I do the No dig method on this Georgia clay. One thing I do is scalp the grass where I’m laying the new bed, then wet the ground before adding cardboard, that might help seeing your ground is so dry and you immediately plant. One more suggest wet the cardboard before you add compost that will help soften cardboard and make it easier to work with seeing you are planting immediately
@@christileewallI’m in Houston and starting a garden club with my elementary students…planning on doing the no till method…Thanks for tips. I need to figure out what we can plant in fall and a drip system to use that isn’t too costly. As of now, I’m trying to figure out funding for it all.
We live in metro Atlanta and have heavy clay soil. My husband and I designed the gardens around the visitor center at our nearby National Battlefield Park, which has over 3 million visitors each year. The original soil, when we started designing the gardens, was SO hard…trampled and compacted by all those visitors! We layered tree trimming mulch about 3 to 4 inches thick and let it break down for a year before planting. The soil was amazing after that. It was a great solution for a tough garden project.
@@cindyannefontenot GM Cindy with your project being tied to school network girl with Home Depot, Lowes or your area garden centers to see if they will sponsor you. You might be able to get the supplies you need. Best of luck! Plus so impressed that you are teaching elementary kids about gardening 👨🌾
Janey. You need to try Farmers Defense arm sleeves. They protect your arms from the sun, cuts and rashes. They are moisture wicking. I’m in New York’s hot humid summer climate and they are comfortable.
Was just scrolling through Comments to see if someone suggested this! Loved hearing Joe Lamp’l from ‘Growing A Greener World’ say that he used those sleeves for the first time this year and they were a game-changer!
Janey. I'm concerned. I look forward to your videos every day and there has not been a new one since last week. I hope everything is okay with you! You are my favorite TH-camr!
Great design! Wondering if you have seen Danielle's garden at North lawn Flower Farm?? She has very inspirational videos and one of the best gardens on TH-cam! I truly appreciate you sharing your space and enjoy watching it all come together so beautifully. Thank you!
Before I forget… Janey I *highly recommend* the Farmer’s Defense gardening sleeves. They’re so awesome. I wear them because when trimming tomatoes because I’m allergic to the leaves. 100% worth every single penny.
I agree with getting a pair or two Farmers Defense gloves. I used them when I dug up some Bears Breeches Acanthus , which has prickly leaves. They worked perfectly. They are on sale now and make a great gift for a gardener.
Gentle reminder - - I have hundreds of California Poppies seedlings ready to share if you'd like them - - -they volunteered in a new 8x20' planter box and I REALLY don't need that man! They are a little more than an inch tall and could be easily scooped up and replanted in clumps without disturbing them too much. [I live in Davis near your old house, so probably near your new house too] Sandy
I did the same thing in my new east Texas garden--no till with cardboard, compost, and mulch,--then planted directly in it. I had NO weeds for 4 years! My garden is mostly purple/blue and apricot/orange. They are complimentary colors (opposites on the color wheel). Love my Cat's Pajamas, too. I've been able to divide it after a year or so, and am spreading it around my garden.
Love your videos. I know there's the urge to get everything done in a short amount of time and to make it look perfect. But we the viewers are loving watching the process and how it's coming together. It's very relatable which is what i love. You're doing a great job
You know I live about 10 miles from Walters Gardens and I have NEVER visited their gardens. We’re a transplant from Wisconsin and have lived here for 30 plus years and until recently I didn’t know you were able to walk through their gardens. I have driven by they’re gardens many many times and I just didn’t know that part of Walters is open to the public . 😢 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
Proven Winners At Last roses would look so pretty behind the Russian sage!! 😍 I LOVE Russian sage and it's a perfect no fuss plant to pair with roses. My theory is, roses need pruning/fertilizing/watering etc, so pair it with something you can let to fend for itself lol! I'm a lazy gardener, I know...
Love seeing the first garden bed going in. ❤. Remember to leave space behind your beds so you can walk behind. With you having larger beds, this will be very helpful
Sunorita shrub rose from proven winners. Do a slight berm and put those behind the Russian sage. That might be pretty. Good to zone 9. What a fun project!!
You could put a chaste vitex tree in that larger spot or a beach vitex which is a smaller shrub size vitex. They're both purple. They fit the best for the west theme. Turtle bay nursery carries both. I absolutely love that you are addressing this type of planting. Our climate is so challenging to grow in. I'm always on the hunt to find youtubers that address it. Thank you for your content!!!
