I am amazed that people complain about what you spend on plants. Some spend more than that for a dinner and concert or game tickets. Which is entertainment for one night. These plants will give you beauty and joy for a whole season. Go for it Laura!!! Do what brings you and your family joy.

Great video...for the people commenting on how much the costs is of your plants, this is a gardening channel folks...it would be quite boring if Laura came on and only planted a few plants because of cost....enjoy the flowers and don't stress it.

Laura and Aaron please don’t even entertain those who try to shame you for what you spend on your garden plantings. First it is not their place to control what and how much you plant, and you are a garden channel …. Planting is a big part of that. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

I loved you pointed out your hole in your shirt. Buying plants trumps buying cloths! A sign of a true gardener. I have friends who do not understand my spending on plants vs their spending on cloths, fake nails, fake lashes and more. We all have what makes us happy. Plants make me happy. I was thrilled one Christmas when I got rocks as my present. Yes, a pallet of landscape rocks thrilled me more than a rock on my hand. lol.

Give me a break people! This is a garden channel! She works for proven winners so basically every video is a commercial for proven winners (and Espoma) she gets all those products at proven winners and Espoma expense. Of course the average consumer wouldn’t plant 85 Superbena. Stop watching instead of complaining and judging! I have got more joy from these videos for years! Since way before Benjamin was born! I can’t imagine a start to my day without a video and coffee! I now enjoy dig plant water repeat and Janey posts on Saturday too! I don’t watch the news! Enjoy happy videos instead 👏🏼💜👍🏻🌺💐🤞🌹🩵

Why is anyone judging what you choose to plant? That's ridiculous. Calm down people.

I’m excited about the upcoming container videos! I don’t understand people and their complaints but laughed out loud over the hole in your shirt. It’s true, everyone spends money on what makes them happy. Thank you for all you do!

Lol, May weather. May rain, may snow, may be hot, may be cold, now we know why they named that month May!

Me too Laura….people will always complain no matter what you do. Do not give them your energy to be annoyed by them. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to be “under the microscope” all. the. time. Exhausting. I love your channel and enjoy having you as part of my everyday. I’m always leaning from you guys. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing what you do.

Trouble maker here. It might be fun for Aaron to have his own garden out by the red barn. It would be fun to see his ideas and colors.

Please continue to plant THOUSANDS of plants and IGNORE the haters!!! We LOVE everything you do Laura!! P.S. someone told my son they grew supertunias from seed. I said, "Dear, no they didn't." "They grew petunias from seed!!!"

Laura and Aaron, this is YOUR garden. Do what you want! I’m not a hedge kind of person, but i really liked your reasoning of winter interest and structure, plus you love it! We adore you all and want you to be happy and loving your garden, so forget the comments against it and do what you want!

Plant 500 superbeana if you want!!! How dare anyone question how many of what you plant! It’s your yard! Sometimes I just shake my head.

I’m so glad you opted out of the college project. Y’all have enough on your plate!

Laura, pay no attention to the noise. You're teaching thousands so many different ways to garden. The noise will always be there. We love your channel and appreciate you and Aaron.

I had a good laugh the moment Laura appeared as a boxwood😂😂😂

OKAY! About dumping on that slope - Think Hugelkultur! Build a commercial strength stone retaining wall with pre-cast blocks, Maybe 3 feet tall to begin. Allow your debris to fall as far down as possible, hopefully down into the crevice between the wall & the slope. As the Hugelkultur backfill begins to get taller than the wall, add a few more layers of retaining wall blocks. Through the years, instead of letting the wall get immensely tall, allow a terrace to form & begin another wall higher up. You will have deep, rich organic soil to plant into, terraced areas to make paths through, & have different elevations for viewing the countryside. It could become quite a magical area.

“If it makes you happy, you should do it”… What a GIFT for you, Laura that your husband tells you this!! 40:41 ❤❤❤

A huge thank you to you and Aaron for allowing yourselves to be vulnerable. 'Haters gotta hate' as the saying goes. If you weren't reinvesting your income into your garden then some would be whining about that, accusing you of being cheap or putting out low quality videos. Just keep being yourselves. I am a second year gardener and have learned so much from you, Laura. Thank you, thank you for being you.

