Growing a Greener World Episode 1202 - In Susan's Garden

It’s always fun to visit a perfectly manicured botanical garden, but the best learning often comes in everyday gardens grown by regular folks just like us. Today we travel to the Pacific Northwest to visit the personal garden of Susan Mulvihill, a Master Gardener, author, and blogger whose beautiful blooms and smart improvisations just might inspire you, too.
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[@cognitive-botanical-therapy]

I love Susan's garden ❤

[@ggwtv]

Me too! 👍

[@kimberleyfriesenhahn2515]

So glad to see new episodes! I have missed these all summer. Thank you for all the work and dedication you all have put into these shows and for making them available for those of us who don't have televisions.

[@susettelazarte5858]

Cocktail roses

[@anniegueveneux8161]

Oh là là! Quel magnifique jardin! Plaisir de découvertes dans un climat froid ... comme chez nous, à Montréal 🇨🇦 Thanks to you both!

[@rhondamahaffey8076]

Love Susan's beautiful garden birds&advise💝

[@truebethieg]

Amazingly beautiful. Thanks

[@bonnywagner4069]

Liked this episode so much! I was sorry it did not go on. I would like another program on Susan’s garden with information on her beautiful soil and how she feeds and grows that.

[@angelaengler2387]

I've been following Susan for several years, I've learned a lot about growing vegetables from her. She's really knowledgeable!!!

[@louisedyer5307]

Can you send her address

[@jeremiahthelion]

She must be near Laura from GardenAnswer - the climate sounds identical! Love this tour

[@kathyphilmurphy5517]

Love this episode. I follow Susan's In The Garden You Tube site even though I live far away from her. She is an inspiration. Her garden is gorgeous. Sometimes she has to invent a way to do what she wants. Gardening without chemicals is a huge goal and you will have to take a few hits to figure out what can be done. Thanks for interviewing Susan. I love stories about real gardeners in their own yards.

[@mariatapia770]

So glad I stumbled on your show!

[@goangelin]

Wow I love and truly enjoy watching your motivational videos. You are such an awesome person to learn from and motivate.

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Joe, this really was a treat. I really enjoy Susans' book, vlogs and articles. She is so easy to understand and I take to her gardening style. Every time I watch her I learn something!

[@larreal]

Loved seeing more of Susan's beautiful gardens!

[@cpolischeckpolischeck9250]

I LOVE Susan!

[@wiosnasmiechowska463]

Thank you for another beautiful video! I love the content you post. I'd like to make one remark, though. I live in Europe where making insect hotels is very popular and has been practiced for a long time now. Therefore we had opportunities to observe which practices are really beneficial and which ones not so much. So my advice is: firstly, make the hotel inaccessible to woodpeckers, otherwise the hotel turns into a woodpecker's cantine. You can protect the insects by placing the nesting material in a deeper frame and protecting it with a dense metal netting; remember to leave an empty buffer space between the nesting material and the net, so that the birds cannot reach the insects, especially larvae. And secondly, please make sure all drilled holes and cut canes have smooth entries with no sharp pieces of wood or cracked cane as these can easily tear wing tissue of the insects, making them extremely vulnerable to predators. Well made hotels have drilled and cut surfaces smoothed with sand paper. Making a good insect hotel is cheap, but a bit more labor-intensive that people think. Please, include these advice into your blog content to spread as much information as you can. I love your sense of responsibility in spreading knowledge about ecology and I hope you use your popularity to educate people as deeply as possible. Best wishes!

[@giancolabird]

Thank you..good tips!

[@aprilm9551]

Wiosna, the insight and tips you've supplied are so important! I'm in an area in the US that has woodpeckers, and I will certainly use the netting exactly as you describe. And also make sure that all the nests have smooth entry so will not harm the wings. Thank you so much for your information. It is critical I believe that we support insects and pollinators as best as we can. And on that topic, something I'm making sure to do is to only plant things that have been grown without neonicotinoids. And this includes annuals. Neonicotinoids are systemic insecticides that are highly toxic to all insects, and stay in the plant for 2 years, maybe even longer. What an awful thing, to grow plants for their beauty, but at the same time be killing creatures. There are so many non-toxic ways to keep unwanted insects off of a plant. It may take a little more effort, but so what?

