I am so happy I stumbled across your page. Budget friendly ideas and realistic for us who can't afford to hire a professional. I live in Central Texas and it's hot & humid, the dirt/soil I have is hard which makes it challenging to work with. I have a few sections that I have been able to fill with plants that can survive my climate however the weather does limit what I can plant but it isn't stopping me. I also am opting for hardscape landscaping for the tougher sections. I enjoyed this video & You now have a new subscriber. 😊
Gardeners are generous people. If you see something you like in your neighbour’s gardens just ask!! I’d certainly give you a piece of a plant or 2 to help you fill your garden. We have to divide our perennials anyway. When I divide mine I place pieces in plastic bags or pots with a sign that says free. Never had to bring any back in yet haha.
@@pretendshoppingwithmelissaThis is true! I live in Southern Maryland near Washington DC and great climate for hydrangeas! I learned to prop and went nuts 3 years ago so now anytime someone comes to my home they MUST leave with a one year old plant. Same with foxglove... daisy, black eyed susan, cosmos, cleome, blanket flower, rose of sharon, hardy hibiscus and more! They seed all over .... n I have a dig it yourself corner for fellow gardners or when I need a plant for a pot!
Tips: If you buy plants, only buy perennials that come back every year. Then, in a couple of years, you can divide them and have more plants. Sometimes, I buy a 1 gallon perennial and immediately cut it in half to make 2 plants. I have also found abandoned plants at the local yard waste site. I rescued them and brought them home. People always want to get rid of hostas and daylilies! Take them. They're virtually maintenance-free.
I so much enjoy this video, so real…there a lot of us that we cannot afford to buy what we wish to buy, so we have to be creative and find ways. Gave me a lot of ideas…in no time your garden will be what you dream of ❤
I live in a block of flats, which has a skip bin a house away from mine. It never fails to amaze me what people will throw away!! And I get so much from what people leave by it ~ I've built a walk in chicken coop , attached chunnels and am currently building shelves and perches. The wood is free~there's a glass factory a 10min walk away, they throw out wood glass pallets ~5 metre long 2x1's which I collect weekly. The paint was free too, a la The Bin~near on 4litres of white exterior and about 5litres of Gray. I have no car. I have no power tools except the one between my ears 😂 but it's looking the job. All the plants I have in the garden I got for free , divided and replanted and now the garden is lush and filled. Free pavers ~120 of them, dug out and cleaned , stored on (you guessed it) free pallets. All power to you~You can do it!❤
Thank you for sharing your gardening on a budget. I live in South Carolina, USA and am retired from teaching. I spend my time gardening and am on a budget. I get so many ideas from You-Tubers. There's one, Olga Carmody who lives in Connecticut, USA. She is originally from the Ukraine. She likes to make things from branches. She made an arbor and trellises, etc. I gathered branches from my yard and also others' brush piles near the street. I won't say that it was easy, but I'm still proud of how it turned out. You might try using branches for structures. Thanks again.
Here’s an idea. Visit a garden centre and look around the plants for bits that have fallen off. Don’t break bits off because that’s stealing but bits that have naturally fallen off just pick them up and take them home and try rooting them at home. Not everything will take but some will and once they root they will grow. It may take a long time but it’s a free way of getting lots of lovely plants.
I do the same thing at the garden center. Buy things discounted. Enjoy when I can bring them back to life. Sometimes they fail but that is the fun to experiment.
For sure! I always imagine that the lil plants are super grateful they got given another chance at life and grow big and lush to show their gratitude 😊🌸
Hi Melissa! I live in central Illinois, USA and I’m a novice gardener as well. One thing I’m absolutely sure of is that even “master gardeners” have garden fails so just enjoy the hobby. If a plant doesn’t take well in a spot, move it to where it will. My advice is to learn about the plants you want to grow to make sure they will thrive in your garden based on three important factors; soil, light, water. I would also recommend starting your own plants if you can and sowing annual seeds in spring to fill up any bare areas! The little bed looks great!
Thank you and thank you for the tips! Your right it’s about having fun and relaxing in the sunshine for sure ☀️☺️ I haven’t had much luck with seeds, my chickens 🐓 don’t help lol but I’m trying to figure out a place I could grow some without them knowing 🤔
I was a volunteer Master Gardener with our local extension here in East Tennessee, USA. I assure you that all “Master Gardener” means is that we are still learning to master gardening. I’ve got a small urban farm/large garden and gardening is always a learning curve-every single season. I love what Melissa is doing here. Thrifting and upcycling for garden decor and structures is a favorite pastime!
It’s so great to see someone like me on here! When I go to the garden shop, I immediately go to the back for the plants they are treating to get rid of!
Your garden is really cute, brilliant obelisk idea with the butterflies. I know how that is being on a budget. Though I am not familiar with how it is in Norther Ireland...if U have time, sometimes area communities have "garden clubs" they r not all snobby, they have plant sales, sometimes exchanges. To save cash learning how to propagate perennials is a must. Also, I have painted "cheap" plastic pots with "concrete color paint" with by "pouncing rag or brush" to look like pottery, can be done. :D Wishing you many great garden plants. :D
Thank you! ☺️🌸 those are great ideas, I am trying to join some gardening groups at the moment and defo learning how to propagate and take cuttings. Thanks again!
That's a great idea with the paint! Maybe use left over fence paint to make your obelisk look rusty? You can pounce it on with a crumpled plastic bag for a mottled effect.
Immediately following. I'm also a broke girl and I use seeds and freebies to make my garden. Each year it looks better and better. I can't wait to watch your progress.
