Fun seed story that got me hooked on planting seeds at a young age. My first grade teacher said we could go through the kitchen cabinets and find things to plant. Excited, I ran right home and found popcorn, beans and macaroni 🤣. 55 years later I’m still at it less the macaroni. That one teacher planted the joy of gardening in my soul.
Too bad the macaroni didn’t germinate 😢 🤣 my teacher gave us coffee beans to grow. Mine actually germinated and grew to about 15 cm but I didn’t take good enough care of it so it died.
My 4th grade teacher did something similar to me, but with recycling... ever since Ive been a huge advocate for recycling! I remember asking my mom to get us a tecycling bin, then running around the house asking my mom "can I recycle this?" "Can i recyle this?"
Aaron!!! The graphics and typing in plant names was soooo helpful. Thank you for your time and effort on it. So much easier to remember things without having to jot it down or attempting to remember something only to forget it upon shopping mood. Appreciate that added effort!
Yes! So helpful! I just took a screenshot when ever she spoke of a seed I was interested in when the name and photo were on the screen! Then referenced the photos as I shopped! 😁
Okay Laura, you have “seeded” at least a dozen ideas for future videos! Your mom’s Pumpkin Pot Pie, Garlic Cream soup, Butterscotch Squash. How about a couple baking videos, a couple soup videos, maybe some corn ideas? What about loading us up with cooking, decorating, and how to use what you grow? Because of you and Aaron my landscape has change a lot, new concrete planters, new garden areas, raised gardens, more flowers, wow, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! Your energy and imagination feeds me, inspires me, and encourages me! Thank you!
I just ordered all of these squash varieties because of her recipe suggestions. I will be craving creamy garlic soup in a squash bowl for the next 14 months!
Oh my goodness. I never knew seeds were good forever. I thought if the package said “packaged for 2019”, that meant it was good only to plant in 2019. I have thrown away soooooo many seeds. Im learning so much from you! Only took me to age 64 to start getting pretty good looking gardens (again thanks to all you’ve taught/shared with us). After watching your recent maintenance video, I’ve even started a garden maintenance plan & now I’m not overwhelmed or exhausted, my gardens are being kept weeded & tidied, and I truly enjoy my gardens. I just can’t thank you enough!! Hugs to you both.
Oh I love "The King and I" grew up with it a million years ago! I refer to it fondly with my husband. Your and Aaron are so fun and memorable. etc...etc...etc! Great reference.💞
Hope you guys did ,I did cantaloupe and strawberries, lettuce and tomatoes, also carrots,turnips ,beets and cucumber, didn't get too much strawberries but the experts said that normal for the first year, my water melon was a failure, and vine bores attacked my pumpkins, only harvest one but will give it another try,
I don’t garden. Never really been tried. I have no idea how I found this channel - but I love it. I now notice things in my garden. Thank you from North Qld Australia.
Laura, I love when you say you're going to go through them quick and then give us a description on each one! I, too, am obsessed with seeds and love learning all of the varieties! Thank you so much for this video! So helpful for those of us wanting to get a head start on next year's (or this year in Florida) garden!
@@MariaSanchez-zf9cs I was a kid when i watched it. Not sure why my parents owned it since they didn't understand the english language at the time but I loved watching it. It was so different and beautiful
Something that I learned from an excellent gardener of the '80's, Dick Raymond, who wrote a book called The Joy of Gardening, is that for your new area that you plan to plant next year, it would help your soil a lot if you planted a cover crop that you could let grow and then till into the soil to help build it up and amend it naturally before you plant it with your plantings. He used things like buckwheat and winter rye, of course. You probably already know this, but I just thought it would be something that you could do now that would help your soil for next season. Sorry, if it's kind of elementary of me.....lol.
YOU are an inspiration‼️♥️ I have a love for gardening, but my daughter grew up not caring for it ... almost to an aversion. You both share the same home design/style/decor. SO... with that as “a foothold, a way in”, I felt I had a good chance of gardening with my daughter if I could just get her to watch a couple of your vids; thus, before your first little one was born, I sent her a link to 2 of your “tours” - one during winter, inside and outside your home, and the other at the height of your breathtakingly beautiful spring blooming bulbs and bushes. SHE. WAS. HOOKED! THANK YOU for all that you do. Thank you for the hard work and the time spent investing in the “Seasons” of OUR lives! You are truly a blessing❤️
Oh oh, did you warn Johnnys seed or Floret you were going to be talking about them. I’m imagining that every time you promote a product their sales go through the roof💚🙃 I love long videos so no worries there from me💚🙃
Right after watching her video this morning I order a little over $100 worth of seeds from Johnny’s. Their customer service is really nice. I hope I have success with what I got. This is my first time gardening.
Is there any way you can convince your Mom to make the pumpkin pot-pie this fall once your pumpkins come in? If she’s unable to, would she consider sharing the recipe? I would LOVE to make that!!!! 🙏🏼
Gm 100 degree 😱 I agree take a rest, and that’s smart I also order my seed for next year in the fall got all that I needed cause it’s so hard to get them in spring.💚💚💚
The Barlow Mix columbines you will love. I started some 15 years ago and let them reseed themselves. They have moved around the garden ever since. The forget-me-knot is another one that will self sow and create drifts of flowers - gorgeous in the spring.
