I just found out that my 10-year-old grandson loves tomatoes! He tried a Mr. Stripey for the first time and his eyes lit up. Then we went out to the garden with his sister and they picked corn to eat with their supper. Out of all the things that I have shared with my grandchildren, sharing my garden has been my favorite!
Awww, that's so sweet! I remember being a child and going to my grandma's house. She had a wonderful garden, and she grew many types of veggies, and flowers too. I loved eating at grandma's house, because the food was always so fresh and delicious! And fresh corn and tomatoes from the garden can't be beat, they're so good you don't even have to cook them 🍅🌽
I’ve only been a grandma for three years but my boys LOVE the dirt, plants and watering so far. I can’t wait for the time they realize the food they love comes from the plants they love! 🤗 I live 600 miles away from them but sent them home from our spring visit with little baby plants this year for the first time. Mamma says they love the process but haven’t harvested the matoes just yet lol I can’t wait! 🤗 I’m hoping to live up to my grandma! Thank you for sharing your experience! I just absolutely love this for us ❤️
My love of gardening was sparked by my grandparents. Sent me out to pick raspberries and beans. I grew to love my garden chores so much I do them myself! You are precious!
I made a zuchinni tomatoe and goat cheese salad, with balsamic vinegar and. A good hand full of basil!! Had to share ♥ thank u for all u share with us!
Just want to say, you’ve inspired me so much! If it weren’t for you, I would’ve been crying over my first garden failures instead of rejoicing in all of the successes!! Just planted more zucchini, beans, and cucumbers, and got a few suckers in water for another tomato harvest before the frost. Currently sitting here updating my garden spreadsheet with the 37 different seeds I am planting for the fall garden. First year EVER and LOVING it - and would’ve had such a harder time had I not found y’all - so THANK YOU from a brand-spanking new homesteader (even though I’ve been dreaming of it for decades!!!!)
I went on vacation and came back to everything bolting, over ripe or dead from heat/drought. But August is here, there's still a lot available to plant in the holes of the dead plants. We keep our heads up and keep at it. Good vibes to you and may your garden flourish.
That's my suggestion too. Fill a jar with peeled garlic cloves. Add enough honey to cover the cloves. Add lid loosely as fermenting = gas. Mix a few times for the first few days then once daily. Eventually the garlic will soften and stop floating to the top. That's when you should start eating the garlic. Add oil and spices to the honey to make a salad dressing or marinade. Deeelicious!!
@@vmcougarintn5035 if you make it , save it for 10 months or more then the sugar level from the honey went down. Every day one peace of garlic will give you more health. It is not proven by doctors but here some diabetici needed less insuline. ( i am an old Dutch nurse) G'D BLESS and greetings from Inge Noordam (the Netherlands/Europe)
🌧️💃💗Storms are pure magic, it just energizes the air .... every living thing on alert and then wildlife goes silent and hides away. The earth just covers itself in music from the sky, falling all around you. ❤️ I love storms. 🌧️ 🍯🐝Mint honey, lemon honey, clove honey, cinnamon honey.....so many possibilities!🌱
My husband has several honeybee hives. We harvested about 15 gallons of honey this year. One of my favorite things to do is to ferment cranberries in it. Not only for the health benefits, but it is delicious. I do have a video on it if you want to look it up. I give a step by step. Fermenting honey is best done during warm weather as the fermenting will go faster. Make sure you have burping tops for your mason jars! That video and the one for vanilla extract are two of my most popular videos...
Jess, one of my favorite sides is roasted grapes with rosemary. Wash seedless red or black grapes and remove the stems. Toss with olive oil and salt n pepper on a sheet pan. Place sprigs of rosemary amongst the grapes and bake at 350° for about 20 minutes. Serve at room temp. Oh Yum!
I almost spit out my coffee when you took that first bite of pepper I thought " wait till she takes a second bite - then you did! " Jess you bring Joy to my life - Bless you !!!
Jess, I loved hearing about watching the rain from a distance and smelling it on the breeze. It takes me back to when I was child, living in the south enjoying those pleasures! How I miss my birthplace of Clinton S.C and the simple pleasures of warm summer rains, smelling the rain on the breeze and watching the rain in the distance. Thank you for Sharing those moments with me! Blessings!