“If it makes you happy do it” THAT is the very lesson that I have learned from you! I am an old gardener and always try to limp along plants that did not perform well in my garden, thinking I needed to… Since starting to watch you, I have pulled plants that did not perform well, or I come to realize that I don’t like! This can be a very great life lesson, too! Thank you very much!

I dam near spit my coffee out when you said do you wanna see the hole in my armpit. 😂 editing is amazing. Love your channel so so much! Dorene Weiss

I 100% agree on flag poles! You explained it beautifully. We're not anti flag, just anti flag pole in the yard, lol. You're right, it looks better on the house.

LOL, Laura I love it when you give back some sass to those know it alls. You crack me up and I know you would love to say more but you keep it checked. You just keep doing what you love, it’s obviously working 🥰.

Hi Laura and Aaron Just a suggestion for your mangave pot. In similar pots I have, I put the plant in a plastic pot that fits inside the concrete container so I can easily move it out for the change of seasons. It’s so easy and works really well. Love your channel 🪴🌻😊

Laura has sass today!! You go girl! Go Laura go Laura!!😂xx

We just had a major hail storm and it totally shredded all of our hostas, over 800!! A good friend said "Gardening is not for the faint of heart" So, so true.

Do what makes you happy in your garden. You want boxwoods around the cut flower garden go for it!!!! ❤️🌺

I think boxwood hedges in the cut flower garden area make sense and would be beautiful. The layout of that area feels like a more formal English garden and the hedges would add to that. Regardless, seeing how your face lit up as you talked about it is a perfect reason to do it.

Good morning! Another fun recap video. You plant what and how you want. Your home, your choice. People can plant what they want at their place. I don’t understand why people think it’s ok to tell others what to do. Your property is absolutely beautiful and I wish I could be your neighbor!!!

Laura and Aaron, we used your potting table video to make a table this year. It was fairly easy. We added two wheels, so we could pick it up with handles and move it easily. We used it in our garage to harden off plants, moving them outside each day on the table. We ended up adding two more wheels and thought that made it much easier to move, as the table is heavy. Since we have to turn a corner to get to the table to shade in our back yard, it was a little difficult moving it. In hindsight, we should have added two heavy duty wheels that pivot. We may change to the pivoting wheels next year. I grew enough seeds this year in my basement to completely cover a 4 x 10 table! Yea! Lots of plants for the garden this year. A great cost savings!

Don’t ever feel the need to justify your decisions and choices to unkind remarks. Plant what YOU want. I look at my flowers as my entertainment, therapy and joy! I love your videos and look forward to seeing boxwoods in the cut flower garden!❤

As far as the garlic smell on your hands, rub them on stainless steel ( your faucet , for example ) and the smell will disappear!

Laura you may not have words, but we sure do. It's your home, your purchases pay the growers, their employees, feed many people and bring you joy. People need to stop putting their money worries on others. Your purchases provide for probably hundreds of people who rely on people like you. Great recap. So, when do we find out about that challenge you and Aaron have?

Gardeners dont complain about prices of plants…we look for the best deal we can find…but I buy what I enjoy and I enjoy spending money on flowers or plants…Im wondering if those complaining are gardeners? Mayhaps trolls…and troll is the word…as they are pessimistic about everything. Love your videos.

OMG...Belly Laugh for me...I have a hole in my shirt so I can buy more plants!!! love it!!!...I'm cut from the same cloth. I say, "I can eat in the winter"!...in the spring and summer I buy plants when I want!...Love you guys...thank you for being here with your wonderful information and sense of humor!...x

I can’t believe people were complaining because you planted 26 plants, you do you Laura and forget the complainers.😊

I spit my coffee out when I saw Laura as a boxwood 🤣

Love, Love, LOVE my new kneeling, garden pad! It truly IS the best kneeling pad I've ever had! It feels good not to have my ankles hanging off and getting mulch and rocks & or sticks, pressed into my skin when I get up from planting in my beds. THANK YOU, Laura, A-A-Ron and crew! ❤😊

My husband used our Garden Answer Kneeling Pad this weekend to do our flooring🥰 Brand new, out of the box❤ Amazing quality. He hasn't raved about a product I purchased in 20 years!