That was too funny about the birds! I was just telling my husband about a pair I was watching through the window, they must’ve twitterpated 20 times 😂😂
Flower boxes on your windows of the house would be so cottage cute. Also pots of flowers at the end corner on both sides would be pretty. Your house is cute. The garden is coming along beautifully
Thank you! ☺️ I have some small baskets I put on the windowsills but I would love the long rectangle ones, fingers crossed for a sale or marketplace find 🤞
I never make a trip to the garden center without checking out the clearance rack. I can tell which have life in them and can be brought back, and which are too far gone. Some days I get lucky!
Love your progress! I find that part of the fun is as you find things on a whim, your garden continues to grow beautifully! Kinda like when you first move out of your parent’s home and you’re trying to get your house to feel like a home❤😊❤
Well done. loved the obelisk idea. You can also make really cheap obelisks using big bamboo canes or long sticks and tying them at the top with string and putting some smaller sticks/canes across at right angles. once plants grow up them you don't see the supports. Try growing runner beans - they shoot up have big showy leaves, gorgeous hanging red flowers - and then a harvest at the end - and you don't just have to grow then in a "vegetable bed" ! Try researching potager gardens - where flowers and vegetables are all mixed together. Good luck. doing well so far.
Great job! That paint really tied the whole area together. I'm a big fan of perennials, they're friends of cheap gardeners like me! I bet you can find someone happy to divide and share.
What a lovely set of videos. As a budget gardener myself, keep an eye out online nurseries have sales or free delivery of bulbs and small plug plants. Worth growing and adding.
Thank you for sharing your garden vision and hard work on the transformation. I really enjoyed it and I found it very relatable - so many UA-camrs seem to have ridiculous budgets and it’s inspiring to see you make a beautiful garden on a budget with your creativity, ideas and graft 👏👏👏
Good job drilling the holes. Always put some free rocks/old brick pieces at the bottom of each pot. It allows drainage so the plant roots don't rot/die and saves $ on dirt or potting soil.
Your humor is lovely, and all you've done is relaxing to watch. I'm an amateur longing for my own cottage garden in the middle of the USA, the middle of Indiana, so what you're doing is inspiring. New subscriber here, can't wait to see how it all turns out.
Ooh, I can see hanging baskets on the house with lots of pots with tall plants under the windows to soften the hardscape and bring your garden to the house. Have fun
Hi another broke lass here trying my best to get my garden how I want it with very little budget just took cuttings from the plants I’ve already got in my garden before I prepare my new flower beds… your doing a great job in your garden I will definitely pick up lots of ideas from watching your content
Just saw a cute idea of gluing vintage or old salt and pepper shakers that are chipped or missing their partner on bamboo stakes, probably any garden stake would do. These then can be put in your garden for a decorative touch
I think you are doing a great job. I live in TN USA and I love to add to my garden every year. Just add slowly and you will get what you are dreaming of soon. I enjoyed your content and am a new sub!
You have inspired me to clean my yard up a bit.. the other thing you can do is just start asking your friends if anyone is thinning things back.. I had a bunch of plants given to me this early spring.. Good luck 😊
Just found your channel, i love how real this is, it can be hard t9 get your dreams for the home, but yes slow and steady and one day you will have it. Subscribed and can't wait to see how your garden blooms. ❤
I’ve been on a low buy garden journey this year too! So much more fun to be creative and meet new people getting things for free than buying everything. Loved watching this video! Your garden is looking amazing! Great job! Post an update so we can see how everything fills out by end of summer! :)
Thank you! 🌸 your so right, it might take longer on a small budget but it’s more rewarding right! I will for sure update at the end of the summer, thanks for watching 🌸☺️💕🍀
Loved the video, well done. Really enjoy seeing what can be done on a tight budget.❤ One little tip, water the ground under your plants, if possible, so as not to wash the pollen off the plants. You may even get more blooms 🐝🌺🌺🌺
the only issues with the stones, if you don't have tarp under it, they will eventually sink into the ground. so idk if you have any landscape cloth under them or not.
OMG!!! I like your bee stand soooo much better than the expensive one! Now I've Got To Make One !! All my plants came from church friends this year....they all gave me some of what was already in their garden or yard!!....otherwise I would have NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD THE PLANTS THAT THEY GAVE ME!! Maybe trade a service, an unused item or help someone in exchange for a few free plants. New gardener in Ohio.
I actually was at a local park and noticed that the surrounding landscaping had not been cared for in a while. There were some perennial plants that had sprouted off little baby plants. I dug up a few babies from the original plant and they are now a part of my garden.
Jakers you did well to get all that fence painted in 3 hours. Well done. I love the bleeding heart plant. If you haven't put that in the ground yet, do. It grows into a lovely big bush. We have clay soil here in Cavan (you probably have the same) and it didn't mind it one bit. I just mixed a bit of compost in and it flew. So easy to look after. The dog dug it up too many times thought and it eventually gave up the ghost. Sadly, the dog is now gone (r.i.p. Rusty Dawg, best golden lab ever). You reminded me though that I must get another one.
Greetings, my first time visiting your channel,,, you made wonderful progress and love the chickens. It’s more rewarding and a challenge when you have to be on a budget, great job!❤
Along with water , plants also need fertilizer given weekly during the growing season x protection from sligs and bugs ,crushed eggshells slso provide along with used coffee grounds , source of nutrition , Great effort on a budjet so keep up the good work Melissa and thSnk you so much for sharing this video content in Yountube ..Happy Gardening to you 👍😊😊
Last year I just didn't have the money for even seeds, so while driving home I saw a wild flower in a empty city lot so I thought if the flower can grow there without being watered! right so I pulled over and took it with root I ended up with a wild garden in my yard, it looked lovely.
