I will do you proud Jess 😉

@light_and_sound

3 жыл бұрын

We all know you will!

@archaprice3372

3 жыл бұрын

We’re looking forward to you taking over and Jess moving on; both of you with new chapters in your lives.

My mother was very ill the last summer of her life. She was in a wheelchair and in and out of the hospital. A friend sent her a packet of Forget me note. She couldn't garden so we planted them in a pot on the deck. (She lived with us). It was a stressful time and the seeds were forgotten. I noticed on day in August that they were practically dead so I planted them in the yard, said maybe they would come back next year and bloom even though we knew she was not going to be here. My mother died in September. When we came back from the funeral I took a few minutes to walk in the garden and noticed something blue out of the corner of my eye. The forget me nots filled a whole section, a mass of blue, and some pink which I had never seen before. I truly believe that was a sign and those plants, or rather their descendants are still growing. Both of my sisters have taken some and planted in their yards but they never seem to last. They are known as Grandma's foget me nots and you can bet when we move a big bunch of them will be coming!

@dedetudor.

3 жыл бұрын

🌠 beautiful! 💙 GOD BLESS you for having your mom with you in her last days. 😘😊🤗💞

@sharoncardenas5447

3 жыл бұрын

Been 14 years since my Mom left...it's hard when Mom is called home! God Bless

@kiprussell6102

3 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons I always feel connected to you and Jill you remind me of my mom. She always saved seeds and cuttings from family plants. She always wore a bandanna or wrap around her hair like you and Jill when she was in the garden. My grandfather always planted his garden with a mule and plow even when they all had tractors. He always planted a couple of rows of just sunflowers for my grandmother to look at. After he died the garden stayed barren for a couple of years until my grandmother kinda off hand mentioned she missed looking at the sunflowers he planted her. My uncle came with one of his big tractors and plowed it up then planted the whole acre and a half in sunflowers and every year she was alive after that. Sunflowers will always hold a special place with me. Thanks for sharing about your mother in law. Keep up the good work and God bless you all. I bless you till next time

@kfrohlich

3 жыл бұрын

Love this story...🥰♥️🥰

Rest in peace Kitten George. 🐈 I miss you. Sweet boy.

@SageandStoneHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@stonedapefarmer

3 жыл бұрын

Waiting for the video to buffer and this is the first comment I see. 😭 Lost my cat last summer during the hell that was the wild fires. It's hard to lose a good cat. 😦

@stonedapefarmer

3 жыл бұрын

Wait. This was the incident last year with a car, wasn't it? Totally forgot about that. 😦

Idea for a t-shirt and/or sticker: "You Go Little Flower". Dat was toe tweet, he he!!

I was blown away that the sunflowers were your remembrance flowers for two people. My middle son, Tyler, passed away September 5, 2018 at the age of 27. When he would experience issues with his heart the last couple years prior to his passing and it would scare him, he would have me sing "You Are My Sunshine" to him. (The hospital never diagnosed him with a heart condition, and instead would just say he was having anxiety attacks or various other things, but it was diagnosed as a condition he had been suffering with for years during the autopsy and his death could have probably been prevented with proper diagnosis.) Anyway, Tyler probably helped keep David Seeds profits high with the amount of sunflower seeds he consumed. My sister had even bought him a box of sunflower seeds for his birthday in June before he passed and some of the packs we found in his truck after he passed. When he was staying with me for a little while not long before his passing over, if I would call to see if he wanted me to pick him up anything while I was out, or if he called me and asked me to pick something up for him was a pack of bbq, or whatever flavor he was in the mood for at that moment, of sunflower seeds. So many people told me sunflower seed stories about him after he passed as well, usually something along the lines of having found some seeds or shells in their car, or how many times he spilled his cup of shells in their car or whatever. He also loved hot sauce and put it on everything and would drink it right out of the bottle. When my sister asked me what foods she should have at his funeral, I said it didn't really matter as long as there was hot sauce and bags of sunflower seeds. I have been trying to get a house with some land for a garden for a while now and before he passed I was planning on planting some sunflowers to surprise him with his own collection of seeds and ever since he passed, well in between bouts of just not wanting to be around myself anymore, I have planned to plant a "Tyler Shane" garden full of sunflowers (and lots of sunshine of course) when I get that house and piece of land. (Maybe I should intersperse it with hot peppers too. 😉) I wanted to also let you know how often watching your channel, including your devotionals, has really helped lift my spirits.

