You're going to FAIL (The Most Important Garden Advice) | VLOG

[@d14551]

"There are many different colored thumbs and they can all grow food." I especially loved that sentence.

[@richardmennel2415]

Because your husband is an ex-Marine, this might sound familiar, every thumb is green, just a different shade.

[@allisontamietti7872]

I need to put this quote on my wall. There is hope!!

[@HALEYBARRETT85]

Love this. Reminds me of something spoken at church yesterday. “Don’t chase after the healing, chase after the Healer.” So in the same way, we don’t chase after the harvest, we chase after BECOMING a Gardner. 😊

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Wow that’s so good!!!

[@babyrn6851]

That statement speaks volumes yet so simple. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Thank you for sharing❤

[@marking-time-gardens]

Amen!💕

[@gailbanuelos8095]

❤

[@sherm033]

Ah yes! The gardens of our life🥰

[@Starrynite11]

I used to say I had a black thumb because I couldn’t keep a houseplant alive, but for the last 3 years I have put a lot of focus on learning plants and I happy to say I currently have 3 houseplants and a small garden 😊

[@AtlantaHospiceRN]

I kill house plants! But I can grow okra, peppers & tomatoes 🍅

[@briancorea9735]

I used to say the same thing. I killed a cactus before. But now i have a whole lot of flowers growing and a lot of vegetable plants that are doing well.

[@erin2535]

Well done!!!!!🎉

[@samanthahoos9827]

My oldest daughter is a preschool teacher. She sowed seeds with her class last week during their study of plants and today they’re sprouting. She’s so excited! This is the first time a class will grow their own flowers for Mother’s Day gifts for their moms. 12 new gardeners in the world! ❤

[@jeremiahthelion]

This is what I always tell people who are nervous about failing at gardening (or anything).Failing isn’t the end, it’s just a step in the process! I think sometimes we need to be reminded that it’s okay to fail.

[@richardmennel2415]

Nobody ever started as an expert. It's all learned thru trial and error.

[@erin2535]

That's so great! ❤ I like to say it too, "Failure is not an end-point, failure is a way-point, it's a 'You Are Here' sticker on a map, telling you where U can head to next" 🌿🌿🌿

[@leanacecelia9201]

Yes! Mistakes are MANDATORY. Anyone who is successful in anything- not just gardening- will tell you that they had to be relentless to get where they are today.

[@julie-annepineau4022]

I think the garden is one of the safest way to learn that failure isn't the end, it is just a step. And how to not take things personally when stuff goes sideways. I like applying garden lessons to life, helps me grow as a person and a gardener.

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Being a good steward of the land isn't just growing plants, it's teaching others what you know. You're always a good teacher, Jessica. ❤

[@okaykatelyn]

It’s my first year and just yesterday I had what felt like a massive failure. I was in tears. Seeing this first thing in the morning today I know God is encouraging me, through your message, to keep going. Thanks, Jess 💛

[@LulaMae21]

Don't be discouraged! Failures come with the territory. Every failure is an opportunity to learn and grow (ha) in your skills and knowledge. It took me years to successfully start tomatoes and peppers from seed, for example. I'm still learning myself and I don't think I'll ever stop.

[@bethhubbs9937]

Sometimes our garden failures can be disappointing. But don't let it stop you. You will also have successes. And you will help make something beautiful. I hope you find joy in growing things. :)

[@briancorea9735]

@@bethhubbs9937 i totally agree. Today i saw that my flower starts had all died bc of a frost that was unexpected. I was disappointed and almost decided to give up. But i thought that this is just another lesson learned for the following year and decided to start more seeds instead

[@erin2535]

Katelyn, so proud of U for keeping on! Well done, U go girl!!!!❤🎉🌿

[@WinkTartanBelle]

I turn this on it's head and think about someone telling me "You are so good at this skill. You are so lucky to be so talented." My response to that is "I worked at learning this skill and practicing this skill over and over. I worked through my many failures and persevered until I figured it out. This skill wasn't given to me. I wasn't born knowing this stuff. I put in the time and effort to acquire this skill. I earned it. You can do it too, if you want to do the same.. But you have to earn it"

[@bluebirdhomestead]

I always plant enough and succession sow that if something dies I still have plenty of food for my family, direct sowing is a cheaper way to do this for sure! -Cara😄

[@livmegargle5420]

I’ve been gardening for over twenty years and I’m still “becoming” a gardener. Your garden and green house are getting so beautiful! The vision is coming together now. I can hardly wait to see it lush and full of abundance in the coming months!

[@melodiedeguibert3394]

All of my strawberry plants in my Greenstalk died this year, and they were just two years old. But we had that arctic blast at Christmas and I was away so couldn't roll them into the garage. Bummer. But just planted 27 bare root plants for this year so all is not lost. I'm 70 and have failed many a time, but just keep chugging along!

[@notyourcommonscentswithary3274]

I vote that Jess becomes a motivational speaker 🙋🏼‍♀️ every time something I don’t like happens I will now say “what can I harvest from this”. Not just in the garden, but also in life.

[@commonlaw5400]

I used to work in a grocery store. All my customers knew how much I loved being in my garden. One day a lady said to me " Oh that's right. You're a farmer". Best compliment I ever got.

[@normalopez2856]

I NEEDED THIS TALK TODAY. I WAS GOING TO QUIT THIS MORNING BUT INSTEAD I AM GOING TO PUSH FORWARD.

[@catracampolieto8989]

When you garden your always learning. Even people that have done it for many years will have some type of garden failure. My failures ignite a fire in me to keep growing. So glad your not giving up. May God bless you and your garden.

[@electraspy]

I always tell new gardeners, every year you’ll win some & lose some, that’s just gardening so you just roll with it and try again. And… your garden plot will always be ever evolving because each year you’ll want to try new things, new locations, you’ll chase the sun, you’ll seek shelter for things or you’ll want to expand… so don’t seek perfection, it will slow you down. It’s a season, you just play with that time you have. Next year, you’ll find you grew too. 😊

[@CharlieNagoo]

With all of the medical issues Jess endured over the last year, it is nice to see her looking healthy and confident.

[@valeriem3644]

The garden over the years has taught me to be adaptable. You never get the same consistent output every year because the weather conditions change every year or you make mistakes (even some that you’ve repeated). As long as you realize this may not be a good year for x, then you learn to roll with what succeeds and fails in a given year. And celebrate the abundance that you may not have expected that year! Amen to garden life lessons 😊

[@carlottafontes9575]

I've come to accept my failures and learn from them. Thank you for your videos.

[@jessicadavis1755]

For a couple years I was so bad at gardening. I could kill a fake house plant. Always thought I was just bad and it wasn't for me. But now it's my 6th year and I have almost an acre of gardens. I put enough food up for my family for a year. Practice makes perfect. I never gave up. " just keep swimming" Dory from finding nemo.

[@angelamehrer4179]

What an incredible encouraging message! I'm going into my second year in learning to be a gardener. I'm venturing out into more fruit bushes and different types of tomatoes and beans. And this message is so encouraging. Thank you!!! I pray in my garden as much as I can and ask the Master Gardener to cover my mistakes. Last year was a great year for my first one, and I give God ALL the Glory for it!

[@DebWHNP]

I started a garden last year after quitting several times before. I had a contractor come to fix some drainage problems and was shocked when he told me that I must have a green thumb like his grandmother... All I had growing was in my 3 green stalks (this is the in between time)! I feel like a gardener, now. Your talk was timely and appreciated!

[@Estella0707]

The last part made me cry 😭😭😭😭 Tears or joy 😃 I’m a gardener!!

