Laura - your day alone with everyone leaving the house…. You just described what every mom wants! 😂

I am so amused by you two!!! I love it when you banter back and forth, really shows your personalities which is so fun and attractive!!! Love, love, love your show and have learned so much and inspired daily! It's funny because when I talk about certain plantings in my garden, I've mentioned you, Laura, like I know you to my Mom and she's like, "Who is Laura?" "Well, she's does my daily garden show called Garden Answer!" Thank you so much! ❤😊

Your channel is super popular because you get to the point without the boring details. I'm not interested in repeating my botany class. Thank you for your style of videos.

Good Morning guys! Just wanted to let you know that I'm loving my Nature's Willow. It arrived within a few days. It contained several samples so I can share with my family and friends.

Aaron is really getting comfortable talking more on these recaps! Love you guys!

Also, loooooved how Aaron was so talkative today! He has the most soothing voice. 🪴♥️🪴♥️🪴

Pumpkin is so great to have stored in your freezer. 😊 Just roast and purée, then store in freezer bags flat - makes it really easy to thaw out and make goodies with when the pumpkins aren’t ready. 😊

Laura, please add some creeping phlox to the pond area. It creeps over and around rocks and put on a beautiful show! My garden is mostly on ledge, and I have a ton of native rock, the phlox tucked in softens it beautifully.

Laura, i think wearing your clothes was perfect into the pond, that is what i would wear as well. This is a garden show, not a what to wear show! Good job Laura. You are the best!

Aaron, your comment about social awareness/filter was not only spot on, but hilarious! Thanks for making me laugh.😂

Good morning all on this cool Michigan morning. Laura I was wondering if there’s a possibility’s you may consider adding some v-neck shirts to you inventory with some lighter colors??? I know I for one would be purchasing several. Thanks so much for the Sunday updates too I so look forward to them👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️

They do still have “Home Ec”, but we had a name change in the 90’s. It is now Family and Consumer Science (FACS)! I have taught it for 22 years! So proud you knew the difference between T and t! Love Garden Answers!

I can SO relate to feeling a definite loss losing a tree. Almost like a death in the family. On the farm I grew up on (near where Laura and Aaron are), we had a really big weeping white birch. It was beautiful, and I spent a tremendous amount of time in my youth up in that tree. I would read books up there and watch the world go by from that high very private vantage point. Well, I moved away, my dad passed away, my mom and my brother and his family still were there. (My brother and his family were then living in another house nearby). My mom took a couple of years to spend time away, renting the house out to another family. During that time, the grass under the tree was removed for another project, so irrigation was suspended around the tree. No one thought about watering the tree and it died. I still morn the loss of that tree and it’s been years since any of us has lived there. I morn the loss of the farm, too, and I haven’t had a say in the running of that farm in decades, but I still feel it 😥

Why do people get so rude? Why would it matter what you do getting into the pond? I just don’t understand people who think they have a right to criticize someone’s choices! Seriously rude! You have such a great attitude towards this. Ignoring them takes great strength and I give you kudos for that!

I got my shirt and hoodie a week and a half ago and I love the upgraded quality in both! The letters eventually peeled off my old GA crewneck but these are both a lot higher quality! Also, shipping was so fast! Great decision to upgrade your merch. Can’t wait for a hat and other items to come available. Wore my new sweatshirt this weekend on the oregon coast and had multiple people recognize it and comment. Fun to connect with other GA fans. ☺️

Lucky you Laura that you don't have lazy days where you just want to watch Garden Answer videos all day, like all of us 🤣

Several years ago, I watched a Jack Barnwell video where he was walking through a forest area that he and his father used to walk when Jack was a child. He said (paraphrasing) that his father taught him that the forest is like the ocean...always changing. The earth moves and those "waves" move the plants. Some trees fall and create huge earth mounds upon which other plants and trees will grow...I just remember being so comforted by that! It has helped me learn to appreciate the trees I have and while I mourn those I lose, I know their purpose will continue and they will live on in my memory. Cow! My husband and I are moving to the country (again and finally!) and I have decided I am going to have chickens and possibly a cow! My sister has a cattle farm and she thinks a milk cow would be a good addition for our new home. I am really excited! I will follow your journey, too, should you decide on that "next step"! Love your recaps!

