CORRECTION: The new glow in the dark petunia coming to market is apparently crossed with luminescent mushrooms, and not a worm or fish. Just wanted to clear that up. Maybe we will give it a try after all. www.gardenanswer.com
CORRECTION: The new glow in the dark petunia coming to market is apparently crossed with luminescent mushrooms, and not a worm or fish. Just wanted to clear that up. Maybe we will give it a try after all.
But Laura it is still genetically modified with the mushroom, it is not a hybrid. I've been reading about other plants such as the orange petunia that was genetically modified with corn and then research showed it harmed butterflies and created "super-weeds" and then Europe banned it. I personally don't trust GMO products and from the years I've followed your channel I don't think you want GMO on your property.
I am going to order 1 plant and hope I can keep it alive. Maybe I'll make a little moon garden on my back deck. ETA (edited to add): they cost $30 per 4" plant and the shipping is like $24. I think I'll pass this time just due to the cost.
I'm sure this is not going to go over well, but I totally get why Paul wouldn't want to be filmed on a Q&A. I don't get the curiosity from viewers about Paul and Bethany. Thanks P & B for filming the work you do in the garden -- end of story for me.
I like seeing them from a distance occasionally, but their lives are their lives and if they don't want to share it, they shouldn't be pressured to do so.
I agree with you! Some people are so intrusive and don't understand that there are some people out there that don't like to be on camera or at least talking to the camera!
I get uncomfortable about how some of the women objectify Paul. If Laura and Aaron want to make a bunch of money on a video, then show Paul, but the flip side is that concept is a bit disgusting.
Disagree. They do the majority of work these days. I was thinking just recently that it would be nice if they had their own channel and I'd watch them.
Not me lol the title was about glow in the dark petunias(which I just got notified have shipped to me) so I was hoping for a video on that plant and not a 1 hour long video on alll sorts of other plants and I tried to find the part about the glow petunias so I give 👎
I am a Extension Master Gardener in Kansas and we were planting trees the other day. I chimed in with "plant them high, they won't die". Thanks Aaron 😄
Actually, THANK YOU for not posting on Facebook! They are pushing the AI format so hard and that has changed my feed so much. No longer receive the stuff my friends, family and subscribed channels post. Instead I just get ads...ugh! Stick with RU-vid. Such a great educational source. I learn so much with your videos. Thank you.
@anne=9374 - the BEST bright eye/sparkling admiration - was when I heard Aaron say "YES MY QUEEN" to Laura.........so love how they love eachother. . .
I like all of your reasoning about not doing Facebook. You do not need them. I like that you do what you do, your way and do not worry about trying to fit a pattern from some web site. I am sure that "Word of Mouth" increased your viewing audience. I know that every time I am in a garden center I tell people about your site.
I feel the same way and also I do the same thing !!! Last place was grocery store floral dept and one lady was already a huge fan .... had been watching way longer than me ! 🤩 It's fun to admire someone's work enough to share with others.
❤LAURA.. listen to Aaron!!!! The rocks/boulders WILL look beautiful in the South garden. You always said no to rocks and the pond comes in and you REALIZED how wonderful they look and they do! They don’t have to have berms, if done correctly. TRUST the PROCESS.. Aaron is right!! 😂
I love big rocks too, it definitely adds interest to gardens and it's just another structural element that can showcase flowers in flowerbeds! I'd love to see some in different areas of the South Garden. There are areas that would look good with them but some areas that it wouldn't work. If it didn't work Aaron now has the technology to move them over to the pond and stream area. Something to consider??!
Adding a flat bottomed, round top rock with plants will make it look natural, a berm isn’t always needed. Try it before you have the stream added and if you don’t like it incorporate the rocks into the pond stream area in October…And Aaron will be able to use his tractor for another purpose😊
My only beef is the new super fast speed up..if it's very brief..ok, but when it goes awhile I actually get seasick.. probably just me! I love their videos ❤
YES AARON! 🪨 I’m with you on having rocks out in the south garden! 👏🏽 planting around them makes them look so beautiful & not out of place. Laura needs to see it, to believe it 😜😂
Definitely! I mean think how much the rocks and stumps help out the pond area! Plant the rocks a few inches and tuck them in around some of the evergreens.
I sooo agree... we have gotten soo off track. Nature is miraculous on its own... why does man need to go tinkering... has caused is a lot of problems!!!
DNA is DNA. We're all just relatives of each other, from mushrooms to petunias to worms to us. Breeding and domestication have already done so much manipulation of genes, especially of plants, which isn't much different from this (just slower).
@@Ibis333No, DNA isn’t just DNA. God created what He called “kinds” to keep to themselves, He commanded every species to reproduce “after their kind”. Man combining species is a bad idea, God knows better than we do.
@@sharronr me too - it sets my day off right...I am so happy to have found this channel, and am thrilled to be along with their ride in creative living.......cannot wait for Samantha to start HER CHANNEL.....
Just paused the video to respond to the discussion about Facebook videos. I don’t blame you for not posting your videos there. It seems to me that account hacking/duplicating on Facebook has become so very common that it’s hard to know what’s legitimate anymore, and the focus seems to be about inundating members’ personal feed with ads. As a result, I’m not even checking my FB that often. I was once on FB MULTIPLE times every day, and now I check my feed maybe 3-4 times a week. If my family didn’t post pictures of all my “littles” there, I’d probably not check it at all. RU-vid is by far my favorite, and I also prefer vlog-style content over short content. Y’all do an awesome job with your channel…you’re one of my favorites by far! Please don’t change a thing.
Deleted my account. The whole place has gone crazy. Filled with right wing nut job accounts and lies. Got in a fight with family sharing fake videos they thought were real, and using them to hate on groups of people... When I pointed it out, I got my life threatened, by complete strangers. I said, nope, don't need famaily, don't need the fight. They want to be hateful bigots, so be it.
I got rid of my FB years ago but my youngest grand babies play sports. I go to most of the games in person but on certain days they have games in different places, I can't be in multiple places and tiktok and FB are where my daughter posts the videos so I had to reinstate my FB. Just keeping up with family is the only reason.
This advice about getting after the weeds early in the season is the BEST GARDEN ADVICE THERE IS in my opinion. I have my preworkout and get after then with some Laura level energy 😂 seriously motivating
FB is not small business friendly I would spend HOURS trying to get their approval as a sole proprietor doing EVERYTHING trash billing advertising etc it was easier to end my relationship with them. Don't regret ending that relationship. Great explanation Aaron!
Arizona mountains here too. Our yard sits at the edge of the forest and is all rock. We have many large rocks and have to work around them. We can’t have grass in our town so we find creative ways to use rocks, plants and trees. We also have to find plants that will survive rascals from the forest…Elk, Javelina, Squirrels and other little rodents. Maybe you should ask your viewers for pictures of properties that deal with such environments. You may see some amazing things and we would benefit too. Love your videos!
I think most of your viewers aren't really concerned when they can't visualize the end of one of your projects. We enjoy your enthusiasm and know we will be sharing the process of the project and will eventually see the end product. You guys will love seeing the baby fish! We had a goldfish pond in the backyard growing up and would see baby fish every spring. They hid right under the lily leaves, so if we carefully lifted up a leaf, we could see them. It was fun seeing the color combinations and forms, since we had ones with straight tails, fan tails, plain gold colored fish, and calico. I cannot wait to see the new stream!
I don’t comment very often. The last October we went to Montana to see our friends and on the way back we came to Ontario just to go to Andrews. We were inside. I got to speak with Monica and Robin and just as we were getting ready to leave you and your family showed up. I didn’t get to meet you right away because Samantha had fallen and was upset. But I did get to meet you and I just want you to know that your channel is the one that I have watched the most and the longest. I feel like I have learned so much and it’s just a joy. To watch your videos and your children grow up. I can’t wait for the dream stream and also when you get to have your horses. They can be just like a big dog so lovable. I hope to come again maybe this summer.
I agree with you on the new petunias, Laura! So weird!! … and Aaron’s comment, “we all watched Jurassic Park and we know how it ends.” Lol😂 yes, Aaron!
Maybe if they had glow-in-the-dark purples, whites, yellows, and reds that will stand out from the green glow. At the moment, it's an amazing achievement, but it's not something that I'd be too keen at adding to my garden. I'm also leery of it's growth. I assume that the proteins that allow the plant to store and release the energy comes at the expense of the plant's growth rate and overall healthspan. $29 and one month later, you have a scraggly petunia that's all leggy and barely blooms. Evolution and genetic persistence dictates that the overall benefits of the phenotype justifies the amount of energy required to produce that phenotype. Right now, idk how glowing in the dark is "paid for" by the plant.
Videos are always entertaining recap foeever😂. I watched a q&a on Dig Plant Repeat and Janey gave you credit for helping her channel by mentioning her channel. I love women encouraging other women to succeed. Thanks for being the woman your children will be proud to say that’s my mom.
"It's peaceful. " That's it, Laura. l love watching you and your family because it is so peaceful and inspiring . I am totally garden obsessed . It's my life. I feel like as gardeners, we are doing God's work. ❤
Laura, I'm with you on the "glow in the dark" petunia. I am not interested in non-natural plants and flowers in my garden. To me it's a dangerous road to go down.
What about Hybrid Roses? Or disease resistant plants? Or thornless Roses and raspberries? They're modified genetically. These petunias were created with luminous mushrooms not bugs.
Kindly consider that nature creates mistakes and dangers. Conversely, GMO is a careful way to select for things that nature could achieve over a Much shorter time, and we select for things we want or even need! Pest resistance, disease resistance, less harmful chemicals…the list goes on. I don’t know why society would want to ignore science based evidence and waiting and hoping to improve our lives.
I don't blame y'all not doing Facebook, always love the Sunday recaps, it's like visiting with y'all. The glow in the dark petunias don't excite me neither. I love yalls channel. One of my very favorites.❤
Spring weeding is essential! When I keep on top of it in the spring I can back off later in summer. Then I can pull here and there as I do an evening tour of the garden.
Large rocks with a stepping stone path to them make magical spots for kids to perch on & survey the surroundings, so I'm with Aaron. A few strategically placed rocks, planted around in the south garden would be special.
What a great recap. I love these. Aaron was full of enthusiasm and ideas. Can't wait to see your next project. If it is Laura's Birthday then I wish you a wonderful Birthday and many more!! Have a blessed day everyone.
Second year gardener here. I want to thank you for your consistent, informative videos. I have been inspired and educated both. I love the youtube format. I find it very user friendly, easy to go back and find a previously watched video or to search a topic. Thanks for all you do.
Facebook pushes so many advertisements, I am ready to dump them. They don’t serve the people who use there platform very well. I loved watching you on Facebook but then I had to start a search everyday to see your post and I’ve followed you from almost your beginning. Now I’ve switched over to watch you on RU-vid. I get notifications when you’ve posted new videos. Keep up the good work, my day wouldn’t be complete without watching your videos for new inspirations. ❤❤
Good morning, Laura and Aaron, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 So nice to begin my Sunday morning 🌄 with you lovelies 😍🥰 Happy Gardening Everyone 👩🌾 ❤Peggy❤
Love your videos, content, and you guys! A bright spot with my coffee each morning. I have learned so much from you. As a senior, I do a small fraction of what you do, but I do have people calling out from cars..."love your flowers! "
I found yall on Facebook during the pandemic and couldn't get enough. I never watched RU-vid prior to finding your videos and ended up binging every video. Now I watch yall everyday.
Here in France a Cold Wave has hit us too! With Northern winds. Brrrr😮. From last Thursday (18th), temps falling to mid 50s*f day/low 30s night! Luckily my Wisteria has mostly bloomed and the Lilacs too. These temps are expected to last a good part of next week too! Have to cover newly planted herbs and some tomatoes hardening off!! That all said, our historical last frost dates are May 10-12. But we gardeners are optimists, aren't we?😊😅
Good morning everyone from Southern Illinois zone 6b it is a very cool morning here with 45° temperature, high will be 59° after it being 80° last week it feels cold! Going to plant some annuals and perennials after church today!
Yes! Most content creators prefer RU-vid over other social media platforms too. Do whatever feels right for you! I appreciate all the content you guys create 💜
Interesting discussion on Facebook; I initially found you via fb I really wasn't into watching videos on RU-vid. But your videos didn't show up regularly in my feed and so when I noticed there was a You Tube link I was hooked! I've been a regular follower ever since. Different subject, I noticed the black boxes for the viewer's questions instead of the white background. They look nice.
You were talking about metal tree cages today. They can be handy to have. I went to a going-out-of-business sale at a garden nursery. I bought a bunch of their unused tree cages and use them for plant cages around Peonies and my Annabelle Hydrangea or any perennial that wants to flop over. They are now rusty and they just blend in the landscape. One of the best buys I have made. I got them for $1 each.
I Love your Channel... So Agree ....with the comment about Facebook.... I stopped watching Facebook 3 years ago.... U .tube is the ONLY PLACE I Watch...😊
Hi, I originally found Garden Answer from FB pre-pandemic. I subscribed on RU-vid, which I like better. I am not much on FB anymore either since their algorithm feed decided it thought they knew me better than what I used to like about FB, which was staying in touch with family and friends.
Good morning everyone from Quebec, Canada. It is cold here too, too cold to garden and I can’t wait to get out there and get my hands dirty. 😂love, love the videos, thank you Laura and Aaron
I SO enjoy watching you guys everyday. And most appreciate the REALNESS of your channel. I envy your energy and being able to just look at an area and know what it needs to "beautify" that particular area. You are the daily start to my day.
I love watching your longer videos on RU-vid. I initially watched on Facebook, but after a while I stopped seeing your posts and RU-vid is so much better. I watch every lunchtime from England and really look forward to them. I think this must be my fifth year and it's been so lovely seeing your sweet family and garden grow. I also enjoy watching the older videos at the weekend. I saw one the other day of when you had just started to develop the south garden. It's incredible to see how much progress and growth has taken place. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and inspiring garden with us 🙏🌱🌳💐🐝🦋🍓🍑💛
You all grow plants like these all the time. Any nursery, big box garden center, and all hybrids are crossed. Not to mention, most produce purchases in grocery stores are GMO crops.
