Gardeners who can wait a full year before planting at a new home have much more patience than I do. Starting a garden makes me feel at home. I feel like a stranger in a new place until I can install some favorite plants.
Really appreciate Erin from Floret. Thank you for reminding us that even a labor of love can be costly and time consuming, and needs to be financially sustainable for the grower. Looking forward to your 'impatient' garden this year. ☺🌷🌺🌳
Thanks for mentioning the Floret sale of seeds she has been selecting and breeding for 6+ years! The video she has put out on the project is lovely. Yes, they are not cheap, but supporting this family farm endeavor- and the flowers are GORGEOUS- is a pleasure if you are in a position to do so. Some varieties of zinnia seeds are still available; I ordered the Precious Metals zinnia seeds on February 12. I plan to plant them by themselves and try collecting the seed to have more of these particular flowers in future years!
I love what you said about Floret! I love everything about them and Erin is just the sweetest. I did buy some of her seeds and I’m just now getting ready to plant them outside. Thank you for another nice video
I’m in zone 8b on the east coast of Virginia. I have daffodils, hyacinths and Iris coming up and weeds. I have at least 40 rose bushes and climbers. I don’t start cutting anything back until we’re past the freeze/frost period. We’ve had frost several years in the past after April 15th. I’ll pull the weeds and cut some of the perennials back, but I’ve found that leaving the old growth or die back on the plant, it actually protects the tender new growth below the dead stems.
Can’t wait to see your gardens in the spring. You got so much done. Take care. I’m in southern Indiana and my bulbs are coming up too but it doesn’t seem to hurt them. I’m 78 and have seen my daffodils blooming in the snow.😊
The forecast in Western Massachusetts states severe winter weather coming Monday night till Tuesday night, oh goodness, today it hit 60 and I took the opportunity to go out and clean up my front yard littered with pine cones, leaves and dead grass , so satisfying , I’ll be sore tomorrow
I'm in Minnesota and our weather was unusually warm last week, mid 50s. Now we're back to typical winter temps, 30s. I raked away some leaves to prep an area for poppy seeds and was surprised to see daffodil tips poking up 😱 I anchored little wire baskets (found at Dollar Store last year) around them, so it was good I could see where the daffs were coming up, and sprinkled a few seeds then covered everything up again. You're right. It's far too soon to do yard cleanup. Though my fingers are itching to get dirty. I planted some succulent containers and that helped ease my spring fever. Now I want to get going on hardscaping. I had a very positive experience getting plants from Great Garden Plants. Very healthy Ajuga.
All of my paniculata hydrangeas and roses were in buds two weeks ago. Last week I decided to prune them all. Of course, we got a 20 degree night right after. I hope they all come back!
Very wise to warn against a false spring, here in SW France it’s been known to freeze at the start of May. One year I lost all my hydrangea blooms , I now keep a watch out and cover my shrubs if they bud out early. This year has been unusually wet, so fed up of cloud and rain, not what I expected when we relocated here 20 yrs ago. The first year spring started on 1st February and just got better and better, I still love it though ❤️😎🌷👩🌾🇫🇷
Thanks for your advice and for cautioning everyone to postpone pruning. I know it's tempting during this beautiful weather we are having, but it's February!! It stands to reason that the cold weather isn't over yet! I'm staying put and focusing on other things until we are further along into early Spring before I bring out the pruners!!
I’m in zone 5 and my tulips are starting to show also. Have to see what will happen to the spring blossoms. Nature will have its way as a gardener is well aware… it’s always so nice to take one of your garden tours and see what has been accomplished. I’m sure your gardens will look beautiful come spring. Enjoy your weekend!
I'm in zone 7A (actually 7B now, but I'm ignoring that). The roses on the south side of my house leaf out in the last week of February and the roses on the north side several weeks later. If I haven't been keeping a very detailed calendar for the last few years, I would never have realized this. For this reason, I have begun pruning all the roses on the south side. We too are having cold coming but when I was out there, I could see the roses were all budding up and my clematis too. So I think this micro climate will be able to handle the early pruning. At the vey least, I would like to see what happens, so I know for the coming years when is the correct time without having to rely on the experience of others. Experimenting is part of the fun of gardening I think.
