I worked at Walmart and found out that those on EBT/food stamps can purchase seeds and vegetable plants with their benefits. I thought that was really awesome because someone may be struggling financially but able to put in a little time to grow some healthy food for their families.

@joaneyharris4115

Жыл бұрын

Some states will also allow you to buy fruit trees with EBT

@pattykelly6621

11 ай бұрын

That's very good to know. I can share that information.

@thefallenshelf

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information o.o I desperately needed it o.o

I have taken an unused chamomile tea bag and sprinkled the tea in a small garden bed and it gave me many many chamomile plants.

@heavystricker

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!!

@mccarthyhome

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea. I wanted to grow some Chamomile this year and I have seed head tea from the farmers market. I’ll try those.

@terryhall2299

2 жыл бұрын

I buy herbal tea online. I wonder if I sprinkle some of those herbal blends in soil if they would grow. Now you’ve got me thinking! I might have to try that!

@tunin21frequency9

2 жыл бұрын

Woohoo!

@sharoncourt75

2 жыл бұрын

🥰

I’ll never forget my “accidental” cantaloupe. Somehow a seed from a store bought cantaloupe made it over into our dormant burn pile. What came of that seed was the most beautiful, juiciest, and THE sweetest cantaloupe I have ever eaten in my life!

@roseydays

Жыл бұрын

i grew cantaloup also from store bought cantaloup

@RaisingJane

Жыл бұрын

That happened to me as well this year!

@erosfleming2911

Жыл бұрын

What was in your burn pile out of curiosity

My favorite experimental grocery store garden plant was a squash, It was supposed to be a spaghetti squash , but when it produced it was a green striped squash, LIke a cross between a zucchini and spaghetti , slightly narrower at the top. But when I cooked it like a spaghetti squash, it was more tender and sweeter than the crispy bite of a spaghetti squash. It did have the feel of the spaghetti with the strands. You bet I saved those seeds! I call them my Zusketti squash. I can't wait to see what will grow from the seeds now.

@desireerudolph5992

2 жыл бұрын

That is neat. 😁

@zsaqiacamphor9483

2 жыл бұрын

Now I would love those seeds😍

@kiki29073

Жыл бұрын

Mine are growing now and I just threw them out and they come up last month.

I don't normally comment, but I will on this one because I have an interesting story. This last summer and it was actually getting late as well, I threw a couple of store bought tomatoes in the general direction of the compost heap from my front door and quite obviously missed. They rolled off somewhere who-knows-where but weeks later one of my friends pointed towards an old child's sandbox (a purple turtle!) that I had been planning on turning into a raised garden bed and it had just a little bit of dirt in it and a whole bunch of swampy water (and was tilted on its side!) because we had to move it suddenly one day out of the way so a vehicle could get through the yard LOL and they said, "Is that tomato?" There were six tomato plants growing in that and not only did they become substantially big, but they actually produced red ripe tomatoes, albeit small ones, before our first frost. And since I'm in zone 6B in Southeast Missouri, that was a lot later than it should have been but still... I was absolutely thrilled because I was unable to have a garden at all this year, and a couple of rotten tomatoes gifted me tomatoes so I would have something.

@kellylynnstudios2185

2 жыл бұрын

Hi fellow 6b MO! I'm on the far east side of KCMO:)

@nancyfaircloth3224

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@karenh.7086

2 жыл бұрын

What a great story!

@midsouthhomestead7527

2 жыл бұрын

My son moved there 2 years ago from Tn. He loves it.

@midsouthhomestead7527

2 жыл бұрын

That is so cool.

Rule of thumb: when Jess says to grab a cup of coffee, you pause the vlog, get up, and get yourself a cup of coffee! 😂

@LLAMA-LLAMA

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that!🤣

@journeytohomestead527

2 жыл бұрын

Yup and a notebook or note pad. This is how I came up with my Christmas list 🤣🤣🤣

@karenh.7086

2 жыл бұрын

Or a beer🙂🙂🙂

@jacobmeekhof8614

2 жыл бұрын

Will hot a chocolate work

@mio.giardino

2 жыл бұрын

Glass of Chardonnay here… we had an open bottle so it needed to be had, and no, I didn’t have it all 😂

Did anyone mention strawberries yet? In 2020 I took some eyebrow tweezers and picked a whole bunch of seeds out of one well ripened strawberry. I dried them on a paper plate and then in January last year sowed some indoors. I grew them on until they were ready to go in containers outside after the last frost. I've heard that strawberry plants don't produce much in their first year but one of them really took off and we got lots of beautiful strawberries from it. The others grew large but as predicted were limited on the amount of fruit. They did however develop fantastic crowns and went on to send out lots of runners which I sat into fresh pots. So now I have 12 (maybe even 15) strawberry plants all looking great as they rest for the winter. I'm already excited about harvesting a bumper crop this summer . And all from the seeds of one single strawberry 🍓. Winner!!

@klattin1501

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Ive only had experience with actual strawberry plants. Im intrigued with starting some from over ripe strawberries!

@daniellehaggard7401

2 жыл бұрын

My everbearing strawberries came back this year in grow bags. I am gonna try the tweezer method this year. We had so many eaten by slugs and birds that we may have some volunteers where I threw them last year.

@JeffTheHokie

Жыл бұрын

The problem is supermarket strawberries are not very good. They are bred for long transport and shelf life over flavor. They are picked unripe and redden on their way to the store. They have also been bred for growing conditions in California. If there is a "pick-your-own" strawberry farm where you live, start with those, and do your seed experiment off of them.

@monicasmadeinmaine1114

2 ай бұрын

I sliced down the sides, threw them in some dirt and watered them. I’ve got full plants now from December. Under lights.

My sister did an experiment last year. She bought some different kinds of garlic cloves from a seed place, and then she took a handful of store-bought cloves, and planted them all. The store-bought ones were actually her biggest garlic. Also, my mom had this really cool tree in her backyard: it was actually two trees, so close together that they grew intertwined and looked like one tree. One half was plums, the other half was peaches. I guess someone had been eating fruit and spit the seeds out, and up came those trees.

I grew 98.2 pounds of sweet potatoes last year from 4 store bought sweet potatoes that I put in water and made slips, then planted. Living Traditions Homestead and Hollis and Nancy's Homestead both have tutorial videos on KZread. Love it!

@goldenglowladore3842

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the heads-up! I love sweet potatoes and will try this. Hope to find out how and when.

I was on vacation with my husband last September we went to a mini golf place and when we were golfing I look over and noticed that their patch of zinnias head were already dried up with a head of seeds I sneak over to take some if the head and turn around and my husband was standing there and said "seriously" and I said "yep and can you put them in your pocket because I don't have any pockets" then he rolled his eye....lol

@tashap5144

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I could have written this post. HA. Hubby is constantly rolling his eyes at my seed collecting. Whatevs, When he have awesome flowers and I spend no money you'll stop thinking I'm crazy!

This is actually really important. There are many people who cannot make it to a seed store. A lot of those stores are far and in between, and many who are concerned about food security may not have transportation to get there. Keep up the good work, Jess. I did not realize how much I can get to grow just by going to the grocery store

I have grown a lot of peppers from store bought stuff. My husband laughs at me because I save so many seeds but like in 2020 when seeds were harder to find it came in handy!

@vinlago

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, they giggle and laugh but when their bellies are full they giggle and laugh with gratitude and love. ♥️

@AshleyAshleyAshley395

2 жыл бұрын

My husband laugh at me too. I’m growing papaya, pomegranate, mango and cantaloupe from grocery store fruit seeds.

