The Motivated Gardener & Other Activities
The Motivated Gardener & Other Activities
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A short video miniature landscape & Dicksonia Antarctica pruning
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Dicksonia Antarctica pruning and miniature landscape paving
House beam created by nature developed by hand
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This is a very easy way to create a beam for your indoor pleasure. A nice beam will give a sense of warmth and a cosy atmsphere
A flat roof from one shipping container to another
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flat roof spanning over 12 feet wide from one shipping container to another shipping container
Getting prepared for winter fuel
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Timber cutting and chopping for winter storage
The planting of this years potatoes and my new steel bench 🙂
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Gardening and other activities potatoes planted and my new work bench
Self sustainability experiment
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The direction of travel self sustainability with one careful considered step at a time
Shaping a hornbeam (carpinus)
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Shaping a hornbeam into a standard bring form into the garden
Wrapping up harvested winter onions & showing my current onions
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The final harvest of my winter onions and the current play of my summer onions
Removal of wither salad and preparing to harden off tender plants
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Removing winter salads preparation for harding of tender plants
hedge on stilts Carpinus betulus
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A description of how to create a formal display
Porcelain patio part 2
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Finishing a porcelain patio some cutting and marking out In this one
Hedge on stilts Carpinus betulus hornbeam
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pruning carpinus betulus hornbeam keeping a box head in shape
porcelain patio pt 1
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A lovely porcelain patio part 1 of 2 watch for tips feel good video
Trimming up an English yew Taxus baccata
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Shaping up an yew tree a light prune Stihl hedge trimmers
patio kandla grey sand stone
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patio kandla grey sand stone
Stepping stone wall
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Stepping stone wall
Garden transformed at little cost
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Garden transformed at little cost
sunken patio how i built
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sunken patio how i built
flowers veg and patio
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flowers veg and patio
Shaping a tree
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Shaping a tree
Tree Trimming
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Tree Trimming
felling a dead tree
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felling a dead tree
Niwaki Carpinus Deciduous
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Niwaki Carpinus Deciduous
Planting Bulbs for a floriferous spring garden
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Planting Bulbs for a floriferous spring garden
Echium pininana full flower
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Echium pininana full flower
How to transplant a yucca
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How to transplant a yucca
Niwaki trunk bending
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Niwaki trunk bending
Kohlrabi
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Kohlrabi
Topiary progression
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Topiary progression

Komentáře

  • @MiamiOutdoorSolution
    @MiamiOutdoorSolution Před 13 dny

    Very nice, what about drainage? Where is rain water being diverted too?

  • @MujoNatureArt
    @MujoNatureArt Před měsícem

    7 years now… update?? Thanks for the demonstration!

  • @MujoNatureArt
    @MujoNatureArt Před měsícem

    Okay… 2024 is here I imagine this thing is looking really nice now.. could you post a quick update.. even just a quick short would interesting to see! 🙂

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 Před 2 měsíci

    Short but sweet. Great to see you doing a bit of work. Beautiful plants from China 😮 wow. Gpdat video as always.

  • @poundermonster
    @poundermonster Před 2 měsíci

    Great video, do you need a sump pump for a sunken patio?

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 měsíci

      Nope just direct the rain water into a drain soak away leading 20 feet away I have a few in and not one was there an issue.

  • @dthomas4566
    @dthomas4566 Před 8 měsíci

    Yeah we all have this equipment just sitting around dumbass

  • @ladyjrider666
    @ladyjrider666 Před 9 měsíci

    Great video. Did you start this from a standard shrub?

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 9 měsíci

      Thanks yes a normal looking Taxus but it would be worth your while getting looking one with multiple stems pick 3 or 4 and development will soon become apparent

    • @ladyjrider666
      @ladyjrider666 Před 9 měsíci

      @@themotivatedgardenergarden7822 thanks. I'll have a go I think once I've found an interesting plant.

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 9 měsíci

      @ladyjrider666 great any every green look good , pine are cool red Robins all makes for a nice cloud prune...

    • @ladyjrider666
      @ladyjrider666 Před 9 měsíci

      @@themotivatedgardenergarden7822 thanks. They're lovely colours too. :)

  • @GlitterForeverr
    @GlitterForeverr Před 10 měsíci

    I would love to see what it looks like now. I’m interested in what the top looks like filled out. Update us please

  • @SabrinaClark-vz9re
    @SabrinaClark-vz9re Před 11 měsíci

    Way to go ! Connor that beam is awesome , Your a great teacher , would like to have a go 😊 pulling the beam you are popping my brain needs holy water ❤ 😅

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 11 měsíci

      Hi Sabrina Thanks for the praise ( I'm unworthy) I do like to pass on information I belive to be true and more importantly correct I always invite the kids to encourage can do growth and hard work ethics. Popping 😂😂 ya my blood vessels were popping 😅😅 Thanks

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 Před 11 měsíci

    That's a beautiful beam. Worth all the effort. 😊

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 11 měsíci

      Thanks Vincent it was worth the efford, Suits the room, and I enjoyed the whole process. From a lump of wood into a potential suspension for a swing 😅

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158

    You will never be homeless. I can just imagine your tree house when you were a child.

