Free ways I'm making my garden better

[@MelodyHopkins]

I love your practical approach. So many of us can't buy hundreds of different plants as other garden KZbinrs are able to do.

[@sweetpeasandyarrowaranchdi8327]

Watch Gardener's World to learn how to seed and propagate every plant their ever was.

[@katiesoderling3596]

@@sweetpeasandyarrowaranchdi8327 Love Gardener’s World!

[@anniecampbell8554]

So agree - love the ideas from other channels but for those of us who aren’t gardeners sponsored by major brands we must learn to do it the old fashioned way (and, frankly, the more sustainable way).

[@edwinreyes3998]

Watching this before work!!! Absolutely LOVE THIS ♥️

[@sitaylor2946]

My god. The way that shovel went right into the ground. Your soil is gorgeous

[@emilygrant9606]

I like to walk around my parents’ garden with a shovel. My dad is happy that the plants will get to live on in my garden, and I get a nice memory of my mom.

[@GardeningSpirit]

Congrats on 100K Erin! Your gardens look fantastic!

[@alw5101]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS Erin CONGRATULATIONS ON 100K‼️✨🤍

[@helenjackson2971]

Just a bit of plant trivia: Hakone is a lovely resort town on a lake at the foot of Mt Fuji, hence the origin name of the grass also called Japanese Forest Grass.

[@alw5101]

I love the look of that grass it one that I do not yet have in my garden! ✨🤍

[@mt2766]

Yes, FWIW, it’s pronounced HAH-ko-neh (vs. HAK-an-uh). 🙂

[@nwketchy5074]

Bunnies ate my hakone grass I’ve had for 10 years!

[@helenjackson2971]

@@mt2766 Arigato, yes, it makes me a little crazy because it is so often mispronounced I’m so many different ways!

[@donnasantamaria8317]

@@nwketchy5074 Aww, I'm so sorry to hear this. I was planning on planting some Hakone grass but we have bunnies too. Thank you for sharing.

[@Sullivan_Owen]

I think somebody, maybe Monty Don said that landscaping is planting it and never touching it again while gardening is the seasonal work of planting, growing, dividing, moving, sharing and enjoying. As I move on to my last 1/3 of my renovations, dividing and replanting has been so helpful in stretching the initial plant budget! And congratulations on 100K, please share when you get your Play button xo, SO

[@anitahadley2871]

This is real life gardening. Spreading the love in your own garden is the best!

[@shannonshunk8897]

Love your sweatshirt. Thanks for representing MI. I live in Southeast MI, in a suburb of Detroit. Mackinaw is a state treasure. Great channel, keep up the work. 🌻

[@gwenatilano9481]

Time in the garden is never wasted. 😎

[@beverleysimmons7885]

Oh gosh. Someone finally on my page. Took me 13 years to finish a garden. Just kept waiting for the plants to become mature enough to divide. Bought exactly 7 plants for it that were structure plants. Thanks for the tour. Love your gardens 💝🇨🇦

[@allysonh6410]

That's Awesome!!!

[@gailwhite822]

I had that same idea of dividing plants & moving them around to new areas. I found a bunch of slate in my yard too so I’m making a path to get the wheelbarrow through the side of my yard. Love free stuff!

[@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow]

Love spending $0 on extending the gardens! One Autumn Joy Sedum has been multiplied to hundreds of plants over the years; by division and transplanting to other garden areas. Daisy, Bee balm, Rudbeckia and Coneflowers have been great for using this method of getting free plants by "moving the furniture" around, so to speak.

[@sbarton291]

Love watching your videos as well. Hope you got all your seeds corralled! :)

[@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow]

@@sbarton291 I Did!

[@garykandmimisgarden1662]

Love your channel. Specially love this video. It's so refreshing to see someone multiplying their own plants in an established garden. Gardening books will tell you that you are bringing rhythm into your garden by repetition. Another option is to beg (borrow or steal) plant divisions from friends, relatives, or neighbors. The advantage of doing this is that the plant will forever remind you of the person you got it from.

[@juliaveenstraartist]

Erin this was an amazing video. I am doing a “secret garden” in a side yard for my grandchildren to enjoy. My goal is FREE! This video was inspiring!

