The wealth of information you provide is unmatched. One of the biggest reasons I enjoy watching your videos is your deep passion for planting & growing food and spreading the vital message of connecting with the foods we eat through gardening & growing our own. This is truly a gift.❤ Also, seeing Tuck munching on veggies is absolutely precious!!
It makes a difference, we have been eating as much as we can of our own food for over 20 yrs. Slowly we are seeing our property coming to life again 25 years ago it was a bare 10 acres. Now it is teaming with birds, insects, ants and worms. Snakes too, but hey we now have Kookaburra's hanging out in a tree, to take care of that slithery problem. Each thing builds on the next. It takes time and perseverence. It literally fills my heart with joy when I look at what we have achieved. My grandchildren are eating off our garden daily and choosing to hang out with me rather than their devices. Love to Tuck and you also James, you are both continually inspirational to so many people. Keep up the good work.❤❤❤❤
@@nellieblighhill4575 no mostly spruce trees very thin very short period of growth no nuts très to cold innus mostly eat fish moose . bear meat and geese and caribou in season we dépend on stores for food n'eurent big town is 3 hors awsy I live in a small town we are srrounded by forest and mines
You can have a garden anywhere so it is a lot healthier for you to grow and can your produce you can grow beans as well. Good luck. your in Alaska grown food in your house by a window even micro green can be grown do not depend on groceries from a store full of additives
Good on you! We are in Melbourne suburbs and even with a small growing area we can produce all the herbs and leafy greens we can eat all year round. All the rest are pretty seasonal of course, but the flavour is so much better and I KNOW no chemicals have been sprayed on them. Cheers!
Have you seen the movie "The biggest little farm?" I think you would really like it. All of the IPM that they use to solve problems every year sounds like what you experienced with your snakes and birds. 😊
When I started watching your videos I didn't think I could find a way to grow my own food, but with a little divine help and persistence I have almost 100 square feet of gardening space all in containers/grow bags on a side lot that I used to park my car on where I'm renting. I can move the containers anywhere I need when the time comes and I find it super fulfilling and health promoting on so many levels! I'm starting to find the same bliss I have seen you portray on so many videos. It's the best! Keep encouraging people, James! You're the only gardener I simply HAVE to watch each video of because I love them so much. Also, your tote planter video was a huge inspiration on how to make the most of my limited space. Thanks for your ideas and encouragement! ❤ For Tuck ❤
I've watched your channel for years and this fall I'm planting in containers to expand the amount of vegetables I can grow. I have one raised bed in the backyard, which is all the space I have. You're an inspiration James. You rock!
@@heatherashley102 Yes I have and there is zero difference. Ever hear of placebo? If people can be sure they are being cured by sugar water do you really believe that your subjective taste is telling you the truth?
@@heatherashley102 The flavor difference between homegrown and store bought is so vastly different, that I wonder if your critic has no sense of smell, which is a factor in the ability to taste. Let him enjoy his glyphosates and pesticides. Yum, Yum!
@@heatherashley102Homegrown Veggies and Fruit tastes so much fresher than the store. The store Veggies and Fruit tastes good (Except the tomatoes that come in a 5 or so long pkg. that are not fully ripe and not much flavor), but once you had your own or someone else's garden fresh Veggies and Fruit you will know the difference
I got to experience a win this evening. I harvested the first bowl full of green beans from my plants this morning, and my wife and I had them as a dinner side. They were the sweetest green beans we've ever had, almost like eating sweet corn! Thanks James; you're my spirit animal!
@@MaspetsMaybe it's your soil. Maybe it's a watering issue. Maybe it's just the plants themselves. Some are stronger than others. I have 3 bush bean plants and have already canned 5 quarts. They are just now on the 2nd flush (they usualy have 3). Keep trying!
@@Tamara_1776 And that's why gardening isn't the hoopla this guy is making it out to be. On top of other issues, I have annoying rabbits who bite the tops off. I have to put the plants in cages. My pole beans that took forever to produce just dried up in died in the heat. This hobby is ridiculous.
@@Maspets I have rabbits too but they don't eat the beans lol For me, it's not a hobby. It's choosing to eat homegrown organic food and food presetvation.
We have been spreading ‘the word’ here for years too! And I must say you were ‘kind’ on the facts, as there was much more could have said here, well done! Thanks❤
Super presentation.. Couldn't imagine life without gardening in ever way...beds are higher now but still planting at age of 74 here in Eugene Oregon. Always appreciate your passion and commitment to a "Can Do" attitude for everyone. As well as encouraging all gardeners to share with those that can't. ❤❤ for our little boss dog.👍👍
Great video. I noticed a while ago the difference in taste from store bought tomatoes and the ones I grew. They taste completely different. Home grown is the best.
Thanks again for the burst of positivity JP and Tuck. As a former (and hopefully future) organic farmer, as well as someone who has nurtured a home food forest for the last 12 years, I can honestly say I usually still learn at least one thing from every video you make. It's always encouraging to hear someone say "keep going", because there are always trials and struggles raising a garden, especially in suburban settings! The nice thing is that there is usually the abundance that rewards all the hard work.
Exactly. I've been type 1 diabetic since 1978, not many ppl had it. It stunts me how food has produced so many type 2 diabetics today. You are very wise by investing in you. 🎉 Keep it up.
You are so right that nothing can compete with your own grown food! My grandparents owned a little farm and I'm so grateful to them for showing me how the real food is supposed to taste like. I'll never forget their dinner table full of fresh yummy stuff! Homemade sour cream, fresh cherries, apples, and baked potatoes with sprinkled chopped fresh dill on top were my favorite ones! Thank you!
I've noticed ZERO difference between home grown and store-bought. Actually, home grown can be worse. My cucumbers were bitter, my melons weren't sweet, and my lettuce is full of aphids.
@@Yah-Izoa-Hakaboth That doesn't even work, they will just fly away. My melons were a big failure this year, cantaloupe vines are drying up for no reason and I only got one. This a dumb hobby.
My ❤ belongs to Tuck and my garden success belongs to you! Thank you for all that you do. You have been a very instrumental part of my growing journey.
Great message! Even if a person doesn’t have a yard they can grow a container or two of something yummy. I saw a documentary about a couple of few large cities citizens have started inner city gardens to teach people, young and old, how to compost and container grow some things on a patio. It was heartwarming to see how excited they were to learn these things. ❤❤ Also pets for Tuck! Love my Tuck tee shirt!
