I am going to work on a memory garden in memory of my son Jordan Stevenson who passed away on May 15th from a stroke. I have irises named Jordan's Joy and a triple daylily named Jordan. My Southeast Oklahoma yard is still overgrown and wet from the daily rain, so it will take awhile, but that's okay because I am still in shock. He loved gardening too.
@Susan Smith. I pray you have many sweet moments in your memory garden. My heartfelt condolences about losing your gardening son. That would be unimaginably hard. I had a thought about how appropriate the name of the Iris going into Jordan’s garden. Bittersweet. God bless you.
Weeeellll, because of "finding" you a about three months ago, my project for the last month has been my very own flagstone and pea gravel patio! What was this crazy woman thinking!?! After digging out and out and out some more for a MONTH, I turned it over to landscapers to finish. I don't care if they did finish it up, I am taking my own share of the credit. They were amazed that I had accomplished as much as I did because they had little leveling to do and finished my 15 x 25 patio in one day! My bragging rights to it are going to be tiresome for many. I am 72 yrs old and much more stupid than strong! On to my next something although hubs did make me promise I would let him know before I jumped in boots and all. Love you Linda! Hope I survive all I want to do because of following you and your amazing accomplishments! 😁 Sincerely, Peggie Roberts Donnald
I just want to say thank you so much. You have been my therapy ...my 21 year old son past away from covid in December and i was flipping around on TH-cam and started watching you . I had no flower gardens. But now I have a beautiful space that my children and i have created and it has been the best therapy for all of us. We are in Virginia and it has been cold and wet here but it starting warm up. I just want you to how much you help people in ways you don't realize!
Oh my dear. What heartache and loss. I have gone to my garden many times for comfort - but never anything so devastating as the loss of a child. It sounds like you are very wise and have loving children to support you. I will dedicate all my gardening today in memory of your son. Much love to you and your family.
Linda I was drawn to you're channel in the past 4 months or so and have been completely blown away by the absolutely gorgeous garden you have created! I live in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada and after showing my hubby you're beautiful garden he agreed with me that our garden needed a 'Linda Vater' makeover! So at 62 and 61 hubby and I started in April transforming our backyard! I think it will take most of the summer but it's beginning to look amazing!
I loved the tour and history of how it came to be. My project: Finish making both elevated back deck and covered front porch welcoming and pleasant places to sit. I’m putting all my plants for both spots into pots and planter boxes. I live out of town and we have hungry packs of deer that roam around and thru my property. I don’t want to fence it all, fight the deer, or have separate beds away from the house. I’m getting older now and have gotten so much inspiration and education from your yard and channel. It’s helping me to learn about plants and plant expertise in my new home state of North Carolina. Jim Putnam is another TH-cam gem that lives not too far away in Raleigh. Thank you so much.
The last few days we got lots of rain. Prior to that we had drought conditions. I planted a new perennial border. Now my border is a water garden. I’ll be weeding and praying all my little plants pull through! Love the time I get to spend in your garden.❤️🥰 Thank you, Linda!
loved that you mentioned where you purchased the plants stand and also your clothing! It makes us love you more and down to earth, relatable, i think ! We like going to goodwill and recently went to search for garden jean overalls.
I can totally relate to what you said about being an untrained, intuitive gardener who works in their personal style. I feel like that has been my path as an intentional gardener over the past 15 years, too. That's how our 3 acres in Lancaster County, PA (where we've been cooler than normal and the fruit trees have loved it, by the way!) have evolved... lots of trial and error, moving plants, realizing that deer can eat a lot (as well as rub their antlers on our precious shrubs), and waiting patiently for our garden beds to "age". Your videos are such an inspiration, Linda - thank you (and Stewart, too)!
Good afternoon, I’m in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada… zone three. First off I’d like to thank you for these videos. You have given me so much more to think of in the types of plants that one can grow and the visual feel that some plants will give your garden. I’ve bought three scented geraniums and an ivy geranium for hanging baskets, first time. Just planted, yesterday but not situated properly yet! We have had little snow cover this past winter and again are in a drought situation. Little to no rain this spring………. I have a small yard but a beautiful large tree in the back (south facing) giving a respite to some plants who love the sun but enough is enough! There is going to be heat warnings this week, middle 30’s Celsius. I am 69 this year and wish I had found your channel sooner as I have finally found the style of gardening that gives me a sense of peace. I’m a gardener so love mostly all plants but have not until your videos had a sense of exactly how to plant to achieve that feeling. A strong restraining pallet, for one, As you know it takes years to do certain things in a garden and my zone 3 is another stumbling block! Anyhow, sorry this is so long. Thank you again, Linda, from the bottom of my heart!
Absolutely love your channel. I live in the south in Mississippi and I started early with my planting and now realize I get more sun where I thought I got lots of shade. So I am sitting back, now that the hot sun is coming out more, and thinking I need to move some things and purchase a few more sun loving shrubs. Excited again. So here I go off looking, taking more time, and shopping! 😎
@Harriet James. Golly, that sounds like my situation of collecting pots and plants for the last several months, now playing musical chairs to get them into the right sun/shade locations. I also made additional forays out in search of more sun plants.
I loved that you loved our comments. =) First thing for me was mowing the lawn and now enjoying my roses and peonies. I´m so happy they are finally blooming! Love from Germany ♥
Here in NE Ohio, I had just finished planting sunny annuals (mostly in pots) before we've had a couple of drizzly days, which should get those annuals off to a good start. When sunny weather returns, will get to planting annuals in the shadier rear garden. Isn't it funny how we can sometimes have an inspiration, and wonder why we've been doing a task the same way for years and years without considering that there might be a better way? Previously, when planting flats of annuals, I would plant one cell at a time. This year, it dawned on me that it might be better to remove plants in an alternating manner. So, from a cell with two plants, I take one. From those cells with three seedlings, I first plant all of the middle ones. This way, as the remaining ones wait to be planted (which could be days or even weeks), they are not crowded together and have more room to start spreading out. And, it is so much easier to water them thoroughly, as the spout of the watering can fits easily between the plants in the open spaces. In previous years, I would lose some of the seedlings because they'd dry out before I could get them planted... this year, they are looking so much happier than when they were crowded together! Why didn't I think of this sooner? LOL
In Canada it been hotter than normal, still cleaning out old flower pots and replanting them up. This year you inspired me to purchase some mini pine tree's! I love them they are adorable not I just have to figure out how to keep them alive over winter. They are only good to -34 Celsius and my zone is 3b(-40) over the winters. It so hard to recreate you look with limited plants to choose from. So I''m going to start small and see what I can come up with.
Do you have a garage you can overwinter them? Pines should survive, it's just the less-protected roots in the container to consider. I overwintered a peony in my garage (I'm in zone 4b, in Minnesota) for several years because I couldn't decide where I wanted it planted. It's doing surprisingly well now that it's in the ground since last fall. Tiny, but lush foliage.
@@Edu_Kate Yes, I was considering the garage or a shed maybe. Not sure yet, the garage is not exactly clean with space for plants if you know what I mean. LOL
@@nadinehope230 I definitely know what you mean. My shed and garage have been on my to-do list for several seasons and time hasn't improved their circumstances.
This just showed up in my feed and now I'm hooked. This is exactly how I want my back yard to look. Feels impossible but I've finally learned that anything is doable if you really want it and you have inspired me. Also I love the way you dress. That inspired me too. In just a few minutes you became my Sunday TH-cam watching plan for while I work on other projects and plan my next project of transforming my back yard to look like yours. Thanks lovely lady.
