A Butt-Kicking Week (The gift of longing) | VLOG

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There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could raise my family and grow our food. Now, that is exactly what exists outside my door. In watching it unfold, a new dream was formed in my heart - to share this beautiful life with others and teach them the lessons we've learned along the way. Welcome to our journey, friend. I am so glad you're here.
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[@breannahorton]

A month or so ago I commented that I had put in an offer on a property and was watching your new video while I waited for the response. I was outbid (by an out of state investor, of course), but I'm very pleased to say Monday evening my offer on another property was accepted! The house is in better shape, has triple the land (3.6 acres), is fully fenced, and even has a little pond! Earlier this year I found a sign that says "Give it to God and go to sleep," and I've had it on my bedaide table since. It's been such a good reminder when I'm stressed and tired of waiting. Things will happen when its time for them to and until then we can be happy knowing they will come ❤

[@jeanninesmith2881]

Breanna, congratulations on your property. I'm very excited for you. It sounds like you've had the longing Jess was talking about & also that God knew what land you needed!

[@turtle2212]

My grandma used to say: Nothing is so bad that it isn't good for something. And that is what just happened to you, congratulations!

[@kathymcmc]

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you.

[@debmichelleparks3538]

Congrats!

[@thefallenshelf]

@Roots and Refuge RE: Podcast: Jess, Thank you so much for creating your podcast and committing to this KZbin channel. For the past several years, my body has been gradually degenerating due to a musculoskeletal disorder, and I've turned to gardening, canning, and home cooking for a lot of my solutions to the problems that come with it, but I've really struggled conveying to my loved ones why and how this is important to me and to our lives. Your cogent understanding of health, and God, and our relation to this world have helped so much starting conversations and giving me words I can use to help relate with my family again. Thank you so much for all that you do. It has been a great help and a weight off my shoulders, and I've really appreciated having someone out there I could relate to. Thank you, Sarah

[@growingrealart]

4:36 “maybe not under the weather, but just HATING the weather” just had me feeling so seen! I’m with you Jess!

[@MsCjgibson]

Be fussy! It’s like 1 degree Celsius in Canada right now and I’m snuggled on the couch with hot tea and a heating pad! Don’t matter where you live, the cold is always shocking ❤

[@MsCjgibson]

Omg, November is absolutely tropical compared to February 😂 stay warm and happy holidays ❤

[@DragonflyenAmber]

especially since a few days ago it was 28 celsius and we were all in shorts LOL Then bam here comes fall to slap us all back to reality 🥶

[@Crazychickenlady448]

It's this time of year that I daydream of snowbirding to the amazon basin. 🌡️

[@MsCjgibson]

@@DragonflyenAmberit’s SUCH a slap in face 😆

[@MsCjgibson]

@@Crazychickenlady448 I usually make it until after Christmas, and then I’m sooo done with winter

[@turtle2212]

Yes, it is cold BUT also remember the extremely hot days this year where you could only get into the garden early mornings and late evenings! Enjoy your harvests over winter and remember that also hot wether can be very challenging for us gardeners. Take care folks😊

[@BradfordHomestead]

I really despise cold weather; it hurts my joints. I also try to make the best of it, but I’m not a fan

[@robinholbrook8296]

22 and wind this morning 🥶. Not a fan either

[@robingirven4570]

I’m old. Just turned 62. My classroom was many years ago. We all do what we can do, when we can do it. I don’t have a milk cow but I’ve got a lot chickens. Just do what you can do, when you can. It’s all good. My freezer is full of tomatoes- in a month or so. I’ll make sauce. Then I’ll rest through the winter months. Hit it hard in the spring. Lather, rinse, repeat. Until I can’t. We can only do what we can do.

[@user-wv7nk2bj6r]

It's always sweet that you give the Celsius when you are talking temperature. This Canadian appreciates it and saves me from doing math! Our frost date is approaching soon too!

