The LAST PLANTING in the Garden of the Year with the ProPlugger!

[@SouthernersGarden]

The giveaway has closed and a winner has been selected. Thank you all for participating!

[@ProPlugger]

We are excited about the Giveaway! We enjoyed your awesome video and the demonstration of how the tool works with the bulb and heuchera plantings as well as the lawn repair. We can't wait to see your spring garden with the bulbs in bloom! Your videos are an inspiration!

[@nikkiholton6318]

Super cool Pro Plugger !! U make it look very easy !!! Ty for the give away !! Wish this fellow southern Gardner in MS good luck !!

[@catherinerobbins6612]

I always look forward to watching your videos. I have learned so much, thank you! I know this sounds selfish, but I will miss your videos once you take a break. You have worked so hard in your garden and it shows. So, sit back, relax and dream about your future garden plans. Can’t wait until you share them with us!

[@Tibetan2]

Really great to see how well the gardens are filling in to create the feel of a room. Just lovely! Especially love the backdrop of the new black fencing against such gorgeous evergreen foliage. What a peaceful space to enjoy.🙏👏

[@jwillgarr]

I was layed off from my corporate job and, more sadly had laid to rest my beloved 14 yr old miniature schnauzer "Lucy" in the midst of a very stressful 2020. But even in the midst of a storm there's a rainbow 🌈. I discovered a new passion for gardening .....in part thanks to your videos and others on youtube! Even on a tight budget, I have created a small backyard oasis that my husband refers to as my "meditation". Love your garden tour videos! Would love a ProPlugger too! 😊 thanks!

[@JesusIsLoveTR]

Pretty snow gracing the garden. I am thrilled about all the garden gadgets. I would for sure use the pro plugger for bulb planting because I have a terrible habit of not planting deep enough. 🤦🏾‍♀️ The garden looks so sweet as it’s going to rest. Thanks for sharing!

[@peggy1844]

Watching the ease of making holes with the pro plugger makes me think I could indeed start adding bulbs to my landscape!

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Matthew and ProPlugger! Thank you to both for doing this giveaway! Matthew, you did such a great job demonstrating how to use the ProPlugger and the different things you can do with it. If I were to win one, I would use it for bulbs, plant plugs and grass plugs. Also, I would share it with my daughter who does a lot more planting than me. Your gardens look so pretty with the dusting of snow on them. Your pups are so cute! I'm glad you showed them. The heucheras, allium and yarrow are going to be so pretty together. I hope you have a very nice and relaxing time off from videos. You certainly deserve it after all that you've accomplished this year! I'm looking forward to your Fall/Winter tour and what your gardens will look like next year. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@jodylynncr]

Yes, This is what I need! Bending to plant at times can be stressful on my back. Love your style of teaching.

[@gelwood99]

What a wonderful thing that they did by accepting your desire to sponsor a giveaway. I have sciatica issues and bending, twisting is a huge pain and after harvesting 35# of peppers I am now down and out with my back. I have an auger for planting bulbs that I use with an antique brace and bit that worked for me but that is no longer an option this ProPlugger would allow me to stand while digging the holes and my hubs could place the bulbs. I have 30 saffron crocus bulbs to plant very soon, well, as soon as I can physically do it recovering from my current crisis. Enjoy your break and recharge. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving! Beautiful pups!

[@dianeworley1785]

i have severe disc problems in my neck and bending over sometimes is sometimes detrimental to my day . this would be a wonderful item to add to my garden so i can plant the amount of bulb's I have dreamed of planting with out all the bending over. Thank you so much for this opportunity!

[@cathypolera9748]

I purchased 100 daffodils for naturalizing a wooded area behind my home in Zone 7. I think the Proplugger will be a great tool to help me navigate between and around tree roots. It would also help with my achy knees. Thank you. I have really been enjoying your channel.

[@kathleenberkheiser264]

Matthew your garden is looking wonderful! You have worked hard this year and it really shows. Your new fencing is beautiful. I can see that the ProPlugger is a very handy tool to have when planting bulbs, new plants or grass plugs. That is certainly what I would use it for!

