Suggestion: keep your chicken feed in a metal trash can. It keeps out the mice and other critters. Do you have water running into the area? Put it underground freeze level. Make it handy to water them otherwise it will be a big chore carrying water in the winter. I didn't realize how noisy chickens are. When they lay their eggs they cackle loudly. We have nesting boxes attached to the outside of the coop. So we don't have to enter the run to get eggs. We keep a separate set of shoes for walking in the run so we don't bring any poo into the house. Store the straw for the nesting boxes on that raised platform. You'll have plenty of used straw and poo to make compost. They have solar doors on timers to let chicken in and out so you don't have to manually open it for them. I like to make it convient, maybe you don't. Painting the wire mesh and the frames black and putting wire on top was genius. Looking good, Mike!
FANTASTIC job!!! I love it all. I have never had chickens, but a coworker has raised them for decades. Based on his experiences I will offer a few suggestions which you may have also thought of. 1. My coworker ordered the eggs and hatched them under lights. It was not until the baby chicks grew older that he was able to tell which were roosters and hens. He gave away the roosters as they are loud. 2. Predators will dig under the fence so bury chicken wire under ground so they can’t get under. 3. When daily collecting eggs he would find on an occasional basis, black snakes in the nesting boxes. Be prepared to deal with those. 4. Have a plan of what to do with the hens when they get old and no longer produce eggs, as you will have plenty of “pet” hens that will cost you money but not produce eggs. I wish you the best, I love your enthusiasm. ❤❤
Amazing job!! You have a great eye for creativity. Im no expert, but from what I've watched others do, the coop will need something stronger than chicken wire since you have fox and raccoons. I think its called 1/2 inch hardware cloth. Also, the hardware cloth will need to extend underground and out to keep predators from the 3 piece and a biscuit buffet. 😊
Oh my gosh! how cute is this! the curve, painting the chicken wire, wow wow. Who would have thought! #chickenalley mansion, they will love it! i also see this being a future playhouse for dare I say.. grandkids hahahaa, Genie :)
I have a garden and chickens and I'm so excited for your chickens to arrive! I love that the run is semi-hidden! So secret. You will need seating near them so you can be with your flock. I would highly suggest changing the chicken wire to hardware cloth and the ceiling needs covering too. Chicken wire is to keep chickens in but hardware cloth keeps predators out. I have an automatic programmable chicken door I got from temu that's been awesome for a year. With ventilation I added fans on timers in the summer inside the coop. All your ventilation needs hardware cloth screens.
So darling! Can't wait to see what critters you bring in. Love your rock walkway. My experience with mine is that chickens will dig out the dirt around them looking for bugs, so sometimes I have to reset them and push dirt back around them. Chickens are so relaxing and addictive to watch. They are such characters and another interesting thing is the different sounds they make- one that makes me think of R2D2. I currently have a big rooster that sounds like the chicken version of Jimmy Stewart when he crows. I'll be curious to see what other fowl you get! New to your channel, but I'm definitely hooked!
It's super cute. As a long time chicken owner I gotta warn you. Every predator you mentioned can easily dig under your cup and thr tree behind there will just make it really easy for them to get over in there. I know you said your gonna do a top but I felt certain you would work around the tree and not take it down. Just food for thought.
I have my run around a tree and used hardware cloth and boards surrounding the tree. He can keep the tree and make it predator proof. But hardware cloth!
First week in our new home the grands spotted a pair of bald eagle pole height checking on the bird life here. I will have to restructure my cover as it was quick install. Great job on your new addition. Super nice
I went to a rock place and the stones were from another job site that the owner didn’t care for anymore. I made them an offer and the brought them home.
@@moxiegardens8033 Thanks! They are so great and I haven’t seen anything like them in my stone yards around here in PA. I have a small suburban garden with tricky slopes and they would be perfect for me to carve out pathways, retain soil and play with structure. Lucky find.
Love this! Husband has been talking about getting chickens for a while now. Really enjoy watching you start your coop. Did you buy your oblong stepping stones somewhere or were they a find? Have been looking for something like these to make a path through our wildflower bee garden.
