Warning, very long post ahead! I started watching your channel in 2020. My husband had just passed away (April) and I was watching RU-vid and Facebook videos to just get mindless. Your videos were ‘recommended’ and I just decided to watch one. In that video you mentioned that you lived in Ontario Oregon. That peaked my curiosity because I grew up in Ontario California. I was hooked immediately by your natural demeanor and kindness to your audience. So, after watching the one video, I went back as far as I could, and begin watching every video you had put out. It just gave me a lot of peace. No drama just great content. I love watching home improvement videos anyway so watching garden improvement videos were right up my alley. In August of that same year I went back to California to visit my family, I now live in Tennessee, and have lived away from California since I was married in 1976. I found out that my family was interested in moving to Idaho. So they took a quick trip to Idaho and came back and said we love it and we are going to move there. My sister all her adult children and one of her adult grandsons along with all their families, moved to Idaho within a couple of months. My parents moved there also and lived with my sister and her husband. Sadly they passed away at the end of 2020. Both within 13 days of each other. I immediately told my family about your channel and told them they needed to watch you to know how to take care of their gardens. They all love to grow flowers, plants and vegetables. My niece and her husband ended up in Payette right near the border of Oregon, and Idaho. She started watching your videos and visiting your parent’s garden center and just loves it. On one of my visits there I also visited your parents garden center. It was great looking at everything I had seen on RU-vid for two years and now seeing everything in person was amazing. I met a very sweet employee, and we had a great conversation and I told them how I had accidentally ran across your videos on RU-vid and then Lo and behold my family all moved from California to Idaho and are benefiting from your videos. It’s been four years this month that I lost my amazing husband and so much has changed but I wanted to say thank you for being a part of my grief healing. Sounds crazy I know but it was such a blessing to watch your family grow and your garden grow too. God used a garden channel to help me through long lonely days. Now my life is normal and completely peaceful and busy….. But I’m completely hooked on Garden Answer!! Thanks again for just doing what you love and sharing it with us! You made a difference where you never thought you would!
So sorry for your loss Jana. I totally get it.... I lost my husband when I was 32 (almost 30 years ago now) and since we didn't have You Tube back then my thing was all the shelter magazines, So. Living, BHG, Traditional Home. I would grab a huge pile of old ones at my mom's house and sit on my bed til 2 or 3am just looking at them. Eventually I was able to sleep again. Then I remarried (but not until over a decade later) and my life has been amazing. Lo and behold, I married a Marine at the beginning of the war, so once again I had some hours to fill, even with kids in the house. I would recommend watching "The Office" if you haven't seen it yet. Super fun and funny. It got me through some tough deployments. But hang in there. You never know what God has in store for you, and you will honor your husband by living the best life you can, no matter where it takes you! Hugs from Atlanta!
Laura, I assume you really understand how encouraging and helpful yours and Aaron's videos are, but I just needed to say thankyou once again for everything.
I have an old bread knife I use for dividing that cuts through crowns like nothing! Take a clump of daylilies and turn them in to dozens!! Any perennial poking their head up, gets lifted, divided by at least a third, a little shot of organic fertilizer in the hole, and then planted back, and then I have more plants to put elsewhere, or share with the neighbor!
I LOVE starting my day with your garden! May I suggest a tip with editing (and before everyone jumps on me, this is NOT in any way a criticism). When you are making cuts and things, I know speeding up the video can sometimes be necessary, but I notice the sped-up scenes recently are "extra" fast. More than your previous videos. Kind of hard to see what your doing. Honestly, what you may find mundane to watch, a ton of us enjoy! 😊 Much love to you and your family! ❤
I love to watch you do your garden jobs in fast motion, but I would also love to watch what you do in regular speed. Watching someone dig or plant is so relaxing and satisfying. So much of the videos are fast, fast, fast that I find myself being disappointed when the job is over so fast. That being said, this is still my favorite gardening channel.
I noticed the videos seem extra sped up about the same time they mentioned getting extra help with video editing. So maybe the new editor speeds these parts up a bit more than what Aaron and Ken used to?
I would like to see one in actual real time so it’s more clear on exactly what the process is. Then go ahead and speed up the rest of the same process.
