Monday, March 24, 2025

Video - How to Landscape with Rocks

  

It's time to rock and roll in the garden with this video. Rocks are great landscape elements for everything from water features to walls to solo focal points. his video covers the best 12 ways to use rocks in your landscape. From decomposed granite patios to rock retaining walls, this video is filled with ideas to help you with your landscape. Here's a link to order some for your home; https://amzn.to/3lFoSwX Here are some of the cool rocks in the video; https://amzn.to/3ATAHFc https://amzn.to/3aMCgKE https://amzn.to/3n65kCD https://amzn.to/3BSM5T1 Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Video - How often should I feed my orange tree

 

Why is my orange (or lemon or lime) tree looking bad? It probably needs more food and water than you have been giving the tree. This video will talk about how often to feed your citrus tree. Here are links to some of the citrus tree foods seen in the video. https://amzn.to/4bNraUw https://amzn.to/4hmZQNW https://amzn.to/4kK4kkE Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Video - 5 Things to Help Your Garden POP!!

 

Sometimes pretty flowers aren't enough to give a garden some pop. Here are some ideas to help your garden pop. Here are the links for some of the items in the video; https://amzn.to/4iz00mu https://amzn.to/4ia2Puk https://amzn.to/3cJOch6 https://amzn.to/3FLK9gD https://amzn.to/3XUrvic https://amzn.to/3nMcAVV https://amzn.to/30SEJ4D https://amzn.to/3xjxKxF https://amzn.to/3RbqQ8e https://amzn.to/4iTxwDV Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Video - How to help the bees bounce back

 

The human race can't survive without the bees and yet bees are struggling. Here are some tips to help the bees bounce back. Here are links for some of the plants in the video; https://amzn.to/41C1qXz https://amzn.to/4gZvFMw https://amzn.to/3F3EhV4 https://amzn.to/3UzmFVd https://amzn.to/3vPZolc https://amzn.to/3BqBo9k https://amzn.to/3GxTuu2 https://amzn.to/3BKhiHo https://amzn.to/3UC4rCl https://amzn.to/3USA2B6 https://amzn.to/3QDzNaI https://amzn.to/3URlsdk https://amzn.to/4bcSdY1 https://amzn.to/3Wx1TYP https://amzn.to/4dr0dGm https://amzn.to/3ksp96P https://amzn.to/3DWJOXx https://amzn.to/2YZKegX https://amzn.to/3vnsrwe Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Friday, March 7, 2025

Video - A New Type of Modern Retaining Wall

 
Are looking for a retaining wall with clean, modern lines? Here is the product for you. The Stonegate Contemporary Keystone Wall unit. From Keystone wall systems, this retaining wall can go up to 3' without rebar reinforcement. Here are some links to the materials in this video; https://www.keystonewalls.com/products/landscape-retaining-walls/stonegate-country-manor-wall/stonegate-6-contemporary https://www.keystonewalls.com/ https://www.keystonewalls.com/products/structural-retaining- https://www.keystonewalls.com/application/files/3415/5130/4813/Stonegate-Contemporary-PSS2018.pdf Looking for more wall ideas? Check out these books; https://amzn.to/3O6hclN https://amzn.to/3ixeAhM https://amzn.to/3DepGjk https://amzn.to/3lwOmxK

Monday, March 3, 2025

Video - How to make a backyard concrete patio

 

Here's a quick video on how a concrete patio is built. Looking for more patio ideas? Check out these books; https://amzn.to/3ixeAhM https://amzn.to/3DepGjk Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Video - Iceland Poppies are a great first sign of Spring

 

Iceland Poppies (Papaver nudicale) are wonderful, easy to grow annuals. Hardy in zones 3-10, these colorful little plants will even survive as biennials in warmer climates. Iceland Poppies are best used as front of flower bed color. They are also great cut flowers. Here are some links to buy them. https://amzn.to/41C1qXz https://amzn.to/4gZvFMw https://amzn.to/3F3EhV4 Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Friday, February 21, 2025

Video - 20 Great Succulents for Containers

 
Are you looking for some good small succulents for a container garden? Here are my 20 favorite ones and links to buy them. HERE ARE MY 20 FAVORITE SUCCULENTS; Mauna Loa Echeveria Black Rose Aeonium Blue Curls Echeveria After Glow Echeveria Variegated Paddle Plant After Glow Echeveria Crinkly Echeveria Sunburst Aeonium Blue Sky Echeveria Lipstick Echeveria Mint Saucer Aeonium Campfire Crassula Perle Von Nurnberg Echeveria Garnet Aeonium String of Buttons Crassula Blue Atoll Echeveria Burro's Tail Sedum Topsy Turvey Echeveria Panda Plant Crassula Hens & Chicks Echeveria Pork n Beans Sedum White Echeveria Here are links to some of the succulents in this video; Blue Elf Echeveria https://amzn.to/31op7WL Blue Sky Echeveria https://amzn.to/3nPueGX Colorata Echeveria https://amzn.to/3BBqcH7 Dusty Rose Echeveria https://amzn.to/3mAySt3 Lipstick Echeveria https://amzn.to/3nNAI9e Lola Echeveria https://amzn.to/3Cy9XMa Peacock Echeveria https://amzn.to/3BCJoV1 Perle von Nurnberg Echeveria https://amzn.to/3bxmQdz Black Rose Aeonium https://amzn.to/3XRppyn Kiwi Aeonium https://amzn.to/43qTC8G Sunburst Aeonium https://amzn.to/3pMGihi A 16 pack of Echeverias and Aeoniums https://amzn.to/46CAyqO Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Video - How a Big Concrete Driveway is Poured

 

This project involves a giant 4,000 square foot concrete driveway. It took 2 days and 12 trucks This is a colored concrete from Davis Colors called Palomino. Looking for more patio and driveway ideas? Check out these books; https://amzn.to/3ixeAhM https://amzn.to/3DepGjk Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Video - 20 Ravishing Red Roses for your Valentine's Garden

 

Happy Valentine's Day. Buy your valentine a rose plant instead another bunch of roses that will be gone in a week. Here are 20 great ravishing roses for you valentine. There is a list of these 20 plus some extras below. Here are links to some of the roses in the video; ROSES Double Delight hybrid tea rose https://amzn.to/3XyUTI4 Mr. Lincoln hybrid tea rose https://amzn.to/2XX2Eyc Firefighter hybrid tea rose https://amzn.to/3m3uLE8 Rock N Roll grandiflora rose https://amzn.to/3v0yZ3I Don Juan climbing rose https://amzn.to/3oiZHTH Double Knockout floribunda rose https://amzn.to/3F0lXYt Scentimental floribunda rose https://amzn.to/3F3DLSA Perfume Delight hybrid tea rose https://amzn.to/3CvPirT Fourth of July climbing rose https://www.heirloomroses.com/fourth-of-julytm.html Veteran’s Honor hybrid tea rose https://www.jacksonandperkins.com/veterans-honor-hybrid-tea-rose/p/v2228/ Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design