I didn’t know that microwave flower drying was a thing. I always learn something from you. Thank you, Laura!

@kimmartin2522

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Same!!

@marlenabarnes7280

Жыл бұрын

You don't need any fancy equipment to dry in the microwave. I use any heavy, microwave safe dishes , 1 tuned upside down. I put paper towels down to soak up the water, both below and over the flowers.

@jennierollins8789

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Laura is like the best teacher we all have! On all types of subjects too! ☮️🌍🌲

@irenepirnik8781

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@@marlenabarnes7280 how long do you keep them in there. What number setting ?

@clarissamiles

Жыл бұрын

IKR

Wow you are never too old to learn something new. At 84, I just found a new project for a gloomy winter month, Thank you ,Laura.

Who thinks that microwave flower kits are about to be sold out?!?! Laura...this is AWESOME. Thanks so much for sharing!

@vickijensen404

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Well when you said that, I hurry and ordered mine! Can’t wait.

@vgpurple6887

Жыл бұрын

shh I have to get one..🤣🤣

@vgpurple6887

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$40. Amazon bought one. Need a new hobby.

@be_you2023

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😂 💯

@evelyn.scott4

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The kit is $140 for me in Canada on Amazon! 😟

This fall I saved hollyhock seeds. I dried the flowers and then placed a dried petal in each seed packet so I could see the color each plant would be. My friends I shared seeds with appreciated seeing the flower color they can expect when the plants bloom.

Good morning all. That letuuce looks delicious.

@oliviapourkarim5697

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I love the grounded reality of this channel!!,Despite the recession, I'm so happy withdrawing my $23k profits out of my investment with a platform in town.

@Partrickhenry

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Wow I'm just shocked you mentioned and recommended Jane Thomas Trading Services, I thought people don't know them... they're really awesome!

@janierodriguez3995

Жыл бұрын

@Alexander Amed How please? Am a newbie in crypto investment, please can you guide me through on how you made it.

@janierodriguez3995

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@Leo Antony l'm in Austria🇦🇹 how can I get in touch with her ?

@liliannelson7738

Жыл бұрын

This is quite needful but for beginners you shouldn't settle for videos alone or you see yourself loosing all your money just like me when I started trading with this videos on here. We should be prepared to contribute

Love how you whispered when you took the flowers out of the microwave. Like your babies just waking up. You’re the best, Laura.

We used all my enormous nursing school theory textbooks to press a large number of native wildflowers gathered in our pasture and around the county, to make a wildflower book for my daughter's 11th grade biology assignment. She collected, dried and mounted the dried flowers on white linen paper, labeled them with their scientific name and then being the art student that she is, used colored pencils to sketch an illustrated picture of each flower before inserting the pages into a clear document sleeve and putting them in a binder. She got an A.

I remember I used to microwave flowers with my nanna when I was younger. She’d put the flowers between paper towels or old tea towels, (100% cotton). Then she’d put something heavy on top and they’d come out pretty much the same as yours :) memories xo

You Miss Laura are awe inspiring, God bless you for all you teach us. At my age I am proud to say you are keeping me a sponge who loves coming to class. My husband & I can't wait to share some of the things you've taught us with our children and our little granddaughters. 💗💗

LOVE the microwave flower press! This will be a great addition to our childcare, as you know tiny humans have a short attention, so to see a finished product so fast will make our future projects much more enjoyable and rewarding! We grow our own flowers so it's a full circle education component.

I kind of chuckled at the "first taste of spring" comment Laura made 😂 The first day of Winter was December 21. It has only been winter for 3 weeks. There is still plenty of winter to go! But I feel you, the recent string of a little bit warmer weather has been really nice recently and has definitely encouraged me to get outside more. Love your videos, the grass box you have going is looking great!

@DebzZi

Жыл бұрын

I think that comment about being a winner is a scam??

@ItsWhateverality

Жыл бұрын

@@DebzZi oh it is 10000000% a scam

@claudiaceleste777

Жыл бұрын

@@DebzZireport these as spam whenever you come across them. They’re “bots”, automated messages which try to encourage people to click on them.

We had a speaker at our garden club who taught us to use Viva Paper Towels (they are plain with no ridges) inside of a phone book, topped with heavy books to press. Works great!

A quick way I used to dry flowers when I wanted to use them right away was to use my regular iron on my ironing board with lightweight fabric and tissue paper. I am glad to learn a new quick way using my microwave! Thank you for showing this technique!

