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I was encouraged by my husband to get into plants 4 years ago and it sparked a joy inside of me. I found your channel during covid and jumped right in. I lost my sweet husband almost 2 years ago to cancer and in my darkest hours of grief I would turn on your videos just for the noise and distraction. I continue to learn from you and carry on my love of plants for my late husband. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, wonderful life, and sweet family with the world. -Jessica
I know he must be with you every moment you are in the garden 💞 🪴
@@pollytiks3885I agree 🙏🏻🥰
❤🙏 So sorry for your loss, but so blessed by your new found interest and how it's connected to your hubby. ❤🌸⚘
So sorry about your husband, I lost my husband 15yrs ago but it seem like yesterday he also loved gardening, he was so proud of his lawn (he reminded me of Aaron) I was not to touch it. Gardening helps me with my grieving and God.
Oh goody! I love when Laura begins with , “I got totally carried away when I was down at the garden center…” 😃
Best days in the garden are days that begin with that sentence!
“I got totally carried away at the garden center” is a phrase we’ve all said 😂 New T-shirt idea!
Enjoy Nature Today Everyone!
Hi Laura, a comprehensive and productive video. Thank you. Three years ago I could not save a plant if my life depended on it. It was thanks to this channel that I now have a deep appreciation for gardening and I can not plant enough or fast enough. I find this channel very inspiring, hopeful, relaxing and full of wisdom. I also check in at the end of the week on your highlight channel to see if there is anything I missed, and I appreciate also hearing Aaron’s input. Happy gardening. 🧤
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@@melindaplunkett2247 I’m in a different country so the products used in these videos are not accessible to me. I follow Laura’s advise and speak to my local garden centre. Good luck.
@@melindaplunkett2247 Absolutely
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every year we hear: "I'm planting fewer tomatoes".. every year we hear: "I got carried away...".. 🤣and we LOVE it!!! so much information in this video!! how in the world do you remember all that, lol... great stuff... another epic year in the making and we get to go along!! 🥰❤thanks for the video!! 🥰❤
My husband let me go to two local garden centers BY MYSELF so I’m not taking full blame for the results 😅 at least it was Mother’s Day so we can call it “gifts”
He should have known how dangerous that decision was! 😂
I planted 20 tomato plants this year (3 6-packs, and 2 had bonus plants). I planted lots of cucumbers too! Here's hoping for an awesome harvest for us all!!
You must have a big family!
I planted one plant lol 😢😂
I loved Laura's explanation of the different types of tomatoes.
You are the Energizer Bunny! Love it! Please show us an update on your sister and Mom's raised beds as well. Such an inspiration. Thank you Laura and Aaron!
I love seeing someone else with dirty finger nails! That is a sign mental health therapy is working! Love your channel
"Why not?" She cracks me up. I love watching how experience has taught her so that her process now is so efficient. I learn so much from her and recommend Garden Answer to beginner gardeners all the time.
Morning Everyone 🍃🌸🍃
What I love so much is that it doesn’t matter that my garden space is very small - the info is perfect for me and I love watching Laura plant her immense gardens!
Good morning Laura and family I'm 2 days behind on watching your videos, I've been busy with my yard, we've had rain here in the Oklahoma Panhandle USDA ZONE 6b ( Texas County) Thank you God, today we get a break from the rain so back to work on my yard. Can't wait to see all of those tomato plants with fruit, thank you Laura for sharing your amazing property you all have come a long way, have a wonderful rest of the day and weekend 👋🙂🌱🌷🌹🌸
Good morning! 🌻🐝
Buying plants and gardening are two separate hobbies😉
Totally agree! I start a lot from seed but shopping at the nursery is so fun 🌻
Looks like so much fun! I love your sharing heart! We all know whatever you can't use will be given away to people that will appreciate it. Thank you and Aaron for always being so kind and giving to your family, friends and community. Last year I grew so much I was giving bushels of things away. And you know what, it made my heart so happy to be able to do that. Like you I just love watching things grow and become these glorious plants. And being able to share what a package or two of seeds, a small plant and such can produce is an amazing feeling. ❤️🥰⚘️🌲👩🌾👨🌾
Laura in a previous video: I'm not getting too many tomatoes this year. Only the ones we will use. Laura after seeing all the tomatoes at the garden center: Well, we have extra acreage, I think I will just pick up 42 extra plants. Why not 🤷🏼♀️ 🤣🤣
That's exactly what I remember her saying. She just can't help herself. Ha
The best part was she said she would give a lot of those away! What a blessing she is to friends, family and community!
