Yall my mom (Mary Ellen, I realized afterwards I never said her real name. What a kid thing to do!) will be reading comments so feel free to comment to her and ask questions!
Your mom is so beautiful, you both have eyes that smile! I'm in Idaho, zone 7... I have a monstera and I had no idea that I could put it outside in the warmer months... and I have tried to grow a plumeria and have had no success...any suggestions? Your garden is beautiful! you are a great plant mamma! and you have a wonderful daughter that certainly takes after you...
Hi Mom, thanks for taking time with us. Was the product you use elmdirt? How do you build your in ground worm farms? Also, do you or anyone Else have a suggestion on how to keep an in for aloe vera alive? Ok, last question, how do you keep gnats out of your house? Thanks for all of your help. ❤
When she said she put anti biotic ointment on her japanese maple and bandaged it up and carries a hand bag full of seeds, guys, this woman is the most gardening gardener that there ever was and is to come. Need more mum content!!
Oh man! How beautiful is your mom! If she started her own UA-cam channel it would explode! Please encourage her to start her own channel! Her knowledge is needed! A woman like that should share her wisdom! ❤ Such a beautiful lady!
I left it in while editing because I laughed. I didn’t even think about it while I was doing it but when editing I thought “I guess we don’t grow out of that”
What a treat to see "Mom". So sweet you got to visit her. I have been gardening for at least 45 years. I have so many volunteers I can't even count. As a fruit lover I throw all my seeds out the door into a flower garden. I have at leat 3 peach trees and 2 cherry trees growing that I did not plant. God is such a great gardener!
I actually prefer the "imperfections" in a garden. The wildness of it makes it feel magical and full of surprises. Always love seeing your mother's garden!
I absolutely adore your mom! I have had an awful week and you two changed my entire attitude! I've said it before and I'll say it again, thank you for being you! We love you!
I agree, when I have a bad day and I am wondering how God can put up with the human race, I search for a Roots and Refuge video. It restores my faith. I know that I am not the only one who turns to this family for inspiration and restoration of our souls. Jess and her whole family have a calling on their lives to sow hope and life back into wounded people. They are such a blessing and I can literally see how God has placed an aspect of this calling on each person in the family. They each are such a blessing to everyone that they touch. Thank you God!!!
I agree, when I have a bad day and I am wondering how God can put up with the human race, I search for a Roots and Refuge video. It restores my faith. I know that I am not the only one who turns to this family for inspiration and restoration of our souls. Jess and her whole family have a calling on their lives to sow hope and life back into wounded people. They are such a blessing and I can literally see how God has placed an aspect of this calling on each person in the family. They each are such a blessing to everyone that they touch. Thank you God!!!
@@tommielourogers4327 Big hug to you. Thank you so much for your sweet kindness. I'm so thankful that my grown children are good people! I can only thank God for that! Your post is precious to me. Sincerely.
I LOVE this video!!! I am from Hawaii and my Mom has always grown in containers. I used to joke she is Te Fiti, making everything grow, and I was more like Te Ka, causing things to die 😂. She works in a bakery, and always bought home the 5 gallon containers and would plant in them. She is my inspiration🙌🏾. She came to visit us in Texas and a piece of a plant broke off at my neighbors while we were visiting. She put it in a bottle of water and I just potted it up today, 2 years later. It was sitting on my windowsill and I would top the water off as I watched the roots grow. This year, I moved from the classroom to the garden. I've shown her pictures of my raised beds, and she is so proud of me. Your video bought back so many memories of my Mama working in her garden, no matter where we lived on the island. Thank you for sharing your Mama's garden with us. Blessings!
I am very much like your mom when it comes to plants and seeds. I have taped and splinted several over the years. The day my husband proposed to me we went out to eat supper. Outside the restaurant they had beautiful Crepe Myrtle trees in a few colors. As we were leaving I collected some seed pods from the ones that had mature dry seeds. I planted them and grew several trees that I eventually planted in the yard and gave away. We have had two hurricanes that have flattened and killed nearly every tree and bush in the neighborhood, but I was able to bring back two of my Crepe Myrtles and in just 2 years have grown to 15 feet tall. They had strong healthy roots that wanted to grow regardless of having only 1 inch of trunk left above the soil.I also have house plants that are over 30 years old. Some were cuttings from Great Grandfather's who started his from his grandmother's plants! Some came in a terrarium I received as a baby shower gift for my first child. When walking through the isles of garden centers I will look at the floor for pieces that have been knocked off the plants on display. I'll bring them home wrapped in a tissue in my purse and root them out. I've been able to grow so many for just a little effort and time. Even my Plumeria came from a lawn care company knocking a piece off a plant in a home that was for sale. They threw it out with other yard trash when they left. After the last hurricane snapped mine off at the soil and it's branches into many pieces, I have the original that has regrown as well as several new ones that I have both planted and gifted to others. Here they lose their leaves and go dormant in the winter, but come spring it's amazing how fast they go from dead looking stalks to large leaves and beautiful flowers. They are the flowers used in making the Hawaiian Lei necklaces for their colors and glorious smells. We would be friends if we lived closer, sharing plants and just enjoying them. I just know it, lol
Now we know where you get your good looks and happy attitude from. Your Mom reminds me of my dad, and yes, never throw away a plant cause you think it is dead it may not be. God Bless.
