So happy Monica got to go with you and your mom she's always so sweet and fun . I loved her trees especially the one with ornaments from your childhood . Thank you for taking us along. 🙌🎄❤
I live in southwest Ohio and I am also in zone 6. It is hard to believe we are both in the same zone because my summer temps have been low 90s, but our humidity seldom drops below 40 and on most days, like today, it is 70 percent. It is hard to breathe and I fight mosquitoes in the early morning to get my garden chores finished. Thank you for the temperature comparisons between your climate and mine.
I leave your playlists on while I am work because I like to think my dog associates them with all the mornings we spent together during the pandemic when I was working from home. Now that I am in the office again I noticed that she is calmer on the surveillance cameras when TH-cam is playing. I have TH-cam premium so I like knowing that my watch time is contributing to a channel I support and not some cheesy 8 hours of dog TV content farm. 🐾❤️
yes humidity does make a huge difference. I'm in CT and its been in the high 90's with 70% humidity - yesterday the 'feel like' temp was 104 with the humidity! its awful. I've never experienced high heat without humidity but I'm guessing it has its own challenges too! love you guys, everything looks beautiful as always!
I know you would much rather be adding beautiful flowers and building up your gardens than the mundane maintenance that has to be done, and you may think we would rather watch that as well, but truth be told, these types of videos are equally inspiring and motivating to watch. Thank you for sharing these tasks, they make me eager to get my gardens cleaned up!
We had to have an Ash removed in early Spring as it was near our road and thankfully our town removed it and ground the stump as well! This Spring it has been heartbreaking to see how many Ash trees in Western and Central New York where the Emerald Ash borer infestation has taken out huge numbers of trees! We have many mature Maples and Honey Locust still! Very thankful for the shade they give to enjoy on our 90 degree days!
Does anyone else remember awhile back when Laura was filming and quite unexpectedly a tree branch fell behind her? She became rightly concerned about a branch falling on Benjamin (this was before Samantha) or on Aaron or herself. It seemed like in no time and that tree was gone. This video reminded me of that experience, we don't want any tree surprises!
The best part of this video is not only the great information about yard clean-up and pruning but seeing the baby swing under the Ash Tree and Benjamin's bike under the Mulberry Tree!! Now that is what gardening is all about -- creating a space that your entire family can enjoy!! 🚲🚲
Yes, creating memories. Benjamin and Samantha Grace have such fun loving parents and grandparents. They ate do sweet and cute. The trees look so beautiful.💙❤️💙❤️
Sweet Aaron helping his lady was so touching. So Laura, I love how you are doing little bites at a time in the landscape. It shows in the overall appearance. Nice job.
I live in Sweden and just want to say I watch you every day and really enjoy your videos! They are relaxing, inapiring and educating. Thank you very much 😃
90 degrees with 58% humidity here in 7B central Alabama. I’ve lost quite a few perennials like daisies, lavender & a prized gardenia. Sad but makes room for something different. Praying for cooler fall temps for us all very soon. Love your mature trees!!!
Yes, even over here on the East Coast, mid-Atlantic, closer to the mountains, we have been in the nineties, with humidity. It's rough, but I am out in the garden. Getting ready to go out, always wait for Laura's video, then out I go, and once sun is up from behind ridge, I follow the shade around the garden. Grateful for our mature trees, though, we also have lost some. But ever positive, I plant more. All have a great day!!!
omg I havnt been able to go out. This is my 2nd East Coast summer and its really hot. Last year it rain so much that it didn't seem hot. I know i need to do Maintenance but I am trying to find someone who would do it instead. I'm lazy during the heat. Just want to be by the pool (i hope that is a future project) with wine. So for now AC room with wine.
I love maintenance videos! So satisfying. I am recovering from back surgery so no bending for me for another 4 weeks (this no gardening aside from light watering, which is killing me). Living vicariously through you!
I love your attention to detail and the quality of your work. It's the small things that make the biggest difference. You work very hard. Keep up the good work!
Garden maintenance is just as relaxing as planting a new section of garden. Always fun to stand back at the end of the day and just enjoy the work you have accomplished.
I love when you give pruning tips. I'm always going back to find your advice on how to prune different perennials and shrubs. Thank you for doing what you do every day!
Hi Laura and Aaron! I'm glad you used the pods from the golden rain tree for an arrangement. It turned out really pretty. I'm glad the mulberry is doing good, too, it's such a beautiful tree. Everything looks so much better after the trimming/deadheading. Thank you so much for sharing!
I live in TX, everything is stressed. I appreciate the green and other colors of your garden. So fun to drink my coffee and walk with you, kind of, through the garden.
I was so glad when you removed that stupid barrier from around the mulberry. I see mulch volcanoes around trees everywhere I look. Even landscaping companies do it. Glad to hear the mulberry should live for years and years.
Do you ever wonder .....why is it that we gardeners continue to beautify with great effort.... and what seems to be....against all odds? Considering where we are in the stream of time is of great comfort. So...thankyou Laura! Your indomitable spirit cheers us on!!!!!!
For us, it's not been so much the heat, but the lack of rain this summer. I feel like every summer is in the mid 90's with humidity here in the northeast, even since I was a kid. But the dry weather has been rough on the shrubs and trees, as well as the flower beds. 🙂
Praying for Aaron's Tree to LIVE and enjoy its new home! I am so excited to see 'her' take root and feel at home and produce lots of shade for The HARTLEY!!!! 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳Praying that GOD will send yall a soft gentle rain to soak her roots! Water from Heaven is the best water ever!!!!
Every once in a while as I watch I recognize the work that goes into coordinating the video footage and the editing. Today I noticed and really wish I knew your process as it is always so seamless.
I’m still hanging on to the hope that the maple by the Hartley will bounce back. It’s a huge tree and I believe with enough time it will bounce back. As long as there is a bit of life in it, even if you lose branches, I think it will survive. You are good people and I imagine we are all wishing it to survive. I think that’s powerful enough, just hang in there with it. Best wishes from, UK🌺❤️🌸
In the lavender video you started it saying “Hi the is Laura from Garden Answer”. I wondered if you were doing the video for PW? I’m so used to “Hey guys how’s it going” lol. Nice to hear this video start as they usually do 🙃. 😊
So hot up there! Wow Laura, it may be worth mentioning for your newer viewers that after cutting/treating plants with spider mites that you should clean & sanitize all the tools you used, including rakes before using them elsewhere. ☺
Oh my you guys have some gorgeous HUGE trees. The mulberry looks the best I remember - love! It so great you guys are such great care takers of nature - such a good example and inspiration for me.
I just came in from my garden. Grabbed some ice tea to rest & watch your video. I really like watching your maintenance videos. I learn so much. We are hot here too, but it has been unusually cooler for us. Only 93 degrees today and our normal is 104 degrees. Like you, we have low humidity, 0% today. I have portable beach umbrellas with pointed bottoms that I pop up & stick in the ground to shade my hydrangeas (I have 5) when they look stressed after only a few hours of morning sun. They do wonderful with this method.
Yes, another welcome reminder to get after trimming my fruitless mulberry tree here in CA, zone 9b. It's hanging low and I park near it so I know it's time when I have to duck! You are such a great "motivational speaker" getting me to have confidence to tackle jobs I might not otherwise try. Thank you.
Maintenance videos are my favorite. It's nice to see what needs to be done after planting, when things aren't looking as fresh as they once were! (I was wondering where the swing was - now I see. 🙂)
Great reminder of what maintenance to do this time of year. I’m sitting near a big maple that has a few little dead branches that need removing. What a difference it makes to tidy up the canopy.
I understand the problems with old and struggling trees. We bought our 1910 house in 2002 and have spent a lot on arborists to help limp the huge old silver maples along. This year we finally had the last two taken down, as they were dying more every year. It was very sad to see them go(our oldest daughter was married under them), but it was time. We planted a sycamore about 5 years ago to take their place, eventually.
Good morning / afternoon ❤ have a great day everyone! saludos from Spain 💞 I remember when you were filming by the chicken coup and there was a loud crack, ripping sound, and a huge branch had crashed down on to the fence ... scary, indeed!!
Greetings from the Costa Tropical, Andalusia! 👋🏼 I remember that tree branch falling too... So great to follow Laura and Aaron's garden adventures from around the world 😁
@@villadelmontecito5632 ¡Hola! Saludos from the Costa del Sol 🙌🏼 absolutely true, and the grief they were getting for removing so many trees!! Where are 'they' now? Would be nice to hear from those people now, seeing as Aaron and Laura have planted triple the amount of trees, if not more, than they had to remove 😅
It always amazes me how much better an area looks after a small amount of maintenance. It truly is the small things in life that we do that can make a huge difference. Nice clean-up job. It's one of those tasks that we all need to do. Thanks and y'all have a wonderful day. Pam in South Carolina
Maybe fly the drone to that limb you can't find below and then go under the tree and find the drone from that angle to figure out which limb it is? I have a hard time gardening in the east coast heat and humidity and do it in small bits of time, sometimes 8 or 9 pm.
Thank you for keeping me motivated! I live in Missouri and it's been hovering around 100° for weeks. Today is 94% humidity. Getting out to maintain the garden has been miserable. But it has to be done. Luckily my 3 year old likes to help!
Southeast NE. Just watering today. 98 with 42% humidity. You do inspire all of us to keep gardening. Your endurance reminds us; this to shall pass! Thanks for all you do!
My daughter lives in Western OR and the temperatures on that side of the state are weirdly similar to your temperatures on the Eastern side over in Ontario. She had a few plants just curl up and die while she was visiting me last week. A garden refresh is in order! Thank you for this video! I will share it with her! She is new to gardening but is learning so much from you!
I can’t BELIEVE the spider mite activity we have here in Arkansas. All my limelight panicles had fried due to radiant heat from my brick siding were all covered in mites within a couple days. Some days real feel of 107 w/81% humidity! 🥴 I had never seen them on hydrangeas before these heat waves.
After watching this video, I wanted to do more research on spider mites, so I actually just read that spider mites thrive in dry and hot environments and stressed plants, so that's probably why the mites moved in on your hydrangeas since you said yours got fried due to the radiant heat from your brick siding. Your comment confirms what I just read. So sorry! (And yeh, I live in the central midwest and it's always about 95 degrees with 90% humidity in the summertime! Always a challenge to garden in!) I guess remove and treat the affected areas on your hydrangea with alternating miticides like Laura suggested and keep them WELL-watered. I like how Laura hosed her plants down!
Hi! I’ve been struggling with a lot of different pests this year, could you do a video on identifying pests on plants, what to look for and how or what to treat with? Thanks!
