OMGOSH!!! "Snowball Bush". I've never seen that before and your Wisteria is heavenly! Just a Wonder indeed... Thank You Jeri for sharing. I absolutely love this. I know I'll be back to this garden again❤
Hello, I've just found your site. How beautiful. I live in southern England and I am in the process of replanting my garden. For many years I have had a cottage garden which is my absolute favourite type. Thank you so much. Delightful
I live in eastern Tennessee as well on the Cumberland Plateau in the city of Crossville 20 minutes out in the country. Its nice to have your input on what is growing well for you. I started a butterfly garden many years ago. It was growing well until we had some hot, cold weather back and forth. Everyone in our area lost their butterfly bushes. Unfortunately, I did not maintain a wisteria I had planted to go over a metal bench and little to my understanding of wisteria, it took over my whole garden making large roots and growing up everywhere. Wisteria is a beautiful plant but it will be the last time I plant one unless its on a hill far away. Too invasive and it choked out my butterfly garden even though it was at the far side. I'd advise researching plants before anyone uses it in an area that you want to maintain. Your gardens are beautiful. I was so glad when I found your videos. You have helped me a lot. I'm now going inch by inch pulling up all the vines and roots from the wisteria out of my butterfly area and going to do my best to keep my beautiful wisteria in check. Also Sun chokes are beautiful but spread everywhere. In late Sept./Oct. There are beautiful Sun flower looking blooms everywhere. About 8-10 ft tall. The tubers are considered a diabetic potato not raising insulin in the body. Crunchy like a raw potato but it does a lot of spreading in the area you plant them in. . Started with about 12 on the edge of my butterfly garden and took up about 300 plants. They would be great in your setting of a whimsical free flowing garden. Thanks again 4 your videos. Beautiful job and very encouraging to beginner gardeners.
Sherron, I think Wisteria should come with a warning label... I wish I had mentioned in the video that the Chinese Wisteria can become a monster. I use the excess vines and roots to make wattle fences, so I don't mind the wildness so much. I believe I have some of those Sun Chokes, my friend gifted me some that she calls Georgia Sunflowers, and they DO spread like wildfire. I don't like the height of the plant so i cut about 2ft right off the top as it is growing, Keeps it down to about 4ft when the flowers bloom.
I love seeing your garden grow. Thank you for recognizing the hand of God in the beauty and abundance of your garden. I think working and spending so much time in nature humbles us helps us deem gratitude. I am grateful to see your videos of your peaceful bit of earth. 😊🌷🦆
Oh I do love wisteria. The smell is heavenly. What a profusion of glorious beauty. All your hard work has paid off. Thumbs up to you. All your animals look healthy and very happy. All to your credit. Your love for animals and plants is on full display in your gorgeous garden. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Linda, As with most Spring flowers, it just doesn't keep the bloom for long, so we must enjoy it briefly and take in the scent. I try to give my animals the best love and care, I wish all creatures could have happy homes
I can imagine how wonderful that wisteria must smell. When I was a little girl a long time ago, during the summer, I would stay for a week with a favorite aunt. Her whole big front porch had beautiful wisteria vines. Those aromas can take you back in time to another place of happy memories.
Your garden is lovely, Jeri! Thank you for sharing these videos with us all. I'd love to create my own little version of Hopalong Hollow here in western North Carolina. :)
Amanda, I do hope you WILL do some Hopalong Hollowscaping in NC, you have the perfect climate for it. We are in NC often to do shows, it's a great place.
My goodness what serenity! Love how Matilda tries every year. I saw some hummingbirds in here also. Thanks for sharing. It was just the calming video I needed this afternoon.
“Nature is the living, visible garment of God.” Thank you (and Goethe) for that! I’ll carry it with me always. And what beautiful gardens! You’ve truly created a haven of peace. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Michelle Ackerson true! But the more of Jeri’s videos that I watch, the more it all becomes part of those wonderful garden sounds (including geese, ducks, rooster, and wild birds)!
Your garden is looking beautiful. God truly is wonderful with the abundance of flowers he created and how he gave us the ability to enjoy them to the full with sight and smell. Take care - Marcie
You sure bless me with your garden! I have a very small space or property! But, every inch is flower and vegetable garden! Thank you for sharing your amazing garden!
Love your garden tour and nesting geese & ducks. The garden IS a handiwork of God. You Jeri provide the inspiration, work, and loving care. It is so beautiful at your place. Also as a fellow gardener, The plants respond strongly to love, admiration and attention. When ever I am planting, or preparing beds, there is always admiration of the space, and the joy of watching everything grow and change thru the season. A comment on Foxglove...Here in south coastal Oregon, we have alot of wild Foxglove of many colors, they plant themselves about. The soil here is acid, a favorite for blueberries, raspberries, salmon berries, black berries, and hydrangeas, rhododendrons. Your garden is full of LOVE. Thanks for another uplifting video even if it 10 months old, never get old to witness such beauty.
Gods handiwork is once again peeking thru the soil and budding on the trees. I've been observing it all day as i wandered the gardens. You've got the perfect gardening climate in Oregon, I long to see fields of Foxglove; I just may this year as i have discovered thousand of seedlings emerging from the Mother Foxglove plants!
Such a beautiful, peaceful place you have Jeri. It certainly does reveal the beauty and glory of God. Your pansies are giant, I’ve never seen them so tall! You’ve inspired me to start a lot of things from seed instead of purchasing plants. I am finding that i enjoy them so much more. Sure some things may not show up, but when you see those little seeds popping out of the ground and check their growth day by day it is so enjoyable. They truly are little miracles and inspire awe. I look forward to seeing your cutting garden flowers in bloom!
Theresa, Those Pansies have really surprised me! Absolutely agree with you on planting from seed. Once the plants take hold, they seem much larger and healthier as well. Even my husband noticed the difference in the Foxglove, when I used to buy them from the nursery they NEVER got 6 ft tall, (as they have ,since I planted them from seed) It's amazing.
