Laura's checklist: 1. Mulch any barespots in your garden. Use some leaves. 2. Bring in those plants that can winter over as houseplants. 3. Dig up and store tender bulbs. 4. Clean up any rotted or finished perennials and tall grasses. 5. Weed. 😕 6. Plant spring-blooming bulbs. 7. Swap summer annuals for fall annuals. 8. Make notes & take pictures of garden. 9. Clean & organize containers. 10. Clean & organize tools. 11. Plant garlic. 12. Plant new things 6-8 weeks before hard frost. 13. Stock up on seed planting supplies. 14. Winterize lawn furniture. 15. Save seeds. 16. Clean bird feeders. 17. Winterize fountains.
I've truly never looked at or worked in my garden the way I do now. It's a mix of things that has brought on this change but a huge influence has been you, Laura! Your statements like "if you don't like it, get rid of it!" ... "if it dies, that's okay" ...have changed my perspective. I have far more courage to try growing things, I enjoy researching and adding to spaces, I've had success transplanting plants, I've grown lawn from seed, cut back overgrown trees, added a conifer to the entry and pots with more than one thing in them!! 😂 ...I have a successful herb garden now. The videos you guys create were initially interesting and relaxing for me and of course they still are those things but they've absolutely allowed me to gain a wonderful, rewarding hobby. Big hugs you guys and thank you! 💚
You have said it best. I feel the same. I now see my garden with such a different perspective and love every minute of it. Thanks for this comment. 🍂🍁💚
We just emptied our rain barrels this week. Hubby uses the last of the rain barrel water on the perennials and then we turn the barrels upside down for the winter.
Great video. Now we need Aaron to make his own list with other things needed to be done in the fall, in preparation for winter. Such as clearing out the hoses and irrigation system, preparing the grass, things to do with the tools, etc. It would be fun to have him explain it.
Hi , I am from India. I started watching your videos during lockdown and binge watched almost all the videos. Now have started my own balcony garden with some rose plants. But my rose buds have burnt end and are not opening fully. Leaf curling can also be seen. Please tell me what to do.
I love when your talking and up pops a cat. You just start petting him and keep talking. It's like I'm sitting across from you and I feel right at home. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way! Love you guys and the cats too!
Thank you for all your great ideas. I live in a zone 4 so I cover my statues and fountains. I wrap a beautiful ribbon around them with a bow. So when I look out they look like gifts in the snow waiting for the spring to unwrap them. I also cover my box wood hedges, they look like beautiful mounds of snow forming the patterns of the hedges still creating the frame around my flower beds. So even though we live in an environment that everything needs to be put away it still can look lovely covered in snow and especially in Hoarfrost. When the elms are divested of their leaves and only the branches are bending gracefully touching each other, like a cathedral, as the hoarfrost is glistening on each branch, it truly is a sight to behold. So where ever we live the beauty surrounding us is there waiting to be admired with a gardeners eye. So now to plan for next years
Laura and Aaron.. One of the reasons I love your channel so much is because you don't go into it like your trying to sell something. You just state what is going on in your gardens and how you deal with things. Laura you are so personable and I can feel the passion you have for gardening. Thank you both (and Benjamin & cats too) for showing me a realistic approach to taking care of my space.
Hello from Belgium, Laura! Thank you so much for this checklist and the tips about the growing zone website. I always thought it's only for the US but no. Thanks to this, I finally know wich zone I'm in (8b). Sometimes I don't know if a tip will be good for my garden because we are not even on the same continent, but with the help of this zone numbering, it feels like wherever we are, we can take into account what you say and don't mess things up in our garden, especially when we are beginners. Everytime I see you gardening, I immediatly want to go out and do the same! And that's exactly what I'm gonna do now :) I follow you since many years, thank you to always be there for us with your heartwarming smile and garden! Céline
Hello from America! Nothing to do with gardening, but had to say... Belgium chocolates are the best! I love the Bouchard brand! Funny enough, that name is in my ancestry too! Happy gardening! =D
This is so true!! I live in a third story 2 bedroom apartment with north facing windows. I can’t grow anything now but my old yard looked so nice and I loved your channel! It’s so nice to see a real, kind and funny lady talking about plants and gardening even though I can’t do it personally. Thanks!
As a newbie I really appreciate the “to do” list for fall. I’ve seen earlier videos mentioning each topic but to have them all in one video is awesome 😊 thank you for that❣️ I must go and get busy now 😉 see you in the next video 🌻
I believe she did some on those when she was planning out her new cut flower garden. If you go up in the search bar and look for ‘Garden Answer Cut Flower Garden’ then you should be able to find them.
Also make sure you subscribe to as many gardening seed/flower catalogs as you can find. They ship out January first and it's a bright spot in the long winter days !
A north Idaho (zone 4-5) nursery owner in my area posted pictures of a customer’s beautiful dahlias, lined up against her house. She was shocked to learn the dahlias had been returning for many years without being dug up and stored for the winter. Isn’t that amazing!?!?
Great list! I’ve finally found my ideal mix of plants for my annual hanging baskets and they got so big and beautiful this year that it hurts my heart to just toss them. My husband built a small cold frame from odds and ends of timber and old windows and doors we had replaced, so I’m planning to cut back and overwinter my baskets this year 🤞🤞🤞 Also, FYI, Erin at Impatient Gardener RUclips channel has lots of dahlia info for colder zones 👍
@@mariafolch8067 I actually mix my own every year because we go through a lot. Just make sure you use a large enough basket and soil that will retain enough moisture, because they dry out really fast once the roots get growing. I have to water once or twice a day in the summer months.
