What I'm Harvesting in August | VLOG

[@paigew.5198]

I got to meet Jess at Folly beach in SC Tuesday! I recognize her voice before I even looked up! She was so sweet! We talked for a bit while in line for the changing rooms haha! My kids were bored while mommy was being a fan girl! I’m sure I started speaking Spanglish at one point! I do when I get nervous.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

You were so sweet! I loved meeting y’all!

[@amandar7719]

When I was growing up, anything we didn’t know what to do with - whether food ingredient, an item or an inanimate issue - the answer would always be “put it in the curry”. This would include leftovers, an argument or even an odd sock! 😂 (Dad worked in India for a while. He saw what went into curries. Anything goes)

[@Honeybeemom3]

I just told my husband today that I was deciding if I should keep my pepper plants in. I have harvested more than enough and they are on overdrive. I decided to let them stay and donate to my church or local food bank. It’s a great problem to have.

[@ericawhitfield9289]

That’s how I feel about cucumbers! I almost don’t care anymore and then decided to take a box to sit out at VBS this week.

[@Lee_Tia]

We all know there is gonna be a 2 hours video of Jes and Daniel talking while shelling peas, i cant wait!!! Make it 4 hours!!

[@Lee_Tia]

Or make it a little show haha shelling peas and talks with different people from the farm

[@HippieHomesteader]

I don’t eat meat, but I quit because of factory farming. Your animals are loved and cared for and given purpose. You are humbled by their life.

[@WelcometomyCapeCodlife]

Those zinnias, all those zinnias, so many zinnias it’s just a field of cheerfulness!

[@hannahrosefl]

I'm currently cutting out vinyl now for a shirt that says "Jess, Jenn & Momma Hoss are my Garden Friends" 😂😂

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

I love it! Tag me in a pic!

[@jennhowell7495]

Aww I love it! Lol I want one! Lol just cause my name is Jenn😂

[@freesianlover]

I love this -❤❤ please tag me if you post a pic of it

[@PureAah]

Hey Jess, my little was hoping you would have some in youth sizes and she always quotes you with the store bought tomatoes are disappointed and was hoping those would have the large portion on the front Aswell :) any chance you guys are working on youth sizes?

[@jeshurunfarm]

Whahaha. That sounds funny. 😊

[@sarahmarshall3614]

I *just* picked my first two tomatoes TODAY! So you can imagine how shocked I was to hear that your tomato plants are done! That’s crazy! Zone 6a/b SW Pennsylvania, tomatoes are just starting to blush. Each of my tomatoes I picked today were 13.5 oz and I’m SO excited! My plants are 6ft tall and are at the end of my trellis 😅 never thought they would get that tall! I’ve never seen anyone around her with tomatoes that tall, it’s crazy! This is my first garden, I did grow up with my parent’s gardening, but it’s different having my own garden.

[@MissBetsyLu]

Congratulations. First garden. Many blessings everyone.

[@Grubby4894]

Peas ready right when Daniel arrived,🌻 such a blessing to have him as a pea shelling partner,🙏🏼.

[@msdebbiep]

Every year I would run out of steam in July re: tending to the garden … until I found your videos. Watching you every morning would keep me “invested” and last year was the best garden I ever had and I had (at 64 years old) finally became a gardener. Thank you for your videos

[@cosmohella8879]

Due to family duties- I didn’t start the garden until May this year. So I’m just starting the harvest. Planning the Fall garden with excitement, wishing I had more space

[@dayafeickert6752]

Strategic baseball supporters, I love it.

[@elliothubbard4227]

I started growing food in 2020 and I’ve been hooked ever since. My first baby was born in January of this year, so I knew that my garden would look a little different this season. It has been really challenging to juggle garden tasks on top of caring for a baby. There have been many days when I felt defeated and overwhelmed. But the thing is, my garden just keeps on giving back to me anyway. We’ve had an abundance of tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and beans. My dahlias look so good that I’m thinking of entering them in a show. I am so glad that I decided to plant a garden this year, even though the cards were stacked against me. It really is amazing what God will provide for you if you just have a little faith. Thank you for you words of encouragement, Jess. This really is the good life.

[@alysiahayes2709]

When you walk around and point out all the little details on a plant…. I need that! Still learning here. You are my only garden friend. I appreciate your videos! 💛

[@amyfreedomluvr5277]

Yes, PLEASE show us how you root your strawberry runners. It's seemed simple enough, but I've only had about a 30 per cent success rate. I'm obviously missing something. Thanks, Jess!

[@jamiwhatley1765]

I use a hardware staple to hold the runner against the soil and let baby plant set roots when it’s ready. I have around 30 plants now. I started with 6.

[@amyfreedomluvr5277]

@@jamiwhatley1765 Thanks so much!

[@RTCPhotoWork]

​@@amyfreedomluvr5277I've even used thin twigs that I bent/partly broke into a garden staple shape. Even a ^ shape will help hold them down to the soil. Some people use a small rock to do the job. I've done them all. As long as the baby crown can sit on the soil, they will root. They'll try to make roots even if they aren't on the soil; they just won't make it where they need to go. Leave them on the soil a good month to six weeks (and check that the roots resist it being pulled up) before cutting it loose to plant somewhere new.

[@amyfreedomluvr5277]

@@RTCPhotoWork Thanks so much!

[@ghmichel72]

@10:10 "My holy basil brings bees to the yard" ✊🏾 Now that's a good Roots and Refuge t-shirt ides.

[@colleenbellscanadiangarden9180]

My harvesting is just beginning where I am so looking forward to seeing how fruitful my garden is 😊

[@carrierasmussen5734]

I’m in NW KS, zone 5b. My home is an apartment, so I have a container garden on my patio. I have 1 cherry and 3 Jet Star tomatoes that are finally ripening. Tips like hand pollination and regular fertilizer made a big difference this year! I was sick all spring, but warm weather came late this year anyway, so I bought some plants instead of starting them from seed. I have 2 bell, 1 jalapeño, and 1 shishito pepper( for fun!) along with a collection of herbs and flowers. I set out a water bowl and enjoy bird watching from my easy chair! Your channel and others’ have taught this old lady how to garden and actually reap a harvest. Keep educating us, we love learning from such an enthusiastic teacher ❤

[@nanners3333]

I’m in ne KS! I have lots of green tomatoes but none are blushing yet! The weather has been so weird here this year! The last two weeks were hot hot hot! Up to 113° F! Final,y cooling down but the humidity is still so thick!

[@Junkinsally]

Garden is slow to develop this year in the Mid Atlantic! Probably due to the lack of sun from the Canadian wildfires. Tomatoes are just starting to blush, corn is just starting to tassel. Beans are coming on strong. Squash and cukes doing well. Just harvested onions yesterday and planted turnips in their place. Life is good, even in trying times!

[@enirapiedt]

hi jess here in the philippines bitter gourd is called ampalaya and we often stir fry it with eggs. to reduce the bitterness what we do in the household is sprinkle salt on the sliced gourds let it set for a while then squeeze out the water. slicing it thin helps too. we also sometimes make it into like a quick pickle with vinegar and sugar. it's said to be good in lowering blood sugar. have fun! 👍😻

[@earthladyadventures5018]

I just harvested 106 ground yellow cherry tomatoes ❤ 😊

[@laurahenderson2384]

I read someone else did this to prevent squash bugs, so I tried it this year with amazing success! 1. Stake the plants 2. Keep lower leaves trimmed off 3. Cut up onions/green onions (I have prolific stands of bunching onions that just keep producing every year as I divide them, so I just pull out some big ones and cut from root to tip) 4. Mulch with the cut onions around the base of each squash plant It's worked really well!

[@ericawhitfield9289]

I only got a few summer squash because of them, but I planted again for a fall harvest and I’ll try this.

[@sn232]

Thank you! I read in a Ruth Stout book to spread wood ash around the base of the plants. Others have said sprinkle cinnamon on and around the plant, seemed to work then I misplaced my cinnamon and they came back for a visit unfortunately ;) I will try the onion mulch!

