I prefer your channel to ANYTHING that HGTV could ever possibly put out. Yours is real and it definitely shows. No scripts...just real people doing real gardening.....or what ever other projects you have going. Thank you! 😁
HGTV (and food channel) are long ago in my rear view mirror. I enjoyed landscaping and curb appeal shows. Now it is just a lot of competition shows and stuff for which I have zero interest.
Not to mention that she did say a couple of times that she wanted that setup to be more of a winter theme than Christmas so it could stay in place longer.
Laura & Aaron, I agree with others - don't lower your standards by going on HGTV! I used to love HGTV, but when they took all gardening shows out, that was when I quit watching. My favorite was Paul James the Gardener Guy. He was so kooky he was hilarious; but the man knows gardening! I actually learned more about gardening from him (& P. Allen Smith) than anyone else - until I discovered Garden Answer.... Please stick to your own format, your own style, your principles and obvious love of growing. That's why we all are here and not watching TV! Love you guys; you're a breath of fresh air.
Re: Neighbors. Three years ago. I had lived in this house forty-seven years and the yards (someone else's responsibility) grew sadly neglected. So, I decided to start from scratch in the typical SoCAL front yard. You and I have pretty much opposite visions on what makes a yard, but what I'd learned from you was that within the vision - whatever it is - a gardener can do ANYTHING if they mentally divide the space into sub-sections and do a bit at a time. I dug up my nasty front lawn first. 67 years old. With a shovel. It is now planted with native plants in a meadow of sweet alyssum and golden poppies. Still shaggy, and I'm still (at age 70) struggling to make it more socially acceptable. But I stopped worrying when my new neighbor across the street took the time and effort (and a cane) to come across not to give dirty looks or to offer help, but simply to tell me how much she had been enjoying watching the transformation. She said "It's like having a home improvement show out my front window." I would wish her on everyone.
Good for you,,, I'm 74,, bought a 110yr old crafts man style home... With seriously neglected property n house..... Lots of work BUT. Keeping me for used on better things than the news.... LOL... Love ur neighbor s feel ur as good as a professional show..... LOL
How nice, I feel that way about Garden Answer, at 82 yrs old , & downsizing to a patio home , my current garden is a 2ft drip strip, & north facing patio. I'm reconfiguring it to grow things new to me, since Aaron & Laura are in zone 5+ you've opened up new ideas.
“Top tier….where everyone knows who you are…”…..that’s YOU! And, I’m happy you have success in your chosen business model as it gives viewers the content I and other gardeners want . It’s REAL, thank you!
I've always loved this channel but this last year Laura and her family saved my sanity. Thank you for the years of entertainment but especially the entertainment in the last year.
Good morning! I think a lot of your followers think you are “top tier”. HGTV doesn’t know what they are missing. Always love watching your videos & Instagram. Have a good week.💚
Have just become acquainted with your channel .. We moved and the garden has been a challenge too big, so the years go by and nothing is planted / done. BUT, you have given me faith and answers to what I can do with my garden, and seeds are orded.. Thank you very much! And I liked your comment: "I'm not a team player." Because I'm not, either - but suddenly it became a little easier for me to accept this and also think: ..it's ok .. (I will of course do my part to get better - but it's Ok: And I'm good enough as I am ..) You made my day!
Trust me, you will so enjoy and learn so much from this channel!! Whether your garden is large or small, there will never be a video that you have not learned SOMETHING!!!🪴🌷🌱🌻🌺🌹💐🌿🌳😃
So glad you are in charge of your shows & content. I find hgtv to be scripted with forced humor and a totally unnatural feel to it. Your & Aaron's content is real, honest & down to earth. Mistakes & all! Nothing compares in the media to what y'all offer. Stay the course, you've got it right!
I think HGTV should just pay her to repost her episodes just exactly as Aaron and Ken make them now. So many more people would benefit --and all Aaron would have to do is "send the tape". Win Win HGTV are you listening? Garden Answer is perfect as is so pay them to repost their episodes, as is!
You are WAY WAY better than HGTV!! Any shows they do that feature landscaping and plants are overproduced and not very educational; mainly because they are trying to get to the "end product" so quickly, they glaze over the steps to get to the end of the project. I also think you have a great thing going with UA-cam, and over 1M subscribers!
Your videos are my daily Entertainment, I like them all, don't change anything! I'm a 70 yr great grandmother in Texas. You two are so sweet with each other
Good morning GA! I love that you are Not on HGTV. You belong to yourself and your family. I love how you not only model 'how to' garden and inspire us. You also model 'Family Values'. I can think of so many aspects that would be lost if you belonged to them. Aaron would not be sitting there talking about how he admires you ("you work so fast") , his love for you and your family is almost tangible as is your love for him and your family. 👪❤️
Laura, that overhead view of you walking down the paths between all those heavenly flowers looked like a fairytale. I cannot imagine what that must smell and look like from inside the rows of flowers. It just looked rather magical all those tall and beautiful flowers. God Bless.
Mark, dude, it's an ode to winter solstice. A time for quiet introspection. She's got plenty of color and joy going on in other places. Happy New Year Laura, Aaron and kiddos, you inspire so many of us and also show so many on limiited budgets that it's not about the money, but looking around to use and recycle what you've got on hand.
Green is a color. It's one of my favorite colors! Thanks, Laura and Aaron, for all you do to educate and bring joy to us all! This has been an especially hard year for me and my family. Our oldest son died in May, he was only 35. Your videos have helped me through some difficult days.
You just crushed this one! So many good things! "Mark". The fish tank editing. I really enjoyed watching! It is snowing here in Western Washington. I am so looking forward to the new spring. When you mentioned your cosmos, my "stand" popped into my mind! I loved the glorious drift of flowers floating around at head height!
Planted thousands of tulip bulbs for eight years when I worked at a zoo and also helped plant tulip bulbs one day at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, OH.
Blundstone boots are an Australian brand that originated in Tasmania…they are the preferred boots for many people because of their comfort and style…there will be a run on them now because they’re the ones Laura is wearing for gardening 👨🌾….🥰🇦🇺
Laura, your vocabulary is excellent. When you say “is that the right word” it always makes me laugh because you’re usually totally correct. Lol You have no need to question yourself ~ as my Mom, who was an English teacher, would say, you have a lovely grasp of the language!
