I need to clarify, the insects on the edamame were JAPANESE BEETLES, not APHIDS! I said the wrong thing and it hit me this afternoon when I was doing something else, so I double checked and sure enough. Same management plan when you find them, but different critter. Though, did you know there are almost 4000 types of aphids! And some of them are larger black ones, called pea aphids! They aren’t so irradecent as the bugs we found today!
Bell peppers I couldn’t do ether until I juiced them up with acid fertilizer.... miracid works wonderfully on peppers! Or any kind of azalea food... holly tone.... etc...
Missing content so watching my favorite garden tours for the bajillionth time! These r like my favorite movies I can just rewatch them all the time for years. These always give me the extra inspiration and excitement over my garden, and they are so peaceful ❤
Jess have you ever done a video showing your food storage? I'd be so interested to watch how you preserve all the different things you grow, and how you store them.
That part about the photos with your babies, choked me up. I had the same hurt for a long time. It is beautiful that you have someone who will capture that for you, and what matters to you.
I want to see more videos of you canning, dehydrating, preparing & processing your fruits/veggies. And the final product & how you store. I'd love to see your pantry & how many deep freezers you have.
I love how much you have grown as a gardener and in confidence in yourself from these videos. But also how much your love and wonder at the garden has stayed the same. Does Jeramiah still make sure you have lots of pictures of you with your babies?
I think Benjamin and my 3 year old daughter are 2 of a kind. She picks and eats anything she can find out of our garden. This morning she had green beans, snap peas, tomatoes and blackberries for breakfast! Thank you for being so encouraging.
Are you functioning on the same 24 hour period that I have? I don't know how you look this good and do all your research, preserving, dehydrating, selling, gardening, parenting.......really? I am impressed. I need a video on time management.
Such a wonderful and simple thing for you guys to do in trimming back your trees. You have cultivated a beautiful garden that people have a large appreciation for. Instead of grumbling about nosey neighbors you guys provided them with even more access to something that creates a moment of happiness for them.
I grew up on a farm (Hanover VA tomatoes are known ALL over the east coast & border states) & my Mamaw & Papaw also didn't kill pests. We had HUGE black snakes that would dangle from the trees, easily 6-8+ feet long. They'd also lay under our muscadine grapevine trellises in the shade. My Mamaw would just step over them. I hated it as a kid but understand it now as an adult. I once sat on our well house for nearly 2 hrs refusing to come down unless my Papaw killed them all. He walked away & said "Well, when you get hungry or it gets dark, whichever comes first, you come on in! We'll be watching TV & waiting for you." Lol.
I can not express how grateful I am that I found you! I first came to your channel last year while researching goats. I still want goats at some point but I am concentrating on gardening right now. I work so much (summers off though as I am a teacher) that I have to cram in as much learning as I can durring the summer. Everything I have learned about gardening is from reading and UA-cam. I have learned the most from you! This has been my second year gardening and I am really getting into it. One of the things I am still trying to learn is how to cook with the fresh veggies I have. You and Petara (although she has moved to another channel for the most part) have taught me a lot about cooking as well. I would love to see more cooking and recipes! am also looking forward to your segments on fall gardening. I have not grown a spring or fall gardening as of yet but plan to this fall (I live in Virginia between Williamsburg and Richmond) and I am a zone 7 with lots of humidity as well. So sorry for rambling, I am just so grateful that I have you!
I decided to revisit one of your older garden tours. You seem so peaceful, grateful, and mindful in your garden presentation. I LOVE the messages you share and promotion of organic gardening. You inspired me with these earlier garden tours to garden myself. I now have 22 tomato plants and countless peppers. Also, I LOVE the tranquil music. THANK YOU!!!
My soul sister of 19 years...... She is the best at taking pictures of me and little ones. She is such a blessing. I know the feeling of not having pictures of you and your little ones.
My heart skips a beat when I gaze upon a vegetable garden with flowers dispersed throughout! The Zinnias look so lovely. Thank you Jess! Looking forward to the fall garden.
I think you are fast becoming one of my favorites. I like the laid back attitude. You get so much joy from your garden and that definitely comes through! Thank you for all the information
I just can't wait to see you and your garden, always looking so good and healthy. I always wanted a daughter and if I had one I would wish her to be like you in so many ways. Hugs from grandma Wilma. Love and peace, blessings.
I so love your garden I actually made a arch trellis like yours and someone stop by and look and asked how I did it that was awesome ,thank you so much
A great use for the excess basil is basil lemonade. I blend up a good handful or two per gallon. It tastes best after sitting overnight. Sounds odd, but my whole family loves it.
You are such a wealth of knowledge! I love watching your videos and I’ve learned so much! Thank you for showing the world what you know and inspiring people like me to start a garden!
I am sorry to hear Rebeccah has been sick. I have been down also since June 11th. I sure hope she recoverers faster than me. Love yall would love to do what you all are doing but it is impossible... So I do as much as I am able. God Bless you all!
I just found your videos and can’t stop watching! You have such a wonderful way of sharing your love of the garden and animals with all of us! I garden but not as extensively as you. You have inspired me to do so much more and to attempt going organic. Please keep sharing your garden and skills with us!! Thank you🤗
I’m a new subscriber and I just binge watched your channel. I’m in love with your garden and with your love for it. I’ve wanted this all my life and you make it seem so possible with the love and hard work you put into it. Thank you!
I have hot mess areas in my garden as well! Quite a bit more than you truth be told. Here in southeast Texas we are deluged with mosquitoes and I’d never dare to go into my garden in a dress or tank top. Long sleeves and mosquito pants for me. Makes it doubly hard to keep up. Humidity coupled with extreme heat and skeeters, oh my!
