Goodbye 2024 | The Last Garden Harvest

[@ChristiLynnOutside]

So glad you beat your cancer diagnosis and are healing well! Welcome back, Meg. ♥

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much! :)

[@tpen891]

So, so glad to seeing you. You have been in my prayers over the last few months. On a side note Hoss has a new Rosella that is not daylight sensitive and blooms sooner.

[@meggrowsplants]

I appreciate that so much ❤️

[@TanishaBehera-rl7yx]

@tpen891 same here

[@dianaweatherford5005]

Me too! I was just coming here to say this, great to see you Meg. ❤

[@daisyblooms4813]

MEG! So good to see you and so happy you are cancer free. I love your channel. Best wishes to you and hope to see more of you in 2025 :-)

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much and best 2025 wishes right back to you! :)

[@terresatate3693]

Welcome back Meg!! Glad to hear that the surgery was successful and that you’re starting to feel somewhat better. Pace yourself and rest when you need to.

[@JeniferCampbell]

Praise God for the great health report, God truly answers prayers. Absolutely wonderful to see you back. Blessings to you and your family in 2025.❤

[@lori5829]

Meg, my sweet potatoes did the same thing, I washed them and use them in breakfast hash. Sautéed them with bacon, onion, and white potatoes, fried egg on top delicious

[@reneford6774]

So happy to hear your calm voice again! Cant wait to see your spring garden.🎉

[@meggrowsplants]

It still shocks me that everyone thinks my voice is calm, haha! But im glad you think so :) Planning the spring garden as we speak! I cannot wait for warmer weather, happy 2025!

[@TinaAnn527]

I’ve missed you! Such wonderful news about your surgery. You look fantastic! Glad you took some time to take care of yourself. Hugs! -Justine, PA Zone 7a 🌱

[@coden1ke]

You are back! - Thrilled to hear the good news!

[@meggrowsplants]

we are so back!

[@rachelchua9699]

I'm glad you're getting better. Hoping for a better 2025.

[@ashrob12345]

Glad to see you back online. We’ve all got that icky cold thing. Welcome back! Let’s get growing.

[@jaydamaddox7195]

I cried really tears hearing your news. Continuing to pray for your recovery and progress. Happy new years

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. Happy New Year!

[@johannachan9685]

I am so happy to see you back and well!!!!! 💜💜💜

[@meggrowsplants]

Im happy to be back :)

[@brittanigrows]

Happy to see you back and doing better! ❤

[@meggrowsplants]

thank you so much! Im so happy to be back :)

[@RockymountainRach]

So glad to hear your surgery went so well! Happy new year 🎉❤

[@meggrowsplants]

thank you!! happy new year :)

[@cindywhite8597]

Yay. So glad you are cancer free. 🎉. So glad you are back. Love your content 😊

[@lisaf568]

SO glad you are doing well. I saw you on the Epic channel today and it made me smile! I am so happy you said gardening is about failures, so many don't see it that way, you learn adjust and hopefully come out stronger the next year!

[@AnyKeyLady]

Happy New Year Meg! So glad to hear that the surgery went well and you are healing. Take Care x

[@bravistaone4963]

Hi Meg. I'm so happy for you! It's nice, that you're safe and sound again. I find your videos very informative and your calm, warm voice is like balm for my soul. Your garden and everything you grow is really beautiful! Stay strong, stay as you are and keep up the good work. You are a great woman! Many hugs!🫂❤ Best regards, Michele

[@meggrowsplants]

Aw this is such a nice comment! Thank you so so much, I really appreciate it! Happy new year. :)

[@bravistaone4963]

@@meggrowsplantsThank you Meg. Wish you all the best for your life🤗

[@lisawalker9836]

Soo good to see you, Meg! Welcome back and bless God for the successful surgery...praying for complete healing!🎉🎊💃

[@MsSheSheJo]

So glad to see you Meg❤️🙏🏾

[@meggrowsplants]

so happy to be back :)

[@bublhed]

Glad to hear the good news about your health! About the Roselle…I was in the same situation. In fact, I never got to see buds. I actually just started them indoors this time - and I started my onions last month. I have a freezer full of scotch bonnets and I’m not sure what to do with them. I harvested a few early butternut squash. You can slice them and fry them with a light egg and flour coating. They taste pretty good but I hate frying. I’m hoping to see your recipes!

[@MarlenesHomeandGarden]

Wow! I am so thankful that your surgery went well. Glad you are better. 🙏

[@lawrenberghanson4401]

Congrats on "beeting" (😉) that cancer! Keep up the regimen! 👍🏿 Great bounty! I would also advise you not to feel the pressure that You are the person who has to use all the bounty just because you grew it. Back in the day, people traded their excess bounty. You can give some away what you think you can't use. You probably will make someone's day.

[@zehdyk]

So glad you are feeling better. What a great harvest to end the year with!

[@Pachinko1]

Great to see you in two videos today, your video and the Epic Gardening video 🎉❤🎉

[@keithramsdell2691]

We are two counties NW of you, for reference. We started roselle indoors, not because we were experts, but because we were excited when we received the seeds and didn’t want to wait to see what they looked like! Planted 3 seeds in a 72 cell tray, 3 germinated and 3 turned into massive shrubs that were blown over by Helene, which made it…at a 45 degree angle. Starting them indoors made all the difference. We had a massive harvest, which we froze. Made all sorts of muffins and breads for Thanksgiving. So, some hope for your plans for next year! Re: sweet potatoes, we also had a bumper crop of sweet potatoes in our jerk clay soil. We didn’t water them and they somehow lasted the drought, as we were gone all summer. I know that you have a lot of raised beds, but perhaps there’s an area where you can plant in ground instead? On the peanut front, we’ve never grown them, so we’re going to give it a go this year, seeing what you were able to grow. Wishing you health and peace this new year. 🎉

[@judyhawkins6470]

You look wonderful, glad your surgery was successful. Welcome back.

[@judithabroguena2635]

Meg you can use calamanei as meat tenderizer. Very suitable get rid of bad smell in fish, chicken, pork, beef. After you wash,clean the meat you can add some of the juice extracted . Add flavors too. Also when you like to make ice tea or hot tea you can squeeze calamansi. . You can make also hot calamansi put some honey. . Also it's best in steak, roasted pork belly, beef, chicken . It's also best in sauce with soy sauce, chilli peppers.

[@meggrowsplants]

Oh thank you for all of the recommendations! I am going to grow it more and hopefully harvest it at the right time next time to get more of the juice from them!

[@SpecialGardens]

Happy New Year and Thank Goodness everything went swell ! 😊 no Pune intended you’ll be back to your normal self in no time , especially as the weather gets nicer😌, again enjoy your garden and the new year, cheers to good health and gardens🥂

[@thapelo351]

Hey! Congratulations on a successful operation. We are forever grateful. I can't wait to see more of your beautiful aura, face, and content.

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much!! :) happy new year!

[@miguelllewellyn4492]

So happy to see you back ❤

[@meggrowsplants]

thank you, so happy to be back :)

[@ugababe1985]

Welcome back. I’m so glad to see that you are well. 💕

[@meggrowsplants]

thank you so much! happy new year :)

[@aalejardin]

Very happy the surgery went well. You were so right to push for the biopsy. Now you can look forward to planning for next year’s garden.

[@meggrowsplants]

yes, so thankful that i did! happy new year! :)

[@lorrigierman7089]

Was so excited to see your face in my subscriptions this moving. I've missed your great content. So glad to hear your surgery was a success!

[@meggrowsplants]

I'm so excited to be back and chatting with everyone again! Thanks so much :)

[@jackiek4159]

The garden is looking so good! Glad you're doing okay lovely lady! 🙏💕✨

[@meggrowsplants]

This was before the big frost! the garden is all sad now, lol but we are so ready for spring! happy new year :)

[@Shaimaa-ArtStudio]

So happy you are cancer free 🥰 you look amazing! and what a harvest! and in November! pepper plants always surprise me with the amount of fruit they produce, I live in an apartment, and I have a few hydroponic systems and still I get overwhelmed by the number of peppers I get. Hibiscus are delicious I am actually sipping on a cold sweet hibiscus drink while watching your video! it helped me stop drinking sodas and I use monk fruit sugar substitute to sweeten it, it is very popular in Egypt my home country and we believe it help regularize and lower blood pressure, but no one quote me on that I am not a doctor LOL.

[@CWorgen5732]

Yay! Good news! I'm so glad for you.

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you! happy new year :)

[@thepipingbagbakery4399]

Soooo glad to see you, Meg💕

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

Wonderful garden you got that Meg. Happy New Year gorgeous.

