I have been watching Daniels videos and he is so inspirational to so many people , he sang songs and showed his garden, and I told him Thank you for this musical blessing , y'all a gift from our Heavenly Father
Thanks, Jess! I needed that. It's so bloody hot down here in central Florida. I can think of a hundred reasons not to keep walking the paths morning and night but once I'm out there, I get busy and forget about the A/C and YT. Then when I go inside, I realize I'm actually doing this - at 74!!!! Yes. I feel great about it and while I'm doing stuff I'm happy and totally not worrying about the news, the bills, the aches, the rest of the world. I'm thinking about the magic in my garden. It is palpable. It is refreshing. It is exhausting It is so self validating. It smells so good. It has the music of nature all around. It isn't just hot, humid Florida but a tiny piece of growing earth and it feeds my soul. My bed feels delicious when I finally sleep. Cool, clean, and rewarding. I thank God for my garden.and for your sharing videos!
@@justpatty7328 And I thank God for other gardening souls that reach out and keep me hanging on to the trellis to catch the sunshine. Thank you Patty for taking that time for this comment. Jess has formed a delightful community that I appreciate so much.
Mary, please continue to get out there and garden and keep moving. My mom passed away recently at 78 and she sat all day and did nothing and couldn’t walk very far at all without being out of breath. No matter how much all of us encouraged her. You have to keep moving. Trust me❤️
@@cathyscroggins1420 Thank you for your message of care. I'm very sorry to hear about your Mom and her difficulties. I'm so grateful that I am healthy, and living happily with my daughter and her family. I get to take care of the kids which does keep me younger LOL and love that I feel needed. The garden is so peaceful with tons of life lessons. My 5 yo grandson keeps me company and it's fun to be with him while he tastes new things fresh from the soil. He even likes okra and we munch together as we walk. He's learned the names of all the veg and he says he likes everything but his favorite is the stevia. Jess and her family are precious friends even if they are virtual and now I'm glad to meet you.
MY name is on the board!MY name is on the board!😁😁Watching you harvesting always inspires me to keep striving be patient, my time of harvest, too shall come. I am growing German Pink which are also a Beesteak , So I hope the cousins of your stiped German's do half so well as yours did! looks like tomato sandwiches for breakfast to me!YUM!Coffee and Jess harvesting and dropping wisdom.was My breakfast. What a lovely start to mt day ans I thank you for it!"Blessings of Bounty and May Your Gardens and your Life always Bring You Joy,Inspiration and Abundance!" - Hope & Mark!
I know this is really sappy, but you made me cry when you started talking about not giving up. This year was the year where I wanted success in my garden, and I have been working so hard. Despite my efforts, I keep getting blossom end rot in my zucchinis, and my bell peppers and green beans won't produce despite having pretty good sized plants. Part of me thinks I'm just impatient because I'm in Indiana, and our harvest doesn't happen as soon as a lot of people in the south. But when I posted about this on IG I was surrounded by so much love and encouragement. And now I even get it from you 😭 Anyway... thank you so much ❤️
Adam Savage says "Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down!" I look forward to your scientific exploration.
Thank you Jesse. I’ve developed an allergy to stinging wasps. I planted a full garden before being stung by a wasp while watering plants in the greenhouse. After the response to that, husband having to call emergency and doctors in the ER prescribing an epi pen, I’ve been heart broken and afraid to go weed and harvest. I live in an area like you, with a few neighbors in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Wasps and yellow jackets are abundant here. I love gardening and taking care of my chickens and horses. I’ve been watching your videos for over a year now without subscribing because our climates are not even close to the same. But your spunk and devotion to who you are and your values are such an inspiration to me. Just thought I’d let you know that. I am subscribed now and look forward to your seeing what you and your family do.
I am feeling the stress from my garden. I have lost a few tomato plants. However, I have a full kitchen table of potatoes, tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers. Thank you for the encouragement. ❤
Jess, I remember when little Ben said, It’s hard. You told him, You can do hard things. We all have to remind ourselves of that sometimes. It will be interesting to see how your experiment in the high tunnel turns out. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️🍅🥰🙏🙏🙏
Oh Jess!!! 😭 I needed to hear your message about not abandoning your garden! I am in SE Louisiana and it seemed to me that the garden was just “done” this year. But you reminded me to move on and look forward to the fall garden. Thank you!!
Thanks Jess the pep talk can be about life in general and not just the garden. After all God started his conversation with us in the garden. I have been struggling lately with my health and the health of my wife who has dementia and I care for her so thanks for your advice. Keep up the good work my wife loves watching you
I love the thought about God starting his conversation with us in the garden. One of my favorite old songs was about walking in the garden with Jesus while the due is still on the roses. It truly is a place to be closer to Him. I said a little prayer for you and your wife just now - He was listening.
You do it every time!!! YOU say the perfect words at the perfect time! I love how the Holy Spirit speaks to us through you. That's what I see. That's what I hear. God Bless!!!
The last part of your video was OUTSTANDING! I needed that! My garden this year is not that bad since I'm using ground cover, but I have suffered through years where by this time the garden was nothing but 3' weeds. Truly an inspirational talk, yes yes yes were my answers. I've never had a Fall garden before. Never thought about it. With a little bit of care and concern, I'm going to have a Fall garden. Thank you!
Dunny you shouls mention fall, bought 20 bags os soil -doing a full dozen soil bags for food production during winter. an i need to Milk Juf Sow right now to get cabbages and other brassicas in place for fall production!I love the lean and the season s where the garden is a beast as well!💜
This vlog made my heart so happy. I am about to hit the peak here with tomatoes just starting to blush. Giant cucumbers hiding under leaves. Squash leaves the size of elephant ear. Bush beans and burgundy beans finally producing. Corn is tasseling. It is a jungle, I love it, but now that I can no longer work from home and peek at it throughout the day, I am so homesick for it while I'm at work. Praying that it rains until I can get out there. It is thriving on its own AND we have cardinal babies!!! Always have 2 cardinals in our yard and love that our little ecosystem brings other life into this wonderful little space. Still binge watching roots and refuge farm before bed and while getting ready for work in the morning. 🥰🥰🥰
YEEESSSSSS!!! Thank you for that last tidbit of support and encouragement! That was me last year with my first garden. I just got to the point where I couldn’t go out anymore. It was SO much! This year I’m ready!! I’ve got my canning supplies to get started! And that excites me into going out everyday! I just need to keep showing up for her!! 💜
Me too! I had a rough night in the garden and I felt less inspired and motivated than ever. I am happy to hear thats normal and I should just keep showing up!!
Jess, thank you! I needed this pep talk. It’s 96 right now outside. I’ve been really trying and overall my small little garden has done really well. I think rats have been getting some of my tomatoes. Putting out traps, but being in Houston, I usually call it quits by August. Never had a fall garden but this year I’m going to try. I feel God uses you to encourage people to not give up, or beat themselves up, but to keep trying, to do your best. Blessings to you my sweet gardening friend.❤️🦋
I just wanted to say thank you! Myself and my family have so enjoyed watching your videos and learning SO much. You’re authentic, inspirational and motivating. I have a 7 year old and twin 4 year olds who are really getting into their veggie gardens which has been a total joy to see. Today they enjoyed their first yellow bush beans and summer squash. So fun to see kids get excited over homegrown veggies! Again, thank you!
Oh Jess.... Thank you so much for the pep talk at the end! I was just teetering on the edge of throwing in the towel this morning, here in South Texas, even as I was researching pest control and fertilizer. But you are right...there is still harvest in there! BTW, you are going to have SO many sweet potatoes!! Enjoy your tomato sandwich with those gorgeous tomatoes 😋
I’m gonna be a mom for a minute and remind everyone to apply sunscreen and reapply often. Don’t forget your eyebrows, hairline, ears and neck. There are inexpensive mineral options for your face like Australian gold and I believe Cerave is mineral as well. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk...those maters are lookin extra sexy Miss Jess!
Oh jess, when I'm having a day where I'm down, there's something about you and your garden that just grounds me. I'm just so grateful for this channel, for this space you've created. God bless you 🌻🧡
Thanks for the encouragement. This can happen in so many areas of life and to follow through with whatever care we can provide is beneficial. I think of you, your family, the garden, the animals and then a kitchen reno. You not only talk a good talk Jess - you walk it. ❤❤❤
Girl, you were just preaching to ME! I was getting so frustrated. It's my first time growing in this zone (8a). And my cucumbers just started getting so bitter they're inendible, the zucchini have stuff growing on them that I've never seen in other places that I've gardened, these tomato hornworms are the bane of my existence, and you're right...no matter how many green bean plants I grow it never seems to be enough. I LITERALLY just ran back in the house from spraying neem oil, only for it to start raining and washing it away😭😭😭. So I REALLY needed to hear that pep talk. I'm gonna go take a shower, have a cup of tea and try again this evening. Thanks Jess💚.
An old timer out here in rural Colorado told me when I was new out here to plant dill around the tomatoes because the horn worms love dill more, but don't damage the dill. That worked here. Maybe I can pass it on and it will help you, too?
You will think I'm insane but this is a true story. Fifty years ago I began gardening and raising animals without even visiting a farm before. I wanted it so badly. The first year the tomato horn worms were so horrible and overnight seemed to grow and were destroying all 100 tomato plants. I read Organic Gardening magazine faithfully for years before I even had 10 acres and it just happened that the main story that month was about a tobacco farmer. He said he was loosing ground until he tried a new method of ending the tobacco worms eating his harvest. He collected a hand full of them, blended them with water in an old blender then sprayed the solution all over his tobacco plants and no more worms So, since I knew nothing about farming at all, I decided to do the same. I grabbed a hand full of the green monsters and using a rock in a bucket of water (didn't have a blender) I mushed them up then walked the tomato plant rows and doused the leaves between two sponges. The worms were everywhere and I had no realistic hopes of anything but decided to give it the best I could. The next morning I went out and could not find a single tomato worm - none dead, just gone. I guess they smelled their dead relatives and left. All I know is it worked and from that year on I canned enough tomatoes to keep us in sauce for an entire year. Don't give up. That lesson taught me to keep going and count the losses as inexpensive schooling cheaper than college. No lost plant is a loss - just a lesson to be learned to make you wiser. Keep dreaming cause dreams do come true.
Hi Jess, what a fantastic harvest of tomatoes. The pep talk was actually well timed. Although I am still at the beginning of the gardening season here (North West England) we have had rain rain rain for weeks, the peas have flopped away from their supports, the ground is a mud bath and the weeds - well, lets just not go there! Thanks for sharing another inspirational vlog :-)
Thank you Both Jess and Julia - while Jess’ advise was just in time for me too, your comment Julia was hit the nail on the head. I’m in the English North-West too and it’s my first year of owning a tiny garden. I put so much effort and love into every plant and was starting to lose hope that anything would ever produce edible fruit. It’s comforting to know others are in the same boat and haven’t given up!
I’m in Yorkshire, so not sure if it’s classed s North West or North East. Either way, that rain is getting a bit old now. My tomatoes and chillis need some sun!!!
Go out after 4 pm. That's what I do when it's that got out. I am still building raised beds. So I build after 4pm. I may get 4 hours in. It's better than nothing. I had to water today...cucumbers and rhubarb were screaming for water. Checked the neighbors garden and he was finally home from his trip.
I Love you, and I love your good Southern heart, you make the south shine with your inward beauty towards your passion for gardening and your love for your husband and children. ALL MY LOVE.................. CONTINUALLY 💙💜❤️
My biggest tip from you has been to work in the garden early morning or in the evening. I'd say that is why my gardens have got away from me in the past. Too hot out to go work. This alone has helped me sooooooooo much! Thank you for inspiring me to keep trying!! ;)
Omg I really feel like you were taking to me cause last Saturday when I saw my kitchen garden completely covered in weeds I wanted to just call it a day. And honestly I wanted to cry and I can remember telling my husband that I feel like giving up. But what gave me a bit of motivation that day was my 11 years old son helping me to pull out some of those weeds. Even though we didn't finish the job completely but it's looking a bit better now and we are planning to build two new raise beds cause I have some scotch bonnet peppers and bells to transplant really soon. Thanks for always motivating us
Your daily insight and the lovely person you are is the reason we are encouraged to do the best we can and continue on life’s journey in the garden and home. Thank you to both you and Miah for the inspiration. 💕😍
Thank you for the pep talk. I am a 5th grade teacher gearing up for my 30th year in the classroom (hopefully in the classroom), and I am so excited to plan my ”garden” for next years munchkins. I am always so excited to begin planning, getting the names of my next group of babies, setting up my classroom, and putting in the work for a great start. I will remember this ”little talkin’ to” when it gets tough. When it is easy to give up because you aren’t getting the fruit you planned to plant. Maybe, some years you mixed up your seed and munchkins aren’t showing as much progress in reading as you had hoped. Some years you see your babies learning to be kind and supportive of their classmates. Some years you see tech skills growing faster than math skills. It is great to remember that a harvest is worth celebration. Maybe what you tried to plant and cultivate is hibernating within the soil for another season. Thank you for all that you do. You are in my prayers.
North-central Illinois here, it is taking so long! I'm guessing in the next week and half- I'm praying for ripe maters! I'm enjoying some other goodies from the garden already, quite thankful. Blessings to you all!
East central Indiana. Garden didn't get planted until June because of the weather. My tomatoes are just setting fruit. Jess is right, shake your tomato plants. I shake the cages, now they are setting fruit. Now if I can get my squash to pollinate...life would be better.
My squash are not pollinating well. I have yet to get any. And I think my zucchini plants I bought were mismarked...looks like I have all yellow crookneck. We shall see what happens.
Mine are struggling too. I have ants stealing pollen out of flowers so they grow a few inches and die, fertilized with calcium too for blossom end rot. Consistantly watering,... Only 2 squash , have thrown many away... I hope you have better luck....
I just ripped mine out. I might try the vining variety next year. Other than that I am done with them. Four years in a row they have been such a disappoint.
I haven’t successfully grown anything but cucs from that family since I moved to Missouri almost 4 years ago. The squash bugs are thugs here y’all! I make ant murder syrup ( my husband named it...don’t judge 😋 ) it’s borax white sugar and water and recipes are easily found doing a search. Hopefully we will all get some before seasons end 🤞
I feel this ❤️ I tried to trellis mine and it was a pretty massive failure. I haven't harvested nearly as many as I expected from 3 plants, and I came out yesterday to a main stem snapped a few inches from the ground. I left it on the ground for 24 hrs, went out and pulled the rest out and I'm going to move a ground cherry in its place. ❤️ Hopefully it will have better luck growing there.