I would love to see videos and info on how you plan and start your garden and how you plant seeds under the hay. I'd also like to see videos on pest control in an organic garden.
I'm so happy 5o have stumbled on your channel. You have inspired me to think well outside of the box in growing varieties. I'm super excited for the fall garden and also for my garden next year. Thanks for sharing.
I love these videos..I really feel like I’m right there next to you walking through your beautiful garden 🍅🌶🌽 I’m so happy to have found your channel ❤️ You are an amazing woman ❤️
I relate to the lack of pictures of me with my kids...I have forced myself to allow others to take pictures ( even if I look terrible) ..my kids will want some pictures of me later in life. I don't shield myself when I feel I don't look "perfect"...my kids won't care if I have my hair done...the way you present yourself, is a goal of mine. Natural, beautiful and with love
Your garden looks absolutely beautiful! I so agree with your heartfelt, joyous appreciation for the Lord’s glorious creation! Such a treat- thank you for sharing so many helpful hints as well!
Hi Jess it is so awesome to see you passion & the tips u highlight from ur garden experiences. I am a ardent fan of yours & do watch ur vids regularly. I am also planning to begin my farm set up hopefully within the next few months. At the moment listening to all the tips from people like you. rgds.GBU
I watched your show while prepping dinner and my kids got hooked in. We are setting up our garden and it wont be ready until fall planting time so that is when I am starting. You may already know this, but it might help. I've planted tomato plants with a good foot and a half of the stem right in the soil. I cut off all the leaves and pop em in the ground. So, if you transplant a tomato again it will increase survival rates. However.....it also allows tomatoes access to more water. So if you over-water, or get lots of rain, tomatoes pop. I also grew tomatillos with great success in TN/KY. I used a soil mix of compost peat moss and vermiculite. Heavy on the compost. We picked bugs off them. The few that were there, and I grew them next to a bunch of peppers, sweet and spicy ones. They did great. Full sun. Not sure if that helps. This year I am adding beneficial nematodes to all my soil. I read it helps rid the garden of plant eating pests so I'm gonna find out! I ordered it on Amazon. You mix the powder with water and add it to your soil. Might have to reapply for a few years. Not sure on that yet. Thank you so much for sharing. I'm a homeschooling, gardening, herbalist mama that loves research much like yourself. Love learning from you. I really hope you do these videos again in 2019.
My daughter is 5 and she picks our basil and eats it outside right off the plant like your son. I have see her pick basil and one spearmint wrap together and chew on it😀🌱
I tried to grow tomatillos for a couple of years and gave up. I'm looking forward to reading the comments and possibly giving them another try. I don't enjoy really hot peppers either. It's such a joy to watch your garden grow.
Your garden is so beautiful I could cry! 😭🤣 as far as tomatillos, haven't had success either. Last year only one of my seedlings survived. So obviously no fruit then. THIS year I was able To transplant three plants and they got massive like yours, had TONS of blooms, but produced zero tomatillos. I think it likely had to do with lack of pollinators. I noticed fewer bees early this season and read somewhere hurricane Harvey really affected the pollinators in the area. Not only that, apparently after the hurricane, the city sprayed insecticides because we get TONS of awful mosquitos. So that didn't help either. 😢 I asked another homesteader about her tomatillos because she had a huge harvest this year and she said the key is to plant something to draw the pollinators really close to the tomatillos. I want to say she had scabiosa right next to hers.
I love your garden tours and the passion you have for life! I gardened a lot with my parents as a child. Daddy was all about veggies and Momma was the Gerbera Daisy lover. I too had a special plant that grew outside my window...Elephant ears. You take me back to those special times with them that are precious now that they are gone. So glad I stumbled across your channel. Keep it up...you inspiration is so appreciated!
We make an okra stew with lentils in India which is yummy ! Appreciate all the information that you provide during your garden tours and you’ve inspired me to grow more heirloom vegetables!
Love watching all your videos, the garden tours are my favorite, my peaceful time in the morning with you and your wonderful beautiful garden! Thank you 😊
I am so greatly enjoying watching your summer garden tours - it's helping me deal with my "spring fever" here in Northern Illinois!! It's also so very inspiring!! ..I think I want to get some of those Tabasco peppers to plant as ornamentals in the front yard - they are just so beautiful!! Definitely going to be getting some of the varieties you recommend!..
Maybe at the end of the summer you could do a “TOP 10” of your favorite garden veggies or top 2 of each category....something like that. I have a small garden and I would love to plan what to buy for next season!
Until I get my knees replaced I can't garden, so I LOVE your weekly tours. We have the same gardening style, just yours is a much larger garden. I read that once basil flowers, even if you pinch them back, it's game over. I read that you pinch back six leaves down. I only tried this one year, but it did seem to work. Downside is that it will be a major basil harvest all at once. I just process the basil with a little bit of water to make a paste and then freeze in cube trays. Does okra retain its "slime" when it's pickled? I never saw a spider like that until I moved to Missouri. My husband calls it a common garden spider. I didn't know they bite, although I wouldn't get that close anyway. I love the design in its web. They usually take up permanent residence in the same spot. If you mess with the web (or weather does) they will build a new one in the same place. If I were you, I'd collect the found ladybugs and let them feast on those aphid-infested plants. Again, I just love your garden and I'm glad I can garden vicariously through you.
Man I love your videos!!! I’ve been binge watching ALL OF THEM😍 so happy I found you. You have really inspired me to get really into gardening! Your garden is absolutely amazing.
