I have to say I love and appreciate when you show a piece you've thrifted or created and demonstrate different ways in which it can be used, either indoors or out. I'm all about pieces that can be used in multiple ways! ❤️
I have 5 brothers and 4 sisters. The whole family gets together once a month for a dinner. The tradition started after our parents died in order to keep the family close. Big families are such a blessing.
I learned thrifting from my daughter, I used to look down on it like a lot of people do but now to me it’s just smart! We go together & love finding treasures! I also find that a lot of people down sizing get rid of perfectly good gardening pots & things so I’ve been finding a lot of good stuff on FB marketplace. 💗🌿
You're the best, Linda. I have been watching your videos for just over a year. You never cease to inspire me with your ideas. But probably most of all, I appreciate how you put yourself out there in such an authentic way. Thank you.
I'm in zone 8a. I dab peppermint oil on my clothes, my neck, ears, and exposed skin. Bugs hate the smell of peppermint!! Oh and I sprinkle it on the outdoor furniture if I am going to stay outside for a while.
You can plant flowers that draw dragon flies and birds that eat mosquitos. You can include a bat house on your property because they too eat large amounts of mosquitos.
Just got my QVC order, the black basket that sits on a tray. I filled the basket with Lake Superior rocks, put the tray upside down on the top and now I have a patio side table. Like it a lot, great heavy quality. Thank you Linda!
I totally agree buying pre loved, I've been doing it for 40 so years, and now it's become the new thing! And like you so proud of it! Have a great weekend!😉
So much going on in the world, it’s so nice to take a break in your beautiful garden. I.appreciate watching your weeding with us. Enjoyed your Q and A also.
I'd like to see a landscape starting with nothing and how you start to plan a garden, I know that I am having a hard time seeing how to build "rooms" into my garden
You’re definitely an epicurean in the sense that you’ll spend coins but also thrift and save just to have things that bring joy 😇❤️ there’s no problem with either spending the extra money or working to look for discounts, both are fun by themselves and the ending is a bonus! 🤑
Floral arrangements, I would love to learn from buying a grouping at the grocery store when you’re in a crunch, to when someone sends you flowers and they show up in a box, to picking stuff out of the garden. What should you keep on hand, I guess just where to start. My husband sends me flowers and he won’t buy ANY MORE VASES, so they come in a box, I never can get them quite right.
Thanks Linda - this has been a very informative video ! I was delighted to see your QVC items and just ordered 2 of the Copper Egg Trellises after finishing this video. They are gorgeous! I can't wait until they arrive !
You have a plethora of gardening knowledge that you so willingly share with your viewers. But I especially admire how down to earth you are and would be proud to call you my friend! Cecilia from Mico, Texas
I absolutely love that you are not embarrassed to say you shop second-hand. As the third daughter, I had mostly hand-me-downs. It never bothered me. My husband says the same thing, why do you shop at the GoodWill? Because I found a really nice jacket from LLBean for $10 verses $ 60. Btw, you blow Martha Stewart out of the water. I've always liked her style, but not her personality. She's very monotone, no expression, kind of snobby or introverted. You are very personable; you talk to us like you know us and I do appreciate that very much. One of ten, wow!
Thank you so much for talking about 2nd hand stores . I am the oldest of 8 children so I understand about looking for bargains.Because of you I am not embarrassed anymore to go or say I found an item at a second hand store ❤
I'm in Melbourne Australia. Just before the start of Summer I start on odourless garlic tablets. We can't smell them but mosquitos can and don't like it. I will be protected for most of the summer from them. Great channel x
Of course I always love it when you talk about books you are reading, garden books, places you visit, how you built your QVC line, I love all things related to topiary and the potager. I have thoroughly enjoyed your home tours too. I love when you show your thrifting scores because you use them in such creative ways.
I love second hand stores! I think the three things to keep in mind when thrifting are to look outside your local area if they tend to be a miss, that some days are a flop and to not go in looking for something specific. I like to take a look around because sometimes you find things you love that you weren't even looking for lol. It can be a great way to get some inspriation or find pieces that pull an outfit, room or garden space together 😊
Yes please, I am so excited and interested about your fashion, home decor, entertaining, holidays, and of course gardening; all of it. I cannot thank you enough for being the greatest inspiration 🥰
I absolutely AGREE with you about thrifting! Even the comment about how hubbies see it!!! I LOVE to thrift shop… one of a kind pieces, good prices, supporting charity… all wins!!! I always park my BMW in the back of the parking lot so people don’t judge😉😉😉 LOVE your channel!!! I just joined LVTV!!! To answer your question… I’d love to see more holiday segments and also soon indoor plant videos, particularly when you bring your outside plants indoors. Thanks for your hard work and help for fellow gardeners.💗
there are so many things we have in common... my favorite lipstick and lip liners are Wet and Wild.. my mother always use to tell me I didn't have to tell everyone I got my top or jacket at the thrift store... love layering in the garden... in fact, I can see the plant support as a plant stand with a terra cotta pot with a slightly larger lip sitting on top and sort of floating with a wonderful geranium spilling out of it..
Linda, I have to say you are the best part of my morning, so many mornings! You are someone i really look up to AND we like so many of the same things. Thank you for being a bright space on UA-cam.