I'm really inspired by your great work. I intend to by my own place and start gardening. I want to teach my kids the benefits of growing our own food. Every time I watch your channel, I wish I had my own place already. I will do that next spring definitely. Thank you for teaching and giving us ideas to be ourselves and getting in touch with nature. God Bless
This is an "evergreen" video to spark people to acknowledge and be grateful for how fortunate their harvests' benefits are. Encouraging also for those of us who've had challenging seasons, to remind us to keep growing, learning, and adapting to climate changes to reach produce results with high nutritional benefts.
I am a self-proclaimed produce snob and happy to be one. Love growing our own veggies as much as possible; there is such a difference between homegrown and store-bought! Rock on, James!
I’ve been adding a little bit to my garden each year. My plan is to one day get rid of all the grass and just have everything in the backyard be edible. Thank you for the inspiration!☺️🌱
Fresh, crunchy, homegrown veggies are SO MUCH BETTER than the soggy, canned veggies I grew up with, and also so much better than underripe grocery store veggies, as you pointed out in the video. My favorite squash is butternut squash btw; it tastes a little bit like sweet potatoes! Hearts for Tuck: 💝💝💝
I was ruined by canned vegetables growing up. Now, I love tomatoes, green beans, peas, spinach, and squash because I grow them organically and there’s nothing better
James, you are such a joy and an inspiration. You always have a smile on your face. You are such a light in the world. I loved your "grow potatoes in an Amazon box" experiment. Wonderful results! My partner and I have decided to go all out this year in New Zealand - we are just now coming into spring... We've decided to grow potatoes that will feed us all year! His parents do this in Sweden. This will be our first time ever doing this for ourselves. Thank you so much to you and other podcasters who have given us so many great tips and guidance. We have much more confidence now that we will be successful. Love from NZ, Bron and Oscar.
Oh boy.... even compared to the farmers markets offerings, which are decent, our Mandarin tree surpasses 10 fold. I can't wait until next season! The citrus are just starting to flower now.
SHARE THIS VIDEO TO GIVE TUCK A VIRTUAL "GOOD BOY" 🐕❤ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:09 Look-Alikes 00:39 Preservative Poison 01:00 A Tomato Isn’t A Tomato 01:23 Why The Fruit Isn’t Ripe 02:03 Here’s Why It’s So Hard To Find A Ripe Melon 03:16 Tuck Eating Cantaloupe 03:49 The Greenhouse Fallacy 04:22 What Even Is “Organic” These Days? 04:52 Store Bought Vs. Homegrown 05:33 This Is What Real Food Looks Like 07:27 The Fringe Benefits Of A Garden 08:28 Should You Buy Food From The Grocery Store?
The very reason why cr*p groceries happened is when the big box chains came in - and removed all of the local mom-and-pop neighborhood local grocery stores. They had the local produce immediately at hand, no transporting fruits and vegs literally thousands of miles to other chain store warehouses and destinations. As a former 18 wheel driver, taking vegs and fruits from CA to Chicago and elsewhere, or bananas from Louisiana up into the Midwest, the only way for long distance travel is to harvest when semi-mature or green, and then mature and age in the grocery stores. This is the reason why you will find "burned" potatoes, or browned bananas - that were "hot packed" in their bags and boxes, then saran wrapped onto the pallets. This heat literally cooks and fries the vegetables and fruits. If you have other frost-burned vegs and fruits, then the hauler and the trailer refrigerator unit (trying to overcome the cooking and sweating humidity in the saran wrap, will have frozen water on the inside of the wrapping, freezing the outermost box surface and the outermost vegs and fruits, while the inside product is cool or still having heat. Proper shipping of produce and agriculture harvest must be mandated by the harvest warehouses - and you still see them shenaniganging the truckers with hot pack pallets - to keep the produce moving out (while having the money and profits ocming in). As long as the produce is not rejected in the end receiving destination - they don't give a sh*t ! I had hotpacked spuds and onions from eastern WA taken to Chicago, and even with having the trailer mini observation door open, while having the refrigerator running at a constant 40F, the produce by the time of getting to Chicago had baked the potatoes, while the sweating onions were developing all those molds, mildews, and fungus on their outer surfaces. So when you go to the grocery store, know that the big chains long distance transport their goods. Make sure they harvest and transport LOCAL FOODS. Go to the Farmer's Markets and the local mom-and-pops stores. They will have the fresh produce. The big chains will continue this process, until their profits start dropping, making the corporate penny pinchers do the right thing - as they should have been doing all along !!! So check your fruits and vegs, know when you smell burning (potatoes will smell burned and start internal smelly rotting like a baked potato) and notice moldy of mildewy vegs (especially onions or those slimy spinach and green salads with juice ). Fresh means fresh. If it doesn't feel fresh (wilted or off color greens), smell fresh (burned or frost burned), and look fresh ... it aint fresh !!!
For an example, having done the (said) banana transportation, and knowing these problems, I had a Starbucks banana, and reported the problem to Starbucks-Seattle that they were receiving hotpacked bananas from the Central American ships and shipping dock warehouses onto the trucks. They need better quality controls, and MAKE the warehouses (and companies) comply, properly store, and cool down the produce, before trans-shipping the product. For an example, I had an Arizona, melon shipping warehouse and refrigerator facility, with the melon gardens right alongside. I thermometer tested the pallets and they attempted hot shipping cantaloupes (and honey dew melons of all things) . I called my transporation company, and they called them, and gave them a real verbal thrashing. Later (of course, I had to wait) while they refrigerated and cooled down the early morning harvest pallets ... instead of giving me prior day harvested and already cooled down produce (!) ... and then off to the destination. The eastern WA (actually eastern Oregon) potato and onions shipment to Chicago was already suspect as it was almost pushed off the wrapping unit, and moved over to put onto my trailer. You could feel the heat of even the early morning potato harvest, washing, etc process, and saran wrapping holding in the heat (and baking) already. We had other shippers, who actually got caught, when others told the FDA (and an FBI investigation) in the Midwest, where the shipping company told us to turn off the refrigerators and run without cooling from the nearby South Dakota ice cream and food packaging processing plant, during the already freezing cold of Midwest northern winters, for shipments of ice cream - that I would eventually take to Pennsylvania. A FBI call went out to drivers who had this event. I went and told (and could show them all my driving records) - that I was told to do this - but refused en route to do ... but couldn't, wouldn't testify as they would have quickly found out who I was making the statements in the court of law as a witness, and getting terminated, and then blackballed in the transporation industry database (yes they have their own employment database - just like all the other hidden backdoor employment and trashing of employees database other there). Burned potatoes, potatoes turning green (ready to pop out roots from their eyes), yams and sweet potatoes also growing roots and sprouts (already a form of inedible status) being kept in a too warm area, and maturing the tubers into their hormonal growth cycle. Fruits (apples, peaches, pears, cherries, bananas, ... even semi-green, or even over ripe citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, grapefruit), bashed or damaged fruits (ding marks), bad handling, packaging, loading and unloading trailers, bad storage procedures at warehouses, dropped loads of boxes, restacked and wrapped again, mixing of ethylene-producing apples with other fruits - making them quickly mature in the warehouse or in transit, .... For corn, the old wive's protocol. Pinch a kernel of the corn. If it squirts out a little juice, it was harvested in the early morning when the corn has lots of water and making sugars. If the kernel is dry, it was harvested in the hot noon or afternoon, when less water, and higher proteins and starches are made. If you want to make masa, then go for dry starchy corn on the cob ! If, however, you want corn "as corn !" then make sure that your corn is morning harvested - and sugary fresh ! The same applies if you look at carrots, parsnips, salsify, beets, turnips, rutabagas, ... root crops. If you do a little scrape of the skin, or fingernail the surface skin, and its dry, you have a dehydrated product. If it is slushy, and smells like it is starting to rot (it already has !). If there is the smell of molds and mildews in any greenery attached at the root head, they are beyond purchasing - already infected with hot sweating or improper cold refrigeration molds. If you have melons that smell funny - they are funny. Knock on them for wholeness and integrity. Feel and slightly press the stem indent. If it gives too much - its beyond mature. If the skin smells fresh, and a finger pressure test keeps the melon intact it is green or getting to ripeness. If you get the proper little give of the skin to the fruit, it is mature and ready. If you finger goes through the fruit, its rotten from the inside. Fresh melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, honey dew, persian, casaba) all smell of fresh sugary melon aroma. Check your apples (even in a bag, just like looking at each egg in a carton for breakage !), oranges for skin integrity, proper maturation, no dings, dents, rot spots, ... Same for holding a banana and looking at the black tip "end" of the banana flower. Slightly pinch that spot. If it holds firm - its good. If it starts smooshing, the banana is going bad. Avocados I can tell from holding them. And with an explanation to a female, if a man holds a certain female anatomy, they dont grab and squeeze them. They lightly hold them. Feel the skin surface. If it is dry and the skin and meat doesn't give with the lightest touch, it is still green. If it is too oily, or the skin easily gives way into the avocado meat - it is over ripe or only made into that day's quick quacamole ! Avocados ONLY MATURE when cut from the tree - and avocado like oranges etc can still hang on a tree until they fall off. So store avocados are still ripening, or getting over ripe due to not enough consumer purchasing of the product. You should be able to hold, and light-as-a-mosquito-touch be able to discern the ripening and maturity of that avocado purchase or put it back on the shelf. To which ! the female said, "you know your avocados !, my husband always .... (!!!!!).
@@sherryberry1382 As an interesting occupation at that time in 1990s, the transportation industry took whatever goods from one destination to the desired destinations. This was/is published in a massive online transporation database of requested services. All these independents (instead of chain franchises with their own transporation vehicles) took whatever was available and moved it - and got payment for the deliveries. Some were/are quality transporation groups - others hauled azz and products with negligent transportation safeties - which is the cause for which I have made my various comments.
My brother, the last statement about the straw berries almost brought tears to my eyes because of the magnitude of the statement. That example just covers strawberries, let alone the rest of the fruit and vegetables kingdom.
I've always loved seeing a seed grow to become food. I finally have my food forest planted, and it's become a sanctuary for 20 types of bees, 3 types of butterflies, and humming birds. Those are just the pretty ones. 😊The variety and beauty provides a positive effect on mental health as well.
James, the first time I grew anything I could eat it was on a 3' x 6' balcony off the back of a studio apartment in a warm climate. I loved my little pineapple guava plant and was amazed when it produced a fruit! The taste of that little surprise was priceless. I understand you're on a relatively small suburban lot, and I salute you for how much you're doing with it. Love & hugs to Tuck.
@@holleyo.5083 Enjoy your produce that is loaded with caterpillars, their poop, aphids, rat bites, and enjoy losing your tomatoes to rain, not enough rain, hornworms, armyworms, pickleworms and everything in between. Enjoy spending hundreds on fruit and vegetables while deluding yourself into thinking it tastes so much better when it doesn't. Don't worry, you'll break even in 2078.
I've never seen a dog eat so many different varieties of vegetables and fruit. Tuck is so cute and ya know the vegetables and fruits are really good when Tuck harvests the goodies himself 😊 Because of channels like yours, I've been slowly growing my gardens bigger every season. Learning about soils, fertilizer, growing conditions of each plant and how and when to harvest. Thanks for sharing your skills here for us to learn from. And...thanks for sharing Tuck with us here. Head scratches to him from northern Indiana
Never had good watermelon in my life until I grew my own! Charleston Gray was an amazing choice! Our garden is so full, we could only till out a 13x17-foot spot but I got my way and we have a new 16x26-foot spot right beside it to add onto the garden. Excited for whats to come next year. The new spot needs a lot of amending because of clay, but come next spring, it will be full of life, hell or high water!
Ohhh Nooo… where’s your Intro?! End of an era??? We’ve watched you and Tuck for years and years! Since you were starting seeds in Solo cups in your little greenhouse and when you first planted and built your beautiful grape covered pergola! We Love You Both!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
What I mean by that is in America. Think of all the people with memory problems and they've bought their food from a grocery store for a 60 or 70 years.
Love your videos, I have had a garden for 40 years but as I get older it’s getting smaller. Not happy about it but can’t handle the heat n the energy it takes. Love working in the garden so I do what I can. I look at your n wish I had most of the stuff you’re growing. I live through your garden . Tuck is adorable ❤️❤️
Kudos! I started with a fig in a pot and a few herbs in small pots outside my doorstep while living in an apartment. I didn’t even have a patio or balcony. You can even grow indoors! Team grow!!