Aww... thanks... this was perfect timing for a pep talk. A broken wrist, storm damage, super outnumbered by the bugs... It was starting to get to me! I love your mantra: " keep showing up"😍 thanks for your videos and your sweet soul of inspiration... I bless you right back!❤
Garden turned jungle - that was me until I met you. Yesterday my neighbor complimented me on the beauty of my backyard garden. Thank you for all your guidance & encouragement. You have truly blessed me.
My grandpa's tip: keep some scissors at the chicken fence, each chicken you catch out of bounds, clip the wing befor throwing back in. :) But awesome tomatoes, the look so tasty.
Yes, not 2 pounds...BUT...u said yesterday that I were going to pick them before the rain so they don't split....I bet had u waited and they filled with more rain water, they would have been 2 pounds....u would have bragging rights....but who cares I bet the flavor is the best as u picked them before the rain 👍👍
The wisdom that you shared at the was so appreciated. The hubby, who is not a gardener, even spoke up when you pointed out the importance of asking yourself questions about what you what out of your garden once it is in full production. Lovely and beneficial information. Thank you.
I just want to thank you for posting both the good and bad times. Some times my garden feels behind and you post a video about tomatoes being behind and I'm like "if she's optimistic and having issues, I can be optimistic!" Its so hard feeling like you can't compare to others but you show that working through it gives great rewards!
I don’t garden for it to be stressful. Best quote of the day. Thank you for sharing the right mindset, especially for those who are new to gardening. It should bring joy in every moment.
I have to admit.... I was about to pull my tomato plants up.... all my tomatoes are tiny.... I know I need deeper soil.... but I go out to the garden everyday, with my fresh brewed cup of coffee and I sit.... the garden shows you what it needs.... mine is small enough too.... lol.... I learn so much everyday.... Jess is the most encouraging person I have ever seen, I wish I could be that encouraging.... I wait for every, "I bless you, " on every video because I truly feel like she is blessing me....
Thank you so much for your words Jess ❤ . I've been a bit sad on how my garden turn out. I've gardened before & had good success. But this year, the green beans, peppers & squash did not produce. But I'm pushing through it & enjoying my cucumbers & tomatoes & watching watermelons grow. I'll learn from my mistakes & apply what I've learned for next year! So now I'm dreaming of my fall garden & hoping for the future.
Thank you for the pep talk! It is the exhausting time of the garden but it really is so worth it! I harvested a hod basket full of sunshine kissed tomatoes and it brought me so much joy!
Great pep talk! I've been struggling with my first poor garden experience, feeling very discouraged as the plants never sprouted and wondering where I went wrong. I was able to show my mom the garden for the first time yesterday and I mentioned that none of my tomatoes sprouted and I should give up watering something that never sprouted. My mom looked down and said "oh my goodness there's a baby tomato plant right there! Never give up when you're feeling discouraged!" Such an amazing lesson to learn that hope is always better than despair. But also, just because you can't see the fruits of your labor, it doesn't mean they aren't there! Thank you, your videos truly are a gift!
I cannot wait for my tomatoes to come in! Every single one I grew from seeds this year and all of them are one's you grew and suggest last year. Next year I am adding in a few more!🙌🏻😍🙌🏻😍🙌🏻 You have inspired me so much over the last few years to grow more! Thank you Jess!
@@liarossi123 isn't it! I'm amazed at the feeling I get from watching it start to finish. Last year only had 4 tomato plants. This year I did 26! Haha I know how much picking I did last year so I'm really going to be a busy woman this year!
Jess I find you very inspirational. I am an amputee at 61 and you have encouraged me to get back into gardening. Your tomatoes are truely amazing and as we are I. Winter just now I can’t wait to put in some tomatoes. I have just harvested sone radishes and pickled so excited. I garden in raised bed that make it easier for me. Thank you for all that you do and share with us. Please keep keep safe thank you and God Bless Katie 🇦🇺
Thank you Jess for that sooo timely 'dont give up' pep talk. It works for me here too in the southern hemisphere where the weeds slow but still grow. As I get older (70s) it becomes more difficult to keep on top of everything, and yet I have more time to be in my beloved garden.
The points you make about showing up even though it's hot and buggy are so true. This is my 1st year with a big garden. I may have even planted way more than I'll need but I do feel fantastic that I was able to do this. Watching the earth produce reminds us that there is a creator who gave us the seed and the dirt and everything we need to make this happen.
I built a huge walk in cage around my tomato bed this year because we've had problems with squirrels and birds in the past. This past week I went to pick my first ripe tomato and it and several others have been eaten. Was out on the porch at night and witnessed a rat climb up the chicken wire and get into the bed. Been so disappointed this week to find nothing but half eaten tomatoes but we are now dealing with the rat problem. Maybe I'll get some tomatoes in a week or so.
Apparently they don't like the smell of mint and human hair so I got some little organza bags on ebay to put mint tea bags in and human hair from my husbands home done dodgy haircuts during lockdown. Hope it helps but I live on the river so I have chickened out now and brought the 2 plants indoors into a conservatory , I can't stand rats and would not want to eat toms if they had been on them. It's amazing we get to harvest anything with all the pests that are intent on sharing the produce with us.
I feel your pain! Ive been fighting squirrels all year. I finally built a massive 6 ft cage using some blue hawk multi purpose netting. It worked like a charm. My sweet corn couldn't be saved, though. Definitely a shock to a new gardener to walk outside and find an entire row of corn gone, stalk root and all. Hope you're able to find a clever solution to your rat troubles.
I feel your pain. I've been dealing with river rats in my garden also. Every night I try to out trick them with traps. Today my bucket trap came in the mail from shepsusa.com and I'm looking forward to seeing how successful it is.
Thank you, Jessica, keep up the good work. Praying Abba-Father continues to bless you so that you can continue to bless all of us that truly need your encouragement. Bless you from Idaho,
WOW!!! So a suggestion of a future video is knowing "when to pick". With the green shoulders - I wouldn't have picked those yet. Can you possibly guide us through knowing when its right, ripe & ready? Felt your pain of the damage, but also of your joy. Such a beautiful attitude you have.
Exactly,Its very easy to start out strong and garden gets so full.Then your wow its forest ! IM 62 and gardened many years,and it happens every year.But your are so right just push through the forest and you do reep what you sow.❤ You garden very much like I do.It has been sanity in my life. To many peps stress and it's not suppose to be ...I always tell everyone starting,try one way if it dont work try another. Gardening helps you grow patience. 🧡 🍅🥒🌶🌽🥜🌰🧅🥕 Blessings to you and yours......
I needed to hear this so badly. My tomatoes weren't coming in like I wanted and my bell peppers weren't producing. I wanted to try some pumpkins but had trouble planning. I didn't want anyone asking about my garden because I thought it was a failure. Then I started getting some cherry tomatoes and I looked and my bell pepper had four baby peppers on it! Really inspired me to keep my head up during that time because at least I was trying. Thank you so much!
You're awesome. Period. I've tripled my garden space this year and I keep thinking... what the bleep was I thinking. I've had a few fails but also some new wins. I just keep plucking away and am so happy with the results so far... ALL of them. Thanks for the pep talk and keeping us inspired!
That last message! Just a little bit of care and concern. By the way, a momma turtle laid her eggs in my garden. I got to watch it. Just added an extra bit of blessing from God to my life.
THANK YOU for that pep talk!! I am the gardener that every years it gets away from me and weeds are waist high! I’m not quite to the give up stage yet, but I’m saving this video and remembering your words for when I’m feeling overwhelmed! I am so glad my friend suggested I watch your videos! I’m loving them!!
