The colored pots with flowers hanging on the white fence look so cute. The whole yard is looking great! This video has really cheered me up. Today is the 10th anniversary of our daughter’s passing. She had a brain aneurysm at the age of 43. We still miss her terribly ❣️😢
Hi Jodi, Hurricane Beryl came through my area last week and left devastation all throughout . We were spared here at our home. Lost some big limbs and one 20 year old crepe myrtle in the back yard. Only without power for about 10 hours. My friends throughout town have been getting power restored slowly. So we have been feeding people and washing clothes for those who need it. Hosted my son and his family for several days while they replaced their ac unit that was zapped by the power surges experienced during the storm. They brought with them my 3 year old and 2 week old grandsons so that was a blessing to have unlimited cuddles! That’s what we’ve been doing! Hope you have a great day and I enjoyed seeing your progress on your flowers. Texas is too hot for some of those to do well so it is fun to see them growing in your neck of the woods!
Jodi, your channel makes me smile. LOVE the outdoor cleaning and planting. I always have a smile on my face watching you. The squirrel Cutie is adorable. You’ve got the touch with gardening and wildlife. ❤
You have really grown into quite the gardener. You should have a Gardening Journal to keep track of what species you have, what you have tried and want to try, and map where you have the different plants, what has worked or not worked and why; what needs full sun and what prefers shade and what you future goals / plans are. This would also help you track plant names, places. to buy from, prices, storage / protection needs etc. Love the birdie handles in the bathroom, they are so cute!
Hi Jodi, I really love those hybiscus flowers, just gorgeous! That color is stunning too!Your hydrangea will love it there by your backyard porch. They grow tall, too! Ahh....that was so cute you feeding the squirrels! I knew you would like them once you started feeding them! They like sunflower seeds too! I just love how you love your garden & the little animals. You make me laugh & smile & just feel good! Like talking to a friend! Thanks so much for sharing! ♥️☺️🫂🐾🌹🦋✨️
The pots on the fence are adorable and will look amazing as they begin to trail down. Hubs did a nice job of rocking your back garden bed. Becoming a very nice space to sit out and enjoy your hard work. I love hydrangeas, and they come in many different colors and styles. Hope you decide to pick up more of them. The front garden is coming in nicely, especially with that show stopping hibiscus. Wow wee! Zinnias also come in different sizes. Looks like you have the Lilliput rather than Giant. All are pretty. I always bought seed packets and sowed into the soil. They came up beautifully. I usually didn't spread them our too far apart so they would be bright clumps of color. Little Cutie is just the sweetest. Glad you have a sweet little friend.
Hi Ann 🤗 thank you so much. I’m honestly not sure on the Zinnias because I bought benary and California giants. I know they get super tall but wasn’t thinking they had small blooms 🤷♀️
gardens keep us guessing, don't they! We had such a heat wave that I really don't know what made it or who is faking it! I will trim them (roses) to the ground, and we will see. You are so funny as you go through the garden! Love it!
I live in Florida( for 48 years) and never heard of the Cherry Choco Latte Hibiscus. Now I need one!!! We have like 6 Hibiscus plants, don’t know the names but one is a sun kissed Hibiscus it is so gorgeous. We also have a double bloom peach one that is gorgeous. It surprises me Hibiscus grow in your climate. Didn’t know they would. 🤷♀️👍
Cut off your coleus flowers n it'll stimulate growth. Gardening certainly is a learning experience n will change from year to year. Good to see how much you enjoy it...happy gardening!
You are really inspiring me Jodi. I have made huge progress in my garden just working 10 -20 minutes at a time. I am on the hunt for some low mounding perennials that bunny’s won’t eat.
Your garden, absolutely amazing! So much hard work, truly paying off. Deer love hosta. Some perennials take a couple seasons to grow roots enough before foliage takes off. Give the hosta time. They'll take off.
I love hibiscus - my son has bought me several - last year was purple which is Lupus color - my nemesis for 12 years now- it’s blooming and beautiful- hostas grow slow- omg the squirrel
That squirrel is too cute. Love your planters on your fence. I want to get two hydrangeas, smallish and one needs to handle about four hours evening sun and the other only will only get two hours morning sun.
Omygoodness Jodi I Love your garden especially those fence buckets in all those colors 🥰🥰those flowers 🌸 on the Hibiscus are gorgeous love your garden videos keep them coming please 👍👏👏👏👏
First year they sleep, 2nd year they creep, 3rd year they leap.... hostas should be fine, on the other stuff, remember that most plants shut down growth/blooming over a certain temperature. And huge swings on water can also affect. The heat wave probably shut most of this stuff down, but you might have some micro-climates going on too. More or less sun with the sunflowers. Warmer or cooler etc.
Howdy from Texas Jodi don’t worry about the weeds too much. My philosophy is tiny bites. I would be doing this if had not sprain my ankle. No fun btw. Usually walk the yard daily. Patrol is there fire ants. Bugs, powdery mildew, and weeds. Areas where I clean out the weeds I walk by and grab anyone coming back. I taken back control. You will not believe it IT RAINED 2” in July. What? My plants should be stressed out with 100+F weather. Patrol of the yard worked. I had a goal to get fire ants under control. Plus I didn’t want neighbors ants to move in. I used bait ant killer. Walked edge of property putting out killer. As I would walk the yard every ant nest would get treated. Psst. I think it is under control. Tomorrow since it rained would be good day to check that out. Oh my weed of this summer is Dallisgrass. I went on vacation and my yard went crazy. When I am not hurting. I will get this problem under control. Oh I have spear grass(needle grass) oh mass spreader. I was working on it. Then I went on vacation and it is out of control. Now it gone to seed and to sleep for summer. I will get after it when it germinates. The heat kills it back. Today saw butterfly season is starting. Oh yes. Last fall I planted more plants for butterflies. Who knows if plants will make it. Woman I have so many plants need to be split. Like iris and daylillies. Only have so much energy. Geez it is July. I am happy the Ac is working. Yup I go to work at 5am in bed by 8:30pm. By the time sun is setting I need to be going to sleep. No way changing work schedule.
