Project Updates, Amazing Sweet Potato/Ornamental Corn Harvest & Tree Pruning! 🙌🌳🌽

[@bettyboop1524]

Only Laura could plant one sweet potato slip and get 36 lbs of potatoes. LOL You go girl!!! Loved the 30 minute format!

[@glyndwrgardens3318]

That sweet potato harvest was like a car full of clowns- they just kept coming out!

[@darkhorse9472]

Lol!!

[@1erickjon]

How many sweet potatoes can you fit in phone booth! With Garden Answer that's only one plants worth but about 500 tubers!

[@maritzagonzalez5324]

The "sensation cosmos" are like natives in my town in México, the fields fill up every year on September and all the people go to make crowns of flowers.

[@teresamadrazo3436]

De donde eres? Suena muy bonito.

[@maritzagonzalez5324]

Michoacán

[@OfftoShambala]

Sounds like my dream town!

[@teresamadrazo3436]

@@maritzagonzalez5324 Ay que hermoso! Me encantaría ver eso ❤️

[@gryl7471]

That sounds lovely. Wildflowers make me smile. We pay for many of your native plants. You're lucky.

[@lisac8082]

“A Russell and a Cheddar.” 🤣🥰 And a Benjamin! Such a good helper. ❤️ Thanks for a day in the life of your garden. What a wonderful way to start my weekend!

[@buckeyejen1076]

Laura is such a wonderful mom.

[@eiryndul]

What I love is that you are showing us that your mini version of all in one pot can look absolutely just as stunning when they are one in a pot and put into a large area!

[@candicemccasland9954]

Completely off topic of the video, however as we head into fall, I had an idea for a series of videos you could do in the off season. Hartley Happy Hour with Laura. Formatted very similar to your highlights videos with basically an informal chat about gardening. Possibly with your mom or other knowledgeable growers in your area who specialize in areas you aren’t as knowledgeable on. Also you could do some podcast style with virtual chats to gardeners in other climates. Sorta see how things are different and what’s going on in their garden mid winter. Just a little idea, I think one of the best things about your channel is how you present the information and I think it would be amazing to see you chat one on one with other gardeners and sorta geek out. I’d watch! Lots of love from my garden to yours! ❤️

[@buckeyejen1076]

I ❤️ it!

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Great idea!

[@sue2611]

Excellent idea for winter videos. I love it.

[@glyndwrgardens3318]

Killer idea

[@creative227]

Agreed! Great idea! We are hungry for information from the experienced!

[@lisalemaster9383]

LOL , as I watched you harvesting the sweet potatoes, all I could do was laugh because I remember you saying when you planted them..." If I was a sweet potato, I would like to grow here!". Amazing, just too much fun. I grew Glass Gem corn for the first time this year. So fun and beautiful.🌽

[@gracetimothy4452]

I remember that too " If I were potato that's where I'd like to grow " .....I was actually checking the to comment section to see if anyone remembered that!!

[@vzeimen]

I'm really glad you showed the one per pot project. I really like the big pops of color rather than the 'so much going on in every single pot' approach.I feel like it really shows off the beauty of each plant without fighting with the others.

[@whycaresomuch2020]

Yayy 7th comment! Laura I've been wanting to make your walnut wreath, but couldn't shell the 50 bucks for the walnuts. But God is soo good I saw a chestnut tree at the park and snagged up as much chestnuts one could use for free! Here I am making a chestnut wreath at 6 in the morning just giggling. I love your flare and amazing talent in the yard. Have a good day yall. And happy gardening 🍵😁

[@w.bovgvereav5761]

Indeed. God Truly Is Good. =-)

[@blueberrymuffinscottage]

How innovative! Yes, I love how the Lord inspires our imagination with things 🥰 Have fun decorating with your wreath!

[@sherrywhitaker3369]

Happy! What a great find! 😊❤️😊 Do share your diy experience and pictures!!!

[@shirleydtaylor6846]

Benjamin will remember one day in the future how much fun it was to harvest the garden. My children remember with fondness all the wonderful stories.