Good morning beautiful people! Blessings to all 🙏❤️ Have a wonderful week ❣️🤗

Love how much Aaron was talking! The conversation was very entertaining and informative! More please!

I graduated high school in '14, and I never had home economics. ☹️ Never learned how to do anything handy or homey or with plants or even taxes. Every school needs to bring that back! I totally would have taken it if it was an option!

It was so nice to see your mom and Monica in the garden center redecorating video. Your mom must be completely overloaded between work and the construction at their home. So sorry they had to lose the tree, but it will make room for new memories in their new space with their family and friends gathering there.

Can I just say how I love that you and Aaron chat with each other in the video recaps. I remember when Aaron didn’t participate much but then he gradually started talking and now it’s just so natural between you two. You guys are awesome! You both make me smile. Love the kids, the cats, and how you, your mom and Monica do such neat things with each other! Love all the videos. I have learned so much. Also, I am getting a landscape redo this fall. Can’t wait!

Hi Laura...love your channel. I had to laugh when you were saying that you don't always retain names of plants or whatever as fast as you used to. I mentioned that very fact to my Mom one day years ago and she explained it like this.....your brain is like a carousel that goes around and around, and if you can't think of the name, information, etc......just wait a minute and it'll come around again. I asked her what happens if the carousel goes around several times and you still can't catch the info.....she said "Oh Honey...your carousel is too full. You need to knock some stuff off of there!" She told me these words of wisdom when she was in her 90s. I was just so relieved to know I was not quite as bad off as I thought I was!!!

Always love the videos where you and Aaron banter back and forth!!! And Aaron asks you some good questions ♥️

Laura your knowledge is off the scale... So impressive your recall.

You should do the Garden Answer logo, in flowers, on your property 😊

The Cape plumbago is the tropical variety (native to South Africa) and they are BIG shrubs covered in sky blue blooms. It looks almost like a hydrangea. I grow mine in zone 9b in Japan 😊

I Love Aaron’s reaction when you said Yes to get a cow. Lol. All of the flowers are sooo Beautiful and the pond is Awesome. I Love watching all of the areas evolve and grow into this amazing nature forest.

Pumpkin cookies are great as well! My mom use to make them during the fall and winter months. She would leave some plain and then add raisons & nuts to some. Either are very tasty lol. After my mom passed away years ago now, as I was the only girl out of six children, I got all of her recipe boxes. (I had already copied many of them over the years), But Great memories on those stained and handwritten cards.

Chaco makes sandals specifically for river rafting & water wear and they're super comfortable! They have adjustable straps that hug all the right places, so stay put. My go-to for hiking, river walking & everyday use. They make slip-on versions too!

The way you work Laura is the true testament of passion and talent. Gardening is your lane. I love learning from you! I just purchased some merch! Thanks for holding the 48hr sale. Also, thanks for answering my question in this video!! I feel so special when Laura mentions my name! lol

That “warranty sign” 😍 YES!!

Creeping phlox does not have to be dead-headed! When the blooms are spent, the foliage hides the blooms. It’s a lovely, easy care plant that slowly spreads and is easily propagated. It is the favorite plant of many southern spring gardens as a border plant. My mom used it to cover the top of a berm that separated her yard from her neighbors’ yards.

I had home economics in school too! Learned a lot then and everyone should have it!

How wonderful it will be for your mom to host the entire family for dinner comfortably! We have 17 in our immediate family so I know how she feels. Can’t wait to see the reveal. 😊

Hey, Aaron, I'm 5'4 3/4" and I definitely tell people I'm 5'5"! btw, you guys are so smart to take those daily evening walks, "post prandial" they're called! After dinner, helps with digestion, cooler part of the day, checking on and enjoying your property that you work so hard on, teaching your children, appreciating who made all things, and getting some valuable mild daily exercise (besides all the hard work you do!).

