Does Proven Winners Ever Ask You to Omit Information? // Will the New Glass Greenhouse Handle Hail? 

I am a disabled elder. Many nights, I take my tablet to bed early, telling my daughter that I am going to spend some time with my friend, Laura. She knows that I will watch your videos over and over again, reliving some of the gardening that I used to do. Even at my age, you still teach me things and I truly enjoy gleaning your knowledge. I can't believe that some people feel that they are entitled to know your finances. Maybe they would back off if they knew that the value of the items you receive from these vendors are considered as taxable income. I hope your net income is in the millions, just like the number of your viewers. I also hope that you will continue your videos for years to come. I would love to see your numbers reach two million. Take whatever time you need with baby girl. You don't need our permission to live your life. All one million of us will wait with baited breath for your return. Hoping for an easy birth....take care.

The use of discretionary income is no one else’s business, period.

Ostentatious?! How can attaining your ultimate dream be ostentation? Why can’t people just be happy for you. I’m thrilled for you. I cannot have the things you have simply because of size constraints. Good for you making your house a home. You guys are investing in yourself, your family, and your business. Keep doing exactly what you’re doing. You still have to live there and be happy. Love your videos.

You should also know that there are a lot of us OG’s that know it’s a dream for you and are nothing but proud and happy for you !!!

I can’t believe someone would question your decision to get the Hartley Botanic greenhouse. Jeez! The nerve. You certainly don’t have to justify your decision to anyone.

Wow, B Adams comment was so rude and presumptuous! Their finances are their business, If they can spend at a level we can't that does not give us a right to judge or be jealous, and the last thing Aaron or Laura would ever be is ostentatious. Apparently B. Adams is not very familiar with this family !

I don’t think it’s fair that people seem to demand this channel disclose every single bit of information about a plant or subject (like the toxicity issue or light requirements). Your channel is a wealth of information and does inspire so so many. But people should take the information as a sort of introduction to things and then take it upon themselves to research more before they decide if it’s right for them or their gardens. It seems plain lazy to me how much people want everyone else to do every bit of thinking and work for them, and for free!

Getting ostentatious my butt. You guys are so hard working and deserve whatever you can afford. Isn’t that the American dream? Love your videos and can’t wait to see the green house go in and can’t wait to see the transformation on your additional property. I live on a town lot and love watching you guys do things I can’t do. Your videos are both soothing and exciting. Wishing you guys all the best. 💕

You look great for a person who's not getting much sleep! Hang in there, Laura!

The Hartley Botanic Greenhouses are advertised on the back of my Horticulture magazine. My first thought when I see them is always, "Wow, wouldn't that be beautiful.", followed by, "I wonder who actually owns these?", well now I know, lol! I'm super excited to see the greenhouse going in. I think a lot of us will be living vicariously through you on this adventure! :)

Ostentatious?!? Don't you EVER LISTEN to her? She is always "budgeting" & "justifying" whether or not to make a purchase.. She won't even buy a mirror cause it was too expensive! Haters gonna hate. It's your life Laura, live it the way you want. Love to you...

I love the way you guys think about the creation of your Hartley Botanical Greenhouse space. Yes, you deserve a sophisticated space on your lovely property. Its your life’s work right!

OMG Aaron just fed my soul with his comment, " I would just hop of Instagram or Pinterest and find something I like and copy it"! Exactly the perfect answer! Love their little banter! They really do complement each other perfectly❣️

Re: Russell. Slow blinks from cats are similar to “ I love you “

Ostentatious?!? Big word for a small minded person! Jealousy doesn’t look good on anyone.

I have an idea: Your mom and Aaron should take over the channel while you rest after baby girl joins us. I'd definitely watch every single day. So nothing would change 🤣

The greenhouse is unattainable for most of us, but I can't wait to live vircariously through you! It's going to be so dreamy...

