My grand daughter Marigold & I go out several times a day with a bucket with just a bit of water. We pluck the Japanese beetles off our grapes, black berries, apple tree & our butterfly garden. Then we take the bucket of water & bugs & feed our chickens. They are happy for the treat & we are able to save our plants … and be farm girls together. We thank you Jess 💜💜💜
@@melodieeab we have a Marigold too!!! She will be 4 years old soon! So grateful to know that there are others! Blessings on everyone's little Marigold!🥰🌻🐛
@@forgingandurbanfarmingatt4745 my daughter never watched Downton Abby until after Mari was born. She’s 3 and doesn’t know what it means to not eat her own eggs. It took a lot of patience to farm again with a little but it’s been so worth it. She loves being a farm girl. We are hoping to have our first milking goats soon. And Mari plans on taking care of them.
I have been watching you for several years and have learned so much. I recently moved back to SC to land that has been in my family for many generations. I am preparing the area for my first serious garden. This spring will be a small start of what I hope will become a large garden to support me in the years to come. Thank you for all you share.
I take so much joy in the way you enjoy the beauty of your garden. You continue to inspire me and encourage me to be joyfully me. I take the same kind of joy in the natural, wild beauty of our mother Earth. But I had stopped expressing it because of outside criticism. Thank you for reminding me that I am free to be joyful anyway I choose.
I love watching my gardens day to day, week to week too. I take lot of pictures to "document" its progress and give me joy in the winter too:) I hate that we are faced with potentially contaminated soil/compost/mulch, but sharing our experiences help others fix/learn/watch out for these issues. Gardeners have a way of making growth/ life out of waste-look at compost:). I have watched other channels that have had contamination by old hay for mulch and they scraped up all the soil in that area, piled it up on another area of their farm, and brought in new soil. Most of us cannot do that. I appreciate so much that you are sharing your experience and trying ways to heal your soil. That, most of us can do. Thank you Jess!
Yes to Roses. The essential oil in a rose is so hard to capture but it's the MOST fascinating essential oil. You want this in your life. Our hearts have a frequency. When we are loving our frequency is at its highest. Rose essential oil has the same frequency 😍🌹
I like the idea of a climbing rose on corner of the green house. Flower ideas for beds around the green house could be miniature irises, dwarf hydrangea so they don’t get too tall to tall. You could play with colors as hydrangea could be white, pink, or blue. Enjoyed the garden tour.
my raindrop moment. I live in a subdivision and have very little space. but I made some raised beds and use containers and each day in June picked a few things brought them in and weighed them. I harvested 21.9 pounds in the month of June. what a testament for infinitely more than I could have ever imagined. thank you for all the encouragement you give every day. love Gramma Katie
Wonderful tour. You show the reality of gardening with positivity. That’s a necessity in a garden because if you can’t live with some failures you won’t be a successful gardener. Favorite line: “I’m gonna save these first ground cherries for Miah…but I’m gonna eat just one.”😋 Learned a lot more about tomatoes in the heat. Always good to know. The melons, cukes and squash look so good. So very, very sorry your purchased compost had contamination. Appreciate that you’re teaching us what you’ll be learning about remediation of soil. And hopefully not all is lost if we can learn from such things. Looking forward to #3 Garden Tour… whenever it comes. The farm has come so far in this past year! We’re all enjoying the journey as it’s growing into the farm you want it to be. I hope non-gardeners or should I say future gardeners or maybe pre-gardeners that are watching your vlogs learn that starting out slow so as not to become overwhelmed will probably grow more success. Thanks Jess.🌱 From CA🏖
I came home from vacation, and found the Japanese beetles eating a large amount of my zinnias in my garden. I was happy they were not on any food growing. I got my container of water and caught as many as I could, and fed to the chickens. Now it will be a daily hunt and harvest of them.
I'm always for a climbing rose, especially yellow roses, I love them. Thank you so much for showing us your beautiful garden, I am 62 and have learned so much form you. I've never been a veggie gardener, always a flower gardener, but I've been watching you and MIgardener for a few years now and trying all the things you mention and so far so good! Now, if I new how to get rid of the squash bugs from my property I would love it. I thought letting my chickens loose after harvest last year we'd have less. Nope they are devastating my summer squash. I guess that is what happens when you don't plant a winter squash, which I didn't do this year because the last two years they have killed them off.
I'm thankful for your content. I'm thankful for your soil problem. My guy's put two raised beds in the front yard to create an area for my wheelchair, last year. I love to garden with god and sing his praise. The beds did so poorly. I was embarrassed to have worked them so hard for so little. My mind and body have been healing. There is value to having physical therapy right out the front door. I thought about what cleans that won't hurt. In my 64 square foot bed, I amended about 3 cups of pelletized lime then watered in 2 tablespoons epsom salt in each box. I left them uncovered all winter to leech the soil. This spring the lavender took off. I was so encouraged and grateful. I've had several volunteer alyssum this year, tall and spindly. I have flowers blooming but no fruit. I'm looking forward to your mushroom therapy. By next year it should produce. Meantime, I put a 200 square foot garden with weed fabric on the other side of the walk, and I'm reclaiming my backyard garden. God is good.
