How to Grow Great Root Vegetables || For The Love of Roots | Roots and Refuge Farm
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2018
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Today, I'm joining in a collab with my friend Rose to bring YOU all my best tips and info for growing root vegetables! If you've sworn off beets and radishes, watch this video. I really think I can change your mind!
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Thank you for this awesome collaboration Jess! It was a lot of fun! I really love the things you covered! I'm hungry for carrots now! xoxoxo
Great video,. Thanks for the info
Best line: "If all you've ever had a bad beet experience, I just wanna apologize to you on behalf of vegetables everywhere" !
Jess, my body is in the office from Monday to Friday, but my heart is in my garden, so listening to you all day the whole day makes my day so much better and I have learnt so much from your videos. I look forward to coming to work so that I can watch and listen to you and your advise. By the way, I am from South Africa :)
I love how you present your subject matter so concisely. You have superb verbal communication skills. Great video!
Thank you so much!
Not a wasted word. Thank you for that.
I can't believe all this information is free. What a world.
Hey Jess great video! I just wanted to add a little something to what you said about pinching off the green stems of the radishes instead of pulling them out. Not only are you thinning out the radishes without disturbing the ones left to grow but you are also leaving whatever is left of the one you pinched in the ground which will break down and add organic matter back into your soil, so it's a great idea. There's another gardener that I watch pretty regularly and whenever it's time to pull the dying plants out and start a new season, instead of pulling all the plants out of the ground he will just cut them all off and leave the roots in the soil to break down. I thought this was really interesting. Thank you for sharing this info with us. Love your content.
Lol, I feel kinda silly for this. I paused the video and posted this comment right before you started talking about using the roots to amend the soil.
half way through this video there is a hummingbird visiting the flowers in the background. love it ♥️
I completely missed it! Now I have to find it. There are several that live in my garden. I’ve seen up to 3-4 flying around at the same time on a regular basis.
@@RootsandRefugeFarm check at 12:25 around the yellow flowers behind your head
K Newman I saw it! Thanks for pointing that out! So neat ❤️❤️
How have I watched your videos for so long and yet I have just now watched this video?! I love how you explain some of the science behind gardening! This video is SO good! Thank you!
You ended that video with 'this is about all I got'- girl, you gave me so much I couldn't get from anybody else! HUGE INFO!!! thank you M'am👍👍👍👍👍👍
root veg tip : replant carrot tops in a corner of the garden to flower and seed - low maintenance comeback and free grow seed bank etc
overgrown onions too.
Wow Jess!!!! You sounded like a baby in this video only 5 years ago❤... 😊.🙏🙏🙏❣
12:25 there's a little hummingbird drinking up the flowers behind you 😊
I want to thank you for the videos. You have a no nonsense teaching methodology that’s easy to understand. Your knowledge base is impressive. I grab some popcorn and a notepad and watch your videos in preparation for gardening then next morning. ❤️
The clarity of your camera on this video is great. Really crisp
Thanks for noticing! I’m been going through the extra effort of using my dslr instead of using the point and shoot. It’s a little more difficult to maneuver but I think it’s worth it!
I rarely comment but just had to say you are my new favorite UA-camr! I am inspired by and LOOOOOOVE your videos, and even though I have failed THREE TIMES this year, I am determined to "grow something lovely" because of you.
Heather I totally agree, Jess is now my fav UA-camr too! SO inspiring ❤
Keep planting! I have have had so many things not grow for some reason but it’s worth it when you are successful and see something grow! The roots and refuge has been a great inspiration for me too!
I hope you had some success since you originally posted🌿🥰
I tried grilled radishes yesterday and IMMEDIATELY went out and sowed some more seeds. I can not believe this is not a more popular dish! Easily one of my new favorite foods. Thank you for this video.
I have a little tip for those of us that have lost the ability to bend over for long to plant tiny seeds. Just use a cut strip of newspaper and wet lightly with school glue. Then at your table or spot you choose you can take your time to place them in the right distance from one another. The glue doesn't bother the seed or soil and it's safe for consumption. Thanks for another great video, much love and peace. Blessings. ♡◇♡◇♡
I read someplace you can use toilet paper for this too. Great suggestion!
HUMMINGBIRD! 12:27 in upper left quadrant of screen enjoying the yellow zinnia! I so LOVE your channel.
Planting in bunches works fantastically.
"apologize to you on behalf of vegetables everywhere" bwhahaha, love it! Awesome educational info about root veggies, thank you.
Gee Jess you are one clever little vegemite. God bless you too.