We all have different skills and different blessings. We must not envy others for theirs. Laura and Aaron, you give so much to others. How could anyone resent you for achieving your dreams. You keep doing what you do and raise your sensitive Benjamin and Baby Girl to give back like you do. The world will be better for it.

I really don’t think y’all should have to explain or justify anything you choose to purchase. People can be so rude in asking such things. It’s your life and your money. I think you should just ignore those type questions. Buy whatever makes you happy. Love & Hugs! 💜🤗

You a full time gardner should have a Hartley Botanical Greenhouse! That's all! 😎🌿🌷🥦

Russell is living his BEST life!

Does Aaron cringe when you say, "We'll link it down below." :) Thank you for ALLLLLLL the information.

I see a lot of comments on the greenhouse being ostentatious. Right way I think of Aesops Fable of the fox and sour grapes. I am an aquarist and some of us have 2000 gallon or larger tanks or ponds. No ostentatious comments are made, because we love seeing the best of the best. I love the greenhouse. Never cared for the gazebo. Can't wait to watch the building process and it's so great the gazebo will have life in your town...that's awesome

I find Aaron's honest comments SO refreshing!!

Russell actually thinks he's your co-host! Very diligent! 😻😹

Yes! It's a service! (I'll be borrowing this one, just so you know.)

Please please take your time off! If not to just rest & get your energy back, to spend that precious time as a family with that brand new baby! We will most definitely be here when you guys return!! But we want you very well rested, happy, & ready and able to go. Take care of yourself Laura!!! 💝🎀🌸😊

It's not your responsibility to worry about toxicity. If you know, then you can share, but it's not up to you. That's our responsibility to learn if we're concerned. All the best to you and 'baby girl' for a swift and healthy birth. ❤

for all those who give a negative comment about you building a Hartley....you guys have worked really really hard for everything you have. Don't let someone make you feel bad for allowing yourself a few luxuries. You deserve to splurge now and then. Geez....everyone has things they put on the dream board hoping one day it will make it into reality. Focus your attention on your dreams and celebrate with those who have accomplished one of theirs.

I don't care what anyone says. You've been dreaming about a Hartley for a long time and have the opportunity...so GO FOR IT!!! I am looking forward to the videos showing the building of the Hartley and the landscape design, as well. Aaron's is so right...you can find a million videos on youtube about how to do something cheaply. Your Hartley will be such a welcome treat!

Just an idea- when I had our daughter, my son stayed with my dad. I called my son and told him she was here and I had my dad film his reaction. It was so sweet and I didn't want to miss his reaction. I love watching it. They are now 26 and 22.

Girl if anyone deserves a brand new beautiful greenhouse it is you and Aaron! Love that your dream is coming to fruition!! ❤️❤️

In my opinion, your finances and children's college fund is none of anyone's business. I feel embarrassed that people feel that they should comment on those things. Keep it to gardening people!

I'm so glad you do things like spring for a gorgeous Hartley, at this point, it would be off brand if you guys DIDNT choose the best one. ALSO it has helped me to dream bigger and ask for what I really want - am saving for my own solarium addition. And isn't that what you get to do in your own life? Gardening, growing, eating is important. It has the potential to "feed" us, emotionally and physically, in a way that another material hobby just can't. Go Laura! Also, college is over rated LOLZ

sounds like Aaron needs to go antique-ing with Laura. Would be interesting to see what he'd pick out.

Your home, your rules. We are only here to watch your journey and support you along, also learn and get inspired. We have no bussiness telling you what you should do or not do in your household. Constructive criticism is sometimes needed, as long as we don't cross the fine line. You do you, no need to explain yourself or justify your decisions. Don't worry about the rudes. Blessings! 💚

Please please keep us posted on “Baby Girl” and her NAME 💝

On the topic of topic of plant toxicity, people need to do their own research. If you are concerned, then look up the plant before you buy. A quick google search while at the nursery or online shopping will let you weigh your own risk.

