Big Trouble in Little Backyard

This backyard may be small but boy did it need some TLC (no not waterfalls). It had been left during Melbourne's second lockdown (early 2020) and then forgotten about. Luckily, that's what I'm here for. Really enjoyed this one and the clients were over the moon.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you to everyone who has viewed this, as well as any other of my videos. Don't forget to subscribe and turn on your notifications as there will be some great new content on its way very soon! 😊

[@carollykins9475]

Did you go back and do a follow up? It would be nice to see how the garden recovered.

[@jeanettamorgan1502]

Very thorough

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

@@carollykins9475 no I never did, this was a deceased estate and it was sold immediately after.

[@jazzquebec2847]

Unbelievable but truly true, you got it. I like the content of all your vids.

[@janicehales2958]

Bless you for not killing the roses. I know it's hard work to weed by hand but it just bothers me when yard guys just whack everything down. Good job!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Janice. It's all about what the client wants if you ask me.

[@mjackson3109]

With all the other lawn/garden care videos, I don't know how I missed yours. You did a great job and this was just the "fix" I needed while waiting on the weather to warm up enough to go work in my yard.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you, I appreciate your comment 😊

[@pennychurch7917]

Same here 1st time won't be the last

[@lisawaters2585]

Overgrown yards are like archeological digs, lol. Beautiful work, well done!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

It did feel like that!

[@GlitterPoolParty]

Very inspiring to see an overwhelming and impossible mess evolve into a beautiful and inviting space.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you Sarah 😄

[@icelandernova]

Amazing work. First time in the channel. Fiirst video. Congrats. Liked and subscribed 😀👍 Greetings and blessings from CHILE, South America 💪👵🙏🇨🇱🌈🍀🎶

[@zillehuma6913]

Awesome transformation and clean up 👍🎉

[@Angie-ci1lp]

You’ve done an AWESOME JOB! That yard has some great gardening space YOU MADE IT BEAUTIFUL! WOW!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you Angie 😄

[@sarinaedwards6705]

I enjoyed how you did the weeding around the garden bed 👍

[@lethagramlich417]

What an insane amount of work you did!

[@sweetlady4450]

That would be a sweet little garden area if they could keep it up. Good job with the clean up. I hope it gave them the desire to maintain it now.

[@graciemaca6996]

What a transformation!!! You really had your work cut out for you here! Hand weeding garden planters, trimming, raking, blowing off the cement, mowing, as well as rearranging all of those pots! I hope you were paid well for all your efforts!!! Nice job, man!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Gracie, it was a tough one. Amazing how much work can come from one small hard.

[@mdnoormdnoor8346]

Dear, I agree with Gracie, The guy knows how to mantain the garden...gd job done man...you are really creative...👍👍👍👍

[@silverforest4682]

You can tell it was someone's loved garden. They must have had something happen to them.

[@sallywaites8517]

These are my favourite transformations. Watching a once loved garden being brought back a total mess. Good job.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Sally. I enjoyed this one too.

[@lynnjasen9727]

The perfect little pocket garden! Terrific restoration. I don’t think I have ever before seen roses and cacti in the same garden. Is this common in Melbourne? I am looking forward to watching your older videos, and getting the new ones as they come out. 🇨🇦

[@leecarey4375]

Just found your channel and love it. And NO annoying music!!!!! Great job......looking forward to seeing more.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Cheers. Glad you like no music. More to come in the near future.

[@shqa574]

@@earthtrimgardens2249 The natural sounds are the best OST.

[@helenlindsay4056]

Packs a lot into a wee garden ,well done you ,felt for your fingers pulling the grass from around the roses ouch

[@dukkieb]

Thank you for clearing out the flower beds instead weed whacking them. Share in the video about the situation that led to the overgrowth. Also arranging pots was touching.TY! PS just read the previous comment and read the video note. oop.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

I always do my best to weed by hand where I can. I also generally try to avoid poison. Thank you for your comment.

[@graciemaca6996]

@@earthtrimgardens2249 Well said! Dispite taking precautions, I recently made the mistake of unknowingly getting into poison ivy while weeding. What a nightmare! I am relying on rubbing alcohol to cut the oils, since not much else works. Oh, the problems we get into while doing what we love!

[@bagpipes978]

I was SHOCKED to see potted plants where one could not see them at all until you cleared away all of those over-grown weeds and grass!! Just amazing and astonishing!! What a wonderful transformation! Great job!! Beautiful!!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Appreciate your support Jennifer 🙏

[@lisawaters2585]

Me, too, lol.

[@carollykins9475]

Wow, what a discovery, all those old beautiful plants and trees and pots! I would have loved doing that.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

It was an enjoyable job.

[@deniseroberts460]

Looks great👍🏼

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Cheers Denise.

[@joanstearns2457]

Wow! Huge difference❣️

[@kathleenahart1331]

That could be a magical garden space. You did a fantastic job cleaning it up. Owner should give it a good power washing and it would look cleaner.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you Kathleen.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

Great transformation. There was a nice small garden space underneath all that mess. Great job.👏👏👍🏻

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Cheers Samuel 👍

[@pennyneal2456]

I’d love if you were to go back when the owners have put it back the way it should be. Wonderful space.

