Right there with you, letting a lot just "be" this year. If it makes it, it makes it.

My garden cleanup has been hit & miss this year. We also had a lovely fall, so I waited until much later to start. Then the cold and rains hit! We've even had snow a couple of times. There's no way I'll work outside when it's in the low 30s with a 'feels like' temp in the teens. I usually just do a chop and drop and add coffee grounds, torn up pieces of cardboard and the previous year's dried leaves I'd raked up. What got done will have to do for now. I'm more concerned about keeping the bird feeders and their water dishes taken care of than dead/dying plants. I have plenty of seeds to restart things that don't come up next year. So sad that you didn't get a good sweet potato harvest. Maybe use duct tape to keep the plastic together since you want to replace it. If not, you can just cut that to open it up again. Take care of yourself and I hope you and your family have a wonderful and Merry Christmas!

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Cheryl! I began gardening in 2021- no experience, my family did not garden growing up. I still have a lot to learn but every year it gets better and better!

Oh my goodness this is my all time favourite video on drying herbs, you sre so practical, your advice is very realistic and usable, as well as some gems of wisdom!

😮 This was very interesting. The garden had a very calming feel,especially around the lake area . It was nice to see that even though it was October there were many flowering plants . When I saw the Saxon Chapel, I wondered if you would take us in there and sure enough you did . I really enjoyed seeing the inside of this ancient chapel. Thank you 😊

I do t like my groundhog at all.

Thanks for this Thanksgiving reminder. Yes, it's so much easier to complain than to be thankful. I've heard many times that you only have to plant celery once and you harvest it forever. Two weeks ago, I was starting to clean up the rest of the flowers, but I stopped and watched the few bees still finding food on them. Yes, the flowers are still there. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.

We had a disappointing year in terms of production. But we had tons of bees and worms, and this was the first year I was able to use our homegrown compost to fill all the garden beds. Two and a half years composting. Fantastic. Since my husband nearly died in January, we feel grateful to have a garden at all! God is good! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Which type garlic do you plant, would soft neck work? I’m in central nj

Enjoyed seeing this garden. Her garden has “rooms “that were interesting and unique in their own way. I loved seeing a pot looking like a bench with three small pots on the seat. My mother had a plant that had grown quite large in the front of the home and now I know it was a spotted laurel. Amazing that in this small garden , she has made a haven for wildlife with nesting boxes. It is an inspiration to us all to think about wildlife in our own gardens. Thank you !

I used to live in Oxfordshire and know Thame pretty well, next time you come to the UK you should visit some of the great gardens of Cornwall, absolutely stunning!

You were so lucky to be able to visit there, especially with special friends. The English people take a special pride in their gardens, both large and small, and their beauty shows it. Thanks for sharing this.

Very helpful! Thk u 😊

We found a bunny nest in our front yard! What a wonderful science lesson for my 11yo. He's been checking on them, making sure mama has visited. We're doing all the things mentioned here already, so this is great confirmation that we're taking care of them just by keeping an eye out! Thanks!

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What a lovely little backyard oasis!

WOW - lucky you! Being in London sounds wonderful, especially since you have a special friend there. Karen's wildlife garden is very nice. So fun to learn about the hedgehogs who live there. I'll have to check Phillip T out and see what all he's up to.

The car idea is ingenious!

Loved the cat!!!

What a wonderful Market and nursery!

It's OK to be lazy - I tell myself that frequently. With all of the damage you've had, it looks like you might have more than one groundhog, or a very fat and healthy one. It is sad that your garden didn't succeed like you hoped. You did a lot of work in it this year. I've never seen any Monarchs here even though I have the butterfly weed planted. In looking at my weather diary, we haven't had any rain here since last month, and it looks like we'll stay dry through the first part of Nov. We did have a few nights in the low 30s, so I did some prep then for freezing, but now we're having days in the mid to high 70s and a few listed in the low 80s. Do I clean things up or just keep them watered and let the bees enjoy the flowers. The annual flowers I cut back are showing new leaves. It's definitely a weird growing season this year. I did go ahead and harvest my sweet potatoes and have them in the garage to start their curing. Hopefully you'll still be able to harvest some of yours. Each year is a learning year in one way or another - what to do and also what not to do.

Where was the farmers market ?

Oh my, what a wonderful place to spend several hours. You are so lucky to have it near you. The produce prices look good, too. I could happily get lost in there enjoying all of the Autumn etc goodies. Your mom's new friend is a cutie and her garden is lovely. Thanks for sharing all of that with us! Hopefully Lisa's home survived Milton! OK - Sammy the scarecrow.

Good Tips! I'd only seen those large heavy hoops, so the ones you're using look like something I could handle. This is the first year I'm actually trying to grow something in the fall/winter. I'm now listed in Zone 7a instead of the 6b/7a 'border'. When I was at Lowe's getting mums the other day, I saw they still had a few veggies out and bought some Romaine Lettuce and Broccoli, so will see how they do. I'm betting I'll eat the lettuce before the end of next month. The Collard Greens I'd planted some time ago still look good so hopefully that'll make it as well. Now that it's cooler, below 80, my Cherry Tomatoes have exploded and I'm harvesting at least a good size handful every day. I'll dig my Sweet Potatoes up next weekend. How are yours doing? Since I'm in the last area of Hurricane Helene's cone, which is the heavy rain and flooding area, I'll have to see how my garden survives this weekend. Hehe - did your 'magic wand' get rid of the squirrel?

Thanks for sharing.

My word, you have a huge variety in your garden. You must have been 'shopping' in it for your dinners all summer. You'll have more to harvest soon. Thanks for giving us the tour. Hehe - you also have a small critter colony there as well.

Two years ago, I had a very nasty experience with yellow jackets who made a nest in my garden. All I had to do was walk by and they'd attack me. Even the man who mowed my yard got attacked when he tried to mow near there. In Walmart's garden center I found a Trap-N-Kill trap for yellow jackets, wasps & hornets. It's by Enoz. It definitely took care of my yellow jacket problem. Sorry I forgot to tell you about this earlier.

Glad the days are getting milder and you can enjoy your gorgeous garden. I am amazed at your agricultural accomplishments, and know our ancestors do, too!!! 💚🌱

Your 🌽🌽🌽 is as high as an elephant's eye🌱💚

So cute how Layla came in camera range when you were talking about vodka in your tincture 😂

Thank You!

I've never made a tincture before. Thanks for showing me how to do it. I'm gathering from the expression on your face that the ones you took didn't taste very good. (Hehe - maybe mix it with OJ or V-8 juice?) I've just let my herb tea seep for several hours instead of 20 minutes or so and called that good enough. Wisdom from 'days gone by' used to be the best there was, mainly because they worked. Personally, I think we need more 'days gone by' remedies.

It looks like you'll have a lot to harvest. Your corn stalks look great! Good for you! We're still in the 90s with humidity in the 80+%. The famous 'They' keep promising rain and a cool down. I keep hoping. I'm planning on sowing Kale seeds next week and hopefully will get a nice crop of it this fall. Our fall is supposed to be a warm one so not sure how long of a season I'll have this year but think it'll be longer than the 'normal' one. Love my cherry tomatoes! I put more in the freezer today. It looks like my Sweet Potatoes will also be a bumper crop this year. I cut some of their leaves to use instead of spinach today - YUM! Right now, gardening in one day at a time.

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I didn’t know that about cucumbers, that happened to some of my plants. It’s amazing how much you can grow in a relatively small space !

So interesting and informative! Makes me more motivated to get herbs of all kinds in my garden. Thanks, sis, and hugs to you and Lady!!

Love this video!! Lady is so precious!!

Thank you for sharing this information! Also, a lot of the plants we call 'WEEDS' are beneficial to us in many ways and are yummy as foods. Plantain and Stinging Nettles are the ones that I usually think about first. Plantain used to be called the soldier's plant because it helped stopped the bleeding from battle wounds. It was also used by doctors in Europe during WWI and WWII. Stinging Nettles makes a really yummy tea and also a soup, especially when mixed with onions, potatoes and carrots. Thankfully my mints and several herbs have enjoyed our hot weather and have exploded in my garden. Yes, they have a lot of nutritional benefits. I'll mix and match several of them and make iced teas and drink them all day during the summer. I'll dry them for hot teas in the winter. In the past, the people didn't have a pharmacy on every corner, so they went to nature for their healing needs. Unfortunately, we've lost a lot of that knowledge and just take a pill of some sort with a long list of side effects. Everything we really need for our wellbeing is here with us - we just have to look for it and be willing to learn.

Thank you for a wonderful comprehensive video on medicinal herbs and medical disclosure!! I always check first! Chamomile, lavender, sage, spearmint, lemon grass, rosemary, calendula, ginger, tons of lily of the valley and oregano! These are all in my garden!

Thank you so much for the great tips ! I just tried an herb garden for the first time this year. I had no idea how to harvest or when or preserve them 🤷‍♀️ 😅

Hi Cheryl, is this yr correct name? This is my 3td video of yrs I had 2 watch 2 c if you've done the same as me. So sorry about all yr furbabies but even more yr child. I can't even imagine. I have no children. One very early miscarriage but I wasn't even sure. We too have all our pets buried on our property. Under a century old Pine tree up on a bank over looking a brook that runs through our property but with my last and most precious cat I didn't want her farther away from my gardens because she hung out with me all the time. She wld come 2 see me and then go off and do her thing so I wanted 2 visit her and talk 2 her more and had my husband dig a hole 2 the side of a path way in one of her fav areas. I took found a cat with wings. And have placed heart shape rocks I find when beach combing around the statue! I love that lady one reading a book 2 the child!

Love that you have so many herbs in yr deck! I have 2 go down a flight of stairs 2 get 2 my herbs. I do the same thing with straw and freezer bags 4 my dried herbs or whatever I freeze. Love yr csr. P.S. My very 1st comments on yr channel. Just fnd u 2day. Itt was yr lemon ginger in honey video. This is my 3rd one 2 watch. Where in US r u located?

Congrats again on your 1000 Subs! Your garden is looking good - much better than mine. However, this morning I harvested my first Okra! We're starting another heat wave with temps in the mid 90s and humidity in the mid to high 80s. This is supposed to last for at least another 10 days. I did enjoy our temps when they were in the mid 80s for those few days. I'll start some seeds in a week or so for my fall garden. Hopefully it'll be cooler then. My first frost date is the end of October, so I have plenty of time for cool season crops.

Way to go girl! Your garden looks great!

Excellent presentation! Thank you!

Merci

Thank you for this info! I have some holes in my garden I can fill with bush beans and flowers 🌸

I went through my seed packets last week to see what I wanted to plant for the fall. Hopefully it'll be cooler then. Since we're still in the 90s+ heat dome situation, it's a question of what I want to try to grow that I'll really use. Even the poor hummingbirds are starting to look for cooler places. Thankfully my mints and most of my herbs are surviving, and I have basil galore. My cherry tomatoes are starting to flower so all of these things are good. From the looks of the vines, I'll also have a good sweet potato crop. Yes, peas, lettuce etc are gone but I did get to harvest some peas last month and I cut a few of them up in my salad. Your garden is looking good and I'm hoping it's cooler there. Enjoy!

Great information! You'll have to do another video when you harvest. I'm growing corn for the first time this year. Its a variety also from Botanical Interests, "Buttergold". Im in northern CT. This one is only 63 days! P.S. I like the music😂