We are still eating the most delicious acorn squash from the original seeds I saved from the grocery store about 5 years/generations ago. Last year was the first time I tried ginger (my daughter bought a huge package from CostCo and wasn't going to use it all). Garlic, potatoes, sweet potatoes all have made it into my garden. I bought dill seeds 8 years ago and they just reseed and reseed every year. I've started celery from storebought celery bottoms, leaf lettuces and green onions all from the store. In fact, I haven't bought green onions for a few years because I replant the bottom 3/4" and they grow and grow. We live across the road from a sweet corn farmer and he gave us several cobs. We let one dry and planted the seeds last year and enjoyed our own sweet corn. Every time we get a pumpkin I save the seeds for next year. I was given a ghost (white) pumpkin so I'll give those a try next year. Never thought about Fennel seed. I'm going to try that. Every year about 3 weeks after I spread my compost pile around the newly planted seedlings I find random tomato, pumpkin, and squash plants. Of course I let them grow. It's all part of what I do. The week after the first Covid lockdown my hubby built me a greenhouse and I love planting all of my seedling babies.....this year I had over 200 seedlings to share with family and friends. Because many of my seeds are my own saved seeds I plant extras to insure I get good germination. This 70 year old gardener loves Jess and even though I've been gardening over 60 years I learn something all the time. BrendaLou of Deerwood Farms in rural Jordan, MN

@shannijones4587

2 жыл бұрын

you are amazing! thanks for sharing that information!

@conniefletcher6884

2 жыл бұрын

BrendaLou Scott, I love this!

@shelleyhermary1958

Жыл бұрын

We are from Alberta what can we grow here -40 in the wintertime? From the grocery store?

Last year I needed a cardboard to layer under a new raised bed so living in a small town I searched behind some local businesses for old boxes that had been thrown out. I found one that had a five pound sack of red potatoes in it. So I took them home and planted them. They grew beautifully! Had more potatoes than I could eat. Love your classroom style videos. Very well done!

@susansemple6008

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful find!!

@jenniferchristiansen2040

2 жыл бұрын

Great story!

@milissaleatherwood6837

2 жыл бұрын

My mom can not grow stuff. I don't know why but she has been like that my whole life. We had a farm when I was a real young and mom dealt with the animals and my dad was the gardener. I learned from him. One year me and my sister were out playing in the field that the cows were in, on the way to the trails between our farm and the next. We had to go past where the pig pen had been the year before and we found the biggest zucchini I have ever seen. It took both of us to carry it. Turns out the only way my mom can grow plants is through a pigs belly 😂

@ChannonRoseVlogs

2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video!

I looked at my grocery store this last weekend. I think for my size of garden (25'x30') I can get a package of dried beans for soup (15 Bean Soup). I should be able to get all of the beans, peas, legumes that I need, even if I need to sow extra for germination rates. That is $2.00 for all that I need. Talk about a budget helper!! Thanks again Jess for the idea!

@helenachase5627

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the alphabet macaroni will sprout , lol !

@qleartearcrusade9361

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to try that. Never thought of it.

@ourheritageworks

2 жыл бұрын

@@qleartearcrusade9361 As a follow-up, my sprouts are about 6 inches tall and I had an extremely high germination rate.

@jongrubaugh160

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's what In was thinking.

@thefallenshelf

8 ай бұрын

@@helenachase5627 😂😂😂😂😂

Hi Jess, What a great video! I did exactly what you said and grabbed my morning coffee and settled in for a wonderful teaching lesson! And I learned so much from your “class”! Thank you for all this very valuable information that can help us all be more self-sufficient and well prepared by making use of all our options and not just relying on packaged seeds. Love, Mary

@maryclemens1046

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!! ☮💫🌱💜

@RootsandRefugeFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I just got so tickled to see your comment! I love your channel!

@MsTexan1

2 жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite content creators communicating. 💗

@rivkamarkowitz339

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jess. U r so right. Last winter i planted black eyed peas (cowpeas) from store pkg. By summer it was like jack n the bean stock outside. The way the fresh beans present themselves for picking is amazing.

@seedaholicgardens9085

2 жыл бұрын

AMEN!❤❤

After so many years, I still get teary eyes when you end the video blessing us.. I grew up in the capital of Romania, on the 6th floor of an apartment block. My dad had chilli peppers and basil growing in pots on the balcony, along with flowers and cacti- his pride and joy. I now live in East London and have (rent) a little, tiny garden and I’ve been growing things. It brings so much joy to be able to eat something you’ve grown! I like flowers, but LOVE our raspberries (so do our 4 children) rosemary, garlic, lovage.. When the lovage shows it’s first leaves, I know spring is coming. I long for a bigger space to grow. We haven’t got our own place yet.. I’m pacing around my “waiting room” and in the meantime I’m learning and growing interest watching you, Jess. Thank you for the lessons! The practical ones and the heartfelt ones 🤗

Please keep up this "classroom" content! Even as an experienced gardener, going back to basics is always a comfy and relaxing experience with you Jess! God bless

@HeyJordanRae

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@marygeorge9688

2 жыл бұрын

I. Agree.

@brushandbramblefarm4905

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!!

This was great! Here’s my story: about 10 years ago I was teaching kindergarten and we planted store bought dried lima beans in clear plastic cups to see them grow. After they were about 5 inches tall I sent the ones home with kids who hadn’t drowned them (!) and that was that. About 6 months later a mom from that class came up to me and said “We want to thank you for dinner last night”. I was just a little confused until she told me that had eaten the cooked lima beans and they were delicious! I’m going to go buy some poppy seeds today… some of the things mentioned, I’d never thought of!

@chelsearuck9379

2 жыл бұрын

That is such a fun story! My kindergartener just came home with two sprouted beans the other day that we are going to plant in the garden this year. We’re excited to see what kind of bean they are 😊

Intenionally or accidentally, I've grown so many things from the store: rosemary, basil, onion, purple potato, sweet potatoes (two kinds) papayas, mangoes, lemon, orange, ginger and turmeric. The sweet potatoes probably gave me about 30 pounds of sweet potatoes!

After years of disappointment with over buying green onions and having to thrown half or more away from not being used quick enough...I have learned to keep a pot of soil near a window and stick them in there until I use them! Works great and I haven't had to thrown many away for awhile now! 😁

@LLAMA-LLAMA

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@trishapomeroy9251

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I'm going to have to try this as we too are always throwing out some green onions every time we buy a bunch.

@Alexis_9339

2 жыл бұрын

I do this too! And if I just need a garnish I just snip some off the top and it’ll grow back a few times.

@kristinestanden6850

2 жыл бұрын

I've done well with rooting celery stalk bottoms. It was 3-4 inches tall then the rabbit's got it. Thanks for the spice seed idea, that s one I hadn't thought of. Will try the sweet potato slip, but wondered if they are the same as the ones with the flowers in lawn n garden ? What about the ornamental purple kale in lawn n garden?

@Alexis_9339

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristinestanden6850 in a previous video I believe she said to not do ornamental things because they are allowed to be grown with things that aren’t safe to consume because they aren’t meant for consumption.

My son wanted to plant something last summer (he's 5)...it was too late in the season to invest big...I gave him a handful of mustard seed from my pickling stash and he planted them in a kiddie pool... up came some mustard flowers!

@sonder2164

2 жыл бұрын

Good job! Mustard greens are very nutritious.

@lindakangas1045

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome.

@masroorahmed866

2 жыл бұрын

Mustard plants are eaten as vegetables in South Asia. They are very delicious to us

@christinavillalpando8223

2 жыл бұрын

I use mustard seed in my curry

@masroorahmed866

2 жыл бұрын

@Santas Teffon Teflon I am sure everybody has unique & delicious food culture. Our taste buds are used to our own food culture mostly but we love others as well.

Something I tried this year is growing peanuts…bought raw peanuts, shelled them, stuck them in the ground, and grew fine! Germination was maybe 70%, but wayyyy cheaper than shelled peanuts sold as seed.

@michellebodjanac1709

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve grown it as an experiment too!

@Joyfulfarmer

Жыл бұрын

@Jen they look like little bushes. You could grow a plant in a container. There would just need to be enough soil surface area for the nodes to grow peanuts when they drop from the plant. I was surprised by the way they grow.🙂

Good Lord Woman! i know nothing about gardening and had no desire to grow anything. THEN i saw your face in the thumbnail and went OH I REMEMBER HER FROM AN ANIMALS VIDEO...SHE IS SO KNOWLEDGABLE ...I LOVE HER...so i clicked and watched. Again could not turn it off. You are so watchable, and so easy to understand, and i learnt SO MUCH just from this half hour my mind is boggling and im full of enthusiasm and about to dig up my yard and run to my kitchen to see what i can find to try and grow! YOU ARE A WONDERFUL BLESSING. THANKYOU so much.