[@annwoleben5439]

You were like a magician pulling scarves out of a pocket when you were digging the almost endless number of sweet potatoes - the amazing Laura!

[@lorrainecourtney4589]

Did Laura just say "I would recommend planting one per pot" 🤤😂😂😂

[@beatriceanderson9745]

A RUSSELL & A CHEDDAR!!! They looked so comfortable in those chairs!!!🐈🌻🐈

[@sandybartlett7828]

THIS is why gardening is so much like life. Always a learning experience. Just when we think there’s a “lost;” we learn, after a brief time, there’s a “win!”

[@jbv717]

I like the way you think!

[@rachelhall4808]

Oh I love that! The garden is such a great teacher!

[@BettyWhiteJr]

Ahhhh….time to pour myself a cup of ambition ☕️ to go with Laura’s daily motivation. It’s a rainy day here, so I’m needing to clean out my garage of this seasons gardening mess. Y’all please tell me I’m not the only one who gets SUPER disorganized by the end of the season 🙂 🧹

[@tannismc]

I hear you on that one. No matter how well organized I am at the beginning of the season, it's a mess at the end!

[@kimchristensen9496]

Oh unfortunately I'm with you on the garage! On the bright side, organizing on a rainy day 👍👍👍👍👍

[@michellezimmerman7827]

We have 4 garages/sheds. We try to keep them organized by uses (ie, gardening, sports/activities, vehicles, storage) but by the end of summer we have gardening stuff in all of them. We tend to "put away" wherever it's easiest to put the tool after a hard day of work. It is what it is :)

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

One of THE most important things we have all learned from you Laura is that good, amended soil can create a fabulous harvest with just ONE plant! It doesn’t require a large garden if a person wants to raise edibles (or any plant, really)! 😊

[@frankmuehle3490]

This must be one of my favorite videos of yours: Benjamin, Russell, Cheddar and the absolutely amazing editing! So much interest! So glad to know y’all, across an ocean! Luvya!

[@kristantaylor1087]

There is also a reason why her town/area is a high agricultural area.

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

That has got to be a world record single plant sweet potato harvest!

[@MS-cl5lz]

Seeing you and Benjamin with the corn , I can imagine your Mom and you back in the day . So sweet - tfs

[@nashnash7997]

Love russell and cheddar. We recently had an orange stray cat appear, we've adopted him. He's the sweetest cat and so lovey and loves to be around people, especially me ☺

[@arome7047]

Same here! The most affectionate and loving little guy! Hope Laura knows how lucky she is with that little shadow buddy she has in Russell 🙂🐈

[@cherylspates4972]

Ya'll have done such a great job raising that sweet little Benjamin. He just makes my heart melt. "I want to open another one". It's such pleasure to watch him with you.

[@katherineandress9322]

I love that you put the labels up when you talk about each flower, super helpful, thank you! Everything looks beautiful.

[@eg7647]

What a great worker Benjamin is! He takes after his parents!

[@maryannevarre1542]

Happy Saturday with Laura & everyone here & my coffee!!☕️☕️☕️ & it’s a 34 minute video!!! Whoooo!!

[@ladonsmith639]

Your patience with letting Benjamin help is inspiring. Love how much he enjoys being out with you guys. The garden is still producing so much. The sweet potato harvest was amazing! So fun when you get those surprises! Thanks for another great video!

[@akuelbs07]

The celosia would make an amazing Halloween arrangement! They look like giant spooky brains 😂🧠🤯

[@raeperonneau4941]

Exactly what I was thinking! 😂

[@lynnmarie9029]

Love the longer video today! 1/2 hour seems to be perfect for Saturday shows! Hint hint! Have a good weekend.

[@jenniferhoy7853]

Love this video a bit of everything....I love just tagging along. Only one request could we see Benjamin's garden?

[@marydeleon734]

Wow! I swear Laura can throw jelly beans in some dirt and it will grow into something beautiful! That sweet potato harvest was awesome!

[@RG-nv8nc]

The one sweet potato plant gave enough for all 25. That's so poetic! Lol.

[@karenlampe5426]

That celosia is gorgeous. I think you'd just have to use Aaron's one-per-pot idea and just drop a handful of them in a tall glass vase. I know that's not your style Laura but for this flower I feel like it's the only way. Speaking of floral arranging, my hub brought home a thick dense bouquet this weekend and I thought it needed arranging. I pulled everything apart and started arranging it in a big round vase, Laura style, using pebbles from the garden to anchor everything. There's eucalyptus draping over the sides, tall mustard-colored filler in top and beautiful fall colors with sunflowers, mums and marigolds. It's so pretty and interesting! Thank you so much for the inspiration Laura!

[@kristinsewell1441]

I love the single plant pots because it's how a lot of us garden. I don't have a family-owned garden center at my disposal or a contract with a producer like Proven Winners. When I lose a plant, it gives me an opportunity to refresh. I do not worry about losing a plant at all. Most people aren't as lucky as you are to have a huge property or access to all the plants. Please keep these kinds of projects coming. Folks like me love seeing our own situations in your garden. We love the failures, the dirty faces, the oopses, diy make-do with what you haves, and the mess of gardening and flower arranging etc... Please don't read this as a criticism. I'm just encouraging imperfection!

[@DBurgg]

The cat slinking by is hysterical…..he just knows when to sashay by!🐈

[@shannonmistrot1944]

What I love about the one plant per pot project is that we got to see what just one plant can/will do. :-)

[@nikkiclark2752]

One of the greatest thrills of gardening is seeing the joy on someone’s face when you share something you have grown! Thank you so much for all you share Laura, what a wonderful blessing 🥰

[@dlsdyer9071]

Nothing like being surprised that something did so well.

[@cathierose2009]

Just wanted to tell you that your delivery is very eloquent. Great grammar and word choices. Really enjoy listening to you talk about your garden

[@jeanfinnerty1447]

That was an amazing sweet potato crop! Thank you for sharing Benjamin with us! It must be a difficult decision to expose your children to the public but it’s a pleasure to watch how excited and eager he is to help in the garden and I admire how patient you are with him.

[@OMGitsaClaire]

The heat probably really helped with the harvest! Sweet potatoes love it hot! They’re a member of the morning glory family so they thrive on warm.

[@kimaponte7082]

I am in utter amazement on the amount of sweet potatoes you got . That’s crazy. Only you Laura!🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@darlenetate9553]

The cockscomb never go away they stay forever and spread and spread wonderfully!

[@janined8685]

Thirty-six pounds of sweet potatoes from one plant! Wow!! 🤩 I can understand why planting and harvesting potatoes has been such a huge blessing to families for decades upon decades. During hard times, moms and dads were so grateful to have potatoes stored in their root cellars to carry them through times when there wasn’t much to eat. It’s exciting to harvest that much now, so imagine how much more exciting it would have been for farmers nearly a hundred years ago. This is a great video featuring family, fall, felines and fancy corn. Fabulous! 🤗 🍁😁

[@gardengirl7446]

When pulling sweet potatoes resembles giving birth! Good job Laura! ❤

[@lindawoody8501]

Wow on that Sweet Potato harvest. Speaking of sweet - Benjamin helping you husk the corn! Great training for his practical future. Nice he enjoys gardening.

[@artistinagarden]

What a beautiful harvest! I can't believe that was only 1 sweet potato plant! The corn, AMAZING!! I see a beautiful watercolour painting from that, lol! Thanks for sharing Laura!

[@ctrygrl3]

LOL "I didn't know I'd have to excavate today to get this sweet potato out!" You're so funny!

[@impactgardeningwithlaurel3954]

It was such a joy watching you harvest the sweet potatoes. Thanks for the tip on curing them; didn't know. Also fun to watch you go through the vegetable and flower beds.. So exciting. And Benjamin, oh my what a joy and a blessing he is! What great memories you are creating for him. Thank you for sharing with us

[@rtshaw3621]

He is such a doll baby love seeing the little one helping.

[@woodydietz7512]

One of my most favorite vids so far. From A to Z and back. Love to see all the harvest fruit and veg. I never thought of growing decorative corn and didn’t know it was edible as popcorn! It’s great to learn something new and your cosmos are the best I’ve ever seen. Keep them coming, 🪴

[@kathleenlanglinais1072]

Love all you do, but, Benjamin just melts my heart! What an amazing lil guy! Can't wait to see sweet Samantha Grace at his age.