Russell's beautiful little face was looking up into yours while you were talking near the beginning of the video - - after he was done making bread dough beside you on your favorite blankie that keeps you warm while being in front of the camera. He is so dear! ... and I'll bet along with all of that he was purring too! 🐱🐈♥️ (I had to stop watching and comment right away.) =^..^=

“I also do not like to stick to furniture.” 😂 Omg, yes. Totally agree!

A Garden Answer x Claus Dalby collaboration is an outstanding idea. That would be amazing! For now, all the best with your forthcoming family addition.

I love seeing dreams come true.

Did anyone else catch the “this is our last Monday as a family of 3” guessing by Monday baby girl WILL be here! We are all so excited for you and your family!! Cant wait to meet your new little love in video next week!! Praying for a safe delivery!!

I had to LOL at the furniture sets vs not sets. When hubby and I got married, we needed to pick out bedroom furniture. I said “Mix & match is in now. We should select different pieces that play well together.” Hubby said, “I’ve spent my entire life with mismatched furniture. We are buying a complete set.” 😂

People need to do their own research about plant toxicity.

Thank you Laura for hanging in there and still working so hard to keep the videos coming , even going through last month of pregnancy ... !! You are amazingly healthy and super tough girl!!

Best Wishes with “baby girl”, exciting time for your family.

I'm pretty sure Russell knows somethings up. He's been even more attached to Laura lately.

Congrats Carol Lewiston - winner!

"I like to be cozed." Hahhaha. Yessss!

Perfect example of how some individuals feel they have the right to make negative comments about another individual’s achievements. You both work so hard and provide not only joy but a wealth of information to so many. I admire and hope you continue to have the tough skin when negative people make unnecessary comments. I love your channel and look forward to each and every video. Really wish negative individuals would start their own channel and leave the rest of us alone. Looking forward to another year of Garden Answer and especially Baby Girl and Big Brother Benjamin.

your eyes show you are struggling today. blessings to you and yours you sweet girl.

Aaron cracks me up 😂 He so reminds me of my husband and taking things to extremes. Always makes me laugh and appreciate his point of view. 💚 Thanks for sharing. God bless!

Love listening to you and Aaron discuss your plans. Makes me feel like part of the family. Praying for your family ❤️

Praying for you and baby girl, Laura!❤️🇨🇦🙏

I'll literally watch anything coming from you and Aaron! I love that video of you antiquing. The greenhouse cannot wait to see it coming together.

Relax enjoy this time you need to take a break , Everyone takes a vacation at least.

Having Claus Dalby or other gardeners come and collaborate during your “baby break”? Might be a way to keep content coming but give you baby time.

The nerve of some people. You guys are some of the most honest, hard working, down to earth people I’ve ever seen. Also this is how you run a RU-vid channel with 1 million + subscribers by introducing NEW CONTENT. Keep up the great work Laura and Aaron. We can’t wait to see what this year holds for your family.

Don't listen to the haters, you're getting an Orangery!!! The Orangery will go beautifully with your Versailles garden. I think it's fabulous & can't wait to see it built.

I have that blue cutter - got it from Amazon - Home Planet Gear. I have several

Laura, get a little time to relax, I will watch your old videos with my morning coffee, I am going to miss you so much, you are like a family member in my house; My kids called you the "Garden Lady". Blessings!

I've always wanted a greenhouse attached to my house. I would love to sit in it while it was snowing. Sigh.

I think of you everyday wondering how you are doing. Godspeed to a quick delivery and healthy baby and mommy!

Seems to me that Russel will be most put out when Baby Girl arrives!

Oh please, don’t fret about getting away from gardening videos! We all love to see your mom on occasion, and with your sis too! I suspect your channel has a huge following because it’s not like a classroom type experience. We like a family day sometimes!

Perfect response re: plant toxicity. I've never had a cat eat a poinsettia or lily and for decades, I didn't realize they were toxic. The biggest plant danger for pets right now is folks leaving their weed or edibles around and the pets get into that!