[@caraoiler711]

Our frost was last night and I have been mad over it for a few days 😂😒

[@mlee7037]

Everyone deserves to have a fussy day now and then. 😊❤

[@soymilkmuse]

I fully support your fussiness today! I often say I'm feeling "fratchety" lol. We had our first frost a few days ago, (and I am also a frost tender flower living in a zone 8!) so I feel you! 💕

[@tunyarenfrow7974]

I am too

[@rayyoung7780]

Every life has to have those things that keep us going. I was a missionary for a time and there were what we called “747” days. What that meant was if there was a Boing 747 sitting at our front door we would have been tempted to fly home. In our case what kept us there was God’s calling…that clear belief that He wanted us there. Whatever one does you have to have that something that keeps you at it when things are hard. I think that was what you were describing when you talked about the dream days…those days when all you could do was dream about what that garden or that farm would be like. Thanks for sharing the hard days. Some people never consider that things will get hard and they quit when the going gets hard.

[@mistymounthomestead8594]

I truly believe that people that had difficult life specially being hungry for lack of money for a period of time actually makes us appreciate the lifestyle even it's so hard at times. I so appreciate the food we grow and I too remember not that long ago I wanted chickens so bad it was hurting 😂. I get up in my nasty Canadian winter to care for them and don't complaint

[@maggiefriedrichs777]

Love the normalcy of your days. Good or bad, you teach us to look for the simple joys. You and your family are a joy to follow.

[@dgriffith13]

I absolutely adore your time-lapse videos of you working in the garden - sharing the tempo of gardening. Thank you!

[@juliedalgardno3361]

Yes, isn't she just wonderful ❤!

[@inahertweck7069]

Hey Jess, we just escaped the German frost and went to the Canary islands for vacation. And yesterday we had a nice tour on permaculture here done by a small local educational farm. Amazing what you can do in five years i.e. turning basically desert into a jungle. The guy called it The edible forest garden. He specialized in growing vanilla (which is obviously a whole lot of effort without the natural pollinators) but also had a bunch of lemon grass. Just saw your video on this. And just entered on the to-do list for next year. :) Thanks a lot to you for putting all those ideas in my head. It is almost bursting... ;)

[@majasteinhage6912]

Hallo, wie toll hört sich das denn an? 😍

[@evalinawarne1337]

My family is from GERMANY BERLIN Mom and BRAUNLAUNGE HARTZ 🎿 MOUNTAIN VILLAGE dad I'm from CANADA 🇨🇦. Living in Michigan USA. ICH LIEBE DICH ❤️ DANKE HERR GOTT ❤️🀄✝️🛐👍👍🏝️🏝️🏝️💖

[@BrookeSimmons]

I needed that reminder today, to look back on some of that longing I bottled when I was casting ahead for where I wanted to be. I'm there now! and today was one of Those Days. Totally different context to you (academia), but this wisdom crosses into many walks of life, doesn't it. Just like your practice of allowing yourself to feel the feelings, but then picking up and getting on with it. I use that practice too and advise my students to do the same, whenever we get a proposal rejection (very normal for academics, alas) or other bad news. It's so much healthier this way. Bottle the longing, not the disappointment.

[@Romans828girl]

There's a motto to put on the wall: Bottle the longing, not the disappointment.

[@deewinston5651]

Thanks Jess. Hope things will go well and you feel better real soon. Prayers.❤️✝️🙏

[@Mardi-LovetheLandHomestead]

Oh my gosh girl, that is chilly

[@lindasuerussell4398]

We are about 3 hours north of you, North Georgia mountains. My Hubby and I started yesterday, picked all fruit, put mulch over my asparagus bed, insulated the Bee hives, wrapped the Fig tree and watered the Chickens, stacked firewood and put up electric fences around the Winter garden. Our new Greenhouse is not up yet, but I hope it will be ready by next Spring. Thanks for all the schooling, I've failed at growing mushrooms, but I haven't given up.

[@packradtpackradt4581]

Seeing you gripe about the weather change prompted my wife to declare "Jess is My Spirit Animal!" Also, your "I'm a Frost Tender Flower" shirt is her vibe from late Fall to early Spring.

