Building a Stepping Stone Garden Pathway｜Kitchen Garden Update｜Flagstone Walkway DIY｜GardenMakingEP4

[@galastudio9]

Thank you for watching our {Garden Makine} series video EP4! Let me know if you have any questions or comments! Will try our best to answer! Enjoy a beautiful autumn day~🍂 感謝觀看我們的造園紀系列影片第四集。歡迎提問，我們會盡可能回答。祝你有个好秋日～

[@thequietcatlife]

Just discovered you both and I am having fun watching you build everything from scratch. taking notes too for my future garden! beautiful content.

[@douniaanir]

This is so so so satisfying 💖

[@mmp495]

Gorgeous flagstone pathway. ❤

[@douniaanir]

The view from the top is simply stunning ✨

[@galastudio9]

Hahaha turns out the investment on our small drone was worth it

[@douniaanir]

@@galastudio9 Ah really? Now, l can hardly wait to see the final result of your garden (from the top) 💖

[@nishisworld8561]

So beautiful garden like like 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽🥰

[@galastudio9]

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[@tykiu0939]

nice I'm up with the upload schdule again, have been waiting for quite a bit but good work as always 👍

[@galastudio9]

Thanks for your support as well!

[@fleurdwicooking4570]

Very beautiful foot path, it gives me ideas on how to do with my garden, thank you so much!

[@lovingitcountry4203]

Your backyard project is coming along great. Love DIY’s 💕

[@galastudio9]

thanks, more to come, stay tuned!

[@lisahahn173]

I love your content and style of filmmaking. The weed barrier can be controversial among gardeners. But the fact is, in this application it serves two purposes. Weed suppression and more importantly it provides separation between the different materials, especially the small chip granite. This helps stop the migration of one material into the other. I like the final look!

[@galastudio9]

Thank you for the comments! Now looking back, we really would have installed 2 layers of weed barrier there, tons of calendura are currently growing out of gravel at the moment 😅

[@videosquared]

Looking good! the stones are so pretty :D

[@1jbegic]

Not to be negative, but when you already spend $, you should do it right with the base preparation. You should have added at least 4-inch gravel first and compacted for proper drainage. Then add finer DG gravel, then screed with the proper 1/8 leveling grade to avoid puddling. Then you add your stones on top and use whatever is between the rocks. As you can see at @7:28, when you walk on those stones, they are moving/ breathing underneath, and they will shift and perhaps break over time. Also, those gravels on top will fly arround when you clean/ blow your leaves. It looks nice, and I like the look of them, but they are pain to maintain. There is a product called "ekoflo", it's expensive but it permanently keeps those small rocks from flying arround.

[@galastudio9]

Really appreciate your constructive input sir. We did a patio with ceramic paver later on, which used the exact construction detail you mentioned here, it works well for a project that is close to house or paver has low tolerance during installation. For this project per se, first of all since it is a natural setting and our flagstone are pretty thick(1.25"+) it wouldn't be too much of a issue directly laid ontop of the grade, there was a little bit of flex in the begining, but after foot traffic for a month and the mositured california winter(when soil is softer) they set firmly into the existing soil now. drainage wasn't too much of a concern, since the flagstone are "floating" in our garden bed and our (soil percolates pretty well). Since we did the project on our own, we also wanted the construction to be less labor intensive. We heard of ekoflo , and you are totally right about their cost...for us we had a pretty streamlined workflow to clean the leaves now, we have a leaf blower, and there is sweet spot in the power setting where you can lift up the dead leaves but not the gravels, we would usually then simple blow all the additional leaves into the flower bed as mulchs.

[@綺異果]

上次聽你說整理佈置庭院很累人，今天看影片真的覺得你們那麼用心，弄的庭院愈來愈漂亮，真是令人期待~~ 話說那個玉米也太Q了吧🤣

[@galastudio9]

谢谢🙏， 确实现在体力劳动的部分很大，之后到了种植就好多了～ ps 玉米的味道倒是一样的

[@fernandanolasco4320]

🤩 How do you manage the cleaning of the leaves on the gravel?

[@galastudio9]

hi we use leaf blower to blow them into the plant bed area around, they will work as mulch as well

[@peachcatdheegi9071]

I am very excited about your next video. I have a small balcony garden. I have edible plants in my garden. I need some new plants can you recommend me some plants? Gardening is one of favourite thing. Your videos are always inspiring.

[@galastudio9]

Thank you! But to your point, you probably have to provide me with more detailed info in order for me to make a suggestion, like your climate, orientation, available sun hours, how much maintenance you can provide etc

[@peachcatdheegi9071]

@@galastudio9 It's rainy season right now. The weather is kind of hot and windy too. The orientation of my garden is north-south orientation . Available sun is about 9 hours. I can provide as much maintenance as it takes.

[@galastudio9]

@@peachcatdheegi9071 9 hours is a lot of sunlight! You have many choices! Per you condition i feel like succulents are a great option to try out. They love sunny hot climate, easy to maintain, and are compact to fit in a balcony garden. If you like flower, rose might work as well, they have many varieties! Some cascading varieties can even hang from your balcony, creating a stunning view! I highly recommend you visiting the local nursery to see what they offer, because they will usually provide the most suitable plants to grow in your area. Plants have they growing zone (mine is hardiness zone 9b). 😉

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

How do you like your half moon trellis?

[@galastudio9]

we have upgraded to a cattle panel for more surface area

[@Jennifer-on8ln]

Your garden is so beautiful 😍 how much time do you spend on it? I suppose you both also work full-time?

[@galastudio9]

Yes, we are all working full time, it actually will take quite a bit time especially during the construction phase,we will spend an hour or two during workday, more hours in weekends for the more laborious task.

[@jiatongchen2836]

How many cubic yards did you use for the golf gravel?

[@galastudio9]

We bought 5 cubic yard for the whole backyard

[@jiatongchen2836]

Wow that’s a lot😆 which rockery did you go?

[@galastudio9]

@@jiatongchen2836 that is actually not enough yet🥲 we went to American soil and stone in Richmond

[@jiatongchen2836]

@@galastudio9 😆

[@jiatongchen2836]

Lots of rockery stores don’t allow hand-pick a large amount of California gold flagstone. It seems your store allow. Will go sometime

[@WyrdHag]

Very beautiful and interesting, but why is the man doing all the work? 🤣 Women are strong too!!

[@galastudio9]

lol she did help building when she wasn’t recording with camera

[@fredericamay138]

vay.fyi smashing