How to Plant a Low-Maintenance Urban Garden - This Old House
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Planting a no-fuss city garden with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) Click here to SUBSCRIBE to the official This Old House YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thisoldhouse How to Landscape a Small Urban Yard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rtB3jK_oc&list=PLkJADc1qDrr_0NxtmzECiOWkr5de82kXV&index=109 How to Create a Container Garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsWzQCAT8nU&list=PLkJADc1qDrr_0NxtmzECiOWkr5de82kXV&index=141 How to Plant a Raised Garden Bed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzuuavHTq6c&list=PLkJADc1qDrr_0NxtmzECiOWkr5de82kXV&index=158 Shopping List for Planting a Low-Maintenance Urban Garden: - shrubs and flowering perennials - sand and compost, used to amend the soil - starter fertilizer - pine-bark mulch Tools for Planting a Low-Maintenance Urban Garden: - pointed shovel - wheelbarrow - garden rake Follow This Old House: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisOldHouse Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisoldhouse Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/thisoldhouse/ G+: https://plus.google.com/+thisoldhouse/posts Instagram: http://instagram.com/thisoldhouse Tumblr: http://thisoldhouse.tumblr.com/
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anyone know any of the plant species they were using?
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I would have used a larger ratio of compost to sand in the soil amendment. Either way, never add just sand to clay soil without a goodly amount of organic material. One recipe for bricks is clay and sand.
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Grass is highly overrated.
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