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‘S AVA MARIE AND IT’S TIME FOR SUNDAY GARDENER. I’M HERE AT VALLEY VIEW FARMS WITH KERRY INGLE. GOOD MORNING. HEY, MOTHER’S DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND FLOWERS CAN BE A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE. MOM AND THESE ARE SOME REALLY PRETTY COLORS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT INTO SOME PLANTERS. RIGHT. UM, AND THIS CAN JUST BE A GOOD WAY TO BRIGHTEN UP THE ART, AND ESPECIALLY NOW AS WE’RE GETTING INTO A WARMER SEASON. RIGHT? SO THERE ARE SO THERE’S IT’S STILL A LITTLE COLD WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR. SO WE’LL LISTEN TO YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE I HAVE A BUNCH OF THESE IN MY YARD HERE AND THERE, BUT BUT UM, SO, SO SO THAT’D BE NICE. JUST FOR ME. I COULD PLANT ONE OF THOSE UP AND GIVE THEM TO SOMEBODY OR WHATEVERER. ONE OF THE THINGS I USE, THOUGH, ARE THESE UPSET DAISIES. THIS IS AN INSERT THAT FITS IN THIS PLANTER SO THAT I DON’T HAVE TO USE QUITE AS MUCH SOIL. SO IT’S NOT QUITE AS HEAVY. SOME ARE REALLY DEEP. IT’S LIKE YOU LIKE THE LOOK OF IT, BUT MAYBE YOU DON’T NEED THAT MUCH SOIL. EXACTLY. AND ON THE FLIP SIDE, IT MEANS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER WATER. YOU’RE GOING TO YOU’RE GONNA HAVE BETTER DRAINAGE AND ALL THAT. EXACTLY. OKAY. SO WE’RE GOING TO PUT SOME SOIL IN HERE. YOU’RE GONNA POUR THAT ONE IN THERE AND THAT’S GOT. YEAH, THAT’S PRETTY HIGH. SO YOU’RE YOU’RE IN GOOD SHAPE. YOU WANT TO BE WITHIN ABOUT AN INCH OF THE TOP, BUT YOU’RE GOING TO ADD SOME PLANTS. SO YOU’LL PLANT THAT ONE UP I’M GOING TO PLANT THIS ONE UP. SHE’S LEAVING ME TO MY OWN DEVICES TO PICK WHERE THESE GOG. THAT’S RIGHT. THERE’S NO WRONG ANSWER RIGHT. YOU’RE RIGHT. YOU WANT YOU WANT THE STUFF THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO HANG TO KIND OF GO. GOOD POINT THAT YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA. THINK ABOUT THE 3D OF IT BEFORE AS IT’S GOING TO GROW. SOME OF THESE MIGHT SPILL OVER. SO MAYBE YOU WANT THOSE IN THE FRONT AND YOU HAVE TO DECIDE TO WHERE YOU’RE WHERE YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT FROM. SO ARE WE RACING HERE IF YOU WANT IT TO BE I’M GONNA LOSE. NO, I DO THIS A LITTLE BIT. I THINK I COULD DO THIS IN YOUR SLEEP. IN MY SLEEP? YEAH. NO PROBLEM. THERE. WE DO THE SAME THING, THOUGH. WE’RE BOTH GOING TO LOOSEN UP EVERYTHING. I’M. JAMMING THIS IN N HERE PRETTY TIGHT BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH ROOM AS. YEAH. HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THIS STUFF IN THERE? OH, YOU JUST KEEP STUFFING. THE NICE THING IS LIKE A CONTAINER THAT YOU’RE DOING HERE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME THINGS LIKE THAT COLEUS THAT’S GOING TO GET HUGE. SO THAT’S GOING TO GET NICE AND TALL. I’D PUT THAT IN THE CENTER. UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO GET ALL THAT ONE’S GOING TO GET VERY TALL. SO YOU WANT THAT KIND OF JUST ANCHOR IT. YEP. AND THEN THE GERANIUM GETS AS TALL AS A GERANIUM GETS SO IT DOESN’T GET MUCH TALLER. BUT IT’S GOING TO FILL OUT A LOT MORE. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE GREAT. AND THEN I LOVE THE WISPINESS OF THE EUPHORBIA. THIS LAST THING YOU’RE PUTTING IN. OH YEAH THAT IS NEAT. SEE I LOVE IT. SUCH A NICE DIMENSION OF DIFFERENT COLORS AND SHAPES. EXEXACTLY. AND IT’S JUST REALLY GOING TO BRIGHTEN UP WHEREVER YOU PUT IT IN THE YARD. AND THIS IS OSMOCOTE. THIS IS JUST A OH, IT’S A, IT’S A PLANT FOOD THAT THAT’LL KEEP IT GOING FOR THREE MONTHS OR SO. YEAH. SO EASY. WE DID THAT LIKE IN RECORD TIME. HEY, WE’RE READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT.