When the Garden goes WILD (and our first big tomato of 2020) | VLOG

[@LauraS-iv5ss]

“March logic is different than July logic.” True statement!

[@lindadeisch8792]

Oh, so true!!!

[@jeanniebauske7486]

I look forward to your videos so much, especially in these hard times. You all are such a joy. I just raise cherry tomatoes right now...my fav. I have been eating them for about a week. You are one reason I starting gardening last year. I am so excited to go out every morning to see what is growing. God bless.

[@jeanniebauske7486]

Oh yeah, I live in Reno, Texas.

[@spencerbunch]

I'm in Iowa... I have green tomatoes, maybe another week.... I can't wait! I love to see your garden!! Thanks for sharing.

[@marylouise890]

LaVonne Spencer 👋 LaVonne. Have you ever fried green tomatoes? If not, you’re missing out. Lots of ppl slice and flour them. I cube them up and try to not over stir them. When they are just tender to a ice pick, eat them up! 😋😋😋😋😋😋👍 Oh and I don’t flour them. 👍

[@jenniferrescott1149]

Your next chalk board phrase should be "where the wild things grow"

[@ssg8051]

Epic!

[@honeymarshmello]

Yesss

[@lindaglover9248]

Brilliant idea!

[@marycountry]

Good one !

[@codycouture1]

"Don't bite them" it's a miracle you ever get any food into the kitchen to cook with everyone eating it right out of the garden lol

[@mechanicalgardenthings]

That's what happened with my peas this year, I think six or seven made it into the house and the rest were eaten off the vine by my child and myself.

[@joywhitley3141]

Nothing’s better than eating straight from the plant! 😛

[@ooohhitskaren63]

That's the best part...eating straight from the garden.. No dirty dishes!!!!

[@betsyoman7173]

Sigh. This all reminds me of my mother--who was not a gardener. I had just learned that green beans, especially the young ones, are delicious raw and fresh off the plant. She was visiting one day and thought she needed to take the green bean in and wash it first. I insisted she eat one unwashed, but it's so sad when a person has phobias like that.

[@PatrickPoet]

When I was little we had an organic garden and going down the pea row harvesting, my dad would let us shuck and eat as much as we wanted. It was joy. I never ate that many because I had a pretty horrible abusive life and it felt to me that if I had more than a little joy something horrible would happen. But still, I had that joy. As much as I loved (and love) it when the edible pods started showing up in the US, there's still something magical to me about shucking and old fashioned pea pod and eating the peas. Joy still fills me with fear and anxiety though in my sixties:( I know I'm worth it though. _That's_ a change.

[@debmichelleparks3]

I find so much joy in your family. Thank you for inviting us in to take a peek at your life. You all are a blessing to my life. ❤️

[@nicolelarainebrookman6368]

Aww, Miah sharing his ground cherry. “I saw his face.” 🥺🥰

[@cateastbranch2125]

My heart burst at that! Like oh Lord, Jess and Miah are exactly how I hope my hubby and I are as parents if we ever have kids.

[@Honeybeemom3]

I love how Ben eats everything out of the garden. He’s been raised right.

[@SuziePG]

The taste of the first tomato is magical. I love how engaged Ben is with the garden. ♥️♥️

[@tanyaniewedde9680]

Agreed! His smile is just the sweetest!

[@PatrickPoet]

I was surprised at how little he is. Usually he's framed up in the camera and looks as big as anyone, but when dad was calling him over to share the ground cherry, he was tiny! Just a little kid. I hope he never loses his love for the garden (well if he loses it for a bit when he's a teen and thinks he needs to know better than his parents he'll come back to it because of good roots and because a garden is such a refuge).

[@KatherineMalone]

i think about how much i've spent on gardening these past years or so since following yours (and others, but mainly yours) channel, because you helped awaken the gardening bug that was buried deep within my spirit (for which i say heavily: THANK YOU!) and remember that the running motto is "Sorry not sorry" lol!

