Sorry to say Danielle, it was so very peaceful and relaxing watching you do all the heavy lifting. You always give such good tips and lessons learnt. Now I am off to tackle my own garden mess. 😊💚🌿
This summer has been brutal. Love all of your videos but there is something satisfying about watching garden maintenance. Probably because we know how it feels after we put effort into our own gardens. Take care - Julie
Oh young lady, never feel embarrassed to show us weeds in your soil!❤️ Those of us who have followed you for years know of the many aspects of your talents. I am almost 80 and I have learned so much from you, even though I have gardened all my days, your design ideas and devotion to gardening has been a great source of inspiration. I just love your devotion to your Grandma’s gardening passion and we all know she is so proud of you and how you live your life!❤️Thank you for sharing your many talents with us. Gail❤️
Thanks for being real about gardening. I live in Oregon, and I've had plants scorch that have been happy years past. Someone said the sun is closer to earth and hotter. Can't control mother nature..❤ readjusting and rethinking and rearranging needed..so much work😗😏😌your gardens are wonderful and yes weeds appear overnight 🙄
Thank you so much for showing us your weeds! It makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER that it is not just me. Because of you, I have delved deeply into hydrangeas - I had only had experience with hydrangeas that bloomed once in a while with one or two blooms. Now I have a whole garden full of the most gorgeous blooms I've ever seen! I need MORE! They really are addictive. I must have a Haas Halo, but they are not common and I am having a hard time finding one.... anyway, thank you so much!
I have been doing a similar “timed” gardening except mine is shade related too. Age has eliminated my ability to garden in the sun when the heat and humidity are at this past week’s levels. Sometimes I also have to take a day or two off between days outside. 🥵
Oh I hear you! It’s hot, humid and so many mosquitoes makes it miserable to be outside. And the weeds have multiplied like crazy! I so enjoy your videos and the beautiful garden you have. Hydrangeas are so easy to care for and provide such joy. Your garden transformation has been wonderful to watch. 💚💚💚
I love your maintenance videos! From dividing hellebores, to trimming bulb foliage to scattering seeds…it’s so wonderful to get this type of information. It’s practical and what someone like me needs to hear. Thanks so much for sharing all the ways you take care of your flowers.
Oh my! Yes! Terrible heat and humidity here in Maryland too. Plus barely any rain is making for a rough gardening season. On the bright side, I finally found a Haas Halo Hydrangea! I’m keeping it well watered in the shade in its nursery pot until this weather breaks, then I’ll get it in the ground. Thank you for sharing real life in your neck of the woods!! It’s still beautiful!!
Little quick fire has become one of my favorites. The open structure of the panicles is so delicate and fetching. Maintenance is now the lense I use when choosing plan,to. Realistically, I can’t/won’t keep up with the weeds and or upkeep for perennials.I’m moving strongly toward trees and shrubs.color, texture, height, with lots of repetition.
I found this video to be very encouraging! I'm in southern Nebraska, and we've had some high temps too and are still dealing with the Japanese beetles and after effects of a 2-year drought. Your garden always looks like a green oasis to me, and I absolutely love your gardening style. I'm sorry for the struggles you've had with heat and storms, but it makes me feel better about my own browning hydrangeas and hostas! Thanks for keeping it real.
YES!!! So much sweating and bug biting makes me want to put it off, but like you say, you really feel a sense of accomplishment once things get going! Thanks for keeping me inspired ❤❤❤
Hello from London UK dear Danielle 😃 Since we are still struggling to reach 66o Fahrenheit of heat in the UK at the warmest part of the day it is quite difficult to imagine the crazy prolonged heatwave you guys have been experiencing in the US but I guess that both humans, animals & Nature has been immense stress & discomfort. We could see in your last video that a big storm was coming and it did with a vengeance. Feeling overwhelmed after such an ordeal is natural as this heatwave affected your well being but knowing that a garden in which you put so much thought, love & effort is under such a prolonged stress is a feeling that most of us experience too. Extremes are devastating in many ways and what your beautiful garden, yourself & Grace need now is to return to more breathable temperatures. What always amazes me is the sheer resilience of Nature in such cases that show us that Life goes on no matter what. I love your extensive knowledge of plants and what to do when cleaning up after a serious heatwave and sharing with us the reality of your garden. Most of your hydrangeas are still looking great and so are your cherry tomatoes & basil. I am loving your bird wreaths made from sunflowers hearts. I can absolutely relate to thinking twice about creating a high maintenance that often seems a lovely idea at the start when one has more time to look after it and then the reality hits us one day that it is too much to deal with. Planting hydrangeas is an excellent idea and I have one Annabelle hydrangea in my South of France home that has been enchanting us for the past 23 years without fail. I would love to know what differentiate a Hamish nursery from a English one please ? Well done for these inspiring 90 minutes mid-Summer cleaning around the garden with Grace who even greeted us when you worked on your raised beds by the library. Stay hydrated, cool & well dear Danielle 😊💚
Love your maintenance videos! It's funny I could watch videos of Gardners puttering in their gardens for hours. Am I crazy 😄 I love pulling weeds in my own garden too. Love playing in the dirt, my favorite thing to do other than walking the beach. Stay cool and take care 🙌💚🌿
I'm the same way about compost.. I started a 'heap' last year & was so delighted with the 'garden gold'. It was such a surprise how easy this method is to reward us.
