My mom lives with me now but I’m happily single no kids too. I usually volunteered to work holidays so folks with kids could take off and didn’t make it home until January, so I’d host bring-a-dish bring-a-game ‘orphan Christmas’ and Thanksgiving. It was always a weird mishmash of ages and interests, yet was so much fun! I’ve always been single on purpose, but it can be a bit lonely sometimes at holidays. Anyhoo, Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas Kristen I’m a widow with great grand babies , but it’s still lonesome on the holidays! I volunteer at church on Christmas Eve.But there’s no one here when I wake up Christmas morning ,family comes later in the day ! I absolutely love Laura , Aaron and the sweet kiddos I try to not miss an episode ! God Bless you Kristen 🤗
Merry Christmas to you Kristin! I hope you had a lovely day relaxing and spending time with Laura and Aaron! Garden Answer brings so many of us fellow gardeners together to learn, enjoy and even laugh sometimes. I'm in snowy, cold southern Minnesota zone 4b....how about you?
Laura and Aaron ck out the synthetic ice rinks our town just rented one during holidays!! They have small backyard ones no water needed look like puzzle pieces also roller skating surface very reasonable for home use !
💚 Yes Aaron, I would love it if you did a video, and broke down what it cost to build the greenhouse! I was always told never to ask about money, but since you offered..... YES, I would find that very interesting. 🙃
Same here! I was brought up that it's rude to ask personal questions about money. Having said that I agree since Aaron offered I would absolutely love to know the cost involved to see if maybe it's a possibility for me to afford it someday.
Me too although prices for anything, from renting equipment to hiring people/companies to purchasing hard scape items vary greatly around the country so that would have to be considered. Huge difference for somebody in California or Boston suburbs vs. a small farm on the edge of Appalachia…I have done both…
Thank you from this widow's heart for posting this Christmas morning! It was a bright spot this morning!! Enjoy your time with your beautiful family. Merry Christmas! Looking forward to more videos from Garden Answer.
Aaron, composting is easy with a tractor. My husband sunk posts in the ground and used pallets to make bins that I dump chicken bedding, kitchen waste, leaves, clippings, garden waste etc. The bins are wide enough we turn the compost with a tractor bucket. Very easy and I save money on compost/mulch. We would love to see another Aaron video!
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Let me "Segway" into wishing Ken and his family a Merry Christmas as well, thanks you for adding a little giggle!
I'm a little slow to catch up to the most recent video but wanted to tell you about Duluth Trading Company's work clothes for women. Their tank tops are two inches longer than other tank tops. Their button-down shirts have "reach gussets" for ease of movement and lots of pockets. Their pants have articulated knees and crouch panels for limitless mobility. They are made for real people that work. Also, Aaron might appreciate their beard oil. Their men's jeans have a crotch gusset that they advertise as "Ballroom." It is a Minnesota company that we have been pleased with for many years. Hope this helps. Love, your videos, and I watch them as I exercise. Keep up the good work Joy!!:)
Laura, Duluth Trading makes extra long t-shirts and tank tops for men and women. They're online and also have brick and mortar stores. My son and husband love the quality of their clothing for knocking around, and the price point is reasonable. Merry Christmas! ~ Lisa
I like Duluth as well. And I really appreciate Laura’s thought process that what you wear has to work for what you do. For me, though, your merchandise is more like free advertising to wear in my leisure time, not necessarily something I would garden in, if that makes sense.
I was a jet engine mechanic for the Navy as my civilian career. My clothes fell into four categories….1. weekend wear. When it began to look bad it became 2. work clothes. When it looked too bad for that. It became 3. garden wear. Finally last designation is 4. rag bag.
So glad you're here! Made the cinnamon rolls, turned on all the lights and now I'm "patiently" waiting for hubby to wake up! Nice to be able to spend this time with you! Merry Christmas!
Guys- our backyard rink was literally 2x4’s and a heavy tarp My Dad built our house and we always had a small pile of wood around Our rink was 20X 30’ - As my brother got bigger so did the rink - He fell through the ice in the river once and that was all it took for my folks to accommodate the bigger tarps that were needed! Ah memories ❤
@@maynardgreenhouse I grew up with a bush as my backyard and there were some years that me and my family would skate through the whole bush. My dad would put torches so that we could even skate in the dark. fond memories.
We had a rink in the neighborhood park, just 2x4s and a plastic liner. The family nextdoor to the park donated their water for the rink 💦 it was a well loved place to play all winter 🥶
I'm in North Dakota, so we're pretty consistently windy here, too. We have lots of wind farms. From what I understand, wind farms are sited where average wind is in the optimum range for the turbines. There are max wind speeds; sometimes have to apply breaks to the wind turbines because they'd spin too fast - also ice build up can shut them down cuz the ice will come off the blades in sheets and get flung in the air! (I'm in energy but not wind.)