I SO ENJOYED TOURING YOUR GARDEN IN THE LOVELY MORNING LIGHT & ISN'T THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE MORNINGS THE BEST FOR WORKING? IT'S JUST A DELIGHT TO SEE HOW YOU'VE DESIGNED YOUR BEDS & LOVE THE ARCHES! LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR SHARING & ENCOURAGEMENTS RE: STARTING A FALL GARDEN! AT THE SAME TIME - SOME NEW TOOLS I'VE BOUGHT HAVE ARRIVED! SO - I'LL SOON BE HACKING BACK THE DRIFTS OF RECENTLY PASSED PERENNIAL PALE YELLOW FOXGLOVES & WHITE LYCHNIS - PLUS ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO MAKE WAY FOR A RE-DESIGN! YOU SEE, YOUR CHARMING SELF HAS HELPED ME OVER THE HUMP OF DISCOURAGEMENT WHICH HAD SET IN, AS FAR AS WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT OF THIS SEASON, IN YOUR EPISODE ON GETTING READY FOR FALL PLANTING! WHILE I'VE BEEN NURSING A BAD ANKLE, THE NEIGHBOR'S SUMAC HAS BEEN BUSILY BEEN SENDING UP A COLONY OF SAPLINGS. THEY'RE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE! ALSO - POISON IVY HAS TAKEN OVER MY BELOVED FRONT BANKING PLANTED WITH HUNDREDS OF SPRING BULBS, SEVERAL BLOOMING GROUND COVERS, A FEW SHRUBS & I'VE ALL BUT HOISTED THE WHITE FLAG. IFI CAN GET THIS UNWANTED MATERIAL OUT OF THOSE BEDS, TURN THEM INTO COMPOST & USE THIS AS A TIME TO REDESIGN & RELOCATE EVERYTHING, I WON'T FEEL I'M GETTING TOO LATE A START - I'M FEELING I'M DOING ALL THIS AT THE RIGHT TIME - SINCE THIS IS THE TIME TO MOVE PEONIES & DIVIDE PERENNIALS & MAYBE I CAN FIND SOME SPOTS TO GROW SOME VEGGIES WHILE I'M AT IT. DON'T WANT TO GET TOO OVER MY SKIS THOUGH - SINCE I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO ALREADY - BUT - IT IS GETTING TOWARDS THE 2ND HALF OF THE GARDENING SEASON - SO AGAIN - THANKS FOR THE CONTACT HIGH - OF THE LOVE OF BEING OUT IN THE YARD, IN THE SOIL, SMELLING THE AIR, OBSERVING ALL THE CRITTERS ... WHICH BRINGS ME TO A REAL PROBLEM. I'VE SPOTTED A GROUND HOG WADDLING THROUGH MY BACK YARD. TOLD MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR & SHE WAS NOT SURPRISED BY MY SIGHTING - SHE'S SEEN IT & IT IS A MAMMA WITH 3 OFFSPRING - & THEY ATE ALL OF THEIR VEGGIE GARDEN THIS YEAR! THESE ARE NEW VISITORS! LUCKILY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWING ANY INTEREST IN EATING MY PLANTS, SO FAR... BUT IF I GROW VEGGIES, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN A STEEL CAGE! LOVE THAT GARDEN SPIDER BY THE WAY! THEY'RE AMAZING TO WATCH!
More than 50% of my garden is a hot mess! haha. I am very inspired by your garden! Im in Australia so I'm just getting myself organised for spring and have already used a few of your tips - like for trellis making and tomato seed starting...Cant wait to see what you do for fall/autumn gardening... this year by accident I had a very good autumn garden (not planned, just due to self seeding), but it made me realise that it is such an under-utilised season!!! I'm really enjoying your videos and I hope you keep them up!
Thank you for your time.. Always a delight to see.. and a pleasure to see your fab gardens.. I love that you are a down to Earth Country Girl.. I was raised on a farm.. the farming is always in me.. not so big anymore.. yet, you got it girl! Cheers from BC! Xo
Thanks for the weekly updates, your area has much more 'greenery' than mine I notice as I travel east from plains of north central Oklahoma to eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas it seems so much more alive with flora, fauna and busy buzzing insect life.
I love your garden videos. It's such a peaceful watch. Your dress I like as well. I can't wait to do my garden and I want to do it the way you do...it's so beautiful and peaceful there!!
Thank you for your videos! I am learning so much as I watch them. This will be my 3rd year gardening and I think I’ve found a new UA-cam page to reference!
Tomatillos do great in southern Cali where I’m from. What I do is I trellis my tomatillos so horn worms can’t hide as easily. . Two plants gives me a sufficient harvest, but tomato hornworms love them so I go and collect my horn worms in the evening. That has really been the only thing that has messed with my tomatillos and I don’t over water.
I've been watching all your videos so I knew you had corn growing but you've never mentioned the kind. Side story I ordered tomato seeds from migardener but got sent corn by mistake. They told me I can keep the corn and I'll still get my tomatoes yay! But then you finally mentioned your corn type and I'm so excited that's the kind I was sent!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
sorry to presume but you may want to use a soft brush to transfer pollen from the corn tassels to the silks in corn that is not block planted. @ 11:30 Like your philosophy of gardening and non-use of strong chemical pesticides and you how you spend time observing, learning and experiencing nature .......You have the true heart of a gardener.
Such an awesome garden no doubt! So many things to commit on but that would be a book wrote out. I will just say your an amazing lady and all your love shines in your garden! Thank you for the tour a harvest. Yes Mam the summer crops are about to end over here as well. We wait so long to see it unfold then it is over before we know it. Have a wonderful day my friend!