Good morning everyone! From Canada

The new barn & horses, such a smart move to slow down & take your time and get a good plan. But, I can't wait to see it take shape. Not really going to miss the college planting this year, and understandably, you have so much going on.

In the Netherlands, I treat Tulips like a reverse Dahlia. After spring I cut them back and I dig up the bulbs. Clean them and let them dry and they go into the dark basement until I need them in October to be planted again. When I store the bulbs I grab my Dahlia tubers and get those started. After the Dahlias are done I cut back, dig them up and they go into storage in the basement and I grab the tulip bulbs to be planted. And the cycle goes on and on. At some point the tulip bulbs are in fact done but I've always learned to dig them up each year and the can go for multiple years.

How dare anyone critique how much you spend on plants! Some people set themselves up as the arbiters of other peoples life. Ignore them! Love you, love your content, love your channel!

From someone who runs heavy equipment for a living, don’t grab the pot with the pinchers. It will definitely smash it. Alternatively you can build a simple frame to go around it and use pallet forks to pick it up.

Yes! Plant boxwoods around your cutting gardens. Garden rooms are beautiful. Your gardens provide so much pleasure. Thanks for your videos🩷

Laura, you are AMAZING!! I love your channel. You have taught me so much. Even though I’m in the south, I use so much of your information. I just wanted to say I’m so proud of you for putting your family 1st! Your children will only be small for such a short time. Enjoy them as I know you do. Also, plant what you want where you want!! I have a small yard, but I spend a lot of money on annuals, because I LOVE THEM AND ENJOY THEM. THANK YOU for sharing your life and your love for plants with us! I appreciate you and Aaron so much!!

I agree going from 80 plants to 26 is a massive savings! Love your ability to bite your tongue when you get complaints….I guess they look at things as the half empty instead of half full. I think you did amazing with that. I probably wouldn’t have been as gracious which is why I wouldn’t be good at this as you are. Keep true to yourself!

Love, love, love the idea of edging your cut flower garden with boxwoods! I hope you do it! It will transform an already beautiful space.

Hello from Nova Scotia Canada...Love watching yous grow your yard...

Love edging every section in boxwoods..definition to areas! People are funny and not to be taken too seriously…it’s YOUR business!

The repotting video of the big maple tree came at the perfect time last week because my husband got me a couple of massive, Jurassic-looking Boston Ferns for Mother’s Day last weekend and I knew I had the perfect tall, black, footed planters for them, but I had a couple of Heuchera in them that were loving life on our porch and had to be relocated from the big pots to some matching, smaller pots on the porch. I knew exactly what I had to do to depot and repot in those massive planters because of your video, Laura. Thank you! It actually made the job enjoyable for me and my husband. (No arguing over how to do it at all this time. 😂) I’m so happy with the result. Could not have worked out better. 👌🏼

As crazy as the world is getting I check in with Aaron and Laura's just to keep grounded. Thanks for the hope and normalcy of gardening.

Plant only what you love and are excited about. Anything giving you problems, or you don't like it, move it or give it away. Neighbours/family are usually great at taking plants that don't work for you. Buy trees/perennials in the fall when they are discounted. Buy super petunias where you will only need 1 to fill a pot. Put a perennial in your pot to plant later in the ground and fill in with annuals. There are so many ways to stretch your dollar in gardening. Don't forget this is a business for Laura and Aaron. It's created to teach people how to garden and it definitely does that. My gardens have never looked better! I take all the tips I get from Garden Answer and apply them to my garden. Laura planting a lot is a business cost of doing business. It's like buying seed for a farmer.

You do you! I'd love to see the rose garden be wrapped in formal boxwood hedges! And, the priceless amount of joy, you two bring so many people, 26 plants or 5,000 plants, all good in my humble opinion. Plant seeds of kindness ❤

I love the new editing style with fun little things in each video. Laura as a hedge, the thinking swirl etc. such a fun add to already great videos.