Ask friends and even strangers if they would like to donate a little part of their perennials to you. Once you plant them and they multiply, then you can donate to other new gardeners. It is the gift that keeps on giving. Start your annuals from seed. Then harvest the seed from them in the fall. You only need to buy seed once, for many plants.
Hi! Liked your video and hard work and thought you put into your gardening! You have a giant Heuchera there in the front strip next to a small tree?, that can be divided into 3 - 5 plants. Easy! dig it out and look at the growth, you can cut through and divide that, replant new, free plants! Have fun!
I love what you’re doing. I’d love to Airbnb your house & yard! Maybe go for a vaca a week here & there rent out your home. Have a lockbox all closets.
You've done a great job 🥇If you see a flower you like just take cuttings it's fun and free .Or buy cheap. seeds and scatter ,some of the mixes have wonderful cottage garden plants 🙂
Cottage gardens have lots of annuals and perennials that you can buy as seeds ( lupine, foxgloves, delphiniums, nasturtiums etc ) and will self seed in the garden if you allow them to. So essentially you get flowers year after year. Also for woody plants like fuchsia take cuttings and propagate them. You could also ask neighbours if they are splitting plants that are too large to save a small clump for you.
Beautiful job on your cheap gardening plans .love it. Just one suggestion, use a bigger drill bit to make the holes a tad bit bigger, as well as a few more holes for better drainage.
I believe what you called "weeds" in the tire may have been wild mustard...which is kind of cool and beneficial to keep in the garden. Kudos to you though for creating with what you have or can get on a budget...I'm there with you. Your garden looks awesome! I love the way the baskets look on the fence.
Thank you ☺️ They grow all around my garden and house, we live in farm land so I’m not sure if it has something to do with that? But I did compost those guys don’t worry and last year I dehydrated some into herbs for cooking, stingy nettles too ☺️
I use an app called picture this, you take a picture of the plant and it tells you about it and it did say wild mustard but if things look similar it can get confused so I couldn’t say for sure 🤷♀️
I loved your cottage garden video today. I’m trying to build a cottage garden in my own garden. It’s a long process. I’ve been working on it for about a year or two already trying to find plants that I love . That will work in my garden. I live in Southern California. It’s very hot and dry here. You have given me so much inspiration for my own cottage garden
If you wanna fill in a flowerbed cheaply, buy a few packages of wildflower/bee/butterfly mixes. Of course some of them go for like 10 pounds, but some of ‘em go for 1 pound a pop! Get like 5 and them just smother them together! You’ll be sure to get something fabulous! Alternatively, collect seeds from flowers around town! For example stock roses (I don’t know if that’s their enlish name) are very popular in cities. If you pick just one seed pod from each plant, you won’t really steal!
Your garden is looking so nice. It’s amazing what you can do on a small budget. I to always look for discounted flowers. You are so right, you do the best with what you have. It will turn out beautiful. Loved the video. I so look forward to your videos. 😊🇨🇦
Facebook marketplace here in Canada, just north of Toronto, always has people selling off perrenials for very little. I've planted 5 🤞🤞I loved this video, can't wait to see how your garden grows ✌️💜
I wish I was your neighbor!!! I would love to share cuttings of my flowers and plants w you. My neighbor is a master gardener and 90% of my flower beds are all from cuttings from her. Your garden is beautiful!
add sunflowers. seed are cheap and you can get the small teddy bear ones that are short and fluffy looking. you can also succession plant them. You can get the tall ones too. They would look nice along your back fence. Then you save all your seed from them when they die back, and never have to buy sunflower seed again, year after year.
Just came across your channel and love your budget ideas, I was at home bargains earlier today to buy compost and as usual ended up buying other bits and bobs for the garden, their prices are excellent. I really love your obelisk so will need a return trip 😁 definite subscribe as I need to follow your progress. The fence and garden look brilliant ❤
You need to hit up the reduced to clear section at all the nurseries/ garden centres nearby! I’ve found some absolute bargains that just need a bit of water and a trim 🥰
I love the wall around your garden, you have good bones to work with…I’m a poor girl as well, but that doesn’t stop me..little by little it all comes together, I always search our restore for pots and some of my most unique pots have come from there.
A packet of wildflower seeds will be relatively cheap and they will also self seed so you would be able to fill your garden year after year. You can also buy fresh herb plants in the supermarket for about £1 and plant them in the borders for coverage and scent.
I am doing the same thing this year. I have been working on it all this year. One purchase a week is how I do it. I pick Tuesdays to go to shopping. for that day is the day clearance Items go out in the garden section and goodwill has 30% off all items. so I go adopt clearance plants and baskets and planters at goodwill at little cost.
I will enjoy watching you create this garden. It will be charming. I like your idea for decorating the obelisk. I will keep my eyes open for supplies to do that. One more free thing you can do is straighten your crooked pavers and garden bins. Re-make the screen covers so they fit better and stain the wood frames the same color as the bins.
Your dreams can totally come true. Gardeners are generous people, we love to talk about our gardens, and we can give you free advice! If you ask local gardeners if they can spare any cuttings, I’ve even seen people put out a sign that said “please share any cuttings you may have and it worked. Also, many cottage garden flowers will reseed and spread themselves. On UA-cam, the old BBC special, Geoff Hamilton’s Cottage Garden shows him creating cottage gardens: I learned a lot from that special! Good luck.
