I have watched many garden videos. YOURS IS MY FAVORITE. TRULY. Please make more. I love it that you love the Lord and give glory to Him. He is my everything.
Thank you, Iris. We just moved to Oxford Pennsylvania last summer which means I've begun a new garden from scratch. It has terrible clay soil. However there are many seed packets and winter sowing opportunities right now. I'll try to do another "garden in progress" one after summer 2021 Lord willing!
thank you Grannie Annie, The piano music and lovely singing were magical. Please have your grandson post which books he uses to play all of this music!!!! lovely!!!! and the garden, a beauty!!!
Love , love , love your gardens . I could see myself reading my Bible A and a good book in your garden . Your grandson and granddaughter did a wonderful job . I just love gardening it is so peaceful to me. God bless you and your family .
Is this garden ever on a garden tour? It would be amazing to see. I am surprised you have such good looking plants in the July heat. Great video.....and music.
I shied away from that because it has never been a manicured garden like those listed on garden tours. I do the gardening (not the mowing) and can never quite keep up with the weeding! Then last spring, a major setback-- almost the whole backyard was plowed up (which removed some trees and shrubs) to install a new septic drainage field. Now my husband and I are rebuilding the cottage garden in a different way, having fun trying some new plants, many from Winter Sown seeds in milk jugs. We shall see if it fills in enough this summer for another video. Thank you for "visiting" the old one, Mad Sweeney. Happy gardening to you!
Oh..I loved every minute of it. Your garden has very English feel to it. AND...you brick walk is sooooo beautiful ...so many flowers in almost eye level, I bet you just want to stand and stare of it all. Well put together and getting family involved with all too...my dog enjoyed all the nature sounds and was listening it all with tilting head. Thank you for sharing you garden! (goodlife)
A dream garden , the sign , gardening is for the birds is great , too ! Some flowers that I like to tell others about is the yellow and white honeysuckle vine you can eat the nectar from the stems of the blossoms , my daughter loved doing that . There are different colors of honeysuckle but I think the light yellow and white makes a cool color in the summer garden . also fox gloves , hollyhocks , and lupines are astounding flowers !
It has grown slowly and changed as different problems appeared: dog, deer, groundhogs etc that had to be dealt with to grow flowers. Take your time and do a lot of planning. Our first mistake was using an old bathtub for a pond. Too small and horrible to pull out. Sometimes one step forward and two back.
I am so envious - really beautiful. I tried something like this until I found out that there are many deer around my area. I spent a boatload of money planting perennials before I knew this and the deer had a feast!
Bumblesby, So sorry to hear it. We had that experience also: a bud just ready to open and overnight it was eaten. After years of grumbling about deer repellants that never worked, installing the 6' tall wire fence cured the problem. Though deer could probably jump it, they do not risk it since the garden is fairly heavily planted and the vines on the fencing help obscure their view. However, the rabbits, box turtles, squirrels and groundhogs still get in and do damage but are more manageable than the deer.
What a wonderful cottage garden! I’m astonished at all the work that went into it. I love how you incorporated your children and grandchildren into the garden. And your grandchildren are very gifted with piano and voice.
Your garden is lovely. I love that you have such vibrant colours and they all work together. Obviously the birds, bees and butterflies like it too. Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful garden! My own garden is just beginning and I have gotten inspiration here. I love that your grandchildren are part of your garden and video. My children called my late mother-in-law Grannie Annie.
The Lords Handiwork blessings everywhere! Your gardens are gorgeous, and what amazing talented grandchildren!! Love the music and songs!! Thanks for sharing!! Such peace and beauty!!
What a beautiful garden, I also live in Smyrna Delaware. I planted the Mexican sun flower here last year , what a great plant, humming birds and butterfly loved it. I loved it so much I saved ever seed.
You''ll have a huge forrest of flowers if you plant all those seeds! It does attract the small birds, too. I had to stake them they grew so tall. Note to self: put in stakes first!
Absolutely stunning,the shots of the flowers would make beautiful greeting cards and calendars,and love hearing all the birds,and seeing all the butterflies and bees.Tfs. Just realized this is an old post,will have to look and see if there is anything more current..
