I really enjoyed the increased amount of conversation between you and Aaron on all the topics. It is nice to see how you process all your ideas. Enjoying your family dynamics is almost as fun as enjoying your garden information.
I too think bringing in Aaron is very beneficial as this a team business not a unilateral one. Besides Aaron has better knowledge of the nuts & bolts of the operation.
Yes, I agree! It's good to see Aaron in the videos too! Aaron you seem to be more comfortable!? It's good to hear from you, what you would like done to the house and outside! Rip it all down and start over!😹
I honestly think you will have so many regrets if you don’t take days off to enjoy your babies, it’s like “don’t blink” with kids!! And when the our babies are grown we find ourselves so sad!! You know like a bitter/sweet type of thing. We want them to grow And succeed, and happy but ohhh mercy we sure miss the baby/little kids things so much! Love you guys so much, you’re just so awesome!! Merry Christmas ❤️🎄❤️
You don't have to apologize for posting "only" 6 videos a week! Most people post one or two every week! You definitely have to spend as much time with your beautiful children and create priceless memories! We love you guys no matter how many videos you post! Much love to all of you from Greece!
"We will only be posting 5 videos a week + one over here so 6 videos" I´m sorry for laughing 🤣🤣🤣 But I hope you guys understand that 5 videos a week are ALOT! Most people post one video a week! Ofc you should have the weekends of. Even if you love your job it´s important to have breaks 🥰
Yes, yes, yes! We will take whatever you give! It's so important to take care of yourselves and children, family! You can burn out even when you love what you do!❤️😀
Now that you 've teased us with the neighborhood lights..can Aaron do a flyover😀😳 Love your lights so peaceful and beautiful! Also love the fireplace decorations with the mini trees..perfect! Would love to see pic of Benjamin's trucks on the rock ledges.. lol...he needs a truck tree! Thank you for sharing...have a wonderful..joyful Christmas!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Actually I think the five days a week and taking weekends off is an excellent idea. You need time to recoup and get fresh ideas by taking time off. I don’t think your followers expect seven days a week of filming. Not many RUclipsrs film five days a week. Enjoy family life! 👨👩👧👦
I don't think anyone minds when you have a yearly repeat. In some years it might not apply to our own garden projects but the next year it may. I don't think I would mind a garlic video every year lol. A remodel would be sooo fun to watch!!
Agree. I’ve also noticed in watching older and newer videos on the same topic, that Laura provides new insights and perspectives as she is doing the projects.
I enjoyed the garlic video again this year. I have been watching for several years now and I planted garlic for the first time this year. I watched as many garlic videos I could find first. I am excited to watch them grow. So I will need a harvest video next year so I will know what to do then. Thank you for all your videos
This Old House team sounds like the way to go. They specialize in preserving and updating homes like yours. If they aren't able to come to your area, they may know where to direct you to the appropriate professionals. Love their projects. Decades of experience.
Loved the recap, as always, but I find myself just enjoying the conversational back and forth between Laura & Aaron. I truly appreciate the lack of foul language which is so prevalent these days. Thank you! It's refreshing. And YES to another tour of your Christmas lights, please.
You need a life and you don’t have to justify it to anyone. We will all understand. Love what you’re doing and sharing your lives. Bless you and the family.
My grandfather advised me, long ago, to enjoy all the seasons in my life and to take time for them. It's been a blessing for me and I know it will be a blessing for you! I am thrilled that you took the weekend off!!! Good for you!
About storing Christmas lights ... My husband takes a stiff piece of cardboard from a delivery box about 6 inches by about 12-24 inches (or longer if needed), depending on the length of your Christmas lights and wraps the strands around it. We have several of these stored inside a large plastic bin. We stand them up on their skinny side and put another piece of cardboard in between so they can't get stuck on the neighboring lights. Since you have more lights than us, you could put one layer on top of another with a large piece of cardboard in between layers. This way there is no detangling needed. Hope this helps🥰🎄
We traveled everywhere including China and Italy as soon as the kids were 1 year. We brought the very light weight umbrella stroller everywhere. Our kids took dozens of naps in that stroller while we were traveling. We must have worn through 4 or 5 of them during their youth. In fact , there is a destroyed umbrella stroller in a garbage can in the Forbidden City in Beijing
I work just Saturdays at a garden center. Yesterday morning while making what will be my last Christmas arrangements this season across from the owner's daughter, I said, Laura didn't post a video today, Did you notice?🤔 😲 How awesome that your videos become such a routine in so many lives. Waking up and logging on to RUclips for that 7 AM video. I think you could pull out a mop and bucket and people would watch. I think we all agree, Your content always interesting & educational! Please take anytime needed, we CAN'T have Garden Answer Burn Out!! Have a very Merry Christmas!!! 🎅🌲❤
Renovating an older home to make it the space that works for you is so worth it. So many wait to renovate or fix something until they are thinking about selling and it’s lost time for a more joyous daily life. Especially if you’re homebodies, like you are. Everything is really expensive right now but making a list of “must have”, “would like”, and “would be nice, but can live without” will help an architect or contractor help you through the process. I was a Construction Project Manager for 35 years and meeting owner expectations is always a challenge. Asking the right questions of the owners is key. I loved being a PM and hearing you banter reminded me of how much I miss helping people through the process. You’ve brought so much daily joy and a revised love of gardening into my life. I wish you many blessings and a very Merry Christmas.
Love that you shared your old house issues with us- (gave me a little trip down memory lane!) even tho you say all is not perfect, in the world of video it sure looks like it! 😉 Hate that you have all the issues an old house has (we lived in an 1917ish old house for 40+ years and remodeled the remodels). These people that say “we are remodeling”, only to find out they are PAINTING! haven’t lived! 😂🤣 when you look into your dining room and see the dirt below-you are remodeling! 😄 we gutted, replumbed, rewired, burnt wood, went to furnaces, added on and now at retirement age we decided to move on and built much smaller. Enjoy your BIG house while you are young and your kids are too. We enjoy watching Garden Answer because,like you, we are starting all new gardens (again) - amending soil and trying to create those spots for interest year. GA is our perfect go too for that! Keep those occasional entertaining videos coming too - as I plan on doing much more of that too!!!😃🍰🧁🥂🍸Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
I really enjoyed the conversation about your house and what you'd like to do to it in the future. Your house is so gorgeous, and I love the history of it. So I love hearing about your plans, and even hearing about the problems! It is a reminder that we all go through problems and deal with things.
Good morning 🌞. Yes, please take time and enjoy your family. The children grow up so fast and before you know it, boom! How did you get so big? Unlike plants, impossible to trim them back down to a foot or two. 😂. Enjoy the holidays🎄❤️🎄⛄❄️☃️
Hello guys, cement is the powder that gets mixed with other ingredients to create concrete. Well that’s how my dad explained it to me once anyway! 😉 Also more light tours? Yes please!!!
I enjoy going back and watching your old videos. I love, love, love when you add in a clip of an old video that pertains to the video you are currently doing.
I am so glad to hear you are taking a break on weekends. Everyone deserves a break. I will miss the videos but I would rather you be able to just have some down time.
We replaced all the supply and sewer in our 100+ year old home recently. From galvanized to pex. We also had new supply "stubbed in" for a future upstairs bathroom. Our Plumber brought a crew of 5 and got 90% done in one day and was able to only have water off for only the one day and finished everything the next morning. On the electrical we replaced as we remodeled each room, my husband was able to do that himself as he knows electrical. We added over a dozen new outlets, which is great!
Definitely spot on. Replace all the copper if you have the means to do so. We had a bathroom and kitchen leak shortly after we bought our house, and got rid of the cooper.
The "mail time" about tools, is really wonderful. I really like know what is good and bad about something. I have learned so much about tools from you and Aaron. Thank you.
yes! I agree, the only mail time that would be fun is when you get promo stuff for gardening tools, gadgets and anything pertaining to the great outdoors. We don't need to see what people send you.
I love the "here we are doing a garlic video again". I'm over here like I have seen them all. I know exactly what to do with garlic and I don't even grow it. 😂
I found Garden Answer spring of 2021. I learned so much and started developing spaces in my yard turning them into gardens! Now I have paid more attention to the sun and shade areas and what plants would work better. Through your channel I connected with Creekside in NC since we are in central South Carolina (sandy soil). We visited Creekside in November to pick up some treasures. Our 4 children are married adults and I have more time to focus on gardening. Thanks so much for the information and inspiration! I also love watching your young family grow!🌱🪴💐❤️
There’s an old English saying “ Horses sweat, men perspire, women glow” , so when you’re out in the garden you’re not sweating, you’re just glowing !!!
We use panels of cardboard to wind up our lights just squares and you can reel the lights properly and even label them. And we also uses totes to store the reeled up lights on the cardboard. Apologies if someone has suggested this already!
Stiff cardboard is the way to go! That's what I do, too. And an empty paper towel cardboard roll with notches cut on each end for starting and ending a string is the perfect size for your standard 100 light string.
@@annehedlund7333 i think we’re going the extra mile this year and hopefully we remember to put matchy-matchy labels on the lights to correspond to their cardboard but its seriously the easiest and cheapest way to store them.
You can totally go on vacation with young kids and still nap them! Especially if you go to a resort that has local activities. Like a beach resort or a resort that has activities on site. Or get a camper!
Getting an experienced architect is key. There will always be things you'll wish you had done differently when the project is done, and someone with lots of experience will help you avoid some of those afterthoughts.
Yes I think we would all love another lights video. We could join you with hot chocolate while virtually riding the gator. 😉 Also if it was me I’d leave the lights in the Willow tree as long as possible. Gorgeous anytime of year
What about putting the fountain in the orchard where you want the hidden seating? You will be able to sit drink coffee and listen to waterfalls in your hidden meadow
Great idea..lol...but wonder how long Laura actually sits down. I have a feeling her coffee gets cold..because there is always something that grabs your attention that needs doing...now! But a moveable bistro table sounds perfect. And one more place to put together a planter!
When y’all pull up that raised brick circle, could you re-use those bricks(or at least the ones that don’t get destroyed) for raised brick beds in the vegetable garden🤷🏻♀️
Idea: Keep those days off for family time, fun times while satisfying viewers. How about filming every project in Spring and Summer, hold the extra overflow vids, to post on Sunday, or when going on vacation, or events you guys attend, or whatever crops up in life? In Spring and Summer one week holding back a vid on planting, preparing soils, planting, creative projects or home, garden maintaining will make little differences... 💛💛💛💛 to your family. Or surprise us in the dead of winter, (most of us get tired in of waiting in Jan. and Feb for Spring to land) with a Spring, Summer, Late Fall vid of beauty, overhead vid of the property in full bloom or a creative project you or Aaron have done that we did not see coming!
Absolutely love the Christmas light videos! Would love a how to or at least more explanation of how they did the willow. Another video on the lights would be great. Make as many different angles as you want, we watch them all! Thanks so much for all you do, I watch faithfully.
