When I lived in Arkansas in the 1970’s, my then quite old neighbor lady, Viola, would share flower bulbs...since ours was a brand new home. She said that that’s called a “Friendship Garden”. 🌸
That is what all old gardeners do, we share our bounty with new gardeners to spark their joy in gardening. I have given away many many plants, cuttings, seeds, and bulbs to friends and strangers, I even broke off a limb of a Brugmansia for the mail lady. I was going to send Jess a cutting but they are poisonous to animals and even though they have been planted by horses and most animals know what to not eat, goats do not fall into that category. They have a heavenly smell in the morning and evening, like jasmine and gardenia!
My mom is 91 and loves to garden. The day she can’t get out in the garden will be the day she passes. She too has irises in groups with other flowers. She grows a deep purple that looks black, called black beard. Her yard is magic to all who sees it. You remind me of her when I was a child, planting everything that blooms with her.
Why did I love that daffodil story so much? Now I want to see a whole new line of stickers, "Home is where the daffodils grow", and "Look for the daffodils" - and I can just see your front area by the driveway with a line of daffodils, and telling people who are asking for directions to your house to just "Look for the daffodils". Just sent me down a sweet and silly fantasy. xD
Daffodils are one plant that the deer won't eat. So I grow lots of them. Maybe that's why it's the only plants left after years of growing wild. They'll even reseed as well as multiplying the bulbs.
If you get enough plants from viewers it might be fun to make a special 'Roots and Refuge Community' garden with all the things folks send you! Remembrance and thanks to all this day. 🇺🇸
Your comment about little Ben saying that he misses the garden, just touched my heart so deeply! For a 6-year old child to be so deeply touched by the garden is an amazing blessing! God bless Benjamin, you and your wonderful family...💚🥰🙏💙
Just hit play on this vlog and watched the first 10 seconds, and had to stop it for a tic to say...,Its a beautiful thing to see that you are now really feeling the stress of the move has melted off-a you and that giggly super cheerful Jess personality is shining right out through that lens. ♥️♥️♥️
@@southernladywithmanyhats7428 I too collected her books. I also consider myself lucky to have gone to her home and met her. It is one of my most cherished memories.
Oh Jess! You answered my question! But I have a 2nd part to my sending you some irises? Mine are white water irises, great for growing in your ponds. I have had mine for 8 years and although they do multiply, it's slower than any invasive varieties. In 8 years mine are only covering about a 10'x3' space. I've only given away, maybe 10 rhizomes the whole time. They have a clean linen type scent that will fill the area when their in bloom, with stacked blooms on single stalks. Each about the size of your palm. I can send them in about a month. Then they will have saved their energies for maximum growth next season. Straight priorities, Mother and son time! All in, no distractions. Hope y'all have a great evening and weekend. God bless.
Watching your video and hearing the excitement in your voice brought a smile to my heart that has been sad today remembering the tragic events 20 years ago! Thank you!!
I am super interested in all things garden whether for eating or for beauty. Please don't stop sharing this type of content. Love your channel! It's such an inspiration for me!
My grandma used to breed roses and she always worked for a black rose. She died a little over 20 years ago and at her funeral my brother had the idea to put a black rose in her hand. He went to great length to find a florist who could get one. They had to spray paint it. Then the pastor of her church who performed the ceremony told everyone the meaning of the black rose. He said that he wished he had known this fact about her but she had not shared her gardening projects with her church friends. Nowdays there are black roses and whenever I see one I always think of her and her gorgeous rose gardens.
I love how @17:28 bear is slightly wagging his tail at you, then as you pointing towards the yard bear kind of looks towards the yard trying to figure out what your pointing to.. like he’s trying to figure out if your taking to him. I’ve never had my own dog that I’ve raised from a puppy so I just love how much bear seems dedicated to you!
I learned to love Iris's from my Aunt, who had them planted around the house on their farm. She also had the most amazing Lilac Bushes. Love Lilacs, nothing smells sweeter, except maybe gardenia's.
Your joy in getting your soil is contagious! I’m so happy for you to be able to experience this new chapter in your life, PS your hair up in a bun is really flattering!
About 35 years ago I lived in norther NJ and there was a lovely old man ( who was probably my age now) who grew hybrid Irises that were magnificent! He kept working on it and finally managed to graft a BLACk iriiss! I believe he had it patented and sold his bulbs all over the world! I loved visiting his gardens and listening to him... he loved his plants like they were his children. It was such an honor to be a member of our local Board of Health with him! Ahh memories!
Shreiner's is just a couple of hours away. They have the most beautiful demonstration gardens. They all bloom in May and are a wonderous sight to see. I have several varieties. One called "Tropical Sunset' has blue with shades of yellow and orange. Gorgeous.
What a wonderful selection of irises. Irises are one of my favourite flowers. My husband and I bought our first house this spring after renting multiple houses over a decade together, and when we showed up on the closing date our new house had beautiful irises and strawberries in the side garden. It felt like such a special welcome. When I was an archaeologist for years in Ontario, we would look for random lilac bushes as a sign of where the house originally was on an old farmstead. And sometimes a patch of sumac would be an indication of where an old midden (garbage heap) had been.
I love that you’re planting near your pond. I’ve always been told to plant irises “like ducks in a pond” feet/roots below the surface and body/rhizome floating on top. I have a beautiful old iris that needs splitting this month. Stay tuned to your PO Box, for a package from MI, haha.
I love the notion of planting not only for your table but also for your heart. I also believe, in Victorian flower language, an Iris tells of a message, or something to confide, so by asking for the stories behind your gifted flowers, you're asking for a message behind the message itself. We've always kept Irises, in memory of my great grandmother, who would steal the flower heads from the local church garden, they're a deep purple/brown, and live beneath her damson tree.
We put our Irises by the pond as they love water. If you ever tour the swamps in LA. try to go in March or early April when all the Irises bloom... It's amazing...
@@MrsStevenBrown that's good to know. The white irises my grandmother grew we're almost completely wiped out by the freak late freeze we had. I live in her old home now and wouldn't have begun to know what type to replace them with. It's at or over a hundred degrees here for most of the Summer.
I always focused on edible (“useful”) planting, but last fall I planted a ton of bulbs I got on sale (like 20 bulbs for $2 sale) and I have just delighted in watching them pop up haha soooo low maintenance, and so cheery. I can’t wait to see your irises next year!
@@RootsandRefugeFarm The big box stores will put them on crazy sale in October in our zones. Also, check for amaryllis on sale after Christmas. They grow outside there, I even have them inground here in NC zone7b.
In February 2007 we made a stressful unplanned cross country move. What a surprise blessing in spring to watch first daffodils then tulips and irises pop up through the plain grass yard. It helped heal my soul.
Oh, I'd definitely rather be in the garden than cleaning house...I mean, who wouldn't lol? But at least I'm working on things that need to be done, even if it's in the yard, right? (Ha ha, that's what I tell myself anyway!)
I love watching you and the way you get excited about the beauty of life. I been enjoying your family for years and the excitement of moving - a leap of faith! Love that you planted a tree in remembrance of starting your families life on this new land. I learn something positive every time I watch your videos. Interesting story about the daffodils 🌼 when I was a kid I watched little house on the prairie- it was my dream life to live off the land! Love your family and the way you look at life! 🙏
We have irises from my great great grandfather! They don't have any names, but some of them he wrote down how he raised them and had seeds from pollinated flowers that he had in his old hot house. I have all of my Mother's irises, she passed away four years ago and they rebloom again in the fall. To see them all bloom reminds us of them and all the garden stories they told. Thank you for your videos!
Jess, I live 40 miles from the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. My husband's friend he goes backpacking with is a direct descendant of a family originally from Cades Cove. His great grandfather was actually born in the Cove . This wonderful man gifted me some irises that were brought from the Cove so many years ago. I'm sending you a few of these "descendants" as soon as I separate them out. Now you have the backstory on these beautiful flowers that hopefully will remind you of my beautiful Smoky Mountains and that indescribably beautiful cove from many years ago.
Oh wow!!!! That is so exciting to me. I always like to find the connections in my life. Like when I stood there 15 years ago and awed at the idea of flowers marking a home place centuries later and stored up that idea, I had no idea I’d be building a home place in SC and having flowers from the very place that inspired me! Thank you!
Jess, be careful planting different varieties of Irises together. They cross pollinate and the colors change over the years. I planted around a 20-30' square flower bed multiple bearded irises in pinks, blues, purples white, yellows, a black and they ALL become a muted purple with a rainbow of colors in the throat, but you can only see that rainbow when you are up close . I would send you a picture, but I cannot attach it here. Also, Irises need to be divide or they become monstrously large. We just dug up 4 Siberian Irises that were planted Spring 2018 (4 years)and that were about 10" in diameter back then, a gift from our neighbor who split one of hers to give me the 4 back then and today when we dug it up one measured 6' + in diameter. We broke 2 shovels in the process and it took 3 of us to move it. My husband needed a steel bar to spilt it smaller so I can transplant it along the garage foundation. They're beautiful but plant them were you don't care how large they get and buy the reblooming type for longer beauty.
Cades Cove!! The Great Smoky Mountains will always have a special place in my heart - my husband and I honeymooned there, we’ve vacationed there several times, and my dad retired near there a few years ago. The whole area is just beautiful and more than a bit magical to me …and as a photographer, Cades Coves is just the best. We spend whole days there every time we visit just so I can photograph every bit of it - especially the old homesteads. I always imagine what it was like back then and I can picture life on those homesteads. And now to hear the story of the daffodils… just makes it all a bit more special in my mind. Thank you for sharing that tidbit of information. ❤️
I’m so happy to be a witness for your journey . I have only been following for the past 6months . I look forward to seeing you and your family homestead … I hope to be able to return to a yard and resume a mini homestead of my own, especially appreciate your blessings, GOD is Good 🙏🏻❤️✊🏻
We used to drive out to Schreiner's test gardens after church every spring when the iris started blooming (late '50's early '60's). Mom and grandma used to go on and on about what the used to have back in Ohio and what new blooms they wanted. Now there are fields of iris growing along the freeway (I5) with Schreiner's signs. Also, post what varieties they were out of and we Oregon locals can check the Schreiner's displays at our nurseries to see if we can find them here.
