It's -9 degrees here this morning in Vermont so it's nice to see you starting so many seeds, even if it's still too early for us! So glad you are still loving the Grow Ease Seed Starters and our LED lights. Enjoy!!
I would love to know which ones she uses. I would love to have lights I don’t need to adjust. I looked on the sight and am looking at two different ones and wondering if they have replacement bulbs rather then having to replace the fixture.
Good Morning from New Jersey! In case you do not post tomorrow... l would like to take this opportunity to wish your precious Benjamin a Very Happy, Healthy, and Blessed 4th Birthday 🎂 🎁🎉🎈💕🥰 ** On more personal note, I admire how you (Laura and Aaron) have established such strong Boundaries where your "personal" life is concerned... and yet you effortlessly transcend those boundaries as it pertains to individual circumstance... A GREAT BIG KUDOS TO YOU BOTH FOR MAINTAINING AND COMPARTMENTALIZING YOUR BOUNDARIES (Similar to how you zone your gardens) Keep up the Great Work! You are so Inspiring, Loved, and Appreciated with EVERYTHING you do!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
You should revisit beekeeping, this time in the south garden, since you are ramping up pollinator attracting plants. Maybe in the orchard/flower shed area?
Laura, just an fyi you may already know, Mycrobacterium vaccae in soil has been found to stimulate serotonin production which makes you happy and relaxed. Another excellent reason to garden and get your hands in the dirt!
Just a suggestion. When I fill seed trays with moist soil, I don't tamp down each individual cell with my fingers. Take another same size empty tray and lay on top and push gently. Much faster!
Hello from Toronto 🇨🇦 my husband is the gardener in our home and we learn so much from your videos. I love the steady camera and no music (while you speak) because one can focus on the details - nothing annoys me more than shaky video and constant bad music - time to change the channel. Thanks to Aaron for his editing skills. Happy gardening in 2022. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for slowing down the camera a little to show us exactly how you fill, tamp with fingers & fill again the seed tray soil before you plant the seeds. We don't always need you to do that, but it's early in the season and helps newbs learning how to sow seeds. Thanks! : D
Laura, You’re beautiful, sweet face and energy is just what I needed today. Going through chemo and this puts my mind and body in a positive place. Bless You!
Your logical brain inspires me. I'm in Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸 We are having a cool morning at 53°F 🥶 Great temperature for planting cool loving veggies 👩🌾👍 Happy Gardening Everyone 💚
I'm so jealous. I wish I was back in Florida. I always loved being outside in Florida. I lived in the Cape Coral area many years ago. But I love Texas too..I just wish we didn't have nights in the 20s and 30s already.
@@donnalovintexas8760 Hi Donna, I think your lows would be just too cold for me. Laura's weather is beyond cold. You are welcome to visit my Florida anytime. Peggy Helbling's Garden What You've Got 👩🌾👍
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 I'm just a nurse who works too much and loves beautiful gardens. I'm hopefully changing to part time soon and will love working in the yard. It will be difficult at first with all this red clay here in Texas. I've bought many plants over the years just to get too busy and they die. So this time I have to plan better and figure out a simple drip irrigation system. I think I really want to start with a Potager garden. That way I can have flowers and vegetables in one area and not spread my self too thin starting out. And can add to it. I have two acres, 3 dogs, 6 chickens, 1 rooster and a rabbit...and live alone..and 64 years young(sometimes old). I'm spread a little thin already some days when I throw grandchildren into the mix haha. I will have to zone everything..including grandchildren in order to keep up 🤣. Stay Safe and God Bless.
Thank you for the video. Gardening is my main hobby and my family aside the biggest source of happiness I have in my life. I've been feeling very blue during the winter months since that part of my day that I spend in the garden loading up on nature and greenery and happiness isn't there. I'll throw some winter sowing containers into the snow in the following days but other than that it will still be 6 weeks or more until it's time to sow on seed trays. I'm from southern Finland and the spring doesn't really begin here until April. Your video gave me happiness and hope that even though the winter feels hopelessly long at times, the time will come when there will be light and greenery and life again. Thank you for letting me tag along, watching you do your spring preparations nurtured my wilting inner gardener.
Good morning Laura. I hVe been watching you since 2020. U inspire me so much. I look forward for you videos. Love ur energy n the wrk you do n things you bring to our knowledge. When I hVe rough days I just watch your videos n it calms me down this is so amazing n I just love watching you all the time Thank you for everything Laura ♥️
Good morning, Laura☕️ I’m so excited for seedlings 🌱 🙌🏻 It means Spring is around the corner! Freezing 🥶 temps today in Boston so this video gives me something to look forward to. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈
Ahh.. I love watching you do this. It gives me the motivation to continue to save my dollars & keep on the house hunt, so I may start my own seeds and grow my own flowers & veggies! Until then- I will continue to try to beautify my two sisters’ yards & live vicariously thru you & learn FROM you & always be thankful that I can. 😊♥️ Hope everyone has a nice day!!
Thank you for sharing all the seed starting videos lately. I am planning on starting seeds for my garden (vegetable and flowers) this year for the first time. I was kicking myself in the butt because I forgot to sow my milkweed seeds last fall fall until I saw your milk jug method. Being a fairly new gardener, I would have never known that was possible, so you are a garden lifesaver! I can’t thank you enough for sharing all your information and inspiration. I always look forward to watching your videos with morning coffee!
I was so excited for you to talk about and plant geraniums. I've been overwintering my Coral geraniums for 3 years now. They're bigger and more beautiful every year and a mainstay in my garden because 🦌 won't go near them.
