June Back Garden Tour and Talk
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Your garden is looking gorgeous, and I love your greenhouse.❤❤❤
The messies, the unfinished areas, the projects and gardener’s hands....all real life in the garden. I so enjoy the fact that you show the reality of gardening, not just the pretty areas! Thanks so much for the update, everything is coming along so beautifully, love your space...hope you get rain soon, we need it to. Manitoba zone 3b 🇨🇦
So much appreciated Peggy-Ann! At first I was a bit shy or self conscious about showing all the messy parts. But then I thought, who am I kidding, we all have these same work in progress things. It’s life. I’m glad you’re here, Thank you! 💜🥰
All your hard work is paying off🤩
Hi Laura! Oh my your gardens are looking great. Your new flower bed is really doing great. I think your flower boxes look Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your Gardens with us. So until next time God Bless you and your family and have a Blessed day and stay safe my dear and Special Friend.
So much fun watching your garden. The coziness and realness of home garden is unmatched - a little piece of Heaven we get to call our own.
What a Blessing!
Such a lovely thing to read at the end of my day. Thank you Wendy for watching, and being supportive and kind. 💜
Hey Laura,I love that your so real about your gardens. It’s looking great 😊
Just beautiful. You are an excellent gardener!!
Thank you Blake! I really try, and love to garden very much.
You have done so much and it's looking beautiful! I love how you show it all...the struggles and the successes. As gardeners, we all go through that and sometimes we just have to make changes, accept that nothing will ever be perfect. Nature is imperfect in a perfect way...lol. I'm looking forward to seeing your gardens throughout the season. Your parents' garden is gorgeous, too...love the pond. I see where you got your green thumb. Yes on more rain! We need it here, too. Lots of hand watering...ugh.
I love your philosophy of “I just don’t look at it!” speaks to me! 😆 We only have so much time and energy to focus on specific projects that need me. Your garden is gorgeous, you inspire me so much!
In SW Wisconsin we are definitely in a drought, have had so little rain it’s hard to keep up with watering every evening.
I love your snack berry bush… how fun! You are a hoot. Happy gardening my gardening friend.😃🌸
All your garden projects are coming along so well. I was in awe of the garden next to your home near the gate to the front yard. I remember a couple of years ago when it was in it's first steps of becoming the beauty it is now - just glorious.
This is so nice! Thank you! It’s come a long way. I appreciate your kind words! 💜
Linda Vater has some really neat ideas/designs possibly for your parterre if you aren’t quite sure about what you want. Other wise the rest of your yard is well layed out. The driveway might always throw you off a bit because it’s not easy to redefine. Maybe if you remove all the gravel between the entrance/arbor & the garage & make it all garden, it would redefine the whole area & it would no longer look like a driveway. You could use stepping stones or pathway from the garage door out to your parterre & garden areas. There’s always a fun project in gardening. Never ending but fun.❤
Linda is fab with design. A couple seasons back I did a tour on her RUclips and things look so different here now. Fun to see how things evolve over the years. Thank you for watching!
Agreed
Laura, I love how you add great new elements to your garden each year. You get excited when you take a risk in the garden, and it reads as well and often better than you imagined. It looks amazing!
You’re such a needed and supportive friend Donna, and I’m lucky to have you here. Thank you! Love ya! 💜
Hydrangeas blooming already! I swear you live in a different world than I do. Everything is looking glorious.
Haha! Thank you Erin! 💜 Maybe I should just plant all hydrangeas. 🤣🤣
you have gotten so much done in a short time, it takes a while to learn to let go of the messes and realize you can only do so much with the time you have. I have no doubt you'll have it how you want it in no time! It's looking beautiful and I love the idea of the parterre spaces with the same plants in each quad, it will look like a tapestry when it's filled in!
You’re so nice to watch and give such appreciated feedback. You know I’m a big Sullivan fan. 🥰 love the tapestry analogy! Hope you are enjoying your garden, more than working hard. But I have a feeling it might be the other way around. We can rest when we’re dead. 😆
Beautiful garden! Next year you should add roses to your boxwood garden and make it a gorgeous rose garden.🌹🌹🌹
Thank you so much! 😃💜
Everything is looking lovely! Love the white hydrangeas! 🪴🌿💚
Thanks so much! 💜
Your garden looks fabulous. I cant get over how far ahead your garden is bloom wise compared to us in Canada. So nice to see the Hydrangeas looking so beautiful. I would love to do a collaboration with you sometime!
Agreed. My hydrangeas have tiny buds, and roses are just starting to open. Fortunately, here in SW Ontario, we've finally had rain, so everything is growing like crazy but darn it's chilly tonight 😢
@@RenefromOntario yes thats great we are so far behind here i am still planting bedding plants and seeds.