@takishasage-freebeautyzone

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you as you remember the good times with your son. Our daughter passed away from a heart problem as an infant. Losing a child at any age is a club that none of us wants to be in. But I'm here if you want to chat. Tyler (I love that name by the way), sounds like a wonderful young man 💙. Your idea of a sunflower and pepper garden is perfection! He would have loved that!

@passwatersadventures7126

3 жыл бұрын

@@takishasage-freebeautyzone thank you so much. I am so sorry to hear about your daughter as well. Yes, he is a wonderful, handsome, hilarious, big-hearted man. (I say is because I believe you get to keep those qualities in Heaven.) I have a million memories to reflect on and at times that's really wonderful and at times it makes me just miss him all the more, but I'm working really hard at focusing on the joyous part of them.

@litaknowes7294

3 жыл бұрын

Sharing your story brings me smil s from the heart 5 yrs now loss of daughter. no desire tho i tried and Jess has briught inspiration to my gardening. After rearend wreck late 19 last year was not happening .But This year slow but will have Some... Thank you for sharing

Handsome Bear randomly appearing throughout the video was a lovely aspect of this video!

I love that you are letting most of the volunteers just grow this year. The baby just holds a special place in your heart. It's bittersweet. Thank you for taking us through your gorgeous garden. I'm so excited to see where you take your property in SC. ❤

You talking about the sunflowers and Miah’s mom has brought me to tears. My grandmother passed away last night and my sunflowers opened up this morning. It was the perfect way to start a heavy day. The magical, bittersweet beauty of the sunflowers.

@letsgrowtexas7391

3 жыл бұрын

Xoxo

When you write down the rose varieties tell us as well. Maybe a whole video on roses and care? I love all yours

I do hope that you are taking your painted sunflower wall (I can't remember what you called it?). Lots of love was contributed to that 🤗

@lizardina8180

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about that too. But I know if it is left, Jill and the girls would cherish it 🌻

Jess....I am so over the moon happy for you! Your joy is palpable!

All of my turnips bolted super early because we had a crazy heat wave. But now I have volunteer turnips going crazy in my garlic bed that look better than the ones I plant on purpose. 😂

I think you'll be surprised what food you'll be eating before August.😆 So many volunteers so much love.

Waited all day to see what variegated volunteer popped up! ❤❤❤🌻

@DragonflySailsHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

Right? Love the name btw.

@SageandStoneHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonflySailsHomestead thank you! Likewise!

This year's garden theme is "Wild at Heart"!

@shellieh685

3 жыл бұрын

Or, Wilder Still like the tattoo. ;o)

@lindadavidson2237

3 жыл бұрын

@@shellieh685 Yes!

Another great advantage of the garden tours will be for JILL as she finds volunteers she can look at your videos and have an idea of what might be growing. :)

"We ate a lot of hot peppers we weren't prepared for" 😂

We have a memorial garden for my sister-in-law who passed suddenly a few years ago. My mother-in-law has filled the bed with all the flowers SiL loved: irises of all colors, daffodils, red Texas sage, etc. That garden is beloved here 💕 I never got to gift my abuelita the sunflowers I promised. I grew a bunch this year so I could still gift them to her, even though she’s gone, and I pray she’s enjoying them wherever she is now anyway. RIP Kitten George and those who we’ve lost, we grieve with you.

So excited to be growing my garden with you this year! You’ve inspired me so much to expand mine...bless you, Jess! 🤍

I'm so very excited for your family and for W.Willow Farms. One more season with us on your current farm. I'm so very excited to watch your new adventure. TEACH us how to do cuttings from your roses, please.