Danielle I absolutely love your gardens. Yes it looks like a lot of work but you got so much done in such a short time. I actually don’t mind the deadheading and weeding if I don’t let it go too long. Gives me time to think about and plan new areas💕💕💕
I live about 2 hours from you in Virginia and this weather has been pretty brutal this summer. My cat of 16 years passed away July 10th, so I pretty much abandoned my gardens for several days. When I finally got back out there I could tell my gardens were feeling the stress of the drought we’ve been dealing with.
Love this, the reality of gardening, as I'm also dealing with weeding, mosquitos, Japanese beetles, here in NC. Thankfully, we've finally had some much-needed rain. Even with the challenges, it does feel so good to have worked in the garden beds and be able to see some progress. Your garden is amazingly beautiful and I get so much inspiration from it!
Yes here in East Tennessee the humidity heat sweat and knots have kept me indoors. But the good thing is not as much laundry because my gardening clothes had a reprieve. I like the advice tackle a few things for an hour. Then retreat inside. I enjoy your lovely garden so much it’s beautiful 🌸👩🌾
Hi Danielle. We are all in the same boat. I live 50 miles west of Boston and we got as high as 95 and very humid. I can’t believe you’ve endured 100. Watching you has reminded me of the maintenance I need to tackle as well. Between not feeling well for 6 weeks and then the heat wave…. Well I’ve got weeds knee high and I’m ready to rip out my raised flower beds as well heartbreaking but you’ve inspired me to accept what we cannot change. There is always next year. I just got 4 invincible spirit II hydrangeas delivered today from PW. I’m hoping we’ll cool down a bit. Thank you for sharing friend. Always so inspirational ❤
Hi Danielle, thanks for this peaceful garden clean up. I think this heat has hit everyone in the gardening community! Ive put off my weeding and I'm taking your approach! Doing my clean up in pockets of time. Love those sunflower bird swags you were making! Your garden looks beautiful and i love the driveway garden with the new hydrangeas! Great idea 😍
Love the garden maintenance videos. Keep ‘em coming. Keeps me inspired to keep going through these Zone 9B temps. (Thank goodness we have cooler temps in the 80s and rain) this upcoming week Hang in there and stay hydrated. Happy Gardening!
I'm in PA and I feel your hot, humid summer garden pain. Almost everything is struggling. On the plus side, we have a winter reset, so I'm already dreaming of redesign ideas for next year. Also, something I don't see mentioned much is that Little Quick Fire gets beautiful fall leaves.
This has been such a hot humid and lots of storms and rain for us in Michigan!! The only plus is that my hubby hasn’t had to do much irrigation so far!! The weeds are like on steroids this year. Sooooo many!!! I hope you share all the different hydrangeas you will be buying!! I can’t wait to see what you get!!!
I can empathize, I'm still cleaning up after Hurricane Beryl. The eye of the storm went over our house. Two large limbs fell, creating havoc and lots of new sunlight where it's not needed. I'm trying to find a way to protect my Japanese Maples and the hydranges. Thinking of purchasing a tool to stake plants to try to restore a few Floret Zinnias. Good luck!
I haven’t tended to my garden yet. Yes heat wave, storms in Canada for 2 weeks zone 5a. I was destroyed by mosquitoes deadheading roses I had to take Benadryl and Tylenol for a few days. My hubby will spray garlic oil in the yard when it stops raining so I can do garden chores too
Thanks for a very nice video, love this type of gardenworkvideos! I gardening in Sweden and having the best time of the year just now! Sun,rain and lots of flowers❤
Speaking of being overwhelmed; on April 29th I overworked in the garden and I actually fractured two vertebrae in my back. The pain was excruciating but even worse was watching my flower field and landscaping go to weeds. I had a procedure to correct the vertebrae but yesterday was the first day I was able to work in the garden at all. I spent an hour weeding which was like trying to fill a swimming pool with a cup. I’ve never been depressed in my life but this is really a little more than I can handle. My exhusband actually came over last week and picked me a full bucket of flowers just so I could arrange them and feel a little better about myself. My doctor has explained how this vertebrae fracturing could easily happen again so my dreams of being a flower farmer have been crushed. My plan going forward is to just plant the landscape and enjoy flowers for me. Sorry for the rant but none of my friends actually appreciate how devastating this is to me. Enjoy your garden and enjoy your youth. God bless you. Thanks for listening.
My grass is toast,so Thankful for the 1.2 inches of rain on Thursday in Mount Gretna, my zinnias where really suffering, waiting for the limelights to be in full bloom
We have a heat wave in North East MA, but no storm damage. Your beautiful yard took a severe hit! After you accomplish the garden clean up, your gardens will bounce back for you and look beautiful again.
Thank you Danielle. The weather has been unseasonably hot this year. I was able to get out to the garden for two days now trying to catch up, your right a little at a time and soon it will be back to its normal glory. 🌺💚🙃
really enjoyed this episode and little quick fire is a great hydrangea. I liked your comments on future renovation of the driveway garden. thats the reality of gardening-updating when something is no longer working well. also you are brave enough to show that sometimes weeds get out of control and I think sometimes there is no better feeling than going out and cleaning up that bed-that's the beauty of gardening I think. get a bed shipshape and instant reward-it always looks so much better. I also (I think a few episodes back?) you remarked that you moved a hydrangea that was too big and blocking the flow of the bed. I did go back and find the bed when it had that bigger hydrangea in it and it is so much better now that you have moved it.