Lynne here. Hi Linda you’re just amazing teacher and Inspirational person. I love all the things you touch on especially garden ‘staging’. You’ve got me hooked on topiaries. I really hope QVC get more of your obliesks and lattice plant supports again, they are fabulous. I’m in Canada 🇨🇦 zone 3 and even though I don’t grow much of what you do, I can grow boxwood so life is good. 😂
Your videos have inspired me! Just put pea gravel in some pots for all the reasons you gave, and that motivated me to start some sort of rock garden for my little grandboys who always bring me the interesting rocks they find around our yard. I figured the grandgirls and I can paint a few for their contribution. Also just started trying to root one of our shrubs thanks to tutorial. Love the thrifting ideas, the shopping links, and so much more. Definitely could use some help with indoor plant care and the process steps of topiaries. Thank you!
I'm so in love with everything you do! (Seriously, you're in my top 5 list of people I'd love to just hang out with and talk to!). Anywho, I adore the idea of rooms, but how would you separate? Fencing? Large plants? And biggest question is about the "tree ceiling".... how do you keep the tree droppings out of the rest of the landscape??? I have so much struggle with acorns, and the whirly- bird seeds from the maple trees 😭
My dear friend's mother always shopped at Goodwill when we were younger and always found amazing outfits. When complimented on them, she would always say, "Fine Fashions from GW!" Thank you, Linda, for sharing your talent and knowledge, and for reigniting imagination. I am a new subscriber in zone 8a, and can't seem to watch your videos fast enough!
I would love to see more videos on garden centers in your area. Not only for the plants but also garden ornaments. One of my favorite things to do is browse all the different garden centers. Lots of love to you 🥰
Hi Linda - just received two of the galvanized urns and they are gorgeous. Sturdy and well made. I think one will be used as a side table with the urn or basket portion filled with white lights which will make a gorgeous night time cocktail table!!
I use cutters yard spray you use with a hose. I use it once a month and it work great. I used to get eaten up by them but no more!! Citronella, society garlic,marigolds, lots of herbs also help😎 a happy gardener!
I love your tablescapes, your cheesecake recipe, your home tour. Most is related to gardening with your imagination. Love your garden, and your cute fashion clips at the end. Love the earrings
Always good to see your pretty face. Thank you for all of the useful info. Garden & fashion. Personal & home & your product line. You are a curious, enthusiastic person & we love your energy! Stay well dear lady.
I wish I had a way to post my copper planter, so you could see how beautiful it looks in my garden. I am currently using it to hold kindling for my Chiminea. People stop and say”where did you get that, it’s beautiful “. I tell them from Linda’s QVC collection. Years ago on a garden tour I had the privilege of visiting Linda’s garden. It’s just amazing, you have no idea. Anyway I picked up on the planter she picked up overseas. I thought that’s the coolest thing. Now I have one in my own yard. I couldn’t be happier. Next on the list with be the bear a proof basket. Have great weekend gardening friends.
I'm a questioner too. Always learning. I'd love to see tablescapes of which I know not much. The thing that puts me in a spin are garden gates and fences, not boundary fencing . Something to devide the landscape into rooms., nothing fancy . That would be so helpful. Love your content its always different
Do you have any suggestions on landscaping as a noise barrier? I thoroughly enjoy the menagerie of topics you address and appreciate your articulation!
Having fun watching your older videos. I am on a hunt for a reasonably priced silver-plated wine bucket to display fresh flowers in my dining room. Enjoyed this video. Also, an idea I use: iron, low plant stands with a thrifted dinner plate on top to use as a side table when entertaining outdoors. Thank you.
Linda I just went looking for the scented geraniums you often show us in your walkabouts and was told I was too late in the season. Gardeners (apparently), buy them mainly in May not for their blooms but for their ability to keep mosquitoes at bay. Although I think they are quite pretty.They emit different scents and oils that really work. Even a variety that smells like citronella. This piqued my interest since I love geraniums. Now starting to do my research. I plan to experiment with scented geraniums in pots on our deck and front terrace. Also I’m told that lavender planted near your sitting areas also keeps mosquitoes away. Love your product line btw! So well thought out!
I love galvanized pots! I'm working on a collection for a container grouping under my birch tree. Something I'm always interested in is garden Art. When my husband and I go on garden tours that's one thing we just love to see in a garden. Thanks for the Q & A, I "found" your videos a few months ago so the info is nice to know.
Oh my God, my grandson set up my TV so I could watch you on my large 📺. I’m so excited I can see everything so much better then my small IPad. I Love all the information you always provide. I have learned so much from you, thank you so much. 🌷🌸
Garden tip: keep finger nail scrubbers by your sink, so cheap on Amazon a pack of four for around 5.00. Even when I’m just walking to the mailbox I find something to pick, my nails look like I’m a mechanic 👩🔧🤨.
Love your videos Linda...I always walk away with new ideas! I never thrifted as much before your videos as I do now & I never had an appreciation for topiaries like I do now. Thank you for helping me make my own garden even more beautiful!
Here is what I did this summer about mosquitos. I infused almond oil with peppermint from my garden (there's tons of it) and made it onto a salve by adding a little beeswax. Mosquitos hate the mint, and the almond oil is actually good for your skin.
I love your studio! I don't know how you come up with all these inspirational ideas almost daily! Never stop! It sure keeps me going! I appreciate all you do for us
1st: the QVC lanterns (bronze) and the 13" planter (stone) have shipped and I can't wait to get them. 2nd: Love your studio!! thanks for the tour, the review of your QVC line (great seeing all one finish - the suite - together), and the new additions. 3rd: Your hour with Claus on IG live yesterday was so great - I am going to rewatch as I was furiously taking notes about all the gardeners that inspire the 2 of you 4th: I found you last Christmas-time when you did a tour of your own home before I knew you for your gardening, so any tips on how to live the "garden-inspired life" will be appreciated altho you have done that over the winter and it's been fabulous! THANK YOU
I’m from bangalore, india. We have great weather and have a big garden. I’m learning so much from you ,and have started making so many changes 20 years later to my stagnant boring garden. Would love to see more of your indoors where you take the outdoors in and decorate the place.
