It's sad but not devastating (tearing out the garden) | VLOG

[@geeker211]

"we're not just growing a garden, we're growing as gardeners" that is my new favorite garden quote ever!

[@bluegirl777]

I thought the same when she said it. ❤

[@nicolelaraine]

I might be a little emotional today but I teared up when she said that. 🥺💕

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

Does anybody else often rewind Jess’s vlogs if someone interrupts your video or just to hear it again and think about it more in depth because you don’t want the video to be over? 💝

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

If you paint the handle of your hori hori a bright color it will be easier to find in the garden!

[@beefandchicken]

Pro tip.

[@TheOneTheyCallTim]

Or wrap with neon duct tape. Won't chip off.

[@steveegbert7429]

Good ideas! I lost count of how much time I spend looking for mine, and I've only had it since last summer. Bought it on Jess' recommendation and I love it!

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

@@steveegbert7429 Thanks.

[@jodychapple5351]

I'm about to start Spring planting here in QLD Australia. Our temperature for Winter only goes down to about 6 degrees Celsius at night, but can have still be up to 20+ degrees Celsius through the day.

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

Just a tip, I use a bicycle basket with hooks that grab over the handlebars to hook into the cattle panels while I pick heavy loads of food.

[@laurarawlings5421]

When you talked about bringing a pen down to label things, I remembered a tip I saw that I think is genius. Perhaps you may find it helpful. Put a mailbox in your garden (or perhaps in that area) with small supplies that you often need there so you don't have to go back up to the garden shed for things. Ex: labels, pen, nippers, string, garden tape...le hori-hori, etc. My yard isn't big enough to need this yet, but once I have a big enough piece of land I'm all about it!

[@ontariogardening]

That is a great tip! Thanks for that.

[@zeppypaige]

“We’re not just growing a garden, we’re growing AS gardeners” ~ Jess you have such a knack for coming up with great tee shirt/sticker ideas 💜

[@jbelme1]

The way you’re talking about removing the garden, is how I feel when I have to “thin” seedlings. It’s so sad & wasteful.

[@KenS1267]

I have to really steel myself for that. I know I have to but it just feels so wrong.

[@pillowsrocker]

I'm so glad I'm not alone in this lol

[@joanies6778]

Same here. I have 2 peppers in a tray I never separated or put in the ground. I literally have a pepper growing on a pair of seedlings I did not want to throw out. 😂😂😂

[@loriwebster8574]

Me too!! I have let seedlings live only to choke each other out because I hate thinning!! 😂😂😂

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Same here!

[@gardengirl50t30]

When are we going to see your PANTRY?? You said you would show us when you finished it. It looks AMAZING from what we've seen so far.

[@ashleydelong9270]

How awesome would it be if Benturn bought your property whenever you decide to leave. He's been such a vital part of the growth you've had there. Wouldn't it be so special if you were preparing it all for him?

[@stephwilson8822]

Oh how I needed to hear that encouragement. I'm a first time gardener who lost almost all my garden (and roof) from a recent storm in Iowa. I needed to hear this. Gardening is a life long lesson that I've only just begun. We are optimists, we are life long learners, and hopeful day dreamers. Thanks Jess!

[@emmmdogg]

“Three Dads tall” had me lol-ing! 😂

[@averypagan1873]

“We’re growing as gardeners” 🖤 some of these little things you say make me tear up! You speak to my heart!

[@Kriszee4]

'It's like 3 Dad's tall!" 😆 love that

[@extrabranch706]

That definitely made me giggle too! 😂

[@1973moondragon]

When your summer garden ends your compost grows for a new season of more growing. May your gardens be every beautiful fruitful and full of wonder.

[@Candylandavenue1]

I don’t know about you, but after this crazy year we’ve had, tearing out the garden is a little comforting this year. It’s hope for something new. ❤️ I’m excited to be starting over.

