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We are out in the garden today planting some gorgeous new trees. We’re also going to be setting up our tried andrue deer deterrent, the yard enforcer, and a little more transplanting this spring. Welcome to our garden here in upstate New York, zone 6A. We are going to be working on the east border today, first with a new addition. This is a metamorphosis Japanese maple, a new introduction from Proven Winners. And I wanted to show you what it looks like as you’re coming up the east side because when we’re designing garden vignettes, we like to take a couple of things into consideration. And I think this is a great example of it all coming together. One of them is going to be size and form and structure. The other one is going to be texture, but we also want to have this color repetition of four colors. A blue tone, a green tone, a reddish tone, and a gold tone. And this new little Japanese maple is going to take care of a bunch of those things. The gorgeous gold tone, a nice feathery texture, and a small stature fitting perfectly underneath our eastern red bud, which is now in bloom. As Eric is coming in closer, you’re going to start to see the details on metamorphosis. This is a very unique, newer kind of Japanese maple. It stays more shrubby, and the height stats are really funny. It says three to 13 feet tall. So that tells me it’s going to probably be a slow grower, which we know Japanese maples are. It’s probably size controllable and also it probably reacts a lot to the sun. So here under the red bud, it’s going to be pretty part sun. It’s going to get some afternoon sun, little bit of morning sun. So it’s going to get at least four probably five or six hours of sun, but it’ll be protected for most of the day. protected. It’s going to be nice to have this cool shape with the dissected leaves of metamorphosis. I love the name of it. Can you tell? I know. Why do you think it’s called that? All right. So, metamorphosa comes out a yellowy chartreuse and then it starts to create a pink margin on the leaves, which I see right here on this one. And then they become kind of a white color margin. And then as that happens in summer, it’s gonna start to get almost like it’s blushing with an orangey red color. But the cool part in the fall is this goes to a violet red. And it’s a really deep, beautiful color. I think it’s going to be awesome that this has the dissected leaves. The red bud has the big heart-shaped leaves. So, we’ll get that contrast there. And this lives in a sea of perennials. Mostly it’s bumble sky meadow sage. I’m so glad we remember that name. It’s got a nice pale blue flower on it and it has spread itself around in a very nice way. So that texture along with the serendipity alium is going to give this like a a nice showy place. It’s going to be a nice stage to set it. It’s also a zone 5b through 8, our old growing zone, Eric. I know before we were reclassified. So I mean, yeah, I think it’s going to fit in perfect in this spot. One other thing I usually do when we’re planting a new tree or shrub is I get on the googly machine and I just look to see if people have talked about it. I did see some gardeners discussing that it benefited from a little protection. So I think by being close to the fence here, it’s got the terrace that kind of blocks some of the winds. This will be a nice protected spot for it. So we’re going to be planting it actually in the same hole that we had the Gertru Rose. So our hole is pretty much dug for us. That’s kind of nice. Yeah, we’ll just have to finesse it a bit. Yeah. Do you think this is going to work right here, Eric? I think it’s going to be perfect right there. I really do. And it did say that it can get I think it’s a 3 to 10 ft wide. We know it’s not going to get that big in this spot. So, it does have the room to to grow and do its thing. And frankly, trees will always rule out if we have to move some perennials, we do. If not, it will just take care of the perennials on its own. Let me get some amendments and the shovel and a glove and I’ll put this in the ground. Hold this out here. We’re going to be amending the soil today with Coast of Maine Cobs Cook Blend inground garden soil. We’ve been composting with we’ve been mulching with compost for a few years in this area and I have to say what used to be that chalky ugly soil that we’ve you know I think I used to call it um cheap Easter chocolate colored soil. It is changing. I mean let me get past that mulch layer. Look at how different this is in just a few years. It actually looks like soil. It’s not as clumpy and gross. So, instead of putting in a lot of fertilizer, we’re just going to put in some good nutrient soil. I’m just going to leave these leaves right in there. Oh, yeah. They’ll decompose and let that break down. Do you think, Eric, we should plant this on the higher side? Do you think we should plant this pretty soil level? I think we should plant it on the higher side because we have not added our layer of compost this year. But don’t forget, this came to a shipped in a box. Believe