What a fun video! Laura, you were in your element. 😀 I've never started seeds before so that process is not too familiar for me, and watching this gives me hope that I can start something soon, even if it's just a patch of lettuce and spinach in a greenhouse-type environment. Cheers 🪴
Love Lewisia, but they pose a few challenges. They HATE too much water, HATE staying wet & rot super easily. Make sure they have great drainage. To overwinter, make sure they still stay quite dry. In containers here in Spokane WA (zone 5) after many failures, I’ve learned I have to keep them under the covered area of our patio during the winter. I plant in terra cotta pots using a DIY cactus mix (50/50 of potting soil & pumice.) Was told by a succulent specialist that if growing them in the ground, add gravel to the soil and buildup the soil into a small hill, planting the lewisia on the side of the slope. Any extra water will immediately run down and away from the plant. Captain Meriwether Lewis found them during their exploration of the west (thus the name ❤️) growing from cracks in hot, dry rocky bluffs & outcroppings, etc. Thus their love of dry conditions. Lewisia are native in Laura’s Oregon State. This little video is about a breeder of lewisias: ua-cam.com/video/clloXUpOfmk/v-deo.html
Hi Laura, the sound of your voice is like my stress reliever.. Almost every night before I go to sleep I watch your videos to put me to sleep..very relaxing.. Watching from The Philippines🇵🇭 😂😘😂😘
I am starting flower seeds for the first time this year, and your videos have been incredibly helpful. I am definitely going to be winter sowing some seedlings!
@@christinam993 Hi I did some winter sowing last year, and they did great, the only thing was I felt like they were wet all the time, so make sure you put extra holes in the bottom . Good luck.
What I love about the way you start seeds is that, you use different seed companies. I planted green twisters and I didn't even get flowers because a groundhog ate the tops, so I transplanted him or her to a reserve out here in southern Missouri that kiddo was eating my garden for a couple years couldn't find him lol now he is gone.im so excited to be starting flowers this year in large amounts just waiting for 1 more orders should be here in a week no longer. I am enjoying these videos thank you.
I’m realizing now why my echinacea didn’t come up from seed. I didn’t let the seeds have the “cold time” it needed before planting the seeds. Also I never would have thought to wet the potting mix before seeding!! I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you!
Seeing you standing there putting those seeds in trays. All I was thinking was man I love this n I wish I was doing that with some music playing softly in the greenhouse. That's my meditation moments. As soon as my hubby n I get our seed starting tiny greenhouse up I will be doing the same lol I am so excited to see what your going to do with all those plants in just a few short weeks. Thank you for all your encouragement to us. You always light the fire for us to get moving. Bless you 😃
This is so exciting!! Thank you for getting me through having to go to work while immunocompromised during this current wave of Covid. Your videos are such a comfort at an incredibly scary time & a reminder that even as things are frightening, I have my very first year of gardening ahead of me from what I’ve learned here. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing all that you share with us. ❤️
Hi everyone. It is so nice to have such a great group of people interested in making the world beautiful all sharing and learning things together by watching Garden Answer everyday. A year ago I never would have thought that I could look forward to watching a video about gardening but life happens and sometimes a curve ball is thrown your way. I fell off a horse and injured my back so my physical activity has been greatly hampered. I can’t work out in the garden for super long periods but as Laura points out, just put things in manageable jobs and they aren’t overwhelming. I have taken on that philosophy and instead of feeling sorry for myself I try to keep doing things that make me happy. I never was much of a gardener because I have a great deal of shade in my yard along with clay soil, tons of rocks and tree roots everywhere I would like to plant. I will never have flowers like so many of you but I am getting better at thinking about what will grow under my circumstances. For the first time I decided to do more container gardening and planted up bulbs this winter. I noticed in this video that it looks like all the pots that were planted with bulbs were outside behind the cold frame. I thought that they had to be inside in temperatures between 30-40 degrees. Am I wrong or are those pots something different than the bulbs. In the bulb planting video Laura said they were going to be placed in the Hartley over the winter. Just curious.
I loved your advice to write out the tags before hand. I am going to try and remember that this season. I always dive into seed starting and then struggle writing tags with dirty hands and a dirty potting bench.
I love going through the catalogues and picking out seeds. Then I have to wait until at least Feb to start the seeds. Can’t wait. I got the 3 tier lighting systems so it should be a great crop and save me money on buying plants.
Off topic, but your olive tree looks amazing! I’m still picturing your face from when you ate the olive right off the tree 😣😆 I was wondering how your other warm climate plants are doing? At one point I think you planted guava and passion fruit trees, but I can’t remember exactly. Would you also be able to grow a little gem magnolia tree or the magnolia tree with the pink flowers in your greenhouses? Since you’ve got an olive tree growing so beautifully already, I was wondering if you could grow other warmer climate plants.
Hello from south central pa zone 6. Hard to tell if we are a or b but my grandmother brought a southern magnolia back from Virginia in 1983 and it’s still going strong in our climate. She has since passed on but this past year my uncle started seeds off her magnolia and grew them on in gallon pots and gave them as gifts. Mine is still inside and doing great, we keep our house at 65 during winter. Also there are tons of northern magnolias with the smaller pink flowers in the area. So I think both would be possible 😁
I know the Japanese magnolias with pink flowers are zones 5+, and the little gems are zone 6. I hope she knows she can grow them. I’m lucky that I live in Louisiana zone 9 where southern magnolia are native
Just a heads up, you need a LOT of patience with the lewisia seeds, they can sometimes take two years to germinate if they don't get cold enough in winter. If it doesn't germinate when temps are in the 70s consistently, leave it dry for the summer and try again next season.