I feel exactly the same way about being productive every day. It simply makes me a happier person. Anything that promotes progress is worth doing. 😊

Hi Laura! Aaron is right. Know the motives. I have been a garden answer fan since COVID. Your love of gardening, lifting up others, and inspiring more people to try gardening comes through in everything you do. If you have another free flower day, share it. Share the love that you are giving to friends and family. Goodness spreads goodness. And maybe pray on it. I can hear the humility is important to you and I know God will too. Have a wonderful day.

Great recap! Always enjoy my Sundays (after church) with you and Aaron! ❤

I wish that you guys would plant a field of lavender 💜 It would be so beautiful

I LOVE that you went into the pool clothes and all. Country girls are like that...yes we are!

Oh my gosh! I hate my dianthus for the exact same reasons, but I haven't pulled it out yet because I feel bad since it is alive and happy where it's at. I bought them at the garden center 3 years ago! 😂 I have a ground-cover phlox that I love though, it does have gorgeous super early blooms and I never do anything to it and then it just loses the blooms and looks like a gorgeous little ground cover the rest of the year.

Would love to see a progress video on your parents remodel

At some point as a mom of littles, I switched over to making any & all sweet breads in muffin tins. No more mangled loaves, no need for me to cut (and cut, and cut). I love using the Wilton cupcake batter spoons to measure the right amount for each muffin. Game changer so everyone's muffin was the same. Also, if you like peanut butter, mix some peanut butter and brown sugar together. Make your Banana bread recipe, but fill your muffin tins about 1/3rd full . Place a teaspoon +/- of the peanut butter mixture in the middle of each muffin. Top with the remaining batter, making sure to cover the peanut butter and bake as usual. My kids loved coming home from school and finding "Peanut Butter Surprise" muffins waiting for them. (Sorry, I don't really have a recipe for the peanut butter mixture, I just made it up one day to put some protein into the muffins.)

Woefully, both rudbeckia and echinacea are dear and rabbit food for me. I have both sitting out in my garden now, half eaten or eaten completely to the ground. I have to decide what I will keep and protect and what will go. Lilies are going first and I am planting allium in their place. So wish I could grow both of these plants but not worth the aggravation.

It is because you have a gift,Laura. That’s why you make it look easy❣️

When I was a kid here in UK my dad had two Jersey cows and used to milk them each morning, just sitting on a milk stool, using a metal pail. After 2 hours in the pantry we'd skim 1" of cream off the top. So delicious. Cows were very friendly and safe near us little children, dad even sat us on their backs. Lots of cow pats of course, lol.

I’ve hesitated to mention before-the dust from fertilizer. A good point from - and this from a gardener with a lung disease caused from inhaling fertilizer and other chemicals. This takes a toll over the years. Just please try to limit dropping from a standing position or wear a mask during that application. Don’t mean to get in your business - just sending love from a damaged body

Morning Laura n Aaron its so good to see you all this morning with all your knowledge love how Aaron is chiming in this morning have a wonderful day

Always enjoy how you an Aaron enact on these videos. The knowledge you both have is endless. You show respect and love for each other that is beautiful.

Love Aaron's eye roll at the mention of a cow!!

3/4 c. Brown sugar, 1/4 c. Flour, 3/4 c. Chopped pecans, 1/4 c. Melted butter. For pumpkin bread topping. I JUST made some today. It is AMAZING.

Oh my, I laughed out loud when you said a cow might be in the near future and Aaron rolled his eyes and said 'oh geez' 😂 totally reminded me of my husband and I. I keep saying that I am going to get chickens for fresh eggs and my husband is like 'are you for real?!' 😅

Thank you for offering size inclusive merch. Please consider offering ladies V-neck tees. Thanks!❤🌸

Now I know you live in Eastern Oregon. Thanks Google ❤❤❤ I love you guys, your family & Channel. The 1st vid of yours l watched, you were harvesting wheat. I've been hooked ever since. Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and E Minister ❤❤❤❤❤

It is so enjoyable listening to the banter between you and Aaron.

Losing trees is so hard. We had to take out two huge trees in February. A white maple and a pecan. They were dying slowly and we could have kept them going but bit the bullet and had them removed. The change in our yard is enormous and has been tough to adjust to. We’re looking at it as an opportunity to redevelop the yard. It’s a slow process but should be great in the end. Mourning the loss is sometimes much heavier than others.