[@brittanyvandervoort2150]

It is so nice to hear you talk about the sadness that is felt when the garden is dying because I am totally feeling that right now. I honestly feel better knowing that I am not alone in feeling this way. I am by no means a first time gardener, however, this is my first year growing on this property, in a new state, and a new zone. I am originally from NW PA where the growing season is short, but beautiful and amazing. We have been living in VA now for 4 years and just bought our first home with 2 acres last summer. We had been living in an apartment for 3 years where I could only grow in pots on my patio, so when we finally found this house and property I was mostly excited that I could finally have a garden again! We are right on the cusp on zones 7a/7b as well. And even though I am not a first time gardener, I’m a little rusty to having a full on in ground garden and also, a completely different area....I am thrilled to have an extended growing season and have learned so much this year. This is actually how I found your channel this past winter when I was planning the garden to come this year. Because of you, I have grown things I’ve never grown before and I have learned so much, I have planted a second wave of summer crops and have my fall garden started indoors. These are both firsts for me that I first learned from you! I go out to the garden everyday and this week in particular I keep coming inside and telling my husband that the garden is a sad place right now and he gives me chocolate to cheer me up. I’ve battled pests that I have never battled before and plants have been eaten and things are dying. We have had a ton of rain and so many cracked tomatoes. We are planning on putting in raised beds next year to hopefully battle that? This is literally the worst tomato year I think I have ever had. And the squash bugs were absolutely insane this year. We also have had a large family of locusts living in our garden. -anyway, that all adds up to so many lessons learned this year. Thank you for doing all that you do! You and your family are such a blessing for so many. P. S. I am super stoked about your book and I am 100% cheering you on!

[@heatherm8848]

"We're not just growing a garden, we're growing as gardeners." Love this!

[@Emmeskay90]

Your boys in the garden is the sweetest conversations

[@przlsc]

Seasons of life are like the garden. Our 20’s,30’s,40’s are like spring and summer. Lush and bountiful and productive! I’m in my early 60’s, productive, but not nearly as beautiful and lush as summer 🤗

[@laurawestenra]

If you put the overgrown squash and zucchini in a food processor they basically dissolve into a pasta sauce or soup. I freeze them flat in bags like you do. After the aromatics, I brown the squash puree a little in the oil/fat before I add tomatoes etc.

[@mattsara2802]

It is so sad to pull out the garden. Don't forget all that it has provided. I try every year to provide more and more throughout the year grown in my garden and you are such an inspiration to us wanna-bes.

[@ralugator]

Awww. I feel especially for the boys, who don't seem quite ready to say goodbye to the summer crops. Learning about the cycle of the seasons.

[@kathsgullygardennewzealand5979]

Your summer garden is finishing and here in New Zealand we are finishing winter and just coming into spring. So cant wait for our grow season to take off

[@sonyaolsen744]

I started my tomato seeds 31 Jul, indoors along with other vegies. Yesterday morning I finally put my tomatoes out in to the garden. All looking good, and so glad I started them off early. I still have plenty of time if something happens to them. Now I need to search out spots to plant all the vegetables (small backyard). Will have to find spots that are not normally a veggie garden bed. By the way, I'm here in South Australia.

[@sharoncardenas5447]

And to think...it all starts from a handful of seeds!!! Just precious. I BLESS YOU ALL!😇❤

[@tlgpb0627]

I smiled when you said you were planting more basil. Its so funny how as a gardener you can feel overwhelmed with a specific plant one minute then turn around and think i should plant more. I totally do the same thing.

[@portialancaster3442]

Think about this day as a memorial day when you say goodbye to this year's abundance and thank it with your memories and the wisdom it gave you. Blessings to Gaia.

[@northdakota1987]

Sad but oh so satisfying to know how much you fed your family with everything from that garden 😊 And....will continue to feed!

[@MariaReyes-yf1ob]

Your boys are truly sad to see the garden go. My heart broke,true gardeners

[@TheSpottedBoot]

The delight on your face is the same exact feeling I get when I find my lost Hori Hori knife a million times per season. It's my favorite tool 💚 and I'm always losing it! PS. I know how you love writing and are a wordsmith. I love your writing so with love, it's devastating not devestating 🥰

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Good catch thanks! I fixed it! That’s what happens when I type anything on my phone while I cook breakfast 😂

[@brandialford6079]

🤣8:52🤣 ...so the cucuzzi vine is going to come out today." (Tobi in the background)...WHAT! 😱 NOOOOOOoooooo 😂😂

[@garyandcathyamerine4810]

Jess, you are such an encouraging teacher,thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. Wise beyond your years.

