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[@kathykaufman1244]

As a senior who downsized from a large custom house, to a tiny 90 year cottage I needed to be reminded to love and make the most of my surroundings. I love to garden, so I need to take this on as a challenge not an obstacle, thank you dear friend for the attitude refresh this morning!

[@glendaruff125]

Enjoy your life Kathy.

[@td8866]

The holes in the hostas are from slugs. Throw coffee grinds on your plants to keep the slugs away! Sprinkle the grinds once a week. It won’t hurt your plants. Your back yard looks great!

[@cariemorgangraff4829]

Ground egg shells work too

[@angeldye4168]

Your flower beds are lovely, and I love that screened in porch. Your sweet pups watching the storms come in, with you. So precious. ❤

[@Bob-wr1mn]

I love watching weather too, I also love sitting on the porch front or back during a gentle rain storm….l love the smell and the sound. Wish I lived closer 😂 Holli from Texas

[@kathyclarke5899]

There is an app you can put on your phone called"Blossom". You take a pic and it will tell you what's wrong with your plant or flower. It looks like something is eating your Hostas. Maybe aphids?? Great video. It looks so good. I hope you have a fun weekend.

[@Lollie907]

watching you before I go out and plant flowers and do some yard work, you've motivated me, thanks!

[@marydenney8249]

Your yard and screened porch look lovely. You did such a great job! Now sit with a coffee or tea and enjoy it! ❤️

[@robinwoods756]

Arika, I live in Tennessee and have the same problem I mix dawn and water equal halves and spray the hostas but you have to spray them after every rain because rain will wash it off. This has worked for me. They do like morning sun but that's it. Loved this video.

[@nancymyrick7494]

I love the black and white on the porch . I don’t think I would ever go in the house during warm days 😂

[@melodygarcia86]

The edging, new mulch and cutting back those shrubs made such a difference! The front porch is very festive for summer. ❤️

[@reneesload5868]

Hi Arika, the little holes are causes from slugs, Just keep mulch and leaves away from them, the slugs like to hide in it. I live in Pennsylvania and have hostas, they do not like sun. They are very easy to transplant, they would work really well around tree base. I hope you are well, and have a wonderful Memorial Day. Always can’t wait for your videos!🥰

[@susanharbin5358]

Slug or Snail bait will take care of the slugs just sprikle it around your plants.Also the Dawn mixed with water suggested by Robin in your comments is a good idea!

[@wthesandrashearman8534]

I love your decor, I’m from Western Australia we don’t decorate as much as you do in America, mainly Christmas. It is great to see what you do. Happy Summer. 🌺🌸🌷🌹😘😘

[@coracarp3819]

Gardening is exhausting! I know it feels good, when you are done. Then the best part, looking at what you accomplished.

[@lorrainehoward2722]

Some kind of bug or insect is on it. And those pots where you have the trailing vines, cut everyone of them off until that plant totally fills the whole top out and then let them run. It takes quite awhile, but I promise you it is worth it. The leaf does act as fertilizer when it starts to decompose, but they also hold moisture. Girl we’ll make a gardener out of you yet. Your garden looks great! I love the edging! It is great to see you guys working together. That is what makes a good marriage. The little things. Arika just a little add on. I loved the decorations also. They are all just gorgeous! I love the double pots on the chain. Love your door wreath, the bow was just what it needed to make it festive. I loved all of it. As for your cushions after you got the covers back on you couldn’t even see the stains. Great job!!

[@margeallen937]

Everything looks so pretty....If you planted perennial plants 🪴 up front that are for full sun it would give you so much color but it looks beautiful the way it is ...I love your front porch so so much I'm jealous..Always look forward to your videos...

[@kayjax51]

Love your front porch Summer decor...and it's made even nicer with the upgrade that you and Marion did last December by screening it in. Great place for all of you to relax plus your pets to enjoy! And I love the flower beds off your back porch. The edging, new mulch, and solar lights look great! You and Marion work so well together. ❤ I so look forward to your videos, Arika! Karen from Florida

[@joycecook8876]

I’m watching bass akwards but enjoy every one! It feels like a happy place and that’s such a good thing with all the craziness going on around us. Thank you!

[@wandaperry3756]

Sorry, I just love the front porch too. I knew you would love the front porch putting screen on it. Love, love, !!!!!!!

[@bethhoppes6388]

Everything is patriotic! It looks great. I am like you, love to sit on the porch and watch the storms.

[@susanharbin5358]

Girl, you are on fire! Love both your deck and Porch. I would love to have a screened in porch. Augest the ant is adorable, you should move him around band see if we can find him when your on the porch. Marion is such a wonderful husband, You are blessed.

