Full Garden Tour | Early July 2023

[@SaltyToSociety]

anyone else get random tears of joy watching these vlogs and the sweet aurora that encompasses jess. keep shining bright :]

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

I was just about to comment how I can't help but smile thru the entirety of these vlogs. With little tears of joy squeaking into the corners of my eyes 💗

[@H34RTS4C4TSsS]

🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@tonis7791]

Absolutely positivity yes!❤

[@fields-n-feathers]

"This row of Zinnias is what dreams are made of. Wouldn't you agree?"🧡Yes, Jess, I agree.

[@kimberly-557]

I answered out loud, Yes! 🙋🌸😍

[@mamajobx]

Showing the plants that are not thriving is so good. It gives me confidence when someone who really knows what they’re doing has the same setbacks and challenges that I do. It funny how you live in my head Jess. When I walk in my garden with my cup of Coffee in the morning and I see something new on my plants you have already addressed the issue and I know how to proceed. Thanks! I owe my successes to your teaching.

[@wendieo5146]

I save every eggshell, rinse and throw in a box to dry until the box is full. Then I grind to a powder in a dedicated coffee grinder I got at a yard sale, and save all year in used mayonnaise jars until planting my tomato starts. I put at least a half of a cup in each hole under the roots . It has helped so much in combatting blossom end rot.I later put a circle around the stem on the ground as it gets larger.I’ve had huge success.

[@dottiegyles1119]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

[@nancyshipes3096]

Hi Jess - you asked for opinions about that garden space, so here's my two cents: Your gardens are so extensive, I think you should incorporate a space where you could also sit in the shade. How about growing grapes on a pergola with attached benches? Fresh grapes, grape juice, jelly, jam... I bet your boys would love hanging out there, too, eating their fill! You are such an inspiration; thank you for doing all the video work to share your knowledge and beautiful gardens.

[@DisneyRunner]

Jess is definitely a blessing to us...she encourages us..she is so unpretentious it's refreshing. I always look forward to her videos.

[@laudya1]

Me too, always!!

[@carriemarlinnhggbehhimtore4234]

I have never commented on any KZbin video before. I am doing a full sized garden for the first time this year, and you were my first inspiration to start this journey. I have fought the fight with pill bugs as well… they are thick this year. I was able to successfully grow cucumbers by placing a red party cup with the bottom cut out around the seedlings as soon as they popped up. I pressed the cups into the soil about a half inch or so and kept them there until the plants reached the trellis. By that time they were big enough to hold their own against the pill bugs, so I just cut the cups down the side and removed them. 😊

[@brittanybates7498]

So many things in this video hit home for me! One thing I would love to share is that my daughter and I were inspired to make basil tea after your video last summer. We made it with the Dark Purple Opal Basil and it was gorgeous (deep greenish-blue) when we added the citrus it immediately turned pink and we have called it unicorn tea every since then! :) Thank you for the inspiration and all the beautiful content. We love you Jess!

[@virginiaseedsskogen2038]

@brittanybates7498, thank you for this post now I need to plant some Dark Purple Opal Basil, lol!

[@growingrealart]

16:52 That row of zinnias IS what dreams are made of ❤! So beautiful 🤩

[@justpatty7328]

Yes, agreed!

[@LoquaciousByNature]

I have an acre of property to work with, and this year I tried to get an early start, but with late Spring frost, to losing seed starts to cats for lack of a greenhouse, to drought...plants went in a month late. Some of my beds were amended more than others, but the corn and beans are in clay with manure, and are doing well. The deer have started to visit though, so I'll have to put up fencing.We lost all the peas to white powdery mildew. So I'm trying to get another crop in another bed.The tomatoes are struggling, but I'm hopeful of the heirlooms, cuz they made an amazing comeback after the drought. God has been watering the garden for me, and I'm grateful the rain has been more regular, although I did buy a rain barrel, just in case. I built a brick herb spiral that is doing beautifully. I'm planning another brick planter somewhere, possibly for strawberries...although I might just fasten a couple lengths of gutter to the back of my garage for the strawberries. I'm planning on tearing down a deck to make room for raised beds, re-purposing the wood for a greenhouse as well. If I'd had the greenhouse, I might have had my earlier start. The setbacks haven't deterred me, because I have found that it's a live and learn process. Everything from plant to pest is vying for its place in my garden. I'm going to be grateful for whatever I can harvest this year, and any year hereafter.

