I have officially given up regular tv. Phillip is more entertaining than anything I could find there. Love this vlog!!❤️❤️❤️

@digitalportraitist

2 жыл бұрын

Phillip deserves his own show I also have given up on regular TV! All hail Phillip!

@valariebresee4450

2 жыл бұрын

l to have given up the TV u tube & Philip are so much better

@julielozano1852

2 жыл бұрын

OMG the kids pictures 😂😂😂

@Motherhubbard170

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't think he's even trying to be funny which makes it all the funnier. except I don't know how anyone could have a serious conversation with him without laughing., he's a true classic as well as Anna whose face says it all when she's dealing with him.

@EmilyBoltz

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!,

Burst out laughing at what Phillip had in his back pocket after his heartfelt dismissal of plastic 😂🤣😂

@barbibutton9619

2 жыл бұрын

I know, it took me a minute. He's certainly witty in a covert way at times. Still charging chuckling 😃😃

@jeanwesterman3544

2 жыл бұрын

This is a great fire starter...lint from the dryer stuffed into empty paper toweling and toilet paper cardboard! I really enjoy watching your videos! You have a beautiful little family

@sofiaalexandra2575

2 жыл бұрын

I also noticed he didn’t use them! They were on the ground when Anna came to talk to him lol! So it was just for the joke

“Pools and donkeys, you can’t combine them.” Gotta love Philip’s humor.

“I think I just got bitten by a mosquito here…..it’s good to be humble.”😂😂😂 Phillip, you crack me up!

@mamaahu

2 жыл бұрын

“And I think I am excellent at being humble.” And so you are, Philipp!

@kathywillis7459

2 жыл бұрын

I need to add, that was some SERIOUS mosquito bite!

@nikishazechiel6848

2 жыл бұрын

I missed that he said that!!! Makes it even funnier!!!!! I freaking LOVE his humor!!!

@michelecarroll8168

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@BP-yd9vn

2 жыл бұрын

Those are some serious guns. He must have developed them doing all that plastering.

Anna's Dad is such a sweetie. Helping out his daughter at the chateau. Well done.

@jean-jacqueslavigne3109

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, seeing the parents so happily involved in the works is heartwarming. It may sound like an oxymoron but doing menial work for a chateau can be very meaningful and rewarding and here is the proof.

@pamjames2161

2 жыл бұрын

@@jean-jacqueslavigne3109 agree with you.

Put melted beeswax in the leaky flower pot, swish it around while it cools & coats, and it should create a perfect natural waterproofing inside that shouldn't crack like cooling paraffin wax would.

@FleurOlivia

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@ccoeurjoli

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that good idea 👍🏻

@Hazel-ch3rn

2 жыл бұрын

How much beeswax do you use?

@evafort9441

2 жыл бұрын

You can also use a liquid glaze to coat the inside of the vase and then put it back in the kiln.

I find myself smiling from start to finish, and not just this episode but all of them.

Anna, in case no one has mentioned it, you can preserve hydrangea blooms by simply letting them run out of water in the vase - but only at this time of year when the petals have "hardened" a little. It will give you some beautiful dried arrangements through the winter.

@barbibutton9619

2 жыл бұрын

TY!! I'm learning a lot. Hope Anna is too. 🤭

@waimeagrl5142

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice.

@louisegogel7973

2 жыл бұрын

I have sort of noticed that myself but never thought about it. When the blooms are brown, they definitely preserve better and make a lovely part of any fall arrangement.

HTRAC is simply the best chateau lifestyle video! Anna, the classical stylist, and Philipp, the Influencer, are such a formidable team, ably supported by hard-working, knowledgeable gardening parents; these vlogs are informative, entertaining and inspirational! Congratulations, and many thanks!

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I’m so sorry to hear that Phillip had to decline the offer from Victoria’s Secret ☹️! One of the best episodes! Phillip was definitely on fire😉with his jokes! Loved it x

Anna's Dad is so pleasantly good-natured ... and handsome! ( Sorry Philip - there's a new stud in town! ) LOl!

Anna your Father and Mother are "AMAZING" they really enjoys working in the garden and do a beautiful job ! your so sweet to bring Dad refreshments !