My son just used the weed eater on my garden. We had a fantastic garden at our previous home. This is our second year in this one. It's hard starting over and my husband has no time to really help much. He was our gardener. Now he's renovating our house. We bought his grandparents' 1960s home and it had to have a lot of work. But we got 8 acres and a pond. I am learning so much from you. I am watching your old videos and all the new ones. Thank you for sharing.
I am loving my larger container garden with my tomatoes and cucumbers just coming on. My dehydrator is running almost all of the time. Thank you for the education. I could not have done it without you❤️. Bless you!
Thank you sooooo much for this encouragement! Getting up early and napping mid day. Wearing bug bracelets and back at it in the evening if not to hot. Picked berries and 🍒 in the heat putting up several pints/qts for just two of us while waiting on our garden to give us red tomatoes. First one half red, split out on two sides from rain and heat then nibbled by a critter 😢. More wait as we harvest our first dozen cukes and the spring plantings last beet eaten. We are older but press on. Our “back 40” of this small city lot needs weed whacked. We could easily be the ones with a garden filled with weeds as the “back 40” threatens to creep into our beds. Letting it and the grass go a bit but the garden is weeded. Priorities 😂. Can’t do both in this heat. Seeds trays started for fall planting but forgot to cover and the rain washed them out. Will start more. Pickle canning tomorrow and peaches by the weekend. Picked my best looking blushing tomato so it doesn’t fall to the same demise as the first and wait it’s ripening on the counter. Tonight exhausted, but grateful. Assessing already. Need more color. Add flowers less corn. Exhausted in the heat. Do we even need to be doing this? Then your words remind, soon it will be cooler and easier. It will be here before we know it. Thanks again!
The thing I look forward to the most every year is the first tomato Salad, which I was able to make tonight!!Diced fresh tomatoes, Chopped fresh Garic, Chopped fresh Basil, Drizzle of olive oil, Salt and pepper, Crusty Italian bread for dipping. Mix it all up and refrigerate for at least half an hour. It is so so sooo good!! The bread in the juice is the best. 🍅 🧄 🌿
I always feel grounded while watching your video's. Thank you for the words of encouragement!! I have been gardening for almost 10 years and your right about the garden getting away from you. With 2 kids and a full time job the garden ends up taking a back seat and its always around harvest time. Today after work I headed to the garden and pulled my onions, prepared the bed for more Bush beans and harvested my other green bean plants. Dinner was late tonight but I feel better knowing I accomplished something today in the garden that has needed to be done for quite awhile. Thank you again.
Such good advice. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that the only way we truly fail at things is by not really trying to do our best, & by just giving up. Like you said - Just keep showing up.
Thank you SO MUCH for the encouragement when dealing with neglect of our gardens!!! The neighbors garden described mone to a tee until this year. Grass and weeds had taken over by the first of July. This year I added a wheel hoe to the tool lineup and guess what happened? Weed free garden in July! I have been so proud of the way the garden looks !!!! Keep up the encouraging words!
Your comment about what the Garden did for you even when you had stopped watching and working really speaks to the character of God. God has been teaching me so much through my garden this year and this really drove home how, even when we feel too overwhelmed and want to give up, God never stops working on our behalf. He always finishes what he starts. Even when we allow the weeds to grow
Beautiful, I can’t wait to harvest ours! The chickens help Carl with tilling before the garden is growing. The baby chicks escaped into the garden and ate our marigolds and luckily the kids got them before they got past the first row! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for your encouraging words. We been having some 100+ degree days and it’s just too hot to work in the garden and I feel that my tomatoes plants are getting way from me. Going to try to attend to the garden as it cools off tonight. Your words are always a blessing and breath of fresh air. Bless you.
Great pep talk! I’m a newbie gardener in the UK, trying to begin self sufficiency in a small space. Right now we’re pre bumper harvest time and I’m already thinking..... planted too many of this, not enough of that, sowed this too late and this too early, lost plants, saved plants, fighting bugs, worrying about disease plus fighting drought and torrential bouts of rain! Massive learning curve, so thanks for the great advice 🙏🏼💖
Your videos are a great inspiration! My husband and I cannot wait till we start our homestead in two years, but for now we are learning as much as we can from everyone who is like minded! Thank you.
Here in North Central North Carolina, Jess you hit it, I was out in my garden today watering ,harvesting, pulling weeds and I thought, as I fill up a bucket full of maters, cukes,squash and zucchini....this is why I do all this. Thank you for the reminder. We forget sometimes the hard things are sometimes the most rewarding and fulfilling! I couldn't have said it better myself!
GREAT PEP TALK.. I have been inspired by you this year.. To go bigger then i have in the past. I've even started growing much more in container's to.. Thank you for your video's...
I really needed some encouragement today. I'm planting a lot of stuff for the third time this year. This is the second year in a row that groubdhogs have devastated my garden, bit I'm not giving up.
My son was playing a game on my iPad and a notification popped up and he goes “Mommy the garden girl just posted a new vlog!” 😂
My husband and friends have dubbed Jess (and me, recently) "crazy tomato lady" 😄 I just love it!
Precious! 😍 I hope he's excited about gardening, too.
Mine did the same exact thing!
This is great 👍🏻 lol
Thats adorable!
I have been watching Daniels videos and he is so inspirational to so many people , he sang songs and showed his garden, and I told him Thank you for this musical blessing
, y'all a gift from our Heavenly Father
Thanks, Jess! I needed that. It's so bloody hot down here in central Florida. I can think of a hundred reasons not to keep walking the paths morning and night but once I'm out there, I get busy and forget about the A/C and YT. Then when I go inside, I realize I'm actually doing this - at 74!!!! Yes. I feel great about it and while I'm doing stuff I'm happy and totally not worrying about the news, the bills, the aches, the rest of the world. I'm thinking about the magic in my garden. It is palpable. It is refreshing. It is exhausting It is so self validating. It smells so good. It has the music of nature all around. It isn't just hot, humid Florida but a tiny piece of growing earth and it feeds my soul. My bed feels delicious when I finally sleep. Cool, clean, and rewarding. I thank God for my garden.and for your sharing videos!
Mary, your words are just as encouraging as Jess's. Thank you from one gardening soul to another.
@@justpatty7328 And I thank God for other gardening souls that reach out and keep me hanging on to the trellis to catch the sunshine. Thank you Patty for taking that time for this comment. Jess has formed a delightful community that I appreciate so much.
So very well said. Exactly how I feel. About my small garden, and about other things. It's life.
Mary, please continue to get out there and garden and keep moving. My mom passed away recently at 78 and she sat all day and did nothing and couldn’t walk very far at all without being out of breath. No matter how much all of us encouraged her. You have to keep moving. Trust me❤️
@@cathyscroggins1420 Thank you for your message of care. I'm very sorry to hear about your Mom and her difficulties. I'm so grateful that I am healthy, and living happily with my daughter and her family. I get to take care of the kids which does keep me younger LOL and love that I feel needed. The garden is so peaceful with tons of life lessons. My 5 yo grandson keeps me company and it's fun to be with him while he tastes new things fresh from the soil. He even likes okra and we munch together as we walk. He's learned the names of all the veg and he says he likes everything but his favorite is the stevia. Jess and her family are precious friends even if they are virtual and now I'm glad to meet you.
Jess: "I rubberneck on gardens", LOL. So awesome.