What a beautiful garden! It looks very English. Did you plan it that way? I do like the video as it is very informative. I felt I am really walking around the lovely flowers and plants. Thanks for sharing your garden.
Cottage garden delawere. Very pretty thankyou for shareing. We are also in delawere from Newcastle county. Last 9 half years down Sussex county de. Rb i have a medium size yard I have little less then what you have .but have some of what you have out there. My butter fly weed is really nice this year
I love the purple coneflower and purple phlox grouped together, beautiful. The mass grouping of the coneflower looks so nice. I only have 3 plants, now I'm going to grow more after seeing yours.
Grannie Annie Lovely ,so many species of flowers And. Butterflys here in the south of france i've never seen those viewed in your film . A delight and the red bird ! Thankyou
+LOWE sonia Isn't that one reason why UA-cam is so great? I have loved seeing the nature around the world in other people's gardens, too. Have a wonderful winter, Sonia.
That's what my video sorely needed: your dog to amble through with some tail wagging! : ) Thank you for your on-line help getting my dahlias started this year.]] GrannieAnnie
Your cottage garden is simply grand! It is something to strive for to anyone who loves the country garden look. It seems to cover quite a large area. I am curious how many years this has been in progress? Bravo for a fabulous job well done!
The small pond was dug by family in 1985 to replace a bathtub pond which was way too small. We also fenced in the whole back yard to keep out a deer herd which had devoured everything I wanted to grow. In 2001 I removed all the perennials which were by the little Japanese maple and dug the large pond with rubber liner which is backed by a rock wall. All that took a month. Then everything was transplanted around it again. Since then I've added paths, a berm, removed the berm, tried different types of edgings and pavings, built an experimental walk-in solar coldframe (which is now being torn down), fenced in a vegetable garden, fenced in a side yard for raspberries, winter squash and cherries, added some arbors, moved fencing and arbors...you get the picture. Next year the side yard is going to be mostly wildflowers. All this was much more fun and exercise than going to a gym.
***** Atta girl! Gardening is heavy work, but the satisfaction of seeing it come to fruition and finding ways to overcome some obstacles along the way make it more than worthwhile.
***** I just enjoyed watching your animals and artwork on your videos. What a beautiful part of the country you tend. Especially liked the "Inspired" video.
+Diane D Thank you for your comment. There are 2 other videos on UA-cam of our garden: "An Enjoyable Cottage Garden with Wildlife" done in 2014 and last year's "An Easy Cottage Garden in Delaware" The size of the pond: It is actually two ponds. The smaller one was our first pond ( maybe only 6' long??) which I liked so much which the children helped dig. The second one I dug myself which took one month. It is 17' x 24' and 18" deep in the deepest part where the fish can overwinter safely (usually.) It takes roughly 4100 gal. water. When a pond is first put in it looks huge, but after the edging plants and water plants soften the area it looks much smaller. My opinion is, go for the biggest you can and in an area you can view it frequently. It has a very heavy rubber liner which I pulled into position on a kids snow sled since my husband was out of town. The smaller pond has had a less expensive poly-something liner which has worked fine for years despite our former dog climbing in and out. I put in barley straw in nylons to keep algae down and I have no big filtration system. (The fountain pump is in a plastic basket filled with lava rock which helps strain out debris. Gets cleaned once/ sometimes twice a year ) Morning shade is provided by the Japanese maple which was there before the pond was dug. It would be best to have a pond completely shaded but I wanted this in view from the dining room. If you have more questions I'll be glad to answer.
