Welcome Gardeners! I’m reflecting on all the lessons I’ve learned in the last 12 months of gardening in the new property. We moved from a small suburban garden, to a one acre blank space. We’ve had some great success and some great fails, but learned so much along the way! 🌸 Enjoy!
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Great advice. Loved it!😊
If one day, you decided to write a book, what would it be about?
Those are wise lessons regarding gardening. I believe that one (not all ) reason that gardening is therapeutic is that it’s repetitive. There are lessons to be learned.
Janey what a great video reminder! I had a plan this winter, two have come to life, one has been scrapped and a new one came about this weekend!! lol deer 🦌 have attacked my plans. But we carry on with patience.
IMO if it’s an option then I’d paint the propane tank and leave it as is.
Hi Janey! I loved your thought provoking video. ❤️ I personally feel like my flowers and trees are communicating (with each other and with me) although sometimes I feel like they’re giving me the silent treatment when I haven’t been giving them enough attention! 😜
My main lesson learned/key take away/discovery/observation is I need to stop overthinking what is the “perfect” place to plant something. Free it from its nursery pot and get it in the ground already! I can shuffle things around if there’s a better spot for it in the future!! 🪴🇨🇦
Great video! I have learned that I can't control the wildlife in my garden. I must find a way to peacefully co-exist with the deer, groundhogs, rabbits, skunks, 'possums, chipmunks, and moles. I will continue to fight insects (with other beneficial insects) and disease, but the time and the cost of fighting wildlife has drained me.
I've learned how much I dislike gophers! They've taken out 6 of my plants in my artichoke garden in the blink of an eye. I'm "filling in" with bush tomatoes this year until I can plant more perennials next year. I will be growing them from plugs and seeds, so I need patience. Let me repeat, I need patience. The front yard is almost done with probably 250 plants. Irrigation is necessary even if it's a drip system on a timer on the hose bib because I don't have time to properly water and my yard is only 7500SF including house (retirement property!). Things die and it might be the dang gopher or the hail storm that happened that killed my Utah Giant Cherry tree, instead of my thumb. I agree with you that every house does have a personality that guides you to the design (even if you're flying by the seat of your pants}.
Hi Janey,I'm in Adelaide,Australia. Your videos are oposite seasons to mine but your ideas are great as are your methods. Many of your plants and pretty much all of your mulch and soil bags etc are different but overall we're all gardeners and we enjoy watching all gardening videos.Yours are outstanding.I love them and so does my daughter.Thankyou so much🦘🦘🦘
Hey Janey, you forgot lesson 11, Don't step on a rock…..
Great advice!
U should do some arches along your path..with climbers.
I have learned so much through gardening; I have learned that the size of the seed I plant is the same depth of soil I should sow it at; I have learned that hydrangeas seem more susceptible to iron deficiency in their first year than anything else I have grown in my garden; I have learned that iron tone granules take longer to change the soil of something suffering from chlorosis (mhmm-my hydrangeas-haha!) than a water soluble (iron) solution takes because they have to dissolve over time whereas a water soluble solution gets it into the plant and it's soil right away.
I have learned that plants teach us how to communicate, that sometimes we do not need words to express how we are feeling, we can actually see it in people if we pay close attention—sometimes my plants will have plenty of water yet if it is so hot, the leaves will wilt but they may not even require water, they are just saying they are tired. So, yes, I have learned a lot in less than a year and over a years time. I love seeing other gardens and I believe it is a reflection of the person and the home; they both dance with one another and it is really a beautiful thing. Thank you for sharing your home and garden. I truly enjoy it!
That hat looks Fabulous on You! I've enjoyed this video. Thank You for sharing your tips. You're an Encouragement!
I love your zig zag planter so glad you are keeping it
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I'd say you nailed it Janey! Thank you for sharing all you've learned with your followers. Keep up the good work. You have come a long way in your gardening journey! Cheers to you!
Thank u wise lesson ❤
Some sound advice Janey! Xxx
Great advice 🙏🌹
Wow sooo much done in just a year 😮 looks Beautiful!!
Everything’s looking good. What will you do when you’ve finished planting it like at your old house?
Very valuable lessons, thank you! I’d say my over arching lesson in all of my properties has been TOLERANCE! since 1989 I have lived rurally, which means I have every critter known to man cruising my gardens. There’s only so much you can do to prevent damage.❤
Thank you! Lessons 7 & 8 are especially reassuring. One area I want to concentrate on this fall involves planting star jasmine! But I feel so impatient to see it grow. Sleep, creep, leap. A perfect garden mantra. 😂 Can I ask what those gorgeous grey green plants cascading over the side of the zigzag planter are?
I can't believe how much you have accomplished in just one year! Those are all great lessons. Sun exposure is super important. I found an App called "Sunseeker" that helped me figure out how the sun would move across my garden during the year and it was super helpful. Also researching each plant not only by written information, but by talking about the plants with your local friends to see what has done well for them. Pinterest has been a great source of inspiration for me as well, as I try to emulate different moods in my garden front versus back. The front where I have full morning sun is best for blooming plants and has such beautiful blooms but is also very labor intensive! I am aiming for a calmer, cooler look and feel in the back, along with less maintenance. Maybe then when I sit and relax in my adirondack chair, I won't constantly be seeing the things that need tending!
You are so correct when you say that you garden and house actually speak to you. I have often wanted to place something in my garden and it just didn't work so I sit back and spend time just observing my garden waiting until it tells me what it wants and as always it was right
Sound is only in right earbud in this video
Hi, Thank you for sharing your 10 lessons with us! You are a great educator! Best, Albert
You have accomplished so much in just one year! and the many little pockets/areas are just beautiful! coming around some of the little bends in the walkway love love. 11:04 look behind you! wow wow how beautiful! 8:11 that is a painting for your wall. look at 11:19,16:21 love those scenes. so very pretty, the little corner pocket at 18:00. I can't imagine how overwhelming it had to feel to start and where to start. you have done well Janey give yourself a hug and a big pat on the back. Genie : )
Beautiful garden,, i like your garden mis ❤❤
I knew there was something different..you didn’t seem as enthusiastic as usual..we live in the same zone 9, I’m in Sacramento ..but the new videos inspired me to start a new flower bed and squash and melon bed in full sun..so I used all your full sun flower 🌸 suggestions ❤your content..keep going