I like it when your both talking cause it takes team work to manage a property or a garden. My husband says I'm the flight of fancy that keeps our garden creative and he's the weight that keeps me grounded. Its wonderful to see a husband and wife team!
Laura, I once was told, I was not a team player, so my husband and I started our own little business and now we are semi-retired. Not being a team player sometimes means you are a leader and just made to do your own thing in life. It's a good thing, just saying!.
Blundstone boots have been made in Australia since the 1800's. They're strong boots with good arch support and are super comfortable. I believe they're now made in China but I believe the quality is still good. Aussie's call them Blunnies.
I really appreciate that you release videos that follow what is happening in your garden right now! As a beginner gardener I use your channel to help guide what I'm doing in my garden.
I have learned so much and have been genuinely inspired by your videos. I’ve incorporated the phrase “romancing the ordinary” into my daily life. What a change in attitude that brings to the mundane tasks and moments throughout the day. I find myself dreaming and being more thoughtful. And caring for all my plants gives me a greater purpose type-of-feeling. I adore everything that you’ve created here and wish you all great success in your lifetimes.
Whether you're antiquing, baking/cooking, or gardening, we love to watch as you take us on that journey for the day. Top Tier = Garden Answer! Thank you for GA Highlights as well. :)
You guys are so much better than anything on hgtv, plus they would tell you what to do and then it wouldn’t be real. Also love the fish added to the background, you are such a clever bunch. Happy New Year to you all. Namaste
I had to chuckle when you mentioned the match cloche. I’ve never heard of such a thing but admired it in that video where I seen it. So glad you brought it up and I’ll bet Amazon gets a huge influx of orders on it. It’s on my cart for sure. So love your videos. A family member who owns a funeral home invited me to come and plant some flowers and bushes. Starting back in the spring. Found a new passion and get paid for it lol.
I think the exact match cloche from the video probably came from Crate and Barrel (CB2). Amazon has several that are similar, but I really liked the spiral on the one in the video.
For the person asking about chipmunks, I cut the bottom off the large Dunkin Donuts iced cups (7 1/2”tall) and put that into the ground around my seeds when I plant them. I put three long heavy wooden skewers into the inside of the cup to keep them from falling over. Keeps the bunnies from eating my seedlings (and squirrels from digging them up)….and acts as a mini greenhouse of sorts. I leave them in place on my tender shoots like pea pods a and beans and it keeps them safe from munchers. On big plants like sunflowers I remove them once the stems are thick. For bulbs….I save onion and lemon net bags and place them over my tulips and when the critters dig and get caught in the netting they give up. Every now and then I’ll see a bit of the netting above ground and know something was trying to get at them. Seems to work. Still have my tulips every year.
@@erindewan6758 I have bunnies, a groundhog, skunks, and squirrels that bury peanuts one of my neighbors puts out by the huge bagfuls. Overpopulated with squirrels. I usually see a chipmunk, but there only seems to one at a time. If I see the path they take I spread cayenne on the ground. When they try to lick it off they get a big surprise. They do tend to eat my strawberries. They’re so tiny they can sneak through netting, the little buggers. I get very upset when they eat or destroy my vegetables….especially my pea pods. I use small pointed wooden skewers with the points sticking up to keep squirrels out of my pots and hanging pots and around new plants (I stab myself a lot when weeding….I think they hurt me more than the squirrels. I saw something recently on UA-cam to eliminate rodents….mix equal amounts of flour and baking soda. They will eat it looking for salt. They cannot burp or expel gas any other way so when they drink it fizzes and pouf! Not kind, but not poison that would be harmful to anything that eats them. Going to try that on the mice in my shed. When you cut the bottoms off the plastic cups be very careful. They are quite thick. The medium size cup is not as thick and easier to cut through but they are shorter…if you only have chipmunks, they are smaller so the mediums would probably be ok. I have big critters. The groundhog is the worst. He’s a candidate for the flour and baking soda when he wakes up in the spring. I use poultry shears to cut the bottoms off. I am going to try using an awl next time to make a hole first. I have to have my son sharpen my awl I wore down the tip making holes in quahaugs so I could get my knife in to open them. I don’t have a proper clam knife. I hope the cups work for you. I thought about making something 3-4” round with hardware cloth, but that’s a lot of wire cutting and bending to make them 8-10” high. I use dozens of the cups. Glad I could be of help.
What a great idea to use net bags! I’m going to start saving them for next fall. I have a new back yard to landscape in what used to be an orchard and figure rodents won’t take long to find me.
My hubby and I (especially my husband) find it hard to spend money on Christmas decor and because of being inspired by your videos, instead of going to the greenhouse to buy a centerpiece, I gathered stuff I already had, including a couple oil lamps and dried so.e orange slices and created a beautiful table scape!!! I was pretty proud of it.😊
Just felt the need to say thank you for all you do! I started watching your channel a few years ago and was so impressed with the production value. I've stayed because I greatly enjoy the many personalities of you, your beautiful family and friends. I think Aaron hit the nail on the head with his explanation about HGTV. You guys don't need them. We love you just the way you are. Keep pumping out the videos and we'll be here to support you! Happy gardening and happy holidays!!!
I watched all your videos; you could record pouring Bejamin cereal in the morning, and we would watch it. Love you all, can't wait for spring and more videos. Hope we all have a wonderful New Year.
Such a joy watching you whether your planting, cooking or just with your family. I love your videos so much that inspired me to plant more and more in my garden. In the summer time I get people get out of their car and take pictures for ideas. Thanks to you!💜 I love helping my neighbors when they ask what to plant how to take care of plants. I thank you for it. Happy Holidays to you and family. 🎄🤗🌴 zone 9b FL
No better way to start a day than with GA recap! Good morning fam! Merry Christmas 🎄 Shout to Aaron from a fellow Diet Dew lover! I knew I liked that guy!
You say you are not a team player......Laura the way you teach and guide Benjamin and let HIM do something ....you ARE a great teacher. Thank you. What I would like to be .
