Your words resonated with me today. Perhaps Covid has made us all appreciate what we have. Several years ago we downsized to a condo that backed to a heavily wooded area. It is like we are on vacation everyday. I gardened a little in my old house. I now have a curved strip beside the driveway and garage that curves around to the side of our condo. It is just a perfect size for me and I enjoy it everyday! There s huge difference by keeping a garden daily and getting to know your plants. I am grateful that I found this enjoyment in my retirement. 💕
Lots of wise words you spoke! It is good to be content and wonderful to enjoy things other places, because we can't have it all! I garden in mostly shade and sometimes I see sun loving plants that I would love to have. But I remind myself to enjoy and appreciate those plants when I am out and about!
I love your attitude about keeping those special things Special! We have become a very needy society and most things we think we need, we do not need! Blessings to you and Congratulations to the happy couple.
Aww I just absolutely loved this video on so many dimensions and did not want it to end. Don't accept second best in your garden. Be the boss of your garden. Happiness is contentment. Have a new perspective after being away. Also your radiance and glow talking about your son's wedding and lucky for him to go on a honeymoon in Greece. In Australia our borders are still closed for international travel until July 2022. But most of all I got very teary when I saw darling Goose. She is very lucky to have you look after her. In January I had to say goodbye to my 12 year old beautiful yellow labrador, Sugar. She was my garden buddy and followed me wherever I went. When I was in the front garden people would stop and talk to her - she was well known in the neighbourhood. I think adult/older dogs are good in the garden, but puppies are garden 'destroyers.' Congratulations and thank you for always sharing not just your garden wisdom but also your life wisdom. Much appreciated. Love from sunny Sydney, Australia.
4 years ago we had a 90 lbs. golden retriever, he was a doll. Never hurt anything in the yard. Then 3 years ago we got a Cava (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) and golden doodle. She is only 60 lbs. She does some 'zoomies' in the yard, but, not all that much. She's never hurt a thing. She is the sweetest, smartest animist gentle of our life with dogs ever. 'Goose' is such a darling. Glad you are getting some grand-pup time. Your daughter-in-law much feel so Blessed to have you in her life now. Love your 'who's the Boss' of your garden -- so true and something to remind ourselves!! Made me laugh though... CONGRATUALATIONS TO ALL on the marriage! love, hugs,prayers.
Linda love your refreshed perspective of your garden. It is nice to get away to see and experience different scenery, but always good to come back home to ones garden and home. I find the most difficult part of gardening to show restraint. All the pretty flowers can be tempting, but they don't fit into the look and feel that I want for my garden. I just need to enjoy them at the store and at other's garden. I need to stick with my vision; clean, tidy, manageable with drifts of color.
Like your new attitude! I agree with you ! I like my small garden too. Its all I can handle at my age. It will be fun to add new types of plants. My garden is a little smaller than yours. This is my second year so I still have plenty of more plants to add. I move some of my plants around in pots to keep my interest. I love design. I, like you, have always liked being the best at what I do. Same with my garden. By the way, your garden gets more beautiful as time goes by!😊 8 or 9 Texas
I have a small yard with two big dogs... i stop worrying about how my dogs stumble on some of my plants because having both as a whole is my pleasurely love :)
What a lovely message Linda. Thank you for helping me realize I don't need to have what won't be their best in my garden as I can definitely enjoy and appreciate them somewhere where they shine, hopefully I'll remember this the next time I'm in garden center
Ready loved your Grand-dog! We have a chocolate lab male named Otto and he just turned one year old. We had to train him to stay out of my flower beds. But what he does sometimes helps me with gardening, when he sees me digging he helps me dig a hole. He is so funny and enjoyable. He is realizing he can come in the flower garden when I allow him to do so. Thanks again for your wonderful video.
Thank you Linda for sharing your thoughts on embracing the things we love about our garden and giving ourselves permission to edit and change the things that no longer serve us well. Congratulations on your son’s wedding….the pictures you’ve shared are beautiful. 💚
You are such a good communicator. Not just of gardening techniques, but also of the thoughts and emotions that your garden space evokes. I'm a new gardener, and I have learned so much from you. You hit the nail on the head with the word "contentment". I was sitting on the ground yesterday in the rain after digging holes for azaleas, and I have rarely felt such connection and contentment with my land. Oh, and my pound puppy gardens with me every day.
2 45lb pups Hunter and Harley. For a year had a chicken wire fence around everything today they could care less the fence is down and I wouldn't have it any other way❣🐾 Please a wedding pic? Glad you had a precious time and that you are back🌹
Thanks for sharing your “new eyes”. I found myself not loving somethings I was tending in my garden that I just don’t love. Even my husband had said “ you need more color”. And he was right. I actually yearned for more and found it was the spark my beds needed. I have been shopping Lowe’s sales a,one with other garden centers for sale perennials and getting a little giddy at the thought of freedom of it. I had planted my gazebo area with daylillies I have collected over the last 25 years. This year I struggled with loving them because they just were not giving me the impact I wanted. A big decision because there are at least 50 there but their time is up with me. So lots of fall gardening ahead for me and excited for changes. Thanks again for sharing something we rarely admit to ourselves. More is sometimes not better. The best I’d always the best! Happy Gardening.!
I've never gardened without dogs or cats. I was lucky enough to grow up with pets and have had my own sine college. I do most of my gardening inside a huge fenced yard that was fenced specifically for them. And then I garden beyond the fence into the woods and the front yard. My dogs range in size from 18#s to 90#s. And yes, they sometimes crash through the perennials breaking stems and branches. But my garden is not that manicured, so it isn't a big issue--at least, not for me. The dogs are not above stealing a strawberry or fig--although the wild birds are greater fruit thieves.. The pets bring a level of joy to the garden akin to having children in the space. They notice every single new thing and delight in it. Which increases my joy. And they help keep vermin down so that we don't lose as many tulips to moles/voles/shrews, as many hostas to deer, as many daisies to rabbits. It's their garden as much as mine...it wouldn't feel like my garden without them.