Here in inland central coast of California, Zone 8b/9a, we have had about 6 weeks of nonstop triple digits with a new all time high for our property of 128 according to our personal weather station. Yes, it's drier heat, but still unbearable to work in. Most of my gardening time is spent harvesting fruit this time of year (peaches, nectarines, apples and a 15 ft. Row if blackberries with pears and more apples to come) into October, when our persimmons start ripening and they continue into December/January. So my poor flower garden gets pretty neglected until fall, but I try to do a little maintenance every day. We acquired a patio umbrella on a stand to move from place to place to make it more comfortable in our 90% full sun garden. I can't wait for it to start cooling down.
Yes....we have had a couple of weeks of high 90s and high humidity. We missed the storms though so no destruction here in my area of New England. I've just tried to spend some pockets of time early morning and evening to get weeding and maintenance done.
We’ve been having the same insane heatwave in NJ zone 7b 🥵 I’ve been feeling so guilty I haven’t been wanting to spend time maintaining my garden. You’ve made me feel so much better knowing I’m not alone in this struggle. Thanks for sharing how to make it more manageable!
Really loved this video. My garden is flourishing this year following several years if drought. Of course, ths means the weeds are flourishing too. I like your idea of tackling chores in blocks of ti e so it's not so overwhelming. Keep the great content coming - appreciate your efforts.
MORE HYDRANGEAS! I got the BIGGEST smile when you shared the driveway garden plans!!!!! Cannot wait to hear more about it and see it come together! Would love for you to share your "full" plans with us soon!!!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I really appreciate you showing the real! We have been in a heat wave as well in the Canadian prairies; the heat, the mosquitoes, lack of rain, and the plant flop can get a bit defeating, but hopefully it gets better soon. edit: going to get rid of a couple of ligularia as they are water hogs and drought and heat likely will be the norm going forward.
I'm over in Montgomery County, so I'm pretty close to you and yes...the heat and humidity this summer are unreal. We haven't had rain since late May, though so no storm damage, but we are having to constantly hand water everything 😢....which is horrible in the heat. I work in a garden center so the last thing I want to do after being outside all day at work is come home and be outside in this weather which is sad, really. It wasn't like this last summer 😕. I have 3 Little Quick Fire and I love them! Your garden looks amazing after your maintenance!!
I neglected my garden last week. It was so hot and I had terrible depression. I felt better yesterday and got a lot done! I’m a lazy composter as well!
Hi Danielle, an hour and a half in the garden definitely warrants some Ben and Jerry's ice cream 😂 cold in australia at the moment, but yes our summer's are brutal too! Love your videos and Gracie too 🌻
Thanks for the inspiration and I think I'll borrow your idea of setting a time frame beforehand to commit to maintenance. It's mostly weeding that's needed in my shade bed. The rest are under control.
Hi Danielle, I can count on one had the number of days we've had over 18C/65F this year. I think our summer went over the pond and joined your summer ;-) Despite the heat, your garden looks very luscious and I loved seeing you work away as I learn so much. Thank you!
I enjoy seeing Grace trot through the garden as you work. I would probably put the zinnias in with the sunflowers. Make your view from the Library as nice as you can & if mildewed zinnias bug you then don't put them front and center.
Hi Danielle, I'm in a burb near Cleveland very close to lake Erie. The storms keep just missing us. The ground is cracking.I grew Daliahs by seed and a couple tubers. I had red and yellow singles. Last year seeds I have a mixed flower orange and yellow. Think I'm gonna save the tuber.
Weeds happen and when you have a garden as large as yours, it is a lot of work. The nice thing about a big weed is it is easy to pull and you get instantly see the difference!!
I live in Charleston WV, not too far from you! We are a zone 6b. We have had the heat but no rain. My vegetable garden is struggling because of no rain plus i broke my hip in May and that's made it harder to get any gardening done. I guess there's always next year!
Hi Danielle! I am so sorry about storm. luckily the hydrangeas didn't break. The truth is that you had a lot of work to do. But Grace strengthens you with kisses. In my place in northern Greece we have 15 days of 38-40C degree heat here. all plants suffer. Maby you put zinnias in front of library. Lilies are flowers with a thin stem, but zinnias are not so thin, so I think that the library will look more beautiful from the garden level and it will not be hidden like with lilies
I was pleased with my Floret zinnias. No powdery mildew, so you may have the same turnout!! Happy gardening, and we appreciate your time and knowledge!!😅
It is obvious you know how to grow hydrangeas, but am surprised you have so much success planting during hot weather. Must be a lot of supplemental watering. Your garden is looking good, thanks.
Love this. I can’t work as long as you but I try to do a little bit all the time and keep moving around the garden. Mentally it lifts it off me to know I’ll be back another day.
I’ve done the same clean up the heat has thrown my clean up several weeks earlier. We are all doing the same as you little by little hour by hour a day 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I live in central Illinois and we also had that brutal heat wave. It came really early this year and ended last week with a brutal storm. We only got one rainfall of an inch during that heat wave. The humidity was so bad I could only go out and work in my garden in early morning or late in the evening. The storm last week brought us relief from the heat ( it has been in the 70’s the last two days😀)and we got a whole two inches of rain! We did not get much damage from the storm but northern Illinois got tornados and hundreds of people are still without power. I have been using this cool week to catch up on my weeding too! Thanks for keeping it real and showing us that gardens are beautiful but require a lot of sweat labor😁
Hi Danielle, we had that heat here in NH for the last 2-2 1/2 weeks and just this past week had the storms and rain. I am also in the process of cutting back the sun damaged plants. Really interesting to see the bluebirds eating sunflower seeds. I've always only used mealyworms for them.