I started my own tiny garden during the pandemic literally just a few containers. Shortly after I had so much food, I had to give it away. The best tomatoes I’ve ever had and I had no idea what I was doing.
It seems like every week during the summer you hear stories about recalls for produce also. That is what made me really start to grow my own food. I was so tired of hearing about lettuce being recalled every other week I decided to just start growing my own. I started growing everything to make my own garden salads. Over the years I have slowly increased my variety in the garden to add new veggies I like.
I love all the information you give us! Tuck, sending you hugs and kisses! You are an amazing gardener too. what a great companion you are! - Have a great day!
You have a beautiful Garden! My suggestions to someone starting to garden is to start with nice roomy pots and spend at least a year or 2 building soil in your yard, studying what areas get full and part sun, studying the drainage and learning about what does well in your zone. Send soil samples to the local extension services to see what it's made of and what it needs, start a compost pile, rake leaves and grass clippings over the area you plan to dig and let it stay put and break down into the soil. Learn what wildlife frequents your area and get some fencing or covers ready. You will be rewarded for you patience!
❤❤❤ for Tuck! 😊 Thank you, James! You are loved as well 🫠 This is my 3rd year growing in a small space. I've learned a lot from you and appreciate all your videos!!!
With one last current bush and a few more medicinal herbs to plant, our food forest strip will be complete. What an amazing growing system, even here in NE Indiana. This year we joined 3 fruit guilds to make a 68 ft x 8 foot garden then had to fence it in to keep out rabbits. 10 mini swales on the up-slope side will aid soil fertility going forward. Almost 7 months later, it's beautiful! Thank you for your videos that kept me slogging along to getter done!
When I was sick recently I had no appetite except the blueberries from the bushes I stood next to- warm from the sun and delicious! I have a small suburban yard but I am always inspired by your videos to try to keep finding ways to grow more food!
LOVE IT!!! I'm in East Texas. HOT! Everything was dying, then I quickly panic built a shade cloth structure over my cantaloupes, tomatoes and other things. They responded well and are doing better. Now I'm battling the blights, mildews, yellow spots and leaves dying. I'm using Organicide Plant Doctor. I hope it will save the cantaloupes and cucumbers.
It’s so exciting from germination to fruit production! The bees and hummingbirds give me such joy. A hummingbird was even pollinating my pole beans. God allows things to volunteer that I didn’t even plant. One year it was cantaloupes, this year it is a pumpkin and tomatillos. Plus I have a really good tan.
Every year gets a little bigger or a little better in some way, or both :) You've been a huge inspiration to my persistence with home agriculture. There's so much to learn and refine when you're out there every day paying attention to how your plants are developing. The reward is just something you simply can't buy! Going to try your tomato row trellis next year with the lower and lean. Love seeing Tuck the guardian putting in work as always ;)
I've never had a fresh blueberry, just from the store, so that would explain why I've never liked blueberries, because YES, the ones in the store are sour and not tasty at all! Thank you James! ❤❤❤for Tuck! My super sweet dog, Olive, turns 15 on Friday!! 😍
Just Wow !!!.. This is so powerful .. i live in a 2 bedroom unit, on the 13th floor of a building on Malibu beach.... im gonna start growing my food right now 😋
Best episode! Love to see Tuck enjoying your great fruit and vegetables. ❤ for Tuck. A remarkable homegrown harvest. Everything looks perfect, definitely healthy, tasty, and importantly safe to eat. Wish to do something similar in future, but can never match your performance.❤
Your information is always so informative and helpful. I just moved and have to start all over but it's worth it. Veggie stands have given us some great produce and fruits. Thankful for the option. ❤😋
I've been following you for awhile now, not sure how long. I thank you for teaching, sharing everything you grow and the way you grow your produce. You really are an inspiration! I love Tuck! 💓💓💓
The wealth of information you provide is unmatched. One of the biggest reasons I enjoy watching your videos is your deep passion for planting & growing food and spreading the vital message of connecting with the foods we eat through gardening & growing our own. This is truly a gift.❤ Also, seeing Tuck munching on veggies is absolutely precious!!
Yeah I I love this guy. He's so passionate about it and I love his backyard Forest and his little dog and my dog loves vegetables.
It makes a difference, we have been eating as much as we can of our own food for over 20 yrs. Slowly we are seeing our property coming to life again 25 years ago it was a bare 10 acres. Now it is teaming with birds, insects, ants and worms. Snakes too, but hey we now have Kookaburra's hanging out in a tree, to take care of that slithery problem. Each thing builds on the next. It takes time and perseverence. It literally fills my heart with joy when I look at what we have achieved. My grandchildren are eating off our garden daily and choosing to hang out with me rather than their devices. Love to Tuck and you also James, you are both continually inspirational to so many people. Keep up the good work.❤❤❤❤
Great encouragement. Keep it going.
@@nellieblighhill4575 no mostly spruce trees very thin very short period of growth no nuts très to cold innus mostly eat fish moose . bear meat and geese and caribou in season we dépend on stores for food n'eurent big town is 3 hors awsy I live in a small town we are srrounded by forest and mines
You can have a garden anywhere so it is a lot healthier for you to grow and can your produce you can grow beans as well. Good luck. your in Alaska grown food in your house by a window even micro green can be grown do not depend on groceries from a store full of additives
Good on you! We are in Melbourne suburbs and even with a small growing area we can produce all the herbs and leafy greens we can eat all year round.
All the rest are pretty seasonal of course, but the flavour is so much better and I KNOW no chemicals have been sprayed on them. Cheers!
Have you seen the movie "The biggest little farm?" I think you would really like it. All of the IPM that they use to solve problems every year sounds like what you experienced with your snakes and birds. 😊
When I started watching your videos I didn't think I could find a way to grow my own food, but with a little divine help and persistence I have almost 100 square feet of gardening space all in containers/grow bags on a side lot that I used to park my car on where I'm renting. I can move the containers anywhere I need when the time comes and I find it super fulfilling and health promoting on so many levels! I'm starting to find the same bliss I have seen you portray on so many videos. It's the best! Keep encouraging people, James! You're the only gardener I simply HAVE to watch each video of because I love them so much. Also, your tote planter video was a huge inspiration on how to make the most of my limited space. Thanks for your ideas and encouragement! ❤ For Tuck ❤
I've watched your channel for years and this fall I'm planting in containers to expand the amount of vegetables I can grow. I have one raised bed in the backyard, which is all the space I have. You're an inspiration James. You rock!
Let's Gooo!! Thanks for being part of the Team and growing your own food!
Tonight my husband and I are getting our fair entries ready. We have an amazing harvest.
You are so right. Nothing tastes right anymore, except what you grow at home.
Whatever camera you’re using is awesome. It looks like I’m there in person.
I can't eat veggies from the store anymore now that I know what they are SUPPOSED to taste like! Thank you for all you do!
Maybe you like the taste of caterpillars and aphids? Otherwise there is no difference.
@@Maspetsclearly you’ve never grown your own as there is a HUGE taste difference from store bought than your own garden.
@@heatherashley102 Yes I have and there is zero difference. Ever hear of placebo? If people can be sure they are being cured by sugar water do you really believe that your subjective taste is telling you the truth?
@@heatherashley102 The flavor difference between homegrown and store bought is so vastly different, that I wonder if your critic has no sense of smell, which is a factor in the ability to taste. Let him enjoy his glyphosates and pesticides. Yum, Yum!
@@heatherashley102Homegrown Veggies and Fruit tastes so much fresher than the store. The store Veggies and Fruit tastes good (Except the tomatoes that come in a 5 or so long pkg. that are not fully ripe and not much flavor), but once you had your own or someone else's garden fresh Veggies and Fruit you will know the difference
So true...we grow as many vegetables as we can to stay away from mass food production.
I got to experience a win this evening. I harvested the first bowl full of green beans from my plants this morning, and my wife and I had them as a dinner side. They were the sweetest green beans we've ever had, almost like eating sweet corn! Thanks James; you're my spirit animal!
I simply don't believe you. My beans, both pole and bush, were average. And I got enough for maybe 3 meals the entire season.
@@MaspetsMaybe it's your soil. Maybe it's a watering issue. Maybe it's just the plants themselves. Some are stronger than others. I have 3 bush bean plants and have already canned 5 quarts. They are just now on the 2nd flush (they usualy have 3). Keep trying!
@@Tamara_1776 And that's why gardening isn't the hoopla this guy is making it out to be. On top of other issues, I have annoying rabbits who bite the tops off. I have to put the plants in cages. My pole beans that took forever to produce just dried up in died in the heat. This hobby is ridiculous.
@@Maspets I have rabbits too but they don't eat the beans lol For me, it's not a hobby. It's choosing to eat homegrown organic food and food presetvation.
@@Tamara_1776 They don't eat the leaves either? How?? The rabbits here jump into my pots to get them. They kill the plant before it produces.
We have been spreading ‘the word’ here for years too! And I must say you were ‘kind’ on the facts, as there was much more could have said here, well done! Thanks❤
Super presentation.. Couldn't imagine life without gardening in ever way...beds are higher now but still planting at age of 74 here in Eugene Oregon. Always appreciate your passion and commitment to a "Can Do" attitude for everyone. As well as encouraging all gardeners to share with those that can't. ❤❤ for our little boss dog.👍👍
Great video.
I noticed a while ago the difference in taste from store bought tomatoes and the ones I grew. They taste completely different. Home grown is the best.
Thanks again for the burst of positivity JP and Tuck. As a former (and hopefully future) organic farmer, as well as someone who has nurtured a home food forest for the last 12 years, I can honestly say I usually still learn at least one thing from every video you make. It's always encouraging to hear someone say "keep going", because there are always trials and struggles raising a garden, especially in suburban settings! The nice thing is that there is usually the abundance that rewards all the hard work.
You are so right! Homegrown is the best for you.
It's really silly and sad to suggest to people that they are being unhealthy eating produce from a grocery store.
Exactly. I've been type 1 diabetic since 1978, not many ppl had it. It stunts me how food has produced so many type 2 diabetics today. You are very wise by investing in you. 🎉 Keep it up.
You are so right that nothing can compete with your own grown food! My grandparents owned a little farm and I'm so grateful to them for showing me how the real food is supposed to taste like. I'll never forget their dinner table full of fresh yummy stuff! Homemade sour cream, fresh cherries, apples, and baked potatoes with sprinkled chopped fresh dill on top were my favorite ones! Thank you!
I've noticed ZERO difference between home grown and store-bought. Actually, home grown can be worse. My cucumbers were bitter, my melons weren't sweet, and my lettuce is full of aphids.
@@Maspets The aphids can be reduced down by ladybugs. Look into how to attract them to your garden.
@@Yah-Izoa-Hakaboth That doesn't even work, they will just fly away. My melons were a big failure this year, cantaloupe vines are drying up for no reason and I only got one. This a dumb hobby.
Tuck is so adorable 🥰
I've been gardening for 11yrs now, and everything you said in this video hits home 💯..
None of this BS is true. I consider my garden a success if it tastes as good as the grocery store.
My ❤ belongs to Tuck and my garden success belongs to you! Thank you for all that you do. You have been a very instrumental part of my growing journey.
Great message! Even if a person doesn’t have a yard they can grow a container or two of something yummy. I saw a documentary about a couple of few large cities citizens have started inner city gardens to teach people, young and old, how to compost and container grow some things on a patio. It was heartwarming to see how excited they were to learn these things. ❤❤ Also pets for Tuck! Love my Tuck tee shirt!
I totally agree with you! Since I’ve been growing my own veggie and fruits they taste much sweeter than the grocery store version. ❤
❤ for tuck
I'm really inspired by your great work. I intend to by my own place and start gardening. I want to teach my kids the benefits of growing our own food. Every time I watch your channel, I wish I had my own place already. I will do that next spring definitely. Thank you for teaching and giving us ideas to be ourselves and getting in touch with nature. God Bless
This is an "evergreen" video to spark people to acknowledge and be grateful for how fortunate their harvests' benefits are. Encouraging also for those of us who've had challenging seasons, to remind us to keep growing, learning, and adapting to climate changes to reach produce results with high nutritional benefts.
I am a self-proclaimed produce snob and happy to be one. Love growing our own veggies as much as possible; there is such a difference between homegrown and store-bought! Rock on, James!
I’ve been adding a little bit to my garden each year. My plan is to one day get rid of all the grass and just have everything in the backyard be edible. Thank you for the inspiration!☺️🌱
Thanks for your help man, I appreciate it; and you too tuck ❤️❤️❤️
I’m still trying to. It seems to be getting tougher to get things to grow like it used to. But I keep GOING on GROWING
Fresh, crunchy, homegrown veggies are SO MUCH BETTER than the soggy, canned veggies I grew up with, and also so much better than underripe grocery store veggies, as you pointed out in the video. My favorite squash is butternut squash btw; it tastes a little bit like sweet potatoes! Hearts for Tuck: 💝💝💝
I was ruined by canned vegetables growing up. Now, I love tomatoes, green beans, peas, spinach, and squash because I grow them organically and there’s nothing better
James, you are such a joy and an inspiration. You always have a smile on your face. You are such a light in the world. I loved your "grow potatoes in an Amazon box" experiment. Wonderful results! My partner and I have decided to go all out this year in New Zealand - we are just now coming into spring... We've decided to grow potatoes that will feed us all year! His parents do this in Sweden. This will be our first time ever doing this for ourselves. Thank you so much to you and other podcasters who have given us so many great tips and guidance. We have much more confidence now that we will be successful. Love from NZ, Bron and Oscar.
Agree, eating Mandarins and oranges, couldn’t eat a store brought mandarin spat it out.😊
Oh boy.... even compared to the farmers markets offerings, which are decent, our Mandarin tree surpasses 10 fold. I can't wait until next season! The citrus are just starting to flower now.
@@SwiftRabbit-w7g the wait, I’m in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Hence why I have fruit now!😀
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:09 Look-Alikes
00:39 Preservative Poison
01:00 A Tomato Isn’t A Tomato
01:23 Why The Fruit Isn’t Ripe
02:03 Here’s Why It’s So Hard To Find A Ripe Melon
03:16 Tuck Eating Cantaloupe
03:49 The Greenhouse Fallacy
04:22 What Even Is “Organic” These Days?
04:52 Store Bought Vs. Homegrown
05:33 This Is What Real Food Looks Like
07:27 The Fringe Benefits Of A Garden
08:28 Should You Buy Food From The Grocery Store?
The very reason why cr*p groceries happened is when the big box chains came in - and removed all of the local mom-and-pop neighborhood local grocery stores. They had the local produce immediately at hand, no transporting fruits and vegs literally thousands of miles to other chain store warehouses and destinations.
As a former 18 wheel driver, taking vegs and fruits from CA to Chicago and elsewhere, or bananas from Louisiana up into the Midwest, the only way for long distance travel is to harvest when semi-mature or green, and then mature and age in the grocery stores. This is the reason why you will find "burned" potatoes, or browned bananas - that were "hot packed" in their bags and boxes, then saran wrapped onto the pallets. This heat literally cooks and fries the vegetables and fruits. If you have other frost-burned vegs and fruits, then the hauler and the trailer refrigerator unit (trying to overcome the cooking and sweating humidity in the saran wrap, will have frozen water on the inside of the wrapping, freezing the outermost box surface and the outermost vegs and fruits, while the inside product is cool or still having heat. Proper shipping of produce and agriculture harvest must be mandated by the harvest warehouses - and you still see them shenaniganging the truckers with hot pack pallets - to keep the produce moving out (while having the money and profits ocming in). As long as the produce is not rejected in the end receiving destination - they don't give a sh*t ! I had hotpacked spuds and onions from eastern WA taken to Chicago, and even with having the trailer mini observation door open, while having the refrigerator running at a constant 40F, the produce by the time of getting to Chicago had baked the potatoes, while the sweating onions were developing all those molds, mildews, and fungus on their outer surfaces. So when you go to the grocery store, know that the big chains long distance transport their goods. Make sure they harvest and transport LOCAL FOODS. Go to the Farmer's Markets and the local mom-and-pops stores. They will have the fresh produce. The big chains will continue this process, until their profits start dropping, making the corporate penny pinchers do the right thing - as they should have been doing all along !!!
So check your fruits and vegs, know when you smell burning (potatoes will smell burned and start internal smelly rotting like a baked potato) and notice moldy of mildewy vegs (especially onions or those slimy spinach and green salads with juice ). Fresh means fresh. If it doesn't feel fresh (wilted or off color greens), smell fresh (burned or frost burned), and look fresh ... it aint fresh !!!
Thank you for helping us see the process and the impact it has on the quality of food that people are paying for.
For an example, having done the (said) banana transportation, and knowing these problems, I had a Starbucks banana, and reported the problem to Starbucks-Seattle that they were receiving hotpacked bananas from the Central American ships and shipping dock warehouses onto the trucks. They need better quality controls, and MAKE the warehouses (and companies) comply, properly store, and cool down the produce, before trans-shipping the product.
For an example, I had an Arizona, melon shipping warehouse and refrigerator facility, with the melon gardens right alongside. I thermometer tested the pallets and they attempted hot shipping cantaloupes (and honey dew melons of all things) . I called my transporation company, and they called them, and gave them a real verbal thrashing. Later (of course, I had to wait) while they refrigerated and cooled down the early morning harvest pallets ... instead of giving me prior day harvested and already cooled down produce (!) ... and then off to the destination.
The eastern WA (actually eastern Oregon) potato and onions shipment to Chicago was already suspect as it was almost pushed off the wrapping unit, and moved over to put onto my trailer. You could feel the heat of even the early morning potato harvest, washing, etc process, and saran wrapping holding in the heat (and baking) already.
We had other shippers, who actually got caught, when others told the FDA (and an FBI investigation) in the Midwest, where the shipping company told us to turn off the refrigerators and run without cooling from the nearby South Dakota ice cream and food packaging processing plant, during the already freezing cold of Midwest northern winters, for shipments of ice cream - that I would eventually take to Pennsylvania. A FBI call went out to drivers who had this event. I went and told (and could show them all my driving records) - that I was told to do this - but refused en route to do ... but couldn't, wouldn't testify as they would have quickly found out who I was making the statements in the court of law as a witness, and getting terminated, and then blackballed in the transporation industry database (yes they have their own employment database - just like all the other hidden backdoor employment and trashing of employees database other there).
Burned potatoes, potatoes turning green (ready to pop out roots from their eyes), yams and sweet potatoes also growing roots and sprouts (already a form of inedible status) being kept in a too warm area, and maturing the tubers into their hormonal growth cycle. Fruits (apples, peaches, pears, cherries, bananas, ... even semi-green, or even over ripe citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, grapefruit), bashed or damaged fruits (ding marks), bad handling, packaging, loading and unloading trailers, bad storage procedures at warehouses, dropped loads of boxes, restacked and wrapped again, mixing of ethylene-producing apples with other fruits - making them quickly mature in the warehouse or in transit, ....