Your videos are NEVER too long - the longer the better in my eyes! The editing always makes it go so quickly and I love hearing your input on different seeds, what you have and have not grown and what’s worked for you! Keep em’ comin!
Laura: Just maybe bookmark this for a winter day when you don’t have much going on Me: having a lot going on but still managing to get through the whole video 😂
Okay, I've always loved growing anything, but since I started watching Laura a few weeks ago, I am getting so organized! Today I am taking notes for the first time so I don't have to keep going back and searching for important information. I've been fighting for years on how/where to keep my seeds because I do start seeds in the winter. Who knew that those cool staples CD storage containers were just right. Getting some this week. This is my first year for really paying attention to gathering seeds from my own plants. Thanks for all the information, today's show is right up my alley.
Watch The Impatient Gardener on RUclips. She has a video on storing and organizing seeds in a similar container that I have adopted. It’s fantastic, really helped me to organize seeds
I so wish that the garden centers in my area would carry Espoma Land and Sea and the Bio Tone Starter. I can only find the small bags of Plant Tone, Garden Tone, Holly Tone, etc. I remember you saying that when you were out of Bio Tone, you would use Plant Tone. And I am very thankful that I can purchase the Bonide and Captain Jack products locally. I have been battling budworms on my supertunias so I am using Thuricide weekly to try and keep them at bay!!
You should ask them to bring it in for you! Often times garden centers are happy to order in new items so long as they know you really have an interest.
You are an adorable young lady and your love for gardening, and cooking, and life is really infectious. I am sure your husband Aaron absolutely adores you. God bless you, and all your family !
Don’t ever apologize for long videos. We live for them. I love the way your eyes light up when you go through the pumpkin seeds. That’s how I am at the pumpkin patch. 1 of these and 3 of these.
Good morning☕☕☕☂️ we make "dinner in a pumpkin" on halloween beforewe go trick or treating,its tradition. I thoroughly enjoyed every second and need that push to get organized...ha ha
Video too long? Pshaw! Love it and all the great knowledge and information you are so generous to share : ) And I am so stealing the squash/pumpkin soup/pot pie idea. Sounds delish!
I bought my seeds now too. I'm pregnant also and expecting in April, so I figured come spring time I won't have all kinds of time to fuss with planting annuals. I ordered several packets of zinnias (salmon rose and profusion white) and I'm just going to mass plant them next year, direct sow in the ground. I live in GA, so that usually works well for me. I'm so glad I heard you talking about seeds recently so I could order the varieties I wanted and they were still in stock!
I have been doing my family garden for 2 years now and planted my silver maple that I grew from seed that is living on for it third summer and next spring will be 4 years old. Love you videos
I have recently set up an Excel spreadsheet in strict alphabetical order, exactly the same as my seeds are stored, in 2l ice-cream containers in the fridge (8 so far). The only exceptions are one container each for beans and peas and that doesn't include things like dried peas for indoor pea shoots. If you have columns for the categories you want (eg category of plant or month of sowing) you can select anything you want. I have added Sow By (on packet or estimated) so that I can see what might need to be replaced. That way I can do germination tests on old seeds before they're discarded. Most old seed will produce something, even if the germination rate is poor. I do like the CD containers, but the ice-cream containers keep out the light and the plastic doesn't become brittle in the cold of the fridge. Apart from the cost of the ice-cream, they were free.
I love watching your channel to plan for my future garden but also because I learn SO MUCH about different varieties of food. When you go to the grocery store it’s just “garlic” and it’s all the same and you never know any different. Love to hear about different varieties to look out for.
An hour of talking about seeds!! I've just placed a huge order with Johnny's, and willingly copped the shipping fees & import hassles, as there's so many varieties that I find hard to get in Australia. I hope they turn up in enough time to get some use from them this season, as we are only just coming into spring. Thank you for this awesome video!!
@@E.R.Hewitt Not everything, but surprisingly more than you might think. On the website for the Dept of Agriculture there is a link to a system called BICON, where you can search for the scientific names. bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0/ViewElement/Element/CaseScientificNames?caseElementPk=1352783
This was a great kick start to my motivation especially those cases and getting organized. Johnny's has invaluable resources online as does Floret. Learning never ends.💜🌸🌿
I have already started planning for 2021! Planning, gardening & maintenance is my therapy - my husband & I have a beautiful special needs daughter who needs full time care. I am lucky that I can stay home to care for her & enjoy being with her! Hannah is mobile & only needs one medication to control seizures. She does not talk but communicates with basic sign language, pointing & bringing an object to us that tells us what she wants or needs. So gardening is my therapy, I can garden & still be close to Hannah here at home! We live on a family farm so I do have the space to do & expand my gardening therapy plus Hannah loves to ride in our tractors with her Dad when the job permits! She also loves to watch all the farm activities! Your videos have helped me improve & add to my "gardening therapy"!! Thank you!😊🚜🌹🌺🌻🌾🌿🌱❤💚
You are such an inspiration and awesome teacher! Loved this video and have a list of 35 cut flowers ready to order for my garden next year. Love you you grow enough to give away. That is 100% my goal and CANT wait to buy and plant all my new seeds💚
Wow!! That was just fantastic!! Thank you so much for all the information you share! I don't have anyone to share my love for gardening with so you are both such a blessing to have in my life. You have truly brought back the joy of gardening for me!❤
In order to LOVE eating zucchinis, just get a traditional Italian cookbook and there are so many delicious recipes, even one that contains zucchini flowers. Also, zucchini is so much more delicious when harvested young - no more than 7-8 inches long, and still shiny.
