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Select the best ground covers for blocking out weeds and reducing the need for wood mulch. What plants work well for shade vs sun? What about drought vs wet conditions? Which plants can handle foot traffic? Are there any edible ground covers? Watch to find out!
When it comes to keeping weeds at bay, sheet mulching with cardboard and wood mulch is a great way to reclaim an overgrown, weedy bed. But it's only a quick fix and temporary measure. Weed seeds will still blow in and before you know it, new weeds are starting to sprout.
That's why competition is so crucial. Don't leave areas bare and vacant. Plant them in with layers of bushes, shrubs and ground covers. Creeping perennials are the lowest on the ladder, literally hugging the ground and crowding out many opportunistic weed seeds.
But selecting a ground cover is not a one size fits all decision. On my property I've experimented with over a dozen different kinds. Some have failed to hold up. Others have made the cut. I'm going to show you the ten ground covers that I'm currently growing.
Pay attention to where they appear in relation to my property line, buildings, walkways and other plants. Hopefully these options will give you some ideas for designing your own lush plantings!
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TEN Ground Covers on My Lot
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0:00 - Overview of Site
4:25 - Gravel Walkway
5:42 - 01 ► Creeping Thyme
6:25 - 02 ► Elfin Thyme
6:47 - 03 ► Irish Moss
7:26 - 04 ► Strawberries
8:14 - 05 ► Sedum Stonecrop
8:57 - 06 ► Sweet Woodruff
9:40 - 07 ► Lingonberries
9:55 - 08 ► Kinnikinnick, Bearberry
10:20 - 09 ► Arctic Raspberries, Nagoonberry
10:40 - 10 ► Leptinella, Brass Buttons
11:43 - Additional Tips
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@Albopepper 2 года назад

Check my website for even more details! ► albopepper.com/long-term-weed-control-with-ground-cover-plants.php

@josanders4051 3 года назад

You are so calming.I love how you don't scream at me when you start. I love to watch you and your yard. It's beautiful.

@Hollowsmith 2 года назад

One great thing about sweet woodruff is it does GREAT in a semi-forested yard. So if you live in a wooded yard with tons of shade and lateral root structures AND tons of deer, sweet woodruff is one of the few plants I know of that thrive in that environment and deer don't like it very much. ALSO, in May and June, it erupts with tons of beautiful small white flowers, and it only gets about a foot high so it won't becoming annoyingly tall like some ground cover. It even seems to do well with acidic clay soil with rocks/roots/erosion issues. And has a really delicate graceful look on a landscape despite being super hearty. Great stuff!

@katerina_270 Год назад

I was excited to see lingonberry. I am from north-western part of Russia and in autumn we usually go to forests to pick up berries, including lingonberry. People usually make jam out of it, or just freeze it and make pies or drinks in colder weather, as it is rich in vitamin C, E and help against cold and flu. It has many other great benefits for your health too. The leafs can be also used for a tea. I struggle to find lingonberries here in the USA, that's why I was excited that someone actually grows it :)

@danieldhardman5388 3 года назад

First, thanx for your level-headed approach to your specialty. I feel like I'm listening to a regular person talk plainly about a common topic instead of some over-the-top clown or psuedo-intellectual. Second, I saw your Landscape Fabrics Pros & Cons video and it left me wondering if I should use cardboard when using rocks or pebbles. Lo and behold, I found this video where you answered my question. But you know what's really funny? I've been working on my front and back yards moving rocks from the front and placing them inside a concrete barrier that runs the length of my back fence. For the first half of this project, I used HD weed block fabric but I just was uncertain if it would do what I wanted, meaning no weeds. I bought this house I Oct 2020 and by Jan (I'm in Sacramento CA) weeds had broken through and were taking over my front yard. I didn't want that to happen in the back. Well I switched to 6mil plastic hoping it would not cause a problem while giving me the weed protection I was looking for. Now I know I made the right choice so I can proceed with redoing my front yard knowing it will turn out the way I hope. Preciate the info.

@michmash7888 3 года назад

Sweet woodruff does nicely in both sun and shade in our very dry, very cold-winter-hot-summer area. We have several beds where it fills in for other plants. The foliage and the cute little white flowers are very attractive. But I am not sure it is a very good deer deterrent....the deer here just walk right through it, take naps on top of it....Now, the thymes, the deer aren’t much interested in! But as you mentioned, they sort of get lanky and die out in the middle. I try to train the new growth towards the center...it doesn’t totally fill it in, but it helps. Thanks for a nice, clear explanation of your choices!