Seasonal decor incorporating natural garden elements is something I love. I have a twig table runner similar to yours. I got it at Goodwill. Thanks for showing the studio. There is an architecture book (title escapes me) that talks about how multi-paned windows enhance a view more than a single expanse of glass. Your views from inside the studio illustrate that perfectly. I am also a fan of galvanized metal. Not in an American farmhouse way, but rather a French/Nordic/Scandi/Mediterranean way. Your flower/fire bowl stand has been purchased.
Hi Linda! So enjoyed this video! I just love how real and down to earth you are! I love all your ideas on home decor along with all your great gardening ideas!! After moving to Bradenton, Florida from central New Jersey a year ago I am now gardening in zone 9b and I just can't get used to it! Seems like everything is backwards!!! However I am learning by trial and error!! Thank again for all your great videos and I will see you in the next one! Hi Stewart!! Hugs! :)
Will you have time to do some more of these Q & A’s anytime soon? You answered perfectly to the questions and it is so inspirational hearing your answers!
The Q & A was nice since I’m new to the channel. I live in the valley near the Smokies. We gets lots of rain and I deal with fungus and mold plant diseases. I will go back and watch your earlier videos.
I would love fall garden decorating and home decor early enough to be able to obtain items. It takes so long to have things delivered these days. Need extra time please. Thank you Linda❤️
You have a great mix on your channel. Love the fashion segments. Since I am in that industry. Your favorite local boutiques you shop at, that info would be interesting and a shout out to small business. Interior decorating ideas too. Love the walkabouts. Everything in your garden is so loved. My son has the same turf in his backyard. I can attest to the turf getting hot! My daughter-in-law hosing it down so little feet don’t get burned is ironic. I’ve got. A busy planting day today....have about 125 landscape plants being delivered, Hellebores, bergenia, nandina, ogon grass, clematis. We rent a one man auger which makes it so easy and fast. Step 2 of a yard renovation. Perfect day here in PNW for planting, drizzle!!! Plants will be happy. Me not so much.
Love that you thrift! I’m always on the lookout for candle holders and spray paint and distress some. I was on a plate kick for awhile, especially botanical ones which I hang on the wall!
I love thrift shopping. I first started when I was expecting our first baby some twenty three years ago! We were a military family and the one income was stretched when I was expecting. I decided to stay home and raise my child. It did make sense to work and all my pay going to someone else to watch my child. So thats when I started to thrift buying baby and kids clothes. Then I progress to buying home decor and clothes for me. Now my two young adult girls love going too!!
Coincidentally I was watching Fashion Mumblr, who moved to the Cotswolds just over a year ago. A couple of weeks ago she and her husband were visiting the local reclamation yard and she picked up a basket so similar to the one you designed ! Such a worldly design ! 🇨🇦
For past 3 summers, we have used Copia All-Natural Skeeter Eater Mosquito Eradicator (Amazon) for mosquito control - with great success. There is another similar brand that works also. When activated with warm water, the tubes contain a pheromone that attracts female mosquitoes. Females are the ones that bite. Hang in your yard as directed in April for coverage through June. Buy/hang a new set in July for coverage through September. We have experienced 90+% less mosquitoes. Good luck!
Love your channel and I have learned so much. I would like to hear you speak to over wintering plants. Mainly blooming plants - do you cut them back ? feed ? and anything else that you might do once you bring them indoors. I live in northern Ky - not sure what growing zone that is.
Oh my goodness, Linda, you are just too much fun. I've been watching you now for the past few weeks and don't even know how I found you. But you and I sound so, so similar! Love that table runner!! That sleepwear? . . . I had a pretty white with beautiful, small red flowers and red satin trim which I wore for years and years, until I finally had to let it go last year as it wore right out. Same collar and everything. Lightweight cotton and so well made, hence it lasted so long. Anyway, your "clutter" is so much like MY garden clutter, and the more segments I watch, the more I hear you speaking my own mind on how I feel about "more" (or rather, "less", lol). Sounds like we are very close to the same age as well. So glad to have discovered you. (Some days I just binge-watch, especially since we had that incredible heat dome over the Pacific Northwest last week! Looking forward to catching up on all your videos.
I ADORE your videos. Yoy make my day. But also I love thrift shopping but my way is through garage sales and estate sales. Addicted to them frankly. Thanks again for making my day! Stewart as well
I would like to see more of your seed collecting videos. Watching your videos is like watching a dear friend give us valuable information. I have LV’d my garden!
Loved your video today. So ready to go outside. Minnesota in January is so cold and so long. I love all your ideas. Very talented as you speak so clearly. Love galvanized garden ideas and rusty stuff.
Oh, I would like to see organized, neat outdoor work areas, I don't have a shed and need a way to organize everything in an attractive way. Actually, I do have a shed but the chickens are living in it.