My husband always says when I trudge back in after 15 minutes in the heat.....”you showed up”. “That’s what counts.”
Sounds like a good man. He's so right! Good for you just showing up. That's what most people forget. :)
bless that man
What a sweetheart, both of you.
Love that.
Sounds like you nabbed a good one.
MY name is on the board!MY name is on the board!😁😁Watching you harvesting always inspires me to keep striving be patient, my time of harvest, too shall come. I am growing German Pink which are also a Beesteak , So I hope the cousins of your stiped German's do half so well as yours did! looks like tomato sandwiches for breakfast to me!YUM!Coffee and Jess harvesting and dropping wisdom.was My breakfast. What a lovely start to mt day ans I thank you for it!"Blessings of Bounty and May Your Gardens and your Life always Bring You Joy,Inspiration and Abundance!" - Hope & Mark!
My chickens got in my small garden and ate all my Swiss chard and all my carrots. So there ya go,now I know it’s not just me.
I know this is really sappy, but you made me cry when you started talking about not giving up. This year was the year where I wanted success in my garden, and I have been working so hard. Despite my efforts, I keep getting blossom end rot in my zucchinis, and my bell peppers and green beans won't produce despite having pretty good sized plants. Part of me thinks I'm just impatient because I'm in Indiana, and our harvest doesn't happen as soon as a lot of people in the south. But when I posted about this on IG I was surrounded by so much love and encouragement. And now I even get it from you 😭 Anyway... thank you so much ❤️
Ok that dress is amazing on you!
Yes where did you get that dress
The heat of the summer can be so defeating. When you open the door at 6 am and the steam hits you in the face you just want to turn around go back in.
Thank you so much for all your encouragement, Jess!💜💕 It helps a lot!🙏
Adam Savage says "Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down!" I look forward to your scientific exploration.
Thank you Jesse. I’ve developed an allergy to stinging wasps. I planted a full garden before being stung by a wasp while watering plants in the greenhouse. After the response to that, husband having to call emergency and doctors in the ER prescribing an epi pen, I’ve been heart broken and afraid to go weed and harvest. I live in an area like you, with a few neighbors in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Wasps and yellow jackets are abundant here. I love gardening and taking care of my chickens and horses. I’ve been watching your videos for over a year now without subscribing because our climates are not even close to the same. But your spunk and devotion to who you are and your values are such an inspiration to me. Just thought I’d let you know that. I am subscribed now and look forward to your seeing what you and your family do.
Awesome video. Thanks for the inspiration. Much appreciated.
I am feeling the stress from my garden. I have lost a few tomato plants. However, I have a full kitchen table of potatoes, tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers. Thank you for the encouragement. ❤
Yaay! Sittin stump pep talk 💚💚💚
Hope that tomato sandwich tastes like sunshine ☀️
Well It definitely won’t taste like disappointment. 😉😂
Jess, I remember when little Ben said, It’s hard. You told him, You can do hard things. We all have to remind ourselves of that sometimes. It will be interesting to see how your experiment in the high tunnel turns out. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️🍅🥰🙏🙏🙏
Oh Jess!!! 😭 I needed to hear your message about not abandoning your garden! I am in SE Louisiana and it seemed to me that the garden was just “done” this year. But you reminded me to move on and look forward to the fall garden. Thank you!!
My tomatoes usually do better in the fall than in summer. Summer is much too hot and this year spring was more like winter/summer.
Thanks Jess the pep talk can be about life in general and not just the garden. After all God started his conversation with us in the garden.
I have been struggling lately with my health and the health of my wife who has dementia and I care for her so thanks for your advice. Keep up the good work my wife loves watching you
I love the thought about God starting his conversation with us in the garden. One of my favorite old songs was about walking in the garden with Jesus while the due is still on the roses. It truly is a place to be closer to Him. I said a little prayer for you and your wife just now - He was listening.
@@iartistdotme thank you so much I firmly believe in prayer
You do it every time!!! YOU say the perfect words at the perfect time! I love how the Holy Spirit speaks to us through you. That's what I see. That's what I hear. God Bless!!!
He is so faithful!!!!
The last part of your video was OUTSTANDING! I needed that! My garden this year is not that bad since I'm using ground cover, but I have suffered through years where by this time the garden was nothing but 3' weeds. Truly an inspirational talk, yes yes yes were my answers. I've never had a Fall garden before. Never thought about it. With a little bit of care and concern, I'm going to have a Fall garden. Thank you!
I am trying a fall garden for the first time this year.
Me, too!
Dunny you shouls mention fall, bought 20 bags os soil -doing a full dozen soil bags for food production during winter. an i need to Milk Juf Sow right now to get cabbages and other brassicas in place for fall production!I love the lean and the season s where the garden is a beast as well!💜
This vlog made my heart so happy. I am about to hit the peak here with tomatoes just starting to blush. Giant cucumbers hiding under leaves. Squash leaves the size of elephant ear. Bush beans and burgundy beans finally producing. Corn is tasseling. It is a jungle, I love it, but now that I can no longer work from home and peek at it throughout the day, I am so homesick for it while I'm at work. Praying that it rains until I can get out there. It is thriving on its own AND we have cardinal babies!!! Always have 2 cardinals in our yard and love that our little ecosystem brings other life into this wonderful little space. Still binge watching roots and refuge farm before bed and while getting ready for work in the morning. 🥰🥰🥰
YEEESSSSSS!!! Thank you for that last tidbit of support and encouragement! That was me last year with my first garden. I just got to the point where I couldn’t go out anymore. It was SO much! This year I’m ready!! I’ve got my canning supplies to get started! And that excites me into going out everyday! I just need to keep showing up for her!! 💜
I really needed to hear this today because I was getting so discouraged and your words nearly moved me to tears. Thank you jess❤ I'll keep showing up
Me too! I had a rough night in the garden and I felt less inspired and motivated than ever. I am happy to hear thats normal and I should just keep showing up!!
Jess, thank you! I needed this pep talk. It’s 96 right now outside. I’ve been really trying and overall my small little garden has done really well. I think rats have been getting some of my tomatoes. Putting out traps, but being in Houston, I usually call it quits by August. Never had a fall garden but this year I’m going to try. I feel God uses you to encourage people to not give up, or beat themselves up, but to keep trying, to do your best. Blessings to you my sweet gardening friend.❤️🦋
I just wanted to say thank you! Myself and my family have so enjoyed watching your videos and learning SO much. You’re authentic, inspirational and motivating. I have a 7 year old and twin 4 year olds who are really getting into their veggie gardens which has been a total joy to see. Today they enjoyed their first yellow bush beans and summer squash. So fun to see kids get excited over homegrown veggies! Again, thank you!
I just found my first pea-sized tomato yesterday and all my plants have a lot of blossoms on them. I get so excited when I see your harvests😍
Shake your tomato plants!!! It's helping mine pollinate better
I get jealous lol. My garden had to be planted late and I've only got a few tiny little tomato balls and harvested only one zuchinni. So impatient!
Oh Jess.... Thank you so much for the pep talk at the end! I was just teetering on the edge of throwing in the towel this morning, here in South Texas, even as I was researching pest control and fertilizer. But you are right...there is still harvest in there! BTW, you are going to have SO many sweet potatoes!! Enjoy your tomato sandwich with those gorgeous tomatoes 😋
Every year can bring different challenges but the harvest makes all that go away, even if it wasn't the harvest you expected! Way to not give up!
"this is what the garden has garden did for me in her neglect..." This was so inspiring to me, for when I feel overwhelmed with my tiny garden.