I’m growing only 2 tomatoe plants and they are soo tall and you need space to grow them because they like to yarn when growing( the branches grow outward)! NO Problems thus far and they are full of fruits which makes them heavy so I’ve started staking the branches
Jess I enjoy watching your videos so much! I had started following you on IG months ago (or longer) and didn't even find your UA-cam channel till about a month ago. I have been going back and watching your older videos as well. This year I have 1 tomato plant (its in an upside down hanging bag I bought at the goodwill for $2! ) that is doing great, well over 25 tomatoes on 1 plant! In the past I have tried to plant larger gardens and they always turn into jungles. I live in VA and we have the red clay dirt that can be a total pain to grow in. You are helping inspire me to think outside the box and figure out a better way to garden in the future. There is a bank beside our house that gets great sun for most of the day and are hoping to terrace it off and try that next year. We have chickens and have a compost bin going so I know thats a start also. Thank you for all the inspiration! I have a few questions, do you all have bees or plan to get them in the future? Have you ever though about doing a cookbook to share how you use everything from your garden? I know you have horses, chickens, a pet pig and milk goats; are there plans for any cattle, goats, pig etc for meat to feed your family? Thanks again for all your hard work and sharing it with us all!
I do believe that this channel is all of our new fave channel! I watch lots of garden/animal keeping channels but I'm always super excited to see yours. Was wondering what zone you are in?
Technically I'm in 7b, though I live on a ridge and in a hight altitude than surrounding places so I tend to lean more to 7a for my frost date just to be careful.
Beautiful! Just love mornings and evenings in the garden. So peaceful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your home. You’ve gotten me so excited for my fall garden! I got out my calendar and started planning it today. (Watched your latest fall garden video last night) Bless you and keep sharing! You’re and inspiration!
Tomatillo tip: Last year was my first year growing a tomatillo. I bought it as a start with a few fruits already on it. After planting, it didn't set a single fruit the following month. I did some research and read that they can't self-fertilize. I immediately went out and bought 2 other varieties and very quickly they all set loads of fruit. Something to try. :) I don't remember for sure, but don't think they need to be separate varieties, just separate plants.
Thank you. Those 2 beds you call a hot mess are a good example of poly culture! Love it. Would you please show us how you process your tomatoes for canning? I have 13 plants this year. First time growing them outside due to the hot summer we are having here in Ireland. Also would love to see that Tex mex egg dish you make. I love your videos. Thank you
I just found your channel tonight. You are adorable and your gardens are gorgeous! I’m going to try a cattle trellis next season in my northern Michigan garden!
corn should be planted closed together and in a few rows, for it to get pollinated, each one of the tassels on top has to fall and hit the corn silk on the cob. each corn kernel is connected to a thread of corn silk.years ago , that's why people would call the the place where the corn was planted "the corn patch"
Roots and Refuge, I am New to your channel this year maybe a month ago or 6 weeks. Love this channel. You remind me of when I was young. I want a BIG garden but not a huge one because I am alone and can't get around as much as I use too There are a few seeds I wish I had that you have grown. I love Peppers... Those are so easy to grow and I don't have to worry about the hot ones because Bugs or animals don't bother them. I did lose all my melons this year to some animal in my garden but I only seen a stay cat. But it was Hot and They get hungry and thirsty as well. My OKRA is doing good. They are so healthy for you and that is the reason I am growing. Next Year if I am still able I want a freezer full plus Pickling as many as possible. I use to do all this when I was 20 yrs young. Love it. and I LOVE YOUR GARDEN!!!
Pretty new to you channel and just getting started with a garden at my own home. Just picked up some corbaci pepper seeds after watching you videos. Thank you for sharing you beautiful garden with all of us!
I need to clarify, the insects on the edamame were JAPANESE BEETLES, not APHIDS! I said the wrong thing and it hit me this afternoon when I was doing something else, so I double checked and sure enough. Same management plan when you find them, but different critter. Though, did you know there are almost 4000 types of aphids! And some of them are larger black ones, called pea aphids! They aren’t so irradecent as the bugs we found today!
Roots and Refuge Farm That looked like a soybean plant that was on
Bell peppers I couldn’t do ether until I juiced them up with acid fertilizer.... miracid works wonderfully on peppers! Or any kind of azalea food... holly tone.... etc...
Trivit30 edamame is Japanese (?) for soybean.
April Anonymous o ok I couldn't hear what she said
Trivit30 she didn't say this, I just know it. (I sound like a such a smarty-pants brat)
Missing content so watching my favorite garden tours for the bajillionth time! These r like my favorite movies I can just rewatch them all the time for years. These always give me the extra inspiration and excitement over my garden, and they are so peaceful ❤
Jess have you ever done a video showing your food storage? I'd be so interested to watch how you preserve all the different things you grow, and how you store them.
This is something I'd also like to see.
Watching retro Jess and loving it.
You have such a beautiful way about you! Thank you for letting your light shine so brightly! God Bless!
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10,000 Square Foot Garden??! Holy Cow! There are no words. Thank you for all that you do for your viewers. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That part about the photos with your babies, choked me up. I had the same hurt for a long time. It is beautiful that you have someone who will capture that for you, and what matters to you.
I want to see more videos of you canning, dehydrating, preparing & processing your fruits/veggies. And the final product & how you store. I'd love to see your pantry & how many deep freezers you have.
I love how much you have grown as a gardener and in confidence in yourself from these videos. But also how much your love and wonder at the garden has stayed the same. Does Jeramiah still make sure you have lots of pictures of you with your babies?