it or not, it did. And so I’m sure there is soil that has been shifted in that can there. So let’s pull it out. Kind of see where we’re at. Remove. Yeah. The loose soil around the top cuz also we want to make sure that it’s we exposed the root flare. It was buried just a little deep, but the root flare is nice and visible. So we uh we’ll know the level to plant. And this will give us a better idea of how big the hole needs to be dug. Um it doesn’t need to be dug much, I’ll tell you that. Uh, not at all. Oh, there we go. So, yeah, when you put it back in, we’ll figure out what is the perfect angle. I really don’t need much of anything of amendments for this, but why not give it a little boost? We know everything coast of Maine. I have to give it a sniff. Clean soil. I’ll just do a couple good handfuls. And then you’re going to want to mix it in with the native soil. Yeah. No bathtub effect. Give it a good stir. Mix it up in mix it in with the leaves. We’ll call it homemade leaf mold. I love that they call it leaf mold. I think that’s the funniest thing. This looks pretty good. Okay. So, we’ve got a decision to make. So, he’s going to put that in. Does that look like the front to you? It might, but I’ve got to also look at it from the other angle once you drop it. Okay. I feel like we want it to lean away from the red bud. So, the red bud’s kind of leaning in this swoop this way. And I think it’d be really cute if the maple also echoed that, which it currently is. So, if we can align. Now, it’s not. Now, it’s not. Now, it is. That’s good. And then tilt the whole root ball towards straight up and down. There you go. Oh, there we go. Yes. It’s a Right now from that angle, it’s going to look a little bit pushed this way, but I think it’ll correct itself. Yeah, it it actually looks better than you think it looks. And this angle looks like it needs to tilt towards you a tiny bit. It also looks like it’s too low. Okay, I can lift it. It looks beautiful from this direction, but let’s lift it a little bit just because we are still going to be mulching and we don’t want to bury the Now, how’s that? I love that. Let’s play with it and rotate it 180, please. I think I like that way better. Better. I think I like that from this angle better. And then from this angle. Very cute. Very cute. Is this it? I think that’s it. This is the one. All right, let’s let’s fill this hole up. Yeah. So, as you’re planting it, you want to make sure that you really get that soil packed in there firmly, but not so tight that water can’t penetrate it. So, you know, you take your time going all the way around the root ball, packing it in, making sure there’s no giant air pockets. Tuck, tuck, tuck. because when roots hit an air pocket, they will just kind of fade away and stop. So, yeah. So, if this looks like it’s planted a little bit high, it is, but that’s because we’ll be coming through with compost as mulch soon and tucking it fully in. Really pack it in. I think this is going to be way happier here than Gertico was here. Yeah, that rose was quite unhappy in this spot. And then you can top dress with a little more coast of me. Get in those last little gaps. And then of course after you water, after you plant something, you would really want to give it an excellent soak in so that it settles all of the soil around it. And that again will remove any air pockets. And this has been traveling in a cardboard box to us. So, of course, it’s been deprived of water. So, giving it a good drink is going to get it set up for success. We’re lucky it’s a pretty cool day today. So, it’s not going to be under any stress heatwise. No, that it’s also overcast, so it’s not going to have any sun stress either. So, this is a great day for plant. Obviously, in an ideal world, I wouldn’t be getting any water on any of the foliage. So, I guess I could um You’re just giving it a bath because it had packing material. That’s We can just pretend that. I think this is just going to be happy to be out of that can. Look at it. That’s perfect right there. All right, Christopher and I are heading over to our next area. Look at that cute little tree sticking out of the back of our wagon. It looks like five trees. In fact, last year we pulled out a black cat willow right here. That was a magnet for Japanese maples for us. So, this also happens to be one of the lowest spots in our garden, which is why we have this little dry creek bed here, which we’re going to add some more rocks to uh in just a couple of weeks. But, we want to plant this brand new introduction. This is an avalanche birch. And this may look really tiny right now, and it is kind of tiny, but I want to tell you that this grouping of birch right here was the same size as this when we planted it in 2019. So that was about 5 and 1/2 years ago that we planted that. And that’s how much it’s grown. So I’m not worried about this tree. This is going to grow quick and be happy. Here, while he’s finding a place for it, I’ll tell you that this is a birch that was brought from Japan. So, it’s not the same as the native river birch that we have next to it. It gets much whiter, very, very bright bark, but it’s resistant to borers. So, that’s a nice choice for our area. It’s going to look so good with the backdrop of the green giant and kind of just pop right there. What are we going to do about these irises? Do we want these here or we’re moving them? Those irises have kind of spread themselves around. Those were transplanted from your mom’s house. I know. But did we want to move them or do we want to keep them here while I’m back here digging? I think we keep them there and let them do what they’re going to do. Okay. The other thing that we have in our wagon, this was planted up front by another birch tree is this Arctic Fire red twig dogwood that I cut way back and dug out to move it. You can see it’s growing. And I thought this would also be a perfect spot for it kind of back here because they like the wet. They like it wet. And I thought right here like in a very wet spot. Yeah. Kind of down front having the red twigs of the dogwood against the icy blue of the mafet blue juniper, the white of the mature birch, and the green of the green giant would really be a nice combination. That sounds like a winner. I think it’d be beautiful. These we still have to figure out something to do with too. The Atlas roses and the reminiscent crema roses. They’re growing and they’re very happy. They just need a new home. And then what do we think about this spacing? Is this okay? I wouldn’t consider too much on the spacing right now only because the red twig dogwood can get five feet or more tall and wide. And avalanche river birch which is oh let me let me check my note. It’s zone 4 through 7. It will top out at 50 feet by 30 feet approximately. So, this will this will probably uh be one that we never actually see full growth. Look at the difference in this soil here after a day of rain. Is it muck? This is muck. Wow. What a difference. All right, I am going to get my knees dirty, which is what gardening is all about. Well, that’s fine. Dog woods and birches do not mind a little muck. Also, it’s nice cuz we won’t have to water it very frequently. And this is going to be a pretty little mini grove of them. Yeah, we’ll have that little river birch clump on the hill which hasn’t grown as much, but this one here, the the for stem has done phenomenal for us. So pretty. Let me check his vertical here. Oh, you know what? That’s very up and down. You You nailed it on the first try. I’ve done this a couple times. Just a few plantings. It’s funny when you see a tree listed as compact and good for smaller gardens that tops out at 50 ft. But I guess this kind of birch sort of it seems to be a little bit more upright, clumpy as opposed to sprawling like the I think the river birches can really go out. Oh, okay. But this is going to be so good because right here, just this angle that I’m at with the big green and the blue and then you’ll have the three white clumps. That’s going to be a beautiful collection. And then I do think this is a good spot. Like as low as I can get it. Yeah. In the wetest absolute spot. And then we’ll have a full-size dog wood to pull branches from for our front baskets in the winter. Oh yeah, I see some new growth starting on the blue muffet behind you, Eric. I love that icy color on that. It is gorgeous. And to think it spent what, two full years on the terrace in a container wasn’t exactly the lightest thing to transplant, but we did it. This is so muddy back here. This is going to love it. Careful where I step back here. Just a few things. Yeah, these are what I’m after. These are delphaniums that we planted years ago. I grew them from seed. I believe they are the Connecticut Yankee mix. Oh my gosh, look. Little fertilas are out. Oh, that’s adorable. So, the reason we’re moving these is they don’t get enough sun. They almost immediately flop. Just want to kind of assess what’s happening here. And as you can see, they are very much surrounded by a juga. Wait, are the What are these? What’s this? That’s the delphinium. That’s not delin. It’s not the same leaf, is it? Yeah. Just a younger version of it. Just a younger version. Oh, okay. Well, we’re going to move these into a sunnier spot and hopefully not take the auga with us cuz we planted the Ajuga here to really fill in and be a ground cover in the shadier areas. We don’t want it to be a ground cover in a sunnier area because I don’t think it would survive. So, I’m just going to pick out this auga. You could pro you could drop that right on the ground. It would probably reroot. My goodness. I know. Well, you can see I’m kneeling on some that’s already rrooted into our stone. So, that’s interesting. Look right here. Oh gosh. Yeah. Maybe pull some of those out. Yes. And maybe when I pull these, I’ll put them back where the delphanium was. So, I know adjuga spreads like wildfire, which we know we wanted it to, but we didn’t want it to spread in our stones. So, this is just a word of warning that even when you have landscape fabric down, it doesn’t do anything to stop weeds. So, don’t bother because there is landscape fabric underneath these stones. That really cool purple stem, olivey green leaf in front of Eric is a bug bane called pink spires. I really like that plant. It should do well for us because it’s this will be its second full year in the ground. Okay. Oh, there we go. There you are. Yeah, these um they’re pretty. They’re a nice They’re more of a a pastely blue and white collection of delphinium if I’m not mistaken. That I’m really looking forward to. I love a delphinium. Do you have a thought for where they’re going? Yes. I’m thinking between the little lime punches so that by the time the little lime punches come out, the delphinium will have had its day. Oh, and that’ll be nice even. But the if the blooms come out and there’s the white portion of bloom, that would look that’d be a nice contrast. I’m also going to divide this right here where there’s like a natural division. Do it. It’s probably maybe like borderline too late to be doing this, but if we’re going through the hassle of this, let’s do it. I’m going to get the extra plants out of it. Yeah. I mean, having the If you even end up with five, that’d be great. Yeah. I mean, that doesn’t look like you disturbed the entire root system. Just a little bit of it. Two. Yeah. Not too bad. Three. It’s also very funny that there’s a peie right there. That’s so old. That was there when this uh juniper right here was tiny. Where’s the peie? Straight ahead. Oh, yes, there it is. It’s a Sarah Burnernhard peie. And then this. So, I have three there. So, I’m going to want to get this divided into two, which it kind of already is cuz it’s growing up on two sides of this drip line. Oh, that’s funny. This is going to be so happy to be getting more sun. Oh, that looks like a nice two-parter once you get it divided. Yeah. So, let’s take a look. See where it wants to naturally divide in the middle right here. There it is. Kind of like where your hair wants to naturally part. Mhm. That’s what we’re going to do. And then we just cut it in the center with this nice sharp tel. this chunk. Uh, oops. I didn’t do a great job on that one. Oh, you cut that right you you cut the stems right off the roots. Well, you know, that’s okay. That’s fine. While we’re walking, I can’t help but look at this color of the violas filling in. Isn’t that beautiful? I think we’re reaching that part of the garden season already where it gets very distracting. There’s so much beautiful stuff to see. One of the options is a clump right here kind of drifting into this spot here, which is my number one choice. Another option was right here underneath the eastern red bud. And then the third option was over here where the Candy Mountain Fox gloves were last year underneath here. I like option one. I do too. That’s my top choice. So, and I’ll tell you why. Not just because of the little lime punch, but there’s a lark ascending rose right there. And it’s already kind of an iridescent peachy colored rose. So, what a beautiful combination. And you don’t get more cottagey than delphiniums and roses together. Very true. I’m thinking kind of there, there, there, and there. You know what I mean? Yeah. You I do feel like they’re not so much a front of border. I almost feel like if you did that same exact effect here so that they were kind of tucked in when they get tall. Yeah. I mean, I could also do it there, [Music] there, there, and there. And do a little diamond like that. Yeah, I think that would be nice. And then maybe we can put some annuals here. That’s what I’m thinking would be a better idea. Okay. Oh, you know what? I keep forgetting how big this is going to get. So, this is that’s the hard part about spring is we have to remember Lark Ascending gets rather large. L Yeah, Lark Ascending is a big rose. And honestly, I mean, little lime punch should put on a bit more size for us this year. Yes. But the goal is by the time that happens, these will have seen their day. Yeah. Seen their season. Seen Yeah. Seen their season. But they are going to be so much happier in more sun. I can tell you that much. Here comes the sun right now. All right. So, these are all transplanted now. These are really decorative, pretty stakes. They’re called the jardan steak or support. I think they’re jardan steaks. And so we’ll get those in there. And then what I’m thinking is just like a quick little low tie connecting all three. What do you think? Four. No, there’s only three stakes. Oh, no. I mean plants. Yeah, but we’re going to connect the stakes. Okay. And then we’ll have Do you want me to show I could do it. Do you want me to show you? I He has a vision. Let’s see what this vision is. I don’t even know if it’ll work in theory. What I’m thinking is taking this kind of what we did with the dollas last year. Yeah. And then doing this. And then as the delphiniums grow, we can just tie them to this or to these. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Let’s give that a go. I don’t know if it’ll work or not, but I think it’ll be worth a try. These are about to look really flat. Ready? Yeah, they’re going to look really flat once they’re And then they’ll they’ll perk up. They’re just going to be happy to get some good light. Look at all the growth on the little lime punches. They’re very happy. This is called Tahiti. It’s such a good daffodil. And that is called something. I really never I should have written down the names of all the daffodils I’ve done. Shall we protect for deer? Yes. Let’s get the yard enforcers installed because with all of this green growth, the deer are going to be very interested in visiting the garden. Next up, we are going to put our yard enforcers in the garden, especially here in the hydrangeanger room, which we do not want nibbled by any deer. The yard enforcer is a motion activated sprinkler with a really loud sprinkler ratchet sound, and it scares the deer away. It It really works. We have used this for two seasons or just last year. Just last year. And I’ll tell you, they didn’t touch one thing in here. So, we ran out and got another one. And once we have another hose installed in the back corner, there’s going to be yard enforcers back there, too. This is great because you can connect more than one to the same hose. Basically, what’ll happen is a hose is going to run from our main hose bib into the side here. One’s going to come out, connect to this one over by the sublime hydrangeas on the other side. Gets staked into the ground. And then you have the option of off, daytime sensing, nighttime sensing, or always. We keep it on night. We find that, you know, in the morning around 6:00 we walk out. Always forget it. Always get hit with it. But that’s okay. Yeah. Some people say like one of the downfalls is the deer will learn that it’s there and they’ll just learn to avoid it. I don’t think that’s true cuz even we forget it’s there. Um, so you’ve got the sprinkler head up here, the sensor box. This has batteries in it that we just replace and they are now charged for the season. What is it? Four double A’s. Four AA’s. It has a range sensor where you can turn it up or down for how far away you want the sensor to notice. We have it turned all the way up so it catches them the second that they’re nearby. The duration you can turn up or down and that’s how long it actually sprinkles when it does sprinkle. And then there’s a 30 minute water cycle. I don’t know if you knew this, Eric, but you can touch this button if you just want to water stuff. So that’s kind of cool. We will be placing this in here. You really don’t notice it that much. It kind of pops up out of the lamium. It looks like a little garden sculpture, I guess you could say. And then we’ll get the hoses hooked up to it. We’ll probably put it on the daytime setting for a second and then run really fast in front of it. Make sure it’s working. And then put it on night and the hydrangeas will be protected. All right, let’s place it and then we’ll place the second one and then I’ll start running the hose. I feel like we had it. I’m trying to think because the Invincibel Spirit twos are bigger this year. So, so the deer will most likely come from under the arch in that direction or from the street, which is very possible. They have done that in the past. So, we want it to be very neutral. I think that’s a great spot right there or right here. Uh, no. It’s too close to that obelisk. I’m going to put it right here. Yeah, I would put it there. And I’m okay with seeing it because it’s important and helpful and and honestly, you won’t even notice it, right? See, you can’t even notice it. Like, there’s stuff kind of filling around it. I mean, for now, you can, but soon. And then the other one is going to go over the arch. And so, this is a whole another hedge of smooth leaf hydrangeas right here. And so this one we definitely want to point towards the back corner here where they will most likely come from. Last year I feel like it was too close to the edge. I kept hitting it with the mower. So that I’m going to turn the Oh, the range wasn’t up that high on this one. I wonder if that that’s interesting. I know it’s the one that we had here just because of the hose thing being open. I’m thinking we should put it here so that it actually can get more in this direction and this way to stop them if they’re interested in the roses. Okay. So, maybe here. And it does seem pretty. It was like here last year. We’ll just nestle it in. And we know the sublimes are going to get huge. So, we’ll adjust if we have to later on. But just have knowing the sensor. I think it’s 180°. So, if they’re walking through this way, it’ll catch them. And if they’re where you are, it’ll catch them. Okay, let’s switch. I’m going to grab the hoses. So, I’m pulled it up as far as I could. I’m gonna We have some extra hose that will gather around and it’ll hide behind the shrubs once it’s all filled out. I added some fresh um Oh, what is this? Plumber tape. Plumber tape. And then I am going to end up pulling this out. You can lift it right out. It just steps in. Yeah. Just so I can get this here. And this will just screw on here. See how it attaches? Now, the thing is you have to have a hose bib where you can turn one of the little nozzles on all the time. So, it leaves the water pressure on it. And then we come back here, Jazzer size class, and you’ll see. Perfect. Sorry, oak leaf. This oak leaf is getting big and gorgeous. It really is. So then, Christopher, come on in here. This end is going to plug in here. And then when I turn this on, it’ll have constant water pressure on it all the time. But I’m not going to turn it on until it’s really all connected. So, let me That’s a really smart plan. I’m pretty sure we did this backwards the first time we installed it. and immediately turned the sprinkler head on and just got drenched right away. I mean, knowing us, we probably did. The hose that we’re using is an Orbit fabric hose. Um, when we first got the yard enforcer to try, we decided to give a shot to the this fabric expandable hose. It’s much more heavy duty than some other flexible hoses, and frankly, it’s easier for us to get it back and forth back there. So, that’s been very helpful. Now, this hose is going to connect to the yard enforcer that we already have over there. So, let’s head back down and we’ll connect these two pieces together. So, we’ve got the second hose hooked up and then I go ahead and attach it here to this one. Maybe I’ll give this some fresh plumbers’s tape. It’s like the never- ending breezy spring. You know what I’m saying? It has been the windiest year. Cold wind in the winter. Breezy spring. What’s cool about this, too, though, is you can twist this without twisting the hose. I really like that. Right. For like for being a fabric hose, it is extra duty and it really does what it says it does. So, those are twisted on really good. Now, they look pretty exposed right now. Of course, I’d like it if they were dark green or black. You know, black. This will go back here, but anyone who’s grown lamium knows this will be covered very shortly. You won’t see this hose. We don’t want that too tight. Okay. And then I’ll do the same thing over here. Grab this end. Oh, here comes the wind. I’m not going to attempt to squeeze behind that oak leaf. We’ll weave it under these big sublime branches. I think we’re going to get a nice hedge this year. And then look, we left the cap on here so that it doesn’t come out the other end. I’ll freshen up this plumber’s tape. Righty tighty, lefty loosey. That’s not working. Oh, there we go. Let me tidy this hose up. I mean, obviously the hose is going to shift a bit. Yeah, once the water charges through, it gets a little fuller looking. You won’t even see it. All right. Shall I turn the hose on? Yeah, turn the hose right on. I will be the test subject. Let me get the second one put to the always setting here. Oh, I heard it click, which means it’s on. I mean, the on isn’t the hard part. It’s really knowing that the the water’s happening. Hoses are expanding. I think it’s pressurized. Do you want me to walk by it? All right, let’s move. Let’s see what happens. Oh, do we even sure? Yep, we did turn it on. It’s on. It’s on. It’s on. So, that one works. Oh, yep. I do have to change the ratchet somehow so that Yeah, we don’t want it to spray the Invisible Sphere twos too much. Okay, let’s see what happens here. All right, that one is also working. Great. It has something to do with these little silver. Like it’s I remember when I was a kid, my dad setting his I actually think. Oh, wait. Oh, it’s this that says distance when it So, we want it as far as it can go, but this So, we want So, it’ll hit this and then it reverses and goes that way. So, I can’t remember. Okay, I see. I see. Do you know what I mean? Yep. But I don’t remember which is which. Oh, I feel so technological. I figured that out. All right, head it on. See if you get sprayed. Maybe stand behind it. Are you going to be a deer? I am the deer. Now try and eat the hydrangeanger. Oh, it’s not sensing you. I must not have hit it on right. Is it on for daytime? Oh. [Music] Oh, that works. Did I do it? You did. Cuz honestly, anything that gets this far, that’s as much as it’s going to need. All right. So, we come through the hydranger room here. It senses me. Okay. I mean, now that the range is on that much, it’s it’s wet. It sure is. But we don’t want it spraying those Invincible Spirit twos. All right. I just have to get on this side of it. So I can get close. Yeah, this is a good spot to hop through if you want to approach from the back or not off. Okay, this is fun. So cold. That is some cold water. So set it so that it goes to there a little bit less. Like that. And then this one. Oh, this is so much easier than doing sprinklers. I I would get into this business easy before I tried to do sprinkler work again. I did it. You did? Oh, good. And it’s not spraying. All right. It works. Wonderful. So, I’ll put this onto the night setting. And now those deer will not get anywhere near our hydrangeas. Nope. Now that we’re a little damp from playing with that yard enforcer, thank you so much for spending some time with us today getting these things set up in the garden. Please make sure you click like and subscribe to our channel. Again, I’m Eric and I’m Christopher from A Grow for Me Gardening. Thanks for growing with us. [Music]