[@gibbersking6575]

The results of your and Marion's hard work looks grand! Fresh, groomed, free of debris - attractiveand welcoming! Suggestion: buy two square pavers (16x16) to put on top of the stone at the bottom of the stairs. That area looks like it gets inundated when it rains and the pavers I'm thinking of (because I have some!) are just over one inch tall and may add a transition that could pay off in less dirt/mud on your steps and deck. Leave the existing (flat) stone in place and if you have any mulch left, use that to level the surface under two, side-by-side pavers. Laundry suggestion: when washing those cushion covers, start the load at night and when the machine is half-way through its agitation cycle, pause it and leave it overnight. In the morning, un-pause and allow the whole cycle to finish. This system has improved results for my dirt-riddled, white gym socks that I wear anytime I'm doing outdoor chores.

[@toniconder696]

With the way you love red white and blue out front. Go get you some red (geraniums) flowers. They love love love sun heat and dry. They bloom right on up to snow. You just have to deadhead them wkly

[@SherryAustinMcginley]

Your flower beds look so pretty after your hard work. Lantana is a great flower for the hot sun. 🌸

[@melissaLrand]

Very pretty!! What a difference a little TLC makes!! The lights are so bright too! Y’all did great! The porch is gorgeous!! Love the colander hangers !! 🇺🇸🌺

[@terryruiz7417]

Everything looks so festive! If we were neighbors I definitely would join you on your lovely front porch. Have you ever thought of using one or two lanterns with flameless candles on the front porch? They would offer lovely soft light in the evening.

[@tammybabcock4802]

Good afternoon Arika and Marion and family and thank you for sharing your beautiful family and home

[@debraschwicht9741]

Nice that Marion offered to help! It looks really great!

[@agnieszkashaded312]

Hello Arika, for your front bed peonies would look beautiful in the back of your grasses. You could get them as roots or when they have a sale in a garden center to save money. They love sun and come back every year. Love your channel. God bless💕

[@bf4744]

That would look good

[@jamierossi2573]

Hiya Arika. But wait there's more. I welcome August the Ant. Wouldn't it be fun to take August on trips with you to show Madisyn he's living well. I kinda need one now. Let me tell you I've been in same home for 29 years now. There is always room for change. I'm with you in decorating front porch. We had our home painted for the first time here. I am ready for a new layout out there. I picked up Macramé swinging chairs to install, I plan on sanding my wooden rocking chairs & reupholstering them. I will have some Boston ferns hanging on each side of door. I feel like my home is even more precious now. We have raised our children & now with grandbabies & fur babies. I'm so very grateful for what I am blessed to have. These rooms are filled with loving memories. I also think I may grab some red white & boom. I wanna create those circular fireworks. Too cute. That bow on your greenery wreath would look so cute attached to your lantern porch light.

[@zerozilchnada5373]

Your porch and garden are adorable. I have a small undercover front porch, sizable enough for a table and 2 chairs some plants. So relaxing. I agree, home is what we make it. Solar lights are amazing at night aren't they? Tfs Arika & take care

[@karenstownsend9]

I'm so tired of my monkey grass. I told my husband this winter during the rainy months I want to dug ours up. It has taken over!'your beds look nice. I'm like you. I love patriotic decor for summer. Your front porch looks great. The flower boxes are so pretty.

[@dicksisutcliffefolk212]

Everything looks so great! What beautiful spaces you’ve created!

[@barbaramatthews3742]

Your flower beds look absolutely beautiful you and your husband did a magnificent job your porch looks so good you did wonderfully decorating it really injoyed this video always great to get to spend time with you my friend

[@lindafelder6385]

Arika you are one super woman you and your husband are a good team.Its good to have a smart man that can do anything. You are pne of my favorite U tuber.

[@bethcramer1232]

It’s great your husband helps you so much in everything you do, very lucky…that sun ☀️ is terrible, in Texas it’s worse! You are such a hard worker! Looks beautiful 🤩

[@lindaschoolcraft8536]

Slugs are nibbling on your hostas. Use coffee grounds or crushed egg shells around them. You will definitely need stakes to hold in your edging. Looks great. Porch is so cozy and inviting. You can cut the greenery down in the fall but cut it low. It won’t turn brown that way. I have a lot of the variegated loriope and I use a weed eater to trim mine. Lots of work maintaining flower beds….that’s why mine are crying for help…lol. Love your videos. God’s blessings girlfriend.

[@merryslifejourney196]

I love all your summer decor. I like to decorate with the red, white, and blue as well. Everything is so cute and cozy.

[@tgayer1]

Those window boxes are so pretty! God bless America! 🇺🇸

[@DorsettDoorstep]

Thank you!❤️

[@lynnparker3467]

Good job out back just needs a splash of red. Red is my favorite colour

[@pamelawest2316]

It looks great….We always put cardboard down before the mulch, it really keeps the weeds at bay and super insulates during the winter months.

[@kellieroth1710]

It's just beautiful! Lots of hard work gardening for sure!

