Xeriscape Changing our yards to drought tolerant landscaping
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2015
- This video shows every step of the way how we changed our yards from lush green grass to all drought tolerant plants. It's now unlike any in the neighborhood. We used different types of rock and also decomposed granite.
Looks like a typical southern Ca neighborhood, they did a good job.
Good job guys
Water can be pricey in some areas, and 2015 Ca. was in a very bad drought. Most yards went dormant and turned into weeds, some people/you did the right thing and did Xeriscaping correctly, most just did it cheaply like the( local home builders who laid bark and 5 shrubs, the only thing they did correctly was installed irrigation.)
That looks very good sir
Love the use of hands with a cement mixer. I mean, what could go wrong?
What type of material is the black tarp?
Drought tolerant plants need irrigation emitters? Haha, just kidding looks great.
wow wow wow i love it please go on a vacation and i will house sit thank you
Where’s your follow up video? Just when you were going to show the front you cut it. And what’s the contact info for the company? I am in riverside county
www.yourclminfo.com/?fbclid=IwAR1-4V4R5EgaqSHk3K_iwUATNGk7DyzEuvabEwvFiPyyFzJw_KWpozLFFAM
How much did the front yard cost you?
I don't have a clue how much it would have cost to just have the front yard done. There was a lot of concrete work and such done along with the front yard. This company believe's in customer satisfaction. I won't put down how much the whole job cost. But I will say I would use them again.
that full project has to be pushing the $6,000 mark...
LOL north of $22 k would be a safe guesstimate. Mine was that and I did much of the labor myself.
It was actually a lot less than half of your $22 K guesstimate. I don't want to state the exact cost because this company does a lot of work and it wouldn't be right for me to say it. But I am very satisfied with their work.
looks like 7-8k to me. 7 days is a bit lengthy tho. looks great!
How did those plants survive ? Did the cloth suffocate them ?
The cloth was a porous cloth that let the water percolate through. The plants thrived. They did a great job.
Power box right in the front yard like that?!?
It was one of only two houses left in that phase when we bought the house. That neighborhood was the best neighborhood we have ever lived in. Great friends always looking out for each other and lots of things to do. The power box in the front yard was not even worth mentioning. We moved ot of California in 2020 only because the cost, crime and politics made it not worth it. Sad.
How much was the small rock for that size yard?
www.yourclminfo.com/?fbclid=IwAR1-4V4R5EgaqSHk3K_iwUATNGk7DyzEuvabEwvFiPyyFzJw_KWpozLFFAM
where do i get that brown sand 6:42 video time back yard
That is DG. You can search up some DG if you want. My recommended landscaping DG is Buckskin Gold as it blends in well. My grandmother used it for her xeriscaped yard in 2015 because she had a huge issue with the horses destroying her lawn. Also my friend Joel used it too for a corner lawn that he wanted to extend his garden side on.
The problem with rocks is that they make surface heat worse.
Maybe so, but so does artificial turf. Moreover, if you put in drought-tolerant / desert shade trees - trees like the palo verde, desert ironwood and similar - as they grow, you'll get more shade. The shade will reduce surface heat, as should shade sails. If part of the issue is limited rainfall, you can also put in a gutter / rainwater harvesting system for when you do get rain. If you design the system right, then the water can filter into the ground, which should help with irrigation and might help some with surface temperatures.
@@lyndagruen2047 Agreed, but I'd use green waste like leaves and other material to be the foundation of the landscape because it holds in moisture better and doesn't radiate heat.
What’s the name of the company?
Here is the company who did the work: www.yourclminfo.com/?fbclid=IwAR1-4V4R5EgaqSHk3K_iwUATNGk7DyzEuvabEwvFiPyyFzJw_KWpozLFFAM
Working with the nature and not covering everything with plastic weed cloth would be better. The mulch will slide right off during the storm and the weeds will come through anyway.
I've seen granite installed without weed cloth, too. Not using weed cloth may make it easier for water to percolate down into the ground. Either way, he trick is to use a sufficient thickness to prevent the ground / underlayment from showing.
That wasn't plastic. It was a covering that allowed the water to percolate into the ground while still giving some protection against weeds.