42 Comments

  1. 🌳✨ It’s tree planting season! What new plants or trees are you adding to your garden this spring? We'd love to hear what you're growing! 🌸 Share below and let's inspire each other!

  2. I am sooo livid. A bunny got in my garden and devastated a new generous gardener rose, liriope, and other plants. Since you have similar little irritations, I was wondering if you have a list of bunny candy so I can proactively cage their treats. I see listings for deer resistant plants, but not rabbit resistant.

  3. GM Eric & Christopher. I just love your videos. Although I live in 9b, I absolutely glean so many wonderful gems from you guys. Looking great, looking trim (pun intended 🤗) 🌹💐🌺🌸🌻🌼🌳✨

  4. My husband and I are looking for smaller trees and that Japanese Maple would be perfect for our yard. The other issue we are having is the squirrels are digging holes everywhere in all my garden beds. I did sprinkle some hot pepper over the areas this morning and will see if that works. Do you have a better solutions for this?

  5. WOW! Your garden looks amazing! Where you thinking of placing wooden bridge over your dry creek bed? I think that would look fabulous!

  6. Eric, have you created a video on mowing tips? I know you pay great attention to detail, so any tips/hacks you use to keep grass clippings out of garden beds would be wonderful!

  7. Love the new trees I’m a real fan of any kind of maple they are so pretty. Too funny you two putting in the deer sprinklers 🤣 have a great week happy planting 🌼

  8. Another great video! 🩷 My grandkids helped me plant an eastern redbud over the weekend. I bought it at tractor supply last fall and didn’t get it planted so it sat in the pot all winter. (I know, bad me.) I thought it was probably dead but nope, just asleep! I love your idea of the Japanese maple under the redbud.

  9. You guys made me guffaw. Such a funny episode. 🤣
    "This called Tahiti…and that is called 'Something.'"
    💦

  10. This week, I'm digging up tons of wind anemones I intentionally let self-seed. I will relocate some and share more with friends and neighbors. They're such a lovely show of white blooms in a few weeks and the filigreed leaves are pretty to look at the rest of the season.
    I assembled my 38" Veradek Corten planter (lots of cursing involved — I really needed another set of hands) and just need to level it before filling with soil. I'd imagined it much bigger so intended lots of plants for it. Nope. I've got to scale back.
    I'm going to use a trick Kate of "Hello Garden" channel taught. Cut a paper sack to the size of the container opening to take with me to the garden center then place pots on that to get a sense of the number of plants and what they'll look like in the container.

  11. I bought a yard enforcer at the end of last season so I was so glad to be able to watch how to set it up, thank you!! Question…what kind of Juniper was at the back where you dug up the delphiniums? The big green one with a peony by it. I’m considering some sort of dark green juniper around my fire pit. Thanks!

  12. I couldnt help but admire your hetzi columnar juniper as y'all were working. I planted one last year, and I'm so excited to watch it grow! Did you trim up the top half or does it grow like that?

  13. So at around 10:26 was admiring the woodland area behind the dry stone creek area and loved the daffodils. Would you consider adding more naturalizing daffodils to that area? Such a beautiful, natural & scenic area of your garden.

  14. Can we buy the Metamorphosia already or is it not officially on the market yet and only for next year?

  15. Good Evening Guys, love your videos, you're so inspiring. Living in Colorado i I have to wait till may to plant my shrubs and plants. I lose my arborvitaes every year. I wish I find a way to keep them because I love them. Any suggestions guys? Yours look so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your awesome looking yard. It's stunning, God Bless 😊

  16. You two are such a great couple. The way you both work together is so impressive. I love your garden, and I can't wait to see your new additions fill in!

  17. I really believe you will regret planting two clumps of birch so close together. Even planting them along the fence 'around the corner' would be better. Too close together so neither will shine- as only a birch can do!

  18. I live on Cape cod and late Fall planted a Bailey red twig dogwood. Beautiful red sticks in winter. Now starting to bloom. Do I cut it down low next spring? It's a new plant to me. I see yours was cut down low. Thank you.

  19. Really enjoying your garden journey – Thanks for all your effort in sharing! The scene of your natural back garden with the daffodils spotted about is absolutely bucolic!! 😍
    Envious Albertan zone 3 🥶

  20. This is my first comment since finding your channel. You guys cracked me up! “Act like a deer” 🦌😂 Some lighthearted fun is so welcome! Thanks guys!

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