Tree Planting Day 2: Planting a Deciduous & Evergreen Border/Screen!
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Lucy
We tilled the grass around my raised beds and put down cardboard in March last year and wood chips on top. I made sure all edges were overlapping and used pins to tack it down. I'm in Georgia zone 7b and that cardboard now is gone. I was racking the mulch last week and could find pieces of shipping tape that I missed. When we tilled, we couldn't get close to some beds and had to put cardboard over crabgrass. That did not kill it. It grew back as soon as the cardboard started to disintegrate and had to use a combination of Captain Jack's deadweed brew and pulling. We have a lot of rain here, so it might work better for you guys. I have an area near our gas meter where I want to get rid of the grass and can't till, so I will put cardboard, then landscape fabric, and finally topsoil and compost. Fingers crossed for all of us.
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We tilled the grass around my raised beds and put down cardboard in March last year and wood chips on top. I made sure all edges were overlapping and used pins to tack it down. I'm in Georgia zone 7b and that cardboard now is gone. I was racking the mulch last week and could find pieces of shipping tape that I missed. When we tilled, we couldn't get close to some beds and had to put cardboard over crabgrass. That did not kill it. It grew back as soon as the cardboard started to disintegrate and had to use a combination of Captain Jack's deadweed brew and pulling. We have a lot of rain here, so it might work better for you guys. I have an area near our gas meter where I want to get rid of the grass and can't till, so I will put cardboard, then landscape fabric, and finally topsoil and compost. Fingers crossed for all of us.
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Peggy
This was quite the project! OMG! I can't even imagine the intense work and toll it took on all three of you to complete the project. It sure did look beautiful at the end though. I hope you take photos so many years from now you can pull them out to see from the beginning how it looked versus how it looks fully matured. Maybe with the boxwood circle, (that's what I call it, you can make a smaller one there or somewhere else? Then Aaron and you can have your needs met. I do think those circles are very classy looking and would want that in our yard. Thanks for showing all of this to us and I hope you have recovered from all that work!
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This was quite the project! OMG! I can't even imagine the intense work and toll it took on all three of you to complete the project. It sure did look beautiful at the end though. I hope you take photos so many years from now you can pull them out to see from the beginning how it looked versus how it looks fully matured. Maybe with the boxwood circle, (that's what I call it, you can make a smaller one there or somewhere else? Then Aaron and you can have your needs met. I do think those circles are very classy looking and would want that in our yard. Thanks for showing all of this to us and I hope you have recovered from all that work!
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Laura
Love all your ideas for this back space. So fine to see you doing things back there. I like somebody's idea of making the boxwood ring into a kind of a maze for the children to run through. Can't wait to see the fence come down and that opened up to the Hartley area. It is going to be lovely. And it will be interesting to watch you try the cardboard and mulch method. It's a quick way to make things look nice and it only takes a few months for the cardboard to break down and kill the grass. It's so dry where you are it might take a little longer but if you keep it moist it would help. Going to be fun to watch and see what happens.
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Love all your ideas for this back space. So fine to see you doing things back there. I like somebody's idea of making the boxwood ring into a kind of a maze for the children to run through. Can't wait to see the fence come down and that opened up to the Hartley area. It is going to be lovely. And it will be interesting to watch you try the cardboard and mulch method. It's a quick way to make things look nice and it only takes a few months for the cardboard to break down and kill the grass. It's so dry where you are it might take a little longer but if you keep it moist it would help. Going to be fun to watch and see what happens.
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Darlene
Laura, I keep thinking about how gorgeous, but formal, you property is. What about using this area for growing kids, they won't be little for long. A swing and slide on one side, a net for volleyball and badminton on the other part of the grass. I don't know how wide and long the area is, but it may fit. Make sure any planting will tolerate flying balls and kids. What about removing the outer row of boxwood for more space and painting the fence black. LOL.
Another thought is to move that beautiful gate to in front of the formal hedge circle as an entrance to the area.
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Laura, I keep thinking about how gorgeous, but formal, you property is. What about using this area for growing kids, they won't be little for long. A swing and slide on one side, a net for volleyball and badminton on the other part of the grass. I don't know how wide and long the area is, but it may fit. Make sure any planting will tolerate flying balls and kids. What about removing the outer row of boxwood for more space and painting the fence black. LOL.
Another thought is to move that beautiful gate to in front of the formal hedge circle as an entrance to the area.
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BeeThe
I just love watching your videos, I gather so much information and ideas from your content. Thank you for all that you do so viewers like myself can learn and grow our own beauty with the knowledge we gain from you. I also love that your cat is always popping up in your videos its like a wheres Waldo in each video. Your property is gorgeous, your family is precious and you are such an inspiration to so many of us who need ideas or like to watch the amazing gardening endeavors you undertake.
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I just love watching your videos, I gather so much information and ideas from your content. Thank you for all that you do so viewers like myself can learn and grow our own beauty with the knowledge we gain from you. I also love that your cat is always popping up in your videos its like a wheres Waldo in each video. Your property is gorgeous, your family is precious and you are such an inspiration to so many of us who need ideas or like to watch the amazing gardening endeavors you undertake.
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Amber
Ah the tree's Love the placement! If the boxwoods are left in place it's going to look like the garden was designed around an existing structure versus the new tree line and beds flowing naturally. Once the fence and driveway portions are removed it will open that space up to so many possibilities. This back garden changing is probably the area I'm most excited for. So looking forward to watching the design unfold!
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Ah the tree's Love the placement! If the boxwoods are left in place it's going to look like the garden was designed around an existing structure versus the new tree line and beds flowing naturally. Once the fence and driveway portions are removed it will open that space up to so many possibilities. This back garden changing is probably the area I'm most excited for. So looking forward to watching the design unfold!
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Jsaysyay
super excited to see this garden develop in comparison to the south garden, your use of evergreens with the past year and such of plantings has been a real learning experience and very inspiring, there seem to be so many at times that it gets a bit much, but really noting the blues vs deep greens vs pale/yellow greens, soft vs dense, etc, has been really great for me to learn from and hopefully emulate
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super excited to see this garden develop in comparison to the south garden, your use of evergreens with the past year and such of plantings has been a real learning experience and very inspiring, there seem to be so many at times that it gets a bit much, but really noting the blues vs deep greens vs pale/yellow greens, soft vs dense, etc, has been really great for me to learn from and hopefully emulate
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Cherylynn
I have access to lots of large pieces of cardboard from my job that I bring home to do that exact thing. Every time I plan a new flower garden, I just lay down the board and cover with shredded bark mulch. By the end of the season, grass is practically gone. Just hand pull the few spots that peek through. So much easier than trying to dig it up!
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I have access to lots of large pieces of cardboard from my job that I bring home to do that exact thing. Every time I plan a new flower garden, I just lay down the board and cover with shredded bark mulch. By the end of the season, grass is practically gone. Just hand pull the few spots that peek through. So much easier than trying to dig it up!
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B.
Looking great! Perhaps some plants with lighter green to lime leaves to meld with the reds and greens? Whimsical, playful, a touch formal but with a lost in time look. Scanted mock orange, old fashioned bridal wreath, snowball bush, honey berries, big grasses, fragrant everything. Tactile textures within reach and big sunflowers to look up at.
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Looking great! Perhaps some plants with lighter green to lime leaves to meld with the reds and greens? Whimsical, playful, a touch formal but with a lost in time look. Scanted mock orange, old fashioned bridal wreath, snowball bush, honey berries, big grasses, fragrant everything. Tactile textures within reach and big sunflowers to look up at.
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