So fun that you have space to plant a little more to add to your composition! Gaura, lantana, butterfly bush, a large salvia (maybe in a magenta) would all work nicely! And…California fuchsia has silver foliage with orange flowers if you need more low plants for the front. 💕
I often have to remind myself to focus on one area when I get overwhelmed with all that the gardens need but once you focus on an area and bring it in line, when things feel chaotic, you come back and view it to remind yourself how good it feels to see the accomplishment. So now the Walters Gardens display is on my list of places to visit, maybe when I go to Cultivate next year would be a great time. This area is going to be stunning! I LOVE my Cat's Pajamas Nepeta, it is such a fabulous performer in my garden!
It's a gorgeous combination. Looking forward to seeing it next year. I used carboard to kill out the space for a pathway. Worked great on everything except the Bermuda grass (which you were hacking into little pieces, each of which will root with your plants). Be prepared to dig it forever. Three years later I'm still fighting it, and under the mulch and still-not-rotted completely cardboard it is long, strong and WHITE (bc no sun). The Spanish friars brought it here to plant around the missions. If I run into Father Serra in the afterlife I'm going to kick him in a shin for it.
I really like your music: it’s fresh and fun. I need to tell you a fun story about the hoedag tool. They’re also called hoedads. They were used in the 1970’s by the hippie tree planters, also called Hoedads, in Oregon and Idaho. My brother-in-laws were in that group. They used that tool to plant baby trees in the clear cut forests and camped out while they worked. The work fit their lifestyle while giving them something to do to help give back to Mother Earth. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
I planted a row of catmint in front of our country house and it was hilarious bc all the “neighborhood” barn cats migrated to our house and would roll around in it all day. I ended up with four strays living in the bed and under our deck so I had to make little cat houses for all of them. I didn’t realize they liked it almost like catnip!
I also do the lasagna layering doing one section at a time. I mow the weeds. Lay the cardboard. I add the compost-soil. I add the amendments: bio-char, chicken or rabbit poop, Mineralyte, and red-cap mushroom-top fungai. I top with another layer of planting soil, and mulch. If the ground is very clay, I add gypsum. The soil is #1. It is where you begin. It can take 6 months to a year to have concrete clay DIRT turn into the most gorgeous SOIL doing the lasagna method. If the plants are acid loving, then I also add oak leaf mold. Once established I add bone meal for the plants, and blood meal for the vegetables. I get all of my soil, mulch, and rock from a landscape quarry near the local dump.
That is a nice big spot back there, how about an orange Pride of Barbados, has fern like leaves and reblooms. It is zone 8 to 11, heat and dry tolerant and would eventually fill that space. Would be very unique.
I just wanted to mention to you the Back to Eden Method: the premise is a basic no-till gardening method where you layer on fresh woodchips every couple of years that slowly break down, feeding the plants, trees, and fruit with a perfect 7.0 pH balance. This is the film and I think you would really enjoy watching it. My first impression of those little plants in your central garden was the nursery school song "A lonely little petunia in an onion patch..." The soil there is just dust and It appears to me that whatever soil is there needs to be weighted down with something to protect and add to it. If you were to add the wood chips you could put "paths" in the wood chips and make us "feel" like there are beds there. Forgive my presumption. However, you may not have a place to get wood chips and you may have already thought of that. I also recommend a hula (stirrup) hoe that would get those weeds pretty quickly...I think. This video is much more satisfying to me because I can imagine the bed there. I also recommend I do enjoy your videos. Love your new home and yard. I once had 2 acres but hubby retired we moved to Panama City and Hurricane Michael and my husband's Alzheimers brought us back to the town where he once practiced law. You and Jason make a great team and you are so charming you are fun to watch. I live in Zone 8b in Dothan, Alabama so I am hot and humid while you are hot and dry. Pine trees are prevalent here so my soil is acid and azaleas, camellias love the pine straw. But I am learning so much from you! Thank you so much!
I sure hope you and your family are all ok. We haven’t had a new video from you this week, I look forward to seeing your videos every weekday. You are such an inspiration. I have limited energy due to some illness I am coping with but love to get out in my garden every chance I get. I am in 9B also, in Novato. I believe you said your grandmother lives here. Stay safe and well. 😊🌷🌸🌲🐇😎 2:23
This will be a lovely first garden bed! I was thinking a Mexican Bird of Paradise in the back. I had one and it was taller than my fence. Just gorgeous. It has the wispy vibe which would contrast with the heavy citrus. Oh - I don't know if anyone mentioned to you about citrus - the best fruit grows on the lower branches. I took a plant science class college level and the instructor was a local arborist. He said to not prune off the lower branches. But, being from the Palm Springs area - I saw lots of trees that were trimmed up. I guess if you want the most oranges you can get - don't trim the lower branches, but if you want it to be ornamental looking, get the loppers out!