Jess the cover(?) photo of this video of you kneeling in the garden, is Stunning! You should screenshot it and frame it!! Such a beautiful shot of you.😊 As always… it’s been a joy.❤️
Once you get your benches you should choose one as a memorial bench for Miah's mother / your mother in law. You can get a little placket made to fix onto the bench 💕
Yes! I watched many videos and could tell she loved the Lord before I saw a video where she confirmed that. She is a true example of living out your Faith, which is so much for drawing non believers in.
Another catchup watch and so enjoyed walking in the garden virtually with you friend! I continue to learn and be blessed by you info and inspo. Thank you🙏
I ahre a birthday with Amy. But know I have been celebrating a LOT longer than her....73 years to be exact. Spent nearly every day this week in my garden. Finally getting all the weeds under control. Doesn't get an easier (physically), but does get drastically more satisfiying every year. Thank you for sharing. God Bless.
My honey bee's were killed by a raccoon attack. I was able to save a baseball size of bee's. They hung around the hive for a couple of days then Abscanded. This happened June 21. Today while in my garden I saw two honey bee's. Oh my joy in seeing them. Unless I have beehives; our neighborhood doesn't have honey bee's. Another one of God's special blessings. I am praying and believing that they will make it through Michigan winter. Just wanted to share something positive.
I am very sorry that you had this terrible experience with the herbicide contaminated soil; however, I am extremely fascinated by soil health and am on the edge of my seat to watch your journey with healing and remediating the soil. I am really glad that you decided to go that route, as it will be very educational for us all.
It’s so adorable how you put on a pretty dress for your garden tours. I also love sharing all these memories with you from years past. I often think of Kitten George and Gary. Let’s see if the new barn kitties are characters like they were. So much fun to see your food growing at R&R 2.0!!! 💚
Me too! Her love of Gardening shines through and you can tell it's such a blessing to her to share it with all of us and she is probably the most detailed gardener I've watched which helps us all Lol! Very thankful she is here cause we are all learning!
Hi Jess, instead of benches you could put in arched arbour seats and grow beautiful roses etc over them. Would look beautiful with the fountain and greenhouse and reflect your other roses 🌹🌹🌹😍. Love your channel, I’m in uk
Just today Sat 7-02-22 I slowed down... I pulled off the side of the road... and got out of my car to see up close a beautiful garden.. I had no idea I was a "GARDEN RUBBERNECKER"..🤣😂
Remember the climbing roses you had at your old homestead entering your garden. They are just beautiful again this year! Seen them on one of Jill's videos
Here in Ireland we used to put them in dark shed Never preserving them. They were bagged in hessian bags & sold that way. As potatoes were eaten daily we went through a lot + neighbours who didn’t grow them, all usual friends got bags. I love me potatoes with butter & sliced shallots ,salt. My children generation have changed eating style carbs being rice pasta & other things. Beautiful garden. Best of luck. 🇮🇪💐
I love potatoes too! I could put them with most every meal! This is my first year growing sweet potatoes. Russets are my favorite, but I’ve read the sweet are extra goof for us. I do eat rice & pasta on occasion. My favorite potato has bbq meat, or bacon with cheese, butter & sour cream So yummy.
Climbing rose on the north side is a great idea. And the east bed, maybe tulips, iris & lily. Depending on how much shade you want to cast in the summer choose the lilies heights. Add mums and you get 3 full seasons of cut flowers you don’t have to replant. Though you may have to split and share every few years.😊🍀💚
June 26th is my daughter's birthday. She turned 5! I have baby beans on right now and sunflower Steve's sunflowers have bloomed! It's our first year at our new place and I keep repeating to myself it's going to take more than a year to establish my garden I'm desiring!
I’ve been growing flowers forever, this is my 3rd season growing vegetables and it’s getting better and better and I thank you for all your teaching!🤗🌻🥰
I live in an apartment with a deck on the south and have tried to grow out there, but never worked. But from the things I have learned for you, I am having success, thank you
I just wanted to thank you for sharing what unfortunately happened to your high tunnel garden spaces. My garden this year has been hit with cucumber and Japanese beetle infestations. They have taken out 4 melon plants (2 being my only kajari melons), all my cucumbers (but the Armenian) and several squash... I felt sooo bad, but its life and a learning experience I guess! Your enthusiasm for resolution has helped me be more proactive and to not just give up.
As a joke, my mom's neighbor put a very big zucchini on her doorstep. My mom left it there until Halloween, by then it was hard and orange. My mom painted a face on it for the holiday. So very funny.
I really appreciate your decision to remediate the soil and experiment with a couple of possible solutions. Watching this made me feel like healing soil doesn't have to be do complicated. It makes it seem very approachable.
I love the garden tours and that you are living about two hours away from me. You may not know that Clemson Extension has a collection of heirloom seeds you can purchase seeds from that goes back more than a hundred years of plants grown in the Carolinas and passed down with their stories. With your love of heirlooms you may want to grow some next year. contact them!
H U G E arbors of Carolina Jasmine would provide a fragrant sun hearty summer shade, so your veggies wouldn't struggle so much with the baking summer sun. Also, Red Malibar Spinach will take a trellis (as you know) and provide some summer shade in, & out of the greenhouse. It's fun watching it all come together Jess. -Blessings
@@angiewilson584 If it's fertilized with 10.10.10 once a month, in 2 summers a good size arbor can be covered. Mine went crazy & covered a 4x12 arbor in 2 summers.
