I look forward to your videos. They are a pleasant break from all the negativity in the world and are also my favorite subject. When I watch your videos, my husband will pause from his golf shows and sit down and watch. We both enjoy how down to earth you are. He’s from Bartlesville so he feels a connection there. He calls you “Oklahoma Linda.” He suffers from what I call “Will Rogers syndrome” so of course you must have a nickname. I enjoy the format and that you are willing to try things and share even when they might fail. As a lifelong gardener, I know this is the reality. You’ve introduced me to many new plants and design concepts. My current favorite is your “mixed media” patios. I’m now planning one for myself. I thought I’d share how your shows have touched us in a positive way.
You are such a class act and a truly gracious woman. Thank you for allowing us to share your garden journey and for graciously listening to the well-intended opinions of others. You make everyone who follows this channel feel valued!
Totally agree with your opinion on fountains! They are a lot of maintenance and I have the same issue as you…I would be running to the bathroom all the time! 😉
Years ago my Dad was having trouble growing stuff on a slope. The water just runs off too fast and doesn't soak into the dirt. He got red clay drain tiles and dug them into the ground behind the plants...he could water right into the tiles, and they caught the rain. It solved his issue.
🌿💗 I have slopes and totally agree…I am always mindful as well of what I plant at the end of the slope, where the water collects. Thanks for that tip as it is very helpful. 💗🌿
Thank you Linda for reiterating that the negative nellies will always be there but it is up to us to ignore or glean the useful parts and blow off the rest. I need to remember this in every aspect of my life. You did this in a very gracious but direct way! Kudos!
Mornings with Linda and Stewart. I can't express to you how much I look forward to tuning in each morning after my own garden walkabout with my second cup of coffee, after the house is empty and the dogs take their morning nap. I just don't know what I'd do without you both.
Excellent comments that are totally agreeable with most of us. The garden life is one that chooses part of the decisions itself, thanks to the plants. God bless you, Linda.
Thank you for creating a caring & insightful forum where good ideas are welcomed & shared. Love your lifestyle & entertaining ideas, especially w/your unique thrift finds!
good for you Linda! this is such a POSITIVE channel.... love your walk about! so good that your are enjoying the cool front in your garden... can't wait for us to cool off in the east.. ☺
I think you should relocate all the roses. They would look pretty cascading over the brick. You have done a super job with all the plantings. They look spectacular!!❤
Love the idea of relocating some of the roses and seeing them cascading over the brick wall. Also, your hair always looks so nice but it is really pretty here on you in this video.
I just love your new home and garden. It is amazing what you have created in such a small amount of time. Thank you for sharing the whole process. I learn so much from these videos. Love the arched awning for over the back door.
I love watching this channel and others on RUclips to see how other people live and their perspectives on living, gardening, design, and so forth. It doesn’t always mesh with my ideas, but I love hearing and seeing how others live their lives. For me it is part of a wonderful journey of learning about diverse viewpoints and I appreciate that people are willing to share so much of themselves.
Hi Linda! Hi Stewart! Still watching all your videos just usually have to binge watch when I get behind due to life change this past summer…You keep me so inspired and uplifted, makes me look forward to returning back home to NM in October…I just pre-ordered your journal and it will be the best gift to myself from you when I put in plants this fall…I’ve been in Houston all summer and the weather has made it even harder to be away from home…BUT to take a break I came up to Chicago to be with my mom and it turned out it to be the best decision ever to see her and be in cooler weather with so much greenery…Anyway just wanted to say that you have kept me sane with all the beautiful inspiration you give so graciously 💚!!!
You are the wizard of wisdom and have the ability to help us become more open to suggestions and do what is best for the plants. The roses will bloom much better as you have indicated in a less stressful setting and as most your plants thrive they will not let you down. You were meant to be the guide to your garden and respectfully understand their needs and are earnestly wanting them to have the benefits they need and in return will delight in their new location . You have an effective parenting style over your garden that nearly never misses. Love your vibe, practicality and being a collaborative welcoming agent. You never cease to be anything but who you are and that is why most of your viewers continue to be responsive to your sharing all you kindly do. Thank you always and please never change.