I love your videos, Linda! Thanks for being so open and generous about sharing your tips, tricks, and methods… you have a magical way of inspiring a total rookie gardener like me into believing they can have the garden of their dreams! I caught the topiary obsession from you and now have 10 little baby topiaries that I’m growing. I have boxwood, sunshine ligustrum, and rosemary topiaries that I purchased as small shrubs and then divided. I also bought a loropetalum shrub that I got on sale and split into 2 topiaries. I love the purple foliage… I don’t know how it will turn out, but your excitement is so contagious, I had to give it a try! I also have the cutest little lemon cypress that I bought as a topiary. I appreciate your enthusiasm and I look forward to each new video! I’m just east of Dallas in Rowlett which is zone 8a. 😊🪴
Thank you for your content, energy, inspiration. As gardeners, we have very little in common. I live in Denver, CO, high, hot, dry, zone 5b. (I know your son lives here so you may have the opportunity to learn more about our particular assets and challenges in the future.). My style is much less structured, cottage, or as I say some days, chaotic; I have no interest in formal hedges or topiary - except in someone else’s garden. Yet I watch every one of your videos because you are informative, organized, thorough, and friendly. And your artistic sense inspires me tremendously. (And I’m looking for a place to hang a basket!)
Just taking a break from the 90% humidity to visit with you. I love all the items in your QVC line, I'm going to add them to my Christmas list so the kids will know just what to get and, it will still be a surprise. Have a great day all!
The thing I need the most are the galvanized plant supports. I received my copper plant stand with lid/tray. Absolutely love it !!!! Will be ordering the plant supports !
You have inspired me so much! I now have gravel in my potted plants since I too deal with squirrels and chipmunks in St. Louis , MO. , I have purchased small boxwoods from the store and started topiaries, elevated my plants in creative ways, and prune my trees and bushes with much more courage. Thank you so much. Since the basket that I want from QVC is waitlisted, I have resorted to using another old basket instead. Do you have any idea if they will be getting more of the baskets in stock? Or do I need to let it go and just accept that I waited too long to order? Please continue to share with us all of your creative ways to garden, dress, and decorate! We all love all of it!
Love the Q&A I am a galvanized kind of gal I just bought 2 egg tellis' to add to my collection of Mama bear hanging basket mama bear lantern and seed starter carrier🥳 Thanks Linda and Stewart and Hubs for sharing your gorgeous wife🌹
Hi I am zone 5b. Thank you (and Stuart) for all of the wonderful videos.. I would like to see a program on lighting. All types, in and around the garden and house. Around your outside dining area. Near your 'landing area' . I bought a wrought iron plant hanger, screwed it into brick near my door ( masonary drill bit) and hung a large lantern on it, placed a battery candle inside it. Easy. 😄
I thought the table runner was a fence for the garden--maybe it could be! To respond to your question Linda, I would like to see garden decor items and instructions. For example, how to place a birdhouse in the garden -- what is the perfect spot, deciding on your birdhouse design, how to place it (on a pole, on a table, hanging from the fence) and how to get new decor items to blend with your garden and other items already there (such as a bird bath, your garden tables, your bistro area, etc.) I find there is a science to the proper blending of plants and "accessories" should I say? Sort of like your earrings, they accentuate your outfit. Garden decor, when properly selected and placed, accessorizes your plants. I also would enjoy watching you create floral centerpieces. Thank you!
I love the plant supports in the garden as they add so much interest and definition. The egg shaped one is a favorite and you are correct that they are hard to find in the marketplace and the quality can be poor. Great video💚
Great info. Linda, Keep up the Great work, and your product line "Signature Touches" is awesome. Thanks for making these products available to your viewers. I ordered the aged copper multi-purpose plant stand!. LOVE, LOVE It.
Hi Linda, I’m a new gardener in North Texas. I’m a germaphobe too so all the interesting things in the garden can sometimes make me pretty nervous. Can you do a video about dangers in our yard? Bugs, spiders, mold, and fungus to avoid? What is not dangerous vs dangerous? Thank you in advance!
I have to say I love and appreciate when you show a piece you've thrifted or created and demonstrate different ways in which it can be used, either indoors or out. I'm all about pieces that can be used in multiple ways! ❤️
I love all of your tips, ideas on home decor, fashion, gardening, holiday ideas and especially your down to earth frugal tips. Keep it all coming!!
I have 5 brothers and 4 sisters. The whole family gets together once a month for a dinner. The tradition started after our parents died in order to keep the family close. Big families are such a blessing.
Yes!
I would love to see more holiday, seasonal decor. You have so many creative ideas that are great inspiration.
Various ways to bring the garden inside would be a good video.
I learned thrifting from my daughter, I used to look down on it like a lot of people do but now to me it’s just smart! We go together & love finding treasures! I also find that a lot of people down sizing get rid of perfectly good gardening pots & things so I’ve been finding a lot of good stuff on FB marketplace. 💗🌿
Oh my goodness, that studio-garage!!!! Seriously!
You're the best, Linda. I have been watching your videos for just over a year. You never cease to inspire me with your ideas. But probably most of all, I appreciate how you put yourself out there in such an authentic way. Thank you.
Ellen, you’re the best. Enough said.
I'm in zone 8a. I dab peppermint oil on my clothes, my neck, ears, and exposed skin. Bugs hate the smell of peppermint!! Oh and I sprinkle it on the outdoor furniture if I am going to stay outside for a while.
I will try that. Bugs and mosquitos are so mean to me. *hihi Thank you! Love from Germany ♥
Have to try that! Thanks from zone 7a👍
It may irritate your skin. But it works for me.
You can plant flowers that draw dragon flies and birds that eat mosquitos. You can include a bat house on your property because they too eat large amounts of mosquitos.