[@terrytt2932]

the delivery of your message encompasses all walks of life, not just homesteading. You are such a wise, old soul. ❤

[@hannahrosefl]

Gardeners Guilt hits harder than Mommy guilt sometimes 😂

[@lorismith2484]

I'm with, sister! I like my warm mornings in my gardens. I don't like all the darkness and cold in wintertime but this too shall pass.

[@clarissaf3521]

THE GIFT OF LONGING!! Tears in my eyes - thank you for this word of encouragement as I find myself LONGING for your lifestyle full time but have to keep my full time job for the income. I trust the path the Lord has me on…🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💗

[@TeamVeen]

We had our first frost already and now I'm itching to get the seed catalogs in the mail!

[@amberjeanne9308]

You could cut off all the foliage and shake off all the dirt and repot them. Set them in a window to grow fresh foliage for next season and keep cutting them back or pulling off blossoms over the winter

[@limingunicorn]

"It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the wind." That's such a Midwestern thing to say 🤣

[@blessed4737]

I'm southern girl, born and raised, but moved to the northwestern corner of Montana and believe me, 50 degrees in the south with the humidity is colder than a crisp 20 degrees here in the north. I love mnt winters 😌

[@LesstraveledFarmstead]

Much love from Mobile !!! You need to bundle up 🥶

[@alyselaurel]

There was just something so beautiful about the shot you set up at 13:09. I can't quite put my finger on it but I loved it 💚❤ The in focus peppers while you're picking the harvest in the background and the lovely music.

[@kimclayton7728]

Brings some relief to know I’m not alone in garden burnout. And I don’t have 1/10th of what you have

[@lindaandstevejensen2002]

When I get shriveled hot peppers at the end of the season, I save them to dehydrate as they are already half way dry! Then I powder them for cooking, etc! Love your content Jess!❤

[@witchininthekitchin]

I have spent my life longing for family life. I missed out on it growing up. I have had it now for 20 odd years and yes I do still remind myself to appreciate it 🌻😊

[@ourhomesteadclassroom]

The 'Tampiqueno' Serranos that we got from Baker Creek this year were SO MUCH MORE prolific than any of the hybrid Serrano varieties I've grown before. I made the switch because I wanted an heirloom variety I could save seeds from, and I'm so glad I did! 🌶

[@KarieBurnaman]

Good to know. I have now yet tried serrano.

[@carolynclark8780]

Jess, I hesitate to mention this but I'm thinking that as a southerner, you may not know. On cold, windy days, we can stay much warmer by wearing sweaters made of a medium-thin yarn rather than a thick yarn, such as that used in the lovely green sweater you were wearing in this video. It's easy to think a thicker sweater would be warmer, but with thick yarns there are more spaces between the stitches, allowing more air (cold wind) to get through. And the more wool fiber in the yarn, the warmer you'll stay. Here in the north, I always wear 100% wool when gardening. On the coldest, windiest days, I make sure to wear 100% alpaca wool, which is the warmest (outside of cashmere). Please excuse my advice-giving if you already know this. I did hear you say you hadn't unpacked your winter clothes yet. Stay warm! And feel better soon. God bless.

[@chezelleconroy2951]

Thank you! Sending warm sunny thoughts your way ☀️

[@TXDHC]

I promise I did not complain this summer when Texas was like hell when we reached 120f! I love the heat and hate the cold. It was 32f this morning in 8b and I didn’t get grumpy like I used too…could be I’m 65 😂 but I threw on my down coat in 8b on Nov 1 😡 and saved water for the birds tomorrow when it warms up a tad and I don’t have to freeze my fingers off. I do hate cold 🥶! This summer I processed my first Muscovy duck and just flipped him inside out…that’s what I call skinning. I saved the breast and legs and it went fairly well. I did buy a plucker for my quail since I usually process 15-20 at a time and I do like to keep their skins…it’s a good fat. Feel better. ❤

[@grandmaofthree897]

I was in Rochester NY for 3 weeks and weather was rainy and chilly until the day before coming home to South Dakota. I went from T-shirt weather to 2 degrees and remnants of 5” snow. Not ready for winter. NY had beautiful fall colors and the wind cleaned any fall from our trees! But I can start thinking of seed starting!

