Paul turning into a DIY home and garden reno channel :) Love it!

Tractor Paul is the hero we needed. 😎

14:31 "We might have a leak" was just hilarious and seeing the PVC joint not being glued made it funnier

Doesn't matter what Paul's doing, he just makes it fun to be along for the ride. A true OG in the enthusiast tech space, and I'm obsequiously watching him do home DIY.

As an IT person who did something similar about 20 years ago, here are some things that you may someday regret. 1. Installing a gate valve rather than a 90 degree ball valve for your spigot. 2. Not putting in a shutoff valve at the beginning of the spigot pipe run. 3. Not putting the PVC pipe run about 1 foot deeper into the ground. 4. If you have had past problems with water pooling on your patio, not putting in a drainage pipe system to route water out of the depressions you have made. Best of luck with your project and I hope it all works and you have no future problems.

For painting large areas outside its often best to rent a sprayer and compressor.

Just because it's not the usual tech stuff, doesn't mean these type videos aren't enjoyable to watch also. If I need a dose of tech there's other channels that'll give it to me, but it's nice to get away from the monotony once in a while and do something different. Hannah is absolutely adorable and so full of energy, she makes the videos fun also.

"50,000 horsepower of torque" 🤔 that sounds about right. My PC has 1.21 Gigawatts of FPS, so I'm well versed in all things performant. 🧐😁

Wow, it's not surprising nothing was growing there. That, um, "soil" you dug up was rather grey and not even slightly fertile! But yeah, some fresh compost will work wonders. It's also good you never really get frost in SC cos that pipework has a LOT of potential points of failure! 😬 Looking much better already, though! 🙂

Adding a simple French Drain (or trench drain, right next to the patio slab) is so much easier. . Just find the low spot, dig a hole, toss an 8x8 box in and run some corrugated line to the wall, switch to perforated wherever you want it to drain...

Good job! The painted wall made all the difference!

Paul builds shiz is always my favorite videos, You cant scroll 30 seconds on YT without hitting a hardware review for this or that, but DIY gems like this are few and far between.

when planting trees, dig the whole as a square. the roots push through the corners much easier than trying to push through a round shaped hole, especially if the soil is more compacted.

I have been patiently waiting for this garden project. You have been hinting it since the solar roof project that a project was coming. Also having you kid play outside in a safe place is a really nice thing to do with such a space.

Paul! Love your videos. If you're into gardening you will no doubt enjoy learning about soil science! Incorporating some beneficial microbes/fungi (such as mycorrhizae - a greek word meaning "little foot") at this point in growing a new lawn would be absolutely stellar! It would give them time to incorporate deep into the soil and form beneficial relationships with the roots of your new grass and plants :) They also transfer water and nutrients that plants ask for with chemical signals. They are available from local hydroponic and gardening supply stores. Enjoy your new lawn!

"50,000 horsepower of torque" 🤣

Going to beautiful when you are done. Im excited for you guys. Youll really be able to enjoy that space.

While not tech content the tractor still fits the "Hardware" part of your channel name, much like your power tools also Hardware. Heck even the pipes, spigots, and other stuff you used throught the video are things that I would associate with a hardware store in general.

Got excited when I saw the tractor for no reason after you mentioned it on the recent Tech News episode. Now I shall watch.

Paul planting video card seeds to harvest in the winter ! GG :D

Always love a good Paul house/yard vlog.

I love Paul's videos, no matter if it's Building PC's and Learning about Tech, or Demo/Remodel, or even baking a Pie! Love you Paul and Fam + Joe, Keep up the great work.

July 14, 2024 - I'm just amazed that Paul took on this project. I guess this video is an example of how we like to watch other people work at stuff we don't do. In my native New York City, it was very common for me to stop and look through the cutout "windows" the construction crews put in the sidewalk wooden construction barriers, and watched the work that was going on. A lot of people often stopped and looked. Great video and I'm sure that Paul and his family have a great feeling of accomplishment. They deserve it. 👍👍😊

I really enjoy seeing you tech guys doing life stuff beyond the tech. You're real people, not robots (although that would be cool too), and it's fun to see you improving your work space and living space.