I know lantana does well in your area….Miss Huff would be a pretty orange option behind the Russian Sage. I love your channel and can’t wait to see everything you’ve got planned come to fruition ❤
I know how hard is to focus. We moved in our cabin 4 years ago. I started gardening with a blank slate.You have so many ideas in your head all at once. Very hard to focus.😀
Hi Janey! I’m watching from Cape Cod, MA. I think I saw some wood pellets leftover near your metal garage…I’m thinking about your industrial romantic theme that Michael Glassman suggested and maybe you could dismantle those and create a pathway that way! For now it would be inexpensive and you could change it later as money and inspiration come!
This is sooo exciting to see some mass planting on your property! Funny thing is I used that same photo you did of the Russian sage and the orange( zinnia) for inspiration and I’m waving for Russian sage and a hot papaya echinacea to arrive in the mail. I love that color combination too.
Great work Janie, have you thought trimming underneath of those fruit trees, at least 2 ft high, it will look nice and clean and will bear more fruits. Just saying 🌳🌺🌷🌻🏡🌳
Hi! Loving all of the ideas for the new garden! I live in Virginia, and it is so interesting to see how different but similar our growing conditions can be. A Candy Corn Spirea would be beautiful in the open space. Can't wait tonsee how everything develops!
If there is enough space I have two small tree options to suggest: 1. Sparkling Sprite crabapple which produces orange fruit 2. Flame Thrower redbud, which has gorgeous foliage in shades of red & orange all season. Both are rated to zone 9.
Awesome suggestions I live in ne Oklahoma in zone 6B and sometimes 7A. Their are alot of plants that so many different zones can use in their flower garden's.
Oh, Janey! A Fire Bush plant would look wonderful there! 4-15’ tall and 2-6’ wide bush with orange flowers. Sometimes called Hummingbird Plant.( Hamelin Paten) Drought tolerant. Can grow a couple feet a year. Zone 8-11. Or a Firecracker Plant would look nice, too. Zone 9-11. 3-5’ mound. Orange tubular flowers. Hummingbirds love them. Smaller than Firebush, but maybe 3 of them back there? Just a couple suggestions. 😉 Love your choices for purple and orange!
I am In Springfield, MO, zone 6, and cat mint is the backbone of my garden. We have had consistently hotter summers, and catmint continues to be a trooper. No clue what type mine is, as I got my starts at least seven years ago from friends who were thinning theirs out. Have just kept dividing mine. Have NEVER been able to grow lavender (sad), so catmint is my ‘lavender’! My clumps have grown up to six feet across! They bloom beautifully! However, they are too large to cut back mid season, so I just do it once a year. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us!
I love watching the transformation of your new property. Easy does it when you have so many places to garden in😊 I love my Russian sage. I’m in Idaho and it’s still in full bloom. It’s beautiful as a backdrop and it’s a major bee attractor. Thank you for your lovely and educating posts 💚🌻
I am more and more attracted to purple and orange plantings, so unique and fun. I'm sure you want that to be all Perennials, so it will be fun to pick something orange for the back corner. For annuals I tried the Queeny Orange Lime Zinnia and Inca Zinnia and they were such a pretty combo of orange and textures!.
Hi Janey🌺 . What abeautiful plants they looks so pretty and you arranged them beautifully in the ground . I love the purple color of the flowers and orangenext to each other . Janey you can plant behined them the shrub Ixora the orange flowers also hibiscus or rose or azalia ... Have awonderful day .🌺🌻🌺
Good for you Janey! You will feel so good about completing the orchard and enjoying the sense of accomplishment. The goats? If they can get onto your property, it might not go well. Please keep an eye out. Love your channel and watch every video.
Nice work, Janie. Your work ethic, kindness and passion for gardening is so inspiring. Thank you, again, for bringing us along on this process. So genuine!
I know you’re loving getting your hands dirty! I think jumping around your property is fine-a little here and a little there. Chicklet™ Orange Trumpet Bush would be awesome-has a vibe that matches the red hot pokers!
Janey, I think iceberg roses would be beautiful behind the denim and lace. The white would look great with the purple and orange. They bloom all summer for me in zone 7a. I also think purple cone flower would be pretty.