For corn, the old wive's protocol. Pinch a kernel of the corn. If it squirts out a little juice, it was harvested in the early morning when the corn has lots of water and making sugars. If the kernel is dry, it was harvested in the hot noon or afternoon, when less water, and higher proteins and starches are made. If you want to make masa, then go for dry starchy corn on the cob ! If, however, you want corn "as corn !" then make sure that your corn is morning harvested - and sugary fresh !
The same applies if you look at carrots, parsnips, salsify, beets, turnips, rutabagas, ... root crops. If you do a little scrape of the skin, or fingernail the surface skin, and its dry, you have a dehydrated product. If it is slushy, and smells like it is starting to rot (it already has !). If there is the smell of molds and mildews in any greenery attached at the root head, they are beyond purchasing - already infected with hot sweating or improper cold refrigeration molds.
If you have melons that smell funny - they are funny. Knock on them for wholeness and integrity. Feel and slightly press the stem indent. If it gives too much - its beyond mature. If the skin smells fresh, and a finger pressure test keeps the melon intact it is green or getting to ripeness. If you get the proper little give of the skin to the fruit, it is mature and ready. If you finger goes through the fruit, its rotten from the inside. Fresh melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, honey dew, persian, casaba) all smell of fresh sugary melon aroma.
Check your apples (even in a bag, just like looking at each egg in a carton for breakage !), oranges for skin integrity, proper maturation, no dings, dents, rot spots, ... Same for holding a banana and looking at the black tip "end" of the banana flower. Slightly pinch that spot. If it holds firm - its good. If it starts smooshing, the banana is going bad.
Avocados I can tell from holding them. And with an explanation to a female, if a man holds a certain female anatomy, they dont grab and squeeze them. They lightly hold them. Feel the skin surface. If it is dry and the skin and meat doesn't give with the lightest touch, it is still green. If it is too oily, or the skin easily gives way into the avocado meat - it is over ripe or only made into that day's quick quacamole ! Avocados ONLY MATURE when cut from the tree - and avocado like oranges etc can still hang on a tree until they fall off. So store avocados are still ripening, or getting over ripe due to not enough consumer purchasing of the product. You should be able to hold, and light-as-a-mosquito-touch be able to discern the ripening and maturity of that avocado purchase or put it back on the shelf. To which ! the female said, "you know your avocados !, my husband always .... (!!!!!).
Just out of curiosity, do you deliver produce to major grocery store chains who compete with each other?
This is one of the problems Satoshi Nakamoto was trying to solve with his invention. He succeeded but the world has so far failed to implement.
@@sherryberry1382 As an interesting occupation at that time in 1990s, the transportation industry took whatever goods from one destination to the desired destinations. This was/is published in a massive online transporation database of requested services. All these independents (instead of chain franchises with their own transporation vehicles) took whatever was available and moved it - and got payment for the deliveries. Some were/are quality transporation groups - others hauled azz and products with negligent transportation safeties - which is the cause for which I have made my various comments.
My garden was a complete failure this year. You make me want to do a winter garden. Thanks.
My brother, the last statement about the straw berries almost brought tears to my eyes because of the magnitude of the statement. That example just covers strawberries, let alone the rest of the fruit and vegetables kingdom.
Try the fact that the razor lubericnt strip you use on your legs, or hub on face has nasty chemicals in it.
❤❤❤❤ for Tuck!! ❤❤❤❤ I love growing and preserving my own food and teaching others to do the same. We love REAL food!
❤❤❤Tuck!❤❤❤
Great message James! Everyone should try to grow some
❤❤❤ you’re as passionate about your garden as much as I am. Love watching your videos on a rainy day when I can’t be out there too! Blessings
I've always loved seeing a seed grow to become food. I finally have my food forest planted, and it's become a sanctuary for 20 types of bees, 3 types of butterflies, and humming birds. Those are just the pretty ones. 😊The variety and beauty provides a positive effect on mental health as well.
James, the first time I grew anything I could eat it was on a 3' x 6' balcony off the back of a studio apartment in a warm climate. I loved my little pineapple guava plant and was amazed when it produced a fruit! The taste of that little surprise was priceless. I understand you're on a relatively small suburban lot, and I salute you for how much you're doing with it. Love & hugs to Tuck.
Your right your right your right, brother.
Yesss! Crazy how people have no idea that the food they buy at the store has no taste, and not as many nutrients!
You people are delusional if you really think that.
@@Maspets denial is real.
@@holleyo.5083 It certainly is, look who's talking.
@Maspets enjoy your Walmart food 🤣
@@holleyo.5083 Enjoy your produce that is loaded with caterpillars, their poop, aphids, rat bites, and enjoy losing your tomatoes to rain, not enough rain, hornworms, armyworms, pickleworms and everything in between. Enjoy spending hundreds on fruit and vegetables while deluding yourself into thinking it tastes so much better when it doesn't. Don't worry, you'll break even in 2078.
I've never seen a dog eat so many different varieties of vegetables and fruit. Tuck is so cute and ya know the vegetables and fruits are really good when Tuck harvests the goodies himself 😊
Because of channels like yours, I've been slowly growing my gardens bigger every season. Learning about soils, fertilizer, growing conditions of each plant and how and when to harvest.
Thanks for sharing your skills here for us to learn from. And...thanks for sharing Tuck with us here. Head scratches to him from northern Indiana
❤❤❤❤❤ Tuck. And you are right, too.
Never had good watermelon in my life until I grew my own! Charleston Gray was an amazing choice! Our garden is so full, we could only till out a 13x17-foot spot but I got my way and we have a new 16x26-foot spot right beside it to add onto the garden. Excited for whats to come next year. The new spot needs a lot of amending because of clay, but come next spring, it will be full of life, hell or high water!
Growing your own food is a totally radical thing to do. Sprouting from the root. Exuberant!
Ohhh Nooo… where’s your Intro?! End of an era??? We’ve watched you and Tuck for years and years! Since you were starting seeds in Solo cups in your little greenhouse and when you first planted and built your beautiful grape covered pergola! We Love You Both!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The smell of food, real food, stimulates the brain and is linked to memory ability.
Well that explains a lot doesn't it.
What I mean by that is in America. Think of all the people with memory problems and they've bought their food from a grocery store for a 60 or 70 years.