One of the reasons I always feel connected to you and Jill is you guys remind me of my mom. She always saved her seeds and family cuttings and always wore a bandana or wrap on her hair in the garden. My grandfather always used a mule and a plow to plant his garden. He always planted a few rows of sunflowers just for my grandmother to look at. When he died the garden was barren for a few years until my grandmother made the remark she missed the sunflowers. My uncle overheard her and planted the whole acre and a half in sunflowers and every year she was alive. Thanks for sharing about your mother in law. Keep up the good work and God bless you all. I bless you till next time

Sweet Ezra, wanting to be a rose gardener 🥰 I hope his dream comes true

Since you just cut your stems off your roots your beans may just be the same plants from last year instead of seeding themselves. I haven't experienced that myself however, Liz Zorab has a couple videos where she has showed/talked about her beans doing that and she does it on purpose. I think it's fascinating that an annual can end up being a perennial unexpectant.

Hi Jess , I’ve been outside planting all day. I now have 6 different gardens and cattle panels trellises and and a cattle panel covered raised beds. Thanks for all your education, inspiration, and devotional. So excited to follow your next farm. Take care during your new transition.🙏🙏🙏🙏😊

You're Garden is Wilder Still 🌱

LOL..."we ate a lot of hot peppers, we weren't prepared for..." Your confession of not labeling your garden just strikes me as hysterically realistic.

I would totally buy a garden flag if you sold some with a cool design.

Be sure and take your canning jars to your new home. I have been waiting for my jars & lids for 1 year from Lehman. I just got my pts so there is hope. So ooo Happy for all of you with the big move. God bless

@shellieh685

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Keep those jars... even wally-world has been out of stock for about a year here in AZ.

@litaknowes7294

3 жыл бұрын

Got pints .ordering lids n rings but price of Quarts. Getting my first pressure cooker in 4? Decades. Gardening n prepping on my mind Biggly Thank You Jess for inspirations .I Treasure your book

There’s something very special about spaces just gone wild. It was great last year when no one was maintaining the green spaces I used to go for walks in, so everything was just left to revert to how nature wanted it. It’s so cool that you’re going to have so many volunteer sunflowers. The bees are gonna love you 🥰🐝🌻

I have developed the habit of watching your videos at the end of the day to wind down which usually ends up with me falling asleep halfway through the video. So I end up watching the same video multiple times. I'm in a season of life that is nonstop from the time I get up at 4 or 5 am til I pass out at night 6 days a week and having someone to watch/listen to right now that is soothing is a tremendous blessing to me. Thank you for being a grounding presence in this busy, stressful, time of my life

To walk through a garden is to be “in the midst of the realities of things” Wordsworth. Perhaps your most thought provoking garden tour yet, Jess. 🌱🙂

I love how I’ve (and you too apparently) been able to create gardens that along with all their practical purposes are spaces that commemorate our lost loved ones. Sad at first but eventually I can see them and smile.😊

So excited for this tomato experiment! Thank you for always reminding not to take things so seriously and to just do things. 💖

I'm ill, and life is black. Enjoying watching the good of the world. So excited watching what you and your family do, every detail. So excited for Jill and you to hand off the farm. I will always love this farm. Can't wait to see your plans come to life. God bless

@foreversettled9144

3 жыл бұрын

Healing inJesus name in your body and emotions

@TheFabulousForties

3 жыл бұрын

I'm praying for you, Kelly. I'm also sending you a very big hug. ❤️🙏❤️

@susieclark1498

3 жыл бұрын

Kelly, I just prayed for you...from San Diego.

@mskellycareless

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you to all! I do feel better this morning. I treasure your blessings.

@susieclark1498

3 жыл бұрын

@@mskellycareless God is good all the time. I'll continue to pray for you.

Hot mess express! Love it! Your rebel spirit feeds mine!