Yes the BEST kneeling pad! I got red, totally love! Thank you ❤️

Benjamin is a second grader! good for him!!! I still can't believe he will be a second grader next year!

I love that you and Aaron can laugh about ridiculous comments. The hole in your shirt discussion literally made me laugh out loud. Love your channel for many reasons, and besides learning so much from you, I love that you do you, and don't deviate. 😊

They sent us a drill how nice of them, now there named after you! Who doesn’t love Laura

Ok-can I even say what a chuckle it gave me when you said you had a hole in your shirt under your arm🤣🤣🤣! And as everyone has mentioned, money goes into what you enjoy. I had horses for 25 years and every spare cent went into the care for them and into the barn. Do what you enjoy, and turn a deaf ear to the basement dwellers.

Although you can grow tulips from either bulbs or seeds, bulbs produce flowering plants faster. A tulip bulb produces a plant that will usually bloom the following year. Tulip seeds take only a few months to germinate, but it can be several years before the plant bears flowers. - according to the Google

I LOVE IT, I spend my money on plants not clothes, boats, jewelry, cars, etc. Each person spends on what they love, not sure why people can't get it is hilarious, 🙃

Crazy coincidence , I was driving home to Chicago suburbs from Georgia. To help pass the time I listened to this episode in the car. About 45 min later I literally drive by Power Planter headquarters. Had never even noticed or heard of this company before.

Laura the trick to rid your hands from garlic is to wash your hands and while still wet rub your hands on stainless steel & rinse again (I do it on my kitchen basin, but also have a flat soap shaped piece that is handy). Repeat if still smelly... although it is seldom necessary to repeat. But it must be stainless steel, not aluminium or zinc.

I think a stone wall in the cut flower area would remind you of those British gardens you see and the walk up to the flower shed would be so dreamy with the flowers falling over the edge of the walls. All your space is amazing. It will be fun to see what you end up with. Be happy.

Stand your ground on no big trees by the cut flower area lol. Im so jealous of your full sun!

Love the way Hubs supports your ideas ! DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. 🎉❤ he loves you.

The Hoselink on the Trailer is DEFINITELY BALLER!!!!! 🤣

Laura ,love the sound effects of the pinchers 🤣😂😉

LOL, I am with you Laura, priorities are important and that is where the funds get spent. With a large area to plant, it is going to cost. I am so GLAD you are able to afford it for yourself and for us that are tagging along with you. (We are all are watching, liking, and supporting your projects) ❤❤❤❤

The 23th!? (1:14) 😅 On another note, 80 to 26 plants (or whatever) IS a huge decrease and you're right to feel accomplished 😊.

Here’s an idea for the hill, U could put up a retaining wall. It would look nice and it would level off the area back there!!😊

Laura it’s impossible to make everyone happy. I love everything you do! Love how neat and beautiful way you do everything! ❤❤❤❤

My daughter made the mistake of questioning how much I spend on plants. She was told pretty smartly to mind her own business.

I think hedges around the cut flower garden will be beautiful. Do what makes you happy! 😊

I agree with Aaron. Do the boxwoods. It will make you happy and be beautiful. Goes with the overall style of your garden. Just do You!!!

People shouldn’t judge what you want to do. It’s your garden, your money, and it makes you happy.

Boxwood screenshot with your head..... PRICELESS.

Yes! Aaron is right. The slope is a perfect spot for things to breakdown and it will naturalize over time. You are creating a more level area over time and provide habitat to so many critters.

I sooo relate to 'there's a hole in my shirt but nobody sees my armpit, so im just gona keep my resources on my plants' mentality. 😆

When you plant boxwoods around the cut flower garden you’ll need to consider ease of access to your rows

You could always terrace the hill at the back of the new property and plant a shade-loving garden since it’s north-facing. It doesn’t have to be a formal garden, either. Just plonk down some shade lovers and ground cover to help prevent erosion and it should be fine.

bubblegum!!! my very favorite. i'm so excited to follow their growth and fabulous blooms. a gurl can never have too many bubblegums!!