I'm a huge fan of daikon radish! I grew them last fall and used them as a potato substitute in hashbrown casseroles. This year I am succession sowing them so I can be sure to have them all fall!
I'm growing some this year too! I'll have to try the hashbrown tip!
Ok I love root Vegetables!!! Try cutting up some carrots, beets and parsnips into sticks. Grab some asparagus and fresh green beans....toss all this with olive oil and salt/pepper. Take one or 2 of each and make a bunch....wrap each bunch with a slice of bacon and roast these in the oven. Omg soooo good!!! Great appetizer or a full blown meal for me!
that sounds amazing!
Hummingbird, top left at 12:28 ❤️
Fermented radishes are yummy!
Yes! I mentioned that in my video!
Thanks for the pointers on carrots! Hopefully mine will be better this year . BTW, if you haven't tried parsnips yet,please plant some to overwinter and have as a delicious root in spring. They are incredible alternatives to fries if you drizzle them with olive oil and bake them in the oven, turning once to get even browning. (Just remember that parsnip seeds are only viable in their first year - learnt that the hard way - so you have to use new seeds. Plus they take a long time to germinate - sometimes a month - and have to be kept moist all that time.)
I adore parsnips, a little honey then you roast them is lovely. And they make delicious soup, especially if you add a little curry powder.
I’ve never been a huge fan of radishes, but after this video I decided to try them roasted. What a great idea! How have I never had these before?? I’m not hooked, and already bought and planted radish seeds!
The quality of this video is impressive. The HD now matches your high quality content. Love it 💗
Thank you! I’m learning and trying new things. Next to get out of iMovie and learn some things about editing. All in good time!
Hello Jess .!!!!! I love radishes in are language its ( Rediska ) so try salad : radishes, boiled eggs, cucumbers .Cut how you like everthing and put some mayo, sold and black pepper .We eat that a lot. Thank you for been with us.
Keeping them in the ground to store them is the best idea!! Home grown carrots often loose their crunch when stored out of the ground. Amazing idea Jess!
Detroit red beets can't be beat. ❤
Oh my gosh, I’ve had a bad beet experience! 😂 My mom scarred me for life when I was 8. She made me beets for the first time (pretty sure they were just boiled or steamed, they definitely weren’t roasted!) and I tried a bite of them and told her I didn’t like them (because they tasted like dirt - I was not a picky eater!). She made me sit in front of my plate for 2 hours until it was bedtime! I refused to keep trying them because I just couldn’t get past that dirt flavour. AND THEN SHE SERVED THEM TO ME AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. And again, I sat in front of my plate of untouched beets until bedtime 😂 She never made them for me again 🤣 Years later I tried to give them another shot in the juicer with some fruits and vegetables and they made the juice taste like dirt. But I’m going to try the Detroit dark reds this fall and hopefully, with roasting, I can finally eat beets!
FINALLY I understand why I was never successful at growing carrots (... in the arid tropics).
Funny how you look at videos coming out of mostly the US where people can afford to say, 'grow in full sun', when their 'full sun' is a very, very different thing to the 'full sun' of the tropics.
Whatever camera you're using on this video is super awesome. It's crystal clear. Great video.
Fermented radishes (like sauerkraut, but roots instead of cabbage) are pretty scrumptious. Turnips are my favorite veg to ferment!
Thanks for your information on fermenting radishes and turnips! I am going to try it! Rhonda
I LOVE fermenting!!
Radish and mustard flowers taste good so if they bolt, let them go to flower and put the little flowers in salad. I had a few volunteers from somewhere in the garden this year growing in odd places so I snipped the flowers.
The seed pods can be stir fried or pickled as well.
So not a write off if suddenly the heat gets to them.
Great tips!
Oh tip - the yellow beets or polka kind, they are not so "earthy". I just boil them/steam(great for red kinds to not bleed so much), peel and eat with butter. OMG so tasty!
New to you. I love carrots and beets. My grandmother grew both in her garden in the 1960's. I love pickled beets and roasted beets. We also shred raw beets onto salads.. I want to try growing carrots in containers. We have a small growing space and clay soil. You have a very sweet spirit. I look forward to watching more of you.
peaceful inspirations try Parisienne carrots, they are small round carrots and great for small spaces or hard soil. There are also Danvers half carrots that are wide and short and push through the soil.