My alliums and daffodils are also coming up. Central Indiana. Hopefully our weather will not turn really cold this year but almost every year we get subzero temps at some point in february. Pray for the best. My goose berry bush has buds coming out on it already.
You mentioned in your past video about your crabapple trees & how you may replace some of them. I have found & planted a ‘Royal Raindrops crabapple tree’ that was a recommendation from another gardener & I couldn’t be happier with it. The apples are small, which the birds eat. It has a beautiful pink bloom & is not messy at all. It is also disease resistant & I have it planted in an area that gets much wind. I live in southern NJ, zone 7a. Can’t wait to see all your garden plans come to fruition! 😊
I've just been planting lettuce during this weird (mostly warm) winter in the midwest. The polar vortex got it, in my front beds, but I have some undercover. It scratches the itch without prematurely pulling leaves off of planted beds. More lettuce ready to go out along with another round of sweet peas. Beware the midwest faux-spring.
Hi Mathew. We r in central OH and are always happy to see a good garden show from Ohio. As I always do I’d love to see more natives or Nativars and no invasives which many of us spend time getting rid of throughout the year. With that said ( can’t help myself) we are excited about your progress and are anxious to see how last years early work starts to grow. Keep it up.
Floret farmers have the most beautiful zinnias i've ever seen. I agree, all the work that has gone into breeding them to be stable and so different from the usual varieties. Excited to know what youve bought.😊 Unfortunately I live in NZ, so I cannot receive plants, unless I pay alot of money upfront.
Hi Mathew, your garden is going to be beautiful in the end! You said that will put the link where you got the wholesale prices! Thanks for the walk! Blessings!
Good advice on waiting on the garden clean up. I’ve been cringing this week as some other CZcams channels are doing major clean up and pruning in mid winter. I’m hoping people don’t take their risky advice. Plus pollinators are sheltering in all that material. Best to work on infrastructure and seed starting. ❄️🌿🌿
Are you going to hire someone to take care of all the flowers and plants you are planting? It's going to be beautiful but you do have a full time job, where are you going to find the time? Leave some room for the girls to enjoy! ❤❤
Being a lawyer you have to be organized and I'm sure it will be gorgeous. I did the same thing on a smaller scale 20 years ago and now I wish I had planted less, but I'[m a lot older than you. 🙂 @@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden
i cannot wait for your hauls to start coming in. the transformation is going to be extraordinary. your planning is going to pay off and I can't wait to see it by September.
My gladiator bulbs here in Missouri have poked their head up as well and we have some chilly weather coming tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers! Your cutting garden is going to be awesome!
I have seen several you tube gardeners using chip drops from arborists in their area. While I can understand that it’s very inexpensive for the volume you get-sometimes free-but you really don’t know what you’re getting. When I moved into my new property I had several Buckthorns removed which in the state of Michigan are considered a noxious weed. The tree company I used chipped the debris from these right along with other branches of good trees like oaks all in the same truck. At the time this was done, there were black berries growing on the buckthorns which is what spreads the seed of these trees. So my question to you is, are you planning to cover and heat your chip pile in order to kill off any weed seeds or diseases before putting the chips on your garden beds? Look forward to seeing what you do with your new property-love what you’ve done so far!
Just as most things, there’s trade offs for every garden decision. For me, spending the $20 (or getting chips free) and potentially having to pull weeds here and there is better than spending $400+ in comparable bulk mulch delivery. Due to timing, I won’t have time to allow the chips to compost for a prolonged period of time this year (if I get a delivery). But, in the future I’ll always have a pile that’s been sitting for some time before use.
I'm beginning to see the future garden! Also, I'm so glad you didn't pull the established Rose of Sharon...for some reason I thought you had pulled it. It's worth working around such a lovely established queen. Can't wait to see your Floret selections take the stage! I have many, as well . Yay summer!
