Jimmy, you made a lot of hard work look easy. I did not see a coffee mug anywhere tho. Great to involve your children in the process. This project looks very interesting.
Jimmy, you are such a nutcase! Well done on this one. It is also great to see the new set of movie stars who quite stole the show, and that includes the dog.
Looks great and a lot of fun. My wife and I were discussing doing a garden railroad since I love model railroading and she loves plants and landscaping.
Great to see your 'helpers' involved in the project. I loved that one T-shirt on your helper and seeing the Truck! The project looks to be just the right size, but you might want to add a caboose to that LGB 'fleet'!
Cool vid and project dear Jimmy. For a next one, I would sincerely recommend you, or anyone else, would lay geo-textile between the different layers. Even though your raised bed is only 3 rows of stone high, the stability of the planter will increase when you add the textile between dirt and drainage rock, similarly between drainage rock and pavement sand. Between sand and garden soil you can forego, in your case. However, if the several layers become thicker it may even be effective to put an extra layer between sand and topsoil. Always leave the textile longer on the retaining wall side. This, so it can be worked up on the inside of the wall. When doing so, you’ll prevent sagging, from the sand slowly dispersing through the drainage rock.
Awesome!! Thank you for this. I’m starting my garden railroad journey in a few months (research now) and there isn’t much great online content. I’m excited for this series!
Looks like fun Jimmy. I trust that when yo got done with all that outdoor work you slept good. Always wanted to do something with I'll just call it G scale, but as an indoor RR. Looking forward to the next videos.
This changes everything. You can’t film this one at night! 😄 I bought a couple of LGB starter sets a long time ago… I have a steep slope that is trouble to mow and I’ve thought about a switchback there. But will I ever get it done? A continuous run is more practical for a garden railroad. (I might have the start of someone else’s garden railroad or two Christmas tree railroads.)
Hello! I can only agree that a garden railroad is the hardest model railroad to build...but it is also the model railroad that is the most difficult to maintain. 👍😁 Kind regards from Austria Peter
Looks great, and including the entire family is the best way to ensure the continuation of the model railroad hobby. When you can locate them, the company New Bright offers many G scale rolling stock items.. I have found the majority of items of these types in thrift stores especially just after the Christmas holiday season. The New Bright motive power is Dead Rail (battery power) and uses plastic track that can be easily converted to simple R/C control by salvaging inexpensive R/C cars for servo parts and such.
What a great project.. Your kids are a great help. Unfortunately I don't have helpers their all married. I have grandsons and there into video games. I can't even get them to help me clean out the garage thats where I like to buikd me next layout. OH well.
Well Jimmy that's just the beginning next you'll be thinking how to enlarger soon it'll be taken up with your whole backyard but that is a nice family hobby to get into to enjoy the outside but creating a new railroad 👍👍
Jimmy - I believe you live somewhere in the Carolinas - if so, then one place you should definitely visit is the Gibsonville Garden Railroad, in (logically) Gibsonville, North Carolina, close to Burlington - it's very impressive.
Great little garden railway, but did you use anything to seal the brick wall from the raised bed as you appear to have gone above the damp proof course of bricks which will cause you major damp issues inside the house ?
@@DIYDigitalRailroad Most gardeners are not using landscape fabric anymore. Personal experience has taught me that a thick layer of mulch is better. As mulch decays it builds up on top of the fabric and weeds sprout in it. Letting the much decay and naturally return to the soil is better. Just add a new layer of mulch. Additional layers don’t have to be as thick as the initial layer. At the risk of sounding like a “know it all”, you really didn’t have to dig up all the sod. Just enough for the retaining wall would have done the job. The grass would have died after being covered with all the top soil and mulch. That being said, your little garden railroad turned out quite nicely.
Wendell, have heard opposing theories on fabric. Also heard a layer of corrugated cardboard works too. Have tried both with varying degrees of success. Good to know options.
@@andycrawford9870 Yeah, that’s the joy of having model railroading and gardening as your hobbies, always lots of opposing theories. It always keeps the conversation interesting. I’ve used fabric underneath gravel, when doing stone work, to keep the paver base from sinking into the ground
Literally as large as you want. The Fairplex Garden Railway at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Southern California is 100' by 300' and has over 10,000 feet of track. That's just one example, there are thousands of garden railroads throughout the world.
Jimmy, you made a lot of hard work look easy. I did not see a coffee mug anywhere tho. Great to involve your children in the process. This project looks very interesting.
Jimmy, you are such a nutcase! Well done on this one. It is also great to see the new set of movie stars who quite stole the show, and that includes the dog.
Nice job. I'm surprised that your puppy didn't help you dig things up.
Looks great and a lot of fun. My wife and I were discussing doing a garden railroad since I love model railroading and she loves plants and landscaping.
down the rabbit hole you go
Great to see your 'helpers' involved in the project. I loved that one T-shirt on your helper and seeing the Truck!
The project looks to be just the right size, but you might want to add a caboose to that LGB 'fleet'!
What a great project! The helper makes all the difference!!