I believe we’ve been all dealing with the heat from all over, I’m in California and it’s been pretty hot as well. My garden has been taking a beating from the heat . I can’t wait to get a break from the weather . Your garden as always looks amazing.
I’m local as well and this heat has been awful and not motivating to be in the garden. It can then be overwhelming when you get back to it. Thank you for being so real and showing the good and the bad! It makes me feel so much better because it is realistic tonight so many of us!
I'm impressed that your flowers haven't all burnt up. We usually do have temps in the 100s and there is no way that my flowers would look as good as yours do.
Oh yes, the heat and humidity in my Maryland garden has kept me from doing those maintenance jobs and weeding too. We had an 80 foot pine tree fall down out of the blue. It took out a gingko tree and did some damage to other perennials in the adjacent garden bed. I think that these extreme weather days will be a norm for us.
Danielle, I’m impressed by how much you got done in 90 minutes. It’s so much harder to work in high humidity. And you even got a bouquet in…wow! I cringed when I saw you pull those lilies but to your point you don’t need them for your stand anymore and that area will be an easy care bed for the whole summer. I always delay moving plants to a later time when the weather will be better or when it will be easier on the plant itself or I’m afraid to disturb other plants (my garden isn’t big but it’s jam packed)…and of course winter arrives and I haven’t got it done. In this scorching weather won’t the hydrangea suffer being planted? You inspire me to move my tushy and get to it 😂 Thanks!
Your garden is so lush Danielle 🌱 I’m just starting so it’s mainly bare soil I’ve added compost and planted some small plants but I have an awful lot to do as well we are in winter and it’s not hot 🥵 like your climate @ the moment so I do have relief to plant & organise , your garden is stunning with so much variety I just love to go with you for your walks an watch you plant cut or weed ! grace is so loving she is of beautiful nature & have you still got your pussy cat ? I have Hollie my adorable cat which prefers to be inside as that’s her life here in Port Macquarie NSW on theMid North Coast thank you for all of your information and I love your channel Karen from The Land Down Under 🇦🇺🐨🦘😉
We have had temps like 98, 99 and one day of 100! Terrible. The veggies are loving it but my big disappointment has been the coneflowers which bloomed so early, too soon and are now ruined. My pink, orange bloomed for a few days and bam. The white same thing 🥵 Thank goodness I have your relaxing video’s to watch ❤
I planted the Eclipses hydrangea this year and was very disappointed.Damaged by a late frost,slow growth,and small,very small flower heads,i do not recommend.Thank you for your uplifting posts
Great video! It’s been brutal heat and drought here in Virginia but thankfully it has cooled down a bit and we have gotten some rain! I buy as many of my plants and shrubs in Lancaster county (some from Amish some from English) as I can. The prices are so much better in your area! We make a vacation day out of it so it’s lots of fun! Question: how and where do you store the sunflower heads until Christmas time?
I was wondering, is there another bush that would be nice in a garden besides hydrangeas? I like hydrangeas but not enough to get them. In a different note, I just propagated some roses, they aren’t anything special but so excited that it worked. Wish I had more time for gardening.
Danielle, what are thoughts on waiting to cut back sunburned/heat damaged foliage until after the heat passes? I feel like I was cutting back sunburned/heat damaged foliage last year in our Texas heat wave, and the new foliage that pushed out basically burned immediately.
Hi, im in the high desert of California the heat is intense 115! to be exact. I have gladiolus and the leaves are drying out without any blooms, I just started gardening 2 years ago. I've had success with the gladiolus for the last two years but this year i don't know if it's the heat that dried them before blooming, any thoughts or advice?
The Japanese beetles have been brutal this year in my garden! 🙈we have tons of bird life but I don’t see them going after the bugs at all, just me with the soapy tub of water
Sorry to say Danielle, it was so very peaceful and relaxing watching you do all the heavy lifting. You always give such good tips and lessons learnt. Now I am off to tackle my own garden mess. 😊💚🌿
This summer has been brutal. Love all of your videos but there is something satisfying about watching garden maintenance. Probably because we know how it feels after we put effort into our own gardens. Take care - Julie
Oh young lady, never feel embarrassed to show us weeds in your soil!❤️ Those of us who have followed you for years know of the many aspects of your talents. I am almost 80 and I have learned so much from you, even though I have gardened all my days, your design ideas and devotion to gardening has been a great source of inspiration. I just love your devotion to your Grandma’s gardening passion and we all know she is so proud of you and how you live your life!❤️Thank you for sharing your many talents with us. Gail❤️
Thanks for being real about gardening. I live in Oregon, and I've had plants scorch that have been happy years past. Someone said the sun is closer to earth and hotter. Can't control mother nature..❤ readjusting and rethinking and rearranging needed..so much work😗😏😌your gardens are wonderful and yes weeds appear overnight 🙄
Thank you so much for showing us your weeds! It makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER that it is not just me. Because of you, I have delved deeply into hydrangeas - I had only had experience with hydrangeas that bloomed once in a while with one or two blooms. Now I have a whole garden full of the most gorgeous blooms I've ever seen! I need MORE! They really are addictive. I must have a Haas Halo, but they are not common and I am having a hard time finding one.... anyway, thank you so much!