[@cateastbranch2125]

Omg right?? I’m laughing at myself when I weigh my cherry toms and peppers and my husband goes “You’ve now grown $5 worth of produce.” 😂😂😂

[@debbiejackson7846]

Maha Ostergren haha... we do that also. I just keep reminding myself that next year it won’t cost half as much since it’s a bigger investment the first year. 👍🏼

[@yeevita]

except that is not quite true. i hate the taste of market produce and barely eat it. i will, however, snack from my garden. i cannot buy the taste of what i grow.

[@debbiejackson7846]

Yee Vita Very true. It’s so worth all the time and there’s absolutely no comparison in growing your own food to store bought. But money I spent this year on many things will be used for many seasons to come. Looking forward to the fall garden already! Until then I’m sooooo gonna enjoy all of these tomatoes, and all the rest in the meantime of course!! Happy growing!!!!

[@schex9]

@@cateastbranch2125 We grew 25 lbs of tomatoes and that would cost $50 in the store. Plus, it didn't have to be trucked even 1 mile on the roads.

[@melissasmith346]

Picked my first tomato out of my first garden in years this morning!!! It was salad sized and I shared it with my boyfriend who helped me start the garden. It was soooo delish!! All of the terrible things going on in the world has really made me appreciate my little back yard garden and simple life. Oh and I have a sitting stump. It's glorious!

[@valinarudolph378]

“Look at this, I grew this!” Your enthusiasm is so contagious! I might only have a small deck and a small container garden but your energy and enthusiasm makes me want to grow all the things!

[@karendebause4848]

I just harvested and ate my VERY FIRST EVER cherry tomato!

[@vivia7354]

Dear Miss, I love your contagious smile and joyous nature. Your videos are wonderful. So nice to see interaction with you and your family. You are awe inspiring.

[@txranchmom]

Thanks to your videos I was able to convice my husband to get a high tunnel!!! Thank you!

[@genevapriest6190]

Contact your County University Extension office for their information on HoopHouses! University of Missouri Extension has a huge spiral booklet on HoopHouses, plus one on melon growing in HH, PLUS one on growing tomatoes in HoopHouses.

[@kele1264]

@@genevapriest6190 Great tip, thank you!

[@UrbanHomesteader101]

I just love you little boy he is such a gentle soul. I happy your happy about tomatoes season

[@Lisatopgoatfarm]

My first tomatoes and peppers just now started to set fruit. Up here in zone 5b we are soooo far behind you! I was able to harvest green beans for dinner last night! This is my first garden and you are such an inspiration to me!!!

[@gatherboutique]

Yes! I'm in the same zone and I got a later start in my planting...I'm so far behind. I've got some great blossoms on my plants, but no fruit yet. I'm normally pretty patient, but watching Jess with this tomato isn't helping :)

[@jessiefelt5436]

I am zone 5b as well! I’m about 2-2.5 weeks behind this season. Tomatoes are finally big enough, I let them start flowering about a week ago. Saw the start of my first fruit this morning!!!

[@messybeautifulmotherhood645]

Same here!! 5b and waaaaaaiting.. trying so hard to be patient. 🤣

[@quixxovel]

Hey fellow northerners! Feeling your pain! I bought cattle panels and I feel like they'll never look lush like hers do

[@ooohhitskaren63]

Zone 5b here as well..all I have are flowers on my tomato plants. I have tiny cucumbers coming on. I am ready for my 3 rd harvest of kale and my first harvest of Swiss chard. I am so far behind because I am still building beds. I know I still have time to add beans and root veggies....but still need to build the beds. Oh well next year all I will have to do is plant.

[@lisagrove6377]

Benjamin running for his ground cherry... so cute, made my day!

[@christinacrowl5880]

Had our first one earlier this week. It was a pink Brandywine and was AMAZING!! Made a cheese and tomato sandwich and took it to my mom at her long term care facility. I LOVE 🍅 time!!!