I think Benjamin and my 3 year old daughter are 2 of a kind. She picks and eats anything she can find out of our garden. This morning she had green beans, snap peas, tomatoes and blackberries for breakfast! Thank you for being so encouraging.
Are you functioning on the same 24 hour period that I have? I don't know how you look this good and do all your research, preserving, dehydrating, selling, gardening, parenting.......really? I am impressed. I need a video on time management.
Such a wonderful and simple thing for you guys to do in trimming back your trees. You have cultivated a beautiful garden that people have a large appreciation for. Instead of grumbling about nosey neighbors you guys provided them with even more access to something that creates a moment of happiness for them.
I grew up on a farm (Hanover VA tomatoes are known ALL over the east coast & border states) & my Mamaw & Papaw also didn't kill pests. We had HUGE black snakes that would dangle from the trees, easily 6-8+ feet long. They'd also lay under our muscadine grapevine trellises in the shade. My Mamaw would just step over them. I hated it as a kid but understand it now as an adult. I once sat on our well house for nearly 2 hrs refusing to come down unless my Papaw killed them all. He walked away & said "Well, when you get hungry or it gets dark, whichever comes first, you come on in! We'll be watching TV & waiting for you." Lol.
One of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen and extremely productive.
I can not express how grateful I am that I found you! I first came to your channel last year while researching goats. I still want goats at some point but I am concentrating on gardening right now. I work so much (summers off though as I am a teacher) that I have to cram in as much learning as I can durring the summer. Everything I have learned about gardening is from reading and UA-cam. I have learned the most from you! This has been my second year gardening and I am really getting into it. One of the things I am still trying to learn is how to cook with the fresh veggies I have. You and Petara (although she has moved to another channel for the most part) have taught me a lot about cooking as well. I would love to see more cooking and recipes! am also looking forward to your segments on fall gardening. I have not grown a spring or fall gardening as of yet but plan to this fall (I live in Virginia between Williamsburg and Richmond) and I am a zone 7 with lots of humidity as well. So sorry for rambling, I am just so grateful that I have you!
I decided to revisit one of your older garden tours. You seem so peaceful, grateful, and mindful in your garden presentation. I LOVE the messages you share and promotion of organic gardening. You inspired me with these earlier garden tours to garden myself. I now have 22 tomato plants and countless peppers. Also, I LOVE the tranquil music. THANK YOU!!!
My soul sister of 19 years...... She is the best at taking pictures of me and little ones. She is such a blessing. I know the feeling of not having pictures of you and your little ones.
My heart skips a beat when I gaze upon a vegetable garden with flowers dispersed throughout! The Zinnias look so lovely. Thank you Jess! Looking forward to the fall garden.
Your story with the photos made me smile.
Your garden is beautiful. Bless you Jessica and your family.
I think you are fast becoming one of my favorites. I like the laid back attitude. You get so much joy from your garden and that definitely comes through! Thank you for all the information
Your so pure and happy! I already love you and your garden
I just can't wait to see you and your garden, always looking so good and healthy. I always wanted a daughter and if I had one I would wish her to be like you in so many ways. Hugs from grandma Wilma. Love and peace, blessings.
Another wonderful video! Thankyou! I love how you explain how a vegetable might taste and how you might use them. Thanks again!
I so love your garden I actually made a arch trellis like yours and someone stop by and look and asked how I did it that was awesome ,thank you so much
A great use for the excess basil is basil lemonade. I blend up a good handful or two per gallon. It tastes best after sitting overnight. Sounds odd, but my whole family loves it.
You are such a wealth of knowledge! I love watching your videos and I’ve learned so much! Thank you for showing the world what you know and inspiring people like me to start a garden!
Another beautiful garden tour! Thanks for spending time with us!
I am sorry to hear Rebeccah has been sick. I have been down also since June 11th. I sure hope she recoverers faster than me. Love yall would love to do what you all are doing but it is impossible... So I do as much as I am able. God Bless you all!
We've been adding a few drops of peppermint essential oil to our neem oil organic insect spray blend. Very effective.
I ADORE your family and your videos!! I would love to see how you process your bounty, especially the plants that are big producers.
Oh my goodness! 'You can't taste it... it tastes like a tree...' I laughed out loud, my family looked at me like I was a crazy person! Love you guys!
I just found your videos and can’t stop watching! You have such a wonderful way of sharing your love of the garden and animals with all of us! I garden but not as extensively as you. You have inspired me to do so much more and to attempt going organic. Please keep sharing your garden and skills with us!! Thank you🤗
I’m a new subscriber and I just binge watched your channel. I’m in love with your garden and with your love for it. I’ve wanted this all my life and you make it seem so possible with the love and hard work you put into it. Thank you!
I love when I find tomato plants in odd areas in my yard from the birds or chickens too. I get so excited by how amazing nature works. 😊
Thank you Jess for your lovely videos! You have a sister in New England. My best to you and your precious family
I have hot mess areas in my garden as well! Quite a bit more than you truth be told. Here in southeast Texas we are deluged with mosquitoes and I’d never dare to go into my garden in a dress or tank top. Long sleeves and mosquito pants for me. Makes it doubly hard to keep up. Humidity coupled with extreme heat and skeeters, oh my!
I would love to see videos and info on how you plan and start your garden and how you plant seeds under the hay. I'd also like to see videos on pest control in an organic garden.
I ❤️ your garden tours! I’m watching them two seasons later and they are inspiring. Hope you do 2019 series!
I'm so happy 5o have stumbled on your channel. You have inspired me to think well outside of the box in growing varieties. I'm super excited for the fall garden and also for my garden next year. Thanks for sharing.