I started infusing garlic 🧄 honey last year and it’s my favorite! I always have some readily available first you ferment the organic garlic in the honey for a couple days. Then after it’s fermented pop it into your fridge and use it whenever! Great for teas, or drizzled on a charcuterie board! But our favorite way is dripped over some spicy fried chicken 🍗! In the winter, honey fermented cranberries are Delicious too! I added rosemary,orange peel, and cinnamon sticks to the fermented honey and cranberries!! Yum 😋
Oh my goodness, I just love when you walk around your land. The pond in the background is so serene. Oh sweet sweet Bear,he sticks right with you. I have fallen behind watching, but I've been binge watching to catch up. I'm trying not to go out of order. I only did when I checked on you when the hurricane came through. I started with last August & really enjoy all of your content, I'm especially fond of your animals! Thankyou for your dedication & time you put into these videos for us! Much Love 🇺🇲❤🇺🇲
Thank you for appreciating that thunderstorm for me! We're originally from NW Ohio but live in Northern California now and I always tell my husband how much I miss thunderstorms. We just had the first one since we've been here, over 2 years now.
Isn't it the best thing to find out some random excess plant is now the star of the show, because whatever went wrong with the main plants? It's like a surprise gift. Love your outfit, and colors. About an hour from you and the rain came to us too! Had to run out in it to really believe it. So I'm soaked, feeling a bit electrified, and full of joy now. :) Looking forward to the assorted pepper making video!
The new coop looks great. What a happy find on the jalapeños! I feel alive as the storms roll in too. Very excited the wormtea managed to produce something on the pepper’s. So nice with the thunder and harvesting. A moment of living caught on film. A lovely thing that is😊💚🍀
Jess, just this morning I found your elderberry syrup video and am proud to announce we have our very own homegrown homemade elderberry in the fridge. I love to see you preserve and use what you harvest and I will be making rosemary infused honey too! Thank you! ❤
Agree. Planning a menu around the harvest just makes me so happy! Next week I am making crispy eggrolls to make use of the noodle beans that are just coming in, as well the peppers. My peach tree just started producing, so will be making peach desserts.
Ben's a super smart garden helper! I can't believe the rest of your family doesn't eat tomatoes or pickles. They just don't know what's good, which leaves more of the good stuff for you and your number one garden boy.
Take a look back at 'harvesting tips' and then see how much you just picked from that greenhouse! With every storm the sun will come again...I think you just got your ☀️ 😁 perseverance paid 😌
My heart is so full of joy when I can prepare/serve something out of my garden. Rain...I wish we could get some here in Southern CA. Water is the life source of all gardens.- Rhonda
Jess, I've been away but I'm back and catching up on the backlog of video. I had forgotten how much peace and joy I get from watching. From now on, I'm making these videos a part of my self care. Thanks for all you do!
I haven't watched any videos for a few months and it's amazing to see how much progress you've made with your farm--incredible! Love to see all the plants, varieties, etc.
I feel like I was experiencing the storm with you. It almost felt like a love story. I even found myself swaying as the thunder rolled and you describing so poetically
In Wisconsin this time of year is tornado season😜 Hot, humid, thunderstorms, but the little slice of heaven as our garden blooms in a four seasons world. The garden always reminds us that gardening takes time....sometimes more time than we'd like to admit...
I have struggled keeping my veggies productive this year. Between drought and down pours, pests and crab grass 🤨...I’m just thankful to have made it this far. That being said...oddly enough...my herbs have done exceptionally well! I have basil, thyme, sage and rosemary that are absolutely showing off with very little love and attention from me. Cletus and Jazzman do prefer to lay in the gardens right around my herbs so maybe THEY are the master gardeners of the family lol...good pups for sure! Stay safe, well, and happy fam! Much love from TN ❤️
Jess, I am also growing Ajvarski peppers for the first time. These come from North Macedonia. I work with a team located there who tell me Ajvar (pronounced eye-var) is the traditional dish, a dip made with these peppers and eggplant, served with roasted vegetables or white cheese (goat or sheep) and bread. Everyone’s favorite. Perfect for a kitchen day!
My parents make huge batches of ajvar yearly. We affectionately have called it Baba's Spread for years with the kids. It is so nice to see Jess growing these peppers.
Dang, I would LOVE to spend a week with you learning some of your recipes for cooking with herbs! Didn't get hardly any harvest due to the sun, squash bugs and some tainted soil, so I've been living my gardening with you. Maybe my fall garden will produce! Love when Benjamin says pickle! 😆🤭
Love your heart in your face at the coming of the rain. So so appreciate your share, just wished I could have chickens but not so in town limits so I keep dreaming for now watching you
Jess watching you touching your face after harvesting jalapenos peppers make my anxious... (Not the eyes I was screaming at you) !!! Blessing to the harvest!!