Good morning. It is 6:30am here in Memphis TN with 74 degrees and 95% humidity already . Going to be high of 94 today but feels so much worse than the 106 last week because of the humidity today It feels gross outside already 😞 it has been a tough gardening year with the crazy weather. I love starting my day with GA and have learned so much from this channel.
Oh my 20 percent humidity is so unbelievable I would so love that!! I got up went out with my coffee and thought it was a lil fall like ..cloud cover but when I checked it was 74 percent humidity which felt so much better than 84 percent humidity it lightly sprinkled so I could plant 4 plants weed etc so in the yard for 4 1/2 hours it was great no sun!!! Lol the life of gardening here on gulf coast😂 wow Laura isn’t so great after doing choir list one feels so accomplished!! How I felt today but so much more weeding & maintenance for me yet to do!!! Hope for the same weather here in pensacola fl tomorrow!!! Thanks so much for all your share with us!!! GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY... YOUR LANDSCAPE HOWEVER IS ALWAYS AN INSPIRING STUNNING Sight to behold!! It’s so Awesome how much You & Aaron get done as a team!!!!👍🥰
That mullberry tree bark is so beautiful.. there is something about old tree bark that I can’t put into words! I just love them! I’m learning so much from you guys! I’m just a beginner but loving everything about gardening! Much love from Ireland 🇮🇪 xx
You and Aaron are welcome to travel to the south especially MS during the summer. We are the masters of humidity weather. We would welcome you with our sweet southern hospitality.
Same in SE WI. We have 92° in tomorrow's forecast with a high dew point in the 70°s. That's quite sticky. However, I have been to St. Louis in July and they have us beat! Dew points in the 80°s. You can barely breathe! 😱
Can you do a video on your favorite trees? Why you like them, how to care for them amd some info on them? For example I'm super interested in that golden rain tree! Are thoes pods good for dried arrangements too? Do they look good after dried and stay together? Could be a nice sit down video for you when it's really hot 🔥
Greetings, Laura, from Windermere Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 I was just out, trimming up the Drake Elm in our front yard. It is great for shade, but it drapes itself lower as our season goes on. Happy Gardening Everyone 👩🌾👍
I have to say it… the temps here in the northeast have been running in the 90’s, with humidity in the 60’s and 70’s! I walked out on my deck yesterday and found I could NOT BREATHE, like in was difficult to take a breath. So, back into the house…🙁
Good morning Laura. As Donna said, the mid-Atlantic is hot and humid. Won't be too long until we hear those August heat bugs (cicadas) singing. Thank you for allowing me to share.
Emerald ash borer is a problem in the midwest. In the twin cities we're loosing the ashes block by block, my street was done 2 years ago and the city is now planting several varieties on each street. In about 5 years it will start looking decent again.
Really enjoy watching these maintenance videos, Laura . 🌱 Really hope you have a pump sprayed for treatments!!! The area is not huge but hand spraying top, bottom all shapes plants and drenching the soil = blister! No water bottle? Don't take your health for granted. It catches up to you🤗
Aha! Now I know the name of that gorgeous tree I see you walking under in many of your videos: a Golden Rain Tree! I love that tree with it's multi-trunk base and just the beauty of the tree overall. If I'm remembering correctly, here in the central Midwest, ash trees (and elms) aren't even allowed to be sold or planted due to the EAB problem, but gosh, your mature one really is so beautiful and yes, if it can be maintained and managed like you all have, I'm glad you're keeping it. And I learn so much watching you prune your plants and trees, so thank you and have a good one.
Thank you for doing this type of video. It is not trivial. We all want to maintain our gardens. Sometimes it is questionable what to do with some of the plants during the summertime. We mostly know what to do in spring or fall. The times in between are a little fuzzy. Lol!
Gosh feels so good to clean and tidy up the garden doesn't?. I did mine yesterday zone 9b FL. I'm not sure if anyone saw when Laura cleaning the daylilies and I thought there was a bunny underneath but it was Russell. lol! so cute 😻Seems like your weather is similar to part of California hot and dry that is why we moved to FL in 2019. Here FL in my location we are currently in the high 90's low 75's with humidity at 73%. Stay cool you all!
I’m trying to find out how to properly remove branches from a couple trees to allow more sunlight to filter down. I can’t find anything so far other than standard pruning. The trees are precious so I want to have the thinning done properly. Laura, if you know anything about this I’d love to see a video,
I feel your distress over the heat. Here in Virginia we had a couple days of reasonable humidity and temperatures in the 80's, heaven. It is back in the 90's now with high humidity. I am in quite a state of perspiration and disarray just walking out the door! I keep reminding myself, cooler days are coming. Beautiful tree. Love that your videos cover so many different kinds of plants in the garden, styles and areas. Love every video. This is where I come for motivation and inspiration. You are a jewel.
I know you said you guys might move 1 or 2 of the Autumn Maple Blaze trees along your driveway.. if your big maple next to the Hartley doesn’t make it maybe you can add one of those maples to put in its spot! That way if you decided to make the entryway to the Hartley area bigger you could!
Hello Laura & Aaron. I love your videos, love to see the growth in your gardens here during the middle of growing season. I have a question, what happened with the Galaxy (?) Urns. You planted the Proven winners recipe In May; I would love to get an update. Also, what ever happened with your Mom's butterfly garden, and the honeysuckle you planted last year in October 2021 when Creekside Nursery was visiting and upgrading your greenhouse? Finally, how is the pineapple? I love when you update us on your different projects. Your garden is glorious and brings this apartment dweller such joy. Keep cool and please continue the wonderful work.
