Turning your Backyard Garden into a Profitable Farm|Helpful TIPS| VLOG| Whispering Willow Farm

[@jodichavez9800]

Oh my. I am so excited. I finally have my farm. I lost my 81 year old father and miss him terribly BUT he left me his home in Camden Tennessee it's on an acre. I have followed you since covid and have only dreamed. You and roots are the best. I can't wait to use some of the skills I have learned from watching you all.❤

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

I can’t wait to hear what you do with the new place

[@ginadisalvo5186]

I would love to see more of this! Not many female market gardeners on youtube!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thanks so much!!!

[@kprairiesun]

I've watched all the top gardening videos and I think you are the best, most informed. It took me a while to figure out how knowledgeable and skilled you are because you seem so friendly and light about it! Your instructional videos show how expert you are! Do more! I have been gardening fity years and had 200 tomatoes last year, over 100 the year before, tried numerous techniques and grown all my own plants from seed and even grafted 16 plants last year and I till learned something new and helpful about not pruning a large sucker from your videos on growing tomatoes, best practices. Love your videos! Keep it up. Your additional info on flowers is awesome. 😊

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thank you so much for the positive feedback ❤

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Hi Jill, you have an abundance of information to share. I love your channel.

[@linadivina3906]

Thank you for sharing. Could you please share more videos on market gardening? Maybe even start another channel on the business side of farming? I know you’re about to move to another property but maybe after you move let us know if you’re willing to share more of this content. God bless you and your family.

[@DRAGONFLYmanor]

I love your beauty; the genuine heart shows! You make me smile and laugh!

[@coverscornersurburbanhomes6235]

This is my first video, and I'm SO glad I found you! Thank you for all of the information.

[@toddsherfey6236]

Everytime I watch your videos it automatically takes me back in Time to the summer of 82. A beautiful young lady and I spent the summer as young teens, we had so much fun with our friends, swimming, bonfires. And we're still friends till this day. .. God speed

[@pamt8430]

Thank you for sharing so much good info and ideas!!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Sky-Child]

Excellent! This is going to be super helpful

[@1jmass]

So much helpful information. I have pretty much given up growing tomatoes because by the time I think they are ready to pick, the birds have already feasted on them. I even stopped growing red varieties and focused on yellow because I was told the birds would not think they were ripe and would leave them alone. I have always heard that tomatoes are best if they ripen on the vine. Hence the words “vine ripened” on the store package. I live in an urban area with no farm stands or farmers markets nearby. This new information brings new hope for “home grown” tomatoes in my life. I can now pick my red varieties while they are mostly green with no holes left by snacking birds.

[@jenniferrescott1149]

Good advice

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gardengirl5487]

Love this content!! Also love your glasses!

[@lv143582]

Very good video

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thank you ❤

[@FermentedHomestead]

Thank you so much for sharing! Market gardening of some sort is on my list of things I want to move towards in some capacity 💜 if nothing else, producing most of my family’s food

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Yes absolutely! Go be able to go to your backyard instead of the store, how glorious

[@tamararoberts9307]

This video has really brought new knowledge to me. Ty for this informative video. Great content 👌

[@rebeccabeard2964]

This advice is absolute GOLD. Thank you!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful

[@newbrunswickgardening5307]

Love your channel and I loved seeing your trombocino squash on the trellis! I JUST got my first baby trombocino the other day (zone 6b) I am in LOVE. Also a helpful video.

[@LifeatSycamoreRidge]

this is amazing information! it really made me rethink my intentions with my garden. just a different perspective to look at it. i think we all dream of selling our produce in some fashion, but the reality is the profitable garden isn't going to be quite as traditionally pretty. love it. thanks for sharing. really enjoying this type of content. just rediscovering your channel.

[@arainaf8611]

Thanks so much Jill, your joy is contagious, I learned so much! 🥕👍

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thank you so much! Glad I could help

[@amoore0713]

Great video lady! Very informative 🙂

[@teinahenderson4182]

Great information! Thank you!

[@len10ten]

Best presentation you done! Really good job.

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thank you for the feedback

[@bernicebeardsley4846]

Thank you for this Your excitement is contagious. I love being in my garden, I wish I could be as confident. Your very good at teaching. Blessings to you and your family for a successful future..love and blessings... your going to do some amazing things with your new farm.

[@SteadfastTrailFarm]

Thank you! We run our non-profit horse therapy ministry on our homestead. Looking to offer a farm stand at the barn of our produce from our growing garden :) This is my first test year to see how much I need for not only my family but also to "sell".

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Oh that’s so awesome, good luck with everything!

[@thomascallaghan5988]

Great video and good info

[@Drawntotheoldpath]

Great and informative video! Thank you.

[@mobilelegendstopglobalplay1431]

Hi Nice Vlog!