[@Bob-wr1mn]

So so so HAPPY you mention Memorial Day 😍🇺🇸 such an important holiday! All my decor is up. Wish I could share mine with you. HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️ HOLLI from Texas

[@JeanneWalter]

I’m like you with gardening! I get creeped out down here in FL with all the bugs, lizards and snakes. I just transplanted my Peace Lily and there were three frogs living at the bottom of the pot. I just can’t 😩. I love how the bunting looks under your windows. Your porch looks so festive and welcoming. Your backyard garden turned out great! I hope the wild flowers grow! You can find a similar pinwheel at Walmart. I just bought one for $5.98. I should have grabbed a few more. It looks so cute and it doesn’t take much wind to spin it. You definitely inspired me to spruce up a few more spaces in my yard. Thanks for the ideas! Have a great Memorial Day weekend! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

[@Bob-wr1mn]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the porch RED WHITE and BLUE! It looks awesome! HOLLI from Texas❤️

[@bullejanson]

Your flower beds turned out so pretty,i tought how you was able to work outside in that heat 🥵 Your beautiful porch are now a lovely place to rest. :) Have a blessed Sunday 🥰

[@melindareyenga6915]

Hi Arika. I just love everything you have done to your porch. Everything looks so nice. I just love love ❤️ the window boxes. Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I hope you and your family have a wonderful week. 😊

[@paulguerra5779]

I really love what you did. I love he is the black mulch makes the plants and back deck pop. Your front porch is 🤩🤩🤩. You have given me so many ideas for my screen patio.

[@SA-tx2kl]

Oh Lord. I wish for half your energy. Looks great!

[@michelleback996]

Absolutely love ur Garden make over 😍. My Dad was a landscape gardener & Grave digger. My Brothers also r landscape gardeners & Grave digger’s Also loved the porch 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺😘😘

[@alicecordova8183]

Wow the Porch turned out so pretty. Love all patriotic decor. TFS ❤️ New York 💕

[@Farmhomeandme]

It looks great! I also love red white and blue outside all summer! The Japanese Beatles are what put holes on my plants. I have to spray mine with a bug spray to keep them away.

[@kathysenneff3712]

Yes those are hosta plants and they have slugs...a very common problem. You can purchase slug and bug granules at most any garden section. I've used several different brands and they all do a great job.

[@jackiew3146]

Definitely slugs. They love hostas.

[@pamelahewitt3397]

I love weather too!

[@wandaperry3756]

You need to get you a bag of Seven for the slugs. They eat off of you hostas. Back yard is looking good. Try day lily for the front flowers. They need full sun and I don't water them after they took hold and starting growing.

[@bf4744]

I love my day lillies and they multiply

[@9559pritchard]

The back looks nice. The edging and mulch really made a big difference. Yes, those are hostas😎. Your front porch is so cute!

[@carolynjantzen5053]

Hi from Kentucky, I have many hostas and the holes are probably from slugs (snails), you can put crushed eggshells around the bottom of them or buy snail/slug killer. Hostas like shady sun and moist ground. The lighter color of the leaf, the more sun they can take. And keep your seeds moist (every day water) until they get their second set of leaves. Love your videos, never miss one. Love your energy. God Bless

[@amandabrown4809]

Everything looks great.

[@franceskey79]

Everything turned out so pretty!!!! It looks like aphids are eating your Hostas. You can get something to dust them with at Lowes or Walmart. I enjoyed watching your video in the quiet this morning with my cup of coffee!! Have a blessed weekend!!!

[@elizabethmiranda2128]

Everything looks beautiful thank you for sharing with us ❤️ all my love and blessings

[@johnlong1990]

Slugs love hostas. The mulch may help some because they don't like crawling on roughness. You can get slug bait. The only other alternative is to pick them off. They come out when it starts getting dark or if it is wet.

[@angelanapier4248]

Everything looks beautiful

[@sali_aj]

I love all the decorations

[@lindahough3990]

Love, love, love, it!!!

[@melodyeckstrom6330]

Love this Vlog Arika, your sweet Doggies love your screened in porch too😍🐾🐾 so cute watching them smelling the rain and breeze💕🌷🌷🌺🌷🌷

[@debkendall7230]

Love your front porch

[@pamelalawhorn4010]

Love your decorations

[@lindahaines3875]

Love your porch absolutely beautiful. Everything looks great especially your garden you did a great job.

[@ruralqueen1568]

Everything turned out beautiful!!

[@karenhurd9792]

It all turned out great, Arika! Your back garden looks so good!! The front porch looks great. A place where you'd really like to stay awhile & relax. August the ant, adorable. Have a great weekend, see you next time😁.

[@vivianroberts4946]

Your front door would be beautiful painted black

[@janiegiordano9295]

Really cute, love both front and back yard. Love that calendar planter.