Have you ever thought about creating a real „planting station“- kind of bench in the corner next to the deck with the white fence? So you would have a real use of the place, the deck would be empty and provid space to enjoy all your beautiful flowers?
If your hosta isn't getting sun burnt,then give then a chance. It takes up to 3 years for them to sh shine.. so keep them well watered and be patient. Patience is a must for gardening. And I've been growing hossta for over 35 years And love them
Yes I’m sure I’m being impatient about them. I guess I thought they would just get some more size on them. They definitely don’t look sunburned at all so I’ll leave them be. Thank you for sharing and encouraging me to leave be ❤️
Oh my Jodi, you sure have transformed your property into a beautiful oasis of plants and flowers! Love the hanging flowers on the fence! Your hard work has paid off!💐💐💐
Don't be surprised if your hydrangea blooms change color. The ph in the soil effects the color of the flowers. We had some that were pink when we bought them and were purple the next year, both beautiful
Oh Jodi, you need to plant in containers or ground, Dipladenia....it's from the mandaville vine family but annual and LOVES sun and HOT......mine blooms untill after a couple frosts....best thing for contunious blooms...
Jodi, if you have had really hot weather, that could be the cause of your flowers not having big blooms. We have had so much rain and wind. It did a job on my potted geraniums. I had to stake them.
That could be, but zinnias usually love the heat. The perform better in the heat 🤷♀️ Oh my gosh you had to stake geraniums? That’s crazy! I hope all winds and down pours stop for you 🙏
Some groundcover in the shady spot behind the shed would do well with the tree roots being there. There are several flowering varieties that are gorgeous. My hydrangea is 12 ft tall. So beware. It's a Limelight variety.
Looking good, Jodi... Hi 👋 . Great score on cardboard! Good catch on the bare roots. Yes the zinnias were looking droopy. I like the sticks, too. Ok trouble shooting: sunflower. Take a 2-liter soda bottle or a couple of clearer gallon plastic jugs ( one on top of the other after cutting out the bottom of lower one & just above the handle around and tape together to form a "baffle" to keep it safe until it gets taller. It will grow through the small open topped upper jug and when it gets big enough they'll stop chewing on it. ) to protect it. Shaded/ not shaded area: you can put up a "shade cloth" over the area. An older sheet will work well or a green curtain or table cloth will work, too. Think small canopy. As that area is mainly a triangle you can do a triangular cloth. Seeded dahlias are different. They don't like being crowded, I think. Hydrangeas look good. Caladium is doing well! That cherry chocolatte hibiscus, that's the color of the name. And yes, it's very pretty! Ok. Might have to add another comment if it won't let me edit again.
Hi Edie 🤗 Yes I wish I would have protected it but once again before I could think to do anything someone came and ate it up 🤦♀️ If I decide to do large sunflowers again I’ll prepare better now that I know it’s an issue for me.
Love the garden progress , just thought I would let you know that All parts of a hydrangea plant are toxic to dogs. Do not leave your dog alone in an area where hydrangeas are located. If your pup is showing signs of mild or severe toxicity, take them to an emergency vet clinic immediately x x
Hi Jodi. I would put that sunflower in a pot and up on a stand on my porch or deck. It's trying so hard to live and I hate that something is after it. I should get my pink Tradescantia tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it survived traveling in this heat. Have a great week. That hydrangea looks so lonesome.
Hey Jodi, would you consider putting the names on screen if you introduce new plants? I love to look them up, see how we call them and if I know them.. but we never learned botanical english in school, and as a non- native- speaker.. it took me a while to find the Haindrenshas 😂 But your gardens comes together so beautifully! It’s a joy to watch, and you really gut the hang of it! Snowwhite, feeding her little friends 😃 If you leave nuts out for them under the birdfeeder, maybe they’ll start ignoring it? We have a little wooden house in the country, and when I was a toddler we left hazelnuts and apple slices out for the squirrels every morning. They sure loved it, and I could distinguish all of them too. I still remember my grandpa making little thrillers to let them know breakfast was ready 🙂 one had a white ear, one a black foot.. one a very sad tail, one was lifting its little foot up when it stood still.. I love those little critters. My little cousin an me got a matching tattoo of a squirrel because of these memories 💜
I love your fence hanging flowerpots, they are so beautiful. Sweet Potatoe vines are so cool when they start going, they look amazing. I love how much you love your flowers and wildlife. I talk to my plants all the time and they grow so much better, lol, not really but I like to think that is why they grow so well. LOL. You are doing such a wonderful job!!
You have a different kind of zinnia this year. This is what I grow and they can grow 4 ft high and make great cut flowers, they last 2 weeks in a vase.
Maybe since your soil is clay keep slowly adding better soil. Did you fertilize? Maybe some of the plants need fertilizer until you build the soil up. Your doing great and it looks beautiful!