[@thansen2160]

I'm so excited to have found your channel! I am a (fairly new) midwestern gardener (central Indiana zone 5). I have enjoyed watching your garden grow and develop. You have worked very hard on it and it is beautiful. I am loving this ProPlugger tool. What a "game changer" for planting bulbs and lawn repair plus more! I can see how this would be an extremely useful tool. Thank you for your videos and knowledge. I have learned much and always look forward to watching them.

[@lisahernandez3462]

Love your videos I'm here in Texas and still seeing temperatures in the 80s snow looks beautiful there. Great use of this tool

[@kmagslove3983]

WHOA!!!! The ProPlugger would be ridiculously helpful to repair my lawn!!!!! Amazing!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@joydaniel597]

I’ve been watching your channel and saw how your garden has evolved.

[@jennav9154]

I’m new to this channel and am so fascinated with the way he likes to combine plants and why, especially with the colors and what works well together. While I fully understand taking a month off to rest and enjoy the holidays, may I make a request for a series I think will work well during winter? It would be so beneficial for people like me, who are new to ornamental gardening, to hear someone as knowledgeable as this guy to talk about different plants he loves and hates in the garden in detail. Maybe feature a plant or so in each episode to do an in depth lesson on the different options. When he walks through his garden, he mentions things quickly, and I feel I have to scramble to write it down before I lose that pearl of knowledge. I know books are a great resource, but I really like how this guy talks and thinks about plants specifically. Just an idea that I, and maybe others, would really appreciate. Otherwise, I look forward to the next videos after his rest time!

[@jab3811]

I'm in zone 5B & believe me, I have heavy clay soil that can be back breaking to plant bulbs. I would try this to make multiple big holes for native woodland bulbs. Enjoy a relaxing time off.

[@rbthegardennannyllc4219]

I got one of those for free from a gardener who never used it. I now how to properly use it and also use it for bulb planting -- who knew!!! Thanks for sharing -- your garden is looking great. Enjoy your rest.

[@barbarapetrone3332]

Dear Matthew - Thank you sooo... much for showing the various uses for the Pro Plugger - I am putting this on my Christmas wish list this year - it will definitely help me continue to enjoy the gardening next year - as a senior with bending issues it should help me planting the number of annuals and small perennials I put it every spring - I first found you on You tube through Jess @ Roots and Refuge and you have become one of my favorites - I have a zone 5b suburban garden in Connecticut with multiple garden beds and diminishing grass areas with each year of planting. Enjoy your holiday season and I look forward to what your plans will be in the spring.

[@HermitHomestead]

The Proplugger looks like a great tool to have in the tool shed! Thanks for introducing it in your video. Hope you have a restful break. I thank you for all the knowledge I have gained from you on your channel. Looking forward to next year. 😀

[@pamelacorsi]

Just finished planting 350 bulbs here in MA zone 6. The ProPlugger would have made it so much easier on my knees!! I also had a patio installed this fall and the ProPlugger would make it easier planting new patio gardens next spring!

[@Luvyatilyouactup]

That’s a handy tool. Using it to plant smaller bedding plants would be far better than digging holes with a trowel. Fingers crossed for the win! I also hate the intermingled messy look of late stage bulbs and perennials mixed.

[@Bonnie-gp9ro]

I also live in northern Ohio and know all about clay soil. I would use the Proplugger in my beds for outlining the border with Heuchera. Love your videos Matthew.

[@jessicarios3242]

...extremely happy to have found your channel! The transformation to your backyard is amazing!

[@greenrockgarden2851]

What a neat tool! I think I should get one for my neighbor for Christmas. She would love that! I planted close to 500 bulbs this past weekend including Allium. I planted a lot more bulbs in saved pots from the nurseries today. I am not sure how many that I planted today. 🤪I lost count. I am trying new things to me next season. I’ve never had Corydalis or Bleeding Heart planted here. I can’t wait to see how those do next season. Your garden is coming along beautifully! I am looking forward to seeing it next year. I hope your break is peaceful and your holidays are joyous. 💕

[@lmd2454]

Oh my goodness! This would be a lifesaver for me! I’d use this for starts, bulbs, and anything else I could because my knees don’t allow me to get up very easily.

