I know you've said Aaron doesn't like being on camera, but I always enjoy videos when you both are interacting!! He's a natural!

Change of plans: Russell gets the theme song.

I gasped out loud when I saw that tree get run over!😳

Good Morning!! 🌞 Your excavation guy is an Operating Engineer! My husband retired after 45+ years of operating heavy equipment. It’s pretty impressive what they can do with those big machines! I love your videos and watching how you develop your property.

I still can't get over the fact that that tree was 'in the way' of that driver... soooo much space 😑🤭

Put giant red bows on each maple tree 😳 right at eye/car door window level. Festive and door dash proof

I'm sure Chad loved those glamour shots of his machinery in action - would be great for promotional material!

My husband has worked construction for 30 yrs, a truly great operator is to be treasured!

Just love to see Russel is inspecting the property and follows everywhere ... 😂🥰 soo cute

It's so exciting to see progress happening. The drone makes its so easy to understand the layout.

I'm so excited for the new property and it's not even mine. 😂

The open poles in the dumpster enclosure should have caps. If snow/water gets down them they will rust out and weaken fairly quickly. Had it happen with some of my fence posts that I didn't realize were missing their caps. Can't wait to see the continued changes on this property! Love what you guys are doing, keep these videos coming.

Would you look at that...I can’t draw a straight line on paper. Chad makes beautiful lines. That driveway will be spectacular. Great drone shots Aaron.

Have the old property owners come by to see what you have done with your place? Ifound your channel about 10 minths ago and have learned so much. I enjoy watching you guys so much. It is almost as if you are talking right to us. No scripts, yay! I have discovered so many plants watching your channel. I am now obsessed with heucharas and nine barks and have a bunch now! I get a piece of paper out and take notes while watching your videos. It is really nice to see the plants and trees in your space and how you use them, along with how things have worked and not worked for you. I am in zone 4 and get frustrated sometimes not being able to get some of the plants you are able to, but I did get a corral berry, but no beauty berry for me... We get "invested" in your life and the development of your property and it is so fun! Thank you!

I love how Russell follows you two around like a puppy, or a supervisor.

"I like where your brains at"..."that's why you keep me around" lol...progress, looks good

Watching the progression of what’s going to be an estate is fun! Y’all are good planners, complimenting each other’s strong points. 🥰

Great video, I love it when Arron gets involved, he has such a knack of bringing some comedy into the channel. Cant wait for the 7th, excited for you guys! Progress is slow but worth it

Who watches Benjamin while you guys do projects? Love your channel!

What would a video be without Russell? How could you not love such a devoted friend.

Leave the outlet and when you cut in new gardens and plant trees you might want that spot for a new pondless waterfall that will need some electrical for the pump. :)

So precious that Russell finds you and wants to be with his humans. Miss my sister cats so much. Enjoy seeing your kitty's so much. ❤

Love watching excavation equipment, such artistry in the hands of an engineer. So excited to see this transformation and really appreciate you taking us along every step of the way.

Chad is a Heavy Equipment Operator

Great team work. It's great to see how everyone working together helps things go smoother...... Even Russell is part of the team.🐱

Congratulations on seeing your dreams come true. 🙌

I almost spit my coffee out laughing at footage of the DD incident. There is so much room to NOT hit the tree. How does that happen?! 🤣

It’s fun to see how excited Aaron is about the new property. The door dash delivery Debacle cracks up every time you replay the footage . That poor tree 😂

Hi Laura. I missed some videos so I went back. There is no dull moment with you guys always a new project and....Russell. After seeing the reaction of your grandparents’ cat when you were petting him, I have decided that you are a cat whisperer 😀

Aaron and Laura - that was really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Drone shots are awesome Aaron!

What a dream to work your own land! The two of you are doing quite a dream home.

Just light the trunks of the young trees for the drive. Just sharing a thought. 😉

You guys are a true inspiration to folks who need a shot of encouragement and confidence in tackling projects like these.

Believe me when I say what you guys are doing is my home and property DREAM, but do you ever worry that having such a large piece of perfectly landscaped land could be hard to sell in your small town setting? Or do you worry that if you were to sell, the property won’t be taken care of? I’m worried about that for myself and we only have a half acre! Maybe just make sure the buyer is a Garden Answer Groupie haha. Thank you guys so much, you’re a constant inspiration. 💗💗💗

Hi Laura and Aaron, Donna here! Love what you're doing marrying the two properties! Just a little insight into building a road that will be mostly maintenance free. We live in the exact same zone as you guys, even down to our lovely alkaline soil! We have a long drive way like yours and took the time to build a shale base and domed it in the middle like your excavator man suggested. We have had little to no upkeep on the drive way in 35 years! We also have a business on our property which adds many more vehicles a day than just regular residential traffic! Hope this helps!

Watching this in 2023 it’s amazing how far the property has come!

Cats are so curious. Russell and Cheddar seem just as interested in the new driveway as we are!