I kept one of two Lewisia plants alive this winter under lights. It was in a succulent pot all summer. The oldest plant didn't make it. Treated it like a succulent and watered it once every two weeks.
I remember that on her other channel (Garden Answer Highlights) she was answering the same question and saying something about how those seeds sometimes do not work and that if those seeds did not sprout she was going to change them for another variety of plants.
I love seed starting videos! It great to see what you're starting now and how your planning it out so we can learn from it. I'm hopeful that I'll have a better system this year than I did last year but watching videos like this usually makes me want to start all my seeds now which might not be a good idea 🤣
Yes, go by the seed packet instructions! I started a few trays a couple weeks too early last year, ran out of grow light space and ended up with them on my kitchen floor near my only south facing sliding glass door. Great advice 😊
Just a very inspiring and interesting and lots of great advice today video. You give us so much motivation to get seeds done so we have beautiful plants and vegs.
I have lettuce growing in a plastic shoe box under grow light in my basement. Just enjoyed our 2nd side salad of the winter! Ive also grown radishes ( very small) and am hoping to get some cherry tomatoes !
I should not be watching this when its just above freezing outside. You are giving me the seed starting itch, and its still a couple weeks too early here! Living vicariously through you until I can convince my husband to build me a greenhouse :)
good morning 😃 what could be better temperature outside is 7 🥶🥶🥶🥶 inside the fireplace 🔥🔥 is roaring hot coffee ☕️ in my hand and watching Laura plant seeds!!!!
Great video. So want to get started. Here in UK all the gardening UA-cams are doing their planning and early prepping but unless you have heated greenhouses or poly tunnels and space there is no point raising the seedlings if you have nowhere to bring them on. I typically start in late March/April. I think I am zone 8b. We don’t refer to zones much in the UK. My birthday is mid-April and it is my birthday treat to myself to spend the day sowing seeds! One of our gardening gurus, Monty Don, recommends filling the trays with compost, leaving them in a tray of water to absorb it and then sow your seeds. Looking forward to all your future projects.
Once again Laura you have lit a fire in all of us to start dreaming about and planning our gardens for 2022!! Unfortunately for a few in colder zones...3b for me 🥶.....it will be a while yet before we can begin the fun process of starting seeds. To say we are envious is an understatement but we're also encouraged and grateful for the opportunity to live vicariously through you and your informative videos that not only inspire but teach us all about the exciting and soul-fulfilling hobby that is gardening! Thank you once again for being such an inspiration and positive influence to each and every one of us, young and old! Cheers to a productive and fruitful 2022 for everyone in the Garden Answer Community!
I always enjoy watching your seed starting videos! Now I am anxious to see growth & then planting in the ground or containers!! I am so ready to see color & plants growing!! 😃🌿💚
You know you're a devoted Garden Answer fan when you have a dream that you're asking Laura for advice on the care of your black lace elderberry. True story!
Loved today’s video. How fun is it to have the greenhouse this year? Must be exciting to stretch the boundaries and experiment, as it will also be when the Hartley gets up and running. Looking forward to going on these journeys with you! • Happy birthday 🎂 to Benjamin and Samantha Grace * 💚💚💚
Hi Laura and beautiful family! Just wanted to say thank you for providing the exact amount of whimsy and crafty gardening projects you are able to share! I look forward to watching your channel wherever I am! Lots of birthday wishes to your beautiful children! Have a truly wonderful day!
I hope you can keep us updated on the progress of everything you showed today! I'm going to try my hand at winter sowing this year with the kiddos. I am excited to see your eucalyptus and the lettuce. I've never had real success at growing lettuce for some reason.
I’ve never started plants from seedlings but after watching your videos especially today’s video I am really tempted to do so . Thanks for sharing and love your excitement!!!!
Like everyone else, I enjoy my morning coffee watching your informative, motivating video. That arrangement you put together for the Hartley is stunning! My morning laugh is your comment to Beverly the chicken. My first name is Beverly and I was never to fond of my name..however now that I know I share my first name with your "Beverly"..I am ok with my name😄!
Growing hardy Cactus palm yuccas pitcher plants from seed . Germination takes weeks to a year( for a few). Use heat mat helps if it's not warm enough Use LED light bulb for more light they really work well. I leave them on .Really worth the effort you get many rare. Cool hard to find plants for much less. Just takes some time and patience ! Just fun to see what happens ! Saves you money and you have extras too!
To see how the studio has evolved in one year is amazing. Your vision on how you were going to utilize it last year had me lost. Thru the year I have seen your vision and love how it is working for you. It helps those of us who are new to seed growing envision our own version of a grow room or area that apples to our needs. Thank you for teaching is so much.
Good morning! This makes me SO excited to get started. PLEASE tell me where you got your Eucalyptus seeds. I can NOT find them ANYWHERE... Thank you for sharing your positive attitude and encouraging us all to get growing. Happy birthday to your kiddos 🍰🎉💙💜🌻
I've always shyed away from planting seeds so I'm anxious to see how they turn out! Actually I'm already trying to figure out where I can make space to try this lol! I direct planted zinia seeds for my sister last year and we were like the hermit planted a seed - they grew so easy peasy and looked beautiful lol! Live and learn (the name of the game👍)
Showed hubs the winter sowing and the seed starting towers. I have the same tower which I bought from Gardener’s Supply, after Hurricane Florence destroyed my hobby greenhouse. It was expensive but near the same price as the replacement greenhouse. This is a better option. He said…you have done all that…did you teach her? No! She taught me! Thank you Laura.