I love how you said "this looks like 'us' " when you showed your twig table runner. That feels like true community and garden love!! Thank you, Linda
Just got my QVC order, the black basket that sits on a tray. I filled the basket with Lake Superior rocks, put the tray upside down on the top and now I have a patio side table. Like it a lot, great heavy quality. Thank you Linda!
I love that!!
That should keep it from blowing about on windy days. Great idea. Bet it looks lovely as well. Are you on the lake?
I totally agree buying pre loved, I've been doing it for 40 so years, and now it's become the new thing! And like you so proud of it! Have a great weekend!😉
So much going on in the world, it’s so nice to take a break in your beautiful garden. I.appreciate watching your weeding with us. Enjoyed your Q and A also.
Re. thrifting - it feels so good to keep something out of a landfill & to save resources by not having it shipped (fuel & packaging)!
I'd like to see a landscape starting with nothing and how you start to plan a garden, I know that I am having a hard time seeing how to build "rooms" into my garden
I agree with this! I bought a new home with a big yard and I have no idea where to start!!
What do you like to collect ? I am starting a collection of old frogs( the kind that hold flowers upright that you put inside containers )
I collect flower frogs also!
@@kathrynlarsen1622 I am just starting .
You’re definitely an epicurean in the sense that you’ll spend coins but also thrift and save just to have things that bring joy 😇❤️ there’s no problem with either spending the extra money or working to look for discounts, both are fun by themselves and the ending is a bonus! 🤑
Floral arrangements, I would love to learn from buying a grouping at the grocery store when you’re in a crunch, to when someone sends you flowers and they show up in a box, to picking stuff out of the garden. What should you keep on hand, I guess just where to start. My husband sends me flowers and he won’t buy ANY MORE VASES, so they come in a box, I never can get them quite right.
Thanks Linda - this has been a very informative video ! I was delighted to see your QVC items and just ordered 2 of the Copper Egg Trellises after finishing this video. They are gorgeous! I can't wait until they arrive !
You have a plethora of gardening knowledge that you so willingly share with your viewers. But I especially admire how down to earth you are and would be proud to call you my friend! Cecilia from Mico, Texas
I absolutely love that you are not embarrassed to say you shop second-hand. As the third daughter, I had mostly hand-me-downs. It never bothered me. My husband says the same thing, why do you shop at the GoodWill? Because I found a really nice jacket from LLBean for $10 verses $ 60. Btw, you blow Martha Stewart out of the water. I've always liked her style, but not her personality. She's very monotone, no expression, kind of snobby or introverted. You are very personable; you talk to us like you know us and I do appreciate that very much. One of ten, wow!
Kim! How kind! You made my afternoon!
Thank you so much for talking about 2nd hand stores . I am the oldest of 8 children so I understand about looking for bargains.Because of you I am not embarrassed anymore to go or say I found an item at a second hand store ❤
I'm in Melbourne Australia. Just before the start of Summer I start on odourless garlic tablets. We can't smell them but mosquitos can and don't like it. I will be protected for most of the summer from them. Great channel x
Of course I always love it when you talk about books you are reading, garden books, places you visit, how you built your QVC line, I love all things related to topiary and the potager. I have thoroughly enjoyed your home tours too. I love when you show your thrifting scores because you use them in such creative ways.
I love second hand stores! I think the three things to keep in mind when thrifting are to look outside your local area if they tend to be a miss, that some days are a flop and to not go in looking for something specific. I like to take a look around because sometimes you find things you love that you weren't even looking for lol. It can be a great way to get some inspriation or find pieces that pull an outfit, room or garden space together 😊
Yes please, I am so excited and interested about your fashion, home decor, entertaining, holidays, and of course gardening; all of it. I cannot thank you enough for being the greatest inspiration 🥰
I absolutely AGREE with you about thrifting! Even the comment about how hubbies see it!!! I LOVE to thrift shop… one of a kind pieces, good prices, supporting charity… all wins!!! I always park my BMW in the back of the parking lot so people don’t judge😉😉😉 LOVE your channel!!! I just joined LVTV!!! To answer your question… I’d love to see more holiday segments and also soon indoor plant videos, particularly when you bring your outside plants indoors. Thanks for your hard work and help for fellow gardeners.💗
Kindred spirits!
there are so many things we have in common... my favorite lipstick and lip liners are Wet and Wild.. my mother always use to tell me I didn't have to tell everyone I got my top or jacket at the thrift store... love layering in the garden... in fact, I can see the plant support as a plant stand with a terra cotta pot with a slightly larger lip sitting on top and sort of floating with a wonderful geranium spilling out of it..
Linda, I have to say you are the best part of my morning, so many mornings! You are someone i really look up to AND we like so many of the same things. Thank you for being a bright space on UA-cam.
Aw. Thank you!
I would love to see some table scapes btw.
Lynne here. Hi Linda you’re just amazing teacher and Inspirational person. I love all the things you touch on especially garden ‘staging’. You’ve got me hooked on topiaries. I really hope QVC get more of your obliesks and lattice plant supports again, they are fabulous. I’m in Canada 🇨🇦 zone 3 and even though I don’t grow much of what you do, I can grow boxwood so life is good. 😂
Your videos have inspired me! Just put pea gravel in some pots for all the reasons you gave, and that motivated me to start some sort of rock garden for my little grandboys who always bring me the interesting rocks they find around our yard. I figured the grandgirls and I can paint a few for their contribution. Also just started trying to root one of our shrubs thanks to tutorial. Love the thrifting ideas, the shopping links, and so much more. Definitely could use some help with indoor plant care and the process steps of topiaries. Thank you!