As an interior designer and have a love for gardening I understand your thought process to your design and the function. What may be appealing to others is not necessarily functional for you and you know best how you live. I have to wonder about the comments you must receive that are not nice. You are so gracious in how you have addressed those. I look forward to every post. Your humanization of life is uplifting so thank you for that. I too have been blue or as you said hot over not being able to be working in my beds. I’m glad you have had cool front. Living in south Florida I miss so many of the varieties of plants you have in your garden and live vivaciously through your beautiful discovery of your new garden adventure. Keep at at!
It's not Wednesday until I watch your video!! Thanks for addressing the trolls, dang people are crazy,its like they are so obsessed they don't realize it's not their yard!! Love you and love your style!! Your outfit today was extra fabulous! Maybe do a special segment and let the pickie people show off their gardens!! So we all know how to do it!!
I love Kayla’s suggestion on the roses. My personal tolerance for the “extra work” for maintaining a plant that’s struggling (and to your point likely to continue to struggle) in its first location is increasingly low. My plants know my rule: I will move you 2 times max after first install…after that you’re out (hopefully on to a friend). I’m sure you’ll figure out what’s best for you/that spot/those roses.
I love your style and vision. I think some people can not see your vision. I have a hubby that can’t envision the creative journey. He appreciates the outcome, most times, but can’t see what I see. I completely understand your creative thoughts Pres in all your seating arrangements, etc. I think many men can’t see the end results, according to the comments. Love your answer to your wood pile placement!!!
I use to watch Martha Stewart for garden inspiration, her show was good but love your channel so much better so helpful and fun to watch makes my morning workout fun time
Linda, your YT videos are top notch in my book. Yes, sometimes I may not agree or even like what your are creating - but overall you and your gardens are incredibly inspiring. I will never understand why some people feel the need to be so negative and outright rude to one another. You handle yourself with grace and compassion - we should all strive to emulate that wonderful characteristic.
I enjoy this type of shorter video. Sometimes I won't take the time to watch a longer one all the way through, but hate to feel like I'm missing anything!!
Awe the roses are not happy there💐 Move them and hope they do better next year! Gardening is a constant learning experience for me! Zinnias always make me smile.
Moving the roses is a good idea. My experience with the Sunbelt Rose line from Heirloom has been more successful in my often hot western exposed 9b front yd. Love ya Linda!
I have white drift roses in my front flower bed that faces south and I live in Austin Texas. We have had an extremely extremely hot summer and they have continuously bloomed! Do not to give up on them
I just love watching all of your videos!! I always learn so much and I’m enjoying watching your new garden come together. I also enjoy your home and shopping videos. You are such a kind. Sweet, and caring person. Thank you for all that you do. 😃💐
Love your pants! Lantana would look great, also how about some Veronica? It loves the heat! And it always looked great at your former garden. I also have Veronica in my garden, I’m in 8a central Georgia and really stands up to our brutal heat/humidity as well! Southern gardening can really be a challenge 😊
Enjoying this chat so much! Stewart made me laugh when he mentioned we joined what was going on inside your head…as did you when you mentioned the water feature.😂 Fun chat today. And you look so fresh and beautiful in your crisp white shirt! Such a classic look.
For the entry of your front walkway, you may consider replacing the boxwoods with a heat-and-drought-tolerant evergreen; I recommend 'Blue Star' junipers. An "ever-blue" element might look great up front, and they are particularly good for slopes!
Amen!!!! Amen, to everything you said. At the end of the day this is your home and your garden you do as you so please. You are so politely considering people's opinions of your space. Love your channel and keep being yourself. ❤
I was patiently waiting to see if you said anything about viewers stating “what you should have or should do”… I feel you handled graciously! I feel you know what the heck your doing as long as you have done this, and your choices and work are incredible! I watch you in hopes that some of your talent sticks in my brain for my attempted garden!
I think that the roses would look wonderful on the Eastern side cascading over the brick wall. I also think that lantana would look great replacing the roses in front.l
Just love your garden Linda it’s a total credit to you. I genuinely find it mesmerising. I’d love to have the time to have one so full one day. I look forward to each and every one of your videos. Peace and love to you. Dan 😊
Seems my new career in life is moving plants around. Linda please make friends with the owners of the house across the street with the two level porch. Love the outside and dying to take a peek inside!
Some of us enjoy water features in OTHER people's yards. Nice on a patio. Very relaxing. Love what you said. Somehow I saw it coming! 😄 So glad you are not threatened by other opinions. That's why you ask us to contribute. Glad you will be sharing other gardens, etc. in the future. Been with you for awhile & ALWAYS enjoy your content. We love you & Stewart. You have a great staff. And, as always, you look MAHVELUS dahling.
LOL! your TMI comment about water features, I relate to personally! Thanks for being so frank... Learn so much from you. Recently hired a professional landscaper who recommended Sunshine ligustrum, which sequed to my sharing about your channel. She took down your information to add to her personal list to start following you! Had to share!
Hi Linda. Another wonderful chat and lessons learned. About the roses, I really love the idea of keeping some up front while moving some to autumn edge to spill over the wall. It my head it looks spectacular! 😊 Your friend Kristine
The heat has been hard this summer, lots of things didn’t fair well! Move the roses to Autumns edge and put ever blooming lantana. I just found a really soft yellow one I love. Beautiful yellow and I’m not a big yellow lover unless it’s a clear yellow.
Thank you for explaining about how the design process works. There are 5" designers" on the internet of which you are one that I have learned so very much from. A lot is because you walk us through your thoughts and WHY something is being done...... so because of covid I found you and love what you have been doing with your new cottage on the hill. Keep it up. Do you ever get to the east? Thank you again. Have a great day.
I love that pop of fuchsia or magenta. What is that shrub? Roses? A garden is never finished. It's in constant flux. In a fun way. Gosh, I was just outside preparing to plant my last shrub I bought in June. So many weed roots to clear out first. We have temps in upper 60s!!! I hope the shrub thrives. The other 2 were kind of crispy when I planted them, but this 1 was really crispy. I cut it back and did see signs of life. 🤞 I have been having fun looking for "jewelry" so to speak for my renovated garden that'll engage neighborhood kiddos. I bought a 4' spirit pole from Studio M (other sites sell them, too) and can't wait to display it. It's very colorful and promotes good will with a loving message. That's always been my aim when I planned this redesign last winter. I always check the clearance aisle at a local nursery and they had a 12" terracotta snail 🐌 (originally $30, marked down to $7.50)! It'll go perfectly in my garden project I call my "snail garden" simply because the shape resembles a snail. 😊 I'm with you, Linda. Practical. As much as I appreciate water fountains, I know how much work they can be to maintain. Our Minnesota climate makes the season too short to justify anyway. Well, break is over. Back to weeding...and maybe plant the few plants I picked up at said garden center 🤭 My anise hyssop was covered in bumblebees 🐝 and that pleases me so much.
Question of the day......first thought was don't move the roses, give them another year. BUT then I remembered all of the talk about how next summer is going to be hot AGAIN, so I like the idea of moving the roses to a bit more shade over on the east and move the lantanna that will take the heat and be in bloom and give a bit of airyness to the area. YEA good thought. My 2 cents. Have a good day.
I have commented on your channel several times, and I find myself encouraged to do so again. Linda there are several reasons why I so enjoy your videos. Thank you for giving us permission to fail and recognize it as a failure and then realize that it is an opportunity. It is those opportunities that stretch us and make us better gardeners. Also, the social issues that your viewers comment on. You ask for thoughts for people in need and in dangerous situations and then the replies to the comments begin. Overall, the replies are thoughtful and positive. And if not, then you have reason the think about that reply. Maybe it has merit and maybe you will dismiss it as not for you. All this is heading to a well done Linda.
We are all different but as you said continue to share comments as that’s how we progress with our imagination and creativity. Like you are keeping pots near the back porch and as for me when I have food on a table I don’t want to see dirty pots beside the table. So yes we all have a different garden fit. Good job Linda.
I think you should relocate the roses - they really struggle in the heat. Lantana are wonderful performers in that environment. I especially love the pink/yellow combination. I have them growing in my parkway, with the asphalt street on one side and concrete sidewalk on the other, and they are still beautiful and not affected by the reflective heat from either.
