Let’s face it. There is no such thing as a no maintenance garden. Not one worth having anyway! But there are ways we can make even an established garden far less labor-intensive. Here are 10 ideas I have discovered over the years that make gardening easier with less work.
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Linda one of my favourite persons in this world! Sometimes I feel like I want to own all the gardens in the world! Oh God, and when I think I can't even own all the plants that I fall in love with! I have to limit the pots, and almost all the place on the ground is all occupied by plants! And plus plants are expensive! When I count all the money that is in my garden, I tell myself "you are really addicted to plants!"🌼🌲🌳
Hello Linda and Stewart! Thank you so much Linda for all these great tips. You have the most Beautiful yard. I would love to nave a yard like yours .So I will take all your tips I can. Thank you for sharing all your know about gardening with us as I so appreciate it. So until next time God Bless you and your family and Stewart and have a Blessed day and stay safe my dear and Special Friends. 🙂🌻🌳
I live in High Desert California. I use thick bark mulch, at least 3" to conserve water and prevent weeds. Soil ammendment when planting. Some of my pots in my patio garden (use moisture control potting soil for all) I plant some annuals as I like to have some blasts of color to look at while sitting on my patio. My peaceful place.
Lovely garden
Great tips for those who don't enjoy gardening! I love gardening, I could never have enough room for more, more, more!!! Lol! My happy place is working in the garden!
I’m zone 8; I love trees and like to plant ‘Happy Trees’ all over, almost all are deciduous and when fall comes It’s so much work to rake and or prune them…I have a couple I bought on impulse and they have bit in their container for a couple years and I have placed them in various spots but haven’t found that perfect spot. Also restraining myself from plant sales and gardening videos 😉 Lol!
I think your tips were awesome and I’ll probably refer back to this video..kinda like you forget what # tip your on, it’s easy for me to forget some of which you stated.
I'm in zone 7b central Oklahoma. My tip would be to not buy plants that will reseed themselves and take over areas you may not want them to or else you'll be fighting them and there's not much enjoyment in that. I always look up plants before bringing them home.
I really love that jacket! My tip from GA 7b would be to keep your gloves and snips by the back door. Every time I let the dog out I either pull some weeds or I deadhead a plant or two.
Thank you for all the good sense gardening tips! The time savers for me include a drip system for my pots, plus I've reduced my pots for the most impact with the least effort. Also, I love the abundant color of petunias but the deadheading, so, I only purchase Proven Winner Supertunias. They do not need to be deadheaded for repeated bloom. Plus, the rabbits don't eat them. Also, for the last several years, I've kept a spreadsheet of all the annuals and perennials that I purchase every year. Then, I use the spreadsheet at the nursery as a check off list. It saves me from the need to count how many plants I may need in certain areas every year. The other thing I plan on incorporating is Linda's suggestion to plant more flowering bushes rather than flowers. I plan to do this in my front yard because the tree is new and the roots won't be disturbed by the digging.
Good topic Linda! Very helpful
My tulips come back year after year. I planted them 20 years ago. They are in my yard and we just mow when they are done. Zone 5
What would be a good “backdrop” for zone 5?
Can you talk about the hose in the video, thinking of getting one but have heard mixed reviews
I'm in Midlothian, VA, zone 7a. For me drip irrigation has truly been a maintenance saver. I'm originally from CA, so I know about saving water, and drip is all about that. While there is still some maintenance to make sure all the tubes and drippers are functional, it really saves time not having to drag a hose around and through the garden beds.
This video came just in time. My mama planted 4 oleander bushes because they are green in winter and do not require much water. I inherited her house and have spent the last 30 years learning to garden. I am now agreeing with my mother and am looking for more drought tolerant plants like butterfly bush, bougainvillea, Arabian jasmine, and am taking more of my potted plants and putting them in the ground. I just don't feel like watering pots every day. I don't think I can get away from deadheading as I like geraniums and roses because they bloom almost continuously. I like your idea of tall backdrop plants with medium and short plants around and in front of them and the grass or ground cover at the bottom of the "bowl".