I had such a nice Christmas day, stuffed with so much food and today I am just laying on the couch drinking coffee. This video couldn't have come out at a more perfect time! Happy holidays everyone!! 🎄💕
Maybe I am being selfish but I hope you never change. I’ve seen it happen before when some great people go commercial. For me I lost my enthusiasm for their content. I love you and enjoy all the fun and educational things you do. You are real and such a great family. Thank you so much for all the great videos! Happy New Year!
Laura: Im not a team player! 🙂 I cant remember which video but you said "gardening is a solo sport" SO TRUE!!! Especially if you're reconstructing your garden areas. You have a vision and it's a lot easier/less stressful to plan and execute it yourself.
I've just got to tell you how much I love these recap get togethers!😃. Its such fun to watch your interaction with Aaron and I love it when you go "off topic" on occasion and just be more real then you already are. Its a lot if fun! I'm glad you thought of doing this. Thank you!👍😊💕
I actually don't own a TV anymore haven't for a few years now. I'm so happy you do youtube and not HGTV or any other network . Besides I think the family element would be lost if you did network type work.
you mentioned that you will be going to Mackinac Island this year,I just watched a video from a couple who were there and they filmed a couple secret gardens by the hotel they were so pretty but they didn't really know the names of many plants,if time permits any chance of you guys filming some? you do such a awesome job on naming every plant.love love love your channel. p.s I almost spit my coffee out on Aaron's comment,too funny
This highlights video showed up this morning and was just what I needed. Got my Garden Answer “fix”. Highlights are one of my favorites! I enjoyed you and your moms holiday postings, too! Thank you so much for sharing those extra tidbits. 😍💚💚💚
To protect sunflower (or any other) seedlings, I always surround the seedlings with one quart plastic containers from the supermarket which I cut the bottom off of. Often times I can see where the chipmunks have scratched at them, but if you bury the first inc or two they generally can’t dislodge them. The clear ones are best because you don’t really notice them, but any container will work.
I'm never going to have the yard and garden that I'm watching on here. I'll soon have two replacement hips and one knee. Yet, I'm so addicted to this channel that it's the first thing I turn on when I get home from work. This year I will have some pots on my porch....and I'm ok with them. Thank you so much for the enjoyment I get out of watching you and your family!! Happy New Year!!
Here we are, day after Christmas and, because the inspiration and motivation your channel has given me, I received flower seeds and the Dewalt drill and Augers as gifts. Thank you very much Laura and Aaron! Now, to begin my spreadsheet! I'm so ready for seed starting trays (1st timer) I'm gonna attempt to use my unheated greenhouse without grow lights and pray for the best. I am successfully growing Sage, Basil, Dianthus. I forced (in pot) Paper whites (blooming) and the tulips n hyacinths are poking thru! Our local grocery store was selling 3' Leyland Cypress arborvitrae in gallon pots for Holiday, priced at $43.00 each, I got lucky when I went to buy a couple and found them reduced to $20.00. Needless to say I bought the remaining eight.... they are thriving in my greenhouse and I can't wait to get them in the ground this Spring. ❤
Hi, Laura and Aaron: Regarding the question about bulbs on top of the ground: My old clumps of bulbs, as they multiplied, would push smaller bulbs to the surface, a sure indication that the clump needed to be divided.
Love watching the real videos and then the recap brings back all the stuff I may have forgotten....kind of like you with Aaron's movies lol. I'm a lot older than you and the recaps really help my weird forgetful mind!!🤪❤️you guys are great!
My husband and I lived in Rexburg, Idaho for 4 years and we're both from the southeast. I feel like there's no way to explain how "not-humid" it is out there! It's insane and so nice in the summer! Winter is hard on your skin though
I would be interested to know how many Christmas gifts, projects, quiet moments you inspired this year! You have been a true light in two years of darkness! Keep romancing the ordinary into 2022 and encouraging us to do the same! Good bless you all!
Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard at the end when you and Aaron were talking about movies! I am the same way, Laura! I can watch the same movie over and over and over and still be completely invested in it emotionally! I don’t completely forget it, but every time is like the first time! I am the same with books. Thank you for sharing your life, the successes and fails, with us. Your region is very close to where we moved a year ago (north Idaho), so your channel has helped me tremendously as I have tried to learn my new gardening zone! God bless you and your beautiful family!
I have to say the ending cracked me up as well. I feel like your brain can only hold so much, so only keep the important things in there! Movies, in my opinion, just aren't valuable information. They entertain you, but then it's over. No need to remember facts about it. But maybe that's just me...or maybe it isn't! Thanks, Laura, for just being you. And as you can tell from the comments on every video, you are loved just as you are.
A video with a slower pace is welcome from time to time, like at the holidays when things can become frenetic, and we can lose our sense of what holidays are about. Loved seeing Samantha Grace playing with Aaron.
I’ve been watching your channel for over 2 years, and I was never capable to commit to the same show for that long , because I’m not a TV person , but every morning I wake up happy and excited to Watch your show .
Love watching your replay videos, and watching your interactions with Aaron. Him helping you recall some things you have forgotten or expanding on the reason for doing certain things in projects. Hope you had a Merry Christmas with your family.😊
I have to say I am glad you are happy with your current status and not interested in HGTV. I cannot imagine seeing you once a week for x number of weeks instead of 5-7 times a week, weekly. Your post are my daily highlight!! Seriously!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you,
You have been such an inspiration. I have started setting up a growing room with lights and fans and I’m ready for spring seed starting. I have also, with my husbands help, purchased a 8x12 greenhouse. My backyard will be changing over the course of the next few years. So excited to get started. Thanks again for your inspiration. Merry Christmas from zone 2b gardener. (Northern BC)
I'm with you, Laura, movies are in one ear and out the other with me, too! My daughter was just teasing me about "watching a movie again for the first time." Couldn't believe I heard the same words come out of Aaron's mouth like 2 hours later. Lol. Anyway, always enjoy your videos and HGTV has nothing on you!