[@rickschuman2620]

Nice high tunnel growth wow looks like you need help or a ladder be safe ! ❤️🙏👨🏼‍🌾🧸🐕‍🦺2

[@shonawilliams7001]

Hello Jessica, I've been watching your channel for at least a year now and I really enjoy watching your video's you have such a peaceful spirit. Your family is lovely! I'm so excited to see your tomatoes blush and rippen. I have a very very, very small lawn garden in grown bags and pots and I'm growing lots of tomatoes your suggested. I just wanted to say hello and say that I watch every video you put out. You inspire me to try new things and I just wanted to take a min. to say Thank you for all of your shared knowledge. This city girl from Philadelphia where there is mostly concrete is gardening because of your help. Thank you and thank you to your family as well, I can see the love in every video. I fell like I watched Ben grow up right before my eyes.

[@gingerthibodeaux5704]

My very first tomato that I grew myself is blushing 🍅 I noticed it a couple days ago. Today I have two cherry tomatoes blushing as well! I can’t wait to taste one! It’s so exciting! God bless🙏🏻

[@GabbyFea]

Greetings from Saskatchewan Canada! We're in zone 2B. Our tomatoes are about a month/month and a half behind you. Our growing season is sad and short but we do what we can. I love seeing your videos everyday!

[@emilymashburn6129]

"Dink it and sink it" That's ADORABLE!

[@lanabisson2675]

Here in Western Ky zone 7a, I have had my first tomato a few days ago. It still had one spot that was unripe (size of a quarter) but the tomato was as big as my fist. It was a Rome. So yum. My Jalepenos are going crazy. I already made my fist batch of pico de gallo. For me, eating fresh Pico De Gallo is like what summer tastes like to me. Also, it makes me miss my Texas home.

[@cateastbranch2125]

Awww, if you ever want a Texas penpal, I’d be up for it! I’ll send you Texas shaped HEB chips 😄

[@lanabisson2675]

@@cateastbranch2125 Omgsh. I miss HEB... their meal deals, Good Mexican food, bluebonnets, Good Briskit, I always bring back the Julios seasoning.. Love that stuff and the Julios chips. Nothing like it. We lived outside of Ft Hood. back then.

[@susieclark1498]

I miss my TX but I'm blessed to be in zone 10a in San Diego now. Hi Y'all!

[@tamaranewman9834]

"It's like a rollercoaster. You just hang on..." No truer words ever spoken.

[@kellybesse4625]

OMGOODNESS!!!! I love that y’all “cheers” stuff with your sweet Ben! We cheers everything with our littles, too!

[@akfuentes12]

Ate my first ripe tomato today...totally share your excitement.

[@mallorybillups4574]

We picked our first tomato this morning - Cherokee Purple! So excited to eat it with dinner tonight!!

[@archaprice3372]

Amazing you had the willpower to wait until dinner!

[@theupsideofdownsizing]

I grew a Cherokee Purple for the first time this year. We live in southeast Arizona and I harvested my first one about one week ago. So good!!!

[@HeartsAwakening2009]

I never stop being amazed at your garden!

[@NebraskaDav]

Hey Jess, I'm so jealous. My first tomato is at least a month out. It's been a cold dry Spring which wasn't the best for tomato growth. The challenge here in Nebraska is to have a tomato by the 4th of July but it won't happen this year. Have a great garden feasting day. Nebraska Dave Urban Farmer

[@chasingmoonlightfarm]

I have ONE tiny Sunglobe tomato...out of 55 tomato plants(lots of different varieties). Late start=late tomatoes. First garden though!! I go out every evening and cheer them on ....and BEG them not to die. 🤣

[@southfloridagardener5357]

I've had tomatoes year round! privilege of living tropical, i also grow everglades tomatoes, they started as wild tomatoes in the glades hence the name, so they're built tough for the fl heat!! i wish i could grow big tomatoes but they just don't do well down here, cherry and plum go crazy and some mid size... i'm trying to micro climate and create a space though for the big boys, I will prevail!!!

