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Greeting's from Ireland. There was a man who ten years ago had no more interest in gardening than the man on the moon. We moved out of Dublin and bought a cottage in rural Ireland and my wife would keep a few pot's of annual's around the front of house. One day she asked me to dig a flower bed at the front of the house job done I thought but oh no she wanted me to help her plant the bed. I followed her lead and planting those flower's created a spark and I went digging and digging and planting and planting. Now we have over fifty pots of perennial's and four flower garden bed's in the front garden and a no dig vegetable plot out the back.. The ironic thing is my wife does not bother with the garden and I think she got me started because she thought I'd like it even though I didn't.

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Great video! I wish I had this when I started gardening. My biggest mistake as a new gardener 12 years ago was regardless what the tag said, I would plant a shade lover in the sun and vice versa but when I realized the plants were not doing well I'd dig them up and put them in a more appropriate place and most of them are still thriving in my garden. I still push the boundaries and find many plants will do okay. The other big mistake was thinking I did something wrong when a plant died. Sometimes they die and sometimes even a location that appears great for a plant doesn't necessary mean the plant will thrive . Thank Amy.

One thing that I learned the hard way is that some box garden stores and nurseries sell plants that are not zone specific. 😮 You sort of mentioned this, recommending special care for these, this is called a micro climate. It takes a lot of trial and failure to find these micro climates in your garden. Along this same line, anyone planting in desert heat, take the full sun verses shade recommendations with skepticism. I have a lot of shade elements in my desert garden but most of these areas still require full sun plants because my desert sun is very strong. This has been a costly process determining what is truly shade in my yard. Thank you for the advice! Well worth the time 😊

I've been gardening off and on for the past 50 years or so. Being moved by the Air Force for 20 of those prevented me from doing at least some digging in the dirt. The things I really appreciated from your video here was how to calculate the water needed during he first year, and making the sunlight diagrams and charts. It would drive my wife crazy when I would dig up and move a plant because it wasn't doing well where I first put it in. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

This is the first video I've ever seen that answered the question about how much do you water plants LOL. And I've been gardening for 5 years intensively. Thank you

I’ve actually been finding plants at our local garden centers that double as home improvement stores that are NOT in our growing zone. I’ve found roses that won’t survive our winters there, large expensive trees that online claims won’t likely make it in our zone. Etc. So I’d be careful there saying that because it isn’t always the case. There’s definitely more that will work in our zone than not-but there are a few “nots”. It’s important to read tags to be sure if it’s a plant you don’t see locally-there may be a reason for that.

Perennials are the way to go in SE Texas zone 9a. Don’t let her make you think different. Our heat eats annuals for breakfast!!

The sun map is an awesome tip. I have a shady yard with a few spots that get six hours or about that. I’ve been watching where I get the most morning sun and even midday sun. My yard is big and I forget what’s where. I’m definitely starting a sun map this weekend. This will make plant management so much easier.

This is the most comprehensive video I have seen on YouTube. As a gardener this is so informative.

Great information! These are all the things I wish someone had walked me through when I was first starting out. Instead, I had to figure them out by trial and error in those first few years!

A few years ago I planted asparagus (from seed) on the west side of my house. The experts say to plant them from crowns, to keep them away from foundations due to the extensive root systems, not to plant them on the west facing areas due to too much harsh sun, and they apparently need water (I have 4’ eaves on my house so it’s dry.) I did everything wrong, but they’re slowly growing.

Thank you so much!!! Your video really really helped me as a fresh beginner to gardening. I can't wait to begin 😁

I garden in the Puget Sound area. I lost tons of plants until I started really looking at yards maintained by professionals. The common thread for great gardens in my area is ,,,,Ya gotta buy soil from a company that makes soil. I get great garden soil with 10% sand added in. They make it by grinding up yard waste, trees and bushes. They have a machine as big as a garage shaped like a giant bowl. It spins like a disposal. The "dirt " comes out, onto a conveyor belt two stories high and falls into a mountain of mulch. It take about a year. They push it around with big front end loaders. They use a medium size front end loader to fill my truck bed. 1 yard is $60, my truck bed holds 1 yard. I do not need to fertilize for the most part. If a plant is pushing tons of blooms out for 3 weeks I will spray the plant with Miracle Grow and they alway respond with tons more blooms. The dirt at the garden center is way too expensive to buy in bags. Some gardens I like to make mounds to add height. The soil stays loose enough to move plants with ease. My other lesson was to pay attention to the sun position in the sky. August is changing my shady areas into areas getting blasted by our favorite star.

Thank you! Great info!

Oh my! You are a walking encyclopedia of gardening knowledge! I learned so much in this one video! Subbed, can’t wait to watch more.

Great, informative video! Thank you.

Great information and beautiful pictures! Thanks ❤

Thank you for sharing this information for us beginners!