Please check out @northlawnflowerfarm walk and talk videos (along with all her other great videos). And let me know if you’d like to see more videos like this one.
I personally prefer the informal videos 100% more and also love my favorite UA-camrs supporting each other, what you guys do is a lot of work! Keep it real 😊
I am loving @Northlawnflowerfarm 's weekly walk about and am soooo happy to see you doing the same. I've decided to take up this habit in my own garden. Love the idea of a time not to plan, work, or agonize lol over the garden, but just to observe and appreciate the movement of nature. Sometimes we gardners forget this.
I love these walk and talk videos. The good, the bad, and the ugly are all good. Sharing your thought process is great. I'm not looking for perfection just ideas.
I really enjoyed this raw and unedited garden tour and love when gardeners show the good the bad and the ugly of a garden. Loved the tour, keep them coming.
I enjoy this type of video. It’s like taking a friend that popped over on a walk through the garden and enjoying what nature is providing us and chatting about our ideas and accomplishments…and then a butterfly!!
Not boring-- it's great to hear another gardener think out loud about what might need tweaking or what they are planning. And to see gardens looking like gardens do at this time of year!
I like seeing you talk about which plant varieties work well for you and which don’t. What weeds or invasive plants you are dealing with. What you would plant more of and what you would not. This is a good format for that info as well as showing what things look like in different growth stages. Those things you can’t tell from looking at plant tags. Thank you! Your bulbs are so pretty and the new hanging baskets will be fun to see.
I loved this raw video because it looks just like my garden too. And we just love you, naturally you! We don’t need you to dread the process,Do what makes you happy!!!
YES!!! To the walk 'n talk tour, Erin! If that's what you have time for...no worries! ALWAYS enjoy and am fascinated by your garden(s), the good, the bad - it's all real ! Bring it!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your garden in the raw. It looks beautiful. I like to see other people’s gardens as they wake up as it helps me gauge how my garden should like at this time of year. Happy gardening!
Erin, you are such a pro, I would’ve had no idea this was a raw video at all. Keep them coming! I love garden walk through videos. I learn and appreciate seeing others gardens in all stages, not just the perfect state. 👏 🌱 ☀️ 🌸 😊
This is not a boring video, this is a video showing your garden waking up from winter like so many of us have! We can relate to this as not everybody has a perfect garden or staff to clean it up. I like the idea of a "firebowl" water planter, I like how the copper ages and think the size would be more substantial than a pot yet still manageable. I think many can agree we just enjoy your personality and wit and will watch what you post. If this type makes it a little more enjoyable for you than do it so you don't get that dreaded feeling of "I've got to edit and post a video", takes the fun out of it for you.
I enjoyed this type of garden walk. It reflected what I see going on in my garden. I also appreciated your thoughts on what maintenence you need to do, what you loved and changes you are contemplating. Thank you .
Erin, I really enjoyed this unedited garden stroll. You are keeping it real, and it's great to watch the progression of your garden throughout the season. Thanks for asking for our input. because I love this type of content. Sometimes an occasional cuss word is necessary to describe an invasive plant/weed (like the variegated Bishops Weed), after years of trying to eradicate it from one garden bed (which is surrounded by concrete on all sides), I solarized the area for an entire year, and that killed the roots. It's been gone for over 20 years now. YAY! I also enjoy watching Northlawn Flower Farm, Danielle has a graceful way of showing us her garden rooms, weeds, and all.
I like the unedited, “raw” video. Life is raw and unedited, and it was reassuring to see that your garden has issues, weeds, unruly areas just like the rest of us. Do what you need to in order to simplify your life. Whatever you produce will be beneficial, loved, and appreciated ❤
If I were to drive by your house, I would still slow down to see what you have going on because I could tell you are a gardener. it is a curated space and has interesting things going on and could give me inspiration and ideas. I think Danielle at NLFF said "don't let perfect be the enemy of good".
As an avid gardner, I would much rather see "The process" as it unfolds, in real life, ...................than "The edited" version. I have unsubscribed, unfollowed UA-cam channels that to me became a hodge podge/helter skelter/ over edited mish mash of content. I'm not here to be entertained. I'm here to learn. ( Coincidently my son and his family live just west of you and I need to help him with their yard/flower gardens, sooooooo I'm hanging on your every word, LOL)
I like informal tours just as much as the beautiful tours. That’s when I learn so much from UA-camrs when they talk about issues they are currently dealing with. Keep them coming!