[@cateastbranch2125]

Ooooh do you have any heirloom seeds for those? Texas heat has mine stop producing for the summer and I have to wait until fall for them to start again.

[@gwencrawford9617]

"March logic is different then July logic!" Yes ma'am!

[@dawndawn6946]

We’ve had tomatoes for a week now. We had our first ever tomato pie last night for supper!😍 So GOOD!

[@lanabisson2675]

Yum Tomatoes in Piles. In our family we fight over the ELBOW JUICE... Elbow juice is the juice left over from plate of sliced tomatoes, its so good you dont want to waste it. tip the plate and drink it like soup, of course some times it runs down to your elbows. Im not sure how it really got started but that what my mom called it.

[@debbiejackson7846]

Tomato pie?? Please ‘splain.

[@dawndawn6946]

@Debbie Jackson, literally tomatoes in a pie crust, layered with salt and pepper, basil, green onions. Repeat then top with a mixture of shredded mozzarella and cheddar mixed with a bit of mayo. We crisped up some bacon and sprinkled it on before the cheese layer. Bake at 375 for about 25 minutes. Forgot to tell you to par bake your crust for 8 to 10 minutes first. Heaven!

[@debbiejackson7846]

Dawn Mileski Omgosh!!! Thank you!! Sounds fantastic!! We make Tomato salad, we call it, and is great too. Just diced fresh tomatoes, basil, fresh garlic, a little olive oil, salt. Great for dipping crusty Italian bread in the juice. Can’t wait to make both!!!❤️❤️❤️🍅🍅🍅

[@ChiaraMorgan]

I so much enjoy you happiness and excitement, so full and light! I needed that. I wish you much of it! 🤗

[@MaryDavidson911]

The question is not when our first tomato will be it when will Jeremiah’s first tomato be? 🤣🤣🤣

[@shannonessig5959]

I'm already overrun by tomatoes, and I love it.

[@SignsForSustenance]

My first "early girl" tomatoes are blushing here in Minnesota. The rest of my plants still only have blossoms.

[@samanthaquant7411]

Is that a variety? I’m also in Minnesota and even my cherry tomatoes aren’t blushing :(

[@SignsForSustenance]

@@samanthaquant7411 yeah it's literally called early girl haha

[@quixxovel]

Mine are still green in zone 5b, my san marzanos are less than 2 feet tall

[@amberwebb975]

I already had it and it was wonderful. I made a tomato cucumber salad out of it 😋.

[@jessicalyle1455]

I am in western NC in the foothills of the mountains sadly my first year here and growing led to blight for my Cherokee matters but I saved the cherrys and they are starting!!!Ate my first one last night. Spaghetti squash is growing like nothing I have ever grown lol and my first time growing it wowww I hope folks like it because it’s going for free I am sure I have so much.

[@jennifercaudle8826]

“Don’t bite them”. Love it!

[@timothyrowley7174]

Here in MN zone 4 I’m just starting to get tomato flowers and some fruit. I was surprised to see I had two good sized Italian Heirloom tomatoes. The 2 cherry tomato varieties are still just in flowers.

[@ene-lymanning3361]

Zone 5 (and temps here : at night : 11celsius, during the day: 20) and my first tomatoes have started to grow.

[@amyfletcher4749]

I go out every morning to see the progress of my tiny garden. I am never disappointed.

[@Sunshine-np8gq]

I’m in the Seattle area my first tomato will be a sun gold cherry tomato. They are still green and I only have a few right now

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Hey, guys -- fellow Washingtonian here. Best wishes from Olympia, WA! 👍

[@msmarygardner]

That first sungold is always the best too!

