The FIRST FULL Garden Tour of 2024 | Organic Food and Flower Garden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- This is the FIRST episode of the 2024 Garden Season. Today I'm walking you through my organic vegetable garden and discussing all the things about it!
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I knew I would miss Jess in her hiatus, but didnt realize what a calming and uplifting presence R&R and this community have on my daily life. Oh Happy Day!
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Seeing Jess’s video felt like coming home.
I had hiatus one time, but now I use a bidet and never have an issue.
Totally Agree!
Ditto!
Yep! Started watching in 2018. Love them like real family. Just wonderful people.
I know you will probably not see this or reply but I just want to say thank you. Four years ago I decided to garden, something I never wanted to do. I came across your channel while doing research and fell in love with your content and your lovely personality. I was a container gardener but I tried to implement everything I saw you do. You taught me so much. This year I bought my first house and I am building my first raised bed garden. For years, I have been turning my waiting room into my classroom because of you and now I am living my wildest dream. Every day I go outside and I work so hard in my garden but i smile from ear to ear. My garden is my happy place, in a big way you helped make that happen.
Yay! Thanks for sharing your gratitude with all of us!
I know if Jess saw this she’d for sure smile cuz you’re making me smile. I love how Jess inspires so many people
❤❤❤❤❤Me too
Wow! This looks amazing 😻 I’m hoping to get some cucumbers too this year.. Oh I should try to plant that red okra too 😅😅 Thanks so much for sharing your lovely garden Ms Jess🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰
Who else is listening to this while planting their own garden?☺️🙋🏼♀️
She encouraged me to start with a tiny ol raised bed. 4 yrs later here I am planting out all my heirlooms variety’s I started by seed in a 60x60 in ground!
This video was my reward after doing some planting and up potting , yay!!!! Happy gardening!!!!!
I am listening as I cook. I love R&R!!!❤
Of course! ❤❤❤
She has been encouraging me to want to grow ALL THE THINGS since 2020 ❤
Absolutely 💯 🎉 love it !!!!
The withdrawal was REAL❣️
True story!!!
Yes! I know she enjoyed and needed her some time to spend with her family but my heart jumped with joy to see this. ❤
Truth
I set my expectations low and decided to see if our girl Jess had posted yet, and I can’t describe the joy I felt to not only see a video, but for it to be a 55 minute garden tour 😍🤩!!!
Same!!!
"Rude Goose" -- Jess and Miah, if your business ventures ever take you in the direction of opening a pub, I think this is an awesome name. Hi from Alberta. Welcome back!
You bring so much JOY and PEACE. God’s presence totally flows through you to others. Thanks for sharing Him with us! ❤️
I recall driving with 3 friends in an old beater from Ontario down to Florida back around 1965, going through New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and I was most impressed with South Carolina. Air so soft and rich and magical, a kind I never met before or since. Don't blame you for moving there! Thank you, Jess, for your words.
Welcome back Momma! I hope the graduation went off without a hitch, and that your family had a wonderful time together!!
IM SO EXCITED!!!!! Lol ( *sets alarm*) (*watches old garden tours during breaks in between working in own garden*) (*checks watch every 10 minutes to see if it’s 5pm yet*) 👀🤣
Exactly what I'm doing 😅💕
Yes!
Exactly.. We are all in this together!💖🌻🍅🌺🌷🌹🥗🥕🥒🍅🍆🫑🥔🌻
As I click on TH-cam, I thought "it feels like she might be back and perhaps with a garden tour." Jackpot!!!
Welcome back Jess! You do look refreshed. The house project will be exciting but probably stressful at the same time. Anytime you need to take a break, just do it, we'll still be here.
The cottage garden has gone bonkers, so beautiful!
I found this online for pull bugs and I will definitely try it:
Build a Wall
If pill bugs are making a meal out of your young vegetable plants, get some old toilet paper or paper towel rolls and place them over the seedlings to protect them. You can also use a paper cup with the bottom cut out if you need something with a wider diameter.
Welcome back Jess! We understand taking breaks! And family always comes first! Been following you since you started! Still my favorite channel!!❤
I'm so happy you're back! Put beer in shallow containers at the end of the day near slug damaged plants. They LOVE beer. They will fall in and drown. This works for me every time.
"You go, beet!" On a shirt would be super.
That was so cute.
We need this Jess! The R&R tribe has spoken 😂❤
Came to say this exactly. 😂
Put pine straw underneath your strawberries. Slugs don't like to crawl on it. The bush is definitely NOT a crepe myrtle. Maybe a ligustrum?
Thank you for that advice on the slugs!
NOT A CREPE MYRTLE, SOUTH GEORGIA PEACH 🍑
Omg YES PLEASE shoot basic meal recipes on your farmers table!!! I would love to see your “meals for the day” breakfast lunch and dinner! I sometimes struggle to come up with ways to use all the veggies in my garden at the time-I would love to see what you throw together casually on just a random school night for your family!!! And LOVE the garden your!! Your cottage garden is absolutely stunning this year!! Keep the mint pasture it’s amazing for pollinators if anything! Lol ❤
She’s back AND A GARDEN TOUR?!?! She spoils us!!! Welcome back!
Jess: "here are my dahlia flowers, my glads that are going to open any day"
Northern Gardener me: that reminds me now that my last frost is next week I should plan my glads back out....😅
Wow! This urban high rise living girl has been following you since 2019. And I never get tired of your garden tours.
Love "growing for the joy of my heart and the consumption of my family"!
Eeeeek just hopped on TH-cam after WEEKS of going without and I see this... God sent!! Hallelujah! 🙌🏽🤍
I'd like to add that you so much deserved/deserve that break. It's the most beautiful time of year, so beautiful to take it all in ... & while I know your busy... It's so nice to just take all the home/children/life/ spring things as they come and take a step back from work... To PLAY THE PART. 🖤 You rock and are such a positive inspiration to this community. 👏🏽🫶🏽
I remember her first videos years ago.
An inspiration, my family was just getting started.
Now here we are with a large garden , meat chickens, and fruit trees so my family has the best food we can grow :) thx jess
What's cool is when nature takes its course and you get a surprise that you never would have thought of. Then you realize how much you aren't in control, then it all falls together.
Can you or Will show us the plant on the pond. We have some vegetation on our pond I've tried to get rid of
We missed you sweet friend! I’m so glad you got to spend time with your family.
There is no way I would have been able to refrain from eating that strawberry as long as you did lol. Those berries are GORGEOUS!
Jess, I am so happy for you being able to take a break and spend time with your family and gardening without the pressure of hauling your camera around and just do it for the love and joy of the garden. But, oh friend, you were missed! It was lovely to see your radiant smile on my notifications!
So happy for you and your family getting Rewarding time together, celebrating Jackson, Refreshing & Relaxing moments for you all! So looking forward to this time with you and all here! ❤️ 👩🌾🥒🥕🥗
I’m so excited!!! We really missed you, Sowards Family!!!❤❤❤
Can I say I am so happy for the tour and appreciate you normalizing taking a step back?!
Jess.... watching your transition to Sth Carolina from Arkansas, and your Grand Reveal of your dream property with a ceremonial willow..... to today, knowing there was a pretty rough patch there healthwise, i can sincerely say you've bloomed where you were planted.
You're blooming in this, your smile tickled your eyebrows with happiness and pride ❤️
Welcome back Jess,Miah,and family. Y'all were surely missed
Sooo happy to have you back! I’ve had a very busy and emotionally rough day with my oldest son graduating tomorrow and I really need a great garden tour to relax!
I just wanted to say Thank you Jess for all the effort you put into creating videos the not only teach us ( things we may have forgotten or never knew ) but make us feel like we’re home. If all of us raindrops would watch at least some of the commercials ( give back some of our time ) it will not only give her a lil bump in pay but help the algorithm to bring in more raindrops. We need this precious community as big as we can possibly make it.
So grateful to have you back. Your presence is much appreciated! 🌼🌸🌺
I’m glad you are back! I hope the past few weeks have been restful. I went back to your first garden tour 2018 and am rewatching. Kitten george was the best garden cat ever.
For slugs, just run some ducks through the greenhouse. Another option is to install some copper conductive tape around the edges. Slugs and snails won't cross copper.
Loving the tour so far!
Would putting sand around the strawberry plants help with slugs?
So glad to see you back. I didn’t realize how much your channel helps calm and center the chaos of my life.
So refreshing to watch your chanel, never any worldly garbage or politics. You were missed!
I've truly missed your "I bless you until next time," I really enjoyed the garden tour...everything looks lovely. I'm glad you had some time for yourself and your family. I bless you.
SOOO EXCITED! I just set four alarms so I can be done with whatever I’m doing ( PLANTING OUT ) and have a cold beverage so I can tune in! WE are going to break the internet! Woohoo! So happy you took the time for yourself and your family Jess… that took a lot of discernment on your part and some bravery too! Incredible… Ive been watching your devotionals and old garden tours and boy does Jesus have MY EAR… really I am just so thankful… you changed the trajectory of MY LIFE! Bold statement but true!!! I’ll be here with bells on to watch… love and blessings sent your way! ❤❤❤
We are transitioning our garden into a food forest. I cannot wait for all the perennials to leap and take over 🎉
Although your “break” has definitely highlighted your “prioritizing skills” (family and self time=physical and mental health and adds to a closer spiritual walk!) In my humble opinion. But just being honest…………it hasn’t helped me much with my missing you any less!!❤️😉👍 Much love and God bless.
Freeze dry your extra mint . Give as gifts .
Ahhhhhh! You’re back! I am beyond excited to see your garden and your smiling face! I hope you had an amazing break! ❤
I can't tell you how much I am feeling blessed you are back, I'm glad you had some time off. I want to say I love seeing the weeds and imperfection, it makes me feel like what i am doing is enough! I love your space! Thank you!
I would so buy a shirt that says, "mint...it's not bermuda grass." The struggle with bermuda is so real 😅.
So happy you had the time off with your family, Jess! So happy you are back, as well!
Welcome back, so missed you. Hope you enjoyed your time with your family and the events you had planned. Looking forward to your regular videos, didn’t think I would miss you and your family quite so much. Back to the normal time with you!
Jess Thanks…. I’haul heavy equipment for a living. Deal with city traffic and thousands of miles of road, concrete and truck stops. Your channels keep me pulled up to the Farmers Table, my feet in the dirt , and my heart happy and looking forward to being home… thanks again and I Bless you, until next time!
I loved seeing you on Bri's channel. Thank you for bringing her so many veggies. 💖 l wish she cooked that artichoke & filmed it. ❤❤
Not Crape Myrtle. It's a privet of some kind. Sawz-All with a long blade. Plunge as deeply as you can.
Yes!! Its definitely a Japanese privet, Chinese privet!! I love the picture this app.. I walk around my woods trying to identify and remember all sorts of things that I don't know.. I literally couldn't help myself.. had to screenshot the schrub 😂 invasive... Get it GONE!!!
Somebody I was watching said she plants her citrus trees in two wheel wheelbarrows. That way they have plenty of space, and she could easily move them in and out. I thought that was such a fantastic idea!
Welcome back Jess! I squealed when I saw you posted this video ! Thank you for always encouraging me in the garden, and for the joy you bring me and so many others. God bless and hope you and your family have enjoyed your time off ❤
So happy to see a video from Jess pop up on y computer. She is so comfortable now doing this and adding little tidbits of knowledge/experience along the way. The cottage garden is simply glorious!
She's back on my Gosh how much we missed you. However, rest is good for us all!!!
Love the pond mulch. I gotta think that a lot of people don’t maximize on what they have readily available…. In our 2/3 acre suburban lot we CHERISH our grass clippings, fallen leaves, beer-brewing castings, and kitchen waste. We are currently reaping a huge return on what was once builders fill by simply composting and mulching with what we have available 🧡💚💛
So happy to see the Jess dimples back. You make me smile when you are talking about and showing us your garden.
I speak for everyone when I say, we missed you!
So glad you had a nice hiatus with family and very glad you are back posting videos. You are appreciated.
So good to have you back with us Jess. Love the garden tour.. Sending you hugs and prayers.
Jess, you are always beautiful, but just gotta say you are extra stunning in this video!! Your skin is GLOWING girl! lol Rest is good! ❤️
I'm late to the premiere, but I'm SO happy to see you, and your garden, Jess! Welcome back! I hope you had a restful break!
What an amazing difference a few weeks have made in the farm! It amazes me every year how fast things change during the growing season. Glad you had a good rest and enriching family time. Sorry to hear the house is still plagued by delays. SO excited to see you had posted and a nice long garden tour is a true delight. Thank You!
I'm so glad you are back, Jess. We missed you. I'm glad you got some time off with family.
I’m so glad you’re back. You have been missed. I learn so much from you.
Glad you're back! Hope your rest (from TH-cam, cuz we know you can't "rest" ) was refreshing and fruitful! You were missed and I'm loving the garden tour
Yay! She's back! Blessings on your family and growing season Kiddo!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿 💚
So happy you are back, you were missed. Happy you took the needed time off with family. The Best ❤
Gosh we missed you but are so glad you’ve been able to spend much needed time with your baby that’s not so much a baby anymore ❤and the rest of the family. This garden tour was fantastic and life giving. I cannot wait for the other ones and, as far as times go, I’m good with any time for the premiers ❤❤.
“It’s the southern version of the Three Sisters planting…the Three Cousins, if you will.” 😂😂😂😂
Planning my day around this video drop! I can't wait!!! Sending love from Missouri!!❤❤🌻
I'm so glad that you had a rejuvenating break and I'm so glad you're back!
Such a pleasure to see these gardens and fruit and life grow so beautifully! Rest replenish and joy for you and for us. Thankyou Jess
The rest did you so much, you look less stressed and refreshed. Your garden looks amazing and thriving, the transitions is a true depiction of garden life!!
I've got my alarm set! I hope your time with your sweet young men was enjoyable! I know it meant alot for your sons!
Looks like mint could be something to offer at the market, too. :-)
Welcome back Jess, you have been missed. Glad you could spend time with your family. We all need that!!
When it comes to gardening, you’re my hero ❤
Your garden is so awesome! I'm so happy to have you back. You are such a blessing with your garden happiness, like your giggles and smiles over the HUGE strawberries. Blessings right back to you.
Bettylou's gettin' out tonight! Steppin' right on time. Sing God's praise.
So glad you are back sister. What a blessing you are to all of us. Big hugs Jess! ❤️
The emotion over the strawberries. We feel that, so much!
So glad you are back sharing. I have been enjoying your past videos from 5 years ago. You have blessed me so much.
“Rude Goose!” 😂 That needs to be a shirt! So happy to have you back and glad you got rest. Premier days that would work for me are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.❤
Your lovely smile and gorgeous garden have really brightened up this dreary Monday morning in the UK. Welcome back.
We are glad you were able to be present during this time, but we missed you.
I've been patiently waiting for this first garden tour of the season as I tend to my own garden. Mines isn't as big as yours but it's taught me so much throughout the years 🌱
❤This day just got better!
Welcome back. Thank you for sharing how important taking care of your own mental health is. Just know you were missed and I am excited to grab my coffee and watch the tour.
Welcome back. The joy and energy in your voice is evidence that you have rested well. ❤ Thank you for the garden tour. It is looking beautiful.
*THANK YOU VERY MUCH CARPE DIEM GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🌟👏🏻*
My three year old did a huge jump and yelled “Dess!” (Slight speech impediment😅) when she saw your new video pop up. So basically, our whole house is happy you’re back!!
I love this so much ❤
@@HarvestingFaithHomestead I almost recorded it bc she went on for a few minutes. Dramatically gasping whenever Jess came back on screen after showing us something 😂 we don’t deserve kids
Totally made my day reading this
Welcome Back! ❤ I must tell you: You don’t age. I thought this was one of your older videos. I have been watching older garden tours and I tap on the video without reading and realized later it was the newest one. Love to see your updates.
Hey Jess! You have been missed!….but you deserved your break! Can you tell me/us a little more about your artichokes? I think they are just the most beautiful plant! What kind? When do you plant? Where - full sun? 🤷🏻♀️
The hubby said he saw you at TSC today and he should have introduced himself as ‘Your Best Friend Jody’s Husband!’ 🤪🤭🫶
Welcome Back!
Hello and welcome back I missed you but glade you took time for yourself and Jackson’s graduation. I have been following you since just before you left Arkansas to the great state of South Carolina. I am a born and raised Charleston SC. And I am 75 and love this state. I hope you and your family does too.
I don’t comment bc I enjoy listening to you talk and enjoying your program. Not a Gardner or animal lover but I do love your fascination with it all. I admire anyone that does haft the gift. I am one of those southern girls that don’t want to swear, get dirty, or bugs.
Although, I am quite I am watching enjoying you, Micha and your precious boys. Love to you all and God Bless you❣️🙏🏻❣️🙏🏻❣️🙏🏻
lol the “three cousins” got me. 😂
So glad you are back, Jess! You were missed!
💃💃💃Jess is back🎉🎉🎉 loved the tour. You looking happy recharged and healthy🫂👌💗💓🦘🐨🦘🐨