I'm so glad you are promoting the no-dig garden and especially that the old grass feeds the new plantings and that the worms will rototill the soil. When soil is churned it excites latent seeds and they start to sprout causing so much more work! Lately, I've been thinking a lot about little things that gardeners can do to lessen the load, the bending down, or the need to be on the knees (I cannot kneel any more).
I have used the No Dig method in all of my new beds in Texas. It really works but I have two suggestions to prevent grass from creeping in. Before you begin use a line trimmer and scalp the grass as short as possible. I found it necessary to use a minimum of 4 to 5 inches of mulch and when completed edge the bed with a barrier like stone or metal edging. Most lawns here are San Augustine and the runners are aggressive. My soil is heavy clay so I also used a lot of amendments. There is absolutely no reason to remove grass when it will add valuable nutrients to the soil. Love your house and garden.♥️♥️♥️
Loved this one so very much. I have large areas of dying lawn and decided to turn much of it to gardens. This is just a wonderful work-saving gift. Just love your videos!!!
I’ve never seen the front of your home. It’s so beautiful. You are really the queen of this no dig method. I have a new large area up against a fence but facing the front of our house. As you had taught in a previous video, heat speeds up the no dig method. I’m starting that tomorrow. I’m so excited. I really love what you’re doing in the front and can’t wait to see it all fill in. 👏🏻👏🏻💕
This will be really pretty in bloom! Glad you didn't take out the two cypresses. They soften all of the house angles & the "squares" of the window panes. Plus, they mimic the curve of the two dormers. It looks like they are intentionally part of the design. However, if you cover the dormers in the picture with your thumbs, the cypresses seem out of place. BTW, you are the best-dressed gardener I've ever seen planting flowers! ;D
It looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It makes me so happy whenever you post a video. I would love to see what you are working on for your clients right now.
I so agree that the scale of the beds so so much better a bit bigger. And oh my gosh, the white petunias finally get their moment! :) Great video, beautiful garden.
Thank you for the great video! I’m glad to know it’s possible to use the no dig method and plant immediately. I’m reducing some of my lawn area and would lobe to have some beautiful flowers cover the newly mulched area, instead of waiting for weeks.
Your formal front yard fits with the house, and it looks both impressive and inviting. We made no dig flower borders just like that - even planted a Magnolia in one bed, using the same technique. It works great! And within a year, the micro life has turned all the layers into great soil.
I love 😍everything the way it is I think any smaller and it wouldn’t be as elegantly proportioned. I can’t wait to see you the progress of the blooming flowers....
Such a great way to create new flowerbeds! And what a back-saver it is! I've taken your tip, with the white rope, and now, it's become my best design tool! . The only difference from how you do it here, is that my step nr 2 is, I dig a narrow, v-shaped trench along the rope, to edge the bed. And that's the only digging required! . I then, like you said, use a thicker layer of newspaper, that I water down to lay slick on top of the grass. A good layer of mulch on top of that, and the bed looks great already!
I can't remember ever seeing the front of your home. It's pretty unforgettable. Love the plantings there. And in a dress & sandles. I wish I looked like you while working in the garden.😊💞
Aren't gaura pretty tall? Won't they tower over the petunias and pachasandra? Ok, I will try to patiently wait to see your planting and learn more. You are a great teacher as well as gardener.
Wow, what a difference the extended bed made to the appearance of your home. It looks fantastic and can not wait to see it with the garrah and the petunias in their full glory. Take care.
Your no dig method works very well for laying a flagstone path. It would have been very difficult to dig through tree roots so I just put down several inches of mulch and nestled the stones right in.
I really love your two false cypress shrubs. You can trim them way down if you don't like the size. Instead of shearing, just clip out branches until you reach the size you prefer.
I LOVE the gold mop cypress! It was the first thing that popped out at me when the video started. I know maintenance can be a chore but you really do have a stunning look. You have a beautiful home Yuliya. Thanks for sharing with us.
i have never seen this view of your home, it's gorgeous! I vote for something like a pink muhly grass in the planters, they would sparkle and have great movement in front of the green. I successfully grew a ton of gaura from seed and they are doing incredibly well for me. I've always lost the nursery bought gaura plants in the winter so I'm going to grow my own varieties going forward. I really enjoyed seeing this area!