Merry Christmas extended family! I just love your energy and joy! I feel so blessed to have gotten a Christmas video. I just love watching little peeps into your family, your children are so precious.
I would love to see a video of the expenses for the Hartley! Laura - I love your idea of a clothing line for gardening. I have the same issues with clothing riding up or not being long enough. As gardeners we are constantly bending over and the last thing I want is to give my neighbors a show 🤣 Same with pants, I'm constantly pulling up my jeans when I garden. I would love to buy comfortable clothes for gardening!
I would like long sleeved button through cotton shirts in colour choice of black, grey or taupe in your range of clothing. I always wear jeans with a belt. Secateurs in back pocket.😊
SAME! Couldn't wait to put the Hanukkah & Christmas decorations away. Did it the 27th. Couldn't wait till after New Year's. Peace in the house. Priority no. 1.
Hey guys, frequent viewer, first time commenter. The merch and calendar lines are super easy in this day and age to create and manage. Everything is drop ship these days, and the quality is high enough to not worry about "mishandling" during shipping/production.
100% agree. You just create your design, complete with stock photos, then send it to a publisher who prints it & then dispatches directly to the customers.
I am not with family and remembered that you said you might post. Hooray! And thank you! You can't imagine that some of us truly feel that you are family.
Merry Christmas from Alaska. I grew up not too far from North Pole. (It’s a town that is sort of part of Fairbanks) They had an igloo at Santa’s Village - not ice😁 That igloo is now a bank.❣️I hope your day is extra special! Love seeing the expressions when children open their gifts.. If the wind chill is really cold and windy the plants need extra protection because the wind will cause a burn. Straw works or leaves or even branches to protect or lessen the flow of the wind.
I Re use old tarp woven grocery shopping bags with cut outs at the bottom to cover my little boxwoods until they are acclimated to the cold and windy winters in New York. I have a line of mature boxwoods on a northwest exposure which I have treated with an anti desiccant twice during winter. They seem pretty happy. But you have to do something to protect your plantings or what’s the point of planting them at all? Merry Christmas🎄
Laura, I totally second that about the seed packet info from Johnny’s versus Baker and others. It was so helpful to me as a market gardener. I think majority of their customers are farmers.
I appreciate your excitement for spring but don’t rush away the BIRTH OF CHRIST especially with your beautiful babies. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!🎉❤🥂
Great recap video ❤ I love listening to you talking about anything to do with your garden and structures 🥰 Even though I will never have a Hartley, I would still find it really interesting to hear about the pricing etc. Loved the start to finish video of the Hartley build ❤ 🏠 Oh, and I got my first pair of Felco pruners for a Christmas present from my sister (who also loves watching your channel) ✂️ ❤
Calendar ideas: Picture of each project in your garden such as what you did each month in your large garden reminded, Hartley, garden shed, South garden in different seasons, cats throughout seasons ❤, Christmas calendar with the light displays, wreaths, Christmas tree and create your own yearly ornament. Even JoAnn Gaines started small before she grew into what she has now. You got this!! Plus Your business is very well known. Definitely pursue the clothing line. That is a great idea. ❤.
Merry Christmas! As per your conversation about gardening clothing, Duluth Trading has a line of 'No-Yank' tank tops. They have extra length, and "Stay Put Fit" that doesn't creep up. So, you could partner with them for a line of Garden Answer tank tops.
You could film just about anything to keep us happy. I loved the small capture of you and the children making and tasting their soup/stew they made. It was a precious moment. Love to see you organizing your pots, tools, and equipment. It's all interesting, it's a wonderful talent you have for everything!
In my home town they would fill the public tennis courts that had a lip around them with water to make an ice rink. Tennis in the Summer, skating in the winter. Fun all year long.
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas. I'm also looking forward to spring, in Minnesota we have tons of snow and the temps have been below zero. I will be pulling my stack of gardening books out soon to start planning for 2023 gardening season.
I agree with your thoughts on garden clothes. A really good chipper shredder would take care of your composting aversion. Chip all the garden waste into fine mulch and spread it on your new land. It will vanish in a year. Composting or sustainably dealing with garden waste is the only honorable way to garden IMO.
you could probably even use straw bales around the ice rink edge , then use them later for fall decor and covering for winter. i think they would be covered enough by the plastic to protect the integrity of them , but if not you could wrap them in plastic. We want to see you guys skating next year at Christmas time. wouldn't that be beautiful with all the lights at night having a skating party? and hot cider , cocoa and snacks in the flower shed? so home town! I would think a spread sheet to inventory all your supplies.