@ghislaineberube2852 4 года назад

Bonus on Sweet Woodruff. I planted it on the edge of my lawn and it started to creep on to the lawn. For me, a lazy mower, it’s green, controlled height, smells wonderful when mowed. If I had an entire lawn of sweet woodruff, I’d be a happy gardener.

@tylerk.7947 4 года назад

Your garden is really nice! I love your use of ornamentals with edibles. I was also SO EXCITED to see that you have that particular variety of sedum. I’m a landscape designer and that green sedum, I call it ‘moss sedum’ (which probably isn’t actually its name), is a fantastic ground cover. I’ve grown many varieties of sedum but none have ever came even close to the vigor and thick plush mats of foliage that moss sedum creates. It’s also so ridiculously easy to propagate. I just pull handfuls out of one patch and throw them on top of where I want them to grow, keep it watered and viola, it grows and fills every void you want it to. I’ve seen it growing straight out of cinderblocks and on top of concrete. It will grab onto the tiniest cracks and fill them completely. And to top it all off, if you don’t want it somewhere, you can easily remove it with no digging or any effort at all. I looove that sedum. That is my number 1 ground cover!! That, paired with ole creepy Jenny can create a really bold and bright design.

@Northstarunlimited56 5 лет назад

Love the sweet woodruff (except needing to be moist) and the sedum stonecrop is my favorite. So glad you're doing videos again....love your channel!!!!

@aldridkg 4 года назад

Thanks - the video actually provided me with options for the rear of my property which backs up to an alley way and has a tiny border outside of my fence. My husband hates having to go back there and cut down all the weeds and if he forgets, we end up getting fined by the city. So much appreciated!

@marytaggart9115 3 года назад

Great variety in limited space. Well done. Thanks for sharing your space & knowledge with us.

@Ihaveausernametoo 4 года назад

Awesome footage. It's great to see with my eyes exactly what you're talking about as you do it. Thank you.

@tomaaron6187 4 года назад

Thanks . I always appreciate hands on experience. Nice presentation..very articulate. First the negative. I have found Sweet Woodruff a bit too bullyish. Plants that thrive in my Alberta ( zone 4) garden as ground covers. Very favourite is Bunchberry. Nice shape leaves, White flowers, red berries. Magical. Like many plants slow to take off but then spreads quickly. Easy to contain. Second is Dryads...love them. Nodding yellow flowers and fuzzy seed heads. Another overlooked is Hepatica...not sure why it’s pricey but mine spread easily and welcome as the first spring blooms. Finally, Veronica whitelyi...just nice and great purple coloured flowers...fuzzy and soft.. I live in a dry climate but also MOSSES! They are fantastic and you can Get Instant results. Look into videos for easy to use mosses. Re bear berry. I give mine a modest haircut. They are a woody plant and will spread better And thicker if Pruned.. Takes about 3 to 4 years for good coverage. If not pruned they get lanky. Again, thanks. I will try a couple of your suggestions.

@susanfreeman5340 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing information.

@raqueliatheimpatientgardne8196 3 года назад

Just beautiful! Love all your groundcovers and will check out the "Stepables" looks like a great place to start. Thanks R

@juliamacdonald3767 Год назад

This is just lovely. What a work of art. I admire your project very much.

@Piper7cub Месяц назад

We put creeping thyme in between our flagstone walkways but a good thing for brick walkways / patios to keep weeds at bay is polymeric sand.

@omarra6781 Год назад

This is my dream - to plant things with at least two purposes. Decorative, protective (e.g. thorny berry bushes around perimeter of property), edible, shade, windbreak, good for birds/bees/other critters, etc.

@ratioetscientia 2 месяца назад

will try the sweet woodruff! it's native here in Germany and you can use it for flavoring drinks - it's medicinal and slightly psycho-active which is why in Germany you drink "Mai-Bowle" a type of punch with woodruff to get slightly high ;) you drink it in May before the woodruff flowers because after that the concentrations of coumarin are getting too high

@barbclark69 Год назад

Sweet Woodruff is a happy plant here on the Northern California Coast. The other plant I love is chamomile, especially if you have a place you’d like a garden bench. You can plant the bench right in the chamomile circle for a fragrant resting spot.