[@Rougebasque]

Never sick of hearing about geranium macrorrhizum My favorite ground cover. It's lovely paired with hakonechloa.

[@theosrubegoldberg9660]

I love collecting seeds every year as a free way to expand the garden. That's how I started with dahlias. I don't have named varieties, which are very beautiful, but there is the added anticipation of seeing the new offspring.

[@StayPositive050]

Hechla what? Please add names of plants to descriptions. Big help for beginners.

[@hobbitlady7568]

You’re the best, Erin.

[@ladikmk]

That’s really the best part of gardening - being able to divide and fill in more areas. Also, being able to share them with others makes me happy too. Thanks for sharing Erin! Enjoy that sunshine. My lawnmower is calling me lol.

[@donnasantamaria8317]

Samantha and Benjamin have their very own 100 acre wood to explore. So glad you are leaving it. It was fun learning about the history behind it and the friendship ties to your family. That was an amazing harvest from only 2 plants!!!

[@alcg3981]

Yep, I'm sure she had some glitch. I remember that GA video by Laura!😬🤩

[@Tobhiyah]

What a fantastic opening drone shot! So cool to see an overview of you in the garden, putting it in perspective

[@dignit1620]

I also love the practical approach! Thanks for the timely reminder!

[@lisawintergerst4979]

Nice sweatshirt from a Michigan gal! Love a Rum Runner with a floater on the patio to start the visit off right! Love your channel.

[@angela-sanders]

This fall I am tackling my daylilies and separating them and moving them. I have also made two new garden areas for bulbs. I moved all of my bulbs into that area and waiting on more to come.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Erin, half the fun of gardening is being able to divide and move our plants to fill in areas that need a little extra something here and there. I love seeing all that you do in your lovely garden areas. Have a great week! ~Margie🤗💐🐝🦋🍁

[@altheab.8907]

Free is always a good thing in the garden, Erin. Big improvements….no cost. 😊💖🦋🕊

[@betsymaltby6788]

Absolutely the best part of gardening, splitting up the perennials and either moving them to other locations or finding a friend who can use them. I love to see the plant divisions I gave my friends thriving in their gardens! Too late to divide now, but my Hakonechloa grass is so ready to be divided...will be one of the first jobs in the Spring.

[@camicri4263]

It's nice to have plants that you can divide and move around! Free is awesome! Thanks Erin!🤗 Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers!🎉🎈

[@christinenovack6048]

I love, love love that big root geranium! I work as a gardener at a private estate & have "spread my love" of it freely around the property. I love it as much as you do Erin! I call it a great "doer"! ❤

[@katefrancis7476]

Oh god! Creeping Jenny is like a rampant STD in my garden. Your garden is sooooo beautiful!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

That might be my favorite description ever of that plant.

[@MelodyHopkins]

I've never seen anyone else mention this about silver falls dichondra, but it acts the same in my zone 8b garden. However, it only gets about 2 inches tall and I have it contained so it can't creep into areas I don't want it.

[@rbrown2746]

I love doing this in my garden too

[@kmarshall53]

Love this video! I’m going to be dividing and moving Day Lillies, Black-Eyed Susan’s, and Shasta Daisies in the next few days. Also moving plants into shadier or sunnier spots, as needed. And potting up the Tumeric. This reminded me I need to get a chip drop if I can.

[@kimu6093]

i've been sitting here watching your video and this is the first time that I have been inspired to tackle my flower beds since the hot summer heat started. I live in Southern California (i know, I know). I have a lot of transplant too but have been purposely putting off even thinking about this. You have jumpstarted my transplanting heart. Thanks

[@carriefrost3552]

Great video, and so true! Don’t have to look further than your own backyard!

[@sylvierossignol9757]

This is what I aspire to as I have those exact conditions but I am starting from scratch as the previous owners removed everything except the mature trees. So I did grow some perennials from seed and will do so again for next year. But I kept an eye out for wild plants and moved some black eyed susans to a flower bed. Found some sedums in the shade that were not doing well, moved them to a sunnier spot and all 6 are blooming. I got plants from friends, raided plant sales and bought some from neighbours. It just takes time…and I have 3 kinds of geranium…the more sun they get, the faster they grow! I will try them in my woodland area.