Thank you for your video. It has been a bit of a sad day. I feel like I had a visit from an old friend. Love seeing the progress in your yard. The flowers are lovely.
Jodi, those thumbs are getting greener by the week girlfriend! 😊 The hanging baskets on the fence look so cute. Ever since you started on this backyard last year, I envisioned the swingset area all cleaned out so your cute grandbabies could enjoy it. After it's cleaned up, could covering the area in cardboard choke out the poison ivy along with the weeds? Even the faded toddler picnic table would be sweet for snacks outside! Then, (if money grew on trees) you should blow off that back deck and put a nice outdoor dining table with a big umbrella so you can enjoy it out there!!! I emailed you a while back and sent some pictures of our boys. The one in the Navy was home for a visit and just flew back to japan. 😢 I'll try to email an update with pics of our back deck. We love it out there. 😉
Whatever you do with covering the bed you last did. Beside the deck. I would advise to not cover the cardboard with dirt or compost. Because weeds will grow just in the dirt or compost on top and the cardboard will decompose and you'll be back with having weeds. 🙈🙊
Hi AGAIN, BACK again. Nice that Hubs moved all those rocks to fill that in for you. Really nice. I know. You were worried he could've hurt himself and you wouldn't have been there to help him. GIRL, he's okay. He did good. Yes, he could've done great if he'd put back the cardboard he skewed but you know what.... that's quite a LOT of CARING for you and what you said you wanted to do... eventually 😂. Those planters on the fence are lovely, too. Ok. Now. Start collecting flower seeds for next year and label them!!! You can use envelopes or jars or just plastic sandwich bags with a label in them. Yes your coleous is getting eaten. That's why it's flowering. It's in trouble. What am i doing? 😂went with a friend to a peach orchard to pick peaches at 1330h(1pm) on Sunday. Extremely hot here& Under warning. Got overheated but came home with enough peaches to can a dozen pint jars. Which won't last long eating 1 jar a week...who am i kidding, I can eat a jar a day. 😂😅. Today im knocking out another dozen 3/4 quart jars of broth for making my rice & soups...all from scraps I've saved in freezer bags. I am sad because for the last 2 years most of my beef has been boneless (all i can afford) and the only bones i tend to get for chicken are from leg quarters. So no beef broth, just chicken. And i haven't bought lamb with bones in about 3 years and out of that from freezer so no lamb broth either. I don't hunt so no deer bones for deer broth. No bison, buffalo or beefalo around here either. But veg broth or chicken broth still zhuses up rice or potatoes or gravy so that's something. Did you know the seeds in zucchini that everyone vuts out and throws away adds lots of nutrients to broth...also the parts of peppers no one wants to eat = same. Same. Peels and tips of carrots, turnips, not waxed rutabaga, parsnip, root ends of onions scallions and peels of all onion family ,garlic, ginger & turmeric. Oh. And tomato cores, too. I can't get much at a time but every little bit helps. Was also gifted some blackberry & peach leaves which are now dried for my winter tea. Your flowers... You could start a little spiral notebook on each type, colors, varieties and where you're planting them each year and what isdues they're having. That would help in the future. Those plant labels could go in there or under the glass top of a deck table. Ok. Enough chit chat, back to chores!!! Oh yeah you knocked out both of those weec vhores a lot faster this year!!! Bye!
Great video Jodi. I enjoy seeing your flowers and hear you get excited about them when they grow. Cutie is so cute eating out of your hand. Your yard is looking gorgeous with all the different colors of flowers. Im learning more about flowers, thank you.🙂
Feeding the squirrels....LOL!!!! I love the new hanging planters! What a great addition. I am having the same problem with my zinna's. I didn't buy what is growing either! Some of them even died very quickly. I had checked for bugs but didn't see any so who knows! Have a great week!
Well darn! I lost a couple too, which I guess is to be expected. Yes I bought benary giants, and California giants. Definitely didn’t expect tiny tiny blooms 🤷♀️
I was thinking you should plant hydrangeas by your white fence and how pretty that would look when you said you were going to plant a hydrangea. I found myself doing a fist pump and saying “Yesss!!” And then thought how crazy I must look Lol! So glad you’re doing hydrangeas there-I’ve grown the endless summer varieties like you planted and they really do give you beautiful blooms for most of the growing season. Everything is looking so good! Yessss!!!👊🏼
Don’t forget to fertilizer everything. Especially your potted plants. But even the ones in the ground. Also for your weed and bare ground. Maybe try clover seed? It stays low so it doesn’t need mowing. Bees love it. And it adds nitrogen to the soil! It will keep the other weeds away!
Jodie, Fun to watch you garden! Everything looks beautiful. Wow! Your hibiscus is amazing. Jealous of the rain your area receives, please send some to Nevada. 🙃
Hi, Jodi! Wow! Your garden is doing great except for the insects. Keep it up! We had a thunderstorm early this morning and was really coming down. We needed it. Hope all is well! Hugs! Your southern Michigan neighbor!👍🥰🌺🌻🌹💐🌺
Everything looks lovely! Well done! Love the fence planters, too! Maybe I’ll put in some fencing now so I can hang some planters! 😃 I think I’m ordering some of your short fencing today since it’s prime day. How are the chaos flower seeds doing? Take care! ❤ Em
Jodi we have some big some small zinnia blooms I don’t think you should chop them just enjoy them why would you use dirt or compost on top of the cardboard. That does not make sense. Do the mulch. My daughter has a horticulture degree and that was her advice.