To the lady in Montana who wanted to know about winterizing, I might add to drain garden hoses and if you have HoseLink hoses bring them inside. The sprayers break if left outside over our cold winters. I live in WI zone 4b and I learned the hard way.

A note on the tannins happening in the pond, it will eventually go away with water evap and fresh water being added in. Will just look a bit coffe-water-like for a few months. Otherwise you could do more frequent water changes to speed up the tannins being removed.

Good morning all have a safe and blessed day ❤

Totally agree with Laura about Dianthus. It's not worth planting in my area of Toledo, Ohio (6A)

I’ve watched your videos religiously for YEARS…. Started with “how to prune a rose bush” (in the townhouse). You’ve been deemed “my friend Laura” ever since. I’ve never commented before - this video got me for 2 key items that stuck a cord. 1) Aaron…. “Going to a Vikings game with my family” - you caught my heart as a born and raise MN sports fan! 💜💛🏈 (Although currently living in the border in Fargo, ND) 2) “Some people are just not socially aware.” We built a home on a 2 acre wooded lot and planned out my DREAM garden while we wait for grass to grow and winter to subside. (It’s an enclosed garden due to heavy deer, turkey, groundhog & rabbit pressure.) it was PERFECT. Someone bought the lot next to us…. Ripped out ALL the trees…. And put a TWO HUNDRED FOOT driveway ON the property line. WIth a 30’ shed at the end. (RIGHT in the property line - RIGHT behind the BEAUTIFUL garden we’ve been working on for a year. The orchard planned behind is no longer feasible due to the infrastructure (and ascetics)…. 3) And 9 of our established trees’ root systems near that edge have gotten damaged from the driveway work - according to our arborist. They need to be removed. It’s so disheartening trying to understand people’s selfish thigh processes…. They also have 2 acres and saw what we were doing… I just don’t get it. 😢

Leave the stump. It’ll be beneficial to your soil as it decomposes. Plus the nature touch is perfect. I want a clear pond too but those side benefits are a bonus. We must be patient.

In NY, we call the class FACS - Family and Consumer Science. My sixth graders have a half-year (20 weeks) of cooking and kitchen skills then a quarter of sewing and a quarter of career exploration. Classes are not segregated by gender. The classes are using small kitchens that were just reconfigured with better space allocations and new appliances. They also make videos of skills or cooking at home.

Good morning all!🥒🫑🥕🌽💐🌹🌻

I've always followed the ABC's and 3 D's of pruning. Acute angle branches, Bent branches, and Crossing branches; Disease, Dead, and Dying/Damaged branches.

These recap videos are becoming my favorite thing. I especially like it when you and Aaron chat about things that you just thought of. It’s like we are part of the conversation.

In England we use elderflowers to make cordial and wine, very nice x

Thoroughly enjoy your recap videos! I don't get a chance to watch you every day and the recap reminds me to go back and catch up. I enjoy your and Aaron's back and forth, as if I'm eavesdropping while you're sitting on one of your many benches and discussing the gardens. Thanks for all the great plant information and videos with the children included.

We have signs posted in my nursery “please do not eat produce off of the plants. Thank you” unfortunately it’s very common😕

Laura is the best tho! Such a natural at this and w the camera! Most garden people are slow and boring but she makes it so interesting! ❤

"some people are just not blessed with social awareness" and then "people exist in the world like this that you have to deal with" 😂😂😂 this totally cracked me up. I listened to this video at night in bed and lol at your comment..😂😂 love it.

My wife and I found our Desert Orchid at the Zamzow's in Nampa close to Lowe's on the Nampa Caldwell blvd. We were actually on our way out, couldn't make up our mind and thought the heck with it and we found it outside. One of the store employees said it was a return. We love it and it smells so good.

Coffee cups would be awesome to add to your merch. A lot of us watch your videos while having our coffee. Lol

Really enjoy Aaron's participation and comments on these videos.