Looks great! Good tip…. Costco gives away beautiful clean large pieces of cardboard! As much as you want 😊 I did my first no dig project around my deck and love it! 🌸
Good Advice with focusing on one area, as you accomplish things in one area it will ease your stress, you will see progress. When we built a new home many years ago, we planted our front foundation plants and single large tree in a berm area the first spring, we were able to maintain this area before starting a super long privacy planting area in the fall. The next spring we planted the side yard and arbor with planting berm closer to our home. Final fall was adding a humongous back patio with sitting wall and planting at the base of the patio. By breaking the areas into sections you can see the progress and keep them maintained.
We would have loved to see an unboxing video of the plants you got from Walters Garden..that would have been so cool Janey..love the orange and purple combo you are going for :)
I live in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 zone 5 & I grow catnip & cat's pajamas that Grow amazing. Even when I cut them back in summer they get another fantastic flush. My cat's pajamas still look fresh. Be careful with your catnip that it doesn't dry out from high temperatures. Mine took a beating from heat. I moved it so it could get some shade
There are advertisements for farmers defense sleeves on Facebook. I’ve not tried them yet, but may work to help keep your skin protected without having to wear a sweatshirt. My skin often gets irritated by different plants as well.
Just a thought… Orange honeysuckle would be beautiful! Add some height and fullness. Beautiful orange blooms and the hummingbirds love them. We have them here in So Cal 9b. I think you saw the Mexican honeysuckle when you did your survey in Davis. Might be perfect! You’d space is looking beautiful!!! Can’t wait for next spring!!!♥️
Such a lovely color combination!! For something tall in the back you could do an orange Bougainvillea, a Tecomaria Capensis, or a big Strelizia. A purple Duranta Erecta would look good as well
Janey have you seen the arm sock for gardening. That will protect you from that plant. I’m in zone 9 but on the central coast. Glad your are doing the best of the west plants. 🌻🧡
The Lady of Shallot rose (David Austin) would look gorgeous behind the Russian sage! It's a beautiful peachy color! That garden bed is going to be so pretty!!!
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I do the No dig method on this Georgia clay. One thing I do is scalp the grass where I’m laying the new bed, then wet the ground before adding cardboard, that might help seeing your ground is so dry and you immediately plant. One more suggest wet the cardboard before you add compost that will help soften cardboard and make it easier to work with seeing you are planting immediately
Excellent suggestions. I'm on black clay in Dallas, Texas area. I do Dowding's No Dig also. It works beautifully.
@@christileewallI’m in Houston and starting a garden club with my elementary students…planning on doing the no till method…Thanks for tips. I need to figure out what we can plant in fall and a drip system to use that isn’t too costly. As of now, I’m trying to figure out funding for it all.
Yes, I enjoyed every minute of it, Janey! Purple and orange are a smashing combo! You're making fantastic
headway! Linda 💜🧡💜🧡💜
We live in metro Atlanta and have heavy clay soil. My husband and I designed the gardens around the visitor center at our nearby National Battlefield Park, which has over 3 million visitors each year. The original soil, when we started designing the gardens, was SO hard…trampled and compacted by all those visitors! We layered tree trimming mulch about 3 to 4 inches thick and let it break down for a year before planting. The soil was amazing after that. It was a great solution for a tough garden project.
@@cindyannefontenot GM Cindy with your project being tied to school network girl with Home Depot, Lowes or your area garden centers to see if they will sponsor you. You might be able to get the supplies you need. Best of luck! Plus so impressed that you are teaching elementary kids about gardening 👨🌾
Looks beautiful, and I think an orange PRIDE OF BARBADOS would look stunning in the back!
Beautiful! A Mexican Bird of Paradise would fill in that back space with orange impact! Excited to see what you choose!
Is that also known as Pride of Barbados? They get pretty big, so it would have that beautiful impact.
Janey. You need to try Farmers Defense arm sleeves. They protect your arms from the sun, cuts and rashes. They are moisture wicking. I’m in New York’s hot humid summer climate and they are comfortable.
Was just scrolling through Comments to see if someone suggested this! Loved hearing Joe Lamp’l from ‘Growing A Greener World’ say that he used those sleeves for the first time this year and they were a game-changer!
And as a Floridian, they are fabulous protecting my arms against the roses and awful prickly palms.
Haven’t seen any of your wonderful posts lately 😢. Hope you and your family alr doing well. Enjoy your gardening and home activities ❤.
Janey. I'm concerned. I look forward to your videos every day and there has not been a new one since last week. I hope everything is okay with you! You are my favorite TH-camr!
Great design! Wondering if you have seen Danielle's garden at North lawn Flower Farm?? She has very inspirational videos and one of the best gardens on TH-cam! I truly appreciate you sharing your space and enjoy watching it all come together so beautifully. Thank you!