How dear!
I'm so in love with everything you do! (Seriously, you're in my top 5 list of people I'd love to just hang out with and talk to!). Anywho, I adore the idea of rooms, but how would you separate? Fencing? Large plants? And biggest question is about the "tree ceiling".... how do you keep the tree droppings out of the rest of the landscape??? I have so much struggle with acorns, and the whirly- bird seeds from the maple trees 😭
My dear friend's mother always shopped at Goodwill when we were younger and always found amazing outfits. When complimented on them, she would always say, "Fine Fashions from GW!" Thank you, Linda, for sharing your talent and knowledge, and for reigniting imagination. I am a new subscriber in zone 8a, and can't seem to watch your videos fast enough!
I would love to see more videos on garden centers in your area. Not only for the plants but also garden ornaments. One of my favorite things to do is browse all the different garden centers. Lots of love to you 🥰
Linda, you crack me up! You are so classy and unpretentious at the same time! Your garden certainly reflects your style! You go girl!
Hi Linda - just received two of the galvanized urns and they are gorgeous. Sturdy and well made. I think one will be used as a side table with the urn or basket portion filled with white lights which will make a gorgeous night time cocktail table!!
A segment on garden lighting including solar options Thankyou
I use cutters yard spray you use with a hose. I use it once a month and it work great. I used to get eaten up by them but no more!! Citronella, society garlic,marigolds, lots of herbs also help😎 a happy gardener!
I love your tablescapes, your cheesecake recipe, your home tour. Most is related to gardening with your imagination. Love your garden, and your cute fashion clips at the end. Love the earrings
Always good to see your pretty face. Thank you for all of the useful info. Garden & fashion. Personal & home & your product line. You are a curious, enthusiastic person & we love your energy! Stay well dear lady.
I wish I had a way to post my copper planter, so you could see how beautiful it looks in my garden. I am currently using it to hold kindling for my Chiminea. People stop and say”where did you get that, it’s beautiful “. I tell them from Linda’s QVC collection. Years ago on a garden tour I had the privilege of visiting Linda’s garden. It’s just amazing, you have no idea. Anyway I picked up on the planter she picked up overseas. I thought that’s the coolest thing. Now I have one in my own yard. I couldn’t be happier. Next on the list with be the bear a proof basket. Have great weekend gardening friends.
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I'm a questioner too. Always learning. I'd love to see tablescapes of which I know not much. The thing that puts me in a spin are garden gates and fences, not boundary fencing . Something to devide the landscape into rooms., nothing fancy . That would be so helpful. Love your content its always different
Do you have any suggestions on landscaping as a noise barrier? I thoroughly enjoy the menagerie of topics you address and appreciate your articulation!
Having fun watching your older videos. I am on a hunt for a reasonably priced silver-plated wine bucket to display fresh flowers in my dining room. Enjoyed this video. Also, an idea I use: iron, low plant stands with a thrifted dinner plate on top to use as a side table when entertaining outdoors. Thank you.
Linda I just went looking for the scented geraniums you often show us in your walkabouts and was told I was too late in the season. Gardeners (apparently), buy them mainly in May not for their blooms but for their ability to keep mosquitoes at bay. Although I think they are quite pretty.They emit different scents and oils that really work. Even a variety that smells like citronella. This piqued my interest since I love geraniums. Now starting to do my research. I plan to experiment with scented geraniums in pots on our deck and front terrace. Also I’m told that lavender planted near your sitting areas also keeps mosquitoes away. Love your product line btw! So well thought out!
You are someone I really look up to. Always look forward to your videos!
I love galvanized pots! I'm working on a collection for a container grouping under my birch tree. Something I'm always interested in is garden Art. When my husband and I go on garden tours that's one thing we just love to see in a garden. Thanks for the Q & A, I "found" your videos a few months ago so the info is nice to know.
Oh my God, my grandson set up my TV so I could watch you on my large 📺. I’m so excited I can see everything so much better then my small IPad. I Love all the information you always provide. I have learned so much from you, thank you so much. 🌷🌸
Hurrah!
As a fellow Questioner, I totally get it! Thankfully my job accommodates and is enhanced by my tendency toward intense curiosity. : )
Garden tip: keep finger nail scrubbers by your sink, so cheap on Amazon a pack of four for around 5.00. Even when I’m just walking to the mailbox I find something to pick, my nails look like I’m a mechanic 👩🔧🤨.
Me too!!
Love your videos Linda...I always walk away with new ideas! I never thrifted as much before your videos as I do now & I never had an appreciation for topiaries like I do now. Thank you for helping me make my own garden even more beautiful!
Great video: as always! Thank you for the answer about “ indoor” topiaries! So many great topics AND honest answers!!😉
Your love of topiaries, I have purchased a small boxwood to practice with. I think a couple or more will look great on my covered east facing porch.
So glad I caught this video when I did. Just ordered two of the support towers and the egg trellis.
Here is what I did this summer about mosquitos. I infused almond oil with peppermint from my garden (there's tons of it) and made it onto a salve by adding a little beeswax. Mosquitos hate the mint, and the almond oil is actually good for your skin.
I love your studio! I don't know how you come up with all these inspirational ideas almost daily! Never stop! It sure keeps me going! I appreciate all you do for us
Yay! Another video. Keep them coming
1st: the QVC lanterns (bronze) and the 13" planter (stone) have shipped and I can't wait to get them.