THR PASSIONFLOWER VINE! Your camera blurred past it at 11:30 but if you read this will you please snap some nice shots of those blooms?! Please and thank you! Love the stormy harvest footage! ❤️
Sweet Jess, I have a basic honey recipe, not an infusion. When I make pancakes, I will make a syrup mixture for the pancakes everyone likes in my house. 1 cup real maple syrup, 2 tablespoons raw honey, 1 to 2 teaspoons vanilla, and whisk together. Ready to top pancakes. Some people may like less honey in their syrup.
Beautiful rain clouds!! We sure need some rain!! Send those clouds our way- Southeastern NC! We’ve had some great clouds but no rain! Hoping for some soon😘🤗
Oh gosh, the rain coming with the feel and fragrance sounds delicious. The fragrance of rain in the air takes me back to childhood in Idaho. We had wonderful storms there too. Don't get them much here, at least not as much lightening, which I love watching. Im so glad to see your peppers in the sketchy soil doing much better. I was just sharing with a friend here about your problem solving ideas on this issue and how it has been inspiring for me even. Btw, I'm so glad you grew the Lesya Pepper! It's a wonderful pepper. I grew Lesya peppers that first year Baker Creek iffered them. Theu grew in the garden boxes Ben built for me before he died. It was like a gift because they were so fabulous and peppers can be challenging to grow here in NW Oregon. I sent seeds to Patti Gilbert of Southern Blessed Homestead in Tennesee and she adores them too. The rosemary honey sounds delicious. I finally found a local honey producer and bought a bucket this time. Honey and Thyme, either Winter Thyme or Lemon Thyme are lovely. A more gentle herbal flavor for those who prefer that over the stronger rosemary. Enjoyed hanging out today. ~Patty~
Thank you for sharing your pepper harvest and infused honey. While you were chopping the rosemary, I have to say I love your knife! Some might say it's silly, but quality tools are important - especially in the kitchen! :) We grew some Wa Mae Wo Korean hot peppers this year, which are a hybrid... Well they weren't hot, but we're mixing them with some spicy peppers and making a sweet chili sauce and maybe some cowboy relish (chopped cowboy candy). As a Georgia girl who also served in the military, I can say Georgia thunderstorms feel, sound, and look like home to me. There was no place I was stationed that had storms like this - and I have read thunderstorms help either put in or bring up minerals in the soil, so maybe that's a neat thing.
Lavender flowers or thyme mixed in honey is good🤤 The thyme honey is nice if you have a sore throat and I like the lavender infused honey with chamomile tea🌱💚💛💜
Oh the smell of rain! I miss it so badly! We’ve had nothing for almost 60 days here in Texas. I have a jar of garlic honey in the pantry I started a few weeks ago!
I was always finding myself without a basket until I bought ten of those colorful plastic baskets at dollar tree. I hang them on the fence posts so they are always at hand for those impromptu harvesting moments. They can get wet and can be used to rinse and drain your produce.
Completely off topic, but I would love to see an instructional video on how to make compost tea. Thanks for all you do to help us prepare for what’s to come. ❤️❤️❤️
You can infuse (thyme), (lavender), (ginger), (orange peel plus clove)... depending on your taste. you can sample different flavors with: 1 tsp of another "simple" honey (like acacia) plus1 or more spices" in a mini ramekin. Leave to infuse for a few days, taste and decide what you like the most before using the raw honey. If you or children like a particular taste (example cookie speculoos) look at the ingredients and test them in a sample. You can also add some berries like sea buckthorn. All this being to make a test with honey cheaper before using a very good honey as you have. (and it also depends on the seasons).
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Ginger honey sounds delicious to me. I bet cinnamon would be good too.
@ Yes, cinnamon but only sticks. There is also star anise and all that kind of spices. even lemon but everything must to be dry so you can prepare your lemon zest, let it dry and use it. I like to do samples in case i would not like the finished product.
In the UK we like to eat Lamb (which I know isn't so popular in the US). One of the ways I like to cook it is with honey and rosemary or mint. If I'm cooking leg I make about 15 slits in the skin and poke in a good glob of honey, a few rosemary spikes and a half garlic clove, then roast. Using your infused honey idea cuts out a step, winner :)
I am in Alaska and LOVE lamb! I think I will pick up a nice leg or other roast and have lamb with roasted potatoes and root veggies! Thank you for the reminder!!