We need rain here in southern Manitoba, no buds yet on my Little Quickfire Hydrangeas but they will come. Compared to the areas burning right now, I’ll take my blessings! Have a great summer fellow Canucks!🇨🇦
@@peggy-ann1961 yes i am grateful as well the fires are terrible. I do not have any blooms yet on my hydrangeas this will be their second summer in the garden so crossing my fingers. Rabbits did alot of damage i lost a few but many are coming back now.
I always enjoy watching your videos, inspirational and informative…as usual beautiful and fabulous garden😍
I love gardening also 😊
Thank you so much Barbara! I always cringe a bit watching back 😆, but I always want everybody to feel like I’m talking to friends, because I feel that way. 🥰
Just a little tidbit - I planted some annual viola seed directly in the ground 20 years ago and nothing happened. Somewhere, somehow, these last two years they have shown their cute little faces under some oak trees! I know it's them because they were various shades of lavender / pink.
I guess what I learned is mother nature always finds a way here too! 😊
This gave me the biggest smile. This year I lost an ivy plant I had in a pot for 10 years. As I was pulling it out, I saw little violas sprouting and remembered I planted some seeds when I first planted the ivy. Isn’t it amazing? 💜
@@HowsItGrowing I know! They are just looking for the right place at the right time and it really made my day since not much will grow under oak trees because of their sensitive roots! I'm glad you had a pleasant surprise too! They are a solid base of happiness!
Your garden is stunningly beautiful 😍❤️
So appreciated! Thank you! 💜
Even your "bad" is pretty. I just love your garden with the variety of plants, pots and adornments. Looking forward to many tours!
Ahhh so nice of you! 💜 your kind feedback is appreciated and motivates me to share on here. Thank you!
Everything is looking so good. Love your garden tours. ❤
Interested to see how the Fairytrail Bride does for you. I may take a chance and buy one this summer to put in the side yard I am working on. Love the marguerite daisies and may try those in the future, but this year I started creeping daisies from seed and love them so far! Amazingly and unusually, the hot weather hasn't really kicked in yet here (zone 7B, north MS), but is coming next week, so I'll see how those last in the summer heat and humidity.
So beautiful! I’m envious of your hydrangeas. The deer keep eating mine!
Ugh! I’m so sorry. That’s one critter I don’t have poking around. 🙈
I so enjoyed this tour today. The new area with the fountain in the center was certainly worth all the work. Always love seeing your garden and I have learned so much from you. ❤
Nita you’re so kind, thank you so much for watching! 💜
Looking great! Love the bunny shot 🌼🐝
Hi Laura, I so much enjoy watching your videos. Your garden is so beautiful, love how you name all your plants and where you buy them. I also love geraniums.
Thanks so much!
I am so impressed with all your hard work and energy . Gardening is never finished I hope that’s where our joy is correct?
Exactly! Always something to look forward to! Thank you for watching!
Your garden is beautiful🌳🌸🌺👍😊
Laura - your raised bed garden looks wonderful!
Susan thank you so much!! 🥰💜
My favorite hydrangea is vanilla strawberry. I love the color they turn and the color lasts really well. Enjoyed your tour very much.
I’ve not ever seen one in person I don’t think. I love the name. It’s got to be beautiful!!
... From Québec, your garden is beautiful ...
Beautiful Laura 🥰
Great video Laura!
Your garden is lovely.
Thank you Dennis!!
My goodness me. Such hard work you’ve put in! It’s really coming along. I am glad to see your limettas looking so great, I’ve been thinking of getting some. Also…you must share, where did you get the obelisks and that cute bench? Looks like you’ve painted them to match. Looks fantastic. Also, how did you get the black trellises on the fence? It’s all going to look so great when you’ve got them covered in plants.🌱❤
Thank you so very much! My husband Marc is so handy and has built many things for me. He built all of my obelisks from scratch and he made my sink table in the greenhouse too. 🥰 He’s pretty amazing. The trellis on the fence is attached with screws. There are mounting holes around the perimeter.
Looking great! Alliums would be lovely. May I also suggest summer blooming varieties to keep the flower show going? I can’t be without drumstick and atropurpurea allium…and the pollinators adore them.
Absolutely! I want them all. 😆 The drumstick alliums are fabulous. I love the coloring and how it’s a nice variation in shape. Thank you! 💜
@@HowsItGrowing Yay! Plant them en masse for the best effect. They sway in the breeze and are really elegant.