Your mom's garden is beautiful! I love hearing and seeing the excitement of her telling about each plant. You have been blessed to share the love of gardening.
I absolutely adore your mom! And her gardens are simply amazing. And you two are SO MUCH ALIKE! Your mom is this beautiful spirit that has blessed you with the knowledge and excitement and wonder of growing things. Jess you and your brother are so lucky to have this beautiful mom in your lives. This video made my heart sing. Thank you for sharing her with all of us. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I always love giving garden tours in my garden, but it is a lot more enjoyable when I am giving the tour to someone who also has a passion for gardening!
Daniel was right, if ever there was a family that has gardening in their DNA it is yours Jess! Your mom's garden is an absolute oasis of possibility! 🌱❤🌱
I got so excited when I saw you were at your mom’s and we were getting a garden tour! I’m not quite on the same level as her, but when asked about so many plants in my yard I will lovingly touched them and say, oh, this was on the dead rack at Lowes or wherever. Now today she mentioned the church garden twice. Maybe next time your in town we can have a garden tour of each. I love seeing all she touches. Mom, you are amazing!
Also, my mom actually started gardening because of your videos Jess. My sister started gardening from your videos and then my mom spent a good 4yrs during chemotherapy, gardening 💕🙏
I pray that your Mom survived cancer. Four years of chemo sounds so serious! Hug to you! Your comment is precious! Jess has been an inspiration to so many. I too thank God for her.
Fellow Arkansan here! Your mom is so adorable!!! Love her garden!!! I have a pot only garden too and it's amazing what you can grow in pots as long as you keep tending to them!
I literally stopped the video halfway through and went and ordered the plant fertilizer from elm dirt. Your mom’s garden is beautiful and I love how much joy you can see on her face as she tells each plant’s story.
I love that your mom is an outside girl and she passed that on to you. I know she spends a lot of time out there, hand watering everything, but that’s how you get to know your garden. I’m in Texas and have a backyard container garden as well, and to me, there is nothing better than the slow living of caring for a garden ❤
My grandmother was the one who taught me my love for plants and gardening. She had a way with them, and this reminds me so much of how she kept every seed and rooted every bit and piece that broke off. Im almost 60 now, but I still love a house full of pots and a row of zinnias and marigolds around the edges of the garden. So impressed with your mom's ability with the outdoor containers!
Ditto on all of your sentiments!! We could almost be twins, although I'm a few yrs older.. Grams was my absolute hero and role model in many areas of my life!
It’s amazing all the flowers, fruit, and veggie plants your mama grows. The banana tree and perennial peppers are so impressive. Her garden is just beautiful and can see all the love she puts into it.
Watching you and your Mom interact nourishes my soul--two women who share so much, thank you for sharing this with us, Jess. Your Mom is truly one of a kind, a wonderful soul, as are you! I found out I had epilepsy when I had a tonic-clonic seizure and ended up in the hospital, when I was 30 years old. When I got home, ALL my houseplants had bloomed, even the ones that had never bloomed before. They truly are sentient beings, and you and your mom treat them that way, and they respond! Bless you guys...💝
Mom!!! You have blessed so many with your gracious sharing of plants since you have been a gardener. You have just now, with this video, yet again blessed so many by sharing your knowledge of plants. I know in my heart that if this vast UA-cam audience was standing next to you while this was being filmed, everyone would have a section of a plant to take home to grow ourselves. Your daughter has taken your heart, grown hers into her unique style and poured all of it into Roots and Refuge. The Lord's will! There is SO MUCH multiplication here! Thank you for allowing us in ❤
You and your mom are right; plants WANT to grow! I have been amazed at how some of mine have pulled through. So happy to be invited to see your mom's plants. I grew plumeria from seed this past year and can't wait for them to bloom!
Your Mom is absolutely precious! She's beautiful and her plants are all so fascinating. I see so much of you in her excitement. Thanks for sharing with us!
What a treat to see your mom’s garden again! I love the stories of all the plants she has saved and brought back to life! They do indeed want to grow! I live in Hawaii and have many of the tropical plants growing with none of the wonder that she has for them. It makes me appreciate them more than ever! Thanks for sharing this special lady with us! ❤
A far as POLINATION IN THE GREENHOUSE, I have been learning about bumble bee colonies you can buy for your greenhouse. In the description it says they will only last a season then you need to buy more. I dug deeper and learned that bumble bee colonies are short lived in nature. As the colony nears its end it will send out new queens to start their own colony SOMEWHERE ELSE. With that in mind you can build multiple bumble bee nesting boxes and spread them throughout your greenhouse. The chances are high that the new queens will start a new colony in your greenhouse. 😉
Your mama is so sweet, and I love that she's wearing a Roots and Refuge shirt. Thank you for sharing your garden and your time with us. I have also used medical tape to help heal a broken branch. My Meyer lemon tree had a branch get almost snapped in half, hanging on by just the outer layer, and it just happened to be a branch that hasd a tiny (still green) lemon on it. The tree only had 3 lemons growing in it, so i decided i was going to try to save that little lemon. And it worked! My thought process was that if you can graft, then it should be able to heal itself. I also have saved seeds and grown them! I wish i had a neighbor like your mom!🌱
Miss Mary Ellen needs her own channel!!! I would love to spend an afternoon with her and that wouldn't be enough time! Crazy lady with the carpets in her back yard is totally normal for all of us here! Thanks for sharing your blessing!