2nd: Love your studio!! thanks for the tour, the review of your QVC line (great seeing all one finish - the suite - together), and the new additions.
3rd: Your hour with Claus on IG live yesterday was so great - I am going to rewatch as I was furiously taking notes about all the gardeners that inspire the 2 of you
4th: I found you last Christmas-time when you did a tour of your own home before I knew you for your gardening, so any tips on how to live the "garden-inspired life" will be appreciated altho you have done that over the winter and it's been fabulous!
THANK YOU
I’m from bangalore, india. We have great weather and have a big garden. I’m learning so much from you ,and have started making so many changes 20 years later to my stagnant boring garden. Would love to see more of your indoors where you take the outdoors in and decorate the place.
You got it
Seasonal decor incorporating natural garden elements is something I love. I have a twig table runner similar to yours. I got it at Goodwill. Thanks for showing the studio. There is an architecture book (title escapes me) that talks about how multi-paned windows enhance a view more than a single expanse of glass. Your views from inside the studio illustrate that perfectly. I am also a fan of galvanized metal. Not in an American farmhouse way, but rather a French/Nordic/Scandi/Mediterranean way. Your flower/fire bowl stand has been purchased.
It just came to me...A Pattern Language
I know that book and exactly what you mean!
Thanks for the video, Linda....You will let us know if/when QVC ships to 🇨🇦?
Hi Linda! So enjoyed this video! I just love how real and down to earth you are! I love all your ideas on home decor along with all your great gardening ideas!! After moving to Bradenton, Florida from central New Jersey a year ago I am now gardening in zone 9b and I just can't get used to it! Seems like everything is backwards!!! However I am learning by trial and error!! Thank again for all your great videos and I will see you in the next one! Hi Stewart!! Hugs! :)
Will you have time to do some more of these Q & A’s anytime soon? You answered perfectly to the questions and it is so inspirational hearing your answers!
The Q & A was nice since I’m new to the channel. I live in the valley near the Smokies. We gets lots of rain and I deal with fungus and mold plant diseases. I will go back and watch your earlier videos.
I would love fall garden decorating and home decor early enough to be able to obtain items. It takes so long to have things delivered these days. Need extra time please. Thank you Linda❤️
You have a great mix on your channel. Love the fashion segments. Since I am in that industry. Your favorite local boutiques you shop at, that info would be interesting and a shout out to small business. Interior decorating ideas too. Love the walkabouts. Everything in your garden is so loved. My son has the same turf in his backyard. I can attest to the turf getting hot! My daughter-in-law hosing it down so little feet don’t get burned is ironic. I’ve got. A busy planting day today....have about 125 landscape plants being delivered, Hellebores, bergenia, nandina, ogon grass, clematis. We rent a one man auger which makes it so easy and fast. Step 2 of a yard renovation. Perfect day here in PNW for planting, drizzle!!! Plants will be happy. Me not so much.
We've had same weather here today in northern Virginia ☔☔☔ but my garden really needed it. It's been 90+ with humidity all week. Hello summer.
@@eileenmc8808 We natives call this month Junuary
Well said about Thrifting, I grew up the same way and I love the great finds! Have A Great Evening!
I always appreciate info and ideas about your items on QVC. I have quite a few, love them all.
Love that you thrift! I’m always on the lookout for candle holders and spray paint and distress some. I was on a plate kick for awhile, especially botanical ones which I hang on the wall!
I love thrift shopping. I first started when I was expecting our first baby some twenty three years ago! We were a military family and the one income was stretched when I was expecting. I decided to stay home and raise my child. It did make sense to work and all my pay going to someone else to watch my child. So thats when I started to thrift buying baby and kids clothes. Then I progress to buying home decor and clothes for me. Now my two young adult girls love going too!!
Oh my gosh Linda! I have that same twig table runner! Got it several years ago at World Market.
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Coincidentally I was watching Fashion Mumblr, who moved to the Cotswolds just over a year ago. A couple of weeks ago she and her husband were visiting the local reclamation yard and she picked up a basket so similar to the one you designed ! Such a worldly design ! 🇨🇦
For past 3 summers, we have used Copia All-Natural Skeeter Eater Mosquito Eradicator (Amazon) for mosquito control - with great success. There is another similar brand that works also. When activated with warm water, the tubes contain a pheromone that attracts female mosquitoes. Females are the ones that bite. Hang in your yard as directed in April for coverage through June. Buy/hang a new set in July for coverage through September. We have experienced 90+% less mosquitoes. Good luck!
Great info!
@@LindaVater I forgot to mention the females crawl into the tube and drown:). Goodbye, little nasties!
Love your channel and I have learned so much. I would like to hear you speak to over wintering plants. Mainly blooming plants - do you cut them back ? feed ? and anything else that you might do once you bring them indoors. I live in northern Ky - not sure what growing zone that is.
Oh my goodness, Linda, you are just too much fun. I've been watching you now for the past few weeks and don't even know how I found you. But you and I sound so, so similar! Love that table runner!! That sleepwear? . . . I had a pretty white with beautiful, small red flowers and red satin trim which I wore for years and years, until I finally had to let it go last year as it wore right out. Same collar and everything. Lightweight cotton and so well made, hence it lasted so long. Anyway, your "clutter" is so much like MY garden clutter, and the more segments I watch, the more I hear you speaking my own mind on how I feel about "more" (or rather, "less", lol). Sounds like we are very close to the same age as well. So glad to have discovered you. (Some days I just binge-watch, especially since we had that incredible heat dome over the Pacific Northwest last week! Looking forward to catching up on all your videos.