I live in NC and my garden was looking very rough because we’ve not had enough rain and the sun and heat has been brutal! I put 30% shade cloth over my entire garden and started watering just about every day and it is thriving right now! Was having issues with blossoms dropping off my tomatoes, peppers, and beans but now I’ve got lots growing.
I appreciate you putting dates on these because it helps in judging what I can do and should do. I am in Arkansas, close to where you used to live, so I reference the old vids... but feel like i still gain a ton watching this progression..
I love you put episodes on your videos & the year so I can try to watch them in order 😊 love your videos …. You have a wealth of information …. Thank you!
I’ve never heard of Lenton roses - but then looked it up. I love hellebores! Have for many years and had no idea they had a whole other name! So excited to see that greenhouse once she really starts bloomin!
I’m a “garden rubber necker” as well!! I get a lot of ideas from seeing what others are doing. Plus, it just makes me happy to see others gardening. I have noticed around my area that as the old timers pass on, the younger generations are not gardening as much. So when I see a garden now, I always look. When I was kid most people had large gardens around here. Many have farm animals, but surprisingly the gardens are lagging! Hope that changes. Love the way things are looking, especially the cottage garden. Shade cloth on the tomatoes is great idea. I’m thinking is erecting some greenhouse plastic over mine if it looks like we’re going to get a week of rain. Last summer mine were at peak production and we had a week of rain and ruined many.
I love how much I learn from every video I catch! Our potatoes have just started to flower this weekend so now I know they’ll be ready to harvest soon. Blessings from Southern BC, Canada!
I just watched Garden Answer where Laura and Aaron mentioned you in their Sunday episode. WOW! They were referring to the contaminated soil issue that you had. Looks like they are both avid watchers of your channel.
we had a 3 month heat wave where it was over 40C pretty much the whole time. and the tomato harvests were the best ever. blossoms were NOT dying and falling off. they were growing like crazy. and my garden is a paved patio that is like an oven and all my plants are in buckets. the key i think is to have enough water. i would water every day at about 2pm and flood every bucket with cold water. i also had the buckets sitting in drip trays so theyd have a bit extra water. this cold bath during the hottest part of the day really helped the plants thrive in the heat. before id water they would be all wilted, even if the soil wasnt dry. and then soon after i watered, they would be back to being firm and open and happy again, even tho it was the hottest point of the day. my friend who has sun the entire day, and her planter is in a giant asphalt drive way that is also like an oven, she also waterd early afteroon and she had one tomato plant (med size black topped) that had HUNDREDS of big juicy tomatos. and her roma tomatoes were GIGANTIC...like 8" long and proportionally thick. ive never seen romas anywhere close to that size before, and ive grown that same type before. so if your plants are dropping the blossoms a lot, flood the roots with cold water at the warmest point of the day.....it should help. harder to do with a huge garden, and the cold water wont be retained as much as in a bucket, but it should still help.
I watch every single episode! I absolutely enjoy & love your precious soul & your channel full of great information! Thank you for cheering us all on with great advice! Sincerely love you and appreciate you! M.E ✌🏽❤️🌱
Sometimes I feel so silly being so invested in someone I don't know who doesn't know me. I have learned so much from this channel and these people. My garden is what it is mainly because of Jess. I am so thankful. I'm glad to be in the company of others who love her precious soul too.
How long a garden takes to build depends on ones resources. People need to give themselves some grace. I'm a person of little money and with health issues, so my garden is a slow evolution from wild meadow and forest to..... what ever the permaculture and forest garden looks like when I die.
Oh my! I can’t wait to see the variegated sunflowers! I totally cracked up on the “garden battle royale”! So many beautiful things in your garden, it’s gorgeous!
Celosia is in the amaranth family, and the leaves are edible. My grandmother grew rhubarb at Lake Tahoe, and it came up through the snow in the spring. It was planted between boulders, so that probably protected the roots a bit.
Yay for Sunflower Steve’s variegated sunflowers! I’m in love. Recommendations for the shady side of the greenhouse: white feather hosta roots from Eden Brothers as a border and something vivid contrasting behind it. I’m doing purple astilbe and bleeding hearts with mine. Also thinking about adding purple coneflower.
The best place to be is in your Garden with you sweet Jess @roots_and_refuge farm... So excited to share your smile, grateful heart and passionate love for your Growing Gardener Spirit.. Love you & your Lovely Wilder Still Spaces... May God continue to Bless you and all who follow along in your journey! ❤️🙌🐝🦋🌻🍓🍅🍉🥬🥒🧅🫑🌶🥦🍆🫐🐷🐮🐶🐔🐣
That's a great idea. I'm watching your video on 4th July 2022...🦋 It's my daughters birthday today. Happy Independence Day for those that celebrate it. A highly scented climbing rose would smell beautiful and help out bees and butterflies....nature 🐝 Love your channel and content, thank you 💛 Blessings from the United Kingdom. 🌱☕🙏🏼
I keep a "beetle jar" with some vegetable oil in the garden. Japanese beetles release and drop to avoid danger, so I hold the jar under and tap an individual or group with the lid so they drop into the jar. I just have to remain vigilant with my beetle checks.