The fast speed seems to make me anxious 🤪 I understand some of it needs to best fast ..but less is more! We all love their show and enjoy the sense of peace and feel of normalcy it brings during so much disturbing things going on in the world. Arron and Laura bring something very special to their friends on Garden Answers. We appreciate your sharing of life. 🍃🌷🕊️
Beautiful attention to detail & explaining how to divide perennials. Master class from Laura, so enjoyable & as always, Laura's enthusiasm is contagious. Spring is here!
Laura, you’re always so sweet too worry about us not being able to hear you, but my experience has been that I’ve never had a problem hearing you even when you think your mic is turned off. I think you must have really good recording equipment!
Seeing dirt all over you made me happy! You just beamed! Kinda feel digging dividing just gardening is your jam ! Your joy is infectious!! Great info 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Next best thing to planting more plants is planting more FREE plants. Love it. Can’t wait to see the play set go in. Your kids will love it. One thing I would suggest you do is prepare now for putting up shade sails at least until trees get bigger for shade. We put a set in for our grandkids and they love it. They will spend hours playing on it except when it is real hot. I live in high desert also. A shade sail or 2 angled just right will extend their playtime well into the hottest part of the summer and it will be more comfortable for the grownups that are watching the kids. Love all your videos.
It made my day to know how hard it was to dig and divide that grass. I split one into 3 plants this past week and it took me ALL afternoon to get it divided. I was beat!
I am so happy for Benjamin and Samantha Grace to have a play center! Not that they don't have an exciting playground in your whole yard, but something that is just for them. Thank you for showing us how to divide perennials again, great reminder, and free plants!
I loved this one, I can honestly say when I watch you do something it gives me the confidence to try it myself. I will watch the same video several times and then attempt it myself. Thanks Laura, just for being you and sharing! Someday I hope to be a master gardener like you. For now I just enjoy doing some of the little things. 🥰🌾🏵
I enjoyed this video so much! Dividing plants is how my garden got started - pieces and parts of plants from my Mama, mother-in-law and grandmother. 💜 We still swap plants and I love it so!
It's so valuable to see exactly how to divide different types of plants, so it's greatly appreciated how much detail you show us, and how close up the camera is. Thank you!
Ok! I got suck in, so thoroughly I forgot I had something in my mouth. I was watching you divide the geraniums and making sure I didn't miss anything. 😮😊😅😂 When my son came walking in to see if I had found what he needed??? He was looking at me strangely & started laughing. I forgot to take the screwdriver to him. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Awesome play area for the kids & area for the parents while watching your kids.
This reminds me of my mom and grandma. When I was a kid, they each worked in the yard and garden devising perennials and spread the plants out and traded between each other and the neighbors. I was lucky to be on the receiving end of my neighbor as she thinned out her iris. I have to smile at the play area going in. It’s going to be so fun for the kids and their cousins and friends!!💚💚💚
My husband and I drove from our home in Washington to visit Andrew’s Seed Company and to our delight we saw your dad, mom, and your sister Monica’s. Your mom was so wonderful and helpful. We didn’t want to be imposing Garden Answer fans so we just shopped. I am coming home with a beautiful rose and a few things for my greenhouse and garden. Absolutely love their garden center. The lightning show this afternoon was a fun too. Very happy we took the time to drive over we had a wonderful day. Thank you for all you do I look forward to watching you each day.
Loved the motivation this gave me to get out today in 46 degrees sunny weather to begin my spring cleanup here in zone 7. I am newly retired, garden neophyte, with minimal experience but garden loving all my 66 years! My grandma had homegrown krout in her crock when she passed at age 98! My mom had her garden into her 80’s when her knees gave out, so I have some years to get this garden thing figured out! The birds are calling me❤️
This is how we have a spring plant sale at MSU Tollgate gardens! We dig up all the plants that need dividing and pot them up in gallon containers. We only charge $6 a plant in June after they have sized up in June. It’s a win-win for everyone-we make money to support the garden, the plants benefit and the customers get inexpensive plants. ☺️
Laura, thank you for reminding me that I can divide my flowers. I have lots of shade and lots of Hostas that need to be divided. I’ve done it before and it’s really easy. We’re now gettting some much needed rain in north Iowa and snow, which I can do without. Too cold here yet. Lots of work to do in one flower bed yet. I did get a lot done when we had our nice spring weather. Now Mother Nature says, not yet. Lol. Love that you guys decided on the playground for the kids. Have a great day.