I thought you said the 2nd year you tried lightly poking with a pencil a grid of planting holes in the water jug soil, (one in each corner and one in the middle for instance) and dropped your seeds in each hole and pressed them in rather than using the scattering method for sowing. It resulted in seedlings that were well spaced apart for thining and allowed easier access to lifting out individual plants so you had less damage to roots and stems when separating the seedlings when repotting. It also reduced wasting seeds and seedlings.
Is there anyway that someone could list what those lightbulbs are for sure just so we know for a reference? I think maybe she’s mentioned it before but I can’t seem to locate what bulbs exactly those are. Thank you so much advance for all of your help Laura you are such an inspiration we all love you so much!!
Hi Laura - very exciting! When it comes to repotting, how do you plan to manage the space needing for the seeds to grow on in larger containers and also the massive flats of annuals you normally have in your beautiful green house/cold frame?
Phew! I'm tired just watching you. You certainly did get a lot done. But Laura, you are my inspiration This year is the first, of I hope many, to start winter sowing. I've been saving up my milk jugs and I'm so looking forward to seeing the process. One question, should I brush away the snow when the planted jugs get buried? I live in Zone 6a/6b Michigan, so we get some snow that sticks around.
Laura you fill my void of seed planting, it's a long winter here, and watching you plant helps me, but when it is time to start seed here I have to remind myself not to plant as much as Laura does, just looks like so much fun! Thank you.
Oh what a luxury to be working in shirtsleeves in the greenhouse in January! Future goals! Tip for packing soil: take the next empty tray (or pot as the case may be) and set it down on the fresh soil and press lightly. You will pack all of your cells at the same time. Then ad your second layer.
I’m so envious of how you use bare hands to mix the soil. I find when I’m not wearing gloves I get small slivers from whatever is in the potting soil. I do use bare hands when planting straight into the ground though. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge with us, I’m so looking forward to spring and getting some things started. Have to wait for the snow to melt 😏 and I do not have a green house to start plants in. Have a wonderful day 🙂
Another great project done and dusted, I have a really small garden but you inspire me so much that I am going to try from seeds on a few things. I have a small part of the garden I think I can place a raised bed. My borders are small but I try to fill them more every season. Thank you so much for all that you do. Your interaction with Russell was adorable like my cats they follow me everywhere.
It's -9 degrees here this morning in Vermont so it's nice to see you starting so many seeds, even if it's still too early for us! So glad you are still loving the Grow Ease Seed Starters and our LED lights. Enjoy!!
can you grow peppers and tomatoes seed to flower all year round on those grow lights?
I bought 3 because she uses them! You’ve got a gem of a gal on your side for sure!
I would love to know which ones she uses. I would love to have lights I don’t need to adjust. I looked on the sight and am looking at two different ones and wondering if they have replacement bulbs rather then having to replace the fixture.
-21 here
I thought those seed trays looked familiar. It is what I used last year for seeds.
Good Morning from New Jersey! In case you do not post tomorrow... l would like to take this opportunity to wish your precious Benjamin a Very Happy, Healthy, and Blessed 4th Birthday 🎂 🎁🎉🎈💕🥰
** On more personal note, I admire how you (Laura and Aaron) have established such strong Boundaries where your "personal" life is concerned... and yet you effortlessly transcend those boundaries as it pertains to individual circumstance...
A GREAT BIG KUDOS TO YOU BOTH FOR MAINTAINING AND COMPARTMENTALIZING YOUR BOUNDARIES (Similar to how you zone your gardens) Keep up the Great Work! You are so Inspiring, Loved, and Appreciated with EVERYTHING you do!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
Who else wants to play in the dirt in that huge awesome tray! Can’t wait to see these babies grow up!!!
personally I love when there's no music in the background and I just hear the 'sounds of planting seeds' :) so relaxing
yes Im very sensitive to music. so I also enjoy the non music videos, but I still watch the ones with music and turn it down if needed. :)
You should revisit beekeeping, this time in the south garden, since you are ramping up pollinator attracting plants. Maybe in the orchard/flower shed area?
Or get a beekeeper to put a hive there and manage it for her.
Laura, just an fyi you may already know, Mycrobacterium vaccae in soil has been found to stimulate serotonin production which makes you happy and relaxed. Another excellent reason to garden and get your hands in the dirt!
Oh, so that is why!!! Nice scientific reason!
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Explains why I’m more excited when I do seeds than when they are already established plants.
I always add the date to my seed tag. Helps to know when you started the seeds.
Just a suggestion. When I fill seed trays with moist soil, I don't tamp down each individual cell with my fingers. Take another same size empty tray and lay on top and push gently. Much faster!
Hello from Toronto 🇨🇦 my husband is the gardener in our home and we learn so much from your videos. I love the steady camera and no music (while you speak) because one can focus on the details - nothing annoys me more than shaky video and constant bad music - time to change the channel. Thanks to Aaron for his editing skills. Happy gardening in 2022. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for slowing down the camera a little to show us exactly how you fill, tamp with fingers & fill again the seed tray soil before you plant the seeds. We don't always need you to do that, but it's early in the season and helps newbs learning how to sow seeds. Thanks! : D
Laura,
You’re beautiful, sweet face and energy is just what I needed today. Going through chemo and this puts my mind and body in a positive place.