Hi there! Blunstone "Chelsea " boots are a very known/popular Australian brand. I'm sure you will hear from your Australian subscribers...loved in Montréal too :)) Happy Holidays ...🎄and lots of Family time👨👩👧👦
I know I can be needy on here - lol But I WOULD LOVEEEEE a video (like your peaceful harvesting & cooking video) of you placing your chandelier and pieces in the Hartley and the flower shed in that type format!! That way you can talk us thru the process of what your are putting in it and why and where you got it etc.. I think that would be really wonderful. 😊♥️
Your thinking on speed of videos is right on target to my way of thinking! Your cooking video was slow, calm and "Juicy", while your digging/gardening videos are often sped up appropriately. Good thinking! We're definitely on the same wave length--and thanks for being such a detail person! Love it!
I’m with all those who are HGTV naysayers.... you don’t need them, yes Laura they would absolutely change your brand. By the way you are definitely “ top tier “ as far as I’m concerned! Aaron the insertion of the fish to make it look like Laura was in an aquarium was too funny! Just wondering if I missed the Christmas home tour or if you chose not to do one. All the best and many blessings for the new year. 🎄🥳
Laura and Blended with Madonna Devlin. You are so right. It takes time to accumulate the things you love and your taste changes over time as well. The purpose is to inspire. We don’t need to have the exact same things to create a pleasing vignette. Use what you have. Try something a different way. Thank you both for your insight and inspiration.
Hi Laura and Aaron! I always enjoy your recap videos! I'm happy, too, that you aren't even considering doing HGTV, or any other TV shows. You are top tier just as you are. Thank you so much for sharing!
I'm a homebody also and do not like to fly. Finding your videos has made me very happy and now I am gardening a lot more than I used to. I was so excited with a new Azalea garden I planted this year and looking forward to spring. East Tennessee in the Foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
Favorite Gardening shows I watch and enjoy watching your family grow working and striving to improve your daily life on property and helping others enjoy and respect gardening life!!!
I love your videos! I’m with you, I don’t like long drawn out videos. Like you dig one or two holes to plant something and speed up the remaining. You never disappoint❤️
Thank you for your videos. Because there are so much trash out there everywhere claiming to be “Reality “ when in FACT they are not. And if that is their reality I’m sad for them. If that were my reality I would RUN from it and never look back. Not embrace it like a lot of people do. I am sixty three and have become a OTR truck diver. What helps me cope with the loss of my life before is your channel. It’s like watching home movie’s of my life. Thank you so very much. God Bless you and your family.
Just an FYI for the people asking about your potting tray. They have one in Johnny’s seed catalog. You can also find them on Amazon. Funny story. I hit a link Aaron had put in the description for one of those and I ordered it. A very long and heavy box arrived…it was a plastic door for a greenhouse. Not what the picture showed at all! And no way do I think Aaron put the wrong link. The Amazon person I’m sure read the wrong numbers or something. But it was funny! I did order it again and got the correct item. Love it! Thank you for all y’all give to us.
Laura, you’re such a delight! That’s it, it is just fun to watch what you do and how you do it, slow videos, fast videos, cooking, home decorating, feeding the chickens, walking the grass lane with the babes.. planting, potting, digging, watering.. cutting, trimming.. it is all an enjoyment! The visions of doing things differently (videos) is fun,, please never let haters changes your videos or style! Thrifting.. THRIFTING with your Momma.. always a favorite! Happy New year to you and your whole family! ✨🎉✨
Laura, you and Aaron are truly such an inspiration to us all, please never change. You have encouraged me to take on a few projects in my own garden without fear and more confidence.
Your comments about the slower paced cooking video made me think, this would be an amazing format for Saturday videos (occasionally). That slower pace, with most folks having a little more time, perfection.
I prefer your channel to ANYTHING that HGTV could ever possibly put out. Yours is real and it definitely shows. No scripts...just real people doing real gardening.....or what ever other projects you have going. Thank you! 😁
Amen!!
Stopped watching HGTV over a decade ago. When they first started out they were mostly gardening and great then they turned into infomercial garbage.
Agreed!
HGTV (and food channel) are long ago in my rear view mirror. I enjoyed landscaping and curb appeal shows. Now it is just a lot of competition shows and stuff for which I have zero interest.
@@MisBunnypics well also nowadays they don’t really have garden shows anymore. About 80% is only about home
“People get joy from different things, MARK.” I really appreciated this moment.
🤣Seeing a catty Laura at that moment was fitting.
Hilarious!! Sweet shade lol
Not to mention that she did say a couple of times that she wanted that setup to be more of a winter theme than Christmas so it could stay in place longer.
🤣🤣🤣 yeah, mark!
The addition of Aaron’s presence, view points and humor add a wonderful dynamic to these reviews. Like the frosting on a cake!
Yes, I am an Aaron fan too!
We all love Aaron!!! I still think he needs his own music.
Laura & Aaron, I agree with others - don't lower your standards by going on HGTV! I used to love HGTV, but when they took all gardening shows out, that was when I quit watching. My favorite was Paul James the Gardener Guy. He was so kooky he was hilarious; but the man knows gardening! I actually learned more about gardening from him (& P. Allen Smith) than anyone else - until I discovered Garden Answer....
Please stick to your own format, your own style, your principles and obvious love of growing. That's why we all are here and not watching TV!
Love you guys; you're a breath of fresh air.
Re: Neighbors. Three years ago. I had lived in this house forty-seven years and the yards (someone else's responsibility) grew sadly neglected. So, I decided to start from scratch in the typical SoCAL front yard. You and I have pretty much opposite visions on what makes a yard, but what I'd learned from you was that within the vision - whatever it is - a gardener can do ANYTHING if they mentally divide the space into sub-sections and do a bit at a time. I dug up my nasty front lawn first. 67 years old. With a shovel. It is now planted with native plants in a meadow of sweet alyssum and golden poppies. Still shaggy, and I'm still (at age 70) struggling to make it more socially acceptable. But I stopped worrying when my new neighbor across the street took the time and effort (and a cane) to come across not to give dirty looks or to offer help, but simply to tell me how much she had been enjoying watching the transformation. She said "It's like having a home improvement show out my front window." I would wish her on everyone.
