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Step 8Preparation
Preparation is 95% of the work. Spend a good amount of time in preparing the yard. It will pay off.
The first thing we did was have a cedar removed as we didn't really have the skills/tools to do it. If there are trees that need to be removed, do it. It'll be harder to do later on.
Next we removed the top 3" of turf/soil because grass is difficult to combat.
Then we moved existing plants in the landscape or potted them temporarily. Large plants were planted immediately.
Then we laid and pinned landscape fabric.
Finally, we mulched with the decomposed granite.
I've created garden beds a variety of ways, and this way seems to be the easiest and most successful. It's difficult to lay landscape fabric around small plants already in the ground, and it's even more difficult to plant the smalls ones the right depth so they aren't smothered in mulch.
The first thing we did was have a cedar removed as we didn't really have the skills/tools to do it. If there are trees that need to be removed, do it. It'll be harder to do later on.
Next we removed the top 3" of turf/soil because grass is difficult to combat.
Then we moved existing plants in the landscape or potted them temporarily. Large plants were planted immediately.
Then we laid and pinned landscape fabric.
Finally, we mulched with the decomposed granite.
I've created garden beds a variety of ways, and this way seems to be the easiest and most successful. It's difficult to lay landscape fabric around small plants already in the ground, and it's even more difficult to plant the smalls ones the right depth so they aren't smothered in mulch.
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