FULL Garden Tour (ALL the Food Varieties) | Week 9 | 2020

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[@pamcole6045]

I love you! I have just started vegetable gardening and everyday I say to my husband "Jess said...."

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Haha, I catch myself doing that and reporting on what David The Good said or did (he is a tropical garden researcher/author I follow for my zone.) Both teach me so much.

[@tinker651]

🤣😂 my husband also knows of Jess!! He fully supports the advice she gives 😁

[@choose_joy7950]

Its my 2nd season growing but Oh my!! me too!!! Lol love my KZbin university classroom with Jess ,Miah and Ben! (&their friends)lol

[@choose_joy7950]

@@tinker651 mine too!

[@fromhighheelstohaybales8727]

I do the same!

[@elmolady25]

would you ever consider doing a REALLY indulgent compilation (because I assume you'd have to film it over several harvests) of the types of tomatoes you're growing and their cross-sections/flavor profiles/uses? Or maybe even something like a "tomatoes of the week" bit?

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Yes!

[@doodiehead17]

Tomato of the week!!! I love that!

[@lydiahenry1606]

Yes I love that.

[@Just-Nikki]

Kinetic Kittens so many good ideas in this comment section 👍

[@lindseycurry4134]

I think the Brad's Atomic grpes taste hoppy too. You could your extra mint for your chickens, add dry mint to nest boxes and floor as a preventive for bugs and such plus your coop will smell extra fresh.

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

BRILLIANT!I can* learn as much from the comments as i do from Jess!Thank you!

[@Just-Nikki]

Lindsey Curry My husband says my chickens probably have the best smelling bums in Missouri 😜 I make nesting box herb mixes for our girls as well. I also have over a dozen Brads atomic grape tomatoes growing, they’re so much fun!

[@jsalyersarts]

@@Just-Nikki How do you tell when they're ripe?? I have pretty large, almost totally purple tomatoes with just a few green streaks here and there.

[@farmerchick3040]

I hang extra herbs in my barn and when dried crush them up for the nest boxes it's great.

[@briannatuttle1028]

Chinese noodle beans Lettuce (to save seeds) Purple prodded pole beans Rattlesnake pole beans Zloty chamomile Texas hill country okra Silver slicer cucumbers Armenian white long cucumber Melons (volunteered) chives Delice de la table melon Banana plants Thai basil Sweet basil Leeks Hot banana pepper Purple opal basil Blue dwarf sweet corn Kajari melon Cabbages Beets Thyme Nasturtiums Silverbeet Swiss chard Kale-scarlet, blue curled, thousand head, dinosaur Kalettes Collard greens Catnip Pumpkin spice jalapeño total eclipse squash Ozark beauty strawberry Arty the Artichoke parision pickling cucumber Mexican sour gherkins(cucamelons) ** bush beans holy basil TOMATOES- sun sugar, sweeties, sun golds, Napa Chardonnay blush, purple bumblebee, Amy’s apricot cherry, blue gold berries, brad’s atomic grape, sweet 100’s, splash of cream (variegated), Barry’s crazy cherry, striped German, costoluto genovese, jersey devil, rose, homestead, pineapple, mr. stripey, hillbilly, floradad, San marzano, climbing Trip-L Crop, Mortgage lifter, Homs II, Eva’s purple ball, Dr. Wyche’s yellow, vintage wine, persimmon, black beauty, Abe Lincoln, Paul Robeson, Cherokee purple HIGH TUNNEL tomatoes: Jetstar, better boy, Amish pasta, bonnie’s best, Arkansas traveler, climbing trip-l crop, dr Wyche’s, blue beauty, Black beauty Kellogg’s breakfast great white, trip-l crop tree, Abe Lincoln, Jalapeños Cayenne peppers Habanada Nadapeno Gypsy sweet pepper Candy cane variegated sweet pepper Poblano Bell peppers Chili Marasal Pasilla bajio Fish pepper Tobasco Sugar rush peach peppers Classic eggplant Anaheim chili Shishito Edirne striped eggplant Antigua eggplant Pineapple ground cherries Sweet potatoes-beuraguard, other red sweet potatoes Jerusalem artichokes Sherbert watermelons Sugar baby watermelons Red fingerling potatoes Sweet meat squash Butternut squash Okra- burgundy, emerald, Clemson spineless, Texas hill country Spaghetti squash Honey nut squash New England pie pumpkins Sunburst F1 hybrid squash Yellow crook necks squash Pattypan Zucchini Lemon balm Mint Cantaloupe Desert king melon Orange glow melon Moon and stars melon Silver queen okra Cucuzzi gourd rosemary ginger Ancash market cucumbers red Malabar spinach Ground cherry Tomatillo Curly leaf parsley Field peas Coral zinnias Roselle marigolds Roses lillies Tall trailing nasturtiums Cutting sunflowers Other zinnias blue butterfly pea clematus Lantana (sp?) Fig trees Inferno coleus Dahlias Yellow canary zinnias Sunflowers I KNOW i missed some, but i kept having to go back because my ipad was changing my words, autocorrect ☹️😆 i tried!