She knows her people are struggling this year and is a kind soul
We knew that would happen! 😂😂🤣🤣
I think this is one of the main reasons her following keeps growing....she is absolutely so relatable to all of us. We were suppose to move next month, and it got pushed back. I swore I was not going to buy any summer annuals so I don't have to move them....last week went to a farmers market that was selling PW for $4 a pot....walked out with 11 plants 😅
Holy Moly-I had no idea there was so much to learn about tomatoes! I’m going to try growing them for the first time, and this video certainly provided much needed information. Thanks for sharing!
It’s so fun, good luck!!
When you said the cut garden is starting its third year in the back corner location! Wow! We need an evolution update of the flower garden from when it was first installed. Just pictures! Each year we learn and grow along with you. Thanks for spreading the love of gardening.
sitting here watching you talk about tomatoes and I look out to see ypur beautiful trees in bloom.
A story regarding sprawling indeterminate tomatoes.... I grew up in PA near Valley Forge. Our house was built in 1954? (not sure exact year) by 1974 there were some issues with the cesspool. My father installed a french drain after he had "dealt" with the main issues with it. After he had filled in the 20 ft long trench we planted our tomatoes. When my sister got married in August '74, we set up the reception tent next to the tomato plants. At that point we were getting good production from the plants although they were only about 3 ft tall. By the time we harvested all the tomatoes prior to the first killing frost the plants closest to the cesspool had broken the stakes and sprawled to a 6-8 ft diameter circular area. The main stems of the plants were 2" thick. The tomatoes were enormous (we had planted beefsteak) and amazing flavor. We harvested everything. We put the green tomatoes on newspaper on the ping-pong table in the basement and we had tomatoes ripening through Christmas. My grandmother also made a lot of green tomatoes pickle that year. Since I have lived in North TX (North of Dallas) the last 40 years, I've never had such a good experience with tomato growing as I did in 1974 in Pennsylvania.
Glad to see that you have Celebrity Tomato, my late father developed the All American tomato 🍅
I loved Laura's explanation of the different types of tomatoes.Thank you for sharing your knowledge,
L0L I think us gardeners that have been gardening for a while have usually overdone it with the seed starting! But I love it, I’m addicted!
Gardening has taught me patience and the joy of watching something grow from a tiny seed into a beautiful plant.
I have a 3 year old Fire Away Hot & Heavy pepper. Zone 10. I messaged Proven Winners how to winter them over and they had never done it. They told me to let them know. 😂 I treat it like a jalapeño.
Can confirm, the pepper thing isn't an old wives tale. Two years ago I planted sweet peppers and jalapenos near each other and those sweet peppers were so spicy. Happened to a friend as well, same year.
Your gardens look so good, can’t wait to see how you develop this new property. Here in south of MA we got a freezing alert last night! We had to cover and bring plants in. Our weather is just crazy, we usually have the 4 seasons in one week.
You are such a breath of fresh air! Love watching your videos. I wish I had 1/3 of your energy and drive.
me too 😊
Sun dried tomatoes stored in olive oil for extra winter use ❤ 🍅🍔🍕🌮 Love the new space...wonder if could grow vines on arbor tunnel trellis. Hanging pumpkins to walk under...or small watermelons. 🐞Garden donations to food banks this yr is such a good relief effort.🐝
You are my favorite gardener. I love your spirit and how knowledgeable you are.
Good morning everyone!🤗❤️ Have a blessed week!🤗🤗 Hopefully I will be planting my tomatoes shortly!
I've seen people make comments about needing merch with different sayings and I think we need to add "I didn't plan on planting this many, but here we are" to the list 🤣🤣
I remember when you started the cut flower garden in your 'white soil'. It was so strange to see! This time I get to work along with you in a way building my new gardens healthy soil while you work on your new land.
We're also planting in a previously unused part of our property. We've spent the last few months clearing trees and grinding stumps. It'll be interesting to see how our crops do in the soil. Several years of leaf litter decaying on it has probably been beneficial😁
Looks great! 2 of my grandchildren helped me plant our peppers and tomatoes yesterday! Looks like I am right on track! LOL! We are going for our corn next! Thank you Laura and May God Bless you and yours!
Good morning gardening family
Good morning
Such an informative video! WHO knew?
You are SUCH a hard worker!💪🏼 THANK YOU for always sharing your process as well as the (gorgeous) outcome! 🤩
Thank you Laura so much for sharing all your talents with us! We get to live vicariously through you! And by the way your hair looked really nice today!
