Garden Update for June 1, 2024 

Thank you. You should start posting videos again so we can see the lupine garden.

I’m glad I got the smaller wagon 😄. They went back to Texas yesterday. Been really quite around here today

It really is, I love it

Thanks for making my day Bill. I really appreciate your feedback. You might have a suggestion for me. Well over 90% of my views come from people who are not subscribers. I don’t like begging people to subscribe, I feel that if they enjoy the content they will subscribe.

@@LSatch You would think they would subscribe so they get the latest from you and don’t miss a beat. I don’t really understand it to be honest. I think that’s why so many creators do that “make sure you click subscribe” speech, which I find a little annoying but perhaps it’s necessary. I had an old channel in which I showed how to build backyard ponds. At its peak I had just shy of 70K subscribers but wayyyy more views and comments. I never could understand it.

@@billb.2673 I find it annoying as well, that’s why I don’t say it. I’d rather keep growing slowly than beg for subs. Sorry I missed your channel in the early days.

@@LSatch Well, I like the organic nature of growing a channel solely on good, wholesome content. The one benefit is that the subscribers you do have tend to be really engaged, like minded, and kind folk. My favorite channels all have a relatively low number of subscribers and when I do happen to comment I feel as if I’m part of a small community. I suppose at the end of the day it depends on what your goal is. For some it’s purely monetary and for those people subscriber numbers are obviously necessary. From my chair, your channel is sort of a video diary of your day to day life. A legacy that is captured forever for you children and grandchildren. I think that’s priceless.

@@billb.2673 wow, you get it. That’s exactly why I’m here making videos. I never got to spend much time with my grandparents or know them very well. I want to make sure my grandkids know me and that I value them.

Very hot outside today but I’m doing great, other than missing my little brother lately. Thanks for asking

Thanks Jimmy. I hope you can save Carol’s rose. I’ve tried growing roses a couple of times without success. I knew the video was getting too long so I didn’t go up to the other bed where your butterfly bush is, but no, it doesn’t have any signs of blooms yet.

@LSatch bummer 😕 hopefully it will. I am thinking it should bloom this year. But next year for sure.

@@Jimmy-wd5nk I hope so to. It may not be getting enough sun where I have it.

@@LSatch They do like sun.

Well..................it was until I cut the wire when I was pruning the raspberries the other day. I think I can fix it.

@@LSatch oh I would be so mad at myself! Lol Please, please show us how you fix it! I'm waiting for something like that to happen to mine. I have to move it around all the time to get the sun.

Sorry for the late response Jimmy. I was at my grandson's baseball game last night and didn't get home until around 10 and didn't look at my computer. If it's showing new growth at the top I would leave it alone. The new growth means it's happy where it is. My plants get a black spot on them if I don't treat it. I just use a fungicide once or twice this time of year. I haven't yet this year because we have been getting afternoon thunderstorms everyday for about two weeks.

@@LSatch Thanks. Did your grandson win his game? We've been getting a lot of rain also. Have a good day.

@@Jimmy-wd5nkyes the did. 10-7. He had an RBI

Not sure what you’re referring to.

@@LSatch the plant that was tall and you called it a fake sunflower but you said it needed to be wet all the time so you put it in a round black round plastic container put water and soil in and then covered it with soil. And I asked how does it not get to much water when there are no holes in container? Wouldn’t that cause it not to grow out and up ? Just asking cause I don’t know.

@@lorisutherland7728 sorry I caused some confusion Lori. The tall plant in the container without holes is a Cardinal Flower. It does best in swamps and bogs. It also does well on the edge of lakes. The false sunflower is not in that container, I planted it near there a little further down the hill. Hope this helps. Thanks for asking, I should have been more clear.