Q&A | Watering, new garden, dahlia, dogs, me | The Impatient Gardener

[@nancyavery8134]

Hi Erin, I really enjoyed this video. I felt like I was sitting across the table from you and enjoying a friendly gardeners conversation and having a cup of morning tea. Yes, more please!

[@penny1295]

Loved the Q A! Thank u!

[@jennifermichel3314]

I love Q & As!

[@seanaames6855]

I enjoyed this Q&A!

[@suziqbrown7073]

LOVED this video! Nothing can compete with real people. When you say "Mr. much more patient" I can't help but smile.

[@BenjesBride]

The weed distraction was so cute - made me laugh. :-)

[@darlenelitz1050]

That's what I thought too. She is so cute with her humor

[@susanboswell5583]

I love you even more than ever! Such honesty! A garden is a personal endeavor that you chose to share with us! Thank you!

[@bluesky7226]

The National Garden scheme videos are fabulous. Thanks for your time answering questions.

[@shelldub7258]

Erin, I love these Q&A videos! It’s like you were talking to me across the table. Thank you for all you do! Having a full time job as well as doing this is a ton of work! Know that it is very appreciated! 💚🌱

[@pennyduncan5980]

The impatient gardener should have 1 million subscribers. Let’s make it happen for the queen of flip flop gardening!

[@gardengatesopen]

I very much liked the Q&A! And even tho I already knew the name you have for your hubs, I just want to say that every time you mention Mr. MuchMorePatient - it's his name that makes me smile 😊 Thank You for sharing 👍 💖

[@BloominIvy]

Isn’t it “rich”? ....see what i did there?

[@jj.fancythat6638]

It’s like having a glass of wine talking gardening with these Q&A’s. Like being invited to a party! Love it! Your3 so down to earth and talk to us like we’re right there!

[@carmenbailey1560]

Love the way you are so real, being that perfection is so overrated. Now to add I won’t worry about my dahlias, because they haven’t bloom yet. The parts about always seeing the negative parts of our garden is so spot on. Great Q &A, enjoyed hearing your responses, so if you like doing them great if you don’t it’s still okay. Always enjoyable,thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@Tracy-zj4sr]

And yes, yes, yes to more Q&A videos. Your conversational style is half the appeal!

[@jucjuc314]

Here is a another pro why I like when you use botanical names: I live in Germany and I am hungarian, while I am watching your english videos regularly and it is soo much easier to research, find a plant over here when you use the botanical name 😊So thank you for that! I don't hung up on your pronunciation, since I know how difficult is to speak another languages😊

[@DarkAryen]

I was just going to write the same thing! I live in Germany and I'm Brazilian, so the English name doesn't help me while searching for the plant in an European online nursery or going to a garden center. Knowing the botanical name helps a lot! 🥰

[@wanderly9950]

This was fun! It was like sitting down for a Saturday morning neighborly visit. Might be nice once or twice per season - but your regular vids are a mainstay. Thanks!

[@SMElder-od5cl]

With you, more than any other garden video host, I feel like it would be so comfortable to sit down and visit.

[@eshelovesdogs]

I really am comforted hearing how real you are. Just plant it and your admitting mistakes. Makes me feel better when I totally acrew up my planting

[@Angela410R]

Your garden is absolutely gorgeous thank you for being so generous as to allowing us to take a view along with you walking through your garden😎

[@virginiaspindle8403]

Regarding garden tours...What u don't understand is that we don't expect perfection. We will love your gardens no matter what because we all know what it entails to keep gardens and there is no such thing as perfection. We basically just want to see what u have done with your gardening to get ideas for ourselves. Thank u 4 being there, Erin. U r a joy to listen to and to watch. Someday maybe let us see Mr. Much More Patient.

[@seedsaverdiane5636]

I missed the watering episode and had to go back and watch it. I have a large property with perennial gardens that are not on drip. I have invested over the last few years in four retractable hoses and three stainless steel metal hoses all mounted on 4”x4” posts. These hoses make watering so much easier and I don’t have hoses laying on the ground, much to my husbands delight. He can now mow without having to coil the hoses anymore. Thanks for Q&A session

[@junesmart7352]

This video was great! Great! GREAT! Keep the Q&A coming as often as you like, because we like it!

[@diamondslashranch]

Using the botanical names is so helpful to me when I am looking to buy the plant or find more information about them. Enjoyed the q and a very much.

[@Seurnn]

I appreciate that you use the botanical names, especially these days when so many plant tags try and hide the Latin name with brand names!

[@saracory819]

Santa Rosa Gardens has been a source for plugs for me. They don’t have everything, but they have a lot!

[@debbiew1384]

This was my first year planting plugs and I had great success with Moonshine Designs Nursery. For covering large areas with ground over this approach is so much more economical. Yes requires a lot of attention up front, planted immediately in early spring, prayed for no frost and paid a lot of attention to watering and weak fertilizer to help establish. I lost not a single plant. Out of 140. They have wonderful instructions, great communication re your order. Some plants/plug flats you have to wait for so start looking at their website early to match up when you want to plant. I am too impatient to pot on and really wanted to go straight into the ground. If you accept the responsibility of this early maintenance the results can really pay off.

[@amyschwabe3498]

I love the natural look of that stump. I have a couple in my garden as well. Love it when the plants naturally grow around them. 💕👍

[@milajoy945]

Erin! Thank you so very much for your so valuable explanations and insights. And for letting us see your magnificent garden! So inspiring! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@markhinds3820]

Please continue your q and a , love your down to earth presentation, not being phony don’t miss an episode again thank you

[@LaurieEggleston37]

Oh Erin! I feel your pain! I used to love Saturday mornings = and then I moved. I moved into a neighborhood in the house of my dreams with a wonderful back garden! Little did I know that Saturday mornings are when the pilots fly their private planes, the lawns get weed-whacked and mowed, the houses get pressure washed, etc....Every single Saturday. Rain or shine. Hot or cold. I LOVE your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your gardens!

[@prettysunshine6655]

Love the Q & A format, occasionally. I think it let's us get to know your better. Thanks for sharing your garden and knowledge with us.

[@medicsinthetrees7195]

Please please continue to use the botanical names. They are the only ones I know. I get lost in regional common names. Pronunciation is also regional. No worries!! Just love your neighbor and your garden. 🥰

[@susanlettis9085]

Love the Q and As but I also like how you do your best to answer questions in written form when you have time. I hope you keep doing that. Also I hope your q and a videos don’t replace the other types of videos that you do. Keep them coming you do a great job! Also liked to hear what you do for a living - thanks for sharing!

[@shariglasser7192]

Lots of head nodding in agreement during the garden tour conversation. Gardens are so personal, the plants become your companion and any negative comment stings a little. I say, keep the garden private 🙂

[@ceemee7368]

Came back and watched again…appreciate the-no shaming in the way we call the name of it. You taught me how to “say” astilbe and other plant names over the seasons. Thank you

[@joandavis3586]

I love listening to your answers to questions

[@raeperonneau4941]

I love the fact that you have a full time job. It’s very helpful that you understand that everyone can’t focus on their gardens 24/7.

[@shannonholmberg8835]

Thank you for the Q&A. It’s nice to just have a sit down and listen to what’s on yours and other peoples minds. Thanks also for the reminder to take pictures of our progress in the gardens. It’s good to remember and realize the good work a person accomplishes.

[@bonniejohnston2570]

Periodic Q&As are a good thing😃

[@863fernando09]

Thank you for sharing your garden. Do anything, we’ll watch it

[@rachela619]

Thumbs up on the Q&A. I learn a ton from this format vs reading through comments or blogs

[@sylviastevenson3446]

Love your answer to the pronunciation people. Don't pronounce it, just plant it! I really enjoy your videos, Thank you!

[@amandavhb1630]

I know its hard to answer all the comment questions. I think these Q&As are great so you can address the commonly/related questions asked in one place. I like the format!

[@rachelhall4808]

I agree with the garden tours... it’s like showing your bedroom. I know not everything is in the hamper or put away or the bed made (our son gets in our bed all the time to play)... it’s private and you don’t wanna show it off. I know the garden is a bit different, but I think it’s a similar situation.

[@melissacater7443]

Yes!! The Q&A is great!! Please continue!

[@lclandrum]

I like Q&A! Your being down to earth is what makes you my favorite gardener to follow and the Q&A is a great ‘get to know you’ format. Strangely enough I got plugs from Walters Gardens (in Michigan where I garden) by ordering them from Harris Seed ( in Massachusetts).

[@bettystaats8873]

your grandmothers tree behind you looks great!

[@amybedrosian4106]

Erin, I am delighted to have found your channel, I am now a subscriber! I enjoy your charisma, knowledge and garden tours. I especially love watching your dogs in the garden with you. Thanks for the show!

[@sallywoods7131]

Loved the video but I love all you videos. Always honest, real, and fun.

[@sharonallen805]

Erin, I love all your videos, but the Q & A answers alot of all my questions that i forget to ask in the comment area. You are a very busy lady, thank you for the videos. Cant wait for the tour.

[@dianem7771]

I like Q&A's. Thank you for taking the time to do it.

[@rehlorocco]

40 years ago I got a copy of the JL Hudson catalog. (Order one now!) But at the time I didn’t understand a thing they were saying because I didn’t know any of the botanical names. A few weeks later I got my first job in a plant nursery. By the end of the day three people had asked me for spider plants and they were all talking about something different. That made me go home and read the catalog and learn the botanical names! Thank you for listing them and using them! LOVE your videos!

[@NovaJames_Homegrown]

You are so fun! I love how real you are!

[@lindahopkin8597]

I like your Q& A videos your are one of those down to earth gardens which I like. Happy gardening

[@carolynimboden3382]

I really enjoyed the Q and A. Very conversational and warm.

[@GardenMoxie]

Great video Erin. I enjoyed learning that you are a magazine editor. That's very cool.

[@Finnswife3]

So true about noticing all the negatives in your own garden! I always have a list of things that need to be worked on. As my mom always said “It looks great you’re just too close to your own work.”

[@katedorman7042]

Q&A videos with Erin...duh, yes, please! And maybe Odin’s bath time? In my opinion, it is bad form for someone to call out a mispronunciation, plants or otherwise, and I love your response to that.

[@YSLRD]

Yup. If they aren't your kids or your students, it's not your business.

[@mikes5643]

Love the Q&A format. Very helpful. Thank you!

[@lincasteel-butler531]

More Q&A please. Thank you.

[@bead9609]

Thanks for Q&A... keep it going. Love your video's and your garden as well as your dogs!

[@jancooke1028]

Hi Erin: I so enjoy your videos. Thank you! Just wanted to mention that there is a nursery called Prairie Moon Nursery located in Winona MN that may have plants on the order of plugs. You many want to check out their web site. Enjoy the summer!

[@Georgeous.Garden]

I liked the Q&A video! I feel the same way-my garden is very personal to me, so I would have a hard time doing a tour. As much as I love my garden, I am critical of it too. But, thank goodness you and others do videos like this because I learn so much.

[@yesitssweetmamas.5300]

Thanks for answering our questions! Personally, I would love a regular Q & A.

[@bengalcat7337]

I love the Q& A please keep them coming. Back a few months ago you did a video on how you put a garden together in design. It was very informative on which plants go together and colors. I thought you were going to have a series. Would love to see you do more of that for us newbies in the garden. . 😘

[@mzacsundayschool8845]

this encourages me to start my garden beds. I love your channel and thank you for taking time to teach us💗💗

[@nancysinthegarden3994]

Amen to the need for selling plug sized plants!!

[@chrisk7913]

Q & A is great! Thanks for taking the time.

[@melepling2742]

Love the Q and A! Thank you. Appreciate your answers. 🌱

[@eddye7764]

I like Q&A's It helps us learn from one another. I've learned that I can't grow most of what you have because I'm in California, zone 9b...hot and dry. But I love how you incorporate native plants which I started doing a couple of years ago. I keep the nice "pretties" near the house, they get some shade, and the "fend-for-yourselves" on drip irrigation out in the landscape, which is a hotter area. Thanks for sharing!

[@heathermcelroy7171]

Mee too! I wish there were more zone 9 & 10 gardeners on KZbin!

[@diminett6462]

Watching in Melbourne Australia love your tan winter here

[@terrijohnson2191]

Hi Erin, I like your Q and A videos as much as I like the other type of videos you post. I so enjoy seeing your garden along with Garden Answer, Y Garden, Linda Vater, and Jeri Landers. I get to see your over styles and garden layouts. I do like seeing different gardens just for the sake of beauty, but I really love learning what others do in their gardens and WHY. Then I know what things to try - if I haven't already - and what might work for my garden.

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Love ur personality!! Thanks for your honest gardening answers

[@janethouckanderson265]

I vote yes on the Q & A.

[@heatherw.2751]

Hey Erin! I really enjoyed this video. You are so right in that we can learn so much from just talking to other gardeners. Keep ‘em coming lady!!!

[@donnasantamaria8317]

Love your philosophy on plant name pronunciation! Just plant the plant! Right!!! Pronunciations can be so regional. There is a reason we have expressions such as.....You say tomato I say tomato! And a rose by any other name is still a rose! Botanical names are so helpful when identifying a plant you are unfamiliar with. Thank you for giving us both common and botanical names.

[@donnasantamaria8317]

Erin, I feel the same way about my clematis!!!

[@Yosemite2003]

I love your videos so much! The diva plants cracked me up!❤🌱❤

[@daiseegray9110]

Always enjoy your video’s please continue Q&A.

[@didisinclair3605]

Hi Erin. I'm joining the chorus of positives for this video. I love your tours as well. I hope you'll just do what is comfortable for you, so you don't get burned out!! Thanks so much for all you give.

[@lorrainecourtney4589]

Q and A, definitely😉

[@lynwebster]

Botanical names, yes please! It's the only way to be able to research a plant to see if it might suit my conditions, which are very different to yours.

[@cinziadeluca5074]

I thought that this Q&A was wonderful. However, you are so good to answer all of the comments too, this must be a lot of work for you and I appreciate it, always. It was so nice to hear more about you and your thoughts. I watched it with a cup of tea and a cookie and it was fun. I really liked hearing about your career outside of gardening, I often wondered what you did outside of KZbin. I think it's so nice to hear that sometimes, there are weeds growing and that's just how it is when you're working full time. I need to hear that sometimes and remind myself of this when I look at my own meagre garden. Thank you for your honesty, I think you're doing a brilliant job. Enjoy the pool lounging, you deserve it!

[@christine1373]

Hi Erin! I really enjoy your videos. You have a realistic view of gardening along with your no-nonsense approach to gardening AND your humor! I pronounce botanical names all the time, like calendula and I don’t care. We are all more critical of our own “stuff” versus what others see so we really need to take the time to enjoy our accomplishments. I used to live behind a “master gardener” who spent a great deal of time “working” on her garden (and quite frankly I thought mine looked better) but she never sat outside on her patio to enjoy it. I would play in mine during the day then end the evening sitting on my patio feeling great about what I did, enjoying an adult lemonade with my husband.

[@Icebrg313]

I liked the video. Thanks! I feel like I know you and your garden better.

[@jamesneidlinger6065]

Thumbs up on Q & A. Every other week or once a month might be a good fit. Add an in depth interview with one of your dogs .. lol

[@Jack-oc2xq]

Yes to more Q&As!! Love them

[@darlenelitz1050]

Thank you so much Erin for sharing your garden! I love your Q&A video along with all your other videos. You make me laugh! It's a good thing and I thank you for your humor. ENJOY the rest of your weekend!

[@DixieGirl9876]

Yes to the Q&A!

[@goingbacktoeden798]

Hirts Gardens sells plugs to the public. They are usually 2.5 to 4” containers. I like the small sizes of their perennials. Easy to plant!

[@jucjuc314]

It's me again from overseas and here in Germany you can buy plug-plants for a short period of the season, so keep asking the companies for it over there! I got a few plugs(I call them baby plants) this year, for first time and they are performing great, I think because they got used to the climate in my garden very early. I loved that I had to take care of them because there is not much else you can do so early in the season 😊 Oh and yes I loved Q&A! 🤗

[@jessicabuben9353]

I loved the q&a! I love hearing more about you and learning about your life outside of your plants. This was so great!

[@lauriestavert6403]

Thank you for this...! I love your videos! Have an awesome day from PEI Canada! 🌸🌺🌼

[@jennieheigel5799]

I love your videos, I would say only do a Q&A as often as you do a seasonal garden tour. I just love and prefer to see projects and care tip, my favorite video this year was the spring plant vrs weed video.

[@kimvannahking]

As watching having my morning cofee....wait.....We have the same cup🤗

[@laureenstephens1318]

Love the view very picturesque

[@markvasiloff2217]

Q&A - Yes

[@paulakopasz1639]

Erin, if you have never been, I hope that some day you go to the Buffalo garden walk. Hundreds of generous gardeners open their yards to visitors on the last weekend in July. There is also an extensive list of gardens in other parts of western NY that are open on Thursdays and Fridays in July as part of the open gardens program.

[@phyllisroark8526]

Yes to Q&A's! Thank you for sharing more of your private life, your job with us. I think it makes us feel closer to you. Love your garden's lol. We know what you talking about. Stay safe and see ya on the next one.

[@leahness3588]

Love your videos any topic.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

[@juliapounds5829]

Loved the Q & A! Please do more!

[@seniyeshepherd3050]

I love watching your videos!🌺

[@hellocondo7525]

I have ordered from The Gentleman’s Backyard, New Brunswick, Canada. Great results with those plugs and bare roots.

[@vgil1278]

Hello Condo But don't you have to pay for an expensive license to order from Canada?

[@hellocondo7525]

V Gil I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. 😎