I love this kind of video. It's far more realistic for us gardeners with full-time jobs. I am in zone 7b and several weeks ahead of you. It's such a delight to see YOUR delight at your garden coming to life. Gush away! 💚
I certainly understand the time involved in editing videos; therefore, I totally enjoy the unedited videos. I'd much rather see your garden's progression during the season. All gardens go through the good, bad and ugly. Keep 'em coming!
Absolutely show us! We (I) love the videos and the interaction. Please let us know we are not alone in reality 😂. I do enjoy others videos but the extreme "tidiness" can get overwhelming and make us smaller gardeners feel less than. Your videos and Danielle, as you mentioned, (Cranery Garden, Common farm, Crowley House, Phaedra Gardeness too), inspire us to do what feels right and we may not always get it 💯, but keep on and it is Ok. Thank you! We are all in this together to make it a beautiful place. No judgement.
This was a great video. I could see way more of the lay of the land, the spacing too, also young stages of some things, or before leading etc. thanks Erin.
Longtime watcher, but finally subscribed today because this is the stuff I really enjoy most - no "lesson plan," just spotting stuff and speaking (knowledgeably) about it. But keep the formal ones coming too, please, because I learn a ton!
I liked the unedited, walk about video, I hope you’ll keep doing it. The feeling of walking around the garden with a friend is fun. PS If you are going to let the stinging nettle stay at least dead heading it might be a good idea. Each stalk is capable of (and will) produce 1,000s of seeds and you will have nearly 100% germination. Go ahead, ask me how I know, lol. If you decide to keep it, good luck, I’ll be praying for you sister!
Absolutely love this tour and your trademark “keeping it real”! Learning so much from seeing how your garden is now, and hearing you talk about your plans. Looking forward to seeing it develop in the coming weeks and months!
I love this walk and talk, Erin! I'm in the same growing zone as you (central Illinois), and I love seeing what is coming up and doing well in your garden at the various times of the year. Your septic hill is beautiful! As long as you have to have it, it might as well look top notch. 😊🌷 Thanks for showing us around!
I've always enjoyed Danielle's garden tours. I love that she shows us the imperfection beauty of gardening. Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden. I enjoyed your video.
Love this! Just easy and relaxed and you talking about the garden! Could’t be better! I am surprised though that you are not further along! I live in Sweden and we have just as much spring as you if not more. I asumed you were warmer than us. I am a new subscriber since a month or two and I am impressed of what I see! Lots of inspiration! 👌
While this video might not be considered “pretty” I’m in it for the education; here in north west Michigan, zone 6, my garden growth is in a similar stage as yours. Normalizing April and May gardens is just as important as the late July “full blooming” tour. And, if you ever sail into Northport, Erin, I’ll pick you up at the marina for a quick tour here!
I love unedited videos, my flowerbed was a total fail last year, this year Im still pulling up trees that have self planted in my yard and flowerbeds I didnt want to hoe until the hostas were above the leaf mulch, it has not been mulched this season it looks bad but it looks amd gets better every day. There is grace in gardening .
Invading turf grass is my #1 weed. Also, I immediately dropped like when you mentioned that you film a lot, but it doesn’t get posted due to editing… Same!
Garden tours/strolls are my favorite type of video and I'll take them in any form I can get them! I think seeing things throughout the year would be great to see all your plants at different times of the year.
I love your walk about unedited tour! My garden looks just like yours….weeds and all! I also let my leaves be. They will rot and nourish the soil. I love seeing REAL gardens not perfect ones. I am in the same zone as you….central Illinois. I have 3/4 of an acre…with a lot of mature trees. It’s so fun to walk around in early spring and see all your perennials come to life. It’s like greeting old friends. My favorites on your tour were your primroses( fabulous!) and the hill with the daffodils and other bulbs blooming! Love,love this unedited tour! I also watched Danielle’s garden tour and enjoyed it a lot too!
Erin...this is great! I truly feel like I'm walking along with you. And you are always so informative about practical things like pruning, replanting, etc which is enormously helpful. Just to hear what's happening in your garden at the moment is awesome.
I love this. It is my kind of garden tour. I just did my mid-April tour and if I didn't show all the "warts" of my gardens, I would miss all the early blooms. It made me feel so much better about my videos. At 80, I simply can't have everything "buttoned up" and no amount of editing would improve it. As it is, it takes me hours to edit a 20 minute video to make it interesting--like your explaining about your neighbor. Thanks so much and yes--more!
I LOVED this. I'm in 5a (formerly 4b) and best I can tell you are about 2 weeks ahead of me. I feel like I'm visiting a friend's house! Also I am so happy to see the bulb mound!!