[@8thcelisabeth]

@@ericawhitfield9289 My fight is the squash vine borers. I have done a great job this year, doing all of the things lol. Buggies love our squash.

[@caracoates4834]

I live in the Pacific Northwest. My problem is most things look really good and are still producing, but I have to start planting fall crops before it is too late, and I need more room.

[@melissashreve2400]

When to start planting in the NW for fall pickins

[@heathermiddleton4958]

So happy to see more of Daniel. He is such a sweet soul.

[@jennywaters3774]

You have plenty on your hands at the moment, but if you want something meditative like shelling peas in the "quiet" season, you can't beat spinning 🙂

[@queenofcreepsville]

I got a late start because I was building a garden space. I am just now starting to bring food in, even though it's rather small amounts. I am ok with that because I know the hardest part of the work is done for building and next year I can just grow.

[@deewinston5651]

Bless you sweet Jess. I have a small raised bed and three 15 gallon pots with tomatoes. I was able to bring in three tomatoes that were already blushing, but it has been over 100-104 here, so I do have some shade cloth on them and it has really helped. I took cuttings and they have lots of roots, so I’m going to replant. I should have enough time being in Southeast Texas to possibly get a few more tomatoes. At least one could hope. Back in 2018 I believe, when I found your channel, I remember how watching your channel really encouraged me to at least try. You still do that Jess and I thank you for that. God bless you and all your family.❤️✝️🌻

[@verreedoiron183]

A two by two driven down in all the corners of the tomato beds then you can stretch the shade cloth and screw it to the top of the post

[@greenlessthumb]

I'm not sure it's the same type of bittermelon, but we ate them young and tender. Deseed them, scoop out some of the inner flesh that is more bitter, and slice into large-ish pieces, soak it in ice water, and just eat it with peanut butter.

[@caraoiler711]

Shelling peas sounds like a great time for an audiobook!!

[@marykappesser5145]

Cincinnati Reds fan over here. We are looking pretty good this year. I appreciate how you take us along to look at how your garden is doing. I have a lot of pest pressure, squirrels eating my green tomatos, rabbits eating my bean as soon as they sprout, deer eating the sweet potato vines. But if I get anything, I count it as a win, because a little is better than none.

[@lisanowakow3688]

I’ve seen people stir fry them in a wok and eat them that way, however, these are the same people that eat peaches while green and small.

[@greenrockgarden2851]

I got all the harvest that I needed from my garden, so I’m in the works of cleaning out the garden beds. It hurts! Lol I’m not ready for the Summer garden to be over. This break will give me a little more time to plan the Fall garden. All I’m waiting on is cantaloupe.

[@staciabeldon7479]

You are at least a month ahead in production compared to northern Indiana girlfriend bravo to y’all! Just love your channel to pieces❤

[@HalleluYahfarm]

I'm a baseball girl! STL all the way lol. So cute that he is loving it and got to enjoy a good MLB game

[@kansasmisfit7404]

My tomatoes are finally starting to blush. If I see any big enough I pick them and let them finish changing in order to have any this year. The chickens keep eating them while they are green. Next year we will fence them in. Maybe every garden. I planted 14 cabbage transplants and my chickens ate all of them. I'm so upset My peppers (bell) never grew. I'm making Tabasco sauce for the first time this year. My poor husband was hiccuping and sniffling for at least an hour. I love baseball and softball. Volleyball I lettered in in highschool. My favorite is baseball

[@Peachy08]

I am still harvesting everything. Tomatoes, squash,peppers,beans and cucumbers. I have some egg plant coming on and started some corn 3 weeks ago. Okra is just getting going good. I am in Georgia so I still have at least 90 more days whete I am.

[@marypritchard5774]

I love shelling beans and peas and butterbeans. It brings back memories of my mom and grandmother and I sitting on the back porch shelling. Thanks for all of this.

[@kathleenebsen2659]

I once asked my Vietnamese friend what his favorite vegetable was. He emphatically answered that it was bitter melon. I had to try it myself after that endorsement. If you like the taste of quinine, this will be right up your alley. I slice the young, tender fruit and blanch. Then I stir fry usually with chicken and vegetables. Bitter components in food stimulate secretions in the gastric system and aids digestion. It’s also a real change up pitch when you are stuck in a rut in your diet.