Love what you have done with the house and garden. It is charming! I would move the roses, as an old gardener's tale says never roses in the front of a house. However, they will do much better with the eastern exposur.e. Maybe some sedums, so many great varieties now, with black eyed susans for late summer interest. Many of the new annual begonias will now take full sun and they are stunning, huge flowers on non-stop. I don't mean those small begonias or the dragon begonias
Love hearing you discuss the nature of gardening as a creative collaborative process, especially with ourselves. Your freedom to change your mind, and your let's try something else attitude helps me remember that gardening is an active engagement with forces beyond our control. Giving in to that process without feelings of failure, but acceptance and ideation of what's to come is one of the great lessons of gardening. Thank you for your gracious reminders.
You are looking as cool as a cucumber in that outfit! I am enjoying the process of your new garden and I am doing the same at Lane's End Farm- my home. Regarding the pink roses that are having heat stroke(!!!) I would move them if they were in my garden so they could recover in a more conducive spot. Also they are at your entrance and having a plant/shrub that is blooming most of the time would be more attractive. I am enjoying your newsletter.
Don't give up on the drift roses they improve with age in my experience. I would wait to move them right now. Mine do get a little filtered shade in the afternoon here in Texas I have white ones.
LOVE your wisdom on design concept! ALWAYS enjoy your videos, whether they're about the inside or out! I would love to see the roses get another chance and go through their phase of "sleep, creep, leap". Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with us!!!
One of the most fun parts of gardening, stepping back and rethinking the layout. I think the lantana at the front steps would be beautiful! I also like the thought of something cascading as well. I’m living vicariously thru your garden since I am currently living “the apartment” gardening! So enjoy your knowledge and your channel! ❤️
Love this video! I was feeling so insecure (as a fairly new gardener) over the fact that I wanted to move and/or remove several plants this fall. I assumed if I had known what I was doing, I would have saved myself a lot of work by putting those plants in the right spot from the beginning. How comforted I was to learn even a skilled and experienced gardener like you is still learning and your garden is evolving. Thank you for facilitating that change in my current perspective and future outlook!
.....and I'm so glad you encourage suggestions and comments because even if you don't agree or learn anything from some of them, I might....and others might too. They feel like a conversation among all your viewers and we're all learning from each other. I love that, and if I understood correctly I think that's what you're calling the collaboration, but to me it feels more like a gardening think tank. 😀
Love the comments to the “trolls”. “ your time is better spent someplace else”. Yay Linda❣️
Yes I am going to try to remember that one!
I look forward to your videos. They are a pleasant break from all the negativity in the world and are also my favorite subject. When I watch your videos, my husband will pause from his golf shows and sit down and watch. We both enjoy how down to earth you are. He’s from Bartlesville so he feels a connection there. He calls you “Oklahoma Linda.” He suffers from what I call “Will Rogers syndrome” so of course you must have a nickname.
I enjoy the format and that you are willing to try things and share even when they might fail. As a lifelong gardener, I know this is the reality. You’ve introduced me to many new plants and design concepts. My current favorite is your “mixed media” patios. I’m now planning one for myself. I thought I’d share how your shows have touched us in a positive way.
I was going to say that myself. Your comment is under mine, so I just liked yours instead 😊
You are such a class act and a truly gracious woman. Thank you for allowing us to share your garden journey and for graciously listening to the well-intended opinions of others. You make everyone who follows this channel feel valued!
Totally agree with your opinion on fountains! They are a lot of maintenance and I have the same issue as you…I would be running to the bathroom all the time! 😉
Years ago my Dad was having trouble growing stuff on a slope. The water just runs off too fast and doesn't soak into the dirt. He got red clay drain tiles and dug them into the ground behind the plants...he could water right into the tiles, and they caught the rain. It solved his issue.
Thanks for sharing that tip!
That's a great idea! I will remember that as I have some sloping in different areas in our yard!😉
That’s extreeemly helpful to me right now!! I think that’s going to solve that very problem for me on the berm I’ve been planting.
What is a drain tile
🌿💗 I have slopes and totally agree…I am always mindful as well of what I plant at the end of the slope, where the water collects. Thanks for that tip as it is very helpful. 💗🌿
I appreciate your transparency and your willingness to share your gardening process. Thanks for being "real".
Awesome update ♥️♥️
You are the best version of yourself Linda Vater… if people can’t handle that.. it’s their problem !!
Yes!!! 100% agree!!
Thank you Linda for reiterating that the negative nellies will always be there but it is up to us to ignore or glean the useful parts and blow off the rest. I need to remember this in every aspect of my life. You did this in a very gracious but direct way! Kudos!