🌷LOVE this beautiful, restful tour, Erin. However you choose to show your lovely gardens is great with me. I lived in HARTLAND, southeast of you for 30 years and miss Wisconsin terribly, so thank you for bringing me along. 💚🌷💚🌷💚
To trim the Carex, grab all the leaves and hold it up like a ponytail and cut it back. Love the unedited videos 😂 you’re down to earth and authentic. Happy to watch as I’m 5b in Hamilton, ON 🇨🇦🫶🏻✊🏻Do the copper bowl and fill with water.
YES! I loved this. Every year during winter my back garden looks SO bad I think, “ Oh my goodness, THIS time my garden is so bad it’s NOT going to bounce back”. Then spring comes and it does. I live in San Jose 9b and we have many evergreen plants so it’s not like in colder climates where most things are dormant and look bleak. I know how beautiful your property is so seeing the natural way of things is very helpful! Thanks Erin! (I love Northlawn Flower Farm with Danielle as well 😍🥰).
LOVE the unedited, real view!! I hate when things are super edited and jump around, it’s super distracting! Also love yours and Danielle’s content!!!!❤
Hi Erin...Happy Spring! 💚 I'm only a couple minutes in and I already love. Thank you! My lamb's ear is UGLY in MI 6a right now. I always wait till Spring to cut it back and not sure why I don't late Fall... Anyone know if there's risk in doing so in Fall?
I really appreciate your authenticity. Too often I end up in analysis paralysis when it comes to making videos. My wife tells me all the time to just post videos of what we’re doing and don’t worry about it being polished.
Erin, I enjoyed this format. It was very much like what I do in my yard to see what's coming up after a long winter. Daily walks around the yard. I'm retired and still take my time cleaning up. I was surprised (pleasantly) to see so much growth on some of my perennials, especially the nepeta. Hidden among the leaf debris were tulips I'd planted last October and forgotten where I put them. I already got my Longfield Gardens lily order (their bulbs are huge!), but will hold off until after the forecasted inch of rain passes (I'm in Minneapolis so it may come to you next). There are 25 of them! What was I thinking?! 🤦🏼♀️ I ordered so many plants online and have forgotten some of them. I hope they don't all arrive at once from the 4 or 5 retailers.
I immediately thought of Danielle’s videos when this notification popped up. These are the kinds of videos I love. If you love ‘Jetfire’ then you need to ‘Rapture’…they are the cutest! And they catch the setting sun so beautifully. ‘Baby Moon’ is also so tiny and precious 🥹 as is ‘Minnow’. I’m adding more minis this fall.
Thank you! 🌼🌿💜 I really enjoyed the 'real' 'true' garden walk. Funny I was just walking around my gardens yesterday thinking... "Boy the winter makes such a mess!" Lots to cleaning up to do as soon as the weather breaks for me. I'm in Rochester NY Zone 6B. I have so many things arriving in the mail from my winter ordering now. Dahlias, Gladiolus, Lilies, Peonies, Freesia and seed packs! So Exciting! 🥰 Hope you have a good week ahead. Happy Gardening! 🌼💐🌿🧡🥰
The perils of a long winter for we gardeners. I, too, ordered lots of things. So many, I think I lost track. Now, I fear they'll all arrive the same week. Five clematis from a couple vendors, a tree, many, many perennials and elephant ear bulbs (or corms). 25 lily bulbs just arrived! I'll have to spread them around to other beds as my eyes were bigger than my garden. 😮
I like the raw videos. My garden always has weeds, I'm always behind, and my list of to-do's grows ever bigger. Good to present realistic expectations, especially for beginning gardeners. Love the flower bulb mound!
Love the impromptu commentary.The bulbs were spectacular on the mound great idea ! I loved that you share what you’re planning for the upcoming growing season. Thanks Erin
I loved this format. You gushing over the flowers on your septic field made me chuckle. My husband and I planted 300 bulbs in my front lawn, a mix of Tete a tete daffodils, Jetfire daffodils and Chionodoxa in Fall 2022 in 3 somewhat irregular formations. We loved them so much when they bloomed last spring that we added another 200 bulbs last Fall. We have been so proud of our display this year, but a couple of people have stopped by and asked us what's wrong with our lawn 😂. This is the first time this has happened to me. Till now people have always stopped by to admire my gardens.