Love the explanation of your steps and hardscape area. I garden in Austin Texas. In betwwen rain showers I have tried to replant my beds. I lost just about everything in the snow/ ice in Fedruary. A few things have started coming back, like my variegated ginger and banana trees. All tropicals and palms are permanently gone. Some I’ve had for 20 years. I liked the rain because it made the temp a bit cooler and my new plants loved it. Now the first thing I need to do is weed(ugh!) and mulch, plus more planting if I can find what I want. I have ordered three of your baskets and love them. I am awaiting delivery of the copper plant stand. I have learned so much and gotten great inspiration from your videos. Thanks!
The top you’re wearing is FANTASTIC! It’s shape and flow are great. And it even has fun detail in the back. Here in Spokane, WA it’s been very dry. That’s been great for getting so many projects done but bad as we’re already in a burn ban as it’s so dry. We’ve gotten a new roof put on, replaced and extended our gravel fire pit area, and we’re currently repainting our house. After 20 years it needed a refresh. I’ve pretty much gotten everything planted in my garden beds and gotten them cleaned out. Whew. That’s a lot!
I am moving weeding and adding wood chips that came from trees I lost in the Feb. ice storm. Thank you for the ideas of using the gravel and stone/brick. I want to get rid of my redwood deck. Beautiful!!
In England, it's called pea-stone or pea-gravel and one of it's uses on drives is to hear cars or people approaching at night! I love your use of it here!
One of the main interest for keep watching you, was your back yard. Your gravel and pavers. I will just “GaGa” over it while you are chatting away about your plants/florals. Lol! I want it o do something like that. So I am thrilled about this vlog. Also, love those slides. Lol! I got some at Walmart 2 years ago. Lol. Gotten so many compliments. That top, I was also googling over it. Thanks so much for sharing your outfit wear.
Margi from Phoenix - zone 9. Highs will be in the low 100s for the next week or so. Focusing on drip system repair to ensure new plants survive the summer! Tomato plants are bursting with fruit but will die soon with out heat. Thanks, Linda for sharing content that helps us dream and plan for our future gardens.
After a wet, cool spring and 3 weeks of rain (which we will wish we had come August) we have 4 days of lovely weather before the expected tropical depression dumps several more inches of rain this weekend. I am mowing my lawn today and putting in the last of the annuals. I have been potting things in every container I can find just to get things into some soil. At least my bagged potting mix is not soggy.
Linda,I have the same love for topiaries ! I winter over about 16 large 3 ball and spiral shape ones. It gives me an instant garden come spring. I so enjoy your garden and advice.I have been English gardening for 50 years.
After being stuck in the house for two weeks with allergies and rain, I finally planted my vegetables today. Next is planting 2 boxwoods, 3 silver mounds, weeding two beds and planting a mixed flat of annuals. One day at a time.
I wish I could send you a picture. I put the first big basket I bought from your QVC collection into my front garden. Just love it looking forward to getting my second one that was sent to my daughters house. Got a big pot of ice roses that will spill over and bloom all summer. 😍 love it.
Linda you have inspired me to start a new flower bed going around my whole backyard. A little at a time. I am in Niagara Canada where it has been warm and very dry. I have started cuttings and making willow starter juice. Lol. Thanks again.
I love the idea of having a fence to backdrop a space for plantings (like yours) and or to create a cozy oasis. In our neighborhood we are not allowed to have fences. So what would you use so to create that look (naturally)? Also, please share with us, if you would, your daily routine (wake time, meals, exercise, skincare, bedtime, etc). You seem so very productive, in great shape and so youthful! Thank you! I just love your channel :)
Your first question might be a good topic for a video… I’ll try to remember to do one! As for the lifestyle issues, there seems to be a lot more interest in that recently, for whatever reason. I’ll try to figure out a way to share, without boring people who just want Gardening content!
Would a windbreak of hedges or trees be allowed? Privet hedge or arborvitae. Trellises with wisteria or honeysuckle? The Homeowners Association at our previous home limited fences to 5 feet. On top of that we added a trellis that was sturdy but very airy - like foot square empty spaces between supports. We add wisteria and it gave us the privacy we sought without a tall fence.
@@nadinehackman2358 thank you so much! Yes, those are some great ideas and I'll be sure to add them to my notes. I'm thinking about those Green Giant Arborvitaes. I love the trellis with wisteria idea! I have a blank slate. Almost too vast and somewhat overwhelming. But I guess doing a lil at a time (like Linda teaches) is what is so exciting too :)
I'm in NE Scotland, and we are only just experiencing sunny warm weather at last. It has been a very wet May and April, and we had snow in March ! Seeing your Nandina recover gives me some hope that my two Gulfstream shrubs will do so too. They really took a hit from the snow snap, the leaves went brown and most dropped. Love the top - I'm a thrifter too !
Hi Linda. Gilly here from Northamptonshire England. The weather has been very cold and wet throughout Spring, but now it's warmed up the weeds are growing rapidly. I shall be weeding, weeding, weeding as I have to open the garden to the public ( for charity) in a few weeks time!! I so love your channel. Thank you so much for all your hard work x
We live right by two canals, and there is a local charity boat which takes the disadvantaged, elderly, and many other deserving groups out for day trips. With lots of fresh air and a slowly moving countryside it is beneficial to all. Everything has been shut down for the last 18 months so time to fund raise with open gardens, and of course tea and home made cakes !!
I'm in Keller, Texas. I have a serious muddy mess in my backyard. I have a place that doesn't drain and it turns into a pond. I plan to fence in the area to make a dog-free zone, then I'm planning to create a "dry" stone creek with a bridge in the area that gets so wet. I have planted a few trees and plan to build some raised flower beds and start a garden. ❤ Love watching your channel while I work as a nurse from home!
Fellow nurse here! We had a similar backyard drainage issue and turned it into a gravel patio and raised bed with a flagstone/river rock path. We made a TH-cam video about the process too (search for Our Life Edited Building a Gravel Patio and it should come up). We also have a bridge over a drainage ditch that might offer some inspiration. Good luck!
I’m in western Washington State, it’s been warm and dry and I’m loving it! I usually can’t start really gardening until mid-July so this weather is heavenly ☀️💕
I live not far from you in Edgemere Park. I spent Monday - Memorial Day planting 14 bushes and trees in front of my back fence. I got a new fence last year. Over the time I have lived in my Tudor all the things along my fence line have died. Mostly because of sewer line replacement. The final things left died from the freeze. I worked all at in the rain Monday and discovered that’s the way to do it. So much easier to dig in the wet earth. I usually have to soak the ground with a hose and it’s still a chore. But with all the rain we’ve had the ground was do much easier to work with. I still have lots to do but major plantings are done at least in that area. I have an old deck I want gone and would live to do a large stone and gravel area. My house sits on the north side of the street just like your’s so I have a very similar situation to your’s. Next project is to place a stone border around my back bed and mulch. Also going to add a dry creek bed in back north west corner for drainage with a small bridge over it. I used to love my backyard as it was when I moved in. It was a green room but electric company came in and removed a large tree and cut one back extremely in my neighbor’s yard. The whole vibe of my backyard changed drastically. Plus I have two giant pink crape myrtles I love on either side of my yard. I adore them but they are not looking great after this winter. They are alive. I have not trimmed them waiting to see how much would come back. I’ll have to tackle that soon. I live these giant crape myrtles so much. It makes me so sad to see how much damage they obtained.
Wow! You have already done so much! Yes this kind of weather is wonderful to work in, as long as the grounds not too wet and muddy. I agree with you, the heartbreak of the crate myrtles this year is so sad!
I think one of the great things about gardening is becoming more observant of the natural world around us. If we can match our tasks to the conditions of the earth and the weather, we can be in synchrony with our environment. A great time to weed is right after it has rained (as long as the soil isn't inundated). When I plan a week's activities, I consider the weather forecast. Why pull weeds today in the hot sun, if it's going to rain in a day or two, soil will be looser, and temperatures will be more moderate?
