Do As I Say, Not As I Do (A Day of Reckless and Responsible Sowing) | VLOG

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[@inderwink]

“The earliest I can plant is not the only time I can plant.” Man, did I need to hear that. Thanks for keepin’ it real! 💪👩🏻‍🌾

[@rachelknabe9739]

Me too!!

[@stellablue7435]

Same!

[@ameliakat9982]

Yes ma'am

[@kaitlynhuffman8449]

"Yes ma'am!" Such well mannered young men 🥺😢😇

[@PatrickPoet]

I love the way you are with your kids. I wish I'd had nice parents. It's kind of healing watching healthy families on KZbin. Otherwise I'd have no idea how healthy families are.

[@skullykittie9889]

Same.

[@OO-iw1vx]

Definitely agree. Awesome family

[@emptynestgardens9057]

💗💗

[@light_and_sound]

Same

[@PatrickPoet]

All the sames made me cry

[@stormienotstormy]

Sitting in my garden watching this, with my pottery mug, staring at my tomato babies soaking up some sun. Success.

[@ameliakat9982]

Those are beautiful moments

[@leylagoucha3349]

Jessica you are such an inspiration to me 😊 I absolutely enjoy watching your videos, and get a big flutter of excitement and hope whenever Spring comes around just like you say you do☀️ Have a good day!❤️❤️

[@loriy7532]

I love that you said

[@creationsobservations7480]

For those outside of the US, this is a great way to get Clydes planner as he doesn’t ship worldwide from his site. So i was very happy to be able to order from Jess and get some stickers too, all delivered to the UK. 🌻

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

My Son "Sterling" wrote his whole name exactly backwards his first day back to Preschool age 4... I have also kept it! Amazing how young brains perceive things!!! 🤩Our Creator is Awesome!🙌🥰

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

@Magic just a season of a day in his younger life... He will be Graduating from Homeschooling with honors and turning 18 June 18th... He is well rounded and an outside of the box thinker and working on some of his own business ideas with work ethics up and above many teens these days!! Exciting to see our kids grow up into their own individuals! Blessings ❤️ 🙌

[@janohdegroot989]

@@debsenritchedrefuge603 well possible that he had seen that once standing opposit from you. They take everything most literaly..

[@stacyannwalker8637]

This is one of the reasons why I love watching because there's always something to learn for example ' the saliva trick 😊😊😊' can't wait to share this.

[@ericawaymaster2919]

I love it when my son helps me and writes out my labels. He isn't into gardening and I will never force it on him, so when he wants to help it makes it so much better.

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

The Days of Young Entrepreneurs... So encouraging! And Mama Setting Rules of the Kitchen!! "Yes Ma'am!!" Good for you and your family, Jess! You are raising them honest, obedient and loyal! Praises with Blessings 🙌❤️ 😇 🙌

[@helenpenner9899]

Absolutely Amen!

[@heartsfiregarden6352]

Your boys are so sweet. 💜 And hey, you’re welcome! I sent some atomic grape seeds. They came with the sunflower card. 🌻 I imagine all the folks who sent seeds, now you’ve got enough to fill the high tunnel with nothing but them! 😆

[@genuinehearts8247]

Dealing with what life throws at you and man do you all work hard. Kudos truly. Real parents and kids right there.

[@heatherphillips8183]

I bought some plant starts yesterday and it relieved my anxiety about the seeds I am late starting. Do what you have to do, whatever it takes to get growing. Gardening should be fun, so take the pressure off yourself, and don’t try to be perfect. The weather doesn’t follow a rigid schedule, and you don’t have to either.

[@4961angel]

I always learn something when I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge I love the way Ben helps you in the garden he seems so inquisitive it's nice to see kids who want to get out in the garden and get their hands into the soil.

[@dksherin1]

Just unapologetically encourage people to be brave enough to experiment. No explanation necessary. You and Charles Dowding have inspired me to do that. Love and Garden Blessings!

[@nancyzimmer3954]

Love the way you let your children do things and encourage them, you are a great Mama.

[@landbeforehoney5308]

Love seeing you show your little experiments in the garden! I think we can all learn a lot by doing things like that in our own gardens!! And I forever love how you make space in the garden for your kids to help and learn. You’re a true inspiration Jess! 🥰

[@kelli74]

‘AMAZING SPACE’ 🥰. Jess is an inspiration, I total agree with you.