Thank you for being so informative! I noticed my tomato plants that I planted 2 weeks ago already have messed up leaves on the bottom and I heard you say don’t let the bottom leaves touch the ground so I ran out to my garden and cut them off! 🙏 this is my first year doing tomatoes so I’m praying I caught it in time! God bless 💕
If you get a lot of rain where you live, it’s more important. I live in Laura’s area, where we get very little rain and we don’t really deal with diseases on tomatoes much.
@@cynthiafisher9907 good to know cause I live in western Washington we get more rain than you guys do in that area. Thank you! :)
@@fzleadventures173 You’re welcome!
Your hard work is amazing. You are a very busy person. I am not sure if you comment back to your comments. You must be exhausted at the end of your day. Wow, keep up the great work.
Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and basil! It can’t get any better than that! I’m going to have to do some research on how many emitters you can run at a time. I know I overdid it and have to reconfigure the zones in my garden. It may be time to switch to drip tape! Thanks again for all your hard work, inspiration, and all you do!
Laura, I live in South Jordan Utah and you are exactly right about how calcium can't be easily released from the soil and used by tomatoes, peppers and I am even thinking potatoes, since they are in the same family. Calcium has to be added. When I did that last year, I had no blossom end rot like all the previous years. I am pretty much an organic gardner and have chickens. I started saving the shells and after drying, I blend them in a high speed blender, which turns them into powder. I add about a half cup to the soil in each plant. It works! Thanks for the tremendous information you provide. I also have a Heartly Botanical plant house that was put in last summer. Its been so much fun. We put geothermal under the plant house and it really works to keep things more temperate all year. I have been watching your shows for at least a year. Great work to you and Aaron!
I received my very first order of Proven Winner plants yesterday. Gatsby Hydrangeas, Superbells and Sweet Potato Vines 😍 So excited!! Thank you Laura for all your videos and information!!
Is 9:14am here in California I am going to the garden store to grab some tomatoes plans I will fallow her steps but in a barrel planter. Wish me luck .😊
Gypsies are a go to staple at my house. First year I am trying Amazel Basil. I am a flower girl at heart, so a lot of mixed beds 😂!Happy Planting Everyone!
Ah! Can’t get my hands on amazel basil!! Do they sell seeds??
@Maria Slibeck Me too. I ordered it on Proven Winners Direct. Pricey, but I wanted to try it after watching Laura's harvest. Seeds would be awesome!
I love to see the smile on Laura’s face when she plants. Pure joy.❤️
Your home so beautiful and big garden
Oh my, what a bountiful harvest you will have!!
I agree with just leaving the big tomato bushes alone. It’s really worked for me. I have problems with splitting and this was so helpful to remind me to set a timer to water every few days. I’ve noticed a difference in growth and taste when planting tomatoes in the same spot each year and have to switch it up.
Good morning 🌻. Rain. But I need to plant. Big surgery 7 days.
You provided so much more information on the tomatoes than I’ve heard on any other videos. Thank you!
I'm so influenced. Just bought more drip lines, tools and accessories 😅 Told hubby it's gonna be a busy weekend 😂
Thanks for sharing. 💙🩷💙🩷
I have recently lost my husband of 45 years. I am scared about providing for myself. Keep up with the veggies/ fruits. Retired Nurse .
Hi Laura, I really miss your cooking vlogs once in a while. Please try and do one 🙂
OK, now you are starting to seem like farmers, not just gardeners :). Love the new space. Seems like a lot for all of you and Paul and Bethany. Are you hiring more help?
I can’t wait to get my tomatoes planted outside. I’m in CT (6b) and we had frost this morning!
I'm obsessed with your videos at the moment! Any chance you could do a video (if you haven't already) on like a 'year of veg' and how you go about rotating your beds by the house for successional produce?
Hi Laura! It will be nice seeing how everything does. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely to watch. Thank you 🙏 Laura.
I save my egg shells and grind them to powder consistency and put that in the soil when I plant tomatoes. No more end rot!!
Laura, “I’m not going to grow a ton of tomatoes this year…” plants 32 tomato plants 😂😂😂😂 my fav!
I was just thinking about it and wondered if Paul and Bethany have input on any of the aspects of the gardens?! They’re such helpful, diligent workers, it wouldn’t surprise me that their knowledge is invaluable, as well! 😅
I'm exhausted watching this! My little patch pales in comparison but I still plug onward. My little garden isn't much but most of my things are perennials. But I do love my peppers, beans, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers.... So I do what I can!
mmm! I am dreaming of BLT Sandwiches !!! Great job (again) Laura!!!