I never noticed your steps and I just love them and the low rise is it just wonderful such a whimsical lovely garden and the steps look so natural as if this is how they were originally that is something I would do let me stop because I could go on and on with your garden the steps just put me over the edge
Your backyard inspired me to solve a huge problem in mine! I have 2 boxers that love to play in my fenced backyard but they totally destroyed my grass 3x! I was so tired of red dirt when it was dry and red mud when it rained! My daughter and I covered 900 sg ft with slate rock and pebbles in between. We did put down landscape cloth 1st. I absolutely love it and we have had so much fun planting and decorating the area. My dogs stay clean now and it is because of your inspiration! I watch all your videoes and relate to you homewise as well as garden. I am in Winston-Salem, NC and appreciate you! Linda McPherson
Dear Linda, Discovered you recently and of all the garden channels your English Garden is my favorite. I subscribed today. I live in North Central PA, a mile from the NYS border. About an hour from the NYS finger lakes area. Beautiful all four seasons! I am a retired nurse and a self taught garden addict. (zone 5) We moved into this house nine years ago to care for my mother-in-law. I have spent these nine years taking down dead trees, hedges and foundation plantings. My mother-in-law left us her house and we decided to stay because the house is small and the the yard is large. Great location in our town. I'm concentrating on the front yard for now. You have given me such encouragement to continue my front yard area. Probably start the back yard in earnest next year. (of course I've started buying some shrubs for out back hehehe) What fun!!! Cathy Miller Pennsylvania
I love how your whole demeanor has changed. It’s even more smooth & relaxed, personal & individual. You’re not Martha Stewart, you’re LV, and it’s an authentic level up. It’s great watching you grow into all this & truly own it. After watching that storm devastate you a bit it’s kind of more amazing to see what’s happening now.
Kansas has been cold and rainy too. I love all of your videos you are so genuine and your passion for gardening has inspired me to redo some of my beds I had a bunch of liriope that had become invasive in 2 different beds that was pretty tough and I have a feeling that I may battle it for a few years to come. Next I will work on trimming up a Japanese Maple to give more of an upright architecture. I don’t think I would have had the courage to do this had I not found your channel
Hi Linda. Just joined and love your videos! I live in the NW part of OKC right at the border with Edmond. I have been planning and reading and looking forward to a new garden in my backyard for several years. This year we decided to replace our RR tie retaining wall with concrete stone. Been waiting two months to get started, but every day it rains pushes us further out. Never had much patience anyway, and I'm getting so antsy. Watching you and reading the comments from others makes me feel like I'm in sympathetic company. Cheers and thank you for what you do!
Absolutely in love with your patio! everything is in the right place and makes for a peaceful and pretty beautiful place to spend some quiet time sipping on a nice cup of tea and reading a good book!
Love, love a great thrift store find! Your blouse is so cute and stylish. The gravel area is so inviting. Thanks for highlighting this area of your gardens.
I adore your style Linda- your English Tudor dining area is so beautiful! Looking at your space inspires me and I absolutely love your videos- thank you! I now have a few topiaries- love them! We have been fortunate to enjoy a pretty mild spring here in SLC, Utah! We havent had a freezing temp since the middle of April, ( unusual) so we could plant early this year. Today was 95 degrees and we haven't seen rain for a long time, so we are in for a dry, hot summer! A few good rainstorms would be lovely!!
In No Carolina - zone 7, we are still trying to build our forever home and with COVID setbacks, it has been a slow process... bricks have been sitting for two months waiting for the mason ... I have numerous plants in cobalt blue pots at the duplex we are living in ... our neighbors think I am the crazy plant lady! I am ready to transfer some into the landscape, but who knows when. Love watching your thrift videos!
Mary I feel for you and know where you're coming from. My veranda decking was being replaced gosh, I think it was last fall when some of the materials were discovered to be damaged. Holy cow! Got those replacements to be deli vered after months and now contractor too busy to finish not just the decking but replace posts as well. Wondering if we'll really get to use the porch at all this year. Still, I have some plants and seating on the side that's done! Chin up! It Will Happen! Cheers 🌞👌EM in Va.
Linda, l❤️ your videos and how wonderful it is to have the pleasure of seeing you share gardening in your very personal and elegant way. I have gardened for over 40-45 years. I have loved and grown myrtles, scented geraniums , ivy, vines, collected garden urns, pots and antiques. So..... when I found your channel last year ..... I was so excited. Staying home with Covid etc, I am a nurse but gardening has been my outlet for the covid crisis. I have been really changing much of my garden , trying not to enlarge it but using more pots , growing boxwood, and have utilized gravel. I have enjoyed collecting pavers the most and setting my pots on them among my plantings and making paths. I find them on Marketplace free or cheap.!it has transformed how nicely my pots set straight up. I love the topiaries tops peeping up and I want them straight. Lol. Putting gravel on my plantings has been new to me and I can really see a huge difference in the look and the protection the gravel gives. My boys (3) of them and I have traveled all over the world. We would pick up a stone or rock at the places we visited. Castles in Great Britain, the Tower of London, Versailles, Rome. So we had quite a collection. I had the stones in a beautiful copper bowl with a motor to make a fountain for a long time. Now I have those lovely mementos in my planters with the gravel. They are so special to me. I live in Raleigh NC. A KY girl but I like gardening here. Our weather has been crazy too. 95 one week. And 40 last week! I am really enjoying my baskets from your QVC line! Great job it is all so fitting for your unique elegant style! Congratulations. Thank you again for your knowledge and your so gracious!
You are such a cute fashion model. Love the shoes, shirt and pants. You make everything look cute. I think me, a 70 year old, could pull that off. Love the video about the gravel deck and everything. I recently had a gravel, small, patio area with the flagstone. And, we had a gravel path put in down the yard. I don't ever track in gravel. sometimes I have to flip one out of my shoe, before I enter the house ;). I love your door with all the plants, very sweet and cozy feeling-- not too much for me. love, hugs, prayers.
Our deck needs to be redone, we decided to just take it out instead. We never use it and it is so expensive to replace. I'd rather have a big and beautiful flower bed in that space 🌺🌼
I could see a lovely gravel patio like Linda's in the center of a large flower bed. Considering it myself. FYI there are great tutorials on YT for how to make your own flagstone looking rocks for patios like Linda's.
Hi Linda! I’m down near Dallas and we’ve had so much rain that I haven’t had a chance to weed my beds. (Especially one bed in the back with a bird feeder has lots of sprouted seeds that need to be dealt with.) So, first order of business is to weed! I’m thinking tomorrow should be dry enough to get out and begin. Of course, the lawn is growing like crazy and looks beautiful… but needs mowing. That’s what my plans are! As always, I love your videos and your garden is an inspiration to me! Thank you!
I am getting my patio enclosed. It will have a stone knee wall to match the Austin stone on my house. It will have an air conditioner and heating unit so I can keep cool in the summer and store my tender plants over the winter.
Next job in the garden is to take up some old decking and you have just giving me the perfect idea for it as I said since finding you I've got so much idea's thank you best regards from the South East Coast of Ireland 🇮🇪
I live in Southwestern Pennsylvania, we have been having cold and raining weather. I need to get in my garden and get the weeds out. Already started, but need to do more work. Also planting some annuals as well. Thanks so much for your videos, I really look forward to them.
I finished painting our deck gray (was brown), planted new foundation plants and so now we go hiking as often as we can- my favorite thing! I like thrifting too!
I just bought some lovely Japanese soft touch holly shrubs and I can’t wait to get them in the ground. They are a bright emerald green and just what my landscape needs. I garden in zone 7b in Lexington, NC and I’ve learned so much from you. I wish you much success with your QVC line!
I am working on finishing my veggie garden now that it is cooler here in the low desert. Need to use brick border to distinguish my planting area from my walkways. I also added more garden beds to that Garden. After the seed planting is done the beds will have straw placed to keep the moisture even and the walkways will be covered with wood chips. Love the design of your gardens! It's a joy to watch your videos! Thank you for making them.