I've had neighbors tell me that I make them look bad. Not all of them are nice about it when they say it 🙊.
Good for you,,, I'm 74,, bought a 110yr old crafts man style home... With seriously neglected property n house..... Lots of work BUT. Keeping me for used on better things than the news.... LOL... Love ur neighbor s feel ur as good as a professional show..... LOL
How nice, I feel that way about Garden Answer, at 82 yrs old , & downsizing to a patio home , my current garden is a 2ft drip strip, & north facing patio. I'm reconfiguring it to grow things new to me, since Aaron & Laura are in zone 5+ you've opened up new ideas.
“Top tier….where everyone knows who you are…”…..that’s YOU! And, I’m happy you have success in your chosen business model as it gives viewers the content I and other gardeners want . It’s REAL, thank you!
I LOVE how Aaron is no longer just a voice in the background BUT ACTUALLY seen in camera. 😊💜😊
I've always loved this channel but this last year Laura and her family saved my sanity. Thank you for the years of entertainment but especially the entertainment in the last year.
Agree!
Good morning! I think a lot of your followers think you are “top tier”. HGTV doesn’t know what they are missing. Always love watching your videos & Instagram. Have a good week.💚
I think they are way better off by themselves, but their show would be more of a Magnolia Network kinda show 😄
Yup. She's ours. I'm glad GA wasn't interested.
The editing of you in the fish tank was hysterical
Have just become acquainted with your channel .. We moved and the garden has been a challenge too big, so the years go by and nothing is planted / done. BUT, you have given me faith and answers to what I can do with my garden, and seeds are orded.. Thank you very much! And I liked your comment: "I'm not a team player." Because I'm not, either - but suddenly it became a little easier for me to accept this and also think: ..it's ok .. (I will of course do my part to get better - but it's Ok: And I'm good enough as I am ..) You made my day!
Trust me, you will so enjoy and learn so much from this channel!! Whether your garden is large or small, there will never be a video that you have not learned SOMETHING!!!🪴🌷🌱🌻🌺🌹💐🌿🌳😃
So glad you are in charge of your shows & content. I find hgtv to be scripted with forced humor and a totally unnatural feel to it.
Your & Aaron's content is real, honest & down to earth. Mistakes & all! Nothing compares in the media to what y'all offer. Stay the course, you've got it right!
I think HGTV should just pay her to repost her episodes just exactly as Aaron and Ken make them now. So many more people would benefit --and all Aaron would have to do is "send the tape". Win Win HGTV are you listening? Garden Answer is perfect as is so pay them to repost their episodes, as is!
I agree….I find myself giggling and smiling all the way through these videos, and I don’t do any of that on those tv shows…..this is real
You are WAY WAY better than HGTV!! Any shows they do that feature landscaping and plants are overproduced and not very educational; mainly because they are trying to get to the "end product" so quickly, they glaze over the steps to get to the end of the project. I also think you have a great thing going with UA-cam, and over 1M subscribers!
Your videos are my daily
Entertainment, I like them all, don't change anything!
I'm a 70 yr great grandmother in Texas. You two are so sweet with each other
Good morning GA! I love that you are Not on HGTV. You belong to yourself and your family. I love how you not only model 'how to' garden and inspire us. You also model 'Family Values'. I can think of so many aspects that would be lost if you belonged to them. Aaron would not be sitting there talking about how he admires you ("you work so fast") , his love for you and your family is almost tangible as is your love for him and your family. 👪❤️
Laura, that overhead view of you walking down the paths between all those heavenly flowers looked like a fairytale. I cannot imagine what that must smell and look like from inside the rows of flowers. It just looked rather magical all those tall and beautiful flowers. God Bless.
I know! It was just incredible watching her stroll along those gorgeous blooms on either side.
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Mark, dude, it's an ode to winter solstice. A time for quiet introspection. She's got plenty of color and joy going on in other places. Happy New Year Laura, Aaron and kiddos, you inspire so many of us and also show so many on limiited budgets that it's not about the money, but looking around to use and recycle what you've got on hand.
Green is a color. It's one of my favorite colors! Thanks, Laura and Aaron, for all you do to educate and bring joy to us all! This has been an especially hard year for me and my family. Our oldest son died in May, he was only 35. Your videos have helped me through some difficult days.
I’m very sorry for your loss. 😢♥️
Sending you a virtual hug. GA has done so much good for so many, myself included. Wishing you the best. 🎄
My condolences to you Terri
I understand……we lost our granddaughter in April of 2020…..the grief is immeasurable and never ending……🥺💔🥺
You just crushed this one! So many good things! "Mark". The fish tank editing. I really enjoyed watching! It is snowing here in Western Washington. I am so looking forward to the new spring. When you mentioned your cosmos, my "stand" popped into my mind! I loved the glorious drift of flowers floating around at head height!
Planted thousands of tulip bulbs for eight years when I worked at a zoo and also helped plant tulip bulbs one day at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, OH.
Blundstone boots are an Australian brand that originated in Tasmania…they are the preferred boots for many people because of their comfort and style…there will be a run on them now because they’re the ones Laura is wearing for gardening 👨🌾….🥰🇦🇺
I love the “ winter cart”.I like calm and peaceful.The spring is full of color. Sometimes it feels good to have calm.
Laura, your vocabulary is excellent. When you say “is that the right word” it always makes me laugh because you’re usually totally correct. Lol You have no need to question yourself ~ as my Mom, who was an English teacher, would say, you have a lovely grasp of the language!
As the old sayin goes, `A fool is full of confidence, a wiseman is full of doubt`.
I like it when your both talking cause it takes team work to manage a property or a garden. My husband says I'm the flight of fancy that keeps our garden creative and he's the weight that keeps me grounded. Its wonderful to see a husband and wife team!
Laura, I once was told, I was not a team player, so my husband and I started our own little business and now we are semi-retired. Not being a team player sometimes means you are a leader and just made to do your own thing in life. It's a good thing, just saying!.
