My favorite garden saying.. A true friend ignores your broken gate and admires the flowers in your garden. Laura, sun porch is a beautiful space, even with evidence of work and weather.
Four minutes after uploaded and there are almost five hundred people watching! So I am not the only one who eagerly awaits the morning upload.😂 Have an awesome weekend everyone and happy gardening!
I used to not but now I do! Especially when I'm slow to get up & get moving! I get about 10 minutes in, and I'm like "Ok ready to get into the garden, I'll finish the video later..." (some videos I have to finish though 😁)
Dear Laura, you’re a busy mama. Don’t beat yourself up for the things you don’t get done. Your energy and productivity are amazing. You run circles around most of us. God bless!
Wow those dust devils are quite impressive. Now I can understand how it works its way into your sun porch from every little tiny crack and crevice. We may have had snow last week in Michigan but no dust devils! Not missing those.
Laura 1; Wind 0 The seedlings are coming up! They all didn’t fly away. AND the mulching editing - like Laura in action movie with the music!!!!! Can we give Paul and Aaron a huge applause 👏🏼
Benjamin is the perfect little gardener.... I think you should start a mini series for him to show little ones how to help in the garden. My heart is well and truly melted ❤️❤️🌸🌸
I have never been squeamish about bugs, but I almost got sick when you did the close up squishing. 😂 I was actually eating breakfast watching this, but I’m not hungry anymore. I think I’ll play this part of the video next time I get hungry 😂😂😂😂 help me lose weight.
Can I just say...Benjamin is such a sweet child. Like, SO SWEET. I've seen my fair share of children who are not at all like him, and I think that the fact that he is so well-behaved and careful with the plants is because of Laura and Aaron's diligent parenting. Thank you for raising such a great kid :) At the same time, I think some kids are born with a naturally sweet personality & Benjamin is one of them!!
Oh God 👍!!! Just a very sweet & polite young boy. Brings her flowers & out of the blue just tells her 💙 "I love you mama!" ❤💙💙💙! Brings back so many memories. 👱👱👱❤❤💙💙💙!
Lovely way to start my Saturday Morning!! Am I the only one that is working my way through older videos? 🤗 As I continue to work our garden, if I have a question I look no further than Garden Answer to guide me through. 🌱
Benjamin & Samantha Grace are blessed to have such wonderful parents... love seeing him smile and he is growing up, my goodness!! Love the hopscotch, thank you for sharing, I kept a smile on my face the whole time.. Going to the Amish country to get flowers today... and this just kicked started this beautiful day!! 🌷🌿🌸
So sweet to see Benjamin learning to prune, and then the quick diversion to redraw the hopscotch! The cleaned up lemon cypress look great in their new spring home. Thanks for the inspiration to salvage the cypress with dead branches by converting it to a lollipop!
Benjamin is so cute with his “hey guys, how’s it going!?” 😂 It’s funny how kids catch on to our phrases and the way we speak. I just started a youtube channel and my six year old now asks me to record her featuring plants and it’s adorable 🥰 😂🤗
It is a relief to see real life! You posted a close up video of aphids and it was gross, you went after them to save your plants. when I was hit with aphids I was somewhat prepared because I watched you deal with the issue. I love the beauty and success of your gardens, I have come to appreciate what it takes to get your garden to that point. Thanks for all the lessons, pretty and necessary.💛
Sharing 'life' with Laura is one of the reasons we're faithful followers of this channel. We all share the same love of gardening but it's an extra special bonus to enjoy your everyday life with you folks! ❤❤❤
Good morning everyone. Another day at work for me, lost count as to how many it's been in a row. (Nursing hazard)🙂 But as always love learning something new from Laura and Aaron when I do get to unwind.
Here in Illinois when we have them in the fields we call them “dirt devils” 😜😜😜💨💨💨💨💨. And sooooo cute with Benjamin saying your introduction ☺️☺️☺️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It is such a treat to watch your little man grow up. He’s such a cutie pie! And I had such a panicked moment watching your mini tornado heading towards those hoop houses!! And you stayed so calm!! And we too are covering everything with mulch...it’s that time of year!!
One of the best things about Laura and Aaron is the way they deal with the normal hassles that we all face. That kind of wind I'd be so aggravated. So instead of complaining to my husband about a few trees that never have thrived in our yard, I'm just going to go find something I love at the nursery and replace them. And then I won't feel disappointed every time I look at the little sticks. (I'll put them in pots and try to save them anyway. I'm a sucker for underdogs.) Have a great weekend fellow gardeners. It's beautiful here in central Florida.
