You know it just occurred to me that telling my husband “I had to buy this one, I found out the other thing won’t bloom unless I have this as well”....for everything I buy from now on is genius. I wonder how long I can get away with it 😂
Guys. You're not going to believe it. I'm watching my garden show, & I'm thinking these old hips & back could use a strong young person to help me. So I head outside to battle the climbing rose, & hear a noise & look up to see TWO sturdy young boys shoving & arguing & pushing a lawnmower & carrying an edger. The oldest of the two says very politely, "Hello ma'am, would you like any yard help?" No kidding. Like someone was listening lol!! I just met two young enterprising, ambitious entrepreneurs.
For those obelisks/tuteurs, the secret is to stick the bamboo sticks straight into the ground so they stand up straight and you have tension at the top.
I was holding my breath when you maneuvered the pear tree branches, 💕 the bamboo trellises with toppers are a great idea , Laura from how’s it growing puts them on top of her Dahlia supports ,so cute and inexpensive
New follower here after months of watching Garden Answer. I love that you are in Wisconsin too! It’s been so helpful knowing when to plant since you are just about an hour away.
It DEFINITELY takes just as much time to gather all the crap you need. Then you get all the way out there and you have to go back because you forgot something....the things we do....
We were told over 40 years ago to my a hole, then make a good sized ball of dirt ( approximately 12" in diameter and high) SPREAD THE ROOTS (that you have already soaked in liquid fertilized water ) OF THE PLANT OUT COVERING THIS IN THE GROUND NEW ROOT BALL, and fill the whole in with your dirt and compost, make a well around the plant and soak it. We had the most beautiful roses year after year, full and immensely fragrant and my neighbor loved seeing them as she looked out her kitchen window which was set kitty- corner to our yard and house. It was great advice and we've used it ever since
Erin, you cracked me up with, 'last year was a total pea bust, for me! We all have some gardening failures. In my case, quite a few, but it's the love of growing things that makes us keep on trying! I've been trying for almost 50 years now, and I still love the feeling of accomplishment when I can check things off my gardening to-do list! ~Margie
Last year I did nothing. Nothing in the garden. We locked down in March and everything was closed and I hadn't planned ahead and I had no seeds to plant. Plus I just couldn't get out there I had surgery and I sat on the sofa and binged watched shows. This year I planned and am making up for last year. Thanks for your videos and all your great info
Loving your channel, found you through wine and weeds with Laura, Love that segment! I am very interested in beautifying my veggie garden, absolutely love the chive hedge, keep it coming, I’m watching!
Wow, your sweet-peas look so good. Mine are at a stage with the second sets of leaves just starting to show upon stems that are 4 to 5” high. This is the second time ever planting them. Hopefully I have something at the end. Your a great inspiration. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
I really admire gardeners in the upper Midwest - Yáll go through so much to get a garden growing for a much shorter season than those of us in the south! (Remind me that I said this when we have 90% humidity in June, July and August!). Enjoy your channel Erin - and am now growing dahlias for the first time due to you! CC
I am organized & the weather isn’t cooperating. We had 5” of rain in 2 days last week now we’re having high winds for 4 days & tonight the rain coming back. I did sow zinnias, cleome, dill, amaranth, rocket & parsley. Several weeks ago. I only see maybe a dozen starts. 😳. So - if I weren’t organized, the weather would be perfect. I’m certain.
Wow, I was surprised when you said your tulips weren't blooming yet. I'm a zone behind you (4) and mine are up and blooming away. Such a strange, warm, dry spring were having. Most of the song birds are here early, too.
Same here. Last year I grew them indoors and they looked great. Once I transplanted them they suffered . So this year I pre-soaked them and into the garden soil they went. It’s been 2 weeks and no sign of life. 🤷🏻♀️ I thought by now I would plant a second crop but I guess not.
Planting my sweet peas this week (Western MA). I'll have to put in a good two foot chicken wire fence around the to hopefully deter the chippies and rabbits. Great video!!!
