Weekly garden stroll 🌿 May 5, 2024 🌿 Everything is popping!

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Erin, I love your channel. I especially enjoy this laid-back style of filming. My grandsons (30-ish) were here yesterday and one of them told me that I was like a bunny on crack, hopping around my garden and showing them everything that has new growth or has started to bloom. I love your excitement, it's contagious. 🥰💐🦋

[@denisewade6439]

I can relate!

[@jenniferhooks2454]

I can relate too! If I'm showing someone my garden, I zigzag around all over the place because there's something wonderful to see.

[@michelebushnik2874]

Welcome back dear banana!❤😂❤🎉

[@jillsimpson8716]

Just love your relatable approach to gardening. I live next door to the “lawn guy” who has a meticulously manicured lawn and hired landscaping. Always makes me feel so pathetic when I’m out planting my little seedlings I painstakingly grew all winter long, along with my more natural borders and dying trees. But I digress! You show me natural beauty in the garden and it inspires me to keep on doing what I do. Thank you so much!

[@KidCity1985]

Dying trees spread disease. Remove them if you can.

[@kasiacholewinska]

Erin, I hope those weekly strolls will be a regular part of your channel, love it! Spontaneous, uplifting, funny and REAL, as everything you share with us. Thank you!!

[@dannakuhr9718]

I love your excitement and joy when you walk around your garden. That's the way I feel, even when there are weeds. Things are growing!!

[@martinlugus5499]

The weekly tours are a great innovation. The spontaneity is a key ingredient.

[@JWallywiz]

"Maple seedlings everywhere", well I'm glad I'm not the only one suffering with this issue this year! I have them by the hundreds in every bed. What a pain pulling them out. My neighbors Maple tree had so many helicopters this year, thousands and thousands of them came down....guess it's no surprise there are little trees growing out of control. Love the color on the screen door.

[@hitecmom]

My favorite format out of all the gardening channels! Love to stroll along with you.

[@jeanioneill6610]

Love taking a walk with you in your garden.Great to see so many flowers popping through the soil in the spring.

[@denisek5208]

I am LOVING these new videos! Thank you for sharing your garden with us.

[@cyhomer]

Erin, you’re so right about edging…I have finally finished all my edging (sidewalks, bed edges, turf next to the street, etc.)..wow,mit makes all the difference.

[@janetorello5716]

I love the rambles! It is the best way to see the progression of the plants. Makes me want to try the things I haven’t grown.

[@janetleeharrison]

100% agree! These are the best videos, Erin! I have a better sense of your property and where everything is with these rambles. It feels like a true personal tour with a neighbor complete with normal garden rambles.🥰 Keep doing these, PLEASE!🔥

[@ginnytalbert3696]

So, does the white house across your driveway have orange trim??? Nice garden wander with the beautiful sunlight and chirping birds. Thanks for sharing your Sunday morning with us!

[@judymckerrow6720]

THE WOOD TICKS ARE OUT IN S.W. MICHIGAN, REMEMBER TO CHECK YOURSELF FOR THOSE LITTLE BUGGERS. 💐💚🙃

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Oh they are everywhere. We find multiple ticks every week and the only month we didn’t find a tick on Dorothy was January.

[@jkniederberger5390]

Strangely, weeding my flower beds often brings me joy. It can be very meditative and soothing. Walking around every day and seeing what is blooming brings me great joy. The first cup of coffee or tea in the morning, when the cats and I are the only ones awake is a favorite time of my day.

[@marieparsons-x9o]

Love the coral door. Thanks for keeping it real. So many gardens on utube are perfect and that is not real life. Enjoy your channel so much.

[@terrivance8750]

Erin, You keep talking about weeds. Got me thinkin'--perhaps it's not too early for another episode of "Wine & Weeds." 🤔😁

[@SpeedBump7807]

Yes...exactly what I was thinking. No complaining about weeds without a beverage.

[@loispullen4049]

Glad to see you have Spring OCT like myself! Tis the season! 🤗🇨🇦

[@hikingskiing]

The birdsong is unreal in this video!

[@Fabdanc]

I don't think you should feel badly about using herbicides sparingly and responsibly and for target species. I have even seen some experts recommending imidacloprid for control of woolly adelgid.

[@kasiacholewinska]

“I guess it’s official I have an issue” 😂 you rock Erin, so funny 😆

[@Findmeinthegarden1]

Thank you!

[@thomasschrader8272]

Geranium macrorhysum is my weed suppression placeholder for all exposed soil in my garden.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Yes! You've nailed it. it does such a good job and I think I've moved the same plants around the garden tens of times.

[@gingercashman3289]

love the rambling! I don't know how you remember all of those plant names. Love watching your channel.

[@bettenotap4791]

Loved the rambles Erin. Anytime! Your door looks very cheerful.

[@cherylt6888]

Enjoy your channel😊❤️thanks for garden tour . Looking forward to seeing what bananas do this season.

[@marymetz5312]

I'm really enjoying these garden strolls.Such a typical tour we gardeners like to give to those who come by to visit.

[@dindyuhl2727]

Yay! Progress! I've heard the word before.

[@Edu_Kate]

I'm glad to see I'm not alone in still cleaning up my garden beds. Friday, I made a list of all the chores for the day knowing I wouldn't get half of them crossed off. I even spontaneously did some lawn maintenance (my yard is suddenly overrun with tiny creeping Charlie plants). By evening (yes, I spent 9 hours in the garden) I was quite pleased by my progress. Now it's a gorgeous day so I need to get out there to complete my chore list so I can start a new one. For several years, I've said I wanted to divide a couple tightly packed hostas next to my driveway thinking it would be easier to tackle the job when they were just emerging sprouts. I forgot how dense their roots are. I dug one variety planted close to my 'Do Tell' peony that's starting to spread after 15+ years. I couldn't lift the clump until I attacked it with my multipurpose trowel sawing it into smaller clumps. Amazing how a plant expands in size once lifted out of the ground. I planted a couple nice-size clumps between my 3-peony hedge and sort of scooped dirt over the remaining clumps because by then I was too tired to pot them. A good soaking rain kept them alive. I transplanted my lilac aucuba to a new berm amended with 3 bags of Land & Sea compost. I hope it does better in that sunnier spot. While I love lilacs, my housing development is named "Lilac Way," I'm growing this variety for the interesting variegated foliage. Great Garden Plants sent me a big box the other day so I have lots of work to prepare the places I'll plant these new guys. So much soil prep to complete first...weeds everywhere. Quack grass is the bain of my life, soon to be followed by crab grass if I don't finish spreading grass seed. Keep showing us your walkabout videos. In one day, tulips I'd planted last year went from barely open to absolute gorgeousness. I keep taking photos then deleting them as they progress into their full beauty. I love seeing everything waking up.

[@seedsaverdiane5636]

I have never deadheaded my Clethra. If you can tolerate last years spent bloom they will eventually fill in. Too many last years blooms from 10 plants in my garden to spend the time removing the spent blooms. I’m enjoying the tours of your beautiful space

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Thank you! I’m good with the spent blooms sticking around until it fills in.

[@patmarchand7363]

I just love you’re videos you are so knowledgeable easy to listen to and the plants you have are just unique love it ❤🇨🇦

[@kathijohnsonrock5856]

Great garden stroll, thank you. Plant names on the screen would be helpful as you talk about them. Hardy Begonia emerges very late, so yours may not be dead, although I know you planted them very late last season. We are in Madison, Wisconsin and have grown Hardy Begonia for many years. We could share a plant with you if you want one.

[@bobbiechinn9578]

Lilly of the valley issue?!?! Favorite! 💚💚💚

[@prairie2gem]

The dracaena for friend's pots will look glorious with red! I've heard that bright chartreuse variety called "limelight" (JC is dark green). It loves bright light, but beware of direct sun scorching the leaves (I've seen it happen even indoors, by a sunny west facing window). Just love, love, love your garden tour, this was therapeutic to watch, thank you. 🌞

[@angelwolfe6728]

Love the lushness of your gardens! It still amazes me how fast things pop right now! Beautiful things weeds and all! ❤

[@rbrown2746]

Barnhaven primula seeds great. Mine are blooming so beautifully this year.

[@marycalardo7217]

Lov your garden walks. You start my day off .😊 Hang in there with hardy begonias Iam in zone 6 they don't come up until June. Happy gardening!

[@marianhintz9981]

I have tons of maple seedlings in my yard too!! Your yard is looking good !! Thanks. For sharing.

[@brendabolio8040]

We like ramblings!

[@joandavis3586]

I love seeing week to week growth

[@ricaverus9589]

Erin, I loved this video. I've watched many of yours (first-time commenter), but there was something about this one that stood out for me and that I particularly enjoyed. I think that it felt so...relaxed, and peaceful, I guess? Kind of hard to explain why. It made me feel peaceful about my own gardens and not anxious about everything that needs to be done and feeling like it's not pretty if it's not perfect. And you give me kind of "by the way" information (does that make sense?) that is really helpful to me. Thank you, and God bless you.

