Early Spring POLLINATOR, HERB, SHRUBBERY & SHADE GARDEN Tour - Ep. 249

Part of a 3-part series garden tour, it's time to make our way up to some of the front gardens-specifically the Pollinator, Herb, Shrubbery and Shade Gardens to take a look as to what is growing in late April in our gardens zone 5/6.
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[@kathymacomber5115]

I love that you and Saunder work together in planning your house and garden..shows great respect

[@kootenayjoel]

Enjoying my morning americano and watching a Flock garden tour as the sun shines through the window. Feeling blessed 😇 ☕️

[@angela86753]

I've been loving watching the gardens and the buildings take shape over the years. Thank you for sharing your journey 🧡🌿

[@cuppatea_please2521]

my favorite part of gardening i think is the early spring, where you can see some green things that are small and can take a chill (in the nights especially) and the earliest blooms. it gets rid of that cabin fever from the winter i think (love from WNY!

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

This is Jane Doe, and I would like to thank you for all the yummy treats. 🦌

[@beckyisabell4324]

So excited when things start emerging.

[@suburbanbiodiversity]

I love what you all are doing so much! My wife and I have a small suburban lot and we are creating a native food-forest-ish type of ecosystem and I've taken a lot of inspiration from you!

[@thomasmarley3646]

Phenomenal!

[@charlesbale8376]

I enjoyed the garden walk and really appreciate the plant labels you provide.

[@Alwaysherethere]

Beautiful! I'm so happy you're back!❤

[@GardeningFeedingCookingFolk]

Wow một khu vườn gần gũi với thiên nhiên thật tuyệt vời ,cây trồng phát triển thật tốt dưới bàn tay chăm sóc của bạn 🌱👍.

[@gardenvistas]

Well done on the tour! Nice detail shots of the plants!

[@twistnshout3031]

Your property is what dreams are made of. In a few years I would love to take my daughter for a tour when we come by that way for the waterfalls.

[@silverswiffer1763]

Love the stone paths, nice job!

[@michaelspano4067]

fun and exciting to see all the new growth emerging. we have a lot of wild mountain laurel that was tall and lanky and never bloomed because of the dense upper story trees. last year we finally got much of the dense areas thinned and our laurels are loaded with buds this year. they are bare up to about 4 foot from the deer browse but i'm so excited to see the upper branches loaded with flowers. we have a row of white korean tree lilacs at the top of our drive which we kind of keep trimmed to about 12 feet but they are just opening with hundreds of flower heads. we can literally make 4 foot bouquets. giving big lavish bouquets makes for great brownie points too! i'm so jealous of your stone path.

[@gracekreuser8558]

I love early Spring emergence, such lusty colors. P.s. - I recently came across an online order nursery that has some cool things and wanted ot share. It's called The Old Dairy. I just received my first order from them & everything arrived superbly healthy. Their sustainability efforts are quite admirable too. Maybe you've heard of them?

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Ms. Summer and Sander. 💐💚🙃

[@rickyt3961]

Thank you Summer! beautiful garden.

[@flowerpixel]

Thank you so much for sharing all the plant names

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

Despite the greenery and flowered landscape I can tell it must be cold from the way you are dressed. I wish it we could have 72 degrees forever.

[@ja-uh9gz]

It's amazing how a stark, ugly garden in the winter....all of a sudden, gets filled out with perennials and becomes lush. My small gardens are pretty full. Earlier, I think of other plants to fill in...or annuals, but I don't think I need anything, unless I want to change or remove something. My mistake is that I forget what I planted, then buy something...only for the plant to emerge. I have that dwarf Viburnum that you planted, that has problems. I have problems with mine, too. It seems to get pests (maybe aphids?) in spring...see a lot of ants on it. It doesn't bloom for me either. I use Neem spray, which seems to help. The old leaves turn red, fall off, then new leaves emerge. I think I'm going to give that one away, but will make sure the pest problem is solved and let that person know. I've had it for at least 3 years now and is in a large container. Anyway, long comment...lol. I can't wait to see the progress of your gardens, and how it will look in summer and late summer. It's coming along beautifully. Thank you, Summer! :)

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

A lot of hard works! well down!

[@mariagamboa6249]

Deer 🦌 see you by KZbin in the day… they know where go in the nighttime 😋

[@sunitashastry5270]

You can try the liquid fence stinky stuff. They help me with deer browse quite a lot.

[@ElizabethPerry-hc2ds]

So exciting! I can’t wait to see how the mushrooms are doing.😊

[@reefpi3567]

copper based spray when they are dormant should fix the leaf curl /fungal disease.. apply for consecutive years, proactively

[@jstones9872]

love your videos and you are so smart and know so much more than i but i assure you deer love love love tulips unfortunately. Fence and spray is the only defense.

[@cefcat5733]

There must be something good about deer browse. Do they at least fertilize, while they munch? I've finally purchased 3 Japanese Maples. Now the experiment begins. I wish you guys a gentle rain.

[@FlockFingerLakes]

It's not regular deer browse per se, but the fact that the deer are over their carrying capacity and therefore eat too much due to the fact that 1.) humans have created habitat they like and 2.) humans have eliminated their main predators, like wolves and mountain lion. So their population levels are not in check. An average deer will eat 7 lbs of fresh tree buds daily. In one square mile, we should have maybe 10 deer, but we have more like 50, so that gives you an idea of the amount of destruction that can lead to when it comes to plants. For the 20 or so acres that we have fenced in (~70 acres are not), not even one deer can be sustained on that 20 acres if we were to calculate that deer/sq mileage.

[@cefcat5733]

@@FlockFingerLakes Well, here they've brought wolves back and the farmers are not happy. They secretly shoot them. Wolves do sometimes attack livestock. Some wolves are casually walking down country roads, or even in the towns, not bothered by occasional cars, or anybody. People don't really like that closeness. Didn't hunting season help anything? Doesn't the Conservation Dept. help with that? Is there no deer relocation possibility? Some places tried birth-control, on city pigeons. Others used poison corn. You would have to be careful, if they brought in mountain lions. In Milwaukee they brought in smaller hawks to remove pigeons, but now these small hawks are removing all other birds. Maybe the answer would be a huge dog, or two, of the correct breed, on your property. Someone claimed to have seen a real lion, in our forests, but the police couldn't locate it, despite many siteings and a photo. It all seems pretty chaotic, when deer could be seen as a food source for humans, or animals, in captivity. Pretty chaotic, isn't it?

[@veeveeleo9713]

@@FlockFingerLakes why not harvest deer

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

No, there is lots good about high deer fencing

[@veeveeleo9713]

@@FireflyOnTheMoon but the problem is over crowded, it might hamper the animals in the long run

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

I had so many caterpillers on my fennel until i got new neighbors who spray for mosquitoes.

[@rebekahdempsey3966]

Do you have an update on your mushrooms in the forest? Was that a successful project?

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

Are these species tulips?

[@cremmenga]

Have you guys ever considered getting a dog? Maybe a great pyrenees? They are gentle giants that will keep your deer away.

[@jeanneamato8278]

Have plant sales with plants that are too prolific.