When you cut back Zinnias (or any cut and come again flower) it creates branching and more flowers. You certainly don’t have to, but I like to get lots and lots of blooms on my zinnias ❤️
The colored pots with flowers hanging on the white fence look so cute. The whole yard is looking great! This video has really cheered me up. Today is the 10th anniversary of our daughter’s passing. She had a brain aneurysm at the age of 43. We still miss her terribly ❣️😢
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Oh Cynthia! I’m sending all the big virtual hugs 🤗 I’m so happy my video brought you a little joy on this very hard day. Keeping you in my thoughts ❤️
Hi Jodi, Hurricane Beryl came through my area last week and left devastation all throughout . We were spared here at our home. Lost some big limbs and one 20 year old crepe myrtle in the back yard. Only without power for about 10 hours. My friends throughout town have been getting power restored slowly. So we have been feeding people and washing clothes for those who need it. Hosted my son and his family for several days while they replaced their ac unit that was zapped by the power surges experienced during the storm. They brought with them my 3 year old and 2 week old grandsons so that was a blessing to have unlimited cuddles! That’s what we’ve been doing! Hope you have a great day and I enjoyed seeing your progress on your flowers. Texas is too hot for some of those to do well so it is fun to see them growing in your neck of the woods!
So said that I was on dry side of hurricane. I almost cried. We need the rain to refill the lakes and aquifers. Water please.
@christinem3972 hope you get some needed rain soon!
Hi Julie 🤗
Oh my gosh I’m glad everyone is safe! That’s so scary!
Jodi, your channel makes me smile. LOVE the outdoor cleaning and planting. I always have a smile on my face watching you. The squirrel Cutie is adorable. You’ve got the touch with gardening and wildlife. ❤
Thank you so much ❤️
Jodi Dunn, you are a Disney princess! Out in nature feeding the animals by hand 💖
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Hostas take a few years to expand. But when the do, boy do the expand!
Oh good! I was getting a little worried. Thanks for sharing ❤️
I want to try Hostas in out yard under our oak trees maybe?
Your garden is looking prettier every time you show us, Jodi!! I love that you are going to have a hydrangea area!! So lovely!! ❤
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Get some dowels at depot and use them with some string to keep your flowers upright.😊
Everything looks so lovely! You need a nice comfy chair so you can sit on your deck and bask in the glory!
Thank you ❤️
You have really grown into quite the gardener. You should have a Gardening Journal to keep track of what species you have, what you have tried and want to try, and map where you have the different plants, what has worked or not worked and why; what needs full sun and what prefers shade and what you future goals / plans are. This would also help you track plant names, places. to buy from, prices, storage / protection needs etc. Love the birdie handles in the bathroom, they are so cute!
That’s a great idea! I’ve been thinking I need to keep records so I know when I planted something and can see how long the growth takes ❤️
Hi Jodi, I really love those hybiscus flowers, just gorgeous! That color is stunning too!Your hydrangea will love it there by your backyard porch. They grow tall, too! Ahh....that was so cute you feeding the squirrels! I knew you would like them once you started feeding them! They like sunflower seeds too! I just love how you love your garden & the little animals. You make me laugh & smile & just feel good! Like talking to a friend! Thanks so much for sharing! ♥️☺️🫂🐾🌹🦋✨️
Shara I just love seeing your comments! I feel the same way, like I’m talking to a friend 🤗
Jodi can you place the dailies next to your shed in the shade. Maybe they’ll love it there. Your garden is looking lovely ❤ 💐
I already put one of them back there when I did that bed a month ago and it hasn’t done a thing 🤦♀️
Everything looks great! Especially love the idea of making the area next to the deck a hydrangeas area. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
The pots on the fence are adorable and will look amazing as they begin to trail down. Hubs did a nice job of rocking your back garden bed. Becoming a very nice space to sit out and enjoy your hard work. I love hydrangeas, and they come in many different colors and styles. Hope you decide to pick up more of them.
The front garden is coming in nicely, especially with that show stopping hibiscus. Wow wee!
Zinnias also come in different sizes. Looks like you have the Lilliput rather than Giant. All are pretty. I always bought seed packets and sowed into the soil. They came up beautifully. I usually didn't spread them our too far apart so they would be bright clumps of color.
Little Cutie is just the sweetest. Glad you have a sweet little friend.
Hi Ann 🤗 thank you so much. I’m honestly not sure on the Zinnias because I bought benary and California giants. I know they get super tall but wasn’t thinking they had small blooms 🤷♀️
gardens keep us guessing, don't they! We had such a heat wave that I really don't know what made it or who is faking it! I will trim them (roses) to the ground, and we will see. You are so funny as you go through the garden! Love it!
They sure do ❤️
I love sweet potato vine!
They are so pretty when they grow ❤️
Love the hanging pots on the fence!
Thank you Jennifer 🤗
I live in Florida( for 48 years) and never heard of the Cherry Choco Latte Hibiscus. Now I need one!!!
We have like 6 Hibiscus plants, don’t know the names but one is a sun kissed Hibiscus it is so gorgeous. We also have a double bloom peach one that is gorgeous.
It surprises me Hibiscus grow in your climate. Didn’t know they would. 🤷♀️👍
Only the hardy hibiscus for me. You probably have more of the tropical hibiscus, which will die for me in the winter
That squirrel Cutie!!!!😂🥰🥰🥰😍
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Cut off your coleus flowers n it'll stimulate growth. Gardening certainly is a learning experience n will change from year to year. Good to see how much you enjoy it...happy gardening!
I did Judy. Right after filming I chopped it off 😂
It looks fantastic ❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙I love all the beautiful colors.
Thank you Sondra 🤗🤗
The Mexican Sunflowers get huge. They are very easy to grow & propagate.
They germinated the slowest for me but wow they have taken off!! I think I’ll have a bloom this week 😍
I’m going to do lots more next year!
Hi Jodi! Bleeding hearts often go dormant during the heat of the summer but will come back next year.
Thank you Ardis ❤️
You are really inspiring me Jodi. I have made huge progress in my garden just working 10 -20 minutes at a time. I am on the hunt for some low mounding perennials that bunny’s won’t eat.
That is so awesome Melanie!!! It’s crazy what those little time slots will do ❤️❤️
Great job. I love hydrangeas and think a couple more will be gorgeous in that space.
Thank you ❤️
Your garden, absolutely amazing! So much hard work, truly paying off. Deer love hosta. Some perennials take a couple seasons to grow roots enough before foliage takes off. Give the hosta time. They'll take off.
Thank you Terry. You are right! I’m being impatient because I want the hostas big 😂
I’ll leave them be
I just love your channel and you. Thank you for bringing us so much 💕 joy.
Thank you so much Tammy 🤗
I love hibiscus - my son has bought me several - last year was purple which is Lupus color - my nemesis for 12 years now- it’s blooming and beautiful- hostas grow slow- omg the squirrel
Oh I bet it’s just beautiful Angela! Thank you for sharing hostas grow slowly I was getting worried
Hi Jodi. Wow love the hanging baskets on the fence. I have a hydrangea that wasn’t happy, we moved her and she has now bloomed 4 flowers ❤
Oh my gosh yay that’s so so exciting ❤️❤️
Garden is looking beautiful!!❤ Thanks for sharing Jodi
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You are do a wonderful job your outside is going to look awesome 👌 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤😊
Thanks so much Marsha ❤️
That squirrel is too cute. Love your planters on your fence. I want to get two hydrangeas, smallish and one needs to handle about four hours evening sun and the other only will only get two hours morning sun.
I hope you can find some. I know the ones I have don’t bloom because they don’t get enough sun. But those are the old old hydrangeas
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Jodi your yard is so beautiful ❤️! Have a blessed week 😊!
Thank you Sheree 🤗
Hi jodi!!
Send the rain my way we're dying here in PA. The heat is too much, and I have a cold, too. Your doing great with the plants 😊
I hope you get some rain soon Toni 🤞🤞
Omygoodness Jodi I Love your garden especially those fence buckets in all those colors 🥰🥰those flowers 🌸 on the Hibiscus are gorgeous love your garden videos keep them coming please 👍👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much Laura 🤗
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 😊😊
Igor a hydrangea in July, planted it in November and it grew and bloomed the next year
Yay that’s awesome ❤️
First year they sleep, 2nd year they creep, 3rd year they leap.... hostas should be fine, on the other stuff, remember that most plants shut down growth/blooming over a certain temperature. And huge swings on water can also affect. The heat wave probably shut most of this stuff down, but you might have some micro-climates going on too. More or less sun with the sunflowers. Warmer or cooler etc.
Thanks for the reminder. I’ve been so impatient with those hostas 😂 I want them to get big. You’re totally right. Next year they will be bigger ❤️
You did so great and it's looking fantastic.
Thanks so much Sharon 🤗
The planters hanging on the fence are so pretty! 🌺🌼
Thank you so much Barbara ❤️
Howdy from Texas
Jodi don’t worry about the weeds too much. My philosophy is tiny bites. I would be doing this if had not sprain my ankle. No fun btw. Usually walk the yard daily. Patrol is there fire ants. Bugs, powdery mildew, and weeds. Areas where I clean out the weeds I walk by and grab anyone coming back. I taken back control.
You will not believe it IT RAINED 2” in July. What? My plants should be stressed out with 100+F weather.
Patrol of the yard worked. I had a goal to get fire ants under control. Plus I didn’t want neighbors ants to move in. I used bait ant killer. Walked edge of property putting out killer. As I would walk the yard every ant nest would get treated. Psst. I think it is under control. Tomorrow since it rained would be good day to check that out.
Oh my weed of this summer is Dallisgrass. I went on vacation and my yard went crazy. When I am not hurting. I will get this problem under control. Oh I have spear grass(needle grass) oh mass spreader. I was working on it. Then I went on vacation and it is out of control. Now it gone to seed and to sleep for summer. I will get after it when it germinates. The heat kills it back.
Today saw butterfly season is starting. Oh yes.
Last fall I planted more plants for butterflies. Who knows if plants will make it.
Woman I have so many plants need to be split. Like iris and daylillies. Only have so much energy. Geez it is July. I am happy the Ac is working.
Yup I go to work at 5am in bed by 8:30pm. By the time sun is setting I need to be going to sleep. No way changing work schedule.
Have you ever thought about creating a real „planting station“- kind of bench in the corner next to the deck with the white fence? So you would have a real use of the place, the deck would be empty and provid space to enjoy all your beautiful flowers?
At this point no. I have too many others projects taking my time 😂
Hey Jodi 😊 I started following you on this channel. I love to see all the planting that you are doing. Great ideas
Hi Laura 🤗 thanks so much for being here ❤️
If your hosta isn't getting sun burnt,then give then a chance. It takes up to 3 years for them to sh shine.. so keep them well watered and be patient. Patience is a must for gardening. And I've been growing hossta for over 35 years
And love them
Yes I’m sure I’m being impatient about them. I guess I thought they would just get some more size on them. They definitely don’t look sunburned at all so I’ll leave them be. Thank you for sharing and encouraging me to leave be ❤️
Oh my Jodi, you sure have transformed your property into a beautiful oasis of plants and flowers! Love the hanging flowers on the fence! Your hard work has paid off!💐💐💐
Thanks so much Noreen 🤗
Don't be surprised if your hydrangea blooms change color. The ph in the soil effects the color of the flowers. We had some that were pink when we bought them and were purple the next year, both beautiful
Thanks for sharing. I’ll be happy with any color it wants to be ❤️
Oh Jodi, you need to plant in containers or ground, Dipladenia....it's from the mandaville vine family but annual and LOVES sun and HOT......mine blooms untill after a couple frosts....best thing for contunious blooms...
Oh I’ll look for that. The mandaville is gorgeous! Thanks for the recommendation Debi 🤗
My zinnias were really small this year also
Jodi, if you have had really hot weather, that could be the cause of your flowers not having big blooms. We have had so much rain and wind. It did a job on my potted geraniums. I had to stake them.
That could be, but zinnias usually love the heat. The perform better in the heat 🤷♀️
Oh my gosh you had to stake geraniums? That’s crazy! I hope all winds and down pours stop for you 🙏
I hung some of those pots on my vinyl fence and one rusted and stained the fence. Just a heads up. Yours look so pretty.
Oh no
Jodi we have some big some small zinnia blooms I don’t think you should chop them just enjoy them
Some groundcover in the shady spot behind the shed would do well with the tree roots being there. There are several flowering varieties that are gorgeous. My hydrangea is 12 ft tall. So beware. It's a Limelight variety.
Wow 12 ft tall 😍 mine is an endless summer, so much smaller variety than the limelight’s
Looking good, Jodi... Hi 👋 . Great score on cardboard! Good catch on the bare roots.
Yes the zinnias were looking droopy. I like the sticks, too.
Ok trouble shooting: sunflower. Take a 2-liter soda bottle or a couple of clearer gallon plastic jugs ( one on top of the other after cutting out the bottom of lower one & just above the handle around and tape together to form a "baffle" to keep it safe until it gets taller. It will grow through the small open topped upper jug and when it gets big enough they'll stop chewing on it. ) to protect it.
Shaded/ not shaded area: you can put up a "shade cloth" over the area. An older sheet will work well or a green curtain or table cloth will work, too. Think small canopy. As that area is mainly a triangle you can do a triangular cloth.
Seeded dahlias are different. They don't like being crowded, I think.
Hydrangeas look good.
Caladium is doing well! That cherry chocolatte hibiscus, that's the color of the name. And yes, it's very pretty!
Ok. Might have to add another comment if it won't let me edit again.
Hi Edie 🤗
Yes I wish I would have protected it but once again before I could think to do anything someone came and ate it up 🤦♀️
If I decide to do large sunflowers again I’ll prepare better now that I know it’s an issue for me.
So pretty❤
Thank you Vicky ❤️
Love the garden progress , just thought I would let you know that All parts of a hydrangea plant are toxic to dogs. Do not leave your dog alone in an area where hydrangeas are located. If your pup is showing signs of mild or severe toxicity, take them to an emergency vet clinic immediately x x
I already have hydrangeas in the yard and he’s been around them since he was pup. He doesn’t mess with any plants or flowers, except to pee on some 😂
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 bless him he’s such a good boy x just didn’t know if you were aware 😘
Hi Jodi. I would put that sunflower in a pot and up on a stand on my porch or deck. It's trying so hard to live and I hate that something is after it. I should get my pink Tradescantia tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it survived traveling in this heat. Have a great week. That hydrangea looks so lonesome.
Pink Tradescantia!! Oh my gosh I’m so excited for you. Crossing my fingers it arrived in good health 🤞
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 It looks gorgeous. Now I just have to take good care of it.
Hey Jodi, would you consider putting the names on screen if you introduce new plants? I love to look them up, see how we call them and if I know them.. but we never learned botanical english in school, and as a non- native- speaker.. it took me a while to find the Haindrenshas 😂
But your gardens comes together so beautifully! It’s a joy to watch, and you really gut the hang of it! Snowwhite, feeding her little friends 😃 If you leave nuts out for them under the birdfeeder, maybe they’ll start ignoring it?
We have a little wooden house in the country, and when I was a toddler we left hazelnuts and apple slices out for the squirrels every morning. They sure loved it, and I could distinguish all of them too. I still remember my grandpa making little thrillers to let them know breakfast was ready 🙂 one had a white ear, one a black foot.. one a very sad tail, one was lifting its little foot up when it stood still.. I love those little critters.
My little cousin an me got a matching tattoo of a squirrel because of these memories 💜
Hydrangeas are called Hortensie for example in german, snapdragons are Löwenmäulchen (little lions mouths), hibiscus is just the same and so on 🙂
I will try to remember to do that 🤗
Awe what beauty memories ❤️❤️❤️
I will try to remember to do that 🤗
Awe what beauty memories ❤️❤️❤️
I will try to remember to do that 🤗
Awe what beauty memories ❤️❤️❤️
I will try to remember to do that 🤗
Awe what beauty memories ❤️❤️❤️
I love your fence hanging flowerpots, they are so beautiful. Sweet Potatoe vines are so cool when they start going, they look amazing. I love how much you love your flowers and wildlife. I talk to my plants all the time and they grow so much better, lol, not really but I like to think that is why they grow so well. LOL. You are doing such a wonderful job!!
Thank you Pamela 🤗 and I absolutely believe you. I bet your plants do grow better when you talk to them ❤️
Stone would be nice over the card board by the deck with some pretty flowering bushes. Less maintenance and it would be beautiful!
You have a different kind of zinnia this year. This is what I grow and they can grow 4 ft high and make great cut flowers, they last 2 weeks in a vase.
I sure hope the flowers get bigger 😂
Last year mine grew to probably 3ft tall but the flowers were huge
JODY!!!!!! I love what you did with the back wall! All of your hard work is really paying off ❤❤❤
Thanks so much Debbie 🤗🤗
Bleeding hearts will go dormant in the summer. Just leave them till next spring.
Thank you so sharing that ❤️
Maybe since your soil is clay keep slowly adding better soil. Did you fertilize? Maybe some of the plants need fertilizer until you build the soil up. Your doing great and it looks beautiful!
Thank you Molly 🤗
Jodi, your garden is looking so beautiful, I love the colored pots on the fence, beautiful. Have a wonderful week!
Thank you so much Mary 🤗
Vinegar dawn dish soap and epson salt does great as a weed killer. I have a dog so it had to be non toxic.
Yes that’s why I use the garden vinegar because I’m too worried about Clarke
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 gotta love Clarke. 😀
Omg! I love the gardening addition. I love outside and gardening. Hello from Louisiana.
I’m here in Louisiana too. I am sure looking forward to the 80’s and rain coming this week.
Thank you for your video. It has been a bit of a sad day. I feel like I had a visit from an old friend. Love seeing the progress in your yard. The flowers are lovely.
Oh I’m so sorry you’ve had a sad day. Big hugs to you and hope you feel better 🤗
Hello Jodi. I love what you have done in your gardens. Keep it up. Everything looks so good. Thanks for sharing with us. ❤
Thank you so much Nancy ❤️
Jodi, those thumbs are getting greener by the week girlfriend! 😊
The hanging baskets on the fence look so cute. Ever since you started on this backyard last year, I envisioned the swingset area all cleaned out so your cute grandbabies could enjoy it. After it's cleaned up, could covering the area in cardboard choke out the poison ivy along with the weeds? Even the faded toddler picnic table would be sweet for snacks outside!
Then, (if money grew on trees) you should blow off that back deck and put a nice outdoor dining table with a big umbrella so you can enjoy it out there!!!
I emailed you a while back and sent some pictures of our boys. The one in the Navy was home for a visit and just flew back to japan. 😢
I'll try to email an update with pics of our back deck. We love it out there. 😉
Don’t forget to fertilizer everything. Especially your potted plants. But even the ones in the ground.
Love the pots on the fence! So pretty and cheerful!
Thank you Heather ❤️
That hydrangea is so bright pink!
Yes 😍
Loved watching you do this
Omg I just got my order in of bare roots and I got an astilbe. I’m notorious for not reading instructions. lol. I think I’ll read them now.
You and me both then 😂 for some reason I was like oh you better see what the instructions are for best success. Glad I did ❤️
Whatever you do with covering the bed you last did. Beside the deck. I would advise to not cover the cardboard with dirt or compost. Because weeds will grow just in the dirt or compost on top and the cardboard will decompose and you'll be back with having weeds. 🙈🙊
Hi AGAIN, BACK again. Nice that Hubs moved all those rocks to fill that in for you. Really nice. I know. You were worried he could've hurt himself and you wouldn't have been there to help him. GIRL, he's okay. He did good. Yes, he could've done great if he'd put back the cardboard he skewed but you know what.... that's quite a LOT of CARING for you and what you said you wanted to do... eventually 😂.
Those planters on the fence are lovely, too.
Ok. Now. Start collecting flower seeds for next year and label them!!! You can use envelopes or jars or just plastic sandwich bags with a label in them.
Yes your coleous is getting eaten. That's why it's flowering. It's in trouble.
What am i doing? 😂went with a friend to a peach orchard to pick peaches at 1330h(1pm) on Sunday. Extremely hot here& Under warning. Got overheated but came home with enough peaches to can a dozen pint jars. Which won't last long eating 1 jar a week...who am i kidding, I can eat a jar a day. 😂😅. Today im knocking out another dozen 3/4 quart jars of broth for making my rice & soups...all from scraps I've saved in freezer bags. I am sad because for the last 2 years most of my beef has been boneless (all i can afford) and the only bones i tend to get for chicken are from leg quarters. So no beef broth, just chicken. And i haven't bought lamb with bones in about 3 years and out of that from freezer so no lamb broth either. I don't hunt so no deer bones for deer broth. No bison, buffalo or beefalo around here either.
But veg broth or chicken broth still zhuses up rice or potatoes or gravy so that's something.
Did you know the seeds in zucchini that everyone vuts out and throws away adds lots of nutrients to broth...also the parts of peppers no one wants to eat = same. Same. Peels and tips of carrots, turnips, not waxed rutabaga, parsnip, root ends of onions scallions and peels of all onion family ,garlic, ginger & turmeric. Oh. And tomato cores, too.
