A Garden Risk I'm Glad I Took
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2021
- When I finally decided to relocate the four boxwood balls that punctuated the boxwood hedge in the potager, I just wanted to get her done! Yes, it was a gardening risk worth taking, but I am thrilled with the results and so glad I decided to do it. We even got a good solid rain last night to affirm my decision LOL! I can’t wait to show you the entire kitchen garden when it is staged, organized, and pruned just the way I like it! I
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In California we are having 100-108 degree days. So hard to keep things alive. I'd like eventually to have my shrubs to fill out and fill the yard in a woodland type garden. I've recently planted four 15 ft trees. Not much I can do except water early in the morning to keep things alive. Next Fall it will be more fun! Your garden is inspirational.
Oh we have had so much like that! I can so understand!
Potted cone shaped evergreens would look nice in the winter in place of the figs
I love the look! Who knew we could be so attached to our gardens that significant changes to them could cause such anxiety and second guessing our decisions. I over think cutting flowers to bring inside as opposed to leaving their beauty outside...lol.
Yes. We resist and resist, then when we finally do it we wonder why we waited so long.
I do the same thing.
What an improvement! A couple of tall double boxwood topiaries in pots at the entrances would define the entrances.
I can see a smiling face on the boxwoods thanking you for the new growing space 😃😃
Looks more open, accessible and usable! Love it. I didn't know boxwoods could recover and fill back in like that. Can't wait to see the "finished" area.
To create order, one often has to go thru a period of disorder. It will look fabulous when you are done doing your magic.
Great tutorial. The “with” and “without” really hones in on how to view the look you want to achieve. I’m visual and this is helpful. Thank you Linda.
Wow! In helping the "quadruplets" move out, they are healthier, happier, more lovely...and still part of the "family". Opportunities happen when we take a risk. 🙏
Definitely worth the risk, looks great!
Totally agree that those boxwoods removed and replanted was a good decision.
Isn't gardening trying new things and and taking a chance on something? That's the joy of gardening.
Thank you so much Linda for sharing in such detail how you handled removing your boxwood balls and where and how you transplanted them. As a boxwood newbie I appreciate the care with which you honor these plants. I’ve planted five of them into planters this year and so far they are getting much attention. I even had my ninety-two year mother do the prune them into topiary balls which she found very satisfying. I have yet to plant some in ground but that is coming.
Looks so nice Linda.
I would open it up a bit more. That way you don't have to move the pots around if having to get inside.
I love how the boxwood looks with the exposed interior! Very cool looking!
Thank Linda!!!! Great risk and great result!!!! cheers
Love the personal info at the end. You look so pretty and sharp. And the boxwoods are relocated perfectly. ❤️😊
Perfect solution. Such a "small" sacrifice to make it seem so much more open.
i like that cross section on the boxwood too. Looks like a piece of coral!
I thought so too!
Looking fabulous , definitely the correct decision to remove the box woods . You always make it look so easy , special talent .
Success! Love the new locations of the BB’s and the openness of the portage 🤗
Linda, I love being on your garden journey with you. I too, thought the potted figs were a strange choice until you explained that you are protecting the fragile bare branches. Moving the figs periodically will allow for new growth without it looking so bare ( it looks like a coral reef- very cool). I love when you did the QVC plug and said" blah blah blah". You are a hard worker and a design pro. I LOVE my Barnel shears, BTW. They are a life saver when pruning my out of control ( and very out of reach) Wisteria. Keep up the great content!
Thanks dear!
Looks so much better!
The patterning where you pruned looks like fan coral branches. Very pretty.
So much better with the boxwood removal.
Looks fabulous. Makes more “sense” now as there seemed to be no way to get into the protege! I love how you are creating a “moment” at the entrance.
Sorry for being the spelling police but I can't help myself, it's actually potager.
Love the look of the pottage entrances with the remake!
Great decision! You have definitely improved the postage and enhanced other parts of the garden. You have inspired me to tackle a large boxwood hedge in my front garden!
As pretty as the fig pots look in the entry to the potager, I really like the openness of the woody ends of the boxwoods. I have about 20 boxwood lining my herb and vegetable gardens and they do give such wonderful definition in a manicured garden. Also, when you clean up the veggie areas, everything will be beautiful and they will be seen visually without the fig pots blocking that visual. Even after gardening for 40 plus years I still learn from you. Love your passion for gardening and "placemaking".
Loving it now ....so much more open and visible.
When I was a kiddo I watched Bob Ross, and nowadays I watch you, Linda. So relaxing. :)
LOVE how you relocated those four box balls. Not only did you lighten up the potager but you also essentially got four new plants! Way to "garden smart". Your sense of style and how you create topiaries is an inspiration to me in my garden. Thank you Linda! And Stuart, too!
You made the correct decision. Looks so much better with the removal of boxwoods.
I like the changes to the potager. It's all very beautiful.🌹
Love the fig trees in place of the boxwood balls....I love using different textures in the garden and porches....
Glad you took the risk and that you like the new look.
I would remove the pots. Makes it look too crowded.
Love these boxwood pruning tips! I let mine get a bit more natural because of the style of my front garden but the way you eased the area in where the skeletal parts were exposed looked nice.
It definitely was. Looks gorgeous and more functional and you got 4 mature globe shrubs out of it. A win win win situation. Btw it was so satisfying seeing you prune that boxwood in the front with the long pruners
I love it Linda! It looks great!!
I think it looks so much better! Way less clutter and it just looks awesome!
I would put two tall and narrow pots with nicely trimmed boxwood on the sides of the brick path to make it look more like a inviting entrance and part of the entire design.Otherwise the figs pots looks like obstacle on your way in...