[@AB-ol5uz]

wow! I'm impressed! Great help

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Thank you for doing this! Gives the rest of us a chance to scan the list and double-check what to consider adding into our own gardens for next year! Kate

[@dianetucker2711]

THANK YOU ❣️❣️❣️

[@robinharris3124]

WOW !!! I so need You to help organize my life !!! Would You Be "Up for Adoption" by any chance ??? I promise to "Spoil You Rotten" (in a good way) LOL !!!

[@grammi-d]

WOW! if you ever need a job, and have a local junior college, you might want to see about being a notetaker for students with disabilities. Good job!

[@victoriac1672]

Good job with giving us notes on varieties and seed co.

[@denisevance1045]

How in the world you remember all those names of tomatoes is absolutely amazing!!! Thanks for the tour! Loved it

[@cheriebrinker3301]

Ben a.k.a. the garden boy, has such a infectious smile!!!

[@nahnisjourney1406]

I’m so happy that Hollis sent me the solution to squash vine borers. Insect Netting can also work for all plants that don’t require pollinators. Let’s just cover them all with insect netting through their entire growing duration from seeding to harvest. Thank you for sharing your beautiful gardening journey. You are greatly appreciated.

[@howthetidefalls]

I recommend growing Kabocha! It is such a delicious squash. My homestay mother in Japan cooked it almost every way possible and I never got tired of it.

[@gailpetchenik3048]

What type of squash is kabocha? Never heard of it

[@howthetidefalls]

@@gailpetchenik3048 It's grown heavily in Mexico, Japan, and Hawai'i (and probably some other places). In Japan, Kabocha is their word for pumpkin. Japanese people I spoke to have never eaten our orange pumpkin before (aside from starbucks pumpkin lattes!). Kabocha is a winter squash that is green on the outside and orange on the inside. It has a sweet and savory flavor. My host mom would serve it in miso soup, sauté slices of it, steam it, make it into croquettes, use it in tempura, boil it, wrap bacon around kabocha slices and fry it, and more! I live in Colorado and in the winter I can buy it at Whole Foods.

[@THuuDo]

It’s delicious!!!

[@ybernier1925]

I really miss this old content of yours. So I’m watching all your old stuff for spring inspiration

[@Ghjiuyg]

Wow i am impressed. I love jess's passion and zeal for gardening. Knowledgeable, very nice lovely character, perfect and beautiful lady.

[@s30123]

I can see a farm to table restaurant and visitor center in the roots and refuge future... Getting chip and jo gates magnolia vibes watching how much the garden space and homestead is growing..... Also just really wish you guys would do that 😊😊

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Hey I receive this! It’s my total dream!

[@rachelsotora2668]

I’m here for it!

[@s30123]

@@RootsandRefugeFarm Yeessssss! I can totally see it in my mind.... Goat milk, yogurt, cheese... The eggs, the garden.... School busses on field trips.... And maybe classes and seed swaps..... Sign me up as the first season pass holder 😁

[@itsbreellis]

@@RootsandRefugeFarm Omg I would love that!!

[@thelocalroot1724]

Absolutely

[@jacquelineguzman174]

I miss this garden 😢 I love your new one too ❤

[@HippieHollow]

I love seeing Ben in your videos and how sweet and helpful he is. Gardening is great especially when you have such a great helper.