[@elizabethcox6568]

You always have the best coffee cups

[@thedomesticfox717]

The salty taste of fresh uncooked beet greens is the best...there is nothing quite like it. Love watching Ben help you in the greenhouse...it brings back wonderful memories of my kids when they were little. ❤️

[@jeremiahthelion]

Ben is looking so grown-y!! My little boy turned 6 in March and it's hard for me to think that he also looks this grown up now 😭 you know your babies kind of always look like babies til you see a picture and it's like 🤯

[@faithfamilyhomestead]

Your uploads are getting earlier 🤭 I came on her wishful thinking and here you are hahaha.. Your Tomatoes will do great!!

[@nancymilowicki1119]

I absolutely love your videos. You and your family really speak to my heart. At 65 years old, retired, and with limited mobility I am so encouraged to start growing vegetables. I recently moved from So. Cal.where I planted mostly tropical ornamentals to make a park like atmosphere to enjoy. Now I’m hoping to have some success growing vegetables and flowers in central Texas. Keep teaching and encouraging. Bless you all.

[@mymountainlife0707]

Thats such a great trick to use spit for the stuck seeds! I've damaged so many seedlings from trying to pull them off

[@dpentola]

It's great that you are interacting with your kids in the garden. Many of my fond memories (and I'm 62) are when I helped my dad in his garden. Those memories are still vivid and I still use many of the practices that he used.

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

Ahh... Can relate at 62 also... Although my gardening experience was with my Grams in her Summer Garden on Vacation!! Would so love to pick her brain now and share my garden with her that resembles hers so much! Blessings for success Growing Gardener!

[@daviddavis703]

Gooood morning from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!

[@gardeningwithdiane]

I think I have tucked my Badger Flame beets in so many places I can’t even remember anymore. They recommend thin slicing and eating them raw, I’m SO excited to do that!

[@samanthatorres9517]

Yes! Eat beats raw for hydrochloric acid, it's great for your digestion..I drizzle them with apple cider vinegar and sea salt, and mix with homemade saurkraut and sprout! So delicious 😋

[@clancarney2541]

Can I just say, I would love a wall calendar size of that clyde's guide that I could hang near my potting bench.

[@emalinel]

YES. Goodness the guide is brilliant but the text is so smallllll >.

[@cekfraun]

Yes! I have to get out a magnifying glass or some reader glasses to see the text/numbers. But it's a great tool.

[@ameliakat9982]

Hudson Valley seed company has a poster for spring/summer planting and it's gorgeous 😍 I'm hoping they do a fall one too

[@allisonhartley6712]

I love beets wrapped in a tin foil pack with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic powder and baked until soft. They are easy to peel.

[@paperchaser9565]

Yeah, Tomatoes! Received mine! Please give Bear a hug from me, I just love that dog! He’s so dedicated to you.

[@sidepasser]

I really like that you include your children in your videos. I have seen many videos that exclude the children, and I find it disconcerting. I love watching your children on your farm. You are passing down the knowledge. Good Momma!

[@lindsaymartin1855]

Thank you so much for showing how you teach your children. You are such an encouragement for me. I like having things “just so” and constantly remind myself to include my children at their level, and it doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to be. ❤️

[@theasianwitch]

I love that you're open to learning...that's the way my dad raised me too :)

[@cekfraun]

I had to add this: My daughter and son-in-law are making me two raised beds that I can use in their garden because I live in an apartment with no space for a garden other than pots. Today I told her I want to make a cattle panel trellis to grow things like pole beans and cucumbers on, but she had no idea what I meant. She googled it and now she is on board and wants to make a bunch of cattle panel trellises in their garden! Yay! I can't wait. Thank you for the inspiration from your garden, Jess.

[@denisemankewitz8480]

I love your loving encouragement and patience with your babies. Thank you Jess. So grateful for you.

[@jenniferdawson2536]

Ahh thank you! I paused the video and went to get MY Clyde's Garden Planner-- thank you for doing this!!! You are the best!

[@jenniferdawson2536]

Anyone else sees that someone "liked" your comment and feel that Jess is the one behind it secretly sending you a message??? No? Just me??? LOL

[@jenniferdawson2536]

Also, this: Our daughter went to a local farm where she lives and bought me hand lotion made from goats milk, because I keep talking about Jess's goats and how cute they are! It is so soft and smooth! Feeling the love.

[@daisyblooms4813]

Ben is so thoughtful. I feel like I can hear the wheels in his head working :-) Just adorable.

[@EM-sh8uf]

You have such a beautiful bond with your kids. Thank you for sharing more than just your garden. Your family is so beautiful, and I feel so blessed to get unintentional mom advice from your garden vlogs. Thank you for being you.

[@theweirdgardener3713]

I live in a place with zero frost and kept one tomato plant alive all year. I used your tip about propagating suckers to grow two more plants and now have plenty of tomatoes for the summer. Thank you for guiding my gardening journey!

[@emptynestgardens9057]

You are such a joy to listen to Jess, and a really good Mom. You are making such good memories for your boys. 💗

[@samanthatorres9517]

I'm sitting here eating shredded raw beats drizzled with ACV and saurkraut! Full of Hydrochloric acid, great for digestive issues. Jess thank you for making videos, it's like having a friend talking to you, when being with friends is not optional right now. Love the cameo of little Ben, he will be a master gardener thanks to his mama❤

[@gardeningjunkie2267]

If you don't try it, how will you ever know? You go girl!

[@amandar7719]

Chilled or fresh boiled baby beets with a few pink slices of yesterday’s Sunday lamb or beef roast, with coleslaw and baked potato with melted brie. 😍😋😋😋

[@cindye5467]

I love your gardening talks, although i tell everyone i know how much i love to garden, no one really quite understands it or feels it the same way. So your gardening talks speak to my soul, and ty for that lady!!💖✌

[@BigCarl96]

Ordered my garden planner - love handy tools. Thank you for all your videos - love seeing the kiddos helping you out in the garden.

[@deewinston5651]

You are so good Jess giving little tid bits and suggestion through out your videos. Sweet little Ben is such a good helper. Thanks for sharing. God bless.🌷🦋

[@jenniferrescott1149]

I'm constantly studying my clydes garden planner..its great

[@benteross2677]

I had a pretty much the same kind of day. You just can't help but smile and feel uplifted.

[@marilynrobertson6265]

Jess, I got my Planner, whoo hoo! can't wait I am learning so much from your channel. I know that God has blessed you with a true gift of gardening. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the masses. I bless you until next time, is my favorite part. I click off everyones toward the end. I cant wait to catch that blessing. God is so good. Thanks and blessings to you and yours until we meet again.

[@elsbithrumble6683]

I LOVE the dirt smell!!

[@teresamomof3laforge10]

I love watching good parents spending time helping and teaching their kids. It takes more time to get things done but what a gift you are giving to the future. Thank you for the gift. My heart sings to watch you do anything with your children.

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

You are welcome, My Pleasure sending you Brad's Atomic Grape seeds!! Most exciting mail I've sent in a long time & incentive to finally complete our Christmas, New Years, Spring Letter and Card to be shared with family and friends!! 😉🤩🙌❤️

[@portercrane6655]

So glad I just bought a garden planner! Also, me and my mom are neither of the beet people you described! We like beets /because/ of the dirt taste as rain and dirt are our favorite smells in the world! I will definitely try the Chiogga(?) beets! Much love from Utah

[@ashleenicole71]

My mom shared you KZbin to me a while back. I haven't gotten to watching anything until today. I was watching too much true crime KZbinrs and it was really affecting my mood..so I finally decided to watch you. I'm glad I did. I am addicted. You talking about gardening and homestead is relaxing...and much better then what I was listening to..it was making me paranoid and have terrible dreams😳 I don't have animals or a garden...but now I wish I was watching a month ago. I'd have a garden starting now lol...I'd find the room 🤣😂 (I'd have to start everything inside my house because this area warms up but will randomly freeze at night even when it's been warm for a while). I may start just a simple herb garden because we dont have a lot of space. We rent and have a pretty small yard. The area I'd plant does get a lot of sun. Next year we will hopefully be in a home we but with a nice yard!!

[@jaimeflowersashley9380]

It isn’t too late for starts in a Container garden! I get grow bags from Amazon for a reasonable price. Start today, it is so rewarding!

[@debbieduggan6796]

I have extra tomato starts also, so we're planning to put them into our raised beds a month early in zone 6b using red kozy coats & Dalen's better reds to HOPEFULLY protect them. Worse that can happen is it doesn't work & we replant our backups when it's safe to do so. Can't wait to see what happens with ours & yours. 👊

[@tessie652001]

I used to love my sons helping me when they was younge. . Teaching them younge is so fun

[@briannatuttle1028]

Salad with olives 🥴🤣 oh the creativity ❤️

[@rachelhall4808]

That spoke to my olive love! o-love olives!

[@emmz....]

I like salads with olives 😆

[@garynorcal4269]

I grew up with olives in salads ...

[@charliehoos9773]

I just cut up potatoes for seed potatoes, watered my beets/radishes/turnips you inspired me to grow, and am excited my peas are uncovered from frost fabric for the season. Off to check on cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli. No sprouts yesterday, but I keep checking. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life. 🙏🏻

[@KathyW5]

I've had Clyde's Garden Planner for a couple of years and I love it. Easy to use and very helpful! Get one.

[@tonyastadt9866]

I love Benjamin he is just adorable he loves helping his mama with the garden and your trusty Noble steed bear at your side this melts my heart!!💞🌷 sometimes we need to accomplish things but sometimes we forget it's totally understandable it happens but the reward at the end it's breathtaking and deliciousness🤗💜

[@stephanier1336]

Aw Ben he is so cute. I have 2 sons and there is something about boys that melt my heart❤️ thanks for the tip on the stuck seedlings

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

I loved what Huw Richards said once about gardening for the enjoyment of doing it. Not just for the crops you will reap. If you focus only on having perfect outcomes and not enjoying the journey and experimenting then I feel like you won’t last long as a gardener. It’s an art! Art is about creative expression and passion-guided experimentation!

[@allisonhartley6712]

Ben is just the cutest

[@gigisgarden8044]

Oh man I just received my Clyde's planner. There is so much information on there. This is our first garden in this location.

[@mirandarose7276]

Good morning Jess!

[@gapey]

Golden beets are my favorite! The variety you got sounds intriguing!

[@trishapomeroy9251]

I like using beets for juicing mostly. Then I form the pulp into "cookies" as treats for my cows, horses and dogs. :) This is one thing that I'll actually be able to get in the ground soon! YAY!!!

[@elizabethtame4815]

Hi Jess. Your tip with Chilli and tomato seeds was a godsend. I have had so much trouble with my chilli seeds and lost so many trying to get the seed shell of. So once again thank you.

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

He has artistic handwriting, love the tags!

[@cekfraun]

I loved seeing your boys making their menu signs for their outdoor restaurant, and Ben coming into the greenhouse to help you. The information about beets is fascinating, Jess. You are a wealth of knowledge! And now I have just gone and searched out Row 7 Seed company and ordered myself some Badger Flame beet seeds and also some beautiful purple Beauregarde Snow Pea seeds. I'm excited!

[@tamararobinson2069]

Thank you for the beet info - I like beets to taste like dirt😋(my daughter once got me a soap with beet infusion to wash my hands in winter so I could smell “dirt” on my hands😁) but hubby doesn’t so I appreciate the beet info! Love experimenting fun you do it & show us👍🏼🤗 - I read once that all those little hairs on a tomato stem are potential roots so the less you touch the stem the more roots🤷🏻‍♀️ - You are a Wonderful example on how to garden & parent children🥰 You have that “Springtime Glow” again😊

[@irmibullinger1421]

Even tho I am old enough to be Jess' grandmother I still feel like I am one of her kids being tutored. Anyone else feel this way?

[@leighdegenhardt485]

Absolutely!!! She reminds me of my Grandfather, so knowledgeable and patient!

[@emmasmith6761]

Definitely. If anyone else would have told me to spit on my tomatoes, I would question them. Jess says it, and well, of course I’ll do that.

[@bjquilts29]

Same here.

[@amandar7719]

100% muchly! It’s like remote home schooling for grownups that children can watch too.

[@EM-sh8uf]

She has a wonderful way of making everyone feel not just welcomed but invited. Her sharing her soul is a blessing to us all.

[@melstrange2407]

Just ordered mine. New gardener here and this is going to help a ton!! Thank you for offering this to us!

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Oh, good - sounds like I’m not the only one who mailed seeds to you for Brad’s Atomic Grape. There is something so gratifying about the homestead/gardening movement. We help each other along the way! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 4/6/2021.

