How To Landscape a Sloping Yard | Ask This Old House

In this video, Lee Gilliam, the newest member of the Ask This Old House family, teams up with landscaping contractor Jenn Nawada to help a homeowner whose yard has been going downhill. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse. Sloped yards can be a challenge, especially when they wash away in rainy weather. Rather than allowing his front yard to continue crumbling and covering his sidewalk, a homeowner decided to call the experts at Ask This Old House for help. With the newest team member, Lee Gilliam, eager to get to work, Jenn Nawada heads out on a road trip to solve this homeowner’s problem. Where to find it? Lee and Jenn find a landscape solution for a homeowner dealing with an over-mulched and under-loved sloped front yard. To start, Lee and Jenn use shovels [https://ift.tt/slaO8uG] to carefully dig up existing plants to be replanted. To get rid of the excess mulch, Lee and Jenn raked down the mulch into manageable piles to be recycled elsewhere. To relocate the boulders, Lee and Jenn use a tree dolly [https://ift.tt/yGYJObu]. To aerate the soil, Lee uses a rototiller [https://ift.tt/La6meb1]. This will prep the soil for the new plantings. A rototiller can be found at a local home store. After staging they use shovels to dig and plant the ground cover and other selected plants. Lee suggests planting in threes, for a more natural look. To help the newly added plants thrive, Jenn adds organic plant food [https://ift.tt/rZ3d4mv] to the soil when backfilling. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House Insider to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://ift.tt/H42iYhG About Ask This Old House TV: From the makers of This Old House, America’s first and most trusted home improvement show, Ask This Old House answers the steady stream of home improvement questions asked by viewers across the United States. Covering topics from landscaping to electrical to HVAC and plumbing to painting and more. Ask This Old House features the experts from This Old House, including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor. ASK This Old House helps you protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home. Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG How To Landscape a Sloping Yard | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/