“Store bought tomatoes taste like disappointment.” Ohhh I’m feeling this right now Jess!

@irmibullinger1421

2 жыл бұрын

Oh me too! I had tons of tomatoes last summer and was so sorry when I ate the last ones. It was a glorious tomato summer all the way to November! lol A day before the first frost was to hit, I picked off 2 huge strainers of green tomatoes from the last plant. I let them ripen at will on my kitchen table and ate most of them myself, besides the ones I gave to my friend

@marilynrafla6628

2 жыл бұрын

I went grocery shopping with my oldest, tomato was on the list but he pointed they don't look good, they were almost still green so obviously I spoiled him by growing a variety of tomatoes at home and teaching them how to spot the ripe ones.

@frantracey8737

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I send away for heirloom seeds & I was given some watermelon which had absolutely no flavor. I'm in Australia, so different seed suppliers to you.

@popuphomesteadlivingoffgri8606

2 жыл бұрын

That made me laugh

@JudyCrayCray

2 жыл бұрын

Have y’all tried the yellow tomatillos? If not I highly recommend! There delicious in a salsa with roasted chille de árbol, a few cherry tomatoes and yellow tomatillos. Low Blend so it’s kinda chunky and salt to taste.

This year I had a great surprise! I was letting a volunteer grow in the garden to see what it was...by mid summer could not identify it so I pulled it out. Was stunned to see the 12 inch plant was attached to a peach pit. Must have grown from the compost I added to the garden. I replanted the peach seedling in my yard and have a 3 foot tall peach tree that I am hoping survives this winter. Zone 5

@shellieh685

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@Emeraldwitch30

2 жыл бұрын

You're lucky! Peaches are know to kinda breed true. Like if you plant a decent flavored peach you'll probably end up with a decent peach.

@shall9858

2 жыл бұрын

@@Emeraldwitch30 great! It was from one of the pits in the compost which we would have eaten. Hoping to fill my front yard with them if I can get more to grow.

@Emeraldwitch30

2 жыл бұрын

@@shall9858 I have one peach tree left. My first 2 broke. But one had great big, white fleshed Freestone peaches with big pink blooms. That one the darn squirrels loved. They planted a few around the yard for me. Only one of those is left and its an almost identical clone to the original tree. I think if I get a few peaches this year I might try to plant more on purpose. I'm sitting here watching vids on plants. Making my seed wish list and checking it twice lol and dreaming of my garden, while looking out at 8 to 9 inches of new fallen snow here in michigan(us). My grow lights are on and I have lettuce and bok choi and green onions going. Just about to set up one bank of lights just for my onions. Green onions called Lisbon white bunching and a nice one called Tokyo negi(they were given to me by a neighbor who got them from her Japanese neighbor it just says Tokyo negi in English lol not sure if it is the name or where its from cuz im sure negi means onion lol). And my Zebruune shallots will be started soon too. They do better if I can get them going by end of January for me. And I use just the $23 to $20 LED shop lights. 5000 lumins from Walmart and sams club. I'm about to buy 3 more sets with my birthday moola! Lol. Also I recommend those big stainless steel shelving units at sams(costco has them too) they are resturant quality and you can set the shelves far apart so you can rachet the LEDs up and down by little chains (or fancy pulleys but im kinda frugal lol). My shallow big hard plastic shelves are okay but there is a huge limit on how big the plants can get. So they are used only for seed starting. Then I move to the big stainless if not time to go out in greenhouse. (Its tiny too lol 8 by 12 about 6 1/2 tall but oh my its a game changer for early/ late season extension.) Oopsy. I get excited about gardening and start writing whole books on KZread ☺☺🤣🥰

@kristinestanden6850

2 жыл бұрын

@@Emeraldwitch30 where in Mi are you located? I'm near Alpena.

May I just say, I love your spontaneous, self produced videos. I realize that filming Wilder Still frees you and Miah from the mechanics of production and is more freeing, but for me that isn’t the “real” you. “You” are the spontaneous laugh, the loving exchanges with Miah and the kids, the “this is what I found” moments…I could go on and on. I am happy that you have both venues but my heart is always happy when a daily vlog appears. I can’t wait to see each step as the farm evolves (or should I say explodes) as you build your dream.

I love this video! So many misconceptions out there. Also, I couldn’t find seed potatoes, so I took a chance on Walmart cheapo potatoes one year🤣 I can tell you that Walmart reds and Yukon potatoes absolutely grow beautifully. I planted them a few years ago and I’m still using the same seed potatoes. Same with sweet potatoes!

@lisabb5624

2 жыл бұрын

I grew walmart potatoes too :)

I have grown potatoes, garlic, peppers, tomatoes and this year I’m doing ginger and sweet potatoes. The first year we did them we bought from Walmart in the regular section because we did not have a lot of money. Every single thing I planted grew abundantly. That year I saved for the next year and have saved from the past years planting ever since. All from cheap Walmart produce. Like Jess said, now if I’m getting something from the store I prefer to get organic or fair trade but I do not regret starting my garden with those things and building up my own little stock each year ❤️. Do not ever be discouraged in growing your own food! It’s is possible with experimentation and trial and error!

@connieellis925

2 жыл бұрын

It's so good to hear that you also grow your own garden , and preserve it. Been saving seeds the last 3 or 4 years . Have had a garden for over 30 years now. An helped in my moms garden since I was a teen. People will say why do you do all that work, I reply do you know what's in your food from store?? I didn't start going totally organic years ago. Son has beehives close to the garden. God Bless

I’m definitely a save-every-seed-I-see kind of person, and it wore off on my daughter. She was four at the time, and we had bought some chocolate covered almonds at the store. She sucked the chocolate off of them and put them in a cup of water to “grow more chocolate covered almonds” 😂 needless to say we had a lesson on where chocolate comes from lol

@shellieh685

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my, that is too cute!😊

@HS-jh4zm

2 жыл бұрын

What a precious story! 😊

@theurbanthirdhomestead

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to try this with chocolate covered blueberries! 🫐 😉

@broj2371

2 жыл бұрын

This makes my heart so happy. Thank you for sharing 😍

I had a (store bought) butternut squash grow out of the compost one year. We decided to allow it to grow where ever and ended up with 30 squash from one plant. Love those volunteers! 🥰

I bought lemon grass from the store and stuck it into a large pot out back. In one season it filled the whole pot and was almost impossible to get out. If you plant it, be ready for it to take over.

@loriworkman5127

2 жыл бұрын

What do you use lemon grass for??

@crizzyjj

2 жыл бұрын

@@loriworkman5127 Curry, stew, tea, and lots of recipes online. It's also supposed to be a mosquito repellant in the garden, seems to work too.