[@MissCuppeecake]

Can’t wait to see how these plants fill in. I’m cold just watching the snow ⛄️ enjoy your rest if you take time off and I’d love to see detailed plant lists on garden tours. Thank you for the update and the fun contest. If I were to win the pro plugger I would use to recover my lawn. So many bad areas that could use more attention and I love planting bulbs and small plugs, looks like it would be super helpful with that.

[@richbishop7896]

I've grown Purple Sensation in my garden here in zone 5 for many years. They are very hardy and dependable. Once the flower head seeds turn black just sprinkle them where you want them. They bloom in May for me.

[@BULLRIDER_VR]

Wow that was clean and fast! Something my young sons can help with, using that Proplugger. Just found your channel. I cant wait to check out all work you did this summer. I love that we are in the same zones. Enjoy your time off.

[@Lifegiver1Sam1]

WOW...what an easy way to plant blubs and fix grass using the ProPlugger. I would use it for bulb gardening and fixing bare spots in the front yard by transplanting plugs of grass in my backyard.

[@themainer1267]

Gorgeous mix of colors and textures of yarrrow, heuchera, and allium along the walk!

[@echo1020lukka]

As I am newly retired, you have given me so much inspiration to revamp my large perennial garden. I too have lovely heavy clay soil so can see how the proplugger would make the job of planting a large variety of bulbs and plugs SO much easier. Love all your content, thankyou for sharing with us!

[@katherinelarini8514]

I have never seen the ProPlugger before and thought it was something I really could use to plant my plugs... I can't wait to see the Peachberry Ice heuchera in the spring and plan to get some next year in plug form... thanks for this wonderful giveaway!.. just a side note: my gardening journey has been just the opposite of yours, as I have gone from 70 years in the northern climate of MA to the last 2 years in the southern climate of NC and while you had snow in the last few days, I have 70 degree weather this week - lol... stay warm!..

[@elmaelmar2761]

That is such a nice tool!! I love how it stores the plugs in the tool!!

[@mgvlynn6229]

Yes! Redo the garden tour with names, please! Have enjoyed watching the inspirational transformation of your yard to gardens. Enjoy the winter season to rest, rejuvenate and dream of ways to create more beauty in your garden. Thank you for sharing your garden journey with us. Looking forward to what you come up with.

[@stephaniegarten5947]

Looking forward to spring planting with you. And, anxious to see the plants you placed this year and their growth. I think that handy tool that you have there would be ideal for planting tulip bulbs, it might be a good tool to get some of the younger family members involved in the garden as it looks a lot like a pogo stick. We will miss you while your off, rest well you deserve it. Happy Holidays. Best wishes.

[@ruthmorabito1378]

I’m beginning a landscape project and watch you for inspiration. The Pro Plugger would be such a great tool for this project and ongoing maintenance!

[@gardeninggrandma5247]

This year, I reinvented one of my gardens and create a new one. Much work still needs to be done, so the ProPlugger would be very useful for annuals in the Spring. Also, it would help with planting my bulbs each year, especially those that need to be tucked in between other plants.

[@bettefreddy352]

I planted 350 bulbs and dug each hole by hand. This tool would be a game changer for me! Also, I would use it to plant 4” pots I will be ordering next April for a new garden bed I have waiting to plant. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@cindyg.3875]

What a neat tool! I haven't seen it in some of your other videos, yet (I'm still working my way through your library... about halfway there!). I have back issues, so this would be super helpful in planting bulbs! Also, I have a sloped area in the front of my house, and I think this would make it easier for me to plant up some shade annuals quickly next spring! I hadn't heard of "plugs" before and didn't know that you could buy plants that way, so thank you for that information. I'll be inquiring about those at my local garden centers next spring. I garden in a zone 5b-6a (I live at about an 800 ft elevation, so it is probably closer to 5b), so your channel gives me a lot of inspiration. Thanks so much for sharing your garden! I've already learned a lot from your videos.

[@CottageGardensonForest]

I planted 2000 bulbs last year when I created my huge cottage border but I’m always adding more bulbs. You made this pro plugger planter. I’d definitely love to try it for planting annual and perennial plugs as well. Thanks!