[@carlagustka325]

Thank you for this! You probably know this idea already but with my tomatoes, zucchini & squash I make a dish that's all of them cut evenly, sautéed peppers an onions diced on the bottom, then layer the zucchini, tomato, squash and whatever herbs salt and pepper, olive oil, repeat until casserole dish is full, top with toasted panko and parmesan, bake 375 30 min covered, 15 min uncovered. With a huge salad from the garden. It's my meatless day summer garden meal.

[@savannah-x1u]

This July garden tour is helping me feel like I’m not failing! The weeds are overwhelming and there’s so much to get done. It’s reassuring that the “perfect garden” in my head doesn’t have to be perfect all the time! I can still be a new gardener and still have weeds and be behind on things.

[@5GreenAcres]

She has hired help.

[@amandar7719]

Just love being invited into your beautiful garden. Tours are my absolute favourite. Don’t mind if it’s vegetables or flowers. Diseased or thriving. Failures or successes. Lovely to see you again and hear your thoughts and encouragement. Thank you for sharing. Was thinking if I ever were to wander around your gardens in real life, I’d definitely miss the accompanying atmospheric melodies of Daniel on his guitar.

[@melaniedennis9540]

You can never have too much food saved up ❤

[@GubrathAcres]

Agreed!

[@kellymueller9818]

I used to watch a lot of your videos when I started gardening. I checked in to see how the new property was going and I’m curious if you’ve looked into regen farming yet? We’ve switched over and the science behind the actual digestion by plants solves most bug and disease issues as well as weed pressure. Like typically our soil’s have calcium but oxidation of it happens naturally and with tilling making it unavailable to the plants. A lot of times it’s a boron missing that acts as a carrier for calcium so if you add a small amount of borax it jump starts the calcium and plants go nuts. We have started transforming our property like crazy using what the regen people like John Kempf and Dan kittenger are doing. Pest pressure drops quickly when the plants are actually healthy. We have avoided almost all tomato issues including blight by following the new plant biome science coming out

[@HomeHarvestCo]

Your videos have made me appreciate the little miracles that happen in the garden every day.

[@tomborstmayer1082]

My sister introduced me to your channel 2 - 3 years ago and I’m so grateful she did. I have learned so much, and continue to learn, thank you, thank you. I am starting to set up raised beds, I have three 3 1/2 x 8’ and am so thrilled at how things are coming along. I am slowly winning my husband over to the idea of turning my 35’ x 100’ in ground to multiple raised beds, making a pretty space that’s not just a work space but a beautiful space. Cuz that’s what Jess advised. 😄 You are definitely one of God’s gifts, a blessing to all who tune in.

[@virginiaseedsskogen2038]

Planning on doing the same, with a smaller space. We put in two 12'x2'×2' beds in early June, they are set parallel to each other about 4 feet apart. We added a trellis tunnel on the middle sides using two 16'×6' pieces of 12.5 gauge fencing. My hubby didn't want to put cattle fencing in the truck, so we compromised and I bought a roll of 12.5 gauge fencing. Another trellis maybe added to our garden next year :) It was our first attempt at making raised beds and a trellis.

[@kristydickens1283]

I saw your post on Instagram about editing this video while driving home from a quick family vacation over the weekend and was so excited to come home to watch it. (to clarify, My husband was driving. I was riding. Don't Instagram and drive) As I sit here at home after dinner sipping a glass of wine and relaxing after checking on my small garden, I'm so thankful for what you do and the inspiration you've given me. I appreciate you and enjoyed the peek into what you've got growing.

[@pedepy]

I recently found what was in my opinion the best explanation for BER (from a reputable source), and it basically says that since calcium is transported inside the plant via perspiration, ie water evaporation from the leaves is what drives the circulation of water and water soluble nutrients, and that fruits are then last to receive calcium since most evaporation occurs in leafy tissue. So it goes roots, stem, leaves and then fruit. At least that’s what I understood 😅; but it made se sense, and said that insufficient or inconsistent watering meant that fruits received less calcium than they needed. You do need to have it in the soil to begin with obviously. Also said that fruit was most vulnerable in the early stages of growth, and that a deficiency early on could only show up some time later when the fruit is reaching its mature size. There I hope it helps I can post the reference but it’s in french 🤷‍♂️

[@jennyi8383]

Lettuce leaf basil has earned a forever spot in my garden. Mine tasted just as sweet as the sweet basil. Black spot is a problem with basil in my area and the lettuce leaf lasts longer than the sweets before I have to pull them out. Also the giant leaves go far when making pesto(what I generally use basil for). I highly recommend the variety.

[@klbbeeswillow]

Started late but it's like it didn't matter because my garden has boomed! Everything is super healthy and to my surprise all my squash plants have been super healthy and super productive. Glad I planted tons of nasturtiumus around them. My first time doing this and always will from now on 💚💚💚

[@Tree-thingz]

So glad to know about seed mix ups. I planted chocolate peppers (Pennington), and it grew as purple basil. Burr gherkin seeds grew as regular cucumbers. Would be nice to get a memo. Either way, it's a win 🏆

[@tamidavis3730]

I bought a packet of Tam jalapeno seeds. Plants are super productive but every one is a banana pepper plant. So it wasn't just seedlings from the store- seed packets are wonky too.

[@curlymckee4125]

Thank you for the discussion around disease and what it actually is, how we should handle it. It can bring up shame feeling like I am doing all of the right things and still getting leaves with spotting and plants that are struggling. Yet that is how it is supposed to be! So grateful for you and all of your wisdom.

[@muhleekuh]

Omg I was just watching an old Garden tour from 2019. Love this for all of us!

[@loribethartist6353]

Can I just say I love seeing weeds… it makes me feel so much better with my garden 🪴

[@joannekreutzer752]

I grew Holy Basil this year for tea after seeing a previous video of yours talking about it. I love it. Your videos are so inspiring and your garden is beautiful. I hope one day my garden will spread out like yours. It literally is my way of expressing my creativity. I am in Southwestern NC in 7b and love trying new things every year also. This year it’s Rampicante Squash.

[@cindymccarty4454]

Jess, you are amazing! You bring so much faith, joy and happiness in your videos. As we we know you have up and downs like we all do. You are a treat to watch!❤❤❤

[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

Ya know - you are one of the few gardening content creators that talks openly about pill bugs and the havoc they can wreak. Oh-my-lanta - such an issue for me this year and ALL the locals dispute and poo-poo the possibility. Just want to say I feel you/see you on this one. I don't always have the space or capacity to multi-sow or succession plant - so I have pronounced war on those lil buggers. Not looking to eradicate, just manage so I can shepherd a few plants to harvest. Great tour - thank you.

[@JulietCaldwell-hb2mv]

Yes, this is the same reason I am loving watching your videos, dreaming of summer while in the winter down here in the Southern Hemisphere! ❤

[@Betterwayfarmga]

I had the same problem with pill bugs eating my starts. Instead of direct sowing my squashes and cucumbers, I plant them in my soil blocks and up pot them to the biggest 4” blocks and then transplant them once they get big enough. The roots are not disturbed, so there were not stunted. Your garden looks awesome btw :).

[@fbjewels]

I had to go back and listen again when you said "my friend Miss Nina" - my great grandmother was Nina pronounced "Nine-ah" and I've NEVER heard that before or since! How cool. ❤

[@brendawheeler4486]

Yes, that vision. Thanks for giving me direction and saying it's okay to just have the vision but just do what you can. I've made great baby steps this summer but still have so much to accomplish. Enjoy watching these in the winter too here in WV.

[@cherylschaefer9965]

Thank you!!!! I love your garden and you made me realize that I’m putting too much pressure on myself to have a perfect garden. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[@devinbates9232]

I’ve missed you Sowards family. My heart has hurt so much lately I could not watch. Thank you for the reminder of Gods resilience. Thank you for being a staple in my life. ❤

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Praying for you right now!

[@AmandainGeorgia]

We have a lot of wild amaranth that we forage for greens before it begins to set seeds. It’s pretty similar to spinach, and freezes really well to use just like frozen spinach in most recipes. I should gather some of the seeded ones for the chickens. Great idea. Also, I eat chard all summer, but when it gets a little more potent I add some mint to the sautée and it really mellow it out. Try sautéing some sweet onion, adding chard and cooking until nearly the way you want it, then add mint and either sweet basil or cilantro (usually in summer the cilantro is shot, but I prefer it when I have it), and then add some balsamic or Chinese black vinegar when you take it off the heat. So good! Also good with red pepper flake if you like heat.

[@composthog4332]

Thank you SO much for sharing your recipe! I can grow okra and chard when nothing else is making it for me, but I think the chard gets a little too funky in our hot Texas summer. I have high hopes and some mint so will try it soon. 😋

[@naturalstateashley5350]

I wanna see the video where you try bitter melon. 😳💚🥒☀️🦋🌼🌷Thanks for sharing!

[@kimg5784]

Sometimes we forget that original homesteaders and family farms dealth with weeds and looked just like your in ground watermelon patch. Like you said too- they were trying to get the seedling big enough to out compete the grasses and weeds. Age old probelm and ithe dea of weeless rows of crops comes from commercialization of food where weeds are sprayed. We need a t shirt that reads Real Food Comes from Weedy Gardens!!

[@growjoyfullyhomestead]

Thank you for being calm and 'normal'. The noise out there is terrifying. You are a calm oasis. Thank you, dear.❤🙏

[@juliedalgardno3361]

As always, you encourage me to keep going and so so much helpful information! Thank you ❤️ ! My Dad was an avid gardener. After passing away 2 years ago my garden time is helping me see what he enjoyed in it and it's a real comfort. God bless you for all your filming and sharing!

[@Warrior-In-the-Garden]

Good to know about the Amaranth! And YES those Zinnies are dreamy!!! I am trying trombocino too this year!!!

[@rettamaree1085]

Just got done with a full day of painting the family farm barn, and this is just want I need to unwind and relax!!!

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

Jess.. @roots_and_refuge Another absolutely gorgeous informative garden tour with so much color & goodness.. I love your old rustic metal chair in your first high tunnel.. Enjoy your sweet Malia, while she is with you.. Excited she will get to enjoy the Brad's Atomic Grape Tomatoes, also one my faves. I'm finally sun🌞 brewing some herb & Dandelion teas, from your inspiration, and totally enjoying them, Warm & chilled. My garden is very sparse again this year for many reasons, but grateful for the volunteers & my raspberries, although they are coming to an end . Just sitting out at my picnic table with my Dementia ailing mom , enjoying garden fresh salad, watching my 3 elderly horses in my yard and 4 pairs of Angus cows /calves in my pasture. Makes me want to grab my nice Camera. It's nice to just breathe this fresh evening air and know God is Good, Always... No matter what season of life we are in... Thanks for making my Sunday a lot brighter with your Smile & Cheer! Love you with many Blessings my friend ❤️ 🙌 💐 Deb

[@giverny28]

My dairy girls love when they see me walk to the barn with a big basket of summer chard. The earthier the better for them, and I'm glad to share it with them. 😆 That thyme is wild thyme from Baker Creek.😅

[@angelicajinx180]

Mid Missouri here and last year my garden was a bust except berms and peppers. Relied on the Amish markets

[@mlee7037]

My neighborhood kids love the cucamelons. They have been asking me about them since March. They will be producing soon!❤

[@thegrowinggardener]

I remember last summer buying jalapeños from Walmart produce section and they tasted like sweet peppers - 0 heat! It was very disappointing for my pico de gallo! And it wasn’t just once! I had a hard time finding hot jalapeños all summer, because the other grocery stores were often sold out! Maybe their suppliers had a nadapeno mix-up 🤷‍♀️

[@brokendolly6967]

OMGOODNESS, you look SO much better sweetheart! You were so thin and now you're beautiful! Carolina living obviously agrees with you.😊

[@kellyrad339]

Thank you so much for the great content because it's freezing over here in South eastern Australia overnights. You are getting me through winter with excitement for spring summer 😘. Your Gardens looking amazing Jess. ❤

[@kahalamorse8910]

Mahalo Jess! You've tout me soooo much, their's veggies that I've never thought, I've tryed to grow! Love cherry tomatoes and yummy, Shishito peppers.

[@joannekreutzer752]

Oh my! Watching more of the video and have to comment on the fact that you have Creeping Jenny and Sedum spreading as a ground cover. I started doing this a few years ago to produce a living mulch. It’s great to see someone else that has the same vision as I do. Creative minds ❤️

[@kath-phlox]

If you like Lemon Balm, try Lemon Verbena too, it will blow you away with the intense lemon flavour. You may be able to over winter it where you are, but I would protect at least one plant to be sure. Same goes for Tarragon, I jump through hoops here in the UK to keep them alive, they are my favourite herbs.

[@prairielavender]

Yes! Lemon verbena is delightful!

[@eggshoneyhomestead2126]

Growing ground cherries for the first time and I am LOVING them! However, I have an issue getting to the fruit on the ground bc the plants have branched out so much. So I pick when they are yellow.

[@thenortonfamilyhomestead]

We are constantly looking at what we want to do long-term! When we've been planning our garden out, we've made sure to think about the perennials, and even made them their own little area!

[@kekiplus1andonly]

First,I love you,❤and you make me love your garden alot❤❤❤congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 job welldone

[@soymilkmuse]

Absolutely lovely!💕 I really like the asparagus beds by the cottage garden. I have a big asparagus bed myself, and it reminds me of a fairy woodland. My favorite is during the golden hour, when the light is shining through water droplets in the foliage. Pure magic. 💕

[@tiffanymarie2097]

Your gardens are so impressive! I love the garden tours, sick plants and all!!! We are in Washington state and a bit behind than you are, but things are finally taking off. I love walking the gardens every evening. I am planning on really preserving for winter this year, more than ever! Thanks for the tour Jess!!

[@christinabeil5511]

Spoon tomato’s make the sweetest tomato cucumber salad…..what a conversation piece at a bbq!

[@rootsanddirt]

Love the beautiful wildness of the contour rows ❤️

[@susanmolnar7323]

I used to keep chickens and always kept their egg shells to crush and then added them and manure to my small garden in the winter. I never had a fall garden so the calcium was able to leech into the soil and the manure wasn't too hot for my plants. While I didn't know about a first flush for blossom end rot, I never had that issue after I started doing that. Enjoy your garden tours so much!

[@allenfarm]

Spoon tomatoes are a favorite to feed to our guinea pigs 😂 They fit perfectly in a little mouth and we get a kick out of them eating it.

[@ria9881]

My mom and sister share a garden space. Them, my Aunt and I have all had a sad garden season. Our cukes and squash plants of all sorts got bugs that just eradicated them. The majority of our tomato plants all got blight. The rain was relentless and unforgiving this year. I did manage to get literally 2 sugar pumpkins and 3 butternut squash. My zucchini and summer squash were nice early on but the July rain and squash bugs just destroyed them. It isn't just you that is having trouble. At least you are blessed with that long growing season. CT doesn't have that option. Blessed be!

[@ericarigler8892]

My first year with ground cherries! My csa farm was going to compost them but I've given them life and they're producing 😊

[@gabriellemalina5567]

I start all my cucurbits in pots as seedlings and let them get decent size before planting out. It really helps with pest pressure.

[@suezqcamacho]

Im speechless! Just beautiful. I can only dream of a garden like this. Ty for sharing😊

[@chezelleconroy2951]

Just putting this on again during our Aussie winter. Planting peas, onions and broccoli atm- that’s about all! But goodness these videos are a lifeline. 🇦🇺

[@mamabear968]

Beautiful garden as always Jess! It’s not perfect and it doesn’t need to be. It’s actually encouraging for me that you show us the things that are struggling and the things that are thriving. It reminds me that even with imperfections, the garden can still produce food and medicine and joy. I was striving for perfection before because I was looking at other people’s highlight reel and thinking that was “normal” for a garden. Thank you for living in a glass house. I promise, I won’t throw stones. I’m curious if a medicinal garden is in your 5 year plan. I’m learning a lot about herbal medicine and it’s so interesting. I really love your teaching style and I have learned so much from you about growing food, community, healthy mindset, being mindful of capacity, etc. I would love it if I could learn about herbal medicine from you as well. I actually have a lot of medicinal seeds I would be happy to share if you’re interested. Just a thought. Let me know ❤

[@jenniferbrooks-rieck8797]

I would love to see how to grow medicinal herbs garden. Great idea!

[@IsRealBeing]

I would love to see that too!

[@raymondboronczyk5768]

So thankful to hear you had pill big issues this year too. I had to reseed beans, melons and cucumbers this year because of it.

[@wandakelly2173]

We are in a neighborhood in Lexington and I have to keep deer netting up in the spring and summer. It still makes me happy that they live here ❤

[@SG-vu4qy]

Jess I am going to call you my "on the border 7/8 sister" all the way over in northern AZ, high arid desert. boy oh boy has it been interesting this year. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, wisdom and your beautiful home and project. I have implemented you tips on seedlings. As I have been praying over my first time peppermint seedlings, hallelujah! the second leaves have emerged! I have to look with a manifiying glass, but they are growing!

[@bethsands7665]

I love the "over-all garden version" and learn season by season, pest by pest, successes and failures which make next year's garden journey stronger and better as we learn and reap what we sow. Another nice and informative video, thank-you. Have a great day with celebrating on the lake, be safe and vigilant !

[@virginiaseedsskogen2038]

Love your wild looking aspargus, it is so tall and bushy. Our aspargus was planted 3 years ago, this was the first year I harvested any, just a half dozen spears. Our aspargus is full lush ferns now, not as big as yours but getting there. Did you bring your aspargus with you when you moved from Arkansas, or did you plant it from root stock at your new location? If it is from root stock plant in S.C. that is amazing growth for just a couple years. Ornamental oregano, so it isn't edible? 😅@brittnaybates7498 mentioned making tea from Dark Purple Opal Basil and that is was a beautiful greenish-blue until lemon was added then it turned pink ... unicorn tea, lol! Now I want to grow Dark Purple Opal Basil 😊 Love that you show imperfect plants, fruits, and veggies, being a humble, sweet, guide is one of your gifts! Thank you, for blessing us with your time, knowledge, and experiences.

[@erikacronje8985]

Your garden is looking awesome, I love your lesser-faire approach to gardening, let them grow as they do and make notes for the next year. It is so low stress

[@akLeanne]

You encourage me to keep going with my garden. I do get really discouraged with the horrible weather we've been having up here in alaska. We've had maybe a week of sun this summer and rain every day. Ya, if stuff grows, it grows. There is nothing we can do about Mother Nature's personality

[@dottiegyles1119]

Love this tour!

[@cassiemontoya1010]

My favorite way to use spoon tomatoes is leaving them whole in soups to give a little extra texture. For some reason, I love fresh tomatoes, but am not as big a fan of them cooked, so I've never loved when soups have chunks of chopped larger tomatoes... but the spoon tomatoes are great!

[@diannamc367]

My mom loved fresh tomatoes and tomatoes sauce but if there were chunks of cooked tomatoes in anything she wouldn't eat it, lol.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I think many people think of the perfectly looking and uniform things for sale at stores and think that's what happens in the garden. When you start working with real life, you quickly find out that the store inventory is only a selection of the best. Real food comes variable and, sometimes, ugly!

[@mich484]

I would agree about the row of zinnias!

[@godsconstruction]

Jess I love how you say it’s okay to not go as you planned #blessings ☮️❤️💡

[@plippilp2888]

Try taking two saucers(or other small plates or similar items) and gently sandwich the tomatoes between them in large groups. Then use a long non-serrated knife to slice them all at once to slice in half. This is how restaurants do it.

[@Lynnhopeacres]

I have always loved these garden tours! HAPPY GROWING!

[@paulinerichter6639]

Your garden is just AMAZING!! Love your tours - I always learn so much - thank you!!

[@lynnshepard7485]

Awesome garden tour! 💗

[@sharonreneecolby581]

Ok, so this is way out of left field, but at the beginning of the season you spoke of green beans and what you planted. You preferred Calima beans because they're tender. Omgoodness!!! These are the only beans I ever want to grow again!!! I L.O.V.E. THEM!! Just a question.....how can I save seeds for next year? ❤

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Leave the pods on the plant until they are dry! Harvest the dry beans for seeds!

[@palmtreeleebythesea]

Thanks so much for your sharing about your gardens. You are a best to me. Joy

[@susanhensley9444]

I am thriving off of the successful gardening that I'm watching.....I live in Tucson, AZ and it has been an awful overheated year.....when cactus suffers , it so painful to watch....

[@hcambo5373]

Hello my friend ❤❤

[@debbiedempsky8160]

I know tons of folks who got different peppers than what they thought. I had only planted different bell peppers this year, and one of them turned out to be a sweet banana pepper. I'm not complaining, because it's delicious. Just picked a few more today.

[@elizabethr2908]

How are your Dwarf Tomato Project tomatoes doing? I grew 5 varieties this year and they’re all doing great here on the East coast zone 7a.

[@kathycannon4805]

Sometimes you get food. Sometimes you get information.

[@WithdealingsNhealings]

LOVE YOU JESS AND LOVE YOUR KNOWLEGE AND COMPASSION IN YOUR PASSIONS ALL THE WAY FROM NJ MUCH LOVE AND APPRIECATION SINCE ABOUT 2018

[@SonniesGardenPA]

I enjoyed walking through your garden, some good and some bad. Over all still a very productive garden. Happy Gardening!

[@bcakste2000]

You have taught me, not to be so scared of diseased leaves. I have found all my plants..if I tend to it...and it's still living...it will continue to produce. I rarely spray anything on my plants. If I do it's neem oil...

[@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead]

Raises hand to the mixed up pepper discussion mentioned. I bought Jalapeno's, labeled as Jalapeno's, and none of them are. I've gotten Banana peppers or Hungarian Wax, I'm not entirely sure yet. All of my own seed I started are exactly what they're supposed to be. The group I'm in on Facebook has a bunch of people acting like jerks and calling people crazy that are mentioning that their plants are not what they're supposed to be. I've been growing plants for 40+ years and while I do not know everything, when you go buy a pepper plant, you don't know what that pepper plant is going to be until it puts a fruit on. I'm so glad you said something about it!

[@denisebrady6858]

Jess it does my head in that the difference in what you can grow in Summer is sooo different to us here in Brisbane Australia- just amazing seasons all year round. Great video. Cheers Denise- Australia

[@erin9554]

I used to live in the northeast, but now living in Florida. Before, I grew beautiful big tomatoes, but now I struggle with them until I discovered everglade tomatoes. My plants are loaded and can take the heat and humidity. I don't think they have the best flavor, but it's a lot better than no tomatoes.

[@lysan4878]

I live in Louisiana here and grew purple Cherokee and my leaves just stayed curled and looked pitiful the entire time but it grew tons on tomatoes. 1 of the tomatoes was largest I’ve ever seen and was just under 2 lbs. I still have tomatoes growing and flowers in 100 degree weather with no shade cloth. So don’t freak out if your leaves want to be limp and curly in hot humid weather.

[@leahayes4644]

The curved gardens look great!

[@ljgerken]

I am growing Mammoth Basil. The leaves get to be the size of my hand, and it has a tinge of licorice flavor to it. I have taken the leaf and added shredded carrots or whole baby carrots and chive cream cheese to secure the leaf to the carrot and it makes a really nice Summer snack. I have the plant in partial shade facing east and it's been growing there since February! I'm in zone 9b/10a. On blossom end rot, I dry my egg shells and put them in the food processor and then add it to my soil when I plant tomatoes, peppers, etc. I can also top dress as I have the egg shells. Very easy. The other method I used was a liquid fertilizer called CalMag (calcium and magnesium, for uptake) sprayed directly on the foliage. Often times, just too much rain, leaches the soil of nutrients and after the rains, you have to add more top dressings, plus more mulch to protect the roots and hold that rain in longer between rains. I keep a spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol that I use a clean rag and spray my pruners/clippers with before I use them, and then again after I use them. Hang them up to dry. You could have a pegboard mounted inside your greenhouse for your hand tools. Though I think you said you have a nearby wooden shed that you keep your gardening tools in?

[@myurbangarden7695]

So happy you uploaded today