The Best and Worst Summer Garden Heirlooms, and a LOT of Manure | VLOG | Roots and Refuge

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Today we worked on amending our soil to start the fall planting, and I'm sharing with you guys the varieties I loved and hated in this years Summer garden!
Varieties Mentioned in this Video:
Kajari Melons
Hill Country Okra
Jing Orange Okra
Wild Boar Farms Blueberries Tomato
Wild Boar Farms Blue Gold Berries Tomato
Napa Chardonnay Blush Tomato
Barrys Crazy Cherry Tomato
Climbing Trip-L-Crop Tomato
Dr. Wyche Yellow Tomato
Paul Robeson Tomato
Caspian Pink Tomato
Saint Lucie Tomato
Malachite Box Tomato
Pineapple Ground Cherries
Mirasol Chili Pepper
Arroz Con Pollo Pepper
Tabasco Pepper
Armenian White Cucumber
Parisian Pickling Cucumber
Noodle Bean
Tanya Pink Pod Bean
Zinnia
Borage
Mammoth Sunflowers
Holy Basil (Tulsi)
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@emilysivert2635 5 лет назад

When you were talking about the cat stuck up in the tree it reminded me of a story told at my Paw Paws funeral this past Summer. He was a career firefighter. His friend said people would call all the time about cats stuck up in trees and my Paw Paw would say “Mam, have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree? That cat will come down” 😂

@gimzo159 6 лет назад

I can only hope that next summer I am half the success you have had. You inspire me so much.

@rubytrotter3766 5 лет назад

If you use wood chips as a mulch, they won't leach nitrogen. But if you mix fresh wood chips mixed with soil, they will leach some nitrogen depending upon quantity you mix with soil. One season as mulch will weather them enough that you don't have to worry about using up nitrogen in soil. Or you can use blood meal mixed with them to supply nitrogen.

@GraceHomesteadFarm 6 лет назад

A wheelbarrow will help you tremendously when you are doing stuff like this!! It will hold a lot and you can dump it in one swoop. I have 2 and use both of them and LOVE them! It will save you time and your back! We just cleaned our chicken & duck coops out from winter deep litter....yeah I know a tad late but better late then never ;) I have 5 empty 4x4x? raised beds so all of that went straight into the bottom of the beds. (Getting ready for next spring) the wheelbarrows were a HUGE help. I filled one while my nephew dumped the other in the beds. Thank you for overviewing what you grew and liked! I can't do cantaloupe (smell or taste) so I am thankful for your overviews. I found a horse farm that offers horse manure mixed with pine shavings that has been sitting and composting. It is mostly the wood chips and they are aged so I just put straight onto the garden. I have seen a TREMENDOUSLY difference in my plants since adding it. I know you have the horse poo BUT Maybe you can look around for a horse farm that cleans stalls everyday that has the shavings mixed in. I found this place advertising on Craigslist. Free composted horse poo and shavings. I will be doing a video of our next haul. It is 40 miles away and my short truck bed held 7 bucket loads last time. So this time I will also be taking the trailer as well. Definitely worth the $20 in gas!

@americaneden3090 5 лет назад

I LOVE my 4 wheeled wheel barrow. I want bullet proof wheels on it. Its great in the garden and good control on slippery ice if we have to move wood from one location to another.

@yurisanchez8397 6 лет назад

I love your videos! I just found you so I’ve been binge watching your content! Very helpful and I wish one day to have a garden like yours. I recently started this gardening journey and I would love if you could make a video on how you grow a plant from seed! I’m more confident in my gardening and want to challenge myself with seeds! Thank you and god bless

@GrowFamilyNetwork 6 лет назад

Beautiful to see that huge pile of manure:) Grow Grow Grow

@StaceyHerewegrowagain 6 лет назад

Getting ready my fall garden as we speak and I am so excited!!! Can't wait for this weather to calm down so I can start planting my seedlings outside. The summer was brutal for my produce and a lot of my plants. I already mended my soil and all ready to go! Thanks for sharing yours!

@dezidoll8233 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for sharing these videos with us. They make my day. Your family is so inspiring and uplifting. Love from California 😘

@sparklesass780 5 лет назад

Line your wagon with a tarp and gill it instead of buckets you can carry more at once.