Thank you, Bellarosa. (Your name is perfect! : ) ) I love roses also. We have some in their first or second season planted by the arbors and hope they'll grow well. Also a few shrub Knock Out Roses (bought at end of season) that seem to keep blooming longer than most. "Jens Munk" rose that is thorny but a reliable (but not fragrant) rose behind the pond. "Robin Hood" that I planted to form a thicket to keep deer out of an area. My latest garden video on UA-cam is called "An Enjoyable Cottage Garden with Wildlife" and it shows some of them. ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=an+enjoyable+cottage+garden+with+wildlife
Hi grannie annee! Your GARDEN is just Breath taking . This is a picture of God's garden. I definitely know a lot of hard work went into this garden. Your flowers are just Stunning. I only wish mine looked this full. I was wondering if you share your seeds with your u-tube friends? Because if so I would Love to have some for my garden. Thank you for such a Peaceful garden Tour. So until next time God Bless you and your family and have a Blessed Evening and Stay Safe my Friend.
Just seeing your question today, Rachel. All I can suggest really is don't plant them too close together or in the shade so they get lots of air circulation; don't plant them where you had rust before; and get rid of rusty refuse. Some say don't save seed from rusted plants. "Indian Summer" Hollyhocks did well for me in a good sunny spot. Hope that helps.
Thank you all. It was a lot of fun putting the video together. I just wish I had taken time to deadhead the flowers before grabbing the camera! Maybe next year....
if only,,,,, i love your garden it's enchanting and stunning, i live in Florida originally from philadelphia, unfortunately pretty much all of my favorites do not do well at all down here, if found a few natives that i like, i would love to have a garden like yours someday, i love how diverse and colorful everything is and most of all love all the sounds of the birds and bugs something i miss terribly, i live in a slightly wooded neighborhood but not to far there was a clearing made for a new development and as the trees went so did all the birds and animals, i would have tons gathered at my house and i even put out feeders some bird baths and it was lovely and now the feed just sits there. Stay blessed in every way and thank you for sharing this video it made me smile, when i move a little further north and own my own home i will take some inspiration from you thank you!!!!
Diego, It was sad reading about the loss of the bird and animal habitat! It happens too often. I wonder if a nature society in your area could suggest some way to turn the situation around. For example, the type birdseed makes a difference. Our local birds prefer sunflower seeds and I dry winter squash seeds and add those. The height of the feeder also makes a difference. We had one that sticks on the window with suction cups and no birds were coming to it. When it was moved to a different side of the porch at a different height the birds came almost immediately. Part of that I think had to do with where they could sit to watch the feeder. And some birds only eat from the ground as you know, and some are attracted by the sound of water. Oh, I do hope you find an answer. Thank you for your kind comments. Anne
Diego, I also forgot to say that there is a second video of our garden in 2014 called "An Enjoyable Cottage Garden with Wildlife" with more birds, deer, etc which you might enjoy.
+T Miller Thank you for your comments. About watering, I water or provide shade for a day or two after transplanting, but after that (except for the vegetable garden) we usually get enough rain to keep things growing. Mulching some things with newspaper covered with pine needles/leaves/other mulch seems to take care of things besides keeping weeds down. Coneflowers, daisies, phlox, zinnias and most of the flowers I grow tolerate drought well.
Do you recall the artsy variety of pink with white tulips shown at 0:39? They have a watercolor or oil painting quality about them as do the glads a lil further on in the video. Lovin' your style!
Christine, the tulips are called Monet Sauternes. I guess the hybridizer agreed with you that they look painterly! I liked them, too, and they seemed to hold up pretty long. Happy gardening to you.
I had to look up where delaware is as i have heard of it in old western movies,now i know.its well placed for the ocean .i am in london england,have to say as you have a couple of londons in the u.s.
So glad you found our little state and my garden, Judy! We have enjoyed our visits to see your historical sites in London over the years, especially our self-made Pepys' tour once. It seems our founding fathers were not very creative when naming our states and towns preferring to reuse British names, sometimes with "New" in front of them.
Sorry it took so long to answer. I didn't know folks were still viewing the video. That tree is a Japanese Maple and was planted by the former owner probably 30 years ago or more. Very slow growing. We pruned it to keep it fairly low and it helped shade the pond to keep the algae down. It does seed itself all over but the seedlings are easy to pull out.
I have watched many garden videos. YOURS IS MY FAVORITE. TRULY. Please make more. I love it that you love the Lord and give glory to Him. He is my everything.