[@BecauseHeLovedMe1st]

Thank you, Jessica… For giving me roots to grow & wings to fly!! That is what I say about you. Year three, here we go 😊❤

[@Chris71151]

I’ve been gardening for quite awhile. I uncovered my fig tree too early this year🤷🏻‍♀️ But more importantly, I’ve grown my children successfully 😀

[@asheelterestini5454]

I am sitting here laughing while you're chatting away about last frost dates, as there has been about 6-8"+ of snow that came down last night and we're about to receive more later this week. I have been itching to get some of my brasssicas out and planted, but Mother Nature has a different story for the Intermountain West. This is where we are at the mercy Mother Nature and her wild ways. I am very grateful for the snow and water we're getting, as last year we had record heat waves and drought conditions. Looking at the 10 day forecast it looks like the snow will not quit. I do not have a green house, so my little plants will just have to make due with my dinning room and grow lights. Gardening is dealing with randomness of weather patterns, seed germination rates, and soil. I am watching your garden getting together and being a bit jealous as I'm "wait rooming" for the weather to allow me to start putting mine together.

[@susanmckenna3882]

Thanks for the pep talk Jess! I often feel like a failed gardener, but as my husband says, the only way to lose is to stop trying. 🌱👍 I love the phrase... harvesting wisdom. ❤

[@blackrock5749]

I’M A GARDENER! Thanks Jess 😊

[@dhansonranch]

Although the end goal for me is to harvest, it doesn't always happen. And people have always said that its cheaper and less work to just buy it. But I push through even when life gets busy, drought happens or a hail storm destroys things. Because at the end of the day, the time spent in the garden just listening to the sounds of life around you, watching with amazement as things grow so fast you can almost hear it, just slowing down to take it all in and realizing, as I did last year, that things want to grow even when covered in weeds, is all worth it to revitalize me and keep me moving forward. If I get a harvest, perfect. But if I don't for what ever reason, it is one of the few things in life that has a "do over" button...

[@soymilkmuse]

This made me think back over my years of gardening, and my early failures. Thank you for reminding me and helping me relive what it felt like to have my first successes. How very inspiring! It feels like a gardeners energy shot 💕💕

[@sherm033]

Jessica….boy oh boy sometimes when you speak it is so prophetic! I’m not a gardener but your talk today in this very much speaking to me just for my everyday walk! We can apply what you are saying to so much more than just gardening. Thank you! Encouraged as always 🥰🌷

[@marking-time-gardens]

Absolutely!🥰🌻🐛

[@observer4292]

17:40 truly spoke to my soul, Jess. Sending my sincerest gratitude, as I will replay that in my head again and again! “You do not have to get a harvest to prove that you are a gardener. All you have to do is sow a seed. All you have to do is start the process, and there you are. A Gardener.” I repeat to myself to turn my waiting room into a class room, and this will follow that. I feel reassured and encouraged and even more excited for this season 🌱💚 20:30 and last but not least, as I’m finishing up this comment she finishes up her lesson without another outstanding quote. “The harvest is not what makes me a Gardener, it’s the process of gardening.”

[@Tracysop1]

How encouraging! This is my first full year of putting in a raised bed garden and starting my seeds. I bit off more than I could chew at once, and that has caused some hiccups and failures, BUT it has also taught me so much. I’ve gathered data, learned things that work and don’t work, grew my patience, and learned to make industrious and quirky work arounds. It’s been an adventure. Yes, there have been days I cried from frustration or body aches, but I am persevering and becoming more confident.

[@debrascott8775]

This is the content I am here for. Reality and optimism in equal measure.

[@BibbidiBobbidiBoo2023]

Jessica, I love you! Your attitude about things is fabulous. Some of the things you say stick with me and help make me a better person. Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom and your love for gardening, people, and animals. I bless YOU. ❤️

[@OZARKMEL]

It's a constant learning session that lasts months long! I just had all my squash, pumpkin and cucumber starts develop powdery mildew....all got tossed out and new seed planted. These were being grown in a new greenhouse. What did I learn? They were crowded together too tightly and the door and windows shut in the greenhouse. Humidity was high and then there was trouble. Am I a "bad" gardener? No, I'm a gardener in training and I learned a very valuable lesson. Onward!

[@southloupriverhomestead4696]

Jess, You are such a good speaker! You are the biggest blessing to the world! Thank You!

[@lindalambe7252]

I say that gardening has developed hope within me...I am in my later season of life and we planted apple trees over the weekend. I may never eat an apple from those trees but I will enjoy the apple blossoms every spring

[@heathernotzdaniels6350]

I'm amazed how many more people I see on social media that are new and getting into growing and canning and preserving for their families. It really is a cool thing to see, as not all generations will get to see something like this. And now, with the age of our technology, it's impressive, because we can share as a community and welcome in people that one hundred years ago, we would have never been able to do. This is great! To those wanting to learn, just keep going, keep learning, keep trying. To those old pros, keep teaching and helping the new gardeners to learn. Just like a grandpa would do for a granddaughter.

[@hardcastlehomestead]

Bring on the gardening season 2023!!!! Jess I know I speak for many here, we are so ready for 2023 garden tours!🌱🌱🌷💐

[@savagehunger3315]

Unexpected late frost got me this year, round 2 is now seeded up. :) The most expensive part of growing food is learning how.

[@tamararobinson2069]

You speak such truth🥰 The higher you feel the risk the Greater the feeling of Excited Glory with success!!🤩

[@misstrcarter]

Jess, I have a community plot and like to stop by on my way home from work. I always had the problem with ruining my nice shoes. I started leaving garden shoes there to change in and out of during my spontaneous stops. Of course I thought of the issue with rodents/bugs hiding in them, so I got some with lots of air holes so I can see inside. They are rubber and I keep them hanging upside down on random t-posts. I have a little mailbox that I keep my small tools/supplies inside that I could also use to store them but there is no more room. Of course, I have to make sure not to walk off wearing my garden shoes and end up leaving my nice shoes at the garden.

[@bc7848]

I hope you never forget that you're such a special lady who blesses so many people on a daily basis! Thank you for being such a lovely gardener, mama, wife and friend to us all!

[@a.j.r_ball]

I think that's one thing that kept me from taking the risk with everything for a long time. But failure is actually a friend not an enemy. Learning how not to do something is just as important as learning how to do it. So good Jess!!

[@Tourettes0]

thank you for your encouraging words, jess and ben

[@ramonajolley1966]

Awwww!! I really love seeing mama grooming baby!! The stone is so beautiful ! Thank you!!

[@silencedflower8441]

My neighbours can never remember my name… it’s the same as yours. But they call me the flower lady. 💐💗 love it.

[@renabuckner8]

Thank you Jess, this year I am going to harvest food!!!

[@bethnia9053]

Your heart must bubble over for that precious and adorable kiddo!! You are a great Mom!!

[@wendysgoats]

I’m almost 62 and I have been gardening since I was a small child with my parents. In fact I’m living in the house I grow up in and gardening in the same garden along with my husband. We have failures but we are constantly trying new things and we have learned new ways and ideas from you and other gardeners. We’re getting older and are putting in raised beds. We’ve tried sweet potatoes a few times but I don’t think we have a long enough growing season up here in Wisconsin. Gardening is a continual learning experience and nature has a role in it too. We never know what it’s going to throw at us so we roll with it.

[@tbballa24]

"We all have different color thumbs and they all can grow food." 👍

[@cottagerose6012]

Thank you for your wisdom…😊

[@brittanyscutecrochets]

Wow that really gave me a whole new perspective. During this hard part of my life, where I may have a lot of failure. We will be busy running back and forth to the oncologist. Just because I may not be able to get everything done like I had planned, I may not get a full harvest. I’ll still be able to enjoy my garden some days. It’s definitely what I will need to help me step away from it all. I’ll just enjoy the process no matter the outcome.

[@marking-time-gardens]

YES! Focusing on the joy through the journey... appreciating the experiences... moment by moment. Praying for you through this journey. Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛🙏💕

[@brittanyscutecrochets]

@@marking-time-gardens thank you! Prayers are very appreciated!

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

Eating your own greens and vegetables, however small the harvest, will be healing for you. Enjoy your garden this year. May it bring you joy.

[@jomiller4397]

So much wisdom comes from our mistakes. Learning changes behavior. and hopefully a good harvest.