When I first started gardening, I started with actual tomato seeds, bought from a seed packet. But, while waiting for them to grow, I still needed tomatoes, and got a pint of cherry tomatoes from the grocery store. Those were AMAZING, and I wished to grow them, too. After some preliminary searching on KZread, I saw a video about how you could simply slice up rounds of a tomato, toss those rounds on some soil, lightly dust them with more soil, and let them do their thing. According to the video, those rounds would grow into tomato plants. It was enough to get me curious, I had some leftover soil from the seed tomatoes I'd planted, so I gave it a try. Took one of those wonderful storebought cherry tomatoes, sliced it into a few rounds, and tossed them in the soil. I was shocked to find, several days later, that I had a good dozen or so sprouts. I garden indoors (no outdoor space) so, after several more days, I picked out the biggest and strongest of those sprouts, and planted it. The tomatoes that came off that plant were not the same as the original pint I'd bought. But they were STILL some of the tastiest tomatoes ever. The plant itself was massive, healthy, disease free, and prolific. We had so many, my husband took them to work and his coworkers loved them, and asked for cuttings so they could grow their own clones. My plant cloned well, and they all grew their own, with equal success. My tomato plant kept producing and growing until the day I moved, which, sadly, ended its life. But that tomato plant lived for 2 years for me, and likely would've lived longer if I'd been able to keep it. I DO still have seeds saved from it, and may try growing them out to see what I end up with. Since then, I've given to regrowing a variety of storebought fruits and vegetables. I DO buy seeds (Baker's Creek has more than a little of my money, thanks to Jess xD), but I also love to maximize the output of all my produce. Green onions are ridiculously easy to grow, just leave an inch or two of the root bottom, stick it into a cup of water, put it on a windowsill, and you will see growth within half a day. Since I still have no outdoor space, with garlic and onion, I can't plant the bulbs, but, if I find any sprouting, I DO stick their root ends in water and harvest their greens for cooking. Garlic and onion chives are strong and intense, and a little goes a long way. Celery, you stick the bottom into a dish of water after chopping off the top portion of stems, and you can harvest celery greens. Same with lettuce, keep an inch or two on the the bottom, set it in a dish of water, and it will regrow new lettuce. Sweet potatoes gone to sprouting, I stick in water, and, while most just consider it a pretty plant, the leaves of a sweet potato ARE quite tasty and edible as a cooked green. I love being able to grow my own produce, but, in those times I simply can't grow something, I don't mind buying from the store, and then getting the most I can out of them. My theory has always been, it you're going to have to throw it out anyway, why NOT try and see if it will grow? You lose nothing if it fails, you gain so much if it succeeds. It's one of life's few no lose situations, all it takes is a willingness to give it a try.

@mariaavery5004

2 жыл бұрын

What did you do so your tomatoes plant grew in your house and were able to keep it for two years?

@suzannehartmann946

2 жыл бұрын

MANY fruits and vegetables sold in grocery stores are hybrids so you will not get from the seeds what you bought at the store. But you will get something!

@Emeraldwitch30

2 жыл бұрын

I grew out the white bottoms ftom store bought green onions as I wanted them to winter over and seed the next year. This is their 3rd winter and the last 2 summers those free green onions have given me more seed and green scallions than I've ever bought. 3 of the plants actually throw out little green onions from the flower too. Like my walking onions. The flavor is nice and fine. Onion seed from those particular plants also make flower heads that throw out little green onions too. Ive been trying to get enough to make their own section in my garden. Very mild onion flavor and prolific. Oh I grow the seed mainly for making sprouts in winter. Onion seed for sprouts us $38 to $50 a pound for sprouting, but its so yummy on a sandwich with alfalfa and radish. My favorite "I grew it from a seed" plant is my little, one year old at Christmas, lil cutie clementine orange tree lol. The leaves smell nice like orange blossoms even. Maybe 7 years from now I'll get a lil cutie clementine from it. Lol But when your 9 year old grandson says look gramma a huge seed! Can we plant it? What else could I do lol.

@kingscairn

2 жыл бұрын

Those sprouts on the sweet potatoes are called ' SLIPS ' - you carefully break those from the potato ( mother ) , put them in water until ' rooted ' then plant them in the ground - viola , you will get sweet potatoes - you can plant the ' mother ' and or the slips directly into soil - garden bed or bucket of soil in your house or balcony but you may want the glass jar process to see what would be happening underground and time it takes

@kingscairn

2 жыл бұрын

@@suzannehartmann946 I planted from 4 peach pits got 4 trees - 2 of which resembled willow trees that never fruited, cut down - the other 2 were peach but with small fruits - not cut down yet but will be

I planted five stalks of store-bought green onion in my in-ground garden one summer. I was able to crop the leaves every week for cooking. They did grow big and their stems and leaves looked like those on a regular yellow onion. The leaves tasted a bit more spicy and were not as tender, but worked very well with authentic Chinese cooking. What I did not expect is that I was able to harvest onion bulbs from them. I stopped watering and checking on them after frost had killed the top (zone 5b). Coming around Christmas, when we needed just one more onion for cooking, I dug them up and we got four full-size yellow onions. The fifth stalk produced no bulb. My take on growing store-bought onion/ginger/garlic/bok choy/potato/sweet potato is that if I have something going bad in the fridge, I bury them in the garden. Not successful every time, but there is nothing to lose.

@birinehart

2 жыл бұрын

I planted the green onions roots and a bit a white stalk and have had green onions for over a year from this planting. Can’t beat this free and readily available green onions. It’s a plant that never stops giving.

@mycomagic

2 жыл бұрын

I cut the roots off of store bought green onions and plant them in a pot on my window sill. They produce green onions for all kinds of things, endlessly. I just don't pull them up and remove the roots. I did the same thing with my leeks and over the summer they produced flower stalks so I not only had leek bulbs for the next year but leek leaves for the rest of the summer from those I did not let flower..

@nancyobrien2854

2 жыл бұрын

I have taken the white root area of a green onion and put in a small jar full of water and left it on my kitchen windowsill. Within a few days it started growing. I did this as an experiment. Eventually I planted it and several more in cinder block holes that I filled with the soil looking stuff that you would find if you went to the woods and raked away the leaves. They are still growing well after 5 years. I plant 4 bulbs per hole. I seem to be on the line of Zone 7b/8a. I know this because I moved 5 years ago (10 miles south) and had checked my zone online at old address and was told 7b. I have more room to garden here, so I was looking online to figure out what I wanted to add to my garden. While I was browsing around, I discovered my zone was now 8a. Not much of a difference, but 8a does seem to offer a few new plants.

@Annixandra

2 жыл бұрын

if it was at one time growing it will decompose and give nutrients back to the garden or it will grow the worst you can do is try and end up with nothing but better soil

@jongrubaugh160

2 жыл бұрын

I heard very recently that that can happen.

Awesome job Jess! Last year I couldn’t find any seed garlic so I just tried planting ones I had from Costco. Wouldn’t you know it...they produced great (even planting them late)! And now this year I’m using that harvest to plant again 🙌🏼. I believe they were from Gilroy, CA and not even organic. And they did product scapes 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Mardon551

2 жыл бұрын

@PhilandAlex... what zone are you in, and how late did you plant them? I'm in zone 9 and still haven't planted mine yet. Am I too, too late?

@vinlago

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mardon551 I'm in zone 8b. We plant fall and spring. Also because of the lovely mild winters we can also get away with planting garlic this time of year. I would give it a try! What we did this year with Egyptian walking onions was plant some in fall and kept some bulbs to plant next month. So far the fall planted bulbs grew but not very much. The cold snaps knocked them back a little but they are in a small window box. In spring we plan on starting some in deeper pots. Another thing we did with garlic was transplant some a couple weeks ago that were a little too close together. They are thriving. Again, my vote would be go for it. It is going to be cold-ish for a few more weeks. In my experience the worst thing that happens to garlic is they may rot if too wet but they don't seem to mind cold. Save some for a successive planting and that way if it goes sideways you still have stock to start over.

I have successfully grown, organic, store bought, onions, celery, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers.

In my 70's and planted from store seeds lots. My Mom lived through the depression and taught me how. She was just like your Mom with dead heads. In fact, she would embarrass the devil out of us cause she would do that in nurseries. Go in peoples yards to get a cutting of something she wanted!! LOL You made me laugh with memories today. BTW I have had some seeds for 10 years and they still grow.

@homeandgardendiaries6384

2 жыл бұрын

My Mom used to do the same thing, going into strangers gardens. She loved geraniums and would get cuttings and grow them on in our garden. I was always concerned that the owner would open their front door and hated the “Beware of the dog” signs!