Omg lol when I was little, I’m 23 now, I had an antique bed and I remember my mom laying with me before going to sleep and a board would move and the mattress would turn side ways and we would panic and jump out then laugh so hard... my dad always was working on it too.

So many blessings for a beautiful family ,,, this is what people get when they have so much love & integrity in their hearts, so proud of you & are hubby , may you have a quick easy stressless delivery , girl blessings upon blessings 💝

GOOD FOR YOU!!!! Who care what jealous people say because between NOW AND DEAD life is YOURS to live . Time goes fast do what you can to make it MEMORABLE 💗💗💗💗💗💗

Baby girl is swinging on the monkey bars! Love your videos and Aaron’s input! Praying for a simple quick birth of a healthy baby girl and for you to do well. Blessings to your family!

I know I'm late to the party, but we just enjoy spending time "with you" even if everything isn't strictly gardening. Antiquing, baking, decorating we love it all.

You could also have a channel called Garden Answers Lifestyles where you have videos that are less specifically garden related 😀 You have a built in audience. So many people love to see the interactions between you and Aaron and Benjamin snd your mom, etc. It is so relatable and makes so many of your followers feel they know you.

Aww sweet Benjamin! My son was like that when I was pregnant with my daughter too...(we also had 2 csections) and after my daughter was born, we were all in the room and a bump on the wall startled us. I thought my son did it and said "Gavin you have to be quiet for people next door"....he stands straight up points at the little plastic crib with a fully extended straight arm and says "It wasnt me, it was Ava" 🤣🤣 that innocent bond jumped ship quick! Poor guy, everyone laughed and made sure he was in the clear letting me know it was the room next to us who made the noise 😁

You sound tired Laura! Felt so bad for you with your insomnia... blessings to you as you wait on Miss Precious

My fav is when Aaron engages in the discussion with you. The kids can get student loans like everyone else. Besides the way your business is growing there will be money when it is needed. You deserve this. I've heard the thorn less one has thorns when young but matures to thorn less. I have a few Viburnums but I had a worm that ate all the leaves off them last year. Luckily I found info and treated them and the leaves grew back. Then I found a treatment that is supposed to last for a year, so I treated them in the fall. I hope the problem will not return this spring.

Your new Hartley will be so much fun to watch, I’m so excited for you both!!! Plus a baby girl, with Benjamin will be so much fun! I’m very excited and happy for you 💖💜💖🥰👏👏👏 God Bless, Chris-Raleigh NC

Much like the container challenge, I smell room makeover challenges! Aaron is so smart, he could home school the children. If I could have a greenhouse, I would love to position it in view of my kitchen window so I can look at it as much as possible.

SOOOOO happy for you Laura and SO excited to see it happen!!!! Shame on people for being petty and nosey, guess their jealous...it's ugly. You guys do you and you owe us no explanation!!

Hello from New Zealand. I love watching your videos. I just wanted to say that you addressed the matter of the new glasshouse criticism with real grace...very admirable.

We had an oleander in our garden growing up, I was always told not to pick the blooms and to wash my hands if I touched it while playing. I was a dumb kid, but this was never too complicated for me to understand. 💁‍♀️

Ok I loved the antiquing. Being quarantined. I miss doing it!!!thank you!

I enjoyed this informative video and am so happy that your Hartley dream is coming true! I can not wait to see it set up and how you use and enjoy it. Just like your beautiful garden I can not have one so I will enjoy the Hartley Greenhouse through your videos. Dream on dear family and keep the good work and filming going!! Sweet Russel is in a lovey mood, I think he will love the baby too.

You, my dear, need to go get a pregnancy massage!! It will help you sleep and soothe baby girl. Sometimes can help bring along labor when you are that close. ( I’m a massage therapist)😚

The Hartley greenhouse is engineered to withstand weather in your particular area. I live in Houston. Also looking at the Hartley small version. They will have to engineer for 120mph wind load and severe weather including hail.

Love to see your sister your mother and you all out having a good time. Can’t wait for baby girl

I just found your RU-vid sight. I'm 67 years old and you have taught me some things that I've been growing for years. So enjoy watching you develop the new land.