[@leftofthamiddle]

Great topic!!! I have been toying with joining our farmers market here in Russellville or Dardanelle next year. I love the idea of cut flower gardening too! Happy harvesting!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

I’ve heard good things about the Russellville Farmers market

[@texasbaby2053]

Such wonderful advice!!! 🤍

[@justinemcguire4926]

Great information! Thanks for sharing!

[@jennenegludovatz3364]

I just found your channel luv luv you enthusiasm...I am going to start an on line market garden this year great tips on this blog💐🙂

[@myrurallife_official]

I love your energy!

[@InTheGardenAgain]

I am so excited for the spring growing season. Your garden is so lush in this video!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Yes, me too!

[@fernfungifarm1590]

Bless you!!😍💚🌱 here goes first year of taking the leap to being a profitable farm. I've learned so much from you.

[@TheIslandFarmer321]

Great video as always!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thanks so much for the positive feedback!

[@Amanda-le5sy]

This was absolutely beautiful information to share.. thank you so much!

[@moonchildfarm127]

Great video! Did y'all sell the purple hull peas well? People here in East Texas really want to buy them unshelled and no one sells them like that anymore. Which I get, but so many people have those memories of shelling peas with grandma and miss it. I've just been thinking of adding a pea patch. We sell our muscadines and do ok with them.

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

We actually don’t sell our peas at all, we keep whatever we grow of them for ourselves. We always fight weeds so it’s never a huge harvest

[@cookiesplitter1776]

Where do you and Jess get your awesome clay mugs!?!?!is it from farmers market or ???? Also thanks for your time 😊👍

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Hey! We usually get ours from Old Dog Pottery & Hailey Rose Ceramics

[@marygraf1849]

I woul love to do the same but with eggs with chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I found I like Tiny Tim tomatoes just before its peak. (Still kinda orange)

[@carolynmoody9460]

Work love to learn how to go about pricing

[@hollowacres]

I'm coming back to watch this a year later. Great information. I am wondering though, what would be a good starting price when pitching to a restaurant? And do you charge per pound, or per item? I'd imagine it's different for different veggies, herbs, lettuces.. I could keep going.. lol. All the different things.

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

All great questions and it really depends on your market. I encourage you to find a local restaurant that supports local farms. I would walk right in after the lunch rush and ask to speak with the owner/chef/manager to setup a time to talk with them. Don't get discouraged if they say no . You may have to show them pictures of your growing space or even bring them some produce. Hope this helps and I wish you the best this growing season

[@hollowacres]

@@WhisperingWillowFarm i planned on doing just that over the next few weeks. thank you for responding! 😀

[@elizabethwhitley5169]

Hii!!!!! so newbie here and I have a question about harvesting sooner/before ripping. Does that affect the nutrition aspect of it, or alter anything else, besides say the size if even that at all? Thank you, and love your channel!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Hey welcome to our journey ❤ When your tomatoes start to show signs of ripening, they are as big as they will become. If you harvest before completely ripening, then they store longer

[@buzzwithhoneybee]

I love your videos. Great info! Do you need a license to sell there?

[@kimmurphy6864]

Thank you sweet dear for all your help. ❤️😃. I’m wondering if I could message you and ask about getting a grant? Love your content! Keep it coming 😃😃😃❤️

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Yes absolutely, I’d be happy to help anyway i can!

[@MandyWinkle]

Love this so helpful went to see if I could get that tromponzino(don’t know how to spell) squash cause I have been binging your videos and your love for them is contagious but I can’t find them 🥺

[@BrieanneMW]

Look up Rampicante Squash, it also goes by that name. I know Baker Creek sells it. Hope that helps!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Oh no! If you can’t find the seeds let me know!

[@KingzMommy]

Hey Jill! This may be a silly question, but by “pop them in the cooler,” do you mean the fridge or freezer? 🙃💜 Love your content and your personality 💕 thank you for your knowledge!!!

[@morganbailey3357]

How do you do the string “trellis”?? It looks interesting

[@len10ten]

It is called the low and lean.

[@LittleIowa]

I think it's hilarious how you could care less about looking at lettuce and this year was my first time growing lettuce and I am just all starry-eyed staring at it I think it's beautiful thing I have ever 🤣🤣also you talked about putting vegetables in a cooler to keep them fresh longer ,do you mean a refrigerator?

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Hahaha I’m so sorry, i definitely hope it didn’t come across as offensive! Haha but, yes, we have a storage cooler.

[@LittleIowa]

@@WhisperingWillowFarm not at all! I personally think it's funny 🤣

[@halfcenturyfarm607]

👍❤

[@eastcoastbudgetlife]

Thank you so much for this video! 🌺

[@dougcheri6490]

Thank you for the wonderful video!!