July Container Garden Tour | Front Rooftop Deck Garden

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11 ай бұрын

Hello! My name is Bethany and I grow things in my rooftop container garden in Chicago, zone 6a. In this video, I'll show you what my garden looks like at the beginning of June.
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~ Wood elevated beds: gronomics.com/all-elevated-ga...
~ 30-gallon grow bags: amzn.to/3C4tvZU
~ 7-gallon black grow bags: parkseed.com/smart-pot-fabric...
~ 5 and 7 gallon beige grow bags: amzn.to/3qgiWjR
~ Flower cart: amzn.to/43unbGU
~ Table and chairs: old from Wayfair
~ Wheels for 30-gallon grow bags: amzn.to/3qfRxib
~ Caddy for smaller plants: amzn.to/3WIhjra
~ ProvenWinners drip irrigation: www.provenwinners.com/waterwise
~ Carpathen drip irrigation: amzn.to/3OLiCUk
~ Side plant stands for herb rack: amzn.to/3WOu7fH
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@christlyngrayson3850 11 ай бұрын

You don't have a large amount of space but this is a perfect example of when life gives you lemons you make delicious lemonade 😊. I just love it.Yum Yum!

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@imeldamayer-taylor2783 11 ай бұрын

Glorious flowers and blooms, colours, colours and more.😍😍. I really like your container garden, well done👏😍👏

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! My color scheme up here is “as many colors as possible”!

@virtualdude2012 11 ай бұрын

Amazing hello from Ia

@PM.68 Ай бұрын

perfect grz frm belgium

@evahaynes4438 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely Beautiful❤🎉. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks

@ChicagoGardener 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@danaweiss6359 11 ай бұрын

Wow, wow, wow! Fantastic color and progression from June! You are doing an amazing job - can’t wait to see the back garden!

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@CharMac76 11 ай бұрын

Your garden is so beautiful! I’m very impressed with how much you have in that space. The ground cherries are so yummy! I have 3 in my garden. 😊

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Do you mostly eat them raw or do you do anything else with them?

@patriciacostales7919 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. The garden is looking amazing.

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@MyCornerOnline 11 ай бұрын

Wow. Amazing. Hello from Missouri

@brendadespain43 11 ай бұрын

Your garden always inspires me! Gorgeous 🤩

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@cpaslick1 11 ай бұрын

It looks amazing --so gorgeous! Everything looks so healthy 🙂

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@barbaraghose8226 11 ай бұрын

Gorgeous rooftop garden vibrant with colors and beautiful gardener💐❤️

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica 11 ай бұрын

Gorgeous container garden tour!

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@KaliHuntArt 11 ай бұрын

Looks beautiful

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@AJsGreenThumbLLC 11 ай бұрын

Gorgeous! Just a riot of color! I am looking forward to the back garden.

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

The more colors the better!!

@cacticollector6542 11 ай бұрын

First time seeing your channel new subscriber here. I’m so impressed with how well you can grow everything in containers 😍❤

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It’s been easier than I was expecting when I first started!

@LindaLolaa 11 ай бұрын

Your gomphrena looks great! My orange & carmine gomphrena are all floppy and disheveled looking after all the rain we have been getting. I have to now support them to get the stems to grow upright cause I am getting some wonky looking stems! However my light pink gomphrena is totally fine and very sturdy because I think it is a more bushier variety.

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Omg yes! I noticed that last year, the pink and purple are much bushier and sturdier with shorter stems.

@michellefrance1165 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful ❤❤❤ love it!! Is the mystery plant milkweed?

@nancyhajeski3360 19 күн бұрын

I'm a new subscriber and a fellow container fan who is delighted to have discovered your amazing roof garden vlog. I was wondering what you use to fertilize your pots to keep the blooms coming.

@ChicagoGardener 19 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! I’m not tied to any particular brand but what I use the most often is Fox Farm for my veggies and proven winners water soluble for my flowers. I try to remember to fertilize once a week but it’s actually probably more like every two weeks 😆

@lilacmile 11 ай бұрын

Gaillardia (blanket flower), pentas (star flower) and ageratum (Mexican paintbrush or floss flower)? 17:51

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Screenshotting this so I don’t forget.

@michellejames5953 11 ай бұрын

It looks like maybe “blue horizon” ageratum

@privateperson5769 11 ай бұрын

Are you kidding me ! The flowers have grown so much so quick Looking really awesome 🌸🌹🌺Love it so much. Well done you. I love the way you have them arranged , not just a big mess of containers and plants like at my place lol I wish I could get my zinnias to grow like that ..do you fertilise your zinnias? Love that salvia and the Gaillardia

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! I fertilize the zinnias with a bloom boosting fertilizer about once a week.

@patriciaanderson2955 2 ай бұрын

Looks like butterfly weed.

