The Garden Is Still Hanging On! 🍁 November Front Garden Tour

[@MyFocusVaries]

Beautiful. And you've got such great plans! For the river bed, I'd really warn against using weed barrier. It doesn't stop weeds coming up from the bottom, and it doesn't stop them coming in from the top. And when weeds do seed in between the rocks, the roots get really stuck in the weed barrier and are really hard to pull out.

[@ronareid7956]

vinegar/road salt spray certainly works to reduce, nearly eliminate weeds in areas where there are no desirable plants,like dry river beds, pathways, patios...

[@LindaBaker-l1b]

LOTS to be soooo proud of, Jason and Janey!

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

Thanks! I've looked into the pros and cons of the weed barrier. I don't want to be worried about weeds in the dry creek bed all the time which I will be if I don't have some type of barrier. We lived in a home that had a dry creek bed (builder installed it) and it had a really great weed barrier and I NEVER had to pull weeds in it so I think I will try that technique at this property again! I don't expect it to be perfect but hopefully will help! Cross your fingers for me! 💗

[@tracyoconnor-mcgraw4952]

I love when you said “I KNOW “ Monty’s head popped up and he turned to look at you 🥰. AKA “No Monty” 😊🌻

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

lol he MIGHT have heard that word a time or 2 🤭

[@Dvgis]

I think a waterfall in the Center island would like great instead of gazebo.

[@DebbyshellgG]

Janey, You know what would be cool. Place a “Lavender River” to outline your dry creek creek bed in amongst your grass. Like your inspiration picture of the “Lavender River “. I enjoy your videos, so inspirational ❤

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

We have a dry creek-bed and no “ weed barrier” fabric- any weeds r easy to pull out!

[@ThePieceFullGarden]

It’s crazy how much you guys have done over the past year. I love all the trees and all the structure. You guys are a dream team! 😊

[@LibbysBackyardWildlifeHabitat]

Amazing for November!

[@eileenchang2173]

Hi Janey, I watch every single one of your videos and it seems that every time you conduct a garden tour, I would think to myself that there must’ve been some little elves or you and Jason planting like mad in the middle of the night! Incredible job you two ! 🥰🌸👍🇨🇦

[@lynnpurse]

Janey, it is hard to believe how far you have come with this garden in such a relatively short time - wow! The center island is really shaping up and I love how you included plants of different heights - trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, etc. - it will look mature very quickly because of that and of course those artistic curves lend it grace and beauty beyond the plants. Brava!

[@annwoleben5439]

The transformation of your land is amazing! It is evidence of your planning and hard work. Beautiful!

[@josweatt898]

Beautiful tour! You started with not only a blank slate but also had to do your soil amendments this year. Look how FAR you have come! I adore the purple/blue combo and will see if I can get my hands on that Esperanza. Also love your matching hat and hoodie. Adorbs.

[@gracehSF]

Janey, please consider cutting back the dichondra silver falls. The overgrown look is taking away from the overall look of the zigzag planter.

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

i appreciate your opinion. I'll make a decision eventually!

[@CharleneFerguson-wg9mx]

truth be told l thought it would be so hard for you to leave your other garden behind after it was so awesome and established but now that l this l'm in awe because l think you done so much it's so beautiful knowing all the plans for the future for you yard it fantastic you have the orchard with 🍊 oranges and fruits now also for your health what great 🎁 gift to share with everyone children can bring oranges for all their classmates you have so much more to give

[@myrusticgardens]

It has been so fun watching these spaces become what you’ve made them, Janey! 1. I can’t believe how much growth the Willow tree has put on! 2. Have you considered painting your tree stakes black like you did at your last house? 3. I bet your alliums will be fine. Mine, in 8b, look like yours right now and they are gorgeous earlier in the season. ❤

[@kimpaynter]

I just cannot believe how much work you’ve done in that home in a year in a couple months it’s amazing

[@OneGirlsGarden-uy3dc]

Gramma grass is gorgeous and easy to start from seed.