[@Joyfulfarmer]

When I sow things ahead of time, I call them “risky beans”, “risky squash”, and so on… this year the risk paid off!! Some years you win, some you lose.

[@Stoiccappy]

An inspired video...especially the sun setting over Jess's shoulder making her look a little angelic :)

[@bethhubbs9937]

I read this quote today and it reminds me of the lesson you're sharing today...."If you aren't making mistakes, then you're not doing anything." - Catherine Cook

[@WildHeartsHomesteadSC]

Love this! It’s so easy to get discouraged or embarrassed when things don’t go right, but failing is part of the bigger task of learning 🥰🥰🥰

[@Tcsd70109]

All I heard was a beautiful explanation of what our walk with Christ should be, and what we should focus on. That is why getting back to the garden is so profound.

[@limingunicorn]

Not me imagining you traipsing out of the garden pushing a wheelbarrow mounding over with your harvest and the biggest smile on your face! Seeing you and your family be so successful gives me such hope for my family's future in gardening and homesteading. It's my DREAM to have a garden as large and functional as yours. I'm not there yet, but I am doing my best to turn my waiting room into a classroom. You are so encouraging and welcoming. Your channel feels like home to me, and I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do to help and encourage new and experienced gardeners alike.

[@courtneysediblegarden518]

Every great gardener has killed many many many plants.

[@LizWilliamsWildflowerLiz]

You never truly know a plant until you have killed it!

[@lanalovesjesus6133]

So true! That’s how we learn!

[@KristiB73]

And as I try more plants I am definitely still killing plants.

[@agirlinthegarden1]

That is so true. Many many plants have lost their life in my presence.

[@paigeh4231]

I grow so many plants! Houseplants and typical garden plants. But I STILL kill several plants a year 😂 but you learn over time. Especially when mastering the care of all sorts of plants. You may grow something super well for years, then suddenly one year get a pest you've never seen/heard before. Doesn't make you a bad gardener.

[@jessied3822]

“Anything worth doing is worth failing at.” Can’t remember where the quote is from, but this was such a sweet and kind message. Thanks, man.

[@spoiledsprites3344]

This was very inspirational! I hope it saves many from giving up ❤

[@WVPreparedMind]

We had freak weather last year. I killed over 160 seedlings last year. I had made a small diy green house over the raised beds that I had up potted seedlings in. Ugh! Massive lesson learned. It just broke my heart. Unfortunately, it was late enough in the year that my fav seeds were sold out! I’ve been gardening most of my life. My new farm is 2 counties away. I have failed for 2 years. Hopefully have it all figured out this year. So, yes we all fail. We have time to fail. I do believe that this is the last food year that we have to fail. Our lives soon will depend on our gardens. 💙💛🙏

[@sydneykasmar]

Jess, your clarity when speaking of dreaming, using your waiting room as a classroom and today on the process of becoming as well as many other topics related to acheiving one's desires would make a great book for the general population.

[@RuthAnnnMorris]

Great video Jess!!

[@alanawemple6074]

Every year there are great successes and great failures. Last year, the drought was hard on my cucumbers and the rabbit destroyed my beans. But the tomatoes lasted longer than ever, because the lack of rain held off the blight. I try to look at the wins more than the losses. Thank you for encouraging us Jess❤️.

[@Naturegirl55]

Jess, your photos melt my 💗. Love you!

[@bluepetunias]

Despite the weather, your lighting is actually great!.

[@lydisgarten]

Thank you so much it is exactly like that. One has to be patient and learn how nature is functioning. I'm usually not patient in a lot of things but if you like to create something you learn to be patient with yourself. I learned it with painting and gardening too and I'm glad that I did.

[@beanblossombaby]

I want a R & R Farm WALL CALENDAR of your photos from the farm Jess! I gasped at your beautiful photography!! I already know where I’d hang it! ❤

[@marking-time-gardens]

Yes!... great idea! Many of us would love to have a calendar with Jess' photos... definitely would like to be in that line with you! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛

[@marking-time-gardens]

Hello Jess. Praying all is well in your area from the storms. Yes, making mistakes and garden failures shouldn't define us but "grow us" into the gardeners we can be. Thank you for the reminder! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛🐛

[@cheryldumont260]

Good morning, Jess.

