Companion Planting Your Fall Garden | How To | My Thoughts May Surprise You | Roots and Refuge Farm

[@mistynyberg2332]

Please write a book. With lots of beautiful pictures.

[@Mommasu4]

I thought the same thing as I watched this video!!

[@bobbiejo4869]

Yes!!!

[@heatherreis7839]

i would love if someone wrote a childs gardening book. something thats simple for them shows lots of pictures with easy to follow directions.

[@grandiesgarden175]

You can do it!!!!!

[@aintyourcupoftea1319]

Yes!!!!

[@debrabooe901]

What a fabulous, reasonable approach to a subject that has confounded me for several years! Thank you, Jess, for mixing your passion with common sense. You are one in a million and it's a delight to watch your adventure!

[@artwithmycoffee]

Perfectly said! 😉

[@carystanley33]

This would be a great "Throwback" video to Turn viewers too. A Throwback series from Roots and Refuge. Starting from your first video at the Original Roots and Refuge Farm and Match it with the First video of your new farm!!!! Most inspirational story in my life.

[@joesoutdoorplaces]

This is another one of your information packed videos that you are terrific at making. I watch these over and over. I take notes and research further, continuing to learn from them. You are an extraordinary teacher. Thank you for all the work you do helping fellow gardeners.

[@kristineschilling6917]

your honesty regarding companion planting is a refreshing break from all the silly "rule" things.

[@stephaniestensvold]

I wish there was a "love" button for this video!

[@inderwink]

Wish I could upvote every time I watch this video. A classic!

[@kiajohnson8595]

Who knew I was gardening the "french way" for the last 30+ years. My favorite gardening book is 'Companion Planting for Gardeners" A scientific approach to gardening and why the plant (flowers, herbs, trees, fruit and vegies) works or doesn't work. Love the information is has for the very reasons you bring up about those suggestions on line. Book is outa print, but a library may have it. Thank you for bringing this subject up, diversity in gardening is the same in life. Blessings from CA Note: that is why we see roses at the end of grapevines to attract the aphids away from the grapes.

[@nanciannaj]

I have recently just found you and I find you incredibly informative and honest. I love your truth girl. I sit with your videos with pen and paper, prepared to learn. Thank you for that!!

[@rebeccahenson5328]

I’m so glad you did this video, and I love the idea of flowers with food. It’s so much more fun. Thanks

[@Tandyhn]

Very simply put, thank you….. you simplified the exact topic I’ve been stressing over.

[@bernieandert]

Thank you so much for this video!!! I was so overwhelmed before watching this. I feel like I have learned more watching your videos than I have from anyone else:) You are simply a real marvel. Thanks a million!!!

[@lorben6735]

I have reached a point where diversity of planting is the true key. I still tuck marigolds and nasturtiums here and there throughout our garden. I have also realized that there is always going to be something that doesn’t do well each year and maybe I can figure out why...but by the next year it is something else. I think that attracting pollinators is far more important, so lots of flowers are tucked throughout. It seems to keep the pests down along with lots of compost.

[@cltinturkey]

Good common sense approach to companion planting, with explanations! I'm a big fan of patchwork gardening--interspersing plants in many locations and peppering throughout with marigolds, nasturtium, alyssum, borage, herbs, and many other flowers. I have a tiny plot (1/5 acre) and am still able to grow a lot of food. I check the plants and handpick the bad guy bugs regularly. Great video!

[@bfb0716]

Man just went crazy on MIGardner's 1/2 price fall seed sale. In West Tn so love your tips since our weather is so similar. First fall garden going in thanks to you! Blessings

[@Faye_vr]

I have been wanting my nose pierced for a while now and I was wondering why and then I watch some videos from this channel and I realised this lady definitely has influenced it haha she's gorgeous and the nose ring makes her even more beautiful!

[@mindybeard7006]

Thank you for your videos, I work at the Extension office here in Conway and process the soil samples. Love the positive attitude :)

[@lisarosebud6404]

You teach me so much and crack me up!! Thank you for the gift of knowing more in the garden 🪴

[@maryedmo7798]

Thanks for honest! I've heard that most research doesn't support most companion planting charts. The key is diversity and inviting beneficial insects. Your perspective is helpful.