[@laurafrey5244]

Zone 5b - Our garden is just gearing up its production. Pulled all the garlic three weeks ago, a bunch of cucumbers today, along with a few tomatoes and shishitos. So much more to come!

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

The only time I shell dried peas is when one hides and gets dry. I always pick my blackeyed peas, purple hulls, cream peas etc when the pod is full but still green. If you let them die on the plant it signals the plant that it's done its job and it starts to die. If you pick them green, they taste so much better than dried peas. As well as they keep producing for harvest after harvest. Weeks and weeks.

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Same here! 😀

[@BootsandBountyHomestead]

Same Gwen! I love how she picks them all dry to shell, neat idea, but I keep picking hydrated for more and more. I go for quantity lol

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

@BootsandBountyHomestead I grow for quantity too. But I just flat don't like dried peas to eat. They have no flavor. I think that's why alot of people don't like blackeyed peas. It's because they've never had them fresh and green.

[@BootsandBountyHomestead]

@@BroqueCowgirlHomestead oh, that could be! Didn't know why they didn't like them 🤣 I like pink eye top crop better but can't hardly tell the difference honestly.

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

@@BootsandBountyHomestead I grow mostly blackeyed peas, because, to me they are so much easier to shell than purple hulls and cream peas. But I like em all. I have some pink eyed purple hull seeds I saved from being gifted a sack of peas from my aunt's garden. I just saved the one's that were starting to be dried out, and shelled the rest to eat/can. Yeah even the canned peas they sell in the stores are dried peas cooked and canned. People that don't grow their own just don't know how good fresh ones are. lol

[@BearWithMe-Jillian]

I live in a small apartment and have a little balcony where I garden. I have a 3-tier GreenStalk that I got last Autumn and used for the first time this year. It has strawberries (Honeyoke or something like that, and another kind that I can't recall) but they seem to be done even though the other kind was everbearing. The GreenStalk also has several cherry tomato plants, most of which I grew from seed (honeycomb, I think they're called. I'm a big Winnie the Pooh fan and dream of someday having a themed WTPB garden but for now the closest I get is buying whatever has "honey" in the name :) ) as well as one Sweet 100 plant. The Honeycomb plants are producing more prolifically. I'm very pleased with that since the past two years I had two big tubs and several small pots all with various plants and while they grew into a jungle on my balcony they didn't bear any fruit. I had to remove the tubs to make room for the GreenStalk, but still have two medium pots and each has a slicer tomato in it. One is Cherokee Purple and the other is German Striped (or something like that), I picked them because of their looks and because my family has both German and Cherokee ancestry and I thought it'd be fun to buy plants with that in their names. The German Striped does have a cute little tomato on it right now. I was surprised to discover it the other day. It's hardly larger than a plum tomato right now and I'm not sure it'll get much bigger before ripening. But I'm looking forward to finally tasting that variety. I tried growing it last year and it didn't produce any fruit. I used different soil this year and have been much more consistent with watering, so I think that's helped. I'm on the fifth floor, though, and I do wonder if that makes it more difficult for the plants because it seems to be hotter up here than on ground level sometimes. Especially with the full sun in the mornings.

[@WildOrchardOasisFarm]

I'm in NW Arizona zone 8b and I grow my tomatoes in a high tunnel with 40% shade cloth and they still stopped producing because of the heat but monsoon season is here now and they are starting to grow again. Okra is new to me and doing great here in the full sun and I love the flowers! I tried cowpeas because of you! I just planted more for our fall garden. So many issues with the squash bugs so yes, I plant them every few weeks and it's working well. I'm looking forward to a fall and winter garden. So much easier with less pest pressure and cooler temps plus more rain. 👩‍🌾🥰🙏

[@debbiebell4598]

I planted fall carrots and beans those are the veggies I love the most. My peppers are booming, I've only harvested a few tomatoes and they seem stunted this year. We got affected by the smoke from Canada and that has affected the garden. Still getting some things and I'm grateful for that.