I have three rescue dogs. When someone comes over I say watch your step and watch your step; lookout watch your step. Even though I tidy up you can just miss something. I like your take away about not settling for second best. There is so much in my garden I need to remove. It looks like a shady used car lot. I need to find some accent shrubs and greenery through the winter months. As I am aging. My day lilies have to go too. I have been fortunate to meet Linda a time or two. And, yes, she is real, classy and a giving person. She is a gardening treasure. What you see is what you get.
I love your way of thinking and am completely with you. Love what you have and make a promise to yourself to make it even better!!! Love your dress! You are such a good doggie grandma 🙋♀️🥰
I have two rescued dogs and they are family to me. They make a lot less mess than my human family (great grandkids)... a little pooper scooping is worth the trouble... especially since my husband died last year. They are such a comfort to me. 😍❤
I have three dogs. Two do not bother the garden at all. One eats every papaya tree and basil plant she has access to. I just keep replanting and moving them to spots I don't think she can get to.
@@damitawren3595 I have systematically removed any plant that is poisonous or may attract pups to them. But you know dogs are individuals and will do what they do anyway... haha!
I’m with you Linda thank you so much for giving me the courage to eradicate my garden. For years I have spent tons on ways to de moth my geraniums that I have never gotten blooms on. OUT THEY GO👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
Linda, so happy you enjoyed your trip and congratulations on living life to the fullest! Not only did you complete your book, were intimately involved in your son's wedding, you also left enough content with your viewers that we were also satisfied! You are a remarkable inspiration, not only in the garden, but in life! God Bless you and your family.
Yes so agree sometimes we take for granted our garden and only see the bad but once u get away from it & return you appreciate your space inside & out!! HAPPINESS IS CONTENTMENT AS MY HUBS SAYS “PERFECTION IS A HUMAN ILLUSION “”.. so true.. CONGRATS TO YOUR FAMILY WEDDING AND GOOSE IS PRECIOUS! I have 2 Small dogs and they love to eat my zinnias and the leaves lol .. but would not trade them for the world they make my backyard a happy space and so fun to see them chase the squirrels!!! Thanks so much Linda glad you had a wonderful time I know how special it must have been for you to see your boys wedding etc.. good video about “ love what you have” not what you don’t..❤️
I moved to an established house and garden and after a six month moratorium cut down 50 plus old English boxwood and probably 40 small leaved azalea. Took out all foundation planting. The house sits under 26 100ft pines in eastern NC. These shrubs had become tabletops for the long pine needles that fall most of the year. I moved the gardens out and away from the house so I could see them from the windows. The pines still shed but I’m not raking needles off plants. I also plant what works and what I love. Goose is such a good dog! Jd
I totally agree with your view after being away. I am making a garden journal so I do not forget what I want to try and things I want to do differently next year! For myself, I need to stick with what I love and know best. Sometimes less is more😉
Congratulations on your recent joy 💛. And oh yes we have a GIANT dog, a Pyrenees Mountain Dog who was rescued from a southern kill shelter in 2014. He was a farm failure and got dumped. A rescue group transported him north. Evidently he likes being with people more than livestock. We fell in love with the French dog of kings! We trained him to do his business on a wood chip area that lines the perimeter of our property (backs up to woods). He's out when we are busy gardening, trimming, digging, up to our eyeballs in mulch or occasionally sitting (lol, with a cocktail). We monitor him so he doesn't dig or walk through the beds. As far as dogs go he's well mannered and likes to sleep in the shade. Your grand doggie is adorable and has some talent! 😊
I loved this video Linda and your renewed vision for your garden. I have 2 dogs and they love being in the garden, I don’t have any problems with them ruining anything 😊
You are so much fun and look so happy remembering that wonderful wedding. It is wonderful too, that all went well and you got to see things that reinforced your gratitude! My yard will never be 1/36th of yours. Started too late in life and always too late and the heat takes over. Zone 9 Texas is not easy. Cute dress! Sweet pup. They do miss their people. Thanks for your new insights!
Linda, the other day I watched your video on ‘what you allow yourself to do’. And that was before the wedding. Going away and seeing other things make a lot of us reflect and learn more about ourselves. You still have the same philosophy as you had before the wedding. Though this time I can see that you have a clearer understanding of what you would not allow anymore.
To answer both questions - I have two dogs and we recently fenced in our whole yard and they went crazy loving the freedom. This made me realize they will trample the new garden area I was creating...solved that by putting in a 3 ft picket fence. It was a win win because I protect my plants, gives the area structure, looks adorable and cottegy, and the dogs still get to run around.😊 As far as day lillies...I'm kind of getting over them too. I have quite a few and they bloom profusely, but afterwards the leaves start to brown up like yours. I think it's truly the heat and humidity (7a) that make them start to look sad. I don't know that I want to spend the time cleaning them up. I have so many things planned for that area that I want to keep plants that are "exceptional" as you said. Good to know I'm not the only one looking at my garden with new glasses.😊
@@LindaVater I forgot to mention I have a dog, a Great Dane and mostly raised beds lol. It can be a little challenging. I love finding all the different areas my cat finds comfort in
I have Stella D’oro daylilies in a bed I created around my mailbox. They are surrounded with echinacea, sedums, and lavender. Those other plants hide the unsightly brown leaves the Stella’s develop, but had it not been a happy accident that others disguise it, I’d be tempted to replace them too. Luckily I just get to enjoy the beautiful yellow flowers, and this year they have been blooming so well.
I can’t remember where I heard it, but when I did it changed my gardening outlook! The saying is, “figure out what you can grow and grow lots of.” Your take away about the rudbeckia made me think of this. Enjoy your channel from the great state of Texas!
I’ve just returned from 6 days away. You have just completely summed up what I hadn’t seen before. Like you I am going to reassess my garden and it’s plants. Thank you so much for the new glasses!!!
Hi Linda special walkabout today. You came back from the wedding a refresh lady. And with a look and approach on how you want a dress your garden. Which is a good thing to take a step back and see what you need to do.. Just love your grand doggie. So cute. I have to small doggies and they love been out in my garden. They don't like been in when the they know l am outside in the garden. And they are great company for me to. Just would not be without them..they know not to be bad in my garden. So it's a win win really. Just love your outfit today to really pretty.
Love your dress, shocked it was from Target as looks so expensive & beautiful on you. Great message on being content with your garden & may I add, in all things, count your blessings!! CONGRATULATIONS on marriage of your son & daughter-in-law to add to family!! I am not on Instagram so would love to see a wedding picture on your UTUBE channel soon. Enjoy caring for their sweet pup 🐶❤
This is one of my favorite episodes. Like you said when I return from vacation the first thing I do is go out and see what needs to be done in the yard. I agree travel also gives me a renewed appreciation for what I have and ideas for things I might want to change based a fresh perspective. You are right about Day-lilies. They are beautiful in the right climate, like Michigan for example, but I live in Florida and they just don’t look good most of the time.
Love your grandpup! I have a little dog. I’ve trained him to stay out of the beds and plants and he does pretty well until his buddy “The Squirrel” shows up. I’ve had Cocker Spaniels in the past that didn’t obey as well. Best advice is to make sure they don’t eat anything toxic and to watch out for the presents they leave and anywhere where a leg might get raised. Congratulations on a beautiful wedding! Glad you are refreshed too. 💚💚🌳😊
Congratulations 🎉🎉 Ms Pretty Linda.What a beautiful blessing. Yes, appreciate and grateful for everyday. Love the puppy. I can just imagine you with toddlers running around there. Love the dress. Take care.❤🙏
Linda your garden is exceptional. I remember a comment was made last year by someone about why a garden didn’t have more color. Your garden is grand and you need to keep it exactly as your style and what you love. BTW I grew up in Northern California. All of those states with cool nights and warm days and lower humidity will always have beautiful flowers. Portland Oregon leads the pack. But living in the south is so hot and humid. Our summers don’t support those mountain flower types. I love structure as well. Keep on with your garden style and we will continue to admire.
I have a small yard and a 115lb. American Bulldog. He has been a champ, never digging, never trampling the flower beds or garden. We get yellow spots on the lawn from his potty spots. We also have pets ducks, I can't say the same for them..... Let's just say it's a good thing they are so loved lol....
We have two Labrador retrievers and I do have a lovely yard. I did plan it around my dogs ensuring that they could comfortably run around raised garden beds, while staying out of perennial/shrub beds. I think I did a good job because I never feel the need to yell at them to stop anything they happening to be doing.
Hello, Linda, I’m a follower from Cumbria (UK) and have a fairly small cottage garden with 3 lawns. I have two small dogs and have trained them to keep out of the flowerbeds using a reward system. They were also trained to ‘leave’ the fledgling birds in the garden and will watch them from a few feet away. I bought Dog Rocks from Amazon that neutralise their urine so I have no marks on my lawn. These are left in their water bowl and changed every two months. They don’t dig holes but my friends’ dog started making a mess so she found distracting him with a Kong filled with peanut butter helped. When my boys were little we had a cat and a litter tray for her was left outside under cover. She lived 18.5 years and NEVER used the flowerbeds as her toilet. LOVE Goose. And hope to see more of him…..one of my dogs is a rescue. I went over to Northern Ireland on the ferry for him, so Goose is a marvellous and very welcome addition to your video 👩🌾💚🐶 Gill
You go, Girl! I dug up all of my daylilies last year for the same reason! I put them out by our road with a free sign so others could give them a new home.
I get it, Linda. I was away from home alot taking care of my mom last year when I came home, walked thru my garden gate & thought how beautiful & tropical my backyard looked & how fortunate I felt as I brushed by a huge banana tree & held the giant leaf in my hand as I stopped to look around. I would prefer to live in a coastal town but that isn’t in the cards, so since we are in zone 8a, I still can have a tropical looking yard by planting things that can survive in my zone & still be happy & able to be “the boss.” Lol
One of the commands I taught grand dog corgis is “come out” if they get into flower beds they can hurt or trample. They also know what things are no no’s for peeing
Congratulations on your son's wedding. This was such a funny video - watching you go through the garden and getting more feisty as you talk about the unruly plants who are not the boss of you!! It will be fun to watch you tame the beast!!
We have three Scottish Terriers who are vigilant in their protection of our property from any perceived threat (rabbits, squirrels, deer, fox, opossums, UPS delivery folks, neighborhood dogs and cats, etc.). I have one very old and huge boxwood under which all three can disappear at one time. My future backyard retirement garden beds (currently under contemplation) will most likely contain items which do not provide hiding spots for the dogs and will allow me to maintain them without a lot of kneeling. The dogs tend to create “runways” along the fence lines so that is also a consideration as I plan. Goose is adorable! Our dogs’ only trick is a three-part howling harmony when the phone rings. 🤣
Congrats once again, Linda! Love this walk about, especially those special thoughts. You have so many common senses, which really resonate with me. It is so easy to want planting everything that looks pretty in somebody's else garden. However, we all have our own gardens. It is so important to create our own signature garden that makes us happy. One of the key points you bring home that is really resonate with me is to showcase more of the ones that are doing exceptional well in our own gardens and repeat them. I have started that concept without realizing what I was doing until now. I simply did it subconsciously. Thanks for another enjoyable walk about. Be blessed!