☕️Good morning everyone. Anything green looks so inviting and brings about that longing for springtime here in the Midwest with snow on the way. Thank you, Laura. Enjoy a safe and happy day everyone 🌱🌷

So beautiful and fun! I don't cut my flowers from my garden cause of my double trouble kitties will eat them. Now that I just bought my Microwave Flower Press Kit today I can enjoy making these and give to family and friends. 💜🌺🌸Thanks Laura for sharing and the inspiration!

Thank you Laura. Please post pics of how the dried artichoke blooms turned out. Happy Day

I can imagine Benjamin and Samantha in decades to come reminiscing over how their parents grew them an indoor lawn once, such a fun and endearing memory.

Your pressed flowers are so beautiful! Have you ever thought of publishing a Garden Answer Pressed Flower book with photos of layouts? I would definitely buy it! Now that would be a fun project for you if you had the time since you have an artistic eye 🌱🌺🌹🌸🌻

@kerrihiggins2106

Жыл бұрын

Or even calendar/s! Pictures from their garden, of projects, etc

After discovering your chicken coop video, I then watched two other videos you have created. Thank you for producing quality videos with terrific information we can all use. I grow flowers in the garden; however, I have never dried flowers. I will in 2023. Thanks for the inspiration and information.

Wow, I'm very impressed!!! Drying flowers never entered my mind. A lot of fun projects, Laura you are so awesome. Thank you for teaching us this fun project. A lot of 💜 coming from Arizona. Stay safe everyone

I absolutely love the pressed flower idea to frame and hang on the wall. Easy to change up every season if you wanted. So my husband is looking at me as I watch this and is going to make me a press how do would we have saved in the garage. Every time I watch GA, he looks at me knowing he’s got either a hole to dig, potting soil to pick up, or a craft to assist me with. I love all the ideas thank you so much for your inspiration.

@annehedlund7333

Жыл бұрын

You have a great husband/ partner!

I haven't owned or used a microwave in +5yrs but seeing this makes me wanna run out and get a microwave and that microwave flower press immediately!

Good morning, Laura, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 🌞🇺🇸 We are a bit chilly this morning, 52°F 🌞 Great time to weed and get ready for planting seeds Happy Gardening Everyone 👩‍🌾👍

Oh I love this project. Now what I would love is to see what you plan for all the dried flowers. I loved you resin candle. I really want to make some resin jewelry. Thanks so much Laura.

Good morning. I just added that micropress to my Amazon wishlist. Thank you. Beautiful flowers. I also love your traditional press, it looks antiqueish (new word?) and I love that.

It’s a long time since I have dried flowers. I have an old square with corners you screw down. Love yours

Thinking about trying the microwave but with 2 close fitting glass pie plates and flannel fabric. I have a stack of old phone books with flowers in them from years ago, still look good!

@heatherd212

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Let us know how that goes 🇨🇦😊

@pattythune3820

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@@heatherd212 I used some houseplant leaves to try it. 2 glass pie plates with flannel, parchment paper, leaves, parchment then flannel. Plates nested nicely but I added a bowl of water on top for weight. 30 second increments, 4 times. It worked good!!

You gave us sunshine on a cloudy day! Fun to learn about microwave drying! TY, Laura!

@tonybaroud4467

Жыл бұрын

👋I’m really impressed with your comment, if you don’t mind friendship where are you from?

When I saw that beautiful wood tray with all the flowers you just processed , all I could thing about was arranging them in the tray and covering w a thin layer of resin ….. what a beautiful thing to serve drinks/tea with !!!! Thanks for the great ideas!!!

I didn’t know this even existed. How fun! Can’t wait to get one. Who knew you could microwave dry flowers, except Laura of course?

Did anyone else think the back side of the microwaved flowers looked pretty neat too? I loved the green stem as a center! I’ve never found pressed flowers very appealing but this microwave method is fantastic. Thanks for introducing it!

Arranging some of the flowers and greens in a nice design on the wooden trays. Then you could cover them with resin/epoxy, would make beautiful serving trays. So many options with dried flowers. And definitely a fun project on a gloomy day!

@MoniqueARuiz

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that same thing when she showed the tray

Those trays are beautiful. You should pour acrylic or resin over them and make a beautiful tray for your tea parties.