Wonderfully uplifting,. I discovered you and your lovely videos this spring while grieving my father's recent passing. I'm redoing a massive flower bed as a memorial garden and you have inspired me to tackle other neglected beds and corners. You and your lovely sharings are a big comfort to me, Jeri. I've gardened for decades, but now with an even deeper need. My 11 year old grandson is also a fan of yours and of gardening. All he wants for his summer birthday, he says, are plants and gardening supplies. God bless you.
Beth, This is such a lovely comment. It delights me to know that the videos can inspire others to create new gardens and revive old ones. I created a memorial garden 3 years ago for my nephew, it's a wonderful way to keep the memory of your loved one literally alive in the garden. Three cheers for your grandson! I love that he's interested in gardening at a young age... not to mention you may have a very energetic garden partner!
Jeri, Really enjoying your videos! I have an old postcard with a poem, part of it reads "One is nearer God's heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth."
Yes, I have that sign in my garden! I just keep moving it around and repainting it every few years. “The kiss of the sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God’s heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth. Sorry that I do not know the author, do you? Must be that often quoted author, “Anon”.😆
What a wonderful way to start my day! Always get excited to see a new upload from you! Now I am headed out to enjoy the handiwork of God in my garden. Always a work in progress- just as I am!
I absolutely love your channel❤👍☺ I have chronic depression and especially during long dark Winter days so your beautiful videos brighten my days so much❤👍☺☉☉🌝 God bless you.
Right now, I'm closing my eyes & feeling the warmth of the sun, listening to the beautiful sounds of your garden & smelling its beautiful scent...escaping to beauty from the cold & stormy UK!...Thankyou for sharing all that surrounds you.
I just planted bright orange tulips (zone 4) in two of my favorite cottage style concrete urns. You have inspired me to plant violets (or pansies) with them. This particular garden was planted in purple, orange, hot pink and magenta. It was stunning this past summer. What a nice display as we come into the back porch!! We had a wonderful garden close to Chicago that I worked for some thirty years and am starting all over in our rural homestead. I wish I could have brought that lovely rich soil with me. I surely wont be lacking for things to keep me busy as we develop the new gardens. My mom has a lovely garden too and is a quilter. I have shared your channel with her. 😊. I could watch you all day!!
Janette, your color combinations sound brilliant. I tend to stick with pastels more often than not, but when I do use a flashy color it amazes me... I need to do it more often. It's really quite exciting to start new gardens and projects... mine are always being revised and remade.
New subscriber. Just found your videos and what a blessing. Watching this in February of 2021 during a long cold snap here in Erie, PA. Thank you for this - it is Heaven sent.
it's so nice 2 c yor garden.it was only apr & yor trees & flowers were so full & healthy.i luv the wisteria.every inch of yor place is perfect.i luv all the nooks & crannies.u made it so nice with the stones,wood pieces & more.the flowers all lk so gd already.it would b nice 2 b in the shade there unless it's 2 hot in the summer.i'd take a of fotos all the x.
Hi Jeri.....always a joy when you take us along in your beautiful garden...your wisteria is stunning...one of my favs too....fingers crossed for Miltilda.. Happy gardening
You are inspiring me so much! Thank you! And for the encouragement to use my own seedlings that come up volunteer, to transplant them where I want them. Great!
Hi Jeri. Thank you so much for sharing this peek of your lovely garden. I love the anticipation that comes with each new set of flower buds that pop out after a good rain. I live in Western NC, so I can follow along with the same weather pattern. Your garden is so alive...and it warms my heart to see the geese and ducks, sitting on their eggs, intermingled with all the other growing things. You are such a great story teller with your videos, and I just appreciate so much that you share all these magical moments in your garden. I can't wait to see how it transforms with each new bloom. Your wisteria is so beautiful and romantic, and it just makes me say ahhhhhhh...,
Sharon, the duck hatching season is such a beautiful part of our Spring season, I love those fuzzy little honeys. Your climate is so much like ours and a great state too. The wisterias was a real CHAMPION this year!
Just lovely tour..took your suggestion about the wire waste baskets for cloches in my garden...found them at the dollar tree store😍 have a blessed weekend💐 Thank you for giving God the Glory💌
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow they sure are and at that price ..I bought 10 for 10 dollars at the dollar store.. on Amazon they wanted 3 for 20.00..they are all the more dandy 💌💐
I love your garden walls, I sit in the morning with my coffee and watch your station. I live further North in Zone 6. Your garden blooms before mine does and I feel grateful that you share your garden. Thank you for sharing your garden and experience.
Jeri so glad for you and your garden I love your few thoughts about gardening and especially thankful that God is given credit. on a selfish note I wish we could have more videos. Funny how I actually miss your videos
Your garden is truly magical. I love hearing all the animals in the background! I recently found your channel and I just love it, I’ve watched a lot of your videos and they are very inspirational..thank you and please keep posting all these wonderful videos…best wishes from your neighbor in Georgia 🌼🌸
I could spend hours walking around your garden! The bouquet in the beginning was stunning!! I am working little by little on getting plants put out around my yard. I’ve never started any from seed but I think I am going to try some now. I think all of the time as I walk around and look at beautiful gardens, If it can be this beautiful here on earth just imagine what Heaven looks like!!
If you start from seed, you will be so pleased, save SO much money and Feel very satisfied with your very lush and FULL garden. Yes indeed, God is the ULTIMATE Gardener!
You are right!! The Pansies do help cover up the wilting tulip leaves. I’ll have to do that next year. Bless Matilda’s heart. God love her. I’m really pulling for her! Keep us updated. Thank you for sharing your magical gardens with us. Peace and blessings to you. 🙏🏻 ((hug))
Thank you for sharing your magic with us! I love all of your videos! Clearly, you are where you are meant to be. Tennessee is a beautiful state and you, as a transplant, have taken root and bloomed with your gardens. Say hello to your Sebastapol Lady for me. I'm sending her warm wishes that she will finally hatch some goslings this year. I love geese and hope to give a couple geese a home someday. For anyone who has not experienced parenting geese...GET SOME ! You will be so glad you did. And I love all of your little pansies. If you will cut them back to just a few leaves after the stop blooming they will summer over and bloom again in the fall. They just don't like the heat of the summers in our zone. Give them cool shade and water and they will reward you with a second crop of flowers in the fall and winter!