The sunflower wreath is so pretty. What a great idea.
I have been doing a similar “timed” gardening except mine is shade related too. Age has eliminated my ability to garden in the sun when the heat and humidity are at this past week’s levels. Sometimes I also have to take a day or two off between days outside. 🥵
Agree about how aging has affected my tolerance of heat! I also space my garden time out in days when it's this hot.
Oh I hear you! It’s hot, humid and so many mosquitoes makes it miserable to be outside. And the weeds have multiplied like crazy! I so enjoy your videos and the beautiful garden you have. Hydrangeas are so easy to care for and provide such joy. Your garden transformation has been wonderful to watch. 💚💚💚
I love your maintenance videos! From dividing hellebores, to trimming bulb foliage to scattering seeds…it’s so wonderful to get this type of information. It’s practical and what someone like me needs to hear. Thanks so much for sharing all the ways you take care of your flowers.
Oh my! Yes! Terrible heat and humidity here in Maryland too. Plus barely any rain is making for a rough gardening season. On the bright side, I finally found a Haas Halo Hydrangea! I’m keeping it well watered in the shade in its nursery pot until this weather breaks, then I’ll get it in the ground. Thank you for sharing real life in your neck of the woods!! It’s still beautiful!!
Little quick fire has become one of my favorites. The open structure of the panicles is so delicate and fetching. Maintenance is now the lense I use when choosing plan,to. Realistically, I can’t/won’t keep up with the weeds and or upkeep for perennials.I’m moving strongly toward trees and shrubs.color, texture, height, with lots of repetition.
I found this video to be very encouraging! I'm in southern Nebraska, and we've had some high temps too and are still dealing with the Japanese beetles and after effects of a 2-year drought. Your garden always looks like a green oasis to me, and I absolutely love your gardening style. I'm sorry for the struggles you've had with heat and storms, but it makes me feel better about my own browning hydrangeas and hostas! Thanks for keeping it real.
YES!!! So much sweating and bug biting makes me want to put it off, but like you say, you really feel a sense of accomplishment once things get going! Thanks for keeping me inspired ❤❤❤
Hello from London UK dear Danielle 😃 Since we are still struggling to reach 66o Fahrenheit of heat in the UK at the warmest part of the day it is quite difficult to imagine the crazy prolonged heatwave you guys have been experiencing in the US but I guess that both humans, animals & Nature has been immense stress & discomfort. We could see in your last video that a big storm was coming and it did with a vengeance. Feeling overwhelmed after such an ordeal is natural as this heatwave affected your well being but knowing that a garden in which you put so much thought, love & effort is under such a prolonged stress is a feeling that most of us experience too. Extremes are devastating in many ways and what your beautiful garden, yourself & Grace need now is to return to more breathable temperatures. What always amazes me is the sheer resilience of Nature in such cases that show us that Life goes on no matter what. I love your extensive knowledge of plants and what to do when cleaning up after a serious heatwave and sharing with us the reality of your garden. Most of your hydrangeas are still looking great and so are your cherry tomatoes & basil. I am loving your bird wreaths made from sunflowers hearts. I can absolutely relate to thinking twice about creating a high maintenance that often seems a lovely idea at the start when one has more time to look after it and then the reality hits us one day that it is too much to deal with. Planting hydrangeas is an excellent idea and I have one Annabelle hydrangea in my South of France home that has been enchanting us for the past 23 years without fail. I would love to know what differentiate a Hamish nursery from a English one please ? Well done for these inspiring 90 minutes mid-Summer cleaning around the garden with Grace who even greeted us when you worked on your raised beds by the library. Stay hydrated, cool & well dear Danielle 😊💚
YES!!! The heat this year has hastened everything, especially weeds & bugs.You've inspired me to get back at it. Thanks, Danielle!
Love your maintenance videos! It's funny I could watch videos of Gardners puttering in their gardens for hours. Am I crazy 😄 I love pulling weeds in my own garden too. Love playing in the dirt, my favorite thing to do other than walking the beach. Stay cool and take care 🙌💚🌿
I'm the same way about compost.. I started a 'heap' last year & was so delighted with the 'garden gold'. It was such a surprise how easy this method is to reward us.
Do you compost weeds or throw them in the trash?
Danielle I absolutely love your gardens. Yes it looks like a lot of work but you got so much done in such a short time. I actually don’t mind the deadheading and weeding if I don’t let it go too long. Gives me time to think about and plan new areas💕💕💕
I live about 2 hours from you in Virginia and this weather has been pretty brutal this summer. My cat of 16 years passed away July 10th, so I pretty much abandoned my gardens for several days. When I finally got back out there I could tell my gardens were feeling the stress of the drought we’ve been dealing with.
I am sorry your pet passed. That is so hard. I also garden in Virginia (Cville).
So sorry about your kitty. I hope your garden can comfort you. From another Virginia gardener in Richmond.
So sorry for your loss.
So sorry to hear of your little one passing away, the loss and can be devastating in the immediate aftermath.
Love this, the reality of gardening, as I'm also dealing with weeding, mosquitos, Japanese beetles, here in NC. Thankfully, we've finally had some much-needed rain. Even with the challenges, it does feel so good to have worked in the garden beds and be able to see some progress. Your garden is amazingly beautiful and I get so much inspiration from it!
