Remaking a Yard into Flowers, Food, Joy | Central Texas Gardener

Kristin and Ryan Harvey’s backyard was overrun with bamboo and the soil was lifeless. They asked, “What do we want in our dream garden?” Through permaculture, they restored the bond between soil, plants, and wildlife. Now, every morning is filled with flowers, fragrance, food they harvest, and teas from fruit and leaves. Always, they start and end the work day with discoveries and solace.
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[@robyn3349]

Thank you ❤!

[@crystalschendel3770]

I love watching these with my morning coffee. Lovely couple and a lovely garden.

[@barbaracole4314]

Trees are the start when redoing a landscape, they are essential

[@pamellasmith2503]

Adorable couple, they look alike , their concept is beautiful 🪴

[@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens]

Very enjoyable !!! Lovely garden and couple ! 🌱

[@bredear]

I love this video, they have done a beautiful job on their yard.

[@darlenesawyer6739]

I love being in the yard planting stuff and creating spots of interest but it would be more fun with a person who enjoys that with.😊

[@darlenesawyer6739]

If you know a friend in Tyler who likes to play in the dirt, let me know 🤣

[@theplantninja-texasgardener]

Beautiful garden and couple. Thanks for sharing! Completely agree that gardening changes you…it’s been an amazing settling process for me.

[@carlaephotography7096]

Thank you so much for sharing the names of the plants! And thank you for sharing the garden ❤

[@donnajoy6951]

Nice calming video. 2024 is about Hardscapes for me in North Texas. I will copy some of your Trellis that I saw in your video 😊

[@deezie78]

really loved this video, and their gardens are beautiful

[@scottvickrey2743]

Thanks for sharing your garden adventures. I was curious what soil type you originally had and what growing zone you're in? I enjoyed your garden tonight almost as much as you do every day. I started cover cropping a few years back and it has been a learning experience for sure. I live in canyon lake, and we have almost pure lime clay with the PH of 12-14, you could probably make pots with it. It took many years to get anything to grow in it. I threw a catalog of cover cropping seeds at it, each with a researched purpose. The Austrian winter peas worked and looked great for a year, but they require reseeding. The two seeds that worked the best and I don't buy or harvest them anymore because they are so successfully at reseeding themselves are hairy vetch and a piper sudan grass, they love central Texas. They pop up before you can plant outside and do very well her. Together they look like a display piece, so much so we reserve areas of the garden for them to shine. Then, I discovered golden rod. [music increasing] I didn't plant it, it just moved in from the wild. This stuff is an absolute gift to our garden. The goldenrod is all about my area. You don't have to do anything but watch it magically grow to 6 foot (mostly single stocks) in thick bunches and after a year plant some finicky plant in its old habitat and watch that plant love the soil. It has been amazing at getting the soil healthy fast, turning our clay pot soil into healthy soil in one year. Just cut a ripe broom-shaped seed head off and sweep the area that needs some major soil rehab, enjoy the green wall it makes followed by an explosion of gold blooms and the next year weed eat or mow the areas you don't want it to restart in a couple of times. I have found them easy to pull because the soil is so light and fluffy the next year because the soil is so healthy. The few weeks the golden rod was blooming I think at any moment when the sun was shining, we supported multiple happy beekeeper's hives. It was very loud when you got close to the stalks. The bees were so busy gathering they don't even notice you standing beside them. Happy gardening! 🌿🐞🌿

[@cecilianena6648]

😮where can we buy goldenrod??sounds like something i would love to have.just did some search and read they have great medicinal properties too

[@angel.heart007]

Seems like they didn’t even waste money making a raised flower bed! That’s great! They just used bricks.. wondering if they dug out the dirt and filled it with purchased soil or just mulched it? Anyone have any guesses? I really want to make a simple bed for plants🙂

[@stephaniesyed7909]

If you don’t want to dig out a slightly raised bed, you could top dress with compost and cover with mulch!

[@gratefulgardens8398]

I’m having no luck sprout moringa seeds. Any tips?

[@sandyellis4387]

Where in Texas?

[@CentralTexasGardener]

Austin.

[@CentralTexasGardener]

And we taped this in November after a first cold spell. Right now in spring, it's absolutely exploding!