How to Build a Raised Island Garden Bed with Retaining Wall Bricks
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Learn how to use retaining wall bricks to build a raised bed as an island in the middle of your lawn.
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1. 7 years later, the tree is doing great.
2. If you think I planted the tree on top of the fabric you're not viewing the video right. Try rewatching it. The fabric is used vertically along the sides to keep soil from washing out between the cracks of the bricks. There is nothing under the roots except dirt (or newspaper/cardboard long since composted into dirt).
3. People who think a tree, especially a small one like a paw paw, can't be placed in a nice raised bed built with bricks need to venture into nature more often, especially rocky areas. Trees regularly root among rocks naturally in the landscape. There is also this trend of putting them in little parking lot islands surrounded by curbs and concrete and asphalt, and they survive. Had I planted an oak, in 100 years it would have pushed those bricks out, that is true. It would also be lifting the driveway and the sidewalk. In the fight of the tree vs the blocks, the tree would have won. But I planted a small understory tree, appropriately sized for the space.
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well, what do you call them? around here they call them wall pavers.
Pavers I wouldn't do, too formal and small, you definitely want a level base or you'll see irregularities. But these blocks are perfectly fine - and I don't recommend just dropping them on the ground, you need to get under the sod for more stability. People who don't dig a trench end up with a wavy wall, but the gravel is superfluous. 500 linear feet, the tallest section being 6 or 7 courses high, looks better than the day I laid it.
You can do it with flagstone though, just on sod, boom, there it is. It'll kill the grass and sink in. There will be irregularities but it is flagstone, it is not meant to look formal.
People often fall in love with these garden looks of these old cottage style gardens or otherwise gardens that have been established for decades or even centuries. Laser precision has no business in replicating that look.
you never lay down pavers on top of dirt, lazy man's way of doing this project!
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do you want to come to my house?!
Yeah, until it outgrows the tiny environment you put it in, and dies. Trapping the roots in landscape fabric...genius.
But I honestly wasn't going to reply to this video again after the reaction my last comment got. You layed the pavers right on the dirt meaning they will be able to shift and move. Normal when you do any type of raised structure with pavers such as this one. You go down to the sub soil and have a layer of grave and sand. This helps with frost heave, and ur pavers moving.
+backyardgardening I think this is a great video don't get me wrong I didn't mean any offense and sorry if it sounded that way.
I am curious about why u left the center piece of grass there and what the purpose of the black sheet way then?
Theoretically, you're right, eventually like Ozymandias that wall will fail. I'll be a grandfather of course by then. Its been 7 years, it has a good 20 more years unless someone hits it with a car. Pawpaws do not get large.
If I had planted an oak I'd be asking for trouble, even if I skipped the whole retaining wall, simply because of the proximity to the sidewalk and driveway, which is why I didn't do that.
Second, no gravel bed below the bricks? In a few years this will look like total crap. The stones will sink and become misaligned.
Third, news paper as weed cloth... Seriously, do you even understand what weed cloth is for, it's reason or purpose?
Forth, you planted a tree ABOVE ground level - real smart... That's just going to be great for the root system development.
Dude, you seriously have no business claiming to be a landscaping professional.
Additionally, as long as you're aware of the tree type, planting them like this is fine. Trees grow on hills and in "confined" spaces naturally. And sometimes this might be the only way to get a tree into a location - I have two trees on m property planted in a raised manner (unfortunately not as neatly as this). When I had 811 out, it turns out their planted above some lines. I'm guessing the previous owned couldn't dig, but still wanted trees in that location (it's a good location for them!) and built up. Those trees have been doing just fine.
And finally, newspaper is better than weed cloth. Newspaper will block out light and prevent plants from growing for a while, then degrade, leaving you with normal, workable soil. A lot of "real" weedcloth is, admittedly a TINY bit better at preventing weed growth INITIALLY, but weeds get through anyway. Small rips and tears form, allowing weeds in. But unfortunately it doesn't degrade and you're left pulling out cloth strips for ages....
Gravel is put down to aid in drainage, otherwise, if the soil is waterlogged, and then freezes, you can get frost heave. I know this, and this is in Michigan, where we get frozen ground. But heaving has not happened.
A homeowner can pretty easily dig down to the subsoil, this is no problem, and that is about the depth of a course of block in the typical lot, digging down further to create a spot for some gravel is much more difficult. The cost in time and effort is more than the potential benefit. The other thing of course is the deeper I went the more cutoff the tree roots would be.
If it was some mission critical retaining wall, sure, use stone, and lots of it. A grocery store nearby had a massive 30 ft retaining wall (that they stupidly built with little residential grade blocks) fail because of hydrostatic pressure, not even freezing, just pressure. For this little project though it is unnecessary. If you do get frost heave, it is going to heave on the whole circle equally, and isn't going to do much to upset the appearance.
7 Years, not that long given the lifetime of the average house. If you own the house for 30 years, but you have to rebuild it 2-3 times, it's a waste of time... Do it right - ONCE.
Gravel is in fact overrated.
Ever check out those urban restriction pots some municipalities tried shunting roots lower with before encountering sidewalks. They ended up jumping over barrier and also caused girdling within restriction zone. Even properly planted trees from nursery can produce up to three roots producing laterals that can girdle trunk while maturing. Especially with Norway Maples. ANSI planting standards suggest that pan shape excavation of hole methode allowing root balls surrounding soil to be less restrictive on radially outward root growth. 50% of tree's roots within 1 ft., and first 3 feet contain 90%...For me, Its just better not to invite problems, which in future become a mortal wound, when living organisms beauty just peaking. Or "kill your tree beautifully" fad, like other hardscapes. I personally don't know if your landscape method has been proven by past successes. And would like to keep up with your examples progress...Roots grow under sidewalks unrestricted below compacted rock grade, then come up as feeder roots again in front yards. As roots girth grows, hydraulically lifts pavement. No roots grow under curbs & streets. Enjoy Summer 2015, when we finally get to see what Pluto really looks like! Dwarf planet full of dwarf trees??
GREAT JOB !!!
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