Can't wait for Paul's next tractor review 😂

20:55 "the tractal renter" lol

I think your DIY/Home Improvement content has been awesome, it helps make these kind of projects more understandable for us in the audience that might be considering similar projects. You do an excellent job providing helpful tips and lessons learned, so overall don't hesitate to add more stuff like these as your life makes these projects available to film.

Love these diy videos. family and Joe coming together is great. Can’t wait for next one

Top stuff guys! Nice to see the project taking shape and well done Joe for assembling over 20 mins of dirt footage into a coherent and entertaining vlog! Anxious (is the wrong word but it's more interesting than "Interested" so I'll use it anyway) to see how it will unfold and complete! Good Luck!!

painting brick seals in moisture and helps promote errosion of the brick, so make sure you check it for errosion damage every few years.

Love the DIY stuff and congrats on the new backyard. We did a garden project and my kids were so excited to play in the pile of dirt. Then get the hose out and make mud pancakes.

That's a good project! These days, its important to grow a part of our own food. I'll follow your outdoor work!

Nice tractor! Project is looking good. Having a family willing to help out like that is awesome.

Looking good you've all put lot of hard work in the project. Have you considered getting a mural on the back wall, maybe a local art college can help if you do?

Hey Paul I'd really recommend checking out wicking beds they're great for conserving water in low rainfall areas and are a pretty easy build. Hope you have fun growing you're own food!

I always love the Garage/Dad DIY stuff content.

love all the home improvement videos! please keep it up. learned a lot from your channel over the years and now, as a recent home owner myself, get to continue learning from you and your home improvement journey

This is totally frikn' awesome !! Love the new "Imagined" back yard plans! Excellent work by all the Friends and Family Paul !! Looking forward for the on-going saga of the "back yard" episodes !!! Cheers !

Loved the video, thanks! As a scottish gardener I'm always shocked at how dry californian soil is lol. The same task here would almost require diving suits.

Great job on those hard line runs, setting up your yard's water cooling loop.

Perfect timing. Watched this on my lunch break at work. A nice reprieve.

Wow, it's amazing that grass even grew in that dirt 😀

Love these house projects more than tech videos honestly. Keep em coming

Love these non-tech type of videos as well Paul!

it always amazes me how much your back yard looked like my old Back yard in San Bernardino even the house size, shape and orientation is the same! Crazy

Should look awesome when finished, the hard part is keeping up with it, until it's done. So, best of luck with the motivation!!

And this is how you PROPERLY do a DIY job. Awesome!

been watching your channel for about 6 years now, love the DIY content.

I find it highly entertaining watching people do irrigation lines in places that do not have winter. As a Canadian, I would never go that shallow - mother nature would shred those lines with the first freeze/thaw cycle. The ground where I live freezes down below three feet of depth so your irrigation needs to be below that. And even then, your sprinkler heads are gonna get fucked with because they are at the surface.

Thank you for sharing this with us! I am curious to see what the end product will look like. Back in the 90s, I built 6-square-foot gardening boxes for my mother-in-law in which she grew vegetables galore. In one box I grew scorching Indonesian peppers from seeds my Uncle brought back from Indonesia. She grew so much tomatoes that she couldn't keep up eating them so, I picked most of them, all warm to the touch due to the desert heat, and made fresh tomato soup out of it.

Love the home renovation content. Would be super cool to see if you can smartify some of this stuff with a local instance of home assistant

This video was wonderful, Paul. What a great project.

I like these home reno + tech stuff. Keep it up!

That last ditch effort saved a lot of tine! I was waiting for Paul to start grunting like Tim Allen during his Kubota monolog

I know you said a while back that these type of videos don't do well for your channel, but I love watching them.

Love these TRUE Paul's Hardware videos. Keep em coming!

Paul does it all.

Savings are good but definitely spend money on extras..you gonna love your backyard paul..great place to relax and have a cold one

Just a lil FYI Paul.... you REALLY need to get a CAP for the other pipe next to the newly installed spigot. Because the ball valve is facing UP dirty and crud will get in there and jam in between the seals and metal and it will leak and you'll have to replace it... You're actually better off having that valve horizontal instead of vertical like you have it just so you don't have to worry about a cap and losing the cap... and I know you'll probably say that turning it on will just flush out the dirt and sand... but if the sand is in there and you turn it on THAT is when the ball valve would get jammed with the sand... when you turn it on to clean it out.... all it takes is one grain of sand to get in there for it to start degrading... it could happen the first time... it could never happen... one never knows these things lol .... :)

I'm liking the chill non tech content surprisingly a lot. Tech space is pretty average at the moment and this is a fresh relief.

Subsurface drip irrigation changed my life. Rain Bird makes a tree root watering system for trees if you do a dedicated line for the trees.

I am not a weekly viewer, I surf the web and land on this page around once a month. I adore these side quest video's and will skip the tech video's to burn the time with it.

Please keep us posted Paul! 🦾

I'll always watch Paul doing home improvement projects.

I actually like that your not showing and plans or renders and other 'techy' things. Keeps it fun and mysterious..

The Berlin Wall in the Bagyard, nice !

Love functional backyard gardens! Got one of my own and love the produce it....produces. TIP: go easy or spread out tomatoes, they grow like wildfire!

You could do with a pergola to grown onto to offer some cooling outdoor shade. You can buy brackets and assemble them easily. All you need is a saw, spanner, tape measure and a level. Spigots with ceramic valve and 90 lever are much easier on the hands.

will enjoy the progress here. looks cool.

The tractor is enough "tech" for me to watch this, very enjoyable content. Thanks Paul.

Nice editing and production value.

Alex again!! I get excited when I see my old friend from 20 years ago in a video.

Looking forward to the whole transformation. Just did some raised beds in my SoCal backyard. Get proper raised bed soil.

Never thought I'd see this on here. But I love my Kubota L4701!

Not your normal fare. But we are still enjoying it. And thank you and Joe for documenting it.

good luck on getting any thing to grow on it, all you did was remove the grass and left the bad dirt that the grass didn't want to grow on in the first place, I've done this so many times I lost count. You should have gone deeper with the tractor and remove, take out and hauled off 6" to 1' down and bring in clean dirt to level, get rid of all the clay with clean soil. this will keep from having patches where grass will not grow. Now you may find out having to dump an extra clean dirt on what you didn't want but needed to revove or you can break it all up then rototill clean dirt in

I really like these types of videos from you and joe

Paul... Next time you are going to paint with a roller, go to a paint store and get a 5 gal. paint bucket and a roller screen, and you will make your life so much easier when painting. If you don't know how to use it ask around. Any friend that has ever been a painter will show you how to use it to save a ton of time and effort, especially on large areas like that back wall. You also may want to consider spray painting. I always roll after spraying as it helps with penetration and adhesion. I prefer airless sprayers, but some like compressed air sprayers, which I find far messier and harder to maintain.

Gonna put in some gutters and trench drains too? Maybe some rain capture for those future raised beds?

Home and Gardening with Paul 😃

Never thought I'd see this, Paul on a tractor...Joe & Hanna provide the support.

Happy little girl. We have a future gearhead.

The tractor from tech news wasn't a joke! 🎉 Fun to see more of "Paul does DIY" outside of a PC case 😂

Came for the tech, Learning about the hardware. Love the project😀🤣

I love my Kabota it was a hand me down from my father in law that passed away couple years back and every time I’m on it it reminds me of the old man, he worked in machine shops, kept bees, grew with hydroponics, flew airplanes, and even built computers! I miss you Roy, you old badass you 💚

Love this type of stuff! Thanks Paul

Love the home improvement projects!

What I like about Paul is how down to earth he is :)

The new better Paul's Hardware and home reno channel. Love this content.

I can't wait to see the end result!

This is totally the content that I didn’t know I needed!!

I love this video. You are doing a great job. Truly enjoyed seeing new faces.

Wow, your hardware got a lot bigger in this video. 😁 Sad thing is I probably need to do the same thing to my backyard.

I love these videos! Can't wait to see more of this project!

Love these videos Paul, just as interesting as any others you do.

Thanks for the efforts!

Finally, some hardware on the channel ! :D

no way, you like Hazy Little Thing as well?! Hell yea! thats one of my favorites!

My dad has one of those tractors with a cab. It indeed does tractor things well.

Can't wait to see how this all comes together! Great Job by all so far and good luck with the rest of the project!