You work so well together, such a blessing to watch you both. What made me laugh was when you said you were spent and asked Aaron if he was spent and there in the background with perfect timing was little Benjamin lying on the mulch as though he had done all the hard work. Classic! God bless you all, Wendy (North Wales, UK)
Laura, I had Meyer lemon that had scale even worse than yours does and I got rid of it with rubbing alcohol. It took a couple of hours going over the entire plant, paying particular attention to the all the tiny little crevices, especially in the tender new growth. I used Qtips - a lot of them - and little by little, cleaned every inch of that plant. They never came back. That particular plant did not survive a move, but at least scale didn't claim it. ~ Lisa
Laura...you won't believe this (because I didn't) but I put my lime on the patio last summer as I always do. It was covered with scale so I was going to use hort dormant oil on it and one day I was having lunch and looked down on the tree and saw these ants very busy all over the branches...well!...they were eating the scale!!...I have been in this business for nearly 50 yrs and have never seen this happen. I brought it in for winter and not one scale showed it's grossness! The ants did a very thorough job of eating adults and babies...I was amazed and thought I'd share this with you. I watch and love every episode you film...there are so many reasons I love your show but one thing in particular is the way you talk to us...you have a lifetime of experience but you are so down to earth and inspiring...thank you for sharing your creativity and knowledge...you and Aaron are very special teachers and your family is just adorable...sending {{{HUGS}}} from the East (New Hampshire) to you out in your Westness...x
Yikes. I remember when i had a newborn and a toddler, like Laura has now, and i barely had time for anything but cooking and caring for my babies, definitely zero time for garden chores. I commend her because she's also running a business on different platforms, that's a lot of pressure on top of everything, and still manages to watch her kids. Family is super important to her. So anyone else with a harsh opinion of what she should/shouldn't be doing, go take a hike and reevaluate your words 😁
Side note: excellent demonstration by Paul of how to lift a heavy pot to save your back. When he lifted that citrus tree in its pot by squatting down with his legs, I was impressed, as it is exactly what my chiropractor showed me, for how gardners can protect their backs. Great job!!
I just had to say this video made me smile, you and Aaron have a lovely family, Benjamin is so adorable, and I’m sure there is much more sweetness coming with baby girl Samantha. Enjoy, for it is gone way too soon, I sure miss those days. I’ve learned so much from your videos and I appreciate y’all so much. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into all you do!🤗
I wish you could see all the smiles Laura when we all see Benjamin!!!! I know if you could bottle them up, it would be enough to spread all over the world. 😊 Everything always looks beautiful! And very inspirational...going to my garden now!!!! 🌺 Sending love from Richmond Virginia! 💕
I’ve always wanted a lemon cypress, but they are so darn expensive! Love seeing more of Benjamin, he has the most adorable smile 🥰. It’s sweet how he copies his Mommy and Daddy!
Thanks for showing us the nitty gritty, pun intended 😂❤️. The slo-mo editing showing the dirt devil behind Laura was fantastic, Paul and Aaron! Such a great analogy! Laura is a whirling dervish in her own right as she works about their property. Boundless energy!
You covered a lot of ground today, figuratively and literally. I understand why you're spent. Just curious, what time of day did you start and finish those projects. I just love your energy. I find it very motivating. Thanks again for keeping it real.
Hi Laura and Aaron! The cypress look so pretty. I appreciate you showing, and telling, us how to trim them into lollipops. That was really interesting. Your Meyer lemon will be so much happier now with all of that scale gone. The mulch is looking so nice. It's fun seeing Benjamin out with you guys more. Paul is such a great helper. I'm so glad you have him there. Thank you so much for sharing!
Good Morning Garden Answer Friends! Wowza to that wind tornado...about picked you up Laura. I sure miss my kids being lil, hopscotch and chalk...How fun with Benjamin...your shadow for sure, almost like Russell in the videos, really he becoming his own sweet character! Love the look of the mulch...alot of hard work going into your cut flower, new property. I was getting a kick out of the lil varments on the citrus trees.....great day in Laura and Aaron land.
Every thing you do to define the garden helps visually. The design is becoming a Reality 💚💚💚. Thanks for the tutorial for the citrus 🍊. Blessings for your family 🙏
Yup, totally feel crawly after seeing all those scale...yuck! Interesting how only one of the citrus is so bad and the others don't show any sign of them! That wind is so random! Wowza!! The more you work out there the better it will get...to quote Benjamin, "You're doing a good job mama!"💛
Hello from London Ontario Canada..just gotta say I love your channel and I'm obsessed with gardening too but have learned so much from you guys in the last two years since I started watching.. Just love Laura's kind, and very informative way of explaining things and of course add sweet Benjamin, Samantha Grace and Russell n cheddar, just makes it so fun to watch...and Aaron we love having you more involved on camera too..your input is very much appreciated as well..keep up the great work guys.. Love u guys..feels like family to me😊❤
Love that little smile! So I just want to say that I love the way you are with Benjamin. I love that he is welcomed in your video! You both are such sweet patient parents.
Good morning from Indiana! I love your videos, Laura. I just bought my first house nestled near Indiana Dunes National Park and you inspire me to make it beautiful. I have deer and wild turkeys in my backyard so picking plants that they won’t eat has been a challenge! I hope everyone has a great weekend! 🦌🌱🌻🌤
Remember when they had a dog and the cats(I don't remember which one) were attacking him? I wonder if they would have the same reaction and that would be bad.
Hang on in there girl! Get your mulch down and your lawns / grass down and the whirlwinds should be a thing of the past! Your doing a great job. Mum/gardener/wife/youtuber/businesswoman/cat lover/daughter/sister/friend to the community/the list goes on ... (not necessarily in that order!) you inspire us all. Hx
I live in Australia and when I grew up Hopscotch was 3 single steps followed by a double step one more single and lastly a double step. Too funny to see it differently laid out. Chalk is so much fun for kids.I also did a lot of water play with mine. A spray bottle to shoot the aphids off my roses. Paint the house with a paintbrush and water. Benjamin is so lucky to grow up with you as parents and on such a lovely property.
I can't thank you enough for all the information you give to us. You've made little comments here and there when you are showing us certain parts of your garden about how you to need freshen up areas with more mulch. We are going on two years since we built our home (in Wisconsin--zone 5 with tons of clay and we live right by KayTee (the largest birdseed factory). We have a sloped hill that was a bear to mow, so we turned it into a 110x25 foot rock garden last summer. There was no way we were going to be weeding that hill (from the blowing bird seeds) AND laying fresh mulch every year. Besides that, we also needed mulch all around the house. We took the plunge and ordered 16,000 lbs of rubber mulch--- BEST DECISION EVER! It is close to twice more expensive, but it doesn't fade for 12 years. It looks beautiful no matter what season and can handle high winds. It's actually good for the environment and our plants. The rubber the companies use is from old tires---that has to go somewhere because it can't be burned. It's soft on bare feet and the pieces are really small. Super light and easy to move around. We got ours in 5 totes of 2000lbs and the other 3 in bags of 50. All came on pallets. For the large totes, we raised it up on a skid steer, sliced a hole in the bottom and let it run down the hill. We stored the leftovers as we knew the ground would settle with the new property. Seriously, try it for a small part of your yard and see how you like it. You won't regret it. I just love that we don't have to freshen this up for over 12 years! Either way, thank you for all you share and allowing us to watch your family grow!
I'm so inspired! I live in Florida and have lost a couple of citrus trees to a freeze, but now I am going to grow them in pots! And, by the way, you should have Benjamin open your videos more often. Lol
Thanks to Laura's great instruction, I felt smart and proud at my local garden center yesterday when choosing a tree with the horticulturalist and she noticed I already had Biotone in my cart. ❤
Scale... that was some gnarly stuff there. On the bright side, those trees look like they will be much happier hanging out in the barn for a few while your Meyer lemon recuperates. 🍋
A couple of requests for videos: 1. A how to prune different herbs, not just basil (which I love). Maybe choose the Top 6; growing advice and how to prune. 2. More Shade-loving plants with COLOR. and 3. I love the tutorials based on color--like blue flowers, purple flowers, white flowers, pastel flowers, bright colored flowers, etc. We LOVE you--thank you for all your hard work!
Laura I heard you on the radio today!! I was so excited to hear your voice, it was like hearing my friend on the radio and I was like “oh I know her!” Haha
My favorite garden saying..
