How to make a chive hedge 🌿 Edible + ornamental gardening

[@betsymaltby6788]

Well now I'm adding a chive hedge. Every year when I edge my garden beds I add about 6 inches so I can plant more stuff! Husband hasn't figured it out yet...shhh

[@joanies6778]

😄😄😄

[@Suburbanoasis]

I love it! My husband is always like, I am losing lawn! And I am like, who needs lawns???

[@itslinziwalker]

😂😂😂

[@hortusfelix]

This is hillarious 😂 Your secret is safe with us.

[@supergirl460]

😂😂😂

[@imamonstr]

Okay for the "impatient gardener" you truly showed your patience by creating an entire hedge from ONE PLANT. 😲😲 Wow!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Come to think of it that was quite patient of me, wasn't it?

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Yes it was! 😆

[@P_Belle]

@@TheImpatientGardener- *what is the bloom season? Are chives hardier than rosemary?* So unique! I think I'll move some chives from their terracotta pot into soil.🌱

[@P_Belle]

@@erins.bailey4852 - good to know! I'm in 7b, and have have Rosemary go from Evergreen to completely dead, depending on the winter

[@paulabahler1309]

Rosemary needs to be protected from the wind in winter. Try wrapping in a burlap "fence"/screen. The needs dry/ freeze in the cold.

[@brookelayne309]

Ok now I need a chive hedge!? Love it.

[@Aurora-Sky]

Me too! Great idea so simple, beautiful and tasty. 🥰

[@katedorman7042]

The sound of that clump coming up and being cut in half was everything. I swear, I could smell them. I love that circle garden and your creativity. 👏 well done, you.

[@supergirl460]

I was just thinking the same thing!! The sound of a gardner is very ASMR to me!! The soil, the clipping the rustling of leaves, branches and flowers just makes my heart happy!

[@My_slow_story]

What a coincidence, I just planted my third big clump of chives up in allotment. Courtesy of friendly neighbours. Saying hi from Scotland 🏞️

[@thyme2grow]

Love your trowel, it handles digging and cutting very efficiently.

[@dianeshort8066]

What a great border idea. No expensive boxwoods for me. Thank you.

[@victorialg1270]

I like seeing the mix of edible and ornamental gardens.

[@HowsItGrowing]

It’s a good night to settle in and snuggle up with a good video and a glass of wine. Thanks Erin. 🤗 I love the chive hedge! I need a bigger yard.

[@ginafriend1690]

Ha .. you need to put some in a pot and enjoy that glass of wine! 😅

[@amytransue8756]

No! I love your garden! It’s cozy and perfect.

[@prairie2gem]

I will start cutting my chives back when they flop, didn't know they would come back in the same season. And Chive Vinegar?! Sounds amazing, I gotta try that for sure. Great ideas! 💚

[@vanessasordat3267]

Brilliant chive hedge and vinegar ideas! Thank you.

[@MsBenzthere]

Your ingenuity and value of a buck is why I LOVE following you. What another great idea.

[@ginafriend1690]

This is no jive .. I like your chive talkin! 😊👍Thanks, Erin

[@deliabehrend9513]

This is great! My next garden project!

[@seriouslyreally5413]

I LOVE the purple flowers and the soft grass-like leaves of chives so much that I took the divides from my herb garden and plopped them here and there into my perennial beds specifically for spring color! If you are worried about how quickly they divide and expand as a clump use them as "borrowed" interest by making them a portable color/texture plant: Plant a clump in a small to medium size( 6-8") glazed or terracotta pot. Then borrow their soft texture or flower showy-ness where ever you need a pot of something to fill in a gap in your flowerbed until you find the right replacement plant for that spot. When you find that plant or the new baby plant has grown up enough to fill in the gap, then pick up your pot o' chives and move it on to the next spot! I do the same thing with red geraniums. There is nothing that screams "Classic Cottage" than a terracotta pot of any size, of red geraniums! "borrow" their color and texture like artwork on loan, just to shake things up a little! I winter-over a few in pots in the garage like dahlia tubers. They go dormant in the darkness and sheltered cold of my garage. ( we're zone 5) but will die if left in the ground. But like the chives, will come out as early as the daytime temps are above freezing even if the nights are still in the 30s. 👍😉

[@GreatBrookGreens]

wow!I have several large clumps of chives. I'm totally doing this.