You can totally overwinter geraniums! I am in Philly and have geraniums that are 4 years old! I fertilized one and not the other and both are doing equally as good. Try it out! Good luck :)
Thank you for sharing your good experience with me! I’m absolutely going to try it! 💜
I overwinter them in zone 6, SWPa. I know some folks even store them as bare roots over winter and they bounce right back when potted up in spring. Very resilient plants, and I just LOVE the smell of the foliage 🤩
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I had the weirdest thing happen with my zone 5 rhubarb (in the ground) this year. It was breaking ground at the beginning of May. By Mother's Day, it had started to bolt. The seed heads are huge, and already srarting to dry. It seems awfully early for this to happen.
wow
Super hermoa amiga bella un abrazo
Love it! Where did you get those basquets I am looking everywhere I can't find them. Thanks
Hi there! I’m re-watching your videos as I’m planning to order a BC Greenhouse after much research. Unfortunately the HOA where we live is currently challenging us on building a greenhouse. So plan B is to buy another property approx 1 acre, to put in cut flower gardens & a greenhouse. Question: how easy was it for you & your husband to build your greenhouse? How long did it take to build? Thank you, love love your cottage garden!👩🏻🌾❤️
So nice 🪴🪴🪴
Laura, your gardens are beautiful. I also love the pale green color you painted your obelisks and benches. Would you mind sharing the brand and color of the paint you used? I've been admiring that beautiful fresh color in your garden but for some odd reason, I never asked before. I hope you are having a wonderful week! ~Margie🤗💐🐝🦋
Thank you so much!!! 💜 that color is “topiary tint” by sherwin Williams. It’s very pretty.
@@HowsItGrowing Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing us your beautiful gardens! I will have to rewatch this area next year so I can copy your gorgeous planter with the daisies! Could you tell me the name of those dark green hostas with the lemon coloured margin ? Thanks! 🌸❤️🇨🇦
Thank you so much Eileen. I wish I knew the variety. I don’t know many of the hostas in my garden. Some are from my parents house, and the ones you’re interested in were purchased at Home Depot many years ago and at the time just said “hostas” Such a helpful label! 😆 They are massive because they desperately need to be divided.
Hi! First time on your channel today. Where did you purchase the trellis mounted on your fence panels? Love your garden. And all the changes until just right!
Thank you! 😃 those are from Home Depot!
Hi Laura new suscriber here! I just saw your video and your garden is beautiful 😊 can I asked you where did you got those baskets by your door and the small topiaries on the table? Thanks!
You spoke about your fear of boxwood blight. If you had an afflicted plant, could you burn it in - say - a fire pit?
You absolutely can burn them, root ball and all. It’s a recommended method of disposal.
Laura you are an amazing Gardner I just love it all!!
Looks beautiful!!
A question ,I havd pvc fencing what kind of hooks do u use on it ,I’m interested in growing vines on it ,I would appreciate the info ❤️
Thank you so much! So nice of you! I have tension wires across the fence. It was initially installed for espalier apple trees, but sadly all but one perished from fire blight. I think it might be excessive depending on the vine you are growing. I might try just screwing in some cup hooks and using thick fishing line or wire as a guide. I do this in some other areas. Clematis for example isn’t so thick it would need a lot of heavy support, but a rose gets thick heavy canes and might need more help. Thank you for being here!!
Thank you so much Laura😊
Just discuss your channel ❤ where is your fountain from? It's beautiful.
Thank you! It’s from garden-fountains.com the Williamsburg Pineapple
I love your space! Where are all your woven baskets from? 😍
Thank you! Mostly from lowes or Home Depot. I find them online more than in store.
Everything is looking great! Question: Does proven winner sponsor you? Or is all your plants out of pocket. I think they should if they don't 😊
Thank you! 💜 No, they don’t. Complete disclosure: Proven Winners ColorChoice (who is the maker of proven winners shrubs) has sent me trial size plants over the past few years. But the majority of my garden is a mix of plants and shrubs I’ve purchased. I definitely don’t want to ever be committed to featuring just one company, when there are so many good ones out there, and gardening is way more than a popular name brand. Thank you for watching I appreciate it!!
"That guy there thinks that this is his micro green buffet" 🤣 Btw, how the heck do you keep your dog out of the Rose Tone? Or is mine the only weirdo who thinks it's a big dog snack? The minute I get the bag out, she's like, "Did you call me?"
😆 my dog is just nutso, period. 😆 he eats everything. Everything. 😩 it’s not fun. I feel your pain. 🤣
Love your sink in the greenhouse! Who made the potting bench that the sink sits in? Would love to have one!! Also where did you find the hardware for the sink? Enjoyed your video……lovely garden!!!!!
