I’ve gardened for many years, but with grandchildren moving in to my area, my focus is changing. This year I’ll be growing cut flowers to sell in a flower cart at the end of my driveway with my granddaughter. I’m excited about this new venture with her!
Really like how detailed and simplified your videos are. Thanks for explaining everything. I giggled out loud when you said “just cry and your husband will build it for you”.
I can be outside in my garden from sun up until sun down! It never feels like work. It gives me a sense of wellbeing! I do my best thinking in the garden. This past year my thinking revolved around my mom who I lost in March. I will always be close to her in my garden. I don’t know if I can put into words what gardening gives to me. I don’t know about you but I rarely wear garden gloves. I love the feel of the dirt!😊. I always smile when I hear you talking to all the critters. I find myself talking to worms or bugs when I’ve uprooted them with my shovel. I apologize to them from wrecking their little space!! Or if a hummingbird comes to a nearby flower I have a little conversation with it letting it know I’m glad it visited! The wildlife, the flowers, the dirt, the sky, even rain, are all the things I love about gardening!🌸 Hahaha…..cry until you get what you want!!😂. Jason is such a good soul!!!❤️
Patti. You have the kindest heart. I’m so glad I find you. Not so many people understand our world and why we care about little life in our garden so much. I’m so sorry for your loss. Sending love from here ❤️🙏🏻
I like that you do not limit yourself in the garden. I love your buquets they are very inspiring and beautiful. And I love your greenhouse. Stay this way. Looking forward on the next videos. Glad, that Danielle recomand your Chanel. I already plant a lot of tulip and other spring bulbs in my Mother in laws garden, because i don't have my own garden. And I made her cut flower buquets to enjoy her garden. Its my own kind of Therapie 😊 greeting from Germany
OH MY GOD! I need to show Jason your comment. He loves Germany so much although he never goes there. That’s so kind of you planting the tulips for family. 😊🥰❤️
love all these bits of advice, especially how to get your husband to build you a trellis! 😊😂 thank you for sharing, and for putting in all of the work on editing these videos 🙏🏻❤️
I grow flowers because I love being outside, the beauty and digging in nature. This summer I plan on making bouquets to enjoy. Watching your videos gives me more confidence and helps with design. Thanks for sharing! 🌼🐝
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, YOU ARE SO INSPIRATIONAL. I LOVE GETTING MY HANDS DIRTY, I LOVE THE PRETTY FLOWERS, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE REAL REASON. YOU AND JASON ARE SO SMART.
Hi Crane, we moved to the country last year and I started a garden, I worked very hard creating flower beds and planted seeds for the very first time , cosmos and zinnias, I felt in love! I was out here every day for hours and it didn’t feel like work, so glad I found you! Love your videos, going crazy inside counting the days for Spring to see the ton of tulips I planted bloom 😂
Crane I love to watch your videos. I work full time in a position that does not require any creativity so when I am in the garden that's when I feel the most alive and at peace. Just a few minutes outside and I feel so much better. I also garden in NJ and this year I am putting in a dedicated cutting garden which is very exciting. Thank you for all of your tips and inspiration!
Crane, this was a super enjoyable visit to your garden. It was great informative and beautiful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights with us. You are a true inspiration and a friend. See you next time.
You have a deep soul Crane. I am so glad Danielle introduced us to your channel. I have been gardening for many years and one of the joys is always trying something new and pushing the envelope. I am in zone 9, northern Calif so the envelope is easy to push. Because I recently retired I am free to do so much more ! I have been growing flowers for cutting as long as I've been gardening. I don't have room for a dedicated cut flower garden so they are grown in between other plants in the landscape . So much fun. I'm a plant collector too, so fitting things in can be a challenge. If something doesn't work I try something else !
Hi Kathy! I am glad we find each other. 😊🥰❤️ As a plant collector, we break so many landscaping rules to fit in our babies in the garden. Since I realized that we don’t have to follow the rules I have so much more fun planting. 🥰❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for your sharing 🥹❤️🙏🏻
Hi. I have been retired for 2 years now. I agree, having more time for gardening sure is fun. Last year, I set up my first " White Picket Fence Flower Stand". What fun, and my neighbors loved it. I am now recovering from hip replacement surgery, so now I can get outside and do my fall clean-up jobs that I couldn't do before. It is so good to wirk in the garden again. I have learned a lot from your videos and Danielle's, too. This was a very excellent video, Crane. Thanks so much.