Jess great video. Here's the scoop on potatoes from the grocery store. Yes organic is best as they were not grown with chemicals and not sprayed with sprout retardant. The very best I have found are the organic fancy tiny potatoes which you may think are expensive untill you go on line and check the price of seed potatoes. I find the quality is just as good as seed potatoes and sometimes better. (There are different grades of seed potatoes but that is for another discussion) Any potato that is sprouting (organic or not) has not been sprayed with growth retatdent and is safe to grow. You can check potatoes that are not sprouting for growth retardant by putting a whole potato in a bright but not sunny window. If you do not see sprouts in 2 weeks, do not plant it (and maybe do not eat it) Sprouting whole potatoes in a window or well lit pace is a very good way to get a jump on the season as the sprouts will turn green and even sometimes form little leaves. This is called Chitting and is an old English technique for getting an early start in short season climates. When you plant these about 1 inch under the surface of the soil they will push leaves up in a couple of days if the conditions are right. contrary to what many people think, cutting big whole potatoes into sections with at least one eye per section, air drying them over night or till they feel dry to the touch, is not Chitting as these pieces are planted in the ground within one to two days of being cut. The sprouts have not had a chance to grow and turn green. Here is another tip. If you have some potatoes that grew those big long white sprouts under the sink (or where ever) You can pull those sprouts off, get rid of them, (do not waste time trying to get them to grow. They will never produce healthy robust plants.) set the potato on a windowsill for 2 to 6 weeks and it will grow healthy short green sprouts. That is Chitting and old potato and do not worry if it is a bit wrinkled. If it is really big with many sprouts You can cut it into one eye pieces and let the pieces cure for a day or two just before planting. I could literally write a book on growing potatoes LOL but this is enough for now. Hope this is helpful to some of you.

@alicewilder8360

2 жыл бұрын

This is such amazing wisdom! Since you're an expert-- any advice on growing potatoes in containers? I've tried twice to grow potatoes in a very large bin and each time got lots of green growth, I waited a few weeks after they died back and there were one or two small potatoes! It's so discouraging!

@heatherk8931

2 жыл бұрын

@@alicewilder8360 for planting in pots, watch Home Grown Veg, He is an expert and fun to learn from.😊❣

@justpatty7328

2 жыл бұрын

@@alicewilder8360 , I am not an expert just a grower.. I digress. I've found the soil is too high in nitrogen in the past when I get lots of greenery, but not produce. In addition, specifically for potatoes, I add a handful and scatter wood ash and sand to the soil. Good draining soil. Potatoes need a lot of sun here to produce. Not sure if the experts will agree on all points.. just in case they don't see your question, I added my pennies worth. Happy growing!

@debbiewood7718

2 жыл бұрын

I have a question about determint and indeterminate potatoes. I planted potatoes in a new fased bed and added soil throughout the season. I expected to ha e a stack of potatoes but they only grew at one layer. I later learned that there are determinate and I determinate potatoes. I have not found further information or been able to find out what are indeterminate varieties. Do you have insite to share Joanne?

@evj1326

2 жыл бұрын

@@debbiewood7718 There are no such things as indeterminate/determinate potatoes. I have worked in potatoes most of my life but cannot figure out the best way to word it. Since I am at a loss as to how to best explain it check out MI Gardener's video kzread.info/dash/bejne/epWDxK2Ro5nfeZM.html

Last year I bought a 1-pound package of dry pinto beans for 79 cents at the grocery store to use for cooking. I took about 1/3 of them and planted them in 3 short rows in my little garden. They flourished and I was able to can 46 pints and 5 quarts of green beans. That was in addition to the batches of fresh green beans that we ate and several batches we shared with neighbors. I think they taste just like any other green bean and they were the most prolific bean I have ever planted.

While it took about 4 years … I have harvested three pineapples from a store-bought pineapple top (and the pups from the original plant). They are SO sweet and juicy and delicious!

I bought spoiling food from a local organic store and was able to grow an entire summer garden from food scraps. I had tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, celery, green onions, lettuce, herbs, and I think a few others but I can’t remember. Some turned out great, others were kind of wimpy, but I think the success had more to do with my lack of understanding about proper soil and growing everything in pots. It is good to know my kiss of death hands might not be my fault when it comes to basil and cilantro, so I’ll try sprouting proper seeds next time and not getting herb plants from the grocery store. Thanks for the informative video, I’m excited to try all the citrus seeds I’ve been saving, pretty sure they’re cross pollinated, but I like citrus trees 😊

Hi, Jess. Yes, I have grown quite a few things over the years that were purchased from the grocery store. My first exposure to this concept was back in 1966. Dad bought a couple bags of long-grain, wild rice from the grocery store and spread the seeds in the swamp (along the shore line) that was on the back end of our property. When the time came for harvest, we used the canoe. It worked so well, that we grew long grain wild rice every year thereafter - until the house was sold in the late 70’s. You have water on your new property, so planting along the shore line might be an option for your family. Anyway, YES, there are many things that can be grown from what you buy at the grocery store. Don’t forget caraway and anise - wonderful flavorings for many dishes, including bread!

@lawrencekeech2779

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh I am trying this. I have a small swamp/stand of water behind my house.

@TalkingThreadsMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Lawrence - that is wonderful! I wish you every success - and thank you for sharing!

@ooohlaa13

2 жыл бұрын

who knew? Love.

I have grown almost every vegetable, herb, fruit, and root vegetables from store bought food. I prefer to use food from farmers markets and definitely organic! Some of them came from either use it or loose it situations and others were bought for that purpose alone. My favorite are keeping the bottoms of my green onions and celery stalks. Every one I buy i place either in water for few days or directly in beds andI have some green onions that are several years old and are growing strong. Pupkins, gourds, tomatoes, papaya, souor sop, canteloupe, watermelon, lemons, limes, oranges, apples etc. I have had success from it all. I live in Southern texas zone 8b-9. I have never commented before but this is such a polarizing topic I wanted to weigh in. I had done tons of research and decided I needed to kow for myself andit was a huge success!

I harvested grape tomato seeds from a Dominos pizza salad. My friend took one of the plants I grew from it & they were the biggest grape tomatoes I ever saw🙂 I planted one of them in my patio garden & it did well too, though not as big.

I never thought of the spice isle! That's brilliant! I discovered pinto beans grew well when my 3 year old pushed the pinto beans I gave her to play with as a sensory activity into the soil of my started plants and they grew wonderfully!😂🌻

@HeyJordanRae

2 жыл бұрын

That blew my mind too. Like, how did I not think of that? 😅

I put the tiny sprout from the inside of celery into water into a sunny window, and eventually put into potting soil. the plant grew tally and went to seed in the heat of summer. I collected the seeds and planted them into containers this fall. The plants are really doing well- wish me luck!

@HeyJordanRae

2 жыл бұрын

Gah! I just love this

@americaneden3090

2 жыл бұрын

I've grown pepper plants from the mini multi colored peppers from our produce section.

@littlelomaricafarm7302

2 жыл бұрын

I do this as well with celery. The first year i used the leafy greens like you use parsley. It is very strongly celery flavored I am guessing it was the environment I live in, zone 9b. It is a great seasoning.

@lawrencekeech2779

2 жыл бұрын

I asked a local grocer for celery root he was about to toss that was drying out. Soaked it in water overnight and planted - Tons of celery!

@mikelledavlin8806

2 жыл бұрын

I did this as well, but I didn't collect the seeds the following year. It self-seeded and now I have dozens of celery plants that come up every year in my flower bed.

My husband grew a tangerine tree from a grocery store tangerine. It was so sweet and productive.

Mom...78...cut a sweet pepper and threw out all the seeds in a box of dirt and garbage...about a week later hundreds of pepper seedlings were filling that box...burnt up in the Florida sun but we were both surprized, pleased and have since planted as you do veggies from the store just to see now if it will grow.

I would LOVE to see a video of how you plant that ginger!!! And updates on how you care for it as it grows!!! 🙏🙏🙏😍😍😍😍

@oppsyikesreally

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!!!!!!!

@emilyhughes9139

2 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna try my ginger in a kiddie pool this year. I'm gonna drill some holes in the sides, a couple inches up from the bottom, so it will still hold a little water, but not be full. Fill up with soil and plant the ginger barely under the soil level. I'm gonna see what it'll do. I might try rice this way too if I can find it.

@MsKscove

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

You can also use store-bought bulk chia, flax, sesame, mung beans, lentils as a cover crop!

