There is no other garden channel than yours that puts a smile on my face. I must have laughed out loud a half dozen times! You crack me up while teaching me so much. Always look forward to videos.
It's called the torque setting. I forgot to adjust lower when planting daffodils and seriously injured my hand when the auger caught on a root. Erin is right. Start at the lowest setting!
THANK YOU for your drill & auger safety tips! No where else do I see such excellent experienced insights! And I appreciate your sense of humor😄 keep up the strong work. Be well and enjoy fall & winter! ✌🏻❤️🍂🍁
I love that while you work that your hands get dirty and there is a leaf in your hair. I get so dirty when I'm working in the garden and I'm always amazed that RU-vid gardeners stay immaculate when they work in their gardens. I'm so glad I'm not the only gardener to feel the "dirt!"
I love your videos, always informative and you have a great demeanor when explaining. I also just loved the drive at the end-what peace and beauty. Thank you for taking your time to teach us what you know!
I actually do know what it does--and I love your videos!! We can thank my grandmother, the gardener, and my grandfather, the carpenter, for this handy trivia, though. The big dial you're adjusting is the clutch for the drill. It determines how much resistance the drill will accept before it stops spinning. It does this mostly to help you avoid stripping screws. If you do take it all the way over to the little screw icon (also the hammer, if yours is a hammer drill), it disables the clutch and will keep spinning regardless of the amount of resistance it senses. The black slider on the top/back part of the drill is a 3-speed transmission. The lower the number, the slower the speed and the higher the torque--and the more control you have over the tool. Very much like gearing your car down to drive in snow. In most cases using it as a garden auger, transmission on 1 and a clutch setting at 3 or above (depending on how hard your ground is) is probably where you want to be. Pro tip: Give the tool breaks. If it starts getting hot enough to smoke, stop using it, take the battery out, and put it somewhere where the motor can cool of. Otherwise, you've got yourself a nicely expensive doorstop. Please don't ask me how I learned THAT one.
I soooo enjoy your videos. You make the average gardener happy to know we’re ok with how we work in our gardens. I’m always smiling when watching. 😊 Idea💡for your plugs for your pots at the cottage. How about placing the marked plastic bag of them in your glove box in the car so when you are there working on the pots they are already with you. Also, put a reminder on the calendar of your phone for approximately when you could be at the cottage in the spring that the plugs are in the car. 🚙 Thank you again for all the support and information you share. Love you to pieces.
Those canna pots are what my annual pots look like every year. I’ve always scratched my head when people say you can reuse the soil, because I’m thinking, “What soil??” 😂
I love every phase of Bulgaricum. I get so darn excited for it every year! My husband was drilling when he had a bandage on his thumb. Oops. He pinned himself to the new subfloor he was putting in our hallway. I saved him, but only after I took a picture to share with family. And thank you for the comments re. whole leaves on the lawn. Similarly to the "right" way to compost, I am constantly seeing posts admonishing us to leave our leaves because they aren't going to hurt anything. Um, yeah, they are. We will mow/mulch and put them in the beds thank you very much.
I’m not sure why but it often seems like some people feel that garden advice can’t be nuanced. It doesn’t always have to be a three-word bullet point. It’s ok to offer context (I.e. leaves the leaves but not whole on your grass).
I have grown these for YEARS in a zone 4 area (Northern NY) and they are supposedly a zone 6...I don't believe it...and ibhave always referred to them as my "funky allium"😅
I absolutely love your videos. You are so down to earth and relatable. You teach me stuff and you make me laugh. Thank you for the tips on using a power planter. “This number..”. 😂💚
You are so informative especially about augers , also so funny and down to earth with the leaf hanging out in your hair! I always love forward to your video, ps missing the wine and weed episodes.
Truly a pleasure watching your videos. I am so glad you are so relaxed about what can and you are prepared to do. All works out in the wash. Oh yes have had the white stuff and ice ourselves💝🇨🇦
We have had fantastic luck with covering young tree trunks with hardware cloth. We overlapped the strips by about 6-10 inches to accommodate the tree growth. Secure with zip ties. We leave it up all year and it just visually disappears into the garden. Check to see if the hardware cloth needs expansion a couple of times during the growing season. Don’t want the metal cutting into the bark. Has done fantastic thwarting deer and rabbits. Note: one year I grew sweet pea flowers up the hardware cloth.
Instead of spending more $ on those pre cut white corrugated tree protectors just by the black corrugated drainage pipe , (home depot or Lowes) cut it into sections the length you need then cut lengthwise.. It's soooo much cheaper and works great!!