I love these videos..I really feel like I’m right there next to you walking through your beautiful garden 🍅🌶🌽 I’m so happy to have found your channel ❤️ You are an amazing woman ❤️
I relate to the lack of pictures of me with my kids...I have forced myself to allow others to take pictures ( even if I look terrible) ..my kids will want some pictures of me later in life. I don't shield myself when I feel I don't look "perfect"...my kids won't care if I have my hair done...the way you present yourself, is a goal of mine. Natural, beautiful and with love
Your garden looks absolutely beautiful! I so agree with your heartfelt, joyous appreciation for the Lord’s glorious creation! Such a treat- thank you for sharing so many helpful hints as well!
Hi Jess it is so awesome to see you passion & the tips u highlight from ur garden experiences. I am a ardent fan of yours & do watch ur vids regularly. I am also planning to begin my farm set up hopefully within the next few months. At the moment listening to all the tips from people like you. rgds.GBU
I watched your show while prepping dinner and my kids got hooked in. We are setting up our garden and it wont be ready until fall planting time so that is when I am starting. You may already know this, but it might help. I've planted tomato plants with a good foot and a half of the stem right in the soil. I cut off all the leaves and pop em in the ground. So, if you transplant a tomato again it will increase survival rates. However.....it also allows tomatoes access to more water. So if you over-water, or get lots of rain, tomatoes pop. I also grew tomatillos with great success in TN/KY. I used a soil mix of compost peat moss and vermiculite. Heavy on the compost. We picked bugs off them. The few that were there, and I grew them next to a bunch of peppers, sweet and spicy ones. They did great. Full sun. Not sure if that helps. This year I am adding beneficial nematodes to all my soil. I read it helps rid the garden of plant eating pests so I'm gonna find out! I ordered it on Amazon. You mix the powder with water and add it to your soil. Might have to reapply for a few years. Not sure on that yet. Thank you so much for sharing. I'm a homeschooling, gardening, herbalist mama that loves research much like yourself. Love learning from you. I really hope you do these videos again in 2019.
My daughter is 5 and she picks our basil and eats it outside right off the plant like your son. I have see her pick basil and one spearmint wrap together and chew on it😀🌱
I tried to grow tomatillos for a couple of years and gave up. I'm looking forward to reading the comments and possibly giving them another try. I don't enjoy really hot peppers either. It's such a joy to watch your garden grow.
Your garden is so beautiful I could cry! 😭🤣 as far as tomatillos, haven't had success either. Last year only one of my seedlings survived. So obviously no fruit then. THIS year I was able
To transplant three plants and they got massive like yours, had TONS of blooms, but produced zero tomatillos. I think it likely had to do with lack of pollinators. I noticed fewer bees early this season and read somewhere hurricane Harvey really affected the pollinators in the area. Not only that, apparently after the hurricane, the city sprayed insecticides because we get TONS of awful mosquitos. So that didn't help either. 😢 I asked another homesteader about her tomatillos because she had a huge harvest this year and she said the key is to plant something to draw the pollinators really close to the tomatillos. I want to say she had scabiosa right next to hers.
What a good love! I feel the same way. I take pictures of everyone else and no one ever takes them of me. Maybe some day I'll find a Sweet Miah!
I my self don't like okra...but grew it for someone else...was amazed by the plant...they grew taller than me..before the deer found them
I love your garden tours and the passion you have for life! I gardened a lot with my parents as a child. Daddy was all about veggies and Momma was the Gerbera Daisy lover. I too had a special plant that grew outside my window...Elephant ears. You take me back to those special times with them that are precious now that they are gone. So glad I stumbled across your channel. Keep it up...you inspiration is so appreciated!
Thank you for the inspiration and sharing your amazing garden. I love all spiders in my garden and wouldn't dream of harming them!
We make an okra stew with lentils in India which is yummy ! Appreciate all the information that you provide during your garden tours and you’ve inspired me to grow more heirloom vegetables!
Thanks for the tour! I'm having a fun time with you in your beautiful garden!😊
Love watching all your videos, the garden tours are my favorite, my peaceful time in the morning with you and your wonderful beautiful garden! Thank you 😊
I am so greatly enjoying watching your summer garden tours - it's helping me deal with my "spring fever" here in Northern Illinois!! It's also so very inspiring!! ..I think I want to get some of those Tabasco peppers to plant as ornamentals in the front yard - they are just so beautiful!! Definitely going to be getting some of the varieties you recommend!..
Maybe at the end of the summer you could do a “TOP 10” of your favorite garden veggies or top 2 of each category....something like that. I have a small garden and I would love to plan what to buy for next season!
I love the excitement you put into your gardening. Such a pleasure watching your videos since finding your channel.
Until I get my knees replaced I can't garden, so I LOVE your weekly tours. We have the same gardening style, just yours is a much larger garden.
I read that once basil flowers, even if you pinch them back, it's game over. I read that you pinch back six leaves down. I only tried this one year, but it did seem to work. Downside is that it will be a major basil harvest all at once. I just process the basil with a little bit of water to make a paste and then freeze in cube trays.
Does okra retain its "slime" when it's pickled?
I never saw a spider like that until I moved to Missouri. My husband calls it a common garden spider. I didn't know they bite, although I wouldn't get that close anyway. I love the design in its web. They usually take up permanent residence in the same spot. If you mess with the web (or weather does) they will build a new one in the same place.
If I were you, I'd collect the found ladybugs and let them feast on those aphid-infested plants.
Again, I just love your garden and I'm glad I can garden vicariously through you.
I always let my basil mature i use the leaves not the stems for season
Absolutely no slime in pickled okra if you are careful not to cut into the pod when trimming down the stem for packing your raw okra into jars.