I recently used this "no dig method", but grass is creeping out from under the newspaper around the base of my new plants - grrrr! Your house is dreamy, Yuliya!
that happens to me, too, when I used not enough mulching material. I think, that the things "on top" of the grass need to be thick enough and also heavy enough, so that the grass can not start to go sideways. Anyway, in places, where that happens, I pull the "topping" to the side a bit and remove the grass, then put the mulch back and also ad more of if possible.
This is a landscape designer's idea of gardening but in reality, it does not work in warm areas of the country. It would be fertile ground for grass: It would say "come on in. Make yourself at home." By digging a trench of about 2-3 inches deep x 2-3 inches wide prevents grass from getting into the beds quickly and then it is easy to edge and keep it out.
@@patfondren6013 Yes, that's how I've learnt to do it. I start by digging a small trench, to edge the new bed. Then wet newspaper, and a good layer of mulch. It looks good instantly, and edges are fairly easy to maintain.
I did something similar. I used cardboard and then put 5 ish inches of compost and garden soil and top and planted a bunch of small things and seeds in them. The cardboard should break down by the fall. Instant garden bed.
This is so helpful - and so interested you use paper not cardboard and a reasonably shallow amount of compost (how much tree bark do you then put on top?
Love the no dig demonstration. Beautiful house. Love the eyebrow windows. Thanks for showing Beautiful planting. Please show how to trim the two large shrubs. I have one that needs it also.
Maybe you could prune the Mopy Cyprus bushes into a "fuzzy Lollipop" if they have one straight stem? That way they could still provide the privacy function but wouldn' look quite so heavy and stop crowding the path to the door.
I garden in open face shoes sometimes with simple projects, so when I saw you gardening in sandals I thought, “Her little piggies are going to get dirty.”😂
Thanks for sharing, Yuliya! I’ve been wondering how to do this. Previously, I just lay cardboard down and then mulch. I have to wait a couple months for the cardboard to break down enough. We have centipede grass and it crawls into everything no matter what. I have to edge with the weed whacker every week or two. I haven’t wanted to start or expand any beds because of the grass. 😣
I don’t think I e ever seen the front of your house. It’s absolutely gorgeous! I too was wondering about limbing up the cypress. What sort of trunks do they have? Something with darker reddish foliage would look great in the urns.
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!! The Gold Mop Cypress would probably make a great small multitrunked tree, while still giving you privacy with your house. ♡
The architecture of your house is so beautiful. The landscaping looks beautiful against the house and the shrubs may be a bit big but they still look lovely. I'd love to see the gaura interplanted in that formal bed. I love gaura I planted a pink gaura 2 yrs in a row both times they died so last yr I planted a white variety and they came up this spring , they are beautiful and huge!
Adra Bruzzese My pink gaura didn't survive the winter, was labeled as perenial. Think Laura in garden answer mentioned that the pink one isn't really perenial. Good to know the white one is!
We are in north Texas and have St. Augustine grass that puts out runners. It's a real pain and sucks up water from the ground. Your no-dig method has inspired me. We are in our 60's and need to make beds by a less strenuous method! I also bought a garden bed edging made by Vigoro. Will that stop the St Augustine grass from growing into the beds? I plan on making deeper beds and having less lawn. Thank you!
I’m definitely going to try this. I would suggest that you put something in those urns ASAP, if only temporarily. They are the focal point, and times a wasting!
You could prune those trees from the base and open up the underside for some breathing space ....... The could be cloud pruned too may be.... .. Rest u know the best 😃.... Beautiful voice n lovely u🥰
So beautiful! I love gaura and have a flower bed with 25 gaura plants. I’ve been waiting patiently for them to bloom (their a little slow). I have autumn joy sedum planted in front of them. Your supertunias will be glorious. Maybe a boxwood topiary in the planters?