Make some faux bird houses to make purpose for the holes on the post. Use scrap wood for the roof line and dowels for the perch below the hole. I love your creativity. Norma in Mendocino, CA
Another awesome project! No worry about too much whimsey, you always seem to hit it perfectly! I agree with the suggestion about being able to access the laying boxes from outside, as well as in.
I was going to suggest running some corrugated metal panels partially buried along the bottom too so foxes and other animals can't dig under the wire. We have coyotes where we live and groundsquirrels which will dig under. Raccoons will kill chickens too.
Living in Florida has probably made me jaded, but I can't help but wonder how long before the neighbor with the deck complains about the noise of the hens and that the coop ruins their view... of your yard. Aside from that, man you do some awesome work. I'll have to make sure to keep your channel hidden from the wife so she doesn't start making a list of similar projects for our garden.
I would say for your top, use hardware cloth and not chicken wire - chicken wire is too flexible and will not hold a predator's weight. Also, same for the tree - surround the tree with some wood and hardware cloth to keep your chickens safe
I agree with laying boxes accessible from the outside. The entire inside will be lined with poop after a short time and it would be tedious to always change your shoes. Much simpler to be able to have a quick check for eggs. Otherwise, I love it! Very inspiring 👍🏼
l love pigeons and doves l was looking online speckled pigeons l can't remember if that's what their called fancier pigeons baby chick's cute l love the work you've done in your yard why can't you give yourself a pat on your back for all the hard work you've done beautiful 😊
I absolutely love what you have done with the coop. I am sure you're going to put something around the base to prevent the critters from digging and crawling in, or else you will be losing your hens to Critters. Just when I thought my coop was totally safe, a large snake went right through one of those holes and got all my baby chicks. Living in the city, we had never seen a snake until we got our hens. The next day, I had workers put what they called hard wire (little squares)all over my chicken wire. Never knew snakes could stretch themselves so skinny to slide in. No more issues after that. Good luck.
I love chicken coops! I have one in my backyard but not nearly as adorable as this one! No chickens though 😂 y’all need a chicken keeper cause I could live here too❤❤❤ Question: With this layup the front door will always stay closed? Might be nice to have a window in it so they can peek but not get out.
I think I've heard you mention Laura (Garden Answer) but if not, check out her videos with her chicken coop. I was really wondering how big that "run" would be, so I'm glad you cleared that up!! Hope your neighbors don't object to having chickens so close. Well done, Mike.
I love the whimsy of it all.. it has so much character and the birds aren't even here yet. I'm sure you've gathered plenty suggestions and advice but I do want to stress the burying of hardware cloth around the entire perimeter of coop. I also use an expensive predator-proof netting on top of coop. So much fun!
Very cute and super charming. My husband and i have raised chickens for a good part of 20 years. Weve also dabbled with peafowl ( guineas, peacock etc) , ducks, turkeys you name it. It seens like you are one to do youre research so im not going to say a bunch about birds but i will say starting with babies can be very fun and rewarding but also more work as far as keeping them warm for a while even when you think they would be fine without the heat. Oh and peacocks cant be around chickens when they are young. Something about they are prone to getting sick if introduced to chickens too early. I cant remember exactly but they also arent suppose to have their feet touch ground until they are of a certain age. Peacocks that is. They were hard for me to raise and ended up after i got them good and grown they escaped and flew off. 500$ flew off. Anyways enjoy your precious coop and i cant wait to see who gets to live there.
Oh and i just thought about it and was thinking the polish chicken variey would be super cute in that coop. I use to raise buff lace polish. So fun and cool with their out there hair do. Plus they lay a good size white egg. But i also like little bantums and silkies. Theres so many to choose from all depends on your preferance.
May I ask, how you keep the grass and weeds from growing between the two fences and that fence that looks like a shadow box. My neighbor put a shadow box fence in, and the weeds (creeping charlie) come through the spaces.
Our neighbors do a good job of weed eating and taking care of their lawn as well. So there really isn’t any worry. Hope this helps. Thank you for watching.
Serama chickens would be great! Silver red golden pheasants or lady Amherst pheasants? Call ducks or black east indies ducks?! Maybe a pondless water fall... idk maybe you need a separate finch aviary ... I think you would enjoy finches canaries and diamond doves ...