Only you, would find a word to qualify the emotion of the little things in life , that takes you off your feet and makes your eyes twinkling at the sight of it....."ROMANTIC"💕 I love it how you can use the word in every day things!
It would be so special to have a section of flowers you receive from viewers and call it your “Friendship Garden” - a display of love from those you say “I bless you” at the end of every video. 🥰
Nice, when I had my garden, I always picked my flowers by the name - if it had a crazy name, that was the one for me and I had a fantastic garden. Can't wait to see yours when finished.
I had proposed to substitute in the local schools this year, and God laughed. I got a phone call two weeks ago, interviewed the next day, and had the job the following day. I went back to school with limited food available to pack for lunches, so today I went to the farmer's market (salad fixings and baking potatoes and green beans and fresh peaches) and came home and shopped my freezer for something for dinner. I made homemade butternut squash soup and cooked a package of chicken thighs. I have enough leftovers for dinner every night next week, and I can eat salads for lunch. Tomorrow we are celebrating my nephew Jason's birthday (he is not a believer at all) with a meal on the grill and the beans and baked potatoes. Today I worked in the kitchen with the windows open, and now I've eaten, the dishwasher is running, and I'm watching you tube for my daily dose of love from the homestead community. Blessings from Ohio to you!
We look for Iris, daffodil, and Lily clusters around old homesteads. A few years ago we came across a huge batch of peach colored Iris. The rancher was happy to let us go in and collect all we wanted. Iris are so varied in colors and styles, you can get addicted to collecting those beauties.
As our spring started in Australia the Hyppeastrum are starting to open. Love them so much and they are multiplying, red and red white stripe. Joy to watch them singing spring. Love Iris flower and I did not know they coming all those colours. Hardly can wait to see them open and smile at you all. Especially little Ben who is missed gardening. 🤩😍🥰
Oh my Cade's Cove is awesome! We go there almost yearly and see many deer and once saw a big black bear. The little settlement homesteads are really interesting as well. A great outing for a slow drive along the route! Yes I love to see plants that you know once decorated a home. I wonder, each time I see random flowers, about the family that once lived there. You are creating a wonderful homestead that someone after you will think about you! Have fun digging in the dirt! Love your videos.
I’ve grown irises for about 40 years and love them so much. I started with only 15 bulbs from a friends yard and now have had so many that I share every July during thinning season. I’ve probably given 300 to 400 away. Before planting them it’s good to soak them in a bucket with just water and a tablespoon of liquid B12 for plants. The irises do really well
I love your giddiness!! I know that feeling and enjoy seeing it in others!! You are such a Beautiful Sunshine in this world. Keep on shining Sunshine!! Much love from Texas 🌻🌻❤❤❤
We haven't been able to get to our garden in almost 2 months!! My 6 year old daughter said she misses our garden and she felt like picking carrots yesterday, lol. Thanks for sharing!!! You are so beautiful inside and out!!! Bless you and your family!!!
Some beautiful plants can’t wait to see them back in your home everything is going to be beautiful and of course can’t wait to see the beginning of your garden
Thank you for this! These early days, weeks and months of establishing your farm will make the sweetest, most treasured memories that y’all will look back upon. 😀💞
I am 63 years old and I have irises, daffodils, peonies and bridal veil spirea from my grandparents home. When they bloom I am transported back to those days and the special memories of my childhood visits with them in what we called "the country". So, yes it's true plants create memories that span generations.
Please don’t think that we don’t want content about ornamentals too! I loved this video and would love to see some more like it ☺️
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My mom has been gone for 26+ years, but she & I both loved her collection of big bearded irises. This unboxing was just wonderful. Pretty sure she sourced hers from all over, including cheap dollar store specials, and I think she did also get some from Schreiner's, Breck's, Michigan Bulb Co., etc. Sadly, I can't send you any because the farm was sold years ago. If I had them, I would share with you, Jess.
The first flowers I've ever grown where Irises. I hope to find some unique ones as at the moment I'm gardening on a budget so I just bought a 2 euro bag of bulbs from a budget store. But even so they bring me so much joy and have been growing for the past 2 years! Thank you Jessica for your videos they make my day and inspire my roof garden! Lots of love a friend from the island Malta.
We have a sitting garden that's surrounded by raised beds where we grow "lovelies" such as irises for division. Each type of iris is separated by other plants, such as torch lilies, garlic chives, and upright germander. We breed them out there, then transplant the extra divisions to other places on the property. We lovingly refer to this garden as our "living gene bank". ~Candes
Your gardens are a walk in beauty, a blessing to the glory of this amazing planet we live upon! Blessings to your family Jess, you are so loved by this community and it’s wonderful to see your dreams manifesting!
Ordered some Iris's and tulips to get into the ground this fall and look forward to seeing them bloom in Spring. You have inspired me with my black thumb to keep working on my garden of vegetables, herbs and flowers. I thank you for the inspiration. At my age to plant a garden is to look forward to a new day and season. Sweet Ben is definitely your garden child. Have a good rest of the weekend.
I never grew irises until we bought our property and there was a bed of them here. I’ve been thinning them and planting them in various places and they are lovely. You got some great varieties!
I moved in my house 21 years ago. There were already planted light lavender irises. They are still beautiful! To this day! I kept them because it always makes me think of my great grandma. She's here with me.