[@aalejardin]

Without glyphosate and triclopyr my entire property would be Chinese wisteria and Japanese knotweed and I would have to use a machete to get to my house! Sometimes chemicals are necessary--you are not alone.

[@MrsFusion]

The unfurling ferns were my favorite from todays walk! Thanks Erin!

[@dustyflats3832]

You wonder where you will plant and I wonder, do I have enough fencing to be able to plant. I tried this year to plant coneflower and extras on a path without fence and by the next day the rabbits ate the edges. I fenced it and they came back to eat the rest and weren’t happy. Your video was 2 weeks ago and I still have snaps, ect to get planted. Trying the Madame Butterfly and several other varieties and hope they winter over like some last year. The heat here in my garden yesterday was unbearable at 94F just northwest of you and the plants were transpiring and we tend to not get much rain here. Alert days for Monday and Tuesday for severe storms and wonder if I can finish planting. 😂 right, finish planting 😂. 😮you keep mentioning lily of the valley issue and I have a couple-I’m nervous as it reminds me of those hideous hostas that I can’t get rid of. I’m with you on a herbicide at this point and I garden organically. I’ve had some great surprises this year so far like a return of plants I thought were gonners and yesterday a pink Columbine 👏🏼. 🎉the BIGGEST Surprise🎉 I have a peony that has BUDS!! I have tried to get the peonies that were here before me to bloom for a decade!! I bought new ones two years ago and was just about to give up thinking there is just some reason they won’t bloom here and TaDa! I just planted alliums last year and noticed this year the tips turn yellow and others say that’s what they do before bloom and I thought it was our freezing temps. Thx for the tour!

[@lisaf4300]

My perennial begonias come up very late. I am in 6b now 7a. I am just seeing some small signs of them. It has been unusually warm here in Pa. Don’t give up on them.

[@denisewade6439]

Yay! The banana is thriving! Thank you , Mr More Patient for babysitting the banana plant!

[@cindybohl9593]

Wow! I cannot believe how your garden has changed in a week! Everything looks fabulous! I have always wanted to grow primrose but I never see them for sale in Illinois in the greenhouses. I love spring! It’s so fun to watch your garden wake up. I know you love spring too because I could hear the excitement in your voice. You were like a little kid on Christmas morning! The weather has been great this spring in Illinois. Lots of rain and it has stayed relatively cool with a few warm days. Everything is lush and full and so green. Enjoy! Love your videos!

[@ashleyamelia08]

I love to see the garden waking up lol. there are stunning variegated cast iron plants already available for anyone interested!!

[@rhiannongomer5867]

Strolling with you is informative and consoling in equal measure. I feel so much better at being so late with everything in my Welsh garden. Having so much rain and cold winds has delayed any work, but getting out there to start makes me feel a little more encouraged. So thank you for sharing the rough with the smooth.

[@bonniejackson7476]

I love the ramble! Thanks 😊

[@cindijohnson7282]

I love seeing your gardens and listening to you ramble!

[@samanthascott712]

Begonia grandis don't come up until its warm. I am edge of lake erie 6b/7a and I can't see a trace of mine either, yet. Every year you think they aren't coming and every year they do. I spread it around the first year for "insurance" and to see how it liked different places. As a zone 5 gardener most of my life, what a miracle is perennial begonia! Anyway, don't fear. They are like the hardy hibiscus, very tardy to wake.

[@DrunkGardening]

Agreed! I'm in southeastern PA and my hardy begonias are just starting to come up.

[@suekuly4723]

I have been enjoying these impromptu garden tours. Always nice to see what’s growing. I am in zone 3a, so not much has broken ground YET. 😊

[@angelaschettino1327]

Love your garden and the coral colored door!

[@pcrice-lr2dn]

Thanks ,great tour 🌿🍃

[@sheila1961]

beautiful stroll, thank you Erin!

[@carollewinson1555]

You don’t have an issue… you have a collection!

[@alice_rabbit8345]

I say that about my hostas!

[@Thorn99855]

Yep. As long as you are having fun it isn't an issue, it's a passion.

[@TheBking01]

Hey Erin love the stroll Thur your gardens. I love seeing the different plants & flowers you have,they are beautiful. My garden is containers and everything is is blooming & taking off. Thanks Erin for your videos 😊

[@oxwoman8]

LOVE THE DOOR!

[@kfaulknerstudio]

Your house and property are lovely. I’m enjoying the informal garden walks.

[@karenh.7086]

Erin, you are spoiling us and Thankyou🙂🙂🙂

[@michelebushnik2874]

Welcome back dear banana❤😂❤!

[@richbishop7896]

Love the door color!

[@michellemoilanen3261]

I love trillium and primula

[@TheannaTeodorovic]

I love the coral colored door Erin! Thanks for another stroll around your beautiful garden!

[@neldahargo5933]

I wouldn't worry too much about Wisconsin sun. Up near the Bay, we just wait a minute and the clouds come back.

[@carriefreund9037]

Love the new screen door!!!

[@jayneteal-jeffery6283]

Love your screen door reno. Will be beautiful when the flowers show it off! Thanks for the walk.

[@nixlapi]

I love these rambly walk thru videos! And those primulas - wow! Primulas are new to me too, thanks to an aunt, but the garden centers around me seem to only carry the basic ones. Boring!

[@joycemoulis4392]

Loved the ramble! It's spring excitement! We've all got it. ❤

[@suzannebartow6390]

I love the rambling garden strolls......please keep it up.

[@dawndawn6946]

Great ramblings! So relatable!❤

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thanks Erin. Spring is my FAVORITE time of year ! The rebirth of my garden ❤️💐💚🙃

[@neldahargo5933]

I really like the way you present frequent updates.

[@kim-is9tq]

Loving the weekly tour around your space! Thanks for doing what you do!!!

[@patty8193]

Ugh! Lilly of the Valley- inherited from previous owners. I think the more I try to get rid of them the harder they fight and spread…. 😩 Thanks for the walk through your beautiful garden today! I learn so much from you.

[@colleenframarin655]

Thank you Erin, the garden is looking great !

[@duke2011ful]

WOW on the climbing hydrangea!

[@michellecjackson4956]

I live in northern California and have a couple of aspidisteras outside and they stay all year because it is Calif and we can. That said, they are getting wider and wider and need to be divided somehow. I love your gardens.

[@judyrhine234]

Always enjoyable

[@dwohio8283]

Great progress in your garden. Good job 👍

[@mistygeller3193]

I love it! Scattered or not, messy, I don’t care, your gardens are so incredible and you crack me up! Thank you sharing! And I have to agree with you on dealing with invasive plants. Gotta do what you have to, safely of course. 😊

[@patternandcraft]

I wonder if you have a special variant of ostrich fern that naturally gets larger? Or just your climate, day length etc is especially conducive to them thriving and growing large? In south eastern PA ostrich ferns definitely only get about 3 feet tall- I have them in my garden beds as well as growing wild, see them at historic homes, see them at local arboretums and display gardens… same size, never much taller than waist high, if that. So interesting!!

[@tonisaylor1507]

I really like the weekly garden walks! Thanks Erin.

[@BabyWitt]

Love the screen door color, fresh and bright!

[@pages7]

What a bright color!! It looks great! Can’t wait to see it with your flowers ☺️

[@reneekidwell3147]

This makes me so happy! Everything is looking wonderful!❤️❤️❤️

[@shareenstone6673]

Enjoy tagging along in your garden and enjoy your enthusiasm.

[@YAorNAmovies]

Everything is looking great 🎉 including in screen door.

[@paulotto2475]

Good , hardy Primulas are easy to miss because nurseries have discontinued growing the old fashioned forms. The grocery store / big box plants are worthless for quality and reliability

[@momcation9786]

Hi Erin you’re so blessed with a beautiful garden! You’re such an inspiration! Love it!🌷

[@christinestefanides2494]

These garden walks are one of my favorite things, in my garden as well as your beautiful garden!

[@LynnVincent-p2v]

Lovely

[@JennJenn9]

Lovely walk for my teatime 😊 Will you be getting the cicadas?

[@kimbar11]

I love these weekly videos. It is fun to see you walk and talk excitedly about plants. 💚💚💚

[@sherrybrown4340]

I love this format - it helps me to see the garden and individual plants in stages, and not just when everything is perfect. Love watching you as you make discoveries.

[@kimjapinga6550]

Love the screen door. Such a pretty color. I really like this style of video-it’s fun to see what catches your eye in the garden. Thank you for taking us along.

[@judymckerrow6720]

Yesterday we found some tulips in an overgrown area that I never planted, we’ve lived in this house for 30 plus years and it’s the first time that I’ve actually noticed them. They are sporadic but beautiful and there’s quite a few of them. An amazing surprise considering that tulips aren’t supposed to be long lived. 🤔💐💚🙃

[@kaystinebrink1220]

Love your tours!!!!!

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Love the screen door color!

[@joettedignanweir6893]

Erin, I’m really enjoying these strolls - thank you for doing them. I really like your color choice on the screen door, too.