[@p.j.sstitches346]

Just had this convo with my husband. You are so on cue with your videos!! Thx Jessica.

[@DaniD519]

Thanks for giving me the confidence to grow more than just Rutgers 500 and Early Girl tomatoes. I have started many seeds this year and of many varieties. The worst that will happen, is they will fail and I'll have to go to the local garden center for starts. In NJ, it isn't difficult to find tomato starts! I am learning so much from you and feel so encouraged! Keep on keeping on!

[@lochdalehomestead9470]

“We’ll just put it in the other way” Love It!😊

[@BlackDogDesigns]

Thank you Jess, have a beautiful day 👩🏼‍🌾

[@ladonnawoodley5279]

Jess, thanks for explaining Clyde's guide...I have one but didn't really understand how to use it. This will not be placed front in center of my plan! Thanks again. I learn so much from you.

[@jennifferhurlburt642]

Good morning from Southern Ontario!

[@marlenabenson]

Just ordered the garden planner. I so wish I had the space you have, but I'm making do with our handful of raised beds. We plan to get out of the city as soon as we can manage to. Watching your channel gives me that encouragement to keep the dream alive.

[@julialucier]

Love that your experimenting with us. We can see how it goes too!! 🌱

[@InTheGardenAgain]

Growing a garden is at the height for sure! Thanks for sharing this with us! I love learning from you! I have so much to do in the garden! It love it but I am trying to be careful to not neglect my indoor chores.. happy gardening!

[@kimdowning8736]

I live at the mouth of the Santiam canyon in Oregon's Willamette Valley. We love our tomatoes here!!

[@TheBabcocks]

Homeschool practice right there!

[@OurZip-TiedCottage]

Jess, I finally got my husband on board with the garden! It only took me three years 😂 He’s building beds for me! God spoke to him the other week and now we’re looking for bigger land so that we can have a big enough garden to feed our family, and the church family. I’m still going to garden here at home since we don’t exactly know when moving will happen. I’m going to have to direct sow. Our home is 864 “livable” square feet, and I just don’t have the room for starting seeds indoors. I know one thing, the new property will have a greenhouse! ....and maybe some goats. Stay Blessed! ❤️

[@jacksaffell3981]

I would have planted the tomatoes too. Love experimenting. I have started "Goliath" tomatoes in my washroom. I've given them "superthrive" only and they look awesome. I will plant them after April 14th, I always have in the past and I am blessed I have never lost my tomato plants to frost. God bless you guys.

[@bjquilts29]

I am watching this at 1 am on Wednesday. My mouth is now watering for roasted beet salad with oranges segments, red onion and balsamic dressing. I think I still have some in my freezer from last years harvest! Oh, my!

[@ashleenicole71]

So cute watching your son help.

[@GandCFamilyFarms]

You inspire me Jess! your kids are so mannerly, great job!

[@myfuturepuglife]

Cool! TY! I'm dealing with quite a few seed hulls stuck on my seedlings.

[@lindap9079]

I need to go buy those Badger Flame Beets. I too am wooed by their description But I love all beets..

[@ghmichel72]

@14:20 Ben’s shirt is a classic ✊🏾I had one when I was a kid, 4 decades ago.

[@debbieduggan6796]

I ordered the garden calendar & glass greenhouse sticker. I'm excited for your family, but will miss seeing you in it after you've moved. I am tickled to be able to have the sticker. 💐

[@talkandeattv]

im sure those tomato seedlings will be fine ! id be great if you did that with all your extras planted like that. you could even put a couple extras in the front garden !

[@graceking2549]

The Santiam area in Oregon is my home turf so it makes me smile every time you talk about your tomatoes!!

[@janamartinez1355]

Thank you. You are my Bob Ross. Plant it see what happens. If it dies, try something else. If it grows, eat it & enjoy. Repeat. No pressure. Just learn as you go.

[@thelocalroot1724]

You will have to save that midnight Roma tag forever! He’s a doll!

[@TheDealDepot]

Goodmorning! Love your videos! Have a great day!

[@deborahwilson5149]

The smell released from the earth after a rain is also called PETRICHOR and it is my absolute favorite. We grew up in Arizona where that smell is sacred. Thank you for explaining geosmin, I never knew that and am one who prefers golden beets to red beats!