Don’t feel bad about not filming everything you do in the garden, we love what you show us🙂 you need to enjoy your garden too. Summers are to short to stress, enjoy it, it’s beautiful 😁
I always give myself a "drop - dead date". All work ....other than watering and weeding stops between July 1 and Late Augaust. That is when I enjoy, admire, and plan. All of my planting and pruning and cutting back has been done. And if not....it can wait. Enjoy your gardens Erin, you worked hard. Now it's time to relax.
My attitude exactly! Only watering and weeding in any hot/humid weather. Come fall, I do a little more grooming and planting before stopping for winter.
Erin, Regarding your potted pagoda dogwood, you can cut the bottom off of white pot leaving the sides of the pot intact. Remove the tree, turn the pot upside down, use a cutter or grinder to cut around the bottom perimeter. Place the bottomless potted tree on the lawn or soil and the tree will root into the ground. It will be permanent where you place it. I also love the elevated look and height of potted trees.
Unfortunately I feel like that's unlikely to work in this climate, but on top of that I like the pots where they soften the driveway a bit. I have seen Bunny Guinness do this to great effect but I'm not sure it would translate well in this case.
Great update Erin. Love love love the large planter by the garage with the begonia and the Silver Shield - the best! Also the trees in pots by the driveway - awesome!
Everything in your gardens is looking so beautiful 🤩 Those poppies are stunning! A suggestion for your stock tank: we keep a cinderblock in the bottom of our fresh water cattle tanks and the fish hide in the block when they see a shadow of a bird or crane trying to catch them. That has worked great!
Great tour, yes it of great interest. Thank you for the great tip of winter sowing poppies. I did it with Laurens Grape, and as you said the blue leaves and the height are amazing. Love your pink ones. Love your coffee cups in the urn, they look great. I too am at the point of time to enjoy the garden. I told my husband no more flowers to plant, I just want to enjoy and do a little trimming here and there! :) It was nice how much you fit in video for 15 mins!
Everything looks healthy & ready to burst into full bloom any day! Well done with the beautiful pink poppies! I envy you northern gardeners & your good fortune with growing poppies. Here in Jacksonville, FL we have to put the seeds in the refrigerator to cold stratify. I've tried twice without any luck. So I've given up & moved on, but I love seeing your successful results. Thanks for the tour, Erin!💚
I greatly enjoy these videos where you walk around the garden and give updates. Those poppies are spectacular, and, of course, the containers are sublime.
The urn and the surrounding garden look outstanding! I think these containers are the best, out of all that you’ve shown. Can’t wait to see the window box’s
Just found your channel, beautiful garden. You did a great job with the round boxwood, love the poppies I've never tried growing them maybe I should, the monarch was a nice touch to the video, timing is everything. Looking forward to watching more of your vids.
Your "how to" videos are the best ! I learned so much when you explained about water hoses ! There is so much to learn and you are such an experienced gardener so the more you share about the gardening process versus the results the better for us !
Hi Erin! I really enjoyed seeing your updates. Everything is looking so pretty! All of the pots and urns are doing so good and the plants you chose look really nice together. I want to do the chive vinegar, but my chives are done blooming for now. I may get more for next year. Love the fish pond you set up and looking forward to seeing everything in bloom. Thank you so much for sharing!
"Here's to the new Yew" lol, love it! The planters are all looking great! And FISH!! So exciting! You will have koi in there in no time, lol!! Thanks for the update Erin! 🐠🐟
Great to see the updates! Finally last weekend I felt like things were under better control in my garden. I hope you get there soon so you can just enjoy it!
I enjoyed the “catch up” video, Erin. The huge container by your garage is lovely. The salmon color of the begonias looks perfect with the large-leafed plant. I can’t remember what you said that was-sorry. The poppies are absolutely gorgeous! I love the pink color, and I may have to look into getting some of those! Thanks so much for sharing.
I love the combination of plants and flowers in the pot with the begonias!! It’s just so peaceful and beautiful. I’m interested to see the wild container with the cup and saucer vine from a different angle…and maybe see what the actual container looks like too😉 have a wonderful day! Thought of you yesterday, we had a gray tree frog on our patio napping. 🐸
Love all the containers and plants. The pink poppies are so airy and pretty - I have to remember to look for those seeds. I tend to go towards stronger colors and yet I love those pink flowers also. Thanks for taking the time to post!
I actually started mix nicotiana from seed - they are so huge and beautiful! I have them behind my raspberries and behind my deck furniture, just peeking over. And they smell amazing. I had never heard of it before you. Thanks for such a fantastic suggestion!
