In spring, I shop. In fall I make the most of everything my garden can offer for free. This means dividing and moving plants to create new gardens, extend existing ones or just improve the gardens I have.
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My name is Erin and I love sharing inspiration and information with real-life gardeners. I live and garden in southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5b.
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29 Comments
Do you ever have your all gold eaten by critters? I had to dig mine up and put it in my greenhouse to nurse it back to health. I think I’ll split it and try part of it out in the landscape. Thx for the idea!
So appreciate this video Erin! I have been doing the same thing with my garden. Any advise on propagation of plants such as hydrangeas?
Your garden is looking great ( u k )
Love it. It is definitely the most satisfying!
Great advice all around! I'm going to start asking around for some hardy geranium!
Great video, and so true! Don’t have to look further than your own backyard!
Free is always a good thing in the garden, Erin. Big improvements….no cost. 😊💖🦋🕊
Fantastic video as always! So curious though . . . you said it's completely the wrong time of year to move the hakonechloa . . . Why??
I thought fall was supposed to be a great time to transplant. Was planning to move large clumps of it in my own garden this week now that temps have cooled off but now I'm worried.
I agree the moving things around and making what you have stretch is a very fun part of gardening. I’m dividing some things this weekend myself.
Never sick of hearing about geranium macrorrhizum My favorite ground cover. It's lovely paired with hakonechloa.
love it! This is speaking to me, as I went on a spending freeze this year and didn't buy any plants. I also love the idea of not being worried about using too much of one type of plant, especially for such large areas. Having just a few varieties will still have a great impact, perhaps even more, on those less showy areas. I'm going to try to take advantage of my leaves this year to make leaf mould, too. Nothing to lose but a little bit of time, if it doesn't work out.
If only we had those trees. Your gardens are beautiful. I’m in zone 7a and many of your full sun plants would burn up here. I love your cool weather gardens. Adding larger trees is our goal so some day we will have some shade. But I still learn so much from your videos. Thank you for sharing!
Love doing this! I’m doing the same.
I’ve been editing things in and out. Feels so good!
I ❤ this video! Im really so tired of seeing another content creator doing so many expensive projects all in one season. Good for them but I can't relate anymore lol
100k!!! Woo-hoo! Congrats to you both!
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Great ideas here Erin! Thank you so much for sharing!
Great tips.
Great video. This is exactly the mode I've been in with dividing and moving plants…it is super satisfying to give some breathing room to an overgrown area and fill in empty spaces with free plants!
Love your sweatshirt. Thanks for representing MI. I live in Southeast MI, in a suburb of Detroit. Mackinaw is a state treasure. Great channel, keep up the work. 🌻
Will never get sick of you talking about geranium macro. I now have I think four or five different varieties of geranium, I utterly adore them. They can be delicate and showy, and I can’t wait until they are my ground cover everywhere. Am going to pop some more astilbes in as I put my first hakone plugs this late winter just gone (in Australia) and I can only dream about how beautiful it’s going to look together ❤
Oh gosh. Someone finally on my page. Took me 13 years to finish a garden. Just kept waiting for the plants to become mature enough to divide. Bought exactly 7 plants for it that were structure plants. Thanks for the tour. Love your gardens 💝🇨🇦
Best way to extend your garden, divide the tough plants you can count on to thrive
+1 for arborist chips, especially in situ. I've gotten wood chips from four sources, two arborist and two not. I am holding my breath that I didn't get any jumping worm cocoons hitchhiked in with the two non-arborist. Another bonus to wood chips is seeing the variety of mushrooms that spring up.
🌻🍁 great tips. Thank you
You’re the best, Erin.
Samantha and Benjamin have their very own 100 acre wood to explore. So glad you are leaving it. It was fun learning about the history behind it and the friendship ties to your family. That was an amazing harvest from only 2 plants!!!
My favorite grass-I want to add more but it is selling for $40 for a gallon pot in Michigan! Why so expensive? Hopefully next season mine are big enough to divide. Great advice, I’m always doing some rearranging 😊
Such a great video! I totally agree…tweaking the garden, moving things around and getting more plants from those you already have is incredibly satisfying. Thoroughly enjoyed this video and it sparked an idea for using Geranium macrorrhizum in an area that we have to clear of invasives and I've been looking for a good placeholder. Thanks so much!!