My 50p in the reduced bin mini rose is one of my favourite things in the garden. Its a full bushy rose now and such lovely peachy coloured roses. I buy a lot at the local coffee mornings that have a plant sale at them. Locally started and cheaper than a garden centre. You may just be short on choices.
I just came across your YT channel and loved this video of what you did with your garden on a budget. I'm a new subscriber and I live in Florida, USA. You did a great job!!!
Sow seeds. I save my toilet paper rolls fill them with compost and sow my seeds in there. They are easy to plant out and roots aren't disturbed since you can plant the whole thing.
Gardens always tend to be more expensive than the budget of the gardener so you just keep at it. In the big tyre maybe look to plant a fruit tree, like a lemon or whatever grows well in your area. Or you could go an ornamental plum or similar so you get the spring blossoms.
Love your enthusiasm and dedication. It’s all looking beautiful 😊 Jf you breed Jackie chan with a white leghorn you’ll get a zombie chicken 😅 random I know but wanted to share that tidbit. He’s very handsome 😊
Thank you! ☺️ Marshmallow, our leghorn hen, is actually Jackie chans girlfriend so we very well might have some zombie chicks running around this summer 😅😂
Hi, I'm an old retired gardener. So please accept my advice with the love it's intended. Don't be ""penny wise £ foolish". INVEST in good quality tools, including gloves. If you can't buy a paint sprayer for that fence, rent one. Afterall, its the first & main thing you see...and paint preserves the wood!! You are smart buying plants off clearance also join a gardening group they will teach you what you need to know and we love to share.
You’re doing a great job. Your garden is charming. A good way to get free plants is to ask neighbors and friends for cuttings. Geraniums add a ton of color and are very easy to start from cuttings. I don’t know your growing zone but they may need to be protected in winter. Also if you have Facebook group of gardeners in your area you can just ask for starts. Gardeners are a generous lot and love to share with newbies.
This is the kind of content I want to see! Slow, intentional, budget gardening, I love it!!
Thank you so much!!! ☺️🌸🍀💕
I am so happy I stumbled across your page. Budget friendly ideas and realistic for us who can't afford to hire a professional. I live in Central Texas and it's hot & humid, the dirt/soil I have is hard which makes it challenging to work with. I have a few sections that I have been able to fill with plants that can survive my climate however the weather does limit what I can plant but it isn't stopping me. I also am opting for hardscape landscaping for the tougher sections.
I enjoyed this video & You now have a new subscriber.
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Gardeners are generous people. If you see something you like in your neighbour’s gardens just ask!! I’d certainly give you a piece of a plant or 2 to help you fill your garden. We have to divide our perennials anyway. When I divide mine I place pieces in plastic bags or pots with a sign that says free. Never had to bring any back in yet haha.
Thanks for the tip I’ll have to keep an eye out! ☺️
@@pretendshoppingwithmelissaThis is true! I live in Southern Maryland near Washington DC and great climate for hydrangeas! I learned to prop and went nuts 3 years ago so now anytime someone comes to my home they MUST leave with a one year old plant. Same with foxglove... daisy, black eyed susan, cosmos, cleome, blanket flower, rose of sharon, hardy hibiscus and more! They seed all over .... n I have a dig it yourself corner for fellow gardners or when I need a plant for a pot!
Not in California
@@DouradaBambina Not in Nebraska either! Ive had 2 ppl dig my plants up WITHOUT permission!!
In England, gardeners are only too pleased to share info on plants and share them, too. It's a joy to share plants.
Tips:
If you buy plants, only buy perennials that come back every year. Then, in a couple of years, you can divide them and have more plants.
Sometimes, I buy a 1 gallon perennial and immediately cut it in half to make 2 plants.
I have also found abandoned plants at the local yard waste site. I rescued them and brought them home. People always want to get rid of hostas and daylilies! Take them. They're virtually maintenance-free.
I so much enjoy this video, so real…there a lot of us that we cannot afford to buy what we wish to buy, so we have to be creative and find ways. Gave me a lot of ideas…in no time your garden will be what you dream of ❤
Aw thank you, I appreciate that! It might take us longer but when our hard work pays off it feels even sweeter right ☺️ you take care x
I live in a block of flats, which has a skip bin a house away from mine. It never fails to amaze me what people will throw away!! And I get so much from what people leave by it ~ I've built a walk in chicken coop , attached chunnels and am currently building shelves and perches. The wood is free~there's a glass factory a 10min walk away, they throw out wood glass pallets ~5 metre long 2x1's which I collect weekly. The paint was free too, a la The Bin~near on 4litres of white exterior and about 5litres of Gray.
I have no car. I have no power tools except the one between my ears 😂 but it's looking the job. All the plants I have in the garden I got for free , divided and replanted and now the garden is lush and filled. Free pavers ~120 of them, dug out and cleaned , stored on (you guessed it) free pallets. All power to you~You can do it!❤
Thank you for sharing your gardening on a budget. I live in South Carolina, USA and am retired from teaching. I spend my time gardening and am on a budget. I get so many ideas from You-Tubers. There's one, Olga Carmody who lives in Connecticut, USA. She is originally from the Ukraine. She likes to make things from branches. She made an arbor and trellises, etc. I gathered branches from my yard and also others' brush piles near the street. I won't say that it was easy, but I'm still proud of how it turned out. You might try using branches for structures. Thanks again.