[@PershijsmachnijKherson]

Thanks for sharing this video! Being here and enjoying this video, I feel so good! I like your channel, I will support you on this journey! Always believe in yourself and keep doing what you love

[@carolynclark950]

AWESOME JUST AWESOME

[@gailatkinson1908]

Where are your gloves? It scared me watching you reach into all those pots and weeds! Great job by the way!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you Gail. Always find it difficult to weed with gloves.

[@chichitex1252]

I’m so happy you didn’t just tear everything out. Someone had really loved and collected that gardens’ contents and I’m hopeful new owners will try to keep some of the beautiful plants. It could really be a sort of fairyland!

[@kirstib1]

Just today told the husband that we need one of those chainsaws on along pole!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

They are very handy.

[@andeebee2530]

That made a big difference! It’d be good if you could give a short intro while filming the place at the beginning, a lot of people don’t read the description

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you for watching and for your feedback. I'll definitely do that moving forward 👍

[@meegan3643]

Looks great. A lot of hard work went into tidying this up. Your poor back got a workout!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Meegan. Yep it sure did.

[@sylviacheve7837]

Wow this job needed to be done by a patient gardener, never ending pots! Bravo 👍👏

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you Sylvia 😄

[@CatMcEntire1958]

kudos for respecting the plants. nice job. I'll weed with you anytime..

[@sylviasanchez585]

What a clean up, it looks so much better. Great job. 👍

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you Sylvia 😊

[@janetneo4272]

Good work n what a great transformation. The house owner dont bother to take care of their garden.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Unfortunately this was a deceased estate. That's the reason it was let go.

[@billrobbins5874]

Nice clean up of a small space. Incredible with all that overgrowth those roses look so very healthy! No black spot? 👍👍

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

From what I recall no the roses were healthy. Thank you 🙂

[@senemulku1299]

Wow you did a excellent work in the garden bravo 👏

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Senem. This was a fun one 😊

[@rosehill1595]

So when are you coming to my yard?:) Good job!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

If you are near by Rose I'd be happy to 🙂

[@raymondhampton590]

Nice 👍 now all it needs is a good pressure washing

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Spot on mate. Didn't have one back then unfortunately.

[@lightloveandawake3114]

💗😊💕good job💕😊💗

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you 😄

[@judyfenske1429]

Thanks for the trying to shake off as much dirt as you could. "Black Gold", soil.

[@almosthome5971]

I'll bet that was hard enough to move around in, minus the camera. Great job! 👍

[@blue_eyed_txlady]

The birds aren’t happy with you disturbing their hiding spot lol

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Haha, very true.

[@orleide53vieira30]

Ótima limpeza Só falta vc usar luvas pra proteger suas mãos

[@MsChris23456]

You Aussies have such beautiful gardens in your compact yards. I admire your creativity and the energy to create them.

[@marciasilva6244]

tantas coisas bonitas se estragando, vasos cheios de plantas se estragando no meio do matagal, e incŕive no quintal da casa.

[@olgadodge4904]

This person sure liked to plant a lot of stuff but then didn’t take care of the plants! 😢

[@cdixon2011ify]

Wonderful work. Such a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing!

[@mariaines7244]

Gente como pode ter uma casa com tanto lixo da nojo coitado de vc

[@colleenkarayiannis8814]

that was certainly a ''potty'' garden

[@lariette856]

Absolutely amazing transformation!!!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you so much 😀

[@judyfenske1429]

I do like the way you stay in one area to complete the clean up. No wasted movement.

[@shqa574]

This looked like a weed garden. LOL Very nice cleanup! First time viewing your channel.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

I appreciate your support. Thank you 😄

[@jodibaba9483]

Awesome. Now they need to get the concrete power washed

[@dickdastardly24]

weighted lunges on those pots mate! LLLLLLLEEEEEEEGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSS 🤣🤣🤣

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Drumsticks anyone?

[@lisab.1595]

Wow, a lot of bending and stooping. My knees hurt watching you 😁. I used to have a lot of planters, being a gardener, then one day I just picked them all up, gave them away, and now only have maybe 6-8 pots left. Sometimes we gardeners get a little carried away with pots....lol. You did a great job, looking forward to your next video.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Lisa. New video up in the next day or two.

[@cesare3542]

Hand weeding a cluttered yard. Wow, Good show Earth Trim.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you! This place definitely needed some TLC.

[@olgadodge4904]

I bet when you were done that day you were seeing pots in your sleep?? Beautiful job.😊

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Haha very possibly!

[@francisjohnson665]

What a difference. 👍👍👏👏

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Cheers Francis.

[@sandrasmith1856]

Wow you are so good. I hope you become well known for uou excellent work..

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Really appreciate that Sandra 🙏

[@louiZiana-Gurl]

Soooo satisfying and relaxing! Turned out Beautiful 🥰

[@miriam2909]

That was a small yard big job!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

It certainly was!