Oh Linda, Projects!!! where do I begin? 1st.. so much rain=tons of weeds on my back cottage hill. trying to finish big projects like greenhouse on the side of our house, painting both house, and fences. Building various archways and pergolas, finishing my cottage style tool shed and getting it planted up and cute. finish my rock pathways and the stonework around the gazebo as well as finish painting all my porch ceilings to include the gazebo a Robin Egg blue to keep away dirt dobbers and wasps. So many projects and that doesnt even include plants that need planting, plants that need moving. etc.
Tackling the jungle in my back yard. Planted a climbing rose, a vibernum, and 2purple smoke bushes. Just planted a bunch of plant roots and wild flowers and trying 2 clean out all the weeds and debris along perimeter.
Linda, I went and picked up several new plants. Now I am deciding were I want them. Tomorrow I plant them. And the next day I am going to get some mulch and fertilize again. I am behind due to weather in Texas. It's like all of the rain that comes in April here did not come till May. It is just now starting to get hot. The ice storm and some medical issues threw me behind but the yard is now looking beautiful!! Putting down gravel also.!😊
My 7 year old great grandson tried to help me plant an Azalea... he's decided not to be a gardener, after only digging half of a planting hole...😜 Thanks for helping him make his future career plans. Heehee!
Well, it finally quit raining north of Houston since Saturday. My gravel terrace is full of weeds that I need to get rid of but the onslaught of the mosquitos makes it hard. They are terrible, luckily they don't bite me as they do my husband. The rain gave the weeks so much strength. Have to tackle that first but the humid heat is settling in on the Gulf Coast. That's just our summer! Thanks as always for sharing your garden!!
Just watched this today. February 2 2022. What a way to start my day. I’ve seen this before, so ready for spring. Got to wait. Minnesota is still extremely cold. Love your garden design.
I love your pea gravel and stone patio and walkways. I have always preferred these to a wood deck & had pea gravel & stone patio previously. After living most of my life in PA we moved near Austin TX (zone 8A) & bought a new house in a subdivision with a backyard that was a blank slate so the 1st thing I put in was a paver and pea gravel patio down from the 2 steps from the cement porch. This is a totally different climate from PA! We have been having lots of rain in May and cooler temps ( 80s instead of typical 90s) I wish this was the norm but it is usually much dryer. I am excited to have a longer growing season and to have plants live through the winter. Even with the crazy freeze we had in Feb. most things I planted in the fall did eventually come back like elephant ears! So glad I was introduced to you on the Garden Answer youtube channel because I love the English-style garden and hope to achieve the lushness you have. And I ordered my 1st angel vine plant and some boxwoods to begin making topiaries. Can't wait to get started!
I'm in south Mississippi. We moved here 7 years ago. I have been out in the garden for over a month working around an unusually wet spring. I just finished planting over 500 amaryllis bulbs that were gifted to me from my oldest son. Almost 200 are very small about the size of a marble. But I'm patient and willing to wait a few years for them to be big enough to bloom. Now I'm working on a fairy garden.
I live in Home, WA...on the shores of beautiful Puget Sound. I’ve been gardening intensively for April and May...finally the surge is over. Everything seems bigger and better than ever. Now it’s just a matter of maintenance. I’m awaiting the delivery of one of your baskets from QVC. I’ll have to find a place for it! I love your videos...very inspiring.❤️
I’m going to trim my viburnum! Its been frankly an overgrown mess that I didn’t know how to handle, but now I see it in a whole new light thanks to you!
Linda, you have inspired several landscaping touches to my garden rooms. In the courtyard I realized my brick steps needed a handrail. As I age, I need that added security when winter makes the steps icy. I found an iron worker in Williamsburg who crafted a gorgeous curvy handrail in bronze with a pine cone finial. My courtyard houses a half dozen topiary, thanks to your tutelage as well. Now that the drought here in SE VA has broken, time to put coneflowers in the sun garden.
Hi Linda, South Australian fan here, I have just completed my geranium stadium 😂👍 with cuttings from neighbours and my garden ❤️ I'll show you the progress soon
Beautiful landscape! We will be finishing retainer walls & adding a small square fish pond. Our house is country French with house & garage combined on 3 sides creating a courtyard.
I love how you are not too proud to shop at The Goodwill Store. I used to be a snob years ago and now find myself shopping there due to a financial turn of events. I now can relate to being poor but that is life. BTW I love your channel Linda!!!! Very informative. Thanks!
Love this gravel deck! I shared it with 2 of my daughters working on their new home landscapes. Thanks for extending your vids to include your fashion style! We are kindred gardening spirits plus I share your earring affection 😊 The weather in western NC is one of our best springs in years or maybe it’s because I retired with the pandemic. The tomato plants will have cane tripods over them by tomorrow evening I hope. It adds support and structure to these jewels. Blessings!
+27 C today in Manitoba Canada. I'm zone 2B/3 we have had bizarre weather too! The warmth is finally opening the hostas! Love your channel and your amazing style!
Hello, I thought I had it bad in Alberta zone 3b/4 if in right location. Just wondering what's your favourite plants that withstand harsh Canadian winters. Specifically greenery plant, so many that Linda has in here yard won't last in Canada and I'm trying to find good alternatives, so I can apply her style but with a Canadian twist. Here is see lilac's and peonies and hosta's a lot, I have all three, they are so reliable! It's +30 here today, it's been crazy hot all week.
I live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada zone 6b to 7a. We too have had a cool wet spring punctuated by warm spells. I will be planting up my large containers with perennials. Hostas, alchemellia mollis, hardy geraniums, boxwoods, Stella Dora lillies and liatris will be featured. Thank you for continually inspiring me as a gardener.
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Best video on gravel for residential areas that I've seen so far. THANKS!!
I am going to work on a memory garden in memory of my son Jordan Stevenson who passed away on May 15th from a stroke. I have irises named Jordan's Joy and a triple daylily named Jordan. My Southeast Oklahoma yard is still overgrown and wet from the daily rain, so it will take awhile, but that's okay because I am still in shock. He loved gardening too.
@Susan Smith. I pray you have many sweet moments in your memory garden. My heartfelt condolences about losing your gardening son. That would be unimaginably hard. I had a thought about how appropriate the name of the Iris going into Jordan’s garden. Bittersweet. God bless you.
I'm so sorry Susan for your loss of your precious son Jordan. How beautiful to have irises named Jordan's Joy. Thinking and praying for you.
Thank you.
Weeeellll, because of "finding" you a about three months ago, my project for the last month has been my very own flagstone and pea gravel patio! What was this crazy woman thinking!?! After digging out and out and out some more for a MONTH, I turned it over to landscapers to finish. I don't care if they did finish it up, I am taking my own share of the credit. They were amazed that I had accomplished as much as I did because they had little leveling to do and finished my 15 x 25 patio in one day! My bragging rights to it are going to be tiresome for many. I am 72 yrs old and much more stupid than strong!
On to my next something although hubs did make me promise I would let him know before I jumped in boots and all.
Love you Linda! Hope I survive all I want to do because of following you and your amazing accomplishments! 😁
Sincerely, Peggie Roberts Donnald
Peggy, you sound like me I am 70 years old and I do a lot of outdoor work!
I loved everything about this. I’m not a fashionista but I am enjoying your wardrobe shares.
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I just want to say thank you so much. You have been my therapy ...my 21 year old son past away from covid in December and i was flipping around on TH-cam and started watching you .
I had no flower gardens. But now I have a beautiful space that my children and i have created and it has been the best therapy for all of us.
We are in Virginia and it has been cold and wet here but it starting warm up. I just want you to how much you help people in ways you don't realize!