Thank you, Iris. We just moved to Oxford Pennsylvania last summer which means I've begun a new garden from scratch. It has terrible clay soil. However there are many seed packets and winter sowing opportunities right now. I'll try to do another "garden in progress" one after summer 2021 Lord willing!
thank you Grannie Annie, The piano music and lovely singing were magical. Please have your grandson post which books he uses to play all of this music!!!! lovely!!!! and the garden, a beauty!!!
How refreshing to have no commentary. The garden speaks for itself.
Such a lovely garden. Love the singing too. A bit of heaven for a Sunday evening. Thank you.
Love , love , love your gardens . I could see myself reading my Bible A and a good book in your garden . Your grandson and granddaughter did a wonderful job . I just love gardening it is so peaceful to me. God bless you and your family .
Beautiful! Bravo to your grandchildren.
The music is so good that I am rewatching this! thank you for sharing your beautiful garden with me. Peaceful and relaxing
Such a Sweet Garden! Lovely to see. And such talented grandchildren. Thank you for posting this so we could all enjoy.
Naturalized with weeds!!! I love it. Beautiful garden (weeds and all). Thanks for sharing.
Just amazingly beautiful!
Thank you, Mandy B., for watching it.
One of the best cottage garden videos I've seen. Perfect!
Beautiful garden! Delightful video!
wonderful beautiful garden!
Is this garden ever on a garden tour? It would be amazing to see. I am surprised you have such good looking plants in the July heat. Great video.....and music.
I shied away from that because it has never been a manicured garden like those listed on garden tours. I do the gardening (not the mowing) and can never quite keep up with the weeding!
Then last spring, a major setback-- almost the whole backyard was plowed up (which removed some trees and shrubs) to install a new septic drainage field.
Now my husband and I are rebuilding the cottage garden in a different way, having fun trying some new plants, many from Winter Sown seeds in milk jugs. We shall see if it fills in enough this summer for another video. Thank you for "visiting" the old one, Mad Sweeney. Happy gardening to you!
Superb garden. Great work.
Compliments to your grandchildren. I´m glad I ´ve hit on a garden video that incoporates music played by the family.
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. Thank you Grannie Annie for sharing your paradise.
Oh..I loved every minute of it. Your garden has very English feel to it.
AND...you brick walk is sooooo beautiful ...so many flowers in almost eye level, I bet you just want to stand and stare of it all.
Well put together and getting family involved with all too...my dog enjoyed all the nature sounds and was listening it all with tilting head.
Thank you for sharing you garden!
(goodlife)
A dream garden , the sign , gardening is for the birds is great , too !
Some flowers that I like to tell others about is the yellow and white honeysuckle vine
you can eat the nectar from the stems of the blossoms , my daughter loved doing that . There are different colors of honeysuckle but I think the light yellow and white makes a cool color in the summer garden . also fox gloves , hollyhocks , and lupines are astounding flowers !
I haven't been successful at keeping fox gloves, hollyhocks and lupines growing; need a new strategy!
I want a garden like yours!
It has grown slowly and changed as different problems appeared: dog, deer, groundhogs etc that had to be dealt with to grow flowers. Take your time and do a lot of planning. Our first mistake was using an old bathtub for a pond. Too small and horrible to pull out. Sometimes one step forward and two back.
I love nature and beautiful gardens.
I am so envious - really beautiful. I tried something like this until I found out that there are many deer around my area. I spent a boatload of money planting perennials before I knew this and the deer had a feast!
Bumblesby, So sorry to hear it. We had that experience also: a bud just ready to open and overnight it was eaten. After years of grumbling about deer repellants that never worked, installing the 6' tall wire fence cured the problem. Though deer could probably jump it, they do not risk it since the garden is fairly heavily planted and the vines on the fencing help obscure their view. However, the rabbits, box turtles, squirrels and groundhogs still get in and do damage but are more manageable than the deer.
Your garden looks so magical!
Gorgeous gardens and lovely music!