It's just mushroom DNA inserted into a plant you will not eat. You are eating GMO corn, wheat... Stuff that is bathed in pesticides and herbicides... Unless you are eating purely from your garden, and all your beef is homegrown too. That beef is eating lots of GMO grains, any factory farmed animal is. 😬 So uh, if you all don't want to get wet, why are you all in your bathing suits, sitting in the deep end with the rest of us?
@@kittiew260I agree ... Supertunias that don't need deadheading, the locust tree Laura talked about, Thornless plants, disease resistant roses, etc ... are these the natural order? Methinks No. Aren't they gmo? I don't know the exact processes these breeders go through to introduce new and 'more acceptable' plants, but aren't any changes 'natural order' changes? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the expression? BUT, if those plants are indeed a cross between glow worms and plants? Somewhat strange..
Good morning, Laura and Aaron, no question today just wanted to tell you both how informative and so pleasant to watch. I so look forward to spring and summer to see what's next to come. Waiting patiently for the play area video.
Happy birthday Laura, have a wonderful and blessed day. I'm with you on the messing around with genetics. I'm of the opinion that, if God didn't make it, there's a reason why. We can't improve on what God had made . Plus we really don't know what on Earth we could be messing with or what we could release into the world. All the cost and effort put into this to make a glow in the dark plant. Try putting that effort into actually helping people with what they actually need. Love the knowledge ideas and inspiration you all put into your channel. Blessing from the UK ❤
Good morning from East Texas!! It’s chilly here, too.. after mid 80’s last week, the high for us yesterday was 52. 🥶🥶 Lots of rain this year…the coffers are definitely full. We’ll need it come this summer.
I love that Benjamin was involved in ideas and painting the lines for the Dream Stream. His idea of having deeper areas for the koi to swim upstream was excellent. I can't wait to see this new project come to fruition. I'm glad that you (Laura) have learned to appreciate rocks and berms around the water feature. I "import" rocks from my area that get scraped off the road in the winter and dumped in piles. They add special uniqueness to the landscape and look even better because they are naturally from our environment. We are never too old to change or learn new things! ☺
Fun video as usual. The longer the better. Watching you and Aaron and drinking my coffee is my every morning ritual. Retirement is a wonderful thing and you guys make it even more enjoyable.
I'm sure there are plants in Andrews that are genetically modified! Any Hybrid Roses, Supertunias, etc. BTW that Firefly is obtained with a luminescent Mushroom... research is right at our fingertips....
Most people eat GMO foods regularly, including Laura, and it's just fine. GMO crops are more drought resistant and productive, reducing environmental impact and reducing hunger.
That firefly petunia sounds fascinating! Basically, they gave it a gene from a bioluminescent mushroom. Now the petunia can produce an enzyme that uses a naturally occuring molecule in the plant to make it glow. So cool!
I loved seeing your weeping willow. It must have been when I was looking back over your vlogs. It took me back to my childhood when we would picnic, read, snooze under the willow tree beside the stream on hot summer days. ❤
I want one so bad, they root so easily, and you use them to root pther things... But I hear the roots can go for your house, like some soil dwelling thirst demon.
My dream is to come to your garden center before I die, I love watching you and your beautiful family! I hope your property becomes a park or a place that allows tours periodically like Shaws Garden in St Louis, love your channel!
My question was picked to be answered! That just made my day! And thank you for the answer - I have learned so much from you over the years. ❤ from Indiana
I love my deer visitors but they do leave a trail of destruction. Aside from munching at the salad bar the hoof prints are everywhere checking things out 🤦♀️
Well, I'm glad you stuck with RU-vid cause I only do that. You got me interested in gardening to try myself. ❤ I still have much to learn. Thanks Laura
Exchanging pollen from same plant , naturally happens . Now , they are mixing non related plants ... Just because they can doesn't mean we should . I don't think people are freaking out , they are just saying NO , not in my garden . There is a good reason why God didn't make this happen in nature, why ??? I don't know , but He always has the best reasons !
Holy cow and wow, happy birthday, Laura. thank you for that information about RU-vid requirements. I watch a show because I learned more about culture love watching the two of you interact and also the children. And as you go around your property and do all your planting I’m always on the lookout for your cats A lot of things about your RU-vid post make me smile
Great recap this week. I'm with Laura on rocks in the south garden. Unless they are serving a purpose like a retainer or border on a berm, they are somewhat pointless in a flat landscape. Why put a big rock in a landscape for aesthetics, to then hide it by planting all around it. Looking forward to the coming videos. See you in the next one 🌺🌱🌾