If you are ever visiting Oregon during the season, Shreiner's Iris Garden is such a beautiful place to stroll through! The gardens are full of beautiful flowers with benches sitting nearby to encourage visitors to pause long enough to really enjoy it. If you love flowers and gardening, it's a real treat!
Daffodils have always been so special to me. One of my earliest memories of a birthday was on my 6th birthday, and Mama had gone to the doctor that morning. When she returned, she brought me a beautiful bouquet of daffodils. It made my day! I loved them so much, that she bought some bulbs and planted them, and every year they returned, reminding me of that most special birthday gift. Many years later, when I went home to Spartanburg, I revisited the old property where our home once was... even though the house was no longer there, much to my surprise, the daffodils were. So very special!
When we moved to Ohio when my dad was in the military. We moved onto an old subsistence farm. There were rhubarb beds, raspberry, blackberry, and other berries, mulberry trees, that were laid out around an immense garden space. All around the house were flower beds, and pretty daffodils and tulips and other bulbs. It was an immense farm and a happy lady who loved to garden. She had garden space all around the house. I remember there was an immense asparagus patch. My mom was in her element as her generation was raised with gardens and farm animals and the ability and knowledge to harvest all of them be it plant or animal. My generation was the generation that was not taught it. I will be 58 tomorrow. I remember the house and it is some of my fondest memories.
Girl!!!!! Gracious, iris never fail to remind me of my precious Mamaw!!!!! She loved all living things and she always had iris and loved them so much!!! So MUCH to look forward too!!!
I got my bearded iris from a work friend when I first moved into this house 20 years ago! Also my Rose of Sharon (now a tree) and forsythia. I fondly remember those who donated plants to me then. Almost forgot - my giant lilac came from a home in Wisconsin, and is thriving at my home in Michigan.
Ne-stucca, ab-i-qua, (these are names of rivers in Oregon). Shriners Garden is only about 5 miles from where I lived in Oregon, before moving to NC. There display gardens are gorgeous, you would appreciate it even though no edibles. 🙂
We just rolled when you held up the replacement for "Anvil of Darkness"!! Maybe try again to get that one! We have mostly ornamentals in our little suburban plot, so I am very excited to see you branching out into that arena! So exciting!
I have irises from my great grandmother that my Mom gave me. Now that my Mom is gone, looking at the irises gives me a deep feeling of connection and love. I have shared them with family and friends so they are all over the US now!
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow” Audrey Hepburn
Love this saying👍🏻❤️
How beautiful saying. I did not know that. Audry was a beautiful person. Graceful, kind and more like an Iris. How appropriate saying. Thank you. 💐
One of my favorite quotes!
My favorite actresses, Katherine and Audrey ❤❤
What a Beautiful saying from a Beautiful Soul 💖
"I'm far from Goth but my goodness I am a little dramatic" .... I want that on a T shirt. LOVE it LOL
When I lived in Arkansas in the 1970’s, my then quite old neighbor lady, Viola, would share flower bulbs...since ours was a brand new home. She said that that’s called a “Friendship Garden”. 🌸
That is what all old gardeners do, we share our bounty with new gardeners to spark their joy in gardening. I have given away many many plants, cuttings, seeds, and bulbs to friends and strangers, I even broke off a limb of a Brugmansia for the mail lady. I was going to send Jess a cutting but they are poisonous to animals and even though they have been planted by horses and most animals know what to not eat, goats do not fall into that category. They have a heavenly smell in the morning and evening, like jasmine and gardenia!
My mom is 91 and loves to garden. The day she can’t get out in the garden will be the day she passes. She too has irises in groups with other flowers. She grows a deep purple that looks black, called black beard. Her yard is magic to all who sees it. You remind me of her when I was a child, planting everything that blooms with her.
That’s wonderful that your Mom can still do that. 🙂
I love ❤ that about your Mom. I feel the same way. Sometimes I just walk through but it is every day
I had black bearded irises in my yard for 13 years and then moved. I really miss them and need to grow them on my new property for sure
Why did I love that daffodil story so much? Now I want to see a whole new line of stickers, "Home is where the daffodils grow", and "Look for the daffodils" - and I can just see your front area by the driveway with a line of daffodils, and telling people who are asking for directions to your house to just "Look for the daffodils". Just sent me down a sweet and silly fantasy. xD
Daffodils are one plant that the deer won't eat. So I grow lots of them. Maybe that's why it's the only plants left after years of growing wild. They'll even reseed as well as multiplying the bulbs.
If you get enough plants from viewers it might be fun to make a special 'Roots and Refuge Community' garden with all the things folks send you! Remembrance and thanks to all this day. 🇺🇸
Love this idea!
With everything that's going on in the world I can truly say that this channel is one of my happy places.
Me too! 😁
Your comment about little Ben saying that he misses the garden, just touched my heart so deeply! For a 6-year old child to be so deeply touched by the garden is an amazing blessing! God bless Benjamin, you and your wonderful family...💚🥰🙏💙
It connects him ti his mom and it is adorable. Love it
I thought the same thing! It was so sweet to hear him say that!