I’m struggling so bad with these beetles. They are taking out my fruit trees and roses and beans and elderberries ): I tried soapy water spray but the soap burned the leaves 😮 has that ever happened to you?
I swear there is some weird bug plagues happening over the last few years. Kevin from Epic Gardening has been saying that California has been dealing with terrible Earwigs. Jess is mentioning Beetles and I've noticed an increase of Beetles in NY too. This year we seem to be getting a lot of insects we haven't seen much in the last 3 years.
We are having Japanese beetles badly this year. They have decimated my strawberries. Did not know of their habit of dropping to avoid danger. I will change from "picking" to "tapping" into a jar. Thanks for the info.
That faciated tomato blossom almost reminds me of a teddy bear sunflower 🤣😂🤣 it's a doozy! 💡💡 Don't forget to leave a control bed (untreated) in the contaminated greenhouse, so you can compare success.
I harvested a laundry basket full of broccoli for my garden this week and the minute I open up the netting over my raised beds to harvest it the chickens just start making these happy noises because they know they're going to be able to get in there and eat all the leaves and everything I mean I don't even have the net off and they're already trying to jump in there cuz they know they just like we've been staring at this the whole time and now we get it so they pick the leaves off the broccoli plants and that feeds them for this whole week and they love it
I LOVE the reality of your videos, unlike some garden UA-cams and magazines that invite me to think I have a black thumb and invite me to feel guilty that I don’t have “instant gardens”. They never tell you that a staff of landscapers and gardeners came into make everything appear lush in a matter of weeks. Red flag and my pet peeve? Lush gardens full of spring and fall plants, shade and sun plants growing together at the same time and in full bloom. Tells me they’re potted and/or from a greenhouse as instant garden for a photo shoot.
That is my pet peeve too! As a real estate agent I see so many people make instant gardens right before they sell - and both the seller and the buyer genuinely believe the garden will come back the same way next year 🤔💚
My heart and my garden have been devastated by contaminated soil, yet thanks to your videos I'm feeling hopeful once again. Thank you, Jess, for all you do. It's a long road ahead, but I'm willing to put the work in and heal this little patch of earth I call home. ❤I needed this video today, more than ever. ❤
Ive been planting what is willing to grow in my soil but continuously trying beans, herbs and tomatoes because it was only in my new bed that I bought to have a bigger pepper/tomato harvest. Summer squash grow prolifically in that bed. I plan on planting corn in it knowing I won't get a harvest but it will be useful for next year
Gosh a classic red red roses climbing up that black greenhouse would be SO striking 😍🌹🥀
My grand daughter Marigold & I go out several times a day with a bucket with just a bit of water. We pluck the Japanese beetles off our grapes, black berries, apple tree & our butterfly garden. Then we take the bucket of water & bugs & feed our chickens. They are happy for the treat & we are able to save our plants … and be farm girls together. We thank you Jess 💜💜💜
I named my daughter Marigold! I’m so glad to know there are more out there.
@@melodieeab we have a Marigold too!!! She will be 4 years old soon! So grateful to know that there are others! Blessings on everyone's little Marigold!🥰🌻🐛
Does this name have anything to do with Downton Abbey? Cause it is FABULOUS! I was always team Edith...
@@forgingandurbanfarmingatt4745 my daughter never watched Downton Abby until after Mari was born. She’s 3 and doesn’t know what it means to not eat her own eggs. It took a lot of patience to farm again with a little but it’s been so worth it. She loves being a farm girl. We are hoping to have our first milking goats soon. And Mari plans on taking care of them.
Awesome Idea! I'm having a heck of a time with squash bugs and Japanese beetles.
I have been watching you for several years and have learned so much. I recently moved back to SC to land that has been in my family for many generations. I am preparing the area for my first serious garden. This spring will be a small start of what I hope will become a large garden to support me in the years to come.
Thank you for all you share.
So thankful that you are finding “cures” for the poisoned soil, and sharing for the benefit of others.
I take so much joy in the way you enjoy the beauty of your garden. You continue to inspire me and encourage me to be joyfully me. I take the same kind of joy in the natural, wild beauty of our mother Earth. But I had stopped expressing it because of outside criticism. Thank you for reminding me that I am free to be joyful anyway I choose.
I love watching my gardens day to day, week to week too. I take lot of pictures to "document" its progress and give me joy in the winter too:) I hate that we are faced with potentially contaminated soil/compost/mulch, but sharing our experiences help others fix/learn/watch out for these issues. Gardeners have a way of making growth/ life out of waste-look at compost:). I have watched other channels that have had contamination by old hay for mulch and they scraped up all the soil in that area, piled it up on another area of their farm, and brought in new soil. Most of us cannot do that. I appreciate so much that you are sharing your experience and trying ways to heal your soil. That, most of us can do. Thank you Jess!
I love the idea of a climbing rose in that corner! Like a gorgeous coral or peach colored rose
I love ♥️ the idea of a climbing rose 🌹 on the corner of the greenhouse.
Yes, a climbing rose on the north side is a good idea. I love your greenhouse. It’s so unique
Yes to Roses. The essential oil in a rose is so hard to capture but it's the MOST fascinating essential oil. You want this in your life.
Our hearts have a frequency. When we are loving our frequency is at its highest. Rose essential oil has the same frequency 😍🌹
Thank you for sharing your garden with us. I wanted to thank you for showing the good and the bad with us.