I had two Saint Bernards, over 300 pounds of dog running through my backyard. Gardening was a challenge ensuring all poisonous plants were removed and sturdy pet friendly plants put in. They are gone now, tromping through safe gardens in doggy heaven, and I have started to introduce new plants. I miss them every day especially seeing them walk up to flowers and smell them. It was always so sweet!
Awe...that’s so sweet Linda, Congratulations on being rewarded a daughter-in-law since you have sons. Loved your whole video on how you’re appreciating what you have and being content. Change the things you have control over and make life easier and less stress and work on yourself. I love how you have a grand puppy, I have 3 since I had to put my own to sleep last year. My grand puppy that stays with me pees sometimes on the grass so I have to hose it off, otherwise the grass will turn yellow. Enjoy the rest of your time with Goose.🐶
I have 5 dogs and some of them used to be naughty digging up new plants and I had to use chicken wire and netting to stop them but I have always had a Garden 💓
Four barn cats. Every tree has tree protectors to avoid shredded bark. So trees i bought because of the beautiful bark are not showing as well. Also the lawn does not show as well because i will not use herbicide or bug killer due to the cats. But I absolutely love having all the cat help and love while working in the gardens.
I have two standard poodles, 4 rabbits, two ducks and peafowl, male female and their two pea hens. They all get alone with each other and respect my garden. Ginger loves to smell the flowers. Coco helps keep the deer out.
dogs and cats here, i also have a garden. they all love to lie on the hostas and take shortcuts thru the flowers. got to have both, pets and smushed garden
Glad everything went well. Your dress and shoes: beautiful. Long dresses are back in Europe this summer. I am sure you are enjoying your garden and brought along many new ideas.
I have my 5 outdoor cats that I love so much. They like to be with me until it gets hot, then off for a nap! They do not destroy any of my plants, love to lay in the shade of them. Can't imagine being out there without them. I too agree, that I just want to maintain the plants I have for now and make them perfect. I love your house and gardens.
I've been watching you for awhile, enjoying and learning from your content, but this is the video which made me hit "Subscribe." What a lovely message on how to foster gratitude and enhance perspective in our gardens and our life. Thank you, Linda, and congratulations on your son's wedding.
LOVE this! Your dress is lovely! I almost fell off my chair laughing when you were asking Goose to do her tricks...my dog was off to the side: Standing up, sitting, offering his paw, rolling over...the whole entire bit! Congratulations to your son and new daughter on their wedding! It is wonderful that you were able to attend and enjoyed it so much! I love my garden and every year, I try a new plant. This year's new plant is an Olive tree. It is doing great and I just love the leaf structure!
Congratulations and blessings to your son and daughter-in-law! I love your philosophy, Linda, on how to appreciate what we see in other gardens away from home, and not feel the need to replicate in our own gardens. Thank you for your videos. I truly love watching and getting so much inspiration from you. 🌺
Your garden is fabulous. I’m sure your sons was a special moment to be cherished Just like your garden we should be happy with our gardens and love our family and your grand dog Moose is cute! Enjoy your time! 😎👍🏼☀️
I have a really good size backyard and a medium size front yard. And I have a 37 pound Australian Shepherd. The toughest part of trying to figure out where to plant in my backyard is mapping out where my dog runs when I throw the frisbee. I didn’t wanna put any plants in her path. This might be TMI but when she was younger there was a bit of a digging problem after planting plants in the backyard. And I found out all you have to do is put some of their poop where they have been digging and they will leave it alone. You can’t tell it’s there because you just use a small piece and it just gets mixed in with the mulch basically.
I completely agree about daylilies, they're just not worth the work in some areas. Being the boss in the garden is such great advice. And Congratulations! :)
I read that there is not a lack of happiness, but a lack of thankfulness! I am so thankful for the beauty and blessings that surround me each day!
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You sound rested and rejuvenated! Coming home with new eyes creates appreciation for our homes and gardens ! No place like home!!
You’re right!
Your words resonated with me today. Perhaps Covid has made us all appreciate what we have. Several years ago we downsized to a condo that backed to a heavily wooded area. It is like we are on vacation everyday. I gardened a little in my old house. I now have a curved strip beside the driveway and garage that curves around to the side of our condo. It is just a perfect size for me and I enjoy it everyday! There s huge difference by keeping a garden daily and getting to know your plants. I am grateful that I found this enjoyment in my retirement. 💕
What a wonderful way to appreciate what you have!
Its so cool to be away from home for a while and come home to seeing the world from a whole new angle!! Its like being born again!!
Lots of wise words you spoke! It is good to be content and wonderful to enjoy things other places, because we can't have it all! I garden in mostly shade and sometimes I see sun loving plants that I would love to have. But I remind myself to enjoy and appreciate those plants when I am out and about!
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I love your attitude about keeping those special things Special! We have become a very needy society and most things we think we need, we do not need! Blessings to you and Congratulations to the happy couple.
Aww I just absolutely loved this video on so many dimensions and did not want it to end. Don't accept second best in your garden. Be the boss of your garden. Happiness is contentment. Have a new perspective after being away. Also your radiance and glow talking about your son's wedding and lucky for him to go on a honeymoon in Greece. In Australia our borders are still closed for international travel until July 2022. But most of all I got very teary when I saw darling Goose. She is very lucky to have you look after her. In January I had to say goodbye to my 12 year old beautiful yellow labrador, Sugar. She was my garden buddy and followed me wherever I went. When I was in the front garden people would stop and talk to her - she was well known in the neighbourhood. I think adult/older dogs are good in the garden, but puppies are garden 'destroyers.' Congratulations and thank you for always sharing not just your garden wisdom but also your life wisdom. Much appreciated. Love from sunny Sydney, Australia.