[@markkennedy6066]

Thanks Jess you have kept me inspired this year. I got a late start too this year and I am still getting a great tomato harvest and will start planting some lettuce for fall. Keep at it - at 60 I'm still learning.

[@mancavegamingandgardening9901]

13:57 Toby and I are on the same team, more watermelons, MOAR PEPPERS

[@msjuju1109]

I started my very first garden this year and I’ve learned a lot. The tomatoes plants I grew from seed and they did well. They became my babies and having to think about the end of their lives, my heart broke a little bit. Thank you for posting your videos. I’ve learned a lot.

[@4parsnips976]

We invest so much of us in our gardens that we can't help but feel affected by the end of summer but this year I'm feeling hopeful because for the first time, I'll have a few crops growing into winter and I'm already planning for next year. Thank you for your time, knowledge and humour.

[@conniecolbert3144]

I’m betting the grandparents are gonna love being at your place for a while :)

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

Not a sad day, not a sad day... Thank you for saying this will be hard. Tears up, not a sad day.

[@hannahbrady3109]

I just read in When Things Fall Apart all about embracing the beauty of impermanence! So timely. Only through constant change do we get to experience excitement and joy. 💜

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

So good!

[@EleniZazani1]

Love your mugs/jugs, especially this.

[@karenl7786]

This is just what I needed to hear this morning. The time I have left is even shorter here in Chicago and my butternut squash and melon plants just refused to produce this year. But I've already got some radishes, arugula and broccoli rabe sprouting, some peppers and my tomatoes are still producing so there's consolation in continuity!

[@rhondamurff9101]

I, too, live in the Chicago area, a SW suburb, and some of my tomatoes did well and others, not so well! Part of that is my fault as both my grapevine and Wisteria plants took off like crazy this year obscuring part of my garden from the sun!! That being said the weather's been weird!

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Hugs! I'm over here by grand rapids mi and I had one mini melon the size of a baseball it fell off the vine as the vine died last week. The 3 or 4 mouthfuls for hubs and i were tasty there is also next year(thats my montra) in another bed is the same melon with 3 golf ball melons. Im hoping for a long fall. Its been another weird season. But know that you are not alone I grew honeynut squash this year and out of 4 vines I have 9 set and hoping they ripen before any frost hits..

[@karenl7786]

@@Emeraldwitch30 Thanks for the encouragement! I'm already planning for next year lol! Good luck to you too.

[@rayerenna7286]

With basil, found out this year that if you cut it back close to the ground, it will regrow quickly with fresh new leaves.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Really! That’s exciting to hear

[@loritanner4478]

Jess, I just have to tell you. Thanks to you for teaching me how to grow tomatoes last year and this year. I am finally getting ripe tomatoes! Last year I got enough to can my own tomato sauces. I only had about 40 plants last year. But with the adage of you can't eat the leaves. I did the pruning thing last year and my living on the southern Oregon coast. Where it doesn't get hot during the day. An forget about it being warm at night. So I always had huge lush tomato plants and tomatoes that never ripened. Till you. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You also inspired me early this year to start all my own tomato plants and all my other garden plants. I also got my greenhouse done in april. So I increased the amount, planting 130 tomato plants this year. And a couple of days ago. I went out and picked a big basket full of beautiful tomatoes. Of all kinds and sizes. And I brought them in to my farmhouse kitchen. I looked around for a place to set them down. And I had baskets of tomatoes sitting everywhere. I said out loud to myself. Oh my GOD! My kitchen looks like Jess's kitchen with all her tomatoes everywhere! And if it wasn't for your ideas, this 60 year old would still be growing big lush plants with hardly any ripe ones ever! Saturday is going to be tomato processing day. Pulled 8 gallon bags of tomatoes out of my freezer too. Next year I will be growing even more. I'm hooked! I planted 17 of my tomato plants in my greenhouse. And all my pepper plants too. They are doing really great. All the rest of the tomato plants are being grown outside. And the outside ones are actually ripening faster. I'm even getting alot of ground cherries. That I started from seed because of how much you all loved them. I love them too. Going to save up a bunch and make jam. Also have 5 Kari melons ripening away out in the garden. Again, thank you so much for all your wisdom and ideas. Garden on everyone!

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

I’m so proud of you!!!!!

[@loritanner4478]

@@RootsandRefugeFarm thank you. Even my hubby commented that our kitchen looked like yours. With baskets of tomatoes everywhere. I laughed at that. He also said there are NO disappointment tomatoes anywhere. Lol

[@GutenGardening]

We love saving our seeds! Thanks for sharing.

[@abesyparrado]

2:07 the way Ben points.. 😆 So cute!

[@FranchesicaMiddleton]

Such a bounty you have received. God truly is great. He uses you to foster love of gardening.

[@lindafulcher869]

For Toby: toss some broccoli "trees" in salt and olive oil mixed together and roast in the oven until brown turning halfway through. The eating is more like french fries than broccoli -yum!

[@jeanniechancellor807]

Ok so the last half was better because you actually showed some of what you were taking about in your clean up, thanks and thanks for replying earlier.

[@janetteeslick6309]

You are such a great teacher! I watch all your videos and can not WAIT to get your book. This is my first year to garden, but gardening is a learning process no matter how long you’ve been at it, I’m sure! Thank you for all you do!

[@ericawaymaster2919]

I pulled my garden last weekend to make room for the fall garden. It really is bitter sweet. Now I have visions of the fall garden in my head trying to map it out.

[@thejesuspeoplehomesteadcyn6043]

It's not a sad day , but it is sad .. I'm feeling it more this year than ever before .. I think it's the state of the world making me sad about taking out plants ...

[@tinabuttrum8770]

I have started planting my spinach, cauliflower and carrots with some flowers for my fall/winter garden. It was sad pulling out my cucumbers and some peppers. I had to trim my basil and I am planting my asparagus beans , I am in GA so where I live it stated the foods that I can plant in August. First time doing a winter garden. I don't have high expectations. Most of my tomatoes are dead except my cherry tomatoes. I live in the city so I have to container garden. I watched some videos you had about how you can plant in anything pretty much so I am making my own type of grow bags. I am planting in dollar tree fabric boxes you use for decorating and storage. This will be an adventure for sure! LOL. Thank you Jess for posting videos about gardening! My daddy had 7 large gardens growing up. We ate everything we grew, it was a wonderful time in my life! We also had a small bee farm and did honey. I had the best childhood!! You are raising your kids right. What you are teaching them now, they will rememthe rest of their lives! We grew up with God, family friends and FOOD. I am 43 and have been doing gardening on my own for a few years and your videos help me so much. Thank you and God bless you and yours.

[@joanies6778]

"We're not only growing gardens. We're growing as gardeners." Spot on!

[@norwegianbee849]

Tobi’s expression when he says all watermelon ❤️

[@Finnswife3]

I love your philosophy on the changing of the seasons. I will be sharing your sentiment and trying to live it. Blessings from The Cobblestone Cottage! 🏡🌻

[@lisachubrilo]

I put in a big beautiful garden and what shocked me is how fast it's over. Luckily I found u and had learned to plant for fall🌱.

[@casachiquita343]

This video was great! I really appreciate you considering my request for the video and making it. I learned quite a few things about what to do when I have to take out certain plants from my little garden. You're one of the very first youtubers I stumbled across when I first started wanting to learn about gardening. I started a bit late this Spring, but I've learned so much from you and others in the garden community. Thank you for continuing to share your knowledge and experience with us. We all really appreciate it.

[@sowsweet7568]

Im learning so much! My cucumbers were almost wiped out by a stray dog. They were barely hanging on and were stunted. They are now just starting to take off and I just trellised them. I’m hoping they last into the fall❤️

[@jenniferdawson2536]

Your boys are adorable! Good to address the emotion in it all. I love this!

[@kiki29073]

You would be proid of me Jess. I managed to save seeds from everything I grew plus some of my neighbors garden efforts. My garden was new because we just moved here so it was small. Neighbors had established beds. They shared with us. I asked if they seed saved they said no so I went through their gardens and showed then how and we allowed things to mature and then I went back and collected and fermented what needed and dried what didn't. We split all the seeds. So now I have a small seed library.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

I am proud

[@jsmythib]

Im really looking forward to making improvements this fall. Time to design and imagine a new landscape and growing methods :) It was a great summer in the garden, thanks for everything, always.

[@lavendercrowl5695]

Hey Jess, we all r saying that in the past few days... a hint of fall feeling! I just noticed what Jerimiah used 4 rails on yr new support around stairs. Great inexpensive idea painting them.

[@patamthor4934]

Very good showing how you tear the garden out! I am glad to know about the big sunflower roots and I will not try to dig out but cut and leave the root in the ground! My chemo has really messed up my gardening but husband has kept watered as much as he can! It's a lot! Blessings on all gardenersa

[@TaylorOwen]

Your channel has been such a joy to watch this year and a true inspiration. I got myself three cattle panel trellises back in March for our Baltimore city back yard garden and the last month or so has been cucumbers galore and volunteer mystery squash as always. Last year we got a couple butternuts, this year it looks like acorn. 💚7b💚

[@chayh.6249]

😂😂😂I have found lost tools within my plants months later myself!!😂😂😂

[@monicamayer977]

Pregnant with the garden next year! Won't forget that! Deep Breathing Jess

[@mcspankie2010]

I tore mine out last week. It was sad but we were very blessed with great harvests and few pests!!!!

[@jameswoodsjr1576]

It is a downer knowing I have to cut out my summer plants. I've put it off as long as I can. I try to focus more on what I'll be planting for my fall crops, so hopefully, it won't seem as bad as it is this time. Like you said, Jess, it's bittersweet.

[@shuvanidev]

I can't believe how fast the time has flown by! Seems like I just watched you planting tomatoes :) Looking forward to the autumn and winter gardens now.

[@mamahenry6507]

Thank you sweetie, I really needed to hear this right now. I bless you, until next time 😇

[@wineberryfarmhorserescue1300]

Thank you for this video. I needed this today!!! We are first year gardeners and we are sad because everything from the summer garden is dying. We are going to try a first time fall garden but its harder for us than we thought! Growing as gardeners will be our new mantra!

[@takishasallbeautyzone]

I love that we're always doing similar stuff in our gardens at the same time (more or less). I'm a smidge earlier/ warmer, but it's almost like a nice confirmation that I did the right thing. And since we're not that far apart in zones (I'm 8a), I still have time to go back and make adjustments if I forgot something or you remind me of a veg/fruit that I forgot. Thanks for all of your help. 💚

[@marshashelley8668]

A lot of us here where I am have lost most of our gardens to the deer this year.😕😕 . I put up a taller fence and saved some things, but they are coming in late, so praying for a nice Indian Summer this year! My tomatoes are just now ripening! Put some root crops and red beans in for Fall, and look forward to next Spring here in n. Idaho!

[@siancookie9272]

Loving the time laps of you guys working! Would love to see more of those!

[@almakelly5248]

My sister had banana trees. She wrapped them in burlap for wintering over.

[@amyg986]

I love watching your boys. They are so funny.

[@kaylarose9985]

Watching your videos really brighten my day, thank you.

[@TigOlBitties1985]

I just ripped out a bunch yesterday getting ready for my cold weather stuff as well. As a new gardener I'm still learning everything. I'm hoping to get some nice fall crops after a very successful first season 🥰

[@sunsetsky594]

If you paint the handles a fluorescent pink or yellow they will be easier to find it the get let in the garden 😁

[@stitcharella27]

This was my first year having a garden and yes it was sad ripping out my summer plants but I’m excited for the fall crop.

[@janenichols3880]

Beginning and ending, the cycle of life. Then we replant and witness the miracle of germination and new life springs forth. Glorious!! Blessings!!

[@karenlemley8656]

Sorry it makes you sad about your garden, but isn't the birth of Lily Holler a joyous occasion🎉🎊🎈💗🎂🎁!!! She is a reason to celebrate!!! She is a angel from God!!!💗😇

[@cathyherring6424]

Thanks Jess I’m doing some of mine today too it is a bitter sweet day but the fall garden will be exciting❤️❤️

[@annamorlett]

Jess, 12:40....crazy to think you had no idea about the INSANE freeze y’all would have this year.

[@Just-Nikki]

I’m such a drama queen that I almost cried because one of my micro tomatoes was accidentally amputated...I literally have over a hundred tomato plants plus 60 or so dwarf and micro tomatoes but yeah... I got in a huff over one 😅 needless to say, I get moody until the fall crops fill in. Oh and I’m con fit-ing 🤔 some tomatoes today and that made me think of you 💚

[@heidigreene9319]

I broke a branch off of one of our tomatoes plants and popped it into a vase of water. Once the roots started to grow I popped back into the garden. It is growing and flowering now. Hoping for more tomatoes before the season ends. I just could not throw the broken piece into the compost pile. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤪😃

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Id love to see a video of which tomatoes usually get sick first (out of what varieties of tomatoes you've grown)

[@nomadclan3604]

Aww, I love seeing your sweet boys, I have a little Ben too! I recently found your channel and have learned SO much! I look forward to watching more, thank you for putting the time into giving us a glimpse into your garden/family.

[@cindycheaney9661]

Your rooster!!!! I love your metal rooster art!!

[@MagdaRantanplan]

i am in germany and in zone 7a/b also: we have brussel sprouts far into winter, even in snow and they can stand up to -10°C frost

[@justforfun1093]

Hey Jess! I wanted to let you know that i finally had a chance to try roasted Okra and i loved it!!! I referenced your for the love of okra video and it was a great help! Thank you for all the lessons you teach us in your beautiful garden.

[@amoore0713]

Your video awhile back about seed saving was so helpful! Also, Enjoyed hearing the windchimes for a sec!

[@colliecoform4854]

Here in NY we have had cooler temps at night and in the morning for a little bit. Sweatshirts and long pants are back! The first clues are the dogwood trees. They have started to change color, they are always first. My tomatoes and cukes, squash and the rest are still producing heavy, hardly any powdery mildew or blight. I can't believe I'm actually looking at my tomatoes that are full of fruit and thinking what I could plant there if they were done. I put some green beans in around the house in the flower beds even but next year will have to rethink. This is the first year in a long time my tomatoes are still healthy at the end of August, ditto the fumes and zuchini. Winter squash not ripe yet, many are still small so we'll see how they do.

[@jenniferlisowski1614]

That mug is the best yet. Love the size.

[@crystalmunsell4249]

The promises of a clean garden bed - hopes for tomorrow!

[@FermentedHomestead]

We just had to pull a lot of our tomatoes but not quite as happy of a day, we haven’t had a harvest yet. But lessons learned for next year!

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

I can't wait to have a wild flower area where I let them all go to seed.

[@deewinston5651]

You so right Jess. It’s hard. I’m older and a lot slower so I’m a little late planting my fall garden but considering I’ve never grown a fall garden I’m exciting. I’ve learned so much from you this year and I thank you. I loved it when you said “We’re not just growing a garden, we’re growing a Gardner.” That’s a great way to look at it. That’s my new motto! God bless you.🥰👩‍🌾

[@pamschonfarber1041]

Great tip about leaving roots in to breakdown to add nutrient to soil

[@robinmiller1783]

I needed this vlog... I am pulling a lot of plants tomorrow and riding a major bummer.

[@acolley2891]

Hi Poppy and Nana! Hi Jess and lovely family!

[@LVSpeedweLL]

🌹💖🥰the joy on your face at the moment the hori hori knife was found 😁 thank you for this post and for reminder about saving seed. I heard similar possibilities of low availability next year and since our library has a seed library extra can be shared. Have a great weekend, blessings 🙏🏼💖🌹your son and broccoli face 🤢lol.