I like the idea of a climbing rose on corner of the green house. Flower ideas for beds around the green house could be miniature irises, dwarf hydrangea so they don’t get too tall to tall. You could play with colors as hydrangea could be white, pink, or blue. Enjoyed the garden tour.
I love the idea of a climbing rose on the corner of the green house!
The beauty, and fragrance of a climbing rose always adds value.
Then you have the high vit C hips.
my raindrop moment. I live in a subdivision and have very little space. but I made some raised beds and use containers and each day in June picked a few things brought them in and weighed them. I harvested 21.9 pounds in the month of June. what a testament for infinitely more than I could have ever imagined. thank you for all the encouragement you give every day. love Gramma Katie
Good job that's awesome! I'm sure you are inspiring others as well 💚
Wonderful tour. You show the reality of gardening with positivity. That’s a necessity in a garden because if you can’t live with some failures you won’t be a successful gardener. Favorite line: “I’m gonna save these first ground cherries for Miah…but I’m gonna eat just one.”😋 Learned a lot more about tomatoes in the heat. Always good to know. The melons, cukes and squash look so good.
So very, very sorry your purchased compost had contamination. Appreciate that you’re teaching us what you’ll be learning about remediation of soil. And hopefully not all is lost if we can learn from such things.
Looking forward to #3 Garden Tour… whenever it comes. The farm has come so far in this past year! We’re all enjoying the journey as it’s growing into the farm you want it to be. I hope non-gardeners or should I say future gardeners or maybe pre-gardeners that are watching your vlogs learn that starting out slow so as not to become overwhelmed will probably grow more success.
Thanks Jess.🌱
From CA🏖
So glad I am not the only one that loses their walking rows to the jungle of plants!!
I came home from vacation, and found the Japanese beetles eating a large amount of my zinnias in my garden. I was happy they were not on any food growing. I got my container of water and caught as many as I could, and fed to the chickens. Now it will be a daily hunt and harvest of them.
I'm always for a climbing rose, especially yellow roses, I love them. Thank you so much for showing us your beautiful garden, I am 62 and have learned so much form you. I've never been a veggie gardener, always a flower gardener, but I've been watching you and MIgardener for a few years now and trying all the things you mention and so far so good! Now, if I new how to get rid of the squash bugs from my property I would love it. I thought letting my chickens loose after harvest last year we'd have less. Nope they are devastating my summer squash. I guess that is what happens when you don't plant a winter squash, which I didn't do this year because the last two years they have killed them off.
I'm thankful for your content. I'm thankful for your soil problem. My guy's put two raised beds in the front yard to create an area for my wheelchair, last year. I love to garden with god and sing his praise. The beds did so poorly. I was embarrassed to have worked them so hard for so little. My mind and body have been healing. There is value to having physical therapy right out the front door. I thought about what cleans that won't hurt. In my 64 square foot bed, I amended about 3 cups of pelletized lime then watered in 2 tablespoons epsom salt in each box. I left them uncovered all winter to leech the soil. This spring the lavender took off. I was so encouraged and grateful. I've had several volunteer alyssum this year, tall and spindly. I have flowers blooming but no fruit. I'm looking forward to your mushroom therapy. By next year it should produce. Meantime, I put a 200 square foot garden with weed fabric on the other side of the walk, and I'm reclaiming my backyard garden. God is good.
Jess the cover(?) photo of this video of you kneeling in the garden, is Stunning! You should screenshot it and frame it!! Such a beautiful shot of you.😊
As always… it’s been a joy.❤️
Yes to climbing roses, bring some color to the black greenhouse, a nice contrast. Great tour, thank you!
If I could live my life over, I'd make different decisions. Love your garden and full vision.
Once you get your benches you should choose one as a memorial bench for Miah's mother / your mother in law. You can get a little placket made to fix onto the bench 💕
Thank you for inviting us along!
I love your videos because it not only teaches me about gardening but it also helps me grow spiritually. Bless you ❣️
I see Jesus in you.
I would appreciate your feedback ua-cam.com/video/ll5tPfwn8bA/v-deo.html
Yes! I watched many videos and could tell she loved the Lord before I saw a video where she confirmed that. She is a true example of living out your Faith, which is so much for drawing non believers in.
Another catchup watch and so enjoyed walking in the garden virtually with you friend! I continue to learn and be blessed by you info and inspo. Thank you🙏
I ahre a birthday with Amy. But know I have been celebrating a LOT longer than her....73 years to be exact. Spent nearly every day this week in my garden. Finally getting all the weeds under control. Doesn't get an easier (physically), but does get drastically more satisfiying every year. Thank you for sharing. God Bless.
My honey bee's were killed by a raccoon attack. I was able to save a baseball size of bee's. They hung around the hive for a couple of days then Abscanded.
This happened June 21. Today while in my garden I saw two honey bee's. Oh my joy in seeing them. Unless I have beehives; our neighborhood doesn't have honey bee's. Another one of God's special blessings. I am praying and believing that they will make it through Michigan winter.
Just wanted to share something positive.
I'm also a "Garden rubber necker" I love to get inspiration from other peoples Gardens!
"Battle Royale in the garden" with the squash and cucamelons 🤣 Love it!
I'm growing black beauty tomatoes too! I am also very excited about them!