[@crystalchunn6925]

I agree the moving things around and making what you have stretch is a very fun part of gardening. I’m dividing some things this weekend myself.

[@melissahuber9741]

I love this video so much! First of all that first shot with a drone was so cool - - great job! I totally agree with you that it is so fulfilling to shop your own garden! And really can be even better than buying new plants. And as you said it's good for the plants that get divided. Now I need to do this in my own garden!

[@JennJenn9]

I just divided my Tradescantia Virginiana - I love it and such an easy, no fuss plant!

[@reggie9334]

I love rearranging, dividing my garden beds. It is fun 👍

[@alw5101]

I agree it’s the smart way of growing your garden!✨🤍

[@chrispetersen6402]

I’ve been editing things in and out. Feels so good!

[@Kate98755]

i’m so into dividing and propagation,

[@New-Hat-Gardening]

This time of year I start consolidating plants. Especially my planters.

[@rustystork7477]

‘The gardening part of gardening’ ❤❤❤

[@TracyIsInTx]

🌻🍁 great tips. Thank you

[@bktcz]

Great video Erin! So much inspiration!!!!

[@franthomas5867]

Totally makes sense and thanks for the encouragement to do this! It really is so satisfying to re-create from what one has! Love it!

[@ritalamers1876]

100k!!! Woo-hoo! Congrats to you both! 🌹🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼💐

[@ziptiefighter]

+1 for arborist chips, especially in situ. I've gotten wood chips from four sources, two arborist and two not. I am holding my breath that I didn't get any jumping worm cocoons hitchhiked in with the two non-arborist. Another bonus to wood chips is seeing the variety of mushrooms that spring up.

[@KAnansey]

I love the various names you've been giving the Geranium in this video! ^^ Free plants are the best!!

[@daiseegray9110]

I love getting new plants for free! I have six mid size oak hydrangeas that I was able to get from their mother plant. Woohoo 🌼🐝

[@emkn1479]

The Japanese forest grass is gorgeous, I just wish it wasn’t so hard to find at nurseries. I got one online and will eventually get more. My current answer is Everillo carex. I’ve been using it just about everywhere (along with others in the “Ever” series) and they’re looking so good while tying my very disparate gardens together a bit. I dug up huge plants and split them in 4 or 6 last year and they’ve quickly settled in. Earns its spot in my garden.

[@seeta5409]

I have been looking for Japanese forest grass. Please can you tell me where you got yours from

[@emkn1479]

@@seeta5409 I’m pretty sure I got it from Great Garden Plants but it looks like it’s out of stock ATM. They can notify you when it’s restocked.

[@seeta5409]

Thank you

[@brandoncorley3142]

That’s why I love daylillies! If you have a few you should never need to buy any. Every few years i split them up and spread them around

[@mandaa4]

I wanted to mention beautiful camera work here too.. the lighting is perfection

[@grownbydesign]

Thanks for a great video! I agree, I love to make use of what I already have in both my garden and my clients gardens. I find that when I’m not happy with a space if I go in and take out some plants that I don’t like/aren’t doing well it completely changes the space. And the best part - it’s free!

[@mdwalker3034]

Congratulations for reaching 100k, Erin! Well deserved, to be sure. You are one of my favorite garden design/plant resources. I am not familiar with the aggressive blue carex you discussed, but am very happy with Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb' Bunny Blue. Slowly clumps, likes part/full shade and tolerates wet soil. Evergreen and deer proof for me in zone 7a. Think you may like this for areas that need silver/blue but play “nice” with other plants. It is hardy to zone 5.

[@nancysinthegarden3994]

Best way to extend your garden, divide the tough plants you can count on to thrive

[@PershijsmachnijKherson]

Hello, тhanks for sharing this video! Always believe in yourself and keep doing what you love, good luck!

[@jondebbiegraff6492]

Great video. This is exactly the mode I've been in with dividing and moving plants...it is super satisfying to give some breathing room to an overgrown area and fill in empty spaces with free plants!

[@jamaica5930]

Love your off the cuff enthusiasm 👍

[@michelebushnik2874]

Great ideas here Erin! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@susanschellberg4509]

Great tips.