Randy, When I found East Tennessee, I knew I'f found my home. Geese really are such characters that you can really get to know. As much as I adore the ducks, they don't have the same type of personality as the GOOSE FAMILY. I will tell you a secret, don't tell Mathilda the Sebastapol; I am adopting 2 new baby goslings for her. I am going to slip them under her belly and she will think she hatched them. Thanks for the tip on the Pansies, I will do that for sure.
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow Great idea! Mathilda will be so happy! I can just see her now. She's going to be strutting around Hopalong Hollow like the queen bee! She'll be so proud...and your secret is safe with me. I won't tell her a thing.
Oh what a beautiful garden update. All the colors, everything is filling up. It's so beautiful. Handy work of God indeed. I absolutely loved this garden tour with the random thoughts. It's looking so gorgeous. God Bless you, Jeri, and all your animals, especially the Duck that wants to be a mommy. So pretty. See you next time. Bertha in TEXAS.
Hi Bertha, don't you just love it when everything comes up at once?! Spring is breathtaking and all the ducks, geese and chickens are thrilled with the prospect of tasty new bugs to devour amid the greenery....it's just fun to watch everything explode with joy!
Jeri, what an inspiration you are to me. I had my first gathering of my closest girl friends this morning for tea and brunch. I made the Quiche and the Blackberry, Peach mousse (first time). A Smashing Success!!!!! Thank You so much. I'm not a cook or a baker and I was scared to death but it was exciting and fun! Oh, I'm 64 and have never intertained before. 😂💖
Jeri. I left New Orleans with lush green everything, and moved to high desert W. Colorado. This is only one of the reasons I love your channel. Green beautiful garden, antiques, and very informative videos. Been missing you. Tfs cheers
Hello Jeri, so good to see your garden so healthy. It always amazes me how quickly things grow when it has sun and the ground warms up. Thank you for doing the video .
You remind me of Tasha Tudor whom I have loved for years. So happy to have found you. Am looking forward to enjoying your books and blog! And oh yes I just went and bought out the trash can stock of my local Dollar Tree!! And I have woven a stick trellis. Thanks for all the great ideas and inspiration and beauty! 🌱🌸🌱
Gwen, Tasha's gardens and lifestyle were so unique and fascinating, I'm glad her children have continued her legacy. I pick up about 10 of those wastebaskets every time I see a Dollar Tree, they are so very useful. Glad you made the stick trellis, I bet you love it!
Lovely cottage gardens! East TN sounds and looks like a beautiful place! I am in central OH and my dogwood just opened up and snowball bush is forming their green flower clusters. So you seem a few weeks ahead of us here :)
We've been up your way many times, You have the best antique stores in Ohio and so many historic little towns. By the time your snowball bush blooms, mine will have completely faded and the Rose of Sharon will be on the rise!
We never give God enough credit for things I am so glad you did. It's such a beautiful garden. Do you use any kind of mulch. All but one of my gardens have heavy mulch except one. I'm trying a compost/manure mulching technique on that one to see how that works. It's so hard to get any reseeding with a heavy mulch.
Jennifer, I used to mulch, but now I use compost as mulch. It works even better because you are adding all that good stuff to your soil, and you can plant or seed right into it.
God is mysterious, at times humorous, but He always amazes me. I hope you give us an update on Mitilda and the others once those eggs hatch. God bless.
AMClements, My mother always said the God has a sense of humor, it's clear to see when looking at a frog or Hippo. Will keep posting on Mathilda's progress.
Hi Jeri! Your gardens are looking splendid this Spring! I actually planted wisteria a couple weeks ago, just hoping I don’t let it get out of control 🤭 But you’ve inspired me - - I’d love to create a waddle fence in a couple years, or sooner, depending on how fast it decides to grow. And P.S. - say hello to your Feathered People for me. Since we’ve moved from the country to just inside city limits I miss my flock so much! Have a lovely weekend 🌸💕
Marcie, Too bad you have no flock! Oh well, you can still feed the songbirds. The wisteria will be pretty tame for at least 2 years, then, WATCH OUT! Just keep it pruned, it will be great
Thank you again for the walk through your piece of Gods beautiful creations, I need some advice on my wisteria, its 3 years old, and hasn't bloomed, what's wrong? Xoxoxo
Wisteria is so unpredictable. One year we'll have hundreds of blooms, the next year none. The one that bloomed like crazy this year was heavily pruned in the fall. Give yours a good cutting and see if that helps!
wow wow wow... and all I am asking for is my one vine of Wisteria to bloom.....Its only bloomed one time in 15 years and it was one clump of blooms... This is so inspiring... :)
I am reminded of a quote I read in Australia. Nature is all it’s diversity grants us a glimpse into the heart of God the father, which is nothing but love. Trust in this love and you will never be disappointed.
your gardens looking so beautiful and lush, it amazes me how quickly things grow, my hostas and ferns are on there way and my little cottage plant border looks good, id say yours are a little in front of mine though.
I agree, we are in Bluff City, Piney Flats , Tennessee. It was the best move we have made. When my husbands military retirement came we wanted some where peaceful and beautiful views to finish raising our children and here is where we will call our forever home. 💖 I am so happy to have found your videos, and knowing you are here where we live, I have inspiration my gardens will be prosperous. Thank you 💖🙏 I believe it was your peacocks I herd in the background, how beautiful 😍. However do you keep them on your grounds , with out them running off ?
I love Tn too! Most plants do well here in our climate, a few, not so good. Our Peacocks are free-range with lots of acreage. The land is fenced in and although they can fly, there are certain kinds of fences they don't challenge.
I love watching your videos of your home, garden, and your amazing birds! Do all the geese, ducks and peacocks belong to you or wild? You are living my dream!