Have you ever seen Sweet Autumn Clematis and the summer one..what a great vine that grows fast and the flowers are out of this world…
Blundstone boots have been made in Australia since the 1800's. They're strong boots with good arch support and are super comfortable. I believe they're now made in China but I believe the quality is still good. Aussie's call them Blunnies.
Looking at the video of your cut flower garden reminds me of how awesome it was! Can’t wait till 2022.
I really appreciate that you release videos that follow what is happening in your garden right now! As a beginner gardener I use your channel to help guide what I'm doing in my garden.
I have learned so much and have been genuinely inspired by your videos. I’ve incorporated the phrase “romancing the ordinary” into my daily life. What a change in attitude that brings to the mundane tasks and moments throughout the day. I find myself dreaming and being more thoughtful. And caring for all my plants gives me a greater purpose type-of-feeling. I adore everything that you’ve created here and wish you all great success in your lifetimes.
Whether you're antiquing, baking/cooking, or gardening, we love to watch as you take us on that journey for the day. Top Tier = Garden Answer! Thank you for GA Highlights as well. :)
You guys are so much better than anything on hgtv, plus they would tell you what to do and then it wouldn’t be real. Also love the fish added to the background, you are such a clever bunch. Happy New Year to you all. Namaste
Yes that was A good one!!
OMG, Laura, your so right regarding Phil W’s Christmas album .JUST BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing & have a great “ spring!!🌱☘️🌿
I had to chuckle when you mentioned the match cloche. I’ve never heard of such a thing but admired it in that video where I seen it. So glad you brought it up and I’ll bet Amazon gets a huge influx of orders on it. It’s on my cart for sure. So love your videos. A family member who owns a funeral home invited me to come and plant some flowers and bushes. Starting back in the spring. Found a new passion and get paid for it lol.
I think the exact match cloche from the video probably came from Crate and Barrel (CB2). Amazon has several that are similar, but I really liked the spiral on the one in the video.
For the person asking about chipmunks, I cut the bottom off the large Dunkin Donuts iced cups (7 1/2”tall) and put that into the ground around my seeds when I plant them. I put three long heavy wooden skewers into the inside of the cup to keep them from falling over. Keeps the bunnies from eating my seedlings (and squirrels from digging them up)….and acts as a mini greenhouse of sorts. I leave them in place on my tender shoots like pea pods a and beans and it keeps them safe from munchers. On big plants like sunflowers I remove them once the stems are thick.
For bulbs….I save onion and lemon net bags and place them over my tulips and when the critters dig and get caught in the netting they give up. Every now and then I’ll see a bit of the netting above ground and know something was trying to get at them. Seems to work. Still have my tulips every year.
So smart!! Thankyou! I thought I’d never be able to have sunflowers, you’re a Godsend!
@@erindewan6758 I have bunnies, a groundhog, skunks, and squirrels that bury peanuts one of my neighbors puts out by the huge bagfuls. Overpopulated with squirrels. I usually see a chipmunk, but there only seems to one at a time. If I see the path they take I spread cayenne on the ground. When they try to lick it off they get a big surprise. They do tend to eat my strawberries. They’re so tiny they can sneak through netting, the little buggers. I get very upset when they eat or destroy my vegetables….especially my pea pods. I use small pointed wooden skewers with the points sticking up to keep squirrels out of my pots and hanging pots and around new plants (I stab myself a lot when weeding….I think they hurt me more than the squirrels. I saw something recently on UA-cam to eliminate rodents….mix equal amounts of flour and baking soda. They will eat it looking for salt. They cannot burp or expel gas any other way so when they drink it fizzes and pouf! Not kind, but not poison that would be harmful to anything that eats them. Going to try that on the mice in my shed.
When you cut the bottoms off the plastic cups be very careful. They are quite thick. The medium size cup is not as thick and easier to cut through but they are shorter…if you only have chipmunks, they are smaller so the mediums would probably be ok. I have big critters. The groundhog is the worst. He’s a candidate for the flour and baking soda when he wakes up in the spring. I use poultry shears to cut the bottoms off. I am going to try using an awl next time to make a hole first. I have to have my son sharpen my awl I wore down the tip making holes in quahaugs so I could get my knife in to open them. I don’t have a proper clam knife.
I hope the cups work for you. I thought about making something 3-4” round with hardware cloth, but that’s a lot of wire cutting and bending to make them 8-10” high. I use dozens of the cups. Glad I could be of help.
What a great idea to use net bags! I’m going to start saving them for next fall. I have a new back yard to landscape in what used to be an orchard and figure rodents won’t take long to find me.
My hubby and I (especially my husband) find it hard to spend money on Christmas decor and because of being inspired by your videos, instead of going to the greenhouse to buy a centerpiece, I gathered stuff I already had, including a couple oil lamps and dried so.e orange slices and created a beautiful table scape!!! I was pretty proud of it.😊
Would have Loved to have seen it! 🙌 great job!!
Just felt the need to say thank you for all you do! I started watching your channel a few years ago and was so impressed with the production value. I've stayed because I greatly enjoy the many personalities of you, your beautiful family and friends. I think Aaron hit the nail on the head with his explanation about HGTV. You guys don't need them. We love you just the way you are. Keep pumping out the videos and we'll be here to support you! Happy gardening and happy holidays!!!
How to make moss: using a blender, add moss, milk & yogurt and blend. You can brush this onto pots. Maybe it will work for fancier moss growing.
I watched all your videos; you could record pouring Bejamin cereal in the morning, and we would watch it. Love you all, can't wait for spring and more videos. Hope we all have a wonderful New Year.
You two are a hoot! LOL! Keep on keeping on -- we love it!
Such a joy watching you whether your planting, cooking or just with your family. I love your videos so much that inspired me to plant more and more in my garden. In the summer time I get people get out of their car and take pictures for ideas. Thanks to you!💜 I love helping my neighbors when they ask what to plant how to take care of plants. I thank you for it. Happy Holidays to you and family. 🎄🤗🌴 zone 9b FL
I think you should post some pictures of your front yard then! Join us at Garden Answer Groupies on FB if you haven't already.
@@rachelletaylor4215 Thank you! I have joined now.
No better way to start a day than with GA recap! Good morning fam! Merry Christmas 🎄 Shout to Aaron from a fellow Diet Dew lover! I knew I liked that guy!
You say you are not a team player......Laura the way you teach and guide Benjamin and let HIM do something ....you ARE a great teacher. Thank you. What I would like to be .
Saw that you will be at Mackinac Island, MI this year! Yeah, can't wait!!!
Laura, movies don’t stick with me either. My husband teases me for this as well. Haha!
I had such a nice Christmas day, stuffed with so much food and today I am just laying on the couch drinking coffee. This video couldn't have come out at a more perfect time! Happy holidays everyone!! 🎄💕
I love my blundstones. They went with me to Scotland, and have been on multiple trips . Always comfortable 👍🏻
Never heard of them until now... I need new shoes so I’m going to go check them out!
Enjoyed this so much, as usual. The little fishies behind you was so funny. LOL
"Mark..." I love that. Thanks for the laugh.
Happy holiday ... it's HGTV lost .. you're so genuine we all enjoy your content. All the best to you and your family ... See you all in 2022
Maybe I am being selfish but I hope you never change. I’ve seen it happen before when some great people go commercial. For me I lost my enthusiasm for their content. I love you and enjoy all the fun and educational things you do. You are real and such a great family. Thank you so much for all the great videos! Happy New Year!
Laura: Im not a team player! 🙂
I cant remember which video but you said "gardening is a solo sport" SO TRUE!!! Especially if you're reconstructing your garden areas. You have a vision and it's a lot easier/less stressful to plan and execute it yourself.
I've just got to tell you how much I love these recap get togethers!😃. Its such fun to watch your interaction with Aaron and I love it when you go "off topic" on occasion and just be more real then you already are. Its a lot if fun! I'm glad you thought of doing this. Thank you!👍😊💕
I actually don't own a TV anymore haven't for a few years now. I'm so happy you do youtube and not HGTV or any other network . Besides I think the family element would be lost if you did network type work.
you mentioned that you will be going to Mackinac Island this year,I just watched a video from a couple who were there and they filmed a couple secret gardens by the hotel they were so pretty but they didn't really know the names of many plants,if time permits any chance of you guys filming some? you do such a awesome job on naming every plant.love love love your channel. p.s I almost spit my coffee out on Aaron's comment,too funny
This highlights video showed up this morning and was just what I needed. Got my Garden Answer “fix”. Highlights are one of my favorites! I enjoyed you and your moms holiday postings, too! Thank you so much for sharing those extra tidbits. 😍💚💚💚
To protect sunflower (or any other) seedlings, I always surround the seedlings with one quart plastic containers from the supermarket which I cut the bottom off of. Often times I can see where the chipmunks have scratched at them, but if you bury the first inc or two they generally can’t dislodge them. The clear ones are best because you don’t really notice them, but any container will work.
I love listening to you two chatting about things. It's like being part of the conversation.
“People get joy from different things, MARK” 😂 kills me, and one of the reasons I love watching these - you don’t take no crap from nobody!
I'm never going to have the yard and garden that I'm watching on here. I'll soon have two replacement hips and one knee. Yet, I'm so addicted to this channel that it's the first thing I turn on when I get home from work. This year I will have some pots on my porch....and I'm ok with them. Thank you so much for the enjoyment I get out of watching you and your family!! Happy New Year!!
Here we are, day after Christmas and, because the inspiration and motivation your channel has given me, I received flower seeds and the Dewalt drill and Augers as gifts. Thank you very much Laura and Aaron!
Now, to begin my spreadsheet! I'm so ready for seed starting trays (1st timer) I'm gonna attempt to use my unheated greenhouse without grow lights and pray for the best. I am successfully growing Sage, Basil, Dianthus. I forced (in pot) Paper whites (blooming) and the tulips n hyacinths are poking thru!
Our local grocery store was selling 3' Leyland Cypress arborvitrae in gallon pots for Holiday, priced at $43.00 each, I got lucky when I went to buy a couple and found them reduced to $20.00. Needless to say I bought the remaining eight.... they are thriving in my greenhouse and I can't wait to get them in the ground this Spring.
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Good morning all have a safe and blessed day🎄
Hi, Laura and Aaron: Regarding the question about bulbs on top of the ground: My old clumps of bulbs, as they multiplied, would push smaller bulbs to the surface, a sure indication that the clump needed to be divided.
Love watching the real videos and then the recap brings back all the stuff I may have forgotten....kind of like you with Aaron's movies lol. I'm a lot older than you and the recaps really help my weird forgetful mind!!🤪❤️you guys are great!
My husband and I lived in Rexburg, Idaho for 4 years and we're both from the southeast. I feel like there's no way to explain how "not-humid" it is out there! It's insane and so nice in the summer! Winter is hard on your skin though
I would be interested to know how many Christmas gifts, projects, quiet moments you inspired this year! You have been a true light in two years of darkness! Keep romancing the ordinary into 2022 and encouraging us to do the same! Good bless you all!
Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard at the end when you and Aaron were talking about movies! I am the same way, Laura! I can watch the same movie over and over and over and still be completely invested in it emotionally! I don’t completely forget it, but every time is like the first time! I am the same with books. Thank you for sharing your life, the successes and fails, with us. Your region is very close to where we moved a year ago (north Idaho), so your channel has helped me tremendously as I have tried to learn my new gardening zone! God bless you and your beautiful family!
I have to say the ending cracked me up as well. I feel like your brain can only hold so much, so only keep the important things in there! Movies, in my opinion, just aren't valuable information. They entertain you, but then it's over. No need to remember facts about it. But maybe that's just me...or maybe it isn't! Thanks, Laura, for just being you. And as you can tell from the comments on every video, you are loved just as you are.
A video with a slower pace is welcome from time to time, like at the holidays when things can become frenetic, and we can lose our sense of what holidays are about. Loved seeing Samantha Grace playing with Aaron.
I’ve been watching your channel for over 2 years, and I was never capable to commit to the same show for that long , because I’m not a TV person , but every morning I wake up happy and excited to Watch your show .