Omgoodness the photo and printed name was so helpful! Thanks Aaron! You’re so sweet. Thanks Laura for the excellent information on seeds and organization. Gosh, I wish you guys would put a blank spreadsheet with the basic information on it. Even for us small gardeners it would be so helpful. I get seed packets, file them away, then look when I’m in the mood or trying to organize and I think, poo I missed the time to start...oh no, I can’t start these either. Lol. I really think it would help many people. Js. Anyway, God bless. Glad you are not questioning the down time you take or the projects missed. You’re amazing. 👏🏻💕👏🏻
I love that you're sort of focusing in on winter squash- we are too for 2021 because the seeds are big and easier to save and they feed a lot of family without refrigeration
I have never planted flowers and/or vegetables from seeds. This was a great teaching/learning video about seeds. Now I need to buy some of those great seed trays from Gardeners Supply. I am learning so much from you and Aaron. Bless you both and stay healthy❤️
Even though I do not have several acres to plant seeds, your excitement was contagious watching you talk about your seed packets! I enjoyed every minute of the video!!
Was SO excited when I saw this! Always love taking screenshots of the varieties you talk about when you pop up the image and name graphic - please keep doing that in all your videos. It’s amazing! Thank you for this in depth look at your seeds and varieties - LOVED IT!!! Never apologize for the amazing in-depth convos of you experience and favs- that’s why we’re all here!
I admire you so much! You are such a beautiful hardworking woman! Can't imagine how you also can keep up with a little one and another baby on the way! You are inspiring not just to garden but overall energizing so many people! Wishing you the best! God bless! Another awesome video! Want to buy much more seeds than planned!🙂
Holy cow!! I love seeing all of the variety of flowers that you will be putting in your cut garden. Which seeds are the easiest to just plant in the ground? I don't have space to start them indoors. I've been doing a lot more gardening since I started watching your videos. Love your enthusiasm!
Wonderful video Laura. I love when you share your less than successful projects. I would love to see a video covering your flowers growing out of your milk jugs, flowers still growing out of the flats, I enjoyed your macerated nasturtium seeds and empty row of amaranth. You are so knowledgeable and talented and never afraid to share your failures. They are fun for us in the real world. You make our day many days !
This was really enjoyable to watch, thank you Laura. I'm also so glad that I'm not the only one who organizes their seeds chronologically. I also separate by 'direct sow' or 'start' (indoors). For example, 'start 6 wks before last frost', 'sow 4 wks before last frost', etc.
Clearly, I need a bigger yard! Have you every tried heirloom mums? I have never been a huge fan of mums because I am only familiar with the grocery store/garden center variety that bloom profusely for a few weeks in fall and then fizzle out. BUT, I recently learned that those mums are not the only mums. There is a world of gorgeous, almost dahlia like blooms, I have never seen before. Amazing.
It would be so good if you could do a lot more flower bouquet videos, that is, if you have the time and energy. Also more cooking videos focusing on using your own videos. Thank you for all of your beautiful garden videos. You have inspired me so much.
Good Morning Laura! I love your extended gardening especially the sunflowers. Thank you for the heads up to start thinking about seeds. Have a great day!
Watching this in Jan 2021. Seeds are still available right now, luckily. I just placed my order yesterday, Jan 2nd. I am so excited to have a vegetable garden again, it's been 10 years!! This video is so packed full of info but 1st thing I'll be doing is organizing! Good luck to us all in the new year and may you and baby girl have a healthy smooth happy delivery!
We have a similar setup for all our flower and vegetable seeds. We have two additional bins, one for storage of flowers that we store in the refrigerator and the second for sweet pea flower seeds, we store in the freezer. Those storage bins have improved our germination rates for flowers such as delphinium, foxglove, columbines, ammi and snapdragons. Enjoyed your video. Planning and thinking about next season is so fun.
Laura since i started to watch your videos I have noticed that I now see more than just flowers that are pretty. I see the leaves and their colors and structure. Seed pods, branches, vegetable varieties i never knew existed for example Garlic. Never knew there were more than one kind of garlic. Anyway i just want to say thank you for opening my eyes to what has been right in front of me that i ignored before.
What an awesome informative video, thanks you guys for inspiring me on the daily! I’m glad you posted early on this topic, now I need to get my but on johnys and get organized!
That is quite a list of new seeds! God Bless you for committing to all of this seed sowing and growing with a newborn. You are more adventurous than I was when my boys were born. Best of luck!1
I’ve got a hand in a cast and a therapy boot on one foot and am pretty immobile. This video gave me inspiration to catalog my seeds, make lists for next year, and continue planning the organization of my little potting shed and garden for next year. Thank you!
