Building a Japanese Garden in my Backyard!
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- čas přidán 16. 03. 2021
- This is the story about how I built a Japanese Garden in my own backyard, with my own bare hands, and with no help from any contractors or experts. The video quality is a little crude at first but it gets better I promise. Bonus video at the end: the "mini tool temple" stop motion timelapse! Thanks for watching!
Plant list:
japanese hakone grass (wasn't doing good in the deep shade)
japanese maple
dwarf weeping blue spruce (doing OK in the shade but not great)
golden juniper shrub (not doing good, looking very thin, probably too much shade, but still alive)
creeping juniper (doing a lot better)
redbud tree
lilly of the valley
hosta
meadow rue (died, too much shade? not enough water?)
coral bells (one died, and the other is doing great)
ferns:
- japanese painted fern (died)
- ostrich fern
- frosty fern
- christmas fern (haven’t found any yet)
for the rock composition:
- boxwood (left untrimmed yet conical, or heavily trimmed into a bonsai)
- dwarf japanese maple? trimmed heavily every year
- golden dwarf hinoki cypress (doing great!)
- dward cypress cultivars (most of these died)
- moss (what I bought never turned green and I have sinse replaced with a lush field of clover)
- scottish moss (all died, was too shady and dry)
ground cover and vines:
- periwinkle
- english ivy
- wintercreeper
New this year:
- japanese pachysandra (in a container) - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Hey love this video! Do you have a list of the plants you bought? I’ve got a planter in front of my house that I want to turn into a Japanese theme. I live in PA so zone 6.
Actually I do have a list!
japanese hakone grass (wasn't doing good in the deep shade)
japanese maple
dwarf weeping blue spruce (doing OK in the shade but not great)
golden juniper shrub (not doing good, looking very thin, probably too much shade, but still alive)
creeping juniper (doing a lot better)
redbud tree
lilly of the valley
hosta
meadow rue (died, too much shade? not enough water?)
coral bells (one died, and the other is doing great)
ferns:
- japanese painted fern (died)
- ostrich fern
- frosty fern
- christmas fern (haven’t found any yet)
for the rock composition:
- boxwood (left untrimmed yet conical, or heavily trimmed into a bonsai)
- dwarf japanese maple? trimmed heavily every year
- golden dwarf hinoki cypress (doing great!)
- dward cypress cultivars (most of these died)
- moss (what I bought never turned green and I have sinse replaced with a lush field of clover)
- scottish moss (all died, was too shady and dry)
ground cover and vines:
- periwinkle
- english ivy
- wintercreeper
New this year:
- japanese pachysandra (in a container)
Bit of a tip for you, if I may be so bold! Instead of shovelling the gravel out of the pick up, try scooping it out with a bucket and then pouring it into the wheelbarrow. I find it quicker that way. Other than that, sit back and enjoy a well earned cold one in your new garden space, nice job!
I watch these videos and so many people think they can DIY there own design which comes out terrible. You are not one of those people. I really like the job you did. Small space but really nicely done. Congratulations on a beautiful space. Perhaps a small water feature.
THIS IS ICONIC!!!! YOU ABSOLUTELY ACHIEVED THE PERFECT AT HOME OASIS!!!! The clip towards the end of the boards being nailed individually is interesting! All I can think of is the work, love, and patience that was involved in between each frame! That's what social media doesn't show us! Bravo! Totally inspired!!! Amazing work!!!
JUST CLAPPING OVER HERE.... YOU GAVE ME HOPE! HUBBY SAYS THANK YOU... AMAZING JOB....we are excited to start... hubby also says thanks for the inspiration... we got this -- YOU sir inspired other humans on this planet... and that is what life is about!! thank you
What a beautiful transformation! You did an awesome job! Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
Dude your truck is amazing, love to see it getting used like that.
I love the cinematography!! Great work on the project and archiving it.
Very beautiful. I love the doggy and cat too.
This was one of THE MOST inspiring videos I have seen on CZcams in a long time. My back yard is a mess. We finally have the money to fix the fence and do something about it. You should "repost this" with a garden update.❤❤❤❤ Thank you!
I absolutely love your mini tool temple and reason for it. The great conjunction was such a powerful moment! God bless!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful, inspiring video! What a peaceful garden, welcoming for humans, dogs, and cats alike. ❤
Extraordinary thank you for sharing, learned some tricks and ideas. Awesome to see the whole family partaking, esp the fur babies! Great space for contemplation and refreshing. 🙏
I must say I'm "turning Japanese" in my own garden of late. Japanese style anyway. Plants closely pruned. A lot more space between the plants. Different ground covers of gravel, stone wood and bark etc. Loving it!
Wow! Love the amazing results! Lots of work but you must be so happy with the wonderful way it turned out. So relaxing. So beautiful.
Love how your dog was there throughout the journey. 🐾
It's always a good feeling when you got privacy and your own little sanctuary. 😌
Oh, it's absolutely lovely!! I've always wanted a Japanese inspired garden/backyard and this makes me feel like I can do it too. Well done!
Love the video and the way your garden turned out! Great job! Your dog is awesome and well-behaved by-the-way.
Congratulations ! A great japanese garden and video to boot.
You did a PHENOMENAL job!! Looks Beautiful!!😀👏🙌🤗😍💃💃💃💃
Great job! It looks beautiful and peaceful.
Great take on some Japanese elements in your small space. Loved the gate and use of trellis for fencing.
Nice work! Enjoying the videos and creativity
Now I’m jealous of your truck and your yard!
This is very well done! It looks fun, achievable, stress relieving, and a real eye pleaser. Thank you for sharing!
thank you so much!