[@judithjohnson2111]

Great tool. Great for plugs & bulbs. Nice.👍

[@deannrunge9395]

As a gardener with a disability sometimes planting can be a challenge. Something like this would help me continue pursuing my passion. It looks like a handy multi-purpose tool to have.

[@sandraengstrand2784]

The garden is just looking so gorgeous!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@asianangie7209]

Love the winter scene at the beginning of the video! Despite so many new plantings, it already looks so good. I think I would use the proplugger if I get some confidence to try a small knot garden next spring. You are such a good teacher, it would be great if you did one and give guidance. I know your to do list is crazy. Looking fwd to the tour video!

[@keke1969]

Love your ideas and goals for next year! I will have to get a plugger to add to my garden tools. Thought I did not need one... A versatile tool. It would definitely help out on my knees and back... Love your channel! I planted hydrangeas, tator tots and heucheras myself after viewing your channel. Those heuchera... A pretty, easy and tough plant! My three year old love the peach 🍑 one. Enjoy the holidays!

[@sheilaburckhart2972]

I enjoyed seeing how you used the proplugger. It seems like a great tool.

[@beatriceanderson9745]

I enjoyed your garden videos this year. Looking forward to next year!!! It’s time for us. Gardeners and our gardens to have a much needed rest!!!😊💖🌲🌸❄️🌲🎄👍👋❄️❄️

[@conniek3354]

Great tool. Could have used that recently when I planted over 65 bulbs. 🙂

[@deborahhilton]

Such a neat tool. It would come in handy in many areas of the yard and garden.

[@sheilaburckhart2972]

This looks like a great way to plant bulbs! I can’t wait to get one and try it out next season.

[@bethheerten1132]

Love the colors of the heuchera, the gallium and the yarrow together. I love peach and purple together in the garden. Looking forward to seeing your garden next spring. In fact, I may "borrow" your idea and plant a patch for myself.

[@angiestelzer1064]

Very interesting video on the ProPlugger. Helps so much to understand the different applications that it can be used for in the garden / lawn. I would love one for my gardens (San Antonio TX area). Looks pretty cold there in OH already, so stay warm!

[@lisahahn173]

I'd love to use a ProPlugger for bulbs and lawn maintenance. Looks amazing!!

[@takeitslowhomestead5218]

I would use the ProPlugger especially to plant tulips and daffodils. I’m also impressed by your demonstration on how to use it to transplant grass. It would also be fun to use it for transplanting any flower or vegetable starts, either purchased or those that I started myself. Thanks for another inspiring video, and also the opportunity to enter your drawing. Stay warm! (We also get winter snows here in the high deserts of Utah.)

[@heathertrent3881]

Proplugger would be a game changer for me, since I am a new gardener. I want to naturalize some daffodils in my garden. Enjoy watching your channel!

[@tworailtoby]

Greetings from a fellow zone 6, heavy clay gardener! I am planning on putting in a perennial garden next spring using exclusively plugs. I'll be putting in hundreds of plugs. Would love this tool. Thanks and love your channel.

[@cmk616182]

I’m so excited to learn about this tool! I would use it to repair our lawn, Colorado weather is rough on our grass! This would be good for bulbs as well!!!

[@alwinamoricle8743]

I'd love to give the plugger a try to put some plants in my mom's garden in Alabama. Mondo grass looks like a great idea.

[@bluizes02]

I’m always excited to see you post a video. Your garden and home is very beautiful. Thanks for doing this giveaway also. There are so many tools I am still learning that are available for gardening. This would help me tremendously. Thanks again

[@sarahaustin7932]

I’m planning on buying a bunch of perennials next year and the ProPlugger sounds like it would be a great tool to have!

[@judithhiggins5764]

Garden is beautiful even in the snow.

[@pamd1861]

Your garden still looks great! Thanks for the videos and info. Great channel!

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Thanks glad to see you back on utube!!!

[@mudchuk]

I can't wait to see your garden in spring! Would love to try the pro plugger for bulbs.

[@traceyjackson84]

Thank you! That tool looks very easy to use. I have a newly built home on a lot that will need alot of transformation. I bet the Proplugger could help me with alot of different tasks!

[@charliehoos9773]

I was always told to plant bulbs for spring with the tip of the bulb near the top inch of soil. You plant much deeper than me so I’m excited to see how yours turn out in the spring. I’ve never had luck with tulips, but daffodils do very well. I’m not sure if wildlife eat them before they can grow (under the soil). YES! I love your tours with all the names on the screen of plants please! It will help for my planning and online purchasing over winter. Thank you!

[@SouthernersGarden]

A general rule is to plant two to three times as deep as the bulb is tall, so smaller bulbs closer to the surface and larger bulbs deeper. All bulbs should have planting instructions as to depth as each type of bulb is different. If you're not planting them deeply enough, they may be being dug up by critters or may not make it over winter. Tulips definitely need to be planted deeper. Daffodils in general just tend to naturalize better, so that may be why you're seeing them return and the tulips do not. In the future, I'm going to focus on daffodils as well because I have had good luck with them returning and naturalizing from the few I've added to my own garden.

[@aprili.9809]

I ordered some snowdrops, hyacinth and crocus. That proplugger would definitely help with getting those bulbs in the ground!

[@hondaboy76]

I would get a lot of use out of the Pro Plugger it would make planting go so much faster in my garden!

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Matthew, the Peachberry Ice heuchera plants are so pretty! That color is gorgeous and will really pop against the green surrounding foliage. If I'm lucky enough to win the ProPlugger, I'll definitely use it to transplant grass plugs into the bare spots in my lawn and I'd also use it to plant tulips and other bulbs next fall. I have heavy clay soil in my landscape also, which can be a real pain to dig in. Good luck everyone!

[@mariatorres3171]

Looks like an awesome tool. I would use it for planting daffodils 💕

[@imperfectangel6293]

In Mobile we don’t have snow very often. Love that snow. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lac7492]

I would definitely use this for planting bulbs and small plugs in my gardens... I bought an auger this year but it just doesn't work well in wet heavy clay soil. (I'm also zone 6 SW PA)

[@colson8357]

Great idea for the lawn. Thanks for sharing.

[@themasonplace5855]

Two things - first, just wanted to let you know that my dogs do the same thing at the bottom of our stairs. The product I've been using for years that works incredibly well is Doctors Foster and Smith Regular Strength Lawn Guard. My dogs are in the 30-40lb. range (I only give them 1 tablet daily - even though it says 2 for their weight and I have very little to no lawn burn). Second, I am so excited about the ProPlugger - I've already put it in my Amazon cart! Every year I say I am going to plant bulbs and then don't because it seems like so much hassle and mess at a time when I want to be done with the garden. The fact that I can use it for grass and to plant other plant plugs and bulbs makes it a winner in my book. Thank you for sharing. :D

[@johntrevi7436]

I would love to try this for bulbs and maybe annuals next year.

[@myragooden8667]

I enjoy your videos . I would use it as you demonstrated. Thanks for sharing your videos with us.

[@helenperez1627]

Great tool to have for a beautiful garden

[@patz780]

The pro plugger is impressive. My perennial garden is full of roots. I would use this tool to cut through this challenging soil.

[@angelicatitus]

I live in West Central FL with very sandy soil, so a Pro Plugger may not work well here, but my sister in Atlanta could certainly use it. I’d gift it to her!

[@staceyallard2692]

I’m gonna miss your videos thru the winter.. don’t forget about us during the long winters nap! ~A loyal viewer in southwest Michigan!

[@karenschrantz2307]

Yes please reload summer garden tours with plant names!

[@debraczahor6279]

I could have used the ProPlugger to plant my new bulbs. I still have to plant some garlic! I should replant some bulbs that I didn't get deep enough. I'm getting older and have very bad knees. This would help for many garden chores.

[@reyalma187]

Always like your videos. The giveaway is a bonus!!!

[@terrikane8200]

I have a small yard and postage stamp garden. I could use the Pro Plugger for both bulbs and grass plugs.

