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AUDIO FIXED VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5xXGDxpFlE
0:00 Why designing outdoor living spaces is so important
7:11 Mistakes to avoid at the start of the process
36:40 What type of design plan do you need?
38:43 Why you should DIY a plan from the start
41:59 Guess: How much does a custom landscape design plan cost?
44:15 Creative ways to collaborate with experts
45:29 Steps to the design process
01:01:06 Frequently asked questions about landscape design
How to Start Planning Your Yard This Spring (Even If You Have No Idea Where to Begin)
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Weeds I’m battling right now: shot weed, bindweed (morning glory), Himalayan blackberry, grass (in the wrong space).
The ecoregions are cool, I like this better than saying where I live, but it still evokes the feeling of my region, more than planting zone. Though planting zone is still important, in late winter we had a hard freeze after many days of warm weather. My tulip leaves look bad, but they should still bloom. My hellebores were devastated, I feel like I was lured into that flower by the romance of slightly warmer zones. Anytime someone talks about winter flowers, I just need to ignore them. I don't think my lilac will bloom this spring, it looks like the buds were damaged in the freeze. I think my fruit trees will still flower. Cold days in late winter/early spring makes me think I should be looking more at zone 4 plants than zone 6 plants.
Level III: Western Corn Belt Plains 9.2.3
Level IV: Missouri Alluvial Plain 47d
Zone: 5b/6a
I finally had a victory in my planning. I found the city codes on ponds, it was under water features. Google failed me, but searching the city codes directly and clicking on every link referring to a pond got me what I was looking for. I now know that there are no codes about fencing and water features, so I can go ahead with any fence that I want that meets city codes. I also have direction on inspection and permitting fees. The pond fee is less daunting than the pluming part, and I could get around all that with a drop in pump, but that feels like it would be creating more problems in the long run than doing the plumbing correctly to start with.
Now I need to dream more, and plan more, but I feel like I can go forward with getting a new fence. I want to figure out how to add depth/height interest to my flat yard.
My yard goals are having a space to play with my dog, and relax outside beside a pond.
In regards to your smores example putting in a more temporary fire pit, could turn people off to them. I am very sensitive to smoke, buying a smokeless fire pit was a huge step up for me. I might like to brick mine in more permanently later, but buying a stand alone one got me there faster. This was not cheaper. It would have been much cheaper to build my own smokeless fire pit, but I don't know where I want to place it in the long run. Though having it be moveable I did get to realize that I need to pay attention to the over hanging branches and power lines in my yard. But this flexibility to make my smokeless fire pit just a permanent drop in later resulted in an expensive investment, in the short run. I will also say if you do smokeless, go smaller they run hotter and burn though wood much faster, and it is harder to get the larger ones up to temperature to be smokeless.
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The only thing that holds me back is u mentioned u dont get into irrigation much and i cant tell how much u teach us in relation to our design plan which will need some approriate type of watering system to survive . Can u expand on what u do teach us o irrigation?😊