You may have seen our previous video of us putting in our dry pour sidewalk--since that video was part of an introductory series for this channel, we have now created the official version! This video goes into a little more detail and includes more elements of the process.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Saturday, October 12, 2024
How to Create the Perfect Gravel Path With Chris Myers
Follow this step by step guide on how to create the perfect gravel path.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Asian-Inspired Front Yard Garden Design: A Zen Oasis
Are you tired of the same old lawn? Want to turn your front yard into a serene retreat that'll be the envy of your neighborhood? Look no further! In this video, we'll walk you through the step-by-step process of designing and building your own Asian-inspired garden paradise. Discover the art of creating a stunning Asian-inspired front yard garden in this comprehensive guide!
Monday, September 30, 2024
Friday, September 27, 2024
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Raised Concrete Garden Beds | Modern Cement Planter
Build a modern concrete planter in your backyard.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Sunday, September 15, 2024
The Secret to Weed-Free Gravel Garden Pathways
For years I have felt like I was pulling the same weeds over and over again in the exact same locations, in my garden pathways. Rye grass, crab grass, goldenrod. I would pull weeds for hours and two days later they’d be back.
I used high-quality landscaping fabric and gravel in my pathways—and it was stunning and weed-free for a couple of months. Then it became a nightmare to keep weed-free. It was during a random conversation with a family member that I discovered the problem… landscaping fabric. I pulled it up and waited a month before creating and sharing this video to make sure this really worked. And it’s been a complete game-changer.
So if landscaping fabric is a no-go, what to use in the future? I’ll be sticking with heavy-sheet-mulching with cardboard, compost and soil. This approach hasn’t steered me wrong yet in creating growing spaces. In the future, I’ll do the same on walkways, personally.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
Curb Appeal MISTAKES. This Video will HELP YOU BIG TIME!
I'm going to give you 3 more Landscaping Mistakes that affect your homes curb appeal.
1) Edging
Sometimes things just look off. Start here!
2) Water Features
Some are good and some are BLAH!
3) Drainage
One of THE MOST EXPENSIVE MISTAKES you can make it avoiding this!
Monday, September 2, 2024
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Curb Appeal on a BUDGET // 3 EASY Designs
Budget-friendly landscape designs that will dramatically enhance your curb appeal!
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Flagstone : Bluestone (Imported)
This beautiful natural flagstone is available in 1" and 2"
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Thursday, August 22, 2024
3 RANCH Budget-Friendly Landscape Designs
The most common home in America is a Ranch. Here are 3 SIMPLE Ranch Style Home landscape designs to help you with your home.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Flagstone : French Vanilla
This beautiful natural flagstone is available in 1" and 2"
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Friday, August 16, 2024
Flagstone : Antique Rustic Tumbled
This beautiful colorful flagstone is available in 1" and 2"
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150 East H Street
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
3 FAST Budget-Friendly Landscape Designs
If you are busy and don't want to spend a bunch of time and money, this landscape design video is FOR YOU!
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Sunday, August 4, 2024
PAVERS | Walkway Upgrade
Learn how to install pavers: walkway upgrade. Why this makes installation easier and avoids common problems: Everything you need to install and prepare your base for a concrete paver walkway in your backyard. Easy beginner DIY.
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Monday, July 29, 2024
Flagstone : Gold Quartzite
This golden flagstone is available in Patio 1"- 1.5" & 1.5"- 2", and 3/4"" Minus Stand Up
Friday, July 26, 2024
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Flagstone : Silver Quartzite
This stunning flagstone is available in Patio 1"- 1.5" & 1.5"- 2", and 3/4"" Minus Stand Up
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
3 small garden pathways add charm and purpose #garden pathway ideas #garden
Hello garden friends! I created a few pathways in my front landscape to add character, be able to get my mower on the lawn and to spare the tracking of dirt around. I did change the stone color so it has me thinking about the other path that has been in place for a while. Should I change it?
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Flagstone : Arizona Patio Tumbled 1" - 2"
The beautiful desert flagstone comes will enhance any home patio or garden.
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Thursday, July 11, 2024
Flagstone : Arizona Rosa
This Flagstone is available in 1" - 2", 1" - 2" Stand Up, and 1" Minus Stand Up.
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Dixon CA 95620
Monday, July 8, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Flagstone : Arizona Buff
This beautiful natural flagstone is available in Patio 1"- 2", 1" - 2" Stand Up, and 1" Minus Stand Up
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
Saturday, June 29, 2024
ONE YEAR LATER//DO IT YOURSELF LANDSCAPE//TIMELAPSE
IN JUST ONE YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFORM A PLAIN BORING YARD INTO A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF TOO!
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Product Highlight : Brown Mulch
Brown Mulch adds a little color contrast to your landscaping! Recycled wood colored or dyed.
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Dixon CA 95620
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Sunday, June 23, 2024
Product Highlight : Red Mulch
Red Mulch adds a little color contrast to your landscaping! Recycled wood colored or dyed.
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
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Thursday, June 20, 2024
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024
Product Highlight : Black Mulch (Bark)
Black Mulch (Bark) is very popular and offers a wonderful contrast with colored foliage as well as protection and weed control. Recycled wood colored or dyed.
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Product Highlight : Black Mini Mulch
Black Mini Mulch is a finer, smaller sized mulch similar to the Black Mulch or Black Bark. Recycled wood colored or dyed.
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Product Highlight : Playground Chips
Playground Chips are wood chips from California conifers that have been milled specifically for use in playgrounds, in addition to being clean, safe and non-toxic.
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
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Sunday, June 2, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Product Highlight : Shredded Redwood Bark
Commonly called "Gorilla Hair", Shredded Redwood Bark is stringy and fibrous bark that is very popular in garden areas including commercial landscaping projects.
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Dixon CA 95620
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Monday, May 27, 2024
Friday, May 24, 2024
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Product Highlight : Walk on Bark
Walk On Bark are pieces that are all different shapes and sizes so that it compacts enough to walk on. This is good for garden walk areas where you want a more natural look.
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Product Highlight : Small, Medium and Mini Fir Bark
Small Bark 1" or smaller pieces.
Medium Bark with 2" and smaller pieces.
Mini Fir Bark Smaller pieces less than 1/2".
All great for landscaping around bushes and trees.
Due to variations in color and texture in natural products, we recommend that you see the material at our location prior to ordering.
All colored mulches are a recycled wood product that are dyed.
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
DIY Concrete
Dixon Landscape now offers a Do It Yourself (DIY) solution for your concrete needs. We have a fleet of small “portable cement mixers" that tow behind a vehicle and hold 1-yard of concrete, which continues to mix during transit so that it is an effective pour when it arrives at the destination.
It is a very inexpensive way to do a smaller job compared to buying concrete in a bigger truck. It is also more convenient and useful than mixing it yourself onsite – and a good deal less work as well.
We load all the ingredients onsite (concrete gravel, cement and water) into the “mixer trailer" while it is spinning here at Dixon Landscape…the mixer trailer is then ready to haul away to the job destination.
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Dixon CA 95620
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Contact Us
150 East H Street | Dixon CA 95620
Email: Sales@Dixonlandscape.com
Phone: 707-678-8200
Fax: 707-678-8300
HOURS:
Summer: Mon-Sat 7am-5pm | Closed Sunday
Winter: Mon-Sat 8am-4pm | Closed Sunday
Note: On rainy days, we may not open or may close early.
If it is raining, call us first.
707-678-8200 Sales
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Types of Lawn Plants
Lawns need not be, and have not always been, made up of grasses alone. Other plants for lawn-like usable garden areas are sedges, low herbs and wildflowers, moss lawns, and ground covers that can be walked upon.
Thousands of varieties of grasses and grasslike plants are used for lawns, each adapted to specific conditions of precipitation and irrigation, seasonal temperatures, and sun/shade tolerances. Plant hybridizers and botanists are constantly creating and finding improved varieties of the basic species and new ones, often more economical and environmentally sustainable by needing less water, fertilizer, pest and disease treatments, and maintenance. The three basic categories are cool season grasses, warm season grasses, and grass alternatives.
Read more, here.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Origins of Lawns
Lawns may have originated as grassed enclosures within early medieval settlements used for communal grazing of livestock, as distinct from fields reserved for agriculture. The word "laune" is first attested in 1540, and is likely related to the Celtic Brythonic word lan/llan/laun, which has the meaning of enclosure, often in relation to a place of worship.
In medieval Europe, open expanses of low grasses became valued among the aristocracy because they allowed those inside an enclosed fence or castle to view those approaching.
Lawns became popular with the aristocracy in northern Europe from the Middle Ages onward. The early lawns were not always distinguishable from pasture fields. The damp climate of maritime Western Europe in the north made lawns possible to grow and manage. They were not a part of gardens in other regions and cultures of the world until contemporary influence.
The origins of the popularity of contemporary lawns comes from 18th century trends replicating the romantic aestheticism of grassy pastoralism from Italian landscape paintings.
Before the invention of mowing machines in 1830, lawns were managed very differently. They were an element of wealthy estates and manor houses, and in some places were maintained by the labor-intensive methods of scything and shearing. In most situations, they were also pasture land maintained through grazing by sheep or other livestock. Areas of grass grazed regularly by rabbits, horses or sheep over a long period often form a very low, tight sward similar to a modern lawn. This was the original meaning of the word "lawn" care, and the term can still be found in place names. Some forest areas where extensive grazing is practiced still have these seminatural lawns. For example, in the New Forest, England, such grazed areas are common, and are known as lawns, for example Balmer Lawn. Lawns similar to those of today first appeared in France and England in the 1700s when André Le Nôtre designed the gardens of Versailles that included a small area of grass called the tapis vert, or "green carpet".