@marestar64 5 лет назад

Thank you for the information on the types of ground covers you’ve dealt with. I like the sedum stonecrop. I have some now and it has kept the weeds and grass growing at bay.

@Albopepper 5 лет назад

Awesome! Thanks for watching Mare. :)

@bumhead450x4 5 лет назад

Great to see you back. Please post more vids!!! Love your work ❤️❤️😊

@Angie-ci1lp 2 года назад

Hi I’m zone 6a 🥶🥶🥶 Michigan! I so excited that you TEACH! By example. Beautiful garden layout 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Glad to meet you🙋🏽‍♀️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@Albopepper 2 года назад

Ooooh! Same growing zone. Awesome! I'm happy to share the things I've learned from trial & error. ;-)

@knit1purl1 4 года назад

This is a great video and I appreciate the natural gardening. This is the first video I have watched of yours and will check out more.

@trishferrer8209 3 года назад

Thank you! Very informative. I have a steep bank off the front yard that stays weedy and ugly all summer (in W. TN) so I need a nice looking ground cover to reduce erosion, and look nice, instead of being an eye sore.

@americanartist6485 3 года назад

What a wonderful garden and use of space.

@zpoedog 5 лет назад

Just in time for us. We are re-landscaping our front yard. We find your videos very informative. Thank you.

@carmenbailey8209 5 лет назад

Great video, lots of information, I changed my front lawn into a garden, tightly planted and works well to combat weeds and dogs. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

@April-py3jc 11 месяцев назад

Soubds great. What plants did you use ??

@marialane1805 4 года назад

I love how neat and organized it all looks! I’m in southwest Pennsylvania! Thank you for this video!

@janniesims8620 3 года назад

Wow! Beautiful garden! I got some great ideas from you, thank you!

@peach3611 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing this information. I really appreciate this.😊 love your containers around your yard.

@docmdb87 4 года назад

Congrats! You've crafted yourself a beautiful home!👍

@nancywebb6549 4 года назад

My yard in East Tennessee is over run with wild Violets. They are very tough. Where they grow it is very wet in winter and spring. Summer and fall it is very dry. It makes a beautiful sight when in bloom and the low growing heart shaped leaves are attractive too.

@dcjmn3p5 4 года назад

You can eat them too! The leaves and the flowers. I throw them in my family's salads and even the teenagers are ok with it.

@countess7125 4 года назад

I am So glad to find someone who Loves these beauties! Did you know you can make a lovely jelly after making a simple tea from the flowers of those Wild Violets?! My good friend won the "most original" award at our local fair for her heavenly tasting/scented entry a few years back! There are several types around, ours are Labrador Violets. I don't mind them in the yard or Woodland settings, however they tend to grow and spread viciously and push out, as well as strangle other already settled plantings in a garden bed! They actually smothered the roots and killed an 8 year old well performing rose of mine before I even knew what had happened! I no longer allow them to take root in the beds. Which is difficult as they spread by both seed and by rootlet! It's amazing how each plant behaves differently from place to place, depending on soil and temperatures! They must love Virginia's red clay because in the spring our yards are covered for a time with this and deadnettles alone! :)

@prettypothos4me290 3 года назад

Nancy Webb I have them all through our property so when some appeared at the edges of my new flower garden I left them and they got really big and beautiful and then the deer ate them. i thought they wouldn’t bother them because they grow everywhere else!

@TheConsummateArtist 4 года назад

Your garden is beautiful & this video was really helpful. Thank you!

@hfortenberry 4 года назад

I love seeing your garden because it's a lot like mine. Mine is small, with very small side yards (like 5 ft wide) so I have to grow fruit as espaliers too or my neighbors get mad if any branches come into their yards (they are the kind of folks who have nothing growing on their property but just keep it mowed down all the time so my stuff probably freaks them out a bit). Anyway, I am getting ideas from you regarding good groundcovers. I'm also trying to make everything I plant either edible, medicinal or attracting pollinators. Many of them are natives as well. It's so fun!

@capestreasuresPtown 3 года назад

Beautiful yard! Very inspiring for sure.

@DovidM 4 года назад

Thyme has to be treated as something that needs to be replaced every three years. Yes, you can trim out the brown centers and let the space be recolonized but that can result in a gap you don’t know what to do with. I find the best results come from starting new cuttings and dividing the younger plants. This way, I have young plants in the pipeline ready to fill the space when needed.

@BeautifulEarthJa 2 года назад

Love the look of the gravel backyard

@kativy8287 5 лет назад

I love Angelina seedum. It spreads quickly in sun or shade in my horrible clay soil where nothing else survives. It changes colors throughout the seasons and is easy to control.

@leanne4670 2 года назад

Ditto on all of the above, esp horrible clay soil.

@RocketPipeTV Год назад

Where can I find seeds?

@Ash-xx5zd 3 года назад

Great video! Enjoyed the list as well as the precursor to the list. And the recommended resource is an unexpected surprise!

@araventerpriseservicespllc289 Год назад

I really like your delivery. Very informative. Cool stash too

@keithryan683 4 года назад

Very informative and easy to understand . Presented calmly , which is a relief in this mad world , thankyou . Just subscribed 😊

@janet6421 4 года назад

Thank you. I have been looking all over for this information and you make it easy to search through your video and find the exact info on a rewatch.

@ceceliabeck2101 4 года назад

Looks beautiful. Nice designing with your plant selections.

@databang 2 года назад

Nice garden and list. Thanks for the tour.

@edwardmezwin4003 Год назад

Wonderful basket grass works for me.

@mrfilipelaureanoaguiar 5 лет назад

Wish you a fruitful season 👍

@Albopepper 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching Filipe! :)

@RedHotFiat 5 лет назад

Great informative video! I originally bought Brass Buttons to represent ferns in an outdoor model railroad. I brought a few plants home and put them in the planter around my mailbox and they do well, with little maintenance. I also really like kinnickinick but did not bring any plants when I moved. I dug a few starts from an area where I used to work and they did really well. Thanks for reminding me of them. Regular moss is a big enough problem for me that I won't be adding any to my landscape. Way too many slugs to grow strawberries on the ground here in Western Washington (Zone 8b), for me anyway. A neighbor has Sedum Stonecrop and it is pretty invasive. I have managed to keep it out of my yard so far. I have done the Creeping Thyme and I didn't care for the way it looks when the centers die off but it is pretty nice otherwise. I have an area under my cedar trees where I can't get anything to grow, except weeds. Some native Oregon Grape sprouted up and I have been encouraging them along and they have really taken hold. Not really what I would call a ground cover but anything green under the cedars looks wonderful. I look forward to more watching more of your videos.

@aquahydroman7623 5 лет назад

Love your paradise garden,thanks for the overview

@Albopepper 5 лет назад

Thank-you for watching! I appreciate it. :-)

@josephmilazzo8713 5 лет назад

Great to see another video from you and what a great video. We are trialing dichondra in our pathways due to the evergreen nature and how it works in the heat and cold.

@Albopepper 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching Joseph! Dichondra looks like a pretty cool option. I hope it works out well!

@P_Belle 4 года назад

I now *plant densely* . *Liriope and mulch* have been go-tos. For nonwinter: *bulbs* for sun and *hosta* for shade. Oh, and *grass* . Grass- cultivated weed that it is - helps rest the eye like nothing else. So i aerated and re-seeded grass also.

@tconley123ful 4 года назад

This is great! Thank you so much for sharing this valuable information.

@00BeesKnees00 2 года назад

I planted red creeping thyme last year and this year it's giving me beautiful magenta blooms. But it's not good at blocking weeds. I still have to pull out them out. It also grow only 12 inches wide and 1 inch tall. Creeping phlox is much better at weed control. My one plant spread quickly up to 2 feet the first year. By next spring it was all covered with gorgeous pink flowers and has grown 3 feet wide. This year I'm trying Mother of Thyme (thymus serpyllum). It grows faster than the red thyme and much better at blocking out weeds. Creeping thymes are more drought tolerant than their edible counterparts.

@AlyssaR55 5 месяцев назад

What a lovely garden!

@sharongeorge5449 3 года назад

Lovely garden and very helpful info; just what I have been looking for in my sunny/hot inland SoCal yard. I have some ice plant that is doing well but want to diversify a bit. Looks like red thyme may do it for me. Have a lot of sun and not much shade in summer.