Thank you so much for sharing the way you make the sweet pea teepee! I have never grown sweet peas before and a friend gave me 6 pots of seedlings. I am in the south, so I am a little worried about how the plants will handle our hot summers. Such a cute idea! I love you videos.
I got about 3 weeks behind schedule about a month ago, but recently have gotten caught back up. I am greatly increasing the size of my vegetable garden and I'm planting a brand new 750 sq. Ft. cut flower garden, AND I have a lot of landscaping landscaping to do,, (we just bought our house) and I did NOT want to get behind and overwhelmed. Since I have a 2 year-old I knew that was a HUGE possibility!, so I spent all Winter planning out exactly what I'm going to plant, how many of each, exactly where it will go, when I will seed it, when I will transplant it, EVERYTHING! 😆 I started to get a Little bit behind because of all the time I was spending potting up. I started a lot of things in 128 cells because I thought that I would not have Room under my grow lights if I started things in 50 or 72 cells) But they needed potted up soooo quickly! So I got enough grow lights for 2 now shelves b/c I'd rather start them in larger cells & they be able to stay there longer. It takes me entirely too long to pot up into bigger size cell trays! But I finally got caught back up!
Always nice to see when people can plant their plants, I am still about a month from planting. So I am living vicariously through you right now. Also, I tried you way of sowing poppies and I have tons pf them popping up everywhere. Thanks so much for the tip I will be sowing them like this from now on. Happy planting!
Love the idea of putting the little pots at the top of your cane obelisk. I think Laura from How's it Growing does the same. I didn't realize how simple it is....
Those clips are nifty. I've watched your tool collection video many times, it's great! My new favorite tool is my flat potting trowel. I got that idea from you and Monty Don 👍
I never soak my peas (I’m honestly worried I’d accidentally mush them flat when planting them), but I definitely always plant them with an innoculant. I don’t know if it’s my soil or what, but there’s just not enough myco for them to pull in enough N to get above 4” all by themselves. This has been the most satisfying pea related planting trick I’ve found and they’re so stinking happy that they seem to live longer than a usual season.
Tree is so cute! Shape looks like it was begging to be espaliered! I wonder if coiling padded wire around the branch to bend like bonsai would work. Sweet pea trellis looks adorable, can’t wait to see them grow!
I used older inoculant on my green beans and that did OK. Thanks for sharing the information. I hope your new pear is a great pollinator for the other pear and you get a nice expected harvest! Your vegetable garden is really attractive and will be productive!
I was just at TSC yesterday. Now I have to go back to get some of those clips. Much nicer looking that the stretchy green tape I've been using. LOVE the teepees with their little terra cotta hats.
They look very cute, love that idea. Also thanks for mentioning Sweet Peas being heavy feeders, this is my first yr growing those. Really looking forward to seeing the Belgian espalier this yr. too.
I love peas and was always told plant by st Patrick’s day😊 and I usually miss that time completely every year... now I’ve got it marked on 2022s calendar and we’ll see it that even happens but sweet peas take first place for me love all you do Erin your yard and gardens are lovely...my house just sold in 10 hours and we are moving out of state to a new growing zone, and starting over at 67! I think I’ll go small with charm in my next garden adventure....I just want to say though as much as I’m happy about the move my heart is breaking to have to leave all the plantings behind🥲 I hope my buyer puts as much care and love into as I have through the years it’s like I’m leaving a piece of my heart behind You will be my JOY this summer and fall to watch 💜
Wow. I'm in the same boat. Moving at 65 and house sold quickly as well. While I'm still here I visit my plantings each morning. Feels a little silly sometimes, but they're kind of like old friends. Best of luck with new home! ✌🌞 Maybe cottage style will work at next place.
I know so many of the seeds this year suggested soaking the seeds first. A change in thought processes going on. My peas are doing quite well for doing this; well maybe, Those clips are awesome and have used them for several years. I did it with my apple tree.
Sweet little pots, looks great! I haven’t tried a bareroot tree- bareroot rose, sure, but never a tree, definitely going to try that next Spring. Looking forward to updates on all the things!