I’m gonna be a mom for a minute and remind everyone to apply sunscreen and reapply often. Don’t forget your eyebrows, hairline, ears and neck. There are inexpensive mineral options for your face like Australian gold and I believe Cerave is mineral as well. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk...those maters are lookin extra sexy Miss Jess!
Oh jess, when I'm having a day where I'm down, there's something about you and your garden that just grounds me. I'm just so grateful for this channel, for this space you've created. God bless you 🌻🧡
Thanks for the encouragement. This can happen in so many areas of life and to follow through with whatever care we can provide is beneficial. I think of you, your family, the garden, the animals and then a kitchen reno. You not only talk a good talk Jess - you walk it. ❤❤❤
Girl, you were just preaching to ME! I was getting so frustrated. It's my first time growing in this zone (8a). And my cucumbers just started getting so bitter they're inendible, the zucchini have stuff growing on them that I've never seen in other places that I've gardened, these tomato hornworms are the bane of my existence, and you're right...no matter how many green bean plants I grow it never seems to be enough. I LITERALLY just ran back in the house from spraying neem oil, only for it to start raining and washing it away😭😭😭. So I REALLY needed to hear that pep talk. I'm gonna go take a shower, have a cup of tea and try again this evening. Thanks Jess💚.
An old timer out here in rural Colorado told me when I was new out here to plant dill around the tomatoes because the horn worms love dill more, but don't damage the dill. That worked here. Maybe I can pass it on and it will help you, too?
You will think I'm insane but this is a true story. Fifty years ago I began gardening and raising animals without even visiting a farm before. I wanted it so badly. The first year the tomato horn worms were so horrible and overnight seemed to grow and were destroying all 100 tomato plants. I read Organic Gardening magazine faithfully for years before I even had 10 acres and it just happened that the main story that month was about a tobacco farmer. He said he was loosing ground until he tried a new method of ending the tobacco worms eating his harvest. He collected a hand full of them, blended them with water in an old blender then sprayed the solution all over his tobacco plants and no more worms So, since I knew nothing about farming at all, I decided to do the same. I grabbed a hand full of the green monsters and using a rock in a bucket of water (didn't have a blender) I mushed them up then walked the tomato plant rows and doused the leaves between two sponges. The worms were everywhere and I had no realistic hopes of anything but decided to give it the best I could. The next morning I went out and could not find a single tomato worm - none dead, just gone. I guess they smelled their dead relatives and left. All I know is it worked and from that year on I canned enough tomatoes to keep us in sauce for an entire year. Don't give up. That lesson taught me to keep going and count the losses as inexpensive schooling cheaper than college. No lost plant is a loss - just a lesson to be learned to make you wiser. Keep dreaming cause dreams do come true.
Hi Jess, what a fantastic harvest of tomatoes. The pep talk was actually well timed. Although I am still at the beginning of the gardening season here (North West England) we have had rain rain rain for weeks, the peas have flopped away from their supports, the ground is a mud bath and the weeds - well, lets just not go there! Thanks for sharing another inspirational vlog :-)
Thank you Both Jess and Julia - while Jess’ advise was just in time for me too, your comment Julia was hit the nail on the head. I’m in the English North-West too and it’s my first year of owning a tiny garden. I put so much effort and love into every plant and was starting to lose hope that anything would ever produce edible fruit. It’s comforting to know others are in the same boat and haven’t given up!
Another person from North West England here! I’m just waiting, waiting, waiting for something to grow 😂
So true！I was so eager when the seeds germinated, but these hot days just makes me think 🤣I don’t wanna go outside. Thanks Jess for the pep talk!
I’m in Yorkshire, so not sure if it’s classed s North West or North East. Either way, that rain is getting a bit old now. My tomatoes and chillis need some sun!!!
Go out after 4 pm. That's what I do when it's that got out. I am still building raised beds. So I build after 4pm. I may get 4 hours in. It's better than nothing. I had to water today...cucumbers and rhubarb were screaming for water. Checked the neighbors garden and he was finally home from his trip.
I Love you, and I love your good Southern heart, you make the south shine with your inward beauty towards your passion for gardening and your love for your husband and children. ALL MY LOVE.................. CONTINUALLY 💙💜❤️
Heck yes Jess!! “Just keep showing up” is my mantra! You can’t fail at making progress if you do a little everyday! 💚
Beautiful dress!
My biggest tip from you has been to work in the garden early morning or in the evening. I'd say that is why my gardens have got away from me in the past. Too hot out to go work. This alone has helped me sooooooooo much! Thank you for inspiring me to keep trying!! ;)
Omg I really feel like you were taking to me cause last Saturday when I saw my kitchen garden completely covered in weeds I wanted to just call it a day. And honestly I wanted to cry and I can remember telling my husband that I feel like giving up. But what gave me a bit of motivation that day was my 11 years old son helping me to pull out some of those weeds. Even though we didn't finish the job completely but it's looking a bit better now and we are planning to build two new raise beds cause I have some scotch bonnet peppers and bells to transplant really soon. Thanks for always motivating us
Your daily insight and the lovely person you are is the reason we are encouraged to do the best we can and continue on life’s journey in the garden and home. Thank you to both you and Miah for the inspiration. 💕😍
You know it’s about to get real when the kitchen scale gets tossed into the hob
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I call her the tomato lady!
Thank you for the pep talk. I am a 5th grade teacher gearing up for my 30th year in the classroom (hopefully in the classroom), and I am so excited to plan my ”garden” for next years munchkins. I am always so excited to begin planning, getting the names of my next group of babies, setting up my classroom, and putting in the work for a great start. I will remember this ”little talkin’ to” when it gets tough. When it is easy to give up because you aren’t getting the fruit you planned to plant. Maybe, some years you mixed up your seed and munchkins aren’t showing as much progress in reading as you had hoped. Some years you see your babies learning to be kind and supportive of their classmates. Some years you see tech skills growing faster than math skills. It is great to remember that a harvest is worth celebration. Maybe what you tried to plant and cultivate is hibernating within the soil for another season. Thank you for all that you do. You are in my prayers.
I'm in MN so I am just staring at my tomatoes daily and living vicariously through you.
North-central Illinois here, it is taking so long! I'm guessing in the next week and half- I'm praying for ripe maters! I'm enjoying some other goodies from the garden already, quite thankful.
Blessings to you all!
Chelsi Wagner me too! I am happy to have baby tomatoes though
East central Indiana. Garden didn't get planted until June because of the weather. My tomatoes are just setting fruit. Jess is right, shake your tomato plants. I shake the cages, now they are setting fruit. Now if I can get my squash to pollinate...life would be better.
My zucchini and summer squash are giving me a hard time this year... mostly every day I want to cry and give up on them, needed to hear this. ❤️
My squash are not pollinating well. I have yet to get any. And I think my zucchini plants I bought were mismarked...looks like I have all yellow crookneck. We shall see what happens.
Mine are struggling too. I have ants stealing pollen out of flowers so they grow a few inches and die, fertilized with calcium too for blossom end rot. Consistantly watering,... Only 2 squash , have thrown many away... I hope you have better luck....
I just ripped mine out. I might try the vining variety next year. Other than that I am done with them. Four years in a row they have been such a disappoint.
I haven’t successfully grown anything but cucs from that family since I moved to Missouri almost 4 years ago. The squash bugs are thugs here y’all! I make ant murder syrup ( my husband named it...don’t judge 😋 ) it’s borax white sugar and water and recipes are easily found doing a search. Hopefully we will all get some before seasons end 🤞
I feel this ❤️ I tried to trellis mine and it was a pretty massive failure. I haven't harvested nearly as many as I expected from 3 plants, and I came out yesterday to a main stem snapped a few inches from the ground. I left it on the ground for 24 hrs, went out and pulled the rest out and I'm going to move a ground cherry in its place. ❤️ Hopefully it will have better luck growing there.
Aww... thanks... this was perfect timing for a pep talk. A broken wrist, storm damage, super outnumbered by the bugs... It was starting to get to me! I love your mantra: " keep showing up"😍 thanks for your videos and your sweet soul of inspiration... I bless you right back!❤
Garden turned jungle - that was me until I met you. Yesterday my neighbor complimented me on the beauty of my backyard garden. Thank you for all your guidance & encouragement. You have truly blessed me.
My grandpa's tip: keep some scissors at the chicken fence, each chicken you catch out of bounds, clip the wing befor throwing back in. :)
But awesome tomatoes, the look so tasty.
Yes, not 2 pounds...BUT...u said yesterday that I were going to pick them before the rain so they don't split....I bet had u waited and they filled with more rain water, they would have been 2 pounds....u would have bragging rights....but who cares I bet the flavor is the best as u picked them before the rain 👍👍
The wisdom that you shared at the was so appreciated. The hubby, who is not a gardener, even spoke up when you pointed out the importance of asking yourself questions about what you what out of your garden once it is in full production. Lovely and beneficial information. Thank you.
I just want to thank you for posting both the good and bad times. Some times my garden feels behind and you post a video about tomatoes being behind and I'm like "if she's optimistic and having issues, I can be optimistic!" Its so hard feeling like you can't compare to others but you show that working through it gives great rewards!
I don’t garden for it to be stressful. Best quote of the day. Thank you for sharing the right mindset, especially for those who are new to gardening. It should bring joy in every moment.
I have to admit.... I was about to pull my tomato plants up.... all my tomatoes are tiny.... I know I need deeper soil.... but I go out to the garden everyday, with my fresh brewed cup of coffee and I sit.... the garden shows you what it needs.... mine is small enough too.... lol.... I learn so much everyday.... Jess is the most encouraging person I have ever seen, I wish I could be that encouraging.... I wait for every, "I bless you, " on every video because I truly feel like she is blessing me....
Watching this in February while sowing my seeds, dreaming of what's to come. I needed some lovely color. Thanks! ❤️🍅❤️
Thank you so much for your words Jess ❤ . I've been a bit sad on how my garden turn out. I've gardened before & had good success. But this year, the green beans, peppers & squash did not produce. But I'm pushing through it & enjoying my cucumbers & tomatoes & watching watermelons grow. I'll learn from my mistakes & apply what I've learned for next year! So now I'm dreaming of my fall garden & hoping for the future.
Thank you for the pep talk! It is the exhausting time of the garden but it really is so worth it! I harvested a hod basket full of sunshine kissed tomatoes and it brought me so much joy!
Great pep talk! I've been struggling with my first poor garden experience, feeling very discouraged as the plants never sprouted and wondering where I went wrong. I was able to show my mom the garden for the first time yesterday and I mentioned that none of my tomatoes sprouted and I should give up watering something that never sprouted. My mom looked down and said "oh my goodness there's a baby tomato plant right there! Never give up when you're feeling discouraged!" Such an amazing lesson to learn that hope is always better than despair. But also, just because you can't see the fruits of your labor, it doesn't mean they aren't there! Thank you, your videos truly are a gift!
Thanks Jess.... the words of encouragement mean so much❤️❤️💕❤️❤️love your BIG tomatoes. Ummmmmm
Thank you so much for the encouragement, Jess. ♥️
I cannot wait for my tomatoes to come in! Every single one I grew from seeds this year and all of them are one's you grew and suggest last year. Next year I am adding in a few more!🙌🏻😍🙌🏻😍🙌🏻 You have inspired me so much over the last few years to grow more! Thank you Jess!
Same! Watching all of my tomatoes from seed put on fruit is so much more rewarding than I thought it would be!
@@brightsidegirl thank you! I cannot wait for the reward from all this hard work! Lol
@@liarossi123 isn't it! I'm amazed at the feeling I get from watching it start to finish. Last year only had 4 tomato plants. This year I did 26! Haha I know how much picking I did last year so I'm really going to be a busy woman this year!
Blessings Jess! Missed Ben for the tomato harvest! Abundant blessings you & yours sweetie.
It’s very easy to be excited about the planning and planting. It takes hard work to keep your garden in shape and producing.
Jess I find you very inspirational. I am an amputee at 61 and you have encouraged me to get back into gardening. Your tomatoes are truely amazing and as we are I. Winter just now I can’t wait to put in some tomatoes. I have just harvested sone radishes and pickled so excited. I garden in raised bed that make it easier for me.
Thank you for all that you do and share with us. Please keep keep safe thank you and God Bless Katie 🇦🇺
Not just the garden but life. Words I very much needed to hear.
Thank you Jess for that sooo timely 'dont give up' pep talk. It works for me here too in the southern hemisphere where the weeds slow but still grow. As I get older (70s) it becomes more difficult to keep on top of everything, and yet I have more time to be in my beloved garden.
The points you make about showing up even though it's hot and buggy are so true. This is my 1st year with a big garden. I may have even planted way more than I'll need but I do feel fantastic that I was able to do this. Watching the earth produce reminds us that there is a creator who gave us the seed and the dirt and everything we need to make this happen.
I built a huge walk in cage around my tomato bed this year because we've had problems with squirrels and birds in the past. This past week I went to pick my first ripe tomato and it and several others have been eaten. Was out on the porch at night and witnessed a rat climb up the chicken wire and get into the bed. Been so disappointed this week to find nothing but half eaten tomatoes but we are now dealing with the rat problem. Maybe I'll get some tomatoes in a week or so.
I think CaliKim has a similar rat issue. She sometimes wraps her almost ripened tomatoes with old t-shirts to deter the rats
Apparently they don't like the smell of mint and human hair so I got some little organza bags on ebay to put mint tea bags in and human hair from my husbands home done dodgy haircuts during lockdown. Hope it helps but I live on the river so I have chickened out now and brought the 2 plants indoors into a conservatory , I can't stand rats and would not want to eat toms if they had been on them. It's amazing we get to harvest anything with all the pests that are intent on sharing the produce with us.
I feel your pain! Ive been fighting squirrels all year. I finally built a massive 6 ft cage using some blue hawk multi purpose netting. It worked like a charm. My sweet corn couldn't be saved, though. Definitely a shock to a new gardener to walk outside and find an entire row of corn gone, stalk root and all. Hope you're able to find a clever solution to your rat troubles.
@@ranaisadoll that is so clever!
I feel your pain. I've been dealing with river rats in my garden also. Every night I try to out trick them with traps. Today my bucket trap came in the mail from shepsusa.com and I'm looking forward to seeing how successful it is.
Thank you, Jessica, keep up the good work. Praying Abba-Father continues to bless you so that you can continue to bless all of us that truly need your encouragement.
Bless you from Idaho,
Thank you this. I receive it!
Always so encouraging ❤️ Your light shines more than you realize. I Love you and your family.