I've two different styles: a cottage style in the front and French country style in the back, but both unified through some repetition of plants, colors, and pots. My goal has always been low-maintenance gardening by having blooming shrubs, trees, and larger pots as the main structural elements and having annuals in smaller pots. I also recommend drip systems for both in-ground plants and pots (the former a permanent system; the latter a battery-operated system). Happy gardening!
Hi Linda, beautiful as always. Her in New Zealand we call pineapple guava “feijoa” and there’s a mad scramble for the fruit in late summer. Most here like the flavour but some don’t. You say that you have two bushes. You may need the two bushes together in your garden for it to produce any fruit (sorry Stuart) as, unless it is an especially bred variety, they are male and female plants and need each other for pollination. I hope you like the fruit. It’s almost a national fruit here, like kiwifruit.
Zone 6b/7a. We have a terrible problem with deer, and I’ve learned that if I want plants that deer like, either we plant them behind plants they don’t like, or substitute similar plants the deer don’t like. We don’t even bother with vegetables; the deer just belly up to the salad bar.
Well, I have started my "binge" watching ( in no particular order)…LOL! Well, I am starting from scratch, pretty much, at our new home. I LOVE your tips on low-maintenance gardening and plan to definitely take your advice as I am really into a more relaxed lifestyle both inside and out! This summer, however, I am only planting in pots. This renovation has been quite the journey if you will, and I am going to spend this year just relaxing and making plans for future gardens and such. I really have enjoyed just shopping for really beautiful pots and filling them with herbs, and multiple annuals. I have gone with a softer color palette, using lots of soft pink petunias, ivy, lantana, blue salvia, white geraniums, and the most precious white lobelia, with a little blue center. I am enjoying my coffee on the covered porch, in the mornings, overlooking my flower pots! Hey, at this point, I am just thankful to be in 1 spot!! Oh, how wonderful it is to watch you and Stewart again! Now I truly feel like I have come HOME! Much love and blessings to you both! Oh, and I LOVE the Jackie O. "shout out"!! I have read so many books about her life and the life of the Kennedy women…Fascinating reads!
I practice pretty much all of your tips and have found them to be effective.(Zone 8a) If you are a boxwood addict like me, my only tip would be to have slow growing ones. I know dwarf English boxwood can have its drawbacks, but if you are informed as to what to do, such as giving them lots of air circulation, and using clean tools, they only have to have a light trim once a year.👍🏻
I just hate weeds zone 6 sw mo
You have the best vocabulary. It’s so impressive!
It would be fabulous if you’d link ALL the plants you point out or talk about. Im trying to find that very first flowering bush. I have no idea how to spell the name of that plant.
UPDATE; Found it! 😊
I love loose, blousy boxwood. Currently, I have 5 large and 6 small boxwood and I hand prune all of them. I perfer a softer, less formal (but still tidy) look and I don't even own a pair of hedge trimmers. 🙂 I'm buidling my garden now and I'm trying to plan in advance all the things that will make the maintenance easier as I get older. Enjoyed your tips! Thanks for another great video!
Love the video. What type of Weigela is this? Does anyone know?
Best tip is to plan ahead such as during the winter. I spent two years planning my very small and narrow garden. Most are shrubs and perennials. I have annual containers for continuing color and fun. I'm very satisfied. I planned my containers ahead to prevent myself from splurging.
Great ideas. Love your jacket. My tips: put in supports for peonies when they first appear because I get busy and forget later on. Put in the structure and then plant which I am doing now for a new bed. Another tip and what I am going to do is put in in ground irrigation-it will save time, money and water. I would love to know more about your "grass".
Plant more evergreens and zero self seeding plants.
Natives natives natives!
Thx for the great tips.
Good simple question by Stuart!
Love your old house front yard look! Look to plant flowers on a little higher mount than yours!❤