[@kfetter9046]

Wonderful garden tour Janey! I was showing my husband images of your garden when you first moved in, compared to now, and it is amazing how much you and Jason have accomplished in just barely over a year! Bravo!! Looking forward to seeing it burst out with color in the spring! 🥰💐

[@jeangravette7007]

Jani you and Jason have made so much progress in just a bit over a year! Amazing!!!

[@ShirleyThorpe]

Your Garden is so beautiful. We are finally getting a lot of Rain in West TN. and My Azelias That only bloom in Spring Are starting to bloom. Its just Crazy

[@ninabingham3377]

Looks so beautiful ❤❤the work you’ve done this year has been incredible! I love watching the journey and can’t wait for the next steps!

[@konniethrash7834]

Your garden looks great! Enjoy all your videos ❤️

[@peggyfrommanitoba7310]

So many pretty plants in your gardens in November. Your Surefire Rose begonias are spectacular!! 🌺🇨🇦

[@melissacookbbleu]

Love seeing the evolution!

[@barbb.9489]

Janey, the show and tell garden tours are always fun. 😂 I am just so hoping that all the fruit trees are going to get a major prune/thinning. They are just so heavy for a best of the west look. ❤😅❤

[@sharonpolk4103]

Janie You need to tell us about what you’ve done with all the fruit from your orchard. Figs, oranges etc

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

i have! its all in the videos 💗

[@thegardensandgraveyardschannel]

Janey❤ I am in a zone 9a and my Proven Winner begonias look super sad after a light frost but then I cut them down to the soil level and they come back twice as big every year. They are amazing!! 😊

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

ooh great tip!

[@vanessak-j8372]

The garden is looking fabulous. You must be so proud of the progress. Don't worry about not pruning the roses correctly. Here in Australia we just use hedging shears to reshape ours a couple of times a year when they are looking wild and they look fantastic as pruning encourages more flowers and a better shape. I always remember this advice given by a David Austen grower a long time ago. Roses are so resilient.

[@MsLul123]

I think next years going to be a really good year too, Janey. Can’t wait to see your vision come to fruition 💚🌸

[@CarmenTorres-gf3sg]

Looking great 👍 hope you get a mild winter

[@sheilahenry7279]

I watch a lot of videos of gardening & just can’t design my yard. I finally started because I get anxious & overwhelmed. So, I took a suggestion of one channel that said just do a 4’x4’ area & add to it or do another area & then combine. It did allow me to start because I had one area I imagined for a native pollinator area & it’s a big I guess 25’x12’ area. I feel so happy w/ it. I’ve gotta start another area. I am so envious that you can start w/ a blank slate & create.

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

What I've learned is that you need to be prepared that your first go is not going to be the final product. Every plant can be moved so dont put too much pressure on yourself to put it in EXACTLY the right place! Basically don't worry about messing up just start planting! 💗

[@wileatagore5938]

I have serendipity alliums in my garden and I have to cut them back to the ground every Nov and they come back strong in May to bloom in July. I am zone 7a.

[@Hankieinthegarden]

Everything looks fabulous. I can't believe how fast plants grow for you. I'm in Michigan and I have buttoned up my garden for winter....You should call your Willow tree.....Wobbie the Willow. I know Robbie gave it to you. Looks fantastic. Happy gardening during this fall.....so jelly! 😊

[@twilde3754]

Geez -- I love the long border!

[@tammyrice1529]

WOW! Everything is beautiful. I live in zone 8b and alliums tend to grow in the fall and spring and go dormant in the heat of summer we get in the high 90’s up to 105 from July through September. I usually just cut the dead tops off and they pop back up in late September for me.

[@patriciacole8773]

I have had twenty mornings at 22* and the Proven Winners Giant Pink is still alive ‼️⁉️ Not still flowering but yes it’s truly still alive!

[@jksampley5872]

Your scavola looks wonderful! I lost mine not once but twice when I replaced it due to the intense heat 😢. But I'm near your area, so I have hope!!!

[@lustraveller717]

Hi Janey! I found a Nuccio Pearl Camellia at Costco and was so excited because I wanted one to plant as a remembrance for my mom. She loved Camellias. I had also heard that gophers don't like allium, so I planted a couple of bags from Costco without gopher cages and was so excited to see them bloom. Then I noticed that each one was disappearing as the gopher munched away. Arggggh!

[@bubbles6124]

Me also, my mother loved them. But hard to grown in the hot dry desert where I live, only in pure shade. Which I don't have much of. So I'm growing in pots on my patio. She had pink and white variegated (which is very hard to find) red, white, and pink.

[@lustraveller717]

@bubbles6124 I'm growing mine on my covered front porch, which is just like she did. She had a variegated red and white one.

[@ordiekelleher2641]

Jenny it's still pretty! Hugs!😊

[@karen-ep8ou]

I can't believe how beautiful everything is. The progress you have made from the beginning. I know that you and Jason get frustrated when you are planting and keep running into cement chunks. Your vision is really coming together.

[@JoyfulJerseyGardening]

Love how your long border is shaping up! And I can’t believe the amount of growth on your willow!! That’s one tree I’ve always admired, but I think they just get too big for my yard. Thanks for the tour!

[@judyingram-kh1vm]

The island is going to be so beautiful I dont know if this would work, but you could plant some of those little white flowers in with your meadow grass, just a idea❤ Look what you and Jason have done in a little over a year Its a beautiful dream come true. Love y'all and love your channel ❤❤❤❤❤

[@red-hotpepper-pappa3097]

Hakonechloa-Japanese Forest Grass! It’s gorgeous too!!

[@donnasmalley3713]

Ni just gets better and better

[@kimgardenandchicks]

My allium look the same here in zone 5. Keep as is if you enjoy the winter look otherwise cut back and enjoy the new growth

[@linakhoury6623]

Hi Janey🌺 . I love all these pretty plants and trees in your garden and it look stunning in November . Janey look at your hardenbergia if it start to bloom because my hardenbergia it started to blossom and it is her second flowring this year . Have a great day. 🌻🍁🌻

[@tammydeschenes4857]

The garden is looking amazing! Just a suggestion on the creek bed though. You might want to dig a bit deeper especially along the center if you want it to look more like a creek and not a path. Once you cover in rocks it will significantly raise in height and look more levelled with surrounding area making it look more like a rock path. Adding the trees in your garden was a game changer. Just love the structure it brings to your yard ❤ You and Jason have come a long way in such a short period of time. Great job!

[@gardeninggrandma5247]

Hi, Janey: I always enjoy watching your progress!! You've accomplished a lot. I've used Liriope in my garden and would suggest trying it next to your lavender. Unlike other grasses, it doesn't wander with its root system. It does get larger, similar to a Hosta, where you can divide it every 3 or 4 years and get more plants. Even in the heat of the summer, it just keeps on doing its thing without showing any signs of stress. My kind of plant! Also, just a thought about your island. I also follow Northlawn Flower Farm, and Danielle just added a custom-built library to her garden. It's such a cute structure. The workmanship is just so beautiful, and she used reclaimed materials. I wondered if you could partner with that same builder to do something for you. Danielle is in PA, but maybe the builder would love to visit sunny CA!! Just thinking out-of-the-box!

[@jeanbrewer576]

🍂Hi Janey, WOW! Your gardens are so amazing compared to last year when you all moved in, congratulations You didn't mention your global willow how is it doing? love those trees. Thank you for sharing, have a great rest of the day. 🍂 😊 👋

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Everything is looking gorgeous! Just FYI, gophers LOVE alliums, garlic and onions, they are one of their favorites and will go for those things first. At least the ones around here do and in my friend, Paula's, garden too. Her husband removed the gopher protection of one garlic and onion bed and a gopher decimated them all. He trapped it so it is history but she lost her crop. I have to plant my ornamental alliums, garlic and onions in gopher cages or raised beds with protection on the bottom. We find gophers tunnels where they circle the bed trying to get in during the season which makes it is easy to know where to trap them. I know this goes against what everyone claims but here those plants do not repel gophers, rather it attracts them or so that has been our experience with them. Maybe it is California gophers. 😉

[@KP-gw5zv]

Good morning. For the Alliums that have new growth you should not pull them out, just cut back the old growth in the spring and leave it alone. It will naturalize and will expand as well as the seed heads with spread new plants into the garden. Therefore you will save yourself money. As well as rabbits, rodents and deer do not like alliums or anything else that is in the onion family. You may have had gopher mounts near them however the bulbs were not touched.

[@tlcgarden2300]

Beautiful! ❤M

[@iancampbell168]

I was just thinking how nice it will be to sit on that bench in the center island and look down the path and see that cedar in the corner, LOVE that! 😂 Also side note I think you should rename the center island to something else…center island sounds to industrial or something …maybe dry creek bed??

[@helenjackson2971]

That bench will need shade since summers are so hot!! May your it on the other side of the path so the tree will provide shade.

[@DavidLietz-dp9hr]

Your Daffodils return well each year.? Flower and Multiply.? Here in NW Florida. Daffodils are reliable.Ice Follies and Carswell.

[@karinhamann5019]

What a difference cooler weather makes! The front garden color is wonderful. Janey, could you devote some time to discussing dormant spraying (when you do your lavender redbud)? I have crape myrtle bark scale on all my 6 trees. According to the information I found, I will have to dormant spray the bark once the tree has lost it's leaves to, hopefully, get rid of the insects, I have never had to do this on any of my trees, Thank you!

[@lorrainemcwhorter2796]

Hi Janey❣️ Quick question: Are you going to dig up some of your annuals or tomatoes and put them in your greenhouse this year?🌺

[@gabymestas4030]

Your garden is beautiful! You need a wooly bush on your long border It gets 10 ft tall and is evergreen, low water Looked like a pine but it’s so soft You also need some pink muhly grasses

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

ooh I don't know that one! I'll look into it!

[@Chris-gf1rh]

Hi, love all your plantings, but I’m wondering if you finished your remodel in kitchen and dining room? Have a happy holiday season

[@helenjackson2971]

Just cut back your Serendipity alliums, they will re grow. Feed them too as alliums are hungry plants. Alliums are very tough so don’t worry. I grow them in zone 10b.

[@cindymeyers394]

Janey- just wondering if you put your compost right over the wood chips or did you rake most of the chips away first? Thanks

[@MichelleSuggs-ls1ki]

Should the alliums be dead headed? It might make them look a little neater this winter….

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

prob, but i'm half tempted to pull them so I'm ignoring them instead 😆

[@sandraceja2727]

Hola, I noticed you planted your daffodil bulbs a whole month earlier than your normal planting. I believe in the past you plant in December, I’m in zone 10B Orange County, Ca. I mormally plant in January. Do you think it’s OK for me to plant now?

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

Yep! As long as it’s cooled off for you down there. I would say anywhere from nov-early January 💗

[@gloriaruiz2332]

❤

[@SuzanneTheme]

Do you ever place your camellias indoors in camellia bowls??

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

no, what is a camellia bowl and why haven't I heard of this before?! 😆

[@SuzanneTheme]

@ Well, in the South we have lots of camellias and we cut them short and float them in water. Google it and you can see the variety of bowls. I use to place mine in champagne glasses and place them at each table setting. The table always looks so pretty 😍

[@francesoliver8812]

Saturday the UCD ARBORETUM has an open sale starting at 9 for the public. They always have list of plant for sale if you go to the website, so you can look ahead of time to see if the grass you what is available.

[@jennetteojeda138]

💖🌸👍🏻🌸💖

[@bettyboop1524]

So that's why that propane tank is where it is, makes sense now. I've always wondered "what were they thinking" to put that ugly thing right at the front of your house. 🤔

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

YES! Thats what we thought too then when we found the old plans it explained the location!

[@margiemather7206]

I habe

[@margiemather7206]

First of all I am so jealous of your fall garden. So gorgeous!!! Do you have any plans for your pathway in the garden? Rock or gravel maybe? It looks so blah. Flat stone would look awesome.

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

We will do DG like the rest of our pathways

[@daveymcteer6804]

Hopefully you won’t find any bodies😂😂😂

[@DigPlantWaterRepeat]

oh gosh 🫣