My mom turned me onto Elm Dirt. I used their BLOOM JUICE on my roses. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL results. I think I had 70+ buds on my rose bush. I'm using it on my tomatoes this year too.
Her love for her plants reminds me so much of my Momma. I miss talking to her about our yard, flowers and hummingbirds!! I miss her so much!! Enjoy her every moment you can!! My Momma used to say the same thing about not thinking plants are dead!! She had the greenest thumb. Always amazing how she could give new life to plants that most people would throw out!!
She doesn’t look old enough to be your mom! She is aging very gracefully ❤ I loved getting to know her and where your love for the garden came from ❤❤ also I wish I had the attention span for container gardening. My ADD gets the best of me and I forget to water stuff. And yes hosta shoots are edible, they taste like asparagus!
The crazy woman with carpet is growing there worms 😂😂😂😂 that was gold ....... I mean this is a great example to people with small spaces that everything is possible.
I can't believe that you lost your mother in the garden. I will be praying about that avocado. God loves to do the impossible. He is also good at healing half dead plants and trees. I grew a cornstalk plant 14 ft. tall. I bent it, put it in a motor home, and transported it 200 miles. It was quite happy in it's new home. I love your mom. She is a hoot. Now I see where you get a lot of things from that I admire about you.
It is definitely easy to see where you get your joy and love of plants from. I love this channel, your Mom, Daniel and you, give so much joy to the world. Through plants, children and animals. ❤❤
Thanks so much Jess for sharing your sweet Mother and her beautiful garden with us. I love her stories too. I love how she tries to give everything an opportunity to live and grow. I have also put green stretchy tape around plants that have a broken stem, and they keep growing and they live. God’s creation wants to live, at least most of the time. I know your Mom was so happy to spend some time with her girl. You definitely have inherited her love of plants for she has passed down that wonderful gift. God bless her.❤️✝️🙏
What an absolutely wonderful video! "the crazy woman who has the carpet squares on the ground" 🤣. Your mom is awesome! Seeing passion in people like this is such a genuine treat to witness. This is honestly one of my favorite UA-cam videos ever. Thank you for sharing your garden with us mom, it was a real treat and you sure seem like an amazing woman.
Oh my what a beautiful visit with your Mom ❤ "Give and forget" 🥰 such powerful beautiful words! Your Mama's hands remind me of my Mama's hands! Beautiful and strong, with stories to tell of their labour of love in all that they've nurtured. Thank you Jess, this was a blessing ❤️❤️❤️
We have huge night crawlers in our yard and I was so happy this spring to realize they had made their way into my raised beds. I buy half dead plants at Lowes to try to save them. My husband accidentally got our dogwood tree with a weed eater. He had tried so many years to transplant one and finally managed it last year. It just took the bark off it but I wrapped it with press and seal and it's doing great.
Yay!!! Grandma's Garden!!! Love having a tour of your beautiful container garden! Thank you Jessica and Mom for bringing us along! Blessings Kiddos!🌻🐛💚🌿🙏💕
I always enjoy when you stop by your moms house and show us her beautiful garden. It’s like visiting with an old friend. I think I’m about her age and recognize another GenX-er. I could sit in her beautiful garden all day. 💚
Jess. The longing that is in my heart watching you with your mom...With tears in my eyes watching you and your mom. All I can think to say is "But Jesus" I have Jesus. I never had anything near this with my parents. When I met Jesus, he took my longing and filled my heart. You truly bless me.❤🕊️
One of the earliest videos I saw was you showcasing your mom's container gardening. And I believe it was a green stalk that had tons of plants growing from it. That's where the green stalk all started for me! I love her beautiful garden and I love container gardening. thanks for showing her beautiful garden again!!!
I felt like I was watching a 2019 Roots & Refuge video again♥️ She reminds me of my mom and Grama. They’ve always had plants, ornamental gardens and grown different kinds of peppers since I can remember. As a kid them talking about all the plants made me fall asleep internally but now as a grown woman…what I’d give to hear my Grama talk my ear off about her plants again♥️
@christenawalker Big Hug to you! I'm sorry for your great loss! My Mom passed 26 years ago & I still miss her so often, love never dies! Somehow in time we simply learn to live without them until we meet again.
How precious is your relationship with your sweet Mom! Loved this tour! My favorite plants are the ones someone gave me or I've grown from pilfered seeds. I have only a few from friends, and they are so very special. When they bloom, I always send photos to the friend and tell them I'm thinking of them. What a lovely tradition! Blessings to you both, Marie
Your mother has given you this wonderful gift that you can now share with the world, Jess. I can relate because my mother, grandmothers and some aunts had the same love for growing things and sharing that love. Thanks for sharing your time with her with us.
Your mother is lovely! Like mother, like daughter in more ways than one. I have tears in my eyes because it brought back memories of my own mother and her love of growing all things. Love to you both and God bless you.
Love to see you with your mother. I, too, got my love for plants and gardening from my Mom. I broke a giant branch from a fig tree, taped it with thick parcel tape, healed, and grew into a giant tree over two stories high. You both ooze such love for gardening. Thank you, for sharing your joy with us.
Dear Jess and precious Mom! This is one of my favorite videos! This garden shows the promise in every seed or piece of plant and surprise appearance of a volunteer. I too have taped and splinted injured ones. Peace and Blessings to you both! 🌻🎍🍊🌳🪴🍓🌲😊
It’s always so fun to see your beautiful mom, MaryEllen.I love her garden, her knowledge and passion for growing plants, flowers, veggies and fruit. I never grow tired of walking through a garden, even on video. Thank you for sharing your mom with us Jess!💓
I love seeing you and your Mom together. Listening to you yell for her in the garden, probably how you have since you were little filled my heart with joy! She is extremely talented at growing. I consider container gardening to be much harder than in ground growing. She does amazing!
Your Mom stole my heart on the last garden tour she gave, but today's tour made my heart grow two sizes bigger! She's about my age -- her friends are lucky to live near her!
What a blessing! I love your mom's garden. So amazingly beautiful and so diverse. Love the purse memory. The natural laughter between you two is so touching. Keep collecting and growing. The world needs more like both of you.
Seeing you again with your mom, in her garden, made me cry. I always wished my mom would have been like yours, and made things grow. My mom did her best to raise us, but after moving out of her mom's house, where, if they didn't grow it they didn't have it to eat, she never gardened. So, I gained my gardening from both of my grandma's and my dad. Thank you for that once again trip through your mom's beautiful garden. Grow mom grow, all those babies you keep having at such a young age. Lol.
What a joy and a privilege to hang out in the garden with you and your mom. The laughter is contagious. Incredible woman and the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.
Jess, you shown your mum off in a shining light. It was beautiful to see! In all honesty, beauiful! You constantly brought the conversation back into focus to allow your mother's passion to SHINE. I mean, I haven't been a sub for that long but I've already figured out your special. I just hadn't realised Jesus has his hand on you. Xx
She is so special! Your right on! I could not do a channel without her. she shines & those around her radiate the glow. With her childhood health issues, I've said a million plus prayers for her all of her life. Our almighty father has made it known that he has her in his hand & she has him in her soul. She is beautiful inside & out. Thank you for your comment. Mom.
I watch Brenda Gantt's cooking videos and she keeps stock tanks in her yard with just one gold fish in it to solve her mosquito problems. When they lay their eggs in the water the goldfish eat them. She keeps them outside all year with no protection from frost or freeze.
Yall my mom (Mary Ellen, I realized afterwards I never said her real name. What a kid thing to do!) will be reading comments so feel free to comment to her and ask questions!
How do you keep all those containers watered? Do you hand water them all?
I had the same questions during the tour of the garden. Also wondering, why not make raised beds?
Mom, you are a treasure that many, many, other than your daughter appreciates, but I dare say none more than Jess!
Your mom is so beautiful, you both have eyes that smile! I'm in Idaho, zone 7... I have a monstera and I had no idea that I could put it outside in the warmer months... and I have tried to grow a plumeria and have had no success...any suggestions? Your garden is beautiful! you are a great plant mamma! and you have a wonderful daughter that certainly takes after you...
Hi Mom, thanks for taking time with us. Was the product you use elmdirt? How do you build your in ground worm farms? Also, do you or anyone Else have a suggestion on how to keep an in for aloe vera alive? Ok, last question, how do you keep gnats out of your house? Thanks for all of your help. ❤
When she said she put anti biotic ointment on her japanese maple and bandaged it up and carries a hand bag full of seeds, guys, this woman is the most gardening gardener that there ever was and is to come. Need more mum content!!
Yes!...We want the more!....
Oh isn't she just so lovely would love to see more of momma ❤
Oh man! How beautiful is your mom! If she started her own UA-cam channel it would explode! Please encourage her to start her own channel! Her knowledge is needed! A woman like that should share her wisdom! ❤
Such a beautiful lady!
Yes need more Mom content pls! 😊
Absolutely
Love that even as an adult you Hollar out "MUM" 😂 never to old to Hollar out for your mum
I left it in while editing because I laughed. I didn’t even think about it while I was doing it but when editing I thought “I guess we don’t grow out of that”
Myself and 2 brothers still do the same thing 😂 walk through the door at mums place 'MMUUUUMMMM' never to old
My 40+yo children still call me mommy. That is who I am to them.
I've worked with the elderly for many years, 70-80-90 year olds still hollar out for their mama's. It never goes away.
@@RootsandRefugeFarm loved that you let it in the final cut ❤😊
“Nothing against men… we like ‘em!” I love her. 😂
She’s beautiful Jess, what a blessing you get to share the love of plants with your mom. ❤
I think her Momma shared her love of plants to Jess ❤ lol
What a treat to see "Mom". So sweet you got to visit her. I have been gardening for at least 45 years. I have so many volunteers I can't even count. As a fruit lover I throw all my seeds out the door into a flower garden. I have at leat 3 peach trees and 2 cherry trees growing that I did not plant. God is such a great gardener!
Awesome & I agree that he is!
I actually prefer the "imperfections" in a garden. The wildness of it makes it feel magical and full of surprises. Always love seeing your mother's garden!
I was inspired by that comment as well...
I absolutely adore your mom! I have had an awful week and you two changed my entire attitude! I've said it before and I'll say it again, thank you for being you! We love you!
I agree, when I have a bad day and I am wondering how God can put up with the human race, I search for a Roots and Refuge video. It restores my faith. I know that I am not the only one who turns to this family for inspiration and restoration of our souls. Jess and her whole family have a calling on their lives to sow hope and life back into wounded people. They are such a blessing and I can literally see how God has placed an aspect of this calling on each person in the family.
They each are such a blessing to everyone that they touch.
Thank you God!!!
I agree, when I have a bad day and I am wondering how God can put up with the human race, I search for a Roots and Refuge video. It restores my faith. I know that I am not the only one who turns to this family for inspiration and restoration of our souls. Jess and her whole family have a calling on their lives to sow hope and life back into wounded people. They are such a blessing and I can literally see how God has placed an aspect of this calling on each person in the family.
They each are such a blessing to everyone that they touch.
Thank you God!!!
Your precious!
I thank you for your sweet kindness! Sincerely.
@@tommielourogers4327
Big hug to you.
Thank you so much for your sweet kindness.
I'm so thankful that my grown children are good people!
I can only thank God for that!
Your post is precious to me.
Sincerely.
Your Mom is a hoot. I am 80 and still doing my best in the garden. Not all are successes but I don't give up
This is great. Wish I live to see this age
I love, love, love your mom and her garden. She is a perfect example of a true plantswoman/gardener. Thanks for sharing!
I tell my daughter all the time when I get to heaven I will need to talk to someone about the garden 😊
I LOVE this video!!! I am from Hawaii and my Mom has always grown in containers. I used to joke she is Te Fiti, making everything grow, and I was more like Te Ka, causing things to die 😂. She works in a bakery, and always bought home the 5 gallon containers and would plant in them. She is my inspiration🙌🏾. She came to visit us in Texas and a piece of a plant broke off at my neighbors while we were visiting. She put it in a bottle of water and I just potted it up today, 2 years later. It was sitting on my windowsill and I would top the water off as I watched the roots grow. This year, I moved from the classroom to the garden. I've shown her pictures of my raised beds, and she is so proud of me. Your video bought back so many memories of my Mama working in her garden, no matter where we lived on the island. Thank you for sharing your Mama's garden with us.
Blessings!
I absolutely love how thrilled she is with all of her plants!! You and your Momma are just precious women! ❤ Thank you for sharing!!
I do believe your mother is someone I could spend TONS of time with and just listen to her talk plants. 😊
The enthusiasm for plants has been passed down for sure💚
The world needs more people like your mom.
I am very much like your mom when it comes to plants and seeds. I have taped and splinted several over the years. The day my husband proposed to me we went out to eat supper. Outside the restaurant they had beautiful Crepe Myrtle trees in a few colors. As we were leaving I collected some seed pods from the ones that had mature dry seeds. I planted them and grew several trees that I eventually planted in the yard and gave away. We have had two hurricanes that have flattened and killed nearly every tree and bush in the neighborhood, but I was able to bring back two of my Crepe Myrtles and in just 2 years have grown to 15 feet tall. They had strong healthy roots that wanted to grow regardless of having only 1 inch of trunk left above the soil.I also have house plants that are over 30 years old. Some were cuttings from Great Grandfather's who started his from his grandmother's plants! Some came in a terrarium I received as a baby shower gift for my first child. When walking through the isles of garden centers I will look at the floor for pieces that have been knocked off the plants on display. I'll bring them home wrapped in a tissue in my purse and root them out. I've been able to grow so many for just a little effort and time. Even my Plumeria came from a lawn care company knocking a piece off a plant in a home that was for sale. They threw it out with other yard trash when they left. After the last hurricane snapped mine off at the soil and it's branches into many pieces, I have the original that has regrown as well as several new ones that I have both planted and gifted to others. Here they lose their leaves and go dormant in the winter, but come spring it's amazing how fast they go from dead looking stalks to large leaves and beautiful flowers. They are the flowers used in making the Hawaiian Lei necklaces for their colors and glorious smells. We would be friends if we lived closer, sharing plants and just enjoying them. I just know it, lol
Now we know where you get your good looks and happy attitude from. Your Mom reminds me of my dad, and yes, never throw away a plant cause you think it is dead it may not be. God Bless.
Your mama is totally adorable. I just love her to bits!!!
Your mom's garden is beautiful! I love hearing and seeing the excitement of her telling about each plant. You have been blessed to share the love of gardening.
I absolutely adore your mom! And her gardens are simply amazing. And you two are SO MUCH ALIKE! Your mom is this beautiful spirit that has blessed you with the knowledge and excitement and wonder of growing things. Jess you and your brother are so lucky to have this beautiful mom in your lives. This video made my heart sing. Thank you for sharing her with all of us. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I always love giving garden tours in my garden, but it is a lot more enjoyable when I am giving the tour to someone who also has a passion for gardening!
Daniel was right, if ever there was a family that has gardening in their DNA it is yours Jess! Your mom's garden is an absolute oasis of possibility! 🌱❤🌱
That was Sooo Sweet to watch...Mother Daughter! The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree...