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před rokem

      😅Thanks Vincent ohhh a Huckleberry finn if ever there was one. Camp's and secret trap door for any unauthorised trespassers 😂l

  • @SabrinaClark-vz9re
    @SabrinaClark-vz9re Před rokem

    Hey Connor , Love your mix of different videos awesome roof I'm always delighted when your videos appear on my pop ups ❤

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před rokem

      Hi Sabrina , Yes, I will be doing more mixes than a DJ. Plenty of verity I hope one day to look back a know I gave a leg up on the subjects I will be covering 😊

    • @SabrinaClark-vz9re
      @SabrinaClark-vz9re Před rokem

      That is so super awesome 💕

  • @SabrinaClark-vz9re
    @SabrinaClark-vz9re Před rokem

    Awesome ❤ Very cool

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158

    Your like rocky cutting wood chopping wood your a fit looking man.

  • @SabrinaClark-vz9re
    @SabrinaClark-vz9re Před rokem

    Fabulous

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158

    Your a genius. Loved the spuds.

  • @leeedwards3783
    @leeedwards3783 Před rokem

    Hi. Just rhe video I needed. I am planning to build one of these and at present trying to plan drainage. Did you terminate the French drains into a soakaway etc or will the water just drain back to the soil through the pipes? Thanks

  • @t4t6cn4hoatay5
    @t4t6cn4hoatay5 Před rokem

    Hello I love your video Vb dcyu

  • @saraelk13
    @saraelk13 Před rokem

    How deep is it ?

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před rokem

      Hi Sara, I dug down 4 and a half feet after in went the stone the drainage the mortar and limestone slabs jow it from slab to top of the wall is 3 and a half feet.

  • @WJ-vj2jq
    @WJ-vj2jq Před rokem

    Great ! thank you for sharing

  • @gardentours
    @gardentours Před rokem

    Wow it looks so easy 👍

  • @gardentours
    @gardentours Před rokem

    Well done 🌲✂️👍

  • @AuraTrimCoMeath
    @AuraTrimCoMeath Před rokem

    Do you think that sunken pation would works against noisy road, that is passing a house in Virginia Co Cavan? Perhaps slightly deeper ones.

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před rokem

      Good qustion the main reason I built it out my back garden was due too wind and I can have a fire pit 🔥 in and out without the mess of Ash as for noise if the head level is around ground level as you say so if my one was deeper by a foot then yes and or adding some other noise vibration barrier dithch hedge small wall hugging a path way ect then yes it's has got to help noise reduction.Thats a good plan I like your idea well done 👏

  • @andrewmorris5947
    @andrewmorris5947 Před rokem

    How much was the equipment?

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před rokem

      Hi Andrew everything you see own from Slabs blocks sand cement pipes diesel petrol equipment required all in at 1100 or 1200 if your renting get the weekend rate or bank holiday and plough into it. Prices and edged north is this video but worth in non the less.

  • @Babo13
    @Babo13 Před rokem

    What did you do for drainage? Thanks

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před rokem

      As you look inward there is a linear drain on the left hand side I placed in the drainage before I layed a block this is collecting rain water that then is connected into two pipes and two soak pits. All of the lime stone slabs have a gentle run off towards. The drainage on the right hand side as you look in outside the wall one pipe circles around the back the other in five inches inder the slabs that one is a solid pipe the other pipes are the land drainage pipes. It took me four weeks to finish it between work and everything else but it has been worth it

  • @juliepuhr9806
    @juliepuhr9806 Před rokem

    How did you support the dahlia? The video doesn’t show it

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před rokem

      Hi Julie I hug the support around the flower stems and sink the leg 4 to 6 inches into the soil and that's a wrap

  • @sylviacheve7837
    @sylviacheve7837 Před 2 lety

    So beautiful! Bravo 👍

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 Před 2 lety

    Your like Edward scissors hands.

  • @gardentours
    @gardentours Před 2 lety

    Soooo many onions 👍

  • @TheBullsGarden
    @TheBullsGarden Před 2 lety

    Fantastic I enjoyed this video so much definitely will come in handy to me. I love onions and need to do a better job growing them

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      LOL that's it you grow better onions and I try gown water Mellons 🍉like your ones in your the garden 🍉👍👍

  • @davydes859
    @davydes859 Před 2 lety

    👍👍

  • @sylviacheve7837
    @sylviacheve7837 Před 2 lety

    Congratulations, beautiful and very well maintained vegetable garden, yes horse manure does good. Bravo 👍 👏 🇫🇷

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      Hi Sylvia 🇫🇷👍 I belive and from my experience horse manure it's fantastic for vegetables it is just so well balanced for a plants foraging needs.Thanks

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 Před 2 lety

    I nearly started crying watching this video. All the onions. They looked magnificent onions. Love them in my omelette and stew great video.