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
Lawn
A lawn is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawnmower (or sometimes grazing animals) and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes. Lawns are usually composed only of grass species, subject to weed and pest control, maintained in a green color (e.g., by watering), and are regularly mowed to ensure an acceptable length. Lawns are used around houses, apartments, commercial buildings and offices. Many city parks also have large lawn areas. In recreational contexts, the specialised names turf, pitch, field or green may be used, depending on the sport and the continent.
The term "lawn", referring to a managed grass space, dates to at least than the 16th century. Tied to suburban expansion and the creation of the household aesthetic, the lawn is an important aspect of the interaction between the natural environment and the constructed urban and suburban space. In many suburban areas, there are bylaws in place requiring houses to have lawns and requiring the proper maintenance of these lawns. In some jurisdictions where there are water shortages, local government authorities are encouraging alternatives to lawns to reduce water use.
Read more, here.
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150 East H Street
Dixon CA 95620
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Paver Installation / Pathway /Stepping Stones/ Garden Decoration DIY/ Ba...
In this video, I showed how to level a walkway to building a pathway using stepping stones, white marbles, and holland paver bricks.
Monday, April 15, 2024
Pests
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Garden pests
Garden pests are generally plants, fungi, or animals (frequently insects) that engage in activity that the gardener considers undesirable. A pest may crowd out desirable plants, disturb soil, stunt the growth of young seedlings, steal or damage fruit, or otherwise kill plants, hamper their growth, damage their appearance, or reduce the quality of the edible or ornamental portions of the plant. Aphids, spider mites, slugs, snails, ants, birds, and even cats are commonly considered to be garden pests.
Because gardeners may have different goals, organisms considered "garden pests" vary from gardener to gardener. Tropaeolum speciosum, for example, may be considered a desirable and ornamental garden plant, or it may be considered a pest if it seeds and starts to grow where it is not wanted. As another example, in lawns, moss can become dominant and be impossible to eradicate. In some lawns, lichens, especially very damp lawn lichens such as Peltigera lactucfolia and P. membranacea, can become difficult to control and are considered pests.
Garden pest control
There are many ways by which unwanted pests are removed from a garden. The techniques vary depending on the pest, the gardener's goals, and the gardener's philosophy. For example, snails may be dealt with through the use of a chemical pesticide, an organic pesticide, hand-picking, barriers, or simply growing snail-resistant plants.
Pest control is often done through the use of pesticides, which may be either organic or artificially synthesized. Pesticides may affect the ecology of a garden due to their effects on the populations of both target and non-target species. For example, unintended exposure to some neonicotinoid pesticides has been proposed as a factor in the recent decline in honey bee populations. A mole vibrator can deter mole activity in a garden.
Other means of control include the removal of infected plants, using fertilizers and biostimulants to improve the health and vigour of plants so they better resist attack, practising crop rotation to prevent pest build-up, using companion planting, and practising good garden hygiene, such as disinfecting tools and clearing debris and weeds which may harbour pests.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Gardening vs Farming
Gardening for beauty is likely nearly as old as farming for food, however for most of history for the majority of people there was no real distinction since the need for food and other useful products trumped other concerns. Small-scale, subsistence agriculture (called hoe-farming) is largely indistinguishable from gardening. A patch of potatoes grown by a Peruvian peasant or an Irish smallholder for personal use could be described as either a garden or a farm. Gardening for average people evolved as a separate discipline, more concerned with aesthetics, recreation and leisure, under the influence of the pleasure gardens of the wealthy.[citation needed] Meanwhile, farming has evolved (in developed countries) in the direction of commercialization, economics of scale, and monocropping.
In respect to its food-producing purpose, gardening is distinguished from farming chiefly by scale and intent. Farming occurs on a larger scale, and with the production of salable goods as a major motivation. Gardening happens on a smaller scale, primarily for pleasure and to produce goods for the gardener's own family or community. There is some overlap between the terms, particularly in that some moderate-sized vegetable growing concerns, often called market gardening, can fit in either category.
The key distinction between gardening and farming is essentially one of scale; gardening can be a hobby or an income supplement, but farming is generally understood as a full-time or commercial activity, usually involving more land and quite different practices. One distinction is that gardening is labor-intensive and employs very little infrastructural capital, sometimes no more than a few tools, e.g. a spade, hoe, basket and watering can. By contrast, larger-scale farming often involves irrigation systems, chemical fertilizers and harvesters or at least ladders, e.g. to reach up into fruit trees. However, this distinction is becoming blurred with the increasing use of power tools in even small gardens.
Monty Don has speculated on an atavistic connection between present-day gardeners and pre-modern peasantry.
