Looking Back at the Signature Garden's First Year

Hello friends and welcome to Gardening with KrikiDe. Today we will take a look at the year just passed here at our Proven Winners Signature Garden near KrikiDe Nursery in Dallas, North Carolina. So we will take a walk and reflect and look back at the progress that this garden has made in the last year because we have just completed its first full year of existence. And so we will take a look at the past. Stay tuned for tomorrow's video because tomorrow we will look ahead. We will talk about what your plans are, which plants we will use, what our vision is, all those fun things here at the Signature Garden. I will also tell you that I might look a little, frog, or a little, cold. So, have patience as we walk together. Another thing because I know you will notice that our faithful viewers, U Brenna, our German shepherd, has a new accessory because he had to do a small operation by the veterinarian this week. So, he has his flip-flop so as not to pull the stitches on the side. So, he had a small cyst that had to be removed. Um, it's all right. It's fine. It was a procedure inside and out, so no problem. But, um, yes. So, he wears a purple flip-flop to avoid pulling those stitches. Well. So, here we are here at the exclusive garden here at the Cricchi dei Norseri. As I said, we have just completed our first full year of cultivation in the garden. And this is an open garden to the public. It is right outside the gardening center here. So, when you come to visit us, you can absolutely pass and walk and enjoy this space. We have created this space to highlight as many winter plants as possible and to show you how gardening appears in real life in the south. We are in area 8A, UM, North Carolina, with all that heat and humidity. So, this was UM. This is a challenge for us, right? With clay soil. So, we want to highlight the plants that work really well here in our climate, here in the southeast. Furthermore, I am not a gardener who cares about his plants. Um, they really have to do it alone. Yes, there is irrigation in this whole garden. Um, but we have to do it just to keep everything uncontaminated. Um, the best possible. So, there is irrigation here. Um, but I repeat, we don't have difficult plants to grow here. UM, so last year, in January, we had UM, our first rain of the year. We happen to have those UMs semi-frequently because here we have Assiamo on the side of the stream and from here the name. This stream runs for the entire length of the property and is usually a small, very sleepy stream. Um, but every now and then, when it rains a lot and a lot, it overflows. When it flooded in January, it didn't do any damage, it just looked really bad. We had tons of water flowing here. UM flowed through the bushes and then we designed it so that it overflows here at the intersection of the stream. But we didn't have any damage, just tons and tons of water. So with that, you have a bit of erosion. So we lost a bit of mulch and a bit of cover fertilizer as far as compost is concerned, organic matter. So we are always, always thinking about how we can add it back to our garden because it is a problem. Historically, we have received so much rain in the winter period that that compost will naturally erode, that great organic matter. So, we always think about modifying the soil, putting that organic matter back in our red clay soil. Um, you know, we go on until spring and last year we made the tulips in the garden. Um, I learned a lot. We'll talk about what we're going to do this year tomorrow. Um, but we had beautiful tulips all over the garden. So, we have them in these raised hedges and then we have them in the four inner hedges, in the fountain and then on the back. So, while we cross the garden. Um, the idea is that we have always wanted when we designed the garden that this was a space that could really highlight. Um, give us a little formality to this garden, because I usually tend to be a very, um, extravagant gardener in the style of Cottage Garden. And we wanted this to be a more formal space in its design and in its appearance. So all the tulips are very symmetrical. They are um, we used um lines, rope lines to create the tulips. We measured them. Everything is very balanced and very symmetrical. So we wanted to have that formal look with the extravagance and fun of the garden. So, like with the speed bumps, the idea is that the speed bumps will grow together and become a sieve. They're coming to us. Um, they grew a lot last year, and so we'll be able to make them form a sieve. This year, however, they were new to Zecca. Right? So we had the new fast bump of Zecca, and then our little hydrangeas and limepunch, and we had to fill them up. That's what we use our annuals for. And so when we did our spring and summer planting, I went ahead and really filled it up. Right. So, once the tulips left, here we are for our spring planting. And for us in North Carolina, um, because of our heat and humidity, we have to plant our