[@GreenBeeExplorer]

Wow it is looking great. Love gardening. I am a Garden and more Vlog like you. Spring is here and I am ready to get started again.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you for your support.

[@brendamanning4212]

Looks great!,i like how you got the grass out of each pot.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Brenda. Can't leave a job half done.

[@janjones9748]

Did a great job. Thank you for NO MUSIC on your video

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you Jan. My pleasure 🙏

[@sandypratt8951]

💚👍👍👍

[@avrilpeters5900]

I've got some weeds in my back yard i tried a couple of different remedies they didn't work except for vinegar but I just have to get lots more

[@arleeparker5036]

You had such a positive attitude about getting in there to clean it up. Yes, very small garden. You could hardly turn around in there. Good job. Good editing. Good video. From Minnesota USA.

[@faragraf9380]

its a nice little garden, but taken as trash area, like lot people do. But garden is for relaxing. best humus, you can do in herbs or flowers. good job.

[@dianykuhlenbeck2540]

So glad I found your site! Much much better than just wacking EVERYTHING down!

[@valeriacamposdasilveira2735]

Nice job and I did appreciate the way you respected the plants. 😊😊 However, you need to improve recording to go beyond small parts of the soil loosing the understanding of the garden as a whole. Thanks!

[@christineannematias5138]

Wow that soil looked so good and dark no wonder the grass that was growing in it looked so lush and green.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

It certainly was rich.

[@kathleencreighton3094]

Wonderful job. Sometimes small spaces are more difficult to put right.

[@karenmetz4500]

Could you lift the camera I can't see the house or where you are in perspective of an over view, thank you, 💖great job.

[@pamelafrazier2042]

Do you ever worry about snakes sticking your hands up in that high stuff?

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

In this type of grass/yard not so much.

[@texasred2702]

If it's cold enough to have to wear a heavy jacket like that while doing physical labor, it's too cold for euphorbias. The ones in the pots are dying. They're not like cacti, they can't winter over in the garden if it gets down into the 40s or lower.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Hey. Thanks for your comment. It actually wasn't winter, just a cooler than usual morning. Also, my job this time around was to simply tidy up the garden 👍

[@pfurr281]

Great video great job looks so much better,wish I knew the name of that beautiful rose.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

It's a beautiful rose isn't it.

[@dominion1999]

The patio is so small there’s no need to have grass. If the owner likes pot planting, you can make a beautiful patio with hard floor. It can be easier to maintain.

[@Helen-l3i]

Cleaning flower beds is my forte, i love seeing the plants not hindered by grass and weeds, all i use in the beds is a hand trowel which can be very time consuming, but very rewarding!

[@denisedenton365]

that was one hell of a job. Well done

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Denise! Was a bit of work for sure.

[@suzannehudgins4016]

Eek! Where are your gloves? What about snakes! I cringed every time you stuck your hand in the bushes 😬😂. Great job. So nice that you go the extra mile.

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thanks Suzanne. I've always struggled with gloves to be honest.

[@carolineschulze344]

How on earth is that rose growing in a pot with no soil? Well done with that difficult garden.

[@BIJOU167]

Why no gloves?

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Fair question. I struggle to grip the smaller tougher weeds with gloves on.

[@TheLncat]

Loved the meticulouseness of your job!!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

I appreciate your comment Leonora 🙏

[@avrilpeters5900]

ROSES NEED TO BE PRUNED OCCASIONALLY CAN ANY OF THE POT PLANTS BE SAVED

[@patriciaviant3745]

I would be topping up those pots with soil from the raised garden!

[@pennychurch7917]

Didn't care to much about their flowers to let it get in that shape

[@deborahdavis3639]

Doggone looks like somebody planted grassseed!

[@orlahosmer3252]

You should wear a gloves when doing gardening I think...so much junk in this small garden..you've done a good job cleaning it..

[@diannarizzutto3160]

Wonderful job,such good work

[@lindasbackyardgarden728]

what type of string in that trimmer? Man mine break one minute into the job. lol

[@smsucks7174]

No help? You are doing all of this alone? 🙁. Hope you get a helper at some point. ( unless Ofcourse, you literally prefer to do the work alone )

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

I do have help occasionally but most times I'm by myself. I do generally like it that way 🙂

[@beckylavine5486]

I just joined your group and you’re the first one I’ve seen who has pulled weeds. Bless you for doing things correctly!

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Thank you and welcome Becky 🙂

[@tinastafford759]

Looks good we are working on an area like that.

[@avrilpeters5900]

Would you agree the harder the job the more fulfilling when it's done

[@earthtrimgardens2249]

Agree 100%

[@glendahamilton4148]

Beautiful Just Joey rose.

[@taniapostatudocheles8422]

Que transformação

[@mercedesgalan1941]

👍👍

[@rebeccahobbs1643]

Now THAT was an awesome, backbreaking job!! Thank you for diligence! It looks superb!❤️