This video had so much helpful content! I especially had an ah ha moment about planting tulips in summer veggie beds. Your greenhouse is so lovely; I especially like the brick. My home is brick and I'm going to learn how to lay brick so I can make all kinds of planters and walls (arches if I get really good) and maybe a barbeque pit like the 1950s... well at least planters with a great height and width to sit on to garden as I get older and for the grandchildren to walk on. Anyway, I grow flowers for their beauty; I feel peace and God's beauty when I look at them. It's nice to share that beauty and peace with others (human and animal) too. Because gardens and gardeners change, I will speak for this moment. In the fall of 2020, I planted my first peony. I had avoided them because of their short bloom time. However, 3 things came together: I found out how relatively easy they were to plant and grow, I learned I could store buds for weeks (months?), and I found a Brand peony catalogue online that was from the year of my birth. Well, I got it into my head to collect all of the double bloom plants from that catalogue. They are sometimes very difficult to find and obtain, and so it's become more of a mission to save them. 😂Oh, and then this year I found another peony catalogue online by Gilbert H. Wild from the same year and it has 3x the amount of doubles in it, and only about 20 overlap with the previous list...😂😂 Now I have one each of about 50 older varieties and there's many more to go... Plaques with the names and dates of introduction are in front of them in my front yard. Perhaps one day people will walk through like a public garden? I'm retiring this year and am also thinking of selling the stems at Farmer's Markets or using them to support non-profit causes. You are welcome to pick your favorite peony root from my collection for free, but you have to give me at least 5 years. 😎
Wow!!! You have no ideas how much I love peonies. I cry over them once when I tree guys messed up tree peony. Thank you so much for sharing your gardening journey with me. I really enjoy reading it. I totally understand a gardener needs to learn so many things besides planting and caring. By the way, I can wait for peonies. Just kidding. I have to make more space first. 🥰❤️❤️❤️ 😊🥰❤️
WOW😮 Crane!! I was literally working on planning my garden when I took a break, went on RU-vid and there you were talking to me through this video! 😂 This is only my 2nd year gardening and I’m also in NJ. You are my inspiration ❤🌺 I’m growing flowers because of their beauty and for my mental health 🤪
Thanks for the inspirational video. Your photography is stunning! I grow cut flowers for so many reasons. I love the challenge, being out in nature and sharing with others. I live in the country so I have lots of space and incorporate many flowers into the landscape. Also, we have a huge garden with a gentle slope to the south where lots of annuals and perennials are grown. We had some huge trees removed last week and this week and I am spreading about 40 yards of beautiful wood chips in my garden pathways. I am located in zone 5a, in southern Wisconsin and right now it is snowing and the birds are eating hungrily. I hang out suet and bird cakes and have 2 heated bird baths. On January 1st, I started my lisianthus. I'm very excited about some new varieties such as Solo and Corelli Sugoi. What's fun about gardening is growing new varieties and I grow a huge variety by seed. My growlights are on the second floor and the basement. Since I am in a colder zone, I cannot start ranunculus and anemones until next month. Winter is easier for me when I think about spring blooms. I planted 2,836 tulips, 165 daffodils, 82 hyacinths, 26 allium, etc. this fall. There are many daffodils that naturalize from many years of planting them as well as some tulips, hyacinths and allium. I also have 1000's of grape hyacinths, scilla, puschkinia, chionodoxa, crocus, etc that bloom in the landscape and are great for early pollinators. Your videos make Friday even better! Thank you!
OH MY GOD! I’d love to see your garden and all the set up. I admire your enthusiasm. It’s a lot of work and you love it all. Thank you so much for sharing with me 🥹❤️🙏🏻 I am glad you enjoy the video 😊 Happy New Year! 🥳🎉🎊
Happy New Year. I grow for a couple of reasons: I like to grow flowers is the main one. I also show flowers at horticulture shows. I like to make bouquets and give to friends and neighbors.
Great video! I love watching your channel to try new flowers. I love to grow flowers to share and to just be outside in nature. Can't wait until spring!
Crane, that was such an informative video on so many levels! I learned a lot and am clearer on what I want to grow now. Thank you for always inspiring us and sharing your talents - that wreath was so cool! Love your creativity!
I grow flowers for the happiness it brings to me. I then pass that happiness on to random strangers or those close to me. This alone has given me more joy than I could’ve ever imagined. Crane, Can you do a video on your watering system. Drip line, soaker hoses etc. thanks. And thanks for spreading your love of flowers with all of us 💜
You’re very welcome! 🥰✌🏻 I find that i could’ve imagine too. You have to experience it yourself. Yes I will share about the watering soon. Maybe in February Garden tour. 😊🥰❤️
Crane, you are such a lovely soul and I relate so much. I grow bc I am not great at communicating but flowers are able to say things we can’t. I want to grow so others have the ability to express the special of kindness flowers have to offer. I remember Danielle saying once that we ‘buy plants and then find a place to put them’. I really love your videos. Happy New Year!
Thank you 😊 I agree. There’s something special about flowers more than just its beauty that we can’t explain. I remember that too from Danielle. Thank you 🥰 Happy New Year! 🥳🎉🎊
I'm going to try to convert one of my raised beds to a cut flower bed- I love the arrangements you come up with and agree it allows one to be creative- there is no ONLY way to do things! Keep up the great content
i started gardening when I bought my townhouse but planting mainly roses and Irises but we bought a house last year with a bigger yard so I am thinking of growing cut flowers, actually i started last year. I planted about 13 peonies, about 4 hydrangeas and a lot of Irise's that is why I love watching your channel
MY AZELA USALLY DIES, I AM GROWING MOST THINGS IN CONTAINERS. HAVE YOU WATCHED CLAUS DALBY FROM ENGLAND ? YOU WOULD LOVE HIS FLOWERS AND GARDENS. HE HAS WRITTEN QA BOOK
I don't understand azaleas yet either, but am inspired by Crane using them in those beautiful bouquets. One of my azaleas died, the other isn't really happy; I think it's because the former owners planted them facing south on a hill, although I'm not sure why the one decided to die as soon as I moved in... I'm hoping to one day plant some along my eastern white pine tree lines, but I'm working up to that! I think I'll need a diploma before attempting tea roses! 😆 I will look for Dalby.
Happy New Year. I grow for a couple of reasons: I like to grow flowers is the main one. I also show flowers at horticulture shows. I like to make bouquets and give to friends and neighbors.