[@paulhanson7329]

One thing you might like to try is to use a paper hole punch on the plant marker tags and zip tie them to the cattle panels a couple feet off the ground. They stay on well even in the wind or rain. Then just use a sic cord to cut them off at end of season.

[@jessicawhiting7558]

I love the way you put the text in for each plant! I’m making a long list for next growing season!!

[@joyharrison5271]

I was literally thinking to myself "i hope you list where you order your seeds" then you say "ill list all the seeds companies." 😁

[@lindamoses3697]

I read that the Italian trumpet zucchini sqwash that has a bulb at the end has a strong enough stem that vine borers can't damage it. Also it can be used as a winter squash. It also can be cut off daily and still stay fresh on the kitchen counter.

[@cathyherring6424]

WOW!!!!!!!!! That’s amazing.... this is my first year with my garden ... it’s such a baby garden right now ... lost most of my squash plant ... we had 9 inches of rain and they just rotted ... but I got to replant with peppers 🌶. Thankyou as always for this video ...❤️love you too ❤️😇💕❤️😇💕

[@Pasha-nz5ix]

You know what would be really pretty in your cottage garden? I think wood chips in the pathways would really set off the beds and plants.

[@jennifercullison]

Note...I'm single and my kids are grown and gone..but I grow to suit my needs and to share...

[@kris8584]

I really enjoy your insights into different varieties as well the hybrid vs heirloom debate. You make an excellent point and I will feel better about my choices in the future. I know that I don’t need the extra pressure. I am proud of my garden.

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

Thanks for labeling everything, it is hard to find seeds when you do not clearly hear what someone said or you do not know the spelling.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

That’s was my hope!

[@ameliakat9982]

That's how I make my list each year 🙂

[@steveegbert7429]

Great tour Jess! I think a lot of people might equate hybrid with genetically engineered, which of course they are not. An F1 is simply a cross that has not had enough generations to become stable and reliably grow true. Most of our heirlooms were crosses at some point.

[@vickieginn7503]

Plant your lantana in the ground and it will come back next year, after the frost gets it.

[@happyheartgardening]

I am going to adopt what you said about giving the plants that look dead, a chance. I am having issues with pests right now...and trying my best to save these guys. Using neem oil now and hoping that will work. Wish me luck!

[@veronikasladekova5226]

You can make some sirup from lemonbalm and mint. Just like elderberry flower sirup, leave it in water for 24 hours, strain add sugar and heat up enough to disolve sugar , not boiling so the flavour stays.

[@ashleyohrtmann5201]

Best part of the week!! 🥰

[@kikigamble4315]

Hi. Move Newt's cage around n he will "MOW" your grass around the walk ways. Peace to you and yours

[@naturesvoice4890]

have you every tried Freesia? I discovered them this year (even tho they are pretty common) and i'm loving them! Perennial. They grow so fast and multiply so fast and they smell soooooooo good its insane. Plant it along your walkways and you will feel like you are walking in sweet heaven.

[@coreywoodard3820]

Every time I watch your videos I have to update my baker creek wishlist, I dont even know where I'm going to put all of these plants 🤔💁‍♀️

[@paperchaser9565]

Hello, again.... great job teaching all of us.

[@annamyers6177]

We often shake off snow and harvest kale after winter sets in. (CANADA)

[@8910d]

Wow! Such a great memory you have. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I bless you too!

[@bhutrus3267]

There's NO good time of year to gut ur kitchen and put in a new 1

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

PREACH

[@jennifercullison]

But you are doing it before you get your tail kicked when harvest and holidays are already kicking your tail..js

[@theflower5324]

... I love each and every one 💕 of your garden 🌿 🍅 tours, Jess. ☺️🤗✝️

[@normagrayston7931]

Gooseberries make fabulous jam.

[@Just-Nikki]

I always plant the rainbow chard but silverbeet is the one that thrives for me as well.

[@jennifercullison]

Love pablonos for stuffing...Chile relleno s is my fav Mexican food..Cheyenne are perfect for pepper sauce..aka pepper vinager5

[@stonedapefarmer]

We famously can't grow okra or melons here because our nights are too cold. I know some people grow cantaloupe with painstaking effort and lots of black plastic involved to keep the soil warm. I got exactly 1 pod off of each okra I grew last year. Well, this year I decided it was worth lining a row with bricks and covering it with black plastic (which I hate doing) to try to hold in enough heat. The okra is coming up fine. None of my watermelon came up, and only two of my kajaris... in the same spot. Now I don't dare thin them in case something goes wrong, and so I can hopefully save seeds from two different plants... assuming they get to the point of setting fruit...

[@ruthjuler1537]

Heya, re “Brads Atomic Grape Tomatoes”, I’m pretty sure you would be 100% right!! I don’t have those but I have been growing what I think was originally a lemon drop cherry tomato (maybe an heirloom?) for a few seasons and it’s totally like hoppy beer. Not at the first taste, they’re sweet but then they taste hoppy. I was just thinking this morning, I hope I can grow them again this year as I’m low on seed. I live in Australia and we have a spread called Vegemite, which is a yeast based spread for toast, etc. Sounds gross but in small quantities it’s really good. Bless you heaps!! 🤗

[@katiew8511]

I grew tomato copia and the stripes definitely faded in our hot sun. Tasted great still.

[@johnspack8017]

My neighbor's father (from Sicily) grew cucuzza squash and I am trying for the first time this year in my backyard garden in Chicago. He preferred the squash when young at 6 to 12 inches - it has smaller seeds when smaller. It will grow fast and looks like a baseball bat if you let it go - perfect for Ben!. Try to let one go and see how big it can get.

[@karenfromnj3104]

Ben is precious!

[@sowmanyseedlings]

Uhg Jess, I so needed this today. Covid is so so wretched up here. Such a lonely single mom life! Thank you for being you 💚

[@gloriahastings7687]

Gardening at all levels has saved many of us from going bonkers over COVID and we couldn't have done it without fabulous people like you, Jess and Miah, and Ben (reminds me so much of another sweet boy).

[@shannonstephens4245]

Im a farmer that never leaves the hollar so I cant say I know how you feel or even know who you are but I just thought I would chime in and say.. Hang In There!! This to will pass!! Stay Safe and try to have a GREAT DAY!!!

[@racheec2398]

🤗

[@angiehorn3280]

I love you Jess. I hope that doesn't sound crazy but I feel like you're a friend I never met in person. Thanks for being a bright light in this world.

[@erikas974]

Very true Happy big bright smart light to help us.😍😍😍

[@sylviafoust9545]

Doesn't she though! I feel that way to. A sweet friend that I've never met!

[@shockingdocumentaries4255]

Jess is one of my best friends, that I haven’t met. 🤪 Thank you for the videos. Watching them is better than therapy. And the old summer tour videos is helping me be patient with my seedlings. A lot of the lettuce and tomato seedlings I’m growing like the Marvel of 4 seasons, Paul Robeson, Thornburn terra cotta, were bought because of things I’ve seen in your videos. You cost me a lot of money. 🤓 I look forward to growing an exotic salad garden this year. In my studio apartment. I’ve been told I can’t do that especially without grow lights or grow cherry tomatoes upside without a trellis. But this is my third year of doing the “impossible”. Thank you for the encouragement and validating my interest in gardening, saving seeds, preserving, cooking from scratch, and just allowing myself to experiment as I make my waiting room my classroom. Btw, your advice you gave about video taping my garden has helped me document the growth in my “Garden Of Eden”, much more easily than writing it down. It also helped me acknowledge that while I don’t want to post pictures of my messy apartment online, I do like being able to notate the development of my plants. In short… You’re NEET-O! 🥰

[@justpatty7328]

Everything is looking so alive- beautiful! Y'all are doing amazing!

[@tinatuck2320]

chard prefers to be direct sown at least from my experience :) your gardens looking pretty fantastic, thanks for the tour always enjoy them!