@ProgressIsSweet2739 4 года назад

This is just what I was looking for. I have an edge area around my parking bay that is covered in huge wild vegetation that looks unkempt. I’m in Central PA in an urban area, so this is perfect!

@ruthcline5465 2 года назад

Nice garden, good info. Thanks! I’m in the northern panhandle of Wv so we’re nearly neighbors. I’ll check out your posts in the future.

@ralphderkapitaen9875 4 года назад

you should try microclover for ground cover...looks beautiful, very green, almost like the perfect grass, yet its drought resistant (once established), its very tough and chokes out weeds, plus it provides nitrogen for your soil automatically, so perfect! I have just created my micro clover lawn this spring time and it looks so beautiful, the neighbors are all wondering what it is..:-)...

@Albopepper 4 года назад

I love it! :)

@asmsski 2 года назад

can the be effective in north side shady area?

@mojavewolf1 2 года назад

Is that hard to plant ? I’m a widow and live in the foot hills in Southern California . I’m on a budget but want something to choke out the weeds !!

@EB321 10 месяцев назад

@mojavewolf1 microclover is expensive and will revert to standard clover (tall and tangled) if not shorn regularly

@christinalw19 3 года назад

In California, Irish moss is a dark green, and Scotch moss is more chartreuse.

@lpettigrew3401 4 года назад

First time viewer...I like you! I'm subscribed!

@seriouslyjoking2 4 года назад

I really appreciate this video as I am always research a plant that will choke out the weeds and look pretty.

@sodandseedinc 4 года назад

Great seeing your ground covers. My favorite currently out is Kurapia since we can finally fill in a whole lawn all at once now that we produce it in sod form.

@flanative6668 3 года назад

I like how you did that, Albo. It looks nice. I will stop throwing away my cardboard. Today, I begin saving cardboard for my ground areas.

@Bunny-ii9ks 3 года назад

First time viewer. I read several comments and all I can say is “Ditto “! New subscriber too!

@colourfab 3 года назад

Ditto here, too!

@jimprior180762 4 года назад

Thanks for your very informative video. My interest is in finding low level ground covers suitable for incorporating into my g-scale garden railway. Your video has given me some great ideas for what to use!

@6ofPentacles Год назад

Very informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@searchingfortruth619 2 месяца назад

One of the best vids on the topic

@kristincruikshank 2 года назад

Great Garden! Thanks for the video!

@ambilaevus7607 2 года назад

I didn't know the name of that sedum. Old last gave me some in 2006 and I've got it everywhere a mower can't reach. I've even got it going between some pavers for drainage/erosion control. A few lawn services have adamantly told me it's an invasive weed that I need to pay them to kill & put grass seed down . Glad to have a name for it now.

@FirstLast-sr5ht 5 лет назад

oh wow zone 6. same as me. I thought you were in a warmer zone. nice to see a video from you again. I planted some alpine (non runner) strawberries from saved seeds, about 20 ft x 2 ft all along the front of my place. works awesome and they have hundreds of little strawberries coming now. if you save seeds from an heirloom and start them indoors in February, you can have a tray full of 100s of little seedlings that are tough little buggers and transplant easily. I also put a big swatch of lupines against a north fence and a big patch of greek oregano, a patch of parsley, couple patches of chives, and some echinacea and some other flowers. I have done virtually nothing to it yet this year except pull out a handful of weeds, haven't even watered it yet :)

@queenSummerKeli 4 года назад

Love it!!! I have just started gardening mainly pots. This is and inspiration!!! Thank you.

@danno1800 2 года назад

Great ideas - thanks - much appreciated!

@richardwalker1647 4 года назад

I've had very little experience with Sweet Woodruff, but what I have experienced I like - mostly because it's such a cheery-looking plant.

@Albopepper 4 года назад

I agree! Mine is looking quite nice and filling in very well. Just be sure to place it in a spot where you can control it as it likes to spread.

@patriciaribaric3409 4 года назад

@@Albopepper I planted some under a weeping willow; it didn't like that spot at all.

@commonsense246 2 года назад

I have wild strawberries all over the place that are just native plants to Arkansas! Maybe I'll augment with more from the Nursery.