Good morning Laura and family! So satisfying to see how many plants you can get from a clump. Love it! I have a big patch of irises that need to be divided but I have to do it in the fall. That's going to be a fun area for the kids! Blessings 💞🙏🏻
One of our older neighbors offered us free perennials for helping them divide theirs and weed their garden. A few other neighbors heard about our help and offered us the same deal! We now have lovely bearded white and purple iris throughout our garden and it was all for free!
I am envious! Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada and I still have 18 inches of snow on my garden beds. A little grass showing through on the south side lawn. Dividing happens in early May if I am lucky. Annuals go in after the 24 th of May. A short but glorious summer in our zone 3 area.
I found my alliums(serenity or millennium) at HD and had been looking for more every year since. Planted mine a several years ago. Next to a young phantom hydrangea and only saw blooms the first 2 years. Last year, I finally realized the problem. My hydrangea had grown so large that it blocks the sun they love, but I was terrified to move them. I just got the courage a few days ago. Took 3 alliums and created 13 plants. Placed in full sun and I’m so darn excited to see blooms this year. Fingers crossed. US South Zone 8a.
What is HD? I got alliums that I dug up from my husband’s grandmother yard when she passed..didn’t know what they were when I dug them up because they weren’t in bloom and there was tons of bulbs up and down her pathway. I planted a bunch in a rectangular oil pan I found in her garage and they have come up every year…I do feed all my bulbs spring and fall with bone meal. This year the oil pan corner broke apart from rust and the soil and bulbs spilled out and are growing underneath the leaves. Need to plant in containers and figure out placement later as we have a fence halfway done and I know we will be staining when the weather warms up. My fear is they will get trampled on while the fence is still being worked on. Thank you for your comment so I can get my alliums in containers. ❤️ from Seattle zone 8b
@tinaknutsen Hi Tina, HD is Home Depot for us living here in the US. It’s a major big box store that carries home appliances, tools, garden materials and plants etc. I know you’re in Seattle, but added more info on Home Depot for those who aren’t in the US and may read my comment and may have the same question. What an incredible find at her garden. What a great idea to pot them up until the fence is finished. Good luck, I know they’ll look great.
IDK about others but I thoroughly enjoyed watching todays video. Great reminder that many plants are so forgiving and welcome a good division every now and then!
Morning all. I enjoy dividing plants too. Each spring something is divided and multiplied! You mentioned best to do on overcast day. It’s not pretty but on bright days I have put milk crates over transplants for a few days to shade them. I’ve even popped up the beach umbrella to shade the little babies. Works fantastically!
Thank you for doing normal garden work again. It’s refreshing to see a break from the expensive buying (and gifted) and back to what made your channel so popular. Keep it up!
I'm amazed and a little sad to see the drone footage of when you first bought your home and how few neighbors you had compared to now and there is another new house being built. Yay for them but, that means planting more arbs for you. You have built a beautiful wonderful view for them to enjoy! Have a delightfully blessed day! ✌️💖🙏🙌🤜
This might be the most satisfying Garden Answer video I’ve ever seen!!! Dividing perennials makes me feel better about spending way too much money at the garden center this time of year!
We are approaching the 2 year anniversary of being in this house…our first house with a yard, and during my gardening journey, the most exciting part has been diving plants in the spring to make more plants. Especially when you have lots of existing beds that need plants and unearthing future beds that are hidden under piles of leaves or overgrown vegetation. You realize that you need as many free plants as you can get.
Ornamental grasses are so hard to dig up. But I think the most difficult thing I ever saw you dig up was that Redbud tree. Yet you both survived. It was a battle of the wills going on.😊
That was an exciting video. I want to go out and divide everything now! 🌱 🌱 The drops of Jupiter surprised me. It hasn't been that long since you planted them!