We really like the Patterson onions as they store all winter! I usually plant my onions two inches apart and then thin them by using them as green onions or baby onions. Love your raised beds !😄
I am so jealous of your garlic harvest! Mine never did come up. I dug down and only found a couple bulbs. We have a problem with moles. Wondering if they could have eaten my bulbs. Enjoy your garlic!! Enjoy your videos, Erin. Thanks for sharing.
Great idea with the Wakefield pots. I just got all of my sweet peas planted this weekend too, split between 8 bamboo trellis' (wish I would've thought of the pot idea!) lining my fence. I'm hoping to create a little bit of a privacy screen with my sweet peas. It does feel so good to start checking off those lists in the garden. :)
Adorable setup on the sweet peas. I so enjoyed your chat with Claus yesterday. However it did not do your garden justice. The quality of the picture was not ideal. I do hope you do it again when your dahlias start to bloom. Your garden is beautiful.
Internet is such a problem here. We have barely any cell service and less than ideal WiFi. We’re going to work on fixing the latter and I hope that opens up more live options. Thank you for watching!
I love having some height in the garden. I too am using the pots for some whimsy. Have you ever had wasps or other critter make them their home? Your veggie pea story from last year was ripped from my experience last year too LOL Happy gardening.
Great video! Looks like a good choice for a Pear tree. I just put in 5 bare root trees last weekend. So much easier to work with. This is my 2nd season trying out Jung. I have been very happy with their seeds and plants so far. So happy its Spring! :)
I missed out on sweet peas this year. I soak them for 3 days, then nick them, then plant them in fall. They come up with the daffodils in early march. Already too hot here for them.
I've never seen onions like that before, and I'm so intrigued. Where did you get them? Also (okay yes, I'm a newbie) I loved the tip of planting the onions around the garlic. I will definitely be doing that. I so appreciate you, love your sense of humor.
After watching you for a while now I am beginning to think I NEED one of those little shovels you use! Can you share the information about the shovel you used to dig the hole for the tree please? I know you have shared it in previous videos, but am not sure if I can find it. Thank you!
Erin where do you get the root trainer seed starters for the sweet peas? I live in Canada, can I get them on Amazon? What are they called? I looked up root trainers and just got the regular seed starting pots showing up. Thanks Frances
Oh shoot, meant to put a link in. I did get them on Amazon. They have been sold out for awhile but I’ll include the link anyway because you might be able to find them elsewhere.
That root feeder pack! What a great idea! Except... I'm not sure I could take it, the NOT mixing the nutrients into the soil part, I mean! Actually, I just noticed while you were tossing in the little pack, that lightly mixing in soil ammendments around inside the hole is one of my most satisfying parts of planting! I suppose I took the mixing for granted. Bcuz as I was watching you, I had the strongest urge to fly across the country, dig up that pear tree, and break open that little pack so that those nutrients could be spread out closer, if not touching, each of the roots!! Yeah, THAT'S not crazy of me AT ALL !!! Pffffthh 💦👅💦
Wondering if the mulch will rot out the slip? I planted my slips too deep and they did not like it. I saw a tube video that said to "spoon" the onion - remove the dirt around the growing bulb. It helped the a lot! They look much happier and the bulbs are growing better.
What do you do against mice? I planted cauliflower, broccoli and kohlrabi in my high bed. Everything got eaten. It could be mice but also squirrels. Putting that white protection cloth over it, didn't help. What can I do?
You know it just occurred to me that telling my husband “I had to buy this one, I found out the other thing won’t bloom unless I have this as well”....for everything I buy from now on is genius. I wonder how long I can get away with it 😂
That IS genius!! I’m shaking my head yes at you with deep affirmation and appreciation 😁❤️
😂👍
I just love the casual feel of this video! going out to the veggie garden now!
You’re going to the veggie garden and I’m going to watch your latest video!! 😊
You gave that FedEx truck a look like it owed you last months rent money! Hahahah
We are the cranky old people who yell at speeders! 😂
@@TheImpatientGardener SAME!!!!
Clever idea putting the terra cotta pots at the tip of the bamboo trellis. I’m liking that look!
That pear branch bending was nail biting! Tough love, man.
I agree but I have never tried to do trees like that. I want to try it though. They look so pretty
Guys. You're not going to believe it. I'm watching my garden show, & I'm thinking these old hips & back could use a strong young person to help me. So I head outside to battle the climbing rose, & hear a noise & look up to see TWO sturdy young boys shoving & arguing & pushing a lawnmower & carrying an edger. The oldest of the two says very politely, "Hello ma'am, would you like any yard help?" No kidding. Like someone was listening lol!! I just met two young enterprising, ambitious entrepreneurs.
For those obelisks/tuteurs, the secret is to stick the bamboo sticks straight into the ground so they stand up straight and you have tension at the top.
Last year I had to duck tape two old bamboo canes together to make longer ones. The luxury of having 100 super long ones makes my jaw drop!
Reminding you to put out your labels if you haven’t already! 🌱🌿
I was holding my breath when you maneuvered the pear tree branches, 💕 the bamboo trellises with toppers are a great idea , Laura from how’s it growing puts them on top of her Dahlia supports ,so cute and inexpensive
Vampire dibber 😂 You’re Belgian fence is looking great!
Hi Erin you’re the best teacher ever! Now I know how to plant sweet pea from start to finish! Love this video! Thanks Erin for the inspiration!
New follower here after months of watching Garden Answer. I love that you are in Wisconsin too! It’s been so helpful knowing when to plant since you are just about an hour away.
It DEFINITELY takes just as much time to gather all the crap you need. Then you get all the way out there and you have to go back because you forgot something....the things we do....
Look at this way, you are getting additional exercise.
Never thought about putting clay pots on top of the bamboo for the trellis at first I thought it was a clippy you were using
Sabrina
Love the clay pot toppers.
Love the pots on the bamboo 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻♥️
We were told over 40 years ago to my a hole, then make a good sized ball of dirt ( approximately 12" in diameter and high) SPREAD THE ROOTS (that you have already soaked in liquid fertilized water ) OF THE PLANT OUT COVERING THIS IN THE GROUND NEW ROOT BALL, and fill the whole in with your dirt and compost, make a well around the plant and soak it. We had the most beautiful roses year after year, full and immensely fragrant and my neighbor loved seeing them as she looked out her kitchen window which was set kitty- corner to our yard and house. It was great advice and we've used it ever since
Oh , had 6 or 7 of them that our grocery store of all things had brought in every year
Love the trellises you made - easy peasy. No pun :)
Erin, you cracked me up with, 'last year was a total pea bust, for me! We all have some gardening failures. In my case, quite a few, but it's the love of growing things that makes us keep on trying! I've been trying for almost 50 years now, and I still love the feeling of accomplishment when I can check things off my gardening to-do list! ~Margie
Last year I did nothing. Nothing in the garden. We locked down in March and everything was closed and I hadn't planned ahead and I had no seeds to plant. Plus I just couldn't get out there I had surgery and I sat on the sofa and binged watched shows. This year I planned and am making up for last year. Thanks for your videos and all your great info
Better days ahead💚💚💚😉
I did the same thing, do to an illness, didn't get out in the garden until late June.
Loving your channel, found you through wine and weeds with Laura, Love that segment! I am very interested in beautifying my veggie garden, absolutely love the chive hedge, keep it coming, I’m watching!
Wow, your sweet-peas look so good. Mine are at a stage with the second sets of leaves just starting to show upon stems that are 4 to 5” high.
This is the second time ever planting them. Hopefully I have something at the end. Your a great inspiration. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
This space is going to be filled with so much yummy and beautiful things, I can’t wait to see it later in the season. 🤩
Like the pots on top.
I have always soaked my peas over night before planting. I don't know if it actually helps but that is what my parents did so I do too.
I really admire gardeners in the upper Midwest - Yáll go through so much to get a garden growing for a much shorter season than those of us in the south! (Remind me that I said this when we have 90% humidity in June, July and August!). Enjoy your channel Erin - and am now growing dahlias for the first time due to you! CC
It's always nice to get a head start in the vegetable garden. Thanks for sharing.
