How to select privacy plants to design a natural screen 🪴 Private backyard landscape design

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[@someguy5927]

I planned all of my landscaping myself, using youtube primarily for info. There really isn't a lot like this so please keep up the great work!

[@jacquibeaton3295]

Thanks for reminding everyone about the critical place of native plants in local ecosystems. I'm loving your channel. 🌱🌼

[@JEBavido]

We decided to remove the wild row of miscellaneous mess growing through our back fence and threatening the overhead power lines. There are so many things to take into account! First, the neighbor can’t maintain his side of the fence row, and we can’t access it to do it for him. Any spot that’s unkempt grows poison ivy, so the fence row on our side is a hazard to us in spots that we keep fighting. The birds LOVE the fence row, so we need to grow an alternative before removing it. We want to use native plants. We’re also looking around at what was already on our acre and maybe use what we’ve noticed that the birds love, even if they aren’t native, but ONLY if they won’t be aggressive and spread through the neighborhood. We selected where to make a new row of plants away from the power lines that we could maintain all the way around, got some natives from a reputable source, planted them during this year’s wet and cool spring, got hit with over six weeks of high heat and no rain… poor things! They’re still alive but looking terrible. Anyway, long rant just to say there are so many decisions to make concerning the simple chore of cleaning up the back fence!🙄

[@mimishope3266]

I feel your struggles. I have persistently trying to clean up a mess that borders my yard. It is very difficult when the neighbors do nothing. I am in my third case of poison ivy rash right now.

[@soniatriana9091]

Wow! Great video! I have no lawn anywhere on my property. The front yard is especially colorful filled with roses, irises, ground-cover, day lilies; the flowers are constantly blooming - so there’s always color, plus there shrubs, a nectarine, fig, lime, quince, & 2 pomegranate trees in my front-yard. In my backyard, I have roses, perennials, irises, & daisies, to name a few, plus 20+ fruit trees. My maintenance is minimal, but pruning is needed & the fruit tree’s definitely need minimal to major pruning annually!

[@elise1544]

This is a great video! You're awesome, love that you're advocating for native plants

[@linguaphile42]

This is so good it's worth two viewings! I went with wax myrtles across the back of the property because they were free, and they did well for about eight years, but now half have died -- not sure why. They are natives, at least, and grew nicely, but are not sufficient now to block out my neighbors. Thank you so much for all the ideas and reassurance!

[@stampinghippo7157]

WOW! All your content is packed to the prim with gardening wisdom and a high value for nature and wildlife. Love your approach, it´s always a peasure to watch your videos.

[@CindDJo]

I love your videos. You give me so many ideas that I never thought of before. I'm a little braver now. :)

[@r1zwana]

Awesome content! I have 4 acres with probably 2 acres of lawn. I hope I can come up with a solution to minimize the lawn by 50% or more. Looking forward to watching all your videos! Thanks!

[@kathyzakharyuk8050]

Excellent information on “private screen” planting! I’m someone who loves neat & pattern looking landscape and at first was concerned things would look messy unless I used the same kind of plants/trees on repeat. But you totally gave excellent options on how to still achieve this overall :) thanks

[@bekas6172]

I would love some tips on how to increase privacy along property lines with overhead power and cable lines.

[@scottbrady8565]

You aught to check out Eve’s previous videos on privacy. This video just helps with plant selection.

[@laliday]

I have the same problem. The power and cable companies tend to cut everything below the lines without regard for trees. My plan is to move the trees inward a few feet so that they are not directly below the cable lines. Using trees that don't grow beyond 12-15" should help too. Trimming them when necessary. I also love how she recommends a mix of trees. Some are very narrow like arborvitae so that ultimately can help maintain their tall look without much trimming. I'm hoping that moving everything 4' away from below the line can minimize interference of the cable/power companies.

[@es-hs9fd]

“Don’t be afraid to branch out.” LOL! Very witty gardeners joke. Great information here. Thanks so much!

[@evalindell2757]

I love this! 💚 I hope you keep the course and other videos to look at later?!? I am too busy to see all now, as in Sweden, where I am, it is perfect planting time and I have a new garden 😊 (like Christmas for us garden lovers) 🍀

[@scottbrady8565]

I heard good things about the Purple Pillar Rose of Sharon by Proven Winners. It’s like other Rose of Sharons, but only gets 2 to 3 feet wide but 10 to 15 feet tall. Ideal for small yards with plenty of sun.

[@justlooking4771]

Thank you for the in-depth videos! I’m more or less starting from scratch in my backyard and want to do this right the first time. Thank you from Virginia Beach!

[@wyndiefeatherstone948]

Wow you are amazing! Thank you!!

[@dmoro67]

You are a rock star! My new favorite YT channel.

[@shirleyandrews1152]

I like your idea of planting a variety of plants. I’m doing research now on evergreen flowering shrubs. There are so many beautiful wonderful plants out there. I lost 7 big old trees in the Camp Fire in Paradise Ca. Only 1 tree is coming back from the roots, it’s a native Black Oak.

[@Abdi.Yamotahari]

Excellent presentation, Thank You. Great Information. In a process of creating some privacy screens for the back yard and find this video very helpful. Your suggestion about standing in various spots and check the line of sight is a great idea. Thanks and Blessings to you,

[@Amy-qt7md]

Thanks!

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Great video. I'm definitely following your recommendations on how to select the right plants to protect my backyard garden. . 🌹🌻🌼

[@wolvessmileback]

Thank you so much for the info, I love your ideas!

[@doriannemosich232]

You are so helpful, experienced thank you!

[@user-ut4zw6so6o]

Very helpful thanks so much

[@tonyalewis9053]

I found a local landscape company that specializes in Native plants and will do consulting work too.

[@brendamcelyea1246]

Excellent video, thank you!

[@saradowning1156]

Which CAD program are you using? Great info!

[@theodorauta]

Damn wish I could afford your course😭

[@23Bentley45]

Fabulous channel!!!

[@rahush9515]

Hi I see that you have an online course for diy landscaping. I would like to do landscaping for my yard and plant and make beautiful spaces . Will this course help me do it specifically for my space ? Thankyou much Your videos are really helpful. I like them

[@krspurrier]

Great video! You are awesome!

[@chrisg220]

What software are you using in 2:30

[@TimMangat]

what is the name of the software being used in the video

[@shrinkingviolet3]

It would be nice if she would answer these questions,

[@GDSavingThePast]

Great content especially for someone like me that is just learning about gardening. I do have a question about sheet mulching. I have been accumulating brown cardboard boxes with the intention of using it with mulch. It has been very rainy here this Spring so the garden projects I have planned are going very slow and in the mean time I am running out of space to store the cardboard. There is an area of my yard that I will be tackling next year that is always a weedy problem. Since I will not be ready to order any mulch until I finish my current projects, can I just lay the cardboard down over this weedy area with a few rocks on top to hold it down without mulch on top and then sometime in a few months put mulch on top of the cardboard. Thanks for the help GD

[@esscee2520]

Yes, you can. Worms might nibble away at the bottom layer of card, but other than you donating some carbon to the soil in that area instead of your planned area, all good. Useful tip I got at a permaculture course this year was to put my cardboard boxes outside on the ground in the rain before I cover them in mulch and the tape is much easier to remove once the card is wet from the rain. It has rained virtually non-stop here in the Waikato NZ for the last 18 months, so it has been a great tip.

[@GDSavingThePast]

@@esscee2520 Thank you

[@patloayza8613]

What software program do you use?

[@juliemoses1909]

Don’t be afraid to branch out. 😂

[@joybill5466]

😂😂😂

[@arlenecam4239]

This is great ! Our neighbor sometimes surprises us by saying hello there! And offer vegetables! Which is a nice gesture but I just want to do my thing in the backyard alone .

[@mavisjones4750]

Conifers are not my favorite plants. They remind me of the cedar Christmas trees that certain members of my family used when I was growing up. Also, for me I don't even really need the privacy as I love being able to talk to my neighbors and they talk to me whenever I'm outside. What privacy I needed is created by my privacy fence. That being said, when I installed my fencing, I decided to use the one neighbor, who already had fencing, as my 4th side. Planting on that side of the back yard is to hide the hideous wood privacy fence. (I went with a wood tone vinyl). While I love this neighbor, like most folks around here with wood privacy fences, it's not taken care of, so it's hideous. Except for 3 plants, everything else that I've planted along the fence will be in the 4 - 6 ft range. The 3 plants that will be over 6 ft were planted because I liked the plants and not for privacy. I've used a mix of deciduous and ever green shrubs.

[@jabjab6156]

Love you videos, but if you could slow down your speaking. You talk so fast it's hard to take it all in. Thanks

[@kerrygainfort7821]

If you go to settings (top right corner when you tap the screen), you can choose "playback speed" & slow it down to what suits you 😊

[@user-wu7wj2el5e]

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[@rosainecalmeyer4428]

Wow, I can’t keep up with you

[@cancer2361964]

i want to do landscaping to sell my house. it is 4x4m. what can i do.

[@gardenprojectacademy]

Hi there! This is a whole masterclass, but my quick advice is to keep it simple, neaten up the edges (anywhere two materials interact, like lawn and mulch), properly prune any messy-looking plants, apply some mulch, and maybe plant some affordable flowering annual plants (depending on the timing). This blog post is not an exact fit (more focused on someone with a new yard hoping to clean things up), but I do talk about some of these tips in more detail: www.gardenprojectacademy.com/how-to-quickly-clean-up-a-messy-landscape/ Hope this helps!! Good luck! 💕🌱

[@diannehernandez1450]

It would be more helpful and more enjoyable to listen to if you slowed down. Thanks.

[@thomasmosley1817]

I just found your KZbin channel and found it very informative!!! I enjoyed watching your videos, however I find that you run the pictures too fast and also would prefer that you slow down your speaking! It’s hard to absorb what you’re trying to convey! Otherwise I really like your videos! LadyJMo

[@Lik3ToSing]

I can never get rid of bamboo in my yard

[@nancylarson3362]

❤️

[@karenolson5556]

Honey...you talk too fast...I'm not catching it all!!!

[@akristen4971]

There is a setting to slow the video speed

[@Dixi379]

You can pause and go back, it’s not live tv

[@josanders1428]

You are talking waaay to fast. What is the hurry.

[@Silrielmavi]

You can set the speed slower if that's helpful to you, it's in the settings of the video. I enjoy the speed she speaks at since I usually listen to KZbin videos at 2 times speed 😊

[@misterphib]

Lol…

[@Dixi379]

It’s 11 minutes long already and its free content, it’s a perfect pace for KZbin.