Suck it up, buttercup (up-potting tomatoes and asparagus weeds) | VLOG
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There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could raise my family and grow our food. Now, that is exactly what exists outside my door. In watching it unfold, a new dream was formed in my heart - to share this beautiful life with others and teach them the lessons we've learned along the way. Welcome to our journey, friend. I am so glad you're here.
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I swear you live in heaven! I’d give anything to have gardens like you have…..we have less than 3 acres…..and most is pine trees. But I’m doing all I can to have a good garden this year. Last year was horrible…..grazon hit my plants and I got NOTHING! This year, I’m starting everything early and praying I can have some success! I’m doing all I can do…..but I’m only one 74 year old woman. I have tons of things planted and under grow lights….I’m praying I get enough food to preserve for the year. Working hard….doing my best! I’d give anything to have the resources you have to grow all I need. But I’m happy for all I CAN grow…..and grateful to you and others for the encouragement and help we all need! Thank you Jess…..I love you and your family! You’re a treasure! ❤❤❤
You go girl, I am 67 years old and my only regret is I didn't start sooner. I will say I have several raised beds and those help so very much. I retired last year after over 30 years of healthcare and I love it. I will say that people in the gardening world regardless of age love helping each other. I love the fact that somebody with dreadlocks or a person on a walker are one when it comes to the love of gardening.
@debichats8634- Hello from our working farm in Central ⛵⛵ Lakes New Hampshire. I too am 74 years young and no longer beat myself up on my growing challenges. We have a 350 acre farm, but it it not primarily agricultural- grass fed beef/hay/ logging. Our gardens are scattered near the main farm house and around our woodland cottage at the base of the farm. I have discovered that I now only want to dedicate a percentage of my time to gardening. This year holds art lessons and sewing lessons, along with other endeavors. We also support neighboring farms and farmer's markets by purchasing fruits and vegetables that I either did not grow or like you, I had crop failure. I would like to build a larger green house. Our mini green house as helped. This year I am into herbs and flowers that have always done well, with a few of my favorite vegetables in the woodland garden. Our Hemlocks need to be cut back to allow for more sun and air flow. Best of luck to you! ~ Diane
Believing for your gorgeous garden.
Yep I'm about to turn 53 and I just wish I would have raised my kids like this. This is all for me because I'm by myself now and post divorce and this is my dream!! I'm in a neighborhood in Ohio with a TEENIE 1k sqft space, but I'm selling this property soon and I'm moving back down south very close to where R&R is! My family is all there. So excited to get a few acres! Hopefully
I’ll be 64 this year. I’ve only been gardening for around 6 years now. I have 6 raised beds that are 8x4, several grow bags and a couple of Greenstalks. I too wish I had more land to garden on.
Don't worry Jess... I was part of a Farmer's Market start-up as a vendor (baked goods) and there were only 5 of us (vendors) in the beginning for a while. No, we didn't make a ton of money at first but the comradery and fun time we all had just buying from each other/bartering and getting to chat each week about what it was like being a small business or farmer was amazing. That market grew to be so large we had to move to a bigger location eventually and we all made really solid money... but I missed the old days where it was just a few of us. Your Market will be great. Enjoy the start of it though, you'll miss it before you know it
"You might be a Crazy Goat Lady IF... you have milked a goat early in the afternoon to get a cup of milk for a recipe". 😅
Now that's funny!
I'm in Louisiana and I ALMOST put out my tomatoes and peppers... Looked at my 10 day forecast and now it's going to be 35 tomorrow night... Whew...glad I listened to my intuision....
North Louisiana ❤
Preach! Every year, I start a garden and get tired of constantly watering and processing and swear next year I'm cutting back. And every year I have a bigger garden than the year before!
One of the things I like best about your channels is that you always keep it real, Jess! Thank you for that.
Girl.. I hate all the maintenance involved with starting seeds and them growing.. adjusting my fussy lights.. hardening them off.. bringing them in and out…I just repeat a mantra.. “Your future self will thank you!”
When I (in the southern hemisphere) feel sad that the nights are getting cooler and I know Summer is at a close, I see you welcoming in the warm weather, and it makes me feel happy that I'll be going in to the cold so you can feel all the happiness in the coming months
What a beautiful perspective ❤
That is so sweet❤
I feel the same!
I had to giggle when you talked about laying on the grass and soaking up the sunshine. We lived in Alaska for 15 years when our children were young. We took vacation in mid winter to California to go to Disneyland. When we got to the hotel, they had a nice green lawn, and our kids went nuts. They were rolling around in the grass doing somersaults and just laying around soaking up the sunshine. I’m sure most of the people there thought they were a little crazy. Lol They acted like they had never seen grass before.
It was at Disney world that I just kept laying on every bit of grass I could find 😂😂
Thank you so much for introducing your friend from Nine Little Aussies channel. I love her as much as I could see you loved her. She is real, salt of the earth, good people.
I love how she talks about little things to do to offset a not perfect circumstance while working towards a better long term end result situation. Can see why you guys got on with each other. Both of you are very inspirational people.
She’s so wonderful
Same! Big fan ❤
It would be impossible for me without the romance. It is challenging every year, but the beauty, the food, the creating of a special atmosphere, is such a reward and so satisfying. Not many rewards in life can equal it.
I too tell myself since I was little “ sick it up buttercup” 😂❤ love you always Jess. Watching you for the last 7 years have been my favorite and you have helped me live gracefully and intentionally.
💕🫶🏼 BLESS YOUUUUU
No-Till Growers did some research on the topic of planting depth and learned most seedlings & transplants can be planted up to their first set of leaves.
Starting tomatoes your way saves time and materials! I started doing this your way a few years ago and love it!
I do it almost the same way. I have a 40-cell seed starting tray and this year I put about 100 seeds in it, maybe more. I have about 34 spots in the garden, but I like starting lots of extras in case of a freeze and also to give away. The 40-cell tray is nice and compact to fit under one LED growlight.
Ah Jess, when the tedium comes knocking just remember where you were just a few years ago pining for the day you could even have a garden. This present tedium IS the reward...the desires of your heart fulfilled, be it up-potting seedlings or reorganized an overflowing pantry. ❤
I'm growing pink bumblebee tomatoes in a hydroponics setup indoors right now. I started them from seeds 29 days ago and they are already look like small bushy trees. I'm just blown away by how well they are doing. They are about 10 inches tall and bushed out just as wide. I live in the Midwest. Winters are boring. Ice fishing was garbage this year. It's a fun hobby. I can't wait till I have some land. All I want is a long driveway and a nice greenhouse. Until then, I live vicariously through videos like this one. Thanks for that.
Just started my tomatoes today here in central NY and among them are my last 3 seeds of purple bumblebee. I started them in soil last year but grew them out in Kratky hydroponic tubs outdoors. They were tomato bearing fools, bearing tons of tasty bumblebees right up til frost. Will continue to do tomatoes, eggplants and some peppers in hydroponics again this year. Very prolific method with little overhead.
@@vonniemerriam974 wow thanks for the reply. This is my first year doing hydroponics. I'm really excited and it's going so well. I struggled with soil gnats last year, growing indoors so I said goodbye to soil and haven't looked back. I've done a lot of research and so far everything I have planted is just growing like crazy. I have limited space, but I'm growing tomatoes, peppers, basil, oregano, cilantro, nasturtiums, caladiums and a few other randoms.
Fellow Midwesterner here: the bumblebee tomatoes are a great choice, but the purple variety has much more flavor.
@@dagmarfrerking2235 thanks for the advice. I will get some seeds for those. I kind of bought the pink variety on a whim while I was perusing a baker creek catalogue.
@@heraclitus6100 I started with the Kratky method indoors first time last year. Everything I used was cheap or recycled. Only $ was for the Masterblend and a bag of perlite, but that was actually for when I transplanted outdoors. Hit on Mike Van Duzee here on YT who shows how to do it as cheaply as possible. Was awesome having fresh lettuce in January! My starts are almost ready to transplant into my indoor totes so I can be eating fresh before I even get my other stuff in the ground out back. Had great success outdoors with tomatoes and eggplants. This year I'm expanding to some peppers outdoors too.
I love ALL Roots and Refuge Farm videos!
Currently telling myself that I don't get to start the amaranth and tomatoes until I finish measuring the yard so I can work out where the heck everything is going to go.
Also, I did what I called the Pot of Shame last year where I dumped all the soil from things that didn't germinate into one container, watered it real good, and stuck it on the kitchen counter. I had quite a few little stragglers poke their heads up. 😂
This is such a hilarious idea, I'm adopting it straightaway 😂❤😂❤😂
I listen to you while doing those monotonous chores. I am uppotting lettuce while listening today. That's my reward for doing something my brain absolutely hates. 😂
I've been gardening for over 30 years... And your discussion how to motivate yourself out of procrastination by giving yourself a "reward task" is such a huge help! I might have thought of a reward like something to eat, but never would have thought of that. Thank you!
Y'all must be the BEST thing that has come to your community ❤
I'm so proud that you are spearheading this farmer's market, Jess! People will make it special by putting in their energy, as you have done. It will grow over time, as you have a great gardening community, and you have the vision to see that people want those farmer's market options. Go, girl! I still start my tomatoes as you are doing here, and separate them once they come up, too. Love that method.💞
I've been dumping out dirt where things didn't germinate and now I have snapdragons, sage, and artichokes coming out in so many random pots. Haha. I kinda like it.
The “have-to’s” that make me whine are always underscored by a very deep joy. It’s not always the instagram perfect experience of chores (that drives me crazy), but there is ALWAYS a constant joy and gratitude. It also helps that all day I work a job where I am just wishing to be home doing the “menial” tasks running the farm. Wouldn’t trade it, even on the hardest, whiniest days.❤
I am transplanting onions out of a multi-sown container into individual cups while enjoying this video! 😊. Doing the hard things because they’re the next right thing-so true!
I hear ya on having a tough time getting rid of seedlings. I keep even the little ones and try and give them a chance. 😂
Same!!! Tho I've been way better since trying to save my own seed and having wayyyy too much, so now I feel I can afford to over-plant and just grow from the strongest, fastest growing seeds. I turn the extras into work food, green manure, or micro greens so they're not wasted ❤😜 hope this helps!
You are such a breath of fresh air Jessica! Thank you for being so real about everything, that’s why we all love you 😊
I just got my notification and rushed right over !!!!
Starting to look like a food forest! No complaints just blessings! 💚💚💚
The sprayers at Dollar Tree are fantastic. They last a season or two then replace but that’s common with most anyway. It has multiple settings, the mist and shower are the most used for me. Last year they had some with long necks too but this year got just the standard looking like what you’re using. Hope this helps someone :)
"I don't wanna" 😂
I love you Jessica Sowards!
Oh wow, love that idea on the tomato transplanting and leaving one tomato plant in there with potential new seedlings coming up!
Sheeze, what takes me a certain time, never is! You forget one tool, search for it, you find about 10 more projects you've started, from here to there. Wonder how any of them ever get finished!
It was nice here today and tomorrow we’re expecting a snow storm. It’s hard not to give into false spring.
Have you ever thought to make your labels during winter? That would save you time when you're up potting. I feel for anyone who comments on having a bad harvest. And I don't feel alone. For all of us good luck this year! 💛🐸💜🐸💚🐸😎
I feel this on such a spiritual level, Jess! My family has all been sick with stomach bugs and coughs and mucus lol! We are soaking up your videos as a little getaway from our current struggles! Thankful for you Friend!
I built an outside bench that is used on those days that are too early to be out of the greenhouse permanently but too pretty to be potting seedling inside - so I pack up the wagon and haul everything that I'm going to be working with for a couple of hours and go outside to do my seedlings and potting (it's not far outside my greenhouse). Otherwise I'd go crazy or NOT get my seedlings repotted!!!
A time saving tip on writing taggs: I write one note (in my phone) with all the tomato varieties I have and number them. This way, I only have to write a number on the taggs in stead of the often long names. Saves a lot of time! Happy planting! Greetz from The Netherlands
Love the extended shot looking out to the fountain from the greenhouse! Lovely.
Love your honest words regarding the repetitive & sometimes monotonous chores in the home and garden! I do the same thing with rewarding myself with the fun work after the stuff I’m not that excited about! It was funny to hearthat you do too Jess!!!
You mentioned you have a really hard time tossing out seedlings.
No kidding. I just spent a half an hour convincing a friend that he should try and grow a particular something because I have 3 extra starts and no where to put them and I don't want them to go to waste. You are really not alone.
Oh Jess. Preach it sis. Do the mundane tasks Season. Goodness sakes.
A different idea might be to plant the tomato seeds each in their own pots from the beginning, but then in one put a bunch! That way you could use those to separate out and fill in any pots that didn't germinate, but you don't have to separate and repot for hours and hours. Just an idea :) a bit of both systems
I so enjoy your garden teaching and cooking teaching. Lord made you a teacher, thank you for following his encouragement. ❤🙏♥️
Bless you.
Perfect way to wind down for the evening! Yess! 🌱
I used to save my dead zinnia heads and replant the following year and they came back in buckets! Enjoy them!
Your vlog was just what I needed, sick with COVID and you made me laugh so hard,could totally relate on every level, kindred gardening spirits🤗 think true gardeners go through all those learning experiences. We want to enjoy all of it fully as the season is short. Happy gardener , happy life🤗❤️
There’s a definite pressure and stress w Mother Nature! And it’s a lot of work!
I totally understand about the love of the warmth and sunshine....amazing feeling
Try a static rose head on a solid rod extension on a brass valve for your garden hose. Add a brass quick-connect between the valve and rod for fast access to a full stream of water. Additional quick-connects can be attached to other hose heads and sprinklers for a wider variety of options than a mechanical sprayer can offer!
My experience with spray nozzles is that the more moving parts the quicker and more catastrophically they fail.
Solid brass is forever. Brass costs twice as much as plastic, but you'll buy three or more plastic parts before finally switching to brass. The advice given to me by a more experienced gardener was to just invest in quality tools upfront. And I managed to thrift a grip of brass quick-connects from a garage sale!
My beat-up aluminum rosehead hose attachment functions better than any mechanical equivalent and has lasted more than a decade, possibly multiple since it wasn't purchased by me. And I'm just as rough on my tools as anyone has the right to be!
Cover your table of seed packages from the sun and heat, place large brown paper bags or other cardboard over the seed packages to protect from the sun. Not all the seeds would not be used this year so protect them, so easy with paper or cardboard.
I appreciate the honesty beyond the romanticism of gardening! It is real, HARD work. Pushing to that final product though makes it ALL so worth it!
I need a sticker that says suck it up buttercup! 😂❤
I agree. I was just talking to my sister about this. I hate the tedious task of starting seeds. I love planting them in the garden, but not starting them inside.
Good morning Jess! The pollen is a hot mess here in NC! A fried gave me a lot of tomato plants there are so many. I'm waiting for them to get bigger before separating them. We are supposed to go down into the low 30's tonight. I love just being out in my garden feeling the sun on my face and dreaming of what will come this spring and going forward. Keep the dream alive! Good luck with the farmers market! Take care!
I feel ya buttercup! I also had to learn how to prioritize my tasks, stay focused, and reward myself. Learning your own style and recognizing the weaknesses is paramount to success. I really want to put my seedlings out! Planted bean seeds instead, compromise 😅. I think after this little cold snap, we should be good!
Wow, this was great! You are spot on about not wanting to do stuff and have to suck it up❤❤❤❤
Lol, again this year we had a forgotten butternut squash sprout and they're all in one cluster. We just scoop up the sprouts, separate them gently & relocate. They haven't ever been fussy about separating
buttercup, you are awesome! ♥
Thanks for the pep talk! I'm sitting here watching you, instead of cleaning my camper 😂 I'm going to make myself go do it after this!
You hair is so shiny, and I love the color! Thanks for the frequent videos!
Nice to see you back in the green house.
Thanks for the great explanation of when to harvest asparagus.
Will be visiting the farmers market from the Upstate, probably in late April or May.
The reward system is real for us ADDers, and probably typical minded as well. Just do the thang.
I was doubly blessed this morning. Finished the parts of my workout that are hard and necessary but not necessarily fun and got to see this great video. So reward at the same time! 😊
I did the same thing today. I told myself if I separate the tomatoes I can start a tray of lavender. LOL It worked!
I'm completely the same way. I need to get my tomatoes up potted. I have decided they have to be all done this week before I start anymore seeds 😊
I happen to be potting up my tomatoes as I am listening to you. Makes me feel like I have help 😂
We plant almost everything deep. Doesn't seem to hurt anything that we have noticed, just makes them a little sturdier.
I did your method with peppers, tomatoes and eggplants! I had so many I had to give some away! I loved it!
Love your gardens .Just up potted my tomatoes today .Enjoyed video ,thank you .
😂 yes! I am now super busy on my own farm and don’t get to watch as much but I’m so glad I saw this one!! There are days I have to bully myself into doing it too 😂. I felt this one hard!
Amen! I thought I just had sprayer bad luck! Good to know not alone.
This is my third year for my asparagus patch, so I'll be picking a good amount this year. Decided this year to stop planting novelty crops and concentrate on crops for preserving. Doubling broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes and carrots. Also going to grow Brussels Sprouts for the first time. Tomatoes will be grown for some fresh eating and preserving, but I'm cutting back because I want to grow more of the things mentioned above. Anxious to get the growing season going and seeing what works for me and my family. Love your channel Jess. ❤️
Sharpie markers are my favorite dibber tools, too! 😊
I live in a short season zone. So the seed starting period is short and non flexible. I actually put reminders on my phone calendar when I must start certain seeds.
I totally bribe myself to do garden tasks that must be done with tasks I'm really excited to do.
I love listening to you. I always learn something.
I love all parts of the seed starting process, even up potting the tomatoes and peppers. My push part is the weeding and such because of my back and knees. This year, I got some Vego raised beds that are 17 inches tall and plan to make all my garden out of them as I can afford to add to them. I can sit on my little cart, and it is at the perfect level for me to work in the beds. I'm itching now to go and separate some more tomatoes. LOL
Jess. I lift my seedlings with a plastic chopstick. One end very pointed and slender, the other thicker. Works great as a dibble, too.
41 varieties here!! 🙋🏻♀️
The struggle is real! I'd do more if I had the room 🙈
I feel you. Separating seedlings stinks. I start mine the same way. Did that today, I'm small scale home growing. But finding the heat and lights is a huge thing. Peppers , basil , tomatoes, broccoli are my things needed to be started inside. I'm in PA small window of growing. I seeded arugula and cilantro out side a few days ago, we are getting snow tonight and they are sprouted up. They will be alright. love you and all you share. Sometimes we just try and if it works it does, if not start over. I love listening to you easy to ear and listen unlike other channels ,I'll be like I can't do this. Happy spring and up potting plants.
Yes. It’s “outside season!”!! So excited. Just plugging away getting the garden chores done and I LOVE it! 🙌🏽💚
That marker idea is genius! Wish I had thought of it when I was working at a nursery years ago! Apparently the soil was drying my hands out, and I was getting really really bad excama, nothing worked to fix it, gloves didn't help. But that market! Oh my!
A wonder waterer on Johnny seeds. They are literally the best sprayer I have found. Especially for seedlings. Very sturdy.
Hi Jess, I so do enjoy your videos. You remind me of my younger self. I enjoy how carefree you seem to be or as I would say “lapse a daisy”. You lighten my day and bring a smile to my face. Thanks for your ideas and showing others how you do things.
I really appreciate you talking about adjustments you make to work with your adhd!
That's right! Weed is ugly word. What's fun is moving the volunteers if need be. Already adapted
Perfect timing 😊
I needed to hear this today, i recently have been taking work for granted, that i used to pray to be able to do..
I do agree about getting bored with certain tasks…same thing happens with canning 😂
When you were speaking your motivation speech to yourself i was like ugh yes and it was like you were telling me and encouraging me too, as we have the same name :D thanks for the buck up and do it speech. I appreciate it.
I made myself up pot the tomatoes just today, spring is here !
Jess you need to have a Garden Party to transplant and a table outside to do it on
I think it’s perfectly normal to be nervous when you’re doing something new. You want everything to go perfect. You can plan and plan. Something usually happens that you weren’t counting on. In the end. It turns out good.❤
Even the most intense love needs space and rest. Take what you need. You've earned it.
We had a pretty bad storm roll through here, as did a large portion of the country. The storm caused many of my freshly sown seeds to germinate. Now its less than a week later and its almost time to uppot my tomatoes and eggplant
Thank you for the reminder that I need to pot up my tomatoes as well 😂
Thank You Jess. Have a Great Market Day.
Jess my mom always said the big thick asparagus are the male stalks and the thinner pencil size are the female that will produce the berries to go to seed. We also pick usually to the first of June in NE Missouri.
I don’t grow near as many tomatoes as you. I probably only have 35 this year but I absolutely love the 32 pod bootstrap farmer trays! I got them for Christmas and they’re a game changer for me! I have 5 and started everything in them with no need to up pot! I have a ton of volunteer tomatoes that came up in pots. I have no clue what kind they are so now I’m just sticking those in any random place I can find! 😂
Enjoyed the video 😊
I also like to give all the ones I don’t keep to other people.