Love the foliage contrast between the boxwood and the potted plants you placed at the potager entrance. Beautiful! ❤️
I love the new entrances sans boxwood balls. Just makes the potager look so much more welcoming.
I think it looks wonderful! The potager can breathe now.
Absolutely worthwhile to do it now. You did a great job to remove your boxwoods and perfect relocation. It also gives me some ideas to relocate a couple of my boxwoods. Thank you, Linda!
It turned out great! This is one of my favorite videos of yours. It's so helpful to see your actual work in progress. Thanks for sharing the tips and details!
Great move! Protege looks fabulous with an entrance. I agree that the exposed twig formation is visually interesting. Thanks for demonstrating the trimming/shaping on the last sphere - very helpful.
The bare boxwood hedge edges at the opening of the potager look like sea fan coral, I ♥ it!
It looks much better.
Love the transformation!!
BTW You followed a key design principle: ‘Form follows function’.
Great idea there! I see Two tall slim urns at that entry.
Yes, Linda. It looks good. Please show us later how the bare spots fill in.
Instead of the figs, what would the two lavenders in pedestal terracotta planters look like? Just a thought,
X❤X garden looks beautiful.
Love it! Your designs are always top notch.
I LOVE what you did! Looks better, garden is beautiful!
Great transformation.
Love the fig trees. Nice touch.
Love it, Linda! You never fail to inspire!
That look's so good.😃 makes it look more inviting.💖
Thank you. You have made me look at my box balls and I shall follow your advice.
Success all around! Your transplanted boxwood look so happy😍
The area looks awesome and love what you did with the bushes you dug out!!
We all have our best sides! I love the idea of turning plants around when you’re away. You give us great tips! Love the changes in the potager, and you gave yourself four new big boxwood to play with around the garden! 🌿🌿🌿🌿😃
Love it! The little Miss Figgys are adorable. And the transplanted boxwoods look very nice. Your thought process, especially when pruning was so helpful.
Love the pots, I think all the boxwoods will be very happy in the new locations🙂🧑🏾🌾
It is truly a magical transformation. Just love it.
I love what you did, and I love your enthusiasm over little things in the yard. I do the same but, haven't found anyone that is quite into gardening and design as I am. Love you much with prayers and hugs.
Looks absolutely fabulous! And how beautiful are the boxwoods you moved! Love love love it all!
Looks refreshed! Change is so healthy and we can learn from our gardens.
Very good, looks great & far more practical for access.
You’ve done a great job on your boxwoods. Love your outfits and find your videos so interesting and most of all relaxing.
Great job. Love the terra-cotta pots against the boxwood. So mediterranean. Your ensemble du jour is very cheerful.
You are a master sculptor! Looks great! You have made me appreciate the wonderful branches and patterns on those boxwoods! 😍
Great job! It really brings back the purpose of your protege and easy access to the veggies and nice walkway! Sometimes less is more, what Gardner ever said that, lol Can’t wait for more projects. This fall I will be sacrificing an old garden bed, too much work and upkeep the way it is so starting over, lol
Linda, it looks so much better! You have inspired me to look at an ordinary plant and imagine what it would look like with a little pruning and clipping. I love topiaries and you are the "Queen of topiary". Thanks for your daily inspiration.
That was definitely worth the risk. Looks good. I SO enjoy anytime you show trimming in boxwood because I’m working to create a double ball topiary. Seeing your work on any of your boxwood helps me be patient while my topiary is getting to the shape I want! Thanks!
Love it !!! It’s pleasing to the eye and ramps the function of the garden up a notch or two ❤️🌻 sometime what NEEDS to be done hurts a little but we do what we need to do for the love of our garden 🌻
👏👏👏fabulous love it. Thank you for all the wonderful information as always too.
I feel it’s fresh and will help you move forward to tidy and define I do like it
It looks beautiful. gardening projects can be just so very enjoyable.
Work it !Linda. Love watching your channel ❤
Good result ❣️💞💕.
When in my garden and deciding what to do....I find myself asking " what would Linda do ".... invariably it's cut it out 🤭🤨
Me too!😉
I think it looks fabulous!!!! Do what’s good for you and you’re garden.
Love the changes, necessary and beautiful.
I love it. It looks like it was always that way!
I love It Linda! It looks great!🌸💕!
Loved how you moved the boxwoods and potted them in beautiful pots and it makes sense how you trim them at the bottom it looks much better that way. ❤️ such a busy lady.
Needed done. Glad you took the leap.
I love the look with the box woods removed. Also love the boxwood you potted cause it looks like a topiary.😊 Great video! 🪴🌸
Looks so much better already🪴
I really like the juxtaposition between the hydrangeas and the boxwood. It’s about shapes, form and colors for me now and I’m working on getting that in my garden. Don’t ever be afraid to try something different because it keeps things fresh and interesting. I spent yesterday visiting a country garden that a family member started and got some great ideas for my city version.
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I love the change and can’t wait to see the full transformation. The exposed hedge reminds me of a miniature enchanted forrest. Best wishes, Dorothy
Risk is necessary. Well done!
Love what you did with the boxwoods....I have been enjoying you videos for some months and shared links to them with my gardening friends. I live in 9A coastal...sandy soil.
Having that easy access is going to change your whole approach to the interior of the potager! Something to look forward to! Great lesson with boxwood #4!
Love it and now you won't break your neck climbing in there!!!!
Looks great! The topiaries are beautiful.
Like what you have done. The transplants look really good. Have a similar southwest ring. Thanks for sharing your garden.
Looks beautiful, but your garden always looks great! Very good decision.