Please make a shirt in honor of your mom!!! " No Plants Left Behind" With containers 🌱 I absolutely always love seeing your mom's garden here
I got so excited when I saw you were at your mom’s and we were getting a garden tour! I’m not quite on the same level as her, but when asked about so many plants in my yard I will lovingly touched them and say, oh, this was on the dead rack at Lowes or wherever. Now today she mentioned the church garden twice. Maybe next time your in town we can have a garden tour of each. I love seeing all she touches. Mom, you are amazing!
Also, my mom actually started gardening because of your videos Jess. My sister started gardening from your videos and then my mom spent a good 4yrs during chemotherapy, gardening 💕🙏
I pray that your Mom survived cancer. Four years of chemo sounds so serious!
Hug to you!
Your comment is precious!
Jess has been an inspiration to so many. I too thank God for her.
Fellow Arkansan here! Your mom is so adorable!!! Love her garden!!! I have a pot only garden too and it's amazing what you can grow in pots as long as you keep tending to them!
I see the enthusiasm about gardening from your Mom, just like you have, she enjoys her life as you do. So glad you took time to visit her.
My cat died, I’m sad and watching your channel to cheer up. Thank you so much for the content you make. It’s comforting and i appreciate it.
🙏 hugs for you.
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Hope you can heal in your garden.
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😢 so sorry for your loss❤❤❤
I literally stopped the video halfway through and went and ordered the plant fertilizer from elm dirt. Your mom’s garden is beautiful and I love how much joy you can see on her face as she tells each plant’s story.
I just ordered it also !
Did u get bloom juice?
I am pretty sure I ordered the package that had both the bloom juice and plant juice in it.
I love that your mom is an outside girl and she passed that on to you. I know she spends a lot of time out there, hand watering everything, but that’s how you get to know your garden. I’m in Texas and have a backyard container garden as well, and to me, there is nothing better than the slow living of caring for a garden ❤
Right on! Thank you for that.
My grandmother was the one who taught me my love for plants and gardening. She had a way with them, and this reminds me so much of how she kept every seed and rooted every bit and piece that broke off. Im almost 60 now, but I still love a house full of pots and a row of zinnias and marigolds around the edges of the garden. So impressed with your mom's ability with the outdoor containers!
Ditto on all of your sentiments!! We could almost be twins, although I'm a few yrs older.. Grams was my absolute hero and role model in many areas of my life!
It’s amazing all the flowers, fruit, and veggie plants your mama grows. The banana tree and perennial peppers are so impressive. Her garden is just beautiful and can see all the love she puts into it.
Your mom is so sweet, she’s got a great sense of humor. A Lovely lady.
Thank you so much for you sweet comment! Sincerely
Watching you and your Mom interact nourishes my soul--two women who share so much, thank you for sharing this with us, Jess. Your Mom is truly one of a kind, a wonderful soul, as are you! I found out I had epilepsy when I had a tonic-clonic seizure and ended up in the hospital, when I was 30 years old. When I got home, ALL my houseplants had bloomed, even the ones that had never bloomed before. They truly are sentient beings, and you and your mom treat them that way, and they respond! Bless you guys...💝
Mom!!! You have blessed so many with your gracious sharing of plants since you have been a gardener. You have just now, with this video, yet again blessed so many by sharing your knowledge of plants. I know in my heart that if this vast UA-cam audience was standing next to you while this was being filmed, everyone would have a section of a plant to take home to grow ourselves.
Your daughter has taken your heart, grown hers into her unique style and poured all of it into Roots and Refuge. The Lord's will!
There is SO MUCH multiplication here!
Thank you for allowing us in ❤
Thank you so much for your precious kindness!
You blessed me with your comment. Sincerely!
Big hug to you!
@@maryellenwilson6075 the Lord loves a cheerful giver....and so do I ♥️🙂
@@jkq9717 Amen that!
Big smile here
You and your mom are right; plants WANT to grow! I have been amazed at how some of mine have pulled through. So happy to be invited to see your mom's plants. I grew plumeria from seed this past year and can't wait for them to bloom!
Love your mom!! She needs her own channel!!!
Your Mom is absolutely precious! She's beautiful and her plants are all so fascinating. I see so much of you in her excitement. Thanks for sharing with us!
She is so knowledgeable about all plants. I'm trying to learn from many different resources. I love you and Jess both..
Tell mom ,no such thing as an imperfect gardens.All are beautiful.
What a treat to see your mom’s garden again! I love the stories of all the plants she has saved and brought back to life! They do indeed want to grow! I live in Hawaii and have many of the tropical plants growing with none of the wonder that she has for them. It makes me appreciate them more than ever! Thanks for sharing this special lady with us! ❤
I wish we could hang out with your Mom everyday!!!
She has a serious green thumb! Just lovely!
A far as POLINATION IN THE GREENHOUSE, I have been learning about bumble bee colonies you can buy for your greenhouse. In the description it says they will only last a season then you need to buy more. I dug deeper and learned that bumble bee colonies are short lived in nature. As the colony nears its end it will send out new queens to start their own colony SOMEWHERE ELSE. With that in mind you can build multiple bumble bee nesting boxes and spread them throughout your greenhouse. The chances are high that the new queens will start a new colony in your greenhouse. 😉
Your Mom's garden is great. Love that she is wearing a R&R tshirt
Jess, your mom is precious. ❤
Your mama is so sweet, and I love that she's wearing a Roots and Refuge shirt. Thank you for sharing your garden and your time with us.