You're such a blessing, Jessica. Thank you.
I am very sorry that you had this terrible experience with the herbicide contaminated soil; however, I am extremely fascinated by soil health and am on the edge of my seat to watch your journey with healing and remediating the soil. I am really glad that you decided to go that route, as it will be very educational for us all.
Your new garden is beautiful! Thank you for sharing. It is so inspirational!
Climbing rose would be gorgeous on that corner🤗!
Yes to the climbing rose!!! It will add a softness to your structure yet still keep that visual that is so stunning!! Love your vision 💚💚
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My thoughts exactly❣️ The climbing rose would be a VERY lovely addition. I'm so excited to see your vision come to life. 🤗🌹🌿
Yes, always add climbing roses when faced with the "should we" question!
Great advice. When in doubt, when it comes to gardening, just do it. I always say, you won’t know unless you try it.🌱
Thanks so much for sharing the garden tour Roots and Refuge Farm!
It’s so adorable how you put on a pretty dress for your garden tours. I also love sharing all these memories with you from years past. I often think of Kitten George and Gary. Let’s see if the new barn kitties are characters like they were. So much fun to see your food growing at R&R 2.0!!! 💚
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I like her dresses too, so pretty. I'm the same way. I'm not a very feminine, dainty woman but nothing is as comfortable as a pretty summer dress.
I like the dress too...
Your garden tours are my absolute favorite things to watch on UA-cam 💚🙏🏾
Same! I still watch her garden tours from 3 years. 😅
@@yacabe me too 😂
Same!
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Me too! Her love of Gardening shines through and you can tell it's such a blessing to her to share it with all of us and she is probably the most detailed gardener I've watched which helps us all Lol! Very thankful she is here cause we are all learning!
I actually gasped when you said the words variegated sunflower.
Hi Jess, instead of benches you could put in arched arbour seats and grow beautiful roses etc over them. Would look beautiful with the fountain and greenhouse and reflect your other roses 🌹🌹🌹😍. Love your channel, I’m in uk
Wonderful idea! Beautiful fragrant climbing roses. Different fragrant climbing flowers over each arched seating area.
Just today Sat 7-02-22 I slowed down...
I pulled off the side of the road... and got out of my car to see up close a beautiful garden..
I had no idea I was a "GARDEN RUBBERNECKER"..🤣😂
I've watched your videos for going on 4 years now I'm never board with them just love watching everything grow what a fantastic job you all have done
Remember the climbing roses you had at your old homestead entering your garden. They are just beautiful again this year! Seen them on one of Jill's videos
Here in Ireland we used to put them in dark shed Never preserving them. They were bagged in hessian bags & sold that way. As potatoes were eaten daily we went through a lot + neighbours who didn’t grow them, all usual friends got bags. I love me potatoes with butter & sliced shallots ,salt. My children generation have changed eating style carbs being rice pasta & other things. Beautiful garden. Best of luck. 🇮🇪💐
I love potatoes too! I could put them with most every meal!
This is my first year growing sweet potatoes.
Russets are my favorite, but I’ve read the sweet are extra goof for us.
I do eat rice & pasta on occasion.
My favorite potato has bbq meat, or bacon with cheese, butter & sour cream So yummy.
Climbing rose on the north side is a great idea. And the east bed, maybe tulips, iris & lily. Depending on how much shade you want to cast in the summer choose the lilies heights. Add mums and you get 3 full seasons of cut flowers you don’t have to replant. Though you may have to split and share every few years.😊🍀💚
June 26th is my daughter's birthday. She turned 5! I have baby beans on right now and sunflower Steve's sunflowers have bloomed! It's our first year at our new place and I keep repeating to myself it's going to take more than a year to establish my garden I'm desiring!
Sold out by the time I went to get them. They are stunning!
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I’ve been growing flowers forever, this is my 3rd season growing vegetables and it’s getting better and better and I thank you for all your teaching!🤗🌻🥰
I live in an apartment with a deck on the south and have tried to grow out there, but never worked. But from the things I have learned for you, I am having success, thank you
I just wanted to thank you for sharing what unfortunately happened to your high tunnel garden spaces.
My garden this year has been hit with cucumber and Japanese beetle infestations. They have taken out 4 melon plants (2 being my only kajari melons), all my cucumbers (but the Armenian) and several squash...
I felt sooo bad, but its life and a learning experience I guess!
Your enthusiasm for resolution has helped me be more proactive and to not just give up.
As a joke, my mom's neighbor put a very big zucchini on her doorstep. My mom left it there until Halloween, by then it was hard and orange. My mom painted a face on it for the holiday. So very funny.
Good idea!
I really appreciate your decision to remediate the soil and experiment with a couple of possible solutions. Watching this made me feel like healing soil doesn't have to be do complicated. It makes it seem very approachable.
I love the garden tours and that you are living about two hours away from me. You may not know that Clemson Extension has a collection of heirloom seeds you can purchase seeds from that goes back more than a hundred years of plants grown in the Carolinas and passed down with their stories. With your love of heirlooms you may want to grow some next year. contact them!
Your garden is so beautiful! I'm so excited to continue in my newly found love for gardening when I have a tour of an actual harvest! 🖤🖤🖤
It's hard to believe it's been a year...just look at all you guy's have done . 🙌
Absolutely respect you more for being a good steward of the land in your endeavors to fix the bad soil problem.