I never thought of infusing honey with herbs, I have a nice rosemary bush growing so I will be making rosemary honey today. Thank you for the great idea.
Folks in Arizona are a bit nuts when it actually rains....we do a happy dance if we get more than a dirt settling sprinkle...any day with clouds is a perfect day to go outside! Love Clouds and storms.
Love storms! Up here in the adirondack mountains of NY we don't get too much. And our garden season is super short!! Just put a small greenhouse up. Excited to put it to use!! Love your videos!! Thank you! And bless you and your family!
That’s a nice pail o’ peppers! We infuse thyme and rosemary in honey and we do sweeten tea with it, but we use it as a cough syrup and/or allergy treatment, also 😊
My garden didn't do well this year, so pickles are out. I wanted to make more bread and butter pickles because I only have one jar left that I have been saving until I made more. I might have to pick up some cucumbers at the farmers market. Ben is so cute.
I love the storms at the beach the best. You never knw what the sea will wash up on the beach. The pepper Will got was much smaller but red as well. Try rosemary honey on sourdough bread with butter. It is so good. My neighbor gave me a quart of raw honey from his bees. I bet your honey would be good as a glaze on a pork loin roast. I bless you as well.
I just found out that my 10-year-old grandson loves tomatoes! He tried a Mr. Stripey for the first time and his eyes lit up. Then we went out to the garden with his sister and they picked corn to eat with their supper. Out of all the things that I have shared with my grandchildren, sharing my garden has been my favorite!
Amen!!! Kinda like if you teach em to fish!!!
I love this so much for all you! 🤗
Awww, that's so sweet! I remember being a child and going to my grandma's house. She had a wonderful garden, and she grew many types of veggies, and flowers too. I loved eating at grandma's house, because the food was always so fresh and delicious! And fresh corn and tomatoes from the garden can't be beat, they're so good you don't even have to cook them 🍅🌽
I’ve only been a grandma for three years but my boys LOVE the dirt, plants and watering so far.
I can’t wait for the time they realize the food they love comes from the plants they love! 🤗
I live 600 miles away from them but sent them home from our spring visit with little baby plants this year for the first time. Mamma says they love the process but haven’t harvested the matoes just yet lol I can’t wait! 🤗
I’m hoping to live up to my grandma!
Thank you for sharing your experience! I just absolutely love this for us ❤️
My love of gardening was sparked by my grandparents. Sent me out to pick raspberries and beans. I grew to love my garden chores so much I do them myself!
You are precious!
jess, you planted a bunch of wild flower seeds near the pond... how are those doing? can we visit them in your next video? bless you
I made a zuchinni tomatoe and goat cheese salad, with balsamic vinegar and. A good hand full of basil!!
Had to share ♥ thank u for all u share with us!
You look especially beautiful in your thumbnail photo! It is always a pleasure to see your kind face everyday. Love you, Jess!! ❤❤❤
Just want to say, you’ve inspired me so much! If it weren’t for you, I would’ve been crying over my first garden failures instead of rejoicing in all of the successes!! Just planted more zucchini, beans, and cucumbers, and got a few suckers in water for another tomato harvest before the frost. Currently sitting here updating my garden spreadsheet with the 37 different seeds I am planting for the fall garden. First year EVER and LOVING it - and would’ve had such a harder time had I not found y’all - so THANK YOU from a brand-spanking new homesteader (even though I’ve been dreaming of it for decades!!!!)
I went on vacation and came back to everything bolting, over ripe or dead from heat/drought. But August is here, there's still a lot available to plant in the holes of the dead plants. We keep our heads up and keep at it. Good vibes to you and may your garden flourish.
I second that!! ❤
I like to use the term successful fail- because it’s a learning lesson- there’s no shame in that at all. 🫶🏻
The fragrance of mother earth showing her thanks for the rain. I love that smell too.
Love the smell of the rain!! Rain falling on my tin roof is awesome!!
For the honey. Try fermenting garlic in honey. Excellent health benefits.
That's my suggestion too. Fill a jar with peeled garlic cloves. Add enough honey to cover the cloves. Add lid loosely as fermenting = gas. Mix a few times for the first few days then once daily. Eventually the garlic will soften and stop floating to the top. That's when you should start eating the garlic. Add oil and spices to the honey to make a salad dressing or marinade. Deeelicious!!