Oh my dear. What heartache and loss. I have gone to my garden many times for comfort - but never anything so devastating as the loss of a child. It sounds like you are very wise and have loving children to support you. I will dedicate all my gardening today in memory of your son. Much love to you and your family.
I love how organic the brick and flagstone paths are!! And such a pretty outfit 💚
Linda I was drawn to you're channel in the past 4 months or so and have been completely blown away by the absolutely gorgeous garden you have created! I live in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada and after showing my hubby you're beautiful garden he agreed with me that our garden needed a 'Linda Vater' makeover! So at 62 and 61 hubby and I started in April transforming our backyard! I think it will take most of the summer but it's beginning to look amazing!
Sandy, you must promise to send me pictures!
Absolutely!
I loved the tour and history of how it came to be. My project: Finish making both elevated back deck and covered front porch welcoming and pleasant places to sit. I’m putting all my plants for both spots into pots and planter boxes. I live out of town and we have hungry packs of deer that roam around and thru my property. I don’t want to fence it all, fight the deer, or have separate beds away from the house. I’m getting older now and have gotten so much inspiration and education from your yard and channel. It’s helping me to learn about plants and plant expertise in my new home state of North Carolina. Jim Putnam is another TH-cam gem that lives not too far away in Raleigh. Thank you so much.
The last few days we got lots of rain. Prior to that we had drought conditions. I planted a new perennial border. Now my border is a water garden. I’ll be weeding and praying all my little plants pull through! Love the time I get to spend in your garden.❤️🥰 Thank you, Linda!
loved that you mentioned where you purchased the plants stand and also your clothing! It makes us love you more and down to earth, relatable, i think ! We like going to goodwill and recently went to search for garden jean overalls.
I can totally relate to what you said about being an untrained, intuitive gardener who works in their personal style. I feel like that has been my path as an intentional gardener over the past 15 years, too. That's how our 3 acres in Lancaster County, PA (where we've been cooler than normal and the fruit trees have loved it, by the way!) have evolved... lots of trial and error, moving plants, realizing that deer can eat a lot (as well as rub their antlers on our precious shrubs), and waiting patiently for our garden beds to "age". Your videos are such an inspiration, Linda - thank you (and Stewart, too)!
Good afternoon, I’m in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada… zone three. First off I’d like to thank you for these videos. You have given me so much more to think of in the types of plants that one can grow and the visual feel that some plants will give your garden. I’ve bought three scented geraniums and an ivy geranium for hanging baskets, first time. Just planted, yesterday but not situated properly yet! We have had little snow cover this past winter and again are in a drought situation. Little to no rain this spring………. I have a small yard but a beautiful large tree in the back (south facing) giving a respite to some plants who love the sun but enough is enough! There is going to be heat warnings this week, middle 30’s Celsius. I am 69 this year and wish I had found your channel sooner as I have finally found the style of gardening that gives me a sense of peace. I’m a gardener so love mostly all plants but have not until your videos had a sense of exactly how to plant to achieve that feeling. A strong restraining pallet, for one, As you know it takes years to do certain things in a garden and my zone 3 is another stumbling block! Anyhow, sorry this is so long. Thank you again, Linda, from the bottom of my heart!
The stones, the gravel, the topires a true signature of elegant Linda .
Love all the stone and gravel! Oh my, I love, love, love your top! I look for clothes like that that are very different.❤️
Absolutely love your channel. I live in the south in Mississippi and I started early with my planting and now realize I get more sun where I thought I got lots of shade. So I am sitting back, now that the hot sun is coming out more, and thinking I need to move some things and purchase a few more sun loving shrubs. Excited again. So here I go off looking, taking more time, and shopping! 😎
Remember to stay hydrated girl!
@Harriet James. Golly, that sounds like my situation of collecting pots and plants for the last several months, now playing musical chairs to get them into the right sun/shade locations. I also made additional forays out in search of more sun plants.
I loved that you loved our comments. =) First thing for me was mowing the lawn and now enjoying my roses and peonies. I´m so happy they are finally blooming! Love from Germany ♥
Wish I could love this twice!
Here in NE Ohio, I had just finished planting sunny annuals (mostly in pots) before we've had a couple of drizzly days, which should get those annuals off to a good start. When sunny weather returns, will get to planting annuals in the shadier rear garden.
Isn't it funny how we can sometimes have an inspiration, and wonder why we've been doing a task the same way for years and years without considering that there might be a better way?
Previously, when planting flats of annuals, I would plant one cell at a time. This year, it dawned on me that it might be better to remove plants in an alternating manner. So, from a cell with two plants, I take one. From those cells with three seedlings, I first plant all of the middle ones.
This way, as the remaining ones wait to be planted (which could be days or even weeks), they are not crowded together and have more room to start spreading out. And, it is so much easier to water them thoroughly, as the spout of the watering can fits easily between the plants in the open spaces. In previous years, I would lose some of the seedlings because they'd dry out before I could get them planted... this year, they are looking so much happier than when they were crowded together!
Why didn't I think of this sooner? LOL
Lovely design showcasing nothing but elegance and practicality. Thanks for the share Linda!
In Canada it been hotter than normal, still cleaning out old flower pots and replanting them up. This year you inspired me to purchase some mini pine tree's! I love them they are adorable not I just have to figure out how to keep them alive over winter. They are only good to -34 Celsius and my zone is 3b(-40) over the winters. It so hard to recreate you look with limited plants to choose from. So I''m going to start small and see what I can come up with.
Do you have a garage you can overwinter them? Pines should survive, it's just the less-protected roots in the container to consider.
I overwintered a peony in my garage (I'm in zone 4b, in Minnesota) for several years because I couldn't decide where I wanted it planted. It's doing surprisingly well now that it's in the ground since last fall. Tiny, but lush foliage.
@@Edu_Kate Yes, I was considering the garage or a shed maybe. Not sure yet, the garage is not exactly clean with space for plants if you know what I mean. LOL
@@nadinehope230
I definitely know what you mean. My shed and garage have been on my to-do list for several seasons and time hasn't improved their circumstances.
This just showed up in my feed and now I'm hooked. This is exactly how I want my back yard to look. Feels impossible but I've finally learned that anything is doable if you really want it and you have inspired me. Also I love the way you dress. That inspired me too. In just a few minutes you became my Sunday TH-cam watching plan for while I work on other projects and plan my next project of transforming my back yard to look like yours. Thanks lovely lady.
Welcome Charlotte! Honored to be part of your morning routine!
Love the explanation of your steps and hardscape area. I garden in Austin Texas. In betwwen rain showers I have tried to replant my beds. I lost just about everything in the snow/ ice in Fedruary. A few things have started coming back, like my variegated ginger and banana trees. All tropicals and palms are permanently gone. Some I’ve had for 20 years. I liked the rain because it made the temp a bit cooler and my new plants loved it. Now the first thing I need to do is weed(ugh!) and mulch, plus more planting if I can find what I want. I have ordered three of your baskets and love them. I am awaiting delivery of the copper plant stand. I have learned so much and gotten great inspiration from your videos. Thanks!
OH Bless your heart for the little fashion show at the end!!!! YAY!!!
That is my favorite area of your yard. It’s just beautiful!
The top you’re wearing is FANTASTIC! It’s shape and flow are great. And it even has fun detail in the back. Here in Spokane, WA it’s been very dry. That’s been great for getting so many projects done but bad as we’re already in a burn ban as it’s so dry. We’ve gotten a new roof put on, replaced and extended our gravel fire pit area, and we’re currently repainting our house. After 20 years it needed a refresh. I’ve pretty much gotten everything planted in my garden beds and gotten them cleaned out. Whew. That’s a lot!
It is!
I am moving weeding and adding wood chips that came from trees I lost in the Feb. ice storm. Thank you for the ideas of using the gravel and stone/brick. I want to get rid of my redwood deck. Beautiful!!
In England, it's called pea-stone or pea-gravel and one of it's uses on drives is to hear cars or people approaching at night! I love your use of it here!
One of the main interest for keep watching you, was your back yard. Your gravel and pavers. I will just “GaGa” over it while you are chatting away about your plants/florals. Lol! I want it o do something like that. So I am thrilled about this vlog.
Also, love those slides. Lol! I got some at Walmart 2 years ago. Lol. Gotten so many compliments.
That top, I was also googling over it. Thanks so much for sharing your outfit wear.
Margi from Phoenix - zone 9. Highs will be in the low 100s for the next week or so. Focusing on drip system repair to ensure new plants survive the summer! Tomato plants are bursting with fruit but will die soon with out heat.
Thanks, Linda for sharing content that helps us dream and plan for our future gardens.
After a wet, cool spring and 3 weeks of rain (which we will wish we had come August) we have 4 days of lovely weather before the expected tropical depression dumps several more inches of rain this weekend.
I am mowing my lawn today and putting in the last of the annuals. I have been potting things in every container I can find just to get things into some soil. At least my bagged potting mix is not soggy.
Linda,I have the same love for topiaries ! I winter over about 16 large 3 ball and spiral shape ones. It gives me an instant garden come spring. I so enjoy your garden and advice.I have been English gardening for 50 years.
Love how your garden is with the stone and gravel!
Thank you Linda! I so enjoy "our visits"! Your home and garden are delightful and your style is devine!
After being stuck in the house for two weeks with allergies and rain, I finally planted my vegetables today. Next is planting 2 boxwoods, 3 silver mounds, weeding two beds and planting a mixed flat of annuals. One day at a time.
I'm on a mission to pull ALL the ragweed that's everywhere in my yard. I am so allergic to the mature plant.
I do the same thing with my jeans! I wear them about 5 times before washing. 😊
My very first project every year is edging all my garden beds. A good edge makes everything else seem deliberate...even weeds, lol.
I couldn’t agree with you more Ann!
We have a cottage style fence going in and then I get to plant all of my roses! Looking forward to that!! :)
I wish I could send you a picture. I put the first big basket I bought from your QVC collection into my front garden. Just love it looking forward to getting my second one that was sent to my daughters house. Got a big pot of ice roses that will spill over and bloom all summer. 😍 love it.
I’m so glad!
Linda you have inspired me to start a new flower bed going around my whole backyard. A little at a time. I am in Niagara Canada where it has been warm and very dry. I have started cuttings and making willow starter juice. Lol. Thanks again.
Excellent!!
Really love the look of stone in the garden, especially flagstone combined with beautiful plantings. Simple, yet elegant…
I love the idea of having a fence to backdrop a space for plantings (like yours) and or to create a cozy oasis. In our neighborhood we are not allowed to have fences. So what would you use so to create that look (naturally)? Also, please share with us, if you would, your daily routine (wake time, meals, exercise, skincare, bedtime, etc). You seem so very productive, in great shape and so youthful! Thank you! I just love your channel :)
Your first question might be a good topic for a video… I’ll try to remember to do one! As for the lifestyle issues, there seems to be a lot more interest in that recently, for whatever reason. I’ll try to figure out a way to share, without boring people who just want Gardening content!
Would a windbreak of hedges or trees be allowed? Privet hedge or arborvitae. Trellises with wisteria or honeysuckle? The Homeowners Association at our previous home limited fences to 5 feet. On top of that we added a trellis that was sturdy but very airy - like foot square empty spaces between supports. We add wisteria and it gave us the privacy we sought without a tall fence.
@@nadinehackman2358 thank you so much! Yes, those are some great ideas and I'll be sure to add them to my notes. I'm thinking about those Green Giant Arborvitaes. I love the trellis with wisteria idea! I have a blank slate. Almost too vast and somewhat overwhelming. But I guess doing a lil at a time (like Linda teaches) is what is so exciting too :)
I just love this beautiful steps with the pots tiered in the center! 🌳🌿🪴
I'm in NE Scotland, and we are only just experiencing sunny warm weather at last. It has been a very wet May and April, and we had snow in March ! Seeing your Nandina recover gives me some hope that my two Gulfstream shrubs will do so too. They really took a hit from the snow snap, the leaves went brown and most dropped. Love the top - I'm a thrifter too !
Excellent!
Love all the greenery in your garden and love your introduction video.
Hi Linda. Gilly here from Northamptonshire England. The weather has been very cold and wet throughout Spring, but now it's warmed up the weeds are growing rapidly. I shall be weeding, weeding, weeding as I have to open the garden to the public ( for charity) in a few weeks time!! I so love your channel. Thank you so much for all your hard work x
Thank you so much for opening you’re going to charity! What a wonderful thing! May I ask what charity?
We live right by two canals, and there is a local charity boat which takes the disadvantaged, elderly, and many other deserving groups out for day trips. With lots of fresh air and a slowly moving countryside it is beneficial to all. Everything has been shut down for the last 18 months so time to fund raise with open gardens, and of course tea and home made cakes !!
I used that same technique in my backyard. Now, I only have a small amount of grass, and the flagstone is just beautiful.
Same here👌
I'm in Keller, Texas. I have a serious muddy mess in my backyard. I have a place that doesn't drain and it turns into a pond. I plan to fence in the area to make a dog-free zone, then I'm planning to create a "dry" stone creek with a bridge in the area that gets so wet. I have planted a few trees and plan to build some raised flower beds and start a garden. ❤ Love watching your channel while I work as a nurse from home!
I love your plan and your ambition!!
Fellow nurse here! We had a similar backyard drainage issue and turned it into a gravel patio and raised bed with a flagstone/river rock path. We made a TH-cam video about the process too (search for Our Life Edited Building a Gravel Patio and it should come up). We also have a bridge over a drainage ditch that might offer some inspiration. Good luck!
Great plan!
I’m in western Washington State, it’s been warm and dry and I’m loving it! I usually can’t start really gardening until mid-July so this weather is heavenly ☀️💕
I live not far from you in Edgemere Park. I spent Monday - Memorial Day planting 14 bushes and trees in front of my back fence. I got a new fence last year. Over the time I have lived in my Tudor all the things along my fence line have died. Mostly because of sewer line replacement. The final things left died from the freeze. I worked all at in the rain Monday and discovered that’s the way to do it. So much easier to dig in the wet earth. I usually have to soak the ground with a hose and it’s still a chore. But with all the rain we’ve had the ground was do much easier to work with. I still have lots to do but major plantings are done at least in that area. I have an old deck I want gone and would live to do a large stone and gravel area. My house sits on the north side of the street just like your’s so I have a very similar situation to your’s. Next project is to place a stone border around my back bed and mulch. Also going to add a dry creek bed in back north west corner for drainage with a small bridge over it. I used to love my backyard as it was when I moved in. It was a green room but electric company came in and removed a large tree and cut one back extremely in my neighbor’s yard. The whole vibe of my backyard changed drastically. Plus I have two giant pink crape myrtles I love on either side of my yard. I adore them but they are not looking great after this winter. They are alive. I have not trimmed them waiting to see how much would come back. I’ll have to tackle that soon. I live these giant crape myrtles so much. It makes me so sad to see how much damage they obtained.
Wow! You have already done so much! Yes this kind of weather is wonderful to work in, as long as the grounds not too wet and muddy. I agree with you, the heartbreak of the crate myrtles this year is so sad!
I think one of the great things about gardening is becoming more observant of the natural world around us. If we can match our tasks to the conditions of the earth and the weather, we can be in synchrony with our environment. A great time to weed is right after it has rained (as long as the soil isn't inundated). When I plan a week's activities, I consider the weather forecast. Why pull weeds today in the hot sun, if it's going to rain in a day or two, soil will be looser, and temperatures will be more moderate?
I never noticed your steps and I just love them and the low rise is it just wonderful such a whimsical lovely garden and the steps look so natural as if this is how they were originally that is something I would do let me stop because I could go on and on with your garden the steps just put me over the edge
How nice! Thank you Angel!
Your backyard inspired me to solve a huge problem in mine! I have 2 boxers that love to play in my fenced backyard but they totally destroyed my grass 3x! I was so tired of red dirt when it was dry and red mud when it rained! My daughter and I covered 900 sg ft with slate rock and pebbles in between. We did put down landscape cloth 1st. I absolutely love it and we have had so much fun planting and decorating the area. My dogs stay clean now and it is because of your inspiration! I watch all your videoes and relate to you homewise as well as garden. I am in Winston-Salem, NC and appreciate you! Linda McPherson
Dear Linda, Discovered you recently and of all the garden channels your English Garden is my favorite. I subscribed today. I live in North Central PA, a mile from the NYS border. About an hour from the NYS finger lakes area. Beautiful all four seasons! I am a retired nurse and a self taught garden addict. (zone 5) We moved into this house nine years ago to care for my mother-in-law. I have spent these nine years taking down dead trees, hedges and foundation plantings. My mother-in-law left us her house and we decided to stay because the house is small and the the yard is large. Great location in our town. I'm concentrating on the front yard for now. You have given me such encouragement to continue my front yard area. Probably start the back yard in earnest next year. (of course I've started buying some shrubs for out back hehehe) What fun!!! Cathy Miller Pennsylvania
I love how your whole demeanor has changed. It’s even more smooth & relaxed, personal & individual. You’re not Martha Stewart, you’re LV, and it’s an authentic level up. It’s great watching you grow into all this & truly own it. After watching that storm devastate you a bit it’s kind of more amazing to see what’s happening now.
Kansas has been cold and rainy too. I love all of your videos you are so genuine and your passion for gardening has inspired me to redo some of my beds I had a bunch of liriope that had become invasive in 2 different beds that was pretty tough and I have a feeling that I may battle it for a few years to come. Next I will work on trimming up a Japanese Maple to give more of an upright architecture. I don’t think I would have had the courage to do this had I not found your channel
Hi Linda. Just joined and love your videos! I live in the NW part of OKC right at the border with Edmond. I have been planning and reading and looking forward to a new garden in my backyard for several years. This year we decided to replace our RR tie retaining wall with concrete stone. Been waiting two months to get started, but every day it rains pushes us further out. Never had much patience anyway, and I'm getting so antsy. Watching you and reading the comments from others makes me feel like I'm in sympathetic company. Cheers and thank you for what you do!
Absolutely in love with your patio! everything is in the right place and makes for a peaceful and pretty beautiful place to spend some quiet time sipping on a nice cup of tea and reading a good book!
Love hearing your design process!
First thing I did Linda was finished planting my vegetable garden and it rained again. Now trying trying to finish up my pots. Love your video’s
I love your fashion updates💗 I think caring about the fun details of dressing keeps us classy💕
Love, love a great thrift store find!
Your blouse is so cute and stylish.
The gravel area is so inviting. Thanks for highlighting this area of your gardens.
Still
Wet here in Mentucky but when it dries up My plan is to move a few plants to make room for a carport and then landscape it into our yard.
Whoops that should say Kentucky.
I adore your style Linda- your English Tudor dining area is so beautiful! Looking at your space inspires me and I absolutely love your videos- thank you! I now have a few topiaries- love them! We have been fortunate to enjoy a pretty mild spring here in SLC, Utah! We havent had a freezing temp since the middle of April, ( unusual) so we could plant early this year. Today was 95 degrees and we haven't seen rain for a long time, so we are in for a dry, hot summer! A few good rainstorms would be lovely!!
In No Carolina - zone 7, we are still trying to build our forever home and with COVID setbacks, it has been a slow process... bricks have been sitting for two months waiting for the mason ... I have numerous plants in cobalt blue pots at the duplex we are living in ... our neighbors think I am the crazy plant lady! I am ready to transfer some into the landscape, but who knows when. Love watching your thrift videos!
Mary I feel for you and know where you're coming from. My veranda decking was being replaced gosh, I think it was last fall when some of the materials were discovered to be damaged. Holy cow! Got those replacements to be deli vered after months and now contractor too busy to finish not just the decking but replace posts as well. Wondering if we'll really get to use the porch at all this year. Still, I have some plants and seating on the side that's done! Chin up! It Will Happen! Cheers 🌞👌EM in Va.
Thank you Eileen!
@@marypliska4070 You are very welcome💚
Linda, l❤️ your videos and how wonderful it is to have the pleasure of seeing you share gardening in your very personal and elegant way. I have gardened for over 40-45 years. I have loved and grown myrtles, scented geraniums , ivy, vines, collected garden urns, pots and antiques. So..... when I found your channel last year ..... I was so excited. Staying home with Covid etc, I am a nurse but gardening has been my outlet for the covid crisis.
I have been really changing much of my garden , trying not to enlarge it but using more pots , growing boxwood, and have utilized gravel. I have enjoyed collecting pavers the most and setting my pots on them among my plantings and making paths. I find them on Marketplace free or cheap.!it has transformed how nicely my pots set straight up. I love the topiaries tops peeping up and I want them straight. Lol.
Putting gravel on my plantings has been new to me and I can really see a huge difference in the look and the protection the gravel gives. My boys (3) of them and I have traveled all over the world. We would pick up a stone or rock at the places we visited. Castles in Great Britain, the Tower of London, Versailles, Rome. So we had quite a collection. I had the stones in a beautiful copper bowl with a motor to make a fountain for a long time. Now I have those lovely mementos in my planters with the gravel. They are so special to me.
I live in Raleigh NC. A KY girl but I like gardening here. Our weather has been crazy too. 95 one week. And 40 last week!
I am really enjoying my baskets from your QVC line! Great job it is all so fitting for your unique elegant style! Congratulations. Thank you again for your knowledge and your so gracious!
I think stones and small rocks are wonderful travel Momentos, don’t you? I have some from around the world as well...excellent!
You are such a cute fashion model. Love the shoes, shirt and pants. You make everything look cute. I think me, a 70 year old, could pull that off. Love the video about the gravel deck and everything. I recently had a gravel, small, patio area with the flagstone. And, we had a gravel path put in down the yard. I don't ever track in gravel. sometimes I have to flip one out of my shoe, before I enter the house ;). I love your door with all the plants, very sweet and cozy feeling-- not too much for me. love, hugs, prayers.
Our deck needs to be redone, we decided to just take it out instead. We never use it and it is so expensive to replace. I'd rather have a big and beautiful flower bed in that space 🌺🌼
I could see a lovely gravel patio like Linda's in the center of a large flower bed. Considering it myself. FYI there are great tutorials on YT for how to make your own flagstone looking rocks for patios like Linda's.
@@dachsymom5232 thanks for the heads up, I will certainly look it up :)
Hi Linda! I’m down near Dallas and we’ve had so much rain that I haven’t had a chance to weed my beds. (Especially one bed in the back with a bird feeder has lots of sprouted seeds that need to be dealt with.) So, first order of business is to weed! I’m thinking tomorrow should be dry enough to get out and begin. Of course, the lawn is growing like crazy and looks beautiful… but needs mowing. That’s what my plans are! As always, I love your videos and your garden is an inspiration to me! Thank you!
I am getting my patio enclosed. It will have a stone knee wall to match the Austin stone on my house. It will have an air conditioner and heating unit so I can keep cool in the summer and store my tender plants over the winter.
You have inspired me Linda, my tiny garden has improved dramatically!! Pots, gravel & greenery!! Soon your planter urns will be a new addition.
The back entrance is lovely👌✨
Yes, thst top is darling especially in the back. Still planting some perennials and weeding is definitely needed.
Next job in the garden is to take up some old decking and you have just giving me the perfect idea for it as I said since finding you I've got so much idea's thank you best regards from the South East Coast of Ireland 🇮🇪
Linda I love your beautiful yard....the weather in Montgomery Texas is great now after a really Rainey spring.
I live in Southwestern Pennsylvania, we have been having cold and raining weather. I need to get in my garden and get the weeds out. Already started, but need to do more work. Also planting some annuals as well. Thanks so much for your videos, I really look forward to them.
I finished painting our deck gray (was brown), planted new foundation plants and so now we go hiking as often as we can- my favorite thing! I like thrifting too!
Your place is amazing!! I get so many ideas watching your videos.
I just bought some lovely Japanese soft touch holly shrubs and I can’t wait to get them in the ground. They are a bright emerald green and just what my landscape needs. I garden in zone 7b in Lexington, NC and I’ve learned so much from you. I wish you much success with your QVC line!
Zone 4a Quebec Canada , cold weather, enjoy watching you give me many ideas Thanks
I am working on finishing my veggie garden now that it is cooler here in the low desert. Need to use brick border to distinguish my planting area from my walkways. I also added more garden beds to that Garden. After the seed planting is done the beds will have straw placed to keep the moisture even and the walkways will be covered with wood chips. Love the design of your gardens! It's a joy to watch your videos! Thank you for making them.
Oh Linda, Projects!!! where do I begin? 1st.. so much rain=tons of weeds on my back cottage hill. trying to finish big projects like greenhouse on the side of our house, painting both house, and fences. Building various archways and pergolas, finishing my cottage style tool shed and getting it planted up and cute. finish my rock pathways and the stonework around the gazebo as well as finish painting all my porch ceilings to include the gazebo a Robin Egg blue to keep away dirt dobbers and wasps. So many projects and that doesnt even include plants that need planting, plants that need moving. etc.
Deep breaths, tackling one project at a time, and reminding yourself that you WANT to garden is my advice!😂😆😂
Tackling the jungle in my back yard. Planted a climbing rose, a vibernum, and 2purple smoke bushes. Just planted a bunch of plant roots and wild flowers and trying 2 clean out all the weeds and debris along perimeter.
Linda, I went and picked up several new plants. Now I am deciding were I want them. Tomorrow I plant them. And the next day I am going to get some mulch and fertilize again. I am behind due to weather in Texas. It's like all of the rain that comes in April here did not come till May. It is just now starting to get hot. The ice storm and some medical issues threw me behind but the yard is now looking beautiful!! Putting down gravel also.!😊
That top is 🔥. Tailored to perfection!
I think it could be Susan Graver...not Garver. She is QVC's biggest selling fashion designer.
@@michellev7345 I don’t think so. The top looks richer than that.
I love learning about how your beautiful garden has evolved. Specific details are amazing! Thanks for inspiring me to do what makes me happy!
My 7 year old great grandson tried to help me plant an Azalea... he's decided not to be a gardener, after only digging half of a planting hole...😜 Thanks for helping him make his future career plans. Heehee!
Well, it finally quit raining north of Houston since Saturday. My gravel terrace is full of weeds that I need to get rid of but the onslaught of the mosquitos makes it hard. They are terrible, luckily they don't bite me as they do my husband. The rain gave the weeks so much strength. Have to tackle that first but the humid heat is settling in on the Gulf Coast. That's just our summer!
Thanks as always for sharing your garden!!
Oh it has set in here too! The humidity is just unbelievable!
Just watched this today. February 2 2022. What a way to start my day. I’ve seen this before, so ready for spring. Got to wait. Minnesota is still extremely cold. Love your garden design.
I love your pea gravel and stone patio and walkways. I have always preferred these to a wood deck & had pea gravel & stone patio previously. After living most of my life in PA we moved near Austin TX (zone 8A) & bought a new house in a subdivision with a backyard that was a blank slate so the 1st thing I put in was a paver and pea gravel patio down from the 2 steps from the cement porch. This is a totally different climate from PA! We have been having lots of rain in May and cooler temps ( 80s instead of typical 90s) I wish this was the norm but it is usually much dryer. I am excited to have a longer growing season and to have plants live through the winter. Even with the crazy freeze we had in Feb. most things I planted in the fall did eventually come back like elephant ears! So glad I was introduced to you on the Garden Answer youtube channel because I love the English-style garden and hope to achieve the lushness you have. And I ordered my 1st angel vine plant and some boxwoods to begin making topiaries. Can't wait to get started!
Good luck and welcome to the great Southwest!
I'm in south Mississippi. We moved here 7 years ago. I have been out in the garden for over a month working around an unusually wet spring. I just finished planting over 500 amaryllis bulbs that were gifted to me from my oldest son. Almost 200 are very small about the size of a marble. But I'm patient and willing to wait a few years for them to be big enough to bloom. Now I'm working on a fairy garden.
I live in Home, WA...on the shores of beautiful Puget Sound. I’ve been gardening intensively for April and May...finally the surge is over. Everything seems bigger and better than ever. Now it’s just a matter of maintenance. I’m awaiting the delivery of one of your baskets from QVC. I’ll have to find a place for it! I love your videos...very inspiring.❤️
Garden and wardrobe chicness! Loved the garden tour and your new fashion addition at the end of your vids!
I’m going to trim my viburnum! Its been frankly an overgrown mess that I didn’t know how to handle, but now I see it in a whole new light thanks to you!
Linda, you have inspired several landscaping touches to my garden rooms. In the courtyard I realized my brick steps needed a handrail. As I age, I need that added security when winter makes the steps icy. I found an iron worker in Williamsburg who crafted a gorgeous curvy handrail in bronze with a pine cone finial. My courtyard houses a half dozen topiary, thanks to your tutelage as well.
Now that the drought here in SE VA has broken, time to put coneflowers in the sun garden.
Sounds beautiful.
Hi Linda, South Australian fan here, I have just completed my geranium stadium 😂👍 with cuttings from neighbours and my garden ❤️ I'll show you the progress soon
Beautiful landscape! We will be finishing retainer walls & adding a small square fish pond. Our house is country French with house & garage combined on 3 sides creating a courtyard.
I love how you are not too proud to shop at The Goodwill Store. I used to be a snob years ago and now find myself shopping there due to a financial turn of events. I now can relate to being poor but that is life. BTW I love your channel Linda!!!! Very informative. Thanks!
Thank you!
I absolutely love your patio, and your shoes 😍
Love this gravel deck! I shared it with 2 of my daughters working on their new home landscapes. Thanks for extending your vids to include your fashion style! We are kindred gardening spirits plus I share your earring affection 😊
The weather in western NC is one of our best springs in years or maybe it’s because I retired with the pandemic. The tomato plants will have cane tripods over them by tomorrow evening I hope. It adds support and structure to these jewels. Blessings!
+27 C today in Manitoba Canada. I'm zone 2B/3 we have had bizarre weather too! The warmth is finally opening the hostas! Love your channel and your amazing style!
Hello, I thought I had it bad in Alberta zone 3b/4 if in right location. Just wondering what's your favourite plants that withstand harsh Canadian winters. Specifically greenery plant, so many that Linda has in here yard won't last in Canada and I'm trying to find good alternatives, so I can apply her style but with a Canadian twist. Here is see lilac's and peonies and hosta's a lot, I have all three, they are so reliable! It's +30 here today, it's been crazy hot all week.
I live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada zone 6b to 7a. We too have had a cool wet spring punctuated by warm spells. I will be planting up my large containers with perennials. Hostas, alchemellia mollis, hardy geraniums, boxwoods, Stella Dora lillies and liatris will be featured. Thank you for continually inspiring me as a gardener.
It is my pleasure! Thanks for watching! 😊
Your garden is so beautiful and Inspirationsl