[@MissBetsyLu]

Never been to pro sports but car racing "in the back woods". Many fabulous blessings everyone.

[@annaconsolacion-p9o]

I love bitter melons! I usually cut them half and remove all the seeds. Then slice them thin and shape like a half circle. And then i saute them with garlic, onion tomato. Add some fried tofu or fried cubed pork belly pieces. Add a little oyster sauce and chilli garlic. Delicious!! Some people soak them with a little salt before cooking... to mellow down the bitterness. Some add saute them with garlic, onion , tomato. Then add scambled egg...

[@Tulip879]

We cut bitter gourd and remove seeds and put cooked ground beef and chicken in it. I don't know the full recipe Youtune has videos on cooking those

[@ghaydacayana5277]

those bittergourds are so yummy fermented with onions garlic and carrots in apple cider vinegar and sugar! just make sure you slice the bittergourds and wash and soak them in lots of salt before fermenting them

[@sassyherbgardener7154]

I thought fermenting only used salt water. If you use vinegar, isn't that pickling?

[@taras3542]

I've been growing bitter melon for about 5 years, I don't use them in the traditional recipes, I mostly throw them into soups and stews, but I also love them grilled with other veggies and lots of garlic. The way I eat them isn't for everyone, but I'm the rare person that likes bitter foods.

[@horsegal1971]

My garden is just now peaking.. 7A Utah.. started fall seeds this week. Not tired of it yet 😊

[@phyllisclark3896]

Thank you. Lovely gardens 🙏🙏🙏

[@andreas6878]

I think you must be talking directly to me. It's been 95°F everyday for the past 2 months and I'm done, just done. I guess now I'm going to have to go look at the garden.

[@barbarafunk5118]

We are having a coler August in norther California in the high Sierras at the 3600 feet level, feels like our summer in past years. Last year was horrible drought and heat, so grateful for all this. You garden is amazing.

[@mothermedicinemusic]

Yes those kind of plans work, as long as we remember them😂😂😂😂😂Love my shirts and stickers❤

[@kristaylor-moore2257]

GO BRAVES! Chop on! Baseball is a great sport for children and all ages!

[@ljgerken]

For deterring squash bugs, plant nasturtium, catnip, garlic, onions, radishes, marigolds, calendula, or dill interplanted around them.

[@sarahmoore405]

Here in Oklahoma my garden is slowing down but I am still getting tomatoes, peppers, squash, cantaloupe, cucumbers, okra, and green onions. I have corn, sweet potatoes and jelly melon that aren't ready yet but are going strong too. It is amazing that anything is still growing since it was 106° today in the shade.

[@WindyRidge3348]

It's peak season in eastern Iowa too! Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, onions, peppers, herbs... There's so much abundance. I'm even pulling in a little broccoli and cauliflower that I have protected from the heat.

[@savannahcampbell7383]

Out in central Georgia, (Go Braves!) we are still harvesting tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, squash(ones that have not succumbed to VB), loofah, peppers of all kinds, and second round of bush beans! Mother earth is good!🤍

[@medicvaldez]

Bitter Melon..amazing for diabetes. Steam and serve cooled with fresh onion and tomatoes. It helps cut the bitterness. Freeze dry or dehydrate for tea blends. Powder and add to smoothies. Also was the number 1 recommendation to help with Alzheimers. My moms doctor (chinese medicine) told me to make sure she ate it daily or drank it in tea. I honestly believe it helped her last longer than she would've on conventional medicine which she also had a team of doctors up until her passing.

[@WMHhomestead]

I can’t believe some companies have the nerve to steal designs. I know it happens all the time, but I can’t imagine being so selfish as to steal ideas from a small business just for money. Karma won’t let them get far but I’m sure this community will be mindful where they purchase their merch to make sure you are supported ❤

[@amybarker637]

Happy to catch you live! I've been watching sense Arkansas! You've walked me through things you couldn't even imagine. Thank you!