I like you're helpers doing their part to help building this garden
Wow Jimmy awesome job I cannot believe this. You did awesome work all those train tracks wow amazing and beautiful trains 🚆 I'm so proud of you Jimmy
Looking forward to seeing more on this project! I’ve always been keen to get something going in the garden!
Cool vid and project dear Jimmy.
For a next one, I would sincerely recommend you, or anyone else, would lay geo-textile between the different layers.
Even though your raised bed is only 3 rows of stone high, the stability of the planter will increase when you add the textile between dirt and drainage rock, similarly between drainage rock and pavement sand. Between sand and garden soil you can forego, in your case. However, if the several layers become thicker it may even be effective to put an extra layer between sand and topsoil.
Always leave the textile longer on the retaining wall side. This, so it can be worked up on the inside of the wall.
When doing so, you’ll prevent sagging, from the sand slowly dispersing through the drainage rock.
Looks like a great family project! Can’t wait for the next videos.
Awesome!! Thank you for this. I’m starting my garden railroad journey in a few months (research now) and there isn’t much great online content. I’m excited for this series!
Can't wait to see how it turns out
Love it Jimmy! Can't wait to see the progress!
Looks like fun Jimmy. I trust that when yo got done with all that outdoor work you slept good. Always wanted to do something with I'll just call it G scale, but as an indoor RR.
Looking forward to the next videos.
This changes everything. You can’t film this one at night! 😄
I bought a couple of LGB starter sets a long time ago… I have a steep slope that is trouble to mow and I’ve thought about a switchback there. But will I ever get it done? A continuous run is more practical for a garden railroad. (I might have the start of someone else’s garden railroad or two Christmas tree railroads.)
Hello! I can only agree that a garden railroad is the hardest model railroad to build...but it is also the model railroad that is the most difficult to maintain. 👍😁 Kind regards from Austria Peter
Looks great, and including the entire family is the best way to ensure the continuation of the model railroad hobby. When you can locate them, the company New Bright offers many G scale rolling stock items.. I have found the majority of items of these types in thrift stores especially just after the Christmas holiday season. The New Bright motive power is Dead Rail (battery power) and uses plastic track that can be easily converted to simple R/C control by salvaging inexpensive R/C cars for servo parts and such.
i prefer bachmann and 3D printed components a thats cheap but detailed
What a great project.. Your kids are a great help. Unfortunately I don't have helpers their all married. I have grandsons and there into video games. I can't even get them to help me clean out the garage thats where I like to buikd me next layout. OH well.
The little helpers are awesome great video Jimmy 👍👍 and happy 4th
Only thing is you should have put a tarp down underneath the pavers to keep weeds out. Great job though!
Alright Jimmy! One of the hardest things about G Scale is the cash. It can get more pricey than ya think.
Well Jimmy that's just the beginning next you'll be thinking how to enlarger soon it'll be taken up with your whole backyard but that is a nice family hobby to get into to enjoy the outside but creating a new railroad 👍👍
looks good
You need to let the kids run this layout :)
Even the dog got in on the fun!
Jimmy - I believe you live somewhere in the Carolinas - if so, then one place you should definitely visit is the Gibsonville Garden Railroad, in (logically) Gibsonville, North Carolina, close to Burlington - it's very impressive.
I am actually originally from that area and have been there!
My granddaughters have helped me in making our garden rail road
Yep, I'm not doing one of those. :) I'm drinking Monster Entergy Drink by the way. Great job, it looks really nice!!!
Great little garden railway, but did you use anything to seal the brick wall from the raised bed as you appear to have gone above the damp proof course of bricks which will cause you major damp issues inside the house ?
Have you done any 3d printing for this yet?
Did you lay down any landscape fabric to discourage weed growth specially right next to patio pad?
I will end up laying down landscape fabric in a later episode
@@DIYDigitalRailroad Most gardeners are not using landscape fabric anymore. Personal experience has taught me that a thick layer of mulch is better. As mulch decays it builds up on top of the fabric and weeds sprout in it. Letting the much decay and naturally return to the soil is better. Just add a new layer of mulch. Additional layers don’t have to be as thick as the initial layer.
At the risk of sounding like a “know it all”, you really didn’t have to dig up all the sod. Just enough for the retaining wall would have done the job. The grass would have died after being covered with all the top soil and mulch.
That being said, your little garden railroad turned out quite nicely.
Wendell, have heard opposing theories on fabric. Also heard a layer of corrugated cardboard works too. Have tried both with varying degrees of success. Good to know options.
@@andycrawford9870 Yeah, that’s the joy of having model railroading and gardening as your hobbies, always lots of opposing theories. It always keeps the conversation interesting. I’ve used fabric underneath gravel, when doing stone work, to keep the paver base from sinking into the ground
How big can a Garden Railroad get?
Literally as large as you want. The Fairplex Garden Railway at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Southern California is 100' by 300' and has over 10,000 feet of track. That's just one example, there are thousands of garden railroads throughout the world.
Lgb is pretty expensive trains and tracks
Brah did you just compact garden soil🤨 SMH