Hello Nigel. I am genuinely happy to see your new greenhouse coming together. What a great boon for your bonsai efforts. It will be beautiful. It will be great for the coming winter. Wonderful to have a green place to work and just be during the cold months. Can't wait to see the finished product. I don't normally use this term but I say Kudos to you.👍
A sandbox for grown ups 🤣 great work nigel. I know from experience that is tuff work. I bet your back isent happy the tommorow. Its looking great. Nice to here you took some quality time with your wife ♥️
Awesome Work, Nigel! Looks really good. I just worked on my Ficus Elastica Bonsai or Rubbertree, it was so fun. Have a nice weekend! Greetings from Germany :)
I used pea gravel for a greenhouse I had back the 80's and I remember wishing I had not made it so deep. I like the idea of making a hole in the middle and filling with gravel to facilitate drainage. I would recommend no more than 3inches of gravel. Too deep and it gets hard to walk, like on the beach.
@@Thimbrethil it wont help, it needs "Fines " to hold the pea gravel together, plus you can not compact gravel and it will always move under foot without the fines to lock it together... Nigel.. top it off with crusher fines, believe me!
I can't get over how beautiful your collected stones are. I'm going to have to visit your collection spot. It was by a best buy if I recall correctly right?
I was wondering how the fork lift traveled to the site and then I saw it kind of hanging in the back of the truck as it drove away. That was interesting. The fork lift must weigh a lot, but then again the gravel load is heavy, so that adds to the weight of the truck.
How cool is to have a forklift attached to the truck like that! Is the gravel going to be the floor of your greenhouse or are you going to put pavers or something over it? I don't know how good will the overall compaction be when you put in a thick layer. Liked the idea of the rock garden!
a word to the wise....I badly injured my foot doing some gardening on uneven ground wearing backless shoes. always wear good support as hurting tendons, ligaments and giving self plantar fasciitis is really unpleasant for a long time. and I mean off the feet icing and resting it. when you consider how important and delicate feet are and how much weight per square inch and how many bones and tendons and ligaments all work together, you need to really protect them and not take for granted.
Pea stone is a nightmare to walk/work on. It's like walking on marbles. Crushed stone is best for work areas and areas of traffic, because it locks together. You might have to put pavers down in order to walk, and to put your benches down on.
Nigel, do you have an email where I can send you some photos of trees? We are in South Dakota and I think you’d enjoy some of the tree and rock combinations.
@@TheBonsaiZone Most impressive!!!!!! 6 tons of gravel moved by a single human being in less than 8 hours!??! I never would have guessed it would take so little time. You are most amazing. Thank you for motivation to move mountains, or at least tons of gravel single handedly in a single day! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 🥇🥇🥇
If you have problems with weeds you can use product base on vinegar (totally biological as intended in EU), those are non toxic, non selective, acids that burns by contact all kind of weeds... make your research, make your decisions. I've appreciated using them (whit dogs and kids - not on them by the way 😊)
Watching a forklift moving gravel with Nigel narrating is the best thing I've seen all week
Nigel just woke up at 2:15 am and couldn’t fall back to sleep. Perfect timing 🙏 thank you.
Maybe I am like cats but watching you workis so relaxing. I am happy your greenhouse is developing every day
Now that is a fork lift driver. Excellent driving.
It's great to visit your channel👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thumbs up for the forklift driver! :)
Haha “Sandworms”. 🧡👊🏻🇨🇦
This project is really looking amazing!! bravo on all the awesome work!!
Thanks Rob, more to come!
Hello Nigel. I am genuinely happy to see your new greenhouse coming together. What a great boon for your bonsai efforts. It will be beautiful. It will be great for the coming winter. Wonderful to have a green place to work and just be during the cold months.
Can't wait to see the finished product.
I don't normally use this term but I say Kudos to you.👍
A sandbox for grown ups 🤣 great work nigel. I know from experience that is tuff work. I bet your back isent happy the tommorow. Its looking great. Nice to here you took some quality time with your wife ♥️
Forget the greenhouse. It’s time for a zen garden with those rocks you used at the end haha
Now that's a good fall workout before winter!
Oh my gosh, what an amazing amount of work you just did! It’s all looking so fantastic, Nigel! I can’t wait to see it all done and put together!!
So much gravel! Good job!
The Norfolk Pine Forest is pure Radiance in the Sun.-
With all that pebbles you have a nice Zen garden. With all that hard work it is time for you to relax tonight. Great job on the pebbles. Looking good.
It's coming along beautifully, lots of hard work you can turn your hand with any projects.
Nice base layer of soil, but you missed the drainage screens! 😄 The Greenhouse is coming along so nicely, really excited to finally see it all done!
Awesome Work, Nigel! Looks really good.
I just worked on my Ficus Elastica Bonsai or Rubbertree, it was so fun.
Have a nice weekend!
Greetings from Germany :)
That zen garden is 10/10
It was very relaxing watching you work so hard 😆 i enjoyed the calming music. Looking forward to seeing the result
WOW!!!!!!!! 6,000 pounds in one day!!! Bravo!
It went a lot faster than I expected!