Oh MY Goodness, Aaron, I LOVED that version of the King and I. You rock kiddo. Laura this is the first year I've kept my tags and seed packages. I'm so glad. You are such a good influence. LOL I may progress to your system as my garden and yard projects grow. We have lived in this house for seven years. The first few years were spent taking dead trees and hedges down. CHA CHING I also put all my Garden Answer notes in a folder! This winter will go by quickly as I will start some long term planting and my "room" ideas. TY TY TY Cathy M/PA
I organize my seeds the same exact way because I'm so OCD, even down to the Flower & Vegetable Herb Bin & I separate them with cardboard too! Crazy! I thought I was extreme, but Laura, thanks for making my seed hoarding seem normal. #seedaddictsunite 😂🌱 Might be useful to you to print your Excel Spread & keep it attached in the barn somewhere because I found myself running back inside frequently, but with an updated list printed in my patio I don't have to worry anymore. That's also how I avoid buying the same thing 3 times. 😅 Cause I've done that to, too many times! Lol! 😅😅😅 Happy Planting! 🎉🌱
I also have two boxes for flowers and herbs/ veggies. I divide the boxes into the months, when they have to be seeded. when the month comes, I take all out and divide indoor and outdoor starting... Works very good for me as I'm starting similar amounts as Laura.😊
My son-in law plants the Ambrosia corn every year. He does stagger the planting so it's ready at different times and he always sells out daily! He does do it to sell and he has repeat customers every year that buy it to freeze.it is so good!
Good marrow to you! The video I’ve been waiting for! Very helpful information in regards to learning about seed planting. Aaron is so funny inserting that clip from “The King and I” Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera! 😉
Hi Laura! All I can say is WOW! That's a LOT of seeds, but after seeing what you planted this year, not too many! LOL! It's fun to see your excitement when showing us all of the seeds. And yes, this video wasn't just interesting, it was very helpful, too.Thank you so much for sharing! Also, would love a video with your Mom making the Pumpkin Pot Pie, and the recipe of course, and you making the Garlic Cream soup, with recipe!
Fun seed story that got me hooked on planting seeds at a young age. My first grade teacher said we could go through the kitchen cabinets and find things to plant. Excited, I ran right home and found popcorn, beans and macaroni 🤣. 55 years later I’m still at it less the macaroni. That one teacher planted the joy of gardening in my soul.
Too bad the macaroni didn’t germinate 😢 🤣 my teacher gave us coffee beans to grow. Mine actually germinated and grew to about 15 cm but I didn’t take good enough care of it so it died.
Such a sweet story
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My 4th grade teacher did something similar to me, but with recycling... ever since Ive been a huge advocate for recycling! I remember asking my mom to get us a tecycling bin, then running around the house asking my mom "can I recycle this?" "Can i recyle this?"
Aaron!!! The graphics and typing in plant names was soooo helpful. Thank you for your time and effort on it. So much easier to remember things without having to jot it down or attempting to remember something only to forget it upon shopping mood. Appreciate that added effort!
Yes! So helpful! I just took a screenshot when ever she spoke of a seed I was interested in when the name and photo were on the screen! Then referenced the photos as I shopped! 😁
Okay Laura, you have “seeded” at least a dozen ideas for future videos! Your mom’s Pumpkin Pot Pie, Garlic Cream soup, Butterscotch Squash. How about a couple baking videos, a couple soup videos, maybe some corn ideas? What about loading us up with cooking, decorating, and how to use what you grow? Because of you and Aaron my landscape has change a lot, new concrete planters, new garden areas, raised gardens, more flowers, wow, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! Your energy and imagination feeds me, inspires me, and encourages me! Thank you!
I agree! I am dying to see this pumpkin pot pie situation!! Romancing the ordinary for SURE!
I just ordered all of these squash varieties because of her recipe suggestions. I will be craving creamy garlic soup in a squash bowl for the next 14 months!
THIS 💯!!!💚🌸
agreed! The thought of that garlic cream soup got my mouth watering as well! The pumpkin pot pie sounds amazing too!
Yeah.. we're going to need that garlic soup recipe
She’s “nesting” in typical Garden Answer fashion. 😉
🙂
I love this video and would love to see or hear about her proven winner order for next year.
Its so cute
I ordered my seeds already. Could not get what I needed last spring due to Covid and I imagine it will be the same this year.
Lol 🤣
Never apologize for being too long. No such thing!!
AMEN!!!
Exactly ❣️
Those who love to learn won't mind the long videos. In fact, I don't think we will be satisfied if it's a short video!
Oh my goodness. I never knew seeds were good forever. I thought if the package said “packaged for 2019”, that meant it was good only to plant in 2019. I have thrown away soooooo many seeds. Im learning so much from you! Only took me to age 64 to start getting pretty good looking gardens (again thanks to all you’ve taught/shared with us). After watching your recent maintenance video, I’ve even started a garden maintenance plan & now I’m not overwhelmed or exhausted, my gardens are being kept weeded & tidied, and I truly enjoy my gardens. I just can’t thank you enough!! Hugs to you both.