@@mariafolch8067 I usually scout the garden department at Lowe’s for broken bags of peat moss and mushroom compost, as they’ll usually sell them for a fraction of the price (they’ll either be marked or I ask a manager and they’ll mark them). You could probably use cow manure also. I add bagged top soil from a store called Rural King, (the brand might be “Evergreen”...?) but it’s not really top soil, it’s shredded pine fines. I also add perlite (Home Depot sells a huge bag for a good price), and I’ll sprinkle in some granules of organic and synthetic fertilizer, just because. I don’t really have an exact formula, but that’s what I use. I then use a small pitch/garden fork to mix it up in a big rectangular plastic tote with a lid. It needs additional water at first, sometimes I just leave it out it the rain. Once the lid goes on it stays nice and moist. Might not be everybody’s ideal but it works well for us 🤷♀️ We use this for most potted plants, containers, and to up-pot seedlings, but you could also use it as a base and mix additional things in for different applications. Funnily enough I think it was actually Laura’s tour of a facility that makes potting soil that helped me to realize that I could probably make it myself.
Oh man now, I’ve gotta get out there and start prepping. I nailed some garlic yesterday so, this video was in perfect timing. Thanks as always for kicking our bums into action! Have a great weekend everyone!
Hey from the other side of the world👋🏽 it's the growing season here and I'm enjoying nature as much as I can and your channel has such great tips that are definitely helping me out. Your videos are much appreciated. Stay blessed😊
Love that you mentioned using leaves for mulch. I also load up my compost bins with them. I don't have a mower and use the leaves whole (which so many say not to but have had no issues at all with that method) and I have the richest soil you can imagine. I am using my Fall to put in more raised beds with hardware cloth under to combat the gophers and voles. It has gotten so bad that I am afraid to plant anything, they even ate my Alliums! I planted all my Dahlias in containers this past year and it worked great, no eaten tubers and the flowers have been gorgeous.
I would love to see Kevin Liang paint your gardens! That succulent planter in the background, no your whole background! All of your place or your folks'. He's so extraordinary and you both are so GREAT!
I stick with plants that can be in the ground or pot during winter. Nothing to worry about. Hardy succulents can stay out side. Thanks Laura for your advise.
As for tulips, the ideal planting time is from October to end of December, even you live in a zone 8-9. I live in Denmark a zone 8-9 like Holland, Netherlands. The important thing to remember is that the tulips get a cold period of a minimum of 12-14 weeks at a temperature below 5-9 degress celcius/41-48 degrees Fahrenheit. We plant our tulips now until New Year, and no worries if you even get into the end of January. But after January and February it becomes risky and you may end up wasting a lot of good bulbs.
Laura, I have to admit.. My favorite of your spring start up is getting the fountains going. My yard is so small, so I don't have the space you do for those gorgeous pieces. Lots of birdbaths though!
I need to do this today! We had some pretty heavy frost here in upstate NY last night! 🍁🥶 but the sun is shining bright already ☀️ so beautiful here in the fall! Thank you ! So helpful. Im so thankful I’ve found this channel! When you said it will be time to start seeds in just a few months I got so happy!
It was so adorable to see that smile on Laura’s face when she was talking about the amount of new subscribers and gardeners this year. Laura, You continue to be a inspiration to us all, new and old. Thank you.
This is a good beginner checklist and an old gardener don't forget to do list. Love this. Is everyone taking notes? How many things did you forget to do?
Pre-chilling bulbs is zone 8 and higher, for 8-12 weeks depending on the type of bulbs. Do plant them between mid-December to mid-January. Don't wait til spring as they need time to establish their roots. I waited until just past mid-January one year and they did not do as well.
@@phyllisroark8526Mine just came in and I'm still trying to find a refrigerator that will fit in our situation. My hubs and I compete for space in the mini fridge, beer vs bulbs! 😆 Not enough room this year!
@@user-ro5iu6br4f I honestly don't know what to say other than: "Educate yourself!" I don't know what time you're living in, but we don't live in 1940 anymore. It is a completely different world and I really do think it is vicious and dumb of you to have the disrespect of calling us Germans "Nazis".
Thank you, Laura. I'm 72 and will call myself a beginning gardener. Learn so much from your videos and check in daily to see what I can or should be doing. You and Aaron are such good motivators and love to see Benjamin and Russell and Cheddar. Thanks again. One thing I was wondering in your cut flower garden which flowers have fragrance? Thanks.
Such great tips! I didn’t know peonies needed to be cut back. I wonder if you could do a video on transplanting? As a new gardener I find myself needing to move things a fair amount as I learn about size and what does well in our area. But I’m not quite sure what I’m doing so it would be great to hear your tips!
I’m one of those people who started gardening this year. I watched so many of your videos to learn and I’m so proud of how my garden turned out. Thank you so much!
Perfect timing as usual. Me and My daughters are helping a friend out by cleaning her flower beds today. (She lost her father a few weeks ago and she’s in the Canary Islands handling that.) The video reminded me to grab some shredded paper for her dahlias. Happy fall cleanup everyone.
What a great list of things to think about as we put our yards and gardens to sleep for the winter. In Minnesota, we got our first snowfall yesterday October 16, 2020 and our temps for the next 10 days will be in the low 30's to low 40's with more snow....seems too early to me but it IS Minnesota for goodness sake. lol. Hopefully, we will have a few days of warmer temps in late October and November so I can check some of these things off my list. Thank you for sharing your "to do" list to help us help our gardens thrive for next year! Have a great weekend!
