A frosty morning tour of 83 year old Googie’s 3/4 acre garden. Enjoy!

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
  • My mother Googie is 83 and three quarters years old and still gardening three quarters of an acre of Cumbrian fell side out of which she has carved a long, triangular garden and into which she has planted a great many trees. When she came here thirty years ago there was nothing but rough boundary hedges. Whenever I visit her we try and find time for a wander round the garden, a few top tips from her, and a visit to the hedgehog family which lives in a little house under an old wheelbarrow. Enjoy!
    The non-slip tiles she's put to stop herself breaking another ankle in wet winter weather are from www.coopersofstortford.co.uk.
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  • @margaretwalsh1456
    @margaretwalsh1456 11 місяців тому +6

    Love Googie......she's such a powerhouse and a very lovely lady....and what a mine of information on gardening. ...best wishes from limerick Ireland..

  • @cerridwencottagediary9194
    @cerridwencottagediary9194 11 місяців тому +12

    Always a joy to see Googie and her enchanting garden

  • @UshaSidhu-m3q
    @UshaSidhu-m3q 10 місяців тому +2

    What a charming garden.I am always blown away by videos of Googie.Could we please have a tour of Googie's house next if Googie doesn't mind.Sending you lots of hug Googie.
    83 years old and going strong.
    You are an inspirational lady to many xxx

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому

      lol - I think we'll keep the house private - it's not full of anything especially exciting, but you know, life family etc. I think we'll keep sharing the garden xxx

  • @gerriwalsh9846
    @gerriwalsh9846 11 місяців тому +14

    Thank you for taking us back to see Googie and her garden!

  • @72569gab
    @72569gab 11 місяців тому +8

    I love your mom’s fences the curve of each plank. You mom is so lovely and interesting.

  • @karlitobergkamp8082
    @karlitobergkamp8082 10 місяців тому +7

    Googie really is an inspiration to any gardener 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

  • @Wealth-and-Wellbeing
    @Wealth-and-Wellbeing 10 місяців тому +3

    Compost bins for giants! Googie must have been quite the lady to grow-up with, she's got quite the ambition and energy.

  • @Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens
    @Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens 11 місяців тому +10

    What a inspiration, garden and gardener !!! Love our visits here ❤

  • @lisaf4300
    @lisaf4300 11 місяців тому +4

    Thank you for sharing your mom’s garden with us. She is such a joy! I hope we will all be able to enjoy our gardens as we age.

  • @beckyscheller9358
    @beckyscheller9358 11 місяців тому +4

    Thankyou for the tour. Love seeing your mom.

  • @kathleenfortner3729
    @kathleenfortner3729 10 місяців тому +2

    Your mom is amazing! She needs her own youtube channel.

  • @lynnedenney9771
    @lynnedenney9771 10 місяців тому +1

    The Googie clips are THE BEST! Thanks for posting

  • @zlatahume3134
    @zlatahume3134 11 місяців тому +4

    Loved Googies garden 😊

  • @caroldixon3124
    @caroldixon3124 11 місяців тому +3

    Google is wonderful and i am totally in awe of her

  • @icaniwillgrow
    @icaniwillgrow 11 місяців тому +4

    I had the joy of bumping into Googie a couple of months ago. I always enjoy these garden tours. We had that frost in October too, which really set the leaves into full autumn mode, as well as finished off the courgettes. What a joy to have such a stunning morning!

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  11 місяців тому

      Such a lovely morning - rain forecast today x

  • @MsYingyang2
    @MsYingyang2 4 місяці тому +1

    I love that potting shed. It is magical. What a great looking secret garden asset.

  • @felicityjacobs9608
    @felicityjacobs9608 10 місяців тому +1

    I loooove Googie, s garden and her knowledge about gardening. Lovely. Thank you.
    Felicity Jacobs, Cape Town, South Africa

  • @sheilamesick5964
    @sheilamesick5964 11 місяців тому +7

    I LOVE the visits to Googie's gardens and the hedgehog house. It would be grand to visit these gardens in my dreams. Thank you! Happy Christmas to all! From Iowa, USA.

  • @janebaker966
    @janebaker966 11 місяців тому +2

    Your Mum is amazing. Its your Mums brisk lucidity that is impressive to me,even more so than your Mums physical fitness. As a not quite 70 year old who sometimes has to phone a friend to check what day of the week it is,a clear brain in older age is a boon. You have inherited those great genetics. I love that non slip pathing,that could be used inside as well if needed.I couldnt cope with a garden that size,its good that your Mum is not such a "purist" as to not get help in when needed. Ive started a new garden,its smaller than my previous ones but as my physical ability is less thats ok. I thought those crab apple fruits were meant to be small like that.
    Oh yes,quick edit. Your Mum is the same age as Cliff Richard whose book I am currently reading. I was 5 years old when Summer Holiday came out so in our house it was my big sister who was the Cliff Richard fan. It was only about 20 years ago that I cottoned on to how good he is,music performing wise, another person who exemplifies good genes plus exercise and activity.

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  11 місяців тому +3

      Thankyou so much for all these comments - secretly both she and I sometimes have no idea what day of the week so we all in good company there x

  • @naomitynan9448
    @naomitynan9448 10 місяців тому +2

    More of Googie please she is inspiring

  • @traceyowers9095
    @traceyowers9095 10 місяців тому +1

    I had a hummingbird moth this summer drinking from my pots, I had never seen one before so had to look it up. Your mum is wonderful.

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому

      glad you enjoyed - a hummingbird moth is a treat! x

  • @CatherineHopkinsDesignsLife
    @CatherineHopkinsDesignsLife 10 місяців тому +3

    It’s cute that you are still learning new things from your mom ❤

  • @tonihartung2221
    @tonihartung2221 10 місяців тому +2

    I am a 71 year old gardener who left my garden 40 years in the making and am beginning again (new garden, same size). I want to be your mom when I grow up! (BTW, my Grandkids call me GeeGee 😀)

  • @hugolloyd940
    @hugolloyd940 10 місяців тому +1

    Your mum is a great lady for her age I hope I can do what she does at 83 well done keep up the good work.

  • @bernadette1510
    @bernadette1510 10 місяців тому +1

    I get so excited when you invite your mom to join you in videos. She is amazing!

  • @stephaniebalducci6248
    @stephaniebalducci6248 11 місяців тому +4

    Oh, it's wonderful to see you and Googie out and about in her garden. 🙂

  • @jennyjohnson9012
    @jennyjohnson9012 10 місяців тому +2

    So lovely to see Googie again and her wonderful garden! Just the thing for a frosty Sunday morning in the borders of Scotland. We had a very frosty start and like Googie the first frost was last month. Love all the leaves, so beautiful. xx

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому

      her garden is lovely with all this autumn colour x

  • @ChristopherHendrie
    @ChristopherHendrie 10 місяців тому +2

    Just love Googie and her love for gardening

  • @catherineengle4196
    @catherineengle4196 8 місяців тому +1

    Its been a while since I have watched videos and I just had to start with Googie 😊I am so tickled at your mom and her lovely personality. She is an inspiration to me. I am fixing to have ankle replacement surgery soon. I am hoping to play catchup this week on your videos. I have missed so much so I am looking forward to this. God bless y’all

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  8 місяців тому

      nice to see you Catherine - I was worried about you but lovely to see you up and about - good luck with the ankle x

  • @aswinthasteketee5771
    @aswinthasteketee5771 10 місяців тому +2

    Always love a visit to Googie's garden. Thank you! And I ordered "the tree", thank you for the tip 😏😉❤️🍁🍂

  • @sheilafarren5359
    @sheilafarren5359 10 місяців тому +1

    I love seeing googies garden

  • @Lethersee
    @Lethersee 10 місяців тому +1

    I don't think we have hedgehogs, but I enjoy seeing the prep for yours.

  • @rollandjoeseph
    @rollandjoeseph 10 місяців тому +1

    That was fun ..googie's garden is a dream! It's making me want to go out in my yard to explore and plan projects. I wish i had a source like googie and yourself georgia to help me plan my garden for the future. All the best

  • @1944JerriMellas
    @1944JerriMellas 11 місяців тому +3

    Love, love our visits with Googie ❣️Thank you from Utah, USA

  • @kathrynhenderson7266
    @kathrynhenderson7266 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you so much Georgie. Always wonderful to see Googie & her absolutely beautiful garden. ❤️🍁🍂

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  11 місяців тому +1

      It’s good to be up here for a few days x

  • @amyjones2490
    @amyjones2490 11 місяців тому +2

    The middle sized Garden UA-cam channel did a piece on How to create a garden that looks gorgeous and supports wildlife at Great Dixter. They listened in to a habitat pile and it made an astonishing sound. Well worth a listen.

  • @spinningstones
    @spinningstones 11 місяців тому +3

    Love Googie and her garden. In a small valley in NSW Australia we are heading into a hot dry summer so lovely to see autumn leaves and frost!

  • @pamlempi5491
    @pamlempi5491 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for sharing Googie with us. I so enjoy you both. Love the information I get from your channel. ❤️

  • @fionasaunders7646
    @fionasaunders7646 11 місяців тому +2

    What a delightful treat , Googie and Cumbria in its autumn glory 🍂🍄🍁🦔
    Thank you both ladies.
    Best wishes from Zimbabwe

  • @Ouroneacregarden
    @Ouroneacregarden 11 місяців тому +4

    So fun to see Google and her garden! Hoping I will be as agile as she is at her age. Actually hoping Ill be alive at her age!

  • @christykulwicki4323
    @christykulwicki4323 11 місяців тому +4

    Love Googie’s garden and spunky. Could she please do a few clips on vegetable gardening. ( spring and summer planting, then fall planting) I think it would be great for us seniors that want to keep going with gardening. Thank you!

  • @matthewgardiner6793
    @matthewgardiner6793 10 місяців тому +1

    Greetings from New Zealand…. Only just discovered this sight and must say I throughly enjoyed your Mum Googies garden,Autumn colour beautiful, just coming into early Summer here so quite a contrast😃look forward to more videos Thankyou for sharing

  • @catherinelogan6299
    @catherinelogan6299 11 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for the tour, you made my day. Enjoy the season and a chance to take a well earned rest.