I’m so happy to help you thru the heat blast!
Thanks so much! Fantastic information. I loved seeing your studio and Stewart’s thumbs up. 🌻♥️
I would love to see more holiday, seasonal decor videos in the mix. I think that would be fun!
I ADORE your videos. Yoy make my day. But also I love thrift shopping but my way is through garage sales and estate sales. Addicted to them frankly. Thanks again for making my day! Stewart as well
I would like to see more of your seed collecting videos.
Watching your videos is like watching a dear friend give us valuable information. I have LV’d my garden!
Loved your video today. So ready to go outside. Minnesota in January is so cold and so long. I love all your ideas. Very talented as you speak so clearly. Love galvanized garden ideas and rusty stuff.
Oh, I would like to see organized, neat outdoor work areas, I don't have a shed and need a way to organize everything in an attractive way. Actually, I do have a shed but the chickens are living in it.
I love your videos, Linda! Thanks for being so open and generous about sharing your tips, tricks, and methods… you have a magical way of inspiring a total rookie gardener like me into believing they can have the garden of their dreams! I caught the topiary obsession from you and now have 10 little baby topiaries that I’m growing. I have boxwood, sunshine ligustrum, and rosemary topiaries that I purchased as small shrubs and then divided. I also bought a loropetalum shrub that I got on sale and split into 2 topiaries. I love the purple foliage… I don’t know how it will turn out, but your excitement is so contagious, I had to give it a try! I also have the cutest little lemon cypress that I bought as a topiary. I appreciate your enthusiasm and I look forward to each new video! I’m just east of Dallas in Rowlett which is zone 8a. 😊🪴
Thank you for your content, energy, inspiration. As gardeners, we have very little in common. I live in Denver, CO, high, hot, dry, zone 5b. (I know your son lives here so you may have the opportunity to learn more about our particular assets and challenges in the future.). My style is much less structured, cottage, or as I say some days, chaotic; I have no interest in formal hedges or topiary - except in someone else’s garden. Yet I watch every one of your videos because you are informative, organized, thorough, and friendly. And your artistic sense inspires me tremendously. (And I’m looking for a place to hang a basket!)
You’ve taken thrifting to a new level of fun. Perhaps videos of your thrifting expeditions. I see a garden clothing line in your future! 🌱🪴🌱
Just taking a break from the 90% humidity to visit with you. I love all the items in your QVC line, I'm going to add them to my Christmas list so the kids will know just what to get and, it will still be a surprise. Have a great day all!
Great idea!
Thanks Linda, enjoyed all the info ! I have white fly problems , but afraid of spraying , don’t want to harm the bees and butterflies 🦋
The thing I need the most are the galvanized plant supports. I received my copper plant stand with lid/tray. Absolutely love it !!!! Will be ordering the plant supports !
You have inspired me so much! I now have gravel in my potted plants since I too deal with squirrels and chipmunks in St. Louis , MO. , I have purchased small boxwoods from the store and started topiaries, elevated my plants in creative ways, and prune my trees and bushes with much more courage. Thank you so much. Since the basket that I want from QVC is waitlisted, I have resorted to using another old basket instead. Do you have any idea if they will be getting more of the baskets in stock? Or do I need to let it go and just accept that I waited too long to order? Please continue to share with us all of your creative ways to garden, dress, and decorate! We all love all of it!
Loved this video.
Love the Q&A I am a galvanized kind of gal I just bought 2 egg tellis' to add to my collection of Mama bear hanging basket mama bear lantern and seed starter carrier🥳 Thanks Linda and Stewart and Hubs for sharing your gorgeous wife🌹
I love this format. I hope you do this again.
Hi I am zone 5b. Thank you (and Stuart) for all of the wonderful videos.. I would like to see a program on lighting. All types, in and around the garden and house. Around your outside dining area. Near your 'landing area' . I bought a wrought iron plant hanger, screwed it into brick near my door ( masonary drill bit) and hung a large lantern on it, placed a battery candle inside it. Easy. 😄
I thought the table runner was a fence for the garden--maybe it could be! To respond to your question Linda, I would like to see garden decor items and instructions. For example, how to place a birdhouse in the garden -- what is the perfect spot, deciding on your birdhouse design, how to place it (on a pole, on a table, hanging from the fence) and how to get new decor items to blend with your garden and other items already there (such as a bird bath, your garden tables, your bistro area, etc.) I find there is a science to the proper blending of plants and "accessories" should I say? Sort of like your earrings, they accentuate your outfit. Garden decor, when properly selected and placed, accessorizes your plants. I also would enjoy watching you create floral centerpieces. Thank you!
I thought that at first as well.
Great information! Going to thrift more often…you spoke to my soul on that topic.
I love the plant supports in the garden as they add so much interest and definition. The egg shaped one is a favorite and you are correct that they are hard to find in the marketplace and the quality can be poor. Great video💚
Great info. Linda,
Keep up the Great work, and your product line "Signature Touches" is awesome. Thanks for making these products available to your viewers. I ordered the aged copper multi-purpose plant stand!. LOVE, LOVE It.
I’m so glad!
Great video.
My request is for that trellis to come on smaller and larger sizes! Thank you for your info🪴
Hi Linda, I’m a new gardener in North Texas. I’m a germaphobe too so all the interesting things in the garden can sometimes make me pretty nervous. Can you do a video about dangers in our yard? Bugs, spiders, mold, and fungus to avoid? What is not dangerous vs dangerous?
Thank you in advance!