O that sounds fun I would be down to try that! I will have to check out her channel, thank you for sharing!! 😊
Here’s an idea. Visit a garden centre and look around the plants for bits that have fallen off. Don’t break bits off because that’s stealing but bits that have naturally fallen off just pick them up and take them home and try rooting them at home. Not everything will take but some will and once they root they will grow. It may take a long time but it’s a free way of getting lots of lovely plants.
Yes ago my mother always came back with cutting 😂
I do the same thing at the garden center. Buy things discounted. Enjoy when I can bring them back to life. Sometimes they fail but that is the fun to experiment.
For sure! I always imagine that the lil plants are super grateful they got given another chance at life and grow big and lush to show their gratitude 😊🌸
Hi Melissa! I live in central Illinois, USA and I’m a novice gardener as well. One thing I’m absolutely sure of is that even “master gardeners” have garden fails so just enjoy the hobby. If a plant doesn’t take well in a spot, move it to where it will. My advice is to learn about the plants you want to grow to make sure they will thrive in your garden based on three important factors; soil, light, water. I would also recommend starting your own plants if you can and sowing annual seeds in spring to fill up any bare areas! The little bed looks great!
Thank you and thank you for the tips! Your right it’s about having fun and relaxing in the sunshine for sure ☀️☺️
I haven’t had much luck with seeds, my chickens 🐓 don’t help lol but I’m trying to figure out a place I could grow some without them knowing 🤔
😊I live in central Illinois also, good advice. Seed starting is rewarding.
I was a volunteer Master Gardener with our local extension here in East Tennessee, USA. I assure you that all “Master Gardener” means is that we are still learning to master gardening. I’ve got a small urban farm/large garden and gardening is always a learning curve-every single season. I love what Melissa is doing here. Thrifting and upcycling for garden decor and structures is a favorite pastime!
Ok, now I'm invested! I need to see how this sweet little garden grows so I've subscribed!
Me too! I was totally charmed.
Thank you both, I hope it does well and everyone enjoys it ☺️🌸🌻☔️
Look for plant sales. Gardeners often divide their plants and sell them ver reasonable
I also love watering its very relaxing
It’s so great to see someone like me on here! When I go to the garden shop, I immediately go to the back for the plants they are treating to get rid of!
Your garden is really cute, brilliant obelisk idea with the butterflies. I know how that is being on a budget. Though I am not familiar with how it is in Norther Ireland...if U have time, sometimes area communities have "garden clubs" they r not all snobby, they have plant sales, sometimes exchanges. To save cash learning how to propagate perennials is a must. Also, I have painted "cheap" plastic pots with "concrete color paint" with by "pouncing rag or brush" to look like pottery, can be done. :D Wishing you many great garden plants. :D
Thank you! ☺️🌸 those are great ideas, I am trying to join some gardening groups at the moment and defo learning how to propagate and take cuttings. Thanks again!
That's a great idea with the paint! Maybe use left over fence paint to make your obelisk look rusty? You can pounce it on with a crumpled plastic bag for a mottled effect.
Your so right that could work perfectly!
Immediately following. I'm also a broke girl and I use seeds and freebies to make my garden. Each year it looks better and better. I can't wait to watch your progress.
Thank you! Wishing you and your garden the best of luck 🍀🌸☺️☀️
That was too funny about the birds! I was just telling my husband about a pair I was watching through the window, they must’ve twitterpated 20 times 😂😂
They are very keen aren’t they 😂
Flower boxes on your windows of the house would be so cottage cute. Also pots of flowers at the end corner on both sides would be pretty. Your house is cute. The garden is coming along beautifully
Thank you! ☺️ I have some small baskets I put on the windowsills but I would love the long rectangle ones, fingers crossed for a sale or marketplace find 🤞
I never make a trip to the garden center without checking out the clearance rack. I can tell which have life in them and can be brought back, and which are too far gone. Some days I get lucky!
another easy to grow seed would be nasturtiums. they are edible and vine up. they are really simple to grow
Oh my gosh. I love your excitement and your vision. 😊
Thank you very much!! 💕☺️🌸☀️
Love your progress! I find that part of the fun is as you find things on a whim, your garden continues to grow beautifully! Kinda like when you first move out of your parent’s home and you’re trying to get your house to feel like a home❤😊❤
You’re totally right! You buy pieces that don’t match, buy the wrong thing etc buy eventually you get into the groove 😅🍀💕🌸
Well done. loved the obelisk idea. You can also make really cheap obelisks using big bamboo canes or long sticks and tying them at the top with string and putting some smaller sticks/canes across at right angles. once plants grow up them you don't see the supports. Try growing runner beans - they shoot up have big showy leaves, gorgeous hanging red flowers - and then a harvest at the end - and you don't just have to grow then in a "vegetable bed" ! Try researching potager gardens - where flowers and vegetables are all mixed together. Good luck. doing well so far.
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your tips and ideas 🌸☺️🍀💕🌻
Thank you for the video Melissa. It's amazing how even small tasks can make a beautiful difference.
Thank you for watching!! All the little things add up right ☺️🌸💕🍀
Great job! That paint really tied the whole area together. I'm a big fan of perennials, they're friends of cheap gardeners like me! I bet you can find someone happy to divide and share.
Love the obelisk that you embellished with the bees❤ that was really clever
Thank you! ☺️ 🌸☀️
What a lovely set of videos. As a budget gardener myself, keep an eye out online nurseries have sales or free delivery of bulbs and small plug plants. Worth growing and adding.
Thank you, and great tip!! ☺️🌸🌻💕
Thank you for sharing your garden vision and hard work on the transformation. I really enjoyed it and I found it very relatable - so many UA-camrs seem to have ridiculous budgets and it’s inspiring to see you make a beautiful garden on a budget with your creativity, ideas and graft 👏👏👏
Well thank you very much I appreciate that! Little budget gardens deserve to be represented too right ☺️🌸☔️☀️
Good job drilling the holes.
Always put some free rocks/old brick pieces at the bottom of each pot.
It allows drainage so the plant roots don't rot/die and saves $ on dirt or potting soil.
Your humor is lovely, and all you've done is relaxing to watch. I'm an amateur longing for my own cottage garden in the middle of the USA, the middle of Indiana, so what you're doing is inspiring. New subscriber here, can't wait to see how it all turns out.
Aw thank you! Wishing you and your garden lots of luck ☺️🌸🌻
I just came across your YT channel and loved this video of what you did with your garden on a budget. Great job!
Thanks so much! 😊🌸☔️
Ooh, I can see hanging baskets on the house with lots of pots with tall plants under the windows to soften the hardscape and bring your garden to the house. Have fun
Hi another broke lass here trying my best to get my garden how I want it with very little budget just took cuttings from the plants I’ve already got in my garden before I prepare my new flower beds… your doing a great job in your garden I will definitely pick up lots of ideas from watching your content
Aw thank you, that’s a great idea I’m defo going to take cuttings now!
I love perennials are budget free plants. A new subscriber
Just saw a cute idea of gluing vintage or old salt and pepper shakers that are chipped or missing their partner on bamboo stakes, probably any garden stake would do. These then can be put in your garden for a decorative touch
I think you are doing a great job. I live in TN USA and I love to add to my garden every year. Just add slowly and you will get what you are dreaming of soon. I enjoyed your content and am a new sub!
Thank you very much I am happy you enjoyed it ☺️🌸💕
You have inspired me to clean my yard up a bit.. the other thing you can do is just start asking your friends if anyone is thinning things back.. I had a bunch of plants given to me this early spring.. Good luck 😊
Just found your channel, i love how real this is, it can be hard t9 get your dreams for the home, but yes slow and steady and one day you will have it. Subscribed and can't wait to see how your garden blooms. ❤
Thank you so much I appreciate that! It might take longer but it’s an adventure right ☺️🌸🍀🌻
I think that area has a lot of potential! You made a lot of progress.
Thank you Amy!! ☺️🌸💕
I’ve been on a low buy garden journey this year too! So much more fun to be creative and meet new people getting things for free than buying everything. Loved watching this video! Your garden is looking amazing! Great job! Post an update so we can see how everything fills out by end of summer! :)
Thank you! 🌸 your so right, it might take longer on a small budget but it’s more rewarding right! I will for sure update at the end of the summer, thanks for watching 🌸☺️💕🍀
Loved the video, well done. Really enjoy seeing what can be done on a tight budget.❤
One little tip, water the ground under your plants, if possible, so as not to wash the pollen off the plants. You may even get more blooms 🐝🌺🌺🌺
Thank you for the tip I appreciate it!!! ☺️🍀🌸💕
It looks SO good. I 'm new to gardening and I'm already hooked. Gratitude for your videos.
Thank you and thanks for watching! Best of luck to you and your garden ☺️💕🍀
the only issues with the stones, if you don't have tarp under it, they will eventually sink into the ground. so idk if you have any landscape cloth under them or not.
OMG!!! I like your bee stand soooo much better than the expensive one! Now I've Got To Make One !!
All my plants came from church friends this year....they all gave me some of what was already in their garden or yard!!....otherwise I would have NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD THE PLANTS THAT THEY GAVE ME!!
Maybe trade a service, an unused item or help someone in exchange for a few free plants.
New gardener in Ohio.
Looks beautiful 😍😍😍😍. The big signs are a great touch.
Thank you! 🤗
I actually was at a local park and noticed that the surrounding landscaping had not been cared for in a while. There were some perennial plants that had sprouted off little baby plants. I dug up a few babies from the original plant and they are now a part of my garden.
I think that area has a lot of potential!
I love your creativity. Your garden is beautiful!
Thank you so much, that’s kind of you to say 😊🌻🌸🪻
Jakers you did well to get all that fence painted in 3 hours. Well done. I love the bleeding heart plant. If you haven't put that in the ground yet, do. It grows into a lovely big bush. We have clay soil here in Cavan (you probably have the same) and it didn't mind it one bit. I just mixed a bit of compost in and it flew. So easy to look after. The dog dug it up too many times thought and it eventually gave up the ghost. Sadly, the dog is now gone (r.i.p. Rusty Dawg, best golden lab ever). You reminded me though that I must get another one.
Thank you ☺️ yes it has already gotten a lot bigger so I think you’re right, it would do well going into the ground!
Greetings, my first time visiting your channel,,, you made wonderful progress and love the chickens. It’s more rewarding and a challenge when you have to be on a budget, great job!❤
Thank you! ☺️ 🌸 it is for sure more of an adventure 🌻☔️
Along with water , plants also need fertilizer given weekly during the growing season x protection from sligs and bugs ,crushed eggshells slso provide along with used coffee grounds , source of nutrition , Great effort on a budjet so keep up the good work Melissa and thSnk you so much for sharing this video content in Yountube ..Happy Gardening to you 👍😊😊
Thanks so much for the tips I appreciate it! And thank you for watching 😊 happy gardening to you too 🌸🌻
Last year I just didn't have the money for even seeds, so while driving home I saw a wild flower in a empty city lot so I thought if the flower can grow there without being watered! right
so I pulled over and took it with root I ended up with a wild garden in my yard, it looked lovely.