Before I forget… Janey I *highly recommend* the Farmer’s Defense gardening sleeves. They’re so awesome. I wear them because when trimming tomatoes because I’m allergic to the leaves. 100% worth every single penny.
I agree with getting a pair or two Farmers Defense gloves. I used them when I dug up some Bears Breeches Acanthus , which has prickly leaves. They worked perfectly. They are on sale now and make a great gift for a gardener.
Gentle reminder - - I have hundreds of California Poppies seedlings ready to share if you'd like them - - -they volunteered in a new 8x20' planter box and I REALLY don't need that man! They are a little more than an inch tall and could be easily scooped up and replanted in clumps without disturbing them too much. [I live in Davis near your old house, so probably near your new house too] Sandy
Maybe a evergreen behind the sage to start to soften the fence, even though it looks awesome😊
I did the same thing in my new east Texas garden--no till with cardboard, compost, and mulch,--then planted directly in it. I had NO weeds for 4 years! My garden is mostly purple/blue and apricot/orange. They are complimentary colors (opposites on the color wheel). Love my Cat's Pajamas, too. I've been able to divide it after a year or so, and am spreading it around my garden.
It’s going to be beautiful❣️❤
Love your videos. I know there's the urge to get everything done in a short amount of time and to make it look perfect. But we the viewers are loving watching the process and how it's coming together. It's very relatable which is what i love. You're doing a great job
I totally agree. Seeing the gradual progress on the huge transformation planned by Janey and Micheal Glassman keeps this garden relatable.
For the back. . . Tall orange cannas.
Don't worry about what we say. Do it your way, and have fun!
You know I live about 10 miles from Walters Gardens and I have NEVER visited their gardens. We’re a transplant from Wisconsin and have lived here for 30 plus years and until recently I didn’t know you were able to walk through their gardens. I have driven by they’re gardens many many times and I just didn’t know that part of Walters is open to the public . 😢 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
😱 go Judy go!!!!
Proven Winners At Last roses would look so pretty behind the Russian sage!! 😍 I LOVE Russian sage and it's a perfect no fuss plant to pair with roses. My theory is, roses need pruning/fertilizing/watering etc, so pair it with something you can let to fend for itself lol! I'm a lazy gardener, I know...
Hi from Australia.We're going into Spring!! I love it!! Great watching you too 😊
Linda Vater had on some garden sleeves. You just pull them on. Do your planting and remove them. No heavy long sleeved clothing for the heat
Love seeing the first garden bed going in. ❤. Remember to leave space behind your beds so you can walk behind. With you having larger beds, this will be very helpful
Sunorita shrub rose from proven winners. Do a slight berm and put those behind the Russian sage. That might be pretty. Good to zone 9. What a fun project!!
A large grouping of butterfly weed would be amazing back there. I was instantly like...hmm maybe I need some red hot poker in my garden too!
Morning Everyone 🥰🥰
Good Morning!
It looks like you’re not worried about gophers. So lucky !!
Absolutely beautiful garden bed. ❤❤❤
Torch lilies and Russian Sage. What a beautiful combination! That bed will look gorgeous next year. Have a wonderful weekend, Janey!😊
You could put a chaste vitex tree in that larger spot or a beach vitex which is a smaller shrub size vitex. They're both purple. They fit the best for the west theme. Turtle bay nursery carries both. I absolutely love that you are addressing this type of planting. Our climate is so challenging to grow in. I'm always on the hunt to find youtubers that address it. Thank you for your content!!!
Ooh yeah. Vitex would look great! And she can cut it down every spring in Z9 if she wants to keep it smaller.
Did you know that even in Sweden (yes, I live there) Vitex grow and thrive. 😁
Yeess! A Vitex would be gorgeous. I love “Flip Side”. It does beautifully for me in 8b.
So fun that you have space to plant a little more to add to your composition! Gaura, lantana, butterfly bush, a large salvia (maybe in a magenta) would all work nicely! And…California fuchsia has silver foliage with orange flowers if you need more low plants for the front. 💕
I'm glad you decided to focus on sections. I think it's the right way to go. I get overwhelmed just putting myself in your shoes.
I often have to remind myself to focus on one area when I get overwhelmed with all that the gardens need but once you focus on an area and bring it in line, when things feel chaotic, you come back and view it to remind yourself how good it feels to see the accomplishment. So now the Walters Gardens display is on my list of places to visit, maybe when I go to Cultivate next year would be a great time. This area is going to be stunning! I LOVE my Cat's Pajamas Nepeta, it is such a fabulous performer in my garden!