@dreyno64 6 лет назад

Jess, I ❤️❤️❤️ the garden tours and listening to you think out loud. It’s really helped me approach my garden differently...hopefully, more effectively. Looking forward to Back To Eden advice from you. I’m needing to amend my beds this fall and I have questions: how do you judge the amount of manure to add? And do you have a source for getting dirt/compost hauled in? Is peat a good amendment for my clay soil areas?

@lifewithlois7262 6 лет назад

I need to get my fall garden in I live in Michigan I hope I am not to late to plant .. Your amazing💕 Jessica thanks for sharing💕🌻 God Bless💕 you my friend💕💕

@sissymarie2912 6 лет назад

You've still got time. I'm in 5b and just planted a bunch of fall vegetables. Even thinking of trying to fit in another round of summer squash.

@NS-pf2zc 6 лет назад

I love how you broke down the pros and cons!

@ShushLorraine 6 лет назад

Nice vegetables! I wouldn't have guessed there was such a thing as an okra that didn't get woody. Glad to know about that.

@TheWicklunds25 5 лет назад

Please try Opalka for your paste tomato... I'm growing it this year and it is just growing like gangbusters... Supposed to be really tasty.

@mylifesjourney...sharonkar7802 5 лет назад

I am binge watching your videos as well and don't feel like I am ever going to catch up, lol. I do love your family!

@PegsGarden 6 лет назад

Hi Jessica!! Thank you for all this wonderful information, I have a small patch of land in the back of my home here in Florida, your videos have helped me so much, have a blessed day💗💗

@jennyjarrett1208 6 лет назад

I want you to know that I am so glad that I found you. after watching this video I went online and ordered all four of the wild boar tomato seeds you recommended. I live in Northeast Arkansas in Maynard. I cannot tell you how much you have gave me more courage to get out and do in my little container garden that I have, it makes me look forward to next year making it even bigger. I have went out and planted my fall seeds, which are very limited because my family doesn't really like cabbage, greens such as kale or really even eating lettuce a whole lot. I love dwarf bok choy and I have planted that along with several new Tomatoes seeds, several hot pepper seeds, with a couple of gourds that I have no idea what really are. LOL I planted three different kinds of radishes my father-in-law loves those. Also two kinds of zucchini squash I have not had good luck with yellow straight neck or crooked neck squash I don't know why they come off beautiful plants but the blooms just fall off. Also two different kinds of cucumbers hoping to get some more this fall missed that this summer. my daughter got married in May so I didn't even plan on planting a garden and the second week of June I just started throwing out seeds and thought let's just see what happens so now I have six or seven tomatoes plants, several pepper plants, zucchini, okra coming out my ears, I think every okra seed I planted came up. Oh yes I forgot my fall plants I planted several tomatillos. I can't wait to watch every new video that you put out you are an inspiration from one arkansan to another LOL.

@kalpeshkher3376 6 лет назад

nice work

@nicholasyackley3178 5 лет назад

Have you tried the Opalka tomato for a paste tomato migardener as some. It’s a great paste variety of tomato

@cathiegalbraith475 6 лет назад

I have been using wood chips in my raised beds for several years. As long as you don’t mix them in with the dirt, you do not have any problem with them leaching nitrogen. They have to stay on the top of the surface, you can’t mix them in like you did with your straw. But I have had very good luck with them in the raised beds and would highly recommend it.

@doubleblessings-royalcrowr1669 6 лет назад

Cathie Galbraith why? We had no choice but to mix in wood chips since we had in ground last year and transferred those soils into raised beds this year.

@americaneden3090 5 лет назад

@@doubleblessings-royalcrowr1669 me too but my chips are decompsed bark and inner wood from trees weve split logs for wood burning. So this particular chipped wood is in an active state of decay. My caution using this is to NOT BREATHE IT IN! Use a dust mask, bandana, or torn strip of an old t-shirt in a double layer to filter the mold spores so u DO NOT BREATHE that in🤗💚

@emgarden 3 года назад

@@doubleblessings-royalcrowr1669 organic matter will use nitrogen that is in the soil during the decomposition process, which reduces the amount of nitrogen available to the plants until the decomposition process is complete, at which point the nitrogen becomes available again to the plants.

@karena1589 6 лет назад

Do you move your arches around or do you just rotate your plants. Love your videos and your devotions. God bless you and your family.

@VagabondAnne 6 лет назад

Your borage cracks me up. We let ours go crazy one year, and now I guess 10% of our soil weight is borage seeds. They are our ground cover/mulch/pollinator default mode. Now we pull it out where we don't want it to grow, and leave it growing wherever there's room. Just till those plants into your soil and you're set for the next 50 years!

@debbiemonce6286 6 лет назад

Have you ever grown pepperoncinis? Super good, light heat. Yummy with the Mississippi roast recipe or on subsandwiches ;0)

@Laurablushing 6 лет назад

Would you grow Cucamelons again?

@GreenZebraGardening 6 лет назад

I’ve grown oxheart tomatoes and banana melon. I totally agree with your opinions. Love the tomato but not a fan of the melon. I love MN Midget Cantaloupes.

@codingwithkate3792 6 лет назад

You should plant some cone flowers, we have a ton in our garden and the bees and butterflies LOVE them!

@glenncordova4027 4 года назад

Cone flowers are so beautiful and easy to grow. Birds, bees and butterflies love them. I was surprised to see a hummingbird on my white ones today. 08/26/2020

@christinaanderson27 6 лет назад

Have you ever thought about growing a Luffa plant. I am going to try it out next year.

@lbsmith83 6 лет назад

I have been taking notes on the varieties of different veggie you like for me so try next year. My fav paste tomato is Ox Hearts and Amish paste too. Love from NC

@kevindecoteau3186 6 лет назад

So many tomatoes.

@TheWicklunds25 5 лет назад

Malakitovaya Shkatulka is also one of my favorites. It is very close to emerald evergreen. You should try that one. Have you tried Speer's Tennessee Green? Also stupendously flavorful.

@lisabooker6405 6 лет назад

Thanks so much for the list hun. That’s awesome. So many times I can’t quite understand what someone says and I hate to bother folks by asking again. Truly appreciate you going to the extra effort. You’re just a doll! God Bless you and yours ~Lisa

@NS-pf2zc 6 лет назад

Lisa Booker - I see you everywhere! Lol

@lisabooker6405 6 лет назад

Natasha S. We have good taste in channels! 😁😉

@NS-pf2zc 6 лет назад

Lisa Booker - Yes ma'am!

@wyattheap3593 3 года назад

So did you use straight rabbit poop or was it rabbit poop and bedding mixed?

@americaneden3090 5 лет назад

Im very new to canning and a bit of a germ-a-phobe 🙄. Im a scaredy cat when it comes to FINALLY canning. My question is, would u can that HUGE GORGEOUS tomato that u had in ur hand that had the split in it? Im EXTREMELY curious to discover the best methods of preservation for DIFFFERENT qualities of produce. Things get blighted, split or buggy, is this only good for our animals or how else can we safely preserve not-so-perfect produce? Me n microbes that became SUPER BUGS ( dermis MRSA ) have an unpleasant history so SAFE methods are my focus but so is a reduction of waste or at least useful re-purposing. 🤗💙

@sparklesass780 5 лет назад

Arroz con pollo means chicken and rice in Spanish lol I never knew about this pepper until you said it all funny...so cute

@StringfieldRidgeFarm 6 лет назад

Great video Thanks for sharing with us! I will try some of the varieties you mentioned!

@haleykellogg3904 2 года назад

Where do you get your straw mulch? I can’t seem to find an organic source

@Beecozz7 6 лет назад

May I say do a lot of research before you put wood chips in your beds, on your paths yes, will help retain moisture. Pros and cons. Have you ever watched Morag Gamble, she is awesome. Thanks Jess, great as always!

@goldierocks. 5 лет назад

Do you rotate planting areas each year? Not planting tomatoes in the same place, etc.

@HannaPramholt 6 лет назад

How do you save seeds from okra ? I'm growing it for the first time this year. Could only find one variety at my local garden shop tho..

@jennyjarrett1208 6 лет назад

You just let the okra dry out, the whole pod and when dry break it open and save the seeds inside to replant. Or you can just cut open the okra pods and let them dry out and get the seeds that way. Either way works for me. Good luck.

@HannaPramholt 6 лет назад

jenny jarrett oh ok easy enough 😁 thanks!