@szilviakecskes3208 11 ай бұрын

Hi Bethany, are you going to make a summer flower tour in Chicago? I was in Chicago in April this year and loved the parks and gardens, it would be good to see how it looks in summer. Your rooftop garden is also beautiful! Greetings from Budapest

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

That’s a great idea! I’ll grab some video of the different gardens we visit this summer around Chicago.

@szilviakecskes3208 11 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to see them😊 thank yo so much! Have good weekend!

@marilynruggeberg 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful Garden. Your Blanket Flower, Guillardia? Is perennial.

@josephburns8787 11 ай бұрын

Looking great. So much color. How often do you feed your gomphrena? Mine as so much smaller.

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

About once a week but I did start them indoors in mid-March!

@qingaltaffer8432 11 ай бұрын

Love your deck garden! Absolutely gorgeous! Your strawberry plants are doing so well. What do you think if the strawberry leaves are curled up? Too much sun or too crowded in the planter… Anyways thanks for the video. Really enjoyed it!

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Are the leaves still green or are there any spots or white powdery mildew on them?

@qingaltaffer8432 11 ай бұрын

@@ChicagoGardener it looks like they have white powdered mildew

@brendenrauch2631 11 ай бұрын

Hello Bethany! Fellow Chicago gardener here too. At 17:38 you show a pot. The orange flowers look like a type of Coreopsis and the one on the right looks a bit like Joe Pye. Annuals or perennials?

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

I think they’re all perennials for my zone but I’m going to treat them like annuals

@Sweetlady1916 11 ай бұрын

Omg, your garden has flourished.❤❤ Do you get powdery mildew on your zinnas??

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

I got it a lot on my zinnias the first year when I purchased the plants. I’ve had less of an issue once I only started growing zinnias I started from seed. I don’t know if there’s an actual reason for that but that’s what I’ve noticed 😆 This year I haven’t had any powdering mildew issues bc it’s been abnormally dry.

@sheliafears591 11 ай бұрын

I love everything. Where is the herb stands from? ❤ It looks like it 3 tiered

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

It’s from gardeners supply!

@brixandblooms 11 ай бұрын

You could grow vertically to fit more on the deck.

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

I’ve been thinking of adding a greenstalk! It’s windy up here but I’ve heard they can handle the wind.

@adrianhall1045 11 ай бұрын

Love your container garden. Do you get slugs that eat your leaves? If so, how do you control them? Help, I'm trying to get my container garden going!

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

I don’t get a ton of slugs! I think being up so high helps. I’ve only ever found two in the years I’ve gardened and I think they came in with the plants I got from the garden center.

@jerryp2790 11 ай бұрын

beautiful garden! do you pinch the apical meristem off of your zinnias when they’re young?

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I didn’t this year bc all of my zinnias are planted slightly closer together than recommended so I didn’t want to make them bushier. But I still get a ton of blooms throughout the season even when I don’t pinch!

@susandavidson3610 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful 😮 Do you grow from seed or purchase plants or sets ?

@ChicagoGardener 5 ай бұрын

Most of the flowers I grow from seed. Veggies are usually starts I purchase because I only grow one or two of each!

@caracoates4834 11 ай бұрын

Milkweed ?

@debbiewiseman1 2 ай бұрын

For the petunias …do you have to always remove the dead ones?

@ChicagoGardener 2 ай бұрын

Supertunias you don’t have to deadhead which is one reason I love them!

@susanherley8450 11 ай бұрын

Do you pinch your dahlias? I am trying both ways. One pinched one not. I also joined the American Dahlia Society MW northern suburbs. You sure have a green thumb with petunias. Mine get scraggly even if cut back

@ChicagoGardener 11 ай бұрын

Do you grow the proven winners supertunias? They do the best for me! I pinched half of the dahlias last year and didn’t notice much of a difference so this year I’m just letting them be!

@dibyansuchoudhury9847 Ай бұрын

Please visit India to explore real nature and hospitality ❤🇮🇳🙏

@latinlily2883 11 ай бұрын

Butterfly weed?

@Mina-12128 12 күн бұрын

Eden brothers wildflower mix is NOT native. That company, like many others, unfortunately, knowingly lie to their customers about this. Cornflower and garden cosmos are not native to usa. (Timestamp around 28:00) You planted the Echinacea and milkweed which is native. Not that hard for companies to be honest. I have seen so many people throw those invasive wildflower packs from eden brothers into huge landscapes thinking they were planting native. Eden brothers wants people to do that. They share on their page of customers calling the regional packs "native" and they do not correct it! In the descriptions of their packaging, some are labeled only as "wildflower" (which is manipulative) and some ARE labeled as "native," which I think was a mistake on their part as that was the intended marketing but not something I think they actually wanted to post on their page. I used to get stuff from there but it's so hard to support them after learning about that.