Very cute sweet pea trellis idea!!!!
love that bamboo idea - looks so pretty and I'm all about trying to have things functional and pretty at the same time. thanks
I soaked my sweet peas and snap peas both for the first time this year. It works really well and definitely recommend.
I am organized & the weather isn’t cooperating. We had 5” of rain in 2 days last week now we’re having high winds for 4 days & tonight the rain coming back. I did sow zinnias, cleome, dill, amaranth, rocket & parsley. Several weeks ago. I only see maybe a dozen starts. 😳. So - if I weren’t organized, the weather would be perfect. I’m certain.
Wow, I was surprised when you said your tulips weren't blooming yet. I'm a zone behind you (4) and mine are up and blooming away. Such a strange, warm, dry spring were having. Most of the song birds are here early, too.
“A pea bust” 😂 I can relate. Last year was just weird in so many ways, I also missed the window on planting some things.
Same here. Last year I grew them indoors and they looked great. Once I transplanted them they suffered . So this year I pre-soaked them and into the garden soil they went. It’s been 2 weeks and no sign of life. 🤷🏻♀️
I thought by now I would plant a second crop but I guess not.
Great Gardener Lady
Planting my sweet peas this week (Western MA). I'll have to put in a good two foot chicken wire fence around the to hopefully deter the chippies and rabbits. Great video!!!
Hey, THANKS!
Great video and trellis! What is the length of your bamboo stakes?
BTW - great chat with Claus Dalby! Very enjoyable! 😊
Love the look of the bamboo trellis! I’m going to try the little pots on top!
Love your attitude gardening is supposed to be enjoyable. Not oh crap I need to do this.
Thank you so much for sharing the way you make the sweet pea teepee! I have never grown sweet peas before and a friend gave me 6 pots of seedlings. I am in the south, so I am a little worried about how the plants will handle our hot summers. Such a cute idea! I love you videos.
Thank you for reminding me on the clay pot toppers. Wish you success on the pear tree. I will be looking into the forget about it.
I always learn and enjoy your videos🙂🧡
I love the sweet pea trellises!
I got about 3 weeks behind schedule about a month ago, but recently have gotten caught back up. I am greatly increasing the size of my vegetable garden and I'm planting a brand new 750 sq. Ft. cut flower garden, AND I have a lot of landscaping landscaping to do,, (we just bought our house) and I did NOT want to get behind and overwhelmed. Since I have a 2 year-old I knew that was a HUGE possibility!, so I spent all Winter planning out exactly what I'm going to plant, how many of each, exactly where it will go, when I will seed it, when I will transplant it, EVERYTHING! 😆 I started to get a Little bit behind because of all the time I was spending potting up. I started a lot of things in 128 cells because I thought that I would not have Room under my grow lights if I started things in 50 or 72 cells) But they needed potted up soooo quickly! So I got enough grow lights for 2 now shelves b/c I'd rather start them in larger cells & they be able to stay there longer. It takes me entirely too long to pot up into bigger size cell trays! But I finally got caught back up!
Holy cow have you ever been busy! Best of luck with new 🏡 🌞☔💚
@@eileenmc8808 Yes I have 🤣
Always nice to see when people can plant their plants, I am still about a month from planting. So I am living vicariously through you right now. Also, I tried you way of sowing poppies and I have tons pf them popping up everywhere. Thanks so much for the tip I will be sowing them like this from now on. Happy planting!
Love the idea of putting the little pots at the top of your cane obelisk. I think Laura from How's it Growing does the same. I didn't realize how simple it is....
Thank you Erin, I think I’d like to try the clay pot topper for my bamboo poles this year.💚🙃
Great job Erin Can’t wait to see the sweet peas and great Idea on the ends of the bamboo poles😊❤️
Received someone those clips as a gift last year , I love them.
Oh, I have those clips and love them!
