Cottage Garden Transformation!

Hello Darlings! I know this isn't my usual type of content but I was happy to see a lot of you were eager to see this type of video over on my community post! I love gardening and it's not something I usually delve into in my other videos so it was a really nice change of pace pottering around the garden and sharing my upcoming garden plans with you all! I have been filming the process in our backyard for over 1 year, in the hopes I can look back at how far the garden has come. I know our garden still needs so much more, little by little it will turn into a beautiful english cottage garden!
Lots of love,
Sage Xx
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[@janeburkhart4051]

This was so lovely! I'd love to see all your garden progress as you add, build, and plant. It's wonderful to see a young couple so enthusiastic about gardening and improving their home. Thank you for another beautiful video, Sage. ❤️

[@thedarkdane7]

I think gardening is one of the healthiest things mentally, physically, and spiritually that one can do. However, watching a lovely video about gardening is good too. 😁

[@klawes6673]

I watch your videos everday, im really inspired to change the way i dress from the 1940 era but i dont have the confidence! You and James are an inspiration! Love you guys x

[@recyclecouture]

I believe Sage has a video on how to start dressing vintage a little at a time. You could start with skirts or trousers and go from there.

[@SageLilleyman]

Aw that’s okay, take your time and wear what you feel comfortable in! Sending lots of love!! 💞 xoxo

[@klawes6673]

@@SageLilleyman thankyou so much xoxo

[@klawes6673]

@@recyclecouture thankyou xx

[@kaylawestbrook1584]

Same here, I love it so much but am gonna try to start small to be sure it’s what I like on me. I have very crazy frizzy hair and can’t seem to figure out the hair so it’s a struggle😔

[@alisnwonderland6595]

Ok you know what especially captured my heart? You leaving through the sliding glass door and in the background you can see one of your chickens running towards you ❤️ they love you!!

[@monicagaitor6751]

Sage, your cottage garden, is a huge success. You and James, can be proud and enjoy the fruits of your labour. All the best moving forward...🌼

[@SageLilleyman]

Thanks so much! 💕

[@AntaresSelket]

It's so cute to see your chickens waiting for you to dig up more worms.

[@royhampton3]

Such a great video, really beautifully edited with perfect integration of music and images. The evolution of your garden is a great story and it's impressive that you documented it so well. There's nothing like the feeling of having beautiful flowers and harvesting your own vegetables! Anyway, enjoyed this a lot.

[@SageLilleyman]

Thank you very much! 😊

[@-cassandra]

You are so right ❤

[@VintageToysASMR]

Ohhh this was SO lovely! As we are all covered in snow still in our part of the world, it's so nice to see sunshine and warmth and fresh beautiful plants! 🌱 Loved all the relaxing beautiful background music too! 🎶 Your lovely vintage channel is simply the best... Always look forward to all your videos!🥰

[@SageLilleyman]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@marissajay6468]

Sage, I would love to see a diy video on your glass house greenhouse! I would also like to see a more in-depth video of your garden planner and all the little garden updates you do a long the way (like updates on how your seeds are doing that you've planted, and when you're planning on planting then, etc. sort of like a garden diaries episode)! I would also love to hear more about your nutritious seawood solution to water your plants (is it something you make, or is it something you can purchase in stores). I'm quite new to gardening and I would love to hear all of your tips and tricks and your favorite vegetables, flowers, etc. you like planting in your garden! This was very lovely and I love your videos and your outfit is super cute as well!

[@TheFrostwind12]

I am SO excited for a greenhouse video! I've seen those pins on pinterest as well and dreamed of someday making my own recycled window greenhouse. Best of luck 💕

[@uniquemekylieb]

I know I would love to see the process of you building your greenhouse; I also would love to see any other gardening videos you might feel like making as well, whether it be flowers or vegetables. Just gives suck cozy, relaing vibes, and inspiration to start my own garden one day ☺

[@christiana_mandalynn]

This may be my favorite video you’ve ever done 💖 please PLEASE do a greenhouse video and more gardening videos! As someone who yearns for chickens, I just love seeing Maude and Mabel doing simple things like scratching about. 💛 You have such incredible fruits of your labors! It makes me excited to prepare my small urban garden (mostly containers) and to begin planting once we get Spring here. Love the video!!!