Erin, I loved the walk around. I haven't done any garden clean up this year other than carefully raking the leaves out from my hellebores and cutting down their foliage from last year. I am following the advice of Nancy DuBrule from Natureworks Garden Center in Northford, CT, and holding off to give the insects/critters time to exit hollow stems and dead leaf debris. But tomorrow will be 73 or so in my West Hartford garden and I am going to start raking, darn it. I LOVE the bulbs on the septic mound. So very romantic and charming. I want to replicate that look in a circular section of my front lawn. (I did plant scilla 3 or so years ago, but would add more small bulbs, maybe this fall if I don't run out of steam.)
Enjoyed this walk 'n talk video as it really reflects my southern Ontario garden at this time of year too. My daffodils are my only bright lights so far & my forsythia just popped up 3 days ago. Had lots of rain lately. The coming sun is also bringing in some cooler nights, possibly frost by next week. Patience, more daydreaming & time to cut back the winter & weed. Think Spring!
I appreciate your garden more when you keep it "real." It reminds me that I don't have to be cleaning my beds 24-7, that I'm not one of the Joneses & it is only April! Like you, I live where snow days coyld still come. Thanks for sharing!
Love this! Going out to wander mine now. The weed is that @#%! Bishop weed. Mine reverted to solid green and it's a battle I think I will never win getting rid of it! Should be banned!! Love the cornus. Will have to look for that. 5b here just over the stateline SW of you. Have a big parch of pushkinia and scilla that has been expanding for many years. Last week there were literally at least a hundred red admirals covering it. Amazing! Stuff is really growing today! Thanks again for the tour! Hope to run into at Northwind (or elsewhere) sometime! Are you speaking there again this year?
This was great, Erin!! It's like walking in the garden with a friend. Please don't worry about getting editing completed...I just want to see what's going on in your garden. I'm in Central NY Zone 5b, so I really appreciate seeing a garden that is in the same/similar growth phase as mine. Thank you!!
Loved this video! Thank you for posting. I garden in Port Washington, WI, and my borders, too, have some ugly. (I delay clean up to let the pollinators emerge before I start poking around in there too much.) Best Wishes!
Love this walking tour just as much as I’ve enjoyed Danielle’s on the weekend. Good to see the reality for an early spring garden. The waking up process can be intoxicatingly fun. So much promise for the upcoming season.
I thought this video was great! I can’t relate to a UA-cam gardener whose garden always looks “perfect”. One of my favorite channels is John Lord’s Secret Garden and I don’t think he edits anything!
Please check out @northlawnflowerfarm walk and talk videos (along with all her other great videos). And let me know if you’d like to see more videos like this one.
I personally prefer the informal videos 100% more and also love my favorite UA-camrs supporting each other, what you guys do is a lot of work! Keep it real 😊
I would definitely watch these weekly!
I actually prefer these type of videos❤ thank you for sharing and also being relatable with many of us that have a full time job! Keep them coming 🎉
I love this walk and talk video as I love Danielle at @Northlawnflowerfarm
I am loving @Northlawnflowerfarm 's weekly walk about and am soooo happy to see you doing the same. I've decided to take up this habit in my own garden. Love the idea of a time not to plan, work, or agonize lol over the garden, but just to observe and appreciate the movement of nature. Sometimes we gardners forget this.
I believe the unedited videos will inspire more home gardeners because there is never a time in my yard when every bed is perfect and weed free.
Mine is now. So don’t blink or u will miss it 😂
I love these walk and talk videos. The good, the bad, and the ugly are all good. Sharing your thought process is great. I'm not looking for perfection just ideas.
I had no problem witb this "unedited" video. More videos like thus would be well received by me. Thank you fir the tour 😊
Very far from boring. It’s like walking through the garden with a friend ❤❤❤
I love unedited ❤ Because
" Life is not edited. It's to be experienced ! " 😊
I really enjoyed this raw and unedited garden tour and love when gardeners show the good the bad and the ugly of a garden. Loved the tour, keep them coming.
I enjoy this type of video. It’s like taking a friend that popped over on a walk through the garden and enjoying what nature is providing us and chatting about our ideas and accomplishments…and then a butterfly!!
Not boring-- it's great to hear another gardener think out loud about what might need tweaking or what they are planning. And to see gardens looking like gardens do at this time of year!
I like seeing you talk about which plant varieties work well for you and which don’t. What weeds or invasive plants you are dealing with. What you would plant more of and what you would not. This is a good format for that info as well as showing what things look like in different growth stages. Those things you can’t tell from looking at plant tags. Thank you! Your bulbs are so pretty and the new hanging baskets will be fun to see.
Go for it Erin~ fine by me 🌼
Less time editing, more time filming, more for us to watch!❤
Reality is great, builds confidence in old and new gardeners. Your videos are very important to me.
I love Danielle's walk and talk idea! Please do these kind of videos when you can. I love to see what's growing and hear you talk about them!
I loved this raw video because it looks just like my garden too. And we just love you, naturally you! We don’t need you to dread the process,Do what makes you happy!!!
YES!!! To the walk 'n talk tour, Erin! If that's what you have time for...no worries! ALWAYS enjoy and am fascinated by your garden(s), the good, the bad - it's all real ! Bring it!!!
yes to seeing Erin's lovely smile, humor and gardening knowledge.
Thank you so much for sharing your garden in the raw. It looks beautiful. I like to see other people’s gardens as they wake up as it helps me gauge how my garden should like at this time of year. Happy gardening!
Erin, you are such a pro, I would’ve had no idea this was a raw video at all. Keep them coming! I love garden walk through videos. I learn and appreciate seeing others gardens in all stages, not just the perfect state. 👏 🌱 ☀️ 🌸 😊
This is not a boring video, this is a video showing your garden waking up from winter like so many of us have! We can relate to this as not everybody has a perfect garden or staff to clean it up. I like the idea of a "firebowl" water planter, I like how the copper ages and think the size would be more substantial than a pot yet still manageable. I think many can agree we just enjoy your personality and wit and will watch what you post. If this type makes it a little more enjoyable for you than do it so you don't get that dreaded feeling of "I've got to edit and post a video", takes the fun out of it for you.
I enjoyed this type of garden walk. It reflected what I see going on in my garden. I also appreciated your thoughts on what maintenence you need to do, what you loved and changes you are contemplating. Thank you .
Erin, I really enjoyed this unedited garden stroll. You are keeping it real, and it's great to watch the progression of your garden throughout the season. Thanks for asking for our input. because I love this type of content. Sometimes an occasional cuss word is necessary to describe an invasive plant/weed (like the variegated Bishops Weed), after years of trying to eradicate it from one garden bed (which is surrounded by concrete on all sides), I solarized the area for an entire year, and that killed the roots. It's been gone for over 20 years now. YAY!
I also enjoy watching Northlawn Flower Farm, Danielle has a graceful way of showing us her garden rooms, weeds, and all.
I like the unedited, “raw” video. Life is raw and unedited, and it was reassuring to see that your garden has issues, weeds, unruly areas just like the rest of us.
Do what you need to in order to simplify your life. Whatever you produce will be beneficial, loved, and appreciated ❤
If I were to drive by your house, I would still slow down to see what you have going on because I could tell you are a gardener. it is a curated space and has interesting things going on and could give me inspiration and ideas. I think Danielle at NLFF said "don't let perfect be the enemy of good".
As an avid gardner, I would much rather see "The process" as it unfolds, in real life, ...................than "The edited" version. I have unsubscribed, unfollowed UA-cam channels that to me became a hodge podge/helter skelter/ over edited mish mash of content. I'm not here to be entertained. I'm here to learn. ( Coincidently my son and his family live just west of you and I need to help him with their yard/flower gardens, sooooooo I'm hanging on your every word, LOL)
Love unedited natural videos showing us the good and the ugly!
I like informal tours just as much as the beautiful tours. That’s when I learn so much from UA-camrs when they talk about issues they are currently dealing with. Keep them coming!
Love this video format because it is real. I think a water feature is a good idea. I would watch you weed(!) because I like your commentary.
I watched Danielle’s video the other day,love this kind of video!
Thanks for the video! Polished or not, happy to see you 😊
I love this kind of video. It's far more realistic for us gardeners with full-time jobs. I am in zone 7b and several weeks ahead of you. It's such a delight to see YOUR delight at your garden coming to life. Gush away! 💚
All your videos I appreciate and just love but I really appreciated this one Erin. There is simply just so much to learn and be inspired by. Thank You
I certainly understand the time involved in editing videos; therefore, I totally enjoy the unedited videos. I'd much rather see your garden's progression during the season. All gardens go through the good, bad and ugly. Keep 'em coming!
Absolutely show us! We (I) love the videos and the interaction. Please let us know we are not alone in reality 😂. I do enjoy others videos but the extreme "tidiness" can get overwhelming and make us smaller gardeners feel less than. Your videos and Danielle, as you mentioned, (Cranery Garden, Common farm, Crowley House, Phaedra Gardeness too), inspire us to do what feels right and we may not always get it 💯, but keep on and it is Ok. Thank you! We are all in this together to make it a beautiful place. No judgement.
Lmao the neighbor who looks like they are working a crime scene lol 😂❤
This was a great video. I could see way more of the lay of the land, the spacing too, also young stages of some things, or before leading etc. thanks Erin.
Longtime watcher, but finally subscribed today because this is the stuff I really enjoy most - no "lesson plan," just spotting stuff and speaking (knowledgeably) about it.
But keep the formal ones coming too, please, because I learn a ton!
I liked the unedited, walk about video, I hope you’ll keep doing it. The feeling of walking around the garden with a friend is fun.
PS If you are going to let the stinging nettle stay at least dead heading it might be a good idea. Each stalk is capable of (and will) produce 1,000s of seeds and you will have nearly 100% germination. Go ahead, ask me how I know, lol. If you decide to keep it, good luck, I’ll be praying for you sister!
Absolutely love this tour and your trademark “keeping it real”! Learning so much from seeing how your garden is now, and hearing you talk about your plans. Looking forward to seeing it develop in the coming weeks and months!
I love this walk and talk, Erin! I'm in the same growing zone as you (central Illinois), and I love seeing what is coming up and doing well in your garden at the various times of the year. Your septic hill is beautiful! As long as you have to have it, it might as well look top notch. 😊🌷 Thanks for showing us around!
Erin, loved the walk-around garden tour! Gardens change day by day, especially in the spring. I would love to see more like this!
I prefer less editing!
I've always enjoyed Danielle's garden tours. I love that she shows us the imperfection beauty of gardening. Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden. I enjoyed your video.
Love this! Just easy and relaxed and you talking about the garden! Could’t be better! I am surprised though that you are not further along! I live in Sweden and we have just as much spring as you if not more. I asumed you were warmer than us. I am a new subscriber since a month or two and I am impressed of what I see! Lots of inspiration! 👌
FYI, there is a british lady, Sally Pointer, who has several videos on the uses of stinging nettles. Culinary and craft stuff.
While this video might not be considered “pretty” I’m in it for the education; here in north west Michigan, zone 6, my garden growth is in a similar stage as yours. Normalizing April and May gardens is just as important as the late July “full blooming” tour. And, if you ever sail into Northport, Erin, I’ll pick you up at the marina for a quick tour here!
we wouldn't want picture perfect. probably AI or silk flowers.
I love unedited videos, my flowerbed was a total fail last year, this year Im still pulling up trees that have self planted in my yard and flowerbeds I didnt want to hoe until the hostas were above the leaf mulch, it has not been mulched this season it looks bad but it looks amd gets better every day. There is grace in gardening .
The mound has such a great turn out! Can’t wait to see your summer gardening unfold. Yes more informative videos for my Winter 🇦🇺
👍to more videos like this! As busy as you are we appreciate any format you give us😊 The 'mound' looks incredible and after just one year, wowza!
Raw is fine. Would like to see updates on the entire garden every couple of weeks if you have time. Such a beautiful garden.
Great idea. Your charm, spontaneity, and interest easily survives non-editing.
Hi Erin,
As long as the videos are about plants I don’t care what format you use. It is nice to see that your garden looks like mine in early spring.
Thanks for this realistic garden walk!
Invading turf grass is my #1 weed. Also, I immediately dropped like when you mentioned that you film a lot, but it doesn’t get posted due to editing… Same!
Garden tours/strolls are my favorite type of video and I'll take them in any form I can get them! I think seeing things throughout the year would be great to see all your plants at different times of the year.
Forgot to ask, where did you find those hanging baskets? They're exactly what I've been hoping to find.
I got those at Terrain. Keep an eye out for sales, that's when I usually buy things from them. These are the two biggest sizes of them.
I thought that was Marty McFly from Back to The Future.
I enjoy more casual videos, more true to life!
The old leaf litter helps to enrich our soil.
Love your new format. Trust me,gardeners like the nit and grit of it all. Gardens are never perfect, exceptionally in spring. Great video.
I love your walk about unedited tour! My garden looks just like yours….weeds and all! I also let my leaves be. They will rot and nourish the soil. I love seeing REAL gardens not perfect ones. I am in the same zone as you….central Illinois. I have 3/4 of an acre…with a lot of mature trees. It’s so fun to walk around in early spring and see all your perennials come to life. It’s like greeting old friends. My favorites on your tour were your primroses( fabulous!) and the hill with the daffodils and other bulbs blooming! Love,love this unedited tour! I also watched Danielle’s garden tour and enjoyed it a lot too!
Enjoyed this video, nice to see what is coming up in the garden, loved the bulb hill and the primulas, you have a lovely garden,
Erin...this is great! I truly feel like I'm walking along with you. And you are always so informative about practical things like pruning, replanting, etc which is enormously helpful. Just to hear what's happening in your garden at the moment is awesome.
I love JetFire too! Candelabra primroses do well in wet areas so would look good along your creek. Good to see your garden in spring.
Jet fire my number one outstanding reliable narcissus.
Love taking a walk in the garden with you 😊
I love a walk and talk. I am working on getting Eric interested in the primrose. How many varieties do you have?
I enjoyed the more casual feeling of this video. It feels like you’re walking around with a friend through their garden.
Love it. Nice to know we all have basic work to do. Thanks for keeping real and relaxed💝🇨🇦
I love seeing your garden in any way shape or form! If this makes it easier for you to upload more content then I’m here for it! ❤
Erin, Just show us what you have. I do appreciate a not perfect garden. You always keep it real! Thanks as always
Walk and talk video is great! It’s real, it’s beautiful and it is a gardener’s garden!
NOT boring at all. I like this type of video. Please do more.
I really enjoyed this.
I love this. It is my kind of garden tour. I just did my mid-April tour and if I didn't show all the "warts" of my gardens, I would miss all the early blooms. It made me feel so much better about my videos. At 80, I simply can't have everything "buttoned up" and no amount of editing would improve it. As it is, it takes me hours to edit a 20 minute video to make it interesting--like your explaining about your neighbor. Thanks so much and yes--more!
I LOVED this. I'm in 5a (formerly 4b) and best I can tell you are about 2 weeks ahead of me. I feel like I'm visiting a friend's house! Also I am so happy to see the bulb mound!!
🌷LOVE this beautiful, restful tour, Erin. However you choose to show your lovely gardens is great with me. I lived in HARTLAND, southeast of you for 30 years and miss Wisconsin terribly, so thank you for bringing me along. 💚🌷💚🌷💚
Thanks Erin. Love this approach. Casual walk and talks are super!
To trim the Carex, grab all the leaves and hold it up like a ponytail and cut it back. Love the unedited videos 😂 you’re down to earth and authentic. Happy to watch as I’m 5b in Hamilton, ON 🇨🇦🫶🏻✊🏻Do the copper bowl and fill with water.
YES! I loved this. Every year during winter my back garden looks SO bad I think, “ Oh my goodness, THIS time my garden is so bad it’s NOT going to bounce back”. Then spring comes and it does. I live in San Jose 9b and we have many evergreen plants so it’s not like in colder climates where most things are dormant and look bleak. I know how beautiful your property is so seeing the natural way of things is very helpful! Thanks Erin! (I love Northlawn Flower Farm with Danielle as well 😍🥰).
LOVE the unedited, real view!! I hate when things are super edited and jump around, it’s super distracting!
Also love yours and Danielle’s content!!!!❤
Hi Erin...Happy Spring! 💚 I'm only a couple minutes in and I already love. Thank you! My lamb's ear is UGLY in MI 6a right now. I always wait till Spring to cut it back and not sure why I don't late Fall... Anyone know if there's risk in doing so in Fall?
I really appreciate your authenticity. Too often I end up in analysis paralysis when it comes to making videos. My wife tells me all the time to just post videos of what we’re doing and don’t worry about it being polished.
Erin, I enjoyed this format. It was very much like what I do in my yard to see what's coming up after a long winter. Daily walks around the yard.
I'm retired and still take my time cleaning up. I was surprised (pleasantly) to see so much growth on some of my perennials, especially the nepeta. Hidden among the leaf debris were tulips I'd planted last October and forgotten where I put them.
I already got my Longfield Gardens lily order (their bulbs are huge!), but will hold off until after the forecasted inch of rain passes (I'm in Minneapolis so it may come to you next). There are 25 of them! What was I thinking?! 🤦🏼♀️ I ordered so many plants online and have forgotten some of them. I hope they don't all arrive at once from the 4 or 5 retailers.
I immediately thought of Danielle’s videos when this notification popped up. These are the kinds of videos I love.
If you love ‘Jetfire’ then you need to ‘Rapture’…they are the cutest! And they catch the setting sun so beautifully. ‘Baby Moon’ is also so tiny and precious 🥹 as is ‘Minnow’. I’m adding more minis this fall.
I like seeing the garden in this manner. Would love for you to continue them.