Of all the chateau renovation shows, truly yours is the best. Best couple, best taste. Most fun

Another great video. Love watching you guys. Philip is so funny and Anna is simply adorable. Your blue hydrangeas are macrophylla. Be careful how much you prune them as they flower on old wood. It is better to cut them in spring late March or early April time, when new buds are appearing. Cut previously flowered stems down to the pair of healthy buds. The white hydrangea in your "trouble bed" is arborescens, it can be pruned back harder as it flowers on new wood.

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips!

Anna I lost my dad last year. You are so blessed to have a wonderful father building memories at your beautiful chateau! Love watching you and your whole family.

@barbibutton9619

2 жыл бұрын

Condolences Kelly. It's a pain/loss that can be crippling even over time. 🌺

@twistoffate4791

2 жыл бұрын

@@barbibutton9619 Truth. My folks have been gone six years, but they were my parents for 50 years, as well as my best friends, particularly later in life, and I am still in agony over their deaths.

@twistoffate4791

2 жыл бұрын

Kelly Priest, I am sorry for your loss. I understand.

Phillip is so entertaining. I love his sense of humor. This is a fun way to watch others work. Nathan also is a card.

The trick to keep peonies and hydrangea upright is to put peony rings around them early in the spring. They grow up through the hoops and cover them and the hoops keep them off the ground. The ash from your burn could be a good thing to add to your compost, as long as you don’t use gasoline or other chemicals to ignite your fire.

Philip, you kill me! Your sense of humor is amazing! Even as humble as you are.

The starter that Nathan showed us looks wonderful!

Anna, you need to research the different types of hydrangea you have before any hard cutting back. Some on bloom on old wood, this is where you only want to cut the bloom once its spent, so that buds can form and also, the stem can start to thicken and harden. There are are some that bloom on new wood and these are ok to cut back.

@angiejones5965

2 жыл бұрын

Also when the blooms begin to get spent you can pick and dry them for fall arrangements.

@barbibutton9619

2 жыл бұрын

TY. Didn't know this. It's my daughter's favorite and she has a few started so this is helpful to me as I'll be their volunteer gardener. 🙂🌺🌷🌸

@twobluestripes

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. You can still do a hard cut back on an out of hand hydrangea if it blooms on old wood, but you will forfeit one year of blooming.

@pomme800

2 жыл бұрын

@@barbibutton9619 Your daughter should watch Garden Answer :)) Phillip should too😉

@barbibutton9619

2 жыл бұрын

@@pomme800 will check it out

I can’t imagine living with this jokester all the time. I would die from laughing.

I love Phillip’s wicked sense of humor and the banter between Anna and Phillip. Love watching both of you and the Chateau grounds. Can’t wait to see how things look in the fall

Philip is such a funny man! I loved the plastic bags hanging from his pockets, his thoughts about being humble and his being a role model! You always make me laugh. Thank you!

@reladie

2 жыл бұрын

Nathan is so entertaining

“ I’m excellent in being humble… “ this really got me … hahahah Phillip is really hilarious !!!! Hahaha c”,)

I'm sorry Phillip your opening lines made me spit my drink out. 🤣 Hilarious!

You have to be careful burning cardboard because it shaves off and wind will carry the embers away very quickly .it’s wonderful that you are able to have guests again. Start putting your coffee grounds and tea leave on the hydrangeas to feed them over the winter for good color next year. You do not need to prune them . They bloom quite well and early on old wood. There are several good articles on line . If you prune wrong they will not bloom. You can lacquer the inside of the vase to seal it.

This is my favorite Chateu Renovation channel for sure! ❤️

Anna, I always love those moments when you scream "PHILLIPPPPP" 😂

Anna. I love you. I would love to spend time in your shoes. Phillip cracks me up so much. I would be laughing all the time or just sit down with a drink and watch the show. I cannot get enough of his humor.

Ahh Phillip, you are such a card! Makes me laugh which of course is the plan! And Dad is such a sweetie. All around,,,,,,an entertaining video with lots going on!🥰🇨🇦

Your videos are getting funnier and funnier, just love watching. I think Anna’s dad is an amazing addition to the vlogs as well as her mom, I hope they stay for awhile.