❤️ the butterflies flying all around you!
Very diplomatic, Linda. Classy ;D
Mornings with Linda and Stewart. I can't express to you how much I look forward to tuning in each morning after my own garden walkabout with my second cup of coffee, after the house is empty and the dogs take their morning nap. I just don't know what I'd do without you both.
Hugs and prayers to all of the people that are dealing with bad weather or just hurting.
Excellent comments that are totally agreeable with most of us. The garden life is one that chooses
part of the decisions itself, thanks to the plants. God bless you, Linda.
Thank you for creating a caring & insightful forum where good ideas are welcomed & shared. Love your lifestyle & entertaining ideas, especially w/your unique thrift finds!
Definitely move the roses!
good for you Linda! this is such a POSITIVE channel.... love your walk about! so good that your are enjoying the cool front in your garden... can't wait for us to cool off in the east.. ☺
Hi, Linda. Thank you for your video ❤❤❤.
I think you should relocate all the roses. They would look pretty cascading over the brick. You have done a super job with all the plantings. They look spectacular!!❤
I agree. . . Move all the roses and replace with more boxwood balls. boxwood balls seem more calming to me and look great all year!
@@theresaparodi6027agree agree agree ❤❤❤
I just love how you addressed the water feature preference section. You’re the best ❤
I love the softness of nandinas. I miss your backyard at the other house!
Love the idea of relocating some of the roses and seeing them cascading over the brick wall. Also, your hair always looks so nice but it is really pretty here on you in this video.
I just love your new home and garden. It is amazing what you have created in such a small amount of time. Thank you for sharing the whole process. I learn so much from these videos. Love the arched awning for over the back door.
Linda, I love today's conversation about us being a community. 💖
My day has started. I just watched the Wednesday walk about thank you Linda
I love watching this channel and others on RUclips to see how other people live and their perspectives on living, gardening, design, and so forth. It doesn’t always mesh with my ideas, but I love hearing and seeing how others live their lives. For me it is part of a wonderful journey of learning about diverse viewpoints and I appreciate that people are willing to share so much of themselves.
I love your outfit today. Especially the trousers. I would definitely copy that style. 😊❤
Me too. So chic!
Love a Wednesday Walkabout!! I just asked myself what day is it? By the way, I'm really enjoying your newsletter. So well written and a joy to read!
I think the lantana is a great idea around your steps leading to the path up to your house…continual color and they can take the heat of your summer.
Hi Linda! Hi Stewart! Still watching all your videos just usually have to binge watch when I get behind due to life change this past summer…You keep me so inspired and uplifted, makes me look forward to returning back home to NM in October…I just pre-ordered your journal and it will be the best gift to myself from you when I put in plants this fall…I’ve been in Houston all summer and the weather has made it even harder to be away from home…BUT to take a break I came up to Chicago to be with my mom and it turned out it to be the best decision ever to see her and be in cooler weather with so much greenery…Anyway just wanted to say that you have kept me sane with all the beautiful inspiration you give so graciously 💚!!!
You are the wizard of wisdom and have the ability to help us become more open to suggestions and do what is best for the plants. The roses will bloom much better as you have indicated in a less stressful setting and as most your plants thrive they will not let you down. You were meant to be the guide to your garden and respectfully understand their needs and are earnestly wanting them to have the benefits they need and in return will delight in their new location . You have an effective parenting style over your garden that nearly never misses. Love your vibe, practicality and being a collaborative welcoming agent. You never cease to be anything but who you are and that is why most of your viewers continue to be responsive to your sharing all you kindly do. Thank you always and please never change.
As an interior designer and have a love for gardening I understand your thought process to your design and the function. What may be appealing to others is not necessarily functional for you and you know best how you live. I have to wonder about the comments you must receive that are not nice. You are so gracious in how you have addressed those.
I look forward to every post. Your humanization of life is uplifting so thank you for that. I too have been blue or as you said hot over not being able to be working in my beds. I’m glad you have had cool front.
Living in south Florida I miss so many of the varieties of plants you have in your garden and live vivaciously through your beautiful discovery of your new garden adventure.
Keep at at!
Kayla is a smart cookie!
You handled the trolls with class, yet another reason why we love you and your community feeling you’ve created…
Follow Kayla’s idea about moving roses to east wall and the other plants to the corner. Great idea.
It's not Wednesday until I watch your video!! Thanks for addressing the trolls, dang people are crazy,its like they are so obsessed they don't realize it's not their yard!! Love you and love your style!! Your outfit today was extra fabulous! Maybe do a special segment and let the pickie people show off their gardens!! So we all know how to do it!!
I love Kayla’s suggestion on the roses. My personal tolerance for the “extra work” for maintaining a plant that’s struggling (and to your point likely to continue to struggle) in its first location is increasingly low. My plants know my rule: I will move you 2 times max after first install…after that you’re out (hopefully on to a friend). I’m sure you’ll figure out what’s best for you/that spot/those roses.
So eloquently stated Linda!
Lantana stands up so well and there is that new mounded one that doesn't get huge.
I love your style and vision. I think some people can not see your vision. I have a hubby that can’t envision the creative journey. He appreciates the outcome, most times, but can’t see what I see. I completely understand your creative thoughts Pres in all your seating arrangements, etc. I think many men can’t see the end results, according to the comments. Love your answer to your wood pile placement!!!
I use to watch Martha Stewart for garden inspiration, her show was good but love your channel so much better so helpful and fun to watch makes my morning workout fun time
So funny about water features! I have three beautiful, very expensive planters now, that used to be fountains. Broken pumps, clogged lines etc. 😊
Linda, your YT videos are top notch in my book. Yes, sometimes I may not agree or even like what your are creating - but overall you and your gardens are incredibly inspiring. I will never understand why some people feel the need to be so negative and outright rude to one another. You handle yourself with grace and compassion - we should all strive to emulate that wonderful characteristic.
Love the Lantana idea!! They are sooo hardy and forgiving. Wish they were perrenials!! L9ve your journey. I say like homework, never done!!!!
I enjoy this type of shorter video. Sometimes I won't take the time to watch a longer one all the way through, but hate to feel like I'm missing anything!!
I'm with you linda movement, especially if they are going to do the same thing next year
Awe the roses are not happy there💐 Move them and hope they do better next year! Gardening is a constant learning experience for me! Zinnias always make me smile.
Moving the roses is a good idea. My experience with the Sunbelt Rose line from Heirloom has been more successful in my often hot western exposed 9b front yd. Love ya Linda!
I have white drift roses in my front flower bed that faces south and I live in Austin Texas. We have had an extremely extremely hot summer and they have continuously bloomed! Do not to give up on them
I agree with moving the cascade roses to part shade
That’s what I love about women. We can all inspire each other. We appreciate you Linda so much for inspiring us and sharing your life🥰
Love your outfit of the day!
I just love watching all of your videos!! I always learn so much and I’m enjoying watching your new garden come together. I also enjoy your home and shopping videos. You are such a kind. Sweet, and caring person. Thank you for all that you do. 😃💐
Love your pants! Lantana would look great, also how about some Veronica? It loves the heat! And it always looked great at your former garden. I also have Veronica in my garden, I’m in 8a central Georgia and really stands up to our brutal heat/humidity as well! Southern gardening can really be a challenge 😊
Love your pants, Linda!
Well I love what you stand out to all of us and there is negative people that's how the world goes it seems but we just learn to live with the best
Linda is always so tactful. ❤❤
Really great video today, and, your hair looks terrific!
I love the idea about moving you roses to cascade over the brick wall.
A pink colored supertunia would look amazing in the front where those struggling roses are.
You insight, and return feedback is incredibly respectful. I really enjoy your thoughtfulness.
Enjoying this chat so much! Stewart made me laugh when he mentioned we joined what was going on inside your head…as did you when you mentioned the water feature.😂
Fun chat today. And you look so fresh and beautiful in your crisp white shirt! Such a classic look.
For the entry of your front walkway, you may consider replacing the boxwoods with a heat-and-drought-tolerant evergreen; I recommend 'Blue Star' junipers. An "ever-blue" element might look great up front, and they are particularly good for slopes!
Amen!!!! Amen, to everything you said. At the end of the day this is your home and your garden you do as you so please. You are so politely considering people's opinions of your space.
Love your channel and keep being yourself.
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Yes. I think Linda has already made up her mind when she asks our opinions. Lol
That's one of the nice things about gardening....nothing stays the same.....
I was patiently waiting to see if you said anything about viewers stating “what you should have or should do”… I feel you handled graciously! I feel you know what the heck your doing as long as you have done this, and your choices and work are incredible! I watch you in hopes that some of your talent sticks in my brain for my attempted garden!
I think that the roses would look wonderful on the Eastern side cascading over the brick wall. I also think that lantana would look great replacing the roses in front.l
Just love your garden Linda it’s a total credit to you. I genuinely find it mesmerising. I’d love to have the time to have one so full one day. I look forward to each and every one of your videos. Peace and love to you. Dan 😊
Linda? You are such a gracious person
Linda your outfit is absolutely stunning !!... so stylish ❤❤
Thank you for keeping it real!
Wishing you all the best and can't wait to hear your next video!
Seems my new career in life is moving plants around. Linda please make friends with the owners of the house across the street with the two level porch. Love the outside and dying to take a peek inside!
Lol😹
Some of us enjoy water features in OTHER people's yards. Nice on a patio. Very relaxing. Love what you said. Somehow I saw it coming! 😄 So glad you are not threatened by other opinions. That's why you ask us to contribute. Glad you will be sharing other gardens, etc. in the future. Been with you for awhile & ALWAYS enjoy your content. We love you & Stewart. You have a great staff. And, as always, you look MAHVELUS dahling.
Love your program......your yard is so beautiful......my yard is all brown and dead....here in Montgomery Tx.....last rain in June.
Great camera work today Stewart!
LOL! your TMI comment about water features, I relate to personally! Thanks for being so frank... Learn so much from you. Recently hired a professional landscaper who recommended Sunshine ligustrum, which sequed to my sharing about your channel. She took down your information to add to her personal list to start following you! Had to share!
Very, very nice, so many wellgrown plants, flowers, trees.
Hi Linda. Another wonderful chat and lessons learned. About the roses, I really love the idea of keeping some up front while moving some to autumn edge to spill over the wall. It my head it looks spectacular! 😊
Your friend Kristine
The heat has been hard this summer, lots of things didn’t fair well! Move the roses to Autumns edge and put ever blooming lantana. I just found a really soft yellow one I love. Beautiful yellow and I’m not a big yellow lover unless it’s a clear yellow.
And Ms Huff lantana is a perrenial and hummingbirds and butterflies love them.
And Ms Huff lantana is a perrenial and hummingbirds and butterflies love them
Thank you for explaining about how the design process works. There are 5" designers" on the internet of which you are one that I have learned so very much from. A lot is because you walk us through your thoughts and WHY something is being done...... so because of covid I found you and love what you have been doing with your new cottage on the hill. Keep it up. Do you ever get to the east? Thank you again. Have a great day.
I’ve found a garden surprise today, a monarch caterpillar on my milkweed!
I love that pop of fuchsia or magenta. What is that shrub? Roses?
A garden is never finished. It's in constant flux. In a fun way.
Gosh, I was just outside preparing to plant my last shrub I bought in June. So many weed roots to clear out first. We have temps in upper 60s!!! I hope the shrub thrives. The other 2 were kind of crispy when I planted them, but this 1 was really crispy. I cut it back and did see signs of life. 🤞
I have been having fun looking for "jewelry" so to speak for my renovated garden that'll engage neighborhood kiddos. I bought a 4' spirit pole from Studio M (other sites sell them, too) and can't wait to display it. It's very colorful and promotes good will with a loving message. That's always been my aim when I planned this redesign last winter.
I always check the clearance aisle at a local nursery and they had a 12" terracotta snail 🐌 (originally $30, marked down to $7.50)! It'll go perfectly in my garden project I call my "snail garden" simply because the shape resembles a snail. 😊
I'm with you, Linda. Practical. As much as I appreciate water fountains, I know how much work they can be to maintain. Our Minnesota climate makes the season too short to justify anyway.
Well, break is over. Back to weeding...and maybe plant the few plants I picked up at said garden center 🤭
My anise hyssop was covered in bumblebees 🐝 and that pleases me so much.