[@susanmcdonald5960]

I agree your hosta probably has slugs. Mine looked like that before.. I buy (Sluggo) to sprinkle around the pot, they eat it and die. Safe around 🐈 s and 🐕s....I hope you have good luck with your wildflowers, hope in no time you see yellow, orange, lavender, blue, and white flowers. I was amazed when we planted, I thought they wouldn't take in our alkaline soil out back in a spot that never gets any amendments, but they did. Your porch is lovely. I like those window boxes! Beautiful!

[@kathylangshaw7611]

I like how you show what you do outside your house and I have the exact grassy bush you have and I like how you show how you trim them. Lol! I’m going to have to trim them too!

[@Eveyjim10]

Hi 👋! I had beautiful hostas until the slugs got to them. That was what I was told. Great job on the landscaping.

[@dotmaines3684]

Everything looks so nice and refreshed!

[@amycrawford9726]

Love the colander hanging baskets. And on your plants it probably caterpillars dawn and water for natural remedies or 7dust

[@sandybuchanan3479]

Everything looks absolutely beautiful!!

[@Staceypellas1322]

Just a little TIP for your front yard get baby diapers make them wet as wet as you can then cut them open and dump them into your dirt and mix it up well. Then use that dirt in the front yard it will help keep your dirt wet threw the hot summer .

[@tracygolwitzer9978]

There is no-dig borders that comes with stakes that set on top instead of digging. I just bought 1 with 60ft for $40 from home depot. Cut to size. I can't do all that digging. It's easier to cut too. I just used scissors. I was doing the same as you but put dwarf trees in. I also put weed barrier cloth under the mulch to keep weeds from growing. It's made to let water cone through. Just a fyi for future products😊 I know that was a lot of work. Your husband is awesome for helping you. I hope his back is ok. You both did a great job!!! Looks great!!! You porch chair cushions that didn't come out cleaner...dye the seat covers. Easy fix🙂 Btw...I love your channel. It's my #1 go-to channel. You both make a great team🤜🤛

[@quadenarhodes4859]

Looks beautiful

[@margaretrichards2626]

Everything looks beautiful. Maybe for the 4th of July, you could put your red white and blue wreath on middle post of screen porch on the outside. Just a thought . You do such beautiful decorating! 😍

[@sunshinelove364]

Just can't go wrong with red white and blue. Great video. Have a great holiday weekend. 💕💙🌸

[@deborahhuckaby4623]

Hi Arika. I do not like gardening in the least. I love a pretty yard and porches with pretty flowers and plants, I just hate doing. Wow, it's amazing what a little clean-up and fresh mulch can do for a yard. Everything looks great! Have a great weekend!!

[@kristit9333]

Looks so good! Love the patriotic theme!!!

[@pamyork5217]

It looks beautiful out front you can get vinkas they are a flower that we plant around the pool and out front of the home and they take direct sunlight need very little care come in different colors and they are wonderful

[@brendahamilton4426]

Everything looks wonderful 😊

[@jamiecoble6276]

I love how u decorat the porch and the back yard it looks amazing i love summer to

[@sandycrichfield4355]

Always good motivation to get stuff done. Love you videos

[@karenballard6369]

It looks Beautiful !!

[@lorikragt2933]

Maybe move the hostas to around that holly tree out away from the roots. Make sure you keep the seeds moist. I agree it's probably slugs eating your hosta leaves. Maybe spread some compost manure over your soil area to help it give it a start with good soil might help also. Otherwise if you planted colorful day lilies, they multiply, and the grassy foliage would look nice with the grassy foliage of the lily turf.

[@kellybarbe1523]

Looks amazing! Love how the window boxes look with the pops of red💕

[@lisarathbun7887]

It looks so pretty! I decorate for summer with red,white,and blue as well.

[@jenabunch3647]

Love it!

[@bellamichellejohnson8274]

Love ❤️ it!!

[@wandavaldez412]

Love all your summer decor and all your plants look so cute love it

[@jakhan4203]

The plants are hostas. They don't like sun...love shade. The slugs etc love them...like a great treat for them 🙄 Try coffee grains round them. We all have the same problem. They last longer in tubs...stick copper wire round to deter the slugs n snails. And they need loads of water as will the seeds. Good luck. Love your sensible but interesting life you share. Much rather watch you than 'flash' channels...and you have a great heart. Love from UK 💖 👍🤗🤗Xx TV

[@nancygold2928]

Your porch looks very pretty love it.

[@debraspringers2098]

Both Of the Porchs are absolutely beautiful. Love the red white and blue on the front porch ❤️

[@angeladzurinko3466]

Looks beautiful 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@reneejohnson7505]

Love the flower beds and the front porch decor! Everything looks wonderful 😃

[@sandyhayre188]

Yr porch looks so cute all decorated