I mix all of my radish greens, kale, spinach, turnip greens , beet greens and what ever I can find. Cover with water and 1 Tablespoon, Olive oil. Boil for 30 minutes. Serve with pepper sauce and corn bread. Yum. Thanks for your information on Roots. Rhonda
I have not grown root vegetables in many years, but between you and Rose I have made up my mind to get some started very soon. Thanks for the kick in the dirt I needed ;)
~~Vicki~~
My! You radish leaves are huge compared to mine. Idk whay I did wrong, but you are so killing it. 😇 I fell in love with root veggies last year.binhad a bumper crop of turnips and bunk room beets. This year neither are doing well. Good soil, fertilizer... Ugh. Always next year. Lol
I gave my son a radish when he was 3, next thing I know he'd eaten the whole thing! Root and greens!
Roasted beets mashed with salt, lots of butter and vanilla with a speck of nutmeg. Omg. Delish.
Oh wow that sounds amazing
Detroits baked and than chopped up with soft goat cheese is out of this world...sooo goood! 😋 don't forget to coat beets with olive oil before rapping in foil to bake at 350 for 30/40 mins depending size...bigger longer. 👍🏻
last summer i sowed storage carrots as soon as the snow disappeared; in april. in november i pulled them from the ground, they were huge, fantastic and kept very well in my traditional root cellar :) we have normally very cool summers in finland, carrots, beets, potatoes are some of the best things to grow here.
I'm a first time gardener starting a garden in zone 4 (sheesh) and found your channel totally by accident. Your face and vibe seemed familiar to me, so I kept watching. In one video I heard you mention that the closest town was Vilonia, AR, which is actually where I grew up! And in fact, you seem so familiar that I think we may have played softball together as kids. Crazy! I'm about to direct sow some beets in my high raised beds and I think it's so great that the advice I have is from someone my age back in good ole Arkansaw. :)
Hey, Jess! I primarily garden in containers and had better success with carrots than I have beets. Spacing is perhaps my issue. I'm looking forward to trying overwintering this season. You're exactly correct about beets, if nothing else...just juice them! Add some apple and lemon and you're all set.
I so needed a LOVE button for this video. Cutting to thin never occured to me and I have lost so many radishes. Thanks for the great information. Roasted radishes sound delish and can't wait to make some . 🤩
Im glad it helped you!
I found you through the greenhouse greens video. I have been binge watching your videos completely inspired. I haven’t read through all the comments so it’s possible someone else has already brought it to your attention but at 12:28 of this video over the shoulder of your tattooed arm there is a hummingbird feeding at your flowers.
Ok Jess, I don’t like radishes, but u convinced me to try them again, so I will buy them n roast them.
I mean this in the nicest possible way: "Nantes" is pronounced like some people say "Aunt" (Ahhhnt); in French the s is silent, and the e just tells you that the t is not silent. The French like everything to be just a little bit complicated and mysterious, it makes them feel important!
I appreciate this! I learn so much by reading that mispronunciations are just a common happening. I love learning, so thank you for so kindly explaining!
The French are definitely complicated. I had a teacher tell me once that a good rule of thumb with French words is that the last half of the word is silent about half the time. I thought it was ridiculous until I studied French in college and realized just how accurate that is 😂
VagabondAnne actually our language is not that complicated, and by no means does the pronounciation of a word make us feel important. In Europe most people speak at least 3 languages and for the most part one of the 3 is French. It may be difficult for Americans, who usually only speak English.
@@noakruppa8838 From an European who lives in France and speaks 3 languages! French is most definitely a complicated language, my children's teaches say so. There are many sounds that are similar but written differently and there are no rules for that, kids just have to memorize the words. It's especially complicated with verbs. French is a beautiful language in my opinion but not an easy one for sure.
@Noa Kruppa
As an American who has studied German, French, and Dutch,, plus a smattering of Italian and Japanese, I agree with you. French is logical, not really complicated, and quite lovely!
I know everyone says radishes are so easy that kids can grow them but I am a radish killer apparently. I have planted radishes, beets and carrots and just get poor straggly tops and no root! Tomatoes and peppers, no problem. Beans, great. I will give the root veggies a try again in the spring. wish me luck.
When I was little, I hated beets! This was because they were grown in the summer heat (planted in May) and kinda woody. I started growing my own beets in early spring and harvested before the burning sun arrives. I never had much success getting the seeds to grow in the summer heat for a fall harvest. Where I live (zone 6B) October is the end of much growing unless using frost protection.. My beets are pickled and people rave about the flavor; the preacher held the jar up and said these are gold (lol). Merlin beets are F1 and very sweet, similar to Ruby Queen. I even tried the cylendar beets, easy to peel and slice with a decent flavor.