[@bowtielife]

So great to see you back! ...and with answers to prayers for your surgery. Very heartwarming to hear of your healing!🙏 You've had luffa!! Gorgeous! I harvested over 500 on 5 vines... it was overwhelming and at one point, literally nightmare inducing. I have been making videos on finding uses for them all. I am so glad yours stayed mostly contained. Mine ate everything in sight for at least 40 feet in every direction INCLUDING a 17 foot tree trunk measuring 11 feet around the diameter at the base! 😳😲😯😧

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much! And oh my gosh. Id pay to see a luffa that huge! That is insane, what did you do with all of them? I'll have to check out the videos :)

[@redthunder2010]

Great news about your thyroid, and it's good to have you back❤

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so so much! happy new year :)

[@gardenheiress1990]

You can make a dilute vinegar or bleach mixture and soak your sponges in that to try and get rid of the spots on your sponges.

[@meggrowsplants]

I will try that!

[@MyFocusVaries]

Such great news on your cancer treatment being successful. ❤️

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you! Happy new year! :)

[@moiroflex295]

I hope you did a video showing all you did with the peppers. This is my first year growing a lot of the peppers I was recommended by you and I don’t have a clue what to do with them 😩😂. Totally fine if you didn’t , I just love watching your gardening journey and harvests. I’m glad you have recovered well from your surgery

[@meggrowsplants]

I hate to say that I ended up not filming all of the pepper things. It was too close to the holidays and I got so busy and got sick AGAIN. But, there are a few pepper recipes on my channel already! Go check them out :) When in doubt, the easiest thing to do is dehydrate them and grind them into powder!

[@moiroflex295]

@ thank you so much! I will definitely check those videos out

[@KamalTabikha]

Omg, Meg, it's so good to see you and your garden! Really missed you and so happy to hear that your health is all good, looking forward to your loufa soap video!

[@meggrowsplants]

thank you! happy new year!

[@chamberswagner2010]

I'm glad you are doing well. I was thinking about you the other day and hoping things were going well. That's an awesome final harvest! I'm looking forward to following your garden in 2025!

[@lisakbeemon]

Great harvest. Our sweet potatoes were the same way, however, delicious. Glad your surgery went well. Have a healthy and blessed New Year.

[@meggrowsplants]

happy new year to you! :)

[@mermaidtale1]

Can't wait for more cooking and gardening videos Meg! Much appreciation from New Zealand

[@meggrowsplants]

They're coming full force this year! happy new year :)

[@KashmirMovieProduction]

Beautiful video sharing ❤ nice to see you back in garden ❤

[@meggrowsplants]

thank you! happy new year! :)

[@kathyv3909]

Hi Meg, so glad you feel well enough to be back as you are able. I just wanted to let you know that you advocating for yourself and addressing that openly inspired me to also advocate for myself medically, and be brave to push to address some issues. Thank you for that!

[@LeahNess-t7o]

Good to see you ❤❤ glad all is going well for you.🎉🎉 great harvest😊

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much, happy new year!

[@BrightestBlessings7899]

Fantastic garden harvest. I am here in BC Canada! We can't grow okra or rosell here. We have 110 days of growth here. I start peppers and celery and onions indoors. I will put seeds in pots this week or so. I love gardening! It is my life blood! I think your sweet potatoes may need some well rotted compost and goat or llama manure. Perhaps some blood/bone meal. I went thru this too growing potatoes.

[@meggrowsplants]

It definitely feels like my life blood too (: such a rewarding hobby!

[@TheSnuffy1994]

Ahh so happy to see a video from you again❤❤ hoping you feel completely better soon.

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much!!

[@robertmarsh8334]

Calimanci would be great in a hot sauce ❤ Glad to see you are doing better

[@meggrowsplants]

ooo it really would! I used these ones in a mead, though. Ill remmeber for next year!

[@gperk929]

Happy you're doing well! Maderna helps with scarring. I used it after my c-section and after ten years you can barely see my scar ❤

[@meggrowsplants]

Oh yes, I am using mederma every day! Love that stuff

[@ShakinaRiley-v1j]

Beautiful harvest, nice to see you, happy new year ❤❤

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much! happy new year :)

[@megtgriffin]

Cammy of The Sheep Game says “you win, or you learn”, i love that perspective. Glad to have you back , Megs!❤

[@helenmcclellan452]

Those sweet potatoes are delicious even when small and thin, so go ahead and cure, wash, & bake then in aluminum foil and enjoy. We cure and eat every size we did up.