The term precision agriculture is sometimes used to describe gardening using intermediate technology (more than tools, less than harvesters), especially of organic varieties. Gardening is effectively scaled up to feed entire villages of over 100 people from specialized plots. A variant is the community garden which offers plots to urban dwellers; see further in allotment (gardening).
Read more, here.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
3 SIMPLE Budget-Friendly Landscape Designs
If you are on a landscaping budget, you will love this video! Here are 3 SIMPLE Landscape Designs you can use in almost any planting zone.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Landscaping
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including the following:
- Living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beauty within the landscape.
- Natural abiotic elements, such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of water.
- Abstract elements, such as the weather and lighting conditions.
- Landscaping requires expertise in horticulture and artistic design.
Read more, here.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Types of Gardening
Residential gardening takes place near the home, in a space referred to as the garden. Although a garden typically is located on the land near a residence, it may also be located on a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a window box, on a patio or vivarium.
Gardening also takes place in non-residential green areas, such as parks, public or semi-public gardens (botanical gardens or zoological gardens), amusement parks, along transportation corridors, and around tourist attractions and garden hotels. In these situations, a staff of gardeners or groundskeepers maintains the gardens.
- Indoor gardening is concerned with the growing of houseplants within a residence or building, in a conservatory, or in a greenhouse. Indoor gardens are sometimes incorporated as part of air conditioning or heating systems. Indoor gardening extends the growing season in the fall and spring and can be used for winter gardening.
- Native plant gardening is concerned with the use of native plants with or without the intent of creating wildlife habitat. The goal is to create a garden in harmony with, and adapted to a given area. This type of gardening typically reduces water usage, maintenance, and fertilization costs, while increasing native faunal interest.
- Water gardening is concerned with growing plants adapted to pools and ponds. Bog gardens are also considered a type of water garden. These all require special conditions and considerations. A simple water garden may consist solely of a tub containing the water and plant(s). In aquascaping, a garden is created within an aquarium tank.
- Container gardening is concerned with growing plants in any type of container either indoors or outdoors. Common containers are pots, hanging baskets, and planters. Container gardening is usually used in atriums and on balconies, patios, and roof tops.
- Hügelkultur is concerned with growing plants on piles of rotting wood, as a form of raised bed gardening and composting in situ. An English loanword from German, it means "mound garden." Toby Hemenway, noted permaculture author and teacher, considers wood buried in trenches to also be a form of hugelkultur referred to as a dead wood swale. Hugelkultur is practiced by Sepp Holzer as a method of forest gardening and agroforestry, and by Geoff Lawton as a method of dryland farming and desert greening. When used as a method of disposing of large volumes of waste wood and woody debris, hugelkultur accomplishes carbon sequestration. It is also a form of xeriscaping.
- Community gardening is a social activity in which an area of land is gardened by a group of people, providing access to fresh produce, herbs, flowers and plants as well as access to satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment. Community gardens are typically owned in trust by local governments or nonprofits.
- Garden sharing partners landowners with gardeners in need of land. These shared gardens, typically front or back yards, are usually used to produce food that is divided between the two parties.
- Organic gardening uses natural, sustainable methods, fertilizers and pesticides to grow non-genetically modified crops.
- Biodynamic gardening or biodynamic agriculture is similar to organic gardening, but it includes various esoteric concepts drawn from the ideas of Rudolf Steiner, such as astrological sowing and planting calendar and particular field and compost preparations.
- Commercial gardening is a more intensive type of gardening that involves the production of vegetables, nontropical fruits, and flowers from local farmers. Commercial gardening began because farmers would sell locally to stop food from spoiling faster because of the transportation of goods from a far distance. Mediterranean agriculture is also a common practice that commercial gardeners use. Mediterranean agriculture is the practice of cultivating animals such as sheep to help weed and provide manure for vine crops, grains, or citrus. Gardeners can easily train these animals to not eat the actual plant.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Unbelievable DIY Backyard BEFORE & AFTER TRANSFORMATION Thousands Saved ...
In 2021 we began a new garden space in our backyard. This was a complete DIY landscaping project. From planning the space, to doing our hardscape, and landscape planting, George and I did it all together over the course of 2 years. In this video we show you the complete project. There is footage of where we started and how it ended. While this video focuses primarily on the infrastructure, hardscaping & French Drain in the garden, you can find videos of the planting of this space in my "Japanese Maple Garden Playlist":
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Contact Us
150 East H Street | Dixon CA 95620
Email: Sales@Dixonlandscape.com
Phone: 707-678-8200
Fax: 707-678-8300
HOURS:
Summer: Mon-Sat 7am-5pm | Closed Sunday
Winter: Mon-Sat 8am-4pm | Closed Sunday
Note: On rainy days, we may not open or may close early.
If it is raining, call us first.
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