It snowed here in Wisconsin too. I always wish I could do fall planters like you see here but our growing seasons are so short. By the time our summer planters are put away it starts snowing...lol. I guess that is just what life is like in the north.
so proud of me, i've done every one of your suggestions...and have been saving milk jugs since spring for winter sowing, have been filling them and have extra soil to finish. i gave each grandchild their own jug and they selected their seeds, cannot wait for spring
I love to garden enjoy the content of your videos very much! Garden Answer is an inspiration! I truly appreciate your professionalism-not once have I heard you prompt viewers to subscribe and hit the little bell or give a thumbs up. Blessings for your sweet family
I am so glad I live in the temperate climate here in Cape Town, South Africa!! Not anywhere near the prep required! Interesting to watch nonetheless, makes me appreciate how fortunate we are❤
Thank you taking the time to do this check list. Happy gardening to the new gardner's. Garden Answer is always blooming and you will grow with all the information and details plus they are very good about before and after videos and the best at putting names on the screen as they go along. Thank you Aaron and Laura for sharing your beautiful garden life with us.
I have fall tasks with the orchids, but they are not as elaborate and intense as a gardener's list. And here I am, not embracing those tasks with a fervour 🤭 I am not a fall winter person, so... but needs must as I can't have all my orchids outside... i love seeing you do all these jobs with such energy.... you inspire me 🌸
I’ve already ordered and received my seeds for next year. I’m putting up my greenhouse in the next few days and I’m going to start prepping my raised beds for next year in the next few days.
Love this! We bought our house last fall and there was pretty much no landscaping... thanks to your channel I’ve been slowly creating gardens and making the yard beautiful! I appreciate all your beginner tips because I definitely have no idea what I’m doing!!
I love following along with ALL your videos as a first time gardener (and a new big plot to figure out!) but I always get a bit down cause the world forgets that there is the Southern Hemisphere and I’m mid spring trying to figure things out. But I do know you have a library and will go through and learn something new, like the other day hoe to dead head roses, going down to first set of 5 leaves... wow that even stumped my mum, but loving learning too! Thank you so much guys 🙏
I love the format of catering to more beginner gardeners!! I've watched your channel for a couple years and I still love the "dumbed" down info. I'm in an apartment so I don't get much hands on experience. I'm just taking it all in until the day I can utilize all of the skills you have taught me!!
Emptied my annual pots but saved the dahlia tubers, cleaned the vegetable garden and mulched with leaves. Cleaned pots and stored Also did some weeding. Feeling inspired and accomplished. Thanks for your guidance!
flash backs! My father use to make me go out with him and collect seeds for the next year. He was big on growing plants from seeds but it was a lot of work. I just buy my plants now each spring it's a lot easier and you can get new types if you want instead of having the same old stuff. Thanks Laura for the check list.
Great list Laura! I was out planting my garlic yesterday as it was snowing-blah(Western Canada). 1st snow- only a skiff, thank goodness, were supposed to get alot. Clean up all done for the year, woohoo
Great info, thank you, Laura. I have about half dozen double-sided shepherd’s hooks in my front & backyards, so I also replace hanging plants with wind chimes or yard art in the winter, then place the plants on the ground or next to my home for more protection. (Even though I’m only in zone 9, I try to winter over as many of my plants that I can. 👍) Looks like you are still moving around REALLY well; continuing to pray for you to have a healthy pregnancy. 🙏❤️🙏
My garden is at my parents house which I can't travel to because of Covid restrictions.... Its been so hard not being able to just go out and garden. Thank you for keeping me sane with the videos Laura!
Great task list & reminders as it's fall here in mid Missouri. All my container tropicals, ficus, palms, Ti plants, jade, ferns, pulmaria, bamboo, etc. moved safe inside this past week. I try coleous too, with the unique ones I find with some success each year. Just wish had greenhouse & more windows in my home! Excellent idea to mow/mulch leaves gradually as they fall, in past years I did millions of oak leaves all once in November & way tooo over-whelming! Again, thanks for posting your great ideas Laura!
I’d love a video of what plants need to be pruned in the fall vs spring, more specifically lilacs, hydrangeas and butterfly bush, giving more info on the different types of each and whether they bloom on new or old wood. 💗
It’s interesting that you dig up and store those bulbs. I never knew to do that. I guess I’m lucky my bulbs survived despite being left, in Utah winters.
I never grew garlic until I watched you plant yours. So I went to the store and bought hole garlic for the first time, brought it home and planted it 3-4 weeks ago. It is now 3-4 inches tall and I would have not known to plant it in the fall if not for your guidance. I hope it grows at least half as well as yours because my rocks, I mean soil is not near as nice as your raised beds. Now I need to fast forward to next year.
Great list! Also if your area freezes be sure to get the air and water out of underground sprinkler system and shut off its water supply. There are lots of videos on this online.
Thanks. Got my dose of inspiration along with my coffee. Now going outside to do some of these things. It is funny how sometime it is like I wait for Laura to give me permission to do somethings.
Can you update us on your barn? Have you added your new garage door yet? I'm so excited about all the fun things you've received, and are accomplishing! New pond, new pots, newly planted trees, and grass in lane....so excited for you!
Great video! If any one out there is planting bulbs in containers make sure you cover with hardware cloth or screening to protect from rodents! Also- in the past I have had tulips planted in my garden beds eaten by voles. I have had good luck interplanting the tulips with narcissus which are poisonous to critters. It does seems to deter them.
Thank you SO much for your checklist, it was very informative, especially for a person like me who is new to gardening (thanks to all your wonderful videos), God bless, Wendy (North Wales, UK)
Laura, I appreciate your videos so much. I have breakfast with you every morning. I love flowers and gardening. Your videos are always interesting and beneficial for me. I also love cats and enjoy cheddar and Russell. You make me smile. Thank you so much.
Great coffee with Laura and the list to get you thinking what should I do for my garden. Thank you as it will help with getting some stuff done at work, even though we didn't plant the garden this year i want to prepare things for spring so will be working off this list for sure.
I have always thought the young people would enjoy gardening and finding ways to save the foods we grow. Canning, freezing, and drying and just enjoying FRESH FOODS we’ve grown ourselves. It’s so satisfying and so much more flavorful to boot.
Your home is so cozy and comforting. I imagine I would spend most of my time outdoors if I lived there, walking through the garden and picking the fruits of my labor off the trees and vines, making homemade tea and watching the sun set on a cute little bench. What a lovely home ❤️🥰 Happy Fall YALL !!
We use a lot of leaf mulch and it is great for the garden. I am lucky that I don't need to bring in anything as we are in the sub tropics in Australia. I have had great results with ornamental cabbage and allowing them to over winter. I thought that they were annuals but no they survive winter, thrive and grow the next year and produce more florets. I agree with what you said about bulbs. I plant mine in the late winter early spring after they have been in my veggie crisper all winter. I just love your videos and advice even though I am in a different climate zone and in a different country.
I love the way your cat is right there with you checking out what your doing😂and as cats are curious little buggers they need to know where the places are in the garden to POOP❗️❗️❗️😂😂😂
Even though I live in Arizona I have watched your channel faithfully for the last couple of years and love it. I have learned so much that I have been able to apply here as well ~including how to install a drip system ~thank you very much! Here in southern Arizona we Don’t have to worry about wintering over our plants but we do have to worry a lot about trying to get them through the summers here. I would love it if you moved to Arizona and started your channel all about how to Get your plants to survive the Arizona summers LOL😂
I really beed to move. We are still in 90's here in CA Not ONE leaf has turned colors yet so I am still in summer mode. Will watch this in December when we actually hit fall
Hey Laura, would you ever do a video (or have you done one already?) that focuses on some of the perennials, trees and shrubs in your garden that provide food for wildlife? I moved into a house that has a large amount of back lawn and I’m slowly chipping away at it and want to put in more berry/nut/seed producing trees and shrubs that birds and other critters love. I’m in southeast Massachusetts so I know what you have might not work where I am, but I’d love to see what you have that’s new or already established and what your experience has been! Thank you - I’m learning so much from your channel!
Great list, Laura! Thanks! I don't consider myself a new gardener, but I've never created a list. Very helpful. Kudos to Aaron for all the footage! (Russell is a media hog! Actually I think he curious and loves to be near you, but I enjoy when he pops up in your videos (this time in the winterize fountain segment).
Wow, this video is confirmation that I am not crazy. I was thinking to take pictures and make notes but I thought I’d look like a crazy woman 😂.But I really need pic and notes 🤔 Looove your winter fire pit.
Thanks for the reminders and checklist! I’m such a Garden Answer fan. Btw, you look really great. You are definitely glowing. I hope that’s okay to say. 😀
I was so inspired from watching your videos I went BIG this year with large containers. I had awesome results! Wondering if I should leave the potting soil in them and amend next year or dump it into my garden beds and start fresh? Your thoughts?
I leave my large pots be and refresh them in the spring with amendments, etc. I empty them every 2 to 4 years (depending on how the soil looks), amend that soil and use it for areas lacking soil in the garden. I then sterilize the large pots with vinegar and water to get them ready for planting.
Laura's checklist:
1. Mulch any barespots in your garden. Use some leaves.
2. Bring in those plants that can winter over as houseplants.
3. Dig up and store tender bulbs.
4. Clean up any rotted or finished perennials and tall grasses.
5. Weed. 😕
6. Plant spring-blooming bulbs.
7. Swap summer annuals for fall annuals.
8. Make notes & take pictures of garden.
9. Clean & organize containers.
10. Clean & organize tools.
11. Plant garlic.
12. Plant new things 6-8 weeks before hard frost.
13. Stock up on seed planting supplies.
14. Winterize lawn furniture.
15. Save seeds.
16. Clean bird feeders.
17. Winterize fountains.
Jackie Zerres thank you!,,
Thank you!!😊👍
You are so kind! Thanks.
Thanks
Jackie, thanks for writing the checklist. Great idea!! Print screening it right now!! 💚🍃🍁🍂
I've truly never looked at or worked in my garden the way I do now. It's a mix of things that has brought on this change but a huge influence has been you, Laura! Your statements like "if you don't like it, get rid of it!" ... "if it dies, that's okay" ...have changed my perspective.
I have far more courage to try growing things, I enjoy researching and adding to spaces, I've had success transplanting plants, I've grown lawn from seed, cut back overgrown trees, added a conifer to the entry and pots with more than one thing in them!! 😂 ...I have a successful herb garden now.
The videos you guys create were initially interesting and relaxing for me and of course they still are those things but they've absolutely allowed me to gain a wonderful, rewarding hobby. Big hugs you guys and thank you! 💚
👍 👍 👍 so agree with you
Same here! Laura and Aaron are changing the world! One garden at a time 😊😊😊
You have said it best. I feel the same. I now see my garden with such a different perspective and love every minute of it. Thanks for this comment. 🍂🍁💚
@@kimk6708 Pomo
Here's another tip for cold climate gardeners. Drain & store your hoses. Freezing temperatures & water left in hoses will damage & burst them.
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Yes, I always see people around my neighborhood with hoses laying out in snow. It seems crazy to me.
We just emptied our rain barrels this week. Hubby uses the last of the rain barrel water on the perennials and then we turn the barrels upside down for the winter.
Yes. Exactly right - about the hoses! Thankx!
Also take in your timers!!
Hi from South Africa where we are going into spring. 🇿🇦
Happy Gardening
What garden zone would that be?🌱😁
@@traveling_driftzzer RSA has quite a range of climate zones, my area is maybe similar to Florida. Things grow like crazy here.
@@gilliandawson6567 Happy Spring! 🌷💐🌷
Hello S. Africa all the way from Detroit, MI ❤
Great video. Now we need Aaron to make his own list with other things needed to be done in the fall, in preparation for winter. Such as clearing out the hoses and irrigation system, preparing the grass, things to do with the tools, etc. It would be fun to have him explain it.
Hi , I am from India. I started watching your videos during lockdown and binge watched almost all the videos. Now have started my own balcony garden with some rose plants. But my rose buds have burnt end and are not opening fully. Leaf curling can also be seen. Please tell me what to do.
Hello from South Carolina, USA
I love when your talking and up pops a cat. You just start petting him and keep talking. It's like I'm sitting across from you and I feel right at home. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way! Love you guys and the cats too!
Thank you for all your great ideas. I live in a zone 4 so I cover my statues and fountains. I wrap a beautiful ribbon around them with a bow. So when I look out they look like gifts in the snow waiting for the spring to unwrap them. I also cover my box wood hedges, they look like beautiful mounds of snow forming the patterns of the hedges still creating the frame around my flower beds. So even though we live in an environment that everything needs to be put away it still can look lovely covered in snow and especially in Hoarfrost. When the elms are divested of their leaves and only the branches are bending gracefully touching each other, like a cathedral, as the hoarfrost is glistening on each branch, it truly is a sight to behold. So where ever we live the beauty surrounding us is there waiting to be admired with a gardeners eye. So now to plan for next years
Laura and Aaron.. One of the reasons I love your channel so much is because you don't go into it like your trying to sell something. You just state what is going on in your gardens and how you deal with things. Laura you are so personable and I can feel the passion you have for gardening. Thank you both (and Benjamin & cats too) for showing me a realistic approach to taking care of my space.
Hello from Belgium, Laura!
Thank you so much for this checklist and the tips about the growing zone website. I always thought it's only for the US but no.
Thanks to this, I finally know wich zone I'm in (8b).
Sometimes I don't know if a tip will be good for my garden because we are not even on the same continent, but with the help of this zone numbering, it feels like wherever we are, we can take into account what you say and don't mess things up in our garden, especially when we are beginners.
Everytime I see you gardening, I immediatly want to go out and do the same!
And that's exactly what I'm gonna do now :)
I follow you since many years, thank you to always be there for us with your heartwarming smile and garden!
Céline
Wow, I also live in zone 8b but in Virginia Beach, VA. Amazing how the zones were developed and help us all throughout the world.
Hello from America! Nothing to do with gardening, but had to say... Belgium chocolates are the best! I love the Bouchard brand! Funny enough, that name is in my ancestry too!
Happy gardening! =D
Just want to let you know that "armchair gardeners" enjoy your channel too!
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I always start my day with Prayers, Coffee & Laura! LOL....it is a great way to start.
This is so true!! I live in a third story 2 bedroom apartment with north facing windows. I can’t grow anything now but my old yard looked so nice and I loved your channel! It’s so nice to see a real, kind and funny lady talking about plants and gardening even though I can’t do it personally. Thanks!
As a newbie I really appreciate the “to do” list for fall. I’ve seen earlier videos mentioning each topic but to have them all in one video is awesome 😊 thank you for that❣️ I must go and get busy now 😉 see you in the next video 🌻
hey laura! i was wondering if you could do a "how to starts a cut garden" and "how to plan a cut garden" for the coming season please :)
I believe she did some on those when she was planning out her new cut flower garden. If you go up in the search bar and look for ‘Garden Answer Cut Flower Garden’ then you should be able to find them.
@@simplyhomemadeandhomegrown1136 oh thank you so much; I will look into it
Also make sure you subscribe to as many gardening seed/flower catalogs as you can find. They ship out January first and it's a bright spot in the long winter days !
What are some of those catalogs one should subscribe to?
@@ortecatii There are some great ones in this list ! www.thespruce.com/free-seed-catalogs-1357756
Yes!!! I loved this last year!
@@dianajean4837 Thank you! 😊
I live in zone 8 and our winters are very mild and I still plant tulips and daffodils, last year even in late January and they did really good.😅
Me too!😁
A north Idaho (zone 4-5) nursery owner in my area posted pictures of a customer’s beautiful dahlias, lined up against her house. She was shocked to learn the dahlias had been returning for many years without being dug up and stored for the winter. Isn’t that amazing!?!?
Great list! I’ve finally found my ideal mix of plants for my annual hanging baskets and they got so big and beautiful this year that it hurts my heart to just toss them. My husband built a small cold frame from odds and ends of timber and old windows and doors we had replaced, so I’m planning to cut back and overwinter my baskets this year 🤞🤞🤞 Also, FYI, Erin at Impatient Gardener RUclips channel has lots of dahlia info for colder zones 👍
I also follow Erin's channel. I hope to try hanging baskets this coming year. Can you share what type soil do you use for them?
@@mariafolch8067 I actually mix my own every year because we go through a lot. Just make sure you use a large enough basket and soil that will retain enough moisture, because they dry out really fast once the roots get growing. I have to water once or twice a day in the summer months.
@@emkn1479 what do you put on your mix and how much?
@@mariafolch8067 I usually scout the garden department at Lowe’s for broken bags of peat moss and mushroom compost, as they’ll usually sell them for a fraction of the price (they’ll either be marked or I ask a manager and they’ll mark them). You could probably use cow manure also. I add bagged top soil from a store called Rural King, (the brand might be “Evergreen”...?) but it’s not really top soil, it’s shredded pine fines. I also add perlite (Home Depot sells a huge bag for a good price), and I’ll sprinkle in some granules of organic and synthetic fertilizer, just because. I don’t really have an exact formula, but that’s what I use. I then use a small pitch/garden fork to mix it up in a big rectangular plastic tote with a lid. It needs additional water at first, sometimes I just leave it out it the rain. Once the lid goes on it stays nice and moist. Might not be everybody’s ideal but it works well for us 🤷♀️
We use this for most potted plants, containers, and to up-pot seedlings, but you could also use it as a base and mix additional things in for different applications.
Funnily enough I think it was actually Laura’s tour of a facility that makes potting soil that helped me to realize that I could probably make it myself.