[@meggrowsplants]

I decided to just cure them as usual and they made a great sweet potato casserole for xmas!

[@albertnett7864]

Happy New Year to you.

[@meggrowsplants]

happy new year!

[@potagermalo]

Coucou Formidable vidéo bravo À bientôt

[@meggrowsplants]

[@juniorrodriguez4692]

Happy New Year Meg, hugs from Brazil ❤🇧🇷

[@meggrowsplants]

Happy new year!! I hope you have the best 2025 (:

[@sonyahogan5673]

You look amazing Meg!! Continued prayers for you dear! What variety is your luffa plant? Happy New Year, it's great to see you looking so good!

[@heartsong111]

I ended up using my tiny sweet potatoes to grow my own slips the following year.

[@jeffsherwood9151]

Hi from Statesville glad u back and doing ok

[@mixmix3499]

So missed your voice and your face. God is so good!

[@meggrowsplants]

Awww I missed being here and chatting with you all as well! 2025 is going to be so much better, I can feel it! ❤️

[@grisespino5342]

Great harvest!

[@shelleygeary3205]

Welcome back! You look great!

[@meggrowsplants]

thank you so much!

[@sunrisefarm_on_the_hill]

Excited to have found your channel! You must be more south or to the coast vs us. We had our first hard frost just before Halloween, up here in the mountain this year. I’m sure I’ll be jealous come spring 😂

[@sunrisefarm_on_the_hill]

Also, my first year planting loofah I did five, we are still using loofah‘s from three years ago. We harvested over 70 and just stopped 😂

[@TanishaBehera-rl7yx]

Love love love 💕 I love your videos Thank you so much for your hard work ❤ I hope you're doing well ❤️‍🩹🫂 Love love love 💕

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much! I’m finally feeling much better ❤️

[@TanishaBehera-rl7yx]

@meggrowsplants ❤️❤️‍🩹🫂🫶🏻

[@leslieholleman4815]

Meg, It's wonderful to see you back in the garden and healing and doing well! Could your experience be helpful to researchers looking into the thyroid cancer clusters in Iredell County?

[@meggrowsplants]

You know, I have actually thought about that!! Especially since I was raised in statesville and we lived in the Mooresville area right when the nodule was first found. But I don’t know how to reach out to them, but I’m going to look into it. It is crazy how there is literally a thyroid cancer there!

[@ndbg46881]

Hi Meg, Happy New Year and I'm glad to see you out in the garden! What a beautiful harvest. Is that trellis you have from Gardeners Supply? If so, I want a trellis and trying to transport a cattle panel seems like too much work. I want to grow Loofah's this year. How do you like that trellis? Try soaking the loofah in bleach to clean them up and then rinse thoroughly. I have my last home grown one left and they are excellent for using in the shower. Old lady tip - if you are harvesting the last peppers of the season, just cut the plants at soil level and bring them to a place to sit. Then you can harvest while sitting instead of bending over. Works for beans, too! Leave those roots in the soil to decompose. I grew Roselle for the first time this year and I was disappointed, too. Plants grew great but the buds were very small. I'm in southern Maryland so a little shorter season. I believe my problem was that I needed to harvest the first buds as soon as they ripen or the next ones won't be as big. I hope someone else weighs in on this. And the yield is small per bud. And the leaves are edible. I hope you try again!

[@janetlynn3397]

Glad to see your doing well. I have the same problem as in I'm not sure what to do with all of the produce once I grow it.

[@meggrowsplants]

Its every gardeners best problem to have!

[@danielletoussain3487]

Happy New year girl i m so Happy your canser free big hug from the netherlans😊🎉🎉🎉

[@mikimayagain]

Roselle is fantastic! I grew them in Florida. I moved up to the Carolinas 6 months ago, looking for my house so I can garden again (rental with no where to garden). I'm really interested in how starting roselle inside will eork.

[@meggrowsplants]

Oh I bet they were so easy to grow in Florida! Welcome to the carolinas :) I hope you settle here well and happy new year!

[@queshawndrejackson4176]

Happy New Year!!!!!