annuals as soon as possible. As soon as possible because their roots will stabilize very well and behave much better with the heat and humidity of the summer. Even if you have irrigation, if you can plant them as soon as possible, it's a huge advantage. So, all my gardeners, first you can plant your annuals in the ground, it's better, especially if you don't have irrigation. We did the entire front part, um, last year with the Superunia Vista Iasberri. So, all the front areas of this raised aiuola were nothing but Vista Iasberri and it was stunning. That was the annual of the year by Proven Winners. Jerry and I planted them early. I mean, I think it was late March, late March, early April. And so, we planted that and then I came back and I planted the front part of the aiuole because the shrubs were new. I really wanted to have a really full look, and so I did a mixed planting up to here in the front part of the aiuole and they were very um symmetrical. I had devised a scheme of I don't remember how many plants there were, seven, eight, nine different plants, and I devised a scheme and I repeated it all the way to give a little uniformity, but to really highlight a lot of beautiful winter annuals checked at the corners. On each of the four corners, I made a relatively new and always popular aiuola, the Superbina Cachemir Rosa. Cachemir Rosa. Um, when we tried it the year before, oh my God, I immediately understood that it would have been a fantastic aiuola because it is very vigorous. It makes these huge heads of flowers of this um shade with a little white and a little pink and is absolutely stunning. Very vigorous. If you put it in a container, it must be a large container, um, but it grows very well in the landscape. So, we highlighted it on the four corners. And then while we passed um the front part of the small lime patches, we had like the um Golden Dreams Colas. We had the mystical illusion of Alia that was, oh my God, stunning. We made the mini-vistas. We made mini-vista Indico. We made mini-vista Bianco. Um, we had the Zafferano Fringuello here. I had the Dendi Prugna. There are the Cerbuvesa and the Lime. All the types of beautiful different annuals that have filled this whole area. Now, every year we do gardening, we learn something new, right? If you are like that, it is what we do as gardeners. You take note of your pastries and your successes. So, I was using those annuals to really fill this area and give it a lot of fullness. Which he did while I was waiting for my shrubs to grow. Let's move on. This year, my shrubs are getting bigger. So, I will adjust my plantations here in front. We'll talk about it tomorrow. But the really fun thing is that I knew it, but I didn't. I would like to say that I had planned it exactly, but I didn't. Um, like the annuals, um, like in spring, at the beginning of summer, your shrubs are growing big, right? So, they're just thriving. Maybe your collas are growing a little slower. Dalia's mystical illusion was a little slower and so everything was filling up. Then, when we entered the summer life, um, the shrubs started to bloom. Last year, I don't know if it was because it was raining hard, and then it stopped and went on and on, and they had a little difficulty there at the end of the season. So we pulled them out, but the Kashmir Rosa, the Colla, the Das, oh my God, they were growing big. So, even if we had the plants here for the whole season, the aiuola has changed with the advance of the season, which was really fun. So, even if you came here at the end of May, the first of June, and then you came back in August, this aiuola seemed completely different. So it was a lot of fun. Um, we also have, so, as I said, the formality of the aiuole. So inside the garden, we have these four aiuole and then obviously the aiuola of the fountain. They will always be annual. So we will fill them with annuals. And then the four external aiuole are our shrubs and our perennial plants. You can see that we have taken care of the annual aiuole. They are full of tulips. We will talk more about it tomorrow, but they are full of tulips. And so now we are passing and working to put our gardens that have perennial plants and shrubs to bed for the winter. So what we are doing is obviously that you have to pass and weed well. So, this aiuola has not been touched yet. So, you will see the shrubs in here. You will see the perennial plants that must be pruned. But the idea with these four aiuole, because they are on the perimeter, is that they complement each other, but are not combined. So, what do I mean by this? I mean I wanted to put on display, as I said before, as many winter plants as possible and try to give a little cohesion to the garden. Gardens are for continuous change, but you want them to have a cohesive look. So, every aiuola has a shrub. Everyone has a samurrific hibiscus. Each of us has a baptism. There are some plants that repeat themselves. So everyone has the same ansonia. They have the pink salvia profusion. So, there