Just hit play on this vlog and watched the first 10 seconds, and had to stop it for a tic to say...,Its a beautiful thing to see that you are now really feeling the stress of the move has melted off-a you and that giggly super cheerful Jess personality is shining right out through that lens. ♥️♥️♥️
' He who plants pears, plants for his heirs' Tasha Tudor
Oh how I loved Tasha!!!! She passed away on my birthday! :( She was one more precious lady! I have a bunch of her books.
@@southernladywithmanyhats7428 I too collected her books. I also consider myself lucky to have gone to her home and met her. It is one of my most cherished memories.
Oh Jess! You answered my question! But I have a 2nd part to my sending you some irises? Mine are white water irises, great for growing in your ponds. I have had mine for 8 years and although they do multiply, it's slower than any invasive varieties. In 8 years mine are only covering about a 10'x3' space. I've only given away, maybe 10 rhizomes the whole time. They have a clean linen type scent that will fill the area when their in bloom, with stacked blooms on single stalks. Each about the size of your palm. I can send them in about a month. Then they will have saved their energies for maximum growth next season.
Straight priorities, Mother and son time! All in, no distractions. Hope y'all have a great evening and weekend. God bless.
So happy to see another human getting excited as I do when the garden soil comes...Yes!!!!👍💕😃
I totally agree! I'm in quarantine at the moment and a friend left me a bag of soil to start seeds it was better than Christmas!
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Jess are u going to keep the tags from those flowers so u kno what's what later ? If u want to reorder or whatever?
The lady that delivered my soil laughed at how I was gushing and giggling over the pile of soil she dropped off to my house this spring
Know just how you feel
That dirt truck was the statement that made Roots and Refuge Farm very official!!👍🥰🇨🇦
Watching your video and hearing the excitement in your voice brought a smile to my heart that has been sad today remembering the tragic events 20 years ago! Thank you!!
Amen🙏🏻
I am super interested in all things garden whether for eating or for beauty. Please don't stop sharing this type of content. Love your channel! It's such an inspiration for me!
My grandma used to breed roses and she always worked for a black rose. She died a little over 20 years ago and at her funeral my brother had the idea to put a black rose in her hand. He went to great length to find a florist who could get one. They had to spray paint it. Then the pastor of her church who performed the ceremony told everyone the meaning of the black rose. He said that he wished he had known this fact about her but she had not shared her gardening projects with her church friends. Nowdays there are black roses and whenever I see one I always think of her and her gorgeous rose gardens.
I love how @17:28 bear is slightly wagging his tail at you, then as you pointing towards the yard bear kind of looks towards the yard trying to figure out what your pointing to.. like he’s trying to figure out if your taking to him. I’ve never had my own dog that I’ve raised from a puppy so I just love how much bear seems dedicated to you!
I can't wait to see them all in bloom, Jess! I'm so happy for you!
Waiting for your videos is life now!
I learned to love Iris's from my Aunt, who had them planted around the house on their farm. She also had the most amazing Lilac Bushes. Love Lilacs, nothing smells sweeter, except maybe gardenia's.
Only a gardener knows that joy in the heart from a soil delivery 🙌🏼💕 xx Cathi xx
Your joy in getting your soil is contagious! I’m so happy for you to be able to experience this new chapter in your life, PS your hair up in a bun is really flattering!
What a delightful way to bring some beauty into this sad day of remembrance. Thank you for sharing with us. God bless you and yours.
About 35 years ago I lived in norther NJ and there was a lovely old man ( who was probably my age now) who grew hybrid Irises that were magnificent! He kept working on it and finally managed to graft a BLACk iriiss! I believe he had it patented and sold his bulbs all over the world! I loved visiting his gardens and listening to him... he loved his plants like they were his children. It was such an honor to be a member of our local Board of Health with him! Ahh memories!
Schreiners is our local Iris farm, we went to their display gardens this Spring and it was breathtaking 🌸
Shreiner's is just a couple of hours away. They have the most beautiful demonstration gardens. They all bloom in May and are a wonderous sight to see. I have several varieties. One called "Tropical Sunset' has blue with shades of yellow and orange. Gorgeous.
May I ask where they are located?
The post office is gonna know you as “hey! You have a box of baby chips!” And “another box of irises!” Hahah
Alright forget it I'm out of here
What a wonderful selection of irises. Irises are one of my favourite flowers. My husband and I bought our first house this spring after renting multiple houses over a decade together, and when we showed up on the closing date our new house had beautiful irises and strawberries in the side garden. It felt like such a special welcome.
When I was an archaeologist for years in Ontario, we would look for random lilac bushes as a sign of where the house originally was on an old farmstead. And sometimes a patch of sumac would be an indication of where an old midden (garbage heap) had been.
I love that you’re planting near your pond. I’ve always been told to plant irises “like ducks in a pond” feet/roots below the surface and body/rhizome floating on top.
I have a beautiful old iris that needs splitting this month. Stay tuned to your PO Box, for a package from MI, haha.
I love the notion of planting not only for your table but also for your heart. I also believe, in Victorian flower language, an Iris tells of a message, or something to confide, so by asking for the stories behind your gifted flowers, you're asking for a message behind the message itself. We've always kept Irises, in memory of my great grandmother, who would steal the flower heads from the local church garden, they're a deep purple/brown, and live beneath her damson tree.