I love watching the orange panther admire his new lands. 👑 🐈

Any excuse for heavy machinery! Love how Russell owned the excavator. Thanks for the update on the maple hit + run. Still cannot believe she ran it over with that much space and didn't come back to own up to her mistake.

Love watching your videos on Saturday morning, no work, woke up at 4am put on my head phones & enjoying watching your property expand, so beautiful out there.

Can’t wait to see the electrical poles out and the driveway finished. Then comes the plants!! Love these updates.

I started watching spring 2020 and now hooked. My wife started in 2018 and the quality of our flowers in 2019 got my attention and she introduced me to Garden Answer. For example, our old fashioned hydrangeas bloomed for the first time in 5 years after she followed your advice and fed them Rose-tone. We love the follow-up vlogs. Glad Aaron is wearing a mic, enjoy his comments and your discussions as you plan and workout challenges. The video quality is very good and the editing deserves an award. FYI: our plants are 80% PW, I have Rose, Bulb, Plant and Bio-Tone on my shelves AND have my own Felcos.

I honestly don't think I would have a clue what to do with property that big. But I'm getting such a kick out of watching these two know exactly what they want and starting to get it done.

I am really enjoying getting to see and hear more of Aaron these days! He’s lovely!

I feel you (on a MUCH smaller scale). Before I could do any landscaping at our house we had to dig a French drain, build a deck and retaining wall, and lay a cement walkway and patio. It took a few years to be able to tackle the un-fun stuff, and I got so sick of the mud and weeds, but I’m so glad we did it that way. This year the gardens are finally coming into their own after a few years’ time to establish (and LOTS of clearance plants later 🙃). It’s exciting to track the progress when we look back at old pictures.

Love to see the whole process of working a raw piece of land from start to finish!

I’m so inspired! You gave me the confidence to start a complete yard re-landscape project on our house... Contractor hired and plans drawn up. Thank you so much!

I love to listen to your banter to problem solve and decide what you want

I really enjoy watching the process of projects like this. Do you plan to have an area for a playground for the kids? Or do you already have one and I’ve missed it on your videos? I still have a lot of catching up to do on your channel lol. It would be so nice to see a child size garden...that would be so inspiring!

The title of Chad is, heavy equipment operator, and when its virgin land like that its called, pioneering. The driveway should be slightly higher than natural ground with a crown in middle so water drains to either side of driveway, which ends up draining off and out towards main drainages. Otherwise you'll end up with soggy wet spots that'll end up being soft spots which will turn out to be pot holes in the future.😕

What a fun video to watch you describe and show what is happening and what’s going to happen on your property. Watching and listening to the two of you planning everything together is the best!! I feel bad for couples who don’t share common interests and I see that too often. I have married family members and married friends who light up with enthusiasm when they tell about projects they’re working on together. It’s pretty cool and their kids enjoy it too. Everyone in the proverbial boat is rowing in the same direction. It’s nice. Picture a year from now in November 2021 how different this landscape will look. Woot woot!!

Always enjoy seeing you and Aaron working together. A great team you make.

Aaron going great thinking ahead on future needs. Good job

Love to see yours and Erin’s excitement over every step closer to how you have envisioned your property looking and functioning. So sad to see the poor little tree being run over. 😪

Aaron and you do a great job showing what is happening on your property. It will be wonderful when its all complete. I enjoy all of your videos. Love your family very much

I’m glad you are making your driveway a wide one. You never can know if you will order something big enough to require a big truck to get it in. Or if there will be work on the house or barn or trees that call for heavy equipment that needs brought in. It gives you more flexability and that is such a blessing when unexpected situations arise.

I loved seeing how the cat is listening and observing as you point things out 🙂

Thank you so much for sharing these types of videos. My husband and I enjoy and spend a lot of time working in our yard, as well as, working on home and/or property improvements. There's so much thought, planning, time and work that goes into our projects, but we always look forward to them. Maybe that's why I enjoy watching your project videos as much as your gardening ones. Keep 'me coming. Can't wait to see what happens next.

In order to get gold, there's a lot of work before you see and enjoy the shine; same here, some mudd, hard work, but you will see and enjoy the shine. Goodluck with everything, you two deserve it.

Cheddar & Russell checking out where the dumpster went lol 💗😻😉🧤👒🐨🦘🇦🇺

LOVE absolutely love how well thought out Aron is with preparing for those things. I do the same for us, but boyfriend always questions why, now the greenhouse is in place and the garden shed is coming he understands completely 😅

That was really interesting! I don't think I'll get it all spatially till it's done but love seeing the process. It's amazing the amount of planning that goes into the infrastructure! Since you've established yourselves as a John Deere family it was a bit shocking to see that Case sitting there on the property ! Lol - Farmer joke !!

Love how real you both are, thank you for showing how you transform your areas. Can’t wait to see it all come together 😀😀

Watching these projects evolve has been an unexpected joy this year. I never thought I would be enthralled by watching graders make a driveway, but it happened! Thanks for bringing us along!

Love that Russell always finds you and follows you around the property.