@chrislittebrant5235 6 лет назад

Hi Jess, I really enjoy a look forward to your videos.. I haven’t missed one ☺️💕💜💖❤️. Thank you for sharing, Chris-Raleigh NC

@moonchildfarm127 6 лет назад

Thanks for the reviews on the varieties, that does help me a lot! To narrow things down! Kajari melons are on our list, check out Israeli melons, they are amazing, haven't grown them but eaten them and love them! They are cream colored inside and taste so wonderful. I'm going to grow them next year for sure. Didn't get seeds until late this year. My dad was a firefighter and he always said never call the fire dept to get a cat out of a tree, how many cat skeletons have you seen in trees? LOL.

@seekingandspeakingtruth7118 6 лет назад

Arroz con pollo, lol is Spanish it means rice with chicken

@doinacampean9132 2 года назад

I so love how you know each and every cultivar...

@mydailydao 5 лет назад

Have y'all run into any issues with aminopyralid, using manure from neighbors?

@avonleanne 6 лет назад

I know its very basic stuff, but to me, thank you for showing what you do to the soil...I am so new at this love affair, and need to know these things...i have no source of manure other than at the box stores, but I will look into craigslist for rabbit manure etc...meanwhile, we are still looking for our dream land, so I am using this time to learn as much as I can...your garden really is inspirational. =)

@cstump2005 6 лет назад

avonleanne We sound very similar! I’m taking the time to learn as much as possible while waiting for everything to fall into place

@avonleanne 6 лет назад

Crystal, is that a picture of mt. rainier or hood? If so, are you from that area?

@cstump2005 6 лет назад

avonleanne It’s Mt. Rainier and yes, I grew up in Washington! I live in Minnesota right now but we’re actively trying to get back home ☺️

@avonleanne 6 лет назад

small world, me too!!! Im from Tacoma, but I cannot say I would like to live there again...We are in VA...big difference really for us both I think...although this summer is so rainy I would think we were back LOL! Do you follow Rain country homestead? she is super information packed just as Jess here is! I wish you all the best =)

@cstump2005 6 лет назад

avonleanne Oh I definitely want to go back! I’d be ok with Oregon too but I miss the west coast. I’ve watched a couple of Rain Country’s videos but I’ll have to look into them more, thanks for the suggestion! Thank you, I wish you the best, as well!

@sonepotgieter9596 5 лет назад

What is a talmatio?

@leorasgarden7486 6 лет назад

I really like your trellis arches. Everything looks great. Thanks for sharing. Nice tats

@CBsGreenhouseandGarden 6 лет назад

Lots of wonderful information you shared with us Jess. We are also ripping things down and getting the fall garden plans in order. Love all the maters you grew this year. Good to know which ones done the best. Yes Mam lots of work to get done but we would not trade it for the world! Gardening is a passion to you and I. Thanks for all this info. Hope you have a great weekend!

@Hammer_OJustice 6 лет назад

Where did you get the Climbing Triple Crop? I missed that if you mentioned it in another video

@michelebrodbeck3585 6 лет назад

Hammer-Bear O'Sullivan I found it at Pinetree Seeds. Superseed.com is their website.

@Hammer_OJustice 6 лет назад

Thank you

@TheWicklunds25 5 лет назад

You gotta try the Richmond Green Apple Cucumber... One of the best I've ever had and rivals the lemon cuke. Good producer. Never bitter like the lemon cuke.

@allysonrogers9701 6 лет назад

Boop!

@fridomsnowbird5398 3 года назад

Hey Jess, of the heirloom tomatoes that I grow most years, yellow pear and purple calabash are never on the list. Heart tomatoes that you should try Zoe's Big Red Albenga Oxheart Joe's Pink Oxheart Italo Wes Kellehers Oxheart Kiev Livingston's Giant Oxheart Slankards Oxheart Hays tomato Bull's Heart Sterling Old Norway Fish Lake Oxheart Croatian Heart Sylvan Gaume Kosovo

@tinagary-carter9316 5 лет назад

I've gotta STOP watching these videos, so I can get some work done in my own garden! LOL!!!!!!

@big4metalbabe 6 лет назад

Thank you for sharing all you do.

@sarainsopo9743 6 лет назад

I wonder if your Roma’s get too hot. Ours in Maine are a great size. Ready for sauce!!! Can’t wait to follow your fall garden. Fall gardens up here are a hit or a BIG old miss depending on the temps.

@ldg2655 5 лет назад

I have been searching and searching for some Amish Paste seeds like grow big fruits like yours. I have found a packet labeled amish paste but the fruits are pictured as small 3-4 inch oblong (paste-shaped) tomatoes.. if you could just reply with where you found your seeds, that would be awesome.. Thanks!