Man I love your videos!!! I’ve been binge watching ALL OF THEM😍 so happy I found you. You have really inspired me to get really into gardening! Your garden is absolutely amazing.
I SO ENJOYED TOURING YOUR GARDEN IN THE LOVELY MORNING LIGHT & ISN'T THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE MORNINGS THE BEST FOR WORKING? IT'S JUST A DELIGHT TO SEE HOW YOU'VE DESIGNED YOUR BEDS & LOVE THE ARCHES! LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR SHARING & ENCOURAGEMENTS RE: STARTING A FALL GARDEN!
AT THE SAME TIME - SOME NEW TOOLS I'VE BOUGHT HAVE ARRIVED! SO - I'LL SOON BE HACKING BACK THE DRIFTS OF RECENTLY PASSED PERENNIAL PALE YELLOW FOXGLOVES & WHITE LYCHNIS - PLUS ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO MAKE WAY FOR A RE-DESIGN!
YOU SEE, YOUR CHARMING SELF HAS HELPED ME OVER THE HUMP OF DISCOURAGEMENT WHICH HAD SET IN, AS FAR AS WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT OF THIS SEASON, IN YOUR EPISODE ON GETTING READY FOR FALL PLANTING! WHILE I'VE BEEN NURSING A BAD ANKLE, THE NEIGHBOR'S SUMAC HAS BEEN BUSILY BEEN SENDING UP A COLONY OF SAPLINGS. THEY'RE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE! ALSO - POISON IVY HAS TAKEN OVER MY BELOVED FRONT BANKING PLANTED WITH HUNDREDS OF SPRING BULBS, SEVERAL BLOOMING GROUND COVERS, A FEW SHRUBS & I'VE ALL BUT HOISTED THE WHITE FLAG.
IFI CAN GET THIS UNWANTED MATERIAL OUT OF THOSE BEDS, TURN THEM INTO COMPOST & USE THIS AS A TIME TO REDESIGN & RELOCATE EVERYTHING, I WON'T FEEL I'M GETTING TOO LATE A START - I'M FEELING I'M DOING ALL THIS AT THE RIGHT TIME - SINCE THIS IS THE TIME TO MOVE PEONIES & DIVIDE PERENNIALS & MAYBE I CAN FIND SOME SPOTS TO GROW SOME VEGGIES WHILE I'M AT IT.
DON'T WANT TO GET TOO OVER MY SKIS THOUGH - SINCE I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO ALREADY - BUT - IT IS GETTING TOWARDS THE 2ND HALF OF THE GARDENING SEASON - SO AGAIN - THANKS FOR THE CONTACT HIGH - OF THE LOVE OF BEING OUT IN THE YARD, IN THE SOIL, SMELLING THE AIR, OBSERVING ALL THE CRITTERS ... WHICH BRINGS ME TO A REAL PROBLEM. I'VE SPOTTED A GROUND HOG WADDLING THROUGH MY BACK YARD.
TOLD MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR & SHE WAS NOT SURPRISED BY MY SIGHTING - SHE'S SEEN IT & IT IS A MAMMA WITH 3 OFFSPRING - & THEY ATE ALL OF THEIR VEGGIE GARDEN THIS YEAR! THESE ARE NEW VISITORS!
LUCKILY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWING ANY INTEREST IN EATING MY PLANTS, SO FAR... BUT IF I GROW VEGGIES, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN A STEEL CAGE!
LOVE THAT GARDEN SPIDER BY THE WAY! THEY'RE AMAZING TO WATCH!
More than 50% of my garden is a hot mess! haha. I am very inspired by your garden! Im in Australia so I'm just getting myself organised for spring and have already used a few of your tips - like for trellis making and tomato seed starting...Cant wait to see what you do for fall/autumn gardening... this year by accident I had a very good autumn garden (not planned, just due to self seeding), but it made me realise that it is such an under-utilised season!!! I'm really enjoying your videos and I hope you keep them up!
Simmer okra and tomatoes together with onions, garlic, salt and pepper. Texas staple!
You have such a beautiful energy! Just delightful!
Thank you for your time.. Always a delight to see.. and a pleasure to see your fab gardens.. I love that you are a down to Earth Country Girl.. I was raised on a farm.. the farming is always in me.. not so big anymore.. yet, you got it girl! Cheers from BC! Xo
Thanks for the weekly updates, your area has much more 'greenery' than mine I notice as I travel east from plains of north central Oklahoma to eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas it seems so much more alive with flora, fauna and busy buzzing insect life.
I love your garden videos. It's such a peaceful watch. Your dress I like as well. I can't wait to do my garden and I want to do it the way you do...it's so beautiful and peaceful there!!
So beautiful, thank you Jess. I love your garden in so many ways!! :-)
I would enjoy videos on composting and creating good garden beds, and feeding the soil and plants.
Thank you for your videos! I am learning so much as I watch them. This will be my 3rd year gardening and I think I’ve found a new UA-cam page to reference!
Tomatillos do great in southern Cali where I’m from. What I do is I trellis my tomatillos so horn worms can’t hide as easily. . Two plants gives me a sufficient harvest, but tomato hornworms love them so I go and collect my horn worms in the evening. That has really been the only thing that has messed with my tomatillos and I don’t over water.
I love your garden. Even the hot mess bed.