@@ThisOldJalopy so I’d like to know where do you get the large rocks and smaller too. Not the gravel though. Nice job
Very nice great work . Love doing landscapes relaxes me and I absolutely love n enjoy doing it.
Very cool... particularly love the fence and gate. good job!!
Love it!! Great job!!
Great job. Very done on the Japanese Garden!
love the music change lol
that garden and that pickups patina is a beauty
Just beautiful thanks for sharing 💕
That’s super beautiful!!!!! I love it
Great job! Kinda makes me want to move to a house just so I could build something like this haha
Oh wow, awesome job!!! And video
Wow. A lot of work well done🌺
Dude, you do cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful transformation
Hey! We live in Derby, KS! This is so cool! I'd love to create something like this in my yard! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful 😻
Well done that man, congrats it looks great.
feeling inspired thank you
Thank you for watching! Glad I could inspire you!
Beautiful 🤩
Great design Japanese garden, the finishing touches, looks amazingly beautiful, new subbed here my friend👍
This is one of my favorite videos, I hope to get to do this someday!
Dude, fantastic job and love the dog
Your wife is a lucky woman. Great work!
Beautiful
WOW that's EPIC, Love love it, absolutely gorgeous. Is jealous. 1st time seeing this, now i'm hooked on your videos. from South Australia.
There's a set of principles and elements to achieve the Japanese aesthetic. This is a nice garden but not uniquely Japanese.
Party pooper.
Looks awesome! I like your fence. I need to get creative, so my pups don't destroy my zen garden that's almost finished!
Wow great video and very inspiring
Turned out so beautiful and relaxing! Did you follow a plan for the garden gate? I love it and keen to try something similar!
Feel the tranquility! ⛩️
Man looks great. Good job on the video too
Beautiful job!
Beautiful transformation. Now you just need a water feature to make it fully Japanese style ;)
Respect. Looks amazing. That jalopy of yours really takes a beating.
AWESOME!
So impressed with your hard scapes . Great job. Mind if I borrow a few of your ideas? From Massachusetts
I love your passion ❤️ 💕 🕊✌️☮️
this looks fab
This is awesome man, hoping to do’s one thing similar myself. Congrats on a job well done sir :)
Great job!
Pretty Nice Just Like The Star Wars Ending 👌💯
beautiful small Japanese garden, I love the idea of the conifers in the pots. I've got a small garden area Im hoping to turn into Japanese garden but its daunting how Im going to get any big rocks by myself and watching a guy struggle with a rock makes the rock thing even more daunting.
Agreed. I’m going to try hypertufa as lighter option to give stone looking elements
what da dawg doin
Cool garden we want to do something similar. If you want long term exterior wood protection try the Japanese technique Yaki Sugi then good beyond that coating the carbonized surface with a mixture of bees wax and boiled linseed oil.
So nice.
Have you considered planting Sago palms? Have you considered buying the cedar fence to give it the blackened look.SHOU SUGI BAN YAKISUGI
Nice truck !
The dog seems happy.
You should add an eye right in the middle of the pyramid
Awesome
The final fantasy 10 remix was a nice touch!
This is dope
wow man weldone..... wish I could be of help. love this
at 1:20 and Im sobbing NOT THE MOSS
nice job, drastic improvement. but i think you should hit that garden with a round 2 of improvements and it should include a more permanent solution for the pathway, and also groundcover whetehr it be planted or hardscape for those areas that are exposed soil
That shite is sic bro. Signed not a damn lawn jockey✊
Cute Pup
Looks like you Mahomezed it. Sorry from California about the Super Bowl
GREAT JOB .....CHEERS
Japanese? Japanese American? Or perhaps American Japanese? Very beautiful and inviting, great job 👏
🤦🏼♀️ There is always someone like you in the comments. It’s obvious that it is Japanese inspired. To which the Japanese would more than likely endorse as well taking into consideration they have given so many cherry trees etc. away as gifts to other countries. There are Japanese gardens in almost every country of the world and many universities.
Your comment is picky and condescending with a backhanded compliment at the end.
Japanese gardens are meant to symbolize peace & harmony for all. I assume you lean to the American garden side more than the Japanese garden side.
grate job..looks like at japanese spa backyard
Where you telling the stone to become lighter ?😂😂😂 love your garden
Lovely! very romantic...no doubt...you may enjoy this atmosphere lot!!!!
Goals 🤩
Nice Squareback.
Hi what tool did u use to cut the roots?
Not Japanese dude...but a great garden none the less...good job...
I got to say I thought the pyramid was going to be the puppy's home.
I need an ID on that DnB tune lol
You are going to need to prune or remove those large deciduous trees or all that shade will eventually kill those conifers.
yeah its hard to find conifers that will do OK in shade. I tried to find ones that don't require full sun (like pines) and then will see how they do. The ones that don't survive will get replaced. Well, two years later, most are doing OK and some needed to be replaced. The dwarf blue spruce is doing great! The golden/chartreuse juniper bush is looking pretty thin but is still alive, might move it a sunny spot in the front yard. The other, darker juniper (creeping juniper?) is doing great. The cedar died, but they always die. I put a japanese maple in its place. That's the key to a green thumb, replace the dead plants with new ones!
But removing the big trees (Hackberry) is out of the question. Even if I wanted to, which I don't, they're on the neighbor's side of the fence.
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This looks great!
Love the passion and excitement!
Now my turn 🥷🏼
No way I'm paying for a rock
What ever floats Your Boat! If it makes You H😊ppy, G😊😊d Job!
where are you located people, where is this ?
Kansas Toto, Kansas.
It's more Koh lanta