In this video, This Old House landscaping contractor Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner design a garden that will work with their half-sun, half-shade yard perfectly, turning the homeowner’s backyard into a little oasis.

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Jenn Nawada takes us on a house call to help a homeowner give new life to her light-challenged backyard. Jenn helps by building a drip edge that will help preserve the shed first. Then, she creates a sun and shade garden, using certain plants where the sun shines through and others in areas that are primarily shaded. The result is the backyard transformation that the homeowner was looking for.

Where to find it?
Jenn helps a homeowner install a drip edge around her shed and install a sun and shade garden with a Goshen stepping stone [https://www.originalgoshenstone.com/w...] path.

To install the drip edge, Jenn uses a shovel [https://amzn.to/440Dhci] to excavate a trench on each side of the shed doors about 7-½’ long, 12” wide, and about 5-6 inches; deep. Next, she borders the inside of the trench with steel landscape edging [https://amzn.to/446hQqm] and lines the sides of the trench with a landscape fabric [https://amzn.to/3AB9kC6] that is cut to size. Finally, Jenn fills the trench with beach pebbles [https://amzn.to/3V9pfkF].

To prep the garden, pull and discard weeds with gardening gloves [https://amzn.to/44bxpNq]. Then, break up the grass with a grub hoe [https://amzn.to/3LCWKJa]. Rake [https://amzn.to/3Veaq0f] any remaining sod roots and discard.

Use a shovel to turn over the soil and incorporate compost [https://amzn.to/41L1nWZ].

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Materials
Goshen stepping stone [https://www.originalgoshenstone.com/p...]
Steel landscape edging [https://amzn.to/446hQqm]
Landscape fabric [https://amzn.to/3AB9kC6]
Beach pebbles [https://amzn.to/3V9pfkF]
Compost [https://amzn.to/41L1nWZ]

Tools
Shovel [https://amzn.to/440Dhci]
Gardening gloves [https://amzn.to/44bxpNq]
Grub hoe [https://amzn.to/3LCWKJa]
Rake [https://amzn.to/3Veaq0f]

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