[@jumpoffa5011]

Well stated. I've been trying to get people to do companion planting for years. And you are right, planting depends on your region. I'm in 10a, almost a desert region. I can grow more than most, but, limited on what I can grow successfully. That is where companion planting comes in. It really helps.. Like you said you need to learn the dynamics of the plants that you are planting next to each other. Some love water, others do not. You need to know this thing in order to maximize your harvest. And for those that read this, take it from me, write down what you are planting, where you planted it and the conditions in which the plant grew in. Example: was it extremely hot and dry. Did you have an infestation of insects? If so how did you treat them. Which crop was successful and which wasn't. It also helps in crop rotation. And any other gains or failures in your garden. Love your presentation Jessica. YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!! :-)

[@elianamarysol58]

Bacillus thuringiensis is a natural bacteria used for bio pesticide. No chemicals involved. Naturally occurring soil bacteria that helps keep the caterpillar and leaf eater worms at bay. Thuricide is it's more commonly known name and I love it!!

[@millermdiehl]

Love this video. I’ve been companion planting since I started gardening and used to do it by the book. as time and experience has gone by I find out by accident that when I just put a plant here and a plant there and fit my plants as I could find space they are doing better then in years past. It’s been pretty cool thing. Listening to my plants and asking God where to put things has been the best guide for me and my plants have done so well (the best they’ve done since we moved to this house). While everyone’s else’s garden has done horribly this year bc of the weather my gardenias thrived. It’s been such a joy for me.

[@cliffandrews]

Your one smart cookie. Really enjoying your videos. I just "Plant and they will grow"

[@FknNefFy]

why is most useful! ☝🏻🤓...in life

[@elviramack1864]

I'm new to garden the reason I started was that I could never find a good watermelon at the store so I decided to try and grow my own,well it worked!! So now I'm doing other things Japanese eggplants, hot peppers,orka, but the tomatoes their not doing too good because of the heat,so ,I decided to take the top off and start over because of your help from you starting tomatoes over with the suckers Thank Jessica, love love your channel I will be doing some things for a fall garden

[@heatherreis7839]

Elvira Mack we have a native tomato here in florida call evergaldes tomatos. its supposed to be very heat/pest resistant and will grow just about all year round. i have seeds im starting now so i cant say if i know for sure it is but i was told by the guy i bought them from that love the heat and will tolerate a little bit of cold and will put out 100s of little tomatos.

[@elviramack1864]

Heather Reis Thanks Heather

[@MYPERMACULTUREGARDEN]

I loved this video !!!! This is my first year of permaculture and this video helped me a lot !!!! Thank you !

[@joyborazjani2355]

I recently found your show! I'm still only a dreamer when it comes to homesteading, but I love learning what I can now! You are wonderful! I love your style...your philosophy...and since I'm in central Arkansas it feels like an extra gift that you are near me! I've watched so many shows from people far away and I always wonder what it will look like when I get my chance. You are a wonderful mentor to have! Blessings to you and yours!

[@ashleyfeinberg2988]

Watching this 364 days later

[@dezidoll8233]

Love love love your videos. And Daniel’s music is just so beautiful. He needs his own cd! It relaxes me so much. Thank you for sharing with us😘💜🤗 from California

[@jumpoffa5011]

What part of California?

[@dezidoll8233]

Jumpoff A Central Valley

[@jumpoffa5011]

Near the 99 or I-5? I'm in Rancho Cucamonga - near Ontario airport. :-)

[@straubdavid9]

It's been so rainy here in central PA that I might have to plant cattails and waterlilies as companion plants, and to attract frogs and dragonflies to deal with the flea beetles and cabbage worms ~8^)

[@BrokenAnguissette]

I love companion planting for pest control! I did some research when I started getting Japanese beetles in my rose, ran to my local nursery and bought out their stock of rue. Now my rue is like 3 feet tall and I haven't seen a Japanese beetles in months! I also laced my whole garden with marigold to keep the fire ants away, and it totally worked. It's like magic, and no pesticides needed :D

[@BrokenAnguissette]

No-Dig Garden Denmark Thankfully, I've not had any aphids! I think it's all the garden dragons (geckos and anoles), frogs, and toads that make my garden home

[@mikeperrin9479]

Japanese beetles show up here in kentucky the last of may thru june. Between them and a virus that attacked my Roses, I had to pull them out! Will be trying some rue for sure, close too my grapevines that will be 2 years old this year. JB'S. Almost got them last year. I must have picked 100 or more off them

[@vickimiller5496]

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[@gardencookeat22]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE INFORMATIVE VIDEOS!! Please do more!! Herbs please. Im crashing horribly!! ♥️

[@deborahmclaughlin9423]

Thank you so much for explaining the companion planting myths. I too have seen those good/bad lists and they're confusing. I learned more from you than I have in all those good/bad suggestions. Love your garden and outlook on planting with beneficial flowers. I don't use any pesticides on my property. There's no reason to. Keep the vlogs coming! I enjoy them all!

[@BasedPhilosophyMom]

THIS IS EXACTLY THE VIDEO I WAS HOPING FOR!

[@spellbinder933]

Thank you Jess! for talking about companion planting, yes I agree it is very confusing with the guides that are out there. I like listening to you while I am working. I am learning from you new ways of plantings. I love your garden it is so fun to look at. I am having a hard time getting stuff to grow. The weeds just take over, but I just keep working at it and learning.

[@sabrinasearsy1538]

This might not have been a “companion plants chart” video, but that’s fine because what you shared gave me so much more to think about! I’m afraid I spent this past season seed sitting, but your videos, which I just discovered, have given me encouragement for spring and to make a baby greens bed for fall (from your video on using a clear storage box). Thank you so much! I’m looking forward to watching more.

[@CottageGardensonForest]

Okay close tie as my fav vlog! I’m blessed by your vlogs because you breakdown the nonsense. Since we are dealing with identical growing environments I watch you religiously. Thank you and bless you for all your efforts.

[@HannaPramholt]

When you make a video and it's more than 20 minutes long 😍 yes! Morning coffee with Jess 😂

[@HannaPramholt]

Oh! I would love it if you did some videos on what herbs you plant and use for medicinal purposes and what you use them for. So far I know what to do with calendula but not so much the other ones 😊 would be very interesting!

[@antoinettegainous4883]

Thanks, Jess. Very interesting and informative.

[@blairmorrison6913]

Yes, thank you!!! I always want to know the why! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheBr20042003]

In the summer I plant basil, marigold, zinnias and sunflowers. This year I didn't have to worry about my tomatoes because the worms were eating my sunflower leaves.

[@cherayanjo8547]

This is one of the best explained how to begin a garden video. YOU are very appreciated and I CAN’T wait for YOUR book release

[@cuban1ta]

I live In Georgia zone 7b as well. Thank you for all your advice. You are my go to person when I have questions and I love your garden! Please keep making videos. We love you

[@rebeccaiya8731]

You quickly are 1 of my favorite channels.love your wisdom

[@LadyWisdomSpeaksAcademy]

Thank you for sharing this video. I plant everything together, flowers and vegetables because it looks good. My plants are happy and so am I. I am having a great harvest this year. You have given me so much encouragement and joy in the garden. I bless you too! Thank you.

[@brendachapman9431]

So Down To Earth And So Much Wisdom And Help. Love Your Vids!!! Love

[@PrettyAliceNight]

I’m so glD I found this video and your channel. I love hay instead of just listing companions you are giving reasons to think about what your doing rather than following what someone else says. I subscribed!

[@intentionallymade]

Thank you so much! This was the MOST helpful video. I think I’ve struggled with companion planting because of the exact things you’ve mentioned. You have a gift. Keep salting sister!!

[@inthegardenwitheveliaflore4908]

I love your sunflowers 🌻

[@kasparsparfenovics3257]

Great stuff!!! Got clearness on companion planting and answers to my question - WHY?! You are a gifted gardener :)

[@christinej2358]

Lots of good information! Thank you for sharing!

[@Hxyz7]

Another great video Jess!

[@andyjones945]

I was just saying, seems like it almost about time for another R&R vid!

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Haha must have made my ears itch!

[@chandrawhite7904]

Love this video. I’m new to gardening and I use a part science, part art, part intuition approach. I will definitely take your advice and diversify. I think it will also make my lil garden prettier ☺️ Thank you!

[@helennelson3120]

So appreciate your sharing and knowledge. I seem to have spread my plantings out like you have suggested before I had watched this video. Thank you for this confirmation. I feel so blessed to be able to watch and learn from you. Blessings always

[@GoodTimeHollerHomestead]

I ordered seeds for my first fall garden and they should be in tomorrow! I'm so excited to get them in the ground and watch them grow! Thanka for all of your videos and all the hard work you put in to making them.

[@cathiegalbraith475]

I love the book, “Carrots Love Tomatoes “ and I agree with you review of it. Another good book is “Vegetables Love Flowers 🌺 “

[@karen_james]

Bang on. This is exactly the information that I've been looking for. A great explanation.

[@CarnivoreChristian777]

You do an awesome job.... so informative. I am glad I found your channel. If you see this can you tell me if you have a video where you talk about hardening off plants? After 14 years it is still the hardest part of gardening for me. I plant borage with my tomatoes, it gets four to five feet tall, and in all these years I have only had one tomato horn worm. I was trying out a black fabric bag and it was sitting far away from the tomato "patch". Every gardening experience with what works seems to be different. All part of the learning journey. God Bless you and your family.

[@VagabondAnne]

Oh no, my Calendoola Lady almost said it the other way. Don't do it! Thanks for such beautiful inspiration, and I'm glad to hear you echo my tendency to just mix it up out there, with a larger wisdom than I have yet.

[@williewood7886]

Dill works great for trapping hornworms as well.

[@christiebetts4970]

I remember the first time i saw tbe title"Carrots love Tomatoes i thought Whaaaat? Not in the south !

[@da1stamericus]

Christie Betts its funny cause here in the Netherlands we grow carrots and tomatoes together cause its always cold.

[@Just-Nikki]

da1stamericus what tomato varieties are cold tolerant? I would love to try it

[@pinkwelliesful]

I really wish you did the UK gardening programme...you have so much knowledge and I just love your videos🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻

[@aprilanonymous7237]

Testify! I couldn't have said it better. Sometimes companion planting is just confusing the bad bugs. Also, pay attention to volunteers in your landscape, what some folks would call weeds. Purslane comes to mind. I let volunteers grow and flower to see what I get and what they do. A lot of small daisy-like flowers (seaside daisy maybe?) And always plant basil with tomatoes. Why? Because you usually use them together! Oregano, when flowering, attracts MANY wasps in my area. They are dark blue iridescent and I'm sure are beneficial. The biggest thing is no harsh chemicals! The variety of bees/bugs in my garden are phenomenal. I hear others preach organic gardening while they broadcast chemicals all over their lawns. (But it's just the lawn...gosh.) I try to explain runoff and ecosystems till I'm blue in the face. Rant over, garden on.

[@chelseacampbell3946]

Thank you for this! I live in Texas, and have come to the same conclusion about all those charts. This year, I have focused more on height and proper seasons and have done much better. I appreciate the information about seasons for flowering herbs. It’s my first time to incorporate those, and I didn’t know those details. I’ll take notes in my planner for next year. I also love the look of my garden all mixed up. 😊

[@Freakontheway]

Jep, totally my way of thinking. Thank you for putting it in a video, the logic makes much sense, so I will use it next year for the patch of land we might be finally able to rent! This year will be meagre: just what fits in between the garden next to our house, all filled with perennials: roses, lavender, berries, some flowers, an apple tree... In fact, our little garden resembles a very, tiny, little foodforest xD Next year part of my dreams will come true :D I bless you, Love from The Netherlands, Diana

[@rayvalley8713]

Thank you for explaining more in depth about N fixing plants. Ray Valley, Eustis, FL.

[@kuriouskat1490]

Thank you for this video. I've done the same research with the charts and I always want to know why. You made sense. Diversity is the answer. Here in TX, I just planted my tomato transplants, bush beans, pole beans and I am still waiting for some seeds to come up. Oh, and lemon cukes just came up. Thank you!

[@mezmereyez6204]

Thanks for the video. One thing I DO want to try next year, is putting some pots of peppermint in the garden with my crops. It is said that insects don't like the smell of it. ALSO, you are so right about regions not being taken into account. I live in south MS and the gardening schedule here, as with your area, is just light years different than northern areas.

[@jackiegutmann]

This is so helpful! I am just Learning about campanion planting and absolutely loving the benefits!

[@rondacorkhill1654]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that book. I've been reading it off and on for four years. I agree with your assessment, though.

[@candykuettel4586]

Great video on a topic that made me tend to “ sit on my seeds”! Lol Love that I appreciate you teaching great stuff! I’ll be finding borage seeds 😁

[@big4metalbabe]

Lol I just Amazoned for mine.

[@mikeperrin9479]

I planted borage for the first time last year. The bees love it!!

[@Flipflopbarnyard]

This makes so much more sense. I've always struggled with companion planting, just couldn't quite wrap my brain around it. I agree, all those guides didn't really help me with it. I can't wait for next year to revamp my gardening with better companion planting and diversity. :)

[@Beecozz7]

Definitely a college course in planting a garden, excellent information. I agree with all of it, the experience is the qualifier for what works and what info is just a repeat of other info. The proof is in the doing! BTW, I planted a citronella scented geranium between my 2, I only have 2, tomato plants, NOT ONE BUG, and it smells wonderful when I water or just bump into it! TY Jess, great video as always!

[@janpetersen750]

Wow! What a huge amount of valuable information! Thank you so much!😁

[@babsn3637]

Thank you for making this video. It's a great help and very informative. Cleared up a lot of confusion I had. God bless and happy gardening.

[@tanyaprice6774]

This is packed with great information and smart insights presented well - thank you!

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

I have both of Louise Riotte's books as well, and Like the pirate's code, use them "more like guidelines" then i\I plant what I think works for me!Very well said! 2nd book is "Roses love Garlic"

[@melodie-melodiefarms3656]

This video helped a lot thanks. Never done a fall garden before starting one this year thou.

[@dottietaboot4916]

What is Borage?? Is there another name. I giggle to myself that I'm so addicted to your channel considering I'm in Australia which means.......... different climate, different names for many things, Fahrenheit & miles....... we do Celsius & kilometres etc but I still get soooooo much helpful information from you & Sweet Miah & love seeing your 6 beautiful babies & MANY farm babies x

[@Just-Nikki]

Dottie Taboot borage is an edible flower, you have probably seen them on wedding cakes. They taste like cucumber and the leaves are also edible but you want young leaves as they get fuzzy as they grow.

[@wolrdp]

Borago officinalis), also known as a starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. They have wonderful medicinal uses as well, Traditionally, Borago officinalis has been used in hyperactive gastrointestinal, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders, such as gastrointestinal (colic, cramps, diarrhea), airways (asthma, bronchitis), cardiovascular, (cardiotonic, antihypertensive and blood purifier), urinary (diuretic and kidney/bladder disorders)

[@BekWeller]

It’s still called borage in Australia I have some growing in the garden. In the heirloom section of Bunnings plant starts is where I found mine

[@soniabrown8895]

This was meant for me! Mi am also a rule follower and have been frozen in place because of all the info I have found on the internet...thank you!

[@elianamarysol58]

The book you mention around min 2:30, Carrots Love Tomatoes. Didn't have a link. But here's a comment in case anyone forgot after the video and had trouble finding it in the rewind.

[@backcountryfinds]

Awesome video!!! Makes sense, is logical and really inspiring. Good job!