is cohesion in the gardens, but there are differences. So, for example, this aiuola, which is closer to the stream, receives more sun during the day because, just like the tree line, it receives the most intense sun during the day. So, what I have here are my gardenias. They love the heat. And then I also have my Indian white thorns. This is a levitating musk. And so, it is an always green shrub so fun. Em is an Indian white thorn. Sometimes it can be like a bad word here in the mouth. But this is simply fantastic. It is minute. You can see that the foliage is absolutely wonderful. It will make small pink flowers at the beginning of spring. Em, and it will not become huge and is more resistant to diseases. It really does a good job. So, we have it here because it also loves the heat. When I go to the other corner further away, I have plants in there. Em, that maybe we are a bit, at the limit of too hot for. So first we put them in the shade of the afternoon. So this is how we pass and look, and see how we can adapt and plant in a different way. Em, obviously they are all for the beautiful art of the garden. So Em we have these very funny. These are colored stained glass. Em are called feathers and flowers. They are from the art gallery of the cow with an ear only in Columbia, in South Carolina. Many people will ask where they come from. You can check their social media, but they are really funny. So, we added them at the beginning of spring. So, I'm here. Em, each aiuola has different. But each aiuola has some colored stained glass. So, like in this aiuola, we have Em serendipity, and you can see the right serendipity. We have this was the incredible redhead. We have another summer hibiscus. And Em, so, keeping that uniformity and even more the Indian white thorns are here on this side. So, bringing that cohesion to the garden. As we go on, you know, while the gardens develop, you will have pastiches and successes, we will have areas where, like, for example, here in this aiuola far away, I had a U I think it was an invincible ruby hydrangea. I don't know. He suffered. He had a difficult time and he didn't make it. So, I have an empty hole right here now. So, what I can do is go in and put something else there or if I understand. You know, what are all the others doing big? I'll just put another perennial right here. Or if they are doing very well, I will leave their space to grow. So, the gardens always change, right? They always evolve. Now, speaking of U M fun in evolution. So, when we had U M when we were designing the garden, I knew right away what I wanted to do around the fountain. This is U M a fountain of our friends at Unique Stone. Obviously, it is a bit disassembled at the moment, for the winter period. We don't want it to freeze. But here at the fountain, U M I wanted to do a mass planting because I think it would have had a huge impact. So, we had, you know, the Super Una Vista Jasberry on the front. So, here we made the new U M Super Unia Upla Vivid Orchid. So, you still had that purple-purple plum color, but with white edges. And of course, only mass plantings all around the fountain. So, when you enter the garden, you see the Gelsomino in front and then you see the Upla Vivid Orchidea here. The shots with the drones went very well, and it was beautiful in those shots with the drones. So, mass planting here. U M, we'll probably do it again because I know we'll do it again next year. Stay tuned, we'll talk about it tomorrow. U M, but yes, so right now it's obviously full of tons of tulips. Then on the four internal aiuole. Now this was an U M that because I am this is a completely new garden for me, right? And design it and think about it. It takes a while. Like, I tend to be the gardener who has to sit down on things and think about it. Like me. And then, on the other hand, I also have to make my decisions when the plants are actually here and my hands are up. And I see the plants. And then everything comes to mind at once. I'm not very good at planning my gardens in general with six months in advance. Eight months in advance. There are some areas that I know, okay, I'll do this here or I'll do this here. But when you talk about a mixed bed like this, I just have to put my hands on it and try. So, that's what we did last year. At first, I thought I would have done several U M plantings in these aiuole that would have been like U M shrubs and perennial aiuole where they would be completed together. But then I thought, no, we need cohesion. So, all four aiuole were planted exactly the same. I was really satisfied with how they came out. We learned very valuable lessons for the first time. But what we did here was to have a lot of interest, right? So, we had the purple fountain grass here, we had the Rosalita Cleomy celery. Every aiuole around the edge here behind the benches, we had the heart to heart caladium. So, you had this beautiful frame behind the benches of the heart to heart caladium. We had this witch green with the vine of envious sweet