This is how God works. I was planning to put a raised bed with hostas around my magnolia tree (which is beautiful). Me and my husband went and looked at bricks. Just this morning I was thinking I don't think that a good idea. Because of water issues. And then here you are, telling me not to do it!!! That is how the Lord works. So thank you very much. I appreciate you and Aaron. You guys are awesome. Everywhere I go I tell people about you and recommend they follow you. Ps we live in Mid-Michigan. We have had hot weather all summer with very little rain. And also humidity. Which is weird with no rain.
SE MI here, very dry also. The storms just separate and go their merry way without a drop. But feeling so sorry for the folks in Kentucky who are flooded. No fault of theirs and have lost everything. No worry about humidity after that realization. God bless them.
“clean-up” videos are my favourite. For some reason, it’s really relaxing watching others to do chores. Good reminder about checking for insects too. I don’t have (so far) spider mites, but I was wondering if Laura has any videos about aphids. For some reason, I get aphids on my young plum tree every year. I don’t want to spray it in the middle of the summer, so I just try to hose it down (every singly new shoots separately!), but I would love to see if there is anything I can do to prevent the infestation before it happens.
At this point I am just trying to get everything watered before the heat and humidity kick in. Even so I need to grab an ice water to cool down before I can do anything else. Bring on Fall!
SUCH good info regarding obvious watering pattern changes around your ash tree. With everyone tearing out their lawns per water restrictions many don't think about the affect on established trees in the now barren lawn area. Our water district DOES allow base "watering of established trees" but that's literally in the fine print of exceptions, in tiny type. It gets me sad that they don't promote keeping them alive, when their shade is so important for wildlife and us. "Plant a tree!"
Good Morning! 🌞🌻 I agree on the cleanup & pruning spent blooms! Good thing you found those spider mites! Things look so much better after a clean up!! 🙂🥀🌿✂️
Good morning, Laura ☕️ My goodness 😳100°+ is crazy. Up here in Boston, it’s getting hot with the humidity 🥵makes for early gardening for sure. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈
11:30 pm. 82 degrees and 61% humidity making it feel more like 86 degrees. At 11:30!! I just want to say how much I enjoy your videos and the little glimpses of the babies. The swing in the tree. The bike behind the mulberry. Ty for sharing.
Due to the temps in the 90's and the high humidity I am an early riser. I am in the gardens by 6am trying to get as much done before sunrise. Our humidity has no time schedule as I am still dripping after a few minutes. I grow mostly Daylilies, (I have hundreds in numerous beds) you can cut them down to the ground after blooming and they will come back fresh, green and lush. I also take all the leaf cuttings and allow them to dry and then put it thru my mulcher. It makes great ground cover and looks good as it ages. Love watching you each morning !!!
I’m watching this on Tuesday morning 8/2/2022 around 8:45 am…in Houston it’s 85 right now but feels 93 and 70% humidity. The high expected for this afternoon is 95, plus a chance for much needed rain.
Laura! Your channel gives me so much energy and vigor! You and Aaron have renewed my love of gardening. It is so healthy and rewarding to work on my yard. Thank you so much! My day can't get started without "Hey Guys!" If I need motivation, I turn on an episode and then suddenly feel like "gettin at it" and work in the garden. P.S. I am battling Spider Mites too, and its bad. My plan is hose water spray, soap spray , Neem Oil and repeat. Sadly I had to rip out a huge gorgeous dahlia. :(
I love how tidy your gardens look after some cleanup! I tend to overlook that stuff thinking that’s just how they look this time of year but it truly makes it look fresh again. Thanks for showing the maintenance!
Watching you getting around chores like these always inspires and motivates me to get up and do mine too! Thanks for showing us the process Laura!
Saaaaaame!!
So happy Monica got to go with you and your mom she's always so sweet and fun . I loved her trees especially the one with ornaments from your childhood . Thank you for taking us along. 🙌🎄❤
I live in southwest Ohio and I am also in zone 6. It is hard to believe we are both in the same zone because my summer temps have been low 90s, but our humidity seldom drops below 40 and on most days, like today, it is 70 percent. It is hard to breathe and I fight mosquitoes in the early morning to get my garden chores finished. Thank you for the temperature comparisons between your climate and mine.
I leave your playlists on while I am work because I like to think my dog associates them with all the mornings we spent together during the pandemic when I was working from home. Now that I am in the office again I noticed that she is calmer on the surveillance cameras when TH-cam is playing. I have TH-cam premium so I like knowing that my watch time is contributing to a channel I support and not some cheesy 8 hours of dog TV content farm. 🐾❤️
yes humidity does make a huge difference. I'm in CT and its been in the high 90's with 70% humidity - yesterday the 'feel like' temp was 104 with the humidity! its awful. I've never experienced high heat without humidity but I'm guessing it has its own challenges too! love you guys, everything looks beautiful as always!
I know you would much rather be adding beautiful flowers and building up your gardens than the mundane maintenance that has to be done, and you may think we would rather watch that as well, but truth be told, these types of videos are equally inspiring and motivating to watch. Thank you for sharing these tasks, they make me eager to get my gardens cleaned up!
We had to have an Ash removed in early Spring as it was near our road and thankfully our town removed it and ground the stump as well! This Spring it has been heartbreaking to see how many Ash trees in Western and Central New York where the Emerald Ash borer infestation has taken out huge numbers of trees! We have many mature Maples and Honey Locust still! Very thankful for the shade they give to enjoy on our 90 degree days!
Does anyone else remember awhile back when Laura was filming and quite unexpectedly a tree branch fell behind her? She became rightly concerned about a branch falling on Benjamin (this was before Samantha) or on Aaron or herself. It seemed like in no time and that tree was gone. This video reminded me of that experience, we don't want any tree surprises!
The best part of this video is not only the great information about yard clean-up and pruning but seeing the baby swing under the Ash Tree and Benjamin's bike under the Mulberry Tree!! Now that is what gardening is all about -- creating a space that your entire family can enjoy!! 🚲🚲
Yes, creating memories. Benjamin and Samantha Grace have such fun loving parents and grandparents. They ate do sweet and cute. The trees look so beautiful.💙❤️💙❤️
Sweet Aaron helping his lady was so touching.
So Laura, I love how you are doing little bites at a time in the landscape. It shows in the overall appearance.
Nice job.
I live in Sweden and just want to say I watch you every day and really enjoy your videos! They are relaxing, inapiring and educating. Thank you very much 😃
90 degrees with 58% humidity here in 7B central Alabama. I’ve lost quite a few perennials like daisies, lavender & a prized gardenia. Sad but makes room for something different. Praying for cooler fall temps for us all very soon. Love your mature trees!!!
YES, I'm northeastern Oklahoma it's 101 with 55 humidity
Stay cool everyone.
We have lost so many acres of ash trees in our forests in Wisconsin. I'm glad you are able to treat and save your trees
Yes, even over here on the East Coast, mid-Atlantic, closer to the mountains, we have been in the nineties, with humidity. It's rough, but I am out in the garden. Getting ready to go out, always wait for Laura's video, then out I go, and once sun is up from behind ridge, I follow the shade around the garden. Grateful for our mature trees, though, we also have lost some. But ever positive, I plant more. All have a great day!!!
omg I havnt been able to go out. This is my 2nd East Coast summer and its really hot. Last year it rain so much that it didn't seem hot. I know i need to do Maintenance but I am trying to find someone who would do it instead. I'm lazy during the heat. Just want to be by the pool (i hope that is a future project) with wine. So for now AC room with wine.
I love maintenance videos! So satisfying. I am recovering from back surgery so no bending for me for another 4 weeks (this no gardening aside from light watering, which is killing me). Living vicariously through you!
I love your attention to detail and the quality of your work. It's the small things that make the biggest difference. You work very hard. Keep up the good work!
Garden maintenance is just as relaxing as planting a new section of garden. Always fun to stand back at the end of the day and just enjoy the work you have accomplished.
I love when you give pruning tips. I'm always going back to find your advice on how to prune different perennials and shrubs. Thank you for doing what you do every day!
Hi Laura and Aaron! I'm glad you used the pods from the golden rain tree for an arrangement. It turned out really pretty. I'm glad the mulberry is doing good, too, it's such a beautiful tree. Everything looks so much better after the trimming/deadheading. Thank you so much for sharing!
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I really enjoy these maintenance videos. They serve as a reminder to slow down and appreciate all I’ve done in the garden.
I live in TX, everything is stressed. I appreciate the green and other colors of your garden. So fun to drink my coffee and walk with you, kind of, through the garden.
I was so glad when you removed that stupid barrier from around the mulberry. I see mulch volcanoes around trees everywhere I look. Even landscaping companies do it. Glad to hear the mulberry should live for years and years.
Do you ever wonder .....why is it that we gardeners continue to beautify with great effort....
and what seems to be....against all odds?
Considering where we are in the stream of time is of great comfort.
So...thankyou Laura! Your indomitable spirit cheers us on!!!!!!
For us, it's not been so much the heat, but the lack of rain this summer. I feel like every summer is in the mid 90's with humidity here in the northeast, even since I was a kid. But the dry weather has been rough on the shrubs and trees, as well as the flower beds. 🙂
Praying for Aaron's Tree to LIVE and enjoy its new home! I am so excited to see 'her' take root and feel at home and produce lots of shade for The HARTLEY!!!! 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳Praying that GOD will send yall a soft gentle rain to soak her roots! Water from Heaven is the best water ever!!!!
Every once in a while as I watch I recognize the work that goes into coordinating the video footage and the editing. Today I noticed and really wish I knew your process as it is always so seamless.
I’m still hanging on to the hope that the maple by the Hartley will bounce back. It’s a huge tree and I believe with enough time it will bounce back. As long as there is a bit of life in it, even if you lose branches, I think it will survive. You are good people and I imagine we are all wishing it to survive. I think that’s powerful enough, just hang in there with it. Best wishes from, UK🌺❤️🌸
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In the lavender video you started it saying “Hi the is Laura from Garden Answer”. I wondered if you were doing the video for PW? I’m so used to “Hey guys how’s it going” lol. Nice to hear this video start as they usually do 🙃. 😊
So hot up there! Wow
Laura, it may be worth mentioning for your newer viewers that after cutting/treating plants with spider mites that you should clean & sanitize all the tools you used, including rakes before using them elsewhere. ☺
Oh my you guys have some gorgeous HUGE trees. The mulberry looks the best I remember - love! It so great you guys are such great care takers of nature - such a good example and inspiration for me.
Ah yes under 25% humidity would make summer much more bearable! In the Midwest where I am it's usually 50-65% unless it just rained.
We've been under a heat wave in Chicago. Although I've been watering, my hostas are also struggling.
I just came in from my garden. Grabbed some ice tea to rest & watch your video. I really like watching your maintenance videos. I learn so much. We are hot here too, but it has been unusually cooler for us. Only 93 degrees today and our normal is 104 degrees. Like you, we have low humidity, 0% today. I have portable beach umbrellas with pointed bottoms that I pop up & stick in the ground to shade my hydrangeas (I have 5) when they look stressed after only a few hours of morning sun. They do wonderful with this method.
Thank you for the ‘realness’ of your videos, I love the smudges of dirt on your face towards the end. Keeping it real.
Yes, another welcome reminder to get after trimming my fruitless mulberry tree here in CA, zone 9b. It's hanging low and I park near it so I know it's time when I have to duck! You are such a great "motivational speaker" getting me to have confidence to tackle jobs I might not otherwise try. Thank you.
Maintenance videos are my favorite. It's nice to see what needs to be done after planting, when things aren't looking as fresh as they once were! (I was wondering where the swing was - now I see. 🙂)
Great reminder of what maintenance to do this time of year. I’m sitting near a big maple that has a few little dead branches that need removing. What a difference it makes to tidy up the canopy.
I’m from NJ….I golfed with my friend in Boise and it was 103. Without the humidity, I had no issues with golfing in those temps.
I understand the problems with old and struggling trees. We bought our 1910 house in 2002 and have spent a lot on arborists to help limp the huge old silver maples along. This year we finally had the last two taken down, as they were dying more every year. It was very sad to see them go(our oldest daughter was married under them), but it was time. We planted a sycamore about 5 years ago to take their place, eventually.
Good morning / afternoon ❤ have a great day everyone! saludos from Spain 💞 I remember when you were filming by the chicken coup and there was a loud crack, ripping sound, and a huge branch had crashed down on to the fence ... scary, indeed!!
Greetings from the Costa Tropical, Andalusia! 👋🏼 I remember that tree branch falling too... So great to follow Laura and Aaron's garden adventures from around the world 😁
@@villadelmontecito5632 ¡Hola! Saludos from the Costa del Sol 🙌🏼 absolutely true, and the grief they were getting for removing so many trees!! Where are 'they' now? Would be nice to hear from those people now, seeing as Aaron and Laura have planted triple the amount of trees, if not more, than they had to remove 😅
It always amazes me how much better an area looks after a small amount of maintenance. It truly is the small things in life that we do that can make a huge difference. Nice clean-up job. It's one of those tasks that we all need to do. Thanks and y'all have a wonderful day. Pam in South Carolina
When I came home today my coleus looked like it was crying. I gave her a big drink of water and she was smiling again!!
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I enjoy watching you work in your garden when I can’t get to mine. The heat and humidity makes it impossible to do any work after 9am.
Morning everyone from Lafayette Louisiana zone 9a, love you all so much Garden Answer friends!!!!!🌸❤️🌿
Maybe fly the drone to that limb you can't find below and then go under the tree and find the drone from that angle to figure out which limb it is? I have a hard time gardening in the east coast heat and humidity and do it in small bits of time, sometimes 8 or 9 pm.
Thank you for keeping me motivated! I live in Missouri and it's been hovering around 100° for weeks. Today is 94% humidity. Getting out to maintain the garden has been miserable. But it has to be done. Luckily my 3 year old likes to help!
Southeast NE. Just watering today. 98 with 42% humidity. You do inspire all of us to keep gardening. Your endurance reminds us; this to shall pass! Thanks for all you do!
My daughter lives in Western OR and the temperatures on that side of the state are weirdly similar to your temperatures on the Eastern side over in Ontario. She had a few plants just curl up and die while she was visiting me last week. A garden refresh is in order! Thank you for this video! I will share it with her! She is new to gardening but is learning so much from you!
I can’t BELIEVE the spider mite activity we have here in Arkansas. All my limelight panicles had fried due to radiant heat from my brick siding were all covered in mites within a couple days. Some days real feel of 107 w/81% humidity! 🥴 I had never seen them on hydrangeas before these heat waves.
After watching this video, I wanted to do more research on spider mites, so I actually just read that spider mites thrive in dry and hot environments and stressed plants, so that's probably why the mites moved in on your hydrangeas since you said yours got fried due to the radiant heat from your brick siding. Your comment confirms what I just read. So sorry! (And yeh, I live in the central midwest and it's always about 95 degrees with 90% humidity in the summertime! Always a challenge to garden in!) I guess remove and treat the affected areas on your hydrangea with alternating miticides like Laura suggested and keep them WELL-watered. I like how Laura hosed her plants down!
@@katiedc8239 yes!! I’m hosing them down big time. 👍
Hi! I’ve been struggling with a lot of different pests this year, could you do a video on identifying pests on plants, what to look for and how or what to treat with? Thanks!
They probably don’t have the ones in your area. Use google and check your area.
I like that idea Carrie! That would be good.
Good morning. It is 6:30am here in Memphis TN with 74 degrees and 95% humidity already . Going to be high of 94 today but feels so much worse than the 106 last week because of the humidity today It feels gross outside already 😞 it has been a tough gardening year with the crazy weather. I love starting my day with GA and have learned so much from this channel.
I watch every morning with my coffee and even tho I know it's not likely, I always check on Saturday morning, JUST IN CASE!!!
Hi Sue! I live in Memphis too!
Oh my 20 percent humidity is so unbelievable I would so love that!! I got up went out with my coffee and thought it was a lil fall like ..cloud cover but when I checked it was 74 percent humidity which felt so much better than 84 percent humidity it lightly sprinkled so I could plant 4 plants weed etc so in the yard for 4 1/2 hours it was great no sun!!! Lol the life of gardening here on gulf coast😂 wow Laura isn’t so great after doing choir list one feels so accomplished!! How I felt today but so much more weeding & maintenance for me yet to do!!! Hope for the same weather here in pensacola fl tomorrow!!! Thanks so much for all your share with us!!! GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY... YOUR LANDSCAPE HOWEVER IS ALWAYS AN INSPIRING STUNNING Sight to behold!! It’s so Awesome how much You & Aaron get done as a team!!!!👍🥰
That mullberry tree bark is so beautiful.. there is something about old tree bark that I can’t put into words! I just love them! I’m learning so much from you guys! I’m just a beginner but loving everything about gardening! Much love from Ireland 🇮🇪 xx
You and Aaron are welcome to travel to the south especially MS during the summer.
We are the masters of humidity weather.
We would welcome you with our sweet southern hospitality.
Just once I would like to experience very hot weather like yours without humidity.🌸💚🙃
“It’s a game changer,” says the Alabamian who’s visited Arizona and hiked the Grand Canyon.
Amen!! Just being in the 90s with humidity makes it feel over 100 and heavy here in southern Ohio.
Humidity is terrible here in Kentucky as well!
Same in SE WI. We have 92° in tomorrow's forecast with a high dew point in the 70°s. That's quite sticky.
However, I have been to St. Louis in July and they have us beat! Dew points in the 80°s. You can barely breathe! 😱
@@shawnagorby348 I'm Southern OH too! I guess the plus side is we don't have to water things as much as Laura does.
Can you do a video on your favorite trees? Why you like them, how to care for them amd some info on them? For example I'm super interested in that golden rain tree! Are thoes pods good for dried arrangements too? Do they look good after dried and stay together? Could be a nice sit down video for you when it's really hot 🔥
Our Australian Raywood Claret Ash is supposedly borer/pest resistant.
Lovely background distraction ... Love how nice the oak leaf hydrangeas look by the blue spruce! They seem to be flourishing!
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Greetings, Laura, from Windermere Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸
I was just out, trimming up the Drake Elm in our front yard. It is great for shade, but it drapes itself lower as our season goes on.
Happy Gardening Everyone 👩🌾👍
I have to say it… the temps here in the northeast have been running in the 90’s, with humidity in the 60’s and 70’s! I walked out on my deck yesterday and found I could NOT BREATHE, like in was difficult to take a breath. So, back into the house…🙁
Aaahhh caught it as it came out! Today's gonna be a good day!
Time for me to be asleep. It's just after 9pm here in Queensland so I'll watch this first and then sleep.
Good morning Laura. As Donna said, the mid-Atlantic is hot and humid. Won't be too long until we hear those August heat bugs (cicadas) singing. Thank you for allowing me to share.
Emerald ash borer is a problem in the midwest. In the twin cities we're loosing the ashes block by block, my street was done 2 years ago and the city is now planting several varieties on each street. In about 5 years it will start looking decent again.
Really enjoy watching these maintenance videos, Laura . 🌱 Really hope you have a pump sprayed for treatments!!! The area is not huge but hand spraying top, bottom all shapes plants and drenching the soil = blister! No water bottle? Don't take your health for granted. It catches up to you🤗
Aha! Now I know the name of that gorgeous tree I see you walking under in many of your videos: a Golden Rain Tree! I love that tree with it's multi-trunk base and just the beauty of the tree overall. If I'm remembering correctly, here in the central Midwest, ash trees (and elms) aren't even allowed to be sold or planted due to the EAB problem, but gosh, your mature one really is so beautiful and yes, if it can be maintained and managed like you all have, I'm glad you're keeping it. And I learn so much watching you prune your plants and trees, so thank you and have a good one.
Thank you for doing this type of video. It is not trivial. We all want to maintain our gardens. Sometimes it is questionable what to do with some of the plants during the summertime. We mostly know what to do in spring or fall. The times in between are a little fuzzy. Lol!
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Gosh feels so good to clean and tidy up the garden doesn't?. I did mine yesterday zone 9b FL. I'm not sure if anyone saw when Laura cleaning the daylilies and I thought there was a bunny underneath but it was Russell. lol! so cute 😻Seems like your weather is similar to part of California hot and dry that is why we moved to FL in 2019. Here FL in my location we are currently in the high 90's low 75's with humidity at 73%. Stay cool you all!
I’m trying to find out how to properly remove branches from a couple trees to allow more sunlight to filter down. I can’t find anything so far other than standard pruning. The trees are precious so I want to have the thinning done properly. Laura, if you know anything about this I’d love to see a video,
Wonderful!!
Thanks for the info on spider mites.
I feel your distress over the heat. Here in Virginia we had a couple days of reasonable humidity and temperatures in the 80's, heaven. It is back in the 90's now with high humidity. I am in quite a state of perspiration and disarray just walking out the door! I keep reminding myself, cooler days are coming. Beautiful tree. Love that your videos cover so many different kinds of plants in the garden, styles and areas. Love every video. This is where I come for motivation and inspiration. You are a jewel.
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You’re so knowledgeable. I’m learning. Beautiful trees.
