Finally! An easy way to build a simple retaining wall. THANK YOU!! I'll let you know how it goes.

This is a great instructional tool for beginners. I would not plant a tree here, but a decoration around a statue would look nice. I will use this video. Thank you!

Just an update for people. 1. 7 years later, the tree is doing great. 2. If you think I planted the tree on top of the fabric you're not viewing the video right. Try rewatching it. The fabric is used vertically along the sides to keep soil from washing out between the cracks of the bricks. There is nothing under the roots except dirt (or newspaper/cardboard long since composted into dirt). 3. People who think a tree, especially a small one like a paw paw, can't be placed in a nice raised bed built with bricks need to venture into nature more often, especially rocky areas. Trees regularly root among rocks naturally in the landscape. There is also this trend of putting them in little parking lot islands surrounded by curbs and concrete and asphalt, and they survive. Had I planted an oak, in 100 years it would have pushed those bricks out, that is true. It would also be lifting the driveway and the sidewalk. In the fight of the tree vs the blocks, the tree would have won. But I planted a small understory tree, appropriately sized for the space.

Great job showing how to build a raised garden. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. To all haters, why don't you try and sharing your f____ng ideas instead of criticizing the person. If you don't like the video, make your own and show us "how to do it right."

OMG!! Thank you!! You at least showed how you did this step by step. I just hope you have other videos step-by-step projects. :)

Fantastic! I am building a raised bed for veggies & will use this method. Much more cost effective than buying the paver base and sand- and a whole lot less time! And I love that I don't really need a saw! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!

Great video and love the Benny Hill music !!! GREAT JOB !!!

Love the Benny Hill background music

Beautiful, and you make it look so easy!!!!!! Not sure which I liked better; the music or you jumping on the shovel 😂.

I LOVE garden gnomes and garden ponds...

Thanks for the tips!! Your yard looks gorgeous!!

Chris this is terrific! Love the step by step instructions....How I'd love to see your entire landscape. I'm just starting to do landscape.

Thanks...been seaching for the perfect planter--now I can create my own. Love the music.

Loved this video, Now I know how to make a raised bed! I have vines taking over my flowers and this might just be a solution. I already have the same paver bricks that you used and I have lots of them!Enjoyed this very much!

Totally awesome to watch this being done all within 10 minutes. I really like the newspaper idea too. You make it look so easy. :o) Thank you.

Nice. Very jealous of your soil. Clay and river rock everywhere I dig. Making raised beds this year.

Well done. Easy to watch. I feel like I learned a lot. You really make it look like fun. Thank you for sharing this.

Very professional job, the yard looks great.

Chris I laughed my ass off when I heard the theme to benny hill. I appreciated your input. Very good!!!

Thanks, this video was really helpful and now I can correct what my prior landscaper did.

I love trees and I want to care of them very well. I have many fruit trees are flowering so beautiful that make me so happy

I think the music is pimp!. Thanks for the hardwork!

Fun video to view! Great job, too. The music is spot on.

Great video i love the way you fast forward through the slow parts. Except at the end when you give us a garden tour i found myself rewinding and pause. Maybe this should even have been in slow motion. Thanks again

BEAUTIFUL..LOVE THIS THANK YOU

That was a kick to watch

Great video. Very informative. Looks great! The music is hilarious!

Nice easy day project to spruce up your yard! Mowing strip would be a good simple convenience feature to add. Good job though.

Thank you so much for this vid. Very informative.

Great job! Thank you for posting.

Thanks for the video and the explanations. Much appreciated.

I too would love for you to post a video on how to create the double planter just like this one, but in the second row I want to know how to create another planter, so I can plant flowers around the tree.. PLEASE post!!!!! thanks! btw, you are awesome!!!!!

awesome job. Thank you for sharing the video. You rock!.

Awesome Job..Hella funny too with the music!

nice demonstration mite. i like the music too.

this was so great for us. now we are inspired & know what to do. Thanks

Thanks for the great video.. I am attempting to build a small rose bed that is 'free standing' away from and fences or walls from retaining wall pavers like the ones used in this video.. I wanted an oval but I guess I'll go round.. lol.. love the benny hill music.. wish my project would go that fast! :)

Great video! I will give this a try.

Nice tutorial, thanks.

Lol loved the benny hill music lol...vid was good to thanks for the demonstration

great job looks good!!