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Heck yes to climbing rose. Something light colored to co toast the black 😊 It all looks amazing!
H U G E arbors of Carolina Jasmine would provide a fragrant sun hearty summer shade, so your veggies wouldn't struggle so much with the baking summer sun. Also, Red Malibar Spinach will take a trellis (as you know) and provide some summer shade in, & out of the greenhouse. It's fun watching it all come together Jess. -Blessings
How long does it take Carolina Jasmine to grow enough to cover the arbor and provide shade?
@@angiewilson584 If it's fertilized with 10.10.10 once a month, in 2 summers a good size arbor can be covered. Mine went crazy & covered a 4x12 arbor in 2 summers.
I live in NC and my garden was looking very rough because we’ve not had enough rain and the sun and heat has been brutal! I put 30% shade cloth over my entire garden and started watering just about every day and it is thriving right now! Was having issues with blossoms dropping off my tomatoes, peppers, and beans but now I’ve got lots growing.
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My Mum makes jam out of the ground cherries & it's delicious. One of the best jams I've eaten, beautiful on sourdough bread.
I appreciate you putting dates on these because it helps in judging what I can do and should do. I am in Arkansas, close to where you used to live, so I reference the old vids... but feel like i still gain a ton watching this progression..
Cecil Bruner rose is a perfect climber, small blooms in pale pink , delicate and fragrant, perfect for drying for crafts , my favorite ❤️🙏🏻👍🏻
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I love you put episodes on your videos & the year so I can try to watch them in order 😊 love your videos …. You have a wealth of information …. Thank you!
I’ve never heard of Lenton roses - but then looked it up.
I love hellebores! Have for many years and had no idea they had a whole other name!
So excited to see that greenhouse once she really starts bloomin!
Saving this to watch tomorrow when my husband is out the house so I get peace to enjoy it!
The rose growing up would be lovely. You can keep it trained to not take over the glass.❤️
I can't wait for the kitchen day episodes to see what you do with all the squash!
I watch both you and Jill. You two are the reason I got the confidence to start my garden 2 years ago. This year it looks great
Who is this Jill? 🙂
The waiting, then the growing, then the explosion of color and harvest! What a beautiful dance!
I’m a “garden rubber necker” as well!! I get a lot of ideas from seeing what others are doing. Plus, it just makes me happy to see others gardening. I have noticed around my area that as the old timers pass on, the younger generations are not gardening as much. So when I see a garden now, I always look. When I was kid most people had large gardens around here. Many have farm animals, but surprisingly the gardens are lagging! Hope that changes. Love the way things are looking, especially the cottage garden. Shade cloth on the tomatoes is great idea. I’m thinking is erecting some greenhouse plastic over mine if it looks like we’re going to get a week of rain. Last summer mine were at peak production and we had a week of rain and ruined many.
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O yes! Puts me in the mood to go tend to my garden today, and take pictures!
“I’m hot right now, I’d probably curl up too!” YES 👏🏻 I feel the same way! For myself, gardening after 8:30am is ROUGH in zone 9A/9B right now!
Your garden tours are my time to de stress and dream.
It’s all growing so beautiful!
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I love how much I learn from every video I catch! Our potatoes have just started to flower this weekend so now I know they’ll be ready to harvest soon. Blessings from Southern BC, Canada!
I just watched Garden Answer where Laura and Aaron mentioned you in their Sunday episode. WOW!
They were referring to the contaminated soil issue that you had. Looks like they are both avid watchers of your channel.
Oh my the zinnias between the trellis is just joy! Thank you Jess I love your garden tours 🌸🌷❤️
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we had a 3 month heat wave where it was over 40C pretty much the whole time. and the tomato harvests were the best ever. blossoms were NOT dying and falling off. they were growing like crazy. and my garden is a paved patio that is like an oven and all my plants are in buckets. the key i think is to have enough water. i would water every day at about 2pm and flood every bucket with cold water. i also had the buckets sitting in drip trays so theyd have a bit extra water. this cold bath during the hottest part of the day really helped the plants thrive in the heat. before id water they would be all wilted, even if the soil wasnt dry. and then soon after i watered, they would be back to being firm and open and happy again, even tho it was the hottest point of the day. my friend who has sun the entire day, and her planter is in a giant asphalt drive way that is also like an oven, she also waterd early afteroon and she had one tomato plant (med size black topped) that had HUNDREDS of big juicy tomatos. and her roma tomatoes were GIGANTIC...like 8" long and proportionally thick. ive never seen romas anywhere close to that size before, and ive grown that same type before. so if your plants are dropping the blossoms a lot, flood the roots with cold water at the warmest point of the day.....it should help. harder to do with a huge garden, and the cold water wont be retained as much as in a bucket, but it should still help.
I watch every single episode!
I absolutely enjoy & love your precious soul & your channel full of great information!
Thank you for cheering us all on with great advice!
Sincerely love you and appreciate you!
M.E ✌🏽❤️🌱
Sometimes I feel so silly being so invested in someone I don't know who doesn't know me. I have learned so much from this channel and these people. My garden is what it is mainly because of Jess. I am so thankful. I'm glad to be in the company of others who love her precious soul too.
How long a garden takes to build depends on ones resources. People need to give themselves some grace.