Oh Sweetie! What a good mama to Sugar you were! I bet you have happy thoughts of her every time you’re out in the garden!
@@LindaVater Yes I do, Linda. Thank you. 🐶🐶
Goose is a beautiful grand pup and I agree she is your best accessory today. ☺️
4 years ago we had a 90 lbs. golden retriever, he was a doll. Never hurt anything in the yard. Then 3 years ago we got a Cava (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) and golden doodle. She is only 60 lbs. She does some 'zoomies' in the yard, but, not all that much. She's never hurt a thing. She is the sweetest, smartest animist gentle of our life with dogs ever. 'Goose' is such a darling. Glad you are getting some grand-pup time. Your daughter-in-law much feel so Blessed to have you in her life now. Love your 'who's the Boss' of your garden -- so true and something to remind ourselves!! Made me laugh though... CONGRATUALATIONS TO ALL on the marriage! love, hugs,prayers.
Thank you dear!
Linda love your refreshed perspective of your garden. It is nice to get away to see and experience different scenery, but always good to come back home to ones garden and home. I find the most difficult part of gardening to show restraint. All the pretty flowers can be tempting, but they don't fit into the look and feel that I want for my garden. I just need to enjoy them at the store and at other's garden. I need to stick with my vision; clean, tidy, manageable with drifts of color.
Same here!
Like your new attitude! I agree with you ! I like my small garden too. Its all I can handle at my age. It will be fun to add new types of plants. My garden is a little smaller than yours. This is my second year so I still have plenty of more plants to add. I move some of my plants around in pots to keep my interest. I love design. I, like you, have always liked being the best at what I do. Same with my garden. By the way, your garden gets more beautiful as time goes by!😊 8 or 9 Texas
I have a small yard with two big dogs... i stop worrying about how my dogs stumble on some of my plants because having both as a whole is my pleasurely love :)
We put up an arbor and two foot metal fence to keep the puppers of the grass. The other half of the yard is patio and wood mulch for the them :-)
What a lovely message Linda. Thank you for helping me realize I don't need to have what won't be their best in my garden as I can definitely enjoy and appreciate them somewhere where they shine, hopefully I'll remember this the next time I'm in garden center
Ready loved your Grand-dog! We have a chocolate lab male named Otto and he just turned one year old. We had to train him to stay out of my flower beds. But what he does sometimes helps me with gardening, when he sees me digging he helps me dig a hole. He is so funny and enjoyable. He is realizing he can come in the flower garden when I allow him to do so. Thanks again for your wonderful video.
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Goose is so cute.
I agree with you completely!! Less annuals and NO day lilies!
Thank you Linda for sharing your thoughts on embracing the things we love about our garden and giving ourselves permission to edit and change the things that no longer serve us well. Congratulations on your son’s wedding….the pictures you’ve shared are beautiful. 💚
Thank you 🙏🙏
You are such a good communicator. Not just of gardening techniques, but also of the thoughts and emotions that your garden space evokes. I'm a new gardener, and I have learned so much from you. You hit the nail on the head with the word "contentment". I was sitting on the ground yesterday in the rain after digging holes for azaleas, and I have rarely felt such connection and contentment with my land. Oh, and my pound puppy gardens with me every day.
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2 45lb pups Hunter and Harley. For a year had a chicken wire fence around everything today they could care less the fence is down and I wouldn't have it any other way❣🐾 Please a wedding pic? Glad you had a precious time and that you are back🌹
Thanks for sharing your “new eyes”. I found myself not loving somethings I was tending in my garden that I just don’t love. Even my husband had said “ you need more color”. And he was right. I actually yearned for more and found it was the spark my beds needed. I have been shopping Lowe’s sales a,one with other garden centers for sale perennials and getting a little giddy at the thought of freedom of it. I had planted my gazebo area with daylillies I have collected over the last 25 years. This year I struggled with loving them because they just were not giving me the impact I wanted. A big decision because there are at least 50 there but their time is up with me. So lots of fall gardening ahead for me and excited for changes. Thanks again for sharing something we rarely admit to ourselves. More is sometimes not better. The best I’d always the best! Happy Gardening.!
I've never gardened without dogs or cats. I was lucky enough to grow up with pets and have had my own sine college. I do most of my gardening inside a huge fenced yard that was fenced specifically for them. And then I garden beyond the fence into the woods and the front yard. My dogs range in size from 18#s to 90#s. And yes, they sometimes crash through the perennials breaking stems and branches. But my garden is not that manicured, so it isn't a big issue--at least, not for me. The dogs are not above stealing a strawberry or fig--although the wild birds are greater fruit thieves.. The pets bring a level of joy to the garden akin to having children in the space. They notice every single new thing and delight in it. Which increases my joy. And they help keep vermin down so that we don't lose as many tulips to moles/voles/shrews, as many hostas to deer, as many daisies to rabbits. It's their garden as much as mine...it wouldn't feel like my garden without them.
I have three rescue dogs. When someone comes over I say watch your step and watch your step; lookout watch your step. Even though I tidy up you can just miss something. I like your take away about not settling for second best. There is so much in my garden I need to remove. It looks like a shady used car lot. I need to find some accent shrubs and greenery through the winter months. As I am aging. My day lilies have to go too. I have been fortunate to meet Linda a time or two. And, yes, she is real, classy and a giving person. She is a gardening treasure. What you see is what you get.
I love your way of thinking and am completely with you. Love what you have and make a promise to yourself to make it even better!!! Love your dress! You are such a good doggie grandma 🙋♀️🥰
3 dogs. And my garden paths are dictated by where they run from one fence to the next. And endless weeding/pooper scooping. All utterly worth it!