A true friend ignores your broken gate and admires the flowers in your garden. Laura, sun porch is a beautiful space, even with evidence of work and weather.
Love that saying. Maybe because I have a broken gate. Lol
Oh I love this!
Four minutes after uploaded and there are almost five hundred people watching! So I am not the only one who eagerly awaits the morning upload.😂 Have an awesome weekend everyone and happy gardening!
My morning fix 💜. Thanks Laura
I love watching Laura. Gets this 84 year lady moving. I get so much done.
I used to not but now I do! Especially when I'm slow to get up & get moving! I get about 10 minutes in, and I'm like "Ok ready to get into the garden, I'll finish the video later..." (some videos I have to finish though 😁)
Exactly!
Dear Laura, you’re a busy mama. Don’t beat yourself up for the things you don’t get done. Your energy and productivity are amazing. You run circles around most of us. God bless!
Wow those dust devils are quite impressive. Now I can understand how it works its way into your sun porch from every little tiny crack and crevice. We may have had snow last week in Michigan but no dust devils! Not missing those.
Laura says "wind". Meanwhile, I see mini-tornadoes. 😳 Our equivalent is a water spout. 🌪️
Ours in Georgia are tornados :)
We call those Dust Devils in Iowa
@@marilynruggeberg, yup. Same in eastern WA.
That's what we call them in central Texas also!!😀😃🙂🦋🦋
All that open dirt no cover is an invitation to dirt devils. So glad I am not your neighbor.
Not even a tornado would ever stop Laura from doing what she needs to do. That's dedication!!🌱💚🌱⚘🌷
Laura 1; Wind 0
The seedlings are coming up! They all didn’t fly away.
AND the mulching editing - like Laura in action movie with the music!!!!! Can we give Paul and Aaron a huge applause 👏🏼
Could the chaise go in the Hartley? It would be a shame to let go of a piece you like so much. 🌷
I was thinking the same.
Or in the shed they'll build in the orchard.
Have lots to do this a.m, but must have my coffee fix and Garden Answer video fix first. Have a great weekend everyone!
Benjamin is the perfect little gardener.... I think you should start a mini series for him to show little ones how to help in the garden.
My heart is well and truly melted ❤️❤️🌸🌸
I love Laura and Aaron but honestly I love it most when Benjamin and Russell make an appearance. They are both precious and so personable.
They could have their own channel, The Benjamin and Russell Show.
Just imagine when Samantha Grace starts making her cameos in the near future, walking around the garden with Benjamin and Russell 😭😭😭😍😍
@@GardenMinistry. that is true-looking forward to that🤠
@@RLSCS yes they could. They both have the “it” factor.
@@RLSCS yes they could. They both have the “it” factor.
I have never been squeamish about bugs, but I almost got sick when you did the close up squishing. 😂 I was actually eating breakfast watching this, but I’m not hungry anymore. I think I’ll play this part of the video next time I get hungry 😂😂😂😂 help me lose weight.
Hahaha!!! I squish soft-bodied bugs all the time too, but this one did make me say “ugh!” out loud 🐛 🤢
I had to fast forward 😂🤢
I had just finished breakfast and had to look away during that part of the video. Ick! 🤢
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one! 😂
Can I just say...Benjamin is such a sweet child. Like, SO SWEET. I've seen my fair share of children who are not at all like him, and I think that the fact that he is so well-behaved and careful with the plants is because of Laura and Aaron's diligent parenting. Thank you for raising such a great kid :) At the same time, I think some kids are born with a naturally sweet personality & Benjamin is one of them!!
Oh God 👍!!! Just a very sweet & polite young boy. Brings her flowers & out of the blue just tells her 💙 "I love you mama!" ❤💙💙💙! Brings back so many memories. 👱👱👱❤❤💙💙💙!
Lovely way to start my Saturday Morning!! Am I the only one that is working my way through older videos? 🤗 As I continue to work our garden, if I have a question I look no further than Garden Answer to guide me through. 🌱
Yes !!
Benjamin & Samantha Grace are blessed to have such wonderful parents... love seeing him smile and he is growing up, my goodness!! Love the hopscotch, thank you for sharing, I kept a smile on my face the whole time.. Going to the Amish country to get flowers today... and this just kicked started this beautiful day!! 🌷🌿🌸
Totally agree! Enjoy your flowers shopping today 🌺
My baby woke up and so did my video alert ! So let’s go get a bottle of milk and watch. Have a great weekend everyone 🪴
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Have the windows sealed while the house is being painted. I think that's a very worthwhile investment and a great time to get it out of the way.