This is so neat, thanks so much for showing the flower press process & the silica gel 🌼🌸❤️

Laura your microwave flower drying press Is amazing looks like so much fun to do as a winter project thanks for sharing that your such a fun and awesome person love your videos

@tonybaroud4467

Жыл бұрын

👋I’m really impressed with your comment, if you don’t mind friendship where are you from?

Good morning everyone. I was thinking about getting more silica gel yesterday but now I want the microwave press.

Thanks Laura. You are a treasure. Much love from Trinidad🌺🌻⚘

Well, I'm a 72 year old man and I found this so interesting and inspiring. I was really watching to get ideas for 2 of my Grand daughters. You are brilliant ! Thank you.

Love this can't wait for your project using the flowers!

Great start to the morning. I had not seen the microwave press and I love the way it worked. Thank you for the inspiration

Hi Laura... How fun it would be to watch you build a ❤️ "Fairy Garden Town" ❤️ in your "Bed Of Grass" after your little picnic. Wouldn't the kiddo's just live it? They could move the "Fairy's " and little wheel barrows and so many other movable items, to different areas. Like an outdoor play yard/ play town. Roads, walk ways that leed to so many magical garden patches for the collected fairies to discover???

Great way to start the morning watching this!❤

A new project for me! Drying my beautiful flowers! Thanks!😊

Laura, such a charming project! Looking forward to seeing what you do with those flowers in the future.

@missbiggs9437

Жыл бұрын

Had to chuckle at your comment because I too have stacks of old phone & coffee table gardening books filled with flowers from years back. The microwave is quick & easy but I wonder if a dehydrator might also work?

I love microwave drying, but I didn't know there was a microwave press on the market! Awesome 👍 🌿 Great video as always!

Another great Garden Answer video! 🎉

Beautiful! Loved this video. Thank you for doing this. Can't wait to see the projects you'll do with the flowers.💕

Beautiful, Laura. Thanks for the winter drolls beauty

How fun! I can't wait to see what you do with all those beautiful flowers! Thank you for sharing!!!

wonderful seeing all that lovely colours, i can't wait to see what you make with all the lovely flowers. x

So cheerful on a cold Winter day!

Laura's property looks great even a dreary day! 🙂

They look so beautiful. I can't wait to see what you do with all those pressed flowers.

Pretty , you have a lot of patience. Love how the projects turned out previously.

I can’t wait to see what you create with these!

The microwaved dried flowers are beautiful, so fast and so easy! I can't wait to share this with my garden club! Thank you, Laura, for another inspiring video.

Wow! Those flowers are so beautiful! I need to dry flowers too. 🌸

Wow Laura……. This is so cool! I always learn something new from watching your channel, and have learned so much throughout the years watching! I for one cannot wait for the update and see what you might do with all those beautiful dried flowers/leaves. MAYBE a beautiful spring wreath? I don’t remember if you did a video on the salt dough ornaments,? but would love to see one? I wonder how poinsettia flowers 🌺 and leaves would look dried? So many options! As far as remembering to do a update, maybe you can keep a journal of the projects that you do somewhere where you can look at it everyday and check them off as you update? Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed this video! 😊

Wow! That is CRAZY. The microwave press was so fast and easy. This changes things for me. I have never worked with dried flowers because they take so long but wow! Laura you show us so many new and beautiful things. It is a BLESSING for all your viewers that we have you in our life. Thank you for all you do! ❤❤❤

They turned out so lovely! Thank you so much for the information, Laura.

Wow! I did not expect them to look like that! That was very calming and satisfying to watch, especially with the calming music.

Loved this video, I need to get one of those. This has given me so many ideas, thank you Laura... Would love more videos like this please.

Wow I love the microwave drying results so much! The colors were amazing.

Well now I think I am going to start a new hobby. Thank you Laura for all the info. God Bless.

You are amazing, Laura!!

These are truly so beautiful Laura! 😍

Laura, you never disappoint. Always coming up with great projects for us.! Love this! Thank you.

That little raised bed of grass looks perfect for a mini fairy land - with a few bonsais and winding pathway and Laura’s creativity with creating miniature fairy gardens…that space could be turned into a really cute mini garden.

Laura, Easter will be here before we know it. Perhaps you can do something creative with the grass area then for Easter. Your children would love that!

I like that you appreciate the weather almost no matter what it is. Like seeing the blue sky coming after the rain. ⛅☀

Never knew that a a microwavable kits where you get it from, what a difference I love how more vibrant they look using this method

Love these ideas. I will have to go back and see some of those videos. I can't wait to try this.