  • @indrarani9576
    @indrarani9576 10 місяців тому +1

    Very nice leaf and tail ramp🎉🎉🎉

  • @christinepickard7804
    @christinepickard7804 10 місяців тому +1

    Hi. I'm so glad i found you recently so i subcribed,,you & your lovely mum make this so interesting to watch, now catching up looking at some of the old videos. I love gardening so getting ideas & inspiration from you both,thank you.🌿🌱☕💐

  • @soniewhitten4844
    @soniewhitten4844 11 місяців тому +2

    enjoyed video, thanks for sharing with us. be safe.

  • @lauraluzi9920
    @lauraluzi9920 10 місяців тому +1

    What a lovely treat 🍁🍂 I love seeing you and your mom puttering about the garden. Please tell Googie I am sitting here quilting, and I put down my sewing so I could see every lovely thing in this video. I planted a liquid amber that my neighbor gifted me this spring, and my first leaf is turning color today! I’m thrilled as I live in Southern California and this is the only autumnal tree that grows in my area. Thank you for your uplifting and enjoyable videos.

  • @donnaduhamel6004
    @donnaduhamel6004 11 місяців тому +1

    Love it❤

  • @joannefuller
    @joannefuller 11 місяців тому +1

    I enjoy your mum's garden and covet that potting shed. I think the blue gate and potting shed could have their own UA-cam.
    My aunt lives in Cumbria (Windermere) and is close to your mum's age. I am in north Texas but have gotten to visit twice for a month each time. 💕

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  11 місяців тому +1

      I often take Dad for a drive round Windermere - though yesterday we went over to Thorp’s to Salisbury and back x

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  11 місяців тому +1

      Slaidburn not Salisbury - blimming autocorrect!

    • @joannefuller
      @joannefuller 10 місяців тому

      Ha! I understand autocorrect! My aunt and uncle owned a restaurant for many years called the Porthole in Bowness. Now it is Porto, I believe. It was a Lucy's after the porthole. I guess it has been sold 3 times since Judy and Gianni owned it. It was a fabulous place to visit. I wish I could visit again. The gardens all around the area are magnificent.
      Thank you for sharing your videos.

  • @felishabell1189
    @felishabell1189 11 місяців тому +2

    Loved the tour- thanks! “Revolting green” made me crack up. 😂

  • @allisong6
    @allisong6 10 місяців тому +1

    I have so many tulips left to plant googie u put me to shame.
    Googie do be careful we all adore you
    Torn between loving cabbage white butterfly and also wishing they leave my cabbage etc alone

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому +1

      I haven't planted a single tulip bulb yet and won't until at least 20th November so don't panic! x

  • @1Thedairy
    @1Thedairy 11 місяців тому +1

    I live near Georgie and we are much less advanced than you are as your beech hedge has turned red already whereas mine is just on the turn and my Salvias are still flowering beautifully. We’ve had no frosts yet either and we get heavy frosts. But can you believe it can rain one side of the house and not the other? Great tip on feeding and the tour of your beautiful garden.

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому

      it is often the case the rain on one side of the house and not on the other - as you say, much less crunchy in the south xxx

  • @rubygray7749
    @rubygray7749 11 місяців тому +1

    What a joyous treat!

  • @johickey3158
    @johickey3158 6 днів тому +1

    What did the Mexican carpet fitter say? Underlay underlay, good times with Googie

  • @rosemarybushea3517
    @rosemarybushea3517 11 місяців тому +2

    ❤ Googie!

  • @mossroseltd
    @mossroseltd 10 місяців тому +1

    Googie tours are interesting for us that aee getting older :) Just curious, did your Mom work & if so, when did she "retire" to this gardening actice life. Just wondering...so much is sedentary now.Thanks again!

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому

      she made patchwork quilts for a living - quite a big cottage industry where we lived near Cambridge - then she curated a museum of textile and embroidery for ten years - and always gardened x

  • @tamiratliff4459
    @tamiratliff4459 10 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful clip, what are the snap together things called, I can't order, I'm in Alaska, very smart, such a breath of fresh air Googie is❤😊

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому

      ooh I'll have to ask her - I think she found them in a catalogue but if you looked up something like 'non-slip garden matting' online you might find something similar x

  • @chrisdooney5374
    @chrisdooney5374 10 місяців тому +1

    Googie's garden is beautiful , would you know the name of the evergreen tree on the right its about 11.02 on the video please?

  • @susanwoods174
    @susanwoods174 11 місяців тому +1

    Who is Fabritsio? Love Googie!!

  • @jeromegagnon8335
    @jeromegagnon8335 10 місяців тому +1

    I’d love to know what cotoneaster it is, I must buy this variety

  • @sandraconner6968
    @sandraconner6968 10 місяців тому +1

    How cold does it get there?

    • @theflowerfarmer
      @theflowerfarmer  10 місяців тому +1

      up to minus 6 celcius but not much colder than that I shouldn't think x