Thank you for all your amazing videos! Could you please make captions available? Would be great for hearing impaired or momma's with loud kids in the house 😅
Hi , I love your channel. So easy to follow. I have a small backyard and would like to change the entire grass can I do this no dig process prior to replacing the entire grass?
How do you keep your pacasandra from taking over a garden bed and getting out of control? I'm always fighting back ours as it tries to takeover other areas of our garden beds. Nice looking front of your house
I am interested too how to keep pachysandra at bay! Well, other than 'edging' it once a season and pulling all runners that are out of the designated space?
I wondered the same thing. I have beautiful areas of pachysandra and vinca in my cottage garden but in zone 7, it takes a lot of effort to keep them under control and in their place. Once a year won’t cut it. And if I miss just once because I’m too busy or traveling, it instantly tries to take over. Again, I live it where it’s useful, but when it encroaches on other perennials and shrubs it takes over, both in appearance & literally.
It's important to soak the paper first, before you put the compost and mulch on it. I planted Siberian irises, geraniums and salvia in mine immediately.. Within a week, earthworms had started to show up in the soil.
Yes, very important to wet the paper. In my experience I found no difference whether you water before the other layers or after. the earthworms love the paper so much!
Wildflower wind I’ve used this method quite successfully to recover flower beds which have become too weedy, newspaper works but you have to have a lot of layers. If I can find cardboard I’ll use that too, takes longer to breakdown but works even better at suppressing weeds and grass. Agree, the edges can be a bit challenging but easier to clean up an edge than remove all of the sod.
Hi Y Garden! I just repotted my Ficus Lyrata in a 15 inch pot. The old leaves are beginning to fall off. Is that good or bad? Will they grow new leaves?
Beautiful home! I have a question - I have a large area under trees I want to plant with bulbs and perennials - is the heat build up from no dig safe to do under trees & will perennials growth be stunted?
I'm so glad you are promoting the no-dig garden and especially that the old grass feeds the new plantings and that the worms will rototill the soil. When soil is churned it excites latent seeds and they start to sprout causing so much more work!
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about little things that gardeners can do to lessen the load, the bending down, or the need to be on the knees (I cannot kneel any more).
I have used the No Dig method in all of my new beds in Texas. It really works but I have two suggestions to prevent grass from creeping in. Before you begin use a line trimmer and scalp the grass as short as possible. I found it necessary to use a minimum of 4 to 5 inches of mulch and when completed edge the bed with a barrier like stone or metal edging. Most lawns here are San Augustine and the runners are aggressive. My soil is heavy clay so I also used a lot of amendments. There is absolutely no reason to remove grass when it will add valuable nutrients to the soil. Love your house and garden.♥️♥️♥️
Loved this one so very much. I have large areas of dying lawn and decided to turn much of it to gardens. This is just a wonderful work-saving gift. Just love your videos!!!
Wow! This was very informative. I’m definitely going to try this. 🤩🤩🤩
The front of your house is beautiful. I love the style of it. The plants will add to it.
i love the large goldmops! it's unexpected & different to have them so big and i love it!
I’ve never seen the front of your home. It’s so beautiful. You are really the queen of this no dig method. I have a new large area up against a fence but facing the front of our house. As you had taught in a previous video, heat speeds up the no dig method. I’m starting that tomorrow. I’m so excited. I really love what you’re doing in the front and can’t wait to see it all fill in. 👏🏻👏🏻💕
Yuliya your home is beautiful and so is your garden. Thank you for creating this wonderful and helpful video
I absolutely love the front of your house!!!!
You are loving this "no dig" method. It saves a lot of hard work. Love love love your home, it's really beautiful. Can't wait to see it in full bloom.
Purple Fountain Grasses in the containers! Great color contrast and texture with what you already have! 👍🏻
Oooh. Or the Sky Rocket pennisetum!
This will be really pretty in bloom! Glad you didn't take out the two cypresses. They soften all of the house angles & the "squares" of the window panes. Plus, they mimic the curve of the two dormers. It looks like they are intentionally part of the design. However, if you cover the dormers in the picture with your thumbs, the cypresses seem out of place. BTW, you are the best-dressed gardener I've ever seen planting flowers! ;D
It looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It makes me so happy whenever you post a video. I would love to see what you are working on for your clients right now.
