Hello Catharine. I just wanted to let you know that yesterday (Saturday), I stumbled across a podcast featuring you. The host was a lovely sounding Irishman named Alan Clarke. Your chat with him was delightful. I absolutely love your sense of humour, ........and views on being single. Btw, I discovered your channel a little over two years ago. As a RU-vid consumer of DIY content, I stayed and subscribed to your channel for your crafting inspirations, but admittedly I love learning about your garden every Sunday. You have definitely become one of my fave RU-vidrs who always brightens my Sundays. Thank you from Toronto, ON Canada.
Your so like the younger me always in your flower garden . Decorating your home and doing crafts. I'm 68 and am still doing all of the above. Luv your videos. Your backyard flowers are beautiful ❤️🇨🇦
Catherine, I've been watching you for a couple of years now. And I was laid up all last summer with major surgery. Thank you for all you content it helped. I was in Ireland in April and was lucky enough to find your book in Galway. What made it so special is that I found one that you had signed.😊
It's fun to start a garden book in a 3 ring notebook. Fill it with pages of pictures, hang tags from your plants, pages for notes. and stories. who visited your garden and when, a few notes on weather conditions, problems you encountered, new toys and additions to the garden...funny stories, what plants were gifts from friends, what was planted in each area and when, and little sketches of future plans. Many different kinds of pages can be purchased at office supply stores, even zipped pages to keep your seed packets. It's fun to refer back to over the years, and easy to add to also.I also used some pages for guests to sign and leave a comment or two....People like to grab mine when they stop by, and it's fun in the winter, referring back or checking out the dream portions....Mine is called, "Oops the perfect garden, must be next year."
@@DaintyDiaries Everyone can stash info on their phones, but a book is more tactile, and I like that part. Scrapbook, is the idea and take it to the limit. Enjoy your coming fall.
Your garden is so inviting. Love the lush, happy Dahlias! My only recommendation is to keep that innocent looking ivy (draping over the wall with the mirror) from ever touching the ground in your beds or lawn. That's a never ending battle once it gets even a tiny, finger-hold in your space.
Watched Monty Don for the first time ever this week. Learned about him from your videos. Such an interesting show. Can see where you got your garden layout idea from. Not so chilly here yet in the Philadelphia area. Leaves are slightly faded. No glorious fall color yet. October is when the big show is.
Your garden is so beautiful.... I love how peaceful it looks and love all the work you put into it. I remember when you painted the faux bricks, now it's fantastic!
Lots of change over the years but I’ve loved it 😍😍 always a work in progress and new tasks to be done! Thanks for watching Carrie ♥️ hope you’ve a lovely week xx
Chilly is a good thing🍂 it’s been so hot throughout this heatwave we’ve been in but we had a break this past week. Also a break from drought has been nice. It’s been rainy the past few days but today was overcast. Very nice. My plants are so lush and beautiful. My salvias are blooming again and just growing so much. The feel of fall is in the air. We will be in the 50’s at night next week. I’m so excited. I have so much to do this fall to get ready for spring. I’m in the Gulf Coastal area in the U.S. I’ve enjoyed watching your garden grow into a beautiful lush paradise.
Gosh, I admire your little cottage and garden so much for many reasons. But right now, how I envy your rain! I live in South Central, Texas, and right now we have the most severe drought of any place in the United States. The weatherman promises rain off and on, …. but he lies! 😂 Your garden is always beautiful and I look forward to your Sunday shows so much.
Hey there ! Just wanted to give you a hint on your bird bath...throw a couple of pennies into the water to keep it clean ! I saw it here on youtube when mine was doing the same thing. It works .. Im jelly of you beautiful garden . You work soo hard out there. Nice 😊
I to love the sound of the rain, I usually have it on my Bluetooth speaker at night to sooth me... Love you pottering about and planning. You girls look so happy and exacted talking gardens. Lovely.
Double dose of Catherine and Karen ... that's a lovely Sunday surprise! I totally agree with you Catherine that fall is the time to plan the garden next year. I never remember what was where 🤣 planting lots of pollinator plants but want to move my roses closer together. Wish me luck 😬 Have a lovely week
Hello Catherine: Just want to thank you for your cleaning tips. About two months ago you gave a recipe for vinegar, water and lemongrass to use as a more environmentally friendly cleaner, and I love it. I use it all the time, and helps me with my skin allergies. Thank you so much! And I also love your garden, it is absolutely beautiful. Thank you, with much love from Seattle. Grace 💗
I was watching while I had my morning cuppa , it’s rainy and windy here this Monday morning in Cornwall , it was very atmospheric watching and listening gave me a really cosy feel ❤️
Super video again Catherine your garden looks lovely and i love the sound of the rain. I have been gathering seeds from the garden and i am thinking about popping some in pretty bags to make gifts for gardening friends .
Love hearing your voices! I have to use your garden as my own garden. I can’t bend the knees anymore. Thank you for loving the same flowers I do!❤ 🐝🐞🦔😊
Oh Noooo! Maybe get some potted plants at a level you can reach?? On a table or window sill for instance? Might fulfil your desire to do some gardening? Hope you find a way... cheers
Your herbs look great especially the parsley and thyme I love cooking with herbs 🪴. Chives are great in salads and sandwiches a nice mild onion flavour. Your garden still looks great 😍. I’m just looking forward to cozy days crafting and knitting for a slower pace for a while and planning my garden plants for next year ❤
Loved the rainy greenhouse ambience! Your garden is so beautiful. I love gardening in September. Because it gets so hot in my part of California the plants always look like they’re just barely hanging on. In September, they really seem to come alive. Thanks for the tip about lawn seed. I’ll be picking some up to fill in my bare patches. Cheeky thumbs up. 👍👍👍🌸🌺🌼🌷🐱🐱❤️❤️
This will be my first autumn seriously worrying about and considering which and what plants are frost hardy and which ones should be taken in for the winter for fear of frost bite etc. I've some gorgeous bidens I want to protect for example but I haven't a clue about the rest. Please, please, PLEASE could you by yourself or maybe with Karen, do a Q&A chatty video for plebs like me??? P.S. I agree - gardening for the next year starts in Autumn.
You have inspired me to do a lot more gardening, we expanded this year and we are going to expand the garden even further next Spring. And we are putting in shady flower gardens along the boundaries of our large lot. So I must thank you.
Love you greenhouse and chats with Karen. Massive sunflower heads you will have loads of seeds. Christmas presents. Back garden is always pretty. Thanks for the video. Hope you get your bulbs.
I decided to listen on my headphones today while doing some knitting. What a treat to hear the rain pitter patter all around, almost as if I were there too. Lovely videos today. Made for a very relaxing afternoon.
Did you know that you can eat the sunflower seeds, two ways. 1st way is knocking the petals off and brushing on hot butter and seasonings and placing on a bbq and grilling it, eat it like corn on the cob. 2nd way is knocking of petals and letting the head dry then taking off seeds and putting on cookie sheets and spritzing a salt brine on them and baking.
Hello Catherine and Karen from Florida! I truly love your channel and love the chats with Karen as well. Lovely topics, well presented and just a feel good all over channel. Thank you for all of your hard work and it is greatly appreciated. Sending much love over to you!
So cozy! Enjoying lovely fall weather here in Asheville, North Carolina and we are just starting to see our leaves turn. Excited for fall planting and tidying ❤
Love this! I have been planting, moving plants and planning for next year as well. I have ordered alliums, mini daffodils, English bluebells, and snow drops and cannot wait for their arrival, lol! Also guess what? I have been waiting to order Monty Don's "The Complete Gardener", and the price dropped on Amazon from $30 to $17, so of course I ordered!!! Spring is my favorite, but Autumn is my next favorite. I agree, this is the "start" of the garden season.
Wow, your hardy geranium is really going for it! It's been full of those sweet little blooms for how many months now? You've inspired me to look for some to tuck in my own garden around peonies and other perennials with a short bloom period. Have a great week!
Here in Onr., Canada, i watched bluejays sit on drooping sunflower seed heads while chickadees grabbed the seed heads from beneath. Eventually all was eaten. Not much for over the winter. The jays sat in trees all winter calling my husband to feed them again. He looked over to me and said they would bankrept us. Do you have bluejays?