[@meggrowsplants]

Happy new year to you!!! I wish you the best in 2025 🥰

[@queshawndrejackson4176]

@ same to you too!

[@JK_341]

Sweet potato waffles, just sayin' 😂 But no really it's so good to see you back, i got excited to see a new upload from you in my feed!

[@tammyohlsson7966]

What in the world will you do with all that beautiful harvest!? Congratulations!

[@larrya3989]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@diannebeatty3851]

Here's to being cancer-free! You go, girl! 🎉

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you so much! :)

[@SplitComp]

Hi Meg. Happy New Year! Found you off Epic Gardening. I am going to click and scrub through your videos (and like and share of course!)... but I need to ask, and hope it was you... I am looking for the pollinator flower that is purple, and as it grows, unfurls like a fern, or if i recall, you said a finger. I'm looking to add something from you, Jaques, and Kevin to my garden this year. Nasturtiums for Kevin. Deciding on what it is for J.

[@KJ-vs2om]

Sweet potatoes like abuse and poor soil. I literally filled a bed with our Texas heavy clay dirt and did not fertilize them, barely watered them and got 40lbs of nice sweet potatoes. Check out millennial gardeners sweet potato video from this year. P.S. thanks for all your videos about squash and vine borers, huge help!

[@meggrowsplants]

That’s interesting! I’ll have to check out that video! Now that I think about it i think that’s how I planted them the first year. And you’re so welcome. Best of luck combatting them in 2025! 🫡

[@diablomom]

14:17 my Filipino family harvests these orange 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mstinamc1]

Who did you get your Roselle Hibiscus seeds from?

[@قناةطبخالمغربيالاصيل]

مسيرة مزفقةحفظك الاه ورعاك 💚💚💚⚘️⚘️🎈🎈👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Thrillhouse150]

I’m glad I’m not the only gardener who is scared of spiders 😂

[@meggrowsplants]

No one better make fun of my sandals and socks 😂😂

[@doloressanchez9214]

😂😂😂

[@emkn1479]

I’m north of you but I want to try roselle. I loved agua de Jamaica when I was in Mexico. I’m going to start it really early indoors, like pretty soon actually. Do you think if you cut it to the ground and mulched that maybe the roots would survive?

[@meggrowsplants]

I dont think the roots would survive. It just gets a bit too cold for it to be a perennial here. But, let me know how starting it early goes! Im going to aim for starting it indoors about 8 weeks before last frost, so within the next month or so!

[@cordybear4467]

i seriously didnt even notice your scar intill you pointed it out

[@meggrowsplants]

Yay! I think it is much more noticeable to me because Im just staring at myself editing all the time. It has been a bit of a challenge, honestly. But I know it will fade!

[@rinarose9544]

HUGE congrats on being cancer-free!

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank you!!! Feels so good!

[@sheliaheverin8822]

Every year my gardening is trial and error. If it doesn't work this time, I try something else next time.

[@emkn1479]

Couldn’t help but think of the classic Sesame Street peanut bit kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ2WkHt5bap0jJYsi=jissdCfKs_W2PLE0 😂 We got that cold too…it was nasty! Glad to have you back! And yeah I got some intestinal looking sweet potatoes too 😅 Also, if the soil is too rich, they’ll produce more vines than roots. They’re fine inground in even kind of rough soil. I barely watered mine, just deeply mulched the space. We’re going to try making sweet potato wine with the runts. PS I recently heard a podcast about the origination of ranch dressing…pretty interesting. Gastropod. Great show! Check it out!

[@meggrowsplants]

Whatever it was was just awful! Worse than covid lol. Good point about the sweet potatoes, Ill be sure to just throw them in the dirt somewhere this year lol. It was probably too rich of soil for them! Ill check out that podcast :) happy new year!

[@Lillian-u3d]

What peppers are not called Chili's anymore ?

[@CWorgen5732]

Wait, you're friends with Jordan and Sylvan? Like colleagues, or like you cook together?

[@meggrowsplants]

Just online friends :) I wish I could meet them IRL!

[@Megatron_20]

Is it papillary carcinoma of thyroid ?

[@meggrowsplants]

@@Megatron_20 yes, it was!

[@Megatron_20]

@@meggrowsplants It’s reassuring to know that thyroid cancer generally has one of the best prognoses. No need to worry. It’s good to see you back!😀😃

[@stephaniefuller]

Would you be interested in selling me some liffa seeds?