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]

😂😂😂

[@ralugator]

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!

[@thyme2grow]

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

[@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 🏞️

[@victorialg1270]

I like seeing the mix of edible and ornamental gardens.

[@dianeshort8066]

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

[@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! 💚

[@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

[@vanessasordat3267]

Brilliant chive hedge and vinegar ideas! Thank you.

[@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. 👍😉

[@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.

[@deliabehrend9513]

This is great! My next garden project!

[@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.

[@skypolaroid]

I love this!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@GreatBrookGreens]

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

[@tammyhoushour8070]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@klcpca]

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

[@TheImpatientGardener]

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

[@melissamybubbles6139]

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

[@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. 😍

[@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!!!

[@concreteartist001]

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

[@marianhintz9981]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!😉🙂😉

[@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.

[@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

[@newphaseofme8223]

Your soil is so light and fluffy

[@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

[@johnandcarolestanley-stanl1558]

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

[@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 😂

[@smarties6342]

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

[@kellyy4525]

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

[@MegaIheartme]

Great idea for an edible border plant!

[@amytransue8756]

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

[@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! ☀️🤗🥬

[@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.

[@AdelaBespejo]

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

[@cqammaz53]

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

[@roseym6194]

The circle garden is beautiful in full bloom.

[@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.

[@karenross3457]

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

[@kathywong1286]

Love that trellis in the middle of the circle garden!

[@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!

[@dignit1620]

Thank you for this! What a great idea!

[@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 !

[@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. 😊

[@barbs.7367]

Love your chive hedge!

[@suburbangardeningcouple]

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

[@susanskinner8855]

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

[@elmaelmar2761]

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

[@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 🙏

[@karenmorse7031]

What a great, easy idea!

[@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!

[@whereisangie]

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

[@alisonburgess345]

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

[@erint2419]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@carmenbailey1560]

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

[@catnip1487]

Oooh nice ❤️! Will definitely try this out!

[@angietaylor5311]

Love this idea, thank you 😊

[@hannahtrillium]

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

[@debjanibhowmick5870]

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

[@phylmashyna6945]

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

[@TheBking01]

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

[@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.

[@christinahaftmann8837]

Eccentric but what a perfect border!

[@marilynruggeberg]

I had chives in one of my flower beds. They were reseeding themselves and were so prolific that I had to pull them out and put into a pot. They were the kind that you eat. But no I didn't cut off the blooms, but didn't want to lose them, hence into a pot at my back door. Love Your Videos, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 💖💖💖

[@Mustangmom2k]

I planted a single, small chive plant in one spot in my flower bed one year and had no idea that it would spread. The next year, I couldn't figure out where all the "grass" covering about 10 sq. feet in my flower bed was coming from. By the time I realized it was chives that had seeded themselves all over, it was too late. It took four years of digging and hand pulling to finally get rid of it all. I didn't even put it in a pot because I can't always get to the chive flowers to cut, and I didn't want the seeds blowing all over. Although I love chives to eat and the way they look, never again will I plant them anywhere!

[@JJ-fm3hr]

love chives ❤️❤️ will try your chive vinegar thanks!

[@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.

[@desireehouse]

I love this idea!

[@michellepollino4986]

I love your chive hedge, it’s beautiful.

[@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.

[@EmilyElizabethMusic]

Going to try this, so neat!

[@margievaughan2456]

Love the chive border & your circle garden is gorgeous

[@joyhamilton4248]

What a great idea!! Thanks

[@PleasantPrickles]

Wow! I love how those look! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌱🌱🌱😀

[@therichsodyssey]

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

[@darlenescott5213]

What a clever idea TY

[@growtoeat4173]

Hi Erin we have something called Tulbaghia its a wild garlic i am going to try your hedge with thanks!!!

[@YalisCommunity]

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

[@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!

[@pamelacorsi]

I have a chive edge to my veg garden to deter bunnies but last year found a bunny nest in the chives!

[@lisacheezecheeze1002]

Planted chive seeds this year to start my border!!

[@kellyferren2705]

I am so going to try that chives vinegar

[@MsScuppers]

What a great idea!

[@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

[@acommongardener2262]

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

[@brendabraun5522]

I need to do this. Mine got away on me but maybe I can dig up clumps and make a hedge. I would love to put coral bells in the middle of them and test the rabbit deterrant theory!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

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