@@thelittlebrownranch9105 Never heard of this. I love garlic, but as a diabetic honey is a no, no. I now wonder if I could get away with this?
@@vmcougarintn5035 yes, you can!
@@thelittlebrownranch9105 I shoulda read the comments first! 😆 I just posted much of the same. I can’t wait to try it!
@@vmcougarintn5035 if you make it , save it for 10 months or more then the sugar level from the honey went down. Every day one peace of garlic will give you more health. It is not proven by doctors but here some diabetici needed less insuline. ( i am an old Dutch nurse) G'D BLESS and greetings from Inge Noordam (the Netherlands/Europe)
🌧️💃💗Storms are pure magic, it just energizes the air .... every living thing on alert and then wildlife goes silent and hides away. The earth just covers itself in music from the sky, falling all around you. ❤️ I love storms. 🌧️
🍯🐝Mint honey, lemon honey, clove honey, cinnamon honey.....so many possibilities!🌱
Such a lovely word picture you painted.
I love the way Bear stayed near to you!
My husband has several honeybee hives. We harvested about 15 gallons of honey this year. One of my favorite things to do is to ferment cranberries in it. Not only for the health benefits, but it is delicious. I do have a video on it if you want to look it up. I give a step by step. Fermenting honey is best done during warm weather as the fermenting will go faster. Make sure you have burping tops for your mason jars!
That video and the one for vanilla extract are two of my most popular videos...
Jess, one of my favorite sides is roasted grapes with rosemary. Wash seedless red or black grapes and remove the stems. Toss with olive oil and salt n pepper on a sheet pan. Place sprigs of rosemary amongst the grapes and bake at 350° for about 20 minutes. Serve at room temp. Oh Yum!
must/will try; thanks for sharing.
I want to try this!
Sounds interesting, I'm trying this👍. Thanks for sharing your favorite 😋
I've never heard of roasting fruit. What does it taste like?
I almost spit out my coffee when you took that first bite of pepper I thought " wait till she takes a second bite - then you did! " Jess you bring Joy to my life - Bless you !!!
Jess, I loved hearing about watching the rain from a distance and smelling it on the breeze. It takes me back to when I was child, living in the south enjoying those pleasures! How I miss my birthplace of Clinton S.C and the simple pleasures of warm summer rains, smelling the rain on the breeze and watching the rain in the distance. Thank you for Sharing those moments with me! Blessings!
I started infusing garlic 🧄 honey last year and it’s my favorite! I always have some readily available first you ferment the organic garlic in the honey for a couple days. Then after it’s fermented pop it into your fridge and use it whenever! Great for teas, or drizzled on a charcuterie board! But our favorite way is dripped over some spicy fried chicken 🍗!
In the winter, honey fermented cranberries are Delicious too! I added rosemary,orange peel, and cinnamon sticks to the fermented honey and cranberries!! Yum 😋
That sounds wonderful!!!
So good with chicken nuggets 😋 😍 I add chili flakes too.
I use my honey fermented garlic to make salad dressing. Especially with a piece of preserved lemon added in. So good.
I love the building energy of a storm. We respond to that energy more when we’re connected to the earth the way gardening connects us.
Ohhh I clicked fast for rosemary infused honey.... I have 5 gallons of honey that I need ideas for haha.
Oh my goodness, I just love when you walk around your land. The pond in the background is so serene. Oh sweet sweet Bear,he sticks right with you. I have fallen behind watching, but I've been binge watching to catch up. I'm trying not to go out of order. I only did when I checked on you when the hurricane came through. I started with last August & really enjoy all of your content, I'm especially fond of your animals! Thankyou for your dedication & time you put into these videos for us! Much Love 🇺🇲❤🇺🇲
Bear is such a sweetheart. Always your shadow. I just love shepherds 💜 the most loyal dogs
Thank you for appreciating that thunderstorm for me! We're originally from NW Ohio but live in Northern California now and I always tell my husband how much I miss thunderstorms. We just had the first one since we've been here, over 2 years now.
the rumbling thunder is a healing balm to my ears and my soul
Yes! I hate opening a jar, even though that is why I can! I just like seeing them all on the shelves. 🌻
Last fall I made cranberries in honey with ginger and orange slice, Yummy! For toast, muffins, ice cream, pork or chicken ideas endless!
Yes, I don’t like opening up my jars of goodie’s while I’m still canning.