I've been watching all your videos so I knew you had corn growing but you've never mentioned the kind. Side story I ordered tomato seeds from migardener but got sent corn by mistake. They told me I can keep the corn and I'll still get my tomatoes yay! But then you finally mentioned your corn type and I'm so excited that's the kind I was sent!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
sorry to presume but you may want to use a soft brush to transfer pollen from the corn tassels to the silks in corn that is not block planted. @ 11:30 Like your philosophy of gardening and non-use of strong chemical pesticides and you how you spend time observing, learning and experiencing nature .......You have the true heart of a gardener.
Im truly enjoying your wonderment and joy in your garden. I've learned a few things as a beginner garderner(urban). Thank you for sharing
I enjoyed the tour of your lovely garden. I harvest my tomatoes the same way you do. Thanks for sharing! Happy Gardening!☺️
Such an awesome garden no doubt! So many things to commit on but that would be a book wrote out. I will just say your an amazing lady and all your love shines in your garden! Thank you for the tour a harvest. Yes Mam the summer crops are about to end over here as well. We wait so long to see it unfold then it is over before we know it. Have a wonderful day my friend!
I’m growing only 2 tomatoe plants and they are soo tall and you need space to grow them because they like to yarn when growing( the branches grow outward)! NO Problems thus far and they are full of fruits which makes them heavy so I’ve started staking the branches
Jess I enjoy watching your videos so much! I had started following you on IG months ago (or longer) and didn't even find your UA-cam channel till about a month ago. I have been going back and watching your older videos as well. This year I have 1 tomato plant (its in an upside down hanging bag I bought at the goodwill for $2! ) that is doing great, well over 25 tomatoes on 1 plant! In the past I have tried to plant larger gardens and they always turn into jungles. I live in VA and we have the red clay dirt that can be a total pain to grow in. You are helping inspire me to think outside the box and figure out a better way to garden in the future. There is a bank beside our house that gets great sun for most of the day and are hoping to terrace it off and try that next year. We have chickens and have a compost bin going so I know thats a start also. Thank you for all the inspiration! I have a few questions, do you all have bees or plan to get them in the future? Have you ever though about doing a cookbook to share how you use everything from your garden? I know you have horses, chickens, a pet pig and milk goats; are there plans for any cattle, goats, pig etc for meat to feed your family? Thanks again for all your hard work and sharing it with us all!
Can you share recipes with all your delightful squashes?
I do believe that this channel is all of our new fave channel! I watch lots of garden/animal keeping channels but I'm always super excited to see yours. Was wondering what zone you are in?
Technically I'm in 7b, though I live on a ridge and in a hight altitude than surrounding places so I tend to lean more to 7a for my frost date just to be careful.
Beautiful! Just love mornings and evenings in the garden. So peaceful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your home. You’ve gotten me so excited for my fall garden! I got out my calendar and started planning it today. (Watched your latest fall garden video last night) Bless you and keep sharing! You’re and inspiration!
Thoroughly enjoy your videos. Can you do a video on how and when to prune tomatoes for those of us who are new to vegetable gardening?...
Your garden is absolutely Beautiful 😘 ☮💕💐
Hello and Thank you for your wonderful tour!
Tomatillo tip: Last year was my first year growing a tomatillo. I bought it as a start with a few fruits already on it. After planting, it didn't set a single fruit the following month. I did some research and read that they can't self-fertilize. I immediately went out and bought 2 other varieties and very quickly they all set loads of fruit. Something to try. :) I don't remember for sure, but don't think they need to be separate varieties, just separate plants.
Thank you for typing out the plants.
we just planted our seeds for spring! cant wait! i learn alot from your video today! keep doing that great work! BIG thumbs up!!!
Thank you. Those 2 beds you call a hot mess are a good example of poly culture! Love it. Would you please show us how you process your tomatoes for canning? I have 13 plants this year. First time growing them outside due to the hot summer we are having here in Ireland. Also would love to see that Tex mex egg dish you make. I love your videos. Thank you
I just found your channel tonight. You are adorable and your gardens are gorgeous! I’m going to try a cattle trellis next season in my northern Michigan garden!
Have a Blessed week!
corn should be planted closed together and in a few rows, for it to get pollinated, each one of the tassels on top has to fall and hit the corn silk on the cob. each corn kernel is connected to a thread of corn silk.years ago , that's why people would call the the place where the corn was planted "the corn patch"
Roots and Refuge, I am New to your channel this year maybe a month ago or 6 weeks. Love this channel. You remind me of when I was young. I want a BIG garden but not a huge one because I am alone and can't get around as much as I use too There are a few seeds I wish I had that you have grown. I love Peppers... Those are so easy to grow and I don't have to worry about the hot ones because Bugs or animals don't bother them. I did lose all my melons this year to some animal in my garden but I only seen a stay cat. But it was Hot and They get hungry and thirsty as well.
My OKRA is doing good. They are so healthy for you and that is the reason I am growing. Next Year if I am still able I want a freezer full plus Pickling as many as possible. I use to do all this when I was 20 yrs young. Love it. and I LOVE YOUR GARDEN!!!
Pretty new to you channel and just getting started with a garden at my own home. Just picked up some corbaci pepper seeds after watching you videos. Thank you for sharing you beautiful garden with all of us!
OMG... LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL & PEACEFUL....IM SO JEALOUS
Never be jealous. Be inspired. Then do all you can to make your own heaven.
I love watching you! It's just so relaxing!!!!!!
Your garden is beautiful!
Hi Jess, Loving your channel. Would you be able to do a video on your pruning? What do you prune, and why?
Thanks for sharing your Farm with us.
I hear a critter made me laugh 😂 that’s how I feel about my hubby when he sees me browsing through the seed catalogue 😂😂😂😂
What an awesome garden. Thanks for sharing. What I love most is your wonderful attitude 😊 Am curious about the hanging mason jars 😊