I love your highlights. Especially, the casual fun banter between you and Arron! I wake up every morning get my coffee and settle in for my morning start with Laura! I started watching your channel fall of 2019. Fast forward into 2020 as a critical care frontliner. Your videos became my life line. I found myself waiting for Grace's birth. Praying for a safe delivery and healthy baby. Anticipating the Hartley. Just a needed escape from the stress of covid at work. Bringing me back in touch with life. I ever purchased irrigation tubing a couple Dahlias even bought a hellebore. My future son in law was excited to get out in the yard and help me. So spring of 2020, I emerged more hopeful and light hearted. I really owe that to you and your videos. So I appreciate all your hard work. I think you both give more than plant information to people. Like hope and promise with every seed planted by planting new thoughts! They gave new joy to my daily living and always lending to forward thinking with promise to beauty to come. Was a welcome mind set during the start of the pandemic. I look back now and I just brushed past it through your videos and my anticipating the next one. Thank you again for all you do and sharing your life with us.❤️

Good morning Laura. Take care of yourself. 🌸

Love you & Aaron talking back & forth. Each perspective is good!

Your kids’ college funds are your private business. I’m very happy that you are getting this greenhouse; I often thought that if most of your viewers, including me, could figure out how to donate $1 or $5 each towards one of these, it would have been an appropriate gift back to you for all the joy you’ve given us. Just have fun with it, you deserve these blessings.

Laura you look so tired. But in spite of sleep deprivation you are still charming as ever. I will miss you but please take care of yourself. So glad to hear Aaron chime in....he’s so supporting. So cute.

I love watching all your videos, but my favorite part is always seeing Russell make his appearance ❤

congrats, Carol!! enjoy those pruners, you will love them!! ohhh, my mama heart and pregnancy memories are feelin' it for ya right now... that last week... so hard... Russell really wants that blanket, that look says PLEEEEEEEZE, I HAB BLANKIE NOW??? lol.... and can i just say: you go for that greenhouse - by golly, when opportunity knocks, GO FOR IT... no judgment here, i am sooo excited to see it from start to finish... i will probably never get to see one in person, so to see it here is exciting, and i am thrilled you are seeing a dream come true... entertaining in there will be wonderful... it makes me think of all those beautiful conservatories i see in the film noir movies i watch... you do you, you've worked hard for it, and we all get to enjoy it with you :) (off my soapbox now)... and i would say that your antiquing video is garden related because you bought vases etc to use in arrangements, so it counts, and i enjoyed it.. love watching you and your family together, it's so loving and fun (and your mom is just so much fun)...also as far as plants and specific requirments/toxicity, etc, i think that's on our shoulders to check what is appropriate for our lifestyle, zone, concerns, etc... it's easy to look up plants or to talk to your local nursery about concerns and needs.. (oops, back on the soapbox)... hope you don' t have to wait too much longer for Baby Girl... just a few more days and she will be in your arms... blessings to you and your family and prayers for a safe delivery and healthy baby!! cannot wait!! :)

The Hartley Botanic is completely unrelatable to me!!! But that’s ok, I’ll live vicariously through you 😂

It amazes me that people even question you buying the greenhouse. If anyone has watched you for awhile, you have always wanted one! You can’t even measure the info you both gives us. As far as college funds, many some children don’t want college. Nothing is wrong with a trade school where it doesn’t cost 100 of thousands of dollars. Please Laura & Aaron, keep doing what you do. I can’t say it enough how you brought the love of gardening, flowers back to me!! Ty ty ty!❤️❤️❤️

Sharing toxicity information doesn't create fear...living in ignorance is much more dangerous.

I really thought this would be the day that you would say "SHE"S HERE!" :) Take your time off! You deserve it!

Now I see the interest in the chandeliers while you were out antiquing.

Dang! Come antiquing in Vermont. Everything is at least half the price!