[@aimtrue918]

Scalloped eggplant is a very awesome dish that inspired my 6 eggplants. Better than Mac an cheese and kids love it when they don't know what it is! 🤭

[@happyheartgardening]

Have you ever thought about contacting Joanna and Chip Gaines? They have their own channel now, i believe. I bet they would LOVE having your family on their channel....or even HGTV itself!

[@malloriewilson2593]

I've been looking forward to this all week! ❤️❤️❤️

[@carolinesingh9776]

First video of yours that I'm ever watching. I love your dog!

[@jeas4980]

I love to make a Lemon Balm "pesto" with EVOO... I paste it (almost make a heavy crust) onto fish and grill or pan fry or even bake it. I haven't found a fish yet that doesn't taste lovey cooked this way. Orange roughy is a little to delegate.. and swai is a little on the "wet" side so your better off baking it on holed rack. It's a great way to use some of that fresh Lemon Balm. They also make for a better mint julib and mojito...just saying. Those two drinks are always a hit at our fall gatherings.

[@claireisacamel]

Yuuuumm!! Sounds absolutely delicious!

[@DannMarotta]

Hey Jess! You recently mentioned a book you were reading called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which I’m flying through. I would love to hear about any other books of the same gardening genre that you love!

[@sarahpearce8774]

Would love to see a recipe of you using the banana leaves. I live in 7A and have grown them for years and never used them.

[@laurenadams8800]

Jess, The Yellow Canary Zinnias are sold at Bear Creek Heirloom Seeds 😉👍

[@judithmingram6144]

I've been looking and not seeing them. Can you remember the exact name? A search for canary yellow brings up multi-petalled flowers and that one was a single petal, large, with a dark center. Thank you so much!

[@user-di6cn2ne7u]

"I want to tell you absolutely everything " yesssss

[@jennifercullison]

I dont do many cherry maters..I don't like the pop ..I prefer slicers...but the only tomatoes I buy from the grocery store are grape tomatoes..only because they are the only ones that taste like tomatoes..

[@cheriwhitley8385]

I looove that artichoke plant..it looks amazing!!i don’t eat artichoke tho lol..I loove your mom!!eishvu had her on more often!..or does she have a fb page or a utube channel??jess u amaze me on u knowing the names of sooo many plants!!!..do u have a very favorite tomatoe? Or what’s your top five favorites?..I had a Cherokee krum 2 yrs ago and it was amazing!! Haven’t found it again but I’m growing Cherokee purples now..I love all the varieties when u showed us at the show u went to..I hope we get our garden put in next spring so I can try other varieties..

[@ChiaraMorgan]

Hi! From what i have seen in Sicity you should wait a little bit more to pick cucuzzi!

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

Pineapple tomato is my favorite so far! I made a wonderful tomato soup with it last year.

[@sissysimpson792]

Zavia Hope Thomas - Wounded Soul Refuge where did you find this tomato

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

@@sissysimpson792 The tomato pineapple or the soup? I just threw stuff together for the soup.

[@lanettelawrence6308]

Beautiful tour.

[@TheMons26]

Please do a video on the kiwi berries!

[@yolandasgrow1311]

Love your tours hope to do all this one day soon Oklahoma city

[@ItsMeNanaD71]

On the Clematis, plant a shorter growing something at the bottom of the plant, as they like to have their feet covered. I wish my garden looked that good. I can't wait to get back in the country.

[@donnaflores50]

The multi-flora tomato you have looks identical to mine and I think mine is Barry's Crazy Cherry from Baker Creek Seeds. IDK if you possibly purchased that seed also. The reason I don't know for sure is that my tomato seed packets disappeared not long after I planted them.

[@AriaDiamond]

Now I need to grow Brad's Atomic Grape so I can try it lol, I ordered a blue variety called Dances with Smurfs and it just sprouted I'm so curious what it will be like!

[@sunsetsky594]

Would it be more productive and less work intensive to not grow the squash in the hot, wet buggy summer and just grow twice as much but wait until the fall garden to grow all the squash? Just a thought.

[@PatrickPoet]

95% of having a green thumb is learning a tiny bit about watering, learning that over watering is as bad as under watering, and learning the signs of each. Most plants killed by people die from one or the other.

[@talkandeattv]

if you don't want it all throw the basil to the chickens

[@comefullcircles6211]

I rarely comments but your garden is absolutely beautiful and interesting to rediscover! Thank you for this tour!!! ☺️

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

Creamed eggplant??? I had volunteer zinnias in my walkway so I transplanted them to a flower bed next to y house and they are getting ready to bloom. I planted Mortgage Lifters and Abe Lincolns last year and loved them so I am growing them again but the hardiness this year is hit and miss.

[@scapingreality]

I love how much you changed my mind on what hybrids were. For some reason they weirded me out. Deff appreciate the heirlooms too but its nice to not feel odded out by hybrids. Thanks!

[@donnareed3822]

My mom who has been gardening forever. She’s over 80 she told me that not all heirloom things are great and not all hybrids are bad.

[@claireisacamel]

And there’s totally a difference between a hybrid tomato that can deal with my humidity a little better vs. a gmo’d franken-soybean that can withstand roundup and doesn’t need any nutrients in the soil to grow haha

[@racheec2398]

The cottage garden is far from being "the same " lol - it's growing like "weeds "🌱😁🐞

[@homehearthwithjules8596]

Was just saying to hubby "Where's Jess this morning?"😲

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

lol, painting my cabinets and looked at the time. Thought "Shoot! I forgot to publish the tour!"

[@kidznkiddz07]

👍🏋️‍♀️💪💕💕💕

[@zsazsathehungarian950]

Use cayenne pepper powder, bugs won't eat the plants not on blossoms, deer, rodents either.

[@lindamckeown2830]

I have been so thinking that Jess would fit very well with Chip and Jo's new programing. If anyone has any way to contact them please do. Jess just has that "it" personality to fit with their style.

[@micolekelsey4096]

When you do use fertilizer, what is your go-to?

[@ramibu239]

I'd love for her to do a fertilizer how-to video. I love learning the secrets of other gardeners success!!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I've seen her use a lot of her own compost and alpaca manure (I believe it is a cool manure), but I'm interested if she uses anything else.

[@acolley2891]

I love how you address judgy questions with non-judgy answers. Garden is beautiful! You have inspired me to embrace myself more. God's love to you.

[@KateSpiller]

She is such an inspiration in that way.

[@landdesigner4195]

The Coleus is 'Stained Glassworks Presidio'. We use them for our seasonal color clients.

[@jujube2407]

Holy cow you guys must love spicy food! All those peppers!!! Having a terrible day with a lupus flair on the couch... thankyou and god bless you for this video to watch this afternoon... :)

[@jodipettifor3672]

You need a trash garden. My grandpa had a small space by the backdoor where he put all rescue plants, things he didn't think would live, and any kid experiments (this resulted in a grand avocado tree that lasted over 20 years until a particularly hard frost got it). We keep a trash garden now. It always becomes a favorite spot.

[@brownsbackyardgardening651]

Yay! I love the garden tours!🙌🏻😍

[@vnette9777]

I love your Garden Jess.Beautiful.I could watch forever.Thank you.🙂♥️

[@tibblestix]

I like to pretend that if I didn't have to work full time, I would be able to create a space to come anywhere your paradise, Jess. I wanna be like you when I grow up! That being said, and I hope this isn't too blunt, but what do y'all do for money??? I'm sure you've mentioned it before, but I may not have seen that video. I want to come to Arkansas just to meet you and visit your garden. :D

[@SteadInTheCity]

1) I love the detailed tour! 2) Jealous and a half! My fish peppers never germinated :( 3) Do you have any blooms on your Arkansas Traveler's yet? Mine is lush and green but no blossoms

[@jennifercullison]

I've already had meals off my greens, two off my squash, one cuc and trying my best not to pull green tomatoes to fry....before I get my first ripe one...dont think I'm going to make it and have two zucchini I'm watching close...lol

[@laurenadams8800]

You & Your Mom are the same way My Mom & I We’re 😭 She had the green thumb & I killed everything without trying. But, I think 🤔 I have My Mom “Angel “ in my Garden! It my second year having a garden that flourished 😎👍

[@nataliedubious5241]

My beer-mad Hubby has been hoping I can get some brad's atomic grape seeds here in Australia (without importing them) but hasn't been super passionate about it or anything.. I won't tell him about the flavour profile yet.. But I wonder if when I finally do get some we'll get the hoppy beer notes

[@nicolewebb1649]

I got some last year from “boondie seeds” I’m pretty sure, if not there from “the seed collection” both online Aussie heirloom seed businesses 😉

[@nataliedubious5241]

@@nicolewebb1649 thank you. They're the two main places I buy my seeds from but boondie have been sold out on them for quite a while, I'm signed up for restock notifications though so fingers crossed they're back in soon

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

18:07 that is the only real con to growing hybrids. They can be has nutritious and tasty as heirlooms. The only reason one must grow heirlooms is to keep that exact variety by saving seed. If exact variety is not important, one just saves seeds from the plants that gave desired characteristics.

[@jennifercullison]

Cant wait til I can retire and just garden...I work two jobs and still garden....my happiest time is working the earth..but I'm close..thank the Lord

[@rosea830]

Kale in the greenhouse is a year old and it bolted for us. I got busy, left it, it never got pollinated, and It's gone back to making leaves. Kale in the garden goes to the chickens when the worms get it so the chickens can put a dent in the life cycle of the cabbage moth. I'm growing atomic grape this year. It's setting fruit and when we taste it, I'll let you know if it tastes hoppy. Nasturtium seed is also supposed to be a natural dewormer for chickens. I love lemon basil and it reseeds all over my garden. I love pineapple tomato! It's awesome that your back to calling them Witchies! I water my squash heavily and then wait for the squash bugs to crawl up the stems. I hand pick them and give them to the chickens or you could go with a jar of soapy water. That butternut is a champ and the melons are looking good. When your peppers are small, snip the tops so the branch out and get bushy. That's awesome that Jeremiah has his own beds! It sounds like you've got everything covered.

[@jenniferandrews6487]

You can get the Yellow Canary zinnia seeds at Baker Creek - I got some this season from them 🤗 I am also growing the silver slicer cukes this year, I got my seeds from High Mowing Organic seeds...I’m in zone 5a in Vermont, so mine haven’t produced anything just yet...they are still wee...

[@judithmingram6144]

Oh I just checked and they are not there! Are you sure it was baker creek? Do you remembdr the eact name? Thank you.

[@judithmingram6144]

If I remember, it was a neon yellow, single petal, dark center, large flower. I would pay dearly to have that one!

[@jenniferandrews6487]

Judith Mingram they might be out of stock. I definitely got them from Baker Creek, in fact I planted a few more today. They are called canary bird zinnias. I’d be happy to send you some if you’d like, my packet had over 100 seeds!

[@jenniferandrews6487]

www.rareseeds.com/store/flowers/zinnias/canary-bird-zinnia

[@jenniferandrews6487]

Still in stock at Baker Creek!

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

You know I do not grow on your scale,but I am excited to see we are growing a few of the same things!

[@jaydubwilliam6798]

How long does it take for cherry tomatoes to start turning colors?,I've had little green thing for week's

[@claireisacamel]

The rule of thumb is “it takes as long to ripen as it took for it to grow to size”... and then when you’re waiting on them, double it 😆

[@jaydubwilliam6798]

@@claireisacamel thx

[@makalahthompson4042]

Loved the video, you mentioned etsy and how do you go about knowing if it’s a legit company on there or not? I got scammed😫

[@meganwright2738]

Also Jess re: the lantana, they go dormant in winter and look dead. It’s normal, they are also usually one of the last plants to break dormancy in spring.

[@brookekerstanski7291]

This is my favorite part of the week!

[@TN-wo7xy]

I’m so thankful I found your channel this year! This is only my second year ever having a garden and I’ve realized that growing in the crazy Arkansas weather has its own challenges...I’m always checking your updates to see if our garden is “on track”! I live in Morrilton, so it’s been so encouraging to have your channel as a resource when I’m freaking out about a freeze or big storm or other random garden crisis to be adverted!

[@elainejohnson6866]

Jess, I looked for a video where you spoke of Neem oil! I would like to know where you got the oil in bulk! Please let me know which video its in!