Oh man now, I’ve gotta get out there and start prepping. I nailed some garlic yesterday so, this video was in perfect timing. Thanks as always for kicking our bums into action! Have a great weekend everyone!
Hey from the other side of the world👋🏽 it's the growing season here and I'm enjoying nature as much as I can and your channel has such great tips that are definitely helping me out.
Your videos are much appreciated. Stay blessed😊
Love that you mentioned using leaves for mulch. I also load up my compost bins with them. I don't have a mower and use the leaves whole (which so many say not to but have had no issues at all with that method) and I have the richest soil you can imagine. I am using my Fall to put in more raised beds with hardware cloth under to combat the gophers and voles. It has gotten so bad that I am afraid to plant anything, they even ate my Alliums! I planted all my Dahlias in containers this past year and it worked great, no eaten tubers and the flowers have been gorgeous.
I would love to see Kevin Liang paint your gardens! That succulent planter in the background, no your whole background! All of your place or your folks'. He's so extraordinary and you both are so GREAT!
I stick with plants that can be in the ground or pot during winter. Nothing to worry about. Hardy succulents can stay out side. Thanks Laura for your advise.
As for tulips, the ideal planting time is from October to end of December, even you live in a zone 8-9. I live in Denmark a zone 8-9 like Holland, Netherlands. The important thing to remember is that the tulips get a cold period of a minimum of 12-14 weeks at a temperature below 5-9 degress celcius/41-48 degrees Fahrenheit. We plant our tulips now until New Year, and no worries if you even get into the end of January. But after January and February it becomes risky and you may end up wasting a lot of good bulbs.
Laura, I have to admit..
My favorite of your spring start up is getting the fountains going. My yard is so small, so I don't have the space you do for those gorgeous pieces. Lots of birdbaths though!
I need to do this today! We had some pretty heavy frost here in upstate NY last night! 🍁🥶 but the sun is shining bright already ☀️ so beautiful here in the fall! Thank you ! So helpful. Im so thankful I’ve found this channel! When you said it will be time to start seeds in just a few months I got so happy!
It was so adorable to see that smile on Laura’s face when she was talking about the amount of new subscribers and gardeners this year.
Laura, You continue to be a inspiration to us all, new and old. Thank you.
This is a good beginner checklist and an old gardener don't forget to do list. Love this. Is everyone taking notes? How many things did you forget to do?
Forgot so much. Got the list.😊
I agree! I have a notebook I take notes in!
Thank you, I am in 6b
Thanks mom 😂 😝 hehe
More than I’d care to admit 😊
Pre-chilling bulbs is zone 8 and higher, for 8-12 weeks depending on the type of bulbs. Do plant them between mid-December to mid-January. Don't wait til spring as they need time to establish their roots. I waited until just past mid-January one year and they did not do as well.
I have 300 bulbs in the refrigerator now. Also another 70 coming. Zone 8B, now to decide where to put them all. New gardener here!
@@phyllisroark8526Mine just came in and I'm still trying to find a refrigerator that will fit in our situation. My hubs and I compete for space in the mini fridge, beer vs bulbs! 😆 Not enough room this year!
@@phyllisroark8526 That's mighty daring for a new gardener!! 🤣🤣🍃💚 Good luck and have fun!!
Zone 8a. Have tulip bulbs in the refrigerator. Will plant between Christmas and New Years. Usually have good luck with that timing.
Experience makes one expert.So, failure is not bad but good experience to learn more🍃
I can not understand why would anybody give this video a thumbs down. Thank you for your video. They are excellent. I'm a beginner gardener.
Greetings from Germany, Laura 😊
❤️Germany! Lived there for 10yrs n want to return everyday since I moved to US Beautiful country n beautiful ppl😩😍
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Guten Tag. Hello from Chicago
Guten Tag. Hello from Slovakia.
@@user-ro5iu6br4f I honestly don't know what to say other than: "Educate yourself!" I don't know what time you're living in, but we don't live in 1940 anymore. It is a completely different world and I really do think it is vicious and dumb of you to have the disrespect of calling us Germans "Nazis".
Hello from locked down Australia where gardening is saving our sanity!
Thank you, Laura. I'm 72 and will call myself a beginning gardener. Learn so much from your videos and check in daily to see what I can or should be doing. You and Aaron are such good motivators and love to see Benjamin and Russell and Cheddar. Thanks again. One thing I was wondering in your cut flower garden which flowers have fragrance? Thanks.
Such great tips! I didn’t know peonies needed to be cut back. I wonder if you could do a video on transplanting? As a new gardener I find myself needing to move things a fair amount as I learn about size and what does well in our area. But I’m not quite sure what I’m doing so it would be great to hear your tips!
I think I will be transplanting peonies also next spring if all goes well... I would love to see a video on that too!
I’m one of those people who started gardening this year. I watched so many of your videos to learn and I’m so proud of how my garden turned out.
Thank you so much!
Perfect timing as usual. Me and My daughters are helping a friend out by cleaning her flower beds today. (She lost her father a few weeks ago and she’s in the Canary Islands handling that.) The video reminded me to grab some shredded paper for her dahlias. Happy fall cleanup everyone.
what a wonderful and kind act!
Nice!!!
What a great list of things to think about as we put our yards and gardens to sleep for the winter. In Minnesota, we got our first snowfall yesterday October 16, 2020 and our temps for the next 10 days will be in the low 30's to low 40's with more snow....seems too early to me but it IS Minnesota for goodness sake. lol. Hopefully, we will have a few days of warmer temps in late October and November so I can check some of these things off my list. Thank you for sharing your "to do" list to help us help our gardens thrive for next year! Have a great weekend!
It snowed here in Wisconsin too. I always wish I could do fall planters like you see here but our growing seasons are so short. By the time our summer planters are put away it starts snowing...lol. I guess that is just what life is like in the north.
so proud of me, i've done every one of your suggestions...and have been saving milk jugs since spring for winter sowing, have been filling them and have extra soil to finish. i gave each grandchild their own jug and they selected their seeds, cannot wait for spring
I love to garden enjoy the content of your videos very much! Garden Answer is an inspiration! I truly appreciate your professionalism-not once have I heard you prompt viewers to subscribe and hit the little bell or give a thumbs up. Blessings for your sweet family
Love how you didn’t skip a beat and suddenly you’re stroking the cat! New follower here, love the videos already :)
I am so glad I live in the temperate climate here in Cape Town, South Africa!! Not anywhere near the prep required! Interesting to watch nonetheless, makes me appreciate how fortunate we are❤
Congratulations on receiving one million subscribers, love your channel. Best regards from Iceland.🤗🤗😍☺
Thank you taking the time to do this check list. Happy gardening to the new gardner's. Garden Answer is always blooming and you will grow with all the information and details plus they are very good about before and after videos and the best at putting names on the screen as they go along. Thank you Aaron and Laura for sharing your beautiful garden life with us.
As a new gardener, you are my gardening fairy godmother! Thank you!
I have fall tasks with the orchids, but they are not as elaborate and intense as a gardener's list. And here I am, not embracing those tasks with a fervour 🤭 I am not a fall winter person, so... but needs must as I can't have all my orchids outside... i love seeing you do all these jobs with such energy.... you inspire me 🌸
I’ve already ordered and received my seeds for next year. I’m putting up my greenhouse in the next few days and I’m going to start prepping my raised beds for next year in the next few days.
Love this! We bought our house last fall and there was pretty much no landscaping... thanks to your channel I’ve been slowly creating gardens and making the yard beautiful! I appreciate all your beginner tips because I definitely have no idea what I’m doing!!
I love following along with ALL your videos as a first time gardener (and a new big plot to figure out!) but I always get a bit down cause the world forgets that there is the Southern Hemisphere and I’m mid spring trying to figure things out. But I do know you have a library and will go through and learn something new, like the other day hoe to dead head roses, going down to first set of 5 leaves... wow that even stumped my mum, but loving learning too!
Thank you so much guys 🙏
I love the format of catering to more beginner gardeners!! I've watched your channel for a couple years and I still love the "dumbed" down info. I'm in an apartment so I don't get much hands on experience. I'm just taking it all in until the day I can utilize all of the skills you have taught me!!
Nice to see this reposted a bit earlier than we need it so we can begin. Thanks.
Emptied my annual pots but saved the dahlia tubers, cleaned the vegetable garden and mulched with leaves. Cleaned pots and stored Also did some weeding. Feeling inspired and accomplished. Thanks for your guidance!
flash backs! My father use to make me go out with him and collect seeds for the next year. He was big on growing plants from seeds but it was a lot of work. I just buy my plants now each spring it's a lot easier and you can get new types if you want instead of having the same old stuff. Thanks Laura for the check list.
Great list Laura!
I was out planting my garlic yesterday as it was snowing-blah(Western Canada). 1st snow- only a skiff, thank goodness, were supposed to get alot.
Clean up all done for the year, woohoo
Laughed so hard at Russell on top of the fountain as you were cleaning it out!! :)
Great info, thank you, Laura. I have about half dozen double-sided shepherd’s hooks in my front & backyards, so I also replace hanging plants with wind chimes or yard art in the winter, then place the plants on the ground or next to my home for more protection. (Even though I’m only in zone 9, I try to winter over as many of my plants that I can. 👍) Looks like you are still moving around REALLY well; continuing to pray for you to have a healthy pregnancy. 🙏❤️🙏
My garden is at my parents house which I can't travel to because of Covid restrictions.... Its been so hard not being able to just go out and garden. Thank you for keeping me sane with the videos Laura!
Great task list & reminders as it's fall here in mid Missouri. All my container tropicals, ficus, palms, Ti plants, jade, ferns, pulmaria, bamboo, etc. moved safe inside this past week. I try coleous too, with the unique ones I find with some success each year. Just wish had greenhouse & more windows in my home!
Excellent idea to mow/mulch leaves gradually as they fall, in past years I did millions of oak leaves all once in November & way tooo over-whelming!
Again, thanks for posting your great ideas Laura!
I love your videos so much! The cat appearances make them extra special 💚
Great list! I’m adding some of these chores to today’s to do list. I love outdoor work in the fall, sooo much easier than in the heat of the summer!!!
I’d love a video of what plants need to be pruned in the fall vs spring, more specifically lilacs, hydrangeas and butterfly bush, giving more info on the different types of each and whether they bloom on new or old wood. 💗
I hope you add more raised beds in future videos!
It’s interesting that you dig up and store those bulbs. I never knew to do that. I guess I’m lucky my bulbs survived despite being left, in Utah winters.
Same here in Alabama...
I never grew garlic until I watched you plant yours. So I went to the store and bought hole garlic for the first time, brought it home and planted it 3-4 weeks ago. It is now 3-4 inches tall and I would have not known to plant it in the fall if not for your guidance. I hope it grows at least half as well as yours because my rocks, I mean soil is not near as nice as your raised beds. Now I need to fast forward to next year.
I learn something new with every one of your videos! Thank you for committing so much of your time to teaching us!
Hi Guys,
I just love seeing your cats in the videos.... Makes me smile x
Ps...
I have never seen snow x
Aww you covered all! Thanks Laura ! Now let’s get busy!
Great list! Also if your area freezes be sure to get the air and water out of underground sprinkler system and shut off its water supply. There are lots of videos on this online.
Thanks to Laura’s video I figured what happen to the bulbs I planted......will try again..fingers crossed..
Thanks. Got my dose of inspiration along with my coffee. Now going outside to do some of these things. It is funny how sometime it is like I wait for Laura to give me permission to do somethings.
Can you update us on your barn? Have you added your new garage door yet? I'm so excited about all the fun things you've received, and are accomplishing! New pond, new pots, newly planted trees, and grass in lane....so excited for you!
Did she mention Weed & Feed your Lawn? Time to apply Winterizer to your lawns!
I was just thinking about this the other day and got side tracked lol. Thanks for the reminder!
I am sure she was only concentrating in the gardening area.
Great video! If any one out there is planting bulbs in containers make sure you cover with hardware cloth or screening to protect from rodents! Also- in the past I have had tulips planted in my garden beds eaten by voles. I have had good luck interplanting the tulips with narcissus which are poisonous to critters. It does seems to deter them.
Laura, you are so smart and Blessed! (eager for the Baby Girl to arrive!) Yr friend from North Carolina.
Thank you SO much for your checklist, it was very informative, especially for a person like me who is new to gardening (thanks to all your wonderful videos), God bless, Wendy (North Wales, UK)
There are pots with wheels available now, so please take care of your back while lifting heavy pots manually.
Laura, I appreciate your videos so much. I have breakfast with you every morning. I love flowers and gardening. Your videos are always interesting and beneficial for me. I also love cats and enjoy cheddar and Russell. You make me smile. Thank you so much.
I love your cat - always helping!
Great coffee with Laura and the list to get you thinking what should I do for my garden. Thank you as it will help with getting some stuff done at work, even though we didn't plant the garden this year i want to prepare things for spring so will be working off this list for sure.
I have mum i purchased last year i kept them under the trees and kept wetting them and they blooming right now and very beautiful
Excellent video Laura!! Especially love the tip of utilizing our leaves in the garden beds!! Thank u!!
I have always thought the young people would enjoy gardening and finding ways to save the foods we grow. Canning, freezing, and drying and just enjoying FRESH FOODS we’ve grown ourselves. It’s so satisfying and so much more flavorful to boot.
Your home is so cozy and comforting. I imagine I would spend most of my time outdoors if I lived there, walking through the garden and picking the fruits of my labor off the trees and vines, making homemade tea and watching the sun set on a cute little bench. What a lovely home ❤️🥰 Happy Fall YALL !!
We use a lot of leaf mulch and it is great for the garden. I am lucky that I don't need to bring in anything as we are in the sub tropics in Australia. I have had great results with ornamental cabbage and allowing them to over winter. I thought that they were annuals but no they survive winter, thrive and grow the next year and produce more florets. I agree with what you said about bulbs. I plant mine in the late winter early spring after they have been in my veggie crisper all winter. I just love your videos and advice even though I am in a different climate zone and in a different country.
#12 planting before the hard frost... appreciate the succinct explanation of when and why. I always seem to be behind the curve ball on this one 💚
Awesome list! I’m in Zone 9b so it will be awhile before I have to get started on these chores. But it’s great to have a list to work from.
I love the way your cat is right there with you checking out what your doing😂and as cats are curious little buggers they need to know where the places are in the garden to POOP❗️❗️❗️😂😂😂
Good morning! 🌻🐝
Thank you. Good reminder of what needs to be done. As always you are the best.
Thank you Laura, I really needed this list. Bless you all.
Even though I live in Arizona I have watched your channel faithfully for the last couple of years and love it. I have learned so much that I have been able to apply here as well ~including how to install a drip system ~thank you very much! Here in southern Arizona we Don’t have to worry about wintering over our plants but we do have to worry a lot about trying to get them through the summers here. I would love it if you moved to Arizona and started your channel all about how to Get your plants to survive the Arizona summers LOL😂
I really beed to move. We are still in 90's here in CA Not ONE leaf has turned colors yet so I am still in summer mode. Will watch this in December when we actually hit fall
Hey Laura, would you ever do a video (or have you done one already?) that focuses on some of the perennials, trees and shrubs in your garden that provide food for wildlife? I moved into a house that has a large amount of back lawn and I’m slowly chipping away at it and want to put in more berry/nut/seed producing trees and shrubs that birds and other critters love. I’m in southeast Massachusetts so I know what you have might not work where I am, but I’d love to see what you have that’s new or already established and what your experience has been! Thank you - I’m learning so much from your channel!
I'm just getting into gardening because of you. Thanks you.
Great list, Laura! Thanks! I don't consider myself a new gardener, but I've never created a list. Very helpful. Kudos to Aaron for all the footage! (Russell is a media hog! Actually I think he curious and loves to be near you, but I enjoy when he pops up in your videos (this time in the winterize fountain segment).
So helpful to be reminded of these important issues.Thank you👍🏻
Wow, this video is confirmation that I am not crazy. I was thinking to take pictures and make notes but I thought I’d look like a crazy woman 😂.But I really need pic and notes 🤔
Looove your winter fire pit.
i love watching these videos and following along in my own garden
Thanks for the reminders and checklist! I’m such a Garden Answer fan. Btw, you look really great. You are definitely glowing. I hope that’s okay to say. 😀
Spring here 🦋🐝🧤👒🐨🇦🇺🥰 great info thanks 😊no snow as we live on the( Mid North Coast of Australia 🇦🇺 ) only sunshine and sea & all the other elements 👍🌱
Hi from Shreveport,Louisiana...thanks I have learned sooo much from you. Enjoy your pregnancy and be well.
I was so inspired from watching your videos I went BIG this year with large containers. I had awesome results! Wondering if I should leave the potting soil in them and amend next year or dump it into my garden beds and start fresh? Your thoughts?
Good question! I’ve wondered the same thing.👩🌾
I leave my large pots be and refresh them in the spring with amendments, etc. I empty them every 2 to 4 years (depending on how the soil looks), amend that soil and use it for areas lacking soil in the garden. I then sterilize the large pots with vinegar and water to get them ready for planting.