Bless You!
Your logical brain inspires me. I'm in Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸
We are having a cool morning at 53°F 🥶 Great temperature for planting cool loving veggies 👩🌾👍
Happy Gardening Everyone 💚
Today is so nice! I wish I was off, I’d spend it planting. Looking forward for the next few days of cool weather 😆
I'm so jealous. I wish I was back in Florida. I always loved being outside in Florida. I lived in the Cape Coral area many years ago. But I love Texas too..I just wish we didn't have nights in the 20s and 30s already.
@@donnalovintexas8760 Hi Donna, I think your lows would be just too cold for me. Laura's weather is beyond cold.
You are welcome to visit my Florida anytime. Peggy Helbling's Garden What You've Got 👩🌾👍
@@PerfectPride Hi Karichi, Are you also in Florida? 🌿💚🌿
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 I'm just a nurse who works too much and loves beautiful gardens. I'm hopefully changing to part time soon and will love working in the yard. It will be difficult at first with all this red clay here in Texas. I've bought many plants over the years just to get too busy and they die. So this time I have to plan better and figure out a simple drip irrigation system. I think I really want to start with a Potager garden. That way I can have flowers and vegetables in one area and not spread my self too thin starting out. And can add to it. I have two acres, 3 dogs, 6 chickens, 1 rooster and a rabbit...and live alone..and 64 years young(sometimes old). I'm spread a little thin already some days when I throw grandchildren into the mix haha. I will have to zone everything..including grandchildren in order to keep up 🤣. Stay Safe and God Bless.
Thank you for the video. Gardening is my main hobby and my family aside the biggest source of happiness I have in my life. I've been feeling very blue during the winter months since that part of my day that I spend in the garden loading up on nature and greenery and happiness isn't there. I'll throw some winter sowing containers into the snow in the following days but other than that it will still be 6 weeks or more until it's time to sow on seed trays. I'm from southern Finland and the spring doesn't really begin here until April. Your video gave me happiness and hope that even though the winter feels hopelessly long at times, the time will come when there will be light and greenery and life again. Thank you for letting me tag along, watching you do your spring preparations nurtured my wilting inner gardener.
Good morning Laura. I hVe been watching you since 2020. U inspire me so much. I look forward for you videos. Love ur energy n the wrk you do n things you bring to our knowledge. When I hVe rough days I just watch your videos n it calms me down this is so amazing n I just love watching you all the time Thank you for everything Laura ♥️
Agree, it's also nice to go back and watch old videos ❤
@@verawallace9055 yes I do it all the time to be honest n it feels so peaceful. It’s like a me time for me
I also feel this way watching her channel. Esp. When I’m down & feeling blue. Watching Laura gives me hope. ♥️
Good morning, Laura☕️ I’m so excited for seedlings 🌱 🙌🏻 It means Spring is around the corner! Freezing 🥶 temps today in Boston so this video gives me something to look forward to. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈
I ♥️ Boston! I lived in Westford for a few years - in another life a long, long time ago. I have a daughter that lives in Boston. Great city 😊♥️
Ahh.. I love watching you do this. It gives me the motivation to continue to save my dollars & keep on the house hunt, so I may start my own seeds and grow my own flowers & veggies! Until then- I will continue to try to beautify my two sisters’ yards & live vicariously thru you & learn FROM you & always be thankful that I can. 😊♥️
Hope everyone has a nice day!!
Thank you for sharing all the seed starting videos lately. I am planning on starting seeds for my garden (vegetable and flowers) this year for the first time. I was kicking myself in the butt because I forgot to sow my milkweed seeds last fall fall until I saw your milk jug method. Being a fairly new gardener, I would have never known that was possible, so you are a garden lifesaver! I can’t thank you enough for sharing all your information and inspiration. I always look forward to watching your videos with morning coffee!
I was so excited for you to talk about and plant geraniums. I've been overwintering my Coral geraniums for 3 years now. They're bigger and more beautiful every year and a mainstay in my garden because 🦌 won't go near them.
What a fun video! Laura, you were in your element. 😀 I've never started seeds before so that process is not too familiar for me, and watching this gives me hope that I can start something soon, even if it's just a patch of lettuce and spinach in a greenhouse-type environment. Cheers 🪴
Love Lewisia, but they pose a few challenges. They HATE too much water, HATE staying wet & rot super easily. Make sure they have great drainage. To overwinter, make sure they still stay quite dry. In containers here in Spokane WA (zone 5) after many failures, I’ve learned I have to keep them under the covered area of our patio during the winter. I plant in terra cotta pots using a DIY cactus mix (50/50 of potting soil & pumice.) Was told by a succulent specialist that if growing them in the ground, add gravel to the soil and buildup the soil into a small hill, planting the lewisia on the side of the slope. Any extra water will immediately run down and away from the plant. Captain Meriwether Lewis found them during their exploration of the west (thus the name ❤️) growing from cracks in hot, dry rocky bluffs & outcroppings, etc. Thus their love of dry conditions. Lewisia are native in Laura’s Oregon State. This little video is about a breeder of lewisias: ua-cam.com/video/clloXUpOfmk/v-deo.html
I started my snaps and petunias on Sunday and a few winter sowing things! I am SO PUMPED for spring 😍
I'd like a video of your husband taking down all of the Christmas lights and storing them! Seriously!
Laura's face when she's playing with dirt... Pure joy! Love it 💚
Hi Laura, the sound of your voice is like my stress reliever.. Almost every night before I go to sleep I watch your videos to put me to sleep..very relaxing.. Watching from The Philippines🇵🇭
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Can I just say that nothing motivates me like watching Laura on high-speed! 😂🥰
I am starting flower seeds for the first time this year, and your videos have been incredibly helpful. I am definitely going to be winter sowing some seedlings!
Me too
@Gurpreet Suman Good luck! I'm excited but a little nervous about all this 😁
@@HomeintheFingerLakes last time I failed because I don’t have any knowledge, but this I learnt alot from laura
I am too!! I hope it goes well for you
Thank you for being so real beautiful Lady and a wonderful family! Be Blessed!
Good morning Laura! Just noticed the new vans!! Very happy you treated yourself to some new shoes!! 🤓
Very cold here in Ohio today, but there is hope for spring just seeing you start your seeds.
Central Ohio here! 👋🏼 I hope to start my first ever milk jug germinating this month as soon as my seeds arrive.
@@christinam993 Hi I did some winter sowing last year, and they did great, the only thing was I felt like they were wet all the time, so make sure you put extra holes in the bottom . Good luck.
This video really feeds our soul, Laura. We are all itching to sow seeds and get our hands dirty! Thank you!!
What I love about the way you start seeds is that, you use different seed companies. I planted green twisters and I didn't even get flowers because a groundhog ate the tops, so I transplanted him or her to a reserve out here in southern Missouri that kiddo was eating my garden for a couple years couldn't find him lol now he is gone.im so excited to be starting flowers this year in large amounts just waiting for 1 more orders should be here in a week no longer. I am enjoying these videos thank you.
My varmints include squirrels, armadillos, raccoons, possums, and there are rumors of coyotes from time to time. No deer yet.
Your time-lapses are so relaxing to watch haha
I’m realizing now why my echinacea didn’t come up from seed. I didn’t let the seeds have the “cold time” it needed before planting the seeds. Also I never would have thought to wet the potting mix before seeding!! I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you!
Can you please provide more detail on the high efficiency led bulbs? I’d love to use a bulb that I don’t have to change the height.
Laura I would love a video on tips for growing veggies & such in containers on a patio!
Laura, thank you for inspiring me...got to go plant some seed's now. Have a nice day! 🌱🌱🌱
Seeing you standing there putting those seeds in trays. All I was thinking was man I love this n I wish I was doing that with some music playing softly in the greenhouse. That's my meditation moments. As soon as my hubby n I get our seed starting tiny greenhouse up I will be doing the same lol I am so excited to see what your going to do with all those plants in just a few short weeks. Thank you for all your encouragement to us. You always light the fire for us to get moving. Bless you 😃
This is so exciting!! Thank you for getting me through having to go to work while immunocompromised during this current wave of Covid. Your videos are such a comfort at an incredibly scary time & a reminder that even as things are frightening, I have my very first year of gardening ahead of me from what I’ve learned here. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing all that you share with us. ❤️
Hi everyone. It is so nice to have such a great group of people interested in making the world beautiful all sharing and learning things together by watching Garden Answer everyday. A year ago I never would have thought that I could look forward to watching a video about gardening but life happens and sometimes a curve ball is thrown your way. I fell off a horse and injured my back so my physical activity has been greatly hampered. I can’t work out in the garden for super long periods but as Laura points out, just put things in manageable jobs and they aren’t overwhelming. I have taken on that philosophy and instead of feeling sorry for myself I try to keep doing things that make me happy. I never was much of a gardener because I have a great deal of shade in my yard along with clay soil, tons of rocks and tree roots everywhere I would like to plant. I will never have flowers like so many of you but I am getting better at thinking about what will grow under my circumstances. For the first time I decided to do more container gardening and planted up bulbs this winter. I noticed in this video that it looks like all the pots that were planted with bulbs were outside behind the cold frame. I thought that they had to be inside in temperatures between 30-40 degrees. Am I wrong or are those pots something different than the bulbs. In the bulb planting video Laura said they were going to be placed in the Hartley over the winter. Just curious.
I number the milk jug and seed packet. (#1 #2)
Makes identification easy.
Good morning! What a nice way to spend your day. Looking forward to the updates. Happy Birthday to your son. See you in the next video.
Just a tip. Use a Soldering Iron to make holes on the bottom of your winter sowing containers. Super fast & VERY neat (I I know you like neat) holes.
I loved your advice to write out the tags before hand. I am going to try and remember that this season. I always dive into seed starting and then struggle writing tags with dirty hands and a dirty potting bench.
Good Morning. Your energy inspires me❤️
Great job Laura you make a big project look so easy 🌱🌱🌱
Good morning! 🌻🐝
Can't wait for spring and all the beautiful color. Thank you for taking us along
I learn so much from you. Thank you.
Nice work Laura you will some amazing flowers/plants etc.
You have such a nice organized plan for planting!
I love going through the catalogues and picking out seeds. Then I have to wait until at least Feb to start the seeds. Can’t wait. I got the 3 tier lighting systems so it should be a great crop and save me money on buying plants.
Off topic, but your olive tree looks amazing! I’m still picturing your face from when you ate the olive right off the tree 😣😆 I was wondering how your other warm climate plants are doing? At one point I think you planted guava and passion fruit trees, but I can’t remember exactly. Would you also be able to grow a little gem magnolia tree or the magnolia tree with the pink flowers in your greenhouses? Since you’ve got an olive tree growing so beautifully already, I was wondering if you could grow other warmer climate plants.
Hello from south central pa zone 6. Hard to tell if we are a or b but my grandmother brought a southern magnolia back from Virginia in 1983 and it’s still going strong in our climate. She has since passed on but this past year my uncle started seeds off her magnolia and grew them on in gallon pots and gave them as gifts. Mine is still inside and doing great, we keep our house at 65 during winter. Also there are tons of northern magnolias with the smaller pink flowers in the area. So I think both would be possible 😁
I know the Japanese magnolias with pink flowers are zones 5+, and the little gems are zone 6. I hope she knows she can grow them. I’m lucky that I live in Louisiana zone 9 where southern magnolia are native
Wow! Good to know, thank you! Would love to see magnolias in the GA garden💗
Just a heads up, you need a LOT of patience with the lewisia seeds, they can sometimes take two years to germinate if they don't get cold enough in winter. If it doesn't germinate when temps are in the 70s consistently, leave it dry for the summer and try again next season.
Oh wow!
Wish I knew some of these things when I was young. Now I'm 72 and mainly garden in pots on my patio.
I kept one of two Lewisia plants alive this winter under lights. It was in a succulent pot all summer. The oldest plant didn't make it. Treated it like a succulent and watered it once every two weeks.
I used to completely cover my seed cells with vermiculite to prevent damp off. Worked great!
Laura planting Dianthus. I thought she didn't care for them. I love them the ones I grew at my old place bloomed all summer long.
I’m in Florida and I love dianthus. They grow well and flower all of the time. Best flower for me!
Longing for all the beautiful color! So excited for Spring! Did Benjamin’s little plant kits ever get going? 🌱
I remember that on her other channel (Garden Answer Highlights) she was answering the same question and saying something about how those seeds sometimes do not work and that if those seeds did not sprout she was going to change them for another variety of plants.
I think one of the kits was supposed to take like 4-6 weeks or something like that to even germinate. I remember it being a long time to germinate.
I love seed starting videos! It great to see what you're starting now and how your planning it out so we can learn from it. I'm hopeful that I'll have a better system this year than I did last year but watching videos like this usually makes me want to start all my seeds now which might not be a good idea 🤣
Yes, go by the seed packet instructions! I started a few trays a couple weeks too early last year, ran out of grow light space and ended up with them on my kitchen floor near my only south facing sliding glass door. Great advice 😊
Just a very inspiring and interesting and lots of great advice today video. You give us so much motivation to get seeds done so we have beautiful plants and vegs.
I have lettuce growing in a plastic shoe box under grow light in my basement. Just enjoyed our 2nd side salad of the winter! Ive also grown radishes ( very small) and am hoping to get some cherry tomatoes !
I should not be watching this when its just above freezing outside. You are giving me the seed starting itch, and its still a couple weeks too early here! Living vicariously through you until I can convince my husband to build me a greenhouse :)
good morning 😃 what could be better temperature outside is 7 🥶🥶🥶🥶 inside the fireplace 🔥🔥 is roaring hot coffee ☕️ in my hand and watching Laura plant seeds!!!!
Great video. So want to get started. Here in UK all the gardening UA-cams are doing their planning and early prepping but unless you have heated greenhouses or poly tunnels and space there is no point raising the seedlings if you have nowhere to bring them on. I typically start in late March/April. I think I am zone 8b. We don’t refer to zones much in the UK. My birthday is mid-April and it is my birthday treat to myself to spend the day sowing seeds! One of our gardening gurus, Monty Don, recommends filling the trays with compost, leaving them in a tray of water to absorb it and then sow your seeds. Looking forward to all your future projects.
Yes, that’s the much easier and less messy way to do it. 😂
LA DECO AVEC LANTERNE ET BOUQUET EN FIN DE VIDEO EST SUPERBE 👍😍 J'ADORE !
Hi Laura,Good Evening..looking forward for spring☺️
I will never tire of seeing you wave, say "bye' and smile x
Once again Laura you have lit a fire in all of us to start dreaming about and planning our gardens for 2022!! Unfortunately for a few in colder zones...3b for me 🥶.....it will be a while yet before we can begin the fun process of starting seeds. To say we are envious is an understatement but we're also encouraged and grateful for the opportunity to live vicariously through you and your informative videos that not only inspire but teach us all about the exciting and soul-fulfilling hobby that is gardening! Thank you once again for being such an inspiration and positive influence to each and every one of us, young and old! Cheers to a productive and fruitful 2022 for everyone in the Garden Answer Community!
Hi ,a little hint.when filling seed trays, place soil in tray then take your like empty tray and press the soil down in the first.your welcome.
Sounds like a great tip to me!
Oh Laura! There is no such thing as a too long video when it comes to you!!! ❤ Can't wait for the updates!🥳
Thank you Laura for sharing your world…
Thank You, So Much For Sharing All Your Gardening Ideas.God Bless ❤️🙏🏼
I always enjoy watching your seed starting videos! Now I am anxious to see growth & then planting in the ground or containers!! I am so ready to see color & plants growing!! 😃🌿💚
You know you're a devoted Garden Answer fan when you have a dream that you're asking Laura for advice on the care of your black lace elderberry. True story!
Loved today’s video. How fun is it to have the greenhouse this year? Must be exciting to stretch the boundaries and experiment, as it will also be when the Hartley gets up and running. Looking forward to going on these journeys with you!
• Happy birthday 🎂 to Benjamin and Samantha Grace * 💚💚💚
Hi Laura and beautiful family!
