How to Create a Sun and Shade Garden | Ask This Old House

 2023-05-04 09:49:13   703 author:This Old House

In this video, This Old House landscaping contractor Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner design a garden that will work with their half-sun, half-shade yard perfectly, turning the homeowner’s backyard into a little oasis. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse. Jenn Nawada takes us on a house call to help a homeowner give new life to her light-challenged backyard. Jenn helps by building a drip edge that will help preserve the shed first. Then, she creates a sun and shade garden, using certain plants where the sun shines through and others in areas that are primarily shaded. The result is the backyard transformation that the homeowner was looking for. Where to find it? Jenn helps a homeowner install a drip edge around her shed and install a sun and shade garden with a Goshen stepping stone [https://www.originalgoshenstone.com/what-it-is] path. To install the drip edge, Jenn uses a shovel [https://amzn.to/440Dhci] to excavate a trench on each side of the shed doors about 7-½’ long, 12” wide, and about 5-6 inches; deep. Next, she borders the inside of the trench with steel landscape edging [https://amzn.to/446hQqm] and lines the sides of the trench with a landscape fabric [https://amzn.to/3AB9kC6] that is cut to size. Finally, Jenn fills the trench with beach pebbles [https://amzn.to/3V9pfkF]. To prep the garden, pull and discard weeds with gardening gloves [https://amzn.to/44bxpNq]. Then, break up the grass with a grub hoe [https://amzn.to/3LCWKJa]. Rake [https://amzn.to/3Veaq0f] any remaining sod roots and discard. Use a shovel to turn over the soil and incorporate compost [https://amzn.to/41L1nWZ]. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House Insider to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Materials Goshen stepping stone [https://www.originalgoshenstone.com/pricing] Steel landscape edging [https://amzn.to/446hQqm] Landscape fabric [https://amzn.to/3AB9kC6] Beach pebbles [https://amzn.to/3V9pfkF] Compost [https://amzn.to/41L1nWZ] Tools Shovel [https://amzn.to/440Dhci] Gardening gloves [https://amzn.to/44bxpNq] Grub hoe [https://amzn.to/3LCWKJa] Rake [https://amzn.to/3Veaq0f] Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app About Ask This Old House TV: From the makers of This Old House, America’s first and most trusted home improvement show, Ask This Old House answers the steady stream of home improvement questions asked by viewers across the United States. Covering topics from landscaping to electrical to HVAC and plumbing to painting and more. Ask This Old House features the experts from This Old House, including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor. ASK This Old House helps you protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home. Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG How to Create a Sun and Shade Garden | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/

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