Phillip is always so funny and Anna’s response so perfect. So nice to have mom and dad there for a great visit and helping hands.🇨🇦

Great job Nathan with the Tomato dish!

Put clear varnish in the vase (no spray, but liquid), turn the vase back and forth - and let it dry on the head. Repeat once or twice. Complete. Waterproof ;-))

"Looks female" lol! Anna, you have such patient and loving parents. Also, your grandmother was such a creative. I love her work.

Great episode. Anna’s parents are the best! Now I know where Anna get her work ethic from-such hard workers! 😊 I think hydrangeas are gorgeous at all stages. Lovely arrangements and vases. I hope you can get a larger mower-would save a lot of time. I vote for the donkey, too 😊. Have a good week.

Professional fire “connoisseur”, is that the same as a pyromaniac? Just need to clarify!

@barbibutton9619

2 жыл бұрын

Lol.

Loved all the vases. More hydrangeas in a vase the better! Loved Anna saving the girls’ artwork. It will be precious when you’re my age!

Guys when are you going to continue with the renovation work inside the chateau again? Maybe show us what is done and what you still need to do?

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

We start again in November. We can't make any noise with guest in the house. Maybe we manage to talk about in next week's video..

@barbibutton9619

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowToRenovateAChateau so happy to know you have guests again. May your good fortune continue. Please, please the guests first 😊🌺🌷🌸

You know how you have a problem with a) weeds, and b) needing a new lawn mower? If you get a mower that collects the grass, you'll have almost endless supply of weed-suppressing mulch. (downside: have to empty the mower and move the grass. Upside: no one needs to weed during the hottest day and ruin their knees.) ps. Anna, those flower arrangements look great.

So great to have your parents around for a few weeks! They are such a great help getting the gardens ready for the winter and next spring's plantings! Donkeys LOVE swimming pools! The mountain of hydraengeas are amazing!!!!! Cheers!

Anna, you parents are lovely. Great job with the fire Phillip.

Philip is so funny and together you are wonderfully entertaining. Plus, I am fascinated with your renovation progression.

Phillip, you crack me up, you humor is so spot on, I hope others enjoy it as much as I do.

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Philip your influencer game was on point in this video! Well done!

Must take good care of Dad!!! Philip looks snazzy in the boots and shorts! I really like the plastic bags in the pockets!! I like Anna's idea for an inflatable donkey and a real pool! It's amazing how Philip manages to look stunning while working outdoors and being a role model for Nathan. Lovely to see Anna's Mom!! The vase Anna's grandmother made is beautiful!! What a nice memory to have. Anna,your flower arrangements are really lovely!! Philip is an excellent "Dumpster Diver". Another talent revealed. Love from Vermont

Advice on pruning hydrangeas depends on the type of hydrangea. Based on what I saw in the video ( there wasn’t a good closeup), I think they are Hydrangea arborescens or smooth hydrangeas. They bloom on fresh growth generated each spring. Prune them in late winter/early spring. Unfortunately the large flowers make this type of hydrangea a little floppy. Many gardeners stake them. The cardboard should work well on the new bed but I’d leave it to rest until spring to make sure the weeds are truly gone. The mulch should make it look tidy until then.

@kristinrogersdotter5492

Жыл бұрын

Assuming they are the type to take a hard pruning, prune an inch or two above a bud or leaf pair (as low as possible), remove dead canes or suckers, and prune for airflow in the middle. I've pruned in late autumn but winter is best, or very early spring. The acidity in the soil changes the flower color, so you can try lime if you have acidic soil, etc.

Now that you have humility, you have it all! 😂

It just wouldn’t be a Sunday without You. So entertaining thank you both xxx

The hydranges are lovely, they are the prettiest when they turn green like that. I just wanted to say that while a lasagna bed is great in a bare area without trees or when you don't have any valuable plants, it has the potential to damage the tree. The roots are very sensitive to shifts in soil level, which is why one should never mulch up a thick layer directly under trees. You can add a thin layer, but be sure to keep clear of the trunks or your risk getting in rot. Also, cut grass (and fresh soil from the garden centre with added nutrients, which it almost always has) is better used elsewhere at this time of the year, ideally one shouldn't fertilize after midsummer as it promotes fresh herbaceous growth when the tree needs to prepare for dormancy. Fresh growth at the end of the season runs the risk of being damaged by the winter weather. Unfortunately there are always exceptions to great gardening tips!