JESS!!! I only discovered your wonderful channel last week but I must say, it is by far the most informative and interesting one I follow to date. My fav aspect is that you actually include the science behind the growing process, flavour and etc etc! I live in tropical North Queensland in Australia and currently have a block only 350sqm - tiny! I grow tomatoes, bananas, avocados, paw paw, mangoes, couple citrus and minimal herbs. I also grow and sell native butterfly host plants which is my contribution to conservation ❤ But ater seeing how bloody expensive veg is, I've taken all your priceless knowledge and advice and am creating many vertical beds to maximize the gardening potential of my tiny yard! I cannot thank you enough. I sit here on this rainy AND sunny Sunday morning with a coffee and note pad and watch your videos. You inspire me 😊🌻👌🏻❤
Who doesnt like root vegetables? I love them, especially homegrown. Rutabagas are good from the store, i am having the last bit of leftovers for supper tonight, but are really great from the home garden. Potatoes, turnips, carrots, parsnips, etc. Yum. :) My favorite beet recipe is a roasted beet and feta salad with a vinaigrette dressing.
We love beets and eating them raw to me is better. Also 1 beet seed is a cluster producing multiple plants. I mainly grow Detroit red but if you dont like the red try the Golden beet, there is also a sugar beet. If you don't like the root but love the green go with Swiss chard.
I agree with the roasted radishes!! I used them in my Beef Bourguigon because my carrots weren’t ready yet and I was blown away at the flavor. Nice tips!!
Radish greens are yummy! I've made pesto, which is great, but my fave is Radish greens soup with potatoes, sauteed onions and garlic, cumin, and diced tomatoes with chilis. Yum!
I put cooked beets in my blueberry pineapple smoothies. You can’t taste it. I also add vanilla yogurt, crushed flax seed, frozen peaches, dash of turmeric, all of which help to mask the beet taste.
Oh Jess I don't want to appear creepy but you are absolutely stunning in this video, just so natural, i love your hair like this too.
Now on to the video that was a great tip, vinegar and roasting, maybe when i get my own property, i can do some beets too 🤞 carrots and potatoes are a given, I'm not sure about beans though
Okay little neighbor, your extremely well educated. That education peeks it's head up ever once in awhile during your videos but today......look out sister. I am impressed and encouraged to try those roasted radishes.
I GOTTA TRY ROASTED RADISHES. I REALLY DONT LIKE THEM RAW. IF I CAN GET BEETS TO GROW HERE I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY.
Team Beets!
I have grown beets in soil blocks. It doesn't seem to disturb the roots. I am going to try doing my carrots that way too. This is my favorite video of yours so far. Lots of great info. Thanks, Jess!
Yeah beets!
Love beets. Roasted, and then blended into a smoothie with raspberries and apples. Or roasted with sweet potatoes, rutabagas,and jicama...pickled in a sweet and spicy brine.
My husband roasted some radishes for me last week. They were yummy! Definitely going to plant some on my patio when it gets cool here an AL 😄
I love beets Exspecially beet chips homemade😋❤
Wow! LOL pinching or cutting to thin makes so much sense! I love beets and have a friend who hates them because they taste like dirt which I never thought they did until she said that.
Just a thought. My mom made pickled carrots from her carrots she pulled when thinning. They were about the size of a finger. The hard part is waiting for them to sit and take on the pickling flavour in the jars. Yummy!!
Lovely video and fantastic collaboration! Do more with Rose please :) I learned something and that's the highest praise I can give your video!
Thank you!
Carrots & Beets are delicious (& strong) juiced together!! Put them with goat's milk & it's creamy!!
Fresh radishes are almost a completely different vegetable from roasted radishes. LOVE them both ways. Great video!
Radish sandwiches!! Yum! ❤️
Because of Jess I have been continually inspired to garden this year. I avoided gardening my whole life because I am afraid of bugs. But I currently have zinnias, African daisies, tomatoes, a bunch of herbs growing on my patio. And I’m also doing a fall garden: French breakfast radishes, Detroit dark red beets, kale, Danvers half long carrots, lettuce, tendergreen mustard spinach, snowball x cauliflower, Calabrese broccoli, early golden acre cabbage. The dollar tree usually has seeds 4 for $1 at the beginning of the season but I was tickled to find that in July they mark them down to 10 for $1. I got all my fall seeds then and some for spring next year 😆
Root vegetables are delicious. Thanks for explaining the best ways to grow and prepare them. Thanks for explaining some of the common issues that can happen and how to avoid those problems.
Jess,
Peep the hummingbird at minute mark 12:25 😍
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Peace, Love & Bugs,
Megan
Hi I'm visiting here from wholesome roots. Love your passion for roots
You and Rose have convinced me to give radishes another try. This roasting has my attention. 🤗
Thank you!