Isn't it the best thing to find out some random excess plant is now the star of the show, because whatever went wrong with the main plants? It's like a surprise gift. Love your outfit, and colors. About an hour from you and the rain came to us too! Had to run out in it to really believe it. So I'm soaked, feeling a bit electrified, and full of joy now. :) Looking forward to the assorted pepper making video!
The new coop looks great. What a happy find on the jalapeños! I feel alive as the storms roll in too. Very excited the wormtea managed to produce something on the pepper’s. So nice with the thunder and harvesting. A moment of living caught on film. A lovely thing that is😊💚🍀
Jess, just this morning I found your elderberry syrup video and am proud to announce we have our very own homegrown homemade elderberry in the fridge. I love to see you preserve and use what you harvest and I will be making rosemary infused honey too! Thank you! ❤
Hi Ben! Love seeing you and your brothers! Thanks Jess. That looks real good. 🌹
Nothing like heading out to the garden and harvesting dinner - amazing reward for all the effort 😊
Agree. Planning a menu around the harvest just makes me so happy! Next week I am making crispy eggrolls to make use of the noodle beans that are just coming in, as well the peppers. My peach tree just started producing, so will be making peach desserts.
Pro tip…if you hold Rosemary at the top of the stem & run your fingers down the length, it will strip the leaves off for you :)
Praying for rain here in East Texas 🙏
Ben's a super smart garden helper! I can't believe the rest of your family doesn't eat tomatoes or pickles. They just don't know what's good, which leaves more of the good stuff for you and your number one garden boy.
I have one pickle eater and one not - all the more for us!
Take a look back at 'harvesting tips' and then see how much you just picked from that greenhouse! With every storm the sun will come again...I think you just got your ☀️ 😁 perseverance paid 😌
My heart is so full of joy when I can prepare/serve something out of my garden. Rain...I wish we could get some here in Southern CA. Water is the life source of all gardens.- Rhonda
I was entranced with the walk in the wind and the rain. Almost being there Love the storms….thank you.
Thyme, Lemon Thyme and Lavender are my three favorite herbs to infuse in honey.
Sweet Bear. What a good boy 💙💙 just a blessing they are.
Jess, I've been away but I'm back and catching up on the backlog of video. I had forgotten how much peace and joy I get from watching. From now on, I'm making these videos a part of my self care. Thanks for all you do!
Pretty red slippers, Dorothy! Better not be any tornadoes in those clouds!
Just the sweetest. I adore this channel.
Thank you. 🌱💚🙏💙
I haven't watched any videos for a few months and it's amazing to see how much progress you've made with your farm--incredible! Love to see all the plants, varieties, etc.
I feel like I was experiencing the storm with you. It almost felt like a love story. I even found myself swaying as the thunder rolled and you describing so poetically
Hi to Ben & Toby! I love teaching my kids about canning as well. Such a joy when they want and appreciate it!
In Wisconsin this time of year is tornado season😜 Hot, humid, thunderstorms, but the little slice of heaven as our garden blooms in a four seasons world. The garden always reminds us that gardening takes time....sometimes more time than we'd like to admit...
Just wanted to give you a thank you for all your posts. I enjoy your expression so much! I bless you. And I don't bless many people! Lol.
I have struggled keeping my veggies productive this year. Between drought and down pours, pests and crab grass 🤨...I’m just thankful to have made it this far. That being said...oddly enough...my herbs have done exceptionally well! I have basil, thyme, sage and rosemary that are absolutely showing off with very little love and attention from me.
Cletus and Jazzman do prefer to lay in the gardens right around my herbs so maybe THEY are the master gardeners of the family lol...good pups for sure!
Stay safe, well, and happy fam! Much love from TN ❤️
Thanks for this simple walk with you in daily life.
Lemon balm (mint) infused honey!!! 🤤🤤🤤 sooo good!!!
I miss the smell of rain here in central Texas. The whole family sits out on the back porch to enjoy it. It has been so long...
Jess, I am also growing Ajvarski peppers for the first time. These come from North Macedonia. I work with a team located there who tell me Ajvar (pronounced eye-var) is the traditional dish, a dip made with these peppers and eggplant, served with roasted vegetables or white cheese (goat or sheep) and bread. Everyone’s favorite. Perfect for a kitchen day!
My parents make huge batches of ajvar yearly. We affectionately have called it Baba's Spread for years with the kids. It is so nice to see Jess growing these peppers.