[@lorikolecki3321]

Every season is lovely on your property but Autumn is simply divine🍁🍁🍂🍂

[@myragooden8667]

Laura take this challenge and make us a beautiful arrangement out of that large celosia. Your garden and those sweet potatoes are amazing.

[@sueallen7750]

I had no knowledge of the "cure" process. Truly learning so much & explains why mine TINY CROP OF 6 (lol) weren't as sweet as I was expecting. We ate them at day 3. Lessons. Lessons. Lessons!

[@JessDivaTM]

The first frost took my sensation cosmos this week :( So nice to see them alive and well in your climate!

[@theswissgardenvlog3189]

Congratulations on your beautiful sweet potato harvest. I had zero success with my sweet potato this season; so looking at all these beautiful sweet potatoes harvest videos one after another, just makes me think that I have to work harder next season😏 At least I saw some grains on my corns😂 Laura, I admire your energy and your will to always go out there and get something done👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Love Benjamin’s cute jacket, he is always so adorable😉

[@davidhebb9480]

Unbelievable number of sweet potatoes from one plant. Is it a record!

[@OfftoShambala]

The lavender is looking awesomely English cottage nowadays… it looked good the first year and it just keeps getting better.

[@lynnesmith6827]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching you dig the sweet potatoes! So satisfying to harvest so much from such a small amount of work planting them and seeing the joy on your face too! From the time I was a kid (65 years ago), we always tied small ears of different colored corn together to hang on our back door, sometimes the front door instead of a wreath; and anywhere else we could find to put it. It looks really nice in amongst the tied arrangements of corn stalks like you put on your mom’s porch. Since we have to buy ours, I put it in the freezer in a plastic bag to use next year too! You have some really beautiful colors!!

[@rhondadaniels3587]

Man! I would feel so overwhelmed with that many potatoes

[@conniethingstad1070]

so cool to see the enthusiasm of Benjamin. I grew up around my dad who is 86 and still avidly gardening but the bug did not hit me until a couple of years ago. The really cool thing is to see my adult children already wanting to grow plants. My son lives on the 17th floor of a condo in downtown Denver but he has quite the array of indoor plants. So you are planting seeds for future generations of gardening love.

[@kiraknechtle7255]

Good Morning Garden Answer family! It’s my wedding day. I hope you all have as great a day as I hope to have.

[@sueshynn586]

Congratulations, have a great day. I'm just going to a wedding blessing.

[@nindyhunt]

Congratulations on your wedding!!! God bless you

[@jamaicanbeauty8120]

Congratulations 🎉 Kira

[@lisaguinther5577]

Congratulations!!🍾

[@cherylramey6188]

Have a great day send blessings for a wonderful marriage 👰‍♂️💍🥂❤️

[@Megera_]

Your sweet potato harvest was so impressive! I can’t believe all that came from one plant!

[@carolynvenema1019]

One thing i totally love doing with cosmos is just harvesting the green feathery leaves. So beautiful on their own in a vase.

[@rachelhall4808]

Sweet potatoes for the win! Great survival crop!

[@cinnzimm6778]

What a grand varied video this morning..way too much to even comment on yet every aspect applicable and so very satisfying. Thank you

[@par4451]

Laura those corns are absolutely beautiful!!! And your little helper is soooooo cute.

[@mjrh45]

The sweet potato harvest is unbelievable!!

[@bh7578]

Benjamin is so big! I remember when you announced your expecting….time goes by so fast. ❤️

[@Marisol6975]

I always love when it’s a long video.

[@Yrutnec1]

me too!

[@judithdowning3482]

What a haul of sweet potatoes. The little sweet potatoes will be fun to eat. Lovely veggies and flowers. Judith

[@debstill9487]

Just a most sincere thankyou for the ability to get lost in your world now and then.