Just wanted to say thank you for providing the exact amount of whimsy and crafty gardening projects you are able to share! I look forward to watching your channel wherever I am! Lots of birthday wishes to your beautiful children! Have a truly wonderful day!
I hope you can keep us updated on the progress of everything you showed today! I'm going to try my hand at winter sowing this year with the kiddos. I am excited to see your eucalyptus and the lettuce. I've never had real success at growing lettuce for some reason.
I’ve never started plants from seedlings but after watching your videos especially today’s video I am really tempted to do so .
Thanks for sharing and love your excitement!!!!
The best lessons come from a dream and some seeds . Sow happy . Thank you Laura
Like everyone else, I enjoy my morning coffee watching your informative, motivating video. That arrangement you put together for the Hartley is stunning! My morning laugh is your comment to Beverly the chicken. My first name is Beverly and I was never to fond of my name..however now that I know I share my first name with your "Beverly"..I am ok with my name😄!
Growing hardy Cactus palm yuccas pitcher plants from seed . Germination takes weeks to a year( for a few). Use heat mat helps if it's not warm enough Use LED light bulb for more light they really work well. I leave them on .Really worth the effort you get many rare. Cool hard to find plants for much less. Just takes some time and patience ! Just fun to see what happens ! Saves you money and you have extras too!
To see how the studio has evolved in one year is amazing. Your vision on how you were going to utilize it last year had me lost. Thru the year I have seen your vision and love how it is working for you. It helps those of us who are new to seed growing envision our own version of a grow room or area that apples to our needs. Thank you for teaching is so much.
Good morning! This makes me SO excited to get started. PLEASE tell me where you got your Eucalyptus seeds. I can NOT find them ANYWHERE...
Thank you for sharing your positive attitude and encouraging us all to get growing. Happy birthday to your kiddos 🍰🎉💙💜🌻
Looks like amazon has them.
Great job on the Lewisia and other natives! I love that you are planting natives - you will be so happy with the results of your food garden ❤️😀
In 7b. Just started spring seeds Monday, today Tuesday, salad greens 😋
Good morning all have a blessed day
Excited to see this video I received my order from jonhny's seeds yesterday
I've never thought about using milk jugs like that! It was 2° here this morning, and watching your videos gets me excited for planting season!
Have you ever grown or thought about growing loofahs?
Bet that would be a fun one to watch grow. 🌿
I've always shyed away from planting seeds so I'm anxious to see how they turn out! Actually I'm already trying to figure out where I can make space to try this lol! I direct planted zinia seeds for my sister last year and we were like the hermit planted a seed - they grew so easy peasy and looked beautiful lol! Live and learn (the name of the game👍)
GoodMorning! Love your content.
Showed hubs the winter sowing and the seed starting towers. I have the same tower which I bought from Gardener’s Supply, after Hurricane Florence destroyed my hobby greenhouse. It was expensive but near the same price as the replacement greenhouse. This is a better option. He said…you have done all that…did you teach her? No! She taught me! Thank you Laura.
Thank you for sharing your excitement and enthusiasm! You are so motivating. I can’t wait to get mine started
I thought you said the 2nd year you tried lightly poking with a pencil a grid of planting holes in the water jug soil, (one in each corner and one in the middle for instance) and dropped your seeds in each hole and pressed them in rather than using the scattering method for sowing. It resulted in seedlings that were well spaced apart for thining and allowed easier access to lifting out individual plants so you had less damage to roots and stems when separating the seedlings when repotting. It also reduced wasting seeds and seedlings.
Is there anyway that someone could list what those lightbulbs are for sure just so we know for a reference? I think maybe she’s mentioned it before but I can’t seem to locate what bulbs exactly those are. Thank you so much advance for all of your help Laura you are such an inspiration we all love you so much!!
Hi Laura - very exciting! When it comes to repotting, how do you plan to manage the space needing for the seeds to grow on in larger containers and also the massive flats of annuals you normally have in your beautiful green house/cold frame?
Phew! I'm tired just watching you.
You certainly did get a lot done.
But Laura, you are my inspiration
This year is the first, of I hope many, to start winter sowing. I've been saving up my milk jugs and I'm so looking forward to seeing the process. One question, should I brush away the snow when the planted jugs get buried? I live in Zone 6a/6b Michigan, so we get some snow that sticks around.
Good morning!
Laura you fill my void of seed planting, it's a long winter here, and watching you plant helps me, but when it is time to start seed here I have to remind myself not to plant as much as Laura does, just looks like so much fun! Thank you.
Oh what a luxury to be working in shirtsleeves in the greenhouse in January! Future goals! Tip for packing soil: take the next empty tray (or pot as the case may be) and set it down on the fresh soil and press lightly. You will pack all of your cells at the same time. Then ad your second layer.
I don't know what's harder, sticking to my diet or holding back on planting seeds. The struggle is real.
Hi from Montreal, currently at -22 hahaha can't wait for the summer !!
I’m so envious of how you use bare hands to mix the soil. I find when I’m not wearing gloves I get small slivers from whatever is in the potting soil. I do use bare hands when planting straight into the ground though. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge with us, I’m so looking forward to spring and getting some things started. Have to wait for the snow to melt 😏 and I do not have a green house to start plants in. Have a wonderful day 🙂
Another great project done and dusted, I have a really small garden but you inspire me so much that I am going to try from seeds on a few things. I have a small part of the garden I think I can place a raised bed. My borders are small but I try to fill them more every season. Thank you so much for all that you do. Your interaction with Russell was adorable like my cats they follow me everywhere.