Absolutely I for one would 💕 to see the light from a vehicle angle. Every year we do a light tour around town and the neighboring towns to see the lights. Also we have finally figured out that you Miss Laura are not actually a super human as we all assume. Lol. You do sweat just like the rest of us. Again thanks for all you guys do for your viewers.
Laura….never force yourself to do a project that your heart is not in it….don’t do it just to do it. Everything you do is entertaining and informing for all of us……your fans.
Oh PLEASE do a drive by of the lights.... they're so gorgeous... we need to see them again!!! Also... felt like I was sitting in a comfy chair listening to your conversation about remodeling your house! Just shows how comfortable you all are talking in front of the camera and how easily we all just become part of the 'family' :) Thanks for being you!
Hi y’all, There’s a way to store lights on coat hangers from the cleaners. You bend the ends of the hanger up to make a hook. Then wrap the lights around the hanger. Hang them from a rod for storage. I like this method because it keeps the lights from becoming tangled. But I can only wrap three or four strings of lights on each hanger. I’m sure there’s a tutorial on RUclips😁. Thanks for all the videos! Merry Christmas to your family!
Thumbs up for following a nap time. Rested babies are happy babies, rested babies are healthy babies and rested children are achievers. This grandma has been there!!
I remember when my oldest was about 7 years old, I had broken my ankle. Let me tell you....having a hyperactive boy that you CAN'T run after is hard. I had to make him go jump on his bed to expel some of that energy, so I completely understand the running around the house. 😁
Mail time started out fun but did turn into a monster. I’m glad you are keeping it private. It was fun to see the back and forth between you and Aaron.
As an ex plumbers wife, I believe the pinhole issues have to do with electrolysis which is a mixing of metals or grounding issues. My current home is 47 years and no issues. Just a thought.
Please rethink using fossil fuels for the damage caused to the environment. From fracking to burning it causes climate change, warmer ocean temperatures and storms, forest fires, tornadoes even earthquakes have been contributed to fracking. You are the next generation to make the changes. Save thhe polar bears and pollinators 😄
Rita Sicari Climate change is costing NJ and NY lives and property. Sea level rise, tornadoes, storms and many people and vehicles. Pipelines, gas powered power plants are our fight to help our environment. Don’t forget the polar bears are drowning🌍 For Garden Answer’s Benjamin and his sister too.
I've wondered about you taking some time off like even be off between Christmas and New Years - the WHOLE WEEK!!! You definitely deserve to. And when school starts for your kids you'll be ready. During that time IF you were doing something you wanted to share you could always make it - a video and use it for a fill in when needed. There could be several ways to build a cushion to "buy" a long weekend. Even without kids you deserve it!!! Now my song and dance might be different if you were leaving us. I just so much enjoy your posts!
I'm so glad you are taking off the weekend's .you guy's shouldn't work so much really ...we love you all and want you to have a life other than work .Sooooo happy 😄🙏💖
Hi, y’all! I’m a preservation architect and specifically love old buildings, but my team and I are based in South Dakota. ☺️ We do travel all over the northlands doing projects, though, and I have family in Boise, so I’m always looking for an excuse to head that direction. Would happily connect. 😁
I’ve done a living wreath with succulents and put it on a wreath holder meant for a cemetery. If you tuck it in with other plants growing in the garden it s a neat surprise.
You know what would be AMAZING? If you took another one of those 360 videos around your property for the Christmas light video. That way people could swing around and take it all in. And in my case, I could watch while wearing my VR and feel like I am really there! 🤩 PS I have been watching since your very first videos and I love every type of video you make. They are authentic and align with what is really going on with your lives. They don't need to follow any trend, the content doesn't need to be something you have never done before, Benjamin doesn't even need to be quiet. I am here for it all ❤️
Can I take the liberty to mention to you that even if young children don’t always remember everything, holidays do help to stimulate their brains, imagination and create educational experiences, and yes, memories from experiences that they would never get at home. They watch all the holiday videos while they are growing up, and that helps them to remember. When we took our 2.5 yr daughter and 3.5 yr old son to Fiji from our cold winter season in Australia, to the gentle island warmth, they showed a different side of themselves and were so excited that the could swim there, and were mostly well behaved. They learned so much about a different culture and climate, in their own childish way! 😀🌴 Also the happy, ultra friendly Fijians were so kind to children. Our little Benjamin was so serious, always asking questions and learning about lots of new things, while our shy sweet Holly gradually learned to overcome her shyness with the wonderful, happy 😃 Fijian people. Family memories are all the more precious when your children are all grown up, like ours are now. 🌸🌷🌹🌲🌻🌴😎
Concerning the corners on the raised beds: I bit the bullet and invested in the raised bed corner brackets from Gardeners Supply. I bet they would send you some if/when you decide to redo your current beds😉
@@caroldibenedetto9281 I didn’t plan on spending that much money on my beds, but I was doing them myself. Although I consider myself pretty handy, I’m probably not😂. My beds turned out great by using those brackets!
I had a set from Burpee's. They only lasted a few years before cracking and breaking. Now I just screw the ends together around a chunk of 4x4 with stainless steel screws. Indestructible.
Yes, please do an extended light tour! We can't get enough. I've already watched the one three or four times since it is so fast. Also, we love seeing Aaron on camera and listening to your discussions. You two are fun!
That was perfect! Painting some furniture and put on this video, just listening at your talk. It took precisely the whole video to paint this piece. I feel like I’m sitting chatting with som loved friends. Thank you for this channel, it means a lot to me to not be so lonely that I feel from time to time. ❤️ Merry Christmas to all of you! 🤶🏼🌲🌺🌲
I still don’t appreciate any of the vacations my family took when I was a toddler. Benjamin is old enough to remember some things but Samantha will appreciate it later that you waited a bit.
I don't think kids really remember vacations and travel all that much. It's the little day-to-day things and traditions that stay with them and really form who they are.
I applaud your decision to step back from your seven day a week schedule. You have worked hard, have launched a solid business and have earned this opportunity. You deserve the time with family and to pursue and cultivate other interests off camera. You have expressed many times how important your privacy is to you. Hats off to you as you move into this next phase of your lives, business and careers.
Reels for lights for free; make friends with a Home Depot associate and ask for the d rope and chain reels they trow away in the hardware section. I used to work there and that's what I did. A cool cashier would save them for you somewhere and you can pick up a load when you come in. ✌🏻
Good morning, from SW Michigan!!! I have to say that the beaches of Lake Michigan are absolutely beautiful in the summer and worth a trip! So glad you're taking time for your family and enjoying the moments while the littles are still little. 💙💜
Yes, please! We’d love to see the lights from that perspective! And having the drone footage on every video until Christmas or New Year’s Day would be lovely too! Can’t get enough of that! Wishing you and all you family that you so sweetly share with us a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🌸💜🎄💜🌸 ~Cassandra Senter, Laguna Beach, Florida
Thanks for answering my comment about drones, excited to see my name mentioned!! You talked about wanting brick planter beds in this video - maybe just re-use the old bricks in front of the butterfly garden once you tear all that out. I know how much you love recycling supplies! And YES, MORE XMAS LIGHT TOURS!!! Thanks again!
I can’t tell you how beneficial your show has been! As I was out walking my dog today, I stopped and pointed out some hocaroos (sp? 🤣) to my dog, they still look quite nice in our area! And, you have talked about replacing the lounge chair on your sun porch and I keep thinking a nice bistro set would look so cute in there! An ode to your mom!
If you gut the whole house-try to preserve the molding around the doorways and windows - that adds such charm to the house and i love the landing -don’t get rid of it!!!
We use a wood closet bar to hang the lights on. Then bicycle hooks to hang them from the ceiling in the garage. It reduced the number of totes by four. I found it was also easier to organize. One rod for all lights that go one the house and one for the yard lights. We have a 3000 light display.
I really enjoyed the increased amount of conversation between you and Aaron on all the topics. It is nice to see how you process all your ideas. Enjoying your family dynamics is almost as fun as enjoying your garden information.
I too think bringing in Aaron is very beneficial as this a team business not a unilateral one. Besides Aaron has better knowledge of the nuts & bolts of the operation.
Yes, I agree! It's good to see Aaron in the videos too! Aaron you seem to be more comfortable!? It's good to hear from you, what you would like done to the house and outside! Rip it all down and start over!😹
I agree 😍😍
I honestly think you will have so many regrets if you don’t take days off to enjoy your babies, it’s like “don’t blink” with kids!!
And when the our babies are grown we find ourselves so sad!! You know like a bitter/sweet type of thing. We want them to grow
And succeed, and happy but ohhh mercy we sure miss the baby/little kids things so much!
Love you guys so much, you’re just so awesome!!
Merry Christmas ❤️🎄❤️
Ditto.. what Beth said! Lol
Good morning! I would LOVE to see a "drive through" style Christmas lights tour! ❤❤❤
Yes, indeed 🙏🏽❤️
Yes!
I second this!! Those are always the best.
Yes, please!
Yes, please! The Christmas light tour video was pretty short/fast, my mom and I watched it again on slowmo. So we would love to see more lights!
You don't have to apologize for posting "only" 6 videos a week! Most people post one or two every week! You definitely have to spend as much time with your beautiful children and create priceless memories! We love you guys no matter how many videos you post! Much love to all of you from Greece!
AGREED! AGREED!
We would be happy with 2 postings a week! Please, enjoy your lovely family and estate. Make the best choices for them, and we support you!
Agree 100%. Your children are only little once enjoy them while you can.
Ditto
"We will only be posting 5 videos a week + one over here so 6 videos" I´m sorry for laughing 🤣🤣🤣 But I hope you guys understand that 5 videos a week are ALOT! Most people post one video a week! Ofc you should have the weekends of. Even if you love your job it´s important to have breaks 🥰
When it's your full time job, one video per week just won't cut it.
@@plot10homestead58 Not really true. Most RUclips in Sweden put out one video a week and it's their fulltime job 😊
@@Dixiwonderlandyoutube Well, I guess the RUclipsrs in Sweden just aren't as motivated 🤣
@@plot10homestead58 That might be true 🤣
Yes, yes, yes! We will take whatever you give! It's so important to take care of yourselves and children, family! You can burn out even when you love what you do!❤️😀
Yes to a lights tour!! The overhead shots are beautiful, but it would be so fun to see them as you see them.
on the gator :-)
And in case it doesn't snow, please do a driving/video tour anyway! ☺️
Now that you 've teased us with the neighborhood lights..can Aaron do a flyover😀😳
Love your lights so peaceful and beautiful!
Also love the fireplace decorations with the mini trees..perfect! Would love to see pic of Benjamin's trucks on the rock ledges..
lol...he needs a truck tree!
Thank you for sharing...have a wonderful..joyful Christmas!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Actually I think the five days a week and taking weekends off is an excellent idea. You need time to recoup and get fresh ideas by taking time off. I don’t think your followers expect seven days a week of filming. Not many RUclipsrs film five days a week.
Enjoy family life! 👨👩👧👦
I don't think anyone minds when you have a yearly repeat. In some years it might not apply to our own garden projects but the next year it may. I don't think I would mind a garlic video every year lol. A remodel would be sooo fun to watch!!
Agree. I’ve also noticed in watching older and newer videos on the same topic, that Laura provides new insights and perspectives as she is doing the projects.
I enjoyed the garlic video again this year. I have been watching for several years now and I planted garlic for the first time this year. I watched as many garlic videos I could find first. I am excited to watch them grow. So I will need a harvest video next year so I will know what to do then. Thank you for all your videos
This Old House team sounds like the way to go. They specialize in preserving and updating homes like yours. If they aren't able to come to your area, they may know where to direct you to the appropriate professionals. Love their projects. Decades of experience.
Evangeline Johnson great recommendation This Old House is building “green” for our future.
I was thinking the very same thing! Imagine what the experts on This Old House could do to their charming home!
Yes, a car tour of the lights would be fun.
Loved the recap, as always, but I find myself just enjoying the conversational back and forth between Laura & Aaron. I truly appreciate the lack of foul language which is so prevalent these days. Thank you! It's refreshing. And YES to another tour of your Christmas lights, please.
Everyone needs time off especially for family. God bless you for all you do to make our lives enjoyable.
You need a life and you don’t have to justify it to anyone. We will all understand. Love what you’re doing and sharing your lives. Bless you and the family.
My grandfather advised me, long ago, to enjoy all the seasons in my life and to take time for them. It's been a blessing for me and I know it will be a blessing for you! I am thrilled that you took the weekend off!!! Good for you!
About storing Christmas lights ...
My husband takes a stiff piece of cardboard from a delivery box about 6 inches by about 12-24 inches (or longer if needed), depending on the length of your Christmas lights and wraps the strands around it. We have several of these stored inside a large plastic bin. We stand them up on their skinny side and put another piece of cardboard in between so they can't get stuck on the neighboring lights. Since you have more lights than us, you could put one layer on top of another with a large piece of cardboard in between layers. This way there is no detangling needed. Hope this helps🥰🎄
We traveled everywhere including China and Italy as soon as the kids were 1 year. We brought the very light weight umbrella stroller everywhere. Our kids took dozens of naps in that stroller while we were traveling. We must have worn through 4 or 5 of them during their youth. In fact , there is a destroyed umbrella stroller in a garbage can in the Forbidden City in Beijing
I work just Saturdays at a garden center. Yesterday morning while making what will be my last Christmas arrangements this season across from the owner's daughter, I said, Laura didn't post a video today, Did you notice?🤔 😲 How awesome that your videos become such a routine in so many lives. Waking up and logging on to RUclips for that
7 AM video. I think you could pull out a mop and bucket and people would watch. I think we all agree, Your content always interesting & educational! Please take anytime needed, we CAN'T have Garden Answer Burn Out!! Have a very
Merry Christmas!!! 🎅🌲❤
Renovating an older home to make it the space that works for you is so worth it. So many wait to renovate or fix something until they are thinking about selling and it’s lost time for a more joyous daily life. Especially if you’re homebodies, like you are. Everything is really expensive right now but making a list of “must have”, “would like”, and “would be nice, but can live without” will help an architect or contractor help you through the process. I was a Construction Project Manager for 35 years and meeting owner expectations is always a challenge. Asking the right questions of the owners is key. I loved being a PM and hearing you banter reminded me of how much I miss helping people through the process. You’ve brought so much daily joy and a revised love of gardening into my life. I wish you many blessings and a very Merry Christmas.
Love that you shared your old house issues with us- (gave me a little trip down memory lane!) even tho you say all is not perfect, in the world of video it sure looks like it! 😉 Hate that you have all the issues an old house has (we lived in an 1917ish old house for 40+ years and remodeled the remodels). These people that say “we are remodeling”, only to find out they are PAINTING! haven’t lived! 😂🤣 when you look into your dining room and see the dirt below-you are remodeling! 😄 we gutted, replumbed, rewired, burnt wood, went to furnaces, added on and now at retirement age we decided to move on and built much smaller. Enjoy your BIG house while you are young and your kids are too. We enjoy watching Garden Answer because,like you, we are starting all new gardens (again) - amending soil and trying to create those spots for interest year. GA is our perfect go too for that! Keep those occasional entertaining videos coming too - as I plan on doing much more of that too!!!😃🍰🧁🥂🍸Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
I really enjoyed the conversation about your house and what you'd like to do to it in the future. Your house is so gorgeous, and I love the history of it. So I love hearing about your plans, and even hearing about the problems! It is a reminder that we all go through problems and deal with things.
Good morning 🌞. Yes, please take time and enjoy your family. The children grow up so fast and before you know it, boom! How did you get so big? Unlike plants, impossible to trim them back down to a foot or two. 😂. Enjoy the holidays🎄❤️🎄⛄❄️☃️
Hello guys, cement is the powder that gets mixed with other ingredients to create concrete. Well that’s how my dad explained it to me once anyway! 😉
Also more light tours? Yes please!!!
We own a construction company and calling concrete , cement drives my husband crazy 😜
My cousin’s dad was in construction and taught engineering classes. The difference between cement and concrete was on ALL of his tests. 👍😂
My husband is a civil engineer and it makes him nuts when I mix them up. Ha!
Witnessing you guys processing life out loud is a wonderful treat. Don’t shy away.
I’d love a second tour. I also think a compilation of the past years would be fun too. ✨
I enjoy going back and watching your old videos. I love, love, love when you add in a clip of an old video that pertains to the video you are currently doing.
I am so glad to hear you are taking a break on weekends. Everyone deserves a break. I will miss the videos but I would rather you be able to just have some down time.
This is your job.
Hardly anyone works everyday take time for your family enjoy those babies while they are young it only lasts for a short time .
We replaced all the supply and sewer in our 100+ year old home recently. From galvanized to pex. We also had new supply "stubbed in" for a future upstairs bathroom. Our Plumber brought a crew of 5 and got 90% done in one day and was able to only have water off for only the one day and finished everything the next morning. On the electrical we replaced as we remodeled each room, my husband was able to do that himself as he knows electrical. We added over a dozen new outlets, which is great!
It feels like we're all at the kitchen table having a conversation...thank you so much for including us it's such a warm feeling : D
I have horses and can totally relate to the whole “I just want to smell them” thing. Something about them is so good for the soul.
Me too....I've got horses..they smell the best!!!!
Aaron is spot on with everything he said about copper piping. Dealing with the same issues. Goal is to finally gut and replace all of it with CPVC.
Definitely spot on. Replace all the copper if you have the means to do so. We had a bathroom and kitchen leak shortly after we bought our house, and got rid of the cooper.
The "mail time" about tools, is really wonderful. I really like know what is good and bad about something. I have learned so much about tools from you and Aaron. Thank you.
yes! I agree, the only mail time that would be fun is when you get promo stuff for gardening tools, gadgets and anything pertaining to the great outdoors. We don't need to see what people send you.
@@21shalimar Agreed!
I love the "here we are doing a garlic video again". I'm over here like I have seen them all. I know exactly what to do with garlic and I don't even grow it. 😂
It would be cute to have old fashioned lamp post throughout the property. 🤗🎄
Would LOVE to see a drive through Christmas light show!!!!
I found Garden Answer spring of 2021. I learned so much and started developing spaces in my yard turning them into gardens! Now I have paid more attention to the sun and shade areas and what plants would work better. Through your channel I connected with Creekside in NC since we are in central South Carolina (sandy soil). We visited Creekside in November to pick up some treasures. Our 4 children are married adults and I have more time to focus on gardening.
Thanks so much for the information and inspiration! I also love watching your young family grow!🌱🪴💐❤️
There’s an old English saying “ Horses sweat, men perspire, women glow” , so when you’re out in the garden you’re not sweating, you’re just glowing !!!
We use panels of cardboard to wind up our lights just squares and you can reel the lights properly and even label them. And we also uses totes to store the reeled up lights on the cardboard. Apologies if someone has suggested this already!
Stiff cardboard is the way to go! That's what I do, too. And an empty paper towel cardboard roll with notches cut on each end for starting and ending a string is the perfect size for your standard 100 light string.
I did the same cardboard holders with notches for .mine. The plus is you can write the light length and location on the cardboard.
@@annehedlund7333 i think we’re going the extra mile this year and hopefully we remember to put matchy-matchy labels on the lights to correspond to their cardboard but its seriously the easiest and cheapest way to store them.
You can totally go on vacation with young kids and still nap them! Especially if you go to a resort that has local activities. Like a beach resort or a resort that has activities on site. Or get a camper!
Yes please. Another tour of the lights would be wonderful.
YES to a "drive through" light tour!!
I am totally with Aaron on the houserefurb plans! Get in, get it done right and settle 👍🏼
Getting an experienced architect is key. There will always be things you'll wish you had done differently when the project is done, and someone with lots of experience will help you avoid some of those afterthoughts.
Yes I think we would all love another lights video. We could join you with hot chocolate while virtually riding the gator. 😉
Also if it was me I’d leave the lights in the Willow tree as long as possible. Gorgeous anytime of year
Yes, I think I commented on the lights tour video. The weeping willow tree is my favorite of all the lights.
Yes! This!
What about putting the fountain in the orchard where you want the hidden seating? You will be able to sit drink coffee and listen to waterfalls in your hidden meadow
Great idea..lol...but wonder how long Laura
actually sits down.
I have a feeling her coffee gets cold..because there is always something that grabs your attention that needs doing...now!
But a moveable bistro table sounds perfect.
And one more place to put together a planter!
Hey, how about hire the “Boise Boys” to do a remodel? Watch their show! They do fantastic things. Love the recap. It’s nice to have Aaron involved.
what a great idea, although I haven't seen them post anything in a long time...
When y’all pull up that raised brick circle, could you re-use those bricks(or at least the ones that don’t get destroyed) for raised brick beds in the vegetable garden🤷🏻♀️
Or use the old bricks as a walk way through the orchard or to the shed door.
Idea: Keep those days off for family time, fun times while satisfying viewers.
How about filming every project in Spring and Summer, hold the extra overflow vids, to post on Sunday, or when going on vacation, or events you guys attend, or whatever crops up in life? In Spring and Summer one week holding back a vid on planting, preparing soils, planting, creative projects or home, garden maintaining will make little differences...
💛💛💛💛 to your family.
Or surprise us in the dead of winter, (most of us get tired in of waiting in Jan. and Feb for Spring to land) with a Spring, Summer, Late Fall vid of beauty, overhead vid of the property in full bloom or a creative project you or Aaron have done that we did not see coming!
Absolutely love the Christmas light videos! Would love a how to or at least more explanation of how they did the willow. Another video on the lights would be great. Make as many different angles as you want, we watch them all! Thanks so much for all you do, I watch faithfully.
Absolutely I for one would 💕 to see the light from a vehicle angle. Every year we do a light tour around town and the neighboring towns to see the lights. Also we have finally figured out that you Miss Laura are not actually a super human as we all assume. Lol. You do sweat just like the rest of us. Again thanks for all you guys do for your viewers.
I absolutely love the weeping willow with the lights on.
You will NEVER regret taking more time with your family! Do it!!!
Laura….never force yourself to do a project that your heart is not in it….don’t do it just to do it. Everything you do is entertaining and informing for all of us……your fans.
Oh PLEASE do a drive by of the lights.... they're so gorgeous... we need to see them again!!! Also... felt like I was sitting in a comfy chair listening to your conversation about remodeling your house! Just shows how comfortable you all are talking in front of the camera and how easily we all just become part of the 'family' :) Thanks for being you!
Hi y’all,
There’s a way to store lights on coat hangers from the cleaners. You bend the ends of the hanger up to make a hook. Then wrap the lights around the hanger. Hang them from a rod for storage. I like this method because it keeps the lights from becoming tangled. But I can only wrap three or four strings of lights on each hanger. I’m sure there’s a tutorial on RUclips😁. Thanks for all the videos! Merry Christmas to your family!
That’s a wonderful idea. I’ve used paper towel roll in the past also
I need a visual on this.
Yes yes yes on the Just Lights tour!! Please! Pretty please! And take the kids. 🥰
Please do not feel bad for taking weekends off, you need that time with your family and to enjoy your personal life!!
Merry Christmas to you all!🎄🤶🏻🎅🏻
I would like to see the lights again. 🙂
Yes, love more videos of the lights,this time of year
Thumbs up for following a nap time. Rested babies are happy babies, rested babies are healthy babies and rested children are achievers. This grandma has been there!!
Another light tour please 🙏 great idea!! You definitely need to showo off all your effort appropriately!! Get yr money's worth for sure 😁😁😁🤩😍
I am serious about my kids' naptimes too! So worth it :)
I remember when my oldest was about 7 years old, I had broken my ankle. Let me tell you....having a hyperactive boy that you CAN'T run after is hard. I had to make him go jump on his bed to expel some of that energy, so I completely understand the running around the house. 😁
Mail time started out fun but did turn into a monster. I’m glad you are keeping it private. It was fun to see the back and forth between you and Aaron.
As an ex plumbers wife, I believe the pinhole issues have to do with electrolysis which is a mixing of metals or grounding issues. My current home is 47 years and no issues. Just a thought.
Good for you-family first- your priorities are in good order🙏🏻
Please rethink using fossil fuels for the damage caused to the environment. From fracking to burning it causes climate change, warmer ocean temperatures and storms, forest fires, tornadoes even earthquakes have been contributed to fracking. You are the next generation to make the changes. Save thhe polar bears and pollinators 😄
@@Jpatmeadowbrook What do we use in the mean-time?
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Climate change is costing NJ and NY lives and property. Sea level rise, tornadoes, storms and many people and vehicles. Pipelines, gas powered power plants are our fight to help our environment. Don’t forget the polar bears are drowning🌍 For Garden Answer’s Benjamin and his sister too.
@@Jpatmeadowbrook You didn't answer my question. You just spouted unscientific fear porn.
YES to another tour of just lights at different angles!!! Please!! Snow or no snow :)
I've wondered about you taking some time off like even be off between Christmas and New Years - the WHOLE WEEK!!! You definitely deserve to. And when school starts for your kids you'll be ready. During that time IF you were doing something you wanted to share you could always make it - a video and use it for a fill in when needed. There could be several ways to build a cushion to "buy" a long weekend. Even without kids you deserve it!!! Now my song and dance might be different if you were leaving us. I just so much enjoy your posts!
Could that round concrete under your flower bed be a base to a silo? The place was originally a farm, right? Just wondering! Merry Christmas 🎄
Awwww Michael W. Smith! 🥺 I grew up listening to his Christmas albums!
I love, love, love flower arrangement videos and don’t mind if you do many per season.
I'm so glad you are taking off the weekend's .you guy's shouldn't work so much really ...we love you all and want you to have a life other than work .Sooooo happy 😄🙏💖
Hi, y’all! I’m a preservation architect and specifically love old buildings, but my team and I are based in South Dakota. ☺️ We do travel all over the northlands doing projects, though, and I have family in Boise, so I’m always looking for an excuse to head that direction. Would happily connect. 😁
tag them on their insyagram or facebook group so they see this more than once!
I’ve done a living wreath with succulents and put it on a wreath holder meant for a cemetery. If you tuck it in with other plants growing in the garden it s a neat surprise.
Yes! I'd love a drive through Christmas light tour! How fun!
You know what would be AMAZING? If you took another one of those 360 videos around your property for the Christmas light video. That way people could swing around and take it all in. And in my case, I could watch while wearing my VR and feel like I am really there! 🤩 PS I have been watching since your very first videos and I love every type of video you make. They are authentic and align with what is really going on with your lives. They don't need to follow any trend, the content doesn't need to be something you have never done before, Benjamin doesn't even need to be quiet. I am here for it all ❤️
Good morning! Always love the recap especially with the interaction with Aaron.