Regarding your merch! Consider adding back v-neck Ts. I’m not a fan of crew neck but love a good v-neck❣️

I love that Aaron is a Vikings fan! My husband and I just went to a pre-season game! Love from MN!

laughed out loud at Aaron rolling his eyes when you mentioned a cow 😅

Re. writing on tags. Sharpie Extreme (not Industrial) is the one you want, if you like Sharpies. Also, Avery clear laser labels work and stay legible for years! I use the address size labels on zinc graden markers from EON Industries as well as on markers cut from vinyl window blinds. Oddly enough, pencil is long-lasting as well, and I especially like the 1.3mm mechanical pencils.

Guys, I am "for" a couple of stumps in the landscape or maybe even just moving the one that's making the water orange down to the south garden. A) they provide habitat for different benefitial insects and possbly fungi and B) they provide natural-looking interst and can be quite ornamental. Do consult a local ecologist about possible benefits/drawbacks of adding a few to your landscape though, as I am speaking from another part of the world.

My friend has a ministry called Run Hard Rest Well. One of the things that she says about rest is to do something that refreshes you. I think playing with plants in the Heartly refreshes you. Pretty much anything with plants refreshes you. Me too!

Aaron explaining how you just "know things about things/plants and are really good at it but don't know "the why" as much - describes me EXACTLY about my line of work! I'm a Vet Tech. Everyone always says I should go to school to be a Dr. With all this knowledge I have but I HATE book work and honestly don't want all that debt 🤐 Love your videos ❤

Dianthus is a pain in the Midwest, too. Blooms profusely in the spring then get shaggy looking if you don’t keep them deadheaded regularly.

I love wheat germ sprinkled on top of ice cream that’s got a little honey drizzled on top. Plus that’s where a lot of nutrients are like vit. E.

Snowball - brings a memory of driving with my mother along small rural back roads. Mom pointed out a huge snowball bush and said my aunt used to cut blooms from it for their church altar. Aunt did the flowers every week. Whenever I hear about snowball bushes, my mind is transported back to that lovely day. Huge bush in hedgerow, probably left from some long ago farm house.

My dad was a farmer. He firmly refused to get a cow after retirement, saying you can never not milk! Just throwing that out there, although I would love to see you guys do it. I'm sure the kids would be fascinated with it too.

I use an oil paint pen. Lol, the marking doesn't go away. Some see of my stakes have been in use 5 seasons.

You guys don't know it but Garden Answer joins me in my morning run at the gym 6 days a week, so thank you for such positive and uplifting content.

Yea Garden Answer video ! Thank you for the highlights as it just refreshes my mind on all the beauty we saw last.

I'm so excited at the thought of you getting a cow! Have you seen a mini Highland cow before? They are precious and you can milk them!

Anyone that sets out a pot of grass for their indoor cat is growing either wheat grass or oat grass. So yes! Wheat grows great in pots! It just looks like lovely soft grass and keeps flushing back as cats chew it down but eventually it sets seed.

Your beverage always looks so refreshing, especially with this Arizona heat!

I absolutely love your channel and have been watching just as you were discussing purchasing this original property. I have learnd so much from you. PLEASE, offer v-neck tee-shirts.❤

Really I think like you Laura the clothes were dirty especially the knees and the pond was your way of pre- rinsing you’re cloths. 😂😂😂 Love all the projects. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

You gave me the confidence to just look at my Japanese maple and take off the branches that needed to go. I grew it from a sucker in my dad's yard so it was super busy and needed to be limbed up. It's so pretty now!

Ha ha ha…Arron…rolling your eyes! 😂 …about getting a cow 😅 priceless!

My dianthus have been flowering prolifically for weeks now. Melbourne, Australia.

Your speaking of the stress to get flowers to look like the Bonide logo reminded me - we have an event that lasts all summer long, It is called the Quilt Gardens along the Heritage Trail. It is gardens shaped as specific quilt patterns spread around Elkhart County, Indiana. You have to drive it - it is spread out all over the county and it celebrates both gardening and the heritage of quilt making which is very prominent in our area.

I’m so glad you said about dianthus, I really don’t like them at all! They last such a short time and look just horrible when they’ve stopped flowering.

Laura and Aaron, I just ordered my shirt last night, and it's already shipped! Anyone wanting their merchandise it's soooo worth it, plus a great way to support our fabulous teacher 😉