I can’t do any cleanup at the moment because we had 9” of wet, sloppy snow last weekend and another 5” over the past day! Everything is blanketed in white. I expect we will have snow every week to ten days probably through March. It’s a great time to organize the garage and shed though!
Have you ever given your panicles a rejuvenating prune. I’m south uk so I’ve already pruned my hydrangeas. My two limelight standards are quite large now. I watched Laura from garden answer and she has said about a hard rejuvenating prune to size control. I want to do this but naturally I’m worried as typical I cut about a node. Apparently you can cut below the previous years prune. Any thoughts. Can’t wait to see your garden transform.
Oh and at about minute 21 what is that growing around the hydrangea? Looks like it could be the very invasive lesser Celedine or more likely the equally invasive garlic mustard.
Hey Matthew, I’m planning to change up the garden around my house. Currently has a layer or 2 of rock. Is it ok to remove it and replace with compost and mulch? Can the mulch be placed against the foundation?
I’ve been thinking about the floret zinnias. I bout 3 types. Won’t the pollen get mixed between the different varieties and then the seed not true to the mother plant? I have a small neighborhood lot so they’ll all be within a close geographical area. What do you think?
If they were hybrids like many other types of zinnias, yes. But these have been worked many years to be stabilized. There will still be some variation, but because the genetics have been more stabilized the daughter plants will be similar to the parent.
If you’ve watched any of my previous videos you know I have used cardboard and painters paper to create all of the new landscape beds at the house. Obtaining 2000 square feet of cardboard isn’t practical for the size of this cutting garden.
No. But the arborist has to pay $20 to drop at your home. So you can reimburse them or provide a higher dollar amount as an incentive to drop at your location over another person’s home.
I bought dahlias from floret several years ago and got the smallest, most terrible tubers, I’ve ever seen in my whole life. I’ll never purchase anything from her again! Ugh…..
The size of the tuber doesn’t actually matter as long as there is an eye for growth. Most all dahlias you buy from flower farmers will only have a single tuber because they’ll form an entire clump in a single season.
I'm in Minnesota and our weather was unusually warm last week, mid 50s. Now we're back to typical winter temps, 30s. I raked away some leaves to prep an area for poppy seeds and was surprised to see daffodil tips poking up 😱 I anchored little wire baskets (found at Dollar Store last year) around them, so it was good I could see where the daffs were coming up, and sprinkled a few seeds then covered everything up again. You're right. It's far too soon to do yard cleanup. Though my fingers are itching to get dirty. I planted some succulent containers and that helped ease my spring fever. Now I want to get going on hardscaping. I had a very positive experience getting plants from Great Garden Plants. Very healthy Ajuga.
Gardeners who can wait a full year before planting at a new home have much more patience than I do. Starting a garden makes me feel at home. I feel like a stranger in a new place until I can install some favorite plants.
Really appreciate Erin from Floret. Thank you for reminding us that even a labor of love can be costly and time consuming, and needs to be financially sustainable for the grower. Looking forward to your 'impatient' garden this year. ☺🌷🌺🌳
Agreed with you about supporting small business 🎉❤
You have a beautiful property and home. I love your style and content. Can’t wait to see all the projects you have planned 💚
Hi Matthew! Another enjoyable walk with you around your property and listening to your plans. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for mentioning the Floret sale of seeds she has been selecting and breeding for 6+ years! The video she has put out on the project is lovely. Yes, they are not cheap, but supporting this family farm endeavor- and the flowers are GORGEOUS- is a pleasure if you are in a position to do so. Some varieties of zinnia seeds are still available; I ordered the Precious Metals zinnia seeds on February 12. I plan to plant them by themselves and try collecting the seed to have more of these particular flowers in future years!
I love what you said about Floret! I love everything about them and Erin is just the sweetest. I did buy some of her seeds and I’m just now getting ready to plant them outside.