Oh my grandma had a beautiful snowball bush and I loved it when I was a child. I have tried to find one, do you know where I could purchase one, I live in southern Illinois. Gardens are wonderful, thanks for your videos they are wonderful.
Wow Jeri, your gardens are already looking quite beautiful. I love all the foxgloves...my favorite flowers :-) I had one just like your big one with the many blossom stems last year. In all my many many years of growing foxgloves I've never had one like that before. It was really quite stunning when all those stems began to open. It reminded me of a great big candelabra! What color is yours? Mine was a beautiful shade of soft yellow. A lovely visit as usual :-)
Michelle, Foxgloves are just so old fashioned and cottage-y. I adore them. The grouping with multiple stems is unreal! I must save seed from those in the hopes it wasn't a fluke or a freak plant!
Lyna, I absolutely do have a favorite supplier, Everwilde Farms here: www.everwilde.com/ Easy website, great packaging, excellent seeds and nice company
As always simply beautiful. I have just found the courage to go on to TH-cam but I have a long way to go before I can compete with you! My first couple of videos are AWFUL but hopefully I will improve.
I have a question. we have removed some very large pine s too close to the house. the weather and winds lately indicated they needed to come down. can I plant other types of trees in the holes where the stumps ave been ground up?
Debbie, that is what I would do, maybe between the stumps, using the remaining tree debris as compost and mulch. Smaller tree and bushes would likely do very well .
Question on wisteria...I live in zone 3, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, my wisteria is zoned for 3, I planted it last year, it survived the winter, but only new vines and leaves so far....does it take anything special to bloom?
Mine Wisteria didn't bloom the first year and since then, it blooms sporadically. A late freeze in spring can kill all the buds. We had no blooms this year because of that. But the year before the Wisteria were stunning. It's really hit and miss.
Beautiful Gods handiwork! Love 💕 your flowers 🌸 🌺 and your animals and the beautiful peacefulness of it all!! God bless and keep you!!
OMGOSH!!! "Snowball Bush". I've never seen that before and your Wisteria is heavenly! Just a Wonder indeed... Thank You Jeri for sharing. I absolutely love this. I know I'll be back to this garden again❤
I never dreamed my little 1 quart pot of "snowball bush" would become a showgirl of the garden!
Hello, I've just found your site. How beautiful. I live in southern England and I am in the process of replanting my garden. For many years I have had a cottage garden which is my absolute favourite type. Thank you so much. Delightful
English Inspired Cottage gardens are the best, I strive to create mine in an English style, but with our humidity, it's difficult Thanks for visiting!
Wow beautiful love the variety of purple.
Love Wisteria ! Also I really enjoy seeing all your animals and hearing them. When you live in city, you forget their voices.
I live in eastern Tennessee as well on the Cumberland Plateau in the city of Crossville 20 minutes out in the country. Its nice to have your input on what is growing well for you. I started a butterfly garden many years ago. It was growing well until we had some hot, cold weather back and forth. Everyone in our area lost their butterfly bushes. Unfortunately, I did not maintain a wisteria I had planted to go over a metal bench and little to my understanding of wisteria, it took over my whole garden making large roots and growing up everywhere. Wisteria is a beautiful plant but it will be the last time I plant one unless its on a hill far away. Too invasive and it choked out my butterfly garden even though it was at the far side. I'd advise researching plants before anyone uses it in an area that you want to maintain. Your gardens are beautiful. I was so glad when I found your videos. You have helped me a lot. I'm now going inch by inch pulling up all the vines and roots from the wisteria out of my butterfly area and going to do my best to keep my beautiful wisteria in check. Also Sun chokes are beautiful but spread everywhere. In late Sept./Oct. There are beautiful Sun flower looking blooms everywhere. About 8-10 ft tall. The tubers are considered a diabetic potato not raising insulin in the body. Crunchy like a raw potato but it does a lot of spreading in the area you plant them in. . Started with about 12 on the edge of my butterfly garden and took up about 300 plants. They would be great in your setting of a whimsical free flowing garden. Thanks again 4 your videos. Beautiful job and very encouraging to beginner gardeners.
Sherron, I think Wisteria should come with a warning label... I wish I had mentioned in the video that the Chinese Wisteria can become a monster. I use the excess vines and roots to make wattle fences, so I don't mind the wildness so much. I believe I have some of those Sun Chokes, my friend gifted me some that she calls Georgia Sunflowers, and they DO spread like wildfire. I don't like the height of the plant so i cut about 2ft right off the top as it is growing, Keeps it down to about 4ft when the flowers bloom.
Thank you for the beautiful tour and especially for giving God the credit! 🤗
Give credit where it is due....
Sunday morning rambling with Jeri, thank you for sharing your beautuful garden,an poetry so enjoyed.
I love seeing your garden grow. Thank you for recognizing the hand of God in the beauty and abundance of your garden. I think working and spending so much time in nature humbles us helps us deem gratitude. I am grateful to see your videos of your peaceful bit of earth. 😊🌷🦆
Maryann, It's so easy to be thankful for such an awe-inspiring creation, isn't it?!
Oh I do love wisteria. The smell is heavenly. What a profusion of glorious beauty. All your hard work has paid off. Thumbs up to you. All your animals look healthy and very happy. All to your credit. Your love for animals and plants is on full display in your gorgeous garden. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Linda, As with most Spring flowers, it just doesn't keep the bloom for long, so we must enjoy it briefly and take in the scent.
I try to give my animals the best love and care, I wish all creatures could have happy homes
I can imagine how wonderful that wisteria must smell. When I was a little girl a long time ago, during the summer, I would stay for a week with a favorite aunt. Her whole big front porch had beautiful wisteria vines. Those aromas can take you back in time to another place of happy memories.
Elaine, I feel that same nostalgia whenever I smell the Iris.
Jeri..I find your videos and tours so soothing. I re watch/listen to these when I need to decompress at night.😊looking forward to future ones.
Your garden is lovely, Jeri! Thank you for sharing these videos with us all. I'd love to create my own little version of Hopalong Hollow here in western North Carolina. :)
Amanda, I do hope you WILL do some Hopalong Hollowscaping in NC, you have the perfect climate for it. We are in NC often to do shows, it's a great place.
My goodness what serenity! Love how Matilda tries every year. I saw some hummingbirds in here also. Thanks for sharing. It was just the calming video I needed this afternoon.
Very Good Beth, glad we could give some calmness. Mathilda will get her wish this week!
“Nature is the living, visible garment of God.” Thank you (and Goethe) for that! I’ll carry it with me always. And what beautiful gardens! You’ve truly created a haven of peace. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Well...with the exception of that screaming peacock in the background! lol
Michelle Ackerson true! But the more of Jeri’s videos that I watch, the more it all becomes part of those wonderful garden sounds (including geese, ducks, rooster, and wild birds)!
Robbin, Isn't that a great quote, so very true and perfect.
@@robbingarcia4072I I scarcely notice the birds noise until I have to film a video; they are just such a fact of life around here.
@@michelleackerson4524 , It does take some getting used to... even our neighbors don't mind it anymore!
Your garden is looking beautiful. God truly is wonderful with the abundance of flowers he created and how he gave us the ability to enjoy them to the full with sight and smell. Take care - Marcie
Marcie, I think we Gardeners observe the hand of God whenever we work, enjoy or smell the plants in the garden; how can we not?!
You sure bless me with your garden! I have a very small space or property! But, every inch is flower and vegetable garden! Thank you for sharing your amazing garden!
I think the small spaces are the very best. This Potager garden is quite small, but it's my favorite.
I love your gardens. They are so thick and lush! I can not have a garden like yours...too many copperhead snakes. Thank you!
Love your garden tour and nesting geese & ducks. The garden IS a handiwork of God. You Jeri provide the inspiration, work, and loving care. It is so beautiful at your place. Also as a fellow gardener, The plants respond strongly to love, admiration and attention.
When ever I am planting, or preparing beds, there is always admiration of the space, and the joy of watching everything grow and change thru the season. A comment on Foxglove...Here in south coastal Oregon, we have alot of wild Foxglove of many colors, they plant themselves about. The soil here is acid, a favorite for blueberries, raspberries, salmon berries, black berries, and hydrangeas, rhododendrons. Your garden is full of LOVE. Thanks for another uplifting video even if it 10 months old, never get old to witness such beauty.
Gods handiwork is once again peeking thru the soil and budding on the trees. I've been observing it all day as i wandered the gardens. You've got the perfect gardening climate in Oregon, I long to see fields of Foxglove; I just may this year as i have discovered thousand of seedlings emerging from the Mother Foxglove plants!
Such a beautiful, peaceful place you have Jeri. It certainly does reveal the beauty and glory of God. Your pansies are giant, I’ve never seen them so tall! You’ve inspired me to start a lot of things from seed instead of purchasing plants. I am finding that i enjoy them so much more. Sure some things may not show up, but when you see those little seeds popping out of the ground and check their growth day by day it is so enjoyable. They truly are little miracles and inspire awe. I look forward to seeing your cutting garden flowers in bloom!
Theresa, Those Pansies have really surprised me! Absolutely agree with you on planting from seed. Once the plants take hold, they seem much larger and healthier as well. Even my husband noticed the difference in the Foxglove, when I used to buy them from the nursery they NEVER got 6 ft tall, (as they have ,since I planted them from seed) It's amazing.
What an Amazing place you have there Jeri, I appreciate you sharing it with us!! ;)
It's certainly my pleasure to do so, always glad that ppl watch!
I love your videos. They are so delightful, informative, and full of life!
Wonderfully uplifting,. I discovered you and your lovely videos this spring while grieving my father's recent passing. I'm redoing a massive flower bed as a memorial garden and you have inspired me to tackle other neglected beds and corners. You and your lovely sharings are a big comfort to me, Jeri. I've gardened for decades, but now with an even deeper need. My 11 year old grandson is also a fan of yours and of gardening. All he wants for his summer birthday, he says, are plants and gardening supplies. God bless you.
Beth, This is such a lovely comment. It delights me to know that the videos can inspire others to create new gardens and revive old ones. I created a memorial garden 3 years ago for my nephew, it's a wonderful way to keep the memory of your loved one literally alive in the garden. Three cheers for your grandson! I love that he's interested in gardening at a young age... not to mention you may have a very energetic garden partner!
All so true. @@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow
Your garden is looking so beautiful. I love the snowball bush and the wisteria. They are stunning.
Sue, The wisteria blew us away this year with it's abundance!
Is a snowball bush the same as an incredaball hydrangea?
@@meep2576 Snowball Bush is in the Viburnum family.
U really have a green thumb your garden is gorgeous as are all of your animals. You give a great tour as well
Jeri, Really enjoying your videos! I have an old postcard with a poem, part of it reads "One is nearer God's heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth."
Yes, I have that sign in my garden! I just keep moving it around and repainting it every few years.
“The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
One is nearer God’s heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth.
Sorry that I do not know the author, do you? Must be that often quoted author, “Anon”.😆
I'm already working on my garden. You're my inspiration!!😉👏
Rocio< that is great to know, glad to be of help!
What a wonderful way to start my day! Always get excited to see a new upload from you! Now I am headed out to enjoy the handiwork of God in my garden. Always a work in progress- just as I am!
Sue I second that, many works in progress amid God's handiwork>
I absolutely love your channel❤👍☺ I have chronic depression and especially during long dark Winter days so your beautiful videos brighten my days so much❤👍☺☉☉🌝 God bless you.
HAppy to brighten you day!
Right now, I'm closing my eyes & feeling the warmth of the sun, listening to the beautiful sounds of your garden & smelling its beautiful scent...escaping to beauty from the cold & stormy UK!...Thankyou for sharing all that surrounds you.
It's pretty cold here as well, I need to watch my own videos just to remember what Spring is like!
Beautiful gardens and Beautiful thoughts! Thank You for sharing your lovely gardens...and you sweet Mamma Geese...
Dale from Canada
Dale, Mama goose is going to get a big surprise this week, I am purchasing goslings for her.
I just planted bright orange tulips (zone 4) in two of my favorite cottage style concrete urns. You have inspired me to plant violets (or pansies) with them. This particular garden was planted in purple, orange, hot pink and magenta. It was stunning this past summer. What a nice display as we come into the back porch!! We had a wonderful garden close to Chicago that I worked for some thirty years and am starting all over in our rural homestead. I wish I could have brought that lovely rich soil with me. I surely wont be lacking for things to keep me busy as we develop the new gardens. My mom has a lovely garden too and is a quilter. I have shared your channel with her. 😊. I could watch you all day!!
Janette, your color combinations sound brilliant. I tend to stick with pastels more often than not, but when I do use a flashy color it amazes me... I need to do it more often. It's really quite exciting to start new gardens and projects... mine are always being revised and remade.
My mom (shes a 72 year old gardener and crafter here in Missouri) and I love to watch your videos. You are everything I aspire to be 💛
Penny, That is one of the nicest things I have ever heard, thank you!
New subscriber. Just found your videos and what a blessing. Watching this in February of 2021 during a long cold snap here in Erie, PA. Thank you for this - it is Heaven sent.
Welcome aboard!
it's so nice 2 c yor garden.it was only apr & yor trees & flowers were so full & healthy.i luv the wisteria.every inch of yor place is perfect.i luv all the nooks & crannies.u made it so nice with the stones,wood pieces & more.the flowers all lk so gd already.it would b nice 2 b in the shade there unless it's 2 hot in the summer.i'd take a of fotos all the x.
Jerri your garden is beautiful you can be proud of it because you have put in the effort x
Hi Jeri.....always a joy when you take us along in your beautiful garden...your wisteria is stunning...one of my favs too....fingers crossed for Miltilda..
Happy gardening
Blessed, that WIsteria can be a real challenge sometimes: we really have to keep it under control lest it devour the house!
yor garden is very pretty.Love to watch the videos.Thanks for sharing.
I also see nature and it’s living beauty as a gift from God.
Late seeing this...just beautiful! I lived in Franklin for 4 years..loved it!
Franklin has really changed since I've been doing shows there over the last 10 years... really gotten congested.
You are inspiring me so much! Thank you! And for the encouragement to use my own seedlings that come up volunteer, to transplant them where I want them. Great!
You are so welcome!
Thank you for such a warm introduction to your animals on your farm.
In His Grace Lorisa
Hi Jeri. Thank you so much for sharing this peek of your lovely garden. I love the anticipation that comes with each new set of flower buds that pop out after a good rain. I live in Western NC, so I can follow along with the same weather pattern. Your garden is so alive...and it warms my heart to see the geese and ducks, sitting on their eggs, intermingled with all the other growing things. You are such a great story teller with your videos, and I just appreciate so much that you share all these magical moments in your garden. I can't wait to see how it transforms with each new bloom. Your wisteria is so beautiful and romantic, and it just makes me say ahhhhhhh...,
Sharon, the duck hatching season is such a beautiful part of our Spring season, I love those fuzzy little honeys. Your climate is so much like ours and a great state too. The wisterias was a real CHAMPION this year!
Just lovely tour..took your suggestion about the wire waste baskets for cloches in my garden...found them at the dollar tree store😍 have a blessed weekend💐 Thank you for giving God the Glory💌
Anna, yes, aren't those waste baskets just dandy?!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow they sure are and at that price ..I bought 10 for 10 dollars at the dollar store.. on Amazon they wanted 3 for 20.00..they are all the more dandy 💌💐
I love your garden walls, I sit in the morning with my coffee and watch your station. I live further North in Zone 6. Your garden blooms before mine does and I feel grateful that you share your garden. Thank you for sharing your garden and experience.
Mary Ann, How nice to know, thank you.
You're not too far behind us in Zone 6 so it won't be long before full bloom!
Jeri so glad for you and your garden I love your few thoughts about gardening and especially thankful that God is given credit. on a selfish note I wish we could have more videos. Funny how I actually miss your videos
Sharon, Thanks for coming along on my ramble. I try to do one video a week... I'm afraid I'll run out of things to talk about.
Your garden is truly magical. I love hearing all the animals in the background! I recently found your channel and I just love it, I’ve watched a lot of your videos and they are very inspirational..thank you and please keep posting all these wonderful videos…best wishes from your neighbor in Georgia 🌼🌸
Hello Georgia!
I wait and wait for your lovely videos! I had to watch this one a second time. ♥️
Jenny, WOW< I'm glad you watched twice!
Thanks Jeri I’ll try that sage, in the mean time I get my love for gardens thru your channel. Tfs cheers
Thank you for the tour of your spring garden everything is looking so beautiful.
Martha, It's certainly come alive with gusto!
So enjoying your older videos.
I could spend hours walking around your garden! The bouquet in the beginning was stunning!! I am working little by little on getting plants put out around my yard. I’ve never started any from seed but I think I am going to try some now. I think all of the time as I walk around and look at beautiful gardens, If it can be this beautiful here on earth just imagine what Heaven looks like!!
If you start from seed, you will be so pleased, save SO much money and Feel very satisfied with your very lush and FULL garden. Yes indeed, God is the ULTIMATE Gardener!
You are right!! The Pansies do help cover up the wilting tulip leaves. I’ll have to do that next year. Bless Matilda’s heart. God love her. I’m really pulling for her! Keep us updated. Thank you for sharing your magical gardens with us. Peace and blessings to you. 🙏🏻 ((hug))
Michal, I will definitely keep posting on Mathilda's upcoming motherhood experience, she'll be a mommy before she knows it with a little help from me.
Jeri Landers the Storybook Gardener I’m emotionally attached to your animals now. Lol. I want this for her so badly. Praying for our girl!!! 😇🙏🏻
@@sweetwoodruff6246 Thanks! She's such a darling goose and will be a wonderful mommy.
