My Garden Planning Advice (And Why I Don’t Like Giving It)

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[@BotanicalInterests]

Haha, we do know of you, Jess! We've watched several of your videos. You do a great job with your content and the gardening information that you provide. 😊 Thank you so much for sharing the sowing guide! We have been asked for something like that many times by our customers, so we put that together and it's been very popular so far! www.botanicalinterests.com/product/Sowing-Guides

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Haha, this tickles me so much! I love what yall are doing! Thanks for proving great information and fantastic seeds!!

[@Sheywh12]

Botanical Interests Thx for the catalog looking forward to seeing what you have for 2020 and the sowing guide too!! Sheila

[@PatchEmMommy]

Thank you!!

[@BotanicalInterests]

@@Sheywh12 Absolutely, Sheila! Enjoy the catalog! 💚

[@jenniferwatrous1896]

I just bought a few heirloom seeds from you guys! I'd never heard about Botanical Interests before watching this video and following Jess' link. You have a new customer :)

[@ginafoster990]

Jess you are straight up and honest. There are no failures in gardening just lessons learned.

[@skye32154]

Beautiful lesson Jess

[@sweetearthfarm]

Took me a second to figure out why a sewing guide would be in a seed catalog. Lol. Can you tell my family had more seamstresses than gardeners?

[@tonyawiley9575]

😆❤

[@ginafoster990]

@@tonyawiley9575 that was a great comment..still laughing

[@reneedegrazio7543]

🤣😂😘 now that is funny...happy gardening & harvesting 🙏 seamstresses are also great gardeners...although, I prefer gardening.... have fun & enjoy.. thanks for the laugh💛

[@carolyn6752]

Sunny, exactly what i was thinking.

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Hi, Sunny. Too cute! -- definitely got a chuckle out of that one. Kate

[@Harrowfarms]

Thank you for this Jess. I am planning my first big garden this year and I've felt pretty lost, honestly. But watching this, you've reminded me that experience is the best teacher. So, come what may, I'm just going to do my best and see what happens. 💛

[@arkansasdirtbaby8641]

Hahaha I liked as soon as you said you didnt like giving advice because you dont know what you are doing. Hahahaha. Ppl ask me things and I feel the same.

[@gloriamaurer1518]

April/May 2019 I came across your vlog. I hadn't grown anything for several years because I was always disappointed with what I harvested for one reason or another. Poor quality, poor yields, ect. Your videos sparked some excitement to try agin- specifically with tomatoes. I went to my local small nursery down the road and got excited to see seed starts from Baker Creek recognizing some of the unique varieties. I grabbed 8 different plants. I had limited raised bed space, but watched everything about planting, pruning, aspirin, and peroxide (which I never needed to do 😉) . I applied what I learned and saw fantastic results. I spent most of August and September talking everyone's ears off about my tomatoes.😂 I was just so darn excited with what was happening! Bottom line...just plant stuff. Try some new growing techniques. See what works and what didn't. This year I want to add flowers to attract pollinators, develop better trellises and improve my soil. Thank Jess for sharing, educating and sparking excitement.

[@ramblinrosecottage5983]

Exactly. Just plant stuff. Don't make it a do or die thing. That takes the joy out of it. And gardening is just as much for joy as it is for getting food out of it....if not more.

[@ameliakat9982]

I like to make a rough draft and then laugh when it goes out the window 😂💗

[@fumasterchu]

If at first, you don't succeed, try, try again! It's not a failure, it's a lesson. Those have been my mantra's for a few years now, learning to grow in Oklahoma. Every time I feel like I've got it, NOPE not always... But I learn and change and try again.

[@mandidittloff4500]

The BEST, realistic, how to garden video I have seen on you tube yet! Thank you so much for not making me feel bad for failures and move on and keep going. Love it!

[@cherienicholas5649]

Kitten George just gets more handsome! Isn't planning fun and... overwhelming? Thanks for sharing your journey with us. I am in Fort Smith so I always feel I am pretty much at the same stages climate wise as you. Thanks for this channel!