@abigailvomelmo1167 6 лет назад

Hi. Please do try Bok Choy. I grew baby Bok Choy this year, 2018. All you do is wash & saute' with olive oil & garlic, koscher, sea or Himalayan salt to taste. You will love it!!! So quick & easy to prepare & delish!!

@manarmanar7958 6 лет назад

Hi I do like everything you talk about u so good to be true god bless u and ur family. My dream to have farm and animals one day but I think it’s so hard here in mn it’s so hard to keeping gardening in the cold weather after one month from now let me know if u have any idea how? Thx.

@michelebrodbeck3585 6 лет назад

I have grown Aunt Molly’s and Nee Hanover Ground Cherry. My kids don’t care for them BUT I have seeds for Pineapple so I may give it one more try. I would love to send you seeds for the other varieties.

@Chantilly871 6 лет назад

Oh George, lol...I too signed up for chip drop but nobody has delivered and I live in a good area for this.. I think some of it has to do with the time of year, at least around here. We just had a huge wave of t-storms with downed trees so maybe! Is the pick up source you found only a local thing?

@lbsmith83 6 лет назад

I too have been signed up for Chip Drop for six months and have gotten nothing. Oh well.

@dreyno64 6 лет назад

Lynn Smith me either!! And I’m tore up about it! Lol!

@doubleblessings-royalcrowr1669 6 лет назад

Lynn Smith us either, but i did see trimmers working down our road and stopped and asked them if they would bring us some, they brought couple of dumps and promised more but they didnt come again. I dont think they use the site.

@americaneden3090 5 лет назад

Do u have means of transport or perhaps barter🤔😉? U could offer to make someone a pulled roast and provide buns, or naybe a special baked good or candy or casserole, etc and see if they may be more motivated next year. We have the opportunity to call our town and ask if we can get a load, be there by 6am they fill ya up. Only prob is if someone uses chemlawn or other chemical treatments ur aquiring that as well.

@americaneden3090 5 лет назад

I grew San Marzanos Tomatoes that were a bummer for me. I think mine spent too long crowded in their seedling containers then my soil was possibly off. Kinda disappointed but i do 💚 learning from the failures.

@TheWicklunds25 5 лет назад

Have you grown any gynoecious cukes yet? I am trying Calypso and SMH 58.

@loristraughan2681 6 лет назад

Your videos are inspiring and your faith is uplifting. You are doing as God desires and your family will only be blessed by it. Can you add garden tips in your videos as well - what works / how to grow info too?

@jaydodds6766 6 лет назад

Could you please list all of the names of the varieties that you have grown along with a tick by those you loved and will grow again? A very grateful viewer x FAB

@deborahshannon2823 6 лет назад

Have you taken a look at Charles Dowding on You Tube? He has a no dig gardening method that doesn’t leach nitrogen from the soil.

@lesleybruechner591 6 лет назад

Where do you get your zinnia seeds? Are they a specific variety? Mine have never looked as pretty as yours. Thanks Jess!

@karunald 3 года назад

Why did you stop growing Malachite Box? I love them.

@williewood7886 6 лет назад

Hey what's with the white tires? You may have addressed that question and I'm sorry if that's the case. God bless!

@teenapittman4241 6 лет назад

I find that the bigger sunflowers use all the available water if it is to close to my vegetables. I discovered that the stalk was full of water when I cut them down. I still plant a lot of them, just not too close to anything that needs a lot of water.

@thesquirrelyprepperlifesty5523 6 лет назад

You are very inspirational and today I started my fall garden. Inspired to go up high with an old piece of fence, from you. TY!

@mywoolmitten 6 лет назад

All of your hard work is paying off! You're a food farmer and the work is bringing rewards ;) I like your positive outlook about it!

@tropicalseasponges8925 6 лет назад

I’ve had really good luck with Mexican Sunflowers 🌻 they grow BIG & fast with the rain & heat and best of all I can chop and drop around my beds & fruit trees. They flush back quickly with new growth. ~Danielle from Florida

@sandraperdun8911 5 лет назад

How much land are you guys on? I have very little space.