Think about colorful trees, I have two Japanese Red Maple trees, one outside each kitchen window and they are such a joy every year with red leaves.
Those are so beautiful!
Best of LUCK with your new soil. All prayers with you.
We put our Irises by the pond as they love water. If you ever tour the swamps in LA. try to go in March or early April when all the Irises bloom... It's amazing...
Wow, I didn’t know that! How nice!
It's also before the yellow orb weavers get to be the size of your hand, but April puts you into stinging caterpillar season.
@@deweydecimal27 Yikes! 😳
Those are Carolina irises, bearded Iris will rot with too wet of ground, they love heat and rocks near by to hold heat at night even
@@MrsStevenBrown that's good to know. The white irises my grandmother grew we're almost completely wiped out by the freak late freeze we had. I live in her old home now and wouldn't have begun to know what type to replace them with. It's at or over a hundred degrees here for most of the Summer.
I always focused on edible (“useful”) planting, but last fall I planted a ton of bulbs I got on sale (like 20 bulbs for $2 sale) and I have just delighted in watching them pop up haha soooo low maintenance, and so cheery. I can’t wait to see your irises next year!
Nice! I need to find a sale like that!
@@RootsandRefugeFarm The big box stores will put them on crazy sale in October in our zones. Also, check for amaryllis on sale after Christmas. They grow outside there, I even have them inground here in NC zone7b.
In February 2007 we made a stressful unplanned cross country move. What a surprise blessing in spring to watch first daffodils then tulips and irises pop up through the plain grass yard. It helped heal my soul.
OMGoodness... I can feel your happiness. 😊
And most people who garden don't have a tidy house...
The garden is calling and I must go!
"The garden is calling, and I must go..." Another t-shirt coming right up!!! 💕💕💕 Thanks Diana Anderson.... 😊
Oh, I'd definitely rather be in the garden than cleaning house...I mean, who wouldn't lol? But at least I'm working on things that need to be done, even if it's in the yard, right? (Ha ha, that's what I tell myself anyway!)
I just love you to pieces!
You bring joy to my life.
Iris are good for slowing soil erosion also, as well as daylillies.
I love watching you and the way you get excited about the beauty of life. I been enjoying your family for years and the excitement of moving - a leap of faith! Love that you planted a tree in remembrance of starting your families life on this new land. I learn something positive every time I watch your videos. Interesting story about the daffodils 🌼 when I was a kid I watched little house on the prairie- it was my dream life to live off the land! Love your family and the way you look at life! 🙏
I'm happy for you, getting your garden started so quickly on the new property! 😀
I have never been a big fan of Irises, but now Dafodils I LOVE! As soon as I see them blooming I know Spring is well on the way :)
We have irises from my great great grandfather! They don't have any names, but some of them he wrote down how he raised them and had seeds from pollinated flowers that he had in his old hot house. I have all of my Mother's irises, she passed away four years ago and they rebloom again in the fall. To see them all bloom reminds us of them and all the garden stories they told. Thank you for your videos!
I grew up in the country, and my mom always had an iris bed between our property and the neighbor's! Lots of memories!!
Jess,
I live 40 miles from the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. My husband's friend he goes backpacking with is a direct descendant of a family originally from Cades Cove. His great grandfather was actually born in the Cove . This wonderful man gifted me some irises that were brought from the Cove so many years ago. I'm sending you a few of these "descendants" as soon as I separate them out. Now you have the backstory on these beautiful flowers that hopefully will remind you of my beautiful Smoky Mountains and that indescribably beautiful cove from many years ago.
Oh wow!!!! That is so exciting to me. I always like to find the connections in my life. Like when I stood there 15 years ago and awed at the idea of flowers marking a home place centuries later and stored up that idea, I had no idea I’d be building a home place in SC and having flowers from the very place that inspired me! Thank you!
i love that establishing things also provides a time of rest and family on an easy Saturday. needed that reminder today.
I love your giddy joy! 🌟❤️🌈❤️🌈❤️🌈🌟
Jess, be careful planting different varieties of Irises together. They cross pollinate and the colors change over the years. I planted around a 20-30' square flower bed multiple bearded irises in pinks, blues, purples white, yellows, a black and they ALL become a muted purple with a rainbow of colors in the throat, but you can only see that rainbow when you are up close .
I would send you a picture, but I cannot attach it here.
Also, Irises need to be divide or they become monstrously large.
We just dug up 4 Siberian Irises that were planted Spring 2018 (4 years)and that were about 10" in diameter back then, a gift from our neighbor who split one of hers to give me the 4 back then and today when we dug it up one measured 6' + in diameter.
We broke 2 shovels in the process and it took 3 of us to move it. My husband needed a steel bar to spilt it smaller so I can transplant it along the garage foundation.
They're beautiful but plant them were you don't care how large they get and buy the reblooming type for longer beauty.
Cades Cove!! The Great Smoky Mountains will always have a special place in my heart - my husband and I honeymooned there, we’ve vacationed there several times, and my dad retired near there a few years ago. The whole area is just beautiful and more than a bit magical to me …and as a photographer, Cades Coves is just the best. We spend whole days there every time we visit just so I can photograph every bit of it - especially the old homesteads. I always imagine what it was like back then and I can picture life on those homesteads. And now to hear the story of the daffodils… just makes it all a bit more special in my mind. Thank you for sharing that tidbit of information. ❤️
I’m so happy to be a witness for your journey . I have only been following for the past 6months . I look forward to seeing you and your family homestead … I hope to be able to return to a yard and resume a mini homestead of my own, especially appreciate your blessings, GOD is Good 🙏🏻❤️✊🏻
My mom loved irises. Beautiful flowers. She's been gone 14 years now and there's one that still blooms every year.
We used to drive out to Schreiner's test gardens after church every spring when the iris started blooming (late '50's early '60's). Mom and grandma used to go on and on about what the used to have back in Ohio and what new blooms they wanted. Now there are fields of iris growing along the freeway (I5) with Schreiner's signs.
Also, post what varieties they were out of and we Oregon locals can check the Schreiner's displays at our nurseries to see if we can find them here.
Only you, would find a word to qualify the emotion of the little things in life , that takes you off your feet and makes your eyes twinkling at the sight of it....."ROMANTIC"💕
I love it how you can use the word in every day things!
It would be so special to have a section of flowers you receive from viewers and call it your “Friendship Garden” - a display of love from those you say “I bless you” at the end of every video. 🥰
Nice, when I had my garden, I always picked my flowers by the name - if it had a crazy name, that was the one for me and I had a fantastic garden. Can't wait to see yours when finished.
I was getting ready to send you two Anvil of Darkness! I’ll get them in the mail this week!
Followed the link to Shriners and ordered 3 colors. I'm an hour from the iris farm so I feel bless to follow my impulse locally.
Old lilacs also may indicate where the outhouse was located as I've heard the lilacs were planted to help with the potential outhouse smell. Who knew!
lol I just checked for a new video about a minute ago. Looks like my prayers were answered super quick 😅
I had proposed to substitute in the local schools this year, and God laughed. I got a phone call two weeks ago, interviewed the next day, and had the job the following day. I went back to school with limited food available to pack for lunches, so today I went to the farmer's market (salad fixings and baking potatoes and green beans and fresh peaches) and came home and shopped my freezer for something for dinner. I made homemade butternut squash soup and cooked a package of chicken thighs. I have enough leftovers for dinner every night next week, and I can eat salads for lunch. Tomorrow we are celebrating my nephew Jason's birthday (he is not a believer at all) with a meal on the grill and the beans and baked potatoes. Today I worked in the kitchen with the windows open, and now I've eaten, the dishwasher is running, and I'm watching you tube for my daily dose of love from the homestead community. Blessings from Ohio to you!
We look for Iris, daffodil, and Lily clusters around old homesteads. A few years ago we came across a huge batch of peach colored Iris. The rancher was happy to let us go in and collect all we wanted. Iris are so varied in colors and styles, you can get addicted to collecting those beauties.
As our spring started in Australia the Hyppeastrum are starting to open. Love them so much and they are multiplying, red and red white stripe. Joy to watch them singing spring. Love Iris flower and I did not know they coming all those colours. Hardly can wait to see them open and smile at you all. Especially little Ben who is missed gardening. 🤩😍🥰
They’re still taking orders. I just ordered some. Thx’s Jess!
Add some reblooming irises- bloom in spring and fall. It's such a joy to have iris blooming in September!
Oh my Cade's Cove is awesome! We go there almost yearly and see many deer and once saw a big black bear. The little settlement homesteads are really interesting as well. A great outing for a slow drive along the route! Yes I love to see plants that you know once decorated a home. I wonder, each time I see random flowers, about the family that once lived there. You are creating a wonderful homestead that someone after you will think about you! Have fun digging in the dirt! Love your videos.
I’ve grown irises for about 40 years and love them so much. I started with only 15 bulbs from a friends yard and now have had so many that I share every July during thinning season. I’ve probably given 300 to 400 away. Before planting them it’s good to soak them in a bucket with just water and a tablespoon of liquid B12 for plants. The irises do really well
I love your giddiness!! I know that feeling and enjoy seeing it in others!! You are such a Beautiful Sunshine in this world. Keep on shining Sunshine!! Much love from Texas 🌻🌻❤❤❤
We haven't been able to get to our garden in almost 2 months!! My 6 year old daughter said she misses our garden and she felt like picking carrots yesterday, lol. Thanks for sharing!!! You are so beautiful inside and out!!! Bless you and your family!!!
Some beautiful plants can’t wait to see them back in your home everything is going to be beautiful and of course can’t wait to see the beginning of your garden
Shreiner's Garden is actually open to the public as well, you can go and tour the garden which is absolutely breathtaking!!
Today's video: "Send us Irises"
Next week: Jess plans 3 more beds for Irises...🤣
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All of us kindred spirits totally get the excitement over your soil delivery!
Thank you for this! These early days, weeks and months of establishing your farm will make the sweetest, most treasured memories that y’all will look back upon. 😀💞
I am 63 years old and I have irises, daffodils, peonies and bridal veil spirea from my grandparents home. When they bloom I am transported back to those days and the special memories of my childhood visits with them in what we called "the country". So, yes it's true plants create memories that span generations.
My favorite flower is Iris. There is no flower more beautiful than a Bearded Iris.
Please don’t think that we don’t want content about ornamentals too! I loved this video and would love to see some more like it ☺️
My mom has been gone for 26+ years, but she & I both loved her collection of big bearded irises. This unboxing was just wonderful. Pretty sure she sourced hers from all over, including cheap dollar store specials, and I think she did also get some from Schreiner's, Breck's, Michigan Bulb Co., etc.
Sadly, I can't send you any because the farm was sold years ago. If I had them, I would share with you, Jess.
You can call the house the Iris House when you move into your forever house, when it becomes your BnB, TY Jess!
The first flowers I've ever grown where Irises. I hope to find some unique ones as at the moment I'm gardening on a budget so I just bought a 2 euro bag of bulbs from a budget store. But even so they bring me so much joy and have been growing for the past 2 years! Thank you Jessica for your videos they make my day and inspire my roof garden! Lots of love a friend from the island Malta.
And you’ll always remember you planted the Irises on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 ♥️
We have a sitting garden that's surrounded by raised beds where we grow "lovelies" such as irises for division. Each type of iris is separated by other plants, such as torch lilies, garlic chives, and upright germander. We breed them out there, then transplant the extra divisions to other places on the property. We lovingly refer to this garden as our "living gene bank". ~Candes
Your gardens are a walk in beauty, a blessing to the glory of this amazing planet we live upon! Blessings to your family Jess, you are so loved by this community and it’s wonderful to see your dreams manifesting!
Ordered some Iris's and tulips to get into the ground this fall and look forward to seeing them bloom in Spring. You have inspired me with my black thumb to keep working on my garden of vegetables, herbs and flowers. I thank you for the inspiration. At my age to plant a garden is to look forward to a new day and season. Sweet Ben is definitely your garden child. Have a good rest of the weekend.
I never grew irises until we bought our property and there was a bed of them here. I’ve been thinning them and planting them in various places and they are lovely. You got some great varieties!
🐸 Your joy in dirt and a box of starters, warms my heart ❤
I moved in my house 21 years ago. There were already planted light lavender irises. They are still beautiful! To this day! I kept them because it always makes me think of my great grandma. She's here with me.
If you are ever visiting Oregon during the season, Shreiner's Iris Garden is such a beautiful place to stroll through! The gardens are full of beautiful flowers with benches sitting nearby to encourage visitors to pause long enough to really enjoy it. If you love flowers and gardening, it's a real treat!
So exciting, I’m going to try wintering over lettuce, I live in a colder zone. Nice to see things coming together for you!
I love my purple Iris’s that my neighbor gave me. I didn’t know that they multiply! Thank you for your videos and for always blessing us. 🥰
Shreiner's Garden is in our home state and SO beautiful to walk through~ I always want one of everyone I see there!
Daffodils have always been so special to me. One of my earliest memories of a birthday was on my 6th birthday, and Mama had gone to the doctor that morning. When she returned, she brought me a beautiful bouquet of daffodils. It made my day! I loved them so much, that she bought some bulbs and planted them, and every year they returned, reminding me of that most special birthday gift. Many years later, when I went home to Spartanburg, I revisited the old property where our home once was... even though the house was no longer there, much to my surprise, the daffodils were. So very special!
When we moved to Ohio when my dad was in the military. We moved onto an old subsistence farm. There were rhubarb beds, raspberry, blackberry, and other berries, mulberry trees, that were laid out around an immense garden space. All around the house were flower beds, and pretty daffodils and tulips and other bulbs. It was an immense farm and a happy lady who loved to garden. She had garden space all around the house. I remember there was an immense asparagus patch. My mom was in her element as her generation was raised with gardens and farm animals and the ability and knowledge to harvest all of them be it plant or animal. My generation was the generation that was not taught it. I will be 58 tomorrow. I remember the house and it is some of my fondest memories.
Girl!!!!! Gracious, iris never fail to remind me of my precious Mamaw!!!!! She loved all living things and she always had iris and loved them so much!!! So MUCH to look forward too!!!
Cades Cove is such a special place to our family. We’ve been going every year since I was little. So much history to learn from there.
Yay! I catch a new video within a minute :D New garden goodies! Can't wait to see all the different color iris blooms next spring!
These past several videos it has been such a delight to watch your happiness.
I got my bearded iris from a work friend when I first moved into this house 20 years ago! Also my Rose of Sharon (now a tree) and forsythia. I fondly remember those who donated plants to me then.
Almost forgot - my giant lilac came from a home in Wisconsin, and is thriving at my home in Michigan.
Ne-stucca, ab-i-qua, (these are names of rivers in Oregon). Shriners Garden is only about 5 miles from where I lived in Oregon, before moving to NC. There display gardens are gorgeous, you would appreciate it even though no edibles. 🙂
We just rolled when you held up the replacement for "Anvil of Darkness"!! Maybe try again to get that one! We have mostly ornamentals in our little suburban plot, so I am very excited to see you branching out into that arena! So exciting!
I think those blues and black will look beautiful together. Can't wait to see the outcome.
I have irises from my great grandmother that my Mom gave me. Now that my Mom is gone, looking at the irises gives me a deep feeling of connection and love. I have shared them with family and friends so they are all over the US now!