[@nadiajames3883]

I went out to my weed garden this week and cleaned all of the weeds. After I pulled all of the suffering plants I learned very valuable lessons. My tomatoes ended up with blossom end rot on one side of the garden. It happens to be the side that I don't have ground cover. The SC heat did its number on them, I will do better next year. I grew lots of tomatoes but the majority had blossom end rot. I have not gotten a single squash this year because of the squash pest. I put about 10 seeds in the ground and hopefully, I can get one plant to maturity. My peppers are also peppering, doing amazing.

[@afyanamoyo]

God is so generous.. even when we let some portion go to the "weeds", look what they are.. you can learn about them.. lamb's quarter, mullein, heal-all.. Amazing.. many perhaps more beneficial than what we planted..

[@wooby9898]

Harvest season just starting her in Western Washington State. A few zucchini, couple tomatoes a handful of green beans give it a week or two and we will be rolling in food.

[@toniajones3572]

If you do a fall harvest tomato crop consider planting the pink berkeley tye dye from wild boar farms. They were bread to withstand the cool bay area fog that rolls into bay and berkeley area out here in California (I live about 2 hours north of there) and these are always my last tomatos in the garden. They literally last from march or April all the way til it freezes in the 1st or 2nd week of December!

[@lavondadye8091]

While it's been extremely dry here in mid Missouri we've finally started getting rain for which I'm so very thankful! My tomatoes and peppers are coming on, cantaloupe, blackberries, carrots, sweetcorn right now❤️

[@everydayadam1]

Zone 8a Central Alabama here. Thought I lost my tomatoes to blight but they seem to be getting a second life. Pumpkins are done. Cucumbers hanging in there, fighting the cucumber beetles. Collards, kale, carrots, okra, peppers, sugar baby watermelons, green beans, zucchino rapicante (first year trying it and LOVE it!), lots of zinnia and Tithonia and basil. Planted peanuts for the first time. They are growing, but still have a few months, hope they survive the weeds.😆 already harvested sweet corn, but have red bloody butcher still drying on the stalk. It has been our best garden ever.

[@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens]

😂 the bitter melon reminds me of the "snozzcumber " in BFG. ( I must grow this next year for the grandkids , they will freak out )

[@sandrapudoff]

The zinnia "spots" are Southern rust. Once rust is in your soil, you have it. Doesn't effect growth or flower production, it's just not perfection. I've seen others plant things in front of the zinnias to cover up the stems, like blue daze.

[@a.chandler6993]

Jess, use the LEAVES of bitter melon as a last minute addition to soups. Delicious in lemon chicken or other light summer soups. And white bitter melon is a better fruit for cooking. But it's the leaves we use most.

[@MissBetsyLu]

Wow!! Didn't know that at all!!!! Many grand blessings everyone.

[@lynnparis5506]

I'm watching your videos while canning Chinese Red Noodle beans today. First time growing then and I love how easy they are to harvest. Next year I'll do another kind of long bean. Something green maybe. Thank you for all the work you have put into teaching and encouraging us all. 💜 Bless you Jess. 🙏

[@angelicacostain6409]

I've been harvesting sweet peas, green beans & herbs for the last couple of weeks. The brassicas are about a foot tall & even though they are full of holes, they are thriving. The tomatoes (all varieties - cherry, slicer) this year's were stunted and are only about 2 feet tall and are just now starting to blossom. Garlic & onions have also been harvested throughout the last month. Zone 6, eastern Ohio.

[@donaldtruster1064]

Best tomato & bell pepper plants I have grown, no big gardener ,I'm battling cancer,but growing just a few plants,is therapeutic ! Four plants at one time, just before they started turning, had well over a hundred tomatoes, seemed like every bloom set fruit!

[@JB-ks2wh]

Keep battling and keep growing 💗😊

[@klbbeeswillow]

Where I'm at in NC, I'm waiting for my tomatoes to blush. Had a late start but WOW! My eggplant , my beans , summer squash, cucumbers and peppers are thriving and this is the healthiest and most pest free my garden has been 💚💚💚

[@camillereed3292]

I was vacuuming a few dozen squash bugs of various sizes today.

[@oliviagallagher1340]

Here in Central NY state August is our 'high season' when we are harvesting everything! Sweet corn, summer squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. Basically every warm season plant you can think of- this is it's time! Pray for me and my fall gardening endeavors. Even if all I end up with is lettuce and winter squash I'll be happy

[@marthapattee]

I live in central Ny also garden is booming i planted another round of peas for fall time

[@MissBetsyLu]

Upstate NY. Rolls eyes when people say season coming to end. I did't even have one ripe tomato yet!!!!! Many blessings everyone.

[@marthapattee]

@@MissBetsyLu lots of green ones here as well

[@laurarochester3054]

Here in Wisconsin, between the drought and smoke from Canada, my garden isn’t doing that great. I have picked 8 cucumbers and 1 gal bag of green beans and that’s it. No tomatoes, peppers or zucchini. It’s been a rough year. I’ll probably have to hit up the farmers market for most of the stuff I need to preserve for the winter.

[@rainerounduphomestead8942]

We’re in Missouri. Our garden was late this year. We’re getting cucumbers but, the tomatoes and peppers are just now starting to blush. Our melons are almost ready.

[@lyndshurt]

Hey Jess. First time commenter, been watching for awhile. Ordered a shirt 🎉 (finally!). Thanks for all your content, I recommend you to all my friends who want to learn about gardening. I wanted to share that in my area (central TX zone 8b/9a) where it’s very hot and dry during our long summers, I am able to baby my indeterminate tomatoes through the summer and they take off again in the fall. They give me the most during the fall season so it’s worth it for me to keep them alive with extra water and shade cloth. Also with shade cloth, it’s not the prettiest but I zip tie shade cloth on my cattle panel trellises and it works great. Could be a short term solution 😊 just thought I would share.

[@SG-vu4qy]

I would love to see the shade cloth up, just to see how your tomato plants respond. my porch potted plants really struggled with the heat till i put some shade via cardboard boxes shading their pots from the direct afternoon sun.

[@shill4]

It’s always a pleasure to see you in your garden. Here in middle Tennessee just south of Nashville it’s been too hot for me. I try to go out in the morning and the evening, but the skeeters eat me alive. What do you use to keep skeeters off? I have tomatoes everywhere in the house and need to get canning. I haven’t picked them in a few days I’m sure there is at least a 5 gallon bucket full. The squash has done nothing this year. We did get some nice corn again from our second planting. Green beans are ready to pick again. Juiced a gallon and a half of grapes today. The okra hasn’t started yet, we were late putting it out. Our peas are just now blooming. You are right there is a lot of food still out here. For shelling beans you should try Anasazi beans. They have a really great flavor and lower in the gas causing stuff. They were found in the southwest cave dwellings and the seed were viable after 1500 years. I ❤️ that!

[@NickCO303]

Same story here in Denver! Very cool and wet spring and much cooler summer so far. Everything is weeks behind, but otherwise seemingly healthy. Not sure we'll get anywhere near our usual harvest, but we'll certainly get some food. Word is we may have an early frost, so this could be one of the shortest seasons I've had in 12 years of gardening. It's been a very odd season, but as a gardener, we make do with what we get and always plan and look forward to the next season.

[@denisehicks7525]

Hi, Here in the bay area of Calif, Oakland, It gets over cast in the summer and stays some what cool, under 80's. I am harvesing tomatoes, which just started going off, sugar peas, bellpeppers, sqush, cucumbers, I just got done harvesting some garlic last month. I live in town with a little patch of raized beds. It's a blessing.

[@tasteofheavenhomestead8553]

Working on fall foods! My garden is pretty much burned up here in the middle of Texas. Desperately need rain.

[@erinmorgan8546]

I have 8 raised beds and 3 greenstalks. It’s been so miserably hot here that all of the green beans, purple beans, kale sugar snap peas, and pretty much everything but tomatoes have dried up and died. I just got new seed to plant a fall “crop” hope it’s better. ❤ you are such an inspiration and amazing soul, Jess. I hope that when I grow up, I’m half as amazing as you. ❤❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We are gardneing is SW KY and its been a mild summer here too, and I was thinking that August was a late summer peak too!! Thats going on here too!!

[@sunshinecindy570]

Your so lucky to be in your second harvest. I’m still waiting for my first! I’m in Connecticut, and we are a month behind! I have tons of green tomatoes, lots of started cucumbers, ( I have picked 4 so far). still flowering beans, peppers, zucchini, honey nut squash and another squash. My basil is doing great!

[@wagardenjournal]

Here in western Washington I'm just starting to harvest the warm weather crops and will be in to September. We are a zone 8b, but it doesn't get as warm as other 8b locations. It takes quite awhile for it to warm up in the spring.

[@tommielourogers4327]

I am not a sports fan either but I am always up for a baseball game. When I lived in Knoxville Tennessee I had season tickets for the UT Volunteers football games. I bought the tickets not because I have any interest in football but because the fans are SO ENTHUSIASTIC, that you can’t help but to have a good time, and meet nice people. Besides my brothers went to University of Florida which has a huge rivalry with UT. So we we would get together for that game and always had a great time. To make it even more fun we would each bet a dollar on our team.😢

[@marygrott8095]

I'm still harvesting tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and some zucchini and yellow squash. I just succession planted some more zucchini and green bean seedlings. I also planted some Asian leafy greens. Those were direct sown seeds.

[@jamiwhatley1765]

Thanks Jess! You pushed me to try a second summer garden. I lost most of my plants last month. It’s been over 100 everyday here in SE Texas. Last month my neighbor and I started more tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. I just finished building another bed so I dropped in a few Okra seeds and a couple of butternut and spaghetti squash to see what happens.

[@shaunawilliamson3178]

It's finally our first whole week in the 70's. Still 50's at night. I have a tiny garden of 8 greenstalks, two small raised beds and ity bity wooded backyard. So far, I've harvested a little basil, tons of lemon balm mint, a few peas and a couple salads worth of greens. The slugs and rollie pollies are stuffed, feeding on my seedlings and sunflowers. I've found at least 3 types of caterpillars... crossing fingers and toes for some beans, taters and squash.

[@grandmaofthree897]

I am in north central South Dakota and I am just getting crookneck squash and zucchini. I am harvesting cherry tomatoes, Aunt Molly's ground cherries and a variety of peppers. Just brought my first crookneck squash in on Sunday and today was my first zucchini. It's starting! I have had herbs for a while and beans. We had grasshoppers last year and now again this year. I have decided so far to just co-exist with them.

[@HeinemannHomestead]

We haven’t barely even begun to harvest yet. We’re zone 4a here in SW Montana, and I have 1 spoon tomato and 1 habanero almost ready to pick. Zucchini are producing well. Beans never set blossoms, so I’m going to try replanting in the greenstalk. It’s been a weird growing season up here.

[@GeorgiasGarden]

I recently bought that exact shirt Jess is wearing from her site in a really pretty sage green. The quality is great!! So soft. I’m a huge t-shirt fan and I promise you will love these shirts!!

[@dawnwilliams8766]

You are simply Amazing! Thank you for all you do! I absolutily Love watching your vids and just feel great afterwards! Much Love to you and your family!❤❤

[@adamstowel]

Bitter melon can be chopped up into ground pork and used as a filling for steamed dumplings.

[@donnadiblasi9064]

Our family loves green fried tomatoes, I fixed some a few weeks ago and they were so good.

[@samburton2978]

Braves fans ❤. I live an hour north of the stadium!

[@shawnmcpeak6184]

Happy that the tomatoes are still producing. I saw a video where a lady wrapped toile around the base if the plant. We have a AAA ball club 30 minutes up the road. We have good time any time we get to go. My tomatoes all but 1 plant with 2 tomatoes are done. My one Black berry is done for the season. I got a Ton of fruit and got it frozen. going to make some jelly with it, and some Strawberry Jam. I'm going to amend my 2 above ground beds and my Green stalk for the fall. And a little later will trim the fruit trees and black berry bush.