Oh I love "The King and I" grew up with it a million years ago! I refer to it fondly with my husband. Your and Aaron are so fun and memorable. etc...etc...etc! Great reference.💞
Oh I love "The King and I" too!
Me too!!
😂🤣😂🤣
My daughter was in love with that movie when she was younger. We watched it countless times.
Not planting a single vegetable, but I’m still watching the whole video.
Lol 😂 me too
Same here 🤣
😆 you should all give it a try ,am not good at indoor sowing, but I ordered from my Catolog and will be starting outdoor when the temperature warm up
Hope you guys did ,I did cantaloupe and strawberries, lettuce and tomatoes, also carrots,turnips ,beets and cucumber, didn't get too much strawberries but the experts said that normal for the first year, my water melon was a failure, and vine bores attacked my pumpkins, only harvest one but will give it another try,
I don’t garden. Never really been tried. I have no idea how I found this channel - but I love it. I now notice things in my garden. Thank you from North Qld Australia.
You just got me with that King and I clip! My favorite musical as a child, my favorite R&H musical, and such a classic line 😂
Laura, I love when you say you're going to go through them quick and then give us a description on each one! I, too, am obsessed with seeds and love learning all of the varieties! Thank you so much for this video! So helpful for those of us wanting to get a head start on next year's (or this year in Florida) garden!
Etc. Etc. Etc. 😂😂😂 Made me laugh this morning!
“etc, etc, etc” laughing SO hard love that movie! 🍿 🎥
I laughed too! It surprised me a bit. Now a days, not many people have ever heard of that movie. I guess Aaron is branching out in his editing!
@@MariaSanchez-zf9cs I was a kid when i watched it. Not sure why my parents owned it since they didn't understand the english language at the time but I loved watching it. It was so different and beautiful
Watching this on a cold winter morning as Laura suggested ❤
Winter 2022..January......preping for planting....time to order seeds....thank you, great ideas.
No need to apologize for the long video, Laura....I'm a seed maniac so I loved every minute of this!
Something that I learned from an excellent gardener of the '80's, Dick Raymond, who wrote a book called The Joy of Gardening, is that for your new area that you plan to plant next year, it would help your soil a lot if you planted a cover crop that you could let grow and then till into the soil to help build it up and amend it naturally before you plant it with your plantings. He used things like buckwheat and winter rye, of course. You probably already know this, but I just thought it would be something that you could do now that would help your soil for next season. Sorry, if it's kind of elementary of me.....lol.
YOU are an inspiration‼️♥️
I have a love for gardening, but my daughter grew up not caring for it ... almost to an aversion.
You both share the same home design/style/decor.
SO... with that as “a foothold, a way in”, I felt I had a good chance of gardening with my daughter if I could just get her to watch a couple of your vids; thus, before your first little one was born, I sent her a link to 2 of your “tours” - one during winter, inside and outside your home, and the other at the height of your breathtakingly beautiful spring blooming bulbs and bushes.
SHE. WAS. HOOKED!
THANK YOU for all that you do.
Thank you for the hard work and the time spent investing in the “Seasons” of OUR lives!
You are truly a blessing❤️
So sneaky 😂
Oh oh, did you warn Johnnys seed or Floret you were going to be talking about them. I’m imagining that every time you promote a product their sales go through the roof💚🙃 I love long videos so no worries there from me💚🙃
Lol I didn’t win the bulb giveaway but I ended up ordering 300 bulbs because she made it sound so good 😂
Right after watching her video this morning I order a little over $100 worth of seeds from Johnny’s. Their customer service is really nice. I hope I have success with what I got. This is my first time gardening.
Sephara Bernard Good luck with your new garden💚🙃
Sephara Bernard, even I ordered seeds from Johnnys this morning while I was watching the video 😊
Yeah.. i will be ordering here
OH AARON, that "King & I" clip nearly knocked me off my chair!!
LOL, me too!
Prepping my 2nd seed order for 2022 & reviewing this video!!! Thanks for so much info.
Is there any way you can convince your Mom to make the pumpkin pot-pie this fall once your pumpkins come in? If she’s unable to, would she consider sharing the recipe? I would LOVE to make that!!!! 🙏🏼
yesssss
Gm 100 degree 😱 I agree take a rest, and that’s smart I also order my seed for next year in the fall got all that I needed cause it’s so hard to get them in spring.💚💚💚
How do you not get overwhelmed by all of the choices and possibilities? Just the thought of it all exhausts me.
The Barlow Mix columbines you will love. I started some 15 years ago and let them reseed themselves. They have moved around the garden ever since. The forget-me-knot is another one that will self sow and create drifts of flowers - gorgeous in the spring.
Your videos are NEVER too long - the longer the better in my eyes! The editing always makes it go so quickly and I love hearing your input on different seeds, what you have and have not grown and what’s worked for you! Keep em’ comin!