Do the boxwoods! You love them! It’s your space! All the naysayers will love it once it’s done. They’ll say. ‘Oh I didn’t think that was going to look good and it does! How do you do it’ 😂

Yes… plant the boxwoods around the cut flower quadrants… it would be so beautiful with the garden shed

I remember about 5 years ago or so, you planted up a broken fountain in, what used to be, the back formal garden with hanging baskets. A structure like that could possibly look amazing at the center point of the cut flower garden. These weekly recaps are part of my Sunday ritual, love them!

This is your garden and you can do what you want, but I am SO over boxwoods! They get mites and disease and then they look SO bad! The boxwoods look good by the Hartley where your garden is more formal, but I love the relaxed, open feel of your south garden!

Re: cost - many ppl spend thousands of dollars on vacations, eating out and clothes. you don't do that. do what you love and ignore the haters. i love what you all are doing and have learned so much by watching your channel. i super adore the content that you add with your mom, your sis and your kids. it is very calming to watch!

About garlic “staining” your hands, I have a piece of stainless steelthe size of a credit card that I rub over my fingers. It’s a “Cajun Smart Bar”. Removes onion, garlic, fish odors. A stainless steel teaspoon works too. That bar doesn’t seem to be sold anymore. Just looked - saw something the size and shape of a bar of soap. Same idea.

Regarding all the maple helicopters, there was an online article on our local news channel (I live in CT) recently which said the reason for the increase was due to stress on the trees. It specifically pointed out red maples and sugar maples saying it was due to drought conditions which make the trees release more seeds. What we noticed here was how an abundance of those helicopters actually rooted and sprouted! I don’t remember ever seeing so many sprouting everywhere.

It will be interesting to see how your bulbs will fere! I have been told when I was in Holland that the bulbs sold are grown for 3 years and they take off the flowers to make the bulbs bigger. Bigger bulb=bigger better flowers. After flowering the bulb will set smaller side bulbs and that is those small things that in the future will flower. And they need the same amount of time to flower equally well. So that’s why you only see small foglige the year after. You can buy spieces bulbs those are the ones that are in nature but the flower much smaller and spread if you are lucky! That would be something for your pond area, south garden or dirtlands!

I love the idea of boxwoods in the cut garden. The season you lined it with cabbage gave me the vision of how great boxwoods would look. Go for it!

I was planting some PW bubblegum and pinching off leggy stems. I stuck them down in potting soil in their empty pots and WOW they're rooted! More plants for me to plant out.

I love you doing all you do it’s great to watch and helps me in my garden I have watched for a number of years 👍😂

I remember the video that showed how Aaron built the greenhouse tables. The video was so well done that i firmly believed that I could handle the process. Sadly, i haven't but if i was inspired and confident enough, anyone would be! Its one of the things i love about GA videos...most of what they do is something that can be done on a smaller scale as well. It is always a learning experience to view GA videos and I often start my day with all the good feels 🤗☺️🌿🌻🍅🌼🌰🥔🌷🌱❤

Biotone: I don't smell it any more...and I might add, I even like the smell now!!! Laura, you made me laugh with the hole in your shirt. You go girl! Haters will be haters! Enjoy your channel, it brings joy to many of us! THANK YOU!!!

I just want to be a person on the pro vote for boxwoods! Your encouragement to pull things that aren’t working and do the garden things that make you happy just for happiness sake has made all the difference in my garden. Trust your gut and garden intuition. You’ve got a wealth of knowledge and experience! I’m also quite sure the nay sayers will come around ❤

We received our kneeling pads too! My husband and i love them. Not only for comfort but they keep us dry when we are kneeling on damp ground. They are perfect! Thanks for offering them! 😊

You two are such class acts. The way you respond is always so respectfully direct and it’s beautiful to see. I have friends in Northern CA who live in the hills and they rent goats every year to keep their fire breaks clear. Super cute and super efficient. 😂 Might be a good side, relatively passive, gig for Bethany now that there are so many more residential tracks in your area. Thank you for the link to the hand truck!!! I’ve seen so many commenters who’ve asked about it over the years.

This channel is your job. I watch to learn and be inspired and that is exactly what happens. Stay true to yourself and continue to be a blessing.❣