@tonybaroud4467

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👋I’m really impressed with your comment, if you don’t mind friendship where are you from?

It's so pretty to see the bright colors 😊😊🏵💮🌸🌿 can't wait to see what project you use then in.

Wow! The color is so bright, I love the microwave method.

I love to press flowers with a bunch of books that I have. Then I lay them in two pieces of plexiglass, like the one you have in the chicken coop, one on the top and the other in the bottom so the flowers look like they’re floating. It looks gorgeous, you should try it

Good morning all have a safe and blessed day 🥰

Another great video to learn something new! Beautiful results!

I was so happy to see this video. I wanted to try my hand at pressing flowers and saw the microwave press and now know how it works. Thanks for the info

Wow, such a fun indoor activity! The bright colors are sooo refreshing and invigorating! Can't wait to see what you do with these delicate beauties, Laura! Linda

Living in Ohio we had -8 to -22 before Christmas After the new year it was really close to 70 degrees and all my spring bulbs are about 4 inches tall Typically February will be a beast

@tonybaroud4467

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👋I’m really impressed with your comment, if you don’t mind friendship where are you from?

Love the microwave option for drying flowers. I attempted to dry flowers from my mom's funeral with the conventional dryer you have there and they didn't turn out at all. I was heart broken. But, this microwave process looks great. I'd think, if the thicker ones were flat, but not completely dry, you could then put them in the silica sand to finish getting the moisture out. Anyway, loved seeing the comparisons🌸🌼🌺🏵

Can’t wait to see what projects you come up with🙌

@tonybaroud4467

Жыл бұрын

👋I’m really impressed with your comment, if you don’t mind friendship where are you from?

Absolutely gorgeous ❤❤❤ You are absolutely amazing

I had no idea you could use the microwave to press flowers. Love it! Thanks❣️

Laura, AMAZING! I had considered getting the microwave press from Gardener's Supply for Christmas, but I was gifted the heritage press. Watching you do this, now I have got to get the microwave press too! Thank you so much!

Good morning. Oh love this process, I just found a framed piece of dried flowers I did years ago! I need to get the micro press as they don’t get as flat when you use other items. I will be doing this again with store bought flowers. Love it.

I just ordered one for my friends bday and one for me. Thanks so much Laura. I was using glass Tupperware to weigh it down in the microwave but that only works with small flat flowers. I’m so excited!!!!! I love learning new things from you.

I had not seen the pumpkin one and that was beautiful! Clever! So many different ways to incorporate dried flowers❣️😊

Happy Wednesday to you all! Loved the show today!

This was so relaxing and I can't waot to see what you will make with these pressed flowers.

I’ve wanted to try this for some time! Thanks for sharing!

Can't wait to see what you do with the dried flowers!

@tonybaroud4467

Жыл бұрын

👋I’m really impressed with your comment, if you don’t mind friendship where are you from?

Wow…they are beautiful! I need one of those!

Absolutely beautiful!

Good morning Laura! This is one of the myraid of ways that I love Garden Answer. You are always showing me things I wasn't aware of. I think this would be a great supervised project for a children's art class. On it! Mother's Day is around the corner! Hugs from N.C..❤️ P.S. Happy early Birthday to Benjamin!🎂🎊🎈

This was so fun to watch! Excited to see what you will create with them. I was a big time drier of flowers in the 1970's using silicone or pressing in thick, weighted down books. The anticipation of their outcome + how they turned out was like opening presents. Well, they were. Presents from nature! Thanks as always for sharing! 🌸🌼

How fun Laura!! I love this!!

Hi Laura, 🐔 🌱🥬 Thank you for the update on the chicken fodder, lettuce and lawn. It’s encouraging to see them all come together successfully so far. 🌸🌹 I did not consider flower pressing until I saw all your lovely past projects and the microwave option. I have been converted. 👏 Even if you forget to update us, I wouldn’t mind, as the content is always interesting and enjoyable to watch.

Good Morning Laura really love pressings 💐

So neat!!! Love the colors. Happy Birthday to Benjamin tomorrow!! Can't believe he is 5!! Where have the years gone?? 🪀🧸🐇🐻🚗🚗🚗🚂🚂🛫🚜🚜🚂🚂🌼🌻🌲🌵🪴🌺🏵🍓🍓🍓🍦🍦🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂😄