomes will spread twice as fast. If you want to use something under the mulch many gardeners use cardboard instead of the fabric.
I had a 3 year battle with canadian thistle until I just couldn’t anymore and did the black Dewitt Pro for 2 seasons and let me tell you how enjoyable it is to be out in the yard this year and enjoy the plants I’m filling up the garden bed with. Although it’s hard to leave that black fabric there it’s worth it in the long run.
Oh Michelle 2 years??? Wowzers that’s a long time. Thank you so much for sharing!! I’m new to all this yard stuff and I definitely want to control the weeds. My mom is having a tough time with thistle so I’ll share this with her ❤️
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 it does feel like a long time. While I was riding out the really bad areas I just focused on the good areas of the yard and other outside stuff. Invasive weeds are brutal to get rid of. Let me tell you not being able to touch that area was like going on a diet and waking into a donut shop 🤣
You are doing such a wonderful job! I really enjoy watching you
Love what you are doing! It’s going to be a beautiful area. I love the beauty of a blue jay but they are noisy and mean! I love watching our hummingbird feeders. They make these chirpy noises when they chase each other.
Lori I’ve gotten used to sound of the hummingbirds coming now and it’s just beautiful. At first I thought I had a bee in my ear 😂
The blue jays are rather loud but I love it right now
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 I didn’t know that hummingbirds even made a noise other than the hum of their wings but they do actually chirp! Have you heard them? Maybe as you get more you will hear it.
looks great
Looking good! And you uncovered another pretty hosta plant in that most recent section.
Another great job done! Keep at it!
Thank you ❤️
You did good!
Thank you Chris ❤️
Hi just tuned in from rainy scotland❤❤❤
Hi Soroka 🤗 hope the sun comes through soon
Not likely😂. It's Scotland, feels like it always rains here😢😊❤
Looks good like
You all are doing a great job getting this stuff done! Looks awesome!
Don’t blame you
Jodi, you're a hoot!
👏👏👏👏Great job!!! And 🤍that little chainsaw 🤩
I have a landscaper because I’m not about to go out and do yard work when the temperature is already hitting at 100 at 10:00 in the morning. Oh I live in Arizona .
Oh yes you have the hot hot weather there 🌞
Did some yardwork as well but not as in depth as you. Just removed 8-10 garden pavers and two large planters that had been sitting unused between our two garages for years. Small task but it did get rid of an eyesore.
Kelly well done 👏👏👏
Pavers are heavy!
Hi Jodi. Great progress on your yard. You have a big yard.
Thank you Joyce. It’s coming along 😊
Jodi i purchased some gloves from Amazon that are used for cactus, these may help you out!
Oh thank you ❤️
Progress every week! Looks good.
Thank you ❤️
Just got a bid to clean my tree line, plus taking down 8 smaller dead trees. I’m excited for this to happen in two to three weeks Fairly reasonable too $1600.0
Jane I think that’s a great rice for 8 smaller trees and clean up. I’m excited for you ❤️
The yard is looking wonderful Jodi. I love all of your trees. You are looking great too - I love your enthusiasm ❤ Our front and rear yards need a lot of work but it’s winter here (Australia) so we are waiting a few more weeks before we start working out there. We have been renovating our house for 12+ months and the exterior and landscaping is next on the list!
Oh you have lots of fun things happening Tracey ❤️
A word to wise--if Clarkie rolls around in the poison ivy he can
transfer the oil to people. Awesome job! Keep up the good work.
Jodi, wear a second pair of your gardening gloves over your heavy duty ones. That's what I've been doing and it does help a bit more!!! I absolutely HATEEEE the prickly bushes and trees. I've been dealing with them myself for 2 darn days since I got my mini chain saw!! That lil things is a beast. I've cleared out so much!! I'm planning on cleaning it all up and throwing it in a 🔥.. I'm in country. I do about 2 hours worth a day last 2 days just till I get to hot and decide I've had enough for day. Unfortunately my arms are all scratched up, ugh. Should of worn long sleeves!! Oh well😂
Great idea ❤️
Wow, what a work your hob and you did. 👍👍😊 Your yard is dømming a long so buatifull.
Thank you 🤗
Dealing with all your yard issues, over grown, poison ivy. Nice work! Just ordered the mini saw got a great prime price! 🤗👍❤
Oh yes they are running all kinds of specials today and tomorrow 😍 so happy you got one Christine ❤️
Looking great!