@atcnick 4 года назад

Have you had any issues with weed seeds in composted horse manure

@straubdavid9 6 лет назад

Next year I'm going to shorten up my line of tomatoes and put in some of those Kajari Melons on the cattle panels I got this year. I like the idea of doing the 16 ft hoop as opposed to 8' flat panels. Maybe grow the melons on one side, and try some of those darker cherry varieties (blue or black) on the other side. The smaller varieties I'm growing this year are Repunzel/Sugar Rush/ and Golden Rave. Repunzel is new too me this year. If you are looking for a different type of tomato with a very unique taste, try Ugly tomatoes ..... which are in no way "ugly". They kind of remind me of a quince in shape. Take care & best of luck with your Fall garden. Other than my radishes, my garden takes the 3 seasons to just get one "crop" (end of Spring/Summer/beginning of Fall) and that's it. Can't normally take a chance on transplanting seedlings into their final containers until last week in May/1st week in June. Not a lot of wiggle room for me here in central PA. This year it was "safe" earlier, but you can't anticipate that, and by the time you realize that ..... it's too late to jump the gun. Bye for now........

@ncgreenie6707 6 лет назад

Love this video 💜 😊 💕. I’m absolutely growing EVERY one of your recommendations. Still loving my *late* mountain garden, but looking forward to next year! 2019 will be the year of pumpkins, melons, and all manner of winter squash for me. 🙏 😃 💗

@cstump2005 6 лет назад

“That’s the Arkansas version of that pronunciation” 😂😂😂 The double L in a Spanish word sounds like a Y, so it’s pronounced like “poy-o”. It means chicken ☺️ Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! It really has helped me a lot and I’m looking forward to trying so many tomatoes next year!

@GrandmaSandy 6 лет назад

Great video .I love watching .

@lemonielala3080 5 лет назад

Andine Cornue is the best paste tomato I've grown! Flavourful and big tomatoes ❤ And I grew it outdoors in a field in FINLAND. That's a Chuck Norris of a tomato variety right there! 💪🍅

@Gigi-fv9ky 6 лет назад

Thanks, Jess! Glad kitten George is okay. Gosh, I felt for your Mama because I would have been crying, too, in that situation. So glad it had a happy ending. What was the mini tomato that made loads of teeny tiny cherry tomatoes? I think they were red, but they were really small, much smaller than the blueberries? I remember it from an earlier tour and i think you said you really liked it then? P.S. 2 new-to-me flowers that the bees adored were anchusa (alkanet) which has the great advantage of flowering early and has the most vivid blue flowers. If yiu cut it down after the flowers are mostly through, it will flower again late, perfect for your second wave. And, monarda (bee balm) which spreads nicely from seed. The bees just adore it and it flowers later. The bees, and i, also love lavender so that might also be one you can consider. I would love to see the process of growing lavender from seed.

@carriem7832 4 года назад

I just watched a vlog called My Creative Space, My studio.....you would love her garden journals and how she organizes her seeds and everything else while reflecting on how God inspires to overcome strife, disappointment and worries.

@julieannaClark 6 лет назад

I actually just went and got a truck bed heaped full of already composted woods chips from my local dump, for freeeeeee. That was such a satisfying feeling. Can't wait to get tilling up more area for my garden tomorrow. The work is tough, but the fulfillment you feel when you see your hard work had resulted in a fruitful garden...I have never been as excited as when I saw my green beans sprout and the first blossoms form on my cherry tomatoes. It's helped relieve my anxiety too.

@Awesomewally 6 лет назад

I just found your channel and I’ve been binge watching while I do my chores. Anyway I just wanted to let you know you are beautiful (I’m not a creep I promise just another mom 🤷🏻‍♀️) and thank you for sharing your life with us. We are in the process of saving up to transition to this type of life style and it nice to see it can be done🙋 you garden is legit and is my happy place🙌🏼

@michellekendle4120 6 лет назад

I just had a sample of an Israel melon at a flea market. I have never heard of it but we were blown away by the taste. Much sweeter than cantaloupe and a bit bigger. Very light colored flesh and a very golden skin. Needless to say...we bought one, took it home and quickly scraped out all the seeds to plant for next year. I think your family would love it.

@RootsandRefugeFarm 6 лет назад

That sounds amazing!!

@KiraiBK 6 лет назад

I really want to try the Kajari melons next year. They sound good from your previous description. I really need to heavily prune back a crab apple tree though. Once that’s done, I’ll have great space for melons to grow.