I have two rescued dogs and they are family to me. They make a lot less mess than my human family (great grandkids)... a little pooper scooping is worth the trouble... especially since my husband died last year. They are such a comfort to me. 😍❤
@@coinkydink3984 Sorry for your loss Jean sending you love from the UK ❤️
I have three dogs. Two do not bother the garden at all. One eats every papaya tree and basil plant she has access to. I just keep replanting and moving them to spots I don't think she can get to.
@@damitawren3595 I have systematically removed any plant that is poisonous or may attract pups to them. But you know dogs are individuals and will do what they do anyway... haha!
I’m with you Linda thank you so much for giving me the courage to eradicate my garden. For years I have spent tons on ways to de moth my geraniums that I have never gotten blooms on. OUT THEY GO👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
Linda, so happy you enjoyed your trip and congratulations on living life to the fullest! Not only did you complete your book, were intimately involved in your son's wedding, you also left enough content with your viewers that we were also satisfied! You are a remarkable inspiration, not only in the garden, but in life! God Bless you and your family.
What a very very kind comment… And so appreciated!
I love this video and your advice.... I have changed the way I garden since watching you... Thank You Linda♥️...and Stuart!
You are just brimming with joy from this past weekend. Your excitement is contagious. Congratulations to you and your family!
Thanks Suzie!
Yes so agree sometimes we take for granted our garden and only see the bad but once u get away from it & return you appreciate your space inside & out!! HAPPINESS IS CONTENTMENT AS MY HUBS SAYS “PERFECTION IS A HUMAN ILLUSION “”.. so true.. CONGRATS TO YOUR FAMILY WEDDING AND GOOSE IS PRECIOUS! I have 2 Small dogs and they love to eat my zinnias and the leaves lol .. but would not trade them for the world they make my backyard a happy space and so fun to see them chase the squirrels!!! Thanks so much Linda glad you had a wonderful time I know how special it must have been for you to see your boys wedding etc.. good video about “ love what you have” not what you don’t..❤️
Hubs is a smart man!!
I moved to an established house and garden and after a six month moratorium cut down 50 plus old English boxwood and probably 40 small leaved azalea. Took out all foundation planting. The house sits under 26 100ft pines in eastern NC. These shrubs had become tabletops for the long pine needles that fall most of the year. I moved the gardens out and away from the house so I could see them from the windows. The pines still shed but I’m not raking needles off plants. I also plant what works and what I love. Goose is such a good dog! Jd
Sounds like you’re a gardener with a plan!
As a "new" gardener, I value your advice. I love the idea of a tidy garden and only have things that are happy in the garden.
Goose is everything!! Such a sweet girl. Rescue is the only way to go! ❤️❤️😊
I totally agree with your view after being away. I am making a garden journal so I do not forget what I want to try and things I want to do differently next year! For myself, I need to stick with what I love and know best. Sometimes less is more😉
Congratulations on your recent joy 💛. And oh yes we have a GIANT dog, a
Pyrenees Mountain Dog who was rescued from a southern kill shelter in 2014. He was a farm failure and got dumped. A rescue group transported him north. Evidently he likes being with people more than livestock. We fell in love with the French dog of kings! We trained him to do his business on a wood chip area that lines the perimeter of our property (backs up to woods). He's out when we are busy gardening, trimming, digging, up to our eyeballs in mulch or occasionally sitting (lol, with a cocktail). We monitor him so he doesn't dig or walk through the beds. As far as dogs go he's well mannered and likes to sleep in the shade. Your grand doggie is adorable and has some talent! 😊
Loved this reminder to appreciate what we have and what works in our gardens!
I loved this video Linda and your renewed vision for your garden. I have 2 dogs and they love being in the garden, I don’t have any problems with them ruining anything 😊
You are so much fun and look so happy remembering that wonderful wedding. It is wonderful too, that all went well and you got to see things that reinforced your gratitude! My yard will never be 1/36th of yours. Started too late in life and always too late and the heat takes over. Zone 9 Texas is not easy. Cute dress! Sweet pup. They do miss their people. Thanks for your new insights!
Seeing things with a fresh outlook is a wonderful way to update and improve our gardens🌿🦋what a sweet pup🐶love the dress👗
Thank you dear!
Awwww you are a good puppy grandma 💗
Linda, the other day I watched your video on ‘what you allow yourself to do’. And that was before the wedding. Going away and seeing other things make a lot of us reflect and learn more about ourselves. You still have the same philosophy as you had before the wedding. Though this time I can see that you have a clearer understanding of what you would not allow anymore.
Love the Grand-pup. Very cute.
To answer both questions - I have two dogs and we recently fenced in our whole yard and they went crazy loving the freedom. This made me realize they will trample the new garden area I was creating...solved that by putting in a 3 ft picket fence. It was a win win because I protect my plants, gives the area structure, looks adorable and cottegy, and the dogs still get to run around.😊 As far as day lillies...I'm kind of getting over them too. I have quite a few and they bloom profusely, but afterwards the leaves start to brown up like yours. I think it's truly the heat and humidity (7a) that make them start to look sad. I don't know that I want to spend the time cleaning them up. I have so many things planned for that area that I want to keep plants that are "exceptional" as you said. Good to know I'm not the only one looking at my garden with new glasses.😊
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Best video I really enjoyed your comments about seeing your garden with new eyes and taking charge. Thank you for sharing your love for your garden.
Thank you dear
@@LindaVater I forgot to mention I have a dog, a Great Dane and mostly raised beds lol. It can be a little challenging. I love finding all the different areas my cat finds comfort in
I have Stella D’oro daylilies in a bed I created around my mailbox. They are surrounded with echinacea, sedums, and lavender. Those other plants hide the unsightly brown leaves the Stella’s develop, but had it not been a happy accident that others disguise it, I’d be tempted to replace them too. Luckily I just get to enjoy the beautiful yellow flowers, and this year they have been blooming so well.
What a wonderful lady you are....period!
How kind!
I can’t remember where I heard it, but when I did it changed my gardening outlook! The saying is, “figure out what you can grow and grow lots of.” Your take away about the rudbeckia made me think of this. Enjoy your channel from the great state of Texas!
Thank you dear!
I just returned from a getaway...and so happy to be back home.💕
Welcome home!
I’ve just returned from 6 days away. You have just completely summed up what I hadn’t seen before. Like you I am going to reassess my garden and it’s plants. Thank you so much for the new glasses!!!
You bet!
Hi Linda special walkabout today. You came back from the wedding a refresh lady. And with a look and approach on how you want a dress your garden. Which is a good thing to take a step back and see what you need to do.. Just love your grand doggie. So cute. I have to small doggies and they love been out in my garden. They don't like been in when the they know l am outside in the garden. And they are great company for me to. Just would not be without them..they know not to be bad in my garden. So it's a win win really. Just love your outfit today to really pretty.
I am really surprised you found a garden as beautiful as your garden. Can't believe it. I will have to see the pictures.
Wise words Linda TY 🌟🌳
Love your dress, shocked it was from Target as looks so expensive & beautiful on you. Great message on being content with your garden & may I add, in all things, count your blessings!! CONGRATULATIONS on marriage of your son & daughter-in-law to add to family!! I am not on Instagram so would love to see a wedding picture on your UTUBE channel soon. Enjoy caring for their sweet pup 🐶❤
I’ll try!
@@LindaVater hope to see a wedding picture, please!
What a beautiful fur baby!!!
So happy your son's wedding went so well!
This is one of my favorite episodes. Like you said when I return from vacation the first thing I do is go out and see what needs to be done in the yard. I agree travel also gives me a renewed appreciation for what I have and ideas for things I might want to change based a fresh perspective. You are right about Day-lilies. They are beautiful in the right climate, like Michigan for example, but I live in Florida and they just don’t look good most of the time.
I apprecicate what you said today!! I totally get what you are saying!!
Have a small dog he LOVE's being out side with me when I'm in my small garden.
Congratulations on acquiring a daughter, and wonderful to hear that the wedding was so wonderful!
Love your grandpup! I have a little dog. I’ve trained him to stay out of the beds and plants and he does pretty well until his buddy “The Squirrel” shows up. I’ve had Cocker Spaniels in the past that didn’t obey as well. Best advice is to make sure they don’t eat anything toxic and to watch out for the presents they leave and anywhere where a leg might get raised.
Congratulations on a beautiful wedding! Glad you are refreshed too. 💚💚🌳😊
Since Goose is not here full-time I have to remember about the presents LOL!
I just read about the fires in Greece. I pray your loved ones are safe.
I agree 100 percent. Appreciate what you have and work with it. Love your ring, it looks antique and Goose is adorable.
I’m already going to miss this dog when he goes back home 💓
Congratulations 🎉🎉 Ms Pretty Linda.What a beautiful blessing. Yes, appreciate and grateful for everyday. Love the puppy. I can just imagine you with toddlers running around there. Love the dress. Take care.❤🙏
I’m trying not to be impatient, but it’s hard LOL!
Linda your garden is exceptional. I remember a comment was made last year by someone about why a garden didn’t have more color. Your garden is grand and you need to keep it exactly as your style and what you love. BTW I grew up in Northern California. All of those states with cool nights and warm days and lower humidity will always have beautiful flowers. Portland Oregon leads the pack. But living in the south is so hot and humid. Our summers don’t support those mountain flower types. I love structure as well. Keep on with your garden style and we will continue to admire.
I couldn’t agree with you more my friend!!
I have a small yard and a 115lb. American Bulldog. He has been a champ, never digging, never trampling the flower beds or garden. We get yellow spots on the lawn from his potty spots. We also have pets ducks, I can't say the same for them..... Let's just say it's a good thing they are so loved lol....
We have two Labrador retrievers and I do have a lovely yard. I did plan it around my dogs ensuring that they could comfortably run around raised garden beds, while staying out of perennial/shrub beds. I think I did a good job because I never feel the need to yell at them to stop anything they happening to be doing.
Hello, Linda, I’m a follower from Cumbria (UK) and have a fairly small cottage garden with 3 lawns. I have two small dogs and have trained them to keep out of the flowerbeds using a reward system. They were also trained to ‘leave’ the fledgling birds in the garden and will watch them from a few feet away. I bought Dog Rocks from Amazon that neutralise their urine so I have no marks on my lawn. These are left in their water bowl and changed every two months. They don’t dig holes but my friends’ dog started making a mess so she found distracting him with a Kong filled with peanut butter helped.
When my boys were little we had a cat and a litter tray for her was left outside under cover. She lived 18.5 years and NEVER used the flowerbeds as her toilet.
LOVE Goose. And hope to see more of him…..one of my dogs is a rescue. I went over to Northern Ireland on the ferry for him, so Goose is a marvellous and very welcome addition to your video 👩🌾💚🐶
Gill
I love this info!
You go, Girl! I dug up all of my daylilies last year for the same reason! I put them out by our road with a free sign so others could give them a new home.
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Eating lunch and watching Linda, life's good!🥰🥰🥰
Thank you Thuy!
Congratulations to your son and new dsughtet@
I get it, Linda. I was away from home alot taking care of my mom last year when I came home, walked thru my garden gate & thought how beautiful & tropical my backyard looked & how fortunate I felt as I brushed by a huge banana tree & held the giant leaf in my hand as I stopped to look around.
I would prefer to live in a coastal town but that isn’t in the cards, so since we are in zone 8a, I still can have a tropical looking yard by planting things that can survive in my zone & still be happy & able to be “the boss.” Lol
Yes!!
