Thought I was the only one who checked water temp from hose before watering in the plants. Got a chuckle to see you testing the water on your wrist. Of course in those temps the hose water must have been scorching until it ran for a bit. The boxwoods look fantastic there! We are all so thankful for these inspirational and informative vids! Continued blessings and grace to you all!
Our water is scorching as it runs through the hose, so I spray it into a watering can until it runs cool, and then tuck that into the shade. Next morning, it's cooled off and ready to go. No wasting water under the water ban! LOL
My plants in our zone are gone. This heat is really hurting my plants. Laura please protect yourself have iced cold water with you and a summer hat. Believe me makes a huge difference. This heat ain’t no joke. Much love . ❤ 🤗
I’ve been watching you for several years and thought I was duly impressed. But today you just brought to a whole new level. I was in Ontario at this time last year and it was so hot. I’m used to hot because we’ve even over 100 daily for a month and more to come. But I try to stay in during heat of day. But first of all watching you work in this heat and getting so much done, but more than that the way you bring us along with you is just incredible. I don’t know how you do it. You literally make me and I’m sure the rest of audience , feel like we are a friend right there with you. I guess if we were really a friend we’d at least 8:16 be helping you though. Thank you for this wonderful channel.
Oh Laura, you must be so proud of your Parterre garden...your vision is coming to fruition after all the hard work, dust and waiting❣ I'm sure that irrigation box problem will soon be sorted and the rest of the boxwoods planted 👏👏👏..and bravo for taking time to enjoy yourself with the kids...family time is so precious and are what childhood memories are made of !✨🌟✨
Wouldn't it be nice if Laura put out a garden book with photos of her spectacular gardens! You can name it "Look at that" or "I love it so much"! ....just saying. Love, love, love all that you do..
The center container in that patio and the plants underneath are filling in beautifully - so pretty. The urn containers on either side of the entrance into the Hartley are in their full blooming glory...gorgeous. That is some beautiful progress. Love how the Julia Child' are looking. Hope everyone can stay cool.
Thanks for explaining how to cut roses on the 5 leaf, and direction the new growth will go, learned something new! Love your place so much, a slice of heaven for sure
Everything Looks in your old words Glorious ❤ Thanks for being you. My regards to the whole family you all make an old Lady Happy God Bless. PS You're such a real Good Momma, For plants and Children ❤
Good morning! Everything looks so nice. I don’t think that anyone but you would think the boxwoods aren’t spaced equally. When I look at that space everything looks beautiful and would enjoy sitting out there in the evening. One of my favorite spots in your garden.
love the additional greenery in your formal area. really does make it more of a room and helps to soften all of the hard scaping. hope they do well. you are the queen of boxwoods in my book.
You are amazing working in the heat 98 out then to find that in the ground while planting your boxwood what a set back. Your idea of hydrangeas behind the benches will be beautiful you have a keen eye for your design kiddos ❤
So hot for you! Swimming is perfect after all you did today! Our temps are in the 80's BUT, our dew points are 70...ugh!!! Hate humidity! Oh well, could be 30 below too,HAHA. The roses look so much better, I trimmed mine too,thought I did too much, but happy to hear you say they'll rebound. Whew! I also LOVE the area where you planted the boxwood! It's very hard to pick a favorite spot of your property, but this area is one of them!!
Oh yeah! Those boxwoods in the parterre are awesome. They give it the formal look and kind of the crown molding on the wall, sort to speak. A great finishing touch!!! And those containers on both sides of the Hartley doors are gorgeous.
Although your property is massive now, it may be helpful to have an overhead map that shows you where all of your buried pipes, irrigation boxes, etc are located.
I absolutely love the boxwoods there! Your videos are such an inspiration to kick up my gardening game and really consider the winter interest, colors, architectural interest, as well as the feel of each area being a little room to enjoy. I also love that if you are unhappy with something, to take it out! I have put things in my garden that I was not happy with after, and I have felt much better about taking things out to make it 100% my space to enjoy.
Very productive day, you must be happy. The roses look awesome after their trim. The boxwoods look good. The entire area looks beautiful. The color and structure are beautiful. You are an artist. Stay cool and wear your hat. Have fun on your swim. Have a blessed day everyone.
To our dearest gardener Laura, Thank you so, so, very, very much for sharing all that you do, especially during the extreme heat and the extreme cold, you are legendary and we all love you x ❤️🤍🌟🌈🙏😇🐑🕊️
Yep, I love the tall boxwoods where you chose! That was my vote. Sorry about the frustration of the irrigation box. We gardners just learn to deal, I guess. Did anyone else wish she had paused to admire the circle dry fountain planting? Looks gorgeous!!
Watering in the early mornings. Temps are 94 degrees, w/70% humidity! Ugh…😩 thanks, for your video…you’re a trooper! Enjoy the swim w/your wonderful children! keep hydrated! 🥵👏🏻
I love to watch you count bricks, making sure everything is exactly the same distance. I do the same. My husband laughs. But it looks awesome in the end. Love, love, love your rose trees. ❤️ I’m thinking about planting one this year.
Good morning! 🌞 Last summer I remember being so envious of your good weather up in eastern Oregon. Down here in Texas we had a terrible drought and lived in an average temp of 111 for weeks. This summer, the highest temp I've seen is 101, and we have been blessed with several bouts of rain!! I hope everyone is staying safe and cool ☁️
Oh my goodness I’m so sorry about the 100s. For the past 2 years we’ve had the 100 days of 100s here in E Texas but this year is much better. Highs in the 80’s next week!! IN JULY!!! What?!?!