Thank you for the Christmas video! My neighbors use a tarp and some boards for an ice rink-works great and no major commitment. As for merchandise, I agree with Aaron that we don’t look at merch as a clothing line chosen by you. It’s more like a concert T-shirt you just want as a souvenir lol. It would be great advertising for the channel. 😊
Merry Christmas. My dad just built me a greenhouse for Christmas I can't wait to get it in my backyard this week. I cried I was so happy. Can't wait to plant tomatoes from seed- flowers skies the limits. It was a great surprise.
Oh Laura! YOU ,have posted so many beautiful winter pictures this year alone! You could make a wonderful winter scenes ONLY calendar and they would be gone in a flash! When your ready, we are ready. 🤣🤣 Hugs from N.C..❤️
I watch you from New Zealand where we celebrate a summer Christmas, I find your videos helpful to plan 6 months ahead. Wishing your family a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year.
There are windmills that are actually yard art, I have my eye on one, it’s on my bucket list. It’s like motion yard architecture. Your gardens are so fun to see evolve, love all your energy!
I absolutely love the information and format on the seed packets from Jung Seed too. It can be frustrating when you have to go looking for information.
What a treat to see you posted this morning. Made the day more enjoyable. I remember when my kids were little. They made Christmas morning the best. My oldest son was hard to get up every morning. On Christmas day he was up before any of us. They grow up way to fast.
Merry Christmas to all the GA family! Keep Christ in Christmas. He loves us so much that He came down to earth to bring us the greatest gift of all time... Him. He is LOVE, LIFE AND LIBERTY!
I recently discovered the maternity tanks at Target are super looooooong and stretchy. And not expensive! Seriously, I'm not pregnant but I'm tall and really like the layered look from a long tank. I bought a size L and then bought nine more!
My high school sweetheart's family used to create an ice rink in their backyard every year. Papa just used 1x6 boards to create the boundaries and we all took turns spraying the inside every night with the hose until there was a 4-5" thick base. We had a TON of fun on it every year. It was located on top of a grassy area and it never seemed to affect the lawn - it was beautiful each summer.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I love every type of video you do! Please keep them all coming! Gardening, shopping with your Mom, the kids making an appearance, the Hartley, baking, decorating, and anything else I missed!! You bring such positivity, happiness, and joy to all that watch. Thank you! Wishing you a blessed new year!
A Garden Answer t-shirt and hoody is all that’s needed for us garden groupies. I agree that merch is an avenue that strays from your purpose. Thanks for staying true to your cause. Love your videos!
Had to laugh and cry a little at the 1990 temps Aaron showed. We had a new house in Boise in 1988 and planted 3 trees in the spring of 1989. One was a blue atlas cedar which succumbed to the cold that year. Even well established cedars in Boise died as well.
What a wonderful surprise to see a recap video today! Was hoping to see one but wasn't sure since it's Christmas day. The idea of a clothing line is difficult because not everything will fit everyone in style or sizing, but I have found that Duluth Trading has some great no yank tanks that aren't cut too low in the front and are nice and long so I don't have to keep pulling them down even when I layer them with other clothes. They also have really nice work pants that have a curved back waist band so that they don't ride down and show the lower back, and the pockets are amazing! I can fit my phone, pruners, keys, and more in all the pockets they have. Just bought a pair of their jeans and like them too (not all the pockets but all good sized). Duluth is expensive so I buy a bit at a time as I feel I can afford them or watch for sales. I am only 5'2" so it's often difficult to find the right length of pants but they offer them in waist size and inseam length on their tags so I know I shouldn't have to roll them up to fit. Wishing you and all the Garden Answer family a Merry Christmas.
Let them look into pricing themselves for everything. It's no one's business. You just open yourselves up to conjecture. Merry Christmas dear ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ones
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ! Laura try the Duluth Trading ladies clothing line, you may find it is what you are looking for. Thank you for the Christmas gift 🎁, Recap video Sincerely, Lisa - North Florida zone 8b
Christmas is not really over yet. However I'm getting to start planning for the 2023 garden. If we had a greenhouse, I would be out there right now! Clearing and organizing is my thing also at this time. Thank you for sharing so much with us. Happy New Year!!!!!