Yes here in East Tennessee the humidity heat sweat and knots have kept me indoors. But the good thing is not as much laundry because my gardening clothes had a reprieve. I like the advice tackle a few things for an hour. Then retreat inside. I enjoy your lovely garden so much it’s beautiful 🌸👩🌾
Hi Danielle. We are all in the same boat. I live 50 miles west of Boston and we got as high as 95 and very humid. I can’t believe you’ve endured 100. Watching you has reminded me of the maintenance I need to tackle as well. Between not feeling well for 6 weeks and then the heat wave…. Well I’ve got weeds knee high and I’m ready to rip out my raised flower beds as well heartbreaking but you’ve inspired me to accept what we cannot change. There is always next year. I just got 4 invincible spirit II hydrangeas delivered today from PW. I’m hoping we’ll cool down a bit. Thank you for sharing friend. Always so inspirational ❤
Hi Danielle, thanks for this peaceful garden clean up. I think this heat has hit everyone in the gardening community! Ive put off my weeding and I'm taking your approach! Doing my clean up in pockets of time. Love those sunflower bird swags you were making! Your garden looks beautiful and i love the driveway garden with the new hydrangeas! Great idea 😍
Love the garden maintenance videos. Keep ‘em coming. Keeps me inspired to keep going through these Zone 9B temps. (Thank goodness we have cooler temps in the 80s and rain) this upcoming week Hang in there and stay hydrated. Happy Gardening!
Love your dog!!!! Mine loves in the garden too he will eat all the red cherry tomatoes before I can get them!!!!
I'm in PA and I feel your hot, humid summer garden pain. Almost everything is struggling. On the plus side, we have a winter reset, so I'm already dreaming of redesign ideas for next year. Also, something I don't see mentioned much is that Little Quick Fire gets beautiful fall leaves.
This has been such a hot humid and lots of storms and rain for us in Michigan!! The only plus is that my hubby hasn’t had to do much irrigation so far!!
The weeds are like on steroids this year. Sooooo many!!! I hope you share all the different hydrangeas you will be buying!! I can’t wait to see what you get!!!
I can empathize, I'm still cleaning up after Hurricane Beryl. The eye of the storm went over our house. Two large limbs fell, creating havoc and lots of new sunlight where it's not needed. I'm trying to find a way to protect my Japanese Maples and the hydranges. Thinking of purchasing a tool to stake plants to try to restore a few Floret Zinnias. Good luck!
I haven’t tended to my garden yet. Yes heat wave, storms in Canada for 2 weeks zone 5a. I was destroyed by mosquitoes deadheading roses I had to take Benadryl and Tylenol for a few days. My hubby will spray garlic oil in the yard when it stops raining so I can do garden chores too
Thanks for a very nice video, love this type of gardenworkvideos! I gardening in Sweden and having the best time of the year just now! Sun,rain and lots of flowers❤
YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION!!!!!!! It’s 90° with 45% humidity in my area, just outside San Diego in California.
Speaking of being overwhelmed; on April 29th I overworked in the garden and I actually fractured two vertebrae in my back. The pain was excruciating but even worse was watching my flower field and landscaping go to weeds. I had a procedure to correct the vertebrae but yesterday was the first day I was able to work in the garden at all. I spent an hour weeding which was like trying to fill a swimming pool with a cup. I’ve never been depressed in my life but this is really a little more than I can handle. My exhusband actually came over last week and picked me a full bucket of flowers just so I could arrange them and feel a little better about myself. My doctor has explained how this vertebrae fracturing could easily happen again so my dreams of being a flower farmer have been crushed. My plan going forward is to just plant the landscape and enjoy flowers for me.
Sorry for the rant but none of my friends actually appreciate how devastating this is to me. Enjoy your garden and enjoy your youth. God bless you. Thanks for listening.
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No worries about the weeds! We all have them and with this heat and moisture they just thrive quicker than we can get to them!
Beautifull additional plants in you garden❤❤❤
My grass is toast,so Thankful for the 1.2 inches of rain on Thursday in Mount Gretna, my zinnias where really suffering, waiting for the limelights to be in full bloom
We have a heat wave in North East MA, but no storm damage. Your beautiful yard took a severe hit! After you accomplish the garden clean up, your gardens will bounce back for you and look beautiful again.
Thank you Danielle. The weather has been unseasonably hot this year. I was able to get out to the garden for two days now trying to catch up, your right a little at a time and soon it will be back to its normal glory. 🌺💚🙃
really enjoyed this episode and little quick fire is a great hydrangea. I liked your comments on future renovation of the driveway garden. thats the reality of gardening-updating when something is no longer working well. also you are brave enough to show that sometimes weeds get out of control and I think sometimes there is no better feeling than going out and cleaning up that bed-that's the beauty of gardening I think. get a bed shipshape and instant reward-it always looks so much better. I also (I think a few episodes back?) you remarked that you moved a hydrangea that was too big and blocking the flow of the bed. I did go back and find the bed when it had that bigger hydrangea in it and it is so much better now that you have moved it.
Here in inland central coast of California, Zone 8b/9a, we have had about 6 weeks of nonstop triple digits with a new all time high for our property of 128 according to our personal weather station. Yes, it's drier heat, but still unbearable to work in.
Most of my gardening time is spent harvesting fruit this time of year (peaches, nectarines, apples and a 15 ft. Row if blackberries with pears and more apples to come) into October, when our persimmons start ripening and they continue into December/January.