I just planted my first alliums this year. I can’t wait to see them in bloom. I’m very interested in some of the varieties of bulbs you planted. Thanks for the safety tips using the auger drill.
I love seeing your garden in its fall colors. Beautiful! I think that allium picture you put up was Schubertii allium. I have Christophii and the bloom heads are not as big as the photo.
The first pic was Schubertii, I agree. But I think the subsequent ones she showed were Christophii. You should try the Schubertii, Erin...they're awesome!!!!
I found some allium bulbs on clearance at our local hardware store so thought I would give them a try - fingers crossed them make it through the winter. I also bought a bunch of tulip bulbs so crossing more fingers.
I got an elephant ear that’s supposed to be hardy to zone 5. It’s called Polargreen. We will see in the spring if they survive the Denver winter. If they do, I’ll be adding a couple more. 🤞🏻
The greater celandine is amazing plant to treat any skin rashes, roseola, you name it. I planted it purposely but it died over the winter and I couldn’t find it in the local garden center. Love your enthusiasm enjoy watching you doing your chores before I go out and do mine!😂❤
Great video, I enjoyed 😊 But Erin, “Finger Garden”? 😂 you’re killing me. Girl, you live by a body of water…Peninsula Garden maybe? Too funny 😅 And yes, christophii allium is one of my favorites too, followed by drumstick.
You sound like me this year, waiting for freeze to get things wrapped up. Z5a, WI. Love self watering pots as the plants always do better. OMG YES, Tree guards on thin barked trees are a must!! Lost a beautiful maple as it got a frost crack and then rotted. I’m training a sucker from that stump and it is super vigorous probably because it’s using old root and it’s fabulous. Definitely have to get a bigger trunk guard as it’s outgrown the other. It’s fun to mix flowers. By accident I planted a baby’s breath with petunias and it really made them pop. 😂😂leaf cleanup or in your hair-That’s me also. Husband always picking things out when I’m hard at work. The deer and rabbits eat everything here and I can’t plant outside of a barrier. And I didn’t plant anymore bulbs until I know the voles are gone. Never seen one ever and they ate a lot of bulbs last winter.
Love all these little jobs and your information and sense of humor while doing them. I think next year I'll get some of those allium christophii. Allium is my son's favorite.
I dug a couple clumps of that celandine poppy a few years back from a friends property (they were moving), those things pop up everywhere..but easy to pull. But I love them!
We’ve had a little snow come down on the first of November here in Massachusetts , it was gone 2 hours later . I got Allium bulbs from Costco called Shubertii , never grew them before, hoping they’ll be beautiful like your Christofii , So much to do this time of year , have fun .
Loved the addition of the scenic drives at the beginning and end with the Hallmarkesque music. Seeing Dorothy was a treat. Motivated me to go clean up my frozen garden (still a bit miffed about that), plant the garlic and daffodils. It's going to get up to the mid 70s next week after night time temps that took out all my annuals. That's the yo yo weather of East Tennessee.
Thanks for reminding me to rabbit proof my garden. The rabbits got into my fenced garden last winter, due to the snow getting 2' high (my chicken wire is only 2' tall) They ate all the bark off my Hakuro willow, my panicle hydrangeas, and my pjm rhododendron. I was devastated 😭 my willow didn't make it, the hydrangeas are all lopsided and my rhododendron is now only half the size it was.
Sorry, it’s horribly devastating. I know as we are the salad bar for deer and rabbits. Everything else native here is oaks and cedars and we grow tastier stuff. I’m having difficulty coming up with a design for a front sitting area as it will need fencing. It’s bad enough because that is also where all the utilities are and trying to not make it look like a zoo. Yes, poultry wire needs to be at least 3’ where there is snow. It’s something I tend to forget also. It’s amazing how rabbits get into fenced areas as I watched one jump up between two overlapping fences because it wasn’t tight.
Rabbits are the worst. I use hardware cloth or chicken wire around trees and cage some shrubs also. The rabbits will take shrubs down to nothing. Shrubs like spireas that can handle that severe pruning are left. The rabbits are my garden assistants both pruning and fertilizing 😂
Wow! The snow is so beautiful! I'm in North Florida so we don't get to see snow much. Not gardening but I just love Dorothy! Just a huge snuggle buddy!
Roflol, So good to know that I am not the only one that puts items someplace safe and then can't never find them again!! But hey, I have piece of mind knowing that they are safe somewhere hahahaha!