[@andreagrowsthings]

Fuss all you want 😊 It’s hard to get outside and get things done when it’s cold and windy outside. 💕 Hope you got everything in that you wanted. 😊

[@justuskirwa6857]

Good afternoon Jess. Always happy to watch your vlogs. A day with Jess is a day of knowledge.

[@carens7344]

Girl fuss all you want. I'm not happy about it either. Just glad i got all my garlic planted and most of everything harvested.

[@blessedabundance6266]

Hey Jess This may be a little more work than you'd like ..but, If you go to a thrift store and pick up used bedsheets- thicker the better & lite blankets.... AND then get those single stand Xmas lights & cloths pins from dollar tree, dollar general, maybe even thrift store. Run the lights thru your beds then lay a sheet or blanket over that tucking your plants in. This world for us here in TX when these flash freezes come in. Just thought I'd share. ❤ Thank you for ALL that you do & share 💞🌻

[@sowmanyseedlings]

Omg I hear you regarding the butt kicking week. This was our last week the farm here was open, finished off the season with sooooo many heirloom and carving pumpkins and it's been a massive marathon closing things down, prepping to compost our surplus pumpkins and forever weeding the strawberry patch. We've had a couple good frosts and it's been snowing on me in the field! My lower back (which I call my butt back) is sooo sore 😆. Solidarity my farmer friends, I'm looking forward to some down time!

[@suzannegrimes9743]

Well here in Rhode Island we had our first freeze last evening. This is unusual for us because we usually have our frost mid October latest and I think this is great. I took it very sad, every fall and everything dies but as I stop planning for my new garden in the spring, it helps me to be hopeful, and have something new to look forward to again.

[@marycountry]

Had 4 inches of snow last night, so I am for sure feeling 🤪

[@SuesSecretGarden3]

It's good to see you are harvest I can't stand to see people plant so much and then let it waste and it's a blessing. Being a great steward of what God has blessed you with .

[@bluebonnetbendhomestead]

I’m here for embracing a minute to be fussy about the weather. Texas has weather swings worse than a teenage girl has mood swings. Our first cold day of the year was proceeded by a high of a 84 and that night it dropped to 44. Then the next day was a high of 50. Our minds may have been ready for it but no body is prepared for that big a shift.

[@LoveGrowLiveFree]

I hope you're now taking care of YOU and resting for several days!!

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Jess, yesterday was our first killing Frost, it Snowed this AM and is again now. The ground is still to ❤warm for accumulation. A warm blanket is definatly in order Brrr! Sorry you have to be outside all day we put the last of the Gardens to bed the day before last yay! Hopefully you have some more warm days and you feel better

[@shill4]

Middle Tennessee has gone from 80° to a low of 25° last night. I harvested the remaining peppers on Saturday. I’ve also dug up a couple plants to attempt overwintering them. I’m like you and not wanting the warmth to go away, mostly I hate the time change this weekend. But conversely I look forward to the slower garden time to get some inside things done. I want to drag out the sewing machine this winter and teach my granddaughters to sew.

[@tinymillymakes]

Hot orange juice has always been our family remedy for sore throats because I can't stand the taste of cinnamon and cloves. No pulp. I know you kinda have to justify yourself on being fussy cause if you don't you get more comments asking y this and y that but you don't have to justify yourself to me 😂

[@juliedalgardno3361]

Hugs to you Jess! You are spot on. Transitions are hard. I hope you feel better and get to rest with a beautiful mug of tea soon. You always teach me so much!

[@lynhyslop6933]

Oh Jess, I have lived in the snowy north all of my life and every year when the snowy cold arrives, I am melodramatic too. It is probably TMI, but I liken the snowy cold with the first day of my cycle. "Oh crap, here it is again. Do I have to!?" After a month or so of the cold, I become acclimated and embrace it.

[@kayrabey1344]

I remember when I was young with my first new baby. I lived in Minnesota I had go down to the Landry room To get the diapers I was washing. The temp was zero but the sun was shining. I went with a short sleeve shirt. Lol! Now I’m easily the coldest person in any room.

[@lynhyslop6933]

@@kayrabey1344 Minnesota is an all together different experience! I lived in Grand Marais for 7 years.

[@KristiB73]

We harvested a wheelbarrow of peppers and tomatoes before our frost the other night.

[@charlesvickers4804]

For only couple nights of freezing set up the bbq grill on low in the hoop house. It would need i small amount of fresh air intake to keep it from sucking all the oxygen out of the air. Its good for the few days cold swing we get then back to fairly warm.

[@elizabethfarkas6468]

I know those 'butt kicking' moments you talk about! Where are those frost blankets when I need them for the earlier than expected frost/freeze, all the potted plant babies I have to find room for in the house and myriad other winterizing chores-not to mention a night time busted outdoor spigot/pipe needing to be repaired. Good luck with your own busy schedule. Hopefully, tonight we can each find ourselves with a much deserved spot next to a warming fire and a hot cup of tea to chill with family. No pun intended.

[@ginnysulya9805]

I feel the same Jess! I had to pick my peppers yesterday in the cold drizzley rain and wind! This morning we woke up to the promised frost and as I was running errands we also got the “wintry mix” slush storm that has come in waves since late morning! I just wanted to be home with a roaring fire and a nice hot cup of tea! So now as I watch this video I am sipping some very hot Earl Grey and thankful that the sun is shining brightly before the next wave of “wintry mix” hits! I have a a variety of peppers in a medium basket, from tiny cayenne to large banana peppers! Not sure what I will do with them yet, I think I will look into using them medicinally as we have been fighting some yuk, stay warm and get yourself a down vest if you don’t own one! Great for layering! Blessings ♥️

[@KarieBurnaman]

I just wanted to say how my heart is happy to see you healthy and glowing after your journey to wellness. I have only recently found you and just love your resilience. I love your walks through the gardens. I imagine myself there. Obviously you grow more than you can consume or preserve. I once heard you mention that others pick from some plants (peppers especially). Do you have a commercial side as well? Perhaps for the flowers? You make me smile. Carry on Bright One!

[@janw491]

A little chilly 🇨🇦 I definitely put a hoody on over PJs for opening up the chooks in the morning!

[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

Florida child here - lived in Nebraska for 25 years. It does get COLD here, no great surprise. But I am here to affirm that "southern cold" gets in your bones like nothing else I've experienced. Sorry, not sorry, for putting that here.

[@soilandsazon]

Have you considered hang drying the peppers to preserve them? If you smoke the red jalapeños then hang dry you’ll have chipotles. They last for years that way. Making adobo and putting them in adobo would make the saucy chipotles en adobo that people think of that come in a can. They’re delicious both ways!

[@camicri4263]

Right on Jess! Blessings!

[@charmainemrtnz]

Freeze dry or dehydrate peppers and powder them up and sell them. You are a frost tender flower!

[@gizelegionet7771]

I know how you feeling in this block. I also have a flu and fever. No fun. Remember before you had a farm at all. Your dream come true. You are lucky. My dream didn’t come true yet. It’s not because you are not grateful, it’s because of the cold weather. We received our first snow yesterday.

[@ginnysulya9805]

Hi again Jess as I was reading through the comments I remembered I wanted to suggest a old cookbook I found last week in a Kentucky antique store. It’s called The Shaker Cookbook, recipes & Lore from the Valley of God’s Pleasure! The authors are Caroline Pierce and Arthur Tolbert. I am so enjoying the history, the encouragement and looking forward to enjoying the recipes! The copyright is 1984, It also has some lovely line drawings of old Shaker implements, historical houses and various furniture pieces! I just thought I would share! Blessings 😉💖

[@Junkinsally]

I have that cookbook too! Love it. It was gift from my favorite aunt.

[@kburkes4245]

It's ok to be fussy and grieve the end of the warm season. Got down to to ~20 F here in NW Arkansas yesterday morning. Sad to say goodbye to my flowers, but hoping my brassicas came thru ok (they were covered and had Christmas lights for warmth). Blessings.

[@donnac1902]

I did same thing- picked peppers it seemed for days; I was sad my poblano didn't have a chance to get bigger, but I was able to dehydrate a whole load. I freeze dried a whole medium dryer full of peppers. I felt so relived it was done and then I found a huge bucket of Serranos and jalapenos! Noooooo Another load to do!

[@melanieallen8980]

love seeing you pick & talk about your harvests.

[@asdfklo]

My husband is from NC and I convinced him to move to Minnesota to be closer to my family. I give him a week to be fussy about the temperature lol

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

The wind felt so much colder than it was here in NJ. We were lucky. Our freeze was two weeks late and just got it last night/this morning ❤

[@kata2180]

I'm fussy too. Not that my apartment city life is affected much by the frost, but this season shift means less videos from Jess until the New Year, when it's back to the seed catalogues of companies that dont deliver to where I live. But oh well. Still love to watch all the Thanksgivings and other stuff you overseas people like to celebrate 😇

[@miekmiek83]

Jess: it is so cold!!! Also Jess gardining in short sleeves. 😂 Girl that is no cold. 😂

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Oh it was about 30 degrees warmer in the closed up high tunnel!

[@MorePranaGardens]

You're right, it's Lemon Spice. Those are my favorite jalapenos. YUM.

[@wendyjonasen9746]

You go ahead & fuss girl and don't let anyone fool you...we fuss here in Minnesota too! Too cold, too hot, too wet, too dry...fuss, fuss, fuss.😁

[@maureendardis5656]

I walked out to our first sticking snow this morning. I feel ya!! I was not mentally prepared.

[@melissasekely5107]

The other day I picked all my tomatoes and lemon grass and brought in my peppers because they’re all in pots and I was sad and then we had leftovers for dinner and the last bite had the last green bean in it and Uhg I got teary because it was just so crisp and still fresh tasting even though it was cooked twice, man you can’t get that from a grocery store! I can’t wait to have more room to be able to save things, I also have quite a few teenagers so we eat a ton!!

[@wigss3606]

Hello from Ireland Irish whiskey hot toddy recipe Prep time: 5 minutes Ingredients A good Irish whiskey (Jameson or Powers is the best Irish whiskey for a hot toddy recipe!) A heat-proof glass 7/8 cloves 2 teaspoons sugar Slice of lemon

[@gardenextra7415]

That wind is insane, no wonder you're cold. Me personally I know I'll feel better on the other side this cold front. Dragging

[@farmwoodfrenchies9248]

I have been DYING for a big pepper harvest vlog! My peppers did so poorly this year and your high tunnel has been a dream to watch flourish. I am living through your abundance! I would love to see what you end up with and would love to see you process some of these big harvests. I know you’ve done freeze dried jars of peppers in the past and I find them enchanting 😍

[@druidsgardenandkitchen]

Finally caught up! Here on the North West Coast of the UK we have a bit of a micro climate and we aren't predicted to have a frost for atleast the next fortnight but the daytime temperatures aren't getting much above 10 C / 50 F with nighttime temperatures around 7 C/ 48 F so it's pretty chilly, grey and damp. However the garden is still growing. Sunday is supposed to be dry for a few hours so I'm planning to go out and harvest the masses of sage & rosemary and anything else that is clinging on. It's been a tough year personally and I am longing for some down time after the Christmas period where I can curl up with the seed catalogues and all my cookbooks and dream for a while by the fire. Each season might have you longing for the next one but it has it's joyous elements as well.

[@HarvestingFaithHomestead]

We got our first snow fall yesterday. Lows have been in the 20s all week so it seems to be sticking as well, which is unusual. For us up nort, 39° is great hoodie weather for playing outside and having bonfires with homemade hot cocoa. Yummm 😊

[@lori9655]

Just want to let you know that I watch your videos partly to see what you are doing on the farm but mostly for the words of wisdom you say. There has been many times you say just what I need to hear. Thank you for that. And we are in canada, the pacific northwest and its cold here too. I don't remember the last time we had snow and a frost in October!

[@peacefulmountainliving4978]

We had some snow this morning. While i love to garden i love the cold and winter. Im not a fan of summer. If it wasnt for gardening i would hate the warm weather even more. Im a cold weather gal!!

[@jeas4980]

I just started my pepper ferment last night for the son-in-laws. I am making them sriracha this year. The rest are going into my shelved spicy pickled eggs and pickled wieners for 2024 eating! Luke coincided his 2024 seed launch with the first frost... gave me kind of a manic depressive flush last evening as I cried over the okra flowers as I purchased paul robeson's and Dr. Wyche's seeds for next year (it's my first time being quick enough to order them before the sell out... I'm BEYOND excited).

[@cathykillion6544]

Praying that you feel better soon and have time to rest

[@thelocdwanderer]

random here, but pre-orders are also open today with murrray mcmurray!! thank you jess for shouting them out and giving us good info about them! excited to get some news chicks and goslings

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

Awe.. When you say Lemon Drop. Makes me think of Barry's Crazy Cherry tomates.. One of my favorites.. That look so much like a huge cluster of Lemon Drops candy to me.. As I'm adding frozen ones to my breakfast right now... God's timing in the smallest little things.. Enjoying your words spoken from your precious thoughts is always appreciated. Blessings to you and yours, Jess ❤🌶️🫑🍅 Deb

[@NotMyNameGrandma-wz9yx]

Hey, Jess! I agree with you wholeheartedly! I'm a true Northwestern girl - webs between my toes, moss on my back, pale as a ghost, etc. The only time I like hot weather is when I want my tomatoes to start producing huge fruit and ripen. YES! YES! YES! You mentioned writing poetry and I've been waiting for an opportunity to tell you that you are my favorite type poet. I don't like poetry that much- as in rhyming words. I read some of your thoughts on your website and was immediately smitten. You write prose that oozes poetry - as my favorite authors do. Isn't there a novel waiting to pour from your fingertips? I will be standing in line to pick up my copy. I genuinely hope you will consider it. I bought your other books on gardening but haven't had time to read them yet. That will be part of my winter reading material. I know most people want you to write a cookbook, but I don't care about that......I want a novel. Thank you for reading this message, Jess. You are awesome and appreciated!

[@jeannenemmyers6580]

Hello from The Big Island of Hawaii. It's a cool 75 degrees! We had our low, so far, last night of 59. Stay warm.

[@Homestead-ish]

Lol it’s ok to feel all the feels 😂 4:59

[@KathyW5]

I'll go with you today. Yes, 39 is cold. And it does sound like you have one, so take care and get well.

[@brendaglanzman2066]

Go for it! I personally have a fussy day one day a week and then I'm good.

[@angelinasaavedra5850]

I hear you Jess! I am also a frost tender flower! It is difficult for me to give up the warmth. We are on our third nit of frost

[@marlaherrington5320]

My peppers did not do good at all this year, what a blessing you have right now ❤️

[@carolrobb6400]

I love making Pepper Jelly as gifts for Xmas. Also you can sell it in your store. Easy to do & everyone loves it on their cheese crackers with a slice of Brie. Thanks for all you do, & get well soon!

[@onthehillfarm]

I add a tsp. of Baobab fruit powder to my hot lemon drink. It is a great antioxidant vit c superfood, and it tastes great, especially if you aren’t feeling well.

[@bridgestew]

Not only did the freeze come in my area, but we got snow last night. Halloween snow! It's not the earliest snow that I can remember...but it still doesn't feel right for Ohio.

[@karentuzynski7525]

I hung peppers on metal wire to dry. Worked really well 🥰

[@lindaanndeisch7737]

I brought my paul robison potted tomato plant into the kitchen by the sundeck window....hope springs eternal ;) Also, your coffee is wonderful, so very smooth. Thank you for all your hard work. Hope you feel better soon.