20% humidity?!? That’s amazing! Here in Florida by the gulf, 78% humidity! 😂😂😂 and we consider that “good” 🤣
No better way to spend my Birthday 🎉 than watching a video on garden maintenance 💕
Some of my favorite videos are of you doing garden maintenance. It gives me more confidence to tackle my garden!!
This is why your grounds look so beautiful! Consistency! Very inspiring to this old lady!!
I know you said you guys might move 1 or 2 of the Autumn Maple Blaze trees along your driveway.. if your big maple next to the Hartley doesn’t make it maybe you can add one of those maples to put in its spot! That way if you decided to make the entryway to the Hartley area bigger you could!
Hello Laura & Aaron. I love your videos, love to see the growth in your gardens here during the middle of growing season. I have a question, what happened with the Galaxy (?) Urns. You planted the Proven winners recipe In May; I would love to get an update. Also, what ever happened with your Mom's butterfly garden, and the honeysuckle you planted last year in October 2021 when Creekside Nursery was visiting and upgrading your greenhouse? Finally, how is the pineapple? I love when you update us on your different projects. Your garden is glorious and brings this apartment dweller such joy. Keep cool and please continue the wonderful work.
This is how God works. I was planning to put a raised bed with hostas around my magnolia tree (which is beautiful). Me and my husband went and looked at bricks. Just this morning I was thinking I don't think that a good idea. Because of water issues. And then here you are, telling me not to do it!!! That is how the Lord works. So thank you very much. I appreciate you and Aaron. You guys are awesome. Everywhere I go I tell people about you and recommend they follow you.
Ps we live in Mid-Michigan. We have had hot weather all summer with very little rain. And also humidity. Which is weird with no rain.
SE MI here, very dry also. The storms just separate and go their merry way without a drop. But feeling so sorry for the folks in Kentucky who are flooded. No fault of theirs and have lost everything. No worry about humidity after that realization. God bless them.
@@annehedlund7333 yes my husband is from there. He still has his family there. Their houses are ok. But their towns are not. Sad.
“clean-up” videos are my favourite. For some reason, it’s really relaxing watching others to do chores. Good reminder about checking for insects too. I don’t have (so far) spider mites, but I was wondering if Laura has any videos about aphids. For some reason, I get aphids on my young plum tree every year. I don’t want to spray it in the middle of the summer, so I just try to hose it down (every singly new shoots separately!), but I would love to see if there is anything I can do to prevent the infestation before it happens.
At this point I am just trying to get everything watered before the heat and humidity kick in. Even so I need to grab an ice water to cool down before I can do anything else. Bring on Fall!
SUCH good info regarding obvious watering pattern changes around your ash tree. With everyone tearing out their lawns per water restrictions many don't think about the affect on established trees in the now barren lawn area. Our water district DOES allow base "watering of established trees" but that's literally in the fine print of exceptions, in tiny type. It gets me sad that they don't promote keeping them alive, when their shade is so important for wildlife and us. "Plant a tree!"
Good thoughts going out to you. It still looks gorgeous out there. Stay cool!
I love a good clean up day...so satisfying!
Good Morning! 🌞🌻 I agree on the cleanup & pruning spent blooms! Good thing you found those spider mites! Things look so much better after a clean up!! 🙂🥀🌿✂️
Humidity is kicking our butts here. Conway South Carolina
Good morning, Laura ☕️ My goodness 😳100°+ is crazy. Up here in Boston, it’s getting hot with the humidity 🥵makes for early gardening for sure. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈
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I LOVE maintenance videos!!!! Thank you for making them!!! 🎉
I love these maintenance videos. Helps me get motivated to get moving and doing and take care of business.
Hang in there ...Fall is on it's way... Stay Cool ..
11:30 pm. 82 degrees and 61% humidity making it feel more like 86 degrees. At 11:30!! I just want to say how much I enjoy your videos and the little glimpses of the babies. The swing in the tree. The bike behind the mulberry. Ty for sharing.
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Due to the temps in the 90's and the high humidity I am an early riser. I am in the gardens by 6am trying to get as much done before sunrise. Our humidity has no time schedule as I am still dripping after a few minutes. I grow mostly Daylilies, (I have hundreds in numerous beds) you can cut them down to the ground after blooming and they will come back fresh, green and lush. I also take all the leaf cuttings and allow them to dry and then put it thru my mulcher. It makes great ground cover and looks good as it ages.
Love watching you each morning !!!
I’m watching this on Tuesday morning 8/2/2022 around 8:45 am…in Houston it’s 85 right now but feels 93 and 70% humidity. The high expected for this afternoon is 95, plus a chance for much needed rain.
You have a wonderful variety of trees
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Canning green beans and catching up on garden answer. ❤️
At 3mins when Laura says that’s pretty much it, I was like nooooo why so short! 😂 Wondering if anyone else had their heart drop too hahaha
Laura! Your channel gives me so much energy and vigor! You and Aaron have renewed my love of gardening. It is so healthy and rewarding to work on my yard. Thank you so much! My day can't get started without "Hey Guys!" If I need motivation, I turn on an episode and then suddenly feel like "gettin at it" and work in the garden. P.S. I am battling Spider Mites too, and its bad. My plan is hose water spray, soap spray , Neem Oil and repeat. Sadly I had to rip out a huge gorgeous dahlia. :(
I love how tidy your gardens look after some cleanup! I tend to overlook that stuff thinking that’s just how they look this time of year but it truly makes it look fresh again. Thanks for showing the maintenance!