For pots that don't have drain holes, or you can't store them indoors, turn the pots over for the winter. Oh SNOW? I am in NJ and dread the winter. Hopefully no snow for us this year!
I always enjoy your videos. As a southerner, I sure did appreciate that vista of snow at the end!! Been in the south for 30 plus years but I still miss the snow.
Excellent video. I loved seeing more of your views. I save my firework is what I call those huge alium to dry. I've adopted the same leaf clean up in my 40 yrs gardening. Have a great planning season.
Leaf cleaning makes me laugh, I'm doing acorn cleaning in batches. Out of 2 California Oak trees I've collected at least 100 lbs. of acorns, and guess what? Many, many more are back. Will be batch cleaning acorns this weekend.
Those alliums are beautiful! I never liked them because I am thinking it will smell like onions and to me that smell in a flower is completly off. You realy cought the last day! Blessings! Stay warm!
Dorothy looking into the vehicle to see who you were talking to made me laugh out loud. :) The roots on the plants in the pots were insane! I admire that you are a gardener that likes to save some plants. I bring in too many. haha. But it is nice when the weather makes some decisions for us! It cuts me off, lol. Thanks for always sharing great info. :)
I had to remove a big patch of the celandine from my property -- I was so disappointed when I identified it as the invasive not the native version. Pulled the plants before they produced seed and smothered the area with mulch.
I loved your video. Yes we got some of that snow. 9 inches on Halloween and lost power with 22 in temp. Urgh. We are across the lake from you in .Whitehall MI. I appreciate your knowledge as we have similar weather and zone and learn about plants 8 hadn’t heard of before, and I appreciate it when you add the picture of it. You still have so many flowers blooming. Thanks Erin!
Hoping that you'll also talk about your mountain mint...Mine are really flopping and I'm wondering if I should just leave them alone or cut them back. Yikes? Totally in love with them, thanks for introducing me to them!!!
thanks for the auger/drill tips...one thing I would add that has made a huge difference for me - get the handle for the drill - it helps to hold on with two hands !!!! another great informative, entertaining and inspirational video... yee haw !!!!
I've been thinking about getting an auger for planting. Hmmm. But instead of getting things done, I'm watching you work! I have bulbs that need to get in the ground....
Ha! Celebrating with you as I did my final fall clean up today, too - Cheers! Emptied pots, (didn’t plant bulbs cuz I can’t remember where the previous ones are - oops - but thanks for the auger ‘lesson’), mowed leaves, cut back everything that was left because our Halloween snow did in the stragglers. Gotta love fall clean up in the midwest. Lots of work (great workout!) but so satisfying. Now, just waiting for the snow and enjoying a long winter’s rest…big sigh. Always love your videos - fun and informative.
Wow, your snow and angry clouds can at you fast. We did leave duty yesterday, but there’s still a lot still on our tree. Emptied all my pots, and brought in plants had I wanted. We had a few little snow flakes two nights ago, but that’s it. Thanks for sharing Erin it help that we aren’t alone putting summer away 😢. 👍❤️😊
Holy smokes - you had snow already! We've had several days well below freezing, but have about 7 days coming that will be between 58-60F. The Alliums you planted are beautiful, especially the one that looks very similar to Fritillaria - gorgeous colours! It always feels good to get the garden tidied up for Winter, but after blooming their socks off all Summer those plants deserve a rest. Hugs for Miss Dorothy - she really enjoyed that outing. PS - Suggestion - put that little baggie with the plugs in the drawer with the wine bottle opener. "Wine, Weeds & Drainage Pot Plugs" :)
Another great entertaining and education video! I know you've told us before, but I always appreciate the reminders, such as using a towel to store your Colocasia; thank you for great auger tips. I still haven't planted my bulbs, but weather is holding off...except for the Halloween snow :) Love the Ambassador Allium. This was first year and I was really impressed! Beautiful peak of Lake Michigan!
We had snow this morning as well, it didn’t even reach frost yet ! Love watching you and your garden , thanks for the tips you make it look so easy ❤ can’t wait to plant Alliums of my own,probably next fall
I should have realized the plants popping up that I didn't recognize would be invasive. Thanks for the tip, Erin. I'll pull the celadine today & hopefully eliminate it before it takes hold. Its growing in an area birds hang out in my yard as well. 😉 I live near you so appreciate that when you're doing specific garden tasks, I should be as well!