So my poor flower garden gets pretty neglected until fall, but I try to do a little maintenance every day. We acquired a patio umbrella on a stand to move from place to place to make it more comfortable in our 90% full sun garden. I can't wait for it to start cooling down.
I love your garden and all the plants and flowers are so gorgeous, Satisfying clean up feels good.
Yes....we have had a couple of weeks of high 90s and high humidity. We missed the storms though so no destruction here in my area of New England. I've just tried to spend some pockets of time early morning and evening to get weeding and maintenance done.
We’ve been having the same insane heatwave in NJ zone 7b 🥵 I’ve been feeling so guilty I haven’t been wanting to spend time maintaining my garden. You’ve made me feel so much better knowing I’m not alone in this struggle. Thanks for sharing how to make it more manageable!
great job on the clean up today Danielle. I need to do the same in my garden.
totally agree with breaking up the big jobs! Good idea.🙂
Really loved this video. My garden is flourishing this year following several years if drought. Of course, ths means the weeds are flourishing too. I like your idea of tackling chores in blocks of ti e so it's not so overwhelming. Keep the great content coming - appreciate your efforts.
MORE HYDRANGEAS! I got the BIGGEST smile when you shared the driveway garden plans!!!!! Cannot wait to hear more about it and see it come together! Would love for you to share your "full" plans with us soon!!!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Love this video thank you 💚
I really appreciate you showing the real! We have been in a heat wave as well in the Canadian prairies; the heat, the mosquitoes, lack of rain, and the plant flop can get a bit defeating, but hopefully it gets better soon. edit: going to get rid of a couple of ligularia as they are water hogs and drought and heat likely will be the norm going forward.
I'm over in Montgomery County, so I'm pretty close to you and yes...the heat and humidity this summer are unreal. We haven't had rain since late May, though so no storm damage, but we are having to constantly hand water everything 😢....which is horrible in the heat. I work in a garden center so the last thing I want to do after being outside all day at work is come home and be outside in this weather which is sad, really. It wasn't like this last summer 😕. I have 3 Little Quick Fire and I love them! Your garden looks amazing after your maintenance!!
I neglected my garden last week. It was so hot and I had terrible depression. I felt better yesterday and got a lot done!
I’m a lazy composter as well!
Hi Danielle, an hour and a half in the garden definitely warrants some Ben and Jerry's ice cream 😂 cold in australia at the moment, but yes our summer's are brutal too! Love your videos and Gracie too 🌻
Looking forward to watching you make the holiday dried sunflower head arrangements!
Now we know how you keep your garden looking so good. I need to be more consistent with cleanup of spent flowers.
Thanks for the inspiration and I think I'll borrow your idea of setting a time frame beforehand to commit to maintenance. It's mostly weeding that's needed in my shade bed. The rest are under control.
You have inspired me to get out and do some maintenance. In the 100's here too and weeds galore. Time to get them OUT!
Hi Danielle, I can count on one had the number of days we've had over 18C/65F this year. I think our summer went over the pond and joined your summer ;-) Despite the heat, your garden looks very luscious and I loved seeing you work away as I learn so much. Thank you!
I enjoy seeing Grace trot through the garden as you work. I would probably put the zinnias in with the sunflowers. Make your view from the Library as nice as you can & if mildewed zinnias bug you then don't put them front and center.
Hi Danielle, I'm in a burb near Cleveland very close to lake Erie. The storms keep just missing us. The ground is cracking.I grew Daliahs by seed and a couple tubers. I had red and yellow singles. Last year seeds I have a mixed flower orange and yellow. Think I'm gonna save the tuber.
Weeds happen and when you have a garden as large as yours, it is a lot of work. The nice thing about a big weed is it is easy to pull and you get instantly see the difference!!
Agreed! Just came in from an hour of weeding and I feel very satisfied!
I live in Charleston WV, not too far from you! We are a zone 6b. We have had the heat but no rain. My vegetable garden is struggling because of no rain plus i broke my hip in May and that's made it harder to get any gardening done. I guess there's always next year!
Hi Danielle! I am so sorry about storm. luckily the hydrangeas didn't break. The truth is that you had a lot of work to do. But Grace strengthens you with kisses. In my place in northern Greece we have 15 days of 38-40C degree heat here. all plants suffer. Maby you put zinnias in front of library. Lilies are flowers with a thin stem, but zinnias are not so thin, so I think that the library will look more beautiful from the garden level and it will not be hidden like with lilies
I was pleased with my Floret zinnias. No powdery mildew, so you may have the same turnout!! Happy gardening, and we appreciate your time and knowledge!!😅
It is obvious you know how to grow hydrangeas, but am surprised you have so much success planting during hot weather. Must be a lot of supplemental watering. Your garden is looking good, thanks.
Love this. I can’t work as long as you but I try to do a little bit all the time and keep moving around the garden. Mentally it lifts it off me to know I’ll be back another day.
I would put the zinnias with the sunflower’s.
I’ve done the same clean up the heat has thrown my clean up several weeks earlier. We are all doing the same as you little by little hour by hour a day 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I live in central Illinois and we also had that brutal heat wave. It came really early this year and ended last week with a brutal storm. We only got one rainfall of an inch during that heat wave. The humidity was so bad I could only go out and work in my garden in early morning or late in the evening. The storm last week brought us relief from the heat ( it has been in the 70’s the last two days😀)and we got a whole two inches of rain! We did not get much damage from the storm but northern Illinois got tornados and hundreds of people are still without power. I have been using this cool week to catch up on my weeding too! Thanks for keeping it real and showing us that gardens are beautiful but require a lot of sweat labor😁
Hi Danielle, we had that heat here in NH for the last 2-2 1/2 weeks and just this past week had the storms and rain. I am also in the process of cutting back the sun damaged plants. Really interesting to see the bluebirds eating sunflower seeds. I've always only used mealyworms for them.
