Planting season is in full force here at Flock and we’re tackling one garden bed at a time. Though the front garden was one of the first gardens we started to officially work on (as far as pulling out some barberry), we didn’t really get around to planting it up because we weren’t quite sure whether we would be extending the deck on the Common House (and quite frankly—we’re still not sure)!
With all the beautiful fruit-producing native plants and pollinator plants in the Shade Garden, we thought we would extend this garden with some more edible groundcovers—namely lingnonberry and cranberry—both which require a more acidic soil.
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I'm in México so this plants aren't an option for me, but I loove the videos!, And I admire the work you guys are doing 💚
Summers, can you do outdoor video clip on each plant before you plant them just like 365 days of plant episode but for outdoor? Plant information, origin, care tips, etc.
I like Flock Finger Lakes and watch every single video of the channel, but the a lot videos are too general on specially plant information which make me feel confusing what is going on, everytime you told a new plant, the information about that plant is only provide very little and go to next plant. I think little more detail and more informative on specific object, or plant would be really attract viewers. Just like your videos about "Rose Garden" from Leon Ginenthal which drive me crazy, I never into rose cause the thorns poked me that i had to cut a whole rose trees down at my parent house few years ago, but after i watched those videos, i planted like 30 difference rose pieces now, and i watched those videos like 25-30 times already just to learn about rose. it is also first time i learned and practice about Air Pruning on my own garden. I really love video that focus one 1 object, or specific plant like that because if i need to do an object, i can learn everything from it. Thank you, love you guys a lot 🙂
Hi, how can grow flower plants in layers for butterfly.
the snake dance hehe
You were Bog-Bobbing! Lol
Great videos!
In you acidic bed add some miniature tea roses which stay shortand bush up a little. You'll get some tiny rose hips for the animaps and for yourself to make rosehip tea from. Also another way to acidifyyour soils is to add hemlock free needles from cut branches you bring inthe house for the holiday season to green and perfume the house.
I really enjoy your videos…I'm in 8b, but I have many of the same issues in my food forest. The plant information is really useful and gives me a lot of suggestions on new directions to explore. Please thank those who comment on your posts, I find their suggestions and comments to be very useful.
You know Summer is serious when she got her gloves on
this is definitely up there in terms of “videos with info i need”, given that here (MA), based on stuff like hydrangea color, and various research i found online, the ph is like 4-5 lol. definitely gonna try cranberries in some spots, as it’s the state berry/fruit
Do you have box turtles on your property? Looks like you're at the northern extent of their range. It would be a shame if not- your planting beds are IDEAL habitat for both feeding and nesting. With your lake and woodlands maybe other turtle species are there? Box turtles (+ others) are declining throughout their range and for anyone who is fortunate enough to have them check out these well thought out designs. Cool oak Oakes and be interesting to see the spreading sand cherry.
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Would love to see a video of the different animals in your area that you are planting for🐝🦝🐇🦋
I see bunchberry and huckleberries (the rocky mountain varieties). IIRC, I saw the bunch berry in a wetter seep area in a mixed pine forest which makes sense with regard to soil pH. The mountain huckleberries are quite nice, they are usually more red and tart than their bigger darker cousins. I'm curious to see how they will do. Most species are notoriously difficult to cultivate because of their mycorrhizal habits.
Don't you think you should build a place for producing compost and vermicast?
I like your design, interesting.
That Snake 🤣🐍🐍
Absolutely love your channel….🇬🇧♥️🇨🇦
Another nice acid loving one I think you have mentioned before is wintergreen. Delicious little fruits too. I’ve had to keep mine under shade cloth to finally get some established but I think they would be a nice companion to highbush blueberry and bunchberry and all these other acid loving friends.
Lots of neat stuff in there. Love the little oak there. If it doesn’t thrive maybe dropping a big rock behind it and repainting later might work to do more habitat mimicry.
Love what you are pointing out in acidifier amendments (and I agree). Keeping the acid level correct (or close) is always a challenge. In "addition" to what you do here is a tip that can help (obviously for smaller gardens). To your watering can (if you are doing any hand watering) put in one cup of vinegar (white or cider) and water as usual. Cheap/easy thing to add to a normal watering routine and helps you keep a baseline.
Barberry is very medicinal but a thug.
I love this huge diversity of plants you’ve used. Amazingly interesting.
Low-growing Vaccinium species, Empetrum (e.g. Black Crowberry), Gaultheria (e.g. Wintergreen), Myrteola nummularia are some other acidic-loving edible groundcovers
Where are those overalls from? I have been watching (and pausing to try and find a label) this whole series and am dying to know! Thanks!
I've noticed you say 'sygnonium' and now 'lignonberries' and i think it's cute.
love the purple martin hotels, consider building some bat boxes and also owl boxes, get a lwan mower with a bagger and do some bigtime composting, glad you took care of the deer problem, consider some forage plots on outside of fences and do some intensive hunting in the fall or whenever possible to balance things out – the coyotes can't do it all on their own
"Like and subsnake" lol 😆
I've recently started using Espoma. I was at home Depot looking for fertilizer and saw that an 8lb of Plant Tone was Cheaper than the Miracle Gro Shake N Feed. So I grabbed a bag of the Plant Tone and i hope I see the results of using it in my outdoor plants
Summer I really enjoyed the recent episodes illustrating how you’re configuring the layout of the land! Thank you for sharing that. It crossed my mind why is there no invention and products to hang or install deer fences on existing trees? Wouldn’t that be cool? 💚
Oh finally I know the correct translation for Preiselbeere – lingonberry! I also described it as close to cranberry but different. The jam brand you showed is from Austria and it is the traditional sauce you eat with Schnitzel. If you are ever in Vienna (or elsewhere here) please try 🙂
You look so happy and in your element😊❤
Like and subsnake
What about the cardboard? I already heard that you can use it as a layer but then i read that some stuff might be toxic like glue and tint for print which has been maybe used …. i see u have very plain cardboard. So this will be fine? – If its plain?