WOW!!! So a suggestion of a future video is knowing "when to pick". With the green shoulders - I wouldn't have picked those yet. Can you possibly guide us through knowing when its right, ripe & ready? Felt your pain of the damage, but also of your joy. Such a beautiful attitude you have.
Exactly,Its very easy to start out strong and garden gets so full.Then your wow its forest ! IM 62 and gardened many years,and it happens every year.But your are so right just push through the forest and you do reep what you sow.❤ You garden very much like I do.It has been sanity in my life. To many peps stress and it's not suppose to be ...I always tell everyone starting,try one way if it dont work try another. Gardening helps you grow patience. 🧡 🍅🥒🌶🌽🥜🌰🧅🥕 Blessings to you and yours......
I needed to hear this so badly. My tomatoes weren't coming in like I wanted and my bell peppers weren't producing. I wanted to try some pumpkins but had trouble planning. I didn't want anyone asking about my garden because I thought it was a failure. Then I started getting some cherry tomatoes and I looked and my bell pepper had four baby peppers on it! Really inspired me to keep my head up during that time because at least I was trying. Thank you so much!
You're awesome. Period. I've tripled my garden space this year and I keep thinking... what the bleep was I thinking. I've had a few fails but also some new wins. I just keep plucking away and am so happy with the results so far... ALL of them. Thanks for the pep talk and keeping us inspired!
That last message! Just a little bit of care and concern. By the way, a momma turtle laid her eggs in my garden. I got to watch it. Just added an extra bit of blessing from God to my life.
THANK YOU for that pep talk!! I am the gardener that every years it gets away from me and weeds are waist high! I’m not quite to the give up stage yet, but I’m saving this video and remembering your words for when I’m feeling overwhelmed! I am so glad my friend suggested I watch your videos! I’m loving them!!
My son just used the weed eater on my garden. We had a fantastic garden at our previous home. This is our second year in this one. It's hard starting over and my husband has no time to really help much. He was our gardener. Now he's renovating our house. We bought his grandparents' 1960s home and it had to have a lot of work. But we got 8 acres and a pond. I am learning so much from you. I am watching your old videos and all the new ones. Thank you for sharing.
I am loving my larger container garden with my tomatoes and cucumbers just coming on. My dehydrator is running almost all of the time. Thank you for the education. I could not have done it without you❤️. Bless you!
Thank you sooooo much for this encouragement! Getting up early and napping mid day. Wearing bug bracelets and back at it in the evening if not to hot. Picked berries and 🍒 in the heat putting up several pints/qts for just two of us while waiting on our garden to give us red tomatoes. First one half red, split out on two sides from rain and heat then nibbled by a critter 😢. More wait as we harvest our first dozen cukes and the spring plantings last beet eaten. We are older but press on. Our “back 40” of this small city lot needs weed whacked. We could easily be the ones with a garden filled with weeds as the “back 40” threatens to creep into our beds. Letting it and the grass go a bit but the garden is weeded. Priorities 😂. Can’t do both in this heat. Seeds trays started for fall planting but forgot to cover and the rain washed them out. Will start more. Pickle canning tomorrow and peaches by the weekend. Picked my best looking blushing tomato so it doesn’t fall to the same demise as the first and wait it’s ripening on the counter. Tonight exhausted, but grateful. Assessing already. Need more color. Add flowers less corn. Exhausted in the heat. Do we even need to be doing this? Then your words remind, soon it will be cooler and easier. It will be here before we know it. Thanks again!
I am not at the point of that overwhelm but know that it will come! Thank you for sharing your perspective! So encouraging!
so lovely to see that you treat those tomatoes like they were your babies xxx
The thing I look forward to the most every year is the first tomato Salad, which I was able to make tonight!!Diced fresh tomatoes, Chopped fresh Garic, Chopped fresh Basil, Drizzle of olive oil, Salt and pepper, Crusty Italian bread for dipping. Mix it all up and refrigerate for at least half an hour. It is so so sooo good!! The bread in the juice is the best. 🍅 🧄 🌿
I always feel grounded while watching your video's. Thank you for the words of encouragement!! I have been gardening for almost 10 years and your right about the garden getting away from you. With 2 kids and a full time job the garden ends up taking a back seat and its always around harvest time. Today after work I headed to the garden and pulled my onions, prepared the bed for more Bush beans and harvested my other green bean plants. Dinner was late tonight but I feel better knowing I accomplished something today in the garden that has needed to be done for quite awhile. Thank you again.
Such good advice. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that the only way we truly fail at things is by not really trying to do our best, & by just giving up. Like you said - Just keep showing up.
Thank you SO MUCH for the encouragement when dealing with neglect of our gardens!!! The neighbors garden described mone to a tee until this year. Grass and weeds had taken over by the first of July. This year I added a wheel hoe to the tool lineup and guess what happened? Weed free garden in July! I have been so proud of the way the garden looks !!!! Keep up the encouraging words!
Your comment about what the Garden did for you even when you had stopped watching and working really speaks to the character of God. God has been teaching me so much through my garden this year and this really drove home how, even when we feel too overwhelmed and want to give up, God never stops working on our behalf. He always finishes what he starts. Even when we allow the weeds to grow
So so true
Beautiful, I can’t wait to harvest ours! The chickens help Carl with tilling before the garden is growing. The baby chicks escaped into the garden and ate our marigolds and luckily the kids got them before they got past the first row! Thanks for sharing!
I needed the end of the video more than anything. Thanks Jess from one to another. God bless!
Thank you so much for your encouraging words. We been having some 100+ degree days and it’s just too hot to work in the garden and I feel that my tomatoes plants are getting way from me. Going to try to attend to the garden as it cools off tonight. Your words are always a blessing and breath of fresh air. Bless you.
So wonderful how your smile seems to be a regular feature on my cute little face. Your momma must be proud of you.
You are a breath of fresh air..so glad I " found " you ..you add so much to so many lives..thank you!
1) In Portland OR, looking at the all the flowers on the tomato plants and wishing....2) And we needed to hear this sermon today!
It definitely helped show us the tomato size when you put them next to your face. Whoa! Love the 🍅 experiment. ❤️ the Pep talk!
Had our first meal from the garden last night, lovely yellow squash, having it again tonight. Love your garden.
Oh Jess, how timely your pep talk is! Much needed...thank you! Blessings
Great pep talk! I’m a newbie gardener in the UK, trying to begin self sufficiency in a small space. Right now we’re pre bumper harvest time and I’m already thinking..... planted too many of this, not enough of that, sowed this too late and this too early, lost plants, saved plants, fighting bugs, worrying about disease plus fighting drought and torrential bouts of rain! Massive learning curve, so thanks for the great advice 🙏🏼💖
Your videos are a great inspiration! My husband and I cannot wait till we start our homestead in two years, but for now we are learning as much as we can from everyone who is like minded! Thank you.
Here in North Central North Carolina, Jess you hit it, I was out in my garden today watering ,harvesting, pulling weeds and I thought, as I fill up a bucket full of maters, cukes,squash and zucchini....this is why I do all this. Thank you for the reminder. We forget sometimes the hard things are sometimes the most rewarding and fulfilling! I couldn't have said it better myself!
GREAT PEP TALK.. I have been inspired by you this year.. To go bigger then i have in the past. I've even started growing much more in container's to.. Thank you for your video's...
I really needed some encouragement today. I'm planting a lot of stuff for the third time this year. This is the second year in a row that groubdhogs have devastated my garden, bit I'm not giving up.
Moms are great! They can always help you see the bright side....love ur videos and ur family.....thanks for sharing....