It's a gorgeous combination. Looking forward to seeing it next year.
I used carboard to kill out the space for a pathway. Worked great on everything except the Bermuda grass (which you were hacking into little pieces, each of which will root with your plants). Be prepared to dig it forever. Three years later I'm still fighting it, and under the mulch and still-not-rotted completely cardboard it is long, strong and WHITE (bc no sun). The Spanish friars brought it here to plant around the missions. If I run into Father Serra in the afterlife I'm going to kick him in a shin for it.
Hapoy fall everyone one! Time to plant perennials so exciting!
happy fall to you too!
I really like your music: it’s fresh and fun.
I need to tell you a fun story about the hoedag tool. They’re also called hoedads. They were used in the 1970’s by the hippie tree planters, also called Hoedads, in Oregon and Idaho. My brother-in-laws were in that group. They used that tool to plant baby trees in the clear cut forests and camped out while they worked. The work fit their lifestyle while giving them something to do to help give back to Mother Earth.
Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
I planted a row of catmint in front of our country house and it was hilarious bc all the “neighborhood” barn cats migrated to our house and would roll around in it all day. I ended up with four strays living in the bed and under our deck so I had to make little cat houses for all of them. I didn’t realize they liked it almost like catnip!
That is so funny!
Bet you don't have any problems with mice or voles!
I also do the lasagna layering doing one section at a time. I mow the weeds. Lay the cardboard. I add the compost-soil. I add the amendments: bio-char, chicken or rabbit poop, Mineralyte, and red-cap mushroom-top fungai. I top with another layer of planting soil, and mulch. If the ground is very clay, I add gypsum. The soil is #1. It is where you begin. It can take 6 months to a year to have concrete clay DIRT turn into the most gorgeous SOIL doing the lasagna method. If the plants are acid loving, then I also add oak leaf mold. Once established I add bone meal for the plants, and blood meal for the vegetables. I get all of my soil, mulch, and rock from a landscape quarry near the local dump.
Good morning.
Good morning from Southern Califoria!
That is a nice big spot back there, how about an orange Pride of Barbados, has fern like leaves and reblooms. It is zone 8 to 11, heat and dry tolerant and would eventually fill that space. Would be very unique.
It is going to be beautiful! Think about firebush for the back.
I suggested the same thing! So many good suggestions.
I just wanted to mention to you the Back to Eden Method: the premise is a basic no-till gardening method where you layer on fresh woodchips every couple of years that slowly break down, feeding the plants, trees, and fruit with a perfect 7.0 pH balance. This is the film and I think you would really enjoy watching it. My first impression of those little plants in your central garden was the nursery school song "A lonely little petunia in an onion patch..." The soil there is just dust and It appears to me that whatever soil is there needs to be weighted down with something to protect and add to it. If you were to add the wood chips you could put "paths" in the wood chips and make us "feel" like there are beds there. Forgive my presumption. However, you may not have a place to get wood chips and you may have already thought of that. I also recommend a hula (stirrup) hoe that would get those weeds pretty quickly...I think. This video is much more satisfying to me because I can imagine the bed there. I also recommend I do enjoy your videos. Love your new home and yard. I once had 2 acres but hubby retired we moved to Panama City and Hurricane Michael and my husband's Alzheimers brought us back to the town where he once practiced law. You and Jason make a great team and you are so charming you are fun to watch. I live in Zone 8b in Dothan, Alabama so I am hot and humid while you are hot and dry. Pine trees are prevalent here so my soil is acid and azaleas, camellias love the pine straw. But I am learning so much from you! Thank you so much!
I sure hope you and your family are all ok. We haven’t had a new video from you this week,
I look forward to seeing your videos every weekday. You are such an inspiration. I have limited energy due to some illness I am coping with but love to get out in my garden every chance I get. I am in 9B also, in Novato. I believe you said your grandmother lives here. Stay safe and well. 😊🌷🌸🌲🐇😎 2:23
This will be a lovely first garden bed! I was thinking a Mexican Bird of Paradise in the back. I had one and it was taller than my fence. Just gorgeous. It has the wispy vibe which would contrast with the heavy citrus. Oh - I don't know if anyone mentioned to you about citrus - the best fruit grows on the lower branches. I took a plant science class college level and the instructor was a local arborist. He said to not prune off the lower branches. But, being from the Palm Springs area - I saw lots of trees that were trimmed up. I guess if you want the most oranges you can get - don't trim the lower branches, but if you want it to be ornamental looking, get the loppers out!