What a wonderful cottage garden! I’m astonished at all the work that went into it. I love how you incorporated your children and grandchildren into the garden. And your grandchildren are very gifted with piano and voice.
Beautiful video.
Your garden is lovely. I love that you have such vibrant colours and they all work together. Obviously the birds, bees and butterflies like it too. Thank you for sharing.
Just so beautiful.
wonderful video. Enjoyed it all!
What a beautiful garden! My own garden is just beginning and I have gotten inspiration here. I love that your grandchildren are part of your garden and video. My children called my late mother-in-law Grannie Annie.
you have one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. You are blessed
deezie
Thank you so much, deezie. Gardens are a blessing----if they aren't too big to manage!
The Lords Handiwork blessings everywhere! Your gardens are gorgeous, and what amazing talented grandchildren!! Love the music and songs!! Thanks for sharing!! Such peace and beauty!!
Loved the stepping stone mosaics! Great art project to do with my grandkids this summer. Thanks!
What a beautiful garden, I also live in Smyrna Delaware. I planted the Mexican sun flower here last year , what a great plant, humming birds and butterfly loved it. I loved it so much I saved ever seed.
You''ll have a huge forrest of flowers if you plant all those seeds! It does attract the small birds, too. I had to stake them they grew so tall. Note to self: put in stakes first!
Absolutely stunning,the shots of the flowers would make beautiful greeting cards and calendars,and love hearing all the birds,and seeing all the butterflies and bees.Tfs.
Just realized this is an old post,will have to look and see if there is anything more current..
I was blown away by your garden Anne. God is so good!!
Now we get to start a new garden in Oxford, PA! God is so Good!
What a beautiful garden! It looks very English. Did you plan it that way? I do like the video as it is very informative. I felt I am really walking around the lovely flowers and plants. Thanks for sharing your garden.
This is the nicest garden video I have seen ---and I have watched many! Also , the music was perfect! Thank you .
This is so well done! I loved the music selections to the various parts of the garden. Wonderful!
+Reglindis Eckhardt, Thank you and I hope it brightened your day!
What a beautiful n lovely garden.
I wish my backyard is as big as yours. All your perianials are healthy free of any pest. Thanks for sharing...
Love your garden!! Great video!
Cottage garden delawere. Very pretty thankyou for shareing. We are also in delawere from Newcastle county. Last 9 half years down Sussex county de. Rb i have a medium size yard I have little less then what you have .but have some of what you have out there. My butter fly weed is really nice this year
That is simply incredible. Something to aspire to!
I love your garden, it's so beautiful.
I love the purple coneflower and purple phlox grouped together, beautiful.
The mass grouping of the coneflower looks so nice. I only have 3 plants,
now I'm going to grow more after seeing yours.
Too beautiful :)
wow its beautiful.....i'd love a garden like that, but in the high desert of nm...its just a dream. thanks for sharing..the music was great too.....
But you have wide open big sky, spectacular rocks and long views which we'll never have. I'd love a piece of that in our yard.
well thats true...have a blessed day :)
Wow just look at this lush place 🦋
Grannie Annie Lovely ,so many species of flowers And. Butterflys here in the south of france i've never seen those viewed in your film . A delight and the red bird ! Thankyou
+LOWE sonia
Isn't that one reason why UA-cam is so great? I have loved seeing the nature around the world in other people's gardens, too.
Have a wonderful winter, Sonia.
you have a very beautiful garden it was a joy watching it,and your grandson is a gifted player.
spil been j
That's what my video sorely needed: your dog to amble through with some tail wagging! : ) Thank you for your on-line help getting my dahlias started this year.]]
GrannieAnnie
Your cottage garden is simply grand! It is something to strive for to anyone who loves the country garden look. It seems to cover quite a large area. I am curious how many years this has been in progress? Bravo for a fabulous job well done!
The small pond was dug by family in 1985 to replace a bathtub pond which was way too small. We also fenced in the whole back yard to keep out a deer herd which had devoured everything I wanted to grow. In 2001 I removed all the perennials which were by the little Japanese maple and dug the large pond with rubber liner which is backed by a rock wall. All that took a month. Then everything was transplanted around it again. Since then I've added paths, a berm, removed the berm, tried different types of edgings and pavings, built an experimental walk-in solar coldframe (which is now being torn down), fenced in a vegetable garden, fenced in a side yard for raspberries, winter squash and cherries, added some arbors, moved fencing and arbors...you get the picture. Next year the side yard is going to be mostly wildflowers. All this was much more fun and exercise than going to a gym.
I understand the exercise part all right. I think I lost 3 pounds today digging a path and carrying sand!
***** Atta girl! Gardening is heavy work, but the satisfaction of seeing it come to fruition and finding ways to overcome some obstacles along the way make it more than worthwhile.
***** I just enjoyed watching your animals and artwork on your videos. What a beautiful part of the country you tend. Especially liked the "Inspired" video.
Thanks for watching. I think "Inspired" is one of my favorites.
Breathtaking!!!! I wish you would do more videos, can you tell me the the size of your pond?
+Diane D Thank you for your comment. There are 2 other videos on UA-cam of our garden: "An Enjoyable Cottage Garden with Wildlife" done in 2014 and last year's "An Easy Cottage Garden in Delaware"
The size of the pond: It is actually two ponds. The smaller one was our first pond ( maybe only 6' long??) which I liked so much which the children helped dig. The second one I dug myself which took one month. It is 17' x 24' and 18" deep in the deepest part where the fish can overwinter safely (usually.) It takes roughly 4100 gal. water. When a pond is first put in it looks huge, but after the edging plants and water plants soften the area it looks much smaller. My opinion is, go for the biggest you can and in an area you can view it frequently. It has a very heavy rubber liner which I pulled into position on a kids snow sled since my husband was out of town. The smaller pond has had a less expensive poly-something liner which has worked fine for years despite our former dog climbing in and out. I put in barley straw in nylons to keep algae down and I have no big filtration system. (The fountain pump is in a plastic basket filled with lava rock which helps strain out debris. Gets cleaned once/ sometimes twice a year ) Morning shade is provided by the Japanese maple which was there before the pond was dug. It would be best to have a pond completely shaded but I wanted this in view from the dining room. If you have more questions I'll be glad to answer.
Beautiful. How big is your property? What a wonderful place for a stroll. Flowers and Debussy, Heaven
Your garden is just beautiful. Do you grow any roses? I love gardening as well. Thank you for sharing pictures of your garden paradise.
Thank you, Bellarosa. (Your name is perfect! : ) ) I love roses also. We have some in their first or second season planted by the arbors and hope they'll grow well. Also a few shrub Knock Out Roses (bought at end of season) that seem to keep blooming longer than most. "Jens Munk" rose that is thorny but a reliable (but not fragrant) rose behind the pond. "Robin Hood" that I planted to form a thicket to keep deer out of an area. My latest garden video on UA-cam is called "An Enjoyable Cottage Garden with Wildlife" and it shows some of them. ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=an+enjoyable+cottage+garden+with+wildlife
Hi grannie annee! Your GARDEN is just Breath taking . This is a picture of God's garden. I definitely know a lot of hard work went into this garden. Your flowers are just Stunning. I only wish mine looked this full. I was wondering if you share your seeds with your u-tube friends? Because if so I would Love to have some for my garden. Thank you for such a Peaceful garden Tour. So until next time God Bless you and your family and have a Blessed Evening and Stay Safe my Friend.
Beautiful! Any tips for rust on hollyhocks?
Just seeing your question today, Rachel. All I can suggest really is don't plant them too close together or in the shade so they get lots of air circulation; don't plant them where you had rust before; and get rid of rusty refuse. Some say don't save seed from rusted plants. "Indian Summer" Hollyhocks did well for me in a good sunny spot. Hope that helps.