39:13 Ken/Aaron thoroughly enjoyed the sea theme here. 😂
Love watching your replay videos, and watching your interactions with Aaron. Him helping you recall some things you have forgotten or expanding on the reason for doing certain things in projects. Hope you had a Merry Christmas with your family.😊
I have to say I am glad you are happy with your current status and not interested in HGTV. I cannot imagine seeing you once a week for x number of weeks instead of 5-7 times a week, weekly. Your post are my daily highlight!! Seriously!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you,
Every year, when a new season of The Last Kingdom comes out, I have to rewatch the preceding seasons and it's always new to me 🤣. I feel ya.
You have been such an inspiration. I have started setting up a growing room with lights and fans and I’m ready for spring seed starting. I have also, with my husbands help, purchased a 8x12 greenhouse. My backyard will be changing over the course of the next few years. So excited to get started. Thanks again for your inspiration. Merry Christmas from zone 2b gardener. (Northern BC)
I'm with you, Laura, movies are in one ear and out the other with me, too! My daughter was just teasing me about "watching a movie again for the first time." Couldn't believe I heard the same words come out of Aaron's mouth like 2 hours later. Lol. Anyway, always enjoy your videos and HGTV has nothing on you!
Laura I love how you are so perfectly comfortable with who you are and so unapologetic about your own quirks. Good for you!
I am pretty sure we would watch a video of you watching paint dry. Lol we love you
Hi there! Blunstone "Chelsea " boots are a very known/popular Australian brand. I'm sure you will hear from your Australian subscribers...loved in Montréal too :)) Happy Holidays ...🎄and lots of Family time👨👩👧👦
I know I can be needy on here - lol
But I WOULD LOVEEEEE a video (like your peaceful harvesting & cooking video) of you placing your chandelier and pieces in the Hartley and the flower shed in that type format!! That way you can talk us thru the process of what your are putting in it and why and where you got it etc.. I think that would be really wonderful. 😊♥️
You guys are way better than anything on HGTV! Love you and love what you do.
If we were voting, I would say, just keep doing what you're doing! Its working well!
LOVED the cooking video! Mission accomplished Peaceful and lyrical!
Your thinking on speed of videos is right on target to my way of thinking! Your cooking video was slow, calm and "Juicy", while your digging/gardening videos are often sped up appropriately. Good thinking! We're definitely on the same wave length--and thanks for being such a detail person! Love it!
I’m with all those who are HGTV naysayers.... you don’t need them, yes Laura they would absolutely change your brand. By the way you are definitely “ top tier “ as far as I’m concerned! Aaron the insertion of the fish to make it look like Laura was in an aquarium was too funny! Just wondering if I missed the Christmas home tour or if you chose not to do one. All the best and many blessings for the new year. 🎄🥳
Yes Laura You are way too good for HGTV!!
Laura and Blended with Madonna Devlin. You are so right. It takes time to accumulate the things you love and your taste changes over time as well. The purpose is to inspire. We don’t need to have the exact same things to create a pleasing vignette. Use what you have. Try something a different way. Thank you both for your insight and inspiration.
Hi Laura and Aaron! I always enjoy your recap videos! I'm happy, too, that you aren't even considering doing HGTV, or any other TV shows. You are top tier just as you are. Thank you so much for sharing!
I'm a homebody also and do not like to fly. Finding your videos has made me very happy and now I am gardening a lot more than I used to. I was so excited with a new Azalea garden I planted this year and looking forward to spring. East Tennessee in the Foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
Favorite Gardening shows I watch and enjoy watching your family grow working and striving to improve your daily life on property and helping others enjoy and respect gardening life!!!
My fav thing about your channel is that you are realistic and I can do most of the things you do in my own home. Thank you for that!
Chip and Joanna should approach you for their Magnolia Network. They are 100% on board with family and not traveling! Just a thought ❤️
I love your videos! I’m with you, I don’t like long drawn out videos. Like you dig one or two holes to plant something and speed up the remaining. You never disappoint❤️
Thank you for your videos. Because there are so much trash out there everywhere claiming to be “Reality “ when in FACT they are not. And if that is their reality I’m sad for them. If that were my reality I would RUN from it and never look back. Not embrace it like a lot of people do. I am sixty three and have become a OTR truck diver. What helps me cope with the loss of my life before is your channel. It’s like watching home movie’s of my life. Thank you so very much. God Bless you and your family.
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Christmas Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸
And Happy Boxing Day to our friends across the pond. 🇨🇴
Happy Holidays to the whole world 🌎
Awesome week for an awesome channel. Love you, love the families, and can’t wait to see what’s ahead in 2022. God bless you all. 💕👏🏻💕
Just an FYI for the people asking about your potting tray. They have one in Johnny’s seed catalog. You can also find them on Amazon. Funny story. I hit a link Aaron had put in the description for one of those and I ordered it. A very long and heavy box arrived…it was a plastic door for a greenhouse. Not what the picture showed at all! And no way do I think Aaron put the wrong link. The Amazon person I’m sure read the wrong numbers or something. But it was funny! I did order it again and got the correct item. Love it! Thank you for all y’all give to us.
Laura, you’re such a delight! That’s it, it is just fun to watch what you do and how you do it, slow videos, fast videos, cooking, home decorating, feeding the chickens, walking the grass lane with the babes.. planting, potting, digging, watering.. cutting, trimming.. it is all an enjoyment! The visions of doing things differently (videos) is fun,, please never let haters changes your videos or style! Thrifting.. THRIFTING with your Momma.. always a favorite! Happy New year to you and your whole family! ✨🎉✨
Laura, you and Aaron are truly such an inspiration to us all, please never change. You have encouraged me to take on a few projects in my own garden without fear and more confidence.
Your comments about the slower paced cooking video made me think, this would be an amazing format for Saturday videos (occasionally). That slower pace, with most folks having a little more time, perfection.
Love the credit you give Paul! Remind him that it’s not a bad thing that we can see the white cord. It gives us direction!
oh my gosh - I thought I was the only one who didn't care for the Christmas Cactus. It's beautiful for other people and I am thrilled for them.
I dislike them as well. For some reason the blooms remind me of cocktail shrimp 🍤!