You definitely have a creative flare!! Everything is so pretty. I'm thinking the Hobbit door will be very clumsy to enter and exit; looks like a tumble waiting to happen. I'd put the chicken wire across it on the inside for air flow, but use the back door for going in and out. Can't wait to see what you do next!!
You inspired me to add some whimsey to my small garden. Wanted to find some old fence sections to put behind some plants. Etsy had a ton of options. I love how it turned out. I'm also in love with the coop.
You might like to add coverage to the top more wire to keep out hawks raccoons etc…because you have a dirt floor we do too I add straw and let them rummage thru it the straw keeps the ground dry thru the rains chickens hate their feet to be wet I’ve learned
Oh you’ve done such an amazing job Mike, what a great idea to paint the chicken wire … it just made it disappear! I wouldn’t have thought of that. This is all pure charm, the best chicken coop I’ve ever seen 🧡 if you do use the little side cupboard as your feed store, maybe you can keep it all secure in large plastic tubs with lids so nothing can get at it?
Greetings from Olathe! You make me want to get chickens, LOL! Absolutely over the top beautiful, as usual. You set a high bar for your future videos! 🤣BTW, you should get a peacock, LOL! Drive the neighborhood crazy!
Gotta be careful painting chicken wire. Chickens peck at the wire if there are bugs on it or drops of water. If that paint flakes off it could kill the chickens. You need ventilation in there at all times, not just when you have the door open, for healthy birds.
Mike, I love how creative you are, and the fact that your wife Jesse, enthusiastically supports your creativity is wonderful. I totally agree with you about doing something different from everyone around you. With that attitude, I sometimes (lots of times) get the cart before the horse as my dad would say. Keep on letting your imagination lead you where others are hesitant to follow. ~Margie🤗💐🐦🐤🪴
Mike I was telling my husband I can’t get over how creative you are! This is amazing and so adorable! I wish so much we could have come to see your garden in person. Hopefully next time! I Mike I now have a TH-cam channel and I would love to share my garden with you! Let me know what you think! @gardensglory1229
Suggestion: keep your chicken feed in a metal trash can. It keeps out the mice and other critters. Do you have water running into the area? Put it underground freeze level. Make it handy to water them otherwise it will be a big chore carrying water in the winter. I didn't realize how noisy chickens are. When they lay their eggs they cackle loudly. We have nesting boxes attached to the outside of the coop. So we don't have to enter the run to get eggs. We keep a separate set of shoes for walking in the run so we don't bring any poo into the house. Store the straw for the nesting boxes on that raised platform. You'll have plenty of used straw and poo to make compost. They have solar doors on timers to let chicken in and out so you don't have to manually open it for them. I like to make it convient, maybe you don't. Painting the wire mesh and the frames black and putting wire on top was genius. Looking good, Mike!
I keep my peanuts and birdseed in metal trash cans too. Mice are horrible
You should also burry a base of hardware cloth around the edges so nothing can dig in! Especially around the door.
Again, unbelievably creative!!! BTW: the predators can dig under the fence.
It's like you have a magic eraser roller to make the chicken wire disappear.
FANTASTIC job!!! I love it all. I have never had chickens, but a coworker has raised them for decades. Based on his experiences I will offer a few suggestions which you may have also thought of.
1. My coworker ordered the eggs and hatched them under lights. It was not until the baby chicks grew older that he was able to tell which were roosters and hens. He gave away the roosters as they are loud.
2. Predators will dig under the fence so bury chicken wire under ground so they can’t get under.
3. When daily collecting eggs he would find on an occasional basis, black snakes in the nesting boxes. Be prepared to deal with those.
4. Have a plan of what to do with the hens when they get old and no longer produce eggs, as you will have plenty of “pet” hens that will cost you money but not produce eggs.
I wish you the best, I love your enthusiasm. ❤❤
If the chickens don’t work out you can always turn it into a B&B 😂. Just kidding, but it’s so lovely I want one in human size for me to live in 💕
Amazing job!! You have a great eye for creativity.
Im no expert, but from what I've watched others do, the coop will need something stronger than chicken wire since you have fox and raccoons. I think its called 1/2 inch hardware cloth. Also, the hardware cloth will need to extend underground and out to keep predators from the 3 piece and a biscuit buffet. 😊
Black on chicken wire is like having invisible paint magic.