So TRUE!!!!!
Love your videos, I have had a garden for 40 years but as I get older it’s getting smaller. Not happy about it but can’t handle the heat n the energy it takes. Love working in the garden so I do what I can. I look at your n wish I had most of the stuff you’re growing. I live through your garden . Tuck is adorable ❤️❤️
❤❤ Tuck 😊
Kudos! I started with a fig in a pot and a few herbs in small pots outside my doorstep while living in an apartment. I didn’t even have a patio or balcony. You can even grow indoors! Team grow!!
I started my own tiny garden during the pandemic literally just a few containers. Shortly after I had so much food, I had to give it away. The best tomatoes I’ve ever had and I had no idea what I was doing.
You are so inspiring!
It seems like every week during the summer you hear stories about recalls for produce also. That is what made me really start to grow my own food. I was so tired of hearing about lettuce being recalled every other week I decided to just start growing my own. I started growing everything to make my own garden salads. Over the years I have slowly increased my variety in the garden to add new veggies I like.
Great Video !!!
❤❤❤ to Tuck
❤ for Tuck. Thank you for your videos.
I love all the information you give us! Tuck, sending you hugs and kisses! You are an amazing gardener too. what a great companion you are! - Have a great day!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ You &
Tuck are such an inspiration! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.....
You have a beautiful Garden! My suggestions to someone starting to garden is to start with nice roomy pots and spend at least a year or 2 building soil in your yard, studying what areas get full and part sun, studying the drainage and learning about what does well in your zone. Send soil samples to the local extension services to see what it's made of and what it needs, start a compost pile, rake leaves and grass clippings over the area you plan to dig and let it stay put and break down into the soil. Learn what wildlife frequents your area and get some fencing or covers ready. You will be rewarded for you patience!
❤💚❤💚❤💚 for Tuck!!
❤❤❤ for Tuck! 😊 Thank you, James! You are loved as well 🫠 This is my 3rd year growing in a small space. I've learned a lot from you and appreciate all your videos!!!
Great video, I am trying to copy your garden! Love Tuck!❤❤❤
With one last current bush and a few more medicinal herbs to plant, our food forest strip will be complete. What an amazing growing system, even here in NE Indiana. This year we joined 3 fruit guilds to make a 68 ft x 8 foot garden then had to fence it in to keep out rabbits. 10 mini swales on the up-slope side will aid soil fertility going forward. Almost 7 months later, it's beautiful! Thank you for your videos that kept me slogging along to getter done!
When I was sick recently I had no appetite except the blueberries from the bushes I stood next to- warm from the sun and delicious! I have a small suburban yard but I am always inspired by your videos to try to keep finding ways to grow more food!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ for tuck
❤️❤️❤️ to Tuck
LOVE IT!!! I'm in East Texas. HOT! Everything was dying, then I quickly panic built a shade cloth structure over my cantaloupes, tomatoes and other things. They responded well and are doing better. Now I'm battling the blights, mildews, yellow spots and leaves dying. I'm using Organicide Plant Doctor. I hope it will save the cantaloupes and cucumbers.
Nothing better than your backyard garden produce section!
You have an AWESOME Food Forest!
Thank you 😋
What's up brother, from Florida, keep them coming, I've taken tons of your tips.
“What even is organic these days?!”😩 exactly!
Tuck is the boss in your garden and the king of your show. Great video as always.
It’s so exciting from germination to fruit production! The bees and hummingbirds give me such joy. A hummingbird was even pollinating my pole beans. God allows things to volunteer that I didn’t even plant. One year it was cantaloupes, this year it is a pumpkin and tomatillos. Plus I have a really good tan.
You’re the man James! Take it from another James in Tennessee 😎 Been to Jersey once and I love the people there.
You are so right James and❤❤❤❤ you Tuck. This year the first time ever i managed to harvest my own grown cucumber, they are so tasty❤
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕Tuck you rock!
❤❤❤❤❤ Tuck ❣️🥰
❤❤❤Lots of love for Tuck
❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck
Every year gets a little bigger or a little better in some way, or both :)
You've been a huge inspiration to my persistence with home agriculture. There's so much to learn and refine when you're out there every day paying attention to how your plants are developing. The reward is just something you simply can't buy!
Going to try your tomato row trellis next year with the lower and lean. Love seeing Tuck the guardian putting in work as always ;)
💗💗💗💗💗 Tuck!
I've never had a fresh blueberry, just from the store, so that would explain why I've never liked blueberries, because YES, the ones in the store are sour and not tasty at all! Thank you James! ❤❤❤for Tuck! My super sweet dog, Olive, turns 15 on Friday!! 😍
Tuck ..always snacking on the garden foods. 👍👍👍
Like a true king
❤'s 4 Tuck! Enjoy your cantaloupe sweet boy!
"Let's just get these seeds out." /picks up knife from the ground and scrapes seeds into the garden. 😂👨🌾 💞
God bless you and tuck brotha! You have motivated me to go from nothing to growing 7 different types of veggies in 1 year! The taste is undeniable
Nothing I've grown tastes better than the grocery store.
It doesn't get better than this .. I love it .. plenty hearts for Tuck and James ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂 the food stores have nothing On YOU
I started growing when i realized the tomatoes i was buying tasted like nothing.❤❤❤❤❤😊
❤for Tuck
❤ for the Tuckmeister! Always appreciate your videos.
Just Wow !!!.. This is so powerful .. i live in a 2 bedroom unit, on the 13th floor of a building on Malibu beach.... im gonna start growing my food right now 😋
So true. Thanks for information you give. ❤ Tuck
❤️❤️❤️ to TeamGrow andTuck!!
❤ Thanks Tuck and James
Best episode! Love to see Tuck enjoying your great fruit and vegetables. ❤ for Tuck. A remarkable homegrown harvest. Everything looks perfect, definitely healthy, tasty, and importantly safe to eat. Wish to do something similar in future, but can never match your performance.❤
Your information is always so informative and helpful. I just moved and have to start all over but it's worth it. Veggie stands have given us some great produce and fruits. Thankful for the option. ❤😋
Let me know when the house next door is for sale. I want to move in and be your neighbor. 😊 You are living the dream!!!
I've been following you for awhile now, not sure how long. I thank you for teaching, sharing everything you grow and the way you grow your produce. You really are an inspiration! I love Tuck! 💓💓💓