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Post by bjd on Dec 5, 2022 10:04:40 GMT
Now that for most of us gardening is slowing down, I have been looking at gardening videos on YouTube. I look at two in particular, one American and one English although a title sometimes draws me to look at some others.
The American one is Garden Answer, which I like a lot although of course, right now there is not much going on in her garden (USDA zone 6 so it's winter), but over the past 6 years or more, there are many informative videos about garden design, care , plants for specific situations...
The English one is The Middle-Sized Garden. She shows her own garden in Kent, but often interviews gardeners at estates or growers for tips about plants.
How about you? Any gardening videos that you find particularly useful.
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Post by bjd on Dec 9, 2022 8:07:35 GMT
Thanks for moving all those previous videos, Bixa. I had totally forgotten that there was already a thread about them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 9, 2022 8:39:36 GMT
The American one is Garden Answer, which I like a lot although of course, right now there is not much going on in her garden (USDA zone 6 so it's winter), but over the past 6 years or more, there are many informative videos about garden design, care , plants for specific situations... The English one is The Middle-Sized Garden. She shows her own garden in Kent, but often interviews gardeners at estates or growers for tips about plants. I like this youtube channel -- great title: The Middle-Sized Garden, but no bells & whistles. It's all about information, although the presenter shows excellent photos and videos to illustrate each episode. www.youtube.com/channel/UC9l0mKCZRMJCZ-UFwDgrUjwAs you see, I've been a fan for a while. Let's all provide links to our recommendations, if possible, okay?
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Post by bjd on Jan 1, 2023 11:56:27 GMT
Another video I sometimes watch is Paul T's world. He is just an ordinary sort of guy, not a professional, essentially the same gardening zone as me, and he always has a robin hopping around in his garden. [from Bixa:] Edited this post twice -- once because video link was defaulting back to this post, and again because video can't be viewed from forum. Here are links to other Paul T's World garden videos on youtube: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+An+Evening+tour+with+Me+-+My+English+Garden+-+June+2022
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Post by bjd on Feb 9, 2023 9:24:59 GMT
Another video I have started watching is Linda Vater in Oklahoma City. When I first started, her fancy huge house seemed totally out of my league, but she is really enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Furthermore, she has just moved into a smaller house with an blank slate garden so it will be interesting to see what she does.
Here is a video about a beautiful smaller garden which makes me feel like ripping out my lawn, but of course I won't
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Post by casimira on Feb 9, 2023 16:55:00 GMT
Thanks for posting those BJD.
I have been binging on garden videos of late as I edge closer to creating a fresh landscape over at the new homestead.
So many people have expressed to me how they hope I recreate my previous garden but, they don't realize that the space I had and the space I have now are vastly different.
There is less space in the front where I get the most morning sun is much smaller and limited in many ways leading way to adapting and adopting a different overall design. At the same time, I want to incorporate a similar "feel" to the former garden.
First and foremost is creating a "living wall" along the property line between a not so nice adjacent neighbor. The space between our homes is very narrow, just wide enough to fulfill the code requirement.
The fence between the two properties is 7 feet tall and I would like to introduce an extension/attachment of @ 3 feet with plantings that will allow for more privacy for us both. I am excited about this project and realize that there will be much trial and error involved bearing in mind the different angles and varying degrees of light along the approximately 60 'length. Climbing roses of course with seasonal vines introduced and incorporated together.
So, the ideas introduced and already experimented with from many different videos is exciting and all those I have discussed it with are very keen on the idea.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 10, 2023 6:24:55 GMT
Of, for quick results... kudzu!
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Post by casimira on Feb 10, 2023 15:31:50 GMT
Gratefully kudzu is not prevalent here but there are other invasive vines that are difficult to keep at bay.
Curiously kudzu has many medicinal properties (alcohol use disorder, diabetes, heart disease and menopausal symptoms among others).
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 10, 2023 17:26:59 GMT
Kudzu was so prevalent where I grew up that the tendrils reaching out from the woodlot next door used to scare me. Every day they were a foot longer.
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Post by bjd on May 18, 2023 6:15:48 GMT
Here is something for you, Bixa! At least the beginning -- I thought of you as soon as I started watching:
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Post by bixaorellana on May 19, 2023 7:20:54 GMT
Ooooooo!!! Just now seeing this ~ thanks so much! Except for being young, attractive, and clean & well groomed in the garden, she could be me in terms of her enthusiasm for the mower. Everything she says is almost word for word what I say about my little champ mower. I was back out there today, first with my trusty scythe and then with my darling little whooshing grass cutter. Video lady is going over fairly short, decent grass. I, however, have been contending with wiry weeds, uneven ground with holes and ant mounds, plus everything being overgrown. But my little 14" manual mower & I are turning the back forty into something that almost looks like a lawn.
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Post by bjd on May 19, 2023 7:46:44 GMT
Bixa, video lady is in her 60s I think. If you look at any of her old videos, she has done a great job of designing her garden since January when she moved in. Lots of old videos and a book exist about her previous garden. She is in Oklahoma City. There is a long recap of what she has done since she moved in: . She claims now that she doesn't have 30 years ahead of her so is having things done, unlike in her previous garden.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 19, 2023 17:29:04 GMT
Bjd, 60s is a distant memory to this anyport lady. I did look her up last night on google. She must have run out of space in her previous garden. This development of this one will be interesting to watch.
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Post by bjd on May 19, 2023 18:57:49 GMT
I don't think she ran out of space. I have been watching her videos for a few months and she said she and her husband decided it was time for a change of house and neighbourhood. The old house was a big, fancy Tudor-style house. As for the garden, she claimed that she didn't miss the old one because it had become a question of upkeep rather than designing a new space.
I just looked her up and found that she was born in December 1956, so that is not such a great age difference!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 20, 2023 2:42:30 GMT
It is 8.36 years. Not to worry -- my Truper Poma-14 will keep me young.
To be honest, whereas I admire her energy and commitment & the enormous amount of work put into the old house's garden, I don't care for the results. It just seems like too much of everything.
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Post by bjd on Jul 20, 2023 8:17:37 GMT
There is another gardening video I watch regularly: Jim Putnam in North Carolina. www.youtube.com/@jimputnamHis garden is mostly bushes and some flowers. What I like is that he is extremely knowledgeable, used to own a plant nursery, and when he gives details about plants he always gives the botanical name, the hardiness zones (both maximum and minimum) and how the plants actually behave. He has various playlists on different topics, and on Sundays he answers questions that people ask. Adding that Putnam emphasizes improving soil instead of using a lot of fertilizer.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2023 21:54:04 GMT
Good stuff! I just watched the video on gardenias & learned a lot.
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Post by bjd on Oct 11, 2023 18:37:55 GMT
I have mostly been watching Jim Putnam's videos since he is the most informative and funny. I just found these where he visits a former horticulture professor who claims gardening has to be fun. It sure looks as though he enjoys himself.
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Post by bjd on Oct 15, 2023 7:53:38 GMT
I just found this Youtube channel: Green Island Gardens. They are in Colchester, England. I clicked on one about salvias and looked at a couple about year-round garden interest.
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