Rose at Wholesome Roots convinced us to try roasted beets. It'll be our last attempt so hopefully they'll be good!
Jan I have had roasted beets they are scrumptious! You MUST try them for sure.
So glad u talked about roasting radishes earlier this summer. Now im growing them!
This is amazing timing! I am trying to find some relief for some health issues and am starting the Autoimmune Paleo diet. The premise is to remove everything that may be causing issues and sadly nightshades(tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, white potatoes) are on the list of foods I should avoid for now. Beets,turnips, and radishes are all ok and I just ordered some seeds to see if I can grown my own and reduce the amount of items I have to buy at the store. I’ve never grown these veggies before so I’m excited to try!
I too am on a very strict AIP diet! I was recently diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroiditis. My fall garden is all things I can still eat! WE CAN DO IT!
Love that smell of dirt after rain! Love pickled beets, especially home grown! So glad to know about roasting radishes. Great info! I will try all these.
So I tried growing carrots & beets my first year ( 2 years ago) and it was an epic fail. I planted them for Summer though.... Last year I didn’t bother planting any, but this year I did buy some seeds and was waiting to plant them until mid May, but I think I’ll wait until September!!! Thanks so much for that tip! Oh and Brussel sprouts is one of my very favorite vegetables, along with beets 😍
Laughing soooo hard " Kale can't do that". I LOVE Beets, greens, raw, juiced, roasted. Not too successful at growing them yet...but not giving up. Great video!
Beet kvass with a splash of ginger bug. Yum, yum!
Have you ever tried Watermelon radishes? I never even saw one until last year and what a wonderful surprise it was! An absolutely beautiful vegetable.
Radish butter sandwiches with a side of the greens mixed with a homemade creamy dressing is one of my favorite spring meals.
But I’ll be trying roasted asap!
Thanks for you great videos!
Oh man that sounds SO good!
Jess, I'm new to your channel. I'll thank Rose for sending me your way. I have enjoyed watching you and Rose tonight. Now I see the possibilatys for radish in my diet. I've never grown them because i don't like them raw. I'm going to try and get some tomorrow. Thank you
We just LOVE you, Jess!
I made the same mistake with carrots. I planted them in a pot last winter and they did ok. So this time I planted them at the correct time. I'm excited to see what we get. Great information. Thank you!
Jess, I might have found a cheaper alternative on landscape plastic. Another homestead channel I watch uses water barrier plastic that they use on foundations. I looked it up for a 40 ft roll is around 16.00 or 100 ft by 10 ft for about 60.00. Just thought this might be useful info. Hugs
The difference is the landscape fabric is permeable, the other is not. The water barrier plastic would be good for killing grass and weeds, landscape fabric lets water through. Just saying.
Jess is correct
I asked my husband about the plastic because cheaper is good:)
He is a manager at one of our local home manufacturing companies. He said the plastic coverings for homes are made to breath out and not let water in Or they are to be used as permanent water vapor barrier‘s. Shucks Lets keep looking
you are SO Right Roasted radishes ARE A GAME CHANGER for sure. Delicious and now a favorite of mine. Never liked eating them. I am growing a purple on and it is very mild when raw
Hello Jess 👋💚❤️💜👍
A radish dish that you may want to try is radish top soup. It is a spicy masterpiece.
WOW, fantastic review of radishes, carrots, and beets, very thorough!!! I love them all, tonight will be my first roast of radishes, I have many that need to be eaten, I really dislike waste and I am hoping that my hubs will eat them with evoo, garlic and S&P! I love beets and mine are doing very well and I intend on letting them winter over as well as my carrots. All experimental at this point in my gardening journey but I am really enjoying the experience. TY so much!!!
I've put radish leaves in a green salad of lettuce and found them really delicious.
You really have motivated me to Grow Radishes.... wow..... Awesome Information
Love root vegetables! Just bought my hobby farm last year in Wisconsin, trying new things here and there. Love your channel and all the info! I grew amazing carrots and beets this year. Still have plenty of carrots but wish I'd have grown more beets. Next year I certainly will! Love and blessings to you!
I make knock out beet pickles but I just love beets!!! And they are awesome for juicing!! Cancer fighters should use beets and carrots juiced! God Bless
You can also make kvass from beets. Good for cleansing the blood. I personally love beets...mom said when I was young, that all I would eat.
Yummy! My youngest, 3, eats beets for breakfast often!
You are an amazing wealth of information. Thank you! If you want to try radishes another way; I suggest thin slicing them and then fermenting then in salt brine. It really changes the flavor, and eliminates the bite. Amazing taste. Thanks for the carrot tips (I needed them!)