Aw that’s lovely, I’m sure that little flower was much happier too!
Lovely! Fun gardening and it looked great when done.
Thank you!! 💕🌸☺️🍀
Ask friends and even strangers if they would like to donate a little part of their perennials to you. Once you plant them and they multiply, then you can donate to other new gardeners.
It is the gift that keeps on giving. Start your annuals from seed. Then harvest the seed from them in the fall. You only need to buy seed once, for many plants.
I'm trying to do the same thing currently and this video was quite inspiring and I absolutely love the tranquil asmr-esque ending ❤
Thank you! ☺️ 🌸☀️ sending you and your garden lots of luck 🍀
cracking job liz
You have the cutest flowers beds and those labels are charming!❤
Thank you! ☺️ I will try to varnish them back to life very soon
This was a really good video! I got a lot of inspiration to grow from. Thank you!
Thank you, I am so glad it was helpful! ☺️🍀💕🌸
Excellent, very similar to how I have landscaped many, many areas
Hi! Liked your video and hard work and thought you put into your gardening! You have a giant Heuchera there in the front strip next to a small tree?, that can be divided into 3 - 5 plants. Easy! dig it out and look at the growth, you can cut through and divide that, replant new, free plants! Have fun!
You are doing great!!!😂❤
I love what you’re doing. I’d love to Airbnb your house & yard! Maybe go for a vaca a week here & there rent out your home. Have a lockbox all closets.
Thanks Sheila! I have considered Airbnb before, you just hear a lot of worrisome stories on the internet 🤔🤨🍀🌸💕
I’ve now brought 3 stick like rose bushes at Poundland and they’ve all taken , growing well and flowering this year …
You've done a great job 🥇If you see a flower you like just take cuttings it's fun and free .Or buy cheap. seeds and scatter ,some of the mixes have wonderful cottage garden plants 🙂
Cottage gardens have lots of annuals and perennials that you can buy as seeds ( lupine, foxgloves, delphiniums, nasturtiums etc ) and will self seed in the garden if you allow them to. So essentially you get flowers year after year. Also for woody plants like fuchsia take cuttings and propagate them. You could also ask neighbours if they are splitting plants that are too large to save a small clump for you.
Beautiful job on your cheap gardening plans .love it. Just one suggestion, use a bigger drill bit to make the holes a tad bit bigger, as well as a few more holes for better drainage.
I believe what you called "weeds" in the tire may have been wild mustard...which is kind of cool and beneficial to keep in the garden. Kudos to you though for creating with what you have or can get on a budget...I'm there with you. Your garden looks awesome! I love the way the baskets look on the fence.
Thank you ☺️ They grow all around my garden and house, we live in farm land so I’m not sure if it has something to do with that? But I did compost those guys don’t worry and last year I dehydrated some into herbs for cooking, stingy nettles too ☺️
I thought they looked like nite blooming primrose
I use an app called picture this, you take a picture of the plant and it tells you about it and it did say wild mustard but if things look similar it can get confused so I couldn’t say for sure 🤷♀️
I loved your cottage garden video today. I’m trying to build a cottage garden in my own garden. It’s a long process. I’ve been working on it for about a year or two already trying to find plants that I love . That will work in my garden. I live in Southern California. It’s very hot and dry here. You have given me so much inspiration for my own cottage garden
Thank you! We are working with opposites then, it’s wet and cold here most of the time. It’s an adventure figuring it all out isn’t it ☺️
If you wanna fill in a flowerbed cheaply, buy a few packages of wildflower/bee/butterfly mixes. Of course some of them go for like 10 pounds, but some of ‘em go for 1 pound a pop! Get like 5 and them just smother them together! You’ll be sure to get something fabulous!
Alternatively, collect seeds from flowers around town! For example stock roses (I don’t know if that’s their enlish name) are very popular in cities. If you pick just one seed pod from each plant, you won’t really steal!
Hello from South Africa. Excited to follow your garden journey. Your before and after looks great🎉
Hello South Africa!! Thank you for watching ☺️🌸☀️
Your garden is looking so nice. It’s amazing what you can do on a small budget. I to always look for discounted flowers. You are so right, you do the best with what you have. It will turn out beautiful. Loved the video. I so look forward to your videos. 😊🇨🇦
Aw thank you Chris! Takes a lil longer with a small budget but it’s an adventure too😊
I really enjoyed your show! Cute little garden and love how you’re doing it on a budget.
Thank you! 🌸☺️🍀
Facebook marketplace here in Canada, just north of Toronto, always has people selling off perrenials for very little. I've planted 5 🤞🤞I loved this video, can't wait to see how your garden grows ✌️💜
I wish I was your neighbor!!! I would love to share cuttings of my flowers and plants w you. My neighbor is a master gardener and 90% of my flower beds are all from cuttings from her. Your garden is beautiful!
Aw thank you! I wish you were too! 😅🌸🌻☀️
I have an elderly neighbor who has given me alot of plants. Shes an angel. We are lucky .
add sunflowers. seed are cheap and you can get the small teddy bear ones that are short and fluffy looking. you can also succession plant them. You can get the tall ones too. They would look nice along your back fence. Then you save all your seed from them when they die back, and never have to buy sunflower seed again, year after year.
I love this!! Here in the US, libraries usually have free seed packets every year, perhaps some near you do as well!