@corinnaedwards 6 лет назад

Hey Jess. I started my back to eden garden this past year. Our soil is full of rock and clay so I struggled with growing a garden every year. Last fall I got 3 loads of wood chips dropped off. I spread it on the garden and let it sit thru the winter. When I planted in the spring I added some bloodmeal to the holes as I planted. I also fertilized lightly a month later. I have had the best garden that I’ve ever had. Very little weeds and I’ve had to water bvery little. I still had a few problems due to weather and my experimenting. Many lessons learned. I’m waiting on more chips now to expand my garden plus add more to my mini orchard. Best of luck to you. You are a blessing to watch!!

@barbarastephenson6222 6 лет назад

I have also signed up for ChipDrop. Nothing yet but I have actually witnessed trucked going down our road with chips. I think part of the problem is that a lot of tree companies have not signed up or don't know about it.

@kays1400 5 лет назад

I'm a new subscriber and love your videos! Love all the hands on learning. My husband and I are beginning our journey to get land. You're encouraging! Keep up the good work! My one question is how many garden beds do you have?

@YolklahomaRocks 6 лет назад

Love your channel! I would like to offer some insight into the back to eden method. We love it. Half if ours is in it's 4th season and the other half was chipped last fall and planted this spring. You will need to fertilize and check the moisture in the soil the year. It takes a few years to get it going really good. Moving the wood chips to direct sow seeds is a pain to some...not to us. You will get weeds and/or grass, but, it pulls out roots and all so easily. If you put compost/organic matter over it after last harvest and water periodically over winter (if you don't get much rain) it will compost the chips faster. Also unless you have a diseased plant you can cut the plants at ground level as to not disturb all the goodness below the soil surface.

@wilmagregory8967 6 лет назад

You and kitten George made a sweet video, thank you. I too won't be growing some tomatoes next year I had this year. I want to try the pineapple ground cherrys. All that bragging about the taste has made me want to try them. Take care, much love and peace, blessings.

@kntshovary 6 лет назад

Hello! I love your videos. I signed up for chip drop over a year ago and throughout the year they sent out emails to see if I was still interested. I finally got a chip drop about a month ago. It is all fresh chipped trees so it is very green and heavy. You can feel the heat of the pile when you dig into it and the next morning first thing I could see the steam rising from the pile. If you do want to use it for mulch do let it set for a while first. It will also create a lot of chip "dust" which did irritate my lungs, so I do suggest that you wear a mask. But it was cheaper "FREE" than having to buy some fill dirt for the area I needed to raise in my backyard.

@rajishmaharaj7552 6 лет назад

The tulsi is used in prayers as well for Hindus... They smell beautiful.. Its auspicipus to have them at your home... Ive not been able to sprout a sunflower as yet. Tried few times.. Im thinking to direct sow into soil n see if it growss..

@nkiruaukai6967 4 года назад

I have a tiny porch for growing, looking at all the lovely garden space and just drooling! Thank you so much for keeping my spirit up in winter!

@aprilanonymous7237 6 лет назад

Arroz con pollo means chicken and rice, so I wonder if that is used in the dish of the same name. Agree with you on Romas; too much trouble. Love oxhearts. I forget which one I grew one year, but saw one of yours in another video and the size put mine to shame.

@yumyum408 5 лет назад

Ive heard the wood chips dont leech ur nitrogen when u just keep adding it to the top layer. It only happens when u mix it in the soil. Dont give up on the Charentais melon its delicious, it taste like carmelized sugar. Also another different melon is "Creme de la creme ", its a hybrid though. It has hints of vanilla. Very unique.

@doubleblessings-royalcrowr1669 6 лет назад

🌞you are a joy to watch. I dont know how you do it and i bet you must be spending hours on editting but your videos are very informative. I have not heard many of the names you use for your varieties but im grateful you share what is doing well for you. I intend to search for that okra for sure. Hope you out the name in. Thanks for being here

@tonyag4510 6 лет назад

Thanks for sharing your journey! Love the information. We had an unseasonably HOT spring and have had these weeks of much cooler and drier weather than we are used to for the summer.

@BushImports 6 лет назад

I'm in Oklahoma and the last 2 or 3 nights have been really cool here too. We should have at least til the end of this month before it starts getting cooler, it would be nice if it would wait a few more months before it starts getting cold. San Marzano tomatoes are supposed to be a really good paste tomato and the Opalka tomato is as well except it is larger.