I have also used medical tape to help heal a broken branch. My Meyer lemon tree had a branch get almost snapped in half, hanging on by just the outer layer, and it just happened to be a branch that hasd a tiny (still green) lemon on it. The tree only had 3 lemons growing in it, so i decided i was going to try to save that little lemon. And it worked! My thought process was that if you can graft, then it should be able to heal itself.
I also have saved seeds and grown them! I wish i had a neighbor like your mom!🌱
Miss Mary Ellen needs her own channel!!! I would love to spend an afternoon with her and that wouldn't be enough time! Crazy lady with the carpets in her back yard is totally normal for all of us here! Thanks for sharing your blessing!
My mom turned me onto Elm Dirt. I used their BLOOM JUICE on my roses. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL results. I think I had 70+ buds on my rose bush. I'm using it on my tomatoes this year too.
Her love for her plants reminds me so much of my Momma. I miss talking to her about our yard, flowers and hummingbirds!! I miss her so much!! Enjoy her every moment you can!! My Momma used to say the same thing about not thinking plants are dead!! She had the greenest thumb. Always amazing how she could give new life to plants that most people would throw out!!
Your mother is real and beautiful. Thank you for sharing her with us.
She doesn’t look old enough to be your mom! She is aging very gracefully ❤ I loved getting to know her and where your love for the garden came from ❤❤ also I wish I had the attention span for container gardening. My ADD gets the best of me and I forget to water stuff. And yes hosta shoots are edible, they taste like asparagus!
The crazy woman with carpet is growing there worms 😂😂😂😂 that was gold ....... I mean this is a great example to people with small spaces that everything is possible.
Your mom is such a sweetheart. When you visit her it even puts me in a good mood.
I can't believe that you lost your mother in the garden. I will be praying about that avocado. God loves to do the impossible. He is also good at healing half dead plants and trees. I grew a cornstalk plant 14 ft. tall. I bent it, put it in a motor home, and transported it 200 miles. It was quite happy in it's new home. I love your mom. She is a hoot. Now I see where you get a lot of things from that I admire about you.
It is definitely easy to see where you get your joy and love of plants from. I love this channel, your Mom, Daniel and you, give so much joy to the world. Through plants, children and animals. ❤❤
You two are so cute together! You have a beautiful mom. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Jess for sharing your sweet Mother and her beautiful garden with us. I love her stories too. I love how she tries to give everything an opportunity to live and grow. I have also put green stretchy tape around plants that have a broken stem, and they keep growing and they live. God’s creation wants to live, at least most of the time. I know your Mom was so happy to spend some time with her girl. You definitely have inherited her love of plants for she has passed down that wonderful gift. God bless her.❤️✝️🙏
What an absolutely wonderful video! "the crazy woman who has the carpet squares on the ground" 🤣. Your mom is awesome! Seeing passion in people like this is such a genuine treat to witness. This is honestly one of my favorite UA-cam videos ever. Thank you for sharing your garden with us mom, it was a real treat and you sure seem like an amazing woman.
Oh my what a beautiful visit with your Mom ❤
"Give and forget" 🥰 such powerful beautiful words!
Your Mama's hands remind me of my Mama's hands! Beautiful and strong, with stories to tell of their labour of love in all that they've nurtured.
Thank you Jess, this was a blessing ❤️❤️❤️
We have huge night crawlers in our yard and I was so happy this spring to realize they had made their way into my raised beds. I buy half dead plants at Lowes to try to save them. My husband accidentally got our dogwood tree with a weed eater. He had tried so many years to transplant one and finally managed it last year. It just took the bark off it but I wrapped it with press and seal and it's doing great.
Yay!!! Grandma's Garden!!! Love having a tour of your beautiful container garden! Thank you Jessica and Mom for bringing us along! Blessings Kiddos!🌻🐛💚🌿🙏💕
Need more of your mom. I love her stories and knowledge. Also refreshing to see someone closer to my age. Lol
What a precious mother you have. So beautiful. 💕
I always enjoy when you stop by your moms house and show us her beautiful garden. It’s like visiting with an old friend. I think I’m about her age and recognize another GenX-er. I could sit in her beautiful garden all day. 💚
Jess. The longing that is in my heart watching you with your mom...With tears in my eyes watching you and your mom. All I can think to say is "But Jesus" I have Jesus. I never had anything near this with my parents. When I met Jesus, he took my longing and filled my heart. You truly bless me.❤🕊️
One of the earliest videos I saw was you showcasing your mom's container gardening. And I believe it was a green stalk that had tons of plants growing from it. That's where the green stalk all started for me! I love her beautiful garden and I love container gardening. thanks for showing her beautiful garden again!!!
“Mooom?!… …Moooom?!”😂🤣👌🏼same sound no matter what age lol❤️
I loved when you hollered Mom!!! The cutest thing, we all still holler for our Moms!!!
Yelling "mom" stirs my heart so deep. .