I so agree that the scale of the beds so so much better a bit bigger. And oh my gosh, the white petunias finally get their moment! :) Great video, beautiful garden.
That is a beautiful space.
I like your gardening boots!!😄🤣
Nice to see the front of your house. So pretty.
Thank you for the great video! I’m glad to know it’s possible to use the no dig method and plant immediately. I’m reducing some of my lawn area and would lobe to have some beautiful flowers cover the newly mulched area, instead of waiting for weeks.
Thanks for the no dig method. I will use it next time. Great idea to save energy and labour.
Your formal front yard fits with the house, and it looks both impressive and inviting.
We made no dig flower borders just like that - even planted a Magnolia in one bed, using the same technique.
It works great! And within a year, the micro life has turned all the layers into great soil.
I love 😍everything the way it is I think any smaller and it wouldn’t be as elegantly proportioned. I can’t wait to see you the progress of the blooming flowers....
Such a great way to create new flowerbeds!
And what a back-saver it is!
I've taken your tip, with the white rope, and now, it's become my best design tool!
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The only difference from how you do it here, is that my step nr 2 is, I dig a narrow, v-shaped trench along the rope, to edge the bed. And that's the only digging required!
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I then, like you said, use a thicker layer of newspaper, that I water down to lay slick on top of the grass. A good layer of mulch on top of that, and the bed looks great already!
Wonderful! I love my rope!!!
I use my electric weed wacker to draw the line to mark the edge.
I can't remember ever seeing the front of your home. It's pretty unforgettable. Love the plantings there. And in a dress & sandles. I wish I looked like you while working in the garden.😊💞
That´s a lovely house with a nice entrance
Aren't gaura pretty tall? Won't they tower over the petunias and pachasandra? Ok, I will try to patiently wait to see your planting and learn more. You are a great teacher as well as gardener.
Wow, what a difference the extended bed made to the appearance of your home. It looks fantastic and can not wait to see it with the garrah and the petunias in their full glory. Take care.
Your no dig method works very well for laying a flagstone path. It would have been very difficult to dig through tree roots so I just put down several inches of mulch and nestled the stones right in.
I really love your two false cypress shrubs. You can trim them way down if you don't like the size. Instead of shearing, just clip out branches until you reach the size you prefer.
Love your home. This video was quite informative. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, this is so gorgeous! I love how balanced and cool it looks. Your house is so pretty 💞
I LOVE the gold mop cypress! It was the first thing that popped out at me when the video started. I know maintenance can be a chore but you really do have a stunning look. You have a beautiful home Yuliya. Thanks for sharing with us.
Life changing.
Beautiful garden! you have such great taste in plants
Beautiful house and garden 🌿💚
Elegant! I always enjoy your videos. I so love your style 🌱🌱
Юленька, привет. Очень красиво, вид парадный, архитектура дома высший класс. Ловко с растениями справляются твои руки!!!!
Thanks for these tips🌾🌾🌾
i have never seen this view of your home, it's gorgeous! I vote for something like a pink muhly grass in the planters, they would sparkle and have great movement in front of the green. I successfully grew a ton of gaura from seed and they are doing incredibly well for me. I've always lost the nursery bought gaura plants in the winter so I'm going to grow my own varieties going forward. I really enjoyed seeing this area!
I recently used this "no dig method", but grass is creeping out from under the newspaper around the base of my new plants - grrrr! Your house is dreamy, Yuliya!
that happens to me, too, when I used not enough mulching material. I think, that the things "on top" of the grass need to be thick enough and also heavy enough, so that the grass can not start to go sideways. Anyway, in places, where that happens, I pull the "topping" to the side a bit and remove the grass, then put the mulch back and also ad more of if possible.
This is a landscape designer's idea of gardening but in reality, it does not work in warm areas of the country. It would be fertile ground for grass: It would say "come on in. Make yourself at home." By digging a trench of about 2-3 inches deep x 2-3 inches wide prevents grass from getting into the beds quickly and then it is easy to edge and keep it out.
@@patfondren6013 Yes, that's how I've learnt to do it.
I start by digging a small trench, to edge the new bed. Then wet newspaper, and a good layer of mulch.
It looks good instantly, and edges are fairly easy to maintain.
Wow! Thank you so much. Okay we need a tour of your house. It is Beautiful!
Can't wait to see the finished product.
It will look amazing once the Supertunias put on some growth, love your house
I did something similar. I used cardboard and then put 5 ish inches of compost and garden soil and top and planted a bunch of small things and seeds in them. The cardboard should break down by the fall. Instant garden bed.
Cardboard is great and seems so much more available than newspaper these days.
Very nice! I love the pachysandra!!! Hard to find in East TN and when you do it is expensive.
This is so helpful - and so interested you use paper not cardboard and a reasonably shallow amount of compost (how much tree bark do you then put on top?
Love the no dig demonstration. Beautiful house. Love the eyebrow windows. Thanks for showing Beautiful planting. Please show how to trim the two large shrubs. I have one that needs it also.
Your home is stunning! It looks like a landscape architect might live there. 😂 Just GORGEOUS!
So cool! I am definitely going to try this no dig method!! You are so sweet and informative!!
I used the no dig method, and it worked great. I got the info from your video in the last year. Thanks!
Maybe you could prune the Mopy Cyprus bushes into a "fuzzy Lollipop" if they have one straight stem? That way they could still provide the privacy function but wouldn' look quite so heavy and stop crowding the path to the door.
I love your front entry it is gorgeous💕
Thank you so much!!
Looking forward to seeing the end result. Beautiful home.
Thanks for sharing this! I'm struggling with the front of my house plantings right now, so this was really nice to see.
Beautiful! I tried no dig this spring for my vegetables and am happy with it. Love your videos!
Wonderful!
Excellent. Thank you.
I garden in open face shoes sometimes with simple projects, so when I saw you gardening in sandals I thought, “Her little piggies are going to get dirty.”😂
Love this so gorgeous 💜🌷
Your house is beautiful!!!
Thank You!!
I'm going to try this method.
Looks beautiful!!
Thanks for sharing, Yuliya! I’ve been wondering how to do this. Previously, I just lay cardboard down and then mulch. I have to wait a couple months for the cardboard to break down enough. We have centipede grass and it crawls into everything no matter what. I have to edge with the weed whacker every week or two. I haven’t wanted to start or expand any beds because of the grass. 😣
Beautiful home❤Thanks for info!!
I don’t think I e ever seen the front of your house. It’s absolutely gorgeous! I too was wondering about limbing up the cypress. What sort of trunks do they have? Something with darker reddish foliage would look great in the urns.
You could almost prune the cypress bottom branches and make them into trees.
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!!
The Gold Mop Cypress would probably make a great small multitrunked tree, while still giving you privacy with your house. ♡
or a giant topiary!
Yes! A giant topiary! Like a big Muppet Topiary!! I would like that! ♡
Your home is beautiful.
The architecture of your house is so beautiful. The landscaping looks beautiful against the house and the shrubs may be a bit big but they still look lovely. I'd love to see the gaura interplanted in that formal bed. I love gaura I planted a pink gaura 2 yrs in a row both times they died so last yr I planted a white variety and they came up this spring , they are beautiful and huge!
Adra Bruzzese My pink gaura didn't survive the winter, was labeled as perenial. Think Laura in garden answer mentioned that the pink one isn't really perenial. Good to know the white one is!
We are in north Texas and have St. Augustine grass that puts out runners. It's a real pain and sucks up water from the ground. Your no-dig method has inspired me. We are in our 60's and need to make beds by a less strenuous method! I also bought a garden bed edging made by Vigoro. Will that stop the St Augustine grass from growing into the beds? I plan on making deeper beds and having less lawn. Thank you!
I’m definitely going to try this. I would suggest that you put something in those urns ASAP, if only temporarily. They are the focal point, and times a wasting!
I will have to try the no dig method. Thank you!
The property looks so nice
You could prune those trees from the base and open up the underside for some breathing space ....... The could be cloud pruned too may be.... .. Rest u know the best 😃.... Beautiful voice n lovely u🥰
It looks lovely Yuliya 🙂 Your planters might look nice with lavenders & super bells around them? Just a thought xx
So beautiful! I love gaura and have a flower bed with 25 gaura plants. I’ve been waiting patiently for them to bloom (their a little slow). I have autumn joy sedum planted in front of them. Your supertunias will be glorious. Maybe a boxwood topiary in the planters?
What is the ground cover? I didn't understand it when you said it. Sorry. But WOW what a beautiful home. Loved the video!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Ground cover = pachysandra
Omg your house is stunning! ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍 in the two pots what about some kind of grass for the different texture?
Excellent
your cypresses look good - i don't think that they are the wrong plants ;o)
The only thing needed in my opinion is some kind of edging to keep the mulch from spilling out on to the lawn.....especially if you have a kitty 😀
That will be lovely!
Thank you for all your amazing videos! Could you please make captions available? Would be great for hearing impaired or momma's with loud kids in the house 😅
Hmm, I think you can just turn them on. I will check
Hi , I love your channel. So easy to follow. I have a small backyard and would like to change the entire grass can I do this no dig process prior to replacing the entire grass?
What would you plant in place of the gold mop cypress if they weren’t sentimental?
How do you keep your pacasandra from taking over a garden bed and getting out of control? I'm always fighting back ours as it tries to takeover other areas of our garden beds. Nice looking front of your house
I am interested too how to keep pachysandra at bay! Well, other than 'edging' it once a season and pulling all runners that are out of the designated space?
I wondered the same thing. I have beautiful areas of pachysandra and vinca in my cottage garden but in zone 7, it takes a lot of effort to keep them under control and in their place. Once a year won’t cut it. And if I miss just once because I’m too busy or traveling, it instantly tries to take over. Again, I live it where it’s useful, but when it encroaches on other perennials and shrubs it takes over, both in appearance & literally.
Lavender in planters!
Great tip, thank u
I'm curious as to how many bags of compost and mulch you used for this project. Can't wait to see an update with the gaura!
Forgot to mention! four manures and five mulch bags on each side.
It's important to soak the paper first, before you put the compost and mulch on it. I planted Siberian irises, geraniums and salvia in mine
immediately.. Within a week, earthworms had started to show up in the soil.
Yes, very important to wet the paper. In my experience I found no difference whether you water before the other layers or after. the earthworms love the paper so much!
@@greatgardensforall I really enjoy your blog! You have beautiful gardens and a beautiful home!
My grass would totally grow up through that paper, manure, and mulch. It would also grow in from the side where there is no edging.
Wildflower wind I’ve used this method quite successfully to recover flower beds which have become too weedy, newspaper works but you have to have a lot of layers. If I can find cardboard I’ll use that too, takes longer to breakdown but works even better at suppressing weeds and grass. Agree, the edges can be a bit challenging but easier to clean up an edge than remove all of the sod.
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Grest video😊
Hi Y Garden! I just repotted my Ficus Lyrata in a 15 inch pot. The old leaves are beginning to fall off. Is that good or bad? Will they grow new leaves?
Will you eventually put a plastic edging or something to keep the mulch in place? I find that my mulch constantly spills into the grass 😅
Im pretty sure she adds a trench for that and also for easier mowing.
Beautiful home! I have a question - I have a large area under trees I want to plant with bulbs and perennials - is the heat build up from no dig safe to do under trees & will perennials growth be stunted?
Is it possible to make the huge green bushes like trees? Then plant hostas under?
I want to try this method!
Being in NJ will the supertunia come back next year? Or will you have to plant something again next year?
Love this thank you for sharing and working with your pretty sandals on! You are a girl after my own heart! Do you offer virtual yard design?
Only for light digging. Clogs or shoes for heavy digging 😁😊🌝
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Y does your house remind of the amytiville house! 😊
Uh oh! Should I be worried 😂😂
Very nice😊🇨🇦