[@Sunshine-np8gq]

Jessica Jones it’s like Fall here

[@Sunshine-np8gq]

TalkingThreadsMedia hello neighbor

[@Sunshine-np8gq]

cookinmom I hope so I have never had one before

[@laurenadams8800]

“You grew this” I love ❤️ that moment that it’s our garden and we’re so proud of it 😁

[@herezdeb]

I swear I could suddenly hear: Guns and Roses... "welcome to the jungle", just sayin' 😉, as always, thanks for sharing your blessings.

[@cassiecobb1897]

I’ve been harvesting probably for at least a month now (zone8a, northwest Dallas)and our tomato time is about to end.....but we’ve made plenty of salsa, tomato soup, and roasted tomatoes to enjoy the rest of the summer!

[@growingstrongrootsSummerWest]

Omgggg. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😂🍅🍅🍅🍅 MAN IM SO GLAD YOU HAVE HAD YOUR FIRST TOMATO. I’ve been feeling guilty about not having your self control on tomatoes. I sure hope someday to be able to just eat homegrown tomatoes but I’m a TOMATO ADDICT. I JUST WANNA GO AHEAD AND COME OUT AND GET IT OFF MY CHEST. I haven’t ever been able to turn one down yet but the more I taste the ones WE GROW the more I can see your HOLD OUT FOR THE GOODS. 😁. I wanna come taste ALL THE KINDS. My DR WYCHE is giving me one at a time and I can barely make it back to the house with it and then I ALWAYS SHARE. I WANT MY OWN WHOLE DR WYCHE AND I MAY JUST HIDE IN THR GARDEN AND EAT THE NEXT ONE MYSELF. 😂😂 KEEP SHINING those TOMATO LIGHTS YALL. 🙏🙏🙏🍅😁🦋

[@ooohhitskaren63]

I have been eating Kentucky grown tomatoes from the greenhouse I buy plants from until mine set friut. They have been very good.

[@simmadownow]

Awwww darling. I felt that. Such a beautiful feeling harvesting the fruits of labor. Giggle all day. Blessed Be.

[@mydailyreward2090]

I have 3 Abe Lincoln's growing and they are about 3 feet tall and have the average amount of blossoms and fruit on them than my other ones do. For some reason, my Abe's need sun. I have tried them in a round house like yours and they just don't do as well unless they get direct sun. Maybe it was a fluke observation on my end, but observation nonetheless ❤❤

[@susan-almosta_farm8823]

My husband watched this video while at work. First time he's ever watched any of my homestead videos and the very first thing he said when he came in the door was, 'hey, I watch that girl with all the tattoos that you're always talking about and next year, I want you to plant me some ground cherrys. Her husband loves them!" LOL!!

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

I love this so much

[@nardagates6143]

My first tomato this year was a two pound pineapple that I had been lusting after since I first spotted it! (It didn’t help that I’m pregnant) it was divine! I ate it in one sitting, maybe shared a little bit with the husband 😆. That was at the very beginning of July, alas the heat and humidity of Texas have gotten to my two tomato plants and they are no longer really producing, more like struggling 😔

[@cateastbranch2125]

Same with my plants, but keep up the watering, they’ll give you another showing when the season cools down a bit in September! (9a Houston here)

[@hayleighdockstader6975]

I think I might be another month out from my first tomato - first EVER tomato - home grown. I was worried that I put my plants in too late, and that they were all just going to slowly wither away, but they've started to shoot up so quick and I'm so happy! Thank you zone 9b! And it's thanks to you Jess!

[@notagreenthumb4775]

I'm still a looonnngg time from eating a tomato :( I just found the first few tiny tomatoes on my plants this week!

[@kristineschaffer1903]

Watching 2 of them blushing!

[@allenfarm]

"March logic is different than July logic" Let me tell you... In March I thought this great idea of planting 3 rows of tomatoes in a bed that is only accessable from 1 real side ... Now, in July, I'm sore from trellising these tomatoes yesterday 🤣

[@susanniclas3748]

In lower Alabama. I have had tomatoes for about 3 weeks now!