I love North AL (not too far from Florence), so I'm no stranger to thunder storms. But I still love to watch and listen to them. 😊
Dang, I would LOVE to spend a week with you learning some of your recipes for cooking with herbs! Didn't get hardly any harvest due to the sun, squash bugs and some tainted soil, so I've been living my gardening with you. Maybe my fall garden will produce! Love when Benjamin says pickle! 😆🤭
I love a good storm be it thunder or blizzard ... yes they do make you feel very alive!!
I've had thyme and pine honey in Greece and it's very popular there, and it's one of the BEST honey flavour combos I've ever had!
Hello sweet little boy 👋 Thank you for the videos Jess, can't wait to see your mushrooms!!!
Garlic! I fermented garlic in honey is delicious 😋 😍
Wow, those peppers are gorgeous... I also don't mind cross pollination I find it so interesting and incredible, it's like a surprise!!
Blessings to all!
Love your heart in your face at the coming of the rain. So so appreciate your share, just wished I could have chickens but not so in town limits so I keep dreaming for now watching you
Lavender infused honey. Love it in my coffee ☕️ 😋
Jess watching you touching your face after harvesting jalapenos peppers make my anxious... (Not the eyes I was screaming at you) !!! Blessing to the harvest!!
We had a kajari cross with a charentais melon apparently and the resulting melon is YUMMY.
Lol, I totally agree with you about opening up a freshly canned jar in summer. I think "I'm going to want that in February!"
THR PASSIONFLOWER VINE!
Your camera blurred past it at 11:30 but if you read this will you please snap some nice shots of those blooms?!
Please and thank you!
Love the stormy harvest footage!
❤️
Sweet Jess, I have a basic honey recipe, not an infusion. When I make pancakes, I will make a syrup mixture for the pancakes everyone likes in my house. 1 cup real maple syrup, 2 tablespoons raw honey, 1 to 2 teaspoons vanilla, and whisk together. Ready to top pancakes. Some people may like less honey in their syrup.
Beautiful rain clouds!! We sure need some rain!! Send those clouds our way- Southeastern NC! We’ve had some great clouds but no rain! Hoping for some soon😘🤗
Why did I tear up when she said "your banana peppers" to Ben, lol I'm hopeless!!!
Oh gosh, the rain coming with the feel and fragrance sounds delicious. The fragrance of rain in the air takes me back to childhood in Idaho. We had wonderful storms there too. Don't get them much here, at least not as much lightening, which I love watching.
Im so glad to see your peppers in the sketchy soil doing much better. I was just sharing with a friend here about your problem solving ideas on this issue and how it has been inspiring for me even. Btw, I'm so glad you grew the Lesya Pepper! It's a wonderful pepper. I grew Lesya peppers that first year Baker Creek iffered them. Theu grew in the garden boxes Ben built for me before he died. It was like a gift because they were so fabulous and peppers can be challenging to grow here in NW Oregon.
I sent seeds to Patti Gilbert of Southern Blessed Homestead in Tennesee and she adores them too.
The rosemary honey sounds delicious. I finally found a local honey producer and bought a bucket this time. Honey and Thyme, either Winter Thyme or Lemon Thyme are lovely. A more gentle herbal flavor for those who prefer that over the stronger rosemary.
Enjoyed hanging out today. ~Patty~
We are praying next week the storm doesn’t turn into a tropical depression, hurricane. God Bless 🙏❤️
Love love love the rain clouds ❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your pepper harvest and infused honey. While you were chopping the rosemary, I have to say I love your knife! Some might say it's silly, but quality tools are important - especially in the kitchen! :) We grew some Wa Mae Wo Korean hot peppers this year, which are a hybrid... Well they weren't hot, but we're mixing them with some spicy peppers and making a sweet chili sauce and maybe some cowboy relish (chopped cowboy candy). As a Georgia girl who also served in the military, I can say Georgia thunderstorms feel, sound, and look like home to me. There was no place I was stationed that had storms like this - and I have read thunderstorms help either put in or bring up minerals in the soil, so maybe that's a neat thing.
Lavender flowers or thyme mixed in honey is good🤤 The thyme honey is nice if you have a sore throat and I like the lavender infused honey with chamomile tea🌱💚💛💜
Try infusing lavender, it's delicious!💜
Oh the smell of rain! I miss it so badly! We’ve had nothing for almost 60 days here in Texas.