For your roses, try air layering to get cuttings, they make roots while getting their needs met by the parent plant.

You are just bubbling with happiness

LOL at the Hot Mess Express garden spot in the high tunnel. 😂 Make sure you pot up a banana pepper plant for Ben.

I absolutely LOVED your course and got a lot out of it!! I would encourage everyone to sign up. No matter what type or experience of gardener you are, you’ll learn something. Totally worth it.

Just harvested my first handful of sugar peas today and put them in our salad! Yay!!!! Thank you so much, Jess! You are an I aspiration to me and many others. May God continue to bless you and your family.

@melissasullivan1658

3 жыл бұрын

How did you actually get the peas from the garden into the house? I can’t seem to get them not to detour directly into my mouth. 😬

@robinbrown378

3 жыл бұрын

@@melissasullivan1658 You are sooo right! They are amazing!

@DragonflySailsHomestead

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to ask too how you get them into the kitchen. 😂 This is the first year I’ve grown peas, and I keep eating them right off the vine!

I can’t believe I have been watching you for so long. Thankful for you all

Anyone else notice Bear in the background when she is talking in the greenhouse? 😂🤣

@bethheerten1132

3 жыл бұрын

Bear is always around, isn't he? Good dog.

@jandawood1234

3 жыл бұрын

@@bethheerten1132 He does look like a great dog. He was walking behind her in the video and just before he exits the camera screen he lifts his leg to pee. It made me giggle.

Please tell me you are gonna root some cuttings of your beloved roses and plant them in SC!

@archaprice3372

3 жыл бұрын

She said she’d be taking cuttings with her.

We are so glad for you and your family. Our daughter is moving the end of May to Conway SC from here in Az. This is the first year we have planted in Az after being here 20 yrs I am loving it so much good learning exsperience. Bless you all

KZread would not register my like but I am always loving these beginning of the BOOM, BOOM, Bloom of your garden Jess. Will be praying for all to transition smoothly for you, Miah and the family 🌺❤️🙏🏼 It is amazing how God uses the garden to kiss us from heaven. My Daddies plant a night blooming Cyrus (or however you spell it) finally bloomed once we were set to go get my Mom and move her in with us. 🥰

@stephaniepacheco5871

3 жыл бұрын

It’s been doing that all weekend to me. I just keep pressing it til it shows black. It’s a glitch.

I think Miah probably has the logistics pretty well in hand. Please relax, and enjoy your move. I know, easier said, than done. If you can get some white willow to put in your rooting water, the roses will root. I'm praying for you guys!

@SteffieWeffy1

3 жыл бұрын

It must cost a fortune to move all that! A couple of trailers for the animals, a couple for the stuff including garden stuff... Omg.. 😵

@rose77778888

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteffieWeffy1 I know, right!?! I hope friends will all pile up with trucks and trailers and do it in one trip!

It's bittersweet that we won't hear this intro for much longer, but I'm so excited for "Welcome to Roots and Refuge Farm in South Carolina zone 7b/8a" ❤️❤️❤️

I’ll be excited to see what type of preserving Jill does!!

Don’t be too sad about leaving the garden ,you have so much adventure ahead of you

I am sooooooo glad I am not the only one who double plants because of not labeling and forgetting what's planted!! It's like...how did that get there?? oops!' oh yeah, i have already planted there....hahaa

Variagated sunflower leaves??!! YASSS!!! So excited to see what flower they will produce...SUPER COOL!!! Loving all you share from North Idaho zone 6a 💚🌻🌿

I have a little one named Zinnia, after my Grandmother. Zinnias can be sign of remembrance too. Your garden is such an inspo, we just moved to a new house so we have a few small side gardens and kiddie pool gardens. Im focusing mostly on basic veggies and flowers.

Rip Kitten George 🧡

We moved shortly after a harvest, and I dehydrated some for the move. It was so light and easy to transport, and I was so grateful for that dehydrated "convenience" food on busy days!