Have you ever considered using a row of cattle panels anchored with t-posts for your tomatoes? They work really well for me.
So many fun varieties! I'm only growing a couple varieties this year but I'm looking forward to exploring many varieties in the future and comparing them 😍😄🎉. The new pepper variety you chose looks like the fruit is going to be so cute!
☕️Good morning Laura and GA friends. I hope you all have a splendid day. 💕🌷🌸💜💚💕🌷
I love tomatoes so really enjoyed this video. 🍅 🍅 Everything is really growing and looking good. Have a blessed day everyone
i love everything you do n how much knowledge i get from them!! i wish someday i have the space to play in the dirt!!! thanks laura n aaron ( paul n beth too)
Chocolate tomatoes and sun sugar are the only tomatoes I grow, the chocolate tomatoe is the most delicious tomato I have ever eaten!!!!
Loved this! So much information. I’ve been thinking… you should journal your garden knowledge and publish it. Make it a journal style for other gardeners to make notes on too. “A Garden is never Finished” Aaron, Laura’s gonna say no, but nudge her a bit. Thanks for all you do!
Wow! You are so awesome 😂. Your family, friends and everyone is going to appreciate you so much
Love all the tomato information. Laura teaches so much for beginners and refreshes old timers. Love love all the videos.
Thank you so much for this! New gardener here😊 Trying to learn and take in all the info I can get! Your videos are so helpful!! Have a blessed day❤
Good morning Laura! Hope you have a great day!
Good morning, Everyone!!
Good morning!
"I got totally carried away...: Of course you did! 😂😂😂
I am planting one semi- det tomatoes on patio in a large pot with wire cage. Learned my lesson about falling over last year-- top heavy!
It's funny how interesting this video was. Although I don't think I'll ever plant tomatoes in my life 😆😆😆😆 still, I watched the whole thing as if I was going to be tested on the subject 😂
same 😊
I could watch a whole video of before/after footage from when you first got the property.
Wow Laura!! You amaze me!!
You are just so inspiring to us with your beautiful gardens and your growing vegs and fruit.. And giving us lots of great advice on everything you are growing. So thank you today Laura for a great advice.
Hi - again I just learned so much! Thank you, I have become a more educated, brave and confident gardener with your help.😊 I’m rotating my crop this year in my raised bed. I have struggled with blossom rot. I’m going to try your suggestions from today as well. Cheers to growing our own food.
Was waiting to see if you were going to mention that one of the most cost efficient, & long-term planning benefits of Heirlooms is that you can repeatedly use the seeds {from each harvest} to plant more in the coming seasons. BIG selling point to elaborate on to preppers.
Happy Thursday! ❤
So much helpful information , Laura. Thank you!
Good morning Laura! I remember very well the first year you grew tomatoes out in the cut flower area. You must have had a third of an acre out there, and they were monstrous, so thick and full of tomatoes 🍅 Looking forward to this new garden area 😀 Hugs from N.C..❤️
There can never be too many tomato or pepper plants.
I can't wait to see how much the new space produces with all of those tomatoes & peppers! You will be able to bless so many people with the fruits of your labor. Very comprehensive yet concise information on growing in this video! I've started 72 tomatoes from seed...so I can totally relate to Laura's amount (I gift my extra plants to my parents who live on an acreage and friends too!)
I love how you embrace the Willy-Nilly style of gardening! I planted 4 Early Girl tomatoes and gobs of long hot cayenne peppers yesterday. Love this time of year. ❤
Last year I planted an Early Girl tomato and she was a beast!! I followed your lead and purchased the Titan tomato cages for support this year. They were so easy to assemble and so strong! I only needed two, so I gave the extra with an Early Girl tomato to my girlfriend. Can't wait to see the results. Thank you for all your videos and advice...I learn so much! My gardener girlfriends also watch and we follow your example by planting and sharing the fruits of our harvest or extra plants we get from growing seedlings for our gardens. Happy Gardening!!
Pineapple tomatoes are hands down my favorite tomatoes. I eat them fresh and also freeze them to make pineapple salsa with later. Most of my tomato plants are pineapple tomatoes
I love this channel:) I have learned so much.
You're such an inspiration 💛 🎉😊
You are always so informative,I am surprised.Loved watching this video.