I can't get much at a time but every little bit helps.
Was also gifted some blackberry & peach leaves which are now dried for my winter tea.
Your flowers... You could start a little spiral notebook on each type, colors, varieties and where you're planting them each year and what isdues they're having. That would help in the future. Those plant labels could go in there or under the glass top of a deck table.
Ok. Enough chit chat, back to chores!!! Oh yeah you knocked out both of those weec vhores a lot faster this year!!!
Bye!
Great video Jodi. I enjoy seeing your flowers and hear you get excited about them when they grow. Cutie is so cute eating out of your hand. Your yard is looking gorgeous with all the different colors of flowers. Im learning more about flowers, thank you.🙂
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Hi Bobbie 🤗 so happy cutie is eating out of my hand now 🐿️
Thank you ❤️❤️
Feeding the squirrels....LOL!!!! I love the new hanging planters! What a great addition. I am having the same problem with my zinna's. I didn't buy what is growing either! Some of them even died very quickly. I had checked for bugs but didn't see any so who knows! Have a great week!
Well darn! I lost a couple too, which I guess is to be expected. Yes I bought benary giants, and California giants. Definitely didn’t expect tiny tiny blooms 🤷♀️
Love the colorful hanging pots on the fence. By the way, I talk to my plants, too. I always enjoy your videos. 😊😏😊🎉
Thank you Martha 🤗
I was thinking you should plant hydrangeas by your white fence and how pretty that would look when you said you were going to plant a hydrangea. I found myself doing a fist pump and saying “Yesss!!” And then thought how crazy I must look Lol! So glad you’re doing hydrangeas there-I’ve grown the endless summer varieties like you planted and they really do give you beautiful blooms for most of the growing season. Everything is looking so good! Yessss!!!👊🏼
Awe I love it!!! Kept changing my mind on where it would look good but I think it will do great there ❤️
P.s. wow! The colored pots on the fence are a wonderful addition!
Thank you Judy 🤗
Don’t forget to fertilizer everything. Especially your potted plants. But even the ones in the ground. Also for your weed and bare ground. Maybe try clover seed? It stays low so it doesn’t need mowing. Bees love it. And it adds nitrogen to the soil! It will keep the other weeds away!
Yes I fertilize weekly all my annuals.
Thanks I’ll look into clover seeds 🤗
Too much or not enough water can affect. Stuff like sedum flops in too much shade or too rich of soil since they don't like super fertile soil.
Those Hibiscus are beauties!! ❤❤
Oh my gosh aren’t they so pretty 😍
Jodie, Fun to watch you garden! Everything looks beautiful.
Wow! Your hibiscus is amazing. Jealous of the rain your area receives, please send some to Nevada. 🙃
Teresa that’s not normal rain for us. We’ve had an abundance lately 😂
Hi, Jodi! Wow! Your garden is doing great except for the insects. Keep it up! We had a thunderstorm early this morning and was really coming down. We needed it. Hope all is well! Hugs! Your southern Michigan neighbor!👍🥰🌺🌻🌹💐🌺
Hi Sharon 🤗
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Hi Ms Jodi
I have a begonia that i planted maybe 2 years ago and it hasn’t really grown that much in my opinion. However, my mom begonia is huge now
Luv it, Beautiful
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5 inches?!?! We had some serious winds last night. But not that much rain I don't think.
Yes it was crazy. It was the effects from the hurricane that hit Texas. I was worried about our sump pump but it kept everything out of the house 🙏
Your yard looks beautiful ❤
Was wondering if you still do your savings channel? I loved it but haven’t seen it lately?!?
The deer came and ate my Hybicous to a tree stem and all my impatiens 😢
Oh no! That is so sad!
Jodi, what plant app. Do you use. What is your zone. Bleeding heart tend to die back this time of year. Spring bloomers. You have so much energy.
Hi Kim 🤗 I use this picture this plant identifier. I’m in zone 6a so yes I think must be dormant right now
Put down some corn meal to prevent weed growth. Doesn't hurt regular plants just weeds.
Thank you for that ❤️
You can make your own Castille soap and it saves you a lot of money.
Thanks Vara 🤗
Everything looks lovely! Well done! Love the fence planters, too! Maybe I’ll put in some fencing now so I can hang some planters! 😃 I think I’m ordering some of your short fencing today since it’s prime day. How are the chaos flower seeds doing? Take care! ❤ Em
Yes I’ve been taking advantage of prime days 😂
So far the chaos garden has produced nothing 🤦♀️
I think the birds are all the darn seeds
@@jodidunnmymessylife1847 What a pissar! I was looking forward to just bunches of glorious flowers growing out there for you!
I'm new to your post. Looking good
Thanks so much for being here ❤️
Jodi we have some big some small zinnia blooms I don’t think you should chop them just enjoy them why would you use dirt or compost on top of the cardboard. That does not make sense. Do the mulch. My daughter has a horticulture degree and that was her advice.
When you cut back Zinnias (or any cut and come again flower) it creates branching and more flowers. You certainly don’t have to, but I like to get lots and lots of blooms on my zinnias ❤️
Jodi I thought you were cutting them just because the blooms were smaller. 😂
OMGEE, Cutie!
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Send rain to Tennessee
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Hi Loretta 🤗 thanks so much for being here
Your welcome@@jodidunnmymessylife1847
Mrs jodi please wear some shorts in your next vid, youd feel so much better