Creating New Garden Beds

[@ChrisCalmtheCrazy]

I found out that my dahlia bed was not a forever bed after the first two years. Messing with all those tubers, wrapping them, storing them, replanting those that survived, staking, trellising, netting, UGH! The reward was not there. Somethings take too much time and are just too much trouble for me, CBA. I will live vicariously thru you and your lovely garden and will very much appreciate your hard work and efforts for a beautiful dahlia garden (And of course, be very jealous!).

[@growformegardening]

I am going to plant out all the seedlings and at the end of the season decide which ones I want to save. I don't think I'll be keeping them all

[@ChrisCalmtheCrazy]

@@growformegardening I recommend keeping most of them. Many will not make it to the next season and you will want to have as many as possible for all your efforts. Also, first year tubers are small and extremely difficult to survive the cold season.

[@growformegardening]

Thank you! This is very good to know

[@malindamiller845]

Glad to see I’m not the only one that continually expands my beds. When my son was visiting he asked me if the goal was to keep expanding till there was no lawn left. Can’t wait to see the finished product!

[@growformegardening]

I wouldn't mind!

[@grisespino5342]

Love the drone shots. The berm is such a great design install. I’m excited for what’s to come guys!

[@growformegardening]

Can't wait!

[@iancampbell168]

LOVE the expanded areas! Also thanku for the overhead view-that was great! I just LOVE your gardens!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much!

[@sammysworld5485]

OMG! This was much fun to watch. I recently created a new bed of my own. As a women, I was not going to dig up the sod, had my hubby do the laborious work. It’s no joke how hard it is to pull up grass. I did extra work by shaking off as much dirt from each sod to save soil as possible. It paid off. Great job guys!

[@growformegardening]

Teamwork!

[@redrose00054]

Your garden and the new plans of expanding the edging with all the new plants is giving a beautiful arboretum/cottage garden vibes I'm totally in love with how everything is coming ❤️ together. Great job!

[@growformegardening]

So much fun stuff to come

[@juanramos.jr.7948]

Great job! I can tell it was a battle with the forsythia. Probably not a good time to fillm if you want to keep it pg13😂😂😂😂❤😊😊😊

[@growformegardening]

Oh yes. Right around time I stopped it became quite a scene. haha

[@naturegirl7777]

...I enlarged a small area this weekend, and it nearly killed me! Wrangling sod is no joke! If you have an area to reuse (or chuck) it, it's sooo much easier to deal with. I had a pop-up bag not even filled by 1/4, and I had to divide it up into another one -- I could barely drag 'em to my truck to dump off site. (Of course clods of clay [I mean CLODS!] didn't help the situation either.) 🥴🤷🏼‍♀️🥵 from 👩🏼‍🌾💚 =^..^= [MD, now 7a]

[@growformegardening]

It's even easier when you have friends who want the sod so they take it home!!! haha

[@laurafrantum2763]

Good morning boy's, another awesome video that I enjoyed!

[@growformegardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@seriejohnson698]

Are the neighbors jealous because I peeked around at some of the neighbor’s houses when you were in the front and they look 👀 pretty plain Jane. Now, of course, their backyards could be a smorgasbord of landscaping. Lol

[@growformegardening]

All I will say is that the gardening bug hasn't quite caught on.

[@seriejohnson698]

@@growformegardening 🤓

[@mkowal1112]

Good morning gentlemen, can’t wait until you finish and the plants are snug in the beds and blooming! Looking forward to your next video. Please keep up the amazing work. You work so well together. Best regards madelyn

[@growformegardening]

Thank you!

[@peggy-ann1961]

My hubby and I ( 76 and 70) will be cutting down dying birches😢 and extending beds this spring! We’ve done the sod removal on other beds previously and it’s HARD work! But hopefully we’re still around after this effort! 😵‍💫🇨🇦😏

[@growformegardening]

Youve got this!!!!