[@dianeholiday6844]

I loved this video! After a long hectic day at the hospital it is so refreshing to join you in your beautiful garden. I am definitely going to try the corn and sweet potatoes next year. Amazing! You inspired me, to replant my planters for fall. I have never done that before and i love how they look. Thank you for sharing your family, gardens and inspiration.

[@stephanieprice722]

Laura has the magic touch.

[@leotabaca5476]

I love the sweet potato plant. That was so exciting. Wow. One plant. I watch your channel all the time.I can’t sleep.lol.I love KZbin. Love the zinnias first flower I every planted when I was 17.planted them right by my kitchen door. That was all I needed I was hook on plants tree you name I have grown it. Still to this day I plant.that was about 65 years ago. Still planting new plants that you show us. Thanks lee

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Laura! Laura! I am floored at your sweet potato harvest....Off of ONE SINGLE PLANT! I am getting me some Georgia Jet slips ASAP. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for sharing!

[@michellecrowley777]

I loved the one plant per pot!!!! I liked that you could clearly see what each plant looked like and what it could do by itself & the big pops of individual color!

[@MiaSong23]

I just come to realize that I, or rather we, could do the exact same thing Laura does in the garden and it wouldn’t matter. God has blessed this woman for being such an angel to others, as well as us youtube watchers, and is blessing her with such harvests. Keep on keeping on, girl! We’ll love our best garden life vicariously through you!

[@yvencia1150]

Good morning everyone and great video 🍂🍂🍁🍁🌾🌾🧚‍♂️🧚‍♂️🥰🥰☕🌅

[@cherimontana6868]

little Benjamin is a great helper.

[@naturallynaz369]

Great potato harvest! So many from just one potato plant. That was a great pleasure to see. Thanks fam. 🙌🏽🥰

[@Lifeofwiley]

For those celosia, you should do a zombie brain arrangement. Classic bouquet. 😂

[@tashaallen8760]

Busy day.. 😥 beautiful corn and abundant sweet potato crop. Nice to see Benjamin.. such a great helper 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

[@marymarks7046]

What a bumper crop from one plant. The sweet potatoes luck amazing. TFS

[@crisa0390]

I literally grew Pumpkin on a Stick because I saw the seed packet during one of your seed videos. You never even mentioned them, but then I saw the seeds at Rural King and had to get them because Laura was growing them LOL! They are the cutest things!!

[@peony6958]

So cool! What is it taste like? Is it a type of egg plant?

[@crisa0390]

@@peony6958 they’re strictly ornamental. Can’t wait to see if she uses them in an arrangement

[@ThaoNguyen-ct4pq]

I laughed so hard at "a Russell", "a Cheddar" 🤣. And yes, evolvulus does thrive in warm areas. Mine has grown into a beast of a plant. I pruned, propagated and planted them into smaller containers, just for fun. They are indeed a great filler for landscapes, or hanging baskets with those delicate blooms. And those enormous sweet potatoes!!!! BTW, Benjamin has really grown into a nice, handsome gentleman. So happy for you, Laura.

[@debweideman8319]

I live ground floor of an apt & am limited to container gardening only. I group pots together to cover "things" & to fill in around the landscape shrubs. The "one/pot" experiment was an "ah-ha moment" for me. Instead of planting Each pot with an arrangement & grouping them together....I need to plant 1-3 of same plant in each pot & THEN group the pots together. I think it will look more like in-ground gardening & more impactful. Watch you almost daily! Blessings to your family & for continued success.

[@1erickjon]

you should invite some floral design students in to use your flowers up...have a "flower arranging day" at your place with some guest designers!

[@8Gammie]

What a sweet helper you had!! GREAT video! love, hugs,prayers.

[@cathyl4622]

That huge sweet potato is enough for Thanksgiving all by itself.

[@patriciawilson6524]

So loved this video. The corn lovely . Your son there wanting to help. The trimming of those low branches made the view so lovely.Thanks for sharing.