[@skypolaroid]

I love this!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@klcpca]

Chive blooms are also great for pollinators!! Bees LOVE them!!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Such a great point that I completely forgot to mention! Thank you.

[@janicesgarden5748]

I grow lots of chives too. I made a chives garland. Basically braided in bloom chives and add more chives till it was 5ft long. Which I could show you a picture.

[@gardengatesopen]

This sounds FANTASTIC!!

[@NozeieGirl]

I want to see

[@gardengatesopen]

Me too!

[@dawnmaslonka705]

Picture, yes please, I’d love to see that.

[@tammyhoushour8070]

I love chives and your picture of them in bloom was so pretty !

[@glendagai]

It’s so nice to have a channel in our zone! Love the chive idea!

[@j.m.7056]

Check out Roseannes Garden. She is one zone north, zone 4.

[@Edu_Kate]

@@j.m.7056 She's near ME! 😊

[@j.m.7056]

@@Edu_Kate Hoorah!!!

[@deborahr9237]

I love chives in scrambled eggs or an omelette - nothing better with farm eggs than fresh chives and feta! I am going to try the vinegar...thx

[@dawnmaslonka705]

Last year my husband and I bought 10 acres of an abandoned wreck. So much cleanup is required that it will take us years. But I can watch these videos and get excited about possibilities! I love chives and their flowers. I can’t wait to make chive vinegar, and salads with chives, a chive wreath and frozen chives to top potatoes all winter. Every video I smile ear to ear. So much fun. I liked “this area gets a lot of traffic frankly. Dogs mostly. 😆

[@renejohnson37]

Thank you showing this. I saw your hedge last year and started chive seeds this year to have my own chive hedge. And I have a nice big clump to divide as well now that I know how.

[@denisedelgado3350]

I was going to mention making flavored vinegar ☺️ I do it with different flavored thymes, rosemary, basil and oregano 🌿 You can use it to marinate or cook with as well.

[@BellaSC]

How long do you leave herbs in vinegar before using ?

[@denisedelgado3350]

@@BellaSC At least 3 weeks but the longer the better most times. I have a gallon jug that’s been sitting a year now. I’ll strain it and bottle it in more manageable sized bottles to use. I add garlic cloves and black peppercorns as well.

[@dtoomey9174]

Do you have to refrigerate the vinegar after adding herbs to it?

[@denisedelgado3350]

@@dtoomey9174 No. I store mine in the pantry, somewhere dark and cool preferably.

[@dtoomey9174]

@@denisedelgado3350 Thank you. Thinking it needed refrigeration is what kept me from trying this. But I think I read somewhere that herbed oils are susceptible to fungus. I guess I thought the same was true for vinegars.

[@concreteartist001]

A great idea, I have lots of chives popping up in different places. Time to organize them into a nice border.

[@amytransue8756]

You are just the most creative gardener! I never would have thought of making a hedge from chives...I love it!

[@marilynmcgillick2931]

I'm putting in a new island garden this year where I lost 3 trees last year during a storm. This will be the perfect hedge to outline it!

[@turtlelilysgarden5258]

I have been using chives ornamentally for years. So happy to see someone else enjoys them too.

[@Edu_Kate]

I've used parsley as a "hedge." Though, I think that's just bunny fodder. I'm not sure.

[@dorothyleeuw8774]

I have a one foot square of chives that self seeded in between my bricks against my deck. They are handy to my kitchen and I cook with them all the time. I will make the vinegar and freeze some. Thanks for the tips. 😍

[@roseym6194]

The circle garden is beautiful in full bloom.

[@melissamybubbles6139]

I'm excited about a chive hedge. It might be a very nice solution to problems in my front yard.

[@kathywong1286]

Love that trellis in the middle of the circle garden!

[@mxvickispeak]

I had never grown chives, so was pleased when those and my green onion popped up looking great right away, and I have been munching the flowers for a while already. The vinegar sounds great and I may have to use it as a flower bed trim for my little front flower bed too. Is an attractive plant

[@dailychaos8]

New here! I thought I was the only person who grew chives for on ornamental fun! I also use them in them as a spikey center in pots!

[@stacyk.3402]

Flowers in May. We love them dried and chopped to put in our eggs and latkes. I use the garlic chives as a hedge behind my Saskatoon berries because they are prolific, the nighttime pollinators love them and they bloom white... but I do try to catch them before they go to seed. Although when people say invasive I just hear free plants 😂

[@boysrus61]

I watched an earlier video of yours and saw the chives. My neighbor was removing hers from her garden box so a few weeks back I asked if I could take some. Now they surround my light post out front. They look great and taste delicious! Win Win!

[@smarties6342]

So timely!! I saw your chive hedge last year and this year I wanted to go it as well.

[@cynseidtang]

I grow garlic chives and never knew or felt it to be invasive. I let the flower go to seed and sow it to make it fuller. We use it more of a vegetable than herb sauteing it into scrambled eggs, sauteed with seafood...yum.

[@suburbangardeningcouple]

Can’t wait to see the circle garden planted up and that hedge fill in!

[@AdelaBespejo]

We love chives here in the Philippines. We put them on different dishes. Thanks for sharing them :)

[@marianhintz9981]

Great idea for using chives. I have grown them for years. Thank you 😊

[@alisonburgess345]

I would easily eat all those chives in a season! I love em on and in everything. That's a very clever idea.

[@donnadawson6398]

Thanks for the aerial shot of your bed. I have been struggling with an area of what to do and THAT is it! My hubby will be thrilled.....hahahhahaha. Love it thanks for your channel

[@newphaseofme8223]

Your soil is so light and fluffy

[@TheBking01]

I like your chive hedge,it softens the garden edges and flowers are pretty.

[@elmaelmar2761]

That garden is so beautiful!! I will need to get some of those!!!

[@jeremiahthelion]

I love foodscaping ideas!! My 10year old requested chives for in the garden this year because of the flowers, so I'll have to try this for her. Thank you for all the ideas!

[@Cenepk101]

Yes Yes I love chives and what a great border edge they make. My bees love them too and the honey is fantastic ! Because of laziness , I am always looking for edging plants other than boxwood. So far I am using mondo grass, lirope & now !!!! I will try chives !

[@peoniesanddahliaz]

Great video! Was going to plant chives from seed and am now going to buy bulk seed to create a hedge around a new bed I created this spring.

[@phylmashyna6945]

That is such a beautiful little garden and I love the idea of the chive hedge!

[@johnandcarolestanley-stanl1558]

Chive vinegar sounds amazing!!! You've inspired my to experiment and increase my chive production. Keep the ideas coming, Thanks!

[@erint2419]

Hell yeah! I remember the blog post, and the controversy! I'm going to give this a go.

[@margievaughan2456]

Love the chive border & your circle garden is gorgeous

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I love it! What a way to use a plant that likes to spread to your advantage! 💪🏼🌱💪🏼

[@christinahaftmann8837]

Eccentric but what a perfect border!

[@amydeeds6248]

I love this hedge!!! I have chives growing already in my front bed that were planted as an experiment with my daughter. I didn’t know they came back every year😆. She uses them in her ramen noodles-🙄 she is 20 and in virtual college. I can’t believe they even grow where we planted because it gets no direct sun- north facing house. This hedge will be our next project. 😊

[@kellyy4525]

I LOVE this idea and will find a place I can do this in my yard. Thanks!

[@amyhoff1501]

Your circle garden is beautifully done and looks amazing from a Birds eye view. I bought a pack of chive seeds last year after you showing us the chive border but, didn’t get around to it , this video reminded me , thank you 🙏

[@michellepollino4986]

I love your chive hedge, it’s beautiful.

[@karenross3457]

Wonderful idea! I plan to make around the raised beds.