[@marep5597]

This video brought me so much joy. I loved seeing the garden and the happy chickens. Your videos are my anti-depressant. Young people like you and James give me hope for the world.

[@pameladonnelson2093]

You are so good at everything you do sewing, cooking, gardening, etc.❤

[@latersbaby-50]

Frankly I think any video you put out will be great since your videos are just so relaxing and nice!

[@SageLilleyman]

Aww thank you! ☺️💕

[@themurrrr]

Beautiful and so very inspirational. I look forward to updates and the creation of the window greenhouse. I love projects based on refurbished items. They tend to have a rustic vibe… organic, cuz the items have already had a life… they have history, stories to tell (if they could talk)

[@harlonation254]

I adore all of your videos. Would be delighted to see a greenhouse series or video. ❤

[@sherrymackinnon1293]

Sage...This was one of the loveliest videos you've ever made! Yes yes yes to filming the build of the new greenhouse! You truly have green thumb 🫂🌹

[@lesliebrickey8357]

Your wholesome videos show us how the simple pleasures really mean everything. Thank you dear Sage!

[@joygraves9301]

Yes! Would love to see your DIY greenhouse! Your backyard has come along quite nicely!

[@carlawisch]

I would love to see a video on the construction of your new greenhouse!

[@maybemay96]

This is the kind of content the world needs ❤

[@rosethome3759]

It is so peaceful and relaxing watching your videos, I do love the 40s, and your home looks like a peace of calm and joyful universe. Thanks for bringing us so adorable scenarios! your garden, your vegs, flowers, chickens, everything around is adorable!

[@kimmatthewslong4814]

More 1940’s videos please! I watch the 1040’s housewife one time and again!

[@cyndyatwildrose5551]

I love your yard! I have had several green houses over the years and have built them for clients. I strongly suggest you build the biggest green house you can because you will use every inch of it…. Imagine having a chair in it to sit in and reed seed catalogs in the rain….

[@kimalonzo3363]

Great idea!

[@SonoranStormChaser]

with a cuppa! ☕️ Sounds lovely 😀

[@dianamosqueira6203]

Can’t wait to see the finished product because your ideas sound wonderful

[@Lilibet791]

Love it sage 😩😩 we need more life living in the 1940s-1950s videos 😩❤️

[@loricairns3459]

This video is therapeutic. We still have a foot of snow. Your garden looks like a beautiful refuge. Well done! 👏😍❤️ Yes, please, for a greenhouse video. 🙂

[@SageLilleyman]

Thank you so much ☺️💕

[@Bramble1976]

Awesome! Gardening is one of my biggest passions, I've bottled so much this season (I'm in NZ) it's so incredibly rewarding seeing all the jars lined up. Just a note though, I ALWAYS wear a mask when I'm handling bagged compost. Always. You can get Legionnaires disease from bagged potting mix/compost and it can be deadly. I'm a bit of a Mother Hubbard 😊

[@SageLilleyman]

Oh okay! Thank you for the advice, I’ll definitely wear a mask next time! Xx

[@tjam9140]

I love everything you've done with Maude and Mabel's area. They always make me smile! Can't wait to see the new greenhouse. It's going to be pretty awesome!

[@vintagemommaHT]

I love it! We are building our house now (with a cottage vibe to it inside and out). We have 15 chickens and I can not wait to do our yard with flowers and gardens😊

[@SageLilleyman]

That’s so exciting! Good luck! 😀💕

[@vintagemommaHT]

Thank you☺️

[@anastasiab700]

Would absolutely LOVE a video on making your own greenhouse! Plus as a tutorial / reference video that would be SO useful!

[@beckylsparks]

I am absolutely interested in the window greenhouse! I want to do that, also. Beautiful video.🌹🌹🌹

[@karengreen2437]

Love watching you videos. They are so charming and calming! Definitely one of, if not the most delightful videos on KZbin!

[@megan2911]

this is such a sweet nourishing video, sage, thank you! i live in a desert climate so a lot of these things i could never grow. i love being able to watch someone else grow beautiful things in their backyard 🥺

[@amityjoy3732]

OMG YES MAKE A VIDEO OF THAT!!! This was a great video!!! I loove you and your vids Sage!!

[@jurdalf]

Aaah! My heart skipped a beat when the notification of your new upload popped up! I love watching your videos ❤️ thank you for continuing to make videos ❤️

[@SageLilleyman]

Aww thank you for your amazing support Tonje! Xx 🥰

[@tammyjohnson7401]

Hi, if you just snip what you need on your lettuce it will keep producing leaves. Just a little tip😊

[@SageLilleyman]

I just heard that tip the other day!! I’ll definitely be doing that for my next lettuces! 😊

[@Sharon_L]

Hi Sage, I recently discovered your channel and it’s exactly my cup of tea. I really loved this gardening video, and can’t wait to see the beautiful greenhouse you create.🌱🪴🌿

[@rosaliewolf1282]

I had surgery on Feb 10 and have to stay off my leg for 6 weeks. So I have sat a lot! I discovered your videos and binged them all! I love your content!,

[@kimalonzo3363]

I wish you a speedy recovery and patience while you heal. ❤

[@SageLilleyman]

Aww thanks for watching Rosalie! I hope your recovery is going well! Xx

[@tinaturner_art_poetry]

So much inspiration you are 👍🏽💚☀️💐

[@giuliasanroman2525]

Lovely video as always, Sage! Thank you for this soothing dive into your cottage garden, it looks like a dream. Hope you get the glass greenhouse soon! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️

[@lorisiedl8733]

I can't wait to watch your garden grow and yes I would love to see you build your Greenhouse

[@T2TheG2.0]

This is sooooooo calming... once again 🤍

[@SimplyJeannie]

I think the yard/garden transformations over the time has been a wonderful testament that all the pretty things take time.. they are not insta-ready... Thank you for sharing this.. You have indirectly reminded me that all good things take a little bit of effort and time.. and your place is turning out BeAutiful!

[@hiraausman4734]

Watching Ratched on Netlfix and how it inspired me cause it was based in the 1940s as well and how they were dressed and so much bright colors and im in love with the fashion, classy life its just perfect. Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[@rhasting]

Sage, thank you for giving us these little peeks into your life. As someone who is really struggling at the moment, this video was so soothing to watch. I never comment on videos but had to comment on this one - you touch many more lives than you realise! Looking forward to seeing you realise your glasshouse dream :)

[@LadyJaneBooks]

This is a perfect video to get into the spring season! I cannot wait to have my own garden, this is so inspiring! Great job, Sage and James! 🌸

[@SageLilleyman]

Thank you Jane!! Xx 💕

[@realong2506]

Marigolds, if they grow in your part of the world, are a wonderful addition to a garden for your chickens to eat, They not only add a more golden color to their eggs but provide pest control around the coop to keep out mice and rats. We have kept chickens for 10 years and our once lush green back yard is now a muddy/arid landscape due to our chickens free ranging during the day. Of course we have more chickens than just two, 10 at the moment, so the little buggers dust bath all over our yard but we enjoy the fresh eggs and even sell some in the laying season to help pay for their keep. Plus they are an endless source of entertainment to watch. Would love to see your green house build. I have wanted one for years but have just never had the money to build one.

[@shyladwynter]

Another tip for your garden is to toss your eggshells and coffee grounds (although I don’t remember if you drink coffee, sorry!) into the garden during winter so it’ll break down in time for it to be tilled into your soil come spring. I think you can do the same with tea leaves, but I’m not 100% sure so that might be something to look into! Happy gardening! 😊

[@sarajones9979]

What a beautiful garden! And I love your ideas and layout. It's still winter here in the US but some of my daffodils are peeking up in the front yard! So spring is on its way! Thanks for sharing your tip for growing carrots. I've been thinking about starting a veggie garden and that was very helpful. And thanks for sharing as always! Hope nursing school is going well❤

[@SageLilleyman]

Thank you so much for watching Sara! 💕 Nursing is going well, very busy this year! Xx

[@evelinahahne]

You put so much love in your garden and it really shows. It feels like every plant has a purpose.

[@oliviahannahkohut4239]

This was a lovely, nice change to the normal videos and I loved seeing this. Your garden looks wonderful :) thank you for this, it totally made my day!

[@HGCUPCAKES]

FYI for anyone wanting to build a bed like this with similar conditions. Buy a hole digger from Bunnings. Use it to dig up the soil, really turn that soil over. Then dump in one bag of your choice, cow poo, soil improver, compost, mushroom compost etc. then really turn that soil over. Add a light watering, with plants still in pots set them out for where you want them, then grab hole digger, dig holes, plants plants in. Another light water. Shove your finger in the ground. If it’s dry, water more. If soil sticks then it’s watered enough. If sopping wet then it’s watered too much.

[@fionasimagination]

I love all the beautiful angles of the shots!♡ They take you right into the moment somehow 😊

[@SageLilleyman]

Aw thank you! ☺️

[@addi7386]

I love seeing how the house is coming along! and a video making the greenhouse would definitely be something I would watch!! 💖

[@KellysCreativeDreams]

Good morning, Sage. Seasoned gardener offering a couple of tips. 1- Garlic Chives can be very invasive. Be careful they don’t choke out th rest of your plants. 2- If you know an area you want for future planting.. mulch with layers of cardboard the season before. Come Spring you can apply your limbs, leaves and soul layers right over top. No digging needed. The cardboard will block light, killing grass/weeds and provide a great base for a bed as it breaks Ddown. Garden is looking great! Look forward to more videos and yes on the greenhouse build. Creative Blessings!

[@tammyjohnson7401]

You guys have a great garden. It's such a great feeling to collect and grow seeds. I have always wanted to make a green house with windows, I would love to watch you both build your green house.

[@WillowTSquirrel]

Of COURSE we want to see video of the greenhouse build! 🌱🌼

[@lillyseward3296]

I would definitely love to see a video of you DIYing your new greenhouse! Your backyard is looking adorable! 🌱🌿🍆🍅🥔💚

[@Rainenschu]

Very sweet back yard!

[@jorizzo2807]

Loved it Sage so wonderful. Please keep showing us how your garden progresses & the building of your greenhouse too. Enjoy your Sunday & week

[@GardengateDreamer]

Sage, you are becoming my favorite utuber, I look everywhere to make sure I've seen all of your videos. Your videos are so relaxing and entertaining. I love that you are not scared to share you oppies as well as your sucess, even if you dont feel that its not. as well as the way you inspired me to not care about what anyone thinks about me wanting to live the "vintage" and simple lifestyle. Thank you from a country girl in Western Pennsylvania in USA

[@hoppas77]

Such a lovely video and just so enjoyable. I always love the bloopers at the end😂💖

[@VintageToysASMR]

The bloopers are always so cute and funny!😊

[@Pandorash8]

It’s so nice to watch content I can fully relate to as a fellow Aussie. I had to leave behind my cottage garden last year, but I plan to start again in the new place once it’s built. You inspire me anew❣️

[@angelicasmodel]

What a beautiful garden. So sad about the pots dying over summer. I installed irrigation got my garden which was a great investment. I've been building my garden from scratch over the last few years. This winter I'll be putting a veggie patch in like yours.

[@SuzieQ-lw2kp]

I'm so glad to see a new video upload from you this one was so wonderfully done love everything you are doing to your backyard. To see how far you have come from when you first started uploading is great your channel is one of the best on here . I love sitting and watching all your videos it's like I have stepped back in time. I would love to see a extra long vlog like video of just a whole bunch of different things of the two of you I could sit and watch a hour long video of you with no problem you have such a lovely home and you are so genuine and sweet . This is what our world needs more things like this instead of some of the things on here Thank You Sage for making your channel so inviting and nice making everyone feel welcome.💖🌹💖💐

[@SageLilleyman]

Aw thank you so much, that means a lot! 🥰

[@francyfey4646]

YES YES YES to the green house! Emelyne from Our little Nest made a small green house out of old windows. It was so lovely!!

[@krazedvintagemodel]

There is something so relaxing and inspiring about your videos. The charm of times gone by and the simplicity of a backyard garden blend well. Well done, as usual.🌻🐓🪴🐀

[@crittercritter2583]

Make sure that your vegetables get full sun for most of the day. Get a soaker hose so you aren’t watering the leaves. And fertilise regularly. There are plenty of KZbin videos to watch on your specific needs 👍

[@JnWmMatt]

So excited to watch your garden grow.

[@nicolehubbard8486]

This was very sweet to help remind that simple starting points matter. I feel like every thing is just expected to happen, and not be a work in progress.

[@jamiesnider1635]

More please! Looking forward to more flowers, chickens, vegetables, and the making of your new old window greenhouse! I have collected old glass doors and windows for my own little greenhouse someday and have (like yourself) a pinterest board full of them. You and James are on the right path. God bless you both!

[@Right.Meow.]

With my imagined idea of Australia, I'm always amazed in all of your vids where you're out in the garden and not being attacked by all things giant insects bc, you know, that's what the world thinks of Oz. We've seen pictures! 😋😆 But due to your apparent bravery, I have to say I love this type of video! It was so peaceful to watch so, yes, please do a video/series on the making of your greenhouse! Also, I just LOVE how the chickens are always so invested in whatever it is you are doing near their coop. Love to see them in all the vids too (and James! Love seeing him always there to help you make your ideas a reality. 🥰)! lol

[@lindsay6211]

Half of the views are me, coming back to this video because of how relaxing it is!

[@RavenClaw-js1mt]

OMG listening to you speak about your flower bed adjacent to the chickens, and then they start “talking” in the background ❤️❤️❤️💜💜💜💜 reminded me of The Wizard of Oz💕💕💕 Dorothy’s chickens would make noises when she was getting ready to sing or speak to the others on the farm 🥰🥰🥰🥰. Your videos are so relaxing and informative. Thank you for sharing🎉

[@eyesofthegoddess2967]

welcome back beautiful Sage. Love from Canada

[@_KarenS]

When we bought our house we decided to let the garden grow in the first year, just to see what we had. Along the back of our back garden there are 3 blackcurrant and 4 red currant bushes, which seem to always produce double the amount of the previous year. Come July, we start to drown in them! The other problem that we have is entirely of our own making. The back garden also has a greenhouse and we read somewhere that tomatoes shouldn't get wet, so that's where we planted some. Define 'some'. My husband just doesn't have a concept of "that's enough now" and plants too many every year. They've always grown enormous and the harvest is HUGE. We literally suffer from Tomatogeddon every year. All that said: thank you for this video. It has made me look forward to growing season! Even if I'm the one who has to deal with it all in the end...

[@_KarenS]

Just to add: aren't home grown veggies way better than shop bought ones? Tomatoes and brussel sprouts specifically - they just taste different!

[@pattihuke2992]

I love your garden and that you get so much joy from it and that you are cooking with your harvest. I love your 1940s look. Can’t wait to see your green house. This was nice to see when there is still snow where I am

[@H.R.B.]

Thank you so much for your efforts to preserve and conserve your home. In your part of Melbourne, so much history and heritage is being destroyed, so I am delighted with your efforts. Thank you again!!

[@jenniferelaine891]

Your videos always brighten my day! You have such a lovely garden, & wonderful ideas. My father built a greenhouse for my mother last year out of old windows a neighbor was throwing away, & I love it so much, & want one too!

[@melissapelletier1335]

This was so soothing to watch! I’d absolutely love to watch you build a diy greenhouse, old windows are such a good idea!

[@xxharuchan]

Wow this video brought me so much joy! 💕 I never thought about getting a green house like that. I recently purchased lots of gardening materials but it’s been so cold out that I was waiting for spring! You should get a bird feeder 🥰 I appreciate the bloopers cuz sometimes our little critters in the dirt scare me too! 😅

[@chloeremington7139]

Oh Yay!! I've been keeping my eyes peeled for this since your community post 🥺 Thanks for all your hard work, Sage! ❤️😍

[@jolenevandolah6932]

Lovely... is definitely the word to describe this video and your backyard! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@_GhostTea]

So beautiful! I live in an apartment and hope one day I'll have space to make a garden half as beautiful as yours 😊

[@SageLilleyman]

Aww thanks so much! ☺️💕

[@carolsummers8734]

I am now a retired widow living in a small apartment and I always had flower and vegetables when I had a house and large yard. Now I patio garden.

[@halfanewfie2]

When your garlic chives flower their little white flowers, you'll be able to harvest the seeds when the flowers die back. I have 3 containers of garlic chives on my patio that have come back for 3 years. The bees love them! I had bee traffic the whole time they were blooming. They also have a protection bloom that looks like a star and has very sharp leaves that will cut you . I trimmed those back. Well done!!!

[@joannelowe1623]

Such a relaxing video. The world definitely needs more content like this. Sweetpeas would be lovely climbing over the arch, or a rambling,climbing rose? Yes, definitely a greenhouse video.....I'm thinking of building one too. Thank you for a peek into your lovely life.

[@edie9330]

Your gardens are beautiful and I'm so impressed with your gardens of vegetables and herbs. We just got a foot of snow where I live and 5 more inches due tomorrow, we are having very late in the season snow storms and cold weather. My tulips are half way up and the poor Robin's that have come for spring are weathering cold Temps and lots of snow, watching your video makes me anxious for spring!!! I would LOVE to see a video on building your new greenhouse, I give you so much credit for all your hard work and I love your chickens!

[@LittleRedTeaCake]

I don't know if you're already watching her, Klair De Lys has great gardening videos and how she is taking her family as self-sufficient as she can. I think you would both really enjoy her and find her videos helpful.

[@robynloveschocolate]

Absolutely loved this video! Can't wait until spring comes here in Ontario, Canada. I would definitely love to see a DIY greenhouse video too! 😊

[@RosieReins]

I need the greenhouse video! This video made me dream about what my future home will look like and how I want a little garden. I’m American and my partner is Aussie, I honestly can’t wait to move to Australia for so many reasons but a big reason is because despite there being 4 seasons there will be no snow to have to deal with in winter unlike where I live. Winter in New York is so dreary and long! I have rarely seen the sun for months, I so desperately want to enjoy nature and warm nights outside again! I just can’t wait to move countries to better my physical and mental health as well 😊

[@tracypalmer9535]

I o adore your chanel! I look for new videos all the time’ the vintage style takes me to that time ‘ I’m a fast paced decade OTS awesome to look back’ thank you James Maude and mable of course💜💜

[@gerigowers8318]

Can't wait to watch it grow along with you. My community has no line drying, no sheds and no garden visible from the street, so I'm confined to one 4 x 4 ft. raised bed, but you've inspired me to make the most of it. Thank you.

[@debraanneclark2188]

I just love your childlike wonderment as you were starting the process of transforming you garden each step and the excitement of seeing something you grew and nurtured grow and ripen into food for the table and the rest reused by composting it. Can't wait to see the construction of the green house I helped build one years ago out of glass panel doors and pallets the roof was windows so it could be opened to circulate the air and two doors on each side could ope and at one end it was a sliding door to get in

[@djvelasquez2643]

You can build a green house by using wood and plexiglass and you could drill holes into the plexiglass to affix screws to the wood to hold the green house up.

[@livingagreatstory4781]

Our backyard is getting a huge upgrade this year with the removal of an old, deteriorating playhouse, removal of old, deteriorating garden beds, new garden beds, and chickens, so this was fun to watch! I’m getting ready to start my seeds here in the central US, and our chickens are growing in the incubator at a friends’ house, so thank you for this lovely video as we prepare for this season. ❤

[@terribaker5784]

I would love to see you build the greenhouse made with old windows. I really hope it’s simple enough that we can do it also !!!

[@courtneysvintagelife]

I look forward to seeing your videos Sage! Thank you darling for giving up such wholesome content! 😊💖

[@jaynebrooks6760]

You are amazing Sage you do such a wonderful job, your garden I am sure will look beautiful when you have finished looks good now, you are so interesting to watch and you can learn from you honey🥰🥰

[@Lifeislikeaboxofchocolat-hp5uz]

Really enjoyed this video! Can’t wait to see you build the greenhouse!! Thank you for the peaceful, enjoyable videos. 😊😊