And in a wheelbarrow with a hole in it!👏👏👏
You're going to be beefed after this summer, with all the lifting and wheelbarrowing 😊
Also the sandworms made me lol 😅
Always your channel is soothening to mind...
Thanks Harisha!
Lol, when I saw you raking the gravel I was thinking that you needed a rock garden!
I tried raking some circles around the rocks, but it didn't show up!
Everyone needs a zen garden!
@@TheBonsaiZone Yes, for that you need a rake with thick teeth.
@@TheBonsaiZone It was a moment of whimsy that I am thankful that you included in the video, It made me smile for sure.
Lucky for you it’s too wet there for sandworms to survive! But love the Dune reference. keep it up.
I used pea gravel for a greenhouse I had back the 80's and I remember wishing I had not made it so deep. I like the idea of making a hole in the middle and filling with gravel to facilitate drainage. I would recommend no more than 3inches of gravel. Too deep and it gets hard to walk, like on the beach.
That’s why he is gradually presing it down, to eliminate airpockets.
@@Thimbrethil it wont help, it needs "Fines " to hold the pea gravel together, plus you can not compact gravel and it will always move under foot without the fines to lock it together... Nigel.. top it off with crusher fines, believe me!
Forklift driver was excellent 👍
I think so too!
Another hard day. you're winning the battle though . Looking good.
Now you have something to use for drainage in pots for some time. )))))
Your doing a great job. The DUNE reference made me laugh
Looking great 👍 I can’t wait to see it finished!
Can’t believe you did all that in crocs😃
Loved the Dune reference :)
frfr :D
Love it how you can say I built it ..
Whistle while you work😗🎼🎶🎵🎶😗😗
a little zen garden there at the end :)
Nice did done today sir. Have you have to apply to build to green house for approval?
Way to go!
Bravo!
Looks like your making a zen garden 😆
I can't get over how beautiful your collected stones are. I'm going to have to visit your collection spot. It was by a best buy if I recall correctly right?
I was wondering how the fork lift traveled to the site and then I saw it kind of hanging in the back of the truck as it drove away. That was interesting. The fork lift must weigh a lot, but then again the gravel load is heavy, so that adds to the weight of the truck.
i was not ready for the Dune reference.
Flip that rake and use the flat side to finish leveling, and a straight board for a guide, like skreeting concrete 💪😎
Great!
How cool is to have a forklift attached to the truck like that!
Is the gravel going to be the floor of your greenhouse or are you going to put pavers or something over it? I don't know how good will the overall compaction be when you put in a thick layer.
Liked the idea of the rock garden!
Nice work Nigel
Cool. I sometimes drive bages like that to sertain costumers. Not so much gravel through. Mostly glass fibers.
It is lots of hard labour!
a word to the wise....I badly injured my foot doing some gardening on uneven ground wearing backless shoes. always wear good support as hurting tendons, ligaments and giving self plantar fasciitis is really unpleasant for a long time. and I mean off the feet icing and resting it. when you consider how important and delicate feet are and how much weight per square inch and how many bones and tendons and ligaments all work together, you need to really protect them and not take for granted.
Thanks Lee!
Good thing the driveway was able to handle the weight
Pea stone is a nightmare to walk/work on. It's like walking on marbles. Crushed stone is best for work areas and areas of traffic, because it locks together. You might have to put pavers down in order to walk, and to put your benches down on.
It's a shame I'm not closer to Canada Nigel. I think I could offer you some good help.
Great music? What was the music for this?
was that a Dune reference I heard?
How big was your first idea?
Nigel, do you have an email where I can send you some photos of trees? We are in South Dakota and I think you’d enjoy some of the tree and rock combinations.
Hello Margaret, I'd love to see the photos, I'll keep them on file for reference if you don't mind?
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
Thanks!
Zen-garden In The end looked a little to good may end up no greenhouse if The wife spots that
Sandworms Will ruin a nice day that is for sure
NIGEL THE ''GRAVELNATOR.''
Landscape fabric way down at that depth would serve no purpose whatever. Good choice, brother.
Why did you choose pea gravel?
Pea gravel is very porous and should hold a lot of humidity, it makes a cool crunching sound too!
@@TheBonsaiZone Most impressive!!!!!! 6 tons of gravel moved by a single human being in less than 8 hours!??! I never would have guessed it would take so little time. You are most amazing. Thank you for motivation to move mountains, or at least tons of gravel single handedly in a single day! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 🥇🥇🥇
If you have problems with weeds you can use product base on vinegar (totally biological as intended in EU), those are non toxic, non selective, acids that burns by contact all kind of weeds... make your research, make your decisions. I've appreciated using them (whit dogs and kids - not on them by the way 😊)
Ha, nice dune reference
put same bonsai in ther too!!
For those same cool japanes gardens pictures.
🐛🐛🐛 Sand worms are waiting for the right moment. Beware!
Making progress........
Walk without rhythm and you won’t attract the worm.
👍👍👍
Nigel, we need another guy on our crew. Wanna come out of retirement?😃
I think I'd last 1/2 a day! Thanks!
@@TheBonsaiZone which is pretty dang good
👍🍎
Second oist?
Secoind!
Foist
It's noice to see the Mead indeed getting a Foist with such great speed!
Toid
Noice!