I just love your videos. I watch every morning before I start work. Some days I have to finish after I get home from work, but your videos are just so enjoyable. I always learn something valuable for gardening. Excited for your upcoming projects and the new play center for the children. Have a lovely day.❤
I’m so glad you did this video. Most of us can’t afford to buy new perennials every year. So stretching the plants we already have is not just beautiful but economical as well! Thank you.
I love watching your videos. I started planting flowers many years ago and found the joy gardening used to bring no longer did, but i continued going through the motions. Then about three years ago, i found your videos and you have inspired me to get back into being more active in my gardening, and I can't put into words the amount of joy I now get from it! Thank you for bringing the joy of gardening back into my life!
Hello Mrs. Laura, thank you so much for showing how you dig and devide plants! I have a couple of huge grasses that definitely need deviding to! Some drone footage of the playground area would be cool! I bet the kids are so excited for the new play area! But… what’s next ??????? A pool? A Hot Tub? Benjamin needs his own little 4 wheeler? 🏍 I can see him driving Samanatha around!!!
That was a busy day. Getting all those free plants from your own garden is satisfying it means you’re doing a good job growing the mother plants. The playground will be great for the kids fresh air and exercise keeps body and mind healthy.
Very informative video! I had a couple of Japanese grasses in my front garden, which started out small, then got huge over the years. I was nervous about it, but I dug them up and divided them...into 4 sections apiece. I gave away a couple, as I have limited space, and they did just fine. It looks brutal doing the division...but, plants are much tougher than you think. The geranium division plugs you did...there's an online nursery that would sell each plug at, at least, $17.00 and up. Their plugs are smaller with much less root development. You really get a bang for your buck when you divide...as you know how expensive plants are. Thank you, Laura!
Hello Laura, I came upon your channel about four years ago and have lived it ever since. Also started watching Creekside after seeing her at your garden one time. After watching this perennial diving video, I have a question about dividing the ones in pots…is it done the same way? Thank you Laura & Arron & your family (especially your Mom, who I find so charming) for helping me through the grieving process of losing my husband of 34 years in December of 2020. ❤
I was so glad to watch you divide plants. It is always awesome to share your plants and get new plants from others. Thank you for showing us how to do that.
Major snowstorm headed our way tonight so not much gardening happening here. Watching you makes me happy as I anticipate the days when I will be outside in my garden.
Good to see you right at good time dividing your plants. Which I am thinking of doing this week after rain. Always a joy watching you and family. I get so much info on gardening and planting of other plants elsewhere.❤❤❤to you and your family.
I stumbled upon yourchannel today and I'm hooked! Ive always been afraid to divide my plants, thinking it would do them more harm with the trauma of cutting them up. Tham, you for showing and explaining that they can handle it, AND that I dont have to be afraid to be a little rough. I have some bearded iris that will getdivided this fall, now. Just from your tips, i can tell they need to be. Thank you!
Good morning from chilly OKC. Great tips as usual. I always have the fear of killing my plants when I divide and you make it look so easy. Now I have a new task this weekend. Dividing and getting rid part of my 2 huge clump of pampas grass.
I love these kind of videos. I’m such a rookie and needed to see you do these types of things. I transferred one spirea to another spot and got all anxious about it, it’s doing fine so far! But I’m only on my 3rd year of my garden and realized that I planted things too close together or there’s short things behind taller things, I’m just so nervous to move them but seeing you do this makes me feel braver.
Dividing perennials that multiply very quickly is one of my favorite things! 👌 Bearded Iris is one of my favorite ls to do that with, given they are so expensive!
Laura I just love how excited you get about planting your beautiful garden. We all need to get that feeling about nature's little things. Thank you for being so positive all the time. Looking forward to seeing the results. Kids will be excited about their new playground they are growing so fast. Thank you Have a beautiful day.❤❤❤❤
Laura you are a happy gardener . I love gardening also. Most people see it as a lot of work. But it is a true pleasure. Love your channel it’s very inspirational you are very detailed and easy to follow. Thank you for all your hard work. Love seeing you develop your gardens and including your children in your decisions for their future play area. Great job.💕
Today's video about dividing the hardy geraniums was very helpful! If tomorrow's weather cooperates, I will go divide my plants. Thanks for the awesome tips!
