FULL Garden Tour- Week FIVE 2021 | Roots and Refuge Farm

[@milissaleatherwood6837]

I love that you say it's a huge part of who you are. I have a lot of physical limitations but every year I grow a garden. People ask why I do it knowing the pain it causes me and I say that it's part of me and the best mental health therapy I've ever found.

[@mneraasen224]

I completely understand. I have lung and heart disease, started when I was 11. The meds i am on now cause a significant amount of pain. The trade off is life and function. Winter is worst for me. The garden gets me out of bed out of the house and purpose🙌🏻💗 I will always find a way to garden in some way. I need to transition into raised beds but with wood prices, it will have to wait. Each year I try do something to make it a little easier. I will be 50 on the 5th. I did try to garden last winter, it didn’t work out. I will try again, I was hoping it would keep me moving🤷🏼‍♀️

[@milissaleatherwood6837]

@@mneraasen224 I made some new beds this year and used metal roofing panels because they were cheaper.

[@tamararobinson2069]

@@mneraasen224 they are costly too but last a long time - have you considered stock tanks for raise beds? You can raise them up on cinder blocks to what height works? I just today made a raised herb bed put a 6’ long 2’ deep & 2’ wide stock tank bolted to 2 stools set under 1/3 each drills some drain holes laid weed cloth to keep soil in.

[@mneraasen224]

@@milissaleatherwood6837 definitely going to look into that for fall. That way I will have time to get it ready for spring.

[@mneraasen224]

@@tamararobinson2069 any height will work for me. The spreading weeds we have are ridiculous and impossible to deal with. Last fall I turned it a little at a time and tarped it and covered with cardboard. It did help. I was hoping to put compost on top but it didn’t happen.

[@SHADOW-xw6lq]

GARDEN TIP: For your melons and vining squash use construction flags to mark where the melons/squash are forming. This makes it easier to locate during harvest.

[@dlsdyer9071]

Great idea!! I plan to use tags to show where the perennials are as a way to refer to pictures that I have taken. This is my effort to not get impatient and plant the "non-bare" spots.

[@gailmcdonald1946]

I also use bamboo cains to mark where the ground cover plant was planted,to know where to aim my hose water

[@trinahume773]

I feel like a stalker continually checking if Jess has uploaded a video 😂 so glad I’m not the only one

[@SabaKhan-td7vp]

Me too 😂😂

[@whiskeywomanwhisks]

Nope you’re not alone! #stalkersunite😂

[@muhleekuh]

I kept checking yesterday if there was a garden tour. 😅

[@gayleclaytor8210]

Yes

[@lukestory5042]

Same😂

[@reneeb4308]

You talk about the misty mornjngs in your current farm, but the misty foggy mornings on your new farm are going to be magic! A photographers dream with those fields and that pond. Magic, pure magic!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I can't do it. I just can't help it. I can never finish on of your garden tours without having to put on my shoes and head out to pet my plants and admire them before you're even halfway through your tour..🤣🤣

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

That blesses me more than you know!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@RootsandRefugeFarm I'm so glad!! ❤❤

[@emilyjeanine1159]

I just got back in from doing the same! 🤣

[@heatherlawhorn4737]

Same here. Every video I have to pause and walk out and enjoy the view.

[@tracygarns9611]

After moving to our farm, I learned you should wait till the blackberries lose their shine and take on a dull appearance before eating if you want all sweet and no tart.

[@tracygarns9611]

@Amanda Dye my face was scrunched up hard the first year experimenting to find out when to pick! LOL

[@kajohnson2469]

Thanks for the tip!

[@ellenford4738]

I have boysenberry. I think I will try your method with them, thank you .

[@brianne051610]

Jess! Oh my gosh I just want to have a conversation with you about gardening and life!! Your love of gardening and love of Jesus is transforming my silly heart with the love and faithfulness that comes from Christ alone. Your words are anointed! And I just found jet black Hollyhocks at a tiny neighborhood greenhouse yesterday. You better believe they came home with me 😍

[@katemcpherson3492]

Jill is so lucky that you are providing her not only with a fully established garden, but full content for her videos so she can hit the ground running when she moves in. You are the best!

[@gailmcdonald1946]

But I guess It’s just what good friends would do for each other , and Jill seems to be such a appreciative person, and would reciprocate the beautiful gesture,no doubt at all. X

[@katemcpherson3492]

@@gailmcdonald1946 absolutely correct! Jill is such a happy soul, it’s a real joy just to listen to her speak.

[@classichomesteading]

GIRL, take those dying roses and make rose water with it please! You'll have the best tasting lemonade and sweet tea of your life. And you'll stop breaking my heart everytime I see you throwing those petals on the ground. 😂

[@aprilwestervelt3516]

Ok. You can do a whole video of nothing but that Hollyhock footage, and I’d happily grab a bowl of popcorn and watch on repeat. Those are perfect! 😍🥳

[@LizNicholsArt]

I have been lazy and procrastinating. I want to move SO BAD! and it's been cold and windy and crazy at work, (all the excuses). I stopped this video at 24 min. and went out and cleared and picked up and transplanted tomatillos, melons, and squash (even though it got down to freezing last night in No. AZ "bonkers weather"). These plants have been outside hardened off for 10days now. I hope they survive. I planted all the sweet potato slips (how did there get to be so many?) into their new bed and met thousands of my worm friends. I got dirty and tired and have a huge smile on my face. Now I'll watch the rest of this video. Thanks, Jess. I Bless you.

[@hallierasbury65]

I agree with Trina, I'm constantly checking for roots and refuge posts.

[@Thankful_.]

Me too, girls! 😊

[@leylagoucha3349]

Jessica thank you thank you thank you for all you do. Your videos and your (virtual) presence are so calming to me, and you teach us so much so well, without it feeling like endless note-taking or an overwhelm of info. You give us sweet and short nuggets of wisdom whether it is about gardening, or not, and in the long, meaty videos and you give lots of information, it somehow still doesn't feel overwhelming, as some people on KZbin make it feel like. "Plants want to grow" Thank you. I hope that this season of life goes well for you, and I am praying for your father ❤️ Have a good day!

[@LadyLeoneLocks]

Me: sees R&R video is 34mins, yells to husband "dinner will be 34mins delayed!"

I'd love to have a section of flower garden that was nothing but black and dark purple flowers... Wednesday Addams garden. lol 🖤

[@paigegough6929]

I have 3 thornless blackberry plants and a few of the canes have hit the ground and started to grow roots! Yay free plants lol

[@frasersgirl4383]

FYI they can get out of hand. I found out the hard way!

[@paigegough6929]

@@frasersgirl4383 that's ok mine are potted in huge pots.

[@SabaKhan-td7vp]

Jess's last summer garden in Arkansas🌾🌾🌾🌻🌻

[@Laurelend]

How about a harvest video? Or maybe a clip of a salad and your beets at the table? When you mention you have to harvest things later, I always hope you will show it so I can see the end result. Best wishes for a fantastic season!

[@lindadonowho434]

I love that idea!

[@aserendipitouslife8011]

Wouldn’t it be cute to paint hollyhocks on your bathroom door?!

[@Fatimasroots]

Lovely idea, thank you🌸🌿

[@emilypuentes8914]

I have to do this now 😂

[@hawksfaith]

Omg this is a great idea

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

You have done an awesome job with the garden girl. I know what you mean about not planting. That would just not be who I am either. My hands have to be in the dirt.

[@Thankful_.]

Same

[@reclypes6296]

Agreed. My neighbor is actually name calling because my back yard is full if trellises and raised beds. It is hard to garden when it is my therapy and every time I'm out there she comes out. I still cant imagine not gardening. Only having the disappointment of store tomatoes. Makes me shutter.

[@amelia-ireneinpdx2613]

@@reclypes6296 that is a form of harassment. You might call your none-emergency police line to see what you can do. I have a backyard neighbor that when he's home, every time I open my back door will start yelling at my dogs - when they are still in my house.. I'm not the only one that he's a bad neighbor to, but the person he bought the house from was quieter, but just as bad... I know that I will be moving in the next year or so, so I just bite my tongue as PDX is one place at the moment that you don't want to tick anyone off in these days.

[@reclypes6296]

@@amelia-ireneinpdx2613 my whole neighborhood is full of nothing butt adult and next gen bullies. My son, daughter, and I are all high functioning autistic and need to feel secure. I can handle a snake off or any stand off w animals but humans I am completely oblivious to. The police wont do a thing. They are more worried about the youth getting jumped and drug control. They only show up when 2 parents get into it. I've called and called and called. The capital of NE is becoming unlivable unless you r a football fan, old ass farmer, and college students or poor as a mouse. Rich or poor the people here are horrible. We want to move but my husband has good job security. I just want land and around here .3 acre is so over priced the only option is government housing around all the criminals. Sorry, HUGE rant.

[@Thankful_.]

@@reclypes6296 - Odds are her problem really is not w/ you; but rather w/ herself. Often times people find fault with what they do not understand. Until u can build a fence or a large row of fruit trees b/t your place and hers, keep your chin up, keep showing love and kindness...it’s hard to be mean to one one kind. I say this out of experience...I have a neighbor like yours!! Too bad your neighbor and mine were not neighbors!

[@sandrainontario6710]

New recipe measurement - a WAD of Basil😂😂

[@AuntBecsCreations]

Add your onion blossoms with some cheese in an omelett... omg so good

[@shannonjensen9915]

You are the reason I’m gardening this year!! I was always afraid to fail but now I’m excited to learn and hope get better every year!

[@staceystrukel1917]

Yeah!

[@jessica20625]

As a northern grower, it gives me so much joy and anticipation to watch your garden take off! You inspired me to go a little hog wild and put in tons more seeds than my little patio can really sustain, but I’m excited for the crazy abundance.

[@jenbriggs1041]

Thank you so much. You have truly helped me so much. In so many ways since I've started watching. Today was an awful day and see your garden tour is exactly what I needed. Thanks for giving me some more push. Hope all goes well in the upcoming adventures on your journey. Keep sharing it. Thanks for spreading the love!

[@bhavens9149]

LOL, I just had a vision of a Tshirt with a print of an old wooden outhouse, Moon cut out and all, surrounded by hollyhocks and daisies, no idea why daisies but hey! I dont question T shirt Visions. The Logistics of Moving seems a bit overwhelming, hoping you share some of the crazy!

[@asmranonymous8591]

Me too Steph

[@NanaPelletier]

I'm armed with your book and you tube for my first time growing food. I'm excited beyond belief as I prefer most veg and fruit young rather than ripe. Which translates to me harvesting days earlier!!

[@tamararobinson2069]

Also they are more nutritious - all the vitamins etc that leaf is going to have is condensed in the baby and spread and used up in the older leaf💚

[@suerussell4476]

I had black hollyhocks. After a couple of seed cycles they reverted to white. Because of that I’m not positive color will remain over the years. Just a note, dear Jess. 🌱❤️

[@lsun5322]

I love the symbolism of that!

[@AdaraAhab]

@@lsun5322 oh that's cool. I didn't even think about that. Yin yang

[@yeevita]

Ah that explains it. I used to have lots of hollyhocks, including black. I just kept letting them grow and dropping their seeds. Eventually I lost the black ones and just had the pinks and whites. I loved them all though, so it was ok, but your post was an ah ha moment for me heh. I still love hollyhocks though hehe.

[@mint_tans]

Thinking back to your video with your boys, I’m part Japanese & was thinking maybe you could plant a little Japanese garden for your oldest son so he can explore and experiment cooking some Japanese cuisine before his big trip. ☺️ you can probably even grow some taro near the edge of your new pond.

[@100snyderm]

Great idea!

[@SSolemn]

Kitazawa seeds is the way to go with japanese cuisine! I have tons of their seeds, very happy with the results

[@regenerated4life]

Here in MI, we've enjoyed some spinach with our meal, plus I've been snacking on broccoli rapini all week. Praise God for the lovely little treasures in the garden.

[@MeganSherow]

Garden looking so luscious! Haha, 80 inches of rain sounds nice, I live in a part of Hawaii that gets 300-400 inches 😜 Also the culinary term for how you described rolling and cutting the nasturtiums is chiffonade! Super smart to diffuse the pepperiness; I also like to add the leaves into pesto! Blended with basil they add some of that nice peppery flavor :)

[@sheilabutts1044]

I am lime you Jessie, I can't imagine not growing a garden. I can't hardly walk now, but I set in a chair and garden. It has been a part of my life always.. Can't wait to see what you all do at your new home.. Hopefully we will be moving also, we will be watching.. love you guys God bless...

[@joan-lisa-smith]

Yea! Perfect timing, was just sitting here thinking what I really need is another R&RF video as I am not able to work in my garden today. Thank you as always!

[@brianne051610]

Same! Typical cold and dreary may long weekend weather for us here up in Canada. Can't wait to get back to it but this garden tour is tiding me over 🤗

[@joan-lisa-smith]

@@brianne051610 Yes I'm by Bancroft Ontario, we are in a heatwave and drought but today is cooler and looked like it would finally rain....it didn't. Working in intense heat, full sun, without a lick of wind in full bug gear has worn me out. Now it's breezy and cooler but I'm too exhausted after 3 weeks of that to move, lol.

[@brianne051610]

@@joan-lisa-smith totally. We were there for a couple weeks. Drying prairie winds in southern MB, and no moisture even from snow melt. We had such little precipitation in winter and it melted away so early in early March and hardly any rain this spring. We had wildfires taking out thousands of hectares of forest. This rain has been gloriously welcome but a little more than us home gardeners needed at once lol

[@melissabutts6694]

Living victoriously thru your early spring garden tours here in maine I’m just getting my stuff planted 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@lynhyslop7157]

Same here in upper Michigan.

[@hidawayhomestead524]

I planted my carrots first week of April and covered them just to see what would happen. (Thank you Jess for giving me a "take a chance " ) I'm also in Maine and they are 2 inches tall now and thriving! Stay safe and God bless you my friends. 🌱🐷🐄🐓🐐🌱 Lisa

[@CopperIslandHomestead]

Yes, far northern Michigan here and looking at Jessica's garden tours helps me remember that being patient will be worth it ❤

[@shadowlandsfarmandcreamery5400]

We're in the Midcoast of Maine and am planting next weekend!❤

[@melissabutts6694]

@@shadowlandsfarmandcreamery5400 me too!!

[@homeonmagnoliahill9899]

Am I the only one who has a browser tab open with the garden tour playing and another tab open with a baker creek shopping cart quickly filling? I can't be the only one, right?! Thank you Jess for sharing your wealth of knowledge and the beauty and bounty, expressed by said knowledge, that is your garden!

[@ashleybautista3292]

Definitely not the only one that is me almost every day!!??

[@LadyLeoneLocks]

Is there any other way to watch!?

[@homeonmagnoliahill9899]

@@LadyLeoneLocks agreed❤️

[@joywhitley3141]

Oh, yes! I know what you mean about not being able to imagine not planting your garden. It’s in our blood and feeds our soul. ❤️ I love that you’re planting many things you won’t even taste..just for your friends. God loves a cheerful giver!

[@HannaPramholt]

Prepping lunches for the week and saw this on KZbin 😍 there’s no better company than Jess in her lovely garden ❤️

[@SimpleMandy]

Currently growing my own blackberries too! My entire childhood, teenage years, was spent roaming my driveway with cousins picking wild blackberries and (at my grandparents) muscadine grapes.

[@lauriesickles5393]

One of these times during a garden tour, harvest the beets and leeks and cabbage so we can watch and oooh and ahhhh!

[@jannafolsom1069]

I start my mornings with a R&R video then I'll skip to a WW video. You 2 ladies are better than any inspirational book. The absolute JOY in your voices... it really helps me to start my day on the right foot. I'll then have coffee with a quick Bible study. This seals the deal and makes my 9-5 easier to tackle. Thank you for being you.

[@TheDolphace]

One day spring will come here! Feels like the garden will never grow, compared to last year anyway. You remind me that it does come eventually.

[@tessie652001]

That’s so awesome my momma planted hollyhocks right by our bathroom window at my childhood home . Lol maybe that’s why she did it lol

[@ladyprepper1013]

I so enjoy watching you and your garden interactions. I live in Wyoming. For us, we are just on the cusp of beginning our garden season. We had a light frost and snow yesterday to remind us not to go so fast. Thankfully, we are about a week from our last frost date. You and your garden seriously inspire and educate us to step out and experiment, growing food for our families. Thank you for being open and honest with us.

[@lindadonowho434]

I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying your videos and hearing your beautiful way of sharing your garden, family and farm with all of us! You are truly an artist, and the land is your canvas. Thank you for allowing us all to dream and inspiring us to “paint” along with you!

[@yourstruly_diane]

Garden is looking lovely as usual. I wish we had y’all’s rain. We got about 3 inches all last year. I need to move somewhere that is lush and super green and rainy. :)

[@chamelaroo4683]

Me too! I live in Las Vegas and I container garden. The struggle is real

[@melissabutts6694]

Just ordered some jet black hollyhocks from bakers creek!

[@cindyhill5970]

Watching you talk about eating your veggies makes me want to go to my own garden and see what I have to eat today!! :)

[@gardeningjunkie2267]

Hi Jess! I can't grow hollyhocks because I get a terrible rust problem on them. However those black hollyhocks are so beautiful that I had to have something just like them. So I just placed an order for irises including a very dark black one called Midnight Oil and they're fragrant too! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@tessie652001]

At the end of yr cut down the hollyhocks and discard the stalks away from your yard . Burn if you can . Copper fungicide will help get rid of the rust . Mix with water spray your plant and add to roots it’ll tell. You how to on the package / bottle

[@silvermoon3486]

If u went through the Great Depression then u really appreciate how to live off the land & how to save everything you can & preserve it. I think 🤔 kids need this. Especially the way the future is going now. We need to get back to nature. Soo important. ❤️🙏🏻

[@loritanner4478]

I just cut back my red onion tops. They were getting to tall and putting to much into the tops. So I cut them down to 8 inches. Then the bulbs will get bigger. I planted my onion sets about 2 months ago. This way I can use the green tops of my onions and I dry them in my food dryer. This year I'm going to grind the dry tops into powder. I cut them last year like green onion rings, or big chives. But still have alot left. So I thought powder would be good this year. This way I don't lose the use of the tops of my onions and shallots. Still have to cut back my yellow, white, candy and walla walla onion tops. Then the shallots. But still trying to dry all the red onion tops. There was a lot of them to get them all in my 2 food dryers.

[@janenichols3880]

Love hollyhocks!! Mine didn't germinate! Love black ones, too! Black berry jam, blackberry pie, mmmmm! Blessings!!!

[@pamelagraham3100]

I harvested my Italian Garlic yesterday (muddy raised beds, so much rain). My friend said to use a fan on them overnight. Omg, next day dry skin like a real garlic had formed. Amazing!

[@sageparis6771]

Everything is looking so beautiful! I cant wait to see your journey on your next garden.

[@geeker211]

I've given up preserving, just too much work. Now I just chop everything up and throw them in ziplock bags and freeze them and use them as I need them. Saves so much time. I still make stewed tomatoes, tomato chili sauce and pepper relish, but again I just freeze them instead of canning......so much easier!

[@garynorcal4269]

Freezing is "relatively modern preserving". 🙂🙃🙂😉

[@gardenswithgrace]

Beautiful Garden Tour as always!! :0) Thank you for mentioning the distinction between edible English sugar/snap peas vs the non-edible ornamental sweet peas. When I was new to gardening many years ago I always found that a bit confusing that there are varieties of edible peas vs ornamental only peas. And oh my --- my hollyhocks are blooming like crazy and taller than ever!! Only my friends in this garden community really "get me" and understand my jubilation and surprise excitement over blooms, bees, butterflies and bounty of my little front yard cottage garden. Happy Gardening!

[@melissadebono]

The onion or chive flowers are my absolute favorite on salads, but especially potato salad.

[@Mrs-Emcee]

Hollyhocks will change colors in their seeds. You will get all kinds of colors during time. They look great though!

[@jessicajones5131]

I love the poetic spin you always put on your garden 😍 you say everything that I am always thinking

[@sweetpea3472]

You probably know this, but you can take sweet potato cuttings from your vines & grow them as beautiful houseplants over winter & have vines ready to go into ground the next summer.

[@silvermoon3486]

I just loved 🥰 gardening with my mom & helping her as a child & as an adult. Some of my best memories. I had a great childhood. And ur kids do too. ❤️🙏🏻

[@silvermoon3486]

Sorry for all my comments but @71 years old I think 🤔 I’m living a little. Vicariously through ur life. But such a joy & very nice 👍🏼. Just to experience the way y’all live off the land & ur family. Remind’s me of when I was a kid on a farm & just they way people lived back then. My dad was a meat butcher by trade & of course we had venison & made all our own salami, sausage, pickled pig feet ect. U name it. And my mom just canned everything. Makes me think 🤔 back of the good days on a farm. So thank you. We had a huge family also. So really was necessary just to live. But I think 🤔 people really need to get back to nature & healthy living. Atleast u know where ur food is coming from. So important for kids in the future generations. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🤔

[@elizabethfarkas6468]

Ya'll are lucky that you haven't had to water the gardens as much due to all the life-giving rain you got. Here in zone 8 SC, we are in a dry spell with 90-90+ degree temps in the forecast from today through the whole of next week! We are having to cover our tomatoes/peppers with shade cloth to keep the temps down for them. Make sure to add shade cloth to your garden must have list for SC summertime gardening! Happy growing!

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Of course you had to plant this garden! It's who and what you are and why we love you! 😃

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Looking good! I let a lot of volunteers come up this year also and I have been enjoying helpful everything is looking already too! I Hey have sunflowers that are a most 5' tall already, & their stalks are bigger 'round than a broomstick!

[@Fcarmen.s]

I’ve been waiting for your video 😁 you must be so busy packing.

[@timbrant1538]

I often pick onion or chive flowers & infuse them in a cooking oil. Makes a flavorful oil for sauted veggies.

[@debbrumley5623]

can not wait to see the new place in full bloom !! so much to look forward to !

[@joannetotten9825]

I have never eaten the onion flowers, but chive flowers (especially when they're tender) are beautiful and delicious tossed into salads! or sprinkled on top of mashed potatoes! My heart gets all aflutter, and my eyes get watery watching your videos. We are currently hunting for our dream homestead in BC Canada, so you provide so much inspiration and shared joy!! Bless you all!

[@deewinston5651]

Your garden looks so lovely. I know I’ve said it before, but it truly does. I couldn’t plant a vegetable garden this year because of my health and strength. I just have a small little space behind our garage but my neighbors trees are getting so big I really do not get enough sun. So Your videos are what inspire to start growing, so I’ll sit with my coffee and enjoy your garden. I do need to find a farmer’s market to get some fresh tomatoes and veggies too. Thank you for you info about feeding strawberries. I have an old wheelbarrow that my husband drilled holes in for me so I did get to plant some strawberries. I’m going to feed them just a little. God bless you my sweet sister in Christ.🥰🌹🍓

[@ArreisMorsCI]

Another delicious addition to your salads are leaves from your pepper plants!!! They take on a slight flavor of the pepper they grow. I absolutely love them!!! I told Jill this a couple weeks ago, along with eating turnip greens, didn't know if she knew about it, but she said it's one of Nate's favorite things. ALSO... in case you didn't know, your garlic greens are DIVINE to eat!!! Just like green onions, treat them the same way, along with the green tops from your onions!!! These are all edible!! You can cut and freeze, or use right away, fresh or sautee, however you desire. I absolutely love these in salads and soups. The garlic greens are like a garlic flavored green onion, so delicious!!!!

[@denisekeeth4595]

Will Bentern be moving to South Carolina with you or will we no longer able to lay eyes on his handsome face..............asking for a friend lol !!!

[@cheleesi9294]

For the fennel - slice thin on a mandolin, dip in simple syrup, place on silicone baking mat, and bake low until dry. Candied Fennel Chips :)

[@marie-pierberrouard7725]

Hey Jess! I’ve found that Beauregard actually taste bland when picked young, which is pretty counterintuitive. On the packet, Row 7 seeds says to wait until you can feel the peas actually forming in the pods. They’re sweeter that way. Hope it helps xxx

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Thank yoU!

[@amyfrench8678]

I absolutely love your recommendation of the julienned nasturtium leaves in fish tacos. Time to add nasturtium to my container gardening.

[@lynnebeattie4829]

Such a beautiful garden! Love your enthusiasm and joy watching it grow. Would love more info on fennel pesto. Like you, I love anything pesto!

[@amandaschwarz5745]

Oh, Jess, when you move to your new home, and the season is ending, you should totally due a cooking vlog Friday or something. I grow all these different plants with no idea how to use them, so I end up just giving them away.

[@silvermoon3486]

I’m soo happy for the rain 🌧 this year. In Bastrop, Texas we have been in a drought for a while. With all the pine trees we have to be aware of fires 🔥 in drought. Soo this year we are blessed for all the rain ☔️. Yes. I live on rocky ground. Lots of different kinds of rocks but not great for gardening. ❤️🤔

[@mattsara2802]

Always so beautiful! Your genuine kindness always shows through in your videos. Thank you for your willingness to share with all of us! 💚

[@marykayk1626]

My cats are my nasturtiums leaves while they were coming up. I hand a bunch of vines. The cats ate the leaves off my green beans.

[@marykayk1626]

Ate not are. Lol

[@mariezafonte6473]

You are such a good friend, not only making sure Jill has food to harvest, but that she has plants to show on youtube.

[@ColleenEMoody]

Every time Jess mentions how much rain they've had I get a twinge of jealousy! We average 11 inches of rain PER YEAR here, lol. Growing a veggie garden is incredibly difficult!

[@cherylbootsveld1620]

I have black hollyhocks coming back from the seeds that were planted last year 😉 I hope mine look as nice as yours. I am in zone 3 🇨🇦

[@augustagootee6254]

Everytime anyone does garden tour I think of my mom.amd granny walking thru her flower bed gardens of granny were thu a time of vloggong she would have so much to say on her garden tours she buy from catalogs different flower varieties. 🌼

[@futurehomestead1263]

its so nice to hear you talk about yourself in the learning phase in the past. I recognize myself as being in this face and see hope that one day Ill have built a homestead just like you. ❤

[@rachelfrees1268]

I’m watching this after your move to S.C. Hope your farm there will thrive like this garden. What a peaceful way to live.

[@cherylsteadwell155]

I check daily for my gardening Chantelle, its my addisionele. I love gardening.

[@rainfalls2964]

Thank you for showing us how to save seeds .🌱😊 Blessed Be

[@GardeningintheNorth]

Here in Ontario Canada we have experienced the opposite of you and haven’t had any rain!! It’s been painstakingly hard to keep everything watered as I plant the garden out. Thank you for sharing your garden, it’s always so exciting to see it. ❤️😀

[@heatherstauner1827]

I have the same heart this year, Jess. Even though I am very quickly losing my ability to get to get everything in the ground this year, and my sweet babies will be here right about the time you're moving out, not having a garden was just not an option this year for me either. I may need to rely on the kindness of friends and family to have any sort of harvest but I need my garden in the interim!

[@tesscurrier9166]

The beauty of your garden makes my heart and soul happy. I love how full it is❤️❤️❤️

[@loriy7532]

Your garden is out standing ,good on you.My garden is still not planted yet !! We had a major rain yesterday, I was still out there when the rain came on strong and soaked me out. We had major wind storm this morning, my hubby went out and made a barrier of chairs around all my plants that are waiting to go into ground and boxes.The wind was a strong 55 miles an hr, plants did not enjoy it.I will be out ASAP some time today for sure. You give a lot of lift to these downer garden times. Thank you .

[@johnna4487]

I absolutely LOVE blackberries with all my heart. One of my favorite picking places got razed to the ground for a storage facility, another is smothered out by honeysuckle.

[@terrimarks3694]

Enjoyed the tour...I enjoy all your videos! I appreciate when you toss in how you use the produce, how you cook these beautiful vegetables and herbs. Please continue that whenever you think of it. It's a great help to me!

[@dianezimmerman1950]

Love the black flowers

[@crt9082]

I see a harvest video coming soon!

[@boosted211]

me: hmmm, im kinda up for a garden tour... jess: i got you 😉

[@HappyFarmsLa]

The chopped nasturtium leaves in fish tacos sounds good! No the camera doesn't do it justice but you do! I am using as I need with onions right now too in 8a. Thanks Jess, enjoying and still in shock you will be in a new garden next season! You have inspired me for the last 3 years. ~Dani

[@sunsetsky594]

I love that slow pan of the camaera across your garden from the pavillion!

[@saraho8540]

I did 2 giant grow bags with potatoes that I have mounded up about 5 times with compost. The bag is finally full so I've been able to let it grow now. I just said to my husband today, "it's doing great I'm so excited but no idea how to tell that I am supposed to harvest." Then you tell us in a video yay!

[@angiedaoust]

You are really inspiring! Thank you!😊