I believe we’ve been all dealing with the heat from all over, I’m in California and it’s been pretty hot as well. My garden has been taking a beating from the heat . I can’t wait to get a break from the weather .
Your garden as always looks amazing.
Loved this. Thank you
I’m local as well and this heat has been awful and not motivating to be in the garden. It can then be overwhelming when you get back to it. Thank you for being so real and showing the good and the bad! It makes me feel so much better because it is realistic tonight so many of us!
I love the “Garden-along” videos & hearing your musings - I’m in 6a(5b) NE PA, so whatever’s you’re doing I’ll plan to do in a couple weeks 😊
I'm impressed that your flowers haven't all burnt up. We usually do have temps in the 100s and there is no way that my flowers would look as good as yours do.
We are going through it here to. I love this kind of video, it inspires me to do the same. :)
Oh yes, the heat and humidity in my Maryland garden has kept me from doing those maintenance jobs and weeding too. We had an 80 foot pine tree fall down out of the blue. It took out a gingko tree and did some damage to other perennials in the adjacent garden bed. I think that these extreme weather days will be a norm for us.
Danielle, I’m impressed by how much you got done in 90 minutes. It’s so much harder to work in high humidity. And you even got a bouquet in…wow! I cringed when I saw you pull those lilies but to your point you don’t need them for your stand anymore and that area will be an easy care bed for the whole summer. I always delay moving plants to a later time when the weather will be better or when it will be easier on the plant itself or I’m afraid to disturb other plants (my garden isn’t big but it’s jam packed)…and of course winter arrives and I haven’t got it done. In this scorching weather won’t the hydrangea suffer being planted? You inspire me to move my tushy and get to it 😂 Thanks!
Your garden is so lush Danielle 🌱 I’m just starting so it’s mainly bare soil I’ve added compost and planted some small plants but I have an awful lot to do as well we are in winter and it’s not hot 🥵 like your climate @ the moment so I do have relief to plant & organise , your garden is stunning with so much variety I just love to go with you for your walks an watch you plant cut or weed ! grace is so loving she is of beautiful nature & have you still got your pussy cat ? I have Hollie my adorable cat which prefers to be inside as that’s her life here in Port Macquarie NSW on theMid North Coast thank you for all of your information and I love your channel Karen from The Land Down Under 🇦🇺🐨🦘😉
We have had temps like 98, 99 and one day of 100! Terrible. The veggies are loving it but my big disappointment has been the coneflowers which bloomed so early, too soon and are now ruined. My pink, orange bloomed for a few days and bam. The white same thing 🥵 Thank goodness I have your relaxing video’s to watch ❤
Going to scatter some foxglove seeds today also. Thanks for that great idea!
I planted the Eclipses hydrangea this year and was very disappointed.Damaged by a late frost,slow growth,and small,very small flower heads,i do not recommend.Thank you for your uplifting posts
It’s been hot in Oregon too, and we had a strong wind a few days ago. And mosquitos are abundant too.
Great video! It’s been brutal heat and drought here in Virginia but thankfully it has cooled down a bit and we have gotten some rain! I buy as many of my plants and shrubs in Lancaster county (some from Amish some from English) as I can. The prices are so much better in your area! We make a vacation day out of it so it’s lots of fun!
Question: how and where do you store the sunflower heads until Christmas time?
I was wondering, is there another bush that would be nice in a garden besides hydrangeas? I like hydrangeas but not enough to get them. In a different note, I just propagated some roses, they aren’t anything special but so excited that it worked. Wish I had more time for gardening.
Danielle, what are thoughts on waiting to cut back sunburned/heat damaged foliage until after the heat passes? I feel like I was cutting back sunburned/heat damaged foliage last year in our Texas heat wave, and the new foliage that pushed out basically burned immediately.
In Southern Ontario we've had sooo much rain. I'm hoping to see some dahlias bloom this year as they are all getting eaten by earwigs.
Hi, im in the high desert of California the heat is intense 115! to be exact. I have gladiolus and the leaves are drying out without any blooms, I just started gardening 2 years ago. I've had success with the gladiolus for the last two years but this year i don't know if it's the heat that dried them before blooming, any thoughts or advice?
Hi I live in CT. The heat and humidity are crazy. I feel your pain weeds are out of control
10:48 Can anyone tell me what kind of alliums these are? They look beautiful.
Please tell us more about the sunflower seedhead wreath
To keep mosquitos off your face spray bug spray on the underside of the visor of your baseball cap. The bugs will stay away from your face.
The Japanese beetles have been brutal this year in my garden! 🙈we have tons of bird life but I don’t see them going after the bugs at all, just me with the soapy tub of water
My hanging baskets are looking terrible I water fertilize and they still won’t perk up !!
Skin so soft lotion from Avon will keep mosquitoes from biting you.
Ugh the mosquitoes, they almost make me throw in the towel almost 😭😭😭
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If you use mint mouthwash on your neck the mosquitos will say away from your pretty face
My hanging baskets are looking terrible I water fertilize and they still won’t perk up