  • @LCOF
    @LCOF Před 2 lety

    The soil is the main worry for me. 14 years ago when I moved into this house I removed a heck of a lot of soil as the previous owner decided raised gardens were in vogue. It was raised by about three feet and covered with heavy concrete slabs. Being in my mid 20’s I went at it with a shovel and cleared the lot in a few days. If I try that now I’d end up bedridden. My lower back is tingling just thinking about it. The only issue I have with a lot of sunken gardens is the concrete/stone seating areas. They don’t look too comfortable and you can’t really sit back and rest your head. I’d probably cover it with decking, I find wood adds some warmth and softness, as well as soft furnishings of course.

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      Hi Zizi, oh mind your back you only have one we all should listen to our body's a bit more but don't let that stop you if you have work to accomplish slow and steady... Your quite right Stone seating can be cold and not comfortable but as you say soft cushions or the right type of timber makes all the difference. I only use this patio some evenings to plan or the odd game of chess a space away from the house is I found a great place to relax sunken or raised peace is what's achieved.

  • @emagelo4849
    @emagelo4849 Před 2 lety

    Nyimak bosku 😘 salam santun dari pendatang baru ❤ semoga sehat dan makin sukses lagi kedepannya Amin 🤲 🤲

  • @rosesice992
    @rosesice992 Před 2 lety

    love the idea with the rake. 1st time I have seen that done👍☘️

  • @marivic34
    @marivic34 Před 2 lety

    Wow nice garden vegetables hello po new friend her Godbless watching from Isabela Philippines

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      Hi Mamami in the Philippines small world now thanks for the comment lots of change happening at the moment different vegetables growing take care

  • @ZaynMusic555
    @ZaynMusic555 Před 2 lety

    I'm honestly impressed by the time and effort you put into these videos, Keep it up!💛🧡🧡🧡

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      Hi Zayn thank you, I should place a bit more effort into the channel to be fair start brining a camera with me more often 😅 some times I do something and I think I should of recorded that.🤭🤭👍

  • @TheBullsGarden
    @TheBullsGarden Před 2 lety

    Nothing like picking those fresh greens during the cold season poly-tunnel is nice

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 Před 2 lety

    I was getting hungry watching you in there but i have a packet of flat leaf parsley fresh Irish herbs in my pocket as you do and now I'm happily munching on my parsley. Great video.

  • @Yoosi2020
    @Yoosi2020 Před 2 lety

    👋, thanks for the great info! Does separation with the blade works also with quercus ilex?

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      HI thanks so much for the comment yes separation will work and will build up extra buds one cut will provide two extra buds

  • @gardensecret4220
    @gardensecret4220 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this video. I have been looking for a pleached tree for my small garden but they are so expensive. In my local garden centre they are selling 2m height tree for a reasonable price and was thinking of using this method to create some privacy but not take to much space of the garden. I have 2 question 1 the middle post was that bamboo? And how thick was it I would assume the tree would need a lot of support due to the weight of the trellis. Also how do you find this type of training with the wind? Thanks in advance

  • @hurlej02
    @hurlej02 Před 2 lety

    Wow!! Been looking for months for a video on creating a hedge on stilts. Thank you so much!

  • @Alan-iq2nt
    @Alan-iq2nt Před 2 lety

    Good stuff

  • @deirdrekehoe3710
    @deirdrekehoe3710 Před 2 lety

    They're looking fantastic. Thanks so much. Brilliant video, great directions!

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 Před 2 lety

    Never new there was so much to know about trees. Your a genius

  • @daphnajessalyn5081
    @daphnajessalyn5081 Před 2 lety

    3jlkr vur.fyi

  • @deirdrekehoe3710
    @deirdrekehoe3710 Před 2 lety

    Could I ask, did you need to use a frame to shape the trees?

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      Hi deirdre no frame I just planted them 32/34 inches apart and trimmed them front and sides once reached the desired height I topped them at that. Eventually the just knit together becoming full. I will make a video explaining the whole process this week and upload for your question maybe tomorrow 👍

  • @Vincentdonnelly5158
    @Vincentdonnelly5158 Před 2 lety

    A master class 👏 🙌 👌

  • @bagbypropertyservices7426

    That is very neat work - first class!

    • @themotivatedgardenergarden7822
      @themotivatedgardenergarden7822 Před 2 lety

      First class I will take that thank you Bagby gardening service 😁😁 porcelain a bit tricky but worth the effort