Spring is waking up fast in the backyard—redbuds are blooming, boxwoods are pushing fresh growth, and I’m taking you along on a Wednesday Walkabout to share what worked, what didn’t, and what I’m changing next.
In this episode, we’ll cover practical, real-life garden fixes and quick seasonal upgrades, including:
Refreshing the back-step pots + spotting new growth on Green Mountain boxwood
What to do with spent daffodils (and how to “bank” those blooms for next year)
My simple method for planting in a cachepot with no drainage (and how to water safely)
A charming woodland look using hollowed bark/trunk planters (fern styling for spring/Easter)
What’s thriving right now in the raised beds: Swiss chard and emerging peas
What didn’t go as planned: squirrels digging up peas + lettuce
The easy, inexpensive solution: fine mesh tulle secured with landscape staples (rain-friendly and light-permeable)
A smart combo planting: blueberries + cut-and-come-again greens in one bed
Planting Tête-à-Tête daffodils along the east sidewalk bed for a bigger show next year
A quick mini project: seeding lettuce in a long terracotta trough and speeding germination with gentle warmth (perfect for cool-season crops)
If you love simple, elegant garden solutions, seasonal styling, and realistic backyard progress—this one is packed with ideas you can use right away.
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26 Comments
Daffodil Alley ❤
Linda I love your hair style…but your hairdresser need to add less blonde "bleach" to your hair. The back of your hair looks over bleached…and not soft. Your hair looks strees and over bleached. Go easy…before yout hair starts to break off.
I love your skills as a gardener.
Love what you are doing with your daffodils. What a great idea too to keep the squirrels dining elsewhere.
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Hi Linda
You could call that side area ….SPRING VIEW❤❤
I tie the dying leaves of daffodils together and then roll them in a little "wreath " close to the ground, so you can hardly see them. Linda, is it an idea to make a little lose box over the gasbox, like the aircoscrean?
🌞Hello Linda, how about considering, the name, Long Border, for your side yard garden name.
Hi Linda, would you please share the paint color of your back door? It’s a gorgeous color, is that the same paint color as your fence? If not would you share that as well. Thank you!
Hi Linda, Stewart. I think using the tulle fabric is a good way to ward off the pesky nemesis. Yes, take that squirrels! I'm even had problems with chipmunks. Oh, and another subscriber suggested Summer Lane for the east side before, and I love that. Lots to consider! 🌱❤️
I feel your pain with the pesky squirrels.🐿️ Here in Southern New England it is the rabbits that drive us crazy.
Everything looks beautiful! I think the East Promenade sounds nice! 😊
Are arborvitae easy to propagate? I have almost an acre I’m wanting to line 3 sides of but I don’t have the moolah for all that lol.
You could name your daffodil area the Golden Stroll. 😊. Still waiting for spring in Oregon. Planting on a budget and apartment deck is difficult but I'm up for the challenge
Your garden looks beautiful, I can’t believe how quickly things filled in. Where can I buy your raised beds?
Thanks
I had boxwoods for years and some kind of blight hit them and i cant get rid of so we had to dug them up 😢
Daffodil Row would be a good name.
Daffodil Drive..❤
Where did you purchase the hooks for your hanging baskets in your backyard?
Call it “Sunrise Bed”
Why don’t you use your potting area so as to not make a mess on your porch???❤
I know…the Golden Promenade (hopefully I spelled this right). Love the channel! Very inspirational. Even for my tiny deck, you gave me great container ideas 😀
LOVE your coat!!! Thrift? Link?
Tolle is indispensable in the garden, not only to keep squirrels out but I use white tolle in the summer to cover tender plants from the scorching sun and use black in the winter to attract the heat and protect tender plans from cold. I’ve used it to cover plants that get hit by Japanese beetles too.., I love it
Some type of clamps to secure the toile to the boxes would also work
I LOVE the scarf…just saying!!!
Oh wow🪴 enjoyed seeing the plants homecoming so exciting just going to be beautiful can’t wait to see what you do with all of them beautiful, really going to be beautiful, I really like the 🌺🪴🌺🪴🌺color too🌺 My Redbud tree looks like the one in your back, it’s so beautiful this year. I really like your road side walkway garden too 🌼💖🪴❤