[@karolgordon7596]

If only we had those trees. Your gardens are beautiful. I’m in zone 7a and many of your full sun plants would burn up here. I love your cool weather gardens. Adding larger trees is our goal so some day we will have some shade. But I still learn so much from your videos. Thank you for sharing!

[@mimlauj6869]

I love it! My garden is still young, but I can't wait to be able to do this too

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Fantastic ❤

[@iloilolandscapeanddesign]

Great ideas❤️❤️❤️

[@claudiaceleste777]

Will never get sick of you talking about geranium macro. I now have I think four or five different varieties of geranium, I utterly adore them. They can be delicate and showy, and I can’t wait until they are my ground cover everywhere. Am going to pop some more astilbes in as I put my first hakone plugs this late winter just gone (in Australia) and I can only dream about how beautiful it’s going to look together ❤

[@Thepotagerscottage]

I have just bought hakonechloa macra aurea and I am so excited about growing it in my New Zealand/Asian fusion garden. I can’t wait until it gets as big as your plants so I can divide it and spread it around the pond area. Have you ever tried growing prickly comfrey? It’s a great ground cover in a woodland area.

[@carolhendley760]

The driveway shade garden looks fantastic! I have a shade garden down our lane that I need to do the same thing. I use the arborist’s chips a good bit. I noticed that as the chips break down I’m finding that good fungi/bacteria(?) that Charles Dowding talks about, can’t remember the name, but it looks like white cobwebs in the soil.

[@maggiecudic2744]

Your conclusion is so well said, always feel that way in the fall! Good job.

[@scallywags12]

I do that too, divide and move. Most satisfying! Thanks for sharing!

[@aalejardin]

You are inspiring me to dig out and divide a legacy patch of iris and some legacy ajuga that has gone wild. Whatever I don't want I can give away to good friends who are just starting a garden. Win, win all around! I can't wait until the plants I have put in during the last two years are mature enough to provide "free plants." Also inspired by you, I have acquired a number of geranium mac cultivars. Really a great plant. Very helpful to see how you divide them.

[@billyjobobb]

I recently did a trade with a large patch of iris. I didn’t really want 200 of the same yellow iris, but a local Facebook group I traded in groups and got 5 or 6 new colors.

[@Pervydachny]

Hello! Thank you for your helpful tips. I like your video. Good luck to you👍🌻💙

[@sueprovostwilliams3824]

Love it. It is definitely the most satisfying!

[@breeking3333]

Excellent point at the end about dividing and stretching your plants around. I could not agree more and do a lot of free shopping in my gardens all the time. That’s gardening - seeing how plants grow and moving them to be in an even better spot or create another great plant combination. Keep up the great fun.

[@corinnefink4340]

Absolutely loved this video! I have a small fenced urban garden and I love growing new plants from cuttings as well as splitting up large plants. I also love “shopping “ my garden. I potted up a container for the front door by digging up a couple of small plants, a rosemary in a pot and added store bought pansies in an 8 pack. It looks great and didn’t cost much… yay, love your channel! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! 😎

[@lorrainecourtney4589]

Absolutely...love it !!! 😁

[@janschlachte9829]

I love the drone I guess Mr More Patient was doing those shots

[@tarawatterson4188]

Awesome drone shot!! Cheers Erin, love this one

[@TheGardeningMe]

Such a great video! I totally agree...tweaking the garden, moving things around and getting more plants from those you already have is incredibly satisfying. Thoroughly enjoyed this video and it sparked an idea for using Geranium macrorrhizum in an area that we have to clear of invasives and I've been looking for a good placeholder. Thanks so much!!

[@lisabetts4237]

love it! This is speaking to me, as I went on a spending freeze this year and didn't buy any plants. I also love the idea of not being worried about using too much of one type of plant, especially for such large areas. Having just a few varieties will still have a great impact, perhaps even more, on those less showy areas. I'm going to try to take advantage of my leaves this year to make leaf mould, too. Nothing to lose but a little bit of time, if it doesn't work out.