[@katmason2955]

Your sweet potato results make me thing of an experiment. What if next year you do a garden bed experiment in the raised bed garden near your greenhouse. Since the beds mirror each other, you could plant the same vegetable in identical beds, but in one bed try and make the plant spacing smaller (more plants) and the other one plant fewer and more spaced out. At the end of each season, you could note yield from each bed vs. Size of veg from each bed. Did one bed have more weeds? Did one have more pests/disease? I think it would be really informative to all of us for future years and a really cool experiment

[@jeaniegobin1375]

Great harvest Laura. Thank you for sharing. I started my own sweet potato slips last January. I put 3 toothpicks in the potato and submerged it in a vase of water. Once the foliage started I cut them off and put them in a separate vase of water and I had loads of slips. Pretty easy. I hope you try it. God bless you

[@annehedlund7333]

Laura, may your garden continue to amaze you!

[@martharice4916]

Wonderful video today! Thank you. Gorgeous sweet potato harvest! It looked like the Locust was taking in a deep breath with each large branch that fell to the ground. Not many more days before the first frost.

[@janreynolds3794]

Amazing how many sweet potatoes you harvested from one plant! Those finger sized potatoes are delicious roasted with skins on and eaten with butter.

[@loribethartist6353]

So much progress since this video! I love going back and seeing how far you’ve come on the “new” property 🌺 🥗 🥔 🥬🍠

[@lucyabrao5236]

Amazing sweet potato harvest. Your cut flower garden is beautiful.

[@kebergify]

So, the lesson I see is sometimes when there is loss, it turns out to be a blessing. That one plant that survived just rocked being that it had all the space to itself. Plus, it wanted to be the star of this vlog. lol Amazing harvest, Laura. Loved to see this!! Digging potatoes has always made me think of treasure hunts and it is exciting to see what amount one will end up with.

[@triciac1019]

That's exactly what I tell my grandkids. It's a treasure hunt to dig potatoes.

[@kera4759]

the magic of gardening, true alchemy!

[@janetskene3413]

I’ve never seen a sweet potato plant before. WOW just look at them deep under there!

[@greengranny3468]

Minute 12:36 🤯 HUGE harvest of sweet potato from only 1 plant!!! Georgia jet variety. NICE!!!

[@karenbuchanan2340]

Stunning corn….This reminds me exactly of the color combinations that my grandmother used to crochet an Afghan in. I never could find those colors in the store. And that corn always reminds me and brings me back to my childhood. Benjamin is such a wonderful helper… love it Benjamin says- “Wait a minute is this corn”? Lol 😂

[@gretchenburton7184]

Brings me back to my family history, too. My family is from Oregon. Feel a deep connection💝💝💝

[@janspooner]

Perfect recipe for your sweet potato harvest... i was skeptical at first, but it was immediately a family favorite! (I also have a man who only likes soups you can eat with a fork, so I bump up the quantity of veggies. It's also a remarkably beautiful soup, a real harvest celebration! Thanks for all you do, your generosity of spirit comes through, and inspires the world in quiet, beautiful ways. West African Peanut Soup with Chicken From Mark Bitman of the New York Times Ingredients 3/4 cup roasted and shelled peanuts 2 tablespoons peanut or neutral oil. 1 medium red or white onion, chopped 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger 3 cloves garlic, minced (1 tablespoon) 1/2 pound skinless, boneless chicken cut into chunks Pinch of cayenne Salt and freshly ground black pepper 6 cups stock or water 2 sweet potatoes or yams (about 1 pound), peeled and cut into thick slices 8 plum tomatoes, cored and halved (canned are fine; drain and reserve liquid for another use) 1/2 pound collards or kale, washed and cut into wide ribbons 1/4 to 1/2 cup peanut butter, chunky or smooth Directions Chop peanuts, or crush them with the side of a knife, or pulse them in a food processor to chop roughly. Put oil in a deep skillet or medium saucepan over medium heat; a minute later, add onion, ginger and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add chicken and continue cooking for another 3 or 4 minutes, until just coloring. Add 1/2 cup peanuts and the cayenne and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir in the stock and the sweet potatoes, bring to a boil, and turn heat down to medium-low so the soup bubbles gently. Stir in tomatoes and collards, then cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup peanut butter. Taste, adjust seasoning (you may want to add more peanut butter at this point) and serve, garnished with remaining peanuts.