FULL Garden Tour | Late April 2023

Hey ya'll, I'm Jess from Roots & Refuge Farm
Welcome to a place that feels like home. A small farm with a big family. We hope you'll pull up a chair, grab some coffee and visit awhile.
There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could raise my family and grow our food. Now, that is exactly what exists outside my door. In watching it unfold, a new dream was formed in my heart - to share this beautiful life with others and teach them the lessons we've learned along the way. Welcome to our journey, friend. I am so glad you're here.
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[@autumnwatkins186]

She is me. Did not grow up gardening, somehow found a love of gardening in my late 20’s early 30’s. It’s turned into a hobby/passion. It’s somehow therapeutic weeding and staring at leaves and watching something grow from seed. God blesses us in the simplicity of this love of gardening.

[@growingdreamshomestead3814]

As an art teacher I appreciate you referring to gardening as an art project because it really is! ❤

[@Joyfulfarmer]

Art teacher here too! I love that Jess always leans toward the aesthetics. 💚💚🌱

[@dlsdyer9071]

It has taken me thirty years to realize, “The garden should reflect who you are because a pretense is difficult to keep up.”

[@AmandainGeorgia]

I love the drone shots! It’s coming together so beautifully. Also, I love the comfrey info. Thank you for sharing your beautiful journey with us and giving us so much inspiration.

[@patchurch1677]

Well said!

[@erinwilson7871]

Me too! I'm inspired to divide my plants and get some planted under my fruit trees!

[@littlecountrykitchen]

😍 loved seeing the drone shot, too. Makes more sense. Curious which way is North? I'm trying to figure out your microclimates... 😊

[@maddi5606]

Im 21, ive watched your tours for the last 4years and I wanted to say thank you for sharing your garden! I cannot wait for the day I have a space of my own to garden and use knowledge you've shared in the process 🥺💓

[@vinlago]

In the meantime you can start with a small bucket garden. Strawberries, potatoes, onions and herbs do very well in containers. We started with found/ free containers and used food scraps such as the root ends of onions. The descendants of those onions are in our raised beds several years later. Itmigbt help to start wherever you are so you can hit the ground running later when you have more room.

[@SimplyStacyL]

There’s little better than sitting down with a cup of coffee to watch your garden tours

[@Acts-1322]

I prefer walking my own garden personally, but this is great for more ideas!

[@umiluv]

I love my garden. I love being outside in nature and I love the joy my husband and family have from eating stuff fresh from the garden. I plucked cherry tomatoes daily for my son and he ate them like candy. He loved it. I have strawberry plants and they’re growing right now and I’m so excited to have him pluck them and eat them ripe. Husband LOVES the tomato sauce I make from the garden for pasta. So much so that he refuses to go back to store-bought tomatoes and insists on growing tomatoes every year. I’m growing Asian herbs I can’t buy around here in rural TN. We moved from Los Angeles so I don’t have access to all the Asian produce like I used to. I have to make my own Vietnamese pho, ramen, and Korean food. So growing stuff like Thai basil, lemongrass, Thai chilis, Korean gochu peppers, perilla, Chinese leeks. No organic napa cabbage or daikon radish in the stores so growing those too to make kimchi. Sad to hear that ppl get burnt out from gardening. Nothing beats the flavor that you can get from growing your own food… except maybe buying from the Amish. But I do feel a deep deep joy in seeing all my seedlings grow from seed to these massive plants that feed my family and make them super happy. There’s no feeling better imo. I feel so… useful… fulfilled? I can’t find a better word to describe the feeling.

[@mikkileon6380]

I love absolutely every bit of everything that you share with us! I love it when Miah brings you a cup of coffee, when the two of you dream together, plan together, and I absolutely loved how you talked about you and Ezra spending first thing in the morning working clay together at the kitchen counter❣️❣️❣️

[@ginnysulya9805]

Hi Jess I totally agree about seating and resting places in the garden, to enjoy the beauty of your hard work and artistry! I also encourage those of you who are away from city lights to set up a few lounge chairs to lay back and look up at the night sky and enjoy the peace and presence of the vastness of space that was created for you to enjoy as well! A few fireflies can bless your soul as well! 😉😊😁!

[@diannamc367]

I agree!

[@sophiabultena6781]

Just got done making this week's butter, sourdough bread, water Kiefer soda, and watered the garden. Time to relax with some fresh herbs tea and watch me some jess ❤️😌 while I nurse my 9 mo th old little girl 😍

[@rainwaterrefugehomestead2267]

Yesssss ❤🌱

[@karenlindstrom8266]

You are so right about putting a chair where you can enjoy your gardens! I did that yesterday with a camp chair and I was immediately full of happiness and inspiration. I mapped out the veg garden and the herb garden. You can get I’m taking the chair back out today! The tasks today include getting my seeds direct sown in the garden because by time they sprout will be dang close to Mothers Day. That is typically my benchmark for planting starter plants. I’m so excited!!!

[@bethsands7665]

I love sitting on my garden benches to just watch the crop, protect it and project what will be from it. I love it. I got a garden hat because I was getting too much sunshine !! I love what you are saying about the garden and enjoying it to the max.

[@paradiseacres9724]

Just watched this for the happy and peaceful inspiration. Your gardens are such beautiful working pieces of ever changing edible and visual art. Art from the heart! 💚 Heading out now to "paint the canvas" of my freedom gardens. Much love and respect to you! 🙏🏻🥰💕👊🏻💪🏻

[@TheMkoester21]

i love the love between you and your hubby!! it makes me smile knowing there are couples together that work very very hard together!!

[@karencoyle3011]

You mentioned you have so much space; it might be fun to let a few beds be "treat beds", where you grow yummy treats specifically for your cows, horses, and pigs. Dogs get treats as well as regular food, hoofstock can too!😃

[@albrightfs]

I'm 18 min into the video and wanted to pause and take a moment to say how much I appreciate how you always make everyone feel as if you know what we feel, have experienced or haven't experienced and that however you garden or if you dont garden thats ok.. And to make the experience yours. Its about what each individuals experiences , trials and triumphs.. ALWAYS Inspiring! Central Oregon here and it is not easy to grow. I Will not give up and I have so many plans thanks to your input and constantly positive attitude no matter what is thrown your way.. Thank you and God bless...

[@meemkaplan4315]

Right? One of the most jam-packed with info, even for NW'ers like us. I live less than an hour north of the Astoria on the shore of the first bay and I'm just CHOMPING at the bit to get planting!!! It's still so wet... I decided to moat around kiddie pools this year for the crops the slugs like to eat. Beer is just too expensive now!

[@joyceswansey8116]

I would so be sitting at the red table by the no dig garden. I love the few of the garden and the farm in the background.❤

[@galeharris6696]

I have so tormented my volunteer sunflowers over the years, moving them here, there, and everywhere, and moving them literally when they're 2 feet tall (kid you not!). They lie down all dramatically, then within the next two days, they're standing tall, looking at me like, "What?!?" One last year got 10 feet tall. I love sunflowers for their total resilience and soul.🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻Great garden tour!

[@graceful-shakti9019]

I am an artist/painter as well, and this is my first year to start a garden, and I am totally approaching it just like I do with any of my paintings.

[@s_a_r_a_jd2204]

It's so cute the way Miah is always flustered when Jess is around.

[@slowandwilder]

So many snippets of golden information in your video. I'm in zone 9 Portugal and I'm just so overwhelmed about having a garden. Your videos give me so much confidence. P.S. I love your dress and your cute coffee mug.❤

[@natashacoetzee5489]

Hey Jess I'm sending you guys blessings of abundance and health and happiness for your season ahead 🙏 as we head well into Winter in South Africa and say goodbye to our summer crops ❤ you keep Summer alive by sharing your journey with us xxx thank you so much

[@heathernotzdaniels6350]

I have some deer that love to eat my garden for me, so we are working on re-fencing our garden. Last year, we expanded the size of our space x3, so getting that enclosed is important to me. My plants are bulging at the seams, ready to get into the soil, I'm working through weather, lack of proper fencing, a 40 hour a week job, and just itching to have as many days off as it takes to get everything planted. In the meantime, we also added a high tunnel this year, so I am thankful for that additional space to work with, because it has given me more space in the basement grow room to spread out a bit more and have more plants. I'm excited that I have to only work three days this week, and then I have four days to plant and keep working on fencing. Thank you for sharing today, Jess. You help keep me motivated, and I love the progress being made in your gardens :)

[@TinaParks-qw3ww]

you two are such a cute couple. love your laugh. Love your gardens

[@HabitualHobbies]

"I want to minimize the distance bwtween my food and my family as much as possible." I love that so so much. Always speaking to my heart, Jess.

[@TheTinkerersWife]

There's a tag I marked it." We're so proud of you Jess. 🤗 So many spaces! It's going to be amazing when it starts getting wild.

[@raeganshomestead6167]

The PICTURE OF YOU & YOUR PUPPERs. Omg Jess so cute he straight up smiled for the camera!!

[@thegoodfight426]

I find that hard work or busyness isn't really hard, it's in the pacing, and stopping, and resting, and enjoying the process that is the most challenging!

[@bnach2843]

Listening to you has validated what my heart has been telling me about my garden. I've been so focus on food security and seed saving, it's making me sad to be in my garden. I realized last month, I haven't grown any flowers for the past two yrs. This year, I'm growing lots of flowers!!

[@alison3276]

"I was just like, may the odds be ever in your favor!" lol Have fun in your garden, Jess, it's been a long wait x

[@TheScientistsGarden]

Got my coffee ready - can’t wait to watch this 😊

[@ourhomesteadclassroom]

Last year was the first year I grew enough peppers to make my own fermented hot sauces. And also my first year growing any seasoning varieties like Cayenne and Paprika. I would 💚 if you'd take us along for the pepper smoking process, because I really want to try smoking my Paprikas this time around! 🌶

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

I agree!

[@Sakina-367]

Jess, I really love your garden. It would look so lovely with some creeping phlox in the tub and bed. My neighbor has it in a twin bed frame and they put purple as the main blanket and pink as the pillow. Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Thank you for sharing!😊❤

[@marilynnorford7049]

My ol’ Daddy, who was born in 1905 on a farm in western NC, was quite a gardener, and would often break off leafy branches of a nearby bush or tree and pop it in the ground to shade a new transplant. The added benefit was that air could still circulate, and as the leaves shriveled, the shade would gradually diminish.

[@susanbaker8130]

Love how you create beautiful resting places in your gardens so you can enjoy them and not just work them!

[@ramblinrosecottage5983]

Ooooo, perfect! I spent the morning cleaning house because it's a chilly 47 degrees, rainy day here in Fort Worth TX. Just put some chili in the crock pot and decided to take a break when I got a notification of a R & R video. Garden tour? Even better!

[@happyhermit6197]

I absolutely adore the shots of Miah bringing you coffee in your garden. It's one of my favorite things that pop up in your videos. It's such a simple gesture, but so lovely and loving. He could do literally anything else or nothing else and he chooses you. Over and over. I just love it. ❤️

[@scaldwell7784]

I would LOVE to see a long, detailed garden tour style video BUT as you go through each plant in the entire garden you tell us how you normally cook/prepare/eat each item!!!

[@SandO-xf6fw]

yes 🙌

[@rilyb4033]

The joy of sipping my sunday morning coffee while watching the garden tour 🥰

[@alisamcdaniel2385]

I can't express how happy I am for you and this blooming garden you get to put your loving hands too. The gleeful Joy that is simmering in your face while you share jumps out to me. I absolutely love it!

[@debbiey9452]

The drone shots are great!! I was one of those who used to give up half way through the season because it would become too much effort after working a full time job. I have now surrounded my food garden with bee and butterfly gardens. Now I can’t wait to get home and go outside to see what new caterpillars I have on the butterfly host plants. I watch the wildlife flitter from plant to plant while I harvest or pull weeds. You are correct that beautiful things will draw you out there!!

[@katiesan865]

So lovely already and it’s not even done 🥰❤️❤️❤️ thank you for sharing

[@mirandakearney94]

Fairly silent watcher here. I have loved to watch your videos over the years. It has really inspired me. So excited to see your space come together. Can't wait to see it over the next few years. 💜

[@patriciahoffmann2362]

Something that worked really well for me this year for ground cover/edging, that can take some foot traffic as well, was creeping thyme. It did benefit from afternoon shade, and I used several different varieties; it stays low, makes a nice weed mat, and has pretty purple flowers. It also helped a bit with erosion. (I'm in Little River, SC. Zone 8 by the coast.)

[@Lollylobacres]

I cannot tell you how many times I have been sitting looking at a space thinking about what needs to be done and thinking... ,"Might as well get up and do it now, I'm here."

[@OurLadyFarms]

Obsessed with your tours- please continue to post these!!! It’s super helpful!

[@revonda5204]

If you're new here....don't worry! Jess will make tons of garden videos!

[@denisebrady6858]

Jess if I plant or transplant I always cover the new babies with shade cloth over here until they are looking HAPPY 😃😃 I also make Cucumber Relish which mixed with Greek Yoghurt is the most amazing dip- please try 😋😋. Great Video Jess Cheers Denise- Australia

[@joannedonovan9489]

Thanks, Jess! All of the different gardens are going to be amazing! I look forward to each "Garden Tour" that you do!!

[@ourhomesteadclassroom]

Finally got my hands on some Silver Slicer seeds this year. I'm so stinkin' excited for those! 😁

[@Beefydiefr]

This is the year to see the benefits of all your hard work! It’s looking beautiful!❤

[@suerawlings7698]

When we were clearing daughters garden in her new house we found about 80ft roll of cattle panel fencing. Today we have put in the archways 🙌

[@meemkaplan4315]

SCORE!!!!!!

[@KristinaBakerSmith]

My first raised bed just got its soil and the fact that I dont have to bed over to reach anything is pure heaven!

[@LittleHomesteadOnHinerPond]

I need to get outside and get my spaces ready to plant. It’s still freezing and windy here in MN so it’s not very pleasant out. So I watched your tour and got inspired! Outside I go, now 😀

[@marciajeralds5042]

Have a wonderful day Jess!

[@KeepYourPawsOffMyPussies]

The more I watch the more I want to be your Sistar! We'd have a blast! We really are of one mind! I just wanna hang with you sharing your joy and mutual LOVE of gardening! Even if all ya have are large flower pots... And a couple boxes wrapped in chicken wire... And a kiddy pool wrapped in burlap. It would be ah-mazing! Have a magical day! Thanks for the tour 🤘🏻💚💚💚

[@Sky-Child]

I needed this today. We got halfway through our greenhouse build and realised we have vital parts missing so we had to take it apart again and email the seller. Really pretty frustrated. But then a lovely inspiring video from my favourite KZbinr reminding me that gardening is work and it WILL be worth it. And now I am daydreaming and sketching out my beautiful spaces and 🍅

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

Good luck! Hopefully the gardening will help you fall in love with your garden again and get you through to completion. Yes, I'm quoting Jesse to you, but she said it well.😊

[@haleyroper2293]

I get it we were going to build our from scratch and then I found a huge deal on a greenhouse and ordered and waited patiently for it to come in. It was a scam. Now I am out the money for the original greenhouse plan and my kitchen is covered and I mean covered in plants. Jess is the only thing keeping me from throwing it all away and screaming.

[@matik3667]

Hallo! I have been watching your videos all day and you have put fire under my homesteading dream. I have a small farmstead but have had low spirits a few years. Now a lot of seeds are in Root trainers. I feel hopeful about this garden year. Thank you for giving us so much content so I can use you as a body double. 😊 I am planning on cooking real food for my family. It is hard when I have 2 picky eaters.. (I am one too). You often make me laugh in recognition. ❤ Love from Sweden

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

I also get inspired by Jess when I'm low.

[@donnaingle391]

Great tour!

[@DebWHNP]

Thank you for the tips on deciding what to plant and why!

[@mariannereno-db4db]

Absolutely beautiful Homestead.🤗 Your impressive creativity and hard work are paying off.

[@Fernandvinepottery]

Thank you for providing valuable information, peace and inspiration to sit and absorb while I glaze mugs all day! I absolutely agree that gardening is a form of art! Can’t wait to get everything planted here in zone 6! Ps. You look adorable! ❤

[@charswellness]

Oh, it’s all going to be so beautiful! I can’t wait to see that space evolve throughout the season.

[@bukuroshja_shqiptare]

Gardeners strive to outdo themselves each year. That's one thing I love about gardening, the possibilities are endless! So much variety and creativity and planning. You get out what you put into it. I would say you've definitely outdone yourself 😁😁

[@karenshank9907]

"... moving them out like it was the Hunger Games... may the odds be ever in your favor"! 🤣I laughed out loud at that! Thank you for making my Monday. Love your content so much.

[@gailharris8527]

Jess you were wondering about cardboard over anything that you're not sure are completely hardened off... we have always broken or cut off small pieces of branches with leaves and stuck in the ground on the west side of the plant or two sides of it for extra protection if it's hotter than normal at time of planting. New branches can be cut each morning and replace the old branches until you feel the plants are ready to stand on their own. You can also use this method in the hot afternoon only for tender plants in extreme hot sun. I realize you don't have lots of small tender branches closely available to your garden, but feel this may help some of your viewers. Of course you and the side by side may can go to the edge of the woods daily and acquire the branches you need.

[@rainspringing]

We did this in Kentucky with our Christmas tree. Tried to keep it as healthy as possible until spring, then cut it up. Trunk also went into the garden. Made next year's tree selection have funny comments. "That one isn't fluffy enough to do us much good" or "nah, not big enough for the spring plans..." The spring garden smelled AMAZING!

[@s_a_r_a_jd2204]

"I want to minimize the distance between my food and my family." 💚💚💚

[@lostplutonian9410]

Between Jess and Tatiana of YouCan I am getting spring fever! I just want to plant all the things!

[@carolynschemm1833]

Roll that beautiful drone footage!!! The garden is amazing....I love have coffee with you on your garden tours!

[@sorbabaric1]

Thank you for a delightful & inspiring video. My Dad’s approach to asparagus was when it was finished in the fall, he mowed over the patch with his lawn mower. I think his asparagus really liked the sandy river soil, he always had plenty.

[@bethpotts-mee8730]

Lovely Garden Tour Jess! I have been mesmerized with yours & Miah's talents & hard work for years. My relationship with gardening will always be therapeutic. Dirt Therapy. I have tried to grow food on my space but struggled with decades of drought. I then gave my energy to nectar plants, pollinators & butterflies. Several milkweeds, succulents & other host plants. Drought did not help but I hung on with container perennials & reblooming native nectar plants. Right before our monsoon every plant had a saucer to save precious water. Post monsoon I was tipping my containers to prevent drowning. Big effort to create safe place for laying hens. The immense avocado trees & urban orchards filled. We are dealing with burrowing rats & mice the likes of which I haven't seen in the 38years we've been here. When hungry they eat almost anything. Having to replace my butterfly hosts minutes before needed is crazy. But I am doing it. A small greenhouse (think) tall plastic hoop house. I can provide more safety to the milkweeds, succulents & seedlings. Meanwhile I make way for the hens (coop inside another small greenhouse). Sorry to rattle on (no pun intended). Deciding to not let the varmits rob me of my Therapy was rough. Humane means were ignored. So we believe a quick death our option. We don't believe poisons are a good option for anything? Blah blah. I love this time despite the challenges. I guess talking about is therapeutic too. Thank You!

[@gafairbanks2434]

First things to make it to the garden are the chairs and swings ! Although I have to force myself to sit, thank the heavens for coffee ☕️!. My days seem like 4 hours long from sunrise to sunset. Now I must make a herb spiral... Thanks Jess! Hopefully more people will becoming over to plant & share. Working on making patio blocks this year from scratch. 😊

[@AB-ol5uz]

Looks like Jeremiah is going to need to convert a stall in the barn to an outdoor kitchen :D Lots of food preservation ahead!

[@revonda5204]

Having a preservation kitchen would be fabulous! Could just make an addition to the milk room! They've got a sink & refrigerator...just need a stove! 😊

[@emilyk1160]

I’ve missed the long garden tours 🥰

[@samblack4616]

Another idea for shading is to use big umbrellas. They work great!

[@pattishine-hayes5184]

Man oh man, I cannot wait until it FINALLY warms up enough here in the Chicago area. We just keep getting really cold weather. All your plantings are making me yearn for my own planting days! Your gardens are magnificent! It would be a dream come true for me!

[@user-gw4yp8sr6i]

It would be so fun to call your pepper high tunnel the Pepper Palace 😂 Can’t wait to see all your peppers in there! Thanks for another wonderful garden tour ❤

[@DigitHomesteading]

YAY! I LOVE IT! Just finished filming my first garden tour it's all a work in progress but we are excited for the season!!!

[@Amy-ks6ku]

Jess, I'm planting right beside you in my head. I had to give up my big garden and move to an apartment with just a small balcony. Still growing a few things, and I left a space for one small folding chair. Such a different space, but I'm still in love with it. One day I'll have some property again, somewhere with lots of enjoyable spaces in between the rows. Thank you for the content, it makes me smile!

[@jessicaoverton2476]

I lost my husband on 11/23/22. He and I watched almost everyone of your episodes. This is the first video I've watched of yours since he died. I didn't know how much my heart needed to see your growth and your beautiful soul until I was just bawling my eyes out hearing about your asparagus. I had a large garden last year and since I've lost everything, including my house, I probably won't be able to have another one this year. Not typing this because I want sympathy, I'm typing this because I want you to know how much you mean to me, and I'm sure many others, to be inspired to keep going. To achieve your hearts desires. I wasn't much of a Godly person until recently, and I'm pretty sure He put you in my life path. Thanks Jess.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Praying for your heart as you grieve and find your footing. I'm glad you are back.

[@ajrojaras]

Thanks for making a point of taking care of yourself and talking about it. As someone who can't work a typical physically demanding job anymore, which is all I've done, it's validating to see someone working the garden and still taking time to sit and enjoy the effort put in. Seeing and hearing how easy it can be is helpful as well. I've been struggling here in tx due to the spastic weather the last couple of years. I'm so hopeful because of making my waiting room a classroom in the meantime. 🎉

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

Sitting in the garden is healing too.❤

[@lavernfoy4591]

Continue to grow and be prosperous , your amazing ❤️🙏

[@maryturner3534]

Loved the tour and love Miahs new channel

[@riverbrandybrook]

You always inspire me was struggling to find motivation for the garden this year but you got me all pumped lol. I decided to take it easy and just do flowers mostly natives this year since i want to do some raised bed building and infrastructure in the garden for next year.

[@brandialford6079]

Wow... that drone footage really gave a better perspective of how big your gardens are!😮❤

[@larkendelvie]

For me raised bed provide framing for the art of the garden. It's not that I don't like gardens without them but they just add something that satisfies my need for some structure.

[@WickedAwesomeGardening]

I needed this loveliness right now. Thanks for the great timing!!!

[@DigitHomesteading]

Ditto ❤

[@lauravasas808]

I love the aerial view!! I can see it so much better!!!

[@jackcsaffell5641]

Hi Ms. Jessica. I've helped harden off some starts by putting two 33 gallon garbage cans upside down, one on each side of the plant and putting a 1" x 12" board across the garbage cans to shield the hot noon day sunshine. I try to make sure the morning sun can hit the plant and then the afternoon sun by keeping that mean-o sunshine off the plant until it has had a chance to get used it. Sometimes I pray for cloudy days or fog too. Awesome garden Ms. Jessica, God bless your plants.

[@angelicapouland57]

“May the odds ever be in your favor” was my garden over fall and winter due to a throat issue/surgery I was dealing with. Let the strong survive! LoL

[@barbstoltzfus56]

Love having you back in garden, it's awesome that's why I got started watching you❤❤

[@jimshirey2293]

Beth here... love the drone view! Really helped me visualize your garden.

[@homeygardener]

I love being in the garden, my peaceful place.

[@sandrasi8261]

I am just like u love being in the garden and it’s hard to leave didn’t know gardening would bring me this much happiness. It’s so hard to not be hard on my self it’s your videos that keep me going thank u for sharing

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Love a garden tour! So awesome to see the drone footage to get the perspective of size and layout. Spent the day defining garden beds and planting Jerusalem Artichokes. Even made a hot compost pile. I need to put spaces to sit in the garden but for now it is an amazing workout and my meditation.

[@robertbridge7678]

Thank You for everything that you shared with us!!! I love that you consider this an art project!!! I love to sit and watch my garden grow!!! Even if it's not the largest!!!

[@tanyamosher9056]

Cannot tell you how much you speak to my heart!! Before I found you this year I made a vow that if I was growing food, I wanted it to be beautiful! So I found all the diff colored varieties ❤️ and now that I've watched your passion and your garden transform, I want the space to be beautiful too!!! Cannot wait to get into the garden! Patiently growing indoors for zone 3 ❤️❤️

[@cindymccarty4454]

Love what you have done in a short time.

[@GrFkDsGnR]

What a treat and perfect addition to my Sunday!! Bless you until next time!

[@deborahcarson5927]

Jess your garden is beautiful, I can see all your little personal touches throughout, just beautiful 🌱🌸

[@tracyzabelle]

Such a joy watching your tours

[@AuntBecsCreations]

Garden Girls are often found with dirt crowns about their head.... love that spot of dirt on your forehead. A day well spent requires a level of dirt most can never hope for.