Laura: Just maybe bookmark this for a winter day when you don’t have much going on
Me: having a lot going on but still managing to get through the whole video 😂
Okay, I've always loved growing anything, but since I started watching Laura a few weeks ago, I am getting so organized! Today I am taking notes for the first time so I don't have to keep going back and searching for important information. I've been fighting for years on how/where to keep my seeds because I do start seeds in the winter. Who knew that those cool staples CD storage containers were just right. Getting some this week. This is my first year for really paying attention to gathering seeds from my own plants. Thanks for all the information, today's show is right up my alley.
Watch The Impatient Gardener on RUclips. She has a video on storing and organizing seeds in a similar container that I have adopted. It’s fantastic, really helped me to organize seeds
I so wish that the garden centers in my area would carry Espoma Land and Sea and the Bio Tone Starter. I can only find the small bags of Plant Tone, Garden Tone, Holly Tone, etc. I remember you saying that when you were out of Bio Tone, you would use Plant Tone. And I am very thankful that I can purchase the Bonide and Captain Jack products locally. I have been battling budworms on my supertunias so I am using Thuricide weekly to try and keep them at bay!!
You should ask them to bring it in for you! Often times garden centers are happy to order in new items so long as they know you really have an interest.
You are an adorable young lady and your love for gardening, and cooking, and life is really infectious. I am sure your husband Aaron absolutely adores you. God bless you, and all your family !
Don’t ever apologize for long videos. We live for them. I love the way your eyes light up when you go through the pumpkin seeds. That’s how I am at the pumpkin patch. 1 of these and 3 of these.
Celosia grows so well with the winter sowing method. I had so much I was throwing it out and it's also super easy to collect the seed yourself.
I have ordered Andrews Seeds ... Great quality! And, yes, so cute how they ship it with the brown twine! Thank you for all you do!
Good morning☕☕☕☂️ we make "dinner in a pumpkin" on halloween beforewe go trick or treating,its tradition. I thoroughly enjoyed every second and need that push to get organized...ha ha
Video too long? Pshaw! Love it and all the great knowledge and information you are so generous to share : ) And I am so stealing the squash/pumpkin soup/pot pie idea. Sounds delish!
I'm totally a garden geek and I have a seed inventory, too - although my "wish list" is longer!
I love the rustling sound of the seeds in their envelopes 😃
I bought my seeds now too. I'm pregnant also and expecting in April, so I figured come spring time I won't have all kinds of time to fuss with planting annuals. I ordered several packets of zinnias (salmon rose and profusion white) and I'm just going to mass plant them next year, direct sow in the ground. I live in GA, so that usually works well for me. I'm so glad I heard you talking about seeds recently so I could order the varieties I wanted and they were still in stock!
"I'm up in our plant room" #goals
Laura your videos are never too long 🙂 they're always so fun to watch and we learn so many things from them every time!!! Thanks for sharing!
I have been doing my family garden for 2 years now and planted my silver maple that I grew from seed that is living on for it third summer and next spring will be 4 years old. Love you videos
NEVER apologize for long videos Laura...They ROCK.
I have recently set up an Excel spreadsheet in strict alphabetical order, exactly the same as my seeds are stored, in 2l ice-cream containers in the fridge (8 so far). The only exceptions are one container each for beans and peas and that doesn't include things like dried peas for indoor pea shoots. If you have columns for the categories you want (eg category of plant or month of sowing) you can select anything you want. I have added Sow By (on packet or estimated) so that I can see what might need to be replaced. That way I can do germination tests on old seeds before they're discarded. Most old seed will produce something, even if the germination rate is poor. I do like the CD containers, but the ice-cream containers keep out the light and the plastic doesn't become brittle in the cold of the fridge. Apart from the cost of the ice-cream, they were free.
I love watching your channel to plan for my future garden but also because I learn SO MUCH about different varieties of food. When you go to the grocery store it’s just “garlic” and it’s all the same and you never know any different. Love to hear about different varieties to look out for.
Never apologize for a long video! They are always my favorite. Perfect for an hour lunch break! :)
An hour of talking about seeds!! I've just placed a huge order with Johnny's, and willingly copped the shipping fees & import hassles, as there's so many varieties that I find hard to get in Australia. I hope they turn up in enough time to get some use from them this season, as we are only just coming into spring. Thank you for this awesome video!!
Are we allowed to get in seeds internationally ? !
@@E.R.Hewitt Not everything, but surprisingly more than you might think. On the website for the Dept of Agriculture there is a link to a system called BICON, where you can search for the scientific names. bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0/ViewElement/Element/CaseScientificNames?caseElementPk=1352783
This was a great kick start to my motivation especially those cases and getting organized. Johnny's has invaluable resources online as does Floret. Learning never ends.💜🌸🌿
I have already started planning for 2021! Planning, gardening & maintenance is my therapy - my husband & I have a beautiful special needs daughter who needs full time care. I am lucky that I can stay home to care for her & enjoy being with her! Hannah is mobile & only needs one medication to control seizures. She does not talk but communicates with basic sign language, pointing & bringing an object to us that tells us what she wants or needs. So gardening is my therapy, I can garden & still be close to Hannah here at home! We live on a family farm so I do have the space to do & expand my gardening therapy plus Hannah loves to ride in our tractors with her Dad when the job permits! She also loves to watch all the farm activities! Your videos have helped me improve & add to my "gardening therapy"!! Thank you!😊🚜🌹🌺🌻🌾🌿🌱❤💚
I LOVE growing hot pink flowers like magenta and fuschia with a bright orange flowers like marigolds.Talk about juicy summer color combo!