Newspaper does actually do a great job with grass and weeds. I'd use about twice what he did though. The newspaper eventually breaks down and decomposes, but not before the plants under it use up all their energy trying to get through. I absolutely agree with the rest though, really not sure what the heck the fabric was for. I'd probably take more than 30 minutes, but then, I'm lazy so... LOL

great job. there are always negative people called couch potatoes

Great choice of music!

Dude. This is great!

THANK YOU FOR GREAT IDEA

My observation with that fabric is that seeds and roots don't often come up through it, but seeds landing on top can put their little roots down through it.

I wish my husband or my son liked those knd of things...

like it. will build it for my front yard!

My left ear enjoyed this video...

Nice video

Great video!! Thanks for sharing:0)

Cool video

Great Idea.

This is amazing. Thank you very much for the video. It looks absolutely beautiful. Would you tell me where you get all the bricks please? I am having a hard time finding a place to buy them.

You can skip the sod cutting labor by simply putting down a couple layers of cardboard under your raised bed. Then you can add compost and soil. Works like a charm.

What is the name of the sod cutter that you used to cut the sods. I have been looking for it and cant seem to find it anywhere........your help will be appreciated. Great video by the way.

love the music !!!

See a lot of people complaining about the tree having to grow through the weed guard. I've see tree roots break through solid stone. Y'all just relax and understand nature is powerful. Eventually if the tree is not maintained at a small height the roots will break out through the retaining wall bricks and it'll look crappy. Keeping it cut short will prevent that. If you don't then it'll also kill the grass all around it by sucking up all the moisture and nutrients. Nice lawn work requires constant upkeep, it is almost never a one time purchase.

wish it wasn't so friggin dry out here in west texas. would like to try something like this. well trying anything would be nice.

do you always just put manure compost and mulch or do you add other things to your plants as well?

We deserve a tree update!

In over thirty years of construction, I have never seen that sod cutting tool. Was it handed down from Lief Erikson?

Man I wish you'd come do my yard!

Wonderful.

Awesome video, but where did you buy the bricks from?

so what happens when the tree gets bigger and the roots need more space but are constricted by the fabric? will the roots go thru the fabric or does the fabric decompose?

What sort of glue did you use between the bricks? Thanks

Good job! ;)

very cool - thanks..

this is good for beginers but as a landscape supervisor i can tell you that full scale brick gardens are not easy they take a lot of time and skill to do right

Thanks for the video it would be helpful to me if you said and explained the stuff you used

I wish we had seen this before our project last month... oh well :)

..Que natural es esto.!

its a great video - thanks mate! can you please tell me, where can one get the side cutting tool like the one you re using in a video? I d be very grateful for the tips thanks Sisa

I notice at the end of your video you show the whole garden. How did the double level of the same one level of brick you just showed. The staggered layer?

Where did you purchase the sod cutter?

Great Idea, I'm not too crazy about the music:)

i like the music!

How long did that job take?

It looks simple and very nice, but I don't think I would try it...I will leave that for the professionals. However, the video was educational.

Good point

youre a boss man

Nice result. Two questions. Do you get runners from the lawn trying to break in? Also, I could do this, but does it have to be a ring shape? Me, I'd be so wanting to put some of those bricks in backwards or whatever for a nice loose shape, more wild and naturally unruly in shape. Yr thoughts?

Good technique. I am a professional too. Plastic grocery bags make excellent landscape fabric. I

Curious to know if the tree survived. Seems like you buried the crown under about 6-8 inches of dirt and mulch.

awesome, and very informative...where we live I have yet to find the landscape fabric pins. Do you have any suggestions as to other thing you can use? nails? I am planting this around trees, and although the soil needs to be acidic, I dont know what the nails will do? But, suggestions would be awesome! and the newspaper is absolutely true, it provides good moisture, and good mulch material.

wat da song called????

Muito legal!!!

Never knew about the newspaper.

Home Depot, walmart, stines all have those bricks.:)

Volcano mulching?

I love what you have done! The rest of your videos seem to be politically based. Is this the only channel you have? My my husband and I are DIY people and It was great to see how you did this. Thank you!

For those who would rather not put additional toxic chemicals into their environment (via the spraypaint) , the area of the raised bed (or placement of any garden design features) could be marked with lime or flour or...

good jab

None of your courses are center on seam, and you should take your small bricks from the inside of the brick, not the outside. otherwise great video, good music and a fun watch

There is a landscaping guide on YardBe.com with these types of designs you can use to custom make on your own yard with plans.

good

I agree