It was so nice to have this gift of a recap video on Christmas Day. Thank you so much for that and for the whole past year of wonderful entertaining and informative content! You guys are my absolute favorite creators on UA-cam or anywhere. Hope you, your family and friends, and all your followers are enjoying the holiday season!!!🙏🙏🙏💚💚💚🎄🎄🎄
About the mature size of evergreens- I was told by a grower that the mature size that is listed on the tag is what it will be at 10 years, and that evergreens never stop growing. They will eventually get bigger than what is listed on the tag and possibly much bigger. I visited the botanical gardens in my area and the weeping, white spruce was greater than 20 feet tall so that proves that theory out because the tag says they’re only going to be about 15 at “maturity”. That also explains why your spartan junipers at your parents garden were so much bigger than what the tag says they get Merry Christmas to all ❤
Merry Christmas Aaron, Laura, Benjamin, and Samantha!!! We just love your videos and how lovely, helpful, informative, and sweet you all are! You bring us such joy every day! God bless you all!
Good Morning, Merry Christmas to you, your family and also to all my garden answer family. Windmills that could pump from a well or even for winter interest. I work for a windmill service here in Oklahoma. I wish I could attach photos so you could get a glimpse of what it could look like. We just finished a wooden one, custom made and it's absolutely breath taking.
I absolut agree with Laura when it comes to tank tops and gardening ^^ I found that maternity tanks with the rushing on the side don't ride up as much as the usual ones! Great video!
The pain of finding the clothing needed, yes! Please create a line!!! Or if you could share where you do get what you find works...I live in the UK and we just don't have the same clothes as you and I really wish we did!
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for everything that you do for all the plant lovers. Me and my family love you very much. God bless and your family
Merry Christmas!🎄⛪🎄I am interested in Aaron's idea of the Hartley cost. He looked eager to make that video! I know I'll never have a Hartley of my own, unless I win the lotto, but I'm interested in the cost of building and ownership.
YES, I AGREE! Gardening clothes that fit well and are discrete would be AWESOME. Quality and gardening sophistication never go out of style. If you design it; I will buy it!!!
I live alone, no kids, no husband. Seeing this video first thing on Christmas morning was such a joy for me. 🤗
My mom lives with me now but I’m happily single no kids too. I usually volunteered to work holidays so folks with kids could take off and didn’t make it home until January, so I’d host bring-a-dish bring-a-game ‘orphan Christmas’ and Thanksgiving. It was always a weird mishmash of ages and interests, yet was so much fun! I’ve always been single on purpose, but it can be a bit lonely sometimes at holidays. Anyhoo, Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas Kristin!
Merry Christmas Kristen I’m a widow with great grand babies , but it’s still lonesome on the holidays! I volunteer at church on Christmas Eve.But there’s no one here when I wake up Christmas morning ,family comes later in the day ! I absolutely love Laura , Aaron and the sweet kiddos I try to not miss an episode ! God Bless you Kristen 🤗
Merry Christmas to you Kristin! I hope you had a lovely day relaxing and spending time with Laura and Aaron! Garden Answer brings so many of us fellow gardeners together to learn, enjoy and even laugh sometimes. I'm in snowy, cold southern Minnesota zone 4b....how about you?
Merry Christmas! 🎁
Best Christmas surprize ever! Thank you for all that you do, you make the world a better place. ❤
Thank you for the gift of a recap video this Christmas morning! What a lovely and welcome surprise! 💕
Laura and Aaron ck out the synthetic ice rinks our town just rented one during holidays!! They have small backyard ones no water needed look like puzzle pieces also roller skating surface very reasonable for home use !
Merry Christmas Katie!
💚 Yes Aaron, I would love it if you did a video, and broke down what it cost to build the greenhouse!
I was always told never to ask about money, but since you offered..... YES, I would find that very interesting. 🙃
Same here! I was brought up that it's rude to ask personal questions about money. Having said that I agree since Aaron offered I would absolutely love to know the cost involved to see if maybe it's a possibility for me to afford it someday.
Same
Agreed, would love this video and your experience choosing and working with vendors.
Me too although prices for anything, from renting equipment to hiring people/companies to purchasing hard scape items vary greatly around the country so that would have to be considered. Huge difference for somebody in California or Boston suburbs vs. a small farm on the edge of Appalachia…I have done both…
Yes, please!
Thank you from this widow's heart for posting this Christmas morning! It was a bright spot this morning!! Enjoy your time with your beautiful family. Merry Christmas! Looking forward to more videos from Garden Answer.
I was also having a lonely Christmas morning. So very grateful I found you in the evening when the football game was making me nervous!!@!
What a beautiful surprise to see you on Christmas morning delivering your JOY once again. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Aaron, composting is easy with a tractor. My husband sunk posts in the ground and used pallets to make bins that I dump chicken bedding, kitchen waste, leaves, clippings, garden waste etc. The bins are wide enough we turn the compost with a tractor bucket. Very easy and I save money on compost/mulch. We would love to see another Aaron video!