You are such an inspiration and awesome teacher! Loved this video and have a list of 35 cut flowers ready to order for my garden next year. Love you you grow enough to give away. That is 100% my goal and CANT wait to buy and plant all my new seeds💚
Have you considered having bee hives? You could always have a bee keeper set them up for you and gather the honey. What a feast they would have!
Wow!! That was just fantastic!! Thank you so much for all the information you share! I don't have anyone to share my love for gardening with so you are both such a blessing to have in my life. You have truly brought back the joy of gardening for me!❤
OMG please show us how to make that garlic soup cooked in the squash, sounds AMAZING!!
Would love to see a video with mom showing us how to make her pumpkin pot pie! How fun and creative! 🥧🥰
Oh my gosh, the work that went into this video. I will bookmark this video. Those pumpkin are amazing.
In order to LOVE eating zucchinis, just get a traditional Italian cookbook and there are so many delicious recipes, even one that contains zucchini flowers. Also, zucchini is so much more delicious when harvested young - no more than 7-8 inches long, and still shiny.
Omgoodness the photo and printed name was so helpful! Thanks Aaron! You’re so sweet. Thanks Laura for the excellent information on seeds and organization. Gosh, I wish you guys would put a blank spreadsheet with the basic information on it. Even for us small gardeners it would be so helpful. I get seed packets, file them away, then look when I’m in the mood or trying to organize and I think, poo I missed the time to start...oh no, I can’t start these either. Lol. I really think it would help many people. Js. Anyway, God bless. Glad you are not questioning the down time you take or the projects missed. You’re amazing. 👏🏻💕👏🏻
This was so valuable! Specially to hear what veggies you liked best.
Super considerate video.
Thank you guys so very much!
Amazing!
It made me so happy to see you have Kentucky Wonder bean seeds! My much loved great grandfather grew them every year. My very favorite!!
I love that you're sort of focusing in on winter squash- we are too for 2021 because the seeds are big and easier to save and they feed a lot of family without refrigeration
I have never planted flowers and/or vegetables from seeds. This was a great teaching/learning video about seeds. Now I need to buy some of those great seed trays from Gardeners Supply. I am learning so much from you and Aaron. Bless you both and stay healthy❤️
Even though I do not have several acres to plant seeds, your excitement was contagious watching you talk about your seed packets! I enjoyed every minute of the video!!
I don’t mind your long videos. They are informative, besides, I can pause and continue watching anytime. Keep it up!
Was SO excited when I saw this! Always love taking screenshots of the varieties you talk about when you pop up the image and name graphic - please keep doing that in all your videos. It’s amazing!
Thank you for this in depth look at your seeds and varieties - LOVED IT!!! Never apologize for the amazing in-depth convos of you experience and favs- that’s why we’re all here!
This goes right into "saved" & I appreciate having this with me to refer to. Your amazing. Love seeing everything.💙💜🐦👍
I shouldn’t be surprised to see so many types of seeds because you post so often and you have the space but...wow! I love learning more about them al
I admire you so much! You are such a beautiful hardworking woman! Can't imagine how you also can keep up with a little one and another baby on the way! You are inspiring not just to garden but overall energizing so many people! Wishing you the best! God bless!
Another awesome video! Want to buy much more seeds than planned!🙂
Holy cow!! I love seeing all of the variety of flowers that you will be putting in your cut garden. Which seeds are the easiest to just plant in the ground? I don't have space to start them indoors. I've been doing a lot more gardening since I started watching your videos. Love your enthusiasm!
Yay! So glad you did this early! I'm in the middle of getting my seeds organized & ordering some now. This was helpful!
Wonderful video Laura. I love when you share your less than successful projects. I would love to see a video covering your flowers growing out of your milk jugs, flowers still growing out of the flats, I enjoyed your macerated nasturtium seeds and empty row of amaranth. You are so knowledgeable and talented and never afraid to share your failures. They are fun for us in the real world. You make our day many days !
This was really enjoyable to watch, thank you Laura. I'm also so glad that I'm not the only one who organizes their seeds chronologically. I also separate by 'direct sow' or 'start' (indoors). For example, 'start 6 wks before last frost', 'sow 4 wks before last frost', etc.
That’s a whole lot of seeds, can’t wait to see the new garden next year.
Take it easy lil momma.
Clearly, I need a bigger yard! Have you every tried heirloom mums? I have never been a huge fan of mums because I am only familiar with the grocery store/garden center variety that bloom profusely for a few weeks in fall and then fizzle out. BUT, I recently learned that those mums are not the only mums. There is a world of gorgeous, almost dahlia like blooms, I have never seen before. Amazing.
An hour hanging out with Laura and talking about seeds, Perfect!💕
Don't worry about how long this video is....we could watch you all day 😀
It would be so good if you could do a lot more flower bouquet videos, that is, if you have the time and energy. Also more cooking videos focusing on using your own videos. Thank you for all of your beautiful garden videos. You have inspired me so much.