Yes I can. Just have to be out with them to keep an eye and pick up after them
Awe the dog is so adorable....your garden is lush
One of the commands I taught grand dog corgis is “come out” if they get into flower beds they can hurt or trample. They also know what things are no no’s for peeing
Congratulations on your son's wedding. This was such a funny video - watching you go through the garden and getting more feisty as you talk about the unruly plants who are not the boss of you!! It will be fun to watch you tame the beast!!
LOL! You’ve got my number
We have three Scottish Terriers who are vigilant in their protection of our property from any perceived threat (rabbits, squirrels, deer, fox, opossums, UPS delivery folks, neighborhood dogs and cats, etc.). I have one very old and huge boxwood under which all three can disappear at one time. My future backyard retirement garden beds (currently under contemplation) will most likely contain items which do not provide hiding spots for the dogs and will allow me to maintain them without a lot of kneeling. The dogs tend to create “runways” along the fence lines so that is also a consideration as I plan. Goose is adorable! Our dogs’ only trick is a three-part howling harmony when the phone rings. 🤣
Lol!!
Congrats once again, Linda! Love this walk about, especially those special thoughts. You have so many common senses, which really resonate with me. It is so easy to want planting everything that looks pretty in somebody's else garden. However, we all have our own gardens. It is so important to create our own signature garden that makes us happy. One of the key points you bring home that is really resonate with me is to showcase more of the ones that are doing exceptional well in our own gardens and repeat them. I have started that concept without realizing what I was doing until now. I simply did it subconsciously. Thanks for another enjoyable walk about. Be blessed!
Thank you dear!
I had two Saint Bernards, over 300 pounds of dog running through my backyard. Gardening was a challenge ensuring all poisonous plants were removed and sturdy pet friendly plants put in. They are gone now, tromping through safe gardens in doggy heaven, and I have started to introduce new plants. I miss them every day especially seeing them walk up to flowers and smell them. It was always so sweet!
Awe...that’s so sweet Linda, Congratulations on being rewarded a daughter-in-law since you have sons. Loved your whole video on how you’re appreciating what you have and being content. Change the things you have control over and make life easier and less stress and work on yourself. I love how you have a grand puppy, I have 3 since I had to put my own to sleep last year. My grand puppy that stays with me pees sometimes on the grass so I have to hose it off, otherwise the grass will turn yellow. Enjoy the rest of your time with Goose.🐶
I have 5 dogs and some of them used to be naughty digging up new plants and I had to use chicken wire and netting to stop them but I have always had a Garden 💓
Four barn cats. Every tree has tree protectors to avoid shredded bark. So trees i bought because of the beautiful bark are not showing as well. Also the lawn does not show as well because i will not use herbicide or bug killer due to the cats. But I absolutely love having all the cat help and love while working in the gardens.
Cute dress and yes 2 dogs and a garden
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I have two standard poodles, 4 rabbits, two ducks and peafowl, male female and their two pea hens. They all get alone with each other and respect my garden. Ginger loves to smell the flowers. Coco helps keep the deer out.
Omg totally agree with Stella Dora ! Here in Kansas - same issue - I don’t have time for that anymore ! Out it goes
So much wisdom for gardening as well as life in general. ❤️🌱
dogs and cats here, i also have a garden. they all love to lie on the hostas and take shortcuts thru the flowers. got to have both, pets and smushed garden
Glad everything went well. Your dress and shoes: beautiful. Long dresses are back in Europe this summer. I am sure you are enjoying your garden and brought along many new ideas.
Yes to both!
I have my 5 outdoor cats that I love so much. They like to be with me until it gets hot, then off for a nap! They do not destroy any of my plants, love to lay in the shade of them. Can't imagine being out there without them. I too agree, that I just want to maintain the plants I have for now and make them perfect. I love your house and gardens.
I've been watching you for awhile, enjoying and learning from your content, but this is the video which made me hit "Subscribe." What a lovely message on how to foster gratitude and enhance perspective in our gardens and our life. Thank you, Linda, and congratulations on your son's wedding.
How kind. And welcome!
Anything I love, Linda, is behind a fence. My baby is aloud to dig in the grass in the back yard. I call it aerating the grass lol
Btw Goose is just so adorable 🥰
Your garden is gorgeous and I love you grandpuppy
LOVE this! Your dress is lovely! I almost fell off my chair laughing when you were asking Goose to do her tricks...my dog was off to the side: Standing up, sitting, offering his paw, rolling over...the whole entire bit! Congratulations to your son and new daughter on their wedding! It is wonderful that you were able to attend and enjoyed it so much! I love my garden and every year, I try a new plant. This year's new plant is an Olive tree. It is doing great and I just love the leaf structure!
That is hysterical!
Also, Olive leaf tea is great benefit to your health!
Congratulations on the wedding! Cute puppy!
Congratulations and blessings to your son and daughter-in-law! I love your philosophy, Linda, on how to appreciate what we see in other gardens away from home, and not feel the need to replicate in our own gardens. Thank you for your videos. I truly love watching and getting so much inspiration from you. 🌺
Your garden is fabulous. I’m sure your sons was a special moment to be cherished
Just like your garden we should be happy with our gardens and love our family and your grand dog Moose is cute! Enjoy your time! 😎👍🏼☀️
I have a really good size backyard and a medium size front yard. And I have a 37 pound Australian Shepherd. The toughest part of trying to figure out where to plant in my backyard is mapping out where my dog runs when I throw the frisbee. I didn’t wanna put any plants in her path. This might be TMI but when she was younger there was a bit of a digging problem after planting plants in the backyard. And I found out all you have to do is put some of their poop where they have been digging and they will leave it alone. You can’t tell it’s there because you just use a small piece and it just gets mixed in with the mulch basically.
Enjoyed your topic today! Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden and insightfulness!
I completely agree about daylilies, they're just not worth the work in some areas. Being the boss in the garden is such great advice. And Congratulations! :)