Glad that spring is here and we are now able to garden again
Those clips are nifty. I've watched your tool collection video many times, it's great! My new favorite tool is my flat potting trowel. I got that idea from you and Monty Don 👍
I never soak my peas (I’m honestly worried I’d accidentally mush them flat when planting them), but I definitely always plant them with an innoculant. I don’t know if it’s my soil or what, but there’s just not enough myco for them to pull in enough N to get above 4” all by themselves. This has been the most satisfying pea related planting trick I’ve found and they’re so stinking happy that they seem to live longer than a usual season.
What’s an innoculant?
Happy peas! 🌞☔❤
Love your garden!
Tree is so cute! Shape looks like it was begging to be espaliered! I wonder if coiling padded wire around the branch to bend like bonsai would work. Sweet pea trellis looks adorable, can’t wait to see them grow!
I used older inoculant on my green beans and that did OK. Thanks for sharing the information. I hope your new pear is a great pollinator for the other pear and you get a nice expected harvest! Your vegetable garden is really attractive and will be productive!
Cool beans! I know Laura had to be diggin this too! :)
I was just at TSC yesterday. Now I have to go back to get some of those clips. Much nicer looking that the stretchy green tape I've been using.
LOVE the teepees with their little terra cotta hats.
Unwinding after a long day and happy to see you my friend! Looking so good over there!
Planning to get in the Flower Beds today. Supposed to get to 80's today which is CRAZY for Iowa Zone 5 on May 1st. 😊
Good point about going bare root as opposed to the heavy potted plants! I'm not even 50 anymore!
They look very cute, love that idea. Also thanks for mentioning Sweet Peas being heavy feeders, this is my first yr growing those. Really looking forward to seeing the Belgian espalier this yr. too.
I love peas and was always told plant by st Patrick’s day😊 and I usually miss that time completely every year... now I’ve got it marked on 2022s calendar and we’ll see it that even happens but sweet peas take first place for me love all you do Erin your yard and gardens are lovely...my house just sold in 10 hours and we are moving out of state to a new growing zone, and starting over at 67! I think I’ll go small with charm in my next garden adventure....I just want to say though as much as I’m happy about the move my heart is breaking to have to leave all the plantings behind🥲 I hope my buyer puts as much care and love into as I have through the years it’s like I’m leaving a piece of my heart behind You will be my JOY this summer and fall to watch 💜
Wow. I'm in the same boat. Moving at 65 and house sold quickly as well. While I'm still here I visit my plantings each morning. Feels a little silly sometimes, but they're kind of like old friends. Best of luck with new home! ✌🌞 Maybe cottage style will work at next place.
I know so many of the seeds this year suggested soaking the seeds first. A change in thought processes going on. My peas are doing quite well for doing this; well maybe, Those clips are awesome and have used them for several years. I did it with my apple tree.
I've been using those clips for several years now and love them more and more. You can also get them in a larger size, also. No fuss; no muss.
Same.. i have an early gold and a parker.... Blossoming at different times. Will look into ubeline.
Love the pots🥰
Love those clips! Found them at my local TSC! also, I found and planted a Chicago Hardy Fig there, which I know you mentioned in a winter video!
Sweet little pots, looks great! I haven’t tried a bareroot tree- bareroot rose, sure, but never a tree, definitely going to try that next Spring. Looking forward to updates on all the things!
Thank you dear friend! 🙏👍18
We really like the Patterson onions as they store all winter! I usually plant my onions two inches apart and then thin them by using them as green onions or baby onions. Love your raised beds !😄
Where can someone buy Peter Jackson pots? Thank you for your videos!
The “Forget about it” stuff reminds me of those detergent pods!
We soaked our sugar snap peas before we planted in February. Still took forever for them to germinate.
I love your whimsical approach! 🌹
I am so jealous of your garlic harvest! Mine never did come up. I dug down and only found a couple bulbs. We have a problem with moles. Wondering if they could have eaten my bulbs. Enjoy your garlic!! Enjoy your videos, Erin. Thanks for sharing.
I overnight soaked and planted Cascadia snap peas also. They all sprouted quickly.
Great idea with the Wakefield pots. I just got all of my sweet peas planted this weekend too, split between 8 bamboo trellis' (wish I would've thought of the pot idea!) lining my fence. I'm hoping to create a little bit of a privacy screen with my sweet peas. It does feel so good to start checking off those lists in the garden. :)
Love the bamboo with the pots. So cute. Terri from Idaho🥔
I loved this video!!! Your relaxed attitude is so refreshing and so different from the competitiveness that is out there.
❤️ so exciting! Love love love this!
A new shovel to replace the last one that gave up the ghost? 😁
Adorable setup on the sweet peas. I so enjoyed your chat with Claus yesterday. However it did not do your garden justice. The quality of the picture was not ideal. I do hope you do it again when your dahlias start to bloom. Your garden is beautiful.
Internet is such a problem here. We have barely any cell service and less than ideal WiFi. We’re going to work on fixing the latter and I hope that opens up more live options. Thank you for watching!
Love your videos, keep them coming.
I love having some height in the garden. I too am using the pots for some whimsy. Have you ever had wasps or other critter make them their home?
Your veggie pea story from last year was ripped from my experience last year too LOL Happy gardening.
I never thought of that but I think that could definitely happen. The wasps loved making a home in our bell by the back door last year.
Great video! Looks like a good choice for a Pear tree. I just put in 5 bare root trees last weekend. So much easier to work with. This is my 2nd season trying out Jung. I have been very happy with their seeds and plants so far. So happy its Spring! :)
I missed out on sweet peas this year. I soak them for 3 days, then nick them, then plant them in fall. They come up with the daffodils in early march. Already too hot here for them.
But my dahlias are humming right along !!!!!
I've never seen onions like that before, and I'm so intrigued. Where did you get them? Also (okay yes, I'm a newbie) I loved the tip of planting the onions around the garlic. I will definitely be doing that. I so appreciate you, love your sense of humor.
After watching you for a while now I am beginning to think I NEED one of those little shovels you use! Can you share the information about the shovel you used to dig the hole for the tree please? I know you have shared it in previous videos, but am not sure if I can find it. Thank you!
Erin where do you get the root trainer seed starters for the sweet peas? I live in Canada, can I get them on Amazon? What are they called? I looked up root trainers and just got the regular seed starting pots showing up.
Thanks
Frances
Oh shoot, meant to put a link in. I did get them on Amazon. They have been sold out for awhile but I’ll include the link anyway because you might be able to find them elsewhere.
Am I the only one who can't hear pear tree without immediately associating it with a partridge?
That root feeder pack!
What a great idea!
Except...
I'm not sure I could take it, the NOT mixing the nutrients into the soil part, I mean!
Actually, I just noticed while you were tossing in the little pack, that lightly mixing in soil ammendments around inside the hole is one of my most satisfying parts of planting!
I suppose I took the mixing for granted. Bcuz as I was watching you, I had the strongest urge to fly across the country, dig up that pear tree, and break open that little pack so that those nutrients could be spread out closer, if not touching, each of the roots!!
Yeah, THAT'S not crazy of me AT ALL !!!
Pffffthh 💦👅💦
Where did you purchase the "root trainers" you called them, the sweet pea seedlings were in them....
Vampire Dibber 🤣
I think a strong wind will knock those little pots off the bamboo.
Wondering if the mulch will rot out the slip? I planted my slips too deep and they did not like it. I saw a tube video that said to "spoon" the onion - remove the dirt around the growing bulb. It helped the a lot! They look much happier and the bulbs are growing better.
The bamboo trellis is so cute! Would those work for sugar snap peas? My first year planting a real vegetable garden, not just stuff in containers.😊
What do you do against mice? I planted cauliflower, broccoli and kohlrabi in my high bed. Everything got eaten. It could be mice but also squirrels. Putting that white protection cloth over it, didn't help. What can I do?
I don’t have that problem but maybe look into one of the cage -type cloches?
Love the bamboo pole trellises. What diameter pole do you use?