5 Cheap & Easy DIY Landscaping Tips & Ideas (Plus Bonus Tips!) 🌱

[@garystew2077]

Another tip for when you want to create a new garden bed that is currently covered by grass would be to cut the grass down as low as possible with a mower or trimmer and then place cardboard on top followed by a thick layer of mulch. This eliminates having to dig up all that grass which is time consuming and strenuous.

[@catlegend5069]

This is a terrible idea. Just rip the darn grass down, it's not that hard. Instead of having to buy mulch, source plenty of cardboard, and then all the time waiting for the grass to die. You literally can do it all in one day if you do it manually and it's free.

[@garystew2077]

@@catlegend5069 To each his own. This worked very well for me when creating new garden beds. Most people put mulch down in garden beds anyway so I'm not sure what your point is there. You also don't have to wait to plant things. Just plant them first and then put the cardboard and mulch down around your plantings.

[@BreezyByTheSea63]

garystew2077- that’s a great idea. As for mulch-I have plenty of leaves from my 70 year old oak and three pine trees!! I’ll give this a try this weekend. Thank you!

[@Tomi-j4s]

I did this in a few different locations. The last one had Bermuda grass, which grew up through and around the barrier. That was a fail!

[@Odo-so8pj]

Dude that's a black lives matter gardening tip that had me rolling when they did it. 😂 😆

[@ifiwooddesigns]

Glad to see a recip saw for pruning. People have laughed at me for years seeing me prune with mine. And that Ryobi surface cleaner is like gold. People also laughed at that that until they saw the results. I’ve also bought a telescopic wand and have pressure washed my two-story house from the ground. Keep up the great work!

[@rogueengineer]

I have that telescoping wand too! That thing is great!

[@karenfarris4585]

I used a reciprocating saw with blades made for wood, to take down a diseased Japanese maple tree that was 30 years old. Since my husband’s chainsaw was broken, I used what I had. I was 65 years old and a woman. If I can do it, anyone can. I will say that I had to hire someone with a stump grinder to remove the stump.😂

[@k9rescuer934]

@@karenfarris4585Love it! Kudos to you 😊

[@theresahall-ib6uz]

Love the black mulch!

[@tiredVeteran1984]

Remove that topsoil from the garden bed also. I use my cut in dirt for leveling jobs on other parts of the property. Piling any surplus behind the shed & covering with burlap sheet

[@JohnLee-ed8yi]

Wow, so many great professional tips! Appreciate it!

[@CobaltFalconGaming]

Appreciate the basics. I’m a new homeowner trying to learn about salt water pools, lawn care and irrigation/drainage. Previous owner took decent care at best for everything. Lots of DIY of his in going to have to fix.

[@LindyBreaksTheStigma]

It’s refreshing to see a KZbin video with the host using the proper names for all the power tools! ❤

[@GMan56M]

ha I agree! I cringe a little every time someone just calls any random recip saw a "Sawzall." Maybe I'm just a snob though lol

[@Awakenedkarolina]

Loved the tips about the power washer and the reciprocating saw.

[@rogueengineer]

Thanks!

[@Victoria_rhythmns]

Looks great. First time I've ever seen black mulch look good--matching the house.👍

[@JanetJenkins]

Your video became a "honeydo" list for me!

[@sandyhumissouri5131]

Five tips was more like 30! Excellent video. You need to credit your assistant 😉

[@rogueengineer]

Haha so true!

[@robertgrays8790]

If you use a string trimmer or edger, wear hard-toe boots! It's very easy to cut your toes off.

[@manyfeather2knives423]

Great tip about the sawzaw. Got a root that needs to be removed. Didn’t want to dull my chain. Thx

[@rudilyncapadosa3571]

Thanks for sharing ..I'm watching you from Philippines Davao

[@lindac3388]

Wow great video! I’m a new homeowner and had no idea about the first step of landscaping 🌲🌳🪻Thanks!

[@gabe.9513]

Bro I was edging so hard to this vid the whole thanks man

[@annahatchett9229]

Thanks for sharing.

[@amandaortiz4455]

What a beautiful yard great tips

[@Holly24tm]

I made a nice edge a few months ago but can't seem to get my Ryobi string trimmer to cut it properly. Any tips? Thanks so much! Great video!

[@runandrew]

I felt targeted with the comment about the unused reciprocating saw from a combo kit 😅

[@rogueengineer]

😂😂😂

[@BD-ou7gh]

How did you add lights to your staircase? There is only one product link for amazon? Have you used any others from amazon? Pls share link. Thx for the tips

[@jamesnolan6708]

Great video, very informative!

[@GoogleUser-qz5zv]

What shovel did you use to cut the trough? Wish you showed that in the video.

[@BillJasinski-w8h]

How do you do you fill in large dips in your lawn? I read sand and top soil then seed.