[@ninastone9054]

Joe I have to tell you, watching and listening to the content you provide helps me to remove myself from some of the stressful things that are going on today. Just for an hour or close to, I am able to be at peace. No news to cloud my perception, no crime, no one is screaming at each other.. your content is just good for the soul. I make it a priority to feed my soul with what is positive.

[@tesha199]

I've stopped consuming news 5+ years ago, and it's a huge improvement in my life

[@katharinavonborcke4144]

Thank you for the video. Great content. In Germany we get told if you build an insect hotel that you shouldn‘t drill the holes in the cutface of the timber but in the sides, because otherwise the timber splits and the larvae get damaged. X

[@barbaracole4314]

Susan is very knowledgeable, I like her natural approach to gardening... I always put nature 1st in my yard, also trying to pass that along to my granddaughters.

[@vithalbhaipatel1013]

Good information. Well show.

[@YalisCommunity]

Beautiful Garden. I love Susan's mentality of being a good steward towards the environment. I need to integrate a pollinator hotel too that was a brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing such an awesome interview with us.

[@charlesbale8376]

Loved the video, I always enjoy a good garden tour.

[@charliezicolillo]

THANKS Joe.

[@Freedom-kf1pw]

So thankful for this show and ready for the next season! 😊

[@tanarehbein7768]

Hooray another great episode! My mouth was literally hanging open over the bird photos. I have her book. It's uncomplicated, easy to reference quickly, and I use it regularly. Now I feel like I've gotten to know her. Thanks to all.

[@ninastone9054]

I am now planning some new things for old existing areas in my yard. I am super excited about it. It will all be native and friendly to the birds and pollinators

[@takeitslowhomestead5218]

Thanks, Joe. I’ve learned a lot from Susan, and you.

[@nellmanning8547]

Beautiful, keep the videos coming ........

[@DumpsterMarcus]

Glad to see more videos!!!! Love this channel

[@justinolima8538]

Thank you so much for your hard work, always happy to see new episodes. I love your channel!!

[@Linda-4335]

I have found Susan to be a phenomenal resource and inspiration. She has taken the time to generously respond personally to questions. The delight she shares in the successes and failures in her garden are extremely helpful.

[@PK-bh1ww]

I favor close ups and do a lot of them in my flower garden. . They have a lot of character.

[@elizabethperez8818]

All your videos are wonderful 🤗

[@kitty4tify]

Truly inspiring. Seeing the whole history of the garden from from the beginning to now is tremendous.

[@sonia-ty6rv]

Loved this garden. I was waiting for a new episode.. so glad to see this.

[@carolexo7269]

If you use drinking straws make sure they aren't plastic. The condensation can kill the Bees.

[@magdalenae.7293]

It was an inspiration ❤️

[@tamararoberts9307]

Love this video ❤ and love all the advice! Up my alley

[@tamararoberts9307]

I totally agree with everything mentioned

[@frasersgirl4383]

I never clean till spring after the insects have had the chance to come out!

[@PJHAWL]

awesome!

[@lorettaterraneo2886]

Thank you for creating these videos. As nice as the selections are, a little break from constant background music might be nice.

[@beaverrunfarm]

To make the bug box, is Hemlock okay to use? I know it has natural tendencies to repel some insects.

[@JesseHouwing]

When creating your bee-hotel, make sure to use untreated wood.

[@ogadlogadl490]

@10:00 we need the plans for that hoop house please!

[@bobbysiska6734]

Cobb county GA! Is that where you are based?

[@7Supernova7]

Would Bio fertilizer be considered as chemicals or does Susan use that?

[@anthonysinclair5721]

What struck me most was when you guys were talking about kids not knowing where vegetables come from , if that's true that sure shows how our education system , big media and the family unit itself is seriously dumbing down our kids! 😑

[@garytibo]

You have a 4x4 green wood piece that is toxic ??? !!!🤔

[@vithalbhaipatel1013]

Well show. Good information.