Good Morning Laura! I love your extended gardening especially the sunflowers. Thank you for the heads up to start thinking about seeds. Have a great day!
Loved that you posted this video before January as I have been ordering a lot of seeds lately. I'm addicted to ordering seeds! 😂
I'm addicted too!
Watching this in Jan 2021. Seeds are still available right now, luckily. I just placed my order yesterday, Jan 2nd. I am so excited to have a vegetable garden again, it's been 10 years!! This video is so packed full of info but 1st thing I'll be doing is organizing! Good luck to us all in the new year and may you and baby girl have a healthy smooth happy delivery!
Column Ideas: one for direct seed or no ? Date to start germination ? Location to plant? Age of seed (purchase date?)
We have a similar setup for all our flower and vegetable seeds. We have two additional bins, one for storage of flowers that we store in the refrigerator and the second for sweet pea flower seeds, we store in the freezer. Those storage bins have improved our germination rates for flowers such as delphinium, foxglove, columbines, ammi and snapdragons. Enjoyed your video. Planning and thinking about next season is so fun.
You had me at Turks Turban with the creamy Garlic broth/soup! 🤤🤤🤤 ooommmyyyy yumm and beautiful 😍
There go all the good seeds “Out of Stock”!
You would be such a good narrator. I love the way you read. You would be nice to listen to on audible reading books!
Laura since i started to watch your videos I have noticed that I now see more than just flowers that are pretty. I see the leaves and their colors and structure. Seed pods, branches, vegetable varieties i never knew existed for example Garlic. Never knew there were more than one kind of garlic. Anyway i just want to say thank you for opening my eyes to what has been right in front of me that i ignored before.
What an awesome informative video, thanks you guys for inspiring me on the daily! I’m glad you posted early on this topic, now I need to get my but on johnys and get organized!
I loved the new starter pots, and the tomato varieties! Gave me ideas for different kinds to put in my raised bed. Love your show!
Good Morning Beautiful!!!! I love awaking to your videos with my morning coffee! You are pure WONDERFULNESS for the gardener's soul!🙏🌎🌎💚🌱
That is quite a list of new seeds! God Bless you for committing to all of this seed sowing and growing with a newborn. You are more adventurous than I was when my boys were born. Best of luck!1
Your videos are never too long! I look forward to watching them every morning.
I’ve got a hand in a cast and a therapy boot on one foot and am pretty immobile. This video gave me inspiration to catalog my seeds, make lists for next year, and continue planning the organization of my little potting shed and garden for next year. Thank you!
Oh MY Goodness, Aaron, I LOVED that version of the King and I. You rock kiddo. Laura this is the first year I've kept my tags and seed packages. I'm so glad. You are such a good influence. LOL I may progress to your system as my garden and yard projects grow. We have lived in this house for seven years. The first few years were spent taking dead trees and hedges down. CHA CHING I also put all my Garden Answer notes in a folder! This winter will go by quickly as I will start some long term planting and my "room" ideas. TY TY TY Cathy M/PA
I’m off to the nursery tomorrow morning ... You’ve encouraged me to grow Zinna’s from seeds Laura. 💕
I organize my seeds the same exact way because I'm so OCD, even down to the Flower & Vegetable Herb Bin & I separate them with cardboard too! Crazy! I thought I was extreme, but Laura, thanks for making my seed hoarding seem normal. #seedaddictsunite 😂🌱 Might be useful to you to print your Excel Spread & keep it attached in the barn somewhere because I found myself running back inside frequently, but with an updated list printed in my patio I don't have to worry anymore. That's also how I avoid buying the same thing 3 times. 😅 Cause I've done that to, too many times! Lol! 😅😅😅 Happy Planting! 🎉🌱
Did somebody say OCD? 😜 Sometimes things just need to be a certain way for our own peace of mind. 😂
@@OCDishChick I totally agree!!!!! ❤
Kellyann D. 😂
I also have two boxes for flowers and herbs/ veggies. I divide the boxes into the months, when they have to be seeded. when the month comes, I take all out and divide indoor and outdoor starting... Works very good for me as I'm starting similar amounts as Laura.😊
Thank you for this Laura! Loved it. NEVER worry about your videos being too long, the longer the better. 😊
My son-in law plants the Ambrosia corn every year. He does stagger the planting so it's ready at different times and he always sells out daily! He does do it to sell and he has repeat customers every year that buy it to freeze.it is so good!
Good marrow to you!
The video I’ve been waiting for! Very helpful information in regards to learning about seed planting.
Aaron is so funny inserting that clip from “The King and I” Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera! 😉
Wow I love it when u do long videos.. this is gonna be the best way to spend 1 hour of my life😆
Hi Laura! All I can say is WOW! That's a LOT of seeds, but after seeing what you planted this year, not too many! LOL! It's fun to see your excitement when showing us all of the seeds. And yes, this video wasn't just interesting, it was very helpful, too.Thank you so much for sharing! Also, would love a video with your Mom making the Pumpkin Pot Pie, and the recipe of course, and you making the Garlic Cream soup, with recipe!