@buffmontana4203

2 жыл бұрын

It is great that you mention the very important tip of keeping the trunk of all plants clear of mulch. Some people don't know that, also being careful when to fertilize, another very important tip, I had to stop my neighbor from fertilizing his lawn in the middle of the hot summer.

@deba4537

2 жыл бұрын

Golden words of wisdom here.

😂😂😂 the kids artwork. I love the smell of fire. Reminds me of Tonga ❤ Makes me want to burn a witch 😂😂😭🤣

I love the changing colors of Hydrangeas and it doesn’t surprise me that you enjoy using them too.

Anna, ce serait charmant de planter du muguet, des violettes et des plantes à bulbes autour de l’arbre dégagé par ton papa 😉 ! Au printemps cet endroit serait surprenant… et ça repousse tous les ans 😊 et aussi des bulbes de cyclamens de Naples !! Cela fait des “tapis” de fleurs !!! 🤩 J’espère que Nathan est bien rémunéré ! 😄 À bientôt ! 🌸🌸🌸

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

Merci pour ces suggestions, Christine !

Love this show, funny and showing dedication and hard work, well done guys, keep series coming. Lovely family, well done daddy.

That mosquito bite was intense! 😂

Great video! SO many laughs. Loved the gardening bits as well as the dump treasures and the simple hydrangea bouquets. Yes, we have ALL had one of those days when multiple things go wrong. In fact, the best advice I ever got was to anticipate that something would go wrong EVERY day with the either the house, car, pets, kids or you or your husband. I find that this philosophy makes me more resilient and very appreciative when everything is calm and running well.

"I'm excellent at being humble", hahaha

Anna’s parents are gems! I am sure that all of the things they are doing around the chateau and garden are so appreciated by Anna and Phillip. Nathan’s tomato dish looks splendid! Congratulations to Phillip on his modeling contract…I always did think that he was too sexy for his biking shorts! 😎

Hello Anna and Phillippe! I love watching your channel. I live in Canada and I work with ceramics. You had a question about water proofing your Nana's vase with a product. I suggest not using anything. I suggest taking a plastic bag and put a little water in the bottom, drop it through the top until you can't make it drop any further. Fill the bag half way with water. You now can wrap the bag to the top lip of the vase with a bit of raffia string to keep it in place. This should work. I caution about placing products on top of already fired ceramics as it may change the quality, texture, or other aspects of the vessel. I hope this helps. Maybe one day we will visit your lovely chateau but COVID still prevents us from doing the travelling we would like. Keep up the wonderful work. - Wade

Anna you can dry hydrangea for winter arrangements. Even spray for Christmas arrangements.

Hydrangeas may be cut back in the fall or spring to about knee high which helps spread their underground runners. Hydrangeas also make a beautful winter garden for spring cutting. I have many gardens of hydrangeas. 😊💗🇨🇦

Your videos are so entertaining and thank you. Phillip, you could be a stand up comedian and make a great living at it. You're hilarious 😂 and, while making really hard work look easy. Anna is doing a fantastic job of pulling it all together and is amazingly gifted, you too Phillip. Anna's parents are wonderful and it's easy to see where Anna gets her artistic talent from. You guys are a lovely bunch, the kids too of course. Looking forward to next Mondays video 😁 and thanks again.

leave cutting hydrangeas until the spring as the old blooms protect new growth from frost. They need a LOT of watering by the way, and shade.

Anna, I think February is a good month to cut back hydrangeas. There are some very helpful KZread videos explaining how different types should be pruned. Good luck!

Honfleur, such a beautiful spot on the coast of Normandy. An excellent spot in France to visit!

@seachange17

2 жыл бұрын

So true! It was gorgeous; the filming was spectacular. I never thought of visiting Normandy until I saw how Philip captured its beauty. Well done. From the Prairie State USA.