[@clemqueens1943]

How gratifying! I love a good garden puzzle piece! I have to look at mine from our second story window as I don’t have a drone -sigh Looks amazing 🤩

[@growformegardening]

I'm getting the hang of this drone. Ours is really tiny

[@azyEmpero]

Please put the stems in the vase, 2 stems costs $20 for fresh flowers cut at Randall's in our town❤

[@growformegardening]

Oh gosh that’s a lot. The flowers were already spent so they would have shed all over the place

[@GardeningSpirit]

I think edging beds is one of my most loathed chores... but it does make it look so good in the end. Can't wait to see all your new beds & changes!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@jcking6785]

What a transformation to your garden. Looking forward to all the changes yet to come.

[@growformegardening]

Me too!

[@hj8607]

What's a Campania Jensen urn ? About $:11.50/hr .

[@growformegardening]

You'll see in a few weeks when it arrives!

[@hj8607]

@@growformegardening (about $11.50 an hour. Just 2/3 of a pun, p,u!)

[@sherrysloger4215]

Your garden is lovely even with the new outlines! Love the view from the front to the back down the side yard. Don’t be offended, but I always tell hubs, “the boys have a new video.” We’re old enough to be your parents! lol!

[@growformegardening]

haha I don't mind at all! I love it!

[@barbarabennett519]

Hey Christopher, will you dig & store your dahlia tubers over winter or just grow from seed going forward? I'm in the same zone as you & have to bring them in 😮‍💨 as well as grow from seed. The new edges look great!

[@growformegardening]

I will save some that I love. We shall see!

[@sannaericditsler4034]

Hello guys, I was afraid the forsythia was going to be awful to remove. Everything is looking good. Looking forward to see what you do next. Thanks for the video.

[@growformegardening]

Worst plant removal we've ever done

[@cathyhatfield5340]

Hey thanks guys I’ve watch you edge with that great tool so I bought one Sunday and omg life just got easier!! I love it I made my butterfly bed bigger and it was so easy to use😎❤️😎👍

[@growformegardening]

Great to hear!

[@kp-gbuniqueinterest]

Congrats guys on your new beds. I agree I have no patience either but for me an easier way I do b/c removing grass is so hard. In the fall I put down the cheap weed fabric from Lowes. Shape the bed how I want it. Put a few bags of mulch on it so it will look pretty during fall & winter. And by spring time the grasses is dead you can remove the fabric since its a very thin layer of mulch and you can start planting. Only cleaning up is the edges in spring. Which i like an inch or less. It worked when I created a vegetable garden. I added a new one last fall in the front of house for this year.

[@growformegardening]

That's a good idea to do it in the fall.

[@joanreichenbach4896]

I kinda wish you would have shown how you removed the sod. I totally understand not wanting to show the forsythia removal. We are trying to removed some tall grass- it’s a nightmare. No one looks pretty doing those jobs.

[@growformegardening]

The sod removal isn’t any less awkward. Either a shovel or pulling by hand. In this case we had friends taking the sod home so that helped!

[@bethchadwickmoss5596]

Everything looks beautiful! Question about your Jensen Urn. Do you leave urns empty or plant in it?

[@growformegardening]

We emptied our small urns because the soil came out with the plants. For the urn we will have to decide what the plan is.

[@tinacolbourneart1091]

Awesome video guys 👌, good job, it looks amazing. I have to do the same to my garden this year. All my gardens are straight lines and I really hate them and want a more organic shape.

[@growformegardening]

It takes some time to round them out but it's worth it

[@barbarawall9473]

The new edging lines look amazing. Looking forward to seeing the finished project. 🌷

[@growformegardening]

Me too!

[@patriciaflores2776]

Awesome edging!! you guys selected beautiful new shrubs&evergreens🌄🌱

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much!

[@lajoyceneafus3021]

I enjoyed the expansion tour of the garden. Did your area need the rain? Thanks for sharing.

[@growformegardening]

I think we are right about average for rain this spring.

[@SHARONRENEA15]

Love watching the evolution of your garden! The end result is going to be gorgeous!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much!

[@ScaredOfPlasticBags]

So fun to see your process. I'm in the process of digging out tons of daylilies.

[@growformegardening]

oooh those aren't fun to dig

[@Patricia-lg8vg]

at 14:48 there is some sort of weeping pine - may I ask what that is please. Happy for you and the new beds!

[@growformegardening]

We have a Weeping White Spruce and a Weeping Norway Spruce

[@DeniseGiordano-yh9mh]

Wonderful perfect timing for me I was just about to create new beds!!!! Tu Tu

[@growformegardening]

Great!

[@eljardindelamorenita5863]

Your garden is beyond beautiful ❤

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much 😊

[@Cynthia-zz1vi]

Increasing those garden beds will allow many more plants, can’t wait to see all the colors once in bloom

[@growformegardening]

Can't wait!

[@terrinewnam203]

Love your videos… you pave the way for us… 😀

[@growformegardening]

haha thanks

[@gloriarogers90]

You showed how to use the edger to create the shape and size, but you still need to show how you removed the grass. That's the part I find the hardest. I hoped to see your technique for cutting the grass roots out and leaving behind as much dirt as possible. I ask this because I have numbness in my hands from the hard labor I am doing in the garden. Any easier tips would be helpful. Love your channel!

[@growformegardening]

Oh I wish there was an easy way to do it. For skinny pieces of the edge I pull it by hand...for the larger areas our friends used a flat shovel to loosen it from underneath and then roll it up

[@gloriarogers90]

Also, I just went back to your Oct 6, 2023 post and saw how you tackled it. You have better soil than I have! I'll endure. Thanks for all your inspiration!

[@growformegardening]

I'm glad you found that other video!

[@seriejohnson698]

That outline looks great.

[@growformegardening]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@erikaj9841]

it's going to be awesome!

[@growformegardening]

I think so too!

[@jacquiepeters8583]

I just subscribed and wonder where you are located? Loved this video and your garden is stunning

[@growformegardening]

Welcome! We are located near Albany, NY... about three hours north of New York City

[@jacquiepeters8583]

@@growformegardening not too far from me I am north of Toronto Ontario Canada and I think we might be in similar growing zone which is great because now I can try some of the amazing plants you have - rent small apartment and can only garden in containers for deck in full sun and front porch in partial sun / shade

[@growformegardening]

Oh that's fun! Do you follow The Chicago Gardener? Bethany is a great friend and also grows in containers

[@jacquiepeters8583]

@@growformegardening no but I will thanks

[@wandahuntoon8529]

looking good guys!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@todaysgarden2635]

Spectacular!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@jennetteojeda138]

💙👍🏻💙

[@growformegardening]

:P

[@casandradickinson8518]

Hi guys, I am thrilled to see the beds getting expanded, always love to see beds getting bigger😉more real estate coming up, yayyyy!!! I know you will always make it beautiful😃

[@growformegardening]

That's very nice to hear!

[@LULC0759]

I’m at the age I hire out the edging & reshaping. Last week I told my husband we will need to enlarge the Ruby Slippers Hydrangea beds once they grow more. He said just tell Dan when it’s time….music to my ears😂 But we still are the ones to plant the trees & perennials. Wish I could hire that out!

[@growformegardening]

haha. We are going to be doing some hiring for the mulch. Last year was brutal!

[@maryburrows1469]

Just recently discovered your channel and I'm already obsessed! Love your gardening style and I am really enjoying your videos! ❤

[@growformegardening]

Welcome!!

[@Thefamilyfarm1957]

You are going to need more property real soon awsome job

[@growformegardening]

Haha nah. Lots more room

[@soniewhitten4844]

absolutely beautiful!!! great job, thanks for sharing.

[@growformegardening]

Thx!

[@o.liliana2875]

I love the way you guys create new garden spaces, I'm getting so many ideas for my garden!..🙏

[@growformegardening]

Great!

[@lavenderbutterfly2160]

It's such hard work in the garden but it's going to be beautiful what an amazing job you guys are doing

[@growformegardening]

We are both feeling it today!!!

[@barbthreinen2628]

Can't wait to see it finished. Thanks! Beautiful as always.

[@growformegardening]

Next step is putting the drip in!

[@Ontariogardenlady]

Good morning! New subscriber here and new gardener! I am going to be making new garden beds this year so I am soaking in all garden bed making😊 Thank you 🌷🌸

[@growformegardening]

Welcome! I hope your gardening year is fantastic!

[@sandigarber5401]

So exciting!

[@growformegardening]

Yes!

[@christophertaylor9826]

Great job.

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@mwillis7791]

I love the Jensen urn! It is so classic yet modern. It will be perfect in your garden!

[@growformegardening]

I agree!