Just came across your channel and love your budget ideas, I was at home bargains earlier today to buy compost and as usual ended up buying other bits and bobs for the garden, their prices are excellent. I really love your obelisk so will need a return trip 😁 definite subscribe as I need to follow your progress. The fence and garden look brilliant ❤
Thank you I am glad it was helpful! And home bargains is the best isn’t it! 😅☺️🌸💕🍀
Love this - watching with interest as we have the same Pinterest inspo pictures and a similar budget. Subscribed ❤
Thank you! All the luck for you and your garden journey ☺️🌸💕🍀
You need to hit up the reduced to clear section at all the nurseries/ garden centres nearby! I’ve found some absolute bargains that just need a bit of water and a trim 🥰
I love the wall around your garden, you have good bones to work with…I’m a poor girl as well, but that doesn’t stop me..little by little it all comes together, I always search our restore for pots and some of my most unique pots have come from there.
A packet of wildflower seeds will be relatively cheap and they will also self seed so you would be able to fill your garden year after year. You can also buy fresh herb plants in the supermarket for about £1 and plant them in the borders for coverage and scent.
I am doing the same thing this year. I have been working on it all this year. One purchase a week is how I do it. I pick Tuesdays to go to shopping. for that day is the day clearance Items go out in the garden section and goodwill has 30% off all items. so I go adopt clearance plants and baskets and planters at goodwill at little cost.
I will enjoy watching you create this garden. It will be charming. I like your idea for decorating the obelisk. I will keep my eyes open for supplies to do that.
One more free thing you can do is straighten your crooked pavers and garden bins. Re-make the screen covers so they fit better and stain the wood frames the same color as the bins.
Your dreams can totally come true. Gardeners are generous people, we love to talk about our gardens, and we can give you free advice! If you ask local gardeners if they can spare any cuttings, I’ve even seen people put out a sign that said “please share any cuttings you may have and it worked. Also, many cottage garden flowers will reseed and spread themselves. On UA-cam, the old BBC special, Geoff Hamilton’s Cottage Garden shows him creating cottage gardens: I learned a lot from that special! Good luck.
So charming, it will be gorgeous
Thank you so much! ☺️🌸🍀☔️
New subscriber…. Really enjoyed this video!❤
Thank you and welcome! 🤗
My 50p in the reduced bin mini rose is one of my favourite things in the garden. Its a full bushy rose now and such lovely peachy coloured roses. I buy a lot at the local coffee mornings that have a plant sale at them. Locally started and cheaper than a garden centre. You may just be short on choices.
I just came across your YT channel and loved this video of what you did with your garden on a budget. I'm a new subscriber and I live in Florida, USA. You did a great job!!!
Thank you I’m glad you enjoy it ☺️🌸💕
Just came across your video. I love your content and am now a new subbie!❤
Yay! Thank you!☺️
You are doing great! Keep looking on the free websites and you can find flowers and shrubs free ( sometimes you are required to dig up). Good luck!
Thank you! Great tip, I will keep an eye out 😊
This is fun watching.wish you were nearby im always trying to control their spread. One tip from me . Please wear good gloves. Looks great .enjoy.
Thank you! 🌸☺️💕☔️ I know i really should, my hands are not enjoying the gardening as much as I am 😅
What a cute video 🥰 somebody pls get her some pebbles for her garden and a couple of flowers though 😅🙏❤
Very nice before and after
😂😅 thank you!!! 🌸
@@pretendshoppingwithmelissa yvw!!! I love what you’ve done so far! So excited to see what else you come up with 😅😍
Sow seeds. I save my toilet paper rolls fill them with compost and sow my seeds in there. They are easy to plant out and roots aren't disturbed since you can plant the whole thing.
Gardens always tend to be more expensive than the budget of the gardener so you just keep at it. In the big tyre maybe look to plant a fruit tree, like a lemon or whatever grows well in your area. Or you could go an ornamental plum or similar so you get the spring blossoms.
You are doing a great job, its looking wonderful, cant wait for more transformation video's 😊
Thank you so much! ☺️
I tuned in just for the title 😅
That's a fantastic price for a bleeding heart (dicentra)! Here -- the US -- I rarely see one that isn't close to or over 20 USD!
Great job! Keep up the good work!!
Thanks so much!! 😊🌸
Love your enthusiasm and dedication. It’s all looking beautiful 😊 Jf you breed Jackie chan with a white leghorn you’ll get a zombie chicken 😅 random I know but wanted to share that tidbit. He’s very handsome 😊
Thank you! ☺️ Marshmallow, our leghorn hen, is actually Jackie chans girlfriend so we very well might have some zombie chicks running around this summer 😅😂
Hi, I'm an old retired gardener. So please accept my advice with the love it's intended. Don't be ""penny wise £ foolish". INVEST in good quality tools, including gloves. If you can't buy a paint sprayer for that fence, rent one. Afterall, its the first & main thing you see...and paint preserves the wood!! You are smart buying plants off clearance also join a gardening group they will teach you what you need to know and we love to share.
You’re doing a great job. Your garden is charming. A good way to get free plants is to ask neighbors and friends for cuttings. Geraniums add a ton of color and are very easy to start from cuttings. I don’t know your growing zone but they may need to be protected in winter. Also if you have Facebook group of gardeners in your area you can just ask for starts. Gardeners are a generous lot and love to share with newbies.
Thank you! Awesome tips, I am going to put the word out! 😊
I love the after and you are a doll❤
Thank you ☺️
Wow what a cool garden look forward to seeing your updates, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
Thank you Ali! 😊