I ❤ the music..the start of a hunt ( for cardboard) ❤❤

Loved seeing your mom and dad. The cardboard is such a good idea 👍 Phillip I’ve alway been told by my mother that things come in 3’s so you have met your 3 for the year 🤪 🤷‍♀️ I absolutely love watching y’all.

Phillip loving the "plastic" in your pockets, your soooo Funny ! but I think fires are not the best idea for you to "try" with the kids artwork THANK YOU ANNA !

Wish they uploaded twice a week but I know that would likely lead to Phillip nervous breakdowns so I will settle for once a week. Just love this channel so much, it’s helped me heal after my father’s recent passing. Thank you Anna & Phillip.

Phillip ich liebe deinen trockenen Humor, finde ihn sehr erfrischend. Extrem witzig 👍🏾👍🏾

Philip you are just so so entertaining I am in stitches here

I am very influenced by the size of Phillip’s biceps - who wouldn’t be? I also love a good fire.

Debbie here 👩‍🌾 , if you want to plant there, throw a good soil down and then the wood chips…I use this method all through my garden,

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip!

Anna, Philipp’s sense of humor gets a lot of hullabaloo but you, in your own right, are a LEGEND! Working at House of Balmain? Amazing. A great wife, mother and daughter/daughter-in-law! Much love to you from the snowy mid-western state of Wisconsin in the US of A :*)

Love you guys. I laugh at Philip. Then minutes later I laugh again, re-remembering what he said. "Influencer". "Hired by Givenchy". "Mosquito bite right here". "looks rather female". And the recurring Nathan bit is Adorably Funny. (and even helpful with the French lessons!). Anna's dad interacting with her is so dear.

Philip sometimes you remind me of Charles Shultz animated character CHARLIE BROWN! It's not all of the time just some of the time! When Charlie makes a wilted shriveled up Christmas tree into a cute tree...the thought that counts right? The love! You are a man of many talents...he cooks too...fresh shrooms from the garden no less! "WOW!" Then you install a new gas stove! You both are an amazing couple doing these renovations to a French Chateaux...awsome!

My Grandmother would sometimes plant a rusty nail in with her hydrangeas for a rich purple colour 💜💟🌺🌸🌷💐

Another wonderful video!

Loviest people, loviest project, beautiful life to me.

Phillipbsense of humour kills me. Hes hilarious

THUMBS up to this video!!!!👍👍👍👍👍 thank you for the laughs. Really enjoyed the video. 🎆 keep brightening the days.🆒

Phillip is a treasure. So deadpan. So funny.

Anna, if you do not trim the hydrangeas back, the next year they will grow smaller heads and many more of them, which can be very very helpful and beautiful. Stinging nettles are a wonderful healing and nourishing plant… tea, cooked greens… nettles cleans the blood while it nourishes. Phillip! You would have not had such a mild response if you had taken my children’s paintings as a fire starter!!! Anna has a ton of self control and maybe you brought them out to just see how many people you could aggravate with that sacrilege, but wow, and actually not funny in my opinion. Otherwise, I enjoy your humor a lot. Mostly I appreciate how hard working each of you is, how much care and thought you put into everything, and how you share your journey with such a lovely combination of elements: historic perspectives, how to do…, humor, overview, ideas, tribulations… thank you.

Watch out Anna, I think there is going to be a lot more ladies watching Phillip in the videos, especially after the mosquito bite episode. You are both so delightful to watch.

I loved your grandma's paintings already, and she even made such beautiful vase? Amazing!

Enjoyed the video Anna and Phillip!!! Seeing your parents make me think of mine!!! Enjoy every minute you have with them. Means so much!!! Awesome video also, Phillip, you need a TV show!!!

“I think I’m excellent at being humble.” Phillip, you rapscallion!

Well done you two. I always have a laugh when I see that you have posted. The banter between you and Philip is brilliant. It is really great fun.😂

Anna; I'd suggest when you pick ANY material you immediately place in a bucket with some water to cover the base of the stems. When you vase them cut a half inch off the bottom of the stem and IMMEDIATELY place it in the vase water. Plants have a rapid cut-off system for the stems and if you cut and leave for anything more than 30 seconds or so the capillary cells of the stems begin to close and the cut flower cannot drink from the vase-water to keep the blooms and leaf materials turgid and pretty. Never any leaf material below the vase water level, always change the water every day and again cut off one half inch from each stem when replacing in vase. While I enjoy and appreciate a 'natural garden look' I would suggest you: 1. Cut the bed-edges clean with a spade and create V shaped edge of every bed - this allows you to take the edge/whipper snipper-trimmer and walk along and cut the grass edges easily and to keep the gras out of the beds too. Also helps capture and traps rain and hose watering allowing it to slowly infiltrate into the ground away for the thirsty grass. Grass is a hungry plant, taking a lot of nutrients from the soil and any other plant it is near! 2. If you go back to the pretty mature garden you love so much and take a look you'll see a lot of the beds will have either some sort of edging material or be cut in this V shaped edge. I'm a firm believer with some species that solid stone or thick timber edging helps maintain a steady moisture and temperature in the soils. Contain nutrients around the plant roots too. Hand hewn stone coping stones look beautiful and ad a natural yet structured look to some bedding. NOTE: a. I'd suggest you use this method with your shrub borders up against the house to keep out the heat form the driveway gravel and retain moisture. b. In this proposed house-border bed why not add some taller rounded (lollipop shaped) topiary e.g. Camellia's to add a touch of romanticism and colour. I think to ideas to just have a low clipped hedge is too harsh and linear just by itself. There are full sun as well as afternoon shade loving Camellia's which will grow beautifully in your soil and climate. 3. I would add throughout the Spring and growing seasons manure and composted mulch to all your beds (you can save on the areas done by placing the compost and manures around each plant in a ring shape - out to the drip-line of each plant. - from what I can see of your planting's it seems to show me, that while the soil is okay if could do with organic matter boosting to promote healthier growth. 4. NO fresh chipped or fresh raked leaves ON gardens EVER - except where you're trying to smother/cook weeds. 5. Use your ride-on to cut all this material up smaller and to mix it with the grass cuttings from all the large lawn areas you have ... then pile up or better still put into some large square compost bins/bays to rot. You have ample material to create compost for the gardens - this is a superb conditioner and food and if you organise the mover for a newer one (that Cub you have is a not the order needed) with a grass catcher, and a small trailer you can easily and quickly create and move tonnes of compost to and from the compost bay area. In as short a time as one spring summer season you'll have beautiful composted almost (cost of mower, catcher, and small trailer paid for in no time) free food. 6. Collect and compost your kitchen scraps? 7. Compost bay system - (can make out of old pallets) - simply take the kitchen compost bucket out to the bay and add it to the decaying pile. You will make wonderful food for the gardens and a ready source of weed/mulch deterrent too. I am not sure but perhaps the Hydrangeas are a tad droopy because, and looked (not exactly sure of this comment?) they might have needed a drink. It might be the 'leggyness' is because they are trying to reach to the light, or it could be (if fed) that too much nitrogenous food was added?. Hydrangeas can withstand morning sun and like a cool root-run, but if you plant in too dense shade with not enough morning sun they will get leggy and produce smaller and fewer flowers (not good to let them 'bake' of course as they will burn and flowers be small). Not wet feet but a cool temp regulated, moist. organically rich soil. If you feed them some Azalea or a small amount of rose food they will reward you doubly. If you like Pink as a colour and would adore pink Hydrangeas then add a handful of lime per m/2 and lightly till into soil and a month or so later you'll start to see the blooms develop and change to pink. 8. I would hazard a guess you just planted the Hydrangeas straight into the ground without first adding compost and manures to the soil is this right? I've watched carefully Phillips planting and he digs a small hole and plops the plants in. I would advise to always dig and break up the soil out to twice to three times the rootball size, break up the soils in and around the hole, remove any stones or large bits of wood, then return the broken up soil back into the hole as you plant. Of course big plants in 400 mm pots or bags need a larger hole and digging way down is not necessary - rather with such large advanced plants dig deep enough to accommodate the plant the dig out sideways to break up the soils as with smaller plants. 9. It's a great idea (if you can plan it) to dig the ground adding manure, compost, pelletised complete spectrum fertiliser etc pre-planting anything. e.g. When you knew your hedge was going to be planted then dig the holes or trench, break up the soil as advised, add manures and complete fertilizer pellets, lime or blood and bone meal (as species like0 - RESEARCH Philip!, till into soil, rake (nail rake) soil to contour and level, cover with mulch, leave for a few weeks then go back and plant a few weeks hence. 10. NEVER just dig a sharp hole with a spade and drop a plant in - its hard work for those young roots to break through the hard walls of the hole to stabilise and feed the plant. 11. Always water plants in with a slow, prolonged gentle spraying - you must close the soil pore-spaces around the roots and get the roots in contact with the soil - large air pockets in the soil are not good for the new plants. 12. Don't plant out of season. There are very few plants that should be put in to the ground in cold, dark, late Autumn or Winter. 13. I know Philip is a genius (we Philips seem to share this trait) BUT he needs to read, consult and learn BEFORE he goes sticking plants into the ground. All good amateurs and even professionals consult 'written planting guides' my namesake.