I have a jar of garlic honey in the pantry I started a few weeks ago!
Cinnamon honey!! Omg, it’s the BEST drizzled over peaches or apples. Tastes like pie!
I was always finding myself without a basket until I bought ten of those colorful plastic baskets at dollar tree. I hang them on the fence posts so they are always at hand for those impromptu harvesting moments. They can get wet and can be used to rinse and drain your produce.
Completely off topic, but I would love to see an instructional video on how to make compost tea. Thanks for all you do to help us prepare for what’s to come. ❤️❤️❤️
Yes please.
What part do y want 2 know?
I love thunderstorms! ❤️
Mix saffran with honey! Its soo good with the th’e in the winter. Like a kiss on the cheek! ❤️
You can infuse (thyme), (lavender), (ginger), (orange peel plus clove)... depending on your taste.
you can sample different flavors with: 1 tsp of another "simple" honey (like acacia) plus1 or more spices" in a mini ramekin.
Leave to infuse for a few days, taste and decide what you like the most before using the raw honey.
If you or children like a particular taste (example cookie speculoos) look at the ingredients and test them in a sample.
You can also add some berries like sea buckthorn.
All this being to make a test with honey cheaper before using a very good honey as you have. (and it also depends on the seasons).
Ginger honey sounds delicious to me. I bet cinnamon would be good too.
@ Yes, cinnamon but only sticks. There is also star anise and all that kind of spices. even lemon but everything must to be dry so you can prepare your lemon zest, let it dry and use it. I like to do samples in case i would not like the finished product.
Smart!
I make a lavender-lemon infused honey that is really delightful 😋😋
In the UK we like to eat Lamb (which I know isn't so popular in the US). One of the ways I like to cook it is with honey and rosemary or mint. If I'm cooking leg I make about 15 slits in the skin and poke in a good glob of honey, a few rosemary spikes and a half garlic clove, then roast. Using your infused honey idea cuts out a step, winner :)
I am in Alaska and LOVE lamb! I think I will pick up a nice leg or other roast and have lamb with roasted potatoes and root veggies! Thank you for the reminder!!
Aussie here who loves roast lamb. I am definitely going to try your way!
Jess, I feel like you will love to know that the smell of fresh rain has it's own beautiful word - petrichor (said like "Petra-Core") :)
I never thought of infusing honey with herbs, I have a nice rosemary bush growing so I will be making rosemary honey today. Thank you for the great idea.
Rosemary and honey is yummy! Bless you!🤗🤗❤
I love placing a whole habanero pepper (uncut) in the water when I cook jasmine rice - you get the flavor with slight heat 😊 Delicious!
Bahahah I love all the times you've been out in the garden taking a bite of a "sweet pepper" 🤣
Lavender honey is wonderful!
Honey infused with Lavender sounds good1
That's what I was going to suggest. It makes wonderful cookies!
Folks in Arizona are a bit nuts when it actually rains....we do a happy dance if we get more than a dirt settling sprinkle...any day with clouds is a perfect day to go outside! Love Clouds and storms.
I love mint honey!
Awesome pepper harvest; love your $5.00 basket find.
Honeysuckle infused honey is my all time favorite! Delicious in herbal teas and perfect for poker red sore throats!
I’ve been missing Daniel’s guitar soundtrack in your videos and wondering if you’d include it again. Thank you for adding it. ☺️
Happy growing.
I love thyme and a little sage infused in honey. Yummy! Great video.
Love storms! Up here in the adirondack mountains of NY we don't get too much. And our garden season is super short!! Just put a small greenhouse up. Excited to put it to use!! Love your videos!! Thank you! And bless you and your family!
That’s a nice pail o’ peppers!
We infuse thyme and rosemary in honey and we do sweeten tea with it, but we use it as a cough syrup and/or allergy treatment, also 😊
Another type of new plant to add to my 'need for next year' list! Serrano pepper
My garden didn't do well this year, so pickles are out. I wanted to make more bread and butter pickles because I only have one jar left that I have been saving until I made more. I might have to pick up some cucumbers at the farmers market. Ben is so cute.
I love the storms at the beach the best. You never knw what the sea will wash up on the beach. The pepper Will got was much smaller but red as well. Try rosemary honey on sourdough bread with butter. It is so good. My neighbor gave me a quart of raw honey from his bees. I bet your honey would be good as a glaze on a pork loin roast. I bless you as well.
☕ Lavender Honey Lattes are my favorite. 🐝