Thank you all. It was a lot of fun putting the video together. I just wish I had taken time to deadhead the flowers before grabbing the camera! Maybe next year....
if only,,,,, i love your garden it's enchanting and stunning, i live in Florida originally from philadelphia, unfortunately pretty much all of my favorites do not do well at all down here, if found a few natives that i like, i would love to have a garden like yours someday, i love how diverse and colorful everything is and most of all love all the sounds of the birds and bugs something i miss terribly, i live in a slightly wooded neighborhood but not to far there was a clearing made for a new development and as the trees went so did all the birds and animals, i would have tons gathered at my house and i even put out feeders some bird baths and it was lovely and now the feed just sits there. Stay blessed in every way and thank you for sharing this video it made me smile, when i move a little further north and own my own home i will take some inspiration from you thank you!!!!
Diego,
It was sad reading about the loss of the bird and animal habitat! It happens too often. I wonder if a nature society in your area could suggest some way to turn the situation around. For example, the type birdseed makes a difference. Our local birds prefer sunflower seeds and I dry winter squash seeds and add those. The height of the feeder also makes a difference. We had one that sticks on the window with suction cups and no birds were coming to it. When it was moved to a different side of the porch at a different height the birds came almost immediately. Part of that I think had to do with where they could sit to watch the feeder. And some birds only eat from the ground as you know, and some are attracted by the sound of water. Oh, I do hope you find an answer. Thank you for your kind comments.
Anne
Diego,
I also forgot to say that there is a second video of our garden in 2014 called "An Enjoyable Cottage Garden with Wildlife" with more birds, deer, etc which you might enjoy.
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I'm speechless. Your garden is a glimpse of heaven, just spectacular! Thank you for posting these garden videos. How do you water everything?
+T Miller Thank you for your comments. About watering, I water or provide shade for a day or two after transplanting, but after that (except for the vegetable garden) we usually get enough rain to keep things growing. Mulching some things with newspaper covered with pine needles/leaves/other mulch seems to take care of things besides keeping weeds down. Coneflowers, daisies, phlox, zinnias and most of the flowers I grow tolerate drought well.
Yes, it is an attempt at an English cottage garden though the roses are still small and delphiniums keep dying in our hot weather.
Was that me playing Claire de Lune? If it was, I need to re-learn it!
Claire de Lune is one of my favorite tunes and from whence came my “pen name”. ☺️
It was beautiful
hey, nice garden, whats the song your grand daughter was singing at 2 minutes.?
That is "Summertime" by George Gershwin and I can't believe I forgot to list the credits for that. Thank you for mentioning it.
From PORGY AND BESS
thank for the videos
+GOH BOMBA Goh Bomba, Thank you and I enjoyed watching the video you recommended "Your Farm 7 a bite of China."
GrannieAnnie
Anne Engelking Wellman thank you , I enjoyed watching your beautiful garden and beautiful garden
Beautiful flowers and the singing girl behind the scene, nice song
So beautiful 😍😍 new subbed #989
how far away from Granogue is your garden? I would love to see it?
Do you recall the artsy variety of pink with white tulips shown at 0:39? They have a watercolor or oil painting quality about them as do the glads a lil further on in the video. Lovin' your style!
Christine, the tulips are called Monet Sauternes. I guess the hybridizer agreed with you that they look painterly! I liked them, too, and they seemed to hold up pretty long. Happy gardening to you.
I had to look up where delaware is as i have heard of it in old western movies,now i know.its well placed for the ocean .i am in london england,have to say as you have a couple of londons in the u.s.
So glad you found our little state and my garden, Judy! We have enjoyed our visits to see your historical sites in London over the years, especially our self-made Pepys' tour once. It seems our founding fathers were not very creative when naming our states and towns preferring to reuse British names, sometimes with "New" in front of them.
grannyAnny what is that tree ubove seatting area? Your garden is beautiful
Sorry it took so long to answer. I didn't know folks were still viewing the video. That tree is a Japanese Maple and was planted by the former owner probably 30 years ago or more. Very slow growing. We pruned it to keep it fairly low and it helped shade the pond to keep the algae down. It does seed itself all over but the seedlings are easy to pull out.
I forgot to tell you I live in New Jersey. So we are almost neighbors.
It is from you CD, dear! : )
Don't like the music
Good