@stephaniegeorge3421

2 жыл бұрын

I use the for sprouts to eat and feed the chickens as well as growing some micro greens like quinoa

@hannahkayee831

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephaniegeorge3421 I grow sprouts for my pet birds. They do very well!

@theurbanthirdhomestead

2 жыл бұрын

Yasss! I was just looking at some chia seeds and flax seeds in my pantry wondering if I could do this.

@ooohlaa13

2 жыл бұрын

@@theurbanthirdhomestead u just have to get the kind from health food store that have not been radiated, altho some radiated do grow ok, and they can't be real old. Also I kept some seeds above my instant pot area and I think the steam cooked the seeds because would not sprout and I have been sprouting for decades, so its not error on my part. Sprouts are wondrous!

@theurbanthirdhomestead

2 жыл бұрын

@@ooohlaa13 yes, they are from the health food store. Good to know about the ones above the stove; I keep a lot of spices up there. I guess the coriander probably wouldn't make any cilantro now. Oops. I wonder if that makes spices any less healthy? I might move them.

Since I was a teenager, we've grown popcorn, black eyed peas, tomatoes(heirloom), eggplant, pumpkins, winter squash varieties, chia, sweet potato varieties, reg. potatoes, lemon tree and tangelo tree. The eggplant and lemon tree were both grow as volunteers and the eggplant was the best eggplant bush I've ever grown. The lemon tree I didn't think would really come to anything and now regret not moving it as it's well over 6' tall and I want that space to extend my porch. The Tangelo was a purchase from a school fund raiser and my oldest daughter got a few seed to sprout in an experiment, 1 of which survived. That tree is now 16 years old and loaded is sweet fruit every year.

I watched this video a while back and thought OMG!!! So I had a bag of pinto, navy and great northern beans and thought Im gonna give it a try!!! I had an empty bed so I thought why not! So I split the bed up between the 3 beans and guess what??? We got beans!!! They look just like the beans that I bought at the store and planted!!! I thought ok well lets try this again, I just planted another whole bed of pinto beans! Thanks Jess for this. Oh by the way, when it was time to shuck the beans my husband said, let me help you, I said ok, well he is the one that told me to plant more beans because he like popping the beans out of the pods! He says he has a new job to help out with the garden!!! Thanks again Jess, LOVE watching your videos!

I love growing lemon seeds from store bought lemons! I know I’ll probably never get any lemons but they are fun to grow, free seed and make a beautiful houseplant!

I bought a bag of those small red, yellow and orange peppers from Walmart grocery and decided to harvest the seeds. A friend told me they are called pocket peppers. I planted them and about 10 of the seeds grew. They produced beautiful red, yellow and orange peppers. Now they took all summer and into the fall before they turned their colors, but they produced abundantly. I canned, froze, ate and gave fresh to family and friends because they produced so many. I also harvest sweet green pepper seeds, and they grew, but were very small in size. Today, I just harvested seeds from a giant sweet green pepper to save in hopes it will grow in this years garden. Thank you for sharing the information about seeds!

@dlapsyc

2 жыл бұрын

Those little peppers are amazing! I harvested so many doing the same thing from the same place. :)

@kristinestanden6850

2 жыл бұрын

I saved my green pepper plants , to restart next yr, that way they have a big head start. You can save pieces of tomato steams for starts for following year too. Just bring them in during cold winter months.

@midsouthhomestead7527

2 жыл бұрын

I am doing it this year. I have mine in grow bags. They still have tons of peppers on them. I did this with a volunteer tomato last year. It is still alive and has 4 tomatoes on it.

Thanks Jess.!...I hear you say, " just try growing your food" and that's what I've been doing. Not stressing about being perfect. And I take chances 'cause seeds want to grow, plants want to grow.

Our local grocery store sells lettuce with the roots still on. I take those home, pot them up and keep them under a grow light that supplements the light on a window sill. I love that the lettuce I'm eating is really fresh and that I can pick a few leaves for a sandwich or salad just like in the summer. Obviously there aren't enough hours of daylight in the winter to keep the lettuce actively growing but with the addition of a grow light I still get new growth.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do more videos of this nature. I know it can be repetitive and too much information for those that are more advanced and I would just ask you to skip over these videos but for those of us that are just getting started the wealth of information and knowledge that I just got from this one video alone is very encouraging. Jess, wow thank you and God bless you!

I put the last few inches of grocery store green onions in a pot of soil in my kitchen window. This gives me several months of snipping green onions to add to my meals.

@lilystabile3594

2 жыл бұрын

We do this too-(we plant them out in the garden tho) scallions all year for 99 cents! 😊

@charlenephillips1031

2 жыл бұрын

I put a bunch in a cup of water and they grow fast but start to lose their bright green colors

@kristicornwell6852

2 жыл бұрын

I did this 3 years ago and I'm STILL cutting on the original ones. What a deal!

I’ve grown tangerine, Asian pear and gala apple from store bought. The gala apple took over ten years to get fruits. I had 5 apples last summer and they tasted so sweet and delicious.

@beckyev1965

2 жыл бұрын

That's so cool - apples don't grow true from seed, so you got lucky! :-)

I've grown several rounds of potatoes from my store bought potatoes that I didn't use quickly enough and sprouted. It's easy enough to dig a hole and stick it in there. It's really so easy I wish I had known sooner. I also accidentally grew basil from clippings when keeping them in water for a couple days after picking from a plant in my garden. It's really amazing how many things will just grow on accident, especially keeping in mind how many things I actually end up killing when I try to keep it alive.

Last year I experimented. I took 10 of every bean in my cupboard from the grocery store -9 varieties. My average was 8.2 beans sprouted per variety and I learned which were bush (7/9) and which were pole (2/9). Package would just say something like “small white beans” so now I know which is which. I planted them and let them run their course, not eating anything, and just saved the seeds for this year as they are now acclimated to my climate for 1 generation. I saved about 90% of the resulting seeds. I now have an average of 147 seeds of each variety (I planted them as the last planting of the year so they grew in extreme California drought!). So, now I can plant what I want, knowing which are bush and which are pole, of the varieties that I want. Will I grow pinto? No. Too easy to get and too cheap. Will I grow the Christmas Lima (pole) and the small pink (yes!). YES, YES, YES! It is good to experiment and try. We did the same with mini pumpkins - success! - and coriander, and dill. Funny you mentioned those too!

When I was in Florida visiting daughter buys organic tomatoes, an had some called Kumato tomato, I saved seeds from 1 an dried them for about a month planted it an put on my grow tent tookb2 weeks to germinate but I just ate my first Kumato tomato it was delicious 😋

@veracsimmons

2 жыл бұрын

I saved kumato seeds this year as well. I hope I have the same luck🤞🏾

@connieellis925

2 жыл бұрын

@@veracsimmons they weren't as big but they tasted just like the ones I had at daughters. They will take 2 weeks or more because I thought they weren't going to germinate an looked 1 day an they popped up, just about through them away. I keep the tent between 75 to 80. So will see what happens when I start more seeds to put in garden. Good luck

@alicecowan3499

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@irmibullinger1421

2 жыл бұрын

I grew Kumato tomatoes from seed from store tomatoes as well (a couple of years ago) I need to do that again because they are delicious and cost a fortune at the store

@YesStefinitely

2 жыл бұрын

Kumatos are my favorite!!!

I've sprouted and grown a peach tree from a pit out of a roadside stand. I've sprouted strawberries from a store berry. My elephant garlic game from the store. Potatoes, green onions, and leeks are all growing from store produce. I squished a cherry tomato into a pot and grew tons! I just picked up some pine cones from the yard...will it sprout? That's the fun part of the game! My sweet potato is putting off slips... that's next!

Jess, you are so kind! I get tired of the ‘uninformed’ know-it-alls always giving advice when they don’t know their head from an acorn! PEOPLE…only give advice from your own experience…not what you have heard!!!

We planted some black oil sunflower bird seed that we had a lot of and we got these beautiful small sunflowers that were great for cutting and had a pretty long vase life.