Oh my gosh! how cute is this! the curve, painting the chicken wire, wow wow. Who would have thought! #chickenalley mansion, they will love it! i also see this being a future playhouse for dare I say.. grandkids hahahaa, Genie :)
I have a garden and chickens and I'm so excited for your chickens to arrive! I love that the run is semi-hidden! So secret. You will need seating near them so you can be with your flock. I would highly suggest changing the chicken wire to hardware cloth and the ceiling needs covering too. Chicken wire is to keep chickens in but hardware cloth keeps predators out. I have an automatic programmable chicken door I got from temu that's been awesome for a year. With ventilation I added fans on timers in the summer inside the coop. All your ventilation needs hardware cloth screens.
So darling! Can't wait to see what critters you bring in. Love your rock walkway. My experience with mine is that chickens will dig out the dirt around them looking for bugs, so sometimes I have to reset them and push dirt back around them. Chickens are so relaxing and addictive to watch. They are such characters and another interesting thing is the different sounds they make- one that makes me think of R2D2. I currently have a big rooster that sounds like the chicken version of Jimmy Stewart when he crows. I'll be curious to see what other fowl you get! New to your channel, but I'm definitely hooked!
Looks good painted black. Wire will almost disappear. Nice coop and run.
It's super cute. As a long time chicken owner I gotta warn you. Every predator you mentioned can easily dig under your cup and thr tree behind there will just make it really easy for them to get over in there. I know you said your gonna do a top but I felt certain you would work around the tree and not take it down. Just food for thought.
Love it unique as expected
I have my run around a tree and used hardware cloth and boards surrounding the tree. He can keep the tree and make it predator proof. But hardware cloth!
It's amazing how you paint the chicken wire black and it becomes invisible
First week in our new home the grands spotted a pair of bald eagle pole height checking on the bird life here. I will have to restructure my cover as it was quick install. Great job on your new addition. Super nice
Where did you get the chunky stepping stones from? They are such a great size and shape for so many features in a garden.
I'll second that! Where DID you get the chunky stepping stones from? Time for a Q&A video, maybe!
I went to a rock place and the stones were from another job site that the owner didn’t care for anymore. I made them an offer and the brought them home.
@@moxiegardens8033 Thanks! They are so great and I haven’t seen anything like them in my stone yards around here in PA. I have a small suburban garden with tricky slopes and they would be perfect for me to carve out pathways, retain soil and play with structure. Lucky find.
If you get raccoons or weasels, you will need more than chicken wire. 1/2” hardware cloth is the only thing that will keep them out.
The coop is wonderful. Thanks for sharing, really enjoy your channel.
Love this! Husband has been talking about getting chickens for a while now. Really enjoy watching you start your coop. Did you buy your oblong stepping stones somewhere or were they a find? Have been looking for something like these to make a path through our wildflower bee garden.
I did purchase them at a rock place. They were discarded there and they made me a deal. Thank you for watching.
Make some faux bird houses to make purpose for the holes on the post. Use scrap wood for the roof line and dowels for the perch below the hole. I love your creativity. Norma in Mendocino, CA
Another awesome project! No worry about too much whimsey, you always seem to hit it perfectly! I agree with the suggestion about being able to access the laying boxes from outside, as well as in.
I was going to suggest running some corrugated metal panels partially buried along the bottom too so foxes and other animals can't dig under the wire. We have coyotes where we live and groundsquirrels which will dig under. Raccoons will kill chickens too.
Nice coop! My neighbor has a chicken AND quail coop.
A tip for the fencing if you want to make it look invisible, paint it black. P.S Love your videos!
What a fantastic job! Kudos to you Mike!!
You wanna be extremely careful mixing your birds. Chickens are very vulnerable to disease. Just a thought.
Living in Florida has probably made me jaded, but I can't help but wonder how long before the neighbor with the deck complains about the noise of the hens and that the coop ruins their view... of your yard.
Aside from that, man you do some awesome work. I'll have to make sure to keep your channel hidden from the wife so she doesn't start making a list of similar projects for our garden.
Neighbors can't complain if the city allows chickens
What kind of paint did you use for the chicken wire?
I will drop it in the description when I get home. Sorry, I meant to do this.
You’re very creative. Your garden is beautiful. The yellow is PERFECT! Thanks for sharing.