Hello Garden Answer Family!!! I am New Jersey zone 7B. Of all of the plants and flowers that I have hostas and irises are the ones that I have the most of. I divide them every 3yrs like clockwork. 90% of the irises that I have are reblooming so I can't divide in the Fall. I usually dig them up father's Day weekend so they can rebloom again the earliest Halloween the latest Thanksgiving. The one I have the most of is harvest of memories a beautiful yellow that smells heavenly!!!!!!
Thank you for having your channel - It's so nice to have kindred spirits in one place, who love family and gardening as much as I do! great information always! wow on the geraniums!
I LOVE dividing plants! It is unbelievably satisfying to propagate plants, whether by dividing or using stem cuttings. I have some elder cutting waiting to take root now and I can't wait to get more going!
Greeting's from Ireland, two years ago I decided to dig a new garden bed in the front garden and make the existing beds wider. I dug up plants and chopped them with a spade. Thankfully all are growing well and I have more plant's for pollinator's.
Oooohhh my gosh. 35 hardy geraniums, and multiple Alliums, soooo awesome. Don't know how I missed this video. I'm sooo glad you mentioned about the wilting, just keep watering. I had to move some poppies and I sooo thought they were dead. Nope. They popped(lol) right back up and took off. I didn't watch this video first. I think I forgot about them (actually) and we got hit with a bunch of rain and that saved them. Hooray for rain😁😁. See you in the next one💜💜🌿🌿🪴🪴🪴🪴
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.. wasn’t taught much gardening growing up… now that I’m older I love to garden.. these videos have helped me so much.. ❤
Thank you for today's video, I have divided plants before, but I didn't know if I could divide the alliums. I started a new flower bed last year and wanted to move some over there. I am in northwest Iowa, can't wait to get outside!!
Laura. My goodness!! As a long time faithful subscriber and loving every episode this by far was the most informative ever!! thank you for the detail in dividing perennials Honestly I thought I was a wimp because I couldn't divide my ornamental grass by myself either haha.
This channel is my happy place, thank you guys so much because I know gardening is hard work. I was looking back at some older videos for inspiration for gardens at my new home 😊, and I’m wondering if you are planning your spaces to have garden rooms eventually? I loved how your garden had so much mystery before. Still love it now 😊
it's a good thing I have to go to work now. Otherwise my back yard would be torn up and planted!! Much easier on back this way😉😂 Have a Great Day Everyone!
Your videos are amazing; great ideas and useful instruction. I actually like that you speed up the video as I'm not always patient with the slow pace of other youtube gardeners. Wouldn't it be great to be able to get it done that fast!
I love this video! I love learning new tips in the garden. I had no idea you could do this to perennials. I always thought it was a bulb thing. Laura, did your 1.87million viewers help you cave with the developing the kids play space? 🤣 They are going to love it!! And yes, they will grow out of it but it is so worth it for now. Thanks for taking us along on the development.
Oh my goodness how fun is that whole play area going to be!! I am so excited for you guys and all of the projects you have planned for the new property and sweet little horse barn! My best friend made jewelry one year for all of the teachers and moms at her kid’s school and made enough money to buy a pony! She only cost around $500! And gave the kids years of entertainment 🥰 They also raised chickens, the friendliest I have ever met! And a couple of calves!
Laura...you certainly know how to get a fire under us. You get us motivated to get things done! Sidebar: With all the gravel drive/road on the property, you'll need to get the kids a two seater go-cart! It will make them both good drivers later in life....not perfect but well prepared with the fundamentals - especially hand eye coordination. Go-carts make some of the best childhood memories! 🌄⛲🏁 Can't wait to see the completed play area!
Loved it! Thanks for inspiring me to get out there and do it - but it's 39 degrees and raining/flooding out - Saturday! Kids are going to love that area! Reminds me of when my family was younger, and we had such projects - great times! 😄
This was a very nice video. Thank you for showing us that we can divi up the plants to save money. Plants have become ridiculously expensive and I am really encouraged now to divi up some of my perenials.
When I moved I didn't bring many surprise lillies but fortunately the second spring I noticed some huge clumps of them next to the garage that hadn't bloomed. We started diggind them out and planting them all over the yard and then that late July/early August they bloomed back there - they just needed to be thinned to bloom! What a bonus!