[@allenfarm]

KG 😭😭 I decided to go back and see how you planned last year and the first clip is of my favorite garden kitten. Such a good life he lived!

[@YolklahomaRocks]

Great video Jess! There's one piece of garden planning that I feel is universal for everyone. Plan to only plant things you or your family likes to eat. Gardening is so addictive that once you're bitten by it you can overwhelm yourself. Don't be an overachiever here start small. Small successes or failures are more cost effective. Hope this is helpful. I love one of the first videos of yours that I watched. You were sitting in the garden planning what to fall plant. Such an inspirational video. 😁❤🙏

[@tinacoppenbarger3412]

Jess, I can remember when I was younger that my dad always planted 12 tomatoe plants. He always use say. Two plants per each person and two extra just in case. We were a family of five and we would eat fresh and can all summer. Are garden always seem to produce what daddy wanted and would later us till the next harvest. Each and every person needs to just feel it on your own. And you are so right. Just do it till you learn what you can grow and what you cant.

[@deeschaaf3488]

You definitely nailed this video! Never stop what you are doing. We are listening and gaining confidence. You are so inspiring.

[@kelleymccoy7456]

You are absolutely right about find your own way. There is so many variables in gardening. Experiment and fun with your success and failures. Three important things good soil health plants and mulch.

[@avonleanne]

I have discovered that gardening makes me very humble...I think I know a little then I am totally blown away each time! Mostly, the fact that I can grow anything in my shady yard is amazing to me! I got a little carried away with purchasing .99 packs....spent 130 ! eek! but so exciting! =)

[@rosea830]

A gardener is a scientist and a garden is a wild laboratory with no environmental controls and nothing behaves within it's set parameters. That Kale plant is beautiful. Our goal with our garden is to be able to grow enough for ourselves and our chickens. We live on an acre and have yet to meet that goal as we live in the center of bugville and they seem to want to eat whatever we are growing, lol. We've finally figured out the right number of traps to manage the japanese beetles and to put marigolds around the peanuts and Amaranth helps with cucumber beetles, but my cat died this year and now mice are eating holes in the melons/squash to get the seeds. It just seems like there is always something new to work around and as I get better at one part of gardening another part bites me in the bottom. It's a learning experience and we are harvesting more every year, so I guess we are failing upwards, lol.

[@pennycreel1586]

Oh my!!! Yes !!! This is me. Paralyzed. I do nothing cause I don’t want to fail and so much conflicting data. Thank you for this message much needed!!

[@PrairiePlantgirl]

18:15 best advice for any situation.

[@wyldhomestead246]

I have been looking so forward to this video, forever! The more I research the more I am overwhelmed but I am picking up some beautiful nuggets in this video. Thank you

[@tonyavermillion2364]

I just paused the video so I could tell you that I laughed out loud when your son came in and slipped out. It looked so much like something one of my sons would have done.

[@papasmatersbackyardfarming8439]

I'm close to where you are with my garden. This past weekend I've set cardboard, leaves and tarp for my tomato beds in spring. In Florida we've not even had a freeze yet (I'm still coaxing the grandson's spinach to grow big enough for them to have enough to eat)...but I'm already weary of not having vegetables to worry about. So...I think many of us are weary of not having a backyard full of vegetables.

[@gloriamaurer1518]

❤ Kitten George

[@jaclynborgen8996]

I love your videos. I realized pretty quickly that this wasn't exactly what I was looking for, as someone who bought seeds for the first time ever, and quickly ended up with an enormous amount of seedlings and no plan, but I kept watching anyway, because you always make me feel like things are going to turn out A-okay, and I'll know better next year.

[@amberfrommichigan4444]

That is the best gardening advice ever! You are right diffrent things work for diffrent places and people !

[@lauragonzales6746]

Jess you have done nothing but speak life through your gardening.i appreciate your optimism. Thanks for the tips.

[@spoolsandbobbins]

Proverbs 16:9 The mind of a man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Love your videos Jess!!

[@sushilover1980]

Love your videos! Would you do some about how/what you preserve through canning and dehydration? I’m so curious about your recipes and what you and your family eat on a regular basis. Would love to see some cooking videos where you use your homegrown food!

[@mio.giardino]

Thank you for saying this. No one should be telling you how to plan your garden, only you. The best thing is trial and error in your own environment and be ready to fail, like I have, many many times 🤣

[@khylahpeters905]

I love how honest and real you are. You inspire me to keep trying new things in the garden. 💗

[@sheriewalden2080]

Thank you for making this so fun,watching you is a pleasure.

[@therusticranchgarden]

Jess, this is great information. Planning is good. I live in a warm climate as well. And I’m glad that you give out all this info. It helps me a lot, I know it’s different with everyone, but you still give the best, different methods is what I strive for each year and I learn lessons every single year. This year I’m planting new seeds. Thank you so much. God bless you. Bertha in Texas.

[@marthaestrada8125]

Your thoughts in this video reminded me that in order to have successes, we must have failures because we learn from our failures in order to succeed. Gardening is a great teacher. Thank you very much for your own wisdom and kind words.

[@lorigeiger8036]

Thank you Jess! I have been so frustrated with conflicting information. I just went with it this first year and decided it was going to be a learning year. So freeing to know there aren’t “pat” answers for every situation. Blessings!!

[@sharebear2275]

Thank you. You always say what I need to hear. God bless you and your family.

[@lavendercrowl5695]

Hey Jess, great angle from yr Gazebo with the garden and new greenhouse in background! 😍 Love u giving yr furbaby cuddles! He's a sweetie!

[@shonnonguest7976]

I did that as well with my Botanical Interest catalog!

[@denisek5208]

Thank you, Jess. For such a timely video. I will be starting my Winter Garden seedlings this week indoors. It will be my second full season oh, I have learned so much from following your Channel. I love that you say not a failure but growing in wisdom

[@VertDerFerkMom]

"We are taught what to think, not how to think"- I LOVE this! Thank you so much for that, it really is liberating 🤗

[@Nancelot13]

You have the best coffee mugs. That's so cool.

[@audreywallace1759]

Love this! We had our first garden last spring and really only got to eat cucumbers and okra from it. We just enjoyed tending to the plants and trying, even though most of our garden didn’t yield much of anything. We’ve started our fall/winter garden and are so excited to see all the tiny lettuces and things growing. Better to try and have a little than to not have anything in my opinion! :)

[@dawnmorris3252]

I love how your honesty is so true💚...you have to trial and error in any garden...that's what makes some of the best gardens... sending much love from 💚 #MississippiGirlGardening 💚

[@gwencrawford9617]

Thanks Jess!

[@Pixiesantics]

Hi Jess I just wanted to say I liked the butterfly wall hanging I love butterflies.

[@marilynbuchfink7594]

Jess, I am new to your channel and I enjoy it very much. I am in the same growing zone as you as I am in the Tulsa, Ok area. I have tried gardening several times before, but I always give up because I have that personality like you were talking about. If you fail, you don't want to do it again. I always want everything to be perfect on the first try. But I am alot older now and I feel I have more patience than I did when I was younger. Plus, you have given me the courage to try again. I am going to start with a small raised bed. Where do you get the soil for them? Look forward to following you in the garden this Spring.

[@joyfulhalfacre7027]

such Great encouraging advice! Thanks Jess.

[@hopgardenhomstead7217]

Thank you!

[@dignit1620]

Good advice! Thanks for sharing!

[@1phloxy]

THANK YOU

[@tankscrittersandurbanhomes5579]

I do 3 plants per kid and 6 per adult. We have 5 kids and 2 adults. With school the kids eat 2 plants worth. With work we eat 2. The other 8 sustains us over winter for canned tomatoes. Sometimes we run short and rarely over. We are in Colorado foothills. Maybe this helps a little

[@karenm5681]

Such wisdom! Thank you!

[@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune]

Good job

[@christydalgaard]

one of your greatest and most helpful videos so far. You answered so many questions of mine thank you

[@MsSd1972]

I LOVE YOUR GREENHOUSE!! DID YA'LL BUILD IT? IF SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVISE? I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS FOR THE PERFECT GREENHOUSE. SMALL SMALL FARM. THANK YOU! I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH!

[@TheMons26]

I love this!! It's so true!

[@LauraSH2015]

Hi thanks, this is a great video! Just what I needed to hear. I was pretty bummed last yr bc we were cursed by grasshoppers... like a biblical locust kind of thing... I don’t know still what to do about them... we tried something called nolo last yr but zero results.. they ate my flowers, herbs, veggies etc... any suggestions? Anyway... trying again this yr and hoping it’s better.

[@reneedegrazio7543]

Thank You so very much 🙏 You are a very wise , humble & beautiful soul... yes, this is a long video...I normally turn them off after X amount of time..Yours, well, not at all...I actually feel as though we were talking face to and having a cup of coffee together going through your beautiful garden on a comfy cozy morning 🌅☕ Very lovely and also very informative. It reminds me of doing organic gardening at Yogaville in Buckingham VA🕉 Speaking of... just by your kindness & love for nature & your sharing love & light, you are a natural born yogi ...if you've never been there....bring your family there for a weekend..it's right up your alley🙏 Thanks again. Happy New Year 💫 May God Bless You & Yours💛

[@brendacarroll6833]

Hi Jess, happy new gardening year!

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

Loving the 'Fluffified' KG video cameo's he is just majestic as a fluff ball! The Adventures of Kitten George, The Fluffy Garden Cat sounds like a children's book to me Jess. Hint* hint*💕😊

[@contentedspirit9022]

I want to grow several things and have planned and dreamed of making raised beds. I'm disabled and have limited ability to create growing spaces. I kept being promised help that never happened so I'm hoping and praying I can get started making beds before planting season this year. I don't know if I can start plants early as I have no grow lights or greenhouse. Any advice? I have several seeds and plan to buy some different things to grow like melons, squash and beans this year. I grew a few tomatoes last year after just deciding to make a small space and put some seeds in the dirt. Had huge plants and many tomatoes but also horn worms. It was horrible trying to fight those things before they destroyed my beautiful tomatoes.

[@MistelANDOliviaRose]

💖grow yourself!

[@michellelaclair]

JESS, I just bought Baker Vreek seeds. I live in a mobile home and dont know how to store them (cool dry). Do I refrigerate, freeze, or just leave on shelf? Also, should they be in the dark? I am zone 7b.THANKS!!!

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Just keep them cool and dry. The fridge makes them last longer but they still last years without it

[@moonbeamer4468]

I do it how I want, but use companion gardening.

[@bernadettehearn3023]

My epic Lemon Tree fail is a story of 3 years. I researched how to prune back an old lemon tree. At the time I had 3 and I was harvesting mediocre Lemons. I pruned all 3 and 2 came back one Nothing...It stood naked for 3 years. EVERYONE mentioned it constantly. Remember the time you killed the lemon tree! Well this year redemption. First some green buds next came leaves and would you believe it has resurrected. I left it as a reminder of my failure. I hung ornaments off its lonely branches. I apologised each time I walked by. All the while it was planning a come back.

[@HeyShayShay]

Thank you for stating that "there is no black and white" in gardening and we can all learn from others. I encounter soooo many (mostly older) folks on the internet who have great wisdom, but they just can't seem to grasp that the way their mother did it 50 years is the only correct way and all others methods will fail. Like transplanting root veg for example.

[@arosesthorn8978]

hey y’all holy grail of advice: don’t buy garbage soil! I had amazing drainage and yet i couldn’t even grow a radish 🙃

[@AYWalton]

Please elaborate. What is garbage soil?

[@cynthiamullin661]

Yes, soil health is the most important. :)

[@valdiobrigedoebomsilva7592]

*WHAT A DELICIOUS AFTERNOON COFFEE JESSICA GOOD NIGHT GIRL GREEN VÍDEO CONGRATULATIONS*

[@homesteader9525]

Where did you get that butterfly poster

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

World market online

[@Bentleys1Mommy]

You're my favorite, Jess! The. Most inspiring and real gardener I follow.

[@_LUNARVAEZ]

I actually grew 6 tomato plants and whenever I felt like I had too much I took them to the retirement building my uncle lives in and gave them away. They loved the pink brandywine tomatoes. Made me feel good to be able to give. I also grew stuff like kale and lettuce and juiced it. It was my first year so I look forward to this spring.

[@reneedegrazio7543]

Very great idea to give to those whom aren't neccesarily able to grow their own fresh fruits 💛 I'm certain they enjoyed the love & energy that you put in to the yummy pink brandywine tomatoes 👍🤗

[@gloriamaurer1518]

Sharing my harvest is one of my top 3 reasons why I love growing.

[@caragrandlegardens766]

Kookii lovely

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

Your local food pantry can also always absolutely use extras too!

[@joanthomas9842]

Yes!!!

[@frugalfeathers9522]

“ if your a couple with no kids and grow a forty foot bed.... you might be eating green beans 5 times a week and cursing my name 😂

[@deborahhanna6640]

A handful of green beans would be great in stir fry or vegetable soup or in a 6-bean casserole. Depends mostly on how you prefer to eat them. My family rejects healthy food- & healthy food rejects them right back. Sometimes a handful is enough; you don't want to alert them to the potential implications of food that is not processed salted & deep fried in batter.

[@julieb7068]

Deborah Hanna 🤣🤣🤣

[@tigerstrings]

I commented on that line too !! Hilarious right ??? :-)

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

In 2019, I had 75 tomato plants in the garden. We ate fresh (salads and sandwiches), shared some, and canned the rest -- 38 quarts. Changing our eating habits to less packaged food and more home-grown food means I really need to "up my game" for 2020. Fifteen squash plants was the right amount for how we eat, but it turns out that the number of tomato plants is nowhere near enough! As life circumstances change, experience is still the best teacher! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA.

[@rachelcarter2443]

You.may not be teaching how to plan exactly but you are teaching courage in the garden and that goes much farther.

[@mymewow]

My plans change each year! Alot of the time its garden as you go.

[@ramblinrosecottage5983]

My garden planning every year is very fluid. I know what I want to grow, I know approximately how many of each plant I want to grow, and I have a general idea as to where I want to plant them. I do what feels right, and see how it goes. I am good with that. Oh, and I love hearing the crackle, snap, pop of your fire in your fireplace.

[@gloriamaurer1518]

This is pretty much where I am. I know what I want to bring back from last year. I know what else I want to try. I know what I should plant together and where it will work in my planting areas scattered through the yard. The rest I'll figure out when it comes time to put them in the ground!

[@WMHhomestead]

I love how you acknowledge that there’s no black and white way to garden. Just like parenting, there’s so many factors that affect how your babies (or plant babies) grow and what works for one person may not work for you.

[@shonitagarcia3222]

Go with the Motto: "Grow ALL the things!!!" Because you will start off as a terrible gardener in the beginning. Everything will die. And you can't let it discourage you. So you just keep planting, keep growing, keep practicing. But take note of what you did that didn't work and learn from it. If you really can't get that one thing to grow in your garden, just don't grow that one thing until you feel more "leveled up" from your experiences to try growing it again. But whatever happens, don't stop trying. Don't give up. In the beginning, it feels so heartbreaking to lose any and all plants. But you just need to keep growing them. It doesn't even matter if you aren't sure if the season is right for growing them. Just do it. You're still practicing mastering the skills to grow food. I one time accidentally grew a watermelon and harvested it in December! In the middle of winter! I cut that little melon, the size of a personal melon about 5 lbs. It was tye-dye colored red and yellow inside! I thought it was surely not ripe yet! I must have done something wrong! But then I tasted it. And it was so sweet and juicy for a cold little thing. It was perfect! I later found out that this was a rare genetics find. Where the ancient watermelon DNA came thru and showed itself in that little watermelon. Apparently, they used to all look like that until they were bred and selected to only be of one color throughout. This was the winter melon coloration! From a sugar baby watermelon! Incredible! My very first and only successful watermelon. That was a decade ago. I'm still trying to grow all the things, but now in a container garden. I have been trying to grow broccoli for the past 4 years and they just won't make broccoli! IDKY!? But it's not stopping me from trying year after year. If at first, you don't succeed... keep trying. You will only fail when you give up. So don't give up on growing and learning and becoming more than you were the day before. Grow ALL the things... including yourself.

[@nessidoe8080]

"Grow yourself" best gardening advice ever!

[@karenr7931]

Love your philosophy of "harvesting a lesson" and "growing yourself". There is always something new to learn when you garden.

[@tonyawiley9575]

Every year definitely has its perks and disappointments. Even for the senior gardener. I have also found experience to be the best teacher, using research and advice as a general guide. My first year gardening I planted an entire 30 ft row in straight neck summer squash! I'm in zone 8A and apparently we do not have a huge squash bug population in the area. Needless to say, we had a bumper crop of squash! We still refer to that summer as The Great Squash Surplus of 2012!!! 🤣

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

In addition to planting according to frost dates, every plant has a soil temperature that they are happy with; getting a thermometer to check your soil temp can save some plants from getting put out too early (- or late! some parts of the garden get warmer or loose heat quicker than others, and all gardens are different). Watch your established perennials .. they have ideal conditions for when they will go through their cycles of growth that can help tell you when to sow and transplant annuals. Plant more than you think you will need; if it's too much, use your abundance to bless someone else.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

You are getting wise! Gardening is biology. It's not like fixing a car or building a house. I see titles like "Seeds you can plant in January" And I'm thinking, anything I plant to put in the garden, it's pointless for me to plant anything in January!!! Now if the title was "Seeds I am planting in January" that's different. "How to" is similar. "How to build a raised bed" should be "Building a raised bed" That way we are showing our viewers how WE are doing a particular thing and leaving it up to the viewer to decide if that technique is a good idea for him/her. 14:47 I find most humans want exact 100% confidence knowledge. Only equipment built by humans holds that possibility. Climate, weather, plant growth, animal survival, etc. etc. you just have to keep monitoring. There's some things one can do to influence the outcome but nothing to get a definite result.

[@kimberlybrown4284]

Eating green beans 5 nights a week and cursing your name- too funny. It is a challenge I have accepted to scale back many of your ideas to fit my 20' x 20' (400 sqft) garden. This past summer I did the trellis with my cukes and delicata squash. That squash doesn't like the trellis although it will readily climb a fence. I decided this coming summer my purple pod pole beans will be trellised rather than the pole. They keep getting too heavy and sliding down the pole causing all kinds of issues including creating a hiding place for critters to come munch on my beans. Keep the ideas coming.

[@heatherreis7839]

You know for the longest time my husband would tell me "just freaking plant the stuff out there" me being hard headed "no no no it has to be done this way i have to do it like this" well i finally gave up after watching my way kill everything and started just planting stuff out there like hes said and yeah its been working lol ill be damn though if i admit that to him haha 😂

[@vigopepperpopper5353]

It doesn't matter how much gardening I do. I always feel like I'm experimenting.

[@airinbone]

I grow on 2 different properties for years. These properties are 1/2 mile from eachother, but a 200 foot elevation difference. What works at one location doesn't always work the other location. Soil can be vastly different as well within a 100ft area or less .

[@bridgescwr6136]

Jess there is 40 years between you and my brother-in-law the walk behind the mule farmer and believe it or not...something will never change. You speak wisdom and thanks for sharing. We've decided to feed hubby and me and figure out the rest after. I have several 8 to 10 inch wooden boxes that we will re purpose and start with spices inside. Slow and small. Nothing beats a failure but TRY! Continue to try...if at first you don't succeed try, try again.

[@4KidsandaFarm]

How long (how many seasons) did it take you to feel like you are a pro gardener? We try to make improvements every year...and we can see ourselves getting better and better.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

I’ve only been gardening for 10 years and half of those were on a very small scale. I still feel far from pro.

[@suesmith8225]

Just watched the video and had to laugh. My husband and I , who are just starting the homesteading thing, we were just talking of which resource to follow in seed starting, indoor and out. How much to grow, etc.....your video, basically answered our questions. I knew, and now understand better, it really is a trial and error thing. I would much rather have too much than not enough. I have been watching you for 6 months or so and I can't thank you enough for your enthusiasm and encouraging thoughts and guidance. You have made me realize my purpose in life.

[@karenrouth2056]

Hi Jess! Hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year... going to watch now!

[@wendysgarden4283]

If everything I planted worked 100%, I'd be drowning in food. I plan for 25% failure. What kind of failure? The thing is, you never know in advance of the failures. A new pest might arrive. There might be a record-setting early or late frost. A raccoon could move into the neighborhood. Things happen.

[@KAMB_n_Jinx]

Happy New Year. Happy to see a new video. Love that your willing to share and educate. How much to plant is a struggle and very subjective.

[@TwoFamilyHomestead]

Just keeping track of ya.. Chat with you later, Happy New Year.

[@elizabethparrish8174]

Baby is down and hot tea brewing...yes! Thank you, I needed this

[@meshao3806]

Incredibly wonderful advice! Love it! Keep on my dear! God bless you!

[@teddyjesseduke8053]

Hey Jess you did great explaining your thinking with this video 🙂 awesome job 👍🏻

[@texasbaby2053]

You may have already thought of this but something that dawned on me about “garden planning” is you kept going back and forth about “if you’re just going to eat fresh” or “if you plan to can/preserve in any means” “if you’re a family of (#) members”... what if you came up with two separate charts... one for eating fresh and one for canning, while keeping the # of family members in mind. Now hear me out, you could break each chart down by let’s say 2, 4, and 6 family members. For canning you could base your numbers off of let’s say 5, 10, and 15 cans of xyz vegetable/fruit. So for instance tomatoes (since I know they’re you’re favorite): Fresh Only Suggested Growing Guide: Family of 2: 1 plant Family of 4: 2 plants Family of 6: 3 plants Fresh and Preservation Growing Guide: Family of 2: 3 plants Family of 4: 6 plants Family of 6: 9 plants * Also since there’s several different kinds of tomatoes you could go as far as to divide by slicers, minis, etc. *Obviously these numbers are fluid and subject to change based on the frequency, amount each family member will consume xyz fruit/vegetable, and success of each individual plant; but assuming each member will consume the same amount of xyz fruit/vegetable and on a basis of ( 1-2x weekly? ) this would be the general recommendation for # of plants. I know it would be a huge undertaking and likely take a few growing seasons to nail it down but once the wheel started turning in my head I was like OOOOOOHHH THIS IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA💡🤣

[@Citystead]

My plans can change at any moment depending on my work schedule, so I have to have some flexibility with my plans. Always enjoy your perspective!

[@chasingmoonlightfarm]

Perfect. 😁 I am feeling allllllll of this today, so thanks for being honest and real. Part of me wants to just go throw it all in the beds(need to build those first 🤦‍♀️) because of information overload! I am a planner, but get easily overwhelmed as well. Here's to a successful learning experience for my first ever big garden! 🙃

[@LeeCraftyHomestead]

There no right or wrong way to grow a plant or garden.

[@kerrykaminski6494]

Botanical Interests has a digital catalog with that page available! :)