potatoes and lantana and sage. And then along the back side we had the Patunies there. I mean it was Bermuda Beach. And then behind the caladium here we had U M one of the mini-vistas, U M in that intense purple. So we had a lot of interest that brought a lot of beauty to the garden. And again it is one of those that like your annual U M at the end of May, beginning of June, the Patunies were dazzling, right? So you have different things that are wonderful. The lantana U M. And we had my mind of Ovunus at the corners. They were there, but they were not supervisory. Let's go on until September. U M, August, September, October. Oh my God. It is then that the herbs and the Cleomy and the lantana and the Avaboulas have really started to explode because they love the heat. So even if you can have U M a mixed plantation, think about it. Which plants will be like an early spring flowering? Which plants will be able to grow there? But then they will really start to shine later in the heat and humidity. So, this is more or less what I think while I plant my garden. U M. And that's where my thoughts are, as I'm going through this coming year, as we prepare to plant. What can I have at the beginning of spring? M. That really shines and then maybe comes back in autumn with the coolest temperatures and then what will it be? What will it be? What will the show be in the heat and humidity? Because the sky knows we have the heat and humidity here. M. When we were designing the gardens, M, the idea was that yes, you have the formal garden here, but that we would have expanded the gardens in this whole area. M. Basically our property goes backwards where you can see that there are some north poles back there. It goes beyond and then all this hill here is ours and then it goes back down. So, the idea is that in the coming years we will develop gardens everywhere here. M. When we were officially designing the garden at the beginning, it would have ended here in this way. This would have been the end. And then we started looking at it, especially from the drone, and it didn't seem very balanced. So, we made a small pin and installed this aiuola. And so, again, they are exactly the same size. They are UM perfectly aligned with all the other aiuole and are planted exactly in the same way. So, what we have here are the viburni, and these are the glittered and luminous viburni. Glittered and luminous are a small and fun creation of our friends at UT Proven Winner Color Choice Scherabsa Spring Meadow. And so in here you have both the male and the female. So in this way you don't have to worry about planting a male and a female. You will get flowers, you will get cows on them. UM are obviously deciduous viburni. You can see that they are in a certain sense keeping their foliage a little, but they are beautiful dark green leaves. And they will reach about 4 or 5 feet in height and width. At maturity, they will arrive and kiss. So, we will really fill and we will have a beautiful variety of viburni. But in the meantime, while we wait for our shrubs to grow, what do we do? Well, that's where we use our annuals, right? Why do you keep in mind with your UM and your shrubs? The first year they are really fun in the sun. The first year they sleep, the year after they scratch and the third year they jump. We had a growth on them, but it wasn't huge, it wasn't significant. So, let's use our annuals. I use the Diamond Frost here. Diamond Frost Euphoria. I'm a big fan of all Euphoria. And the Diamond Frost will be UM. It will be about 12-14 inches tall. Very light. Very airy. And only that beautiful white against the dark green of the viburni was quite adorable and just filled this whole area right here. As the viburni grow, we will make smaller annuals and a lower number of annuals because we really want them to grow and develop. UM. And so tomorrow when we talk about the plans for this year and for the future, we will talk about what we will plant here. We will talk about the pond because we have this pond. Our pond, UM. The pond has been here since before the nursery was here. It is a pond fed by a spring. UM. Under this agrifoglio right here is the spring. And so this is a clay foundation. It is a natural pond. It is doing its duty. And so, yes. We have a bit of attention that needs to be done. But this will be a fun source of new gardens. A really fun interest. UM. So some people don't even know that we have a pond here because it vanishes on the background and because it is obviously very low here. But yes. So we have the pond and we have some fun plans that we will do this year. UM. With that. Pond. Now, we also have here in the garden to talk about expanding the gardens and to think about how, you know, how we will go out and push out. UM. We have this little corner and I have always called it as before the nursery was here again. It has always been my dream to make these gardens. Right? And so, in my head, don't ask me why. Maybe it's because I'm a girl. Maybe it's because I have two