[@rogueengineer]

Yes, sand then top soil and seed. Cover with something that will hold moisture like straw. Keeping the seed wet will help germinate and grow faster

[@JasonACadder]

I priced out Sunday. They came out to the exact same price as hiring a company to spread and spray for me.

[@rogueengineer]

Really!? Mine was about 1/2 the price.

[@chadhowell1328]

Difference is that companies will just give your lawn generic applications and not what your lawn may need. You’ll end up with very poor results with most all spray companies out there

[@mobaby3367]

Great tips!! Thank you so much!

[@paulnhbtx713]

Great tips

[@debbenson5253]

Loved your video. Great tips!!!!

[@LauraRodriguez-Peace]

Thank you! 🙂

[@debbiewedoe2564]

Excellent 🌞

[@jojow8416]

Do you think that your edging technique will be effective with Zoysia grass which has a very long thicket root system? I just purchased hard plastic edging but haven't started installing it.

[@johnsmith-wd5sq]

Great Video! I always go for the sawzall for small branches and trimming as well. My only complaint here is you seemed to have plenty of great ideas that your Wife had to take care of! I hope you at least cooked her dinner after all that!

[@Donuts_random_stuff]

4:06 Big tools=nice Expensive tools=damn I’m broke Dangerous tools=very nice

[@blackwolfgaming1975]

Ah yes, the turbo nozzle may take longer to complete the job than the other, but the longer I spend on one job is less jobs my wife can give me :) 😅

[@rogueengineer]

😂

[@Julia.Mandelbrot]

Women don't find this tired joke funny. Wonder why. Just sayin'.

[@nathankaganac]

@@Julia.Mandelbrotmaybe because they don’t understand that men get tired to

[@Starts_like_this]

❤ how would someone go about getting certified with these lasers to put it into business? Either independently at a laser med spa or with cosmetic doctors?

[@ihabiano]

Sub earned!

[@tinawatson2050]

Very nice job!!!

[@elizabethv2919]

Can mulch catch on fire, or is it pretty safe??

[@Sundavall]

For a flower bed, should the mulch be piled higher than the grass or should it be level? The garden beds I inherited are a mess and I’m not sure if I need to dig it all out and place new mulch so it’s even with the grass or what.

[@roberttreasure1986]

If the flower bed is up against the house, I think you would want it to be higher than the grass, so water runoff goes away from your house. If your flower bed is not up against your house, and you have lawn around it, I like it level, so I can mow right up to it and don't have to deal with using an edger. I think it is your personal preference.

[@Sundavall]

@@roberttreasure1986 perfect thank you very much

[@Nitrowheels-qo3kv]

Sure use a sawzall but your going to be going through blades so fast. Just use a small chainsaw pruner

[@Larrydacat.]

The recip saw is a useful but violent tool for pruning. The cuts in the video were bad. They will cause harm to the tree in coming years. Trees need to be pruned from the beginning of their life to ensure you do not have poor growth patterns (4:47). If that maintenance is done when the tree is juvenile, you would never need a reciprocating saw to cut limbs (unless damaged by nature). I understand often people just buy into property with established trees, promoting your audience to care for trees in their youth would be far more helpful. Proper pruning techniques would be not cutting the crown, good angle and prior branch weight reduction. Following proper arborist limb removal by removing only Crossing/Rubbing/Diseased/Dead limbs is very important.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

I water the soil in around new plantings. Jamming in the soil with the butt end of a trowel? No.

[@BIODIVERSITYAndnature-Animals]

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[@SystemOfStrings]

You mentioned that you needed to prune the tree because the limbs were too low to mow under. Really, you don't want to be mowing under a tree at all. Mowers will damage the roots and trunk and shorten the life of the tree. At the very least you want a ring of mulch around the trunk, or better yet a planting of sedges or any other shade-loving native plants. Ideally, this planting should extend as far as the crown of the tree. If your tree's crown is really big, hey that's all the more reason to go ahead and kill your lawn and replace the whole thing with native plants.

[@Ch1n4m4nn]

Spraycan? Just mark the border with a shovel to see the digging line and stop spraying chemicals on the ground🤔

[@mrpitts2017]

Woah guys this guy is better than us!

[@jon-patrickw.7969]

Stop trolling and go dig something.

[@Billliamm]

Surface cleaners without a grease fitting are garbage and will stop working within a half dozen uses. If you go that route a commercial grade is the only way to keep you from wasting money.

[@rogueengineer]

Didn’t know that was a thing. I’ve had mine for years with no issues but now want to upgrade for some reason 😂

[@Billliamm]

@@rogueengineer they run around 3-400 and cover about 3 times the area, you just need a big enough flow to drive them

[@dddduu300]

Bro uses Ryobi... we can't talk.

[@novitrix9671]

Can you talk to me about whats wrong with it? Am curious. What are all the other redline things?