@jlit1336

2 жыл бұрын

Planted 1/4 acre of them one year. Gorgeous cut flowers and birds loved us.

Such great information!! I remember when I was like 20 and with my first husband who is Hispanic, he came in the kitchen one day asking where I kept the dried beans. I was confused and asked why. He’s like I’m planting the garden. I didn’t believe he could plant those beans and get them to grow but he did. I learned something that day lol. We were very poor and back then (30 years ago)…there was no such thing as organic that I knew of anyway lol so we had the cheapest store brand beans out there! But they grew and we ate them 😊💚

I know it's not food related, but my daughter received a beautiful bouquet of roses. We had them in water to enjoy on the table for awhile. When I noticed they weren't looking so pretty anymore I tried to propagate them on a whim. I couldn't believe it some actually took. It's been 2 years and I have 6 rose bushes from that one bouquet of roses. I used to tell my husband not to get me flowers because they would just die. That is no longer said anymore.

I have grown potatoes from chunks of potato..14. tomatoes plants from a slice of tomato planted. Pumpkins and coriander. Currently waiting on a date pip, avocado and mango seed. I also grew a lemon tree from a seed to. It's fascinating to watch these types of video.

I can't tell you how much you've inspired me. I first discovered you while I was walking across the country to raise money for my own gardens in 2019. Since then I haven't been able to build my own but I've made my waiting room my classroom and have grown more than I could have ever expected. Seeing you guys grow and move on inspired me again and now I got my first permit for a garden lot in my city. I truly appreciate you and all the knowledge you've shared. Thank you!

@ManufacturedCrises

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome!! Great job!

@theveraroseshow246

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManufacturedCrises thank you.. I appreciate your kindness 🥰

Jess, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I found you guys about two years ago when looking for help on best things for beginners to grow. I experimented with several different veggies and herbs to see what worked best for me. We have very similar climates. I am close to Texas coast line. It’s a lot of hard work for an older gal, but was worth the effort and was very therapeutic for me. Also I was so pleased that you minister and I truly believe that God put you on my path for a reason. Because of you I have found the hope I had lost. Thanks so much for your sweet heart. I pray our Father continues to bless you and your beautiful family.

@shellieh685

2 жыл бұрын

So true! Amen♥

Greetings from Australia. POATOES: Try this - When you buy potatoes for the kitchen store them until they sprout. When the sprouts are about an inch long break them off, plant them in starter cups , keep them well watered and plant them out when they are a few inches tall. You get HEAPS of new plants that way and you still get to eat the potatoes you paid for.

I love getting produce from the farmers market and save the seeds from peppers, pumpkins etc. I will be experimenting this year with those seeds. I figured if they were grown locally they were good for my garden and our short summers here in CO.

I had no choice during the great seed shortage of 2020 to save seeds and regrow vegetables from the grocery store. My cherry tomatoes were different shapes, but still tasted wonderful. This year the store potatoes yielded way more of a harvest than the seed potatoes I ordered. So, yes, in times of seed shortages, it can be done!

@HeyJordanRae

2 жыл бұрын

I love the thought of telling kids 15 years from now about “the great seed shortage of 2020” lol

I've grown eyes from potatoes last year matter-of-fact -- I'm sure it wasn't organic. I love your Aunt Martha -- pull the seeds from a pepper in a salad at a restaurant. LOVE IT! Deadheading plants everywhere -- hahhaahhahahahahhahaha!!!! I knew I was going to learn a lot from this video.

@ladyemerygizer

2 жыл бұрын

There are these beautiful flowers I saw..... 😆 Yep, gonna do it.

@ManufacturedCrises

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr I’m going to be looking everywhere for free seeds now 😂

@nancyfaircloth3224

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. I bet Aunt Martha grew up in hard times.

@rbthegardennannyllc4219

2 жыл бұрын

@@ladyemerygizer 😁😁😁

@rbthegardennannyllc4219

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManufacturedCrises I'm with you --- why not???!!!!

William was like the cherry on top of a nice, helpful video! He's beautiful. Made me think of Kitten George.

I have grown pretty much every herb in the past from the grocery store. I have a sage plant and a thyme plant that are over 5 years old that came from a store. I have also grown potatoes from the grocery store. But those are hit and miss. Usually when I do the taters, it's just because I let them go and the eyes started popping up. So, I planted them as an experiment. I experiment all the time with this stuff.

I have done this for years, it's nice to see my crazy ideas validated by someone else :) I always save seeds from produce that I buy at the store and farmers market! I have also thrown store bought potatoes, ginger and lettuce bottoms into the dirt and grow stuff! Oh, and I also bought a huge bag of garlic from Costco and planted the whole thing and it all came up!

I am a new gardener just learning in my 70s .... and this year I grew an entire bed of sweet potatoes 4' x 12' from the slips grown from ONE store-bought sweet potato!!

Thanks for turning the wheels, Jess! No telling how far I will go. 🚜 🌻 😊

Wheels are SURE spinning in my Gardener Brain. Thank you! I have dead-headed dried seed heads while walking at parks and even reached out to dead-head tall plants at fast food drive-thru's to save the seeds in envelopes. Wow!

Thank you so much. I've been looking at seeds to buy but have realized I can only buy very little since I'm on fixed income. Now I feel confident that I can supplement what I can buy with planting a lot from my own pantry and groceries.

@linda51464

2 жыл бұрын

@cjbeeeem you can check the internet for free seeds. I got a few seed packets from 2 organizations in 2021. It wasn't a lot but helped, especially since I saved seeds from the harvest. I know too well about living on a tight budget.

Last year was my first ever year growing anything from seeds. Grew two beautiful sunflowers from the seeds I'd bought to make granola with, which was so exciting. It will be fun to figure out what experiments to grow this year.

OMG! I knew I could plant dried beans and grow plants with them, but I never associated that with my beloved dried green flageolet beans, which are ridiculously expensive to purchase! I'm very excited to experiment with this during the summer!

I have 2 beautiful lemon trees, that I grew from store bought lemons. I grew a couple of avocado trees from store bought avocados.

@oppsyikesreally

2 жыл бұрын

You just gave me excitement and lots of hope for my lemon seeds. Thank you

I got celery from the store. I chopped off the staulks and put the root part in water. The outside staulks wilted and then started to look mutant. While that was happening, the center portion started to grow taller and add new leaves. I put this mutant mess in the garden and got some new staulks and seeds. It was a worthy experiment. The new celery had great flavor with amazing depth. It was nothing like the cardboard flavor I started with in the beginning.

@chickadeetle

2 жыл бұрын

"mutant mess" hahahahahaha

@desireerudolph5992

2 жыл бұрын

Mutant mess 🤣. Also most celery is 🤔 covered (can't think of right word - but the plants are covered so the colour is pale ) this also makes for milder flavour. I grew celery from seed, and the growing instructions and gardners and family/friends all told me to do so (some said to put a milk carton around it or similar some said to keep piling dirt up against the stalks, .... All kinds of stuff but basically to cover it to Blanch it's colour) I decided not to for various reasons. I had 3 nice plants with VERY VERY dark green stems (most were thin/fine but nice and strong) and they had a very strong flavour. So even though I used small amounts of the celery it had huge flavour impact. If you didn't Blanch the plant as it was growing that might be part of why the flavour got stronger, even though it was the same plant.

@beckyev1965

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think that stronger celery flavor is great for soups and maybe chopped up as more of an herb than the main food - especially in stuffing (I'm in the US, it's that the bread mixture you may or may not cook inside a turkey). Also sounds great for chicken soup. For general eating, I prefer a milder flavor.

From my Mom:. I have grown cherry tomatoes from organic tomato seeds; green onions from root cuttings; celery from root cuttings. I have always planted cucumber, cantaloupe, personal sized watermelon, and pepper seeds all from organic source.