Thank you! 🌼🌿💜
I really enjoyed the 'real' 'true' garden walk.
Funny I was just walking around my gardens yesterday thinking... "Boy the winter makes such a mess!" Lots to cleaning up to do as soon as the weather breaks for me.
I'm in Rochester NY Zone 6B.
I have so many things arriving in the mail from my winter ordering now. Dahlias, Gladiolus, Lilies, Peonies, Freesia and seed packs! So Exciting! 🥰
Hope you have a good week ahead.
Happy Gardening!
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The perils of a long winter for we gardeners. I, too, ordered lots of things. So many, I think I lost track. Now, I fear they'll all arrive the same week. Five clematis from a couple vendors, a tree, many, many perennials and elephant ear bulbs (or corms). 25 lily bulbs just arrived! I'll have to spread them around to other beds as my eyes were bigger than my garden. 😮
Love the tour, thank-you!
I like the raw videos. My garden always has weeds, I'm always behind, and my list of to-do's grows ever bigger. Good to present realistic expectations, especially for beginning gardeners. Love the flower bulb mound!
Love the impromptu commentary.The bulbs were spectacular on the mound great idea ! I loved that you share what you’re planning for the upcoming growing season. Thanks Erin
I loved this format. You gushing over the flowers on your septic field made me chuckle. My husband and I planted 300 bulbs in my front lawn, a mix of Tete a tete daffodils, Jetfire daffodils and Chionodoxa in Fall 2022 in 3 somewhat irregular formations. We loved them so much when they bloomed last spring that we added another 200 bulbs last Fall. We have been so proud of our display this year, but a couple of people have stopped by and asked us what's wrong with our lawn 😂. This is the first time this has happened to me. Till now people have always stopped by to admire my gardens.
Erin, I loved the walk around. I haven't done any garden clean up this year other than carefully raking the leaves out from my hellebores and cutting down their foliage from last year. I am following the advice of Nancy DuBrule from Natureworks Garden Center in Northford, CT, and holding off to give the insects/critters time to exit hollow stems and dead leaf debris. But tomorrow will be 73 or so in my West Hartford garden and I am going to start raking, darn it. I LOVE the bulbs on the septic mound. So very romantic and charming. I want to replicate that look in a circular section of my front lawn. (I did plant scilla 3 or so years ago, but would add more small bulbs, maybe this fall if I don't run out of steam.)
Enjoyed this walk 'n talk video as it really reflects my southern Ontario garden at this time of year too. My daffodils are my only bright lights so far & my forsythia just popped up 3 days ago. Had lots of rain lately. The coming sun is also bringing in some cooler nights, possibly frost by next week. Patience, more daydreaming & time to cut back the winter & weed. Think Spring!
I appreciate your garden more when you keep it "real." It reminds me that I don't have to be cleaning my beds 24-7, that I'm not one of the Joneses & it is only April! Like you, I live where snow days coyld still come.
Thanks for sharing!
Loved the new format and the garden with its imperfections! Keep them coming❤Thanks Erin!! Cindy(same zone, NH)
Love this! Going out to wander mine now. The weed is that @#%! Bishop weed. Mine reverted to solid green and it's a battle I think I will never win getting rid of it! Should be banned!! Love the cornus. Will have to look for that. 5b here just over the stateline SW of you. Have a big parch of pushkinia and scilla that has been expanding for many years. Last week there were literally at least a hundred red admirals covering it. Amazing! Stuff is really growing today! Thanks again for the tour! Hope to run into at Northwind (or elsewhere) sometime! Are you speaking there again this year?
This was great, Erin!! It's like walking in the garden with a friend. Please don't worry about getting editing completed...I just want to see what's going on in your garden. I'm in Central NY Zone 5b, so I really appreciate seeing a garden that is in the same/similar growth phase as mine. Thank you!!
Loved this video! Thank you for posting. I garden in Port Washington, WI, and my borders, too, have some ugly. (I delay clean up to let the pollinators emerge before I start poking around in there too much.) Best Wishes!
Love this walking tour just as much as I’ve enjoyed Danielle’s on the weekend. Good to see the reality for an early spring garden. The waking up process can be intoxicatingly fun. So much promise for the upcoming season.
I thought this video was great! I can’t relate to a UA-cam gardener whose garden always looks “perfect”. One of my favorite channels is John Lord’s Secret Garden and I don’t think he edits anything!
So interesting to see that your Cornus Mas is blooming now in mid-April when our mature Cornus Mas in the PNW (Seattle, WA) blooms mid-February.