daughters. I don't know. But I have always thought that this little corner right here. I have always called it the marriage corner because I thought it would have been so beautiful. UM. For someone to celebrate a marriage right here. Right. So, the spouses are here. You have the whole landscape. You have chairs. You know, that kind of thing. When we had our distinctive experience at the end of June, this is where we all got together and sat down. And so, it's a really nice place because this morning it's in the shade and then it gets a little afternoon sun. So, this little area, blessed, smart, has certainly had its pastries and successes this year. UM. You can see that we have not yet come to clean this area. UM. Just a complete disclosure. You can see the remains of the remains of the Senorita Blanca Cleomi. Guys. If you are not growing either the Senorita Rosalita or the Senorita Blanca Cleomi, you are missing something. These are the easiest plants that are spectacular. They bring height to the garden. Your pollinators love them. They manage the heat and humidity like champions. Wonderful. Absolutely stunning. So, we had planted the Senorita Blanca here through an arch, right? So, it turns all around and it was simply beautiful. Absolutely stunning. Now, UM. We had some or some fun natural disasters this year. UM. Again. If you are a follower of Cricchide, you know that at the end of May we had huge floods. It was a sudden flood. There was nothing we could do. There is nothing we can do to prevent it. That's what it is. We literally talked to the engineers. UM. There is nothing we can do. Right? So, it's just a joke of nature. That's what it is. And we had a sudden flood that passed from here and destroyed about 40% of the shrub lot. Thanks to the Lord that the characteristic garden was well rooted. The grass was well rooted and we did not have to UM. We did not have significant damage to the characteristic garden. It happened with the UM inventory there. And then, of course, I think most of you know that Hurricane Helen passed in September. And even if we did not have the flood with Helen, we had it because the ground was so saturated and then the wind. We lost a couple of trees and therefore no structural damage. Really considering how North Carolina was hit by Helen. We were great. We dug it big. We ran out of power for a couple of days. A big ULA. Everything worked. We are fine. UM. But the reason I tell you this is because one of those trees we lost was this huge poplar right here. UM. I mean huge. So when you look at this poplar tree, it is more or less the same dimensions of the poplar that we lost. UM. It was a beautiful poplar. But it was in a small ditch of the stream right here. And over the years it had started to be, UM, a little, turned over. And so the girls and I were actually down here. We were not. We were in the shrub lot when this thing fell. And it was just the wind and it just fell and went up and down to the stream right here. So we have, UM, a little, of a patch. So, UM, Jackson and my father passed and managed to pull the tree out. But you can see, I think, UM, that we have holes dug up because this was the entire root bed right here. And you can see all these roots. UM. I know the shadows don't help, but the root bed was all this area here. And so when it fell, it simply took all the roots out. And we had this huge hole here. Dad and Jackson managed to pull the tree out, UM, but we left the main root system as far away as possible because we want it to help keep the bird. If we had to remove that root bed, UM, we would lose a huge piece right here, UM, and we don't need it. So, we'll leave it there and maybe we'll cut some of it. I don't know what we'll do with it, but this will be an area we'll have to work on. We had planted the Hortensia Fairy Trailbridae here, and while we still have two, we've lost two. UM, they were completely torn from the root bed. And then I'm super excited because we have this Elaphrodite. So this is the Calicanthus and when I say it's tight for the chin, it's done. I mean, it's right there. So it's fine. So we'll have to come here. We have plans. We'll talk about it tomorrow. UM. But in a way we fixed it a bit. UM. So yes. It was a fun year as far as natural disasters are concerned, and then you know it's gardening. Right? So you constantly have to do something. UM. Nature has a way of humiliating the gardener. Last November. Well, November 2023 when we had just fixed the garden. We put the lawn. Right? Since we have a Festuca herb in North Carolina where we are, we can use a cold climate herb like Festuca, which is the one we have. That's why it's so beautiful and green. Or you can use a hot climate herb like Bermuda, Joy, Centipede, that kind of thing. Jerry and I prefer the Festuca because you have this beautiful green all year round. The only period in which it could have some difficulties is perhaps from the end of July to August. UM. So we planted the lawn. It worked really, really well. And then, after the distinctive experience, which was at the end of June, we began to notice that there was wear and tear. Especially in the path in front right here and in this little area right here. And, you know, life is crazy. You know? You don't think about it and we just thought, well, maybe it's just wear and tear like pedestrian traffic. You know? Because this is the first year we'll find out. UM. And then suddenly Jerry understood, because Jerry is a type of herb, a type that knows the herb, and said, oh my God, I think they are army worms. And so, as expected, UM, did the test in which you mix a little detergent for lawn dishes and pour it into the ground, and all these worms, these bugs, come out. So they were army worms. So we were infested by army worms. Which was a really bad year for army worms. They start in the Gulf Coast and then go up for a phalanx. And so the Gulf Coast had a very humid spring. So there was a lot of this phalanx and it got in the way. And so a lot of people, as if it were on the news, it was all a bit, around the army worms. So it completely devastated the garden, and this is an exhibition garden. This is a public garden. We want it to look good. And so we decided at that point. You know what? We'll resell it because it's the fastest way. Um. And it was in the heat of the summer. When we cut the hemp grass, you do it in the fall. So, um. Actually, it's from October to November when you do it. And it would have been simply too long a delay. So, we just decided, you know what? We're just going ahead and we'll fix it. So, we went ahead and we resettled the entire UM garden everywhere. So, up to the inner garden where we had UM the lawn. Four. And then we went ahead and we extended it too. So, we also extended the side here at the corner. And then we brought it all up next to this aiuola. Along the entire line of trees. And then up. And then also beyond. UM. A couple of feet beyond on the back. And then all that area where we were just along the stream. So, we put that lawn. We had to keep it in water, of course, because it's in grass. So, you want to keep it nice and wet and humid. And so, UM, yes. So, it worked well. And we talked about Chandler. Chandler is UM, the guy who takes care of our grass forest. So, he does an extraordinary job. Cut the grass. Edge. He simply does an extraordinary job. And so, in autumn it arrived and we re-sown. Right? Because it's what you do with the hemp. So, you cover it. You water it. You literally make holes in the ground and the seeds of the grass and the fertilizer fall. So, everything here on UM has been covered with hemp and then everything back there. So, it just seems phenomenal. So, this is all Chandler's manual work. He and Jerry are good friends. And so, they work in close contact, knowing the grass. And so, they talk back and forth and come up with a plan. So, between the herbaceous mantle and then the cover of hemp in autumn. We had a fantastic autumn for the grass. And so, it looks really nice because we want this to be a natural and fresh area. At a certain point, perhaps we will pave the side as unpaved, but as with slabs or UM stones inside the garden. But right now, we just like to have it with grass. UM, this is the thing of the gardens, right? They change and always evolve. So, right now, everything is good. And you all, if you have ever been with small children for more than 5 minutes where there is decorative gravel. You probably know what they do. They love it. The gravel. Whether it's the small decorative gravel or the big one in the alleys. That is the number one attraction for the children who come here. Which is fantastic. But they like to kick it. They love to pick it up. They love to throw it. So, it would be a real nightmare to keep this garden with gravel paths because it is kicked and all the other things. So, we are very happy with this at the moment. As I said, at a certain point, perhaps we will put some flooring here. But we are fine with that. Now, the other novelty that this year in the characteristic garden is that we have started to develop more gardens. I have always wanted to have a garden at this point here because I don't know if the camera will show it. But right now it's pretty humid and this area, especially in winter, is historically a very humid garden. We have natural springs everywhere and there is one that springs right where the water is in that area of ​​the trees and we can't find the exact source. And so, you know, why fight the humidity? Simply embrace it. So, we created this aiuola. I called it the creature corner because there are all kinds of small unique stone creatures in here. And I planted it. I designed it with plants that really thrive very well in humid and humid areas. So, we have a hibiscus. The summer hibiscus. Oh, the sugar shack button bush. We have hydrangeas. We have herbs. Panic. Manarda. We have a lot of things. Butterfly herb. Em the winter bees. The webmaster. Em verruca spider. So, all these. This is literally a new aiuola of Zecca. And you can see that we have done some things with it, but it is only a little, in suspense. There is not much to do at this moment. I could pass and prune some of the perennial plants, but overall, it's going pretty well. And so, what I imagine is happening right now is that all my roots are very happy, and they are growing and developing and spreading. So, when we arrive in spring, in summer, we will have my em liularia liaria bottle rake. One of them, Em, will sprout. The hostas will explode. The pulmonary. The felces will explode here and they will be beautiful. And this is mostly a sunny garden, except for this corner here. We have made perennial shade plants because of the way the sun does it and with the latifolia trees we have here. This receives a little sun in the morning and then it is in the shade in the afternoon. So we didn't have any problems with the hostas, the pulmonary and the felces. Em, they grew very well. This bed itself is not irrigated, because historically it remains wet for most of the year. We don't really need it. Em, we have a connection with the flexible tube in the fenile. So if we had to come here and give a little extra water, which we had to do this year, right, because we had planted it for the first time, then Em yes, we had to add a little. But overall, it shouldn't be a problem once these plants are well consolidated. So, we will do more of these gardens in TuttoEm to give you an idea of ​​everything well. Here in Crichide we have everything. I have wet areas, I have dry areas, I have full sun, I have shade, anything. Here in Crichide we have it. And so this is the beauty of making these gardens, that is, we can highlight the plants that grow really well here in the southeastern part of the United States, because it is difficult to make a garden in the south, right? If you don't have the heat and humidity, it's a bit difficult to understand how it is to live here in July and August. It can be quite miserable, but the reward is that we are at the beginning of the year. It's January. It's a wonderful day. It's cool. It's not hot, but I'm not covered in snow. It's enchanting. So, there's a reward, it's just that in July, August, we only have a little suffering that we have to go through. And then, of course, with the clay soil, right? Em, we get people through the viewers of you all who, you know, look and say, did you photoshop on that type of soil? Is it really that color? And we say, Em, yes, it really is. It looks like the surface of Mars sometimes on our soil. And so, you know, growing plants in a thick and compact red clay soil has its challenges, but you can do it and you can be very successful. So, this is our goal here Em in the gardens and with these videos is to help you achieve success, right? If you have those difficult conditions, we are here to help you offer some free advice. On how you can create splendid gardens in your house Em, which you can enjoy. So, we certainly enjoyed this space. It's hard to believe on the one hand that it's only been a year and then on the other hand, I'm like, it's only been a year. Em, quindi, abbiamo fatto molta strada nell'ultimo anno. Di sicuro abbiamo avuto i nostri pasticci e successi e abbiamo imparato molto e continueremo a imparare. Quindi, uh, assicurati di sintonizzarti su domani perché torneremo e condividerò con te i miei piani per quest'anno. Perché penso che per me, questo sia uno dei periodi più divertenti dell'anno. È quando sogniamo l'anno prossimo, i giardini dell'anno prossimo, o meglio, immagino che ora siano i giardini di quest'anno. Giusto? Um, non puoi davvero uscire e fare un sacco di cose. Um, ma puoi iniziare a pianificare e sognare. Uno dei nostri, uh, dolci clienti, spettatori, vive, non so, a 20 minuti da noi. Brian, mi ha mandato un messaggio ieri e mi ha detto ho i miei piani. Ho i miei piani. Finalmente ho deciso cosa. Sai, qual è il mio schema per il giardino quest'anno. Quindi, aveva tipo questa bacheca dei desideri, è grandiosa. Um, e quindi aveva creato questo. Quindi, ha già quel piano. E poi, naturalmente, ci sono cose divertenti che fai sempre all'ultimo minuto e che aggiungi. Ma questo è un ottimo momento per sognare la pianificazione dei giardini dell'anno prossimo. Puoi andare avanti e iniziare um se sei una persona del posto, ovviamente. Puoi venire a trovarci um o se vuoi venire a trovarci e venire a fare shopping perché abbiamo persone che lo fanno, ovviamente, portano il loro wall. Quindi, porta semplicemente il tuo wall. O mentre ti vengono in mente i tuoi piani, vai avanti e fai il tuo preordine. Te lo invieremo. Um, ma sì, è molto divertente. E quindi, domani condividerò i miei piani. Non ho ancora tutto inchiodato, ma ho un sacco di cose inchiodate. Quindi, condividerò quelle con voi domani. Quindi, divertiamoci un po' e sogniamo il giardino e le giornate più calde e le giornate verdeggianti. Come sempre, apprezziamo molto tutto il vostro amore e supporto. Vi auguro una giornata fantastica. Ci vediamo al prossimo video. Ciao, amici.