[@msmaddox2918]

I'm so excited to see your garden in the spring! 😆

[@charlottelitton5289]

Thanks for the awesome giveaway, I'd use the pro planter tool to plant bulbs. I'm also interested in learning more about plant plugs and I'd use it to plant them.

[@elf134]

I would use this to plant my annual flowers so much quicker than the hours it took this year with my tiny shovel!

[@andreakinney2796]

I've been eyeing your proplugger in your videos and would love to be entered in the give away! I've been a vegetable gardener for years and just started into the world of flowers this year. This plugged would be perfect to adding lots of new plants to my beds next spring!

[@chrismarchetti-olson6632]

I was planning on naturalizing so many bulbs but, without the proper tools, it just takes too long and Wisconsin freezes way too quickly. I will have to try that tool because everyone says so many great things about it. Winning it would be such an amazing surprise but I realize making a comment after work is a bit too late. Thank you for reviewing this tool and it’s always a pleasure to watch your videos……. Please please come up with something to show us in the winter time……. Cooking, cleaning, whatever you wish because you always motivate me each and every time I see your videos 🌷🌷🌷

[@SouthernersGarden]

Congratulations! I didn't receive a response from the first winner, so you were reselected by the random comment picker for the ProPlugger giveaway! Please reach out to me by email at [e-mail] with your address for shipping. Happy holidays!

[@isobelmunoffilm5694]

I’m a “late bloomer” ( no pun intended?)! 😆 I have a lot of area on my land I’d like to beautify. Zone 4b & clay. Tough on old hands and shoulders and backs. Any tool that can help with efficiency is welcome ❤️ Love your calm and thoughtful presentation style. Have a nice winter. ❄️ ⛄️❄️

[@melissachristina9271]

I am creating a memorial garden for my mom who recently passed away from cancer. I am planting spring bulbs. Her birthday was in spring. Pro plugger will help me create a gorgeous show in spring. Thank you for giveaway!

[@pjkz63]

That’s a really neat tool.

[@lblak59]

I need to plant more Heuchera. I should get one of those ProPlugs. In January I have to have a multi level back fusion. I hope to be back to planting by May🤞🏻 Also regarding seeding…seems like the builders around here use the Bluegrass which doesn’t hold up well. We over seed with a fescue blend that we get at Ed’s Feed & Seed. Divers in MiddleT has a blend also.

[@carolnora8860]

Thanks for the inspiration! I love that this is a family owned company & also that you begin with these smaller plugs in a tray. This would be a wonderful & useful tool in my garden. I would use this ProPlugger for some bulbs, but mostly for the mondo grass plugs that you have inspired me to plant!! Thank you, from Michigan!

[@kellyroo3]

I live in Tennessee (zone 7a) and have some tulips chilling in my garage refrigerator. I would love to try the Pro Plugger to see if it makes bulb planting a little less tedious. Good luck with the heucheras. I’m finding that while I love them in a container, after a year or so they really start to decline in the landscape. I’ve done some basic research and have tried to divide them in attempt to salvage the plants, but with disappointing results. I think I’ll stick to hellebores and hostas as my primary shade/part shade plants.

[@SouthernersGarden]

I've heard mixed results with heuchera as well. They're a fairly newer addition to my garden just over the past year and I'm hoping they do well considering how many I've added. But I have seen people complain that they're not long lived. Most of the one's I've added recently take more sun, so maybe that makes them a littler hardier. The ones I have in shade that I added a few years ago don't look nearly as good now. Here's to experimenting! :)

[@thistooiseds3215]

Oh how I’d love a Pro Plugger. I’m disabled yet love gardening, and I have zero ability to keep myself from buying bulbs!!! I beg people to put them in the ground. Maybe just maybe the Pro Plugger tool will allow me to plant my own bulbs!

[@kmarshall53]

I’d love to have labels of all your plants - that’s a great idea! I’m in SE PA, zone 6B, so most of what you are doing could work for me, too. Thank you for being such an inspiration and providing such valuable content. I hope you enjoy your time off. I’d be interested in seeing how you plan for next year and what your thought process is and when you order and from which stores. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍽🍁