FULL Garden Tour | WEEK FOUR 2019 | Roots and Refuge Farm

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[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

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[@torquetrain2892]

Same in Van Buren county. Terrible tomato disease issues even with heavy pruning and neem and DE also lacking bees I'm becoming quite worried.

[@aprilkitchens2173]

thought my ground cherries were successful...turns out they are tzimbalo melon pears!! Any feedback on these?

[@GardenofEnders]

I can help you with one tip to get your pepper plants to real produce even still this year!

[@walkbyfaithfamily9177]

Garden of Enders - Please share!! My peppers look awful! 😕

[@LetHimCook0497]

Roots and Refuge Farm I bought the tomato disappointment tank!!

[@mableshmable]

Am I the only one that goes back through these old garden tours just to be reminded of the abundance 🤗

[@victoriac1672]

My husband: “oh, it’s just that Jess lady. I thought you were talking to someone on the phone.” Me: “she IS talking to me!” Lol

[@tamis4353]

Okra, "it thrives on heat and neglect" .... I need this on a shirt!

[@annamida685]

LMBO!!!😂😂😂😂

[@Citystead]

There was an Okra growing contest for the longest pod on KZbin last year and I'm the reigning, defending champion. That's right the longest Okra pod was grown in Michigan!

[@TheSuperGGirl]

This garden introduced me to the beauty of zinnias... forever to be in my garden

[@mandipandi84]

Chaos gardening is what I'm best at. Unmarked plants and mystery seeds everywhere! 😂😂

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I've wanted a chaos garden since I was 13. This year seems like I will finally be able to start!

[@resp9721]

Me too

[@sweetearthfarm]

Jess, so sorry. I just spilled coffee allover me and you. Lol. I'm fine. I hope you and my phone are too.

[@jocelynsoria2590]

Sunny Preps nice to know I’m not the only one who likes drinking coffee with her

[@Sky-Child]

LOL 😂

[@susanprice3454]

Picking green beans has been a therapy for me for a while too. Like an Easter egg hunt when the prize egg has not been found yet.

[@zophielm2362]

I love these tours (and the daily updates!) They're really encouraging and reassuring. I always have this low level anxiety that everything in my garden will fail, because maybe one thing isn't perfect. But seeing the daily and weekly updates has really helped me understand what is normal and not to get freaked out over. And its all so inspiring-- my veggie garden doubled in size this year, thanks to your inspiration!

[@sarahdawson5349]

I wait for this every week. It's like my favorite TV show but better! It truly tickles my heart to see your garden. Thank You! Bless you!

[@lorraineesposito1017]

Lol I feel the same exact way.

[@andreapark862]

❤! I wake up super early for work daily...even earlier just to have time to watch my R&R LOL. GOD BLESS FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS JESS! I would love to spend a morning in the garden with you learning and talking you are my idol keep up the good work and please more cooking videos.

[@laurahansen2429]

So cute, your smile when you're talking about your favorite spot in your garden

[@camilla6110]

Plant Walker’s Low catmint! I planted several last August and they came back huge and full of beautiful purple blooms and the pollinators have been all over them for a month now. The are so pretty and continue to bloom and are easy-peasy to root and plant all over. I don’t know if they will become invasive but they are so beautiful, and the bees love them so much (as well as butterflies), I wouldn’t care of they took over my flower and veggie beds! I put a bunch of Russian Sage at the corners of each bed too, and they are beginning to bloom periwinkle blue and lavender and the pollinators are already loving that. Double duty plants-beauty AND benefit! I’m in Missouri and I’m noticing this plant more and more around town so hopefully this will help our precious bee friends. Now if I can just keep the collies from snapping at the bees buzzing their heads! 😉

[@GardenALittle]

You are definitely succeeding in your goal to inspire and encourage people to grow their own food! I see a lot of people now burning with passion for growing something eatable and beautiful in their backyard! I love it! It’s a beautiful movement!🙌🏼🍅🥒🌱🌺💚

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

What's amazing about gardening is it heals us on so many levels:mind, body, soul, community.

[@rickshaw296]

Jess you should turn your cottage garden to a "Snacking Garden". And grow things that never make it into the house, like strawberries, blueberries, sugar snap peas ect...

[@jocelynsoria2590]

I always feel like I need to have a coffee with you while you do your garden tours :) so if I miss it in the morning, I’ll wait till the next day

[@jennslone]

Mushrooms are super-beneficial to your garden! The mycelium (white webby-looking stuff) that grows underground wraps around your plant's roots, forming a symbiotic relationship with them. Fungi takes toxins out of your plants in exchange for sugars that help the fungi to expand it's mycelial web. Keep them around! Friends helping friends!

[@Just-Nikki]

jennslone thanks for the great information 👍🏼

[@masuganut2082]

jennslone wow!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! That’s amazing!!

[@amandaforeman703]

I did not know this ! Thank you !!!!!

[@Sky-Child]

Isn't it amazing coming back to this and knowing that years down the line she uses mushrooms to clear contaminated soil?

[@masuganut2082]

Oh and Jess, my first ever okra is up!!!!!! I’ve never grown it or eaten one ever!!!! And it has sprouted!! I’m super excited!! And yes I would love some southern wisdom!!!! I’m sure we all would!!

[@wooby9898]

This will be my third season with bees and my garden is so much better. I can’t believe the difference.

[@annawalker3587]

I'm so happy my ant tip worked for you!!

[@VK-qo1gm]

@Anna Walker, I just literally found & subbed to this fantastic site, & have started to go through each video...but I have a huge problem with ants in my garden, if you don't mind could you repeat your remedy, many thx

[@annawalker3587]

@@VK-qo1gm you take one scoop of the fire ant nest and pour it onto another nest, the ants fight to the death. I usually just mix a scoop of each ant pile into the other.

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

We have been having a wonderful spring here in zone 7B. We were a little dry but got some great rain over the weekend. The rain really does make the garden explode with life.

[@amandalaren4359]

I understand what you mean about how good it feels to pick beans. I met my boyfriend last summer and he was growing them and it was my first experience with it. I fell in love. This year is my first garden and I’m so excited to see what comes of it. I loved the feeling of picking beans last year.

[@celticfiddle7605]

Who could not love you Jess? You and your garden are beautiful!

[@SunshineFarm]

The volunteers are always so impressive! it makes me want to focus more on perennials since they adapt so well.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

YES!!!!

[@amywert8088]

Since I've never watched your channel from the beginning I'm still watching old episodes as they pop up. This year has been my worst ever. Like Ben, I've always been a gardener but some years more than others. I have the largest space and the best fencing this year and I've got the fewest plants to show for it. Something small enough to get into the garden has eaten everything or torn it up and left it in the paths. I think I need to make my fence less tight so my cat can get in there and maybe catch whatever it is!

[@Growbacktoyourroots9]

Love these old garden tours! So amazing to see how far you guys have come ❤

[@Sky-Child]

I was just thinking similar. Amazing to see the progress ❤

[@TheNeeenha]

I so love that moment when the sun hits ,in just the right way and lights everything up It's my favorite time of day....just lovely Love you to...and yes it has been a crazy spring this year

[@susanbrucks58]

I’m definitely not happy that you’re having a hard time with your garden this year, but it has been crazy hard in the Texas hill country! Lots of rain, wind and BUGS! Now we’re topping the 100 degree mark and the tomatoes are dropping blossoms . Oh well, you do what you can and leave the rest in God’s hands!

[@silverlineingstar]

Idea for a shirt... egg plants and flea beetles fighting with light sabers!!!

[@cheriemartin3767]

LOL

[@kattiel1785]

I live in a tropical weather and roselle was really hard to germinate. I ended up nicking a corner of the seed shell and placing them for 24 hrs in water. They all sprouted! I planted them afterwards and now they are thriving.

[@misstine71]

I'm so happy to see your garden tour! I used to plant 30+ tomato plants every year, we get blight up here where I live in NY and I had to use organic copper spray every year to control it. Those beans you have sure are beautiful!

[@galetimpone1712]

For years I have grown RADISH for others to eat. In one of your videos you suggested to roast them, well they were so good, that for now on I too will be eating the radish that grows in my garden. Thank you Jess for you delicious recipe.

[@nancycowan6109]

I realize the problem I have with planting veggies is that my yard is a postage stamp in the middle of a city (Minneapolis). I have too much shade. I tried to do lots of seeds but they are definitely weeny. My magnolia peas are making an attempt to grow but I’m doubtful. My radishes were a total failure. Chin up, Jess, your gardens are glorious. Even if it’s not going great for you, believe in the beauty of what is growing. And it is amazing. Thank you. ❤️

[@truckcampinglifemag]

Can I make a suggestion for your raised beds. Collect as many leaves in the fall as you can and grind them up. You can place them in a garbage can and grind them with a weed eater very easily. Then just toss them in your beds and by next season you have some beautiful soil. The worms love this and it will enrich your beds like you wouldn't believe.

[@berlysblossomgardening2816]

Hey 🤗🌿🌿🌿 Every time I look at your Garden I get excited for my plants to grow as well as yours 👍🏽🌿🌿🌿🎀💐💐💐

[@jeanoconnor3163]

I feel the same way about picking beans. I think it's the thrill of discovery. LOL

[@tantrictami]

All the clearing in the woods around you may have disturbed their usual pathways The noise of the machine may have kept them from settling as close to the garden as they usually do. I did some mason bee houses next to my food plots and they were quick to take advantage of it.

[@lisaberdan4795]

OMG YOU ARE ADORABLE!! I so appreciate your honesty and the real you. I have tended a small raised garden for four yrs...I LOVE IT! My garden is in the kennel so my dogs can play while I'm gardening or just watching it grow. Been pretty successful with most things, but weather and summer smoke from forest fires effects it for sure. Hoping for a great garden this year. Beets, green beans, peas, carrots, Cucumber and lettuce. Herbs: cilantro ( of course), basil, majoram, Italian parsley, oregano and chives. Will add a few new ones this year. Thank you for your inspiration, creativity and sharing that not perfect is perfect♡

[@adamcnessesq]

I started keeping bees this year, primarily for the pollination. It has worked, and we've had a great year and bumper crop. I only have 3 hives, and I'm in it for less than $1k including bees and equipment. With all your gardening, I think you'd love it. Also, I am mildly allergic to bee stings, but it's worth the risk to me, and I'm really enjoying it. Honey bees are not aggressive, unless you bang on the hives, and with the proper equipment, it's quite enjoyable. Thanks for the weekly tour. I love seeing your garden.

[@ladyjoann1957]

I have not seen even ONE honey bee this year, very few butterflies, and I am also FREAKING OUT. Where have my pollinators gone?????

[@Ristina81]

JoAnn Hite I have had only a few bees and one butterfly. I don’t have any veggies flowering though yet bc I’m in northern PA. I planted some pollinator flowers for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Hopefully I get some visits soon. It’s getting scary to not see many.

[@fotinikoutlakis3069]

I'm in South Australia and sadly I've found the same in my garden this year - very few bees and no butterflies!! I had a friend comment the other day (he lives in the bush) that he used to get a windscreen full of bugs whenever he took his car out, but now- hardly anything. This is actually scary and very strange.

[@Sg4809]

Well if you ask the conspiracy theorists they will say chemtrails

[@ringoyr]

I leave my hummingbird feeder (with sugar water) out away from my house, and during the warmer days bees come for a snack. I might put a few on my garden posts to keep them fed.

[@debzyj376]

Yup picking beans and peas is meditative time of me time. 🦋💫🐝💞😇

[@FensterfarmGreenhouse]

The garden looks great guys. There are so many things that come with growing your own food that I consider therapeutic. Much of what got me hooked early on. Even as I bake myself in my greenhouses, I get a real feeling of worth and accomplishment. Great video sister! Chuck

[@TheChristinaJo]

Yes, runner beans can overwinter. Cut them in the fall and mulch, or you can dig the roots up and store them, and replant....ask gardeners that live overseas.

[@mlang3066]

Your garden is gorgeous Jess. And I agree 100% about the hard year for gardening. Tennessee is Tooo hot, too rainy, too many bugs and not enough pollinators.. my tomato’s are struggling with curled leaves, funky blooms, and deformed maters...😒 hard not to get a tad discouraged. Can’t live without home grown tomatoes. 🌞🥰

[@kathyking2515]

Hi Jess, I'm a Montessori teacher in Arizona. I know you're incredibly busy, but if you put your gardening lessons on paper or on line as curriculum, teachers would be so grateful. It's just a thought.

[@pinklemonade1300]

Your restraint is amazing. I'd spend the entire video crunching on beans

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

You can also root rosemary in water to create a new plant.

[@laurievierheller6055]

Thank you for sharing your flea beetle eggplants and your over-wet pepper leaves. I am so discouraged about my soggy garden, flea beetle eggplants, slug and bird ridden brassicas, droopy tomatoes and chicken destroyed celery and tanyas pink pod beans today! It helps to see someone else fussing with this stuff.

[@rebeccacarlin6103]

Congrats on your first tomato! I have a sun gold cherry starting to turn!

[@resp9721]

I am the opposite type of gardener I usually throw things and I'm excited when they come up this year I'm doing better at labeling so I can save seeds

[@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune]

Jess if you remember I started building my raised beds. Inspired by your garden. This is our first year to do raised beds. . Yes the pest are very bad early. I’m probably 3 -4 weeks ahead of y’all . Our Garden is beautiful. It is amazing what great composting has done for us. Thanks for great ideas to get me motivated. God bless y’all .

[@theresathreadgill1386]

I enjoy picking pole beans because I don't have to bend so much. Enjoy garden tour looks so good. Have a great day, God Bless!

[@LetHimCook0497]

We had two bee swarms in our next door neighbors yard about a month ago. A couple years ago, I was on I-15 here in Vegas and there were so many bees. I rolled up my windows...there was a semi-truck carrying bees rolling down the highway! I’d never seen that before.

[@hugstoyou7]

I have never heard of the Malabar spinach until a month ago. I am trying it this year as soon as I can get it in the ground! Also the teeny tiny, red current teaspoon tomatoes. So excited. I bought a few new things to plant thanks to you!! :)

[@89aprilwoodward]

Thank you for inspiring me to garden this year! I picked a pint of calendula and am making an infused oil for a salve. My okra is going crazy and I’m about to harvest my first watermelons. My corbacci peppers are loaded down and my fish peppers are gorgeous! Thank you so much for all your hard work! I appreciate you and your family!

[@missourigirl8447]

I had a volunteer pumpkin from the pumpkins that I had put out on the front porch last year. I was so happy about it and yesterday my dad offered to help me mow. So it's gone now but I am considering a pumpkin patch in the front yard.

[@laurasparkman2660]

I ordered my flowy tank with the "variegated love" quote! Can't wait to wear it!!

[@fridomsnowbird5398]

Hey Jess, you said that last winter was really mild. Scarlet Runner beans are perineal. You can dig up the rootball and overwinter it in the greenhouse for planting next spring. They produce a much larger crop the second year.

[@ravenmunoz347]

I'm saying this lovingly I promise. . I HATE how beautiful your garden is! Your videos always make me want to jump outside and grow things but it's pretty difficult living in oilfield country (odessa tx) because of how hot and little rain weather we have. So I just sit and watch excitingly about your new vids all envious haha ❤❤

[@kprairiesun]

Yes, definitely show how to cook okra! I once had a delicious okra and beans dish that looked like browned hamburger. It was delicious! Made by my boyfriend's mom who was from Oklahoma.

[@colleenh2939]

Peppers can be brought inside in winter and continue growing for the second season. Since you already have them in grow pots you can just bring them in the greenhouse and keep them all winter. I tried this last year and it worked, so I am trying it again.

[@stacyannwalker8637]

I realize that the weather is affecting my garden too especially with my cucumber plants. Loving those zinnias so beautiful and first time seeing a variegated rosemary . Thanks again for sharing your garden with us.

[@sunsetsky594]

One of your videos inspired me to grow Okra last year, and grew it again this year. I live in South Central PA - It grows well here too. It grew about 7 feet tall.

[@Regina0964]

Our wheather in Wisconsin by me has been about 80s no humidity and not a lot of rain, got the garden in and i did a patio garden this year off my slide door going out and some on the lower deck.. i wished i could come on down and hang with you for a week, girl we would geta lot of gardenimg done.. maybe someday i can stay a week with y'all and help out, i really need a break from Wisconsin, I'm a country girl plus a hard worker..peace and love and most of all bless you and your Family.. E

[@EvolutionConstant]

First... I adore you and your channel! Your positive energy and brilliant smile is contagious!! Second... I recently read (and cross checked) that planting radishes around your squash plants will help repel squash bugs. Have you heard of this or tried it at all? Third... when we moved to our homestead I didn’t even know what amaranth looked like but noticed that a certain type of “weed” was taking all the damage from pests and leaving the rest of my plants alone. I found out that it was amaranth and now let much of the wild type grow as a trap plant. 😊

[@JB-pd4ni]

Lookin' good! Thanks for the heads up about the importance of all the pollinators, we all need to be helping them to thrive.

[@unravel523]

4:00 Omg Jess- I want that sturgeon So Bad! Please let them set seeds, and save some for us

[@mckinnonriley2814]

Has anyone guessed alpaca yet? Generally people gat a few at a time, and if they aren't looking for more milk the alpaca's hair is super soft and made into yarn 🤔🤔

[@masuganut2082]

McKinnon Riley I did yesterday. I said sheep and alpacas. Cuz they said before they were not ready for a cow so idk what else it could be lol. Great minds think alike 😉

[@letsgogarden2284]

I *really* need to move south, I think! Here in the Midwest, (outside Chicago) we’ve gotten so much rain, I’m just finally getting everything out of the greenhouse and into the ground. As always, your garden looks fantastic! Slight streak of jealousy going through me! Haha!

[@dmakk767]

Famous words to live by: "Their not dead, they are just sad"

[@cherylknight8239]

Love you Jess and your garden tours. My garden is my heart.

[@vickijacksonmcgaugh6629]

Perfectly put!

[@rosea830]

We're having trouble with pollinators also. Tromboncino goes wild, that's just it's nature and it's pretty bullet-proof once it gets going. Cucumber beetles and others love amaranth. It draws the beetles away from cucumbers to a degree and doesn't get the disease they spread. Volunteer beans equal free work :). Very beautiful garden.

[@wendychase2312]

Love your garden tours. Can't wait for the next one. So glad you didn't give up on tomatillos. I know they are different but I see them as a really cool tomato variety that just grows a husk around it's fruit. I grow them with the tomatoes and do it the same way and they do great. Start them inside, tie them to a trellis and keep pruned. And as an added bonus I say it wrong the same way you say Dr wyche. I say it similar to armadillo but it's tom a till o.

[@HoldtheWalnuts]

I think if I recall, Ben dropped your packet of seeds in water. I think that’s why you planted that many zinnias.

[@patriciasmith9057]

Hi Jessie, PAT Smith here.I am noticing an acute lack of bees this year.mostly wasp pollenators.I'm in 7b or8a on Columbia. S. C. We have already had triple digits 3 or4 days then buckets o water a few days .I'm glad my tomatoes are green so none busted. I have loads of mushroomsall over the yard .I suppose from the 60,000lbs of wood chips last year. .love seen afewstink bugs earlier than usual. I HAVE A TIME GETTING OKRA started. I'VE planted 3 times. I think they're going to make it now . If they don,t burn up. Love your videos.

[@kolleenmcgrew9887]

Love these garden tours! Have you considered sharing your menu plans occasionally? I know you said you’d share recipes when you could. But I love seeing people’s full menu plans also.

[@doinacampean9132]

Cut ends on green beans and steam them. Add raw minced garlic and vinegar (apple cider vinegar preferred). YUM!!!

[@anashomestead5919]

That was a nice visit, thanks for sharing with us all.

[@isabellem7292]

Your garden looks absolutely beautiful! I always have to keep in mind that we are like a month behind here in Belgium. We are struggling too, but it is our first year growing so much in raised beds in the garden (we moved to our home last year and before we lived in an appartement and grew stuff in pots on the patio). You are a great inspiration! Thanks for all the info you are giving! Really curious to see the new animals though!!

[@normalynn2425]

Thank you so much for sharing your garden, your family, your life with us. I almost feel related to you more and more as we spend time together. I find myself missing you at times...so glad you are there, and I bless you too! Nite nite 😘😇💕

[@talkandeattv]

PLEASE FILM EATING YOUR FIRST RIPE TOMATO OF THE SEASON AND FIRST TOMATO SANDWICH OF THE SEASON

[@gillianmuspic2337]

I love the idea of clearing the woods and making all that space for a bee hive.

[@sherryg.6564]

I'm so glad you mentioned no pollinators. That is a huge issue at my house also. I haven't seen hardly any bees. I have planted tons of flowers, hung humming bird feeders because bees like the sugar water too. It's really sad.

[@forgetmeplease1414]

I live few hours west, where the Holly Springs Homestead Conference was... and this is the first year I have ever seen a shortage of bees here too... A few bumble bees... I am hand pollinating my squash... I thought a saw a pollinator twice... both times a cucumber beetle! Those are the only 2 of those I have seen too! Typically there are so many bees around any flowering bushes/trees that the entire yard is buzzing.

[@angiecarrera820]

You're such a joy to watch!

[@lucazollner9804]

Came right back inside from checking my garden (super excited about zucchini flowers😁) and now can watch your beautiful garden😊 Thank you for making my day, especially with the rare cat plant

[@masuganut2082]

Luca Zöllner agreed! Everyone could use an exotic cat plant in the garden 🌈❤️

[@billieblake115]

What is a cat plant?

[@Danfoodforest]

I started growing zinnias because seeing it in your garden last year Awesome garden tour

[@kjnickerbokers]

Video idea! Come pick with me. Would love this when things are getting super productive.

[@kathycrown1319]

Love your suggestion for "surprise" zinnias! I do that with cosmos - they add whimsey to the veggie beds :)

[@numberonecomputergee]

It’s been a bad year for pests for me too! First aphids, then squash borers, now bag worms!

[@kathytaylor9798]

Great garden tour! I enjoy learning things from you.

[@redpanda_ann]

I’m so relieved to here that even more experienced people are also finding some difficulty gives me hope for next year if this year doesn’t go well

[@cint4347]

You are a beautiful person Jess. You love God. You love your Hubby and your children. The love of God just radiates from you. Thank you for such great tips in the Garden. I had to stop the vid to use a paint brush on my tomatoe flowers and squash plants. LOL....I came back to the vid. Thank you Jess.

[@tottering-by-gently]

You can ferment nasturtium seeds and use them like capers. No need to feel pressure to eat all the flowers! 😊

[@tracygarns9611]

Thank s for the squeezing tip. We grew Brad's Atomic Grapes last year and I had a hard time telling when they were ripe.

[@leslieMClass80]

Everything is looking great Jess

[@lucyo4124]

So wonderful to share those times with you, sweet Jess!! Lookin' mighty fine there, Kiddo!! xo

[@noem177]

My community is very active in rock painting. We have a facebook page called chenango county rocks. Ppl hide them, others find and repost, then rehide. Kids love it.

[@inyayardhomestead5693]

G'day Jess, I had trouble with pollination on my butternut pumpkins and zucchinis, I ended up hand pollinating. God bless you guys.

[@donna9384]

Jess. I have had really good luck spraying with a 30% peroxide spray. I used it last yr for blight and I sprayed about a week ago with it for aphids and a bit of early blight. I pruned today and was surprised how well it killed the aphids. I also spray the dirt around the plant to help control the disease and mold and what not in the soil. My plants looked pretty good. Much better then using nasty chemicals. I think you will like the results.