Two that are challenges for sure, Michelle. Great plant choices for the narrow border and super ideas to hide the well. Gotta say you certainly came up with a good number of options for both. Love your videos! So much fun.
Wow! I am shocked that people would have the nerve to ask you to design something without paying you a professional fee and without you being able to physically go to their property. Do *NOT* feel bad for setting boundaries and do *NOT* feel the need to apologize for their inappropriate requests. Keep up the good work -- I really enjoy watching your videos on the professional planters you do for the local businesses.
I am absolutely loving your channel. Many of the RU-vid gardeners offer great information and ideas. Your ideas seem the most realistic for me to implement in my own garden.
Fantastic job Michelle! Lots of possibilities even if you don’t have exactly the same issues! You are a natural teacher! And good for you, setting a clear boundary up front. I hope people respect it!
I really enjoyed this, Michelle. I’m not sure where to ask a question, but I would LOVE to see a video on how to landscape next to chain link fencing. My backyard is outlined with it, separating my backyard from my neighbors’ yards. I am not able to replace the fencing and, while I’m not concerned about a privacy screen, as we like all of our neighbors, I would love to soften it with plants. Any insights you could provide would be greatly appreciated! I’m not sure it matters for this question but I’m in zone 5b and my backyard is full sun. Thanks so much! I love your videos and personality!
Love, love, love your ideas about the well! I dont have a well but do have a septic tank that is uuuuugly! It won't be ugly for long! Thanks Michelle! Blessings from Iowa 5b!
Thanks for your real solutions to our garden problems! I would like any suggestions to stop/slow down the encroachment of the forest into a flower bed. The trees aren't the problem - it's the understory plants including some very aggressive vines.
I appreciate your honesty and fully understand you reasons for not being able do personal designs for all of us. I am sorry that I sent a picture of my small figure eight bed. I will continue to enjoy your videos. Thank you so much.❤
I'm so happy to have come across your channel so informative. If you have time i have a problem. The front of my house has deep shade for half the day and then blasted by the afternoon sun, zone 6b. Thank you
I recently found you. Love your videos so far! Curious if you would want to do an all conifer design for inspiration sometime? I've seen some gorgeous ones with different heights colors and shapes. I would be very inspired to see your ideas!
I love this, what you are doing. I am in zone 5 i am pretty much like your first problem child here, but my bed is probably 40 ft long but a good 5ft wide, full sun after 10a till 4p, sitting right in my front yard on its own. it separates my full yard by half. but lots of water in the springtime and then very dry rest of the season. I am trying to incorporate winter interest with some shrubs but not so tall and wide.and your 4 fav colors. I love how your mix the blues,yellows ,greens. little bit of red i have put in a few blue star junipers throughout and a gold cone juniper on one end. tiger eye sumac on other end, i also put in a red twig dogwood in the middle. I have alot of day Lillys thru out. mostly yellows taller ones, big red hibicus. i would appreciate any other ideas. i want it to look not to crazy! thanks so much Genie :)
Thanks for this. I have started trying to add plants to that stretch that I have. The plants you listed today could definitely help me fill in the space. Question I have is, how much is too much flowers. I have a similar situation like the first lady you went over. The space is about 2 ft wide, but is about 58 ft long. On drip irrigation, full sun and is frequently visited by deer and rabbits. Do deer eat balsam Camelia ?? That is what I was planning on putting out there are a filler. I love the sedum idea. They are my daisy and Mexican petunia down to ground. I have moved them for this year. I have blanket flowers I wanted to put out there too. I have foxglove already out there. And some small surviving salvia plants I transplanted. 😂. I wanted to put echinacea out there too, you know the things that I don't want to have to replant every year. With a 58 ft long x 2 ft deep line to fill, these are my ideas but i want it to look full and be full, so i dont have to pull so much grass in this zone 7b SC heat!😅 I'm definitely taking notes.
I do think you can have too many flowers if they are just a jumbled mess. I have done it and for me I just don't like it...it's just too wild for my taste. I think quantity over variety just always looks better. For long narrow beds I think repeating a pattern is visually more appealing. Granted these are just my opinions. I'm sorry, I don't know about the Camelia, as I cannot grow that where I live.
Thanks so much for the well information. Question, how far away can you plant Japanese maples? Their root systems aren’t invasive from what I’ve read. I only use organic fertilizer from espoma and no pesticides. The well is only used on the outdoor faucets as I have city water in the house. I’m lucky to have no limitations on water!!!
In this clip, you mentioned that that was a well in her backyard, and you said cistern, or could it have been a riser for your septic tank? It sure looks like mine in the backyard and mine is a riser or for septic tank.
Thank you for what you do, it gets my wheels turning in the right direction! How far away do I need to stay away from a septic and drain field? Can I plant perennials around that area? First time having this challenge and I need your help!
Thank you for all of your videos. I have learned a lot. I would like to know what would Michelle do If she did not know how to draw and had many designs in her head in recruiting a landscape designer to get the design on paper to stay focus when she is in the yard?
I would call around and find out who does them in your area and how much they cost...other wise you can use graph paper and circles. You don't have to know how to draw.
Touching base from the East Coast of Canada. Really enjoy your videos with a lot of common sense. Quick question if you don’t mind. We have a perfectly square patio at the back of our house, and I’d like to put a garden bed in around the edge of the patio. In your opinion, would a curved bed look better than one that follows the square pattern?
I'm guessing so! Our tanks (4) lead to a septic field then to the mound. We tried a native planting on the mound. Unfortunately it led to its demise and needed to be replaced. Ugh! Just grass over the septic field and mound now. I have shallow rooted plants by the tanks....it is just not pretty and i would like to rework it. Michelle's ideas have me thinking! They are doable!
Hi Michelle..Love , Love, Love your videos! I am in Saskatchewan Canada. Zone 3???? I belong to a horticultural group and would like to know if you have a video library that we could utilize (as in purchase) or is the U tube the best way to access your knowledge. Thanks so much Marilyn A