What a fun video...thanks for taking us along for the ride !!Eddie is a master...the enclosure he bulit is beautiful !! the soil is looking pretty good that Chad dug down to...no white dust stuff !! Nice to have Aaron in so much of the video !!

Russell running after you guys cracks me up. Lol. I think it's really neat to watch the whole process unfold. Thank you for sharing

My husband, my tractor man AKA Dr Destructo 😂 overheard this video and yelled out “Chad is a heavy equipment operator!!” 😂

I loved the "excavator moving dirt" music! Perfect choice! Not sure who does the picking but it was perfect!

So did you ever forward that video to Door Dash to let them know that one of their drivers destroyed one of your trees?! As a company, if they want to remain reputable, they need to replace or pay for any damages of that tree.

What a clever idea with the dumpster latches when the doors are open.

One of the things I love so much about you and your projects are the way things are neat and tidy. Driveways are lined up, rows were spaced evenly in your cut garden, after planting in a flower bed you make sure and blow off the excess soil, and debris, I could go on and on. Thank you so much for all the wonderful videos.

Hi Laura, You said this wasn't the prettiest project but I love it! I love to see the dark soil and to experience thru you and Aaron the start to goal (I am sure that it is not the finish). We never got to see that little belly of yours with all your jackets and cover ups. I can't wait to see that precious little one and to see what big brother has to say about her! You know you need to buy him something very special and wrap and give it to him just before you show him his little sister. That way he does not feel that she is more special. God bless you and your little family, Patty S.

I love the new property series, it's so satisfying to see things evolve from the wasteland at the start. Thank you for bringing us along every step of this huge project.

Russell is all about it checking everything out.

You guys need to work in a bike trail around the property for the kids when they're older. It would be so fun!!

This is so oddly satisfying to watch! Posts in the back of the dumpster enclosure are great idea plus that shed looks so nice. Love Chad's work!

Thanks, that was very interesting. Judging by how the bigger dumpster enclosure looks better I hope you think about Aaron's compost area. That's one huge pile you have of garden waste. Make sure you plan large enough that you don't regret the size later.

i LOVE vids like this. to me hardscaping is just as exciting & fun as planting! it's going to look amazing you guys!

I need to find myself an Eddie! I haven't been able to find a reliable handy man in my city.

I love that Aaron is more visible in the videos and that you guys discuss the plans together on camera and of course Russell is an added bonus 🐈❤🐈

Go Aaron Go! Look at you all natural and talkative in front of the camera!! Yay!

Totally laughing as your shadow Russell in the background hangs out on the tire as the king of his castle!

i LOVE watching this kind of thing!! Chad is quite the skilled driver; i find it fascinating to watch these guys do their work - so much finesse with those giant machines... will your big trucks be able to get in and turn around, etc? look at the changes y'all are making - is it weird that i'm as excited as you are??? (probably), oh well..🤣i love how Russell and Cheddar supervise everything y'all do 　 your property is going to look so different and amazing!!! it's also interesting to watch y'all talk things out: y'all make a really good team, complementing each other well... that's going to be such a great place for Benjamin and Baby Girl to run and play and ride bikes and etc... fun fun fun!! congratulations on another project getting checked off the list!! thanks for the video!!

Benjamin must be in heaven everytime Chad comes with his big machines!! As someone with a long laneway you may want to rethink keeping that road level and bump it up a bit for rain and melting snow run off. Food for thought.

Lots of changes coming! Looking forward to watching the progress.

Does anyone else feel Russell should have his own gopro and channel? And probably a theme song. 😊 The new driveway is exciting, can't wait to see the new grounds take shape... Happily many more hours of you tubing... Thank you Laura and Aaron. Quick question are you adding all the services to your map for future reference?

Love this video, it’s so nice to see the big picture of things to come.

might not be the prettiest project but seeing that dumpster get tucked into the new enclosure and imagining that new area all spiffed up is very exciting. also, sending good energies to your poor tree.

The footage was sweet. Excellent cut.

I really enjoyed this and imagining all the new plantings in the future!

Hahaha! when you said your cousin took every bit of it I thought you were talking about the gravel. But you were talking about the fence lol

Love how much you two laugh and chuckle together. Truly a gift many don’t have in their relationships. Thank you for sharing your lives with all of us.

I truly believe there's something wrong with the door dash drivers peripheral vision and not the tree!

You can put colored flood lights to shine up into the trees, it would be really pretty.

My father owned a Boring Company and operated heavy equipment that would install pipeline under freeways, etc. for electrical or pipe for drainage. It's really good that you remembered that Aaron. As you said, so much easier now that nothing is there to get in the way and you will definitely need it. Looking really good all around!

I'm glad you checked in on the tree that the driver hit. I was wondering. So cool to see all this coming together.

I love how Russell looks like he's checking out the grass as well. Like he completely understands everything you're talking about and he is inspecting the job. 😄

We’ve gotten a property 2 years almost now and we’ve converted it into an olive orchid. You work gives me lots of ideas and solutions, thank you :) ! Cheers you two