Question of the day......first thought was don't move the roses, give them another year. BUT then I remembered all of the talk about how next summer is going to be hot AGAIN, so I like the idea of moving the roses to a bit more shade over on the east and move the lantanna that will take the heat and be in bloom and give a bit of airyness to the area. YEA good thought. My 2 cents. Have a good day.
Give and take! You are the best Linda! 🌻💚
The apricot color zinnias might lend itself well to the area where you have the fall colors on Autumn’s edge corner!
I have commented on your channel several times, and I find myself encouraged to do so again. Linda there are several reasons why I so enjoy your videos. Thank you for giving us permission to fail and recognize it as a failure and then realize that it is an opportunity. It is those opportunities that stretch us and make us better gardeners. Also, the social issues that your viewers comment on. You ask for thoughts for people in need and in dangerous situations and then the replies to the comments begin. Overall, the replies are thoughtful and positive. And if not, then you have reason the think about that reply. Maybe it has merit and maybe you will dismiss it as not for you. All this is heading to a well done Linda.
Love your idea to move some of the roses to Autumn's edge.
We are all different but as you said continue to share comments as that’s how we progress with our imagination and creativity. Like you are keeping pots near the back porch and as for me when I have food on a table I don’t want to see dirty pots beside the table. So yes we all have a different garden fit. Good job Linda.
Linda your pants 👖 match beautifully with your Linda Vatter Cottage 🎨 paint color on your house 🏡
Would love for you to tour a garden that's drip irrigation free. 😊🌿 ☀️ 🌧️
I think you should relocate the roses - they really struggle in the heat. Lantana are wonderful performers in that environment. I especially love the pink/yellow combination. I have them growing in my parkway, with the asphalt street on one side and concrete sidewalk on the other, and they are still beautiful and not affected by the reflective heat from either.
Love what you have done with the house and garden. It is charming! I would move the roses, as an old gardener's tale says never roses in the front of a house. However, they will do much better with the eastern exposur.e. Maybe some sedums, so many great varieties now, with black eyed susans for late summer interest. Many of the new annual begonias will now take full sun and they are stunning, huge flowers on non-stop. I don't mean those small begonias or the dragon begonias
Love hearing you discuss the nature of gardening as a creative collaborative process, especially with ourselves. Your freedom to change your mind, and your let's try something else attitude helps me remember that gardening is an active engagement with forces beyond our control. Giving in to that process without feelings of failure, but acceptance and ideation of what's to come is one of the great lessons of gardening. Thank you for your gracious reminders.
Pull them out…(roses) and move them out…plant lantana etc
You are looking as cool as a cucumber in that outfit! I am enjoying the process of your new garden and I am doing the same at Lane's End Farm- my home. Regarding the pink roses that are having heat stroke(!!!) I would move them if they were in my garden so they could recover in a more conducive spot. Also they are at your entrance and having a plant/shrub that is blooming most of the time would be more attractive. I am enjoying your newsletter.
The outfit is absolutely stunning!!
Don't give up on the drift roses they improve with age in my experience. I would wait to move them right now. Mine do get a little filtered shade in the afternoon here in Texas I have white ones.
I like the idea about moving the roses to the east!
LOVE your wisdom on design concept! ALWAYS enjoy your videos, whether they're about the inside or out! I would love to see the roses get another chance and go through their phase of "sleep, creep, leap". Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with us!!!
I agree with the two of you to relocate the roses.
One of the most fun parts of gardening, stepping back and rethinking the layout. I think the lantana at the front steps would be beautiful! I also like the thought of something cascading as well. I’m living vicariously thru your garden since I am currently living “the apartment” gardening! So enjoy your knowledge and your channel! ❤️
Love this video! I was feeling so insecure (as a fairly new gardener) over the fact that I wanted to move and/or remove several plants this fall. I assumed if I had known what I was doing, I would have saved myself a lot of work by putting those plants in the right spot from the beginning. How comforted I was to learn even a skilled and experienced gardener like you is still learning and your garden is evolving. Thank you for facilitating that change in my current perspective and future outlook!
.....and I'm so glad you encourage suggestions and comments because even if you don't agree or learn anything from some of them, I might....and others might too. They feel like a conversation among all your viewers and we're all learning from each other. I love that, and if I understood correctly I think that's what you're calling the collaboration, but to me it feels more like a gardening think tank. 😀
Moving plants around to better spots is a sign of being a good gardener.