For so many plants, it is said: First year sleeps, 2nd year creeps, 3rd year leaps. It’s so hard to wait, but you have planted tons and all will grow. you both have done so much to your property. All the hardscape and renovations, all the trees and plants…it will be beautiful and get more beautiful each year. Bravo.

This is very inspirational -- I'm currently working on a similar project converting lawn to beds and getting that grass out is quite the workout!!!

@lyssasletters3232

5 күн бұрын

Same!

Wow I can just imagine when the garden matures, it looks beautiful, thanks for sharing!!!

Unsolicited suggestion: one or two massive oak, maple, or other canopy trees south of these new beds to provide shade. Ooo also some paper birch for dappled shade. It would feel like a park ❤

My Alba bleeding heart speeads all over my garden. It is lovely.

Beautiful progress. Thanks to you and a precious segment I found a native nursery and purchased a few native plants for my garden and pollinators. Thanks 🙏 🌷

Love these ideas and process of installing beds.who needs a gym just install some garden beds.😂. Can't wait to see it all mature and fill in! Thanks for inviting us along.

Your shared thoughts about plant and your design concepts is such a wonderful gift.

I'm so excited to watch the progression of this new garden area. Beautiful selection of plants! You forgot to mention fragrance as another dimension of experiencing the garden (not a criticism). You have already included several plants that will delight your olfactory senses: peonies, roses, and the actaea. I grow the Itoh peony 'Bartzella'. Soft buttery yellow and a wonderful fragrance. Your editing, narration and quality of your videos are stellar! ♥♥♥ Thank you for the pleasure you both provide. I am a very early subscriber (when you only had a few hundred subscribers). I recommend your channel to anyone who loves to garden!.

When I’ve installed new beds and don’t have enough cardboard, I’ve resorted to using Red Rosin paper, in a double layer. It’s very economical.

My man does the edging too. I've accepted that some jobs just go faster with man strength.

I love your flower and bush choices. The bees are already visiting. Does the slope of the lawn, prevent rain from soaking into the ground at all? The shaped gardens should be happy to catch some of that. The peony looks happy. My Mom had several gorgeous pink, rosy and white peonies, on the West Side of the house. I guess that the ants crawling all over them, took care of them well. The peonies caused no work. I've never found a perfume, or soap, which captures the scent, of a real live peony. There are some from Great Britain, but they haven't captured, that for which I am looking. Wishing you lots of power, to finish that project.

Thank you Ms. Summer and Sander. 💐💚🙃

Really enjoy watching this area take shape. Well done to both of you.

Can't wait to see what it looks like in a few years!

You are choosing a whole variety of plants . I will be interested to see how they do.

Great channel. Thanks for the great tutorial.

For in ground beds, I think deep edging every year is necessary. So if one has a lot of edge, a power edger like you have might be necessary.

I am doing the same thing on my 2 acre property in got tired of the grass i wasnt plants and more nature around

Loving it all.......beautiful work Summer :)

Does your county have leaf mulch you can buy very cheaply? Bagged soil is tough for such a large space. Thanks for sharing!

What is your favorite snacking blueberry? I'm wanting to get 1 but I don't know what breed to get? 😅 So, taking suggestions atm!

Amazing What variety of Ninebark is the large one?

I am using cardboard to get rid of poison ivy..

My mom told me to buy more than one blueberry plant so they can pollinate each other. Is that true? Anyone?

Y only 1 of each?... More interest in design using multiples of a plant family near each other, than only 1 lonely plant here and there. Or is this a botanical type experiment? Planting edibles for humane consumption is most important as well as 4 the pollution. Ann, Florida

You use so much compost its enough to justify by bulk. Much cheaper and easy to move around. If buy in bags.. just by the cheapest brand. You will not see any dufference.

Except for invasive species that displace and destroy ecosystems, I think eschewing all non natives is a bit silly especially around our very unnatural suburbs. I think your approach of giving emphasis to natives is the right balance, but not being strict purist. After all humans are the biggest invasive “non native” species (outside of the African continent I suppose) that does the most damage to ecosystems.

where is your rain garden? native plants don't need fertilizer and you know it.

@MattieAMiller

5 күн бұрын

There is a septic tank in the yard. Even if you place the rain garden at the opposite end, you can still get bacterial and fecal contamination through the groundwater at that distance. I would love to see a rain garden somewhere else on the property.

I am using cardboard to get rid of poison ivy..