This is the best video I have seen in a long time. The camera work was great! I love poppies but have never grown them. I may try them next year. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks Erin. Everything looks really beautiful! Now I don't feel so bad about my purple bell vine. My seeds germinated and grew to one inch tall and just sat and pouted, eventually fading away. I planted morning glory on the pot trellises instead.
I wish I had pink poppies that tall! I try every year and only get a few stragglers, but that's ok. I like the way you speak to us, just like a friend or neighbor would. Happy gardening!
🌸The deck containers are just beautiful as is everything else. No worries on videotaping everything. I marvel at how you can have a career, be a fabulous gardener, keep your home and Mr.-More-Patient in great condition (🥰) and still find time to post videos! Thank you so much 💚🌿🌺🪴🌼💐
Love to see all the containers! Thanks for ID-ing the Silver Shield coleus. I saw it a few years ago in Newport RI and didn’t know what it was. Now I’ll be on the search!
The garden is beautiful, the video is put together so nicely, I approciate it so much Erin ❤️😊 The monarch butterfly was soo beautiful 😍 We don't have those here in Europe, so it was special to see it 🤗 Greetings, Judit
Your gardens are so beautiful 😍 I just love the poppies. Totally inspired! I wish I could have a water garden or just a water feature. It attracts vegetable garden eating raccoons around here lol Thank you for sharing! 💜
Enjoyed seeing all the updates! Those poppies are amazing! I got one of yesterday 12 purple bell vine seeds to somewhat successfully grow though it is just sitting there doing nothing:( was so hoping for a beautiful display like you had last year.
For your trees on the driveway, English gardener and designer Bunny Guinness recommends removing the bottom of the container and letting the tree roots find their own way down into the soil. She has done this and the trees can remain for many many years. I’m sure it would reduce the need to water as often as well…
You are on the same page as so many other people here! I love the effect Bunny gets doing that but unfortunately it wouldn't work in this instance as those pots are on blacktop (and there would not be room in the grass next to them) and really don't think there are a lot of pots (at least ones I can afford) that would be able to withstand too many years in that circumstance given our winters.
You should make a label with your you tube channel name! As you make things you stick your label and write in what you made! So cool, like yourself! Go girl
I’ve started plants from seed and had nothing come up so resorted to buying the plants too. Frustrating but it is what it is 🤷♀️ Love the Main Street coleus. Silver Shield Plectranthus is great in containers 💚 Also overwinters well.
Looks beautiful!! Like the color schemes you have! I'd recommend Yaupon Holly for the water drop shrub, but you're below zn7. Maybe Japanese Holly? Looking forward to Wine and weeds or any other clever educational and fun segment you and another gardener could collaborate with. Maybe Booze and Bugs, Potions and Pests, or Nips and Nemeses!
I noticed you have one coleus and that’s one plant that I have never had much success with in the garden but this year it’s like the summer of the coleus in Chicago because we’ve had so much rain it’s actually been kind of fun I have a few different varieties that look really neat. I’m having poppy envy right now! 🌿🌱🌿
Really enjoyed your walkabout today. Especially seeing the stock tank with fish. I wish my vegetable garden had that kind of room. Good luck taking care of them, I know you will love it.
Your Yew reminds me of a Hersheys Kiss. 😀 My begonias just don't want to bloom it seems, not sure what I am doing wrong. I may be overwatering them. After whining about not getting any Laurens Grape poppies coming up I found one blooming today in my Secret Cottage Garden. I think my neighbors across the street heard me squeal with delight. Everything looks lovely and I hear you about sometimes just not wanting to take the time to video and just enjoying being in the garden especially where there is so much going on.
Guppies are prolific. You might need to put in a small fountain to add air to the water so that your fish do not suffocate. If they come to the surface to gulp air, act fast putting in an aerator.
Things are looking great! I love the container by your garage! I got my first Dahlia bloom on my Bishop of Oxford Dahlias, they look just like Hs Date so im pretty happy with them i tried to order HS date but every where was sold out this spring.. I definitely want to add a stock tank fish pond to my back yard next year! Gonna have to do my home work this winter n save up! Take care !
Everything looks so beautiful! How are your sweet peas? I pretty much toasted mine when I sprayed them with insecticidal soap. I had no idea not to use it on peas. Of course it says it right on the label. Lesson learned! They were doing so good until they were covered in tiny aphids so I thought, soap. Yeah, not a good idea. I will try again. Maybe in the fall.
Oh my goodness… I just love your channel… Found you through Laura at Garden answer… I was so excited about her channel last year because it’s kind of a similar zone but you live in pretty much the same climate as us in the Chicago area… And I love your taste! Where can I find the salmon begonias in your garage container? They are completely stunning in that container is the most gorgeous Combination I think I’ve seen this year!