I fully appreciate your excitement for letting the garden be wild this year. I’m normally a very methodical type A personality kind of girl. I need a very concrete perfect plan, every time, no room for failures. However, for whatever reason, that obsessive part of me slips away in the garden. I’m very haphazard (with in reason) in the garden and it brings me peace...and often lessons learned (good and bad) that I would not have otherwise learned. But anyway...enjoy the wildness of your last garden season at this farm!! ❤️🌱

I love that your loved ones are showing you they are there with you, just not physically. Your story about them made my heart smile. I wish ya'll the best with your new adventure, can't wait to see the beauty you create next.

...at 32.52, “Hot Mess Express”. 😆 Gonna write that on my multi-planted veg bed chalk board. 👍🏻😂

Thank you Jess! Love love your garden. Your garden’s so big and you can remember what you planted and when you planted. You’re amazing. Yes, take rose cuttings. I don’t know why I didn’t do this years ago. My neighbor trimmed her Peggy Martin, also known as the Hurricane Katrina Rose. All the Peggy Martin was flooded with salty gulf water. For days, and they survived. That’s my kind of plant. I took her cuttings and stuck them in a milk jug of water. They rooted great. I planted and now the are blooming on a trellis my husband built for me. Such a sweet memory from your farm. God bless.🥰🌹🌻

Didja get your coffee cup from the high tunnel? 😆

Look at moving plants this way....they won't get sassy when they're grumpy on the long drive nor will you hear the "I neeeeeeeeed to peeeeeee". 😂

@FebbieG

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

As a newer, suburban gardener, you are a true inspiration. I love seeing the joy you have for your garden! Mine is on a MUCH smaller scale, but I feel the same way! Thank you for sharing your heart with us :)

Maybe you could show us an aerial shot of your new property with the layout of what your plans are for garden placement and your house. I think that would be fun for us. Thank you

I love May in Vancouver 🇨🇦 it's when my faith in sowing seeds is confirmed and the little seedlings pop up

It will be a bittersweet day when you have to walk away from this garden and hand it to Jill. I don't know if I could do it. It sure helps that she is such a dear friend. Like having a friend adopt your baby.

Shady areas...get some begonias!...they have no perfume..but they are BEAUTIFUL! Loads of colours!

I accidentally scattered seeds in 6 beds in my summer garden when the wind blew. Carrots, kohlrabi, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower seeds blew out of my hand so anything growing will be a mystery 🤣 this summer 😂

Taking cuttings is such a special way to commemorate a property. My childhood home had a gooseberry bush on the property. I was so sad to leave, but we took a cutting of that bush and planted it in our next place(s). It was like we were bringing a part of our home with us...unfortunately we move around WAY too much and we lost track of it at house #3, but I would love to do it again if I was ever sentimental about a property or plant again!

One time while I was working at a vet clinic we were eating lunch out back one day and there as a tomato plant with actual tomatoes growing out of a crack in the asphalt. It was so cool.

I live in Maine so I'm still not quite in my growing season, (last frost may 15, but we had one last year in june. I have like 20 random buckets so i was able to save all of the plants i had risked planting.) Last year I left most of what was in the ground in the garden to die to let the roots rot in place and help break up my clay soil. I had kale last year last until November and theeeeeennn it survived the winter! the MAINE winter, no buckets or shelter and maybe a half an inch of wood mulch. Every time I go outside I see a couple new baby leaves pop out and it gives me so much hope. Plants want to grow. I was/am still looking forward to seeing what other volunteers and veterans I get.

Where the wild things grow? Roots and Refuge Farm, of course!

“Hot mess express”... I love it! My raised bed in the back is a little like that at the moment. Will thin it once I see what is actually thriving.

I feel like everything that overwinters is more lush this year because of the cold temps we had in middle Georgia ❤️

I'd love to see you & Jill working together in your gardens & her soon-to-be gardens.