We’ve been dealing with 100+ temps for weeks now. We water our annuals twice a day and we finally decided to get artificial grass. Working out in the garden first thing in morning is a must. Having a pool helps, too! 🥵
Laura it broke my heart when boxwoods didn't work out. Don't despair it will eventually come together and it will be one BEAUTIFUL room. Esp with the hydrangeas!! Wondering if you'll use the ones your Mom picked out🤔 Hang in there...
We are being quite lucky here in southern England (U.K.) this summer so far….we are hovering around 70 degrees Fahrenheit most of the time (with bits of rain now and again). It’s been lovely 👌🏻💚🧡🇬🇧
Not so lucky in the midlands of the uk around Birmingham 😢 Rain, rain, rain and more rain for weeks and weeks apart from 2 hot days a couple of weeks ago. I think that was our summer!
Welcome to my normal summer temperatures here in San Antonio Texas! Can't believe you stayed out there as long as you did. Triple digits even without the high humidity we have make it pretty hot. Swimming is the best idea for that! Love your Channel. Have a great day! Stay cool!
Love how you pruned the rose trees. They look gorgeous. I can't imagine having that many days over 100 in a row. In Central Indiana, we have humid heat, so today for example, it was in the mid-80s when I went out to check on my vegetables and as soon as I stepped outside, the humidity was like a steam bath and it felt more like in the mid-90s. For the 15 minutes I was outside, my skin and clothing all ended up damp and I felt like a limp dish rag. Luckily, our area is due to cool off this week to the high 70s and low 80s after a storm front moves through. It will still be humid just not hot. Take care. Hydrate!! Hope Canada sends you some of the cool air they are sending us this week.
Laura, Wear that sun hat! There are ways to make one fit so it’s comfortable. You will have to research it and maybe you need a larger size. In fact, that hat should be part of your brand. Hats rule over hairstyles, especially in the summer.
Just passed through Ontario… hot,hot,hot! And smokey. Appreciate your continued enthusiasm and cheer in the face of all that dry, dusty heat. Water on girl!
Great repotting. I’m glad you brought the table out because I thought why on earth is she walking back and forth. Roses look fantastic after their trim. WHAT AN IRRIGATION BOX. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️how rude.😂 Just move it. The trees look great though. We just had a week off high temps and the humidity was brutal. Not much wind either. Now we have 2 days of 24 Celsius and rain but hoping the humidity stays down. Then we have another week of high high temps and the humidity is going to be crazy. Hopefully we have wind.🥵🥵🥵 Have fun swimming guy’s. Enjoy. Thanks again for sharing this with us. Appreciated.💯💯💯🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Haha! Funny to be so excited about 110 versus 112! I can’t imagine how that would feel here in Missouri with our humidity. The boxwoods look like they were always there, good job. Have fun swimming.
The parterre is so beautiful! I love your vision with the hydrangeas. It is so amazing to see how far you folks have come. Looking forward to see more. We are looking at near 100 here in Virginia with high humidity. Our own personal steam bath. The high humidity does help the plants sustain the heat, barely. Enjoy your day!
Wow cannot believe all you achieved in that heat…..😢And all those plants are going to be happier for it. Those tree roses continue to be so beautiful….great idea on adding those columnar evergreens to front those beds…looking forward to seeing the arbors installed…..👍😎👍
It's me again,Just wanted to say The Hartley garden is beginning to look so European! Absolutely Love how it's becoming so Gorgeous and something to be so proud of.☺️ Irrigation box?
Oh wow, you are so great at doing all of this work, and trimming the roses really looks so pretty, and then planting those trees is really amazing. Your whole area around there really is so gorgeous looking and I really like seeing everything and how it is looking. I really love how those stones look around the beds and how neat and tidy they are. Thanks so much for this awesome video that I really had alot of fun watching. Have a great rest of yoru day, sending love and hugs, bye!! 😂🤗💜💜💜
Yay great job, you are so very organized! Love the mums project on the plant table. The water tank on that trailer is excellent idea. We are in zone 8b and the heat is miserable. Only going out to check garden after 7pm. Ugh. My gardens a wreck, sigh. Thank you for all the trimming tips
In Scotland 🏴it has rained every second day, trying to get the grass dry enough to mow has been a challenge. No summer for us yet.. fingers crossed for August.
I love those boxwoods and the way they make that area look so cosy. You looked so patient when you discovered that you couldn’t plant the last three. Question: Are you naturally a patient person? Is there anything about gardening that particularly frustrates you?
Mid winter here in Australia 🇦🇺 Just received a consignment of plants by mail order today. All bare rooted so I too have been potting. First to go in was Oxalis palmifons which has the most exquisite leaves. The only indoor plant. A Gardenia Thunbergii from South Africa to replace one I lost from bushfire in my previous garden & aside from a bunch of Crocosmia Lucifer corms the rest are perennials, 2 x Kniphofia, a pink Phlomis samia, a Lychnis & a Beschorneria for the shade under the Mulberry tree. I’ll plant them all out in the ground when it starts to warm up next month. Opposite problem to you but same tactic. I’ll be pruning roses tomorrow too. The annual winter prune. Stay shady lady! Happy gardening.
Good Morning! 🔥It is really hot here on the farm too! But our heat comes with humidity! My containers & gardens are doing well with frequent watering! 🙂🔥🌸🌿🌲
Im in middle Georgoa. Today was 96, but the last week has been upper 90s and just past 100 with 110 heat index. It has been way too hot to be outside and working in the yards and gardens. Thankfully, we are about to be on a 10 day or so of upper 80s/low 90s, and rain some days. I'll take it. I'm already waiting for fall. The humidity we get just makes you puddle into the sidewalk or patio. It's truly terrible.