[@therichsodyssey]

I always started mine from seed. And they grow super easy

[@lindacormack8657]

What a brilliant idea I never thought of a chive hedge. I love how lush and green it is and its edible. Looks amazing

[@LouisHellinger]

Now I want a chive hedge! Thanks for sharing.

[@klomax7089]

OMG I’m sooooo doing this! Great idea! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Oh, and I need that trowel in my life!😉🙂😉

[@gretchennation591]

I’m so going to try this! I’ve got a lot of chives the previous owner of our house must have planted randomly growing in an odd spot. Thanks for the inspiration and instructions!

[@Edu_Kate]

Or it self-seeded.

[@susanskinner8855]

What a great idea! I will be starting this in the next week!!!

[@carmenbailey1560]

Okay now I have to go to the garden centre and get those chives. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@barbs.7367]

Love your chive hedge!

[@acommongardener2262]

What a beautiful idea! Can’t wait to try the vinegar too. Whoa!

[@PlantingandCamping]

Yes, love combining ornamental and edible. Great tips!

[@Cherryparfait41]

Garlic chives flower tall and white. Lovely as a drift through one of my long and deep planting areas in late summer. They sway in the breeze. Cut the flower heads before they can drop seed--just like common chives! They do taste good also. I should have known I’d become a huge allium fan. 😅

[@Edu_Kate]

I break apart the flowers and add to salads. No onions needed.

[@GrowingHomeAndGarden]

I love this idea Erin! I have a packet of chive seeds ready to go - and didn’t even know a hedge was an option! So clever.

[@lisacheezecheeze1002]

Planted chive seeds this year to start my border!!

[@hannahtrillium]

I love chives but never considered them before as a hedge! I love this idea!

[@MegaIheartme]

Great idea for an edible border plant!

[@saraw8503]

I have tried and tried to grow chives here in my coastal NC garden. They just hate our hot, humid, dry summers. Garlic chives on the other hand, are loving my garden.

[@JJ-fm3hr]

love chives ❤️❤️ will try your chive vinegar thanks!

[@karenmorse7031]

What a great, easy idea!

[@wynomaburkholder3684]

I’ve been looking for something easy that also flowers for our new circular patio and I love this idea. Thanks so much for this great idea!

[@debjanibhowmick5870]

I am going to do a hedge too. Thanks for sharing

[@amycavin168]

I just began my first chive seeds and am so excited! Awesome video! 💜the circle garden

[@dignit1620]

Thank you for this! What a great idea!

[@cqammaz53]

Great idea I was looking for something to put into my orchard guild. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh now this is a fabulous idea Erin! Does look easy enough.

[@ABab-jf2jb]

Loved to see you wearing gloves when doing garden work. Great vid.

[@PleasantPrickles]

Wow! I love how those look! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌱🌱🌱😀

[@marymathis9299]

Thqnks so much, that was lovely...its amazing how versatile those lil things are...you have made the most of them...will look for ways to incorporate your discovery! cheers from sunny FL! ☀️🤗🥬

[@kerrydibiasio3784]

Well something in my yard is getting a haircut! Thanks Erin!

[@YalisCommunity]

This is Brilliant! I love this edible landscaping! Absolutely need to try this! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@jilllaingen9430]

Love the idea of chive hedge! 🪴

[@whereisangie]

thats a great idea! thank you for sharing with us. im going to do this in my garden😊

[@marilynbaldwin2934]

Looking very nice and a lot of hard work!

[@imahappygal1]

I loved this last year, need to get some! I love chives on my baked potatoes and....that vinegar sounds yummy!

[@dignit1620]

Genius! You are so inspiring!

[@jingles1963]

I love this idea! I have a big overgrown clump of chives I’ve been considering digging out. Now I know what to do with them. They are so beautiful when blooming. Regular chives have never been a problem as far as being invasive but i do have garlic chives and I’m getting rid of them because they are the opposite. Thank you!

[@mrs.riche3939]

Unique and beautiful!

[@desireehouse]

I love this idea!

[@catnip1487]

Oooh nice ❤️! Will definitely try this out!

[@lynnetterussell7611]

Beautiful and so creative!!