Thank you for another nice video
I’m in zone 8b on the east coast of Virginia. I have daffodils, hyacinths and Iris coming up and weeds. I have at least 40 rose bushes and climbers. I don’t start cutting anything back until we’re past the freeze/frost period. We’ve had frost several years in the past after April 15th. I’ll pull the weeds and cut some of the perennials back, but I’ve found that leaving the old growth or die back on the plant, it actually protects the tender new growth below the dead stems.
Yes! All good ideas!
Can’t wait to see your gardens in the spring. You got so much done. Take care. I’m in southern Indiana and my bulbs are coming up too but it doesn’t seem to hurt them. I’m 78 and have seen my daffodils blooming in the snow.😊
I started planting during the remodel before we even moved in, Matthew. Some of my plants are older than the paint, lol. Loving your garden.
The forecast in Western Massachusetts states severe winter weather coming Monday night till Tuesday night, oh goodness, today it hit 60 and I took the opportunity to go out and clean up my front yard littered with pine cones, leaves and dead grass , so satisfying , I’ll be sore tomorrow
ME TOO ordered my Florets Zinnias, great price and the color are amazing
Your garden is going to be so beautiful in Spring!
I'm in Minnesota and our weather was unusually warm last week, mid 50s. Now we're back to typical winter temps, 30s.
I raked away some leaves to prep an area for poppy seeds and was surprised to see daffodil tips poking up 😱
I anchored little wire baskets (found at Dollar Store last year) around them, so it was good I could see where the daffs were coming up, and sprinkled a few seeds then covered everything up again.
You're right. It's far too soon to do yard cleanup. Though my fingers are itching to get dirty. I planted some succulent containers and that helped ease my spring fever.
Now I want to get going on hardscaping.
I had a very positive experience getting plants from Great Garden Plants. Very healthy Ajuga.
Thank you Mathew. ❄️🫠💚🙃
All of my paniculata hydrangeas and roses were in buds two weeks ago. Last week I decided to prune them all. Of course, we got a 20 degree night right after. I hope they all come back!
Very wise to warn against a false spring, here in SW France it’s been known to freeze at the start of May. One year I lost
all my hydrangea blooms , I now keep a watch out and cover my shrubs if they bud out early. This year has been unusually wet, so fed up of cloud and rain, not what I expected when we relocated here 20 yrs ago. The first year spring started on 1st February and just got better and better, I still love it though ❤️😎🌷👩🌾🇫🇷
Thanks for your advice and for cautioning everyone to postpone pruning. I know it's tempting during this beautiful weather we are having, but it's February!! It stands to reason that the cold weather isn't over yet! I'm staying put and focusing on other things until we are further along into early Spring before I bring out the pruners!!
So true, with this crazy weather we have to remind ourselves that it is only Feb. !! Sw Pa.
You could limb up the rose of Sharon into a tree form? Good luck!
I’m in zone 5 and my tulips are starting to show also. Have to see what will happen to the spring blossoms. Nature will have its way as a gardener is well aware… it’s always so nice to take one of your garden tours and see what has been accomplished. I’m sure your gardens will look beautiful come spring. Enjoy your weekend!
I'm in zone 7A (actually 7B now, but I'm ignoring that). The roses on the south side of my house leaf out in the last week of February and the roses on the north side several weeks later. If I haven't been keeping a very detailed calendar for the last few years, I would never have realized this. For this reason, I have begun pruning all the roses on the south side. We too are having cold coming but when I was out there, I could see the roses were all budding up and my clematis too. So I think this micro climate will be able to handle the early pruning. At the vey least, I would like to see what happens, so I know for the coming years when is the correct time without having to rely on the experience of others. Experimenting is part of the fun of gardening I think.
My alliums and daffodils are also coming up. Central Indiana. Hopefully our weather will not turn really cold this year but almost every year we get subzero temps at some point in february. Pray for the best.
My goose berry bush has buds coming out on it already.
I have tons of weeds in my beds😮. Everything is budding here in 8b. Just cut a few roses from my James Galway.
Wow!
You mentioned in your past video about your crabapple trees & how you may replace some of them. I have found & planted a ‘Royal Raindrops crabapple tree’ that was a recommendation from another gardener & I couldn’t be happier with it. The apples are small, which the birds eat. It has a beautiful pink bloom & is not messy at all. It is also disease resistant & I have it planted in an area that gets much wind. I live in southern NJ, zone 7a. Can’t wait to see all your garden plans come to fruition! 😊
Some of my daffodils are already blooming! My tulips are coming up as well. North Alabama (new) zone 8.
i am in Memphis tn new zone 8 and my alums, tulips and daffs plus my veronica is green with blooms coming on, scary
@@user-ty1bu2zk5z none of my alliums are showing yet. Now I’m wondering if something got them.
dont worry, mine were just planted higher, give them another 3 weeks
Going to look fantastic soon I think!
I've just been planting lettuce during this weird (mostly warm) winter in the midwest. The polar vortex got it, in my front beds, but I have some undercover. It scratches the itch without prematurely pulling leaves off of planted beds. More lettuce ready to go out along with another round of sweet peas. Beware the midwest faux-spring.
Hi Mathew. We r in central OH and are always happy to see a good garden show from Ohio. As I always do I’d love to see more natives or Nativars and no invasives which many of us spend time getting rid of throughout the year. With that said ( can’t help myself) we are excited about your progress and are anxious to see how last years early work starts to grow. Keep it up.
Can’t wait to see all of it this spring and summer❤
Floret farmers have the most beautiful zinnias i've ever seen.
I agree, all the work that has gone into breeding them to be stable and so different from the usual varieties.
Excited to know what youve bought.😊
Unfortunately I live in NZ, so I cannot receive plants, unless I pay alot of money upfront.
Hi Mathew, your garden is going to be beautiful in the end! You said that will put the link where you got the wholesale prices! Thanks for the walk! Blessings!
www.thefarmatcherryhill.com/dahlia-tubers/wholesale-dahlia-tubers
Good advice on waiting on the garden clean up. I’ve been cringing this week as some other CZcams channels are doing major clean up and pruning in mid winter. I’m hoping people don’t take their risky advice. Plus pollinators are sheltering in all that material. Best to work on infrastructure and seed starting. ❄️🌿🌿
Are you going to hire someone to take care of all the flowers and plants you are planting? It's going to be beautiful but you do have a full time job, where are you going to find the time? Leave some room for the girls to enjoy! ❤❤
No, I take care of everything myself. I purposely design to make things easier to care for.
Being a lawyer you have to be organized and I'm sure it will be gorgeous. I did the same thing on a smaller scale 20 years ago and now I wish I had planted less, but I'[m a lot older than you. 🙂 @@TheSouthernersNorthernGarden
💕💓💞 it was so beautiful yesterday here in Michigan I had to fight the urge not to do some pruning, 😊
How exciting! I like the idea of tarping. Do you use garden staples to keep them down?
Depends on the tarp. Tent stakes will also work if it has grommets.
Thank you Matt. I have seen several doing clean up and I was getting anxious that I was late to the game. I’m in northern Indiana.
i cannot wait for your hauls to start coming in. the transformation is going to be extraordinary. your planning is going to pay off and I can't wait to see it by September.
I've never heard about frost crack before!! You are such a great teacher! 🙂🙂🙂
Thank you for the garden walk Matthew 🌸🌸💚
Lovely walk Mathew 🍃🌺🍃
Looking great Matthew! Really hard not to get busy on these few warm days we are having!!
I know! It’s so hard to wait.
My gladiator bulbs here in Missouri have poked their head up as well and we have some chilly weather coming tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers! Your cutting garden is going to be awesome!
I have seen several you tube gardeners using chip drops from arborists in their area. While I can understand that it’s very inexpensive for the volume you get-sometimes free-but you really don’t know what you’re getting. When I moved into my new property I had several Buckthorns removed which in the state of Michigan are considered a noxious weed. The tree company I used chipped the debris from these right along with other branches of good trees like oaks all in the same truck. At the time this was done, there were black berries growing on the buckthorns which is what spreads the seed of these trees. So my question to you is, are you planning to cover and heat your chip pile in order to kill off any weed seeds or diseases before putting the chips on your garden beds? Look forward to seeing what you do with your new property-love what you’ve done so far!
Just as most things, there’s trade offs for every garden decision. For me, spending the $20 (or getting chips free) and potentially having to pull weeds here and there is better than spending $400+ in comparable bulk mulch delivery. Due to timing, I won’t have time to allow the chips to compost for a prolonged period of time this year (if I get a delivery). But, in the future I’ll always have a pile that’s been sitting for some time before use.
I'm beginning to see the future garden! Also, I'm so glad you didn't pull the established Rose of Sharon...for some reason I thought you had pulled it. It's worth working around such a lovely established queen. Can't wait to see your Floret selections take the stage! I have many, as well . Yay summer!
Спасибо за прогулку.
I can’t do any cleanup at the moment because we had 9” of wet, sloppy snow last weekend and another 5” over the past day! Everything is blanketed in white. I expect we will have snow every week to ten days probably through March. It’s a great time to organize the garage and shed though!
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Have you ever given your panicles a rejuvenating prune. I’m south uk so I’ve already pruned my hydrangeas. My two limelight standards are quite large now. I watched Laura from garden answer and she has said about a hard rejuvenating prune to size control. I want to do this but naturally I’m worried as typical I cut about a node. Apparently you can cut below the previous years prune. Any thoughts. Can’t wait to see your garden transform.
Yes, you could cut below last years pruning area. Just remember to keep enough stem though to keep the blooms held upright well.
Oh and at about minute 21 what is that growing around the hydrangea? Looks like it could be the very invasive lesser Celedine or more likely the equally invasive garlic mustard.
Hey Matthew, I’m planning to change up the garden around my house. Currently has a layer or 2 of rock. Is it ok to remove it and replace with compost and mulch? Can the mulch be placed against the foundation?
I’ve been thinking about the floret zinnias. I bout 3 types. Won’t the pollen get mixed between the different varieties and then the seed not true to the mother plant? I have a small neighborhood lot so they’ll all be within a close geographical area. What do you think?
If they were hybrids like many other types of zinnias, yes. But these have been worked many years to be stabilized. There will still be some variation, but because the genetics have been more stabilized the daughter plants will be similar to the parent.
This website is helpful to understanding. They’ve not been stabilized in the sense of heirlooms, but closer than just a simple hybrid.
www.floretflowers.com/floret-originals-your-questions-answered/
Question, why do you not use cardboard to kill grass ?
If you’ve watched any of my previous videos you know I have used cardboard and painters paper to create all of the new landscape beds at the house. Obtaining 2000 square feet of cardboard isn’t practical for the size of this cutting garden.
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I thought chip drop was free?? Has that changed?
No. But the arborist has to pay $20 to drop at your home. So you can reimburse them or provide a higher dollar amount as an incentive to drop at your location over another person’s home.
I bought dahlias from floret several years ago and got the smallest, most terrible tubers, I’ve ever seen in my whole life. I’ll never purchase anything from her again! Ugh…..
The size of the tuber doesn’t actually matter as long as there is an eye for growth. Most all dahlias you buy from flower farmers will only have a single tuber because they’ll form an entire clump in a single season.
I'm in Minnesota and our weather was unusually warm last week, mid 50s. Now we're back to typical winter temps, 30s.
I raked away some leaves to prep an area for poppy seeds and was surprised to see daffodil tips poking up 😱
I anchored little wire baskets (found at Dollar Store last year) around them, so it was good I could see where the daffs were coming up, and sprinkled a few seeds then covered everything up again.
You're right. It's far too soon to do yard cleanup. Though my fingers are itching to get dirty. I planted some succulent containers and that helped ease my spring fever.
Now I want to get going on hardscaping.
I had a very positive experience getting plants from Great Garden Plants. Very healthy Ajuga.
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