[@alcg3981]

I love my Perennial Geranium. I don't know what variety, but it gets dark pink flowers and the stems seem shorter than what you showed. It gets around 6-7" high. A neighbor gave me a planter of it about 18 years ago and I've put 'pullings'😸 in several parts of my small yard. Keeps weeds away very well. So easy to pull up and divide, and it's not invasive due to that fact. I'm in the Paris suburbs and it stays evergreen through cold, snow and winds. Did I mention that I love this plant?

[@glaizaroe]

I ❤ this video! Im really so tired of seeing another content creator doing so many expensive projects all in one season. Good for them but I can't relate anymore lol

[@angelwolfe6728]

So thrilled to see that you did the same move as I did when I divided up a few big hostas over the weekend 😅 shovel in place & one good foot stomp! Yes! 🙌

[@denisedelgado3350]

Smart! 🌿

[@aliciaconnolly1227]

Would love some online sources to get affordable plugs!

[@upnorth21]

So true! I do love the challenge. Working on that today. I've been trying groundcover lamium under my huge Japanese Maple, it can't compete with the fibrous roots. Today I will try Sweet Woodruff (plenty in my garden :) ) and see if that will work.

[@katebarrett1924]

Great advice all around! I'm going to start asking around for some hardy geranium!

[@didisinclair3605]

Ah, this was just great! I love love love hakanechloa. The voles decimated my little patch two years ago. Gritted my teeth and bought more, after doing a deep treatment for the voles.

[@okiejes55]

I starting dividing this year! Gave several away since I’m running out of space!

[@Kate98755]

i tried propagating my autumn joy sedum a few weeks ago, super easy on, so next spring i’m propagating them for sure

[@SouthernersGarden]

If I send you a postage prepaid box, will you fill it with hakonechloa and return? Please and thank you. Haha. I have plugs I've still got to get in the ground this week, but yours is so lovely fully grown!

[@samanthascott712]

Thanks Erin. I really enjoyed this video and I also scooped up a few more 'all gold' on sale to plant at the rear of a shaded slope border at the feet of some Japanese maples to cover some soil and prevent weeds. LOVE this plant. In a few more years I may be looking for places to put all the divisions but it features in several of my favorite plant pairings. Try pairing it with violet impatiens. I appreciate your practical style and pace. I also know when you can grow it on the shores of lake Michigan that I can grow it here next to Erie.

[@seeta5409]

Please can you let me know where you got the Japanese forest grass from

[@samanthascott712]

@@seeta5409 this time I got it from my local garden center in Cleveland, Pettitis. I have also purchased 4” pots in spring from bluestone perennials in Ohio and secret garden growers in Oregon. If you can find gallon pots in spring locally it will be better. Plant grasses in spring

[@seeta5409]

Thank you for your response.

[@rickyt3961]

excellent!! 👍🏾

[@rbrown2746]

Do you have a video of doing your stone path?

[@privateperson5769]

Morena Erin from Aotearoa ! We are trying to plant up my son's new home, overgrown garden/gully, for free ..he does not want to spend his money on plants :) . It's amazing what you can find for free in my garden and friends gardens when you start to really look. I really want some astilbe in my garden one day, they look cool.

[@alw5101]

Hostas would be perfect! And a verity of Grasses would be quick to fill bare spots and multiply!😊

[@privateperson5769]

@@alw5101 oh thank you !!

[@amydeeds6248]

My favorite grass-I want to add more but it is selling for $40 for a gallon pot in Michigan! Why so expensive? Hopefully next season mine are big enough to divide. Great advice, I’m always doing some rearranging 😊

[@franthomas5867]

Erin you'' probably cringe when I say this but that darn geranium, yes the very same one you have, I too have in and around my circular driveway water feature planting area..... the part that you'll cringe about is that I actually have to weed whack it back from the driveway to tame it.. I mean its a power house for the pollinators when its blooming, but oh my Lord, it would take over the driveway if I let it- zone 8B here.

[@MsArtistwannabe]

I love your fancy pants shovel. Is it the ladies shovel?

[@epidgegg]

Do you ever have your all gold eaten by critters? I had to dig mine up and put it in my greenhouse to nurse it back to health. I think I’ll split it and try part of it out in the landscape. Thx for the idea!