I would say for your top, use hardware cloth and not chicken wire - chicken wire is too flexible and will not hold a predator's weight. Also, same for the tree - surround the tree with some wood and hardware cloth to keep your chickens safe
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I agree with laying boxes accessible from the outside. The entire inside will be lined with poop after a short time and it would be tedious to always change your shoes. Much simpler to be able to have a quick check for eggs.
Otherwise, I love it! Very inspiring 👍🏼
l love pigeons and doves l was looking online speckled pigeons l can't remember if that's what their called fancier pigeons baby chick's cute l love the work you've done in your yard why can't you give yourself a pat on your back for all the hard work you've done beautiful 😊
Going to spoiled chicks. Great video. 😊
I absolutely love what you have done with the coop. I am sure you're going to put something around the base to prevent the critters from digging and crawling in, or else you will be losing your hens to Critters. Just when I thought my coop was totally safe, a large snake went right through one of those holes and got all my baby chicks. Living in the city, we had never seen a snake until we got our hens. The next day, I had workers put what they called hard wire (little squares)all over my chicken wire. Never knew snakes could stretch themselves so skinny to slide in. No more issues after that. Good luck.
I love chicken coops! I have one in my backyard but not nearly as adorable as this one! No chickens though 😂 y’all need a chicken keeper cause I could live here too❤❤❤
Question: With this layup the front door will always stay closed? Might be nice to have a window in it so they can peek but not get out.
I've heard if you paint the under side of the porch roof sky or light blue, bees think its sky, and won't build a nest there. Maybe Google that one.
I hope you don’t have any trouble with predators a raccoon can go right through that chicken wire. Always use hardware cloth.❤
@15:00 oh no, that's not going to last. My husband and I use tree mulch, not bark. It works great! I'd recommend using that.☺️
Wowie!! Such a precious Joy!!
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We got to see Jessie! Hi Jessie!! Oh Mike!! You did an amazing job! There is nothing you can't do!! I look forward to all your videos!
There’s going to be some very lucky chooks here.
Mike - another excellent video! Your imagination and then, the best part - execution- amazes me. Thank you for taking us along!
Great chicken coop! Can’t wait to see it finished and full of chickens, birds and whatever else you decide to get. Thanks for sharing.
As usual great job and very imaginative loveit
you should be over the moon Another genius and fairy tale addition
I think I've heard you mention Laura (Garden Answer) but if not, check out her videos with her chicken coop. I was really wondering how big that "run" would be, so I'm glad you cleared that up!! Hope your neighbors don't object to having chickens so close. Well done, Mike.
Her chicken area is small. I feel sorry for her birds
I love the whimsy of it all.. it has so much character and the birds aren't even here yet. I'm sure you've gathered plenty suggestions and advice but I do want to stress the burying of hardware cloth around the entire perimeter of coop. I also use an expensive predator-proof netting on top of coop. So much fun!
Love your ideas...beautiful job.
Very cute and super charming. My husband and i have raised chickens for a good part of 20 years. Weve also dabbled with peafowl ( guineas, peacock etc) , ducks, turkeys you name it. It seens like you are one to do youre research so im not going to say a bunch about birds but i will say starting with babies can be very fun and rewarding but also more work as far as keeping them warm for a while even when you think they would be fine without the heat. Oh and peacocks cant be around chickens when they are young. Something about they are prone to getting sick if introduced to chickens too early. I cant remember exactly but they also arent suppose to have their feet touch ground until they are of a certain age. Peacocks that is. They were hard for me to raise and ended up after i got them good and grown they escaped and flew off. 500$ flew off. Anyways enjoy your precious coop and i cant wait to see who gets to live there.
Oh and i just thought about it and was thinking the polish chicken variey would be super cute in that coop. I use to raise buff lace polish. So fun and cool with their out there hair do. Plus they lay a good size white egg. But i also like little bantums and silkies. Theres so many to choose from all depends on your preferance.
May I ask, how you keep the grass and weeds from growing between the two fences and that fence that looks like a shadow box. My neighbor put a shadow box fence in, and the weeds (creeping charlie) come through the spaces.
Our neighbors do a good job of weed eating and taking care of their lawn as well. So there really isn’t any worry. Hope this helps. Thank you for watching.
