FULL Garden Tour and Harvest | Week 11 | 2020
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The Land Before Time!!! ❤️🦕 . I cry every time 😩💔. Before Simba and Mufasa, there was Little Foot and Mother 🥺
Live on the wild side... Save seeds willy-nilly!
This is your next T-shirt😆
I LOVE pesto! I used to put it in ice cube trays but found an easier way for me to store it in the freezer. After I put everything through the food processor I put the mixing bowl in the fridge or freezer for about 30 minutes. This allows it to set up and not be runny. Once it is slightly firm I take a small cookie scoop and scoop the pesto onto parchment paper. I then put the tray in the freezer to allow the scoops to completely freeze. Then I throw them into freezers bags. It is much easier than using an ice cube tray!
As a couple, we freeze pesto into snack bags to throw on pasta. Also if you're too cheap to buy pine nuts, cashews work great.
I don’t believe in using throw away plastic. It’s awful for us, as bad as pesticides…
I'm sure a hundred people already answered but tree stars are from Land before time 🙂
Tomato skins! When you process your tomatoes save and dehydrate the skins to make tomato powder to flavour everything and anything , and throw some skins into your soup mix jar !!!
That is an awesome idea. Thank you
Sierra Marini interesting!
Wow that's a great idea too I love that idea
Sierra Marini... Okay, you just taught this "old dog" a new trick! It never dawned on me to dehydrate the tomato skins and turn them into powder. In years past, I always added the skins to the compost pile or fed my worms. Thank you for this suggestion! -- such a nice way to make better use of the garden's productivity! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA -- 7/11/2020
Tomato skins have a lot of natural delicious msg. Making a powder of these is so genius!
When you laughed and then asked Miah what his joke was, I felt that. Deep in my soul.
I adore that you mention tree stars my son jumped up yellling "I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!!"
YES!! Littlefoot! Tree stars! Now I'm teary-eyed, thanks LoL.
Do y'all like Tzatziki sauce? That might be a good use for some of your cucumber bounty. My husband puts Tzatziki on everything from roasted veggies to burgers to salads.
Oooooo what a great idea ! I am plantkng a new dill crop today , so tzatziki will be in my future
I do too. It’s amazing. Instead of dressing for my salad I shake it up with this sauce. It’s sooooo good.
Do you have a good recipe to share?
Would love the recipe too!!
Love it!!!
*procrastinates weeding my garden by watching a garden video*
I’m procrastinating dishes and laundry and oddly enough I could be doing both while watching this