You are such a sweet thoughtful woman to plant memorial gardens each year for the special people that are no longer with you❤️

Try air-layering your roses. I find they root with a lot less fuss that way and then you don’t have an extra thing to worry about while gearing up to move

I'm so glad I will still get to see this garden after you move.

I bought some "lost label" roses for cheap a long while back. They were all beautiful but I agree - definitely better to make sure if you want them neat around an arch! Love your volunteers and the wilder garden this year. Lovely ❤ Also great idea about leaving a tomato so we can learn. Thanks :)

Speaking of plants in memorial of loved ones, my MIL passed away last summer and last fall, on "Nature & Nuture" 's website, I see a tomato with her name " Rosella " . Of course, I bought it and have a few started to share with other family members.

Hooray, first official garden tour of Spring 2021! Thank you, Jess, for this tour of your wonderful gardens. I love that you are letting it be kind of wild this year and letting the volunteers mostly stay where they come up. And I love your "hot mess express!" :-D

I got Old Blush from The Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham, Texas.

Could your friend Jill every now and then send you a box full of peppers? I think I would arrange something like that..

I LOVE LOVE LOVE these tours!! I have so many gardening books, but I’m just gonna have to tell my husband I need OOOOONE more! 😉 😊

@JesiDavisBuildingaSimplerLife

3 жыл бұрын

I did it, I bought it, can’t wait for it to come! 📖 😊

I would just take what is sentimental and purchase what ever else you want or need from the state farmers market (one of my favorite places) and azure standard. No need to stress! This is going to be a big haul already! So exciting- so adventurous!

I just love you, and your visible garden, but the joyous Garden inside of you blooms gloriously, year round!♥️

Hi Jess, my friend told me to take some cuttings from the roses, & plant them in potatoes, then plant, but make sure you label them with tags so you know which ones they are.

Your peak season comes about 1.5-2 months before ours in Western Oregon. I keep thinking "Dang! I'm so behind," but then I check my forecast and am reminded that it's still 38 F at night, haha. Really enjoying getting this little preview of what to look forward to in late June on our corner of the country :)

That's so funny...I just saw another channel with a beautiful ground cover flower and I looked it up and it was sweet alyssum. I'm definitely going to plant it now!

What a great Sunday blessing. Garden Tour with Jess is good everyday. Don't forget your coffee mug in high tunnel by the cabbages

Lol. Yes, unlabeled peppers can lead to all kinds of surprises. 🥵🤣

I was so glad to hear you say you're going to try taking cuttings from your roses!

I'm 69 and my baby is the largest garden I've ever had. About the size of a 3 car garage I'm doing 3' wide rows and I expect over 2-3 times crop as I have crowded my plants but lots of test methods and after starting seeds with grow lights I have lots of trial plants , Trying to find new favorite veggies. Thanks

Clip a small stem of all of your Rose's put them in water for two days then dirt for moving. Good idea to get the six pack or make up a larger rolled towel of dirt, some moisture and rose. cuttings.

Hi Jess, I hope you see this comment, your roses can be moved, if you want to move the whole plant wait for winter and prune down to 6 to 12 inches and plant in cardboard boxes,when ready just plant box and al!, For cuttings choose nice shoots cut with a heel of old growth at 45degrees and a growth point, cut the very bottom just flatten it of tatty bits, dip in rooting hormone and take lots of cuttings just to be sure.💖love my roses.

I bought your book yesterday, so i can't wait to get it.Your journey i 'm excited for.

@Alexis_9339

3 жыл бұрын

Book is amazing!

I love the idea of the wild garden, look forward to following you and your family on this journey! Blessing to your family

So lovely seeing everything green and growing but also bittersweet

The moment we've all been waiting for...

For a temporary living space, look at pole barns. They can be nice spaces that can be used as a barn/ storage area after you build your home. Just a thought. Garden is looking good! Thanks for the tour. And the joy you bring!!🥦🍓🥒🥔🍅🌶🧄

Bear pretends he is not watching, but he is always watching and listening. Love that dog.

Some serious onion envy!!! Mine are barely started haha