@doonewatts7155 2 года назад

Thank you a knowledgeable and well presented video.

@CustomGardenSolutions 5 лет назад

Al that was a great video on ground covers. I may have to come back for a refresher if a custo er ever asks about ground covers.

@gardenofhealing6728 4 года назад

Thanks good stuff. Very inspiring and feels easy to accomplish.

@janea5898 4 года назад

We use cardboard and paper grocery bags for sheet mulch. The worms love it.

@surfnyolly 3 года назад

Does there card board mold after a while? I have an area I just weeded, was going to spray vinegar salt and Dawn soap to kill the weeds, and then do brown paper lawn bags over the bed, then mulch. Does that even sound doable?

@WhatWeDoChannel 5 лет назад

Another great video! Your property looks very nice indeed! My main ground cover takes sun or shade, can be stepped on, goes dormant in times of drought but comes back with rain, it can withstand almost any winter 🥶, you can chop it down and it grows back, I grow it on all the pathways between my vegetable beds, it’s grass of course! Klaus

@debbiestevens5490 Год назад

What is it that you grow that you love so much?

@JL-kd6pi 3 года назад

Love rupturewort. I live in the sand hills of NJ. Herniaria is one of the few lawn alternatives that thrives in this poor soil.

@great-garden-watch 3 года назад

Wow i was thinking of landscape fabric and gravel right over my ugly walkway! Now i know it can be done! Thanks

@great-garden-watch 3 года назад

Is the gravel at all slippery with plastic underneath?

@Albopepper 3 года назад

If you make quick abrupt steps, like lots of pivoting, you might skid or slip a little. I have no issues. But I wouldn't run on it or anything.

@kimochkaks 4 года назад

Just found your channel- very information and interesting! I just started a job at a nursery here in NE MO and will use what I learn for sure!! Thank you!

@gregorythomson7813 3 года назад

My dog used to love to pea on one specific cucumber plant in my back yard a few years ago. That one grew like crazy that year. I think it was the Nitrogen, but also saw this on a site about it - Urine boasts a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (N-P-K) ratio of 10:1:4, plus more modest amounts of the trace elements plants need to thrive. I've heard of some youtube gardeners that also pee on their trees themselves at times - they'll remain nameless :-).

@dandylandpuffplaysminecraf8744 2 года назад

Passive aggressive?

@tara5742 Год назад

I’m in a plant group and the ones that pee on their gardens are the healthiest gardens I’ve seen. I didn’t know the science behind it Thank you for sharing this

@vdoniel 3 года назад

Excellent commentary! New subscriber in GA.

@pamelasmith2388 4 года назад

I love what you do ,thank you for your nature friendly ideas Xx

@davenooner2142 5 лет назад

Another fine informative video. I am going to try some Sedum Stonecrop now in an area that is hard to mow here. I have not had good luck with the Creeping Thyme there. Thank you for the information. Take care!

@CaptivaIsland1944 3 года назад

To: Dave Nooner/ What zone are you? Take care. Thanks. Rose K.

@puggirl415 4 года назад

Nice video and some different ground covers I haven't seen before. I always loved Corsican Mint. Tiny creeping leaves not unlike creeping thyme. It is very easy to rip it up if it's in the wrong spot and then simply lay it on the spot of dirt you want it to be planted on because it propagates easily that way. Plus it smells great when you step on it.

@lolodee3528 2 года назад

So tiny, soft, green & pretty. And that lovely scent! Mice hate the smell, might keep them and other critters away from the house. I’ve also heard of chives as an edging. Cool idea. Never tried it.

@EB321 10 месяцев назад

@@lolodee3528spiders avoid it also

@debh7999 2 года назад

hi! new subscriber! great video, some suggestions i've never heard of before. Looks like you are in Pittsburgh, me too!!!! Go Steelers!

@Lee-up4bz 4 года назад

Love your garden!

@elainebernarding8495 4 года назад

Gorgeous. I'm in Denver and I do the same.Grew up in pgh

@lyricwritertoo 5 лет назад

Gone through a few videos now and totally changing. We retired to high desert 2 years ago 4000 feet but zone 8b that means the loser end of freeze range. We got 2 days of snow last year. Have to research native plants but I have previously done natural and drought tolerant in zone 9. Can’t do succulents unless I drag them in and out. 9 is the bare minimum for them. So changing my plants but not my look. I hate bushes cut into ball shape. I believe in no trimming unless early life shaping or disease etc. for anything! We have an acre and no backyard. Grader coming to grade back yard on Wednesday. We are doing what I call pods. Some hard scape, trailer parking. Fruit tree zone. Fire pit zone. And a edge to edge driveway. In our area they let us go get some of the ancient pull offs for free and this sand from dredging a pool at end of one of the rivers. You can’t do high removal and do something like sell it but there is even old marble quarry. Grader suggested this sand for the driveway and paths and to use plastic. We went to look at the sand only 5 mins away and its hard, packable and weirdly has sea shells in it? I guess its dinosaur sand as this area was all under the ocean a long long time ago. He said not even weed cloth use plastic similar to how you did your pea gravel. The only thing I heard about pea gravel is its a bit rolling so elderly or like me or with bad knees can be unstable. In a small area we went with chipped gravel? I don’t know all the names but it locks together when you step on it. This gives me ideas with using cardboard and mulch for rock gardens. But I will gradually merge sand or chipped gravel paths with plastic at the perimeters leaving the large planting areas for only plants with the cardboard and mulch I don’t like hard lines in landscaping either. We have critters though being somewhat rural. Squirrels and skunks the neighbors say eat the veggies. But we have nothing yet! Will watch more of your videos to get my permanent ideas.

@lindapierce2328 4 года назад

good luck. we're considering a move from lush suburban Baltimore to N.M. Wondered how I would cope with such drastically different gardening.

@Pondandgardensanctuary 4 года назад

Great job of explaining each one.

@JNoMooreNumbers 5 лет назад

Pineberries can go with with strawberries. Pineberries need a pollinator like strawberries. I like ice plants and tri color sedum plus a mixed hardy sedum for groundcover and can walk on those. Just put in a berry bed of gooseberries, blueberries and honeyberries next to various raspberries. Will be adding more pine and strawberries to fill it up and a few annuals I can just easily plant in thick mulch for some interest and color. The bee balm is spreading like crazy in flower beds so got a bit more for groundcover. I have a large yard and planting never ends. Used some cardboard to break down and kill off roots then landscape fabric underneath better.

@caseym3073 4 года назад

Excellent information and I'm really impressed with what you've managed to grow on this site. I'd suggest you slow down the camera movement. I almost felt dizzy a few times. But your descriptions and information were spot on. I have definitely subscribed to learn more.

@annmariebaileysabelsabel5250 4 года назад

Appreciate the information in an easy to follow format.

@macylouwho1187 2 года назад

This was incredibly helpful, thank you!

@Albopepper 2 года назад

Thanks so much for watching! :)

@countess7125 4 года назад

Very nice video and I love that it was produced by a gentleman. Most guys definitely help out in the garden, but aren't so open and confident about it. I have been gardening for about 25 years and have Designed Gardens for many. This video has Nice choices for groundcovers. Here in Virginia, Creeping Thyme/Lemon Thyme is my first Herbal choice for groundcovers. Not only is is a Fantastic smelling herb, but the Thyme Family is known to treat Cold, Flu and Respiratory Issues with great success. It is also known for being antimicrobial so I make homemade cleaners after harvesting the 4 types of Thyme I grow here. If your looking for just a great Looking groundcover that will compete with weeds and grow in quickly, plus spread to other areas, I recommend Lamium, AKA Deadnettle. It Is, however, for those who are looking to cover good sized areas as I have heard some in other states call it "invasive". It certainly is Not invasive here in the Mid-Atlantic. Just gorgeous and especially flexible working in Sun or shade and having beautiful silver and green striped/spotted or solid leaves and comes in Lavender, pink and white flowers. There is also a yellow, but that one prefers pretty deep shade. I also enjoyed seeing the Sweet Woodruff in your video, I have surprisingly never seen that grown in gardens around here. I have been considering it myself for one of my beds and have been interested in seeing how it would look. I think it's quite Lovely! Thanks for taking the time to share your garden with us. Blessings to you.

@bjulianaleo3025 3 года назад

I have a yard that is 100 feet deep and 60 wide. This is giving me some GREAT ideas as to how to proceeed. Thank you! I live in South New Jersey, 15 miles from the shore. Juliana