Landscape design and preparation in zone 8B central Texas August 2023

This is we’re we started our landscape journey several years ago, and here is where we are now. Todays video is an update on our current landscape stage. I did solarize the bed to kill the grass(St Augustine). This likely works better with plastic sheeting, but I used landscape fabric because that’s what I had on hand. I had a lot of sedge establish itself and while I pulled up most of it, I did have to apply sedge Hammer herbicide. You have to order sedge hammer in dry form and mix with water because it apparently can’t be stored in solution for long. You have to use it with 24 hours of mixing as well. I tried to apply just to the sedge and not wide swaths in an effort to minimize the amount left behind on the soil, as this may negatively impact any future plants I’m putting in. I added a gutter with downspout that feeds a rain barrel. The rain barrel will have overflow, so I created a flagstone path in an effort to keep the runoff from washing out my mulch. The runoff will hopefully follow the path I’ve prepared towards an area with French drains. I edged the area with a half moon spade and will leave this as a natural border for now. I am preparing for fall planting in October and so I picked up some plants on seasonal discount. I’ll have to keep them for 4 weeks, so I up-potted them in old nursery pots, trimmed off dead steams/twigs, and watered/fertilized with liquid seaweed. For now I’ll keep them in morning sun exposure. I’m excited to keep you posted on updates as this area continues to come together.