It’s a coop straight outta the shire ✨
We can’t have chickens in my town not allowed
That stinks.
That’s great. Chicken crap stinks. Hope this guy asked his close next door neighbor if having chickens
was ok with them!
He coop & run are cute. Won't it get hot in the coop without some ventilation?
Great question. There are more steps to go before we make the purchase of our new friends. This is just where we are today. Thank you for watching.
Will your chickens have the run of the yard?
Perhaps over winter. Everything will have to be dormant for sure. Thank you for watching.
Serama chickens would be great!
Silver red golden pheasants or lady Amherst pheasants? Call ducks or black east indies ducks?! Maybe a pondless water fall... idk maybe you need a separate finch aviary ... I think you would enjoy finches canaries and diamond doves ...
You definitely have a creative flare!! Everything is so pretty. I'm thinking the Hobbit door will be very clumsy to enter and exit; looks like a tumble waiting to happen. I'd put the chicken wire across it on the inside for air flow, but use the back door for going in and out. Can't wait to see what you do next!!
It’s coming along and looking wonderful. I love how you kept the tree and shrub inside the run. Great idea with the turf!
You are so clever! The coop an surrounding looks absolutely wonderful! You truly are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Please share what you used to keep animals from digging their way into the coop at the fence line. Looks great.
Predators will also dig under that run so barriers should be installed at least 12-18 inches into the ground on that perimeter.
I could watch your videos all day! Another inspirational one! Thank you!
You inspired me to add some whimsey to my small garden. Wanted to find some old fence sections to put behind some plants. Etsy had a ton of options. I love how it turned out. I'm also in love with the coop.
You might like to add coverage to the top more wire to keep out hawks raccoons etc…because you have a dirt floor we do too I add straw and let them rummage thru it the straw keeps the ground dry thru the rains chickens hate their feet to be wet I’ve learned
i think some cute painted chickens on the door would be cute too. You could also bury some wire along the bottom to keep diggers like foxes out.
I love the look of the chicken wire painted black! So smooth. 😎
That was like magic watching you paint the chicken wire! Sooo cool! 😊
You are so creative! I love the view in the garden. So beautiful
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Wow!!!! Looks great !!!! You did a fantastic job
Absolutely love the chicken house. You are awesome
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Oh you’ve done such an amazing job Mike, what a great idea to paint the chicken wire … it just made it disappear! I wouldn’t have thought of that. This is all pure charm, the best chicken coop I’ve ever seen 🧡 if you do use the little side cupboard as your feed store, maybe you can keep it all secure in large plastic tubs with lids so nothing can get at it?
Thank you so much friend.
Greetings from Olathe! You make me want to get chickens, LOL! Absolutely over the top beautiful, as usual. You set a high bar for your future videos! 🤣BTW, you should get a peacock, LOL! Drive the neighborhood crazy!
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You have a wonderful imagination!
Absolutely beautiful 🥰 lucky chickens 😊
You did a wonderful job looks beautiful🥰🥰🐣🐣
chickens love to graze on grass and clover is like candy.
I love this! I also love your channel & unique style!! Do you ever open your yard for tours?
Yes ma’am. We will definitely do a lot more in 2025. I took on so many things this year, so I have a lot of loose ends.
so cute and creative.
Gotta be careful painting chicken wire. Chickens peck at the wire if there are bugs on it or drops of water. If that paint flakes off it could kill the chickens.
You need ventilation in there at all times, not just when you have the door open, for healthy birds.
The paint is not dangerous.
@@jessi330 that’s good if you know that!
Love it ❤
Mike, I love how creative you are, and the fact that your wife Jesse, enthusiastically supports your creativity is wonderful. I totally agree with you about doing something different from everyone around you. With that attitude, I sometimes (lots of times) get the cart before the horse as my dad would say. Keep on letting your imagination lead you where others are hesitant to follow. ~Margie🤗💐🐦🐤🪴
Mike I was telling my husband I can’t get over how creative you are! This is amazing and so adorable! I wish so much we could have come to see your garden in person. Hopefully next time! I Mike I now have a TH-cam channel and I would love to share my garden with you! Let me know what you think! @gardensglory1229
I will definitely hop on and check it out. Thank you for watching.