[@marthaestrada8125]

Watching the blossoms give tomatoes, watching some grow and some getting ripe. Can't harvest any yet but soon, very soon in my little island bed in Zone 5. You guys made our mouths water. 🍅

[@GhostCake27]

Always love to watch your videos, they never fail to make me smile 😊 I’m in Zone 8b of Florida and we’ve had our tomatoes come through and are still producing and blushing. And the amount of cucumbers and peppers we’ve been harvesting is insane! But I love them and the look on friends and families faces when you give them home grown produce is worth it ❤️

[@kiprussell6102]

Absolutely love you guys Ben cut it up and put some salty on it. What a way to raise your child. May God bless you

[@cateastbranch2125]

I had to pause the video just to enjoy that beautiful moment between you and your sweet Miah! That was just precious and heartwarming. The joy at finding those ground cherries and rushing to take them to him had me tearing up. Joyfulness is so hard to find these days but every one of your videos, with your beautiful family moments helps me and my husband not feel so alone while we’re stuck here at home during quarantine.

[@paulwilliams4900]

Also in Arkansas...we had our first tomatoes last night! It was an Arkansas Traveler that we had seeded...so excited!

[@gretchrdh]

This video brings me joy! I love the children and their appreciation! I wanted to cry happy tears at the end when you kept saying how happy you are. I am abundantly happy for you! I’m so blessed seeing you living this life, this way, in the moment. You’re doing what the world is losing! Love from Maryland❣️

[@Nan-Elle]

I'm in Massachusetts and we've had a lot of heat lately, and rain. My garden is right now getting what I call alive and lush, all of a sudden. I love this time.

[@Greens5511]

I am glad to hear you say you plant things then wonder what you were thinking! I do that all the time.....no matter how much I expand my garden I always try to squeeze more and more in! I don't like that feel now as my garden is going wild too. Oh well....

[@niccolb7461]

❤ GMM reference, love it when the people I watch, watch the people I watch 😁

[@jaynemar1]

Where the Wild Things Grow! Sounds like a new children’s book! 😉😎

[@janicegilman7672]

Jess, you have no idea how much joy you bring to me life! Hibernation aka quarantine, is doing a number on me and so many others. I thank our Lord that I found your channel and try to share it with many others. May our God bless you in a mighty way 😘

[@tennisisme222]

Now when you harvest your melons you'll have beans that will be dried up and you can use for seed next year! :) Thanks so much for your videos...I had a rough day today, one of those when everything seems to go wrong...your videos make me happy.

[@Cidtalk]

"the force of the thing is what keeps you moving forward." excellent observation about all of life:) Great video.

[@HeartsAwakening2009]

Yeah, Tried to keep my cucumbers tamed but they keep reaching out and hugging the tomatoes!

[@lizlusher]

I have dozens of tomatoes on my vines but still watching them for blushing! You've got me excited! Last night I put a camp chair in a corner between my tomatoes, summer squash and last stand of cauliflower and just watched the fire flies. Just delightful.

[@zooflute]

Your comment about the lack of blush makes me feel better about my tomatoes

[@kathleenseligmytatterednto8560]

We are a little behind. Have one trying to blush. The other ones are still green green green. Love your happiness, its contagious. Blessings

[@rosea830]

Winter squash are my favorite thing to grow because they ramble so much! There are varieties that absolutely will not produce here, but the ones that will are a blessing. I pull pumpkins when they get their color, making sure they have a few inches of stem and let them cure in the sun for a week or until the stem dries. They keep for a year and it allows the plants to make more before fall. So smart with the ground cherries! I love tomato season, too! All of my tomatoes are loaded with fruit and I'm waiting for them to ripen.

[@jennifermccrabb301]

Celtic sea salt is wonderful AND real salt is so good for you. Pregnant women especially need it.

[@TheSarahLindy]

When that baby said "dink it and sink it" I bout died, oh law 😂😂😂 We planted out all Cherokee Purple this year, and we got a late start. We are just now watching our flowers turn into tiny green fruit... I'm so excited!

[@jamiewhite665]

I love your attitude about going with the flow of the jungle!!!

[@MariaReyes-yf1ob]

Sweet Benjamin, love seeing him follow you around .

[@carimitchell6138]

Can't wait for my 1st tomato of the year! I've got a lot of green ones that I talk to every day and encourage them to show me the color!!!

[@marylouise890]

I’m watching our first tomato blush out🍅

[@taramullins1445]

I love your comment on the roller coaster. it definitely is with mine right now from being sick. My garden has exploded and I keep saying to people how my garden showing me how much it loves me back.

[@bholden4560]

She’s just beginning to blush❤️

[@paperchaser9565]

Let it grow!

[@kitzimmerman9843]

Closing the gate behind you. Benjamin is a born farm boy.

[@GreginND]

Your gardening joy is infectious. Thanks for sharing.

[@debminder4420]

We are just now getting little babies. I can't wait till that first one either . Your family made it looks even better. Thank You so much for sharing you life with us. You make me smile!

[@loricrissinger2382]

I had my first big tomato last week! So so good! The big news in my garden this year is the 8ft 9 in and still growing sunflower my granddaughter planted by seed! She is 5 and amazed by its growth each day! Love watching you , your gardening and the love in your family!

[@susanjohnson9991]

"March logic is different than July logic." LOL Made me have to pause the video while I laughed and shared with my husband.😁So accurate.

[@msmoha736]

Ben is so precious. Reminds me of my little dude! Always hunting snacks in the garden lol

[@nhyder817]

I love how excited you get when you find something you have grown! Im so glad I'm not the only one. I would love to have a garden as beautiful as yours. I used your idea for the arched trellis and my cucumbers and pole beans are doing wonderful on them! Thank you for making such joyful videos. May God continue to bless you, your family, and your garden!! 🤗

[@carnegiemezzo]

It fills me with joy to see you so happy! Much better than the uncertainty at the beginning of the year.

[@helenfox1409]

So funny, I can feel my heart leap with the genuine joy on your faces from the little things in life like a fresh tomato!! Ya'll make my day.

[@pamt8430]

Jess!!! When you told Ben not to bite the cucumber because you were going to make pickles....I literally LOL because he seemed taken aback!! Love to see him in the garden!! If I knew then what I know now....but that is what the future is for. Thanks for what ya'll do. REALLY!!!

[@clancarney2541]

surprise growth? Blessings from God! Glorious God!

[@NocturneAj]

I love when you say "I grew this!" I said that so many times earlier this season (I'm in zone 8b so it's too hot right now). My husband was amused with my joy from eating food I grew

[@misspadowcat]

Oh YAY! I had my First Tomato here in So Cal just days ago and it was AMAZING! I could’ve done it without you and all your amazing all your great tips. ❤️💋🥰😍🤣

[@misspadowcat]

Sorry for the typos..lol

[@cltinturkey]

A few years ago I grew so many tomatoes I went two years without buying a single one at the grocery. I've planted a ton this year and am just starting to see blushing in Virginia. Now it's a battle to the death with the critters!

[@katherinemikkola8316]

Yes, it is a jungle a wonderful ,beautiful jungle!!!!!!! You are making my mouth water with that beautiful tomato! !!!!!!!! 😆🤣😅😀😁😂

[@sewfancynancydesign5970]

What a PRECIOUS child Ben is! Hold on tight cause he will shoot up like that Armenian cucumber and be grown. I love your channel and love all things gardening. Family is so important and to have them happy and healthy is so special. The difference a day can make is so dramatically important in your garden...maybe you could harvest early and nightfall??? Stay HAPPY 😍🥰🙂😀❤️

[@ericadgueho_mama_art954]

Had our 1st tomatoes last week, canned 5 quarts this week to start the seasons canning ❤️❤️❤️