Thank you so much Monica! My husband Marc built it for me. I’m kinda blown away with it. I found the sink on Facebook, and he built the table based off of just sketches and photos I liked. I did the plumbing. Team work. 💜🥰 thank you for watching!!
I forgot to mention - the hardware was on Amazon. I looked for months until I found one open box on a great sale. 💜
Your garden is beautiful. Can I ask what kind of mulch do you use? If wood, do you fear carpenter ants? I don't know what to use anymore. I'm trying pea gravel mixed with mushroom & top soil, one third of each. What do you think.
I typically use hardwood shredded mulch. I haven’t yet this season but need to. I’ve not had any trouble with carpenter ants. I think that mixture could work out well. I’ve never used gravel as a mulch except on pots, so I’m not sure. It may really dry out or deplete nutrients over time. In pots I top with gravel to retain moisture.
@@HowsItGrowing Thank you so much, I never thought of gravel drying out or depleting nutrients. Good thought.
Hi Laura, I’ve been looking for a fence trellis. Can I tell me where you found yours?
Hi Laurie! I got it from lowes. There are so many options. I would google for best price. Look up Achla diamond trellis. 💜
Sink in greenhouse…..please more info? Is it custom built?
💜 yes! My husband built it for me. He’s pretty wonderful. I found a used vintage cast iron sink on Facebook marketplace. He built the base, I did all the plumbing. It’s really such a great help in there. We will need to winterize it and get some frost proof spigots for it to function over winter. But for now in the warm seasons, it’s perfect!
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Everything looks so pretty! Where is your urn & pedestal from?
Thank you! It is the Neoclassic urn by Williamsburg and Campania International. From garden-fountains.com 💜
Thanks so much :)
@@HowsItGrowing Thanks so much. But wow, those are soooo expensive!
Everything looks amazing I think u should focus one video on each section. I notice you have a lot to say about all the sections and u have many ideas but it seems that if u focus on one section and talk about it ur ideas will come across a little better and not so much all over the place. It’s so much information in just one video its to much. Slow down and do one video on each section and talk about what your plan is and maybe do some of it on video ?? Just an idea i remember ur older videos when u did planting and focused more on doing things other than just talking about it. Anyway thanks for the updates GREAT JOB
I appreciate your feedback. Honestly, it’s all I can do right now for many reasons. Once things get more established here, I’ll be able to do more things I really want to do on RUclips. Right now I am wanting to give updates, but simply can’t make it all work with my schedule. When my kids are at school, it’s precious time that I take to plant and get things done. I can’t devote that time to setting up tripods, microphones, and not looking like a whole mess for a video, all the editing and getting it all together. It’s very time consuming. I also don’t want to miss out on sharing, or not post at all like last year. It’s a bit of a juggle. Many other RUclipsrs don’t have small children, or they have a ton of help filming, and with garden chores, allowing them to get camera ready and do cute fun little projects. I don’t have that. And that’s ok. While others have a crew building a green house, just 2 people here did that, myself and my husband. We both work as well. And the kids will always be number one above everything. I just need to make it work until I have more completed here with the big projects. Hope you’ll stick around. 💜
Wow thanks for explaining I had no idea it took so much to do the videos and that u have another job as well u make it look so easy when you do it !! Of course I will stick around i look forward to all your videos and yes I agree with small children things are even harder to do I have three under 5 so I know ! Kids re always number one and still use take time to garden as do I …its such a passion even in sunset to dark I garden. I even wake up at sunrise to get out there as its th e only time I have. So I understand the limits thanks for being kind about it and explaining I do appreciate it !!! Can’t wait until ur next update :)
Laura, I absolutely LOVE your videos! Linda 🌼🌸
Did you start your Passion Flower vine from seed? I've been trying to get it to germinate but no luck... just won't come up. I'm in NJ zone 7a and it's NOT been very hot. I tried starting them indoors in small pots... then put them out on warm days but nothing. Ia' m so frustrated. Any tips? Anybody? ~ Stephanie
Hi Stephanie! I actually bought it as a tiny plant start on Etsy. It took off pretty quickly and this past winter it stayed in the greenhouse where it would get pretty cold at night. I put the heater on to keep above freezing but not warmer. It’s really fun to grow. Definitely try getting a small starter plant. 💜
Thanks so much...💜
Does your husband ever get tired of you changing things up all of the time? 🌸💚🙃
Not even a little. I’m the one doing all the garden part of the work. Anything dug up, moved, running the drip, shoveling gravel. I do all of it alone.
He will do some handy things, like building the sink. And he built my greenhouse (I only helped a little there) He’s an architect so he likes to build and design. But the garden part is not really his thing. He does appreciate what I come up with and gives me honest feedback when I ask. 💜