I'm a person of little money and with health issues, so my garden is a slow evolution from wild meadow and forest to..... what ever the permaculture and forest garden looks like when I die.
Gosh I can’t believe it’s almost been a year. Can’t imagine what it’s like for y’all 🤣 Time flies when we’re having fun. I love y’all.
Oh my! I can’t wait to see the variegated sunflowers! I totally cracked up on the “garden battle royale”! So many beautiful things in your garden, it’s gorgeous!
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Celosia is in the amaranth family, and the leaves are edible. My grandmother grew rhubarb at Lake Tahoe, and it came up through the snow in the spring. It was planted between boulders, so that probably protected the roots a bit.
I'm so jealous of you Mrs! Things are coming along nicely, and your sleeve as well(tattooist here,I notice),thank you for the tour, and advice!
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Yay for Sunflower Steve’s variegated sunflowers! I’m in love. Recommendations for the shady side of the greenhouse: white feather hosta roots from Eden Brothers as a border and something vivid contrasting behind it. I’m doing purple astilbe and bleeding hearts with mine. Also thinking about adding purple coneflower.
The best place to be is in your Garden with you sweet Jess @roots_and_refuge farm... So excited to share your smile, grateful heart and passionate love for your Growing Gardener Spirit.. Love you & your Lovely Wilder Still Spaces... May God continue to Bless you and all who follow along in your journey! ❤️🙌🐝🦋🌻🍓🍅🍉🥬🥒🧅🫑🌶🥦🍆🫐🐷🐮🐶🐔🐣
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Love love love your garden tours!!! I learn so much. Thank you so so much!
That's a great idea. I'm watching your video on 4th July 2022...🦋
It's my daughters birthday today.
Happy Independence Day for those that celebrate it.
A highly scented climbing rose would smell beautiful and help out bees and butterflies....nature 🐝
Love your channel and content, thank you 💛
Blessings from the United Kingdom.
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I wouldn’t hide that window greenhouse with a climbing rose. Maybe a rain chain?
I keep a "beetle jar" with some vegetable oil in the garden. Japanese beetles release and drop to avoid danger, so I hold the jar under and tap an individual or group with the lid so they drop into the jar. I just have to remain vigilant with my beetle checks.
I’m struggling so bad with these beetles. They are taking out my fruit trees and roses and beans and elderberries ):
I tried soapy water spray but the soap burned the leaves 😮 has that ever happened to you?
I swear there is some weird bug plagues happening over the last few years. Kevin from Epic Gardening has been saying that California has been dealing with terrible Earwigs. Jess is mentioning Beetles and I've noticed an increase of Beetles in NY too. This year we seem to be getting a lot of insects we haven't seen much in the last 3 years.
We are having Japanese beetles badly this year. They have decimated my strawberries. Did not know of their habit of dropping to avoid danger. I will change from "picking" to "tapping" into a jar. Thanks for the info.
@@bethheerten1132 They drop more often vs fly away if they are sleepy or wet. Early morning, dusk, and during or just after a rain is easy peesy.
That faciated tomato blossom almost reminds me of a teddy bear sunflower 🤣😂🤣 it's a doozy!
💡💡 Don't forget to leave a control bed (untreated) in the contaminated greenhouse, so you can compare success.
I harvested a laundry basket full of broccoli for my garden this week and the minute I open up the netting over my raised beds to harvest it the chickens just start making these happy noises because they know they're going to be able to get in there and eat all the leaves and everything I mean I don't even have the net off and they're already trying to jump in there cuz they know they just like we've been staring at this the whole time and now we get it so they pick the leaves off the broccoli plants and that feeds them for this whole week and they love it
I LOVE the reality of your videos, unlike some garden UA-cams and magazines that invite me to think I have a black thumb and invite me to feel guilty that I don’t have “instant gardens”. They never tell you that a staff of landscapers and gardeners came into make everything appear lush in a matter of weeks. Red flag and my pet peeve? Lush gardens full of spring and fall plants, shade and sun plants growing together at the same time and in full bloom. Tells me they’re potted and/or from a greenhouse as instant garden for a photo shoot.
That is my pet peeve too! As a real estate agent I see so many people make instant gardens right before they sell - and both the seller and the buyer genuinely believe the garden will come back the same way next year 🤔💚
"Hi, my name is Jess, and I'm a Garden Rubbernecker." 😆 🤣
Over joyed watching you in your season, God Bless You and your Family
My heart and my garden have been devastated by contaminated soil, yet thanks to your videos I'm feeling hopeful once again. Thank you, Jess, for all you do. It's a long road ahead, but I'm willing to put the work in and heal this little patch of earth I call home. ❤I needed this video today, more than ever. ❤
I've got some sunflower Steve flowers too and I cannot wait for them!!!
Ive been planting what is willing to grow in my soil but continuously trying beans, herbs and tomatoes because it was only in my new bed that I bought to have a bigger pepper/tomato harvest. Summer squash grow prolifically in that bed. I plan on planting corn in it knowing I won't get a harvest but it will be useful for next year
I’ve been taking a lot more pictures this year to remind myself in early garden season next year that it does eventually take off and look better 😆
I think hibiscus would be pretty near the greenhouse. Its amazing when dried and put in tea too. Theres a hornworm at 26:21!