Good morning, Laura and Aaron, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸
I hope all of our Garden Answer Family stay well and looking forward to 2023👍
A whole hour of Garden Answer Highlights for Christmas. Thanks Santa! (aka: Ken and/or Aaron)
Merry Christmas!! I love seeing Aaron without a hat... Handsome guy.
You two flirting over garden amendments is exactly the Christmas gift I needed 🎄🥰
Agree! Hilarious! Aaron's last choice for an ice rink would be Laura's first. LOL
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Let me "Segway" into wishing Ken and his family a Merry Christmas as well, thanks you for adding a little giggle!
Love Ken's sense of humor!
I'm a little slow to catch up to the most recent video but wanted to tell you about Duluth Trading Company's work clothes for women. Their tank tops are two inches longer than other tank tops. Their button-down shirts have "reach gussets" for ease of movement and lots of pockets. Their pants have articulated knees and crouch panels for limitless mobility. They are made for real people that work. Also, Aaron might appreciate their beard oil. Their men's jeans have a crotch gusset that they advertise as "Ballroom." It is a Minnesota company that we have been pleased with for many years. Hope this helps. Love, your videos, and I watch them as I exercise. Keep up the good work Joy!!:)
Laura, Duluth Trading makes extra long t-shirts and tank tops for men and women. They're online and also have brick and mortar stores. My son and husband love the quality of their clothing for knocking around, and the price point is reasonable. Merry Christmas! ~ Lisa
I like Duluth as well. And I really appreciate Laura’s thought process that what you wear has to work for what you do. For me, though, your merchandise is more like free advertising to wear in my leisure time, not necessarily something I would garden in, if that makes sense.
There’s a brick and mortar in Spokane Valley where I live. Come on up!
I was also going to suggest trying Duluth.
No Yank Tanks from Duluth Trading Co are awesome for longer length and no tugging. I wear them all the time.
Happy Christmas from Canada. So nice to see Aaron indoors without a hat. He has nice hair.
I was a jet engine mechanic for the Navy as my civilian career. My clothes fell into four categories….1. weekend wear. When it began to look bad it became 2. work clothes. When it looked too bad for that. It became 3. garden wear. Finally last designation is 4. rag bag.
So glad you're here! Made the cinnamon rolls, turned on all the lights and now I'm "patiently" waiting for hubby to wake up! Nice to be able to spend this time with you! Merry Christmas!
Guys- our backyard rink was literally 2x4’s and a heavy tarp
My Dad built our house and we always had a small pile of wood around
Our rink was 20X 30’ - As my brother got bigger so did the rink - He fell through the ice in the river once and that was all it took for my folks to accommodate the bigger tarps that were needed! Ah memories ❤
Yes my dad did the same.
@@maynardgreenhouse I grew up with a bush as my backyard and there were some years that me and my family would skate through the whole bush. My dad would put torches so that we could even skate in the dark. fond memories.
Silage tarps work great!
We had a rink in the neighborhood park, just 2x4s and a plastic liner. The family nextdoor to the park donated their water for the rink 💦 it was a well loved place to play all winter 🥶
Tons of homes in our area have rinks made from 2x4s and tarps. My brother built one following a few UA-cam videos…totally do able for you guys.
Yes Arron, I would like to see what the expenses would be for the greenhouse. It’s the unknown cost that is never discussed when buying such a product
I feel like I can speak for your regular viewers when I say. We will never get tired of y’all talking about the Hartley!
Good morning from Delaware GA friends. Merry Christmas.
I'm in North Dakota, so we're pretty consistently windy here, too. We have lots of wind farms. From what I understand, wind farms are sited where average wind is in the optimum range for the turbines. There are max wind speeds; sometimes have to apply breaks to the wind turbines because they'd spin too fast - also ice build up can shut them down cuz the ice will come off the blades in sheets and get flung in the air! (I'm in energy but not wind.)
Yes would love to see the figures on the Hartley. As a first time homeowner it’s always interesting to me to see how much infrastructure is.
What an incredible gift to have a mate who shares your passions…
The balance that Aaron brings to this couple as far as vision is fantastic! Couple goals!!
Aaron is great, isn’t he? Always appreciate his point of view!
Merry Christmas extended family! I just love your energy and joy! I feel so blessed to have gotten a Christmas video. I just love watching little peeps into your family, your children are so precious.
I would love to see a video of the expenses for the Hartley!
Laura - I love your idea of a clothing line for gardening. I have the same issues with clothing riding up or not being long enough. As gardeners we are constantly bending over and the last thing I want is to give my neighbors a show 🤣 Same with pants, I'm constantly pulling up my jeans when I garden. I would love to buy comfortable clothes for gardening!
Check out Duluth Trading!
For tanks, I like the Grace & Lace perfect fit tanks. They are soft, long, and don’t roll up
I would like long sleeved button through cotton shirts in colour choice of black, grey or taupe in your range of clothing. I always wear jeans with a belt. Secateurs in back pocket.😊
Duluth Trading...No Yank Tank!
SAME! Couldn't wait to put the Hanukkah & Christmas decorations away. Did it the 27th. Couldn't wait till after New Year's. Peace in the house. Priority no. 1.
Hey guys, frequent viewer, first time commenter. The merch and calendar lines are super easy in this day and age to create and manage. Everything is drop ship these days, and the quality is high enough to not worry about "mishandling" during shipping/production.
I agree. I mailed almost 100 packages of things I make and sell at Christmas. I wish it had all been calendars so easy
100% agree. You just create your design, complete with stock photos, then send it to a publisher who prints it & then dispatches directly to the customers.
I am not with family and remembered that you said you might post. Hooray! And thank you! You can't imagine that some of us truly feel that you are family.
Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🧑🏻🎄
Merry Christmas from Alaska. I grew up not too far from North Pole. (It’s a town that is sort of part of Fairbanks) They had an igloo at Santa’s Village - not ice😁 That igloo is now a bank.❣️I hope your day is extra special! Love seeing the expressions when children open their gifts.. If the wind chill is really cold and windy the plants need extra protection because the wind will cause a burn. Straw works or leaves or even branches to protect or lessen the flow of the wind.
I Re use old tarp woven grocery shopping bags with cut outs at the bottom to cover my little boxwoods until they are acclimated to the cold and windy winters in New York. I have a line of mature boxwoods on a northwest exposure which I have treated with an anti desiccant twice during winter. They seem pretty happy. But you have to do something to protect your plantings or what’s the point of planting them at all? Merry Christmas🎄
Laura, I totally second that about the seed packet info from Johnny’s versus Baker and others. It was so helpful to me as a market gardener. I think majority of their customers are farmers.
I appreciate your excitement for spring but don’t rush away the BIRTH OF CHRIST especially with your beautiful babies. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!🎉❤🥂
Enjoy you decorations and let your kids enjoy. Don't rush to put all the beauty away.
I love Christmas decor up all January. It brightens the cold drab winter. Spring is a long time away. We just started winter.
Merry Christmas!!!!❤️❤️❤️
Great recap video ❤ I love listening to you talking about anything to do with your garden and structures 🥰 Even though I will never have a Hartley, I would still find it really interesting to hear about the pricing etc. Loved the start to finish video of the Hartley build ❤ 🏠 Oh, and I got my first pair of Felco pruners for a Christmas present from my sister (who also loves watching your channel) ✂️ ❤
Calendar ideas: Picture of each project in your garden such as what you did each month in your large garden reminded, Hartley, garden shed, South garden in different seasons, cats throughout seasons ❤, Christmas calendar with the light displays, wreaths, Christmas tree and create your own yearly ornament. Even JoAnn Gaines started small before she grew into what she has now. You got this!! Plus Your business is very well known. Definitely pursue the clothing line. That is a great idea. ❤.
Merry Christmas! As per your conversation about gardening clothing, Duluth Trading has a line of 'No-Yank' tank tops. They have extra length, and "Stay Put Fit" that doesn't creep up. So, you could partner with them for a line of Garden Answer tank tops.
You could film just about anything to keep us happy. I loved the small capture of you and the children making and tasting their soup/stew they made. It was a precious moment. Love to see you organizing your pots, tools, and equipment. It's all interesting, it's a wonderful talent you have for everything!
In my home town they would fill the public tennis courts that had a lip around them with water to make an ice rink. Tennis in the Summer, skating in the winter. Fun all year long.
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
I'm also looking forward to spring, in Minnesota we have tons of snow and the temps have been below zero. I will be pulling my stack of gardening books out soon to start planning for 2023 gardening season.
I agree with your thoughts on garden clothes. A really good chipper shredder would take care of your composting aversion. Chip all the garden waste into fine mulch and spread it on your new land. It will vanish in a year. Composting or sustainably dealing with garden waste is the only honorable way to garden IMO.
you could probably even use straw bales around the ice rink edge , then use them later for fall decor and covering for winter. i think they would be covered enough by the plastic to protect the integrity of them , but if not you could wrap them in plastic. We want to see you guys skating next year at Christmas time. wouldn't that be beautiful with all the lights at night having a skating party? and hot cider , cocoa and snacks in the flower shed? so home town! I would think a spread sheet to inventory all your supplies.
IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE CHRISTMAS SO SPECIAL & MEANINGFUL. THANK YOU.❤❤❤
Thank you for the Christmas video! My neighbors use a tarp and some boards for an ice rink-works great and no major commitment. As for merchandise, I agree with Aaron that we don’t look at merch as a clothing line chosen by you. It’s more like a concert T-shirt you just want as a souvenir lol. It would be great advertising for the channel. 😊
Merry Christmas. My dad just built me a greenhouse for Christmas I can't wait to get it in my backyard this week. I cried I was so happy. Can't wait to plant tomatoes from seed- flowers skies the limits. It was a great surprise.
Yay! Merry Christmas everyone!!
Oh Laura! YOU ,have posted so many beautiful winter pictures this year alone! You could make a wonderful winter scenes ONLY calendar and they would be gone in a flash! When your ready, we are ready. 🤣🤣 Hugs from N.C..❤️
I watch you from New Zealand where we celebrate a summer Christmas, I find your videos helpful to plan 6 months ahead. Wishing your family a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year.
There are windmills that are actually yard art, I have my eye on one, it’s on my bucket list. It’s like motion yard architecture. Your gardens are so fun to see evolve, love all your energy!
I love kinetic sculpture but windmills not so much. We all like something different.
Yes, there is one that is art in motion. Not a production of energy at all. Purely for beauty.
Garden spinners would be really cute in a kids area too
I absolutely love the information and format on the seed packets from Jung Seed too. It can be frustrating when you have to go looking for information.
A Christmas Day video! What a lovely gift! Thank you! 🎄☃️❤️💚
What a treat to see you posted this morning. Made the day more enjoyable. I remember when my kids were little. They made Christmas morning the best. My oldest son was hard to get up every morning. On Christmas day he was up before any of us. They grow up way to fast.
Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
Merry Christmas to all the GA family!
Keep Christ in Christmas. He loves us so much that He came down to earth to bring us the greatest gift of all time... Him. He is LOVE, LIFE AND LIBERTY!
Merry Christmas from Alberta, Canada!!!
Merry Christmas to you from Columbus, Ohio!
I love Laura’s ideas for clothing in the garden. Long tank tops are a must. AE has some really nice tanks.
Duluth Trading Company has a line of "No Yank" Tanks and shirts as well as great
@@juliT8223 Ohh I would love to have a couple of those too! Great idea!
They also have great pants for gardening. Stretchable, lightweight, water resistant
I recently discovered the maternity tanks at Target are super looooooong and stretchy. And not expensive! Seriously, I'm not pregnant but I'm tall and really like the layered look from a long tank. I bought a size L and then bought nine more!
Merry Christmas Garden Family 🎄 what a gift to have @ recap today! I’m listening while I’m getting ready for all my kids & grands to get here.
My high school sweetheart's family used to create an ice rink in their backyard every year. Papa just used 1x6 boards to create the boundaries and we all took turns spraying the inside every night with the hose until there was a 4-5" thick base. We had a TON of fun on it every year. It was located on top of a grassy area and it never seemed to affect the lawn - it was beautiful each summer.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I love every type of video you do! Please keep them all coming! Gardening, shopping with your Mom, the kids making an appearance, the Hartley, baking, decorating, and anything else I missed!! You bring such positivity, happiness, and joy to all that watch. Thank you! Wishing you a blessed new year!
Merry Christmas!! ❤️💫🎄💫❤️
Good morning!! 🎄🎁Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 from Newport, Minnesota!!!🎅🏼🤶🏼⛄️😁
Just watching nice people with common sense is such a pleasure. Thanks you both for being so normal!
A Garden Answer t-shirt and hoody is all that’s needed for us garden groupies. I agree that merch is an avenue that strays from your purpose. Thanks for staying true to your cause. Love your videos!
Had to laugh and cry a little at the 1990 temps Aaron showed. We had a new house in Boise in 1988 and planted 3 trees in the spring of 1989. One was a blue atlas cedar which succumbed to the cold that year. Even well established cedars in Boise died as well.
What a wonderful surprise to see a recap video today! Was hoping to see one but wasn't sure since it's Christmas day. The idea of a clothing line is difficult because not everything will fit everyone in style or sizing, but I have found that Duluth Trading has some great no yank tanks that aren't cut too low in the front and are nice and long so I don't have to keep pulling them down even when I layer them with other clothes. They also have really nice work pants that have a curved back waist band so that they don't ride down and show the lower back, and the pockets are amazing! I can fit my phone, pruners, keys, and more in all the pockets they have. Just bought a pair of their jeans and like them too (not all the pockets but all good sized). Duluth is expensive so I buy a bit at a time as I feel I can afford them or watch for sales. I am only 5'2" so it's often difficult to find the right length of pants but they offer them in waist size and inseam length on their tags so I know I shouldn't have to roll them up to fit.
Wishing you and all the Garden Answer family a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you, I saw what is being done with the weather in the USA, I sympathize with you very much
Merry Christmas! Up early getting food prepared and now can sit down with my coffee. So glad to find your video this Christmas morning!
Let them look into pricing themselves for everything. It's no one's business. You just open yourselves up to conjecture. Merry Christmas dear ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ones
If anyone ever needed a sandbox, it would Samantha, she seems to love dirt, which is absolutely adorable
Aaron with no hat? It's a Christmas miracle! Just kidding. Thanks for the recap.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !
Laura try the Duluth Trading ladies clothing line, you may find it is what you are looking for.
Thank you for the Christmas gift 🎁, Recap video
Sincerely,
Lisa - North Florida zone 8b
Christmas is not really over yet. However I'm getting to start planning for the 2023 garden. If we had a greenhouse, I would be out there right now! Clearing and organizing is my thing also at this time. Thank you for sharing so much with us. Happy New Year!!!!!
Love spending the time before I start Christmas dinner, watching the two of you! Aaron has a new hair style! Looks great!
It was so nice to have this gift of a recap video on Christmas Day. Thank you so much for that and for the whole past year of wonderful entertaining and informative content! You guys are my absolute favorite creators on UA-cam or anywhere. Hope you, your family and friends, and all your followers are enjoying the holiday season!!!🙏🙏🙏💚💚💚🎄🎄🎄
About the mature size of evergreens- I was told by a grower that the mature size that is listed on the tag is what it will be at 10 years, and that evergreens never stop growing. They will eventually get bigger than what is listed on the tag and possibly much bigger. I visited the botanical gardens in my area and the weeping, white spruce was greater than 20 feet tall so that proves that theory out because the tag says they’re only going to be about 15 at “maturity”.
That also explains why your spartan junipers at your parents garden were so much bigger than what the tag says they get
Merry Christmas to all ❤
Concerning the cleaning/maintaining of the Hartley stone floor, maybe you could try the Shark Genius steam mop, I love mine.
Your wreath inspired me to gather up things that I had left in the garden to make a wreath for my fence door.
Merry Christmas Aaron, Laura, Benjamin, and Samantha!!! We just love your videos and how lovely, helpful, informative, and sweet you all are! You bring us such joy every day! God bless you all!
Good Morning, Merry Christmas to you, your family and also to all my garden answer family. Windmills that could pump from a well or even for winter interest. I work for a windmill service here in Oklahoma. I wish I could attach photos so you could get a glimpse of what it could look like. We just finished a wooden one, custom made and it's absolutely breath taking.
You could post it on their facebook page. I would like to see it too
What is the name of the company; thank you and Merry Christmas!
@@Gin0827 Zachs windmill service
Merry Christmas! May you enjoy a wonderful day with family and friends. Spread love, joy, happiness and peace today and always!
What a nice surprise to see the two of you on Christmas. I have always called the tall pots rose pots. They are my favorites!
Yes Laura!!! I would buy your comfy long tailed shirts!!! You are so right that it is hard to find!!! Great marketing idea Laura..go for it!!
You are so right about the foot of clothes when working in the garden.👍🏼
Merry Christmas!!! There is something about this season when you have small children. They make it more magical. 🥰
I just got a pair of Feldco 2s for Christmas so I’m excited for the sharpening and maintenance video!
I absolut agree with Laura when it comes to tank tops and gardening ^^ I found that maternity tanks with the rushing on the side don't ride up as much as the usual ones! Great video!
The pain of finding the clothing needed, yes! Please create a line!!! Or if you could share where you do get what you find works...I live in the UK and we just don't have the same clothes as you and I really wish we did!
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄❄️ greetings from Norway 😊
How wonderful to hear from Norway! Merry Christmas from Ohio!
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for everything that you do for all the plant lovers. Me and my family love you very much. God bless and your family
Good morning and Merry Christmas everyone! How exciting to have a video this morning, what a gift! I hope y’all have an amazing day.
Merry Christmas Laura, Aaron, and all of your families and everyone in the GA audience!
Merry Christmas!🎄⛪🎄I am interested in Aaron's idea of the Hartley cost. He looked eager to make that video! I know I'll never have a Hartley of my own, unless I win the lotto, but I'm interested in the cost of building and ownership.
I would love to see that video Aaron!
Yes, do an itemized for the greenhouse!
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New 2023 to you and your beautiful family. ❤👍🧑🎄🎅🎁🌲
You can water with water and peroxide. One part peroxide to 10 parts water. Helps with mold and disease of seedlings.
YES, I AGREE! Gardening clothes that fit well and are discrete would be AWESOME. Quality and gardening sophistication never go out of style. If you design it; I will buy it!!!