I know lantana does well in your area….Miss Huff would be a pretty orange option behind the Russian Sage. I love your channel and can’t wait to see everything you’ve got planned come to fruition ❤
I know how hard is to focus. We moved in our cabin 4 years ago. I started gardening with a blank slate.You have so many ideas in your head all at once. Very hard to focus.😀
Hi Janey! I’m watching from Cape Cod, MA. I think I saw some wood pellets leftover near your metal garage…I’m thinking about your industrial romantic theme that Michael Glassman suggested and maybe you could dismantle those and create a pathway that way! For now it would be inexpensive and you could change it later as money and inspiration come!
Mass planting in a large area really works. That garden you showed us at Walters Garden was beautiful!
All your hard work is going to pay off beautifully.🌞
A Midwest gardener here. Love watching new projects develope. I also love your California poppies and could see them mixed in with the kniphofia.
This is sooo exciting to see some mass planting on your property! Funny thing is I used that same photo you did of the Russian sage and the orange( zinnia) for inspiration and I’m waving for Russian sage and a hot papaya echinacea to arrive in the mail. I love that color combination too.
Flower Bed look's Great🌺🍁🌱🏵🌸💐
Great work Janie, have you thought trimming underneath of those fruit trees, at least 2 ft high,
it will look nice and clean and will bear more fruits. Just saying 🌳🌺🌷🌻🏡🌳
AT LAST rose behind would be gorgeous!
Hi! Loving all of the ideas for the new garden! I live in Virginia, and it is so interesting to see how different but similar our growing conditions can be. A Candy Corn Spirea would be beautiful in the open space. Can't wait tonsee how everything develops!
If there is enough space I have two small tree options to suggest: 1. Sparkling Sprite crabapple which produces orange fruit 2. Flame Thrower redbud, which has gorgeous foliage in shades of red & orange all season. Both are rated to zone 9.
Awesome suggestions
I live in ne Oklahoma in zone 6B and sometimes 7A. Their are alot of plants that so many different zones can use in their flower garden's.
Oh, Janey! A Fire Bush plant would look wonderful there! 4-15’ tall and 2-6’ wide bush with orange flowers. Sometimes called Hummingbird Plant.( Hamelin Paten) Drought tolerant. Can grow a couple feet a year. Zone 8-11. Or a Firecracker Plant would look nice, too. Zone 9-11. 3-5’ mound. Orange tubular flowers. Hummingbirds love them. Smaller than Firebush, but maybe 3 of them back there? Just a couple suggestions. 😉 Love your choices for purple and orange!
I am In Springfield, MO, zone 6, and cat mint is the backbone of my garden. We have had consistently hotter summers, and catmint continues to be a trooper. No clue what type mine is, as I got my starts at least seven years ago from friends who were thinning theirs out. Have just kept dividing mine. Have NEVER been able to grow lavender (sad), so catmint is my ‘lavender’! My clumps have grown up to six feet across! They bloom beautifully! However, they are too large to cut back mid season, so I just do it once a year. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us!
For orange - maybe a Mexican Bird of Paradise bush. They are orange and grow in the heat. They are deciduous. Love the purple and orange combo!
I love watching the transformation of your new property. Easy does it when you have so many places to garden in😊 I love my Russian sage. I’m in Idaho and it’s still in full bloom. It’s beautiful as a backdrop and it’s a major bee attractor. Thank you for your lovely and educating posts 💚🌻
I am more and more attracted to purple and orange plantings, so unique and fun. I'm sure you want that to be all Perennials, so it will be fun to pick something orange for the back corner. For annuals I tried the Queeny Orange Lime Zinnia and Inca Zinnia and they were such a pretty combo of orange and textures!.
I live 30 minutes from Walters Garden, I’ll need to visit next year when the gardens are flourishing. This is going to be stunning 🌼🐝
Ooooo I love this combo!! Purple and orange were our wedding colors 💜🧡 I love watching this space transform, you are doing great Janey!
It’s autumn 🍂! Looks like it’s coming along, I’m enjoying every second of the new property!
Flame bushes are delightful and tall and orange and red… just a thought from a fellow 9b gardener in Central Florida
I got a pair of farmer's defense sleeves and like how they protect my arms without making me very hot. You may find they work for you too.
You are so smart to do it an area at a time !!! It will keep you focused on what you’re doing!!!