Absolutely.
So sweet to see Benjamin learning to prune, and then the quick diversion to redraw the hopscotch! The cleaned up lemon cypress look great in their new spring home. Thanks for the inspiration to salvage the cypress with dead branches by converting it to a lollipop!
OMG, that was SO precious watching Benjamin pruning!!
Benjamin is so cute with his “hey guys, how’s it going!?” 😂 It’s funny how kids catch on to our phrases and the way we speak. I just started a youtube channel and my six year old now asks me to record her featuring plants and it’s adorable 🥰 😂🤗
This is adorable!!
@@omegasage777yes she even makes my mother record her in grandmas garden 🤣😂 i’ve created a mini me 🤦🏽♀️🤣
It is a relief to see real life! You posted a close up video of aphids and it was gross, you went after them to save your plants. when I was hit with aphids I was somewhat prepared because I watched you deal with the issue. I love the beauty and success of your gardens, I have come to appreciate what it takes to get your garden to that point. Thanks for all the lessons, pretty and necessary.💛
Sharing 'life' with Laura is one of the reasons we're faithful followers of this channel. We all share the same love of gardening but it's an extra special bonus to enjoy your everyday life with you folks! ❤❤❤
Good morning everyone. Another day at work for me, lost count as to how many it's been in a row. (Nursing hazard)🙂 But as always love learning something new from Laura and Aaron when I do get to unwind.
Being a retired nurse and having 3 other nurses in my family I know how tough it is !Your doing a great service!
Thank you for your hard work!
Being in nursing for 30 yrs, I missed a lot of holidays, birthdays. I know what you mean! Thanks for all you do!
Have a great weekend everyone!!! ❤️❤️
Benjamin is an absolute angel. Absolutely the most adorable baby I’ve ever seen! ❤️
Here in Illinois when we have them in the fields we call them “dirt devils” 😜😜😜💨💨💨💨💨. And sooooo cute with Benjamin saying your introduction ☺️☺️☺️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It is such a treat to watch your little man grow up. He’s such a cutie pie! And I had such a panicked moment watching your mini tornado heading towards those hoop houses!! And you stayed so calm!! And we too are covering everything with mulch...it’s that time of year!!
One of the best things about Laura and Aaron is the way they deal with the normal hassles that we all face. That kind of wind I'd be so aggravated. So instead of complaining to my husband about a few trees that never have thrived in our yard, I'm just going to go find something I love at the nursery and replace them. And then I won't feel disappointed every time I look at the little sticks. (I'll put them in pots and try to save them anyway. I'm a sucker for underdogs.) Have a great weekend fellow gardeners. It's beautiful here in central Florida.
LAURA!!!! Who on earth is that gorgeous bearded man?? He should totally be on camera more often 😍😍😍
That's Paul at 11:37. He helps around in the yard.
I need a Paul.
@@bellalosey3998 don't we all😂
The Gardener's Version of a "Pool Boy" 😊
Paul🥰
Good grief...looked like mini tornadoes 🌪. I'm with Aaron, can't wait to see that space with some grass...its going to look awesome!
You work so well together, such a blessing to watch you both. What made me laugh was when you said you were spent and asked Aaron if he was spent and there in the background with perfect timing was little Benjamin lying on the mulch as though he had done all the hard work. Classic! God bless you all, Wendy (North Wales, UK)
Wow, that wind is something. Can you imagine what it was like living during the Dust Bowl?
Benjamin makes my baby fever spike 🥴 he is just so sweet and lovey.
Good morning from New Jersey. Drinking my coffee and watching - peaceful Saturday to all
i’m from NJ too! I love finding fellow jersey folk on my gardening IG page and my youtube gardening channel! 🌱👍🏽🥰
same!! :)
@@foreverbloomswithjennifer8859 me too :)
Holy Moly! Now that’s what you call wind!!!!! Insane!!!
Laura, I had Meyer lemon that had scale even worse than yours does and I got rid of it with rubbing alcohol. It took a couple of hours going over the entire plant, paying particular attention to the all the tiny little crevices, especially in the tender new growth. I used Qtips - a lot of them - and little by little, cleaned every inch of that plant. They never came back. That particular plant did not survive a move, but at least scale didn't claim it. ~ Lisa
That editing with the windstorm was fantastic!! Perfectly timed slow-mo with music * chef's kiss *
I vote for Benjamin doing the intro 💜 He's too cute!
Laura, watch video Jess from Roots And Refuge yesterday 4/23 at end. She talks about her youngest boy practice pruning grass. Her son is Benjamin too.
Laura...you won't believe this (because I didn't) but I put my lime on the patio last summer as I always do. It was covered with scale so I was going to use hort dormant oil on it and one day I was having lunch and looked down on the tree and saw these ants very busy all over the branches...well!...they were eating the scale!!...I have been in this business for nearly 50 yrs and have never seen this happen. I brought it in for winter and not one scale showed it's grossness! The ants did a very thorough job of eating adults and babies...I was amazed and thought I'd share this with you. I watch and love every episode you film...there are so many reasons I love your show but one thing in particular is the way you talk to us...you have a lifetime of experience but you are so down to earth and inspiring...thank you for sharing your creativity and knowledge...you and Aaron are very special teachers and your family is just adorable...sending {{{HUGS}}} from the East (New Hampshire) to you out in your Westness...x
Do you need to change the soil in the lemon tree pots to get rid of the bugs in the dirt ?
Flower cutting debris on the floor.....”isn’t that horrible?” No, Laura, that’s REAL life of a working mother of two!
NO takes 3 seconds to sweep or even move w foot passing by.
@@donnafreeman8911 Yeah. Laura is sooo lazy. Amirite? (/sarc)
@@donnafreeman8911 And sometimes even 3 seconds is 3 seconds too much. Less judgement here pls :)
Yikes. I remember when i had a newborn and a toddler, like Laura has now, and i barely had time for anything but cooking and caring for my babies, definitely zero time for garden chores. I commend her because she's also running a business on different platforms, that's a lot of pressure on top of everything, and still manages to watch her kids. Family is super important to her. So anyone else with a harsh opinion of what she should/shouldn't be doing, go take a hike and reevaluate your words 😁
@@ritasicari7518 egg"*
Side note: excellent demonstration by Paul of how to lift a heavy pot to save your back. When he lifted that citrus tree in its pot by squatting down with his legs, I was impressed, as it is exactly what my chiropractor showed me, for how gardners can protect their backs. Great job!!
"I wanna move!" LOL - One of my most uttered phrases when things go awry at my house - glad to see I'm not the only one. ;)
What an absolutely precious moment capturing Benjamin chasing a moth! 🥰☺️🌞
I just had to say this video made me smile, you and Aaron have a lovely family, Benjamin is so adorable, and I’m sure there is much more sweetness coming with baby girl Samantha. Enjoy, for it is gone way too soon, I sure miss those days. I’ve learned so much from your videos and I appreciate y’all so much. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into all you do!🤗
I wish you could see all the smiles Laura when we all see Benjamin!!!! I know if you could bottle them up, it would be enough to spread all over the world. 😊 Everything always looks beautiful! And very inspirational...going to my garden now!!!! 🌺 Sending love from Richmond Virginia! 💕
I’ve always wanted a lemon cypress, but they are so darn expensive! Love seeing more of Benjamin, he has the most adorable smile 🥰. It’s sweet how he copies his Mommy and Daddy!
Little ones are $10 in AL. Looooooove them.
@@bonitamoore6902 road trip! Hahaha
Good morning! 🌻🐝 Talk about wind!😨
Good morning. You make me miss when my kids were little... What a sweet boy!
Happy morning coffee Saturday everyone!!☕️☕️
Thanks for showing us the nitty gritty, pun intended 😂❤️. The slo-mo editing showing the dirt devil behind Laura was fantastic, Paul and Aaron! Such a great analogy! Laura is a whirling dervish in her own right as she works about their property. Boundless energy!
You covered a lot of ground today, figuratively and literally. I understand why you're spent. Just curious, what time of day did you start and finish those projects. I just love your energy. I find it very motivating. Thanks again for keeping it real.
That wind is INSANE!! Whoa! 🌪😯
as an 80s baby I can appreciate the vibe when they started raking 😂🤣 The music and the reverse video.
Woah, dust devils are always fun to watch but terrifying for the gardens we take care of
So that was a dust devil! Crazy!!!🌪
I remember placing a picked dandelion under our chin. The color transfers to make your chin gold... and what? Childhood thing I don’t remember all of.
Porch needs caulk before painting, and maybe weatherstripping to make it tighter.
Hi Laura and Aaron! The cypress look so pretty. I appreciate you showing, and telling, us how to trim them into lollipops. That was really interesting. Your Meyer lemon will be so much happier now with all of that scale gone. The mulch is looking so nice. It's fun seeing Benjamin out with you guys more. Paul is such a great helper. I'm so glad you have him there. Thank you so much for sharing!
We loved to run and catch dust devils on our family farm during our childhood many moons ago - great memories!
Good Morning Garden Answer Friends! Wowza to that wind tornado...about picked you up Laura. I sure miss my kids being lil, hopscotch and chalk...How fun with Benjamin...your shadow for sure, almost like Russell in the videos, really he becoming his own sweet character! Love the look of the mulch...alot of hard work going into your cut flower, new property. I was getting a kick out of the lil varments on the citrus trees.....great day in Laura and Aaron land.
The tiny dirt-nados are called whirly whirlys in Australia. You could see as the mulch went down its was stopping them.
Love that phrase! Oklahoma here--we call them dirt devils, lol.
Holy Moly those dust devils are something else!!! It’s gonna get better and I can’t wait. I’m sure you are so excited to be done. ♥️
Every thing you do to define the garden helps visually. The design is becoming a Reality 💚💚💚. Thanks for the tutorial for the citrus 🍊. Blessings for your family 🙏
Love seeing how you manage things! It really helps 🥰 Could you do a video on pruning citrus that stays in pots? That would be so helpful!
Dang! That dust devil came out of left field 🤪 sorry... pun intended... couldn't resist 😬
Lol! 😂
Yup, totally feel crawly after seeing all those scale...yuck! Interesting how only one of the citrus is so bad and the others don't show any sign of them! That wind is so random! Wowza!! The more you work out there the better it will get...to quote Benjamin, "You're doing a good job mama!"💛
Hello from London Ontario Canada..just gotta say I love your channel and I'm obsessed with gardening too but have learned so much from you guys in the last two years since I started watching..
Just love Laura's kind, and very informative way of explaining things and of course add sweet Benjamin, Samantha Grace and Russell n cheddar, just makes it so fun to watch...and Aaron we love having you more involved on camera too..your input is very much appreciated as well..keep up the great work guys..
Love u guys..feels like family to me😊❤
Yesss! I’ve always thought Ferns would be perfect for those window boxes!! Just simple, green and beautiful flowy movement!
A little Garden Answer, now off to the greenhouse... they open for the season today 🙆👏💚
That darn wind hang in there Laura. The cut flower garden is looking great.
Omg your little boy working on a bonzai is such a cute idea I'm living for it 😭❤
Love that little smile! So I just want to say that I love the way you are with Benjamin. I love that he is welcomed in your video! You both are such sweet patient parents.
I love how honest you are!
21:32 WOAH! YOUR SO lucky to have seen a Dust devil that close! 🤯🤯
I love those dust devils there so cool to watch!
I Love how uniting or merging the new property with the old, has made your House Look Grand 💖💖💖
Chris-Raleigh NC
I love the lemon Cypress being outside on that table! Lovely.
I started watching your videos to learn landscaping; but now I watch to see my little Benjamin. I wish he was my grandson!
Good morning from Indiana! I love your videos, Laura. I just bought my first house nestled near Indiana Dunes National Park and you inspire me to make it beautiful. I have deer and wild turkeys in my backyard so picking plants that they won’t eat has been a challenge! I hope everyone has a great weekend! 🦌🌱🌻🌤
Thank you for showing the scale on the lemon tree!! Bug ID is good to know!!
I love when Laura says "it's almost summer" even though it's 2 months away. Time flies!
Benjamin makes us grandmas swoooooooon!! I’m pretty sure I can speak for all grandmas.
Perhaps the chaise can take up residence in the Hartley!! Lay back... look up!
You just need a little dog like Toto. You could have a whole Wizard of Oz thing going on.
Remember when they had a dog and the cats(I don't remember which one) were attacking him? I wonder if they would have the same reaction and that would be bad.
Lol. I live 15 miles away from the town where Laura lives and dust devils are a daily occurrence this time of year. Grit, grit, grit. Everywhere!
A Russell? A roro🤭🤭
Wow!! The way those clouds were floating right above were spectacular 😊
What a lovely sun room and citrus love it obviously! Good evening everyone from down under in Tasmania!
Aaron is so cute thinking he is planting grass in Laura’s cut flower garden 😂 😂it doesn’t sound like she is keen on the idea
I think he was referring to the actual spots that they are going to plant grass out there on the new property, not necessarily in the cut flower spot😆
Hang on in there girl! Get your mulch down and your lawns / grass down and the whirlwinds should be a thing of the past! Your doing a great job. Mum/gardener/wife/youtuber/businesswoman/cat lover/daughter/sister/friend to the community/the list goes on ... (not necessarily in that order!) you inspire us all. Hx
I live in Australia and when I grew up Hopscotch was 3 single steps followed by a double step one more single and lastly a double step. Too funny to see it differently laid out. Chalk is so much fun for kids.I also did a lot of water play with mine. A spray bottle to shoot the aphids off my roses. Paint the house with a paintbrush and water. Benjamin is so lucky to grow up with you as parents and on such a lovely property.
Why would you keep a citrus tree w scale and aphids right near two that are healthy while in recovery stage esp before treating?
She treated all three.
I can't thank you enough for all the information you give to us. You've made little comments here and there when you are showing us certain parts of your garden about how you to need freshen up areas with more mulch. We are going on two years since we built our home (in Wisconsin--zone 5 with tons of clay and we live right by KayTee (the largest birdseed factory). We have a sloped hill that was a bear to mow, so we turned it into a 110x25 foot rock garden last summer. There was no way we were going to be weeding that hill (from the blowing bird seeds) AND laying fresh mulch every year. Besides that, we also needed mulch all around the house. We took the plunge and ordered 16,000 lbs of rubber mulch--- BEST DECISION EVER! It is close to twice more expensive, but it doesn't fade for 12 years. It looks beautiful no matter what season and can handle high winds. It's actually good for the environment and our plants. The rubber the companies use is from old tires---that has to go somewhere because it can't be burned. It's soft on bare feet and the pieces are really small. Super light and easy to move around. We got ours in 5 totes of 2000lbs and the other 3 in bags of 50. All came on pallets. For the large totes, we raised it up on a skid steer, sliced a hole in the bottom and let it run down the hill. We stored the leftovers as we knew the ground would settle with the new property. Seriously, try it for a small part of your yard and see how you like it. You won't regret it. I just love that we don't have to freshen this up for over 12 years! Either way, thank you for all you share and allowing us to watch your family grow!
I believe Benjamin needs his own 5 minute segment....so cute!
Who knew mulch spreading footage could be so COOL! Well done whoever edited this video!
Catching this in the evening. Time for peach wine, brie, and garden answer.
Oh is that what you call dirt devil? This is crazy! 😧 I can’t wait for the next drone shot this area will look really good !
Yes, it’s a dirt devil. They are annoying!
New seedlings coming up is my favorite part of gardening.
I'm so inspired! I live in Florida and have lost a couple of citrus trees to a freeze, but now I am going to grow them in pots! And, by the way, you should have Benjamin open your videos more often. Lol
Thanks to Laura's great instruction, I felt smart and proud at my local garden center yesterday when choosing a tree with the horticulturalist and she noticed I already had Biotone in my cart. ❤
Scale... that was some gnarly stuff there. On the bright side, those trees look like they will be much happier hanging out in the barn for a few while your Meyer lemon recuperates. 🍋
@21:31...I have never seen anything like this in my whole life. WOW!! I would be running for the hills hahaha
A couple of requests for videos: 1. A how to prune different herbs, not just basil (which I love). Maybe choose the Top 6; growing advice and how to prune. 2. More Shade-loving plants with COLOR. and 3. I love the tutorials based on color--like blue flowers, purple flowers, white flowers, pastel flowers, bright colored flowers, etc. We LOVE you--thank you for all your hard work!
Laura I heard you on the radio today!! I was so excited to hear your voice, it was like hearing my friend on the radio and I was like “oh I know her!” Haha
Haha...lots of hard tractor work, my thoughts exactly 😂, that said give me a broom or a rake any day, so satisfying 💚
Oh my word. Benjamin is such a little ham! Precious!