I've grown from store bought russet potatoes, sweet potatoes, red bell peppers, pumpkins, watermelons, kabocha squash, cherry tomatoes. Regrown on the counter from store bought: green onions, romaine lettuce & celery. This will be my third year gardening in Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦 Zone 3B 🥰

@PrairieDawnC

2 жыл бұрын

Hi from 3B Alberta. Where did you find kombucha squash?

@nicoleolson1347

2 жыл бұрын

What is kombucha squash?

@user-fy8nf3zv7q

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrairieDawnC sorry I got auto corrected 😅 I've fixed it, *kabocha. It tastes like a cross of pumpkin & sweet potato 😊 found at my local VitaHealth Market (its a store in the city that sells locally grown produce/products).

@user-fy8nf3zv7q

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicoleolson1347 autocorrect 😅 I've fixed it, *kabocha. It tastes like a cross of pumpkin & sweet potato 😊

Ha! Your Aunt Martha, your mom, and you are my kinda gals!!! I get seeds from all these different ways! You and your family are a blessing! Keep up the great work!

I did have an accidental batch of mustards grow in my compost pike once. They were beautiful and tasty. Truly appreciate your videos. So helpful and meaningful.

If I could give one piece of advice for seed saving: save duplicates in more than one place. I lost ALL my seeds when our greenhouse collapsed and blew away during a derecho/wind storm a couple years ago. My seed stash represented about 20 years of seed saving. I now have saved seeds in my garage, basement, kitchen cupboards, and share with lots of friends and family who can be my backup in case of disaster. My hope is that one of my places and/or someone will have some seeds…❤️❤️

I found 10 lbs of ginger root at sav a lot one time bundled together for $1 because they were old and half were dry and shriveled. I put them in a 5 gallon bucket with water. Soaked overnight and in the morning, every one of them were firm and rehydrated! I planted them all in my zone9 FL garden. They all sprouted and grew.. Much of the different taro roots etc at the store can grow in the garden. I also get seeds and roots, sugar cane etc from the farmers market & plant them. Ive grown Jackfruit, Rambutan etc

@LLAMA-LLAMA

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that’s great to know! I threw out some turmeric because it was shriveled 🤦‍♀️

@lotus....

2 жыл бұрын

If you ever get cuttings or bulbs in the mail (not cactus or plumeria because they need to be callused) that get a little dried out in shipping etc..you can soak them in warm water overnight as well before planting. Many seeds benefit from a little warm watet soak with a few drops of hydrogen peroxide to make them sprout faster and help prevent damping off fungus etc..

@bonbon31316

2 жыл бұрын

Lotus can you share how you germinate rambutan please! I’ve tried for years with no luck. I did germinate a persimmon seed, only one out of five grew. It’s currently in my plant room getting the baby treatment, so far it’s about 8 inches tall🥰

@lotus....

2 жыл бұрын

@@bonbon31316 Hi I start most of my tropical seeds the same way. Rambutan seed must be very fresh to germinate. I always clean the seeds off very well with a little mild dawn dishsoap. You dont want any fruit on the seeds causing fungal issues. I make a seed mix of peatmoss and perlite or you can even use a few extra large expandable peat pellet break it open and mix in some perlite etc. I make sure the 4 inch pot or plastic cup etc has drainage holes. Get the peat/perlite wet with warm water and plant the seed about an inch deep. You want soil well drained but moist..not soggy. Cover the pot with clear plastic wrap or a ziplock etc. Keep it moist and warm. If your soil gets cold it wont sprout. I like to use heat mats under the pots. I also put them under a grow light. It can take few weeks to germinate. A word of caution: Many rambutan seedling turn out to be male. Not sure why that is but you may want to get a grafted or air layered start/ tree if you are serious about getting fruit. The seedlings can also take up to 8 yrs to fruit. Never let a rambutan seedling go under 50F they really cant take any cold. Jackfruit is really fun to grow and tastes like juicy fruit gum lol. They can stay in smaller pots like 10 gallon and still fruit. They only take 3 to 4 yrs to set fruit. You can sink your pot in the ground inside your greenhouse and keep the tree shorter. I have seen jackfruits growing crazy fruit close to the ground off the trunks. You do need very fresh seeds. Cacao is another one that is fun and very easy to start from fresh seed.

Coffee…✔️ Notebook…✔️ I LOVE this!! Thank you! I’m actually from just west of Gilroy, CA (garlic capital) and if you ever want to try some garlic ice cream, they even sell it at the antique stores (and it’s actually really good!). I’ve only heard from one person about the garlic from overseas not growing, however that was because supposedly they’re required to remove the root part at the bottom before importing. This year I spent about $35 on “fancy” seed garlic and it was the store bought from my counter that sprouted first😁, and it wasn’t even organic. I threw some organic ginger in late last summer just to see if it’d grow…it did! This year I’ll be putting it out much sooner as well as turmeric. I really want to get into making my own tea. Thank you for being the person that lit a fuse under me to start experimenting! Ever since I heard you explain how to guarantee no sprouts if you don’t plant the seed, my life completely changed🤣 and no I’m not exaggerating. This last year my garden obsession exploded(your fault…thank you again)! 4 Greenstalks, 2 additional raised beds and a cattle panel greenhouse all since May😬(in my defense, my husband bought them for me). Just a couple of days ago I snuck an aloe plant in the shopping cart and my Husband’s response was “what’s that!? Another plant!? Na uh” me: “it’s medicinal😬”… it’s on top of the fridge in a sunny window😂. Every single place we go I always think how I may be able to use something for the garden(no kidding, I got Giant s’more sticks on clearance for plant stakes🤦‍♀️). Thank you again for always inspiring us to look outside the box!

We bought a house with a yard in May last year. The yard is basically grass, wild grass, crazy wild flowers, old apple trees, old apricot tree and done :) so this year we are setting up the garden to produce food and this video came just in time! Our seed place just called me that they are out of garlic and ginger, beans and pepper, pumpkins and chickpeas for another month. As a vegan family, this is what we ALWAYS have in the house so I am going to see if I can grow ginger, garlic, beans, chickpeas and pumpkins from what we have in the house :) Thank you Jess!

I've grown potatoes, sweet potatoes, garbanzo beans, garlic Onions, squashes (butternut and Acorn) zucchinis, all kind of peppers, dried beans, lentils, tomatoes, buckwheat, rainbow corn (at Halloween) and right now I have 5 cute little lemon trees growing a window to be repotted in the spring. It is a lot of fun.

I grow lettuce from lettuce butts all the time! I just stick the butts into a shallow bowl or a little mug, then fill it up with enough water to keep the bottom part wet and the top part dry. So much abundance around us!

I grew a row of black eyed peas from the grocery store in my little "classroom" trial garden in crappy soil before we got our raised bed gardens in place. They grew better than almost anything I planted from actual bought "seeds".

@TheNakidGardeners

2 жыл бұрын

We done the same thing

@paigerichards3749

2 жыл бұрын

I tried the black eyed peas and I was so excited ..till I found out what was growing was plants that were poisonous (won't use that garden soil place again)! Next year will try again. Need to get some cattle panels for peas and beans.

Last Year I took a peice of ginger and it sprouted a grew about a foot tall, I made a nice Plant for my neighbor, I have grown sweet potatoes and other brands even the tiny potatoes grow great, Lol my grandson planted a watermelon seed and it grew across my patio from a tiny place in the garden It produced at leadt Six Big watermelons and was on the way to many more but the weather started to change, i have grown onions the i sprouted from cutting one saved the top put it into water after acfew days planted it into the dirt, I have grown pumpkins tomatoes and cucumbers as well Good Luck and It Never hurts To Thank Jesus for the food to come from youre Garden,Thank You Jesus for All the Food he has Blessed our Family with😇

I sprouted an Avacado tree from a seed from the grocery store. It's about two years old now. Still anticipating what the fruit will be like. If not good, I can still use it as a root stock and graph better types to it.

I teach my students that you can easily grow food from the grocery store. Of course, the produce grown may not always turn out as the parent seeds, however, it'll still be edible produce that can feed you and your family. My students and I have grown ginger, garlic and butternut squash from the grocery store.

"It's gonna taste like disappointment"-Ha!! Love it!