Hi Janey looking amazing already, little by little
Hi Janey🌺 . What abeautiful plants they looks so pretty and you arranged them beautifully in the ground . I love the purple color of the flowers and orangenext to each other . Janey you can plant behined them the shrub Ixora the orange flowers also hibiscus or rose or azalia ... Have awonderful day .🌺🌻🌺
We call the orange one “Lion’s Tails” I love them
Good for you Janey! You will feel so good about completing the orchard and enjoying the sense of accomplishment. The goats? If they can get onto your property, it might not go well. Please keep an eye out. Love your channel and watch every video.
Nice work, Janie. Your work ethic, kindness and passion for gardening is so inspiring. Thank you, again, for bringing us along on this process. So genuine!
That will look beautiful! Great you figured out what gave you a rash. Long sleeve linen shirts are comfy in the heat! I wear to protect from bugs!
I know you’re loving getting your hands dirty! I think jumping around your property is fine-a little here and a little there. Chicklet™ Orange Trumpet Bush would be awesome-has a vibe that matches the red hot pokers!
I love that garden tool. I have two of them and had them for five years and they are wonderful!
Janey, I think iceberg roses would be beautiful behind the denim and lace. The white would look great with the purple and orange. They bloom all summer for me in zone 7a. I also think purple cone flower would be pretty.
Good Morning!
Can't wait to see what you choose for the back! Nice job Janie!
I think your new bed will be beautiful next spring.
When i need long sleeves for planting in warm weather, i wear an oversized men's button down. I get them at the thrift shop! :)
Good job with the 'focusing' today! See.... a section almost completed brings happiness! Looks great!
Your cat is gonna love the cats pajamas.
Thank you for your videos. I have learned a few things from you. Thank you again. And God bless you 😊
Looks great! Good tip….
Costco gives away beautiful clean large pieces of cardboard! As much as you want 😊
I did my first no dig project around my deck and love it! 🌸
I also find myself jumping around my garden/yard. You are inspiring me to concentrate on one area at a time. It's so hard though!
Purple and orange are my favorite plant combinations!
Good Advice with focusing on one area, as you accomplish things in one area it will ease your stress, you will see progress. When we built a new home many years ago, we planted our front foundation plants and single large tree in a berm area the first spring, we were able to maintain this area before starting a super long privacy planting area in the fall. The next spring we planted the side yard and arbor with planting berm closer to our home. Final fall was adding a humongous back patio with sitting wall and planting at the base of the patio. By breaking the areas into sections you can see the progress and keep them maintained.
We would have loved to see an unboxing video of the plants you got from Walters Garden..that would have been so cool Janey..love the orange and purple combo you are going for :)
I live in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 zone 5 & I grow catnip & cat's pajamas that Grow amazing. Even when I cut them back in summer they get another fantastic flush. My cat's pajamas still look fresh. Be careful with your catnip that it doesn't dry out from high temperatures. Mine took a beating from heat. I moved it so it could get some shade
There are advertisements for farmers defense sleeves on Facebook. I’ve not tried them yet, but may work to help keep your skin protected without having to wear a sweatshirt. My skin often gets irritated by different plants as well.
Just a thought… Orange honeysuckle would be beautiful! Add some height and fullness. Beautiful orange blooms and the hummingbirds love them. We have them here in So Cal 9b. I think you saw the Mexican honeysuckle when you did your survey in Davis. Might be perfect! You’d space is looking beautiful!!! Can’t wait for next spring!!!♥️
Gonna be Gorgeous 💜💜🧡🧡
Such a lovely color combination!! For something tall in the back you could do an orange Bougainvillea, a Tecomaria Capensis, or a big Strelizia. A purple Duranta Erecta would look good as well
Good morning and good job
Janie look for some of those gardening sleeves. You just pull them on your arms. Might help prevent rashes and would be much cooler than a sweatshirt.
Nice! I like that! Blessings 💕🤗
Where is your hat from??? Love it❤
FOCUS...yes! 😂
Janey have you seen the arm sock for gardening. That will protect you from that plant. I’m in zone 9 but on the central coast. Glad your are doing the best of the west plants. 🌻🧡
Fall planting in the houuuuuuuse! Totally enjoying each spot you do. ❤
Great work, Janey! Happy Fall!🍃🍂🍁
Looks great Janet love the orange and purple
The Lady of Shallot rose (David Austin) would look gorgeous behind the Russian sage! It's a beautiful peachy color! That garden bed is going to be so pretty!!!
Oh, that is such a gorgeous rose!! I have Lady Emna Hamilton, another David Austin rose, with a wonderful fragrance.
This just inspired me to plant more now! Your yard is coming along quickly!