Thank you for the walk along! So much inspiration!
danib, I am happy if I can inspire in any way, thank you!
Thank you for sharing your magic with us! I love all of your videos! Clearly, you are where you are meant to be. Tennessee is a beautiful state and you, as a transplant, have taken root and bloomed with your gardens. Say hello to your Sebastapol Lady for me. I'm sending her warm wishes that she will finally hatch some goslings this year. I love geese and hope to give a couple geese a home someday. For anyone who has not experienced parenting geese...GET SOME ! You will be so glad you did. And I love all of your little pansies. If you will cut them back to just a few leaves after the stop blooming they will summer over and bloom again in the fall. They just don't like the heat of the summers in our zone. Give them cool shade and water and they will reward you with a second crop of flowers in the fall and winter!
Randy, When I found East Tennessee, I knew I'f found my home. Geese really are such characters that you can really get to know. As much as I adore the ducks, they don't have the same type of personality as the GOOSE FAMILY. I will tell you a secret, don't tell Mathilda the Sebastapol; I am adopting 2 new baby goslings for her. I am going to slip them under her belly and she will think she hatched them. Thanks for the tip on the Pansies, I will do that for sure.
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow Great idea! Mathilda will be so happy! I can just see her now. She's going to be strutting around Hopalong Hollow like the queen bee! She'll be so proud...and your secret is safe with me. I won't tell her a thing.
@@rwatts2155 Mums the word!
Oh what a beautiful garden update. All the colors, everything is filling up. It's so beautiful. Handy work of God indeed. I absolutely loved this garden tour with the random thoughts. It's looking so gorgeous. God Bless you, Jeri, and all your animals, especially the Duck that wants to be a mommy. So pretty. See you next time. Bertha in TEXAS.
Hi Bertha, don't you just love it when everything comes up at once?! Spring is breathtaking and all the ducks, geese and chickens are thrilled with the prospect of tasty new bugs to devour amid the greenery....it's just fun to watch everything explode with joy!
Jeri, what an inspiration you are to me. I had my first gathering of my closest girl friends this morning for tea and brunch. I made the Quiche and the Blackberry, Peach mousse (first time). A Smashing Success!!!!! Thank You so much. I'm not a cook or a baker and I was scared to death but it was exciting and fun! Oh, I'm 64 and have never intertained before. 😂💖
WOW, that is fantastic! You can cook beautifully if you just get it a go; So glad the recipes worked out for you!
Jeri. I left New Orleans with lush green everything, and moved to high desert W. Colorado. This is only one of the reasons I love your channel. Green beautiful garden, antiques, and very informative videos. Been missing you. Tfs cheers
Victoria, I know one thing that grows great in that section of Colorado, Russian Sage!
Hello Jeri, so good to see your garden so healthy. It always amazes me how quickly things grow when it has sun and the ground warms up. Thank you for doing the video .
Jo Ann, it truly is a wonder, the speed with which plants grow and gardens become mini jungles.
You remind me of Tasha Tudor whom I have loved for years. So happy to have found you. Am looking forward to enjoying your books and blog! And oh yes I just went and bought out the trash can stock of my local Dollar Tree!! And I have woven a stick trellis. Thanks for all the great ideas and inspiration and beauty! 🌱🌸🌱
Gwen, Tasha's gardens and lifestyle were so unique and fascinating, I'm glad her children have continued her legacy.
I pick up about 10 of those wastebaskets every time I see a Dollar Tree, they are so very useful.
Glad you made the stick trellis, I bet you love it!
Lovely cottage gardens! East TN sounds and looks like a beautiful place! I am in central OH and my dogwood just opened up and snowball bush is forming their green flower clusters. So you seem a few weeks ahead of us here :)
We've been up your way many times, You have the best antique stores in Ohio and so many historic little towns. By the time your snowball bush blooms, mine will have completely faded and the Rose of Sharon will be on the rise!
can't wait to start my cottage garden. you are such a great influence on me. thanks
Love your garden and your stories. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for coming along for the ramble, really appreciate your comments.
Really glad I stumbled upon your channel. Your voice is so soothing and your gardens are just divine!
Thanks Ally, I'm delighted you came along for the walk and chatter.
I loved your quote! Beautiful as always....
Donna, A wonderful quote to memorize and pass along...
Beautiful and thank you.
love your video they are very relaxing
Jo, Thanks for coming along on the walk!
We never give God enough credit for things I am so glad you did. It's such a beautiful garden. Do you use any kind of mulch. All but one of my gardens have heavy mulch except one. I'm trying a compost/manure mulching technique on that one to see how that works. It's so hard to get any reseeding with a heavy mulch.
Jennifer, I used to mulch, but now I use compost as mulch. It works even better because you are adding all that good stuff to your soil, and you can plant or seed right into it.
God is mysterious, at times humorous, but He always amazes me. I hope you give us an update on Mitilda and the others once those eggs hatch. God bless.
AMClements, My mother always said the God has a sense of humor, it's clear to see when looking at a frog or Hippo. Will keep posting on Mathilda's progress.
I l love snowball trees.
Debbie, I planted it from a gallon pot and it took about 4 years to get that tall; but it was pretty at every height.
Thank you for sharing your gorgeous garden. We live 50 or 60 miles SE of Pueblo in Rocky Ford Colorado where they grow all the melons.
I'm not sure I ever got out that far, but we spent a lot of time in Colorado Springs.
Just beautiful!❤️
Unbelievable... gorgeous
Hi Jeri! Your gardens are looking splendid this Spring! I actually planted wisteria a couple weeks ago, just hoping I don’t let it get out of control 🤭 But you’ve inspired me - - I’d love to create a waddle fence in a couple years, or sooner, depending on how fast it decides to grow. And P.S. - say hello to your Feathered People for me. Since we’ve moved from the country to just inside city limits I miss my flock so much! Have a lovely weekend 🌸💕
Marcie, Too bad you have no flock! Oh well, you can still feed the songbirds. The wisteria will be pretty tame for at least 2 years, then, WATCH OUT! Just keep it pruned, it will be great
Hi Jeri! I love to see your garden, it is so intriguing. I wish I lived near you so I could come and visit you and your garden.
Willow, and you would certainly be welcome to come over anytime.
Thank you again for the walk through your piece of Gods beautiful creations, I need some advice on my wisteria, its 3 years old, and hasn't bloomed, what's wrong? Xoxoxo
Wisteria is so unpredictable. One year we'll have hundreds of blooms, the next year none. The one that bloomed like crazy this year was heavily pruned in the fall. Give yours a good cutting and see if that helps!
wow wow wow... and all I am asking for is my one vine of Wisteria to bloom.....Its only bloomed one time in 15 years and it was one clump of blooms... This is so inspiring... :)
Ours can turn into a real monster if not kept in check
Muy bello,aprendí y tomé lindas ideas
Charming cottage garden 😀
In my garden I have a lot of poppies, red I hope...
Pipilette, I'm incredibly excited about the poppies, I've never grown any but the California Poppies in the past. So YEAH for us!
So beautiful Jeri!
I am reminded of a quote I read in Australia.
Nature is all it’s diversity grants us a glimpse into the heart of God the father, which is nothing but love. Trust in this love and you will never be disappointed.
That's very nice....
your gardens looking so beautiful and lush, it amazes me how quickly things grow, my hostas and ferns are on there way and my little cottage plant border looks good, id say yours are a little in front of mine though.
Mandy, Those Hostas just seem to appear overnight, suddenly you have a plant 3 ft in diameter where 1 week ago there was nothing.
I agree, we are in Bluff City, Piney Flats , Tennessee. It was the best move we have made. When my husbands military retirement came we wanted some where peaceful and beautiful views to finish raising our children and here is where we will call our forever home. 💖
I am so happy to have found your videos, and knowing you are here where we live, I have inspiration my gardens will be prosperous. Thank you 💖🙏
I believe it was your peacocks I herd in the background, how beautiful 😍. However do you keep them on your grounds , with out them running off ?
I love Tn too! Most plants do well here in our climate, a few, not so good.
Our Peacocks are free-range with lots of acreage. The land is fenced in and although they can fly, there are certain kinds of fences they don't challenge.
Beautiful!
So lush and beautiful 💕👍 hope you end up with some little ducklings 🐥 looks like ur puppy might need deworming 😬😉
I'm sure we'll get the ducklings any day now. Our 6 yr old doggie was just scratching his bum, he is worm free, thankfully.
My vet always cleaned my dog's anal glands when they did this. I call it The Butt Scoot Boogie!
I agree Jeri. The handiwork of God.
Jeri, your garden is beautiful. Get the pup checked for worms. When dogs drag their bottom, it usually means worms...
Will do< but I didn't see any problems with his stool. He hasn't scratched his bottom since that day.
Jeri Landers the Storybook Gardener hopefully it was a one-off. His heartworm/flea med might have killed them
@@carolinebaines8735 it can mean the annal glands need to be expressed rather than worms.
The Handy Work of God🌹Yes, Jeri, me to. I see His Hand🌹
I love watching your videos of your home, garden, and your amazing birds! Do all the geese, ducks and peacocks belong to you or wild? You are living my dream!
Ollerpops, Love that name! The birds are ours, they all live here in the Hollow and are free-range. Hope your dream comes to pass!
Oh my grandma had a beautiful snowball bush and I loved it when I was a child. I have tried to find one, do you know where I could purchase one, I live in southern Illinois. Gardens are wonderful, thanks for your videos they are wonderful.
I would go to an online tree nursery. I bought mine from a local grower
Wow Jeri, your gardens are already looking quite beautiful. I love all the foxgloves...my favorite flowers :-) I had one just like your big one with the many blossom stems last year. In all my many many years of growing foxgloves I've never had one like that before. It was really quite stunning when all those stems began to open. It reminded me of a great big candelabra! What color is yours? Mine was a beautiful shade of soft yellow. A lovely visit as usual :-)
Michelle, Foxgloves are just so old fashioned and cottage-y. I adore them. The grouping with multiple stems is unreal! I must save seed from those in the hopes it wasn't a fluke or a freak plant!
Yes I been wanting a wisteria Bush for a long time one day I get in
I love to hear the rooster
Jeri, Do you have a favorite supplier for seeds ? I adore looking at your lovely gardens.
Lyna, I absolutely do have a favorite supplier, Everwilde Farms here: www.everwilde.com/
Easy website, great packaging, excellent seeds and nice company
As always simply beautiful. I have just found the courage to go on to TH-cam but I have a long way to go before I can compete with you! My first couple of videos are AWFUL but hopefully I will improve.
Flower, so good you started your station, you will soon get the hang of it and I don't think your videos are bad at all!
@@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow Thanks for the kind words.
Also rooting for Matilda! :)
Do you have snakes in your garden? I love your videos you are so talented and interesting I learn so much❤
Black snakes occasionally, of which I am glad. They eat mice and rats and that's a good thing.
I have a question. we have removed some very large pine s too close to the house. the weather and winds lately indicated they needed to come down. can I plant other types of trees in the holes where the stumps ave been ground up?
Debbie, that is what I would do, maybe between the stumps, using the remaining tree debris as compost and mulch. Smaller tree and bushes would likely do very well .
Question on wisteria...I live in zone 3, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, my wisteria is zoned for 3, I planted it last year, it survived the winter, but only new vines and leaves so far....does it take anything special to bloom?
Mine Wisteria didn't bloom the first year and since then, it blooms sporadically. A late freeze in spring can kill all the buds. We had no blooms this year because of that. But the year before the Wisteria were stunning. It's really hit and miss.
Remember queen Ann’s lace weed ? I seen a pink one on Amazon for 2,400 dollars. They say Tennessee is the best state to retire.
I've only seen the white. but the PINK sounds grand!
Thank you for your Godly witness. I second the comment below!