[@charitysmith5245]

My borage and chamomile did terrible this spring summer...I had no idea that they'd do better as winter crops. Yay

[@FknNefFy]

You can also test soil very generally by taking a soil sample and adding baking soda to it or vinegar and seeing what reaction it has it’s a baking soda bubbles it’s acidic if the vinegar bubbles it’s alkaline

[@feltingme]

Totally agree. I didn't notice, that my herbs do much of the pest control for vegetables. It is true, that black color aphids love nasturtiums more than anything else here, but another color aphids attack our cucumbers, and they do not care about nasturtiums at all. I had to stop growing them and grow achochas instead. Not quite a replacement for cucumbers, but pests mostly leave them alone. Like you said, I plant flowers in between either because they are medicinal and edible like calendulas, or simply beautifult o look at and bees love them like lakspur.

[@lbsmith83]

Thank you for this video. I have been very confused about what companion planting really means. It’s so confusing. Everyone says something different but I trust you. Thank you. Love from NC.

[@ashleymoore250]

thanks for this! so helpful and full of peace God Bless you and yours xo stay fruitful

[@almakelly5248]

This is a keeper

[@jolenesgarden6619]

Although it has always sounded hokey to me, I did give companion planting a try this spring. It's enough to drive you crazy trying to figure out where to put everything without planting things that "don't like each other" near one another. That is the last time I do that, lol. I agree, the main thing to think about is everything getting the sun and soil they need. Diversity is more important than not planting tomatoes beside cabbage...or whatever that book says, I have it too lol.

[@MYPERMACULTUREGARDEN]

tomato and potato !!! a BIG no,no, !!!!!

[@jolenesgarden6619]

my downsized life planted my tomatoes next to some volunteer potato plants this spring. Potatoes grew fine and the tomatoes are doing great too other than falling over from growing too big for the crappy cage it was in.

[@MYPERMACULTUREGARDEN]

Jolene Talboom 👋😂😂😂 really ! Well boo then !!!! I went by my book “”” carrots love tomatoes “””” and I planted them soooo far away from each other ! Oh well ,,, live and learn ... I’ll try next year and see how I do . Thanks for your info !

[@jolenesgarden6619]

my downsized life your welcome! I was trying to go by that book too. After I had my garden all planned out, I seen the potatoes pop up. Wasn't going to change my plans, so planted my tomatoes anyway. Lol, exactly, live and learn, happy gardening!

[@valerietruett1930]

Thank you for all that yall share.

[@alisongraham2807]

Thanks Jess.

[@debforemam3956]

Love this video!! You helped me so so much! Ive been planning my garden a couple weeks now. Thank you so much!

[@magsflowergirl]

I loved this video, thank you for your amazing advise! God bless you!

[@MountainRangeFarms]

Thank you! Just what I was looking for💝

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

What! I get at least two spider bites every time I weed and I do not like spiders they freak me out. I'm just thankful where we live there is only one poisonous spider and it likes to hang out in the dark places in wood piles. It's the brown recluse and I have never seen one thankfully. I agree with you, I want to know WHY, I read something regarding nitrogen fixers that said when they are growing they do not help other plants but their decomposing plants are what replace nitrogen in the soil. So I will be chopping and dropping where I need them. I love your planting root vegetables near the things that get taller. Thanks, I liked this more than other companion planting videos.

[@valeriebenko2657]

Borage planted with tomatoes works for me.

[@junvit91]

I have decided to try companion planting this year by planting marigolds in the same container as my tomatoes. There is one marigold and one tomato plant in each container. I was really hoping that the marigolds would prevent moths from laying tomato hornworm eggs but that does not seem to be the case. But it seems to be keeping white flies away so I don’t have to spray the tomatoes with neem oil. As for the tomato hornworm eggs, I have been checking on the plants almost everyday or every other day to check the leaves and pick as many tomato hornworm eggs off of them as I possibly can. So far, I think I have been pretty good at picking out the eggs since I haven’t seen any actual hornworms or hornworm damage yet. But it does not seem like marigolds would keep moths and tomato hornworms away from the tomatoes. 🙁

[@valeried4504]

Great info...

[@thehobbyhomestead]

Love this take on companion planting advice 😊 However, you mentioned that there is no companion combination that would kill the other plant, and I had a different experience. I planted strawberries between my garlic and most of the strawberries died, or at best, were yellow, small, and never fruited. After this experience I googled it and apparently garlic and strawberries are bad for each other. But like you said, it's a bit different for everyone in every region.