[@patamthor4934]

Love this! I just have 😊trouble getting carrots but I know why! I just don't do it right. I am getting😅better as I learn! I am waiting for some warmer days TO COME TO NM ! HANG in gardeners!

[@lisaroush8079]

Jess, you are blessing! Thank you for the reminder. If you don't plant the seed you are guaranteed to not get a harvest. God bless you, girl!

[@Pepper5655]

I BLESS YOU, Ben and Jess. I love you channel. you do good work hun.

[@classicaltutor2370]

So much encouraging wisdom. Bless you!

[@flipflopgardener6629]

You told the story of many very well. Naturally, we are caretakers, stewards, "gardeners ". Thank you for sharing your journey, allowing for so many of us to reflect, and harmonize in our love of these things.

[@tristaperkins7112]

These pep talks make my heart smile. Thank you!

[@staceygarlick9674]

Jess, I feel the Lord is speaking to me through you! Every time I watch one of your videos, I hear exactly the wisdom and encouragement that I need at that moment. What a gift! Bless you for all that you do! ❤

[@Clienter00]

This was such a good word, thank you.

[@rootedinjoy8821]

PREACH!!! I had so much failure last year…I too spent $ on some bad soil and my new home is on clay and hydrophobic….but I also produced a lot. And this year will be better!! Thanks sister.

[@TecOneself]

So sweet, its so nice watching my sprouts grow this days also watching you. It be nice to have a husband, may your days continue with joy sharing as you do. 💚🌱🌱🌱🌱💚

[@emekasearthgems3376]

So true. As gardeners, we can learn from those failures and become better gardeners! Thanks for sharing 💜

[@cultivatingthecornerlot]

"Plants just want to GROW!" -- I have told myself this so so many times in this first season of gardening. It's pretty comforting :)

[@lindaparshall9276]

I'm trying milk jug greenhouses over my tender plantings...so far so good

[@melissawaters7891]

Love all your videos! Failing is learning!

[@nicolechew1029]

I just heard about the school shooting in Tennessee today, and am so saddened for the families and the community. I immediately came to watch one of your videos because I knew it would comfort me. Thank you 😢

[@ERICSELDERBERRYNURSERY]

After 3 years of huge failures of all kinds soil weeds heat this was a great message to hear Focus on what goes right it’s so easy to only see what dies but everyone around me would always remark on what grew well. Take the loses but cherish the victory’s

[@beckydecker4641]

Almost every video you share gives me inspiration. The past 3 years I've pushed myself to have a big beautiful garden and quickly became overwhelmed. I just don't have it in me this year but the thought of not growing anything makes my heart sad. So I'm pulling up some big nursery tree planters and growing at least 3 things by my house. That way I can easily water them and tend to them. This season in my life I need healing and change.

[@rosemaryclark610]

this little talk here, applies to SO MANY other things in life. Wisdom. Thanks for sharing from your heart Jess. Good word :)

[@janw491]

I’m going to try sowing carrots , beets, parsnips and maybe lettuce. Never tried this before last frost date. 2023 challenge for me.

[@daisypagan7237]

Wow, just what I needed to hear. I was a bit discouraged because I am having issues with sprouting seeds. Today I will start again. Thank you

[@andreacooley9428]

And that's the BEST way to learn through failures. As long as we learn❤

[@gabym4554]

Jess, love this channel!!! You are my “youtube best friend “ lol Please add more on chickens and egg collection. Thank you

[@growingstrongrootsSummerWest]

JESS…😊 ILOVE YOUR HEART. THANK YOU. ☺️🙏🙏🙏💚🦋

[@loygreen]

It's the gardening that makes me a gardener ❤ Thank you for that !

[@dirtroaddestiny]

As I realize some of my starts died and I failed I’m laughing and saying it’s ok. A chance to learn something new. R.I.P. to the pepper starts the chickens ate. Going to fence the little garden in now. 😂❤