How to Replace Grass with a Garden Bed

How to Replace Grass with a Garden Bed | Ask This Old House

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In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada helps a couple redesign, repurpose, and restore their front yard’s design after removing two mature but rotten oak trees, exposing the yard to full sun.
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Landscape designer Jenn Nawada helps a couple rethink their front yard after two removed trees changed the shade pattern of the space. Jenn knew just what to do, arriving with a plan to reuse some plants, cut others back, and plant new sun-loving plants that would thrive in the front yard.
Where to find it?
To transplant plantings, use shovels [homedepot.sjv.io/rQPDPd] to dig down around the root ball of the plant.
To expand a garden start by laying out your desired new bed line. You can use rope or a garden hose to figure out the shape that’ll work best. Use spray paint [homedepot.sjv.io/75eAPQ] to mark your new bed line. Once your lines are marked use a motorized sod cutter [homedepot.sjv.io/badMx9] and cut on the marked line. Remove the sod by raking the cut top layer to expose the soil.
After adding compost to the soil, rake it out and till it into the soil using a rototiller [homedepot.sjv.io/PyY9dN].
Plantings selected for this project:
Gingko ‘Chi’ Tree [homedepot.sjv.io/Kj5M1n]
Japanese Yew ‘Emerald Spreader’ [homedepot.sjv.io/Qy1MmP]
Gracillimus Maiden Grass [homedepot.sjv.io/jrd9oe]
Japanese Maple “Crimson Queen” [homedepot.sjv.io/eK7LVr]
Expert assistance with this project was provided by Gilliam & Sons Landscaping, Inc. [nextdoor.com/pages/gilliam-an...] and Molinari Tree Care [ / molinaritreecare ].
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@NoName-rs4hs 29 күн бұрын

Jenn is my favorite on this show. Jenn I live in Northen Texas by Dallas. I have lot of bare patches in my lawn and ground is unleveled. Any suggestion to to level my lawn and fill the bare patches?

@cmarts1921 Ай бұрын

Should have mixed in the sod with all the chips from the stump, would have had some good compost going.

@dankerrigan2181 Ай бұрын

Be sure to call before you dig!

@the_jonathan_o Ай бұрын

What's the number you call?

@oyeAhmer Ай бұрын

@@the_jonathan_o811

@jeremyclaybaugh8790 29 күн бұрын

Only necessary for power digging. Sod cutters and shovels are not tools to worry about hitting a line.

@AB-nu5we Ай бұрын

Hopefully a male ginko. The fruit of the female stinks badly in the fall.

@sociopathmercenary Ай бұрын

There's a joke in that comment.

@jeremyclaybaugh8790 29 күн бұрын

Incredibly rare to get a fruit bearing Gingko anymore. They are genetically modified to not fruit.

@Simplex_Fire_Alarm_Box Ай бұрын

Please make a video on tips on how to find a matching paint color for an old house.

@akoznasovajusername Ай бұрын

Impossible.

@notactuallymyrealname Ай бұрын

What a sweet couple! They're going to have such a beautiful front garden.

@d0nn13m0n0 Ай бұрын

I hope they buy some children and raise them in their image

@johnlebzelter4208 Ай бұрын

He thinks that’s “heavy machinery.”😂😂😂 Oh my God!!!

@Greenvile_is_great1 Ай бұрын

55th like

@meathead585 Ай бұрын

title says replacing grass...what I see is a lot of dirt at the end. Fail for sure.

@johndoe6032 Ай бұрын

Go back and try reading past the word "grass" in the title That will help you understand.

@Amshraw Ай бұрын

Imagine being a florist and being defeated by plant selection

@bngr_bngr Ай бұрын

@@Navy1977yeah these boys are something else.

@bngr_bngr Ай бұрын

@@Navy1977 looked like it was their first time doing manual labor. They did a good job. Most of these landscapers hire people at Home Depot to save a few bucks.

@MarcMcMillin Ай бұрын

@@bngr_bngr Seems like you may have missed many espisodes where home owners are doing manual labor for the first time.

@bngr_bngr Ай бұрын

@@MarcMcMillinnot as much as these two guys did.

@durangodave Ай бұрын

mulch and leafs lol, its leaves wow she should know that.

@BrianEYoung Ай бұрын

Hmm Merriam-Webster's dictionary says both are correct 😄

@durangodave Ай бұрын

@@BrianEYoung ok fair enough, i never heard it used that way, thanks for the clarification 😁

@Simplex_Fire_Alarm_Box Ай бұрын

Please make a video on how to install door trim.

@johndoe6032 Ай бұрын

Looks good, but had to laugh at the end when they take a picture and turn their back on the actual yard to admire it from the tiny phone picture instead. I guess that's social media culture.

@johnseawind9558 Ай бұрын

Are y'all serious with the hateful bigoted rhetoric in an ATOH video? How does somebody having a sign in their yard equate to a TV show having a "woke sgenda"? Y'all need to lighten up!

@infiltrator7777 Ай бұрын

Would you think the same if it was a MAGA sign?

@johnlebzelter4208 Ай бұрын

Nice shot @3:14 Jenn 😘😋😁😉

@Simplex_Fire_Alarm_Box Ай бұрын

Please make a video on how to install window shutters.

@Simplex_Fire_Alarm_Box Ай бұрын

Please make a video on how to replace a basement bulkhead door.

@johndoyle2939 Ай бұрын

Type in basement bulkhead; video pops up.

@Simplex_Fire_Alarm_Box Ай бұрын

Please make a video on how to stain a deck.

@bngr_bngr Ай бұрын

She left them a pile of dirt.

@rootvalue Ай бұрын

I’m still so amazed TOH viewers truly can’t find anything to comment on other than someone’s sexual preference. Get a grip. I’m glad they got the grass out of there, much more attractive, less resource intensive, and lower maintenance anyway. 🤘

@rootvalue Ай бұрын

@@d0nn13m0n0 🤣 a good sense of humor is always welcome

@jeffreymason7049 Ай бұрын

*top comments - literally nothing to do with that. *@rootvalue - Can't people talk about ANYTHING else?

@rootvalue Ай бұрын

@@jeffreymason7049 I never specified *top comments. This was an observation on the first half a dozen comments on the video. Hope you’re okay.

@Simplex_Fire_Alarm_Box Ай бұрын

Please make a video on how to build a wall made out of concrete blocks.

@ddogg14 Ай бұрын

That's an excellent fire alarm box

@saniaamirbaaz8850 9 күн бұрын

Gay

@BrandonVlogs000 Ай бұрын

We have pride 😂😂

@RandomVids519 Ай бұрын

Straight as an arrow 😅

@durangodave Ай бұрын

why would someone ever plant so many plants close together its so strange and queer

@durangodave Ай бұрын

@@Navy1977 ?

@durangodave Ай бұрын

@@Navy1977 in what context, gardening?

@durangodave Ай бұрын

@@Navy1977 well people should know that plants grow n get bigger.

@KhmerH20 Ай бұрын

microwaving my popcorn.

@jeremyclaybaugh8790 29 күн бұрын

Landscape architects do it intentionally because planting like it’s supposed to be done leaves too many open areas in the beds. I’ve dealt with this issue for 25 years. The landscapers have to plant to design and you end up with twice as many plants as what should be planted.

@infiltrator7777 Ай бұрын

What's with the gay sign? Are MAGA signs allowed on ATOH? What about a Christian flag? Why does sexual preference need highlighted? It wasn't an accident.