I felt like I was watching a 2019 Roots & Refuge video again♥️
She reminds me of my mom and Grama. They’ve always had plants, ornamental gardens and grown different kinds of peppers since I can remember. As a kid them talking about all the plants made me fall asleep internally but now as a grown woman…what I’d give to hear my Grama talk my ear off about her plants again♥️
I'm sitting here crying my eyes out missing my mom thank you for sharing yours!!!
@christenawalker
Big Hug to you! I'm sorry for your great loss!
My Mom passed 26 years ago & I still miss her so often, love never dies! Somehow in time we simply learn to live without them until we meet again.
I love your Mum, she is the coolest 😎 human being. The apple clearly doesn't fall far from the tree
Love her plumeria! She’s quite the green thumb gardener. She is lovely❤
They smell so good when they bloom! And are so beautiful
@@RootsandRefugeFarmone of my favorite 🌺 flowers.
How precious is your relationship with your sweet Mom! Loved this tour! My favorite plants are the ones someone gave me or I've grown from pilfered seeds. I have only a few from friends, and they are so very special. When they bloom, I always send photos to the friend and tell them I'm thinking of them. What a lovely tradition! Blessings to you both, Marie
Your mother has given you this wonderful gift that you can now share with the world, Jess. I can relate because my mother, grandmothers and some aunts had the same love for growing things and sharing that love. Thanks for sharing your time with her with us.
Thank you for taking time from your family time to share! Love it!
Your mother is lovely! Like mother, like daughter in more ways than one. I have tears in my eyes because it brought back memories of my own mother and her love of growing all things. Love to you both and God bless you.
Love to see you with your mother. I, too, got my love for plants and gardening from my Mom. I broke a giant branch from a fig tree, taped it with thick parcel tape, healed, and grew into a giant tree over two stories high. You both ooze such love for gardening. Thank you, for sharing your joy with us.
Dear Jess and precious Mom! This is one of my favorite videos! This garden shows the promise in every seed or piece of plant and surprise appearance of a volunteer. I too have taped and splinted injured ones. Peace and Blessings to you both! 🌻🎍🍊🌳🪴🍓🌲😊
Thank you for sharing your mom's beautiful garden! I love the way you've bonded with your mom over plants.
I love how Mary Ellen shows how anyone can garden anywhere . She is a treasure of information. Thank you
OMG, your mom is precious! you two have the same kind of energy, it was a joy to see her showing her garden and her connection to it:)
I see Ben in your mom. His smile, your smlie. Your garden is wild and wonderful!!!
It’s always so fun to see your beautiful mom, MaryEllen.I love her garden, her knowledge and passion for growing plants, flowers, veggies and fruit. I never grow tired of walking through a garden, even on video. Thank you for sharing your mom with us Jess!💓
I love seeing you and your Mom together. Listening to you yell for her in the garden, probably how you have since you were little filled my heart with joy! She is extremely talented at growing. I consider container gardening to be much harder than in ground growing. She does amazing!
Your mom is beautiful and I love her passion for all her plants!🍃
Your Mom stole my heart on the last garden tour she gave, but today's tour made my heart grow two sizes bigger! She's about my age -- her friends are lucky to live near her!
Your mom has the greenest thumb I've ever seen!!! She's amazing.
Oh my! Absolutely love your Mom. The other day I realized that I am a crazy plant lady! I too grow in pots! Thank you so much for making this video!!
What a blessing! I love your mom's garden. So amazingly beautiful and so diverse. Love the purse memory. The natural laughter between you two is so touching. Keep collecting and growing. The world needs more like both of you.
Seeing you again with your mom, in her garden, made me cry. I always wished my mom would have been like yours, and made things grow. My mom did her best to raise us, but after moving out of her mom's house, where, if they didn't grow it they didn't have it to eat, she never gardened. So, I gained my gardening from both of my grandma's and my dad. Thank you for that once again trip through your mom's beautiful garden. Grow mom grow, all those babies you keep having at such a young age. Lol.
Your Mom is such a joy to be around, I can see where you got your love of gardening, loved this video, thanks for sharing.
What a joy and a privilege to hang out in the garden with you and your mom. The laughter is contagious. Incredible woman and the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.
Jess, you shown your mum off in a shining light. It was beautiful to see! In all honesty, beauiful! You constantly brought the conversation back into focus to allow your mother's passion to SHINE. I mean, I haven't been a sub for that long but I've already figured out your special. I just hadn't realised Jesus has his hand on you. Xx
She is so special! Your right on!
I could not do a channel without her. she shines & those around her radiate the glow.
With her childhood health issues, I've said a million plus prayers for her all of her life. Our almighty father has made it known that he has her in his hand & she has him in her soul.
She is beautiful inside & out.
Thank you for your comment. Mom.
@@maryellenwilson6075 Amen! Her star shines bright, we see it in England! 🌄
That was the sweetest garden tour. The rose under your window made my heart smile. 🥰
Same for me! I save all kinds of plants and NEVER throw one away EVER!
I love your channel and love your mother/daughter relationship. Her garden is
So bountiful and shows her love for gardening! She is so sweet!
I watch Brenda Gantt's cooking videos and she keeps stock tanks in her yard with just one gold fish in it to solve her mosquito problems. When they lay their eggs in the water the goldfish eat them. She keeps them outside all year with no protection from frost or freeze.