Victoria's Secret missed out! Yay for Givenchy!

I love the Judas tree. The garden is lovely

Is it just me, or did it sound a smidge ominous when Anna said she had to do a “bit of editing” 😉 ; I could watch these vlogs all day lol

@louisegogel7973

2 жыл бұрын

She was very mild towards Phillip compared to what he would have gotten from me if he had taken my children’s drawings and paintings for fire starter paper. I am pretty sure he was kidding us all and Anna, or they would have already been burnt up by the time Anna got there.

Ya'll are too funny!! Phillip is the humblest of the humble 😃 Its really impressive how much you have accomplished in such a short time. The property is looking fantastic!!

Anna your dad is a gem! Your mom is so sweet! Really enjoyed watching. Thank you Kathy x

Philipp....try a pitchfork for fires, etc. The handle is longer than the forked spade and the tines are much more narrow and round. I use mine (actually my late father's) all the time. Today I was using my battery hedge trimmer to cut down a briar thicket which had overtaken my day lily beds and pitchforking them into my cart and then onto the fire. You will be much further back from the fire and can really toss large gobs of whatever onto the fire. Your friendly neighborhood botanist in Morgantown, WV who takes care of the 5 acres inherited from my late parents. I really enjoy your show and the work you do.

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joan for the great tip!

@jessicaboyajian3542

2 жыл бұрын

WV - REPRESENT! My dad got his Master’s degree there at WVU and was an agronomist for the US Department of Agriculture’s Soil Conservation Service for many years. I remember him helping a young woman who was taking a botany class find and classify a number of flowering plants native to WV. He marked off a square foot of earth in a summer field and showed her all that she required for the assignment could be found in that 1 square foot. He was never happier than outdoors. When his father who was a high school principal took a job in a town that required the family to move there, my dad wrote a moving poem, at age 10, entitled “I Long to Go back to the Country.” Thanks for the memories!

Philip you cheer me up everytime your just Greatxxx

Best parents ever!!!! Wow so smart and creative!

Your dad is so Kool 😎

That dish looked wonderful ❤

Once those type of hydrangeas are established they are very forgiving. If you do nothing they will either get surprisingly tall or flop over & root from the stems. As far as pruning is concerned I just cut the flower stems down to the crown in early spring because it ‘s nice to see the dried heads through the winter with frost on them. Any branches that didn’t flower leave as they flower next season. Newer varieties may flower on the same years growth but perhaps a bit later. Also a lovely new variety I bought my sister changes into rich russets & holds the colours deep into autumn. Make friends with people who have hydrangea collections as they take cuttings easily, another plus is that even your lovely cut flower hydrangeas will root. Try some Oak leaved hydrangeas whose leaves get great autumn coloring & also have fantastic flowers & the magnificent Paniculatas- Vanille Frais, Sundae Frais, Diamant Rouge etc! They would all look great with your chateau!

@HowToRenovateAChateau

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!!