Can I take the liberty to mention to you that even if young children don’t always remember everything, holidays do help to stimulate their brains, imagination and create educational experiences, and yes, memories from experiences that they would never get at home. They watch all the holiday videos while they are growing up, and that helps them to remember. When we took our 2.5 yr daughter and 3.5 yr old son to Fiji from our cold winter season in Australia, to the gentle island warmth, they showed a different side of themselves and were so excited that the could swim there, and were mostly well behaved. They learned so much about a different culture and climate, in their own childish way! 😀🌴 Also the happy, ultra friendly Fijians were so kind to children. Our little Benjamin was so serious, always asking questions and learning about lots of new things, while our shy sweet Holly gradually learned to overcome her shyness with the wonderful, happy 😃 Fijian people. Family memories are all the more precious when your children are all grown up, like ours are now. 🌸🌷🌹🌲🌻🌴😎
Concerning the corners on the raised beds: I bit the bullet and invested in the raised bed corner brackets from Gardeners Supply. I bet they would send you some if/when you decide to redo your current beds😉
I used the corner brackets from garden supply also-love them!
@@caroldibenedetto9281 I didn’t plan on spending that much money on my beds, but I was doing them myself. Although I consider myself pretty handy, I’m probably not😂. My beds turned out great by using those brackets!
I had a set from Burpee's. They only lasted a few years before cracking and breaking. Now I just screw the ends together around a chunk of 4x4 with stainless steel screws. Indestructible.
Yes, please do an extended light tour! We can't get enough. I've already watched the one three or four times since it is so fast. Also, we love seeing Aaron on camera and listening to your discussions. You two are fun!
Yes, please do a drive through so we can see the lights from that angle.
That was perfect! Painting some furniture and put on this video, just listening at your talk. It took precisely the whole video to paint this piece. I feel like I’m sitting chatting with som loved friends. Thank you for this channel, it means a lot to me to not be so lonely that I feel from time to time. ❤️
Merry Christmas to all of you! 🤶🏼🌲🌺🌲
I bet Benjamin would LOVE the Kiwico subscription boxes. He’s at that perfect age.
YES ANOTHER LIGHT TOUR would be GREAT!!
I still don’t appreciate any of the vacations my family took when I was a toddler. Benjamin is old enough to remember some things but Samantha will appreciate it later that you waited a bit.
I don't think kids really remember vacations and travel all that much. It's the little day-to-day things and traditions that stay with them and really form who they are.
I applaud your decision to step back from your seven day a week schedule. You have worked hard, have launched a solid business and have earned this opportunity. You deserve the time with family and to pursue and cultivate other interests off camera. You have expressed many times how important your privacy is to you. Hats off to you as you move into this next phase of your lives, business and careers.
Reels for lights for free; make friends with a Home Depot associate and ask for the d rope and chain reels they trow away in the hardware section. I used to work there and that's what I did. A cool cashier would save them for you somewhere and you can pick up a load when you come in. ✌🏻
Enjoy your family activities and hobbies! We don’t need to experience everything with you all. I appreciate what you share. It’s informative and fun!😁
I’m definitely not a “just leave the lights up” person but I think I’d consider leaving the willow lit. It’s gorgeous!
agree!
A drive thru tour in the Gator! Just bundle up. Would love to see more of the South garden lights. And Paul did an excellent job on the willow.
Yes to another tour... so much hard work went into this, so, yes please.
Yes, yes, yes to another light tour!!!!!
Finally an hour long recap video!! I am living for this🔥
Yes on an extended cut of the light tour! I’d love that!
Good morning, from SW Michigan!!! I have to say that the beaches of Lake Michigan are absolutely beautiful in the summer and worth a trip! So glad you're taking time for your family and enjoying the moments while the littles are still little. 💙💜
Hello from Ann Arbor area I think Lake Michigan is the most beautiful area in the world
Good morning from SW Michigan near the Indiana border.
Good morning from mid Michigan near Frankenmuth. Come back to Mackinac Island. You liked it before.
@@margareteraab3899 Mackinac Island is absolutely stunning!! We go every year and it never gets old 🌸🌺🌷🥀
Yes, please! We’d love to see the lights from that perspective! And having the drone footage on every video until Christmas or New Year’s Day would be lovely too! Can’t get enough of that!
Wishing you and all you family that you so sweetly share with us a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🌸💜🎄💜🌸
~Cassandra Senter, Laguna Beach, Florida
Thanks for answering my comment about drones, excited to see my name mentioned!! You talked about wanting brick planter beds in this video - maybe just re-use the old bricks in front of the butterfly garden once you tear all that out. I know how much you love recycling supplies! And YES, MORE XMAS LIGHT TOURS!!! Thanks again!
Garden/Home Answer Channel!!! Yes please! Renovations videos. 🙌
I can’t tell you how beneficial your show has been! As I was out walking my dog today, I stopped and pointed out some hocaroos (sp? 🤣) to my dog, they still look quite nice in our area! And, you have talked about replacing the lounge chair on your sun porch and I keep thinking a nice bistro set would look so cute in there! An ode to your mom!
Heuchera, but I want to start calling them ‘hocaroos’ now. 😂
I love Chocolate Cherry Truffles Heuchera such a beautiful plant.
@@GardenKath LOL
I love that word. I may have to steal it!
You definitely need a baby grand!! Would love to hear you play sometime.
If you gut the whole house-try to preserve the molding around the doorways and windows - that adds such charm to the house and i love the landing -don’t get rid of it!!!
Yes, please do a car tour. Love to soak in every inch of the lights. 🎄
We use a wood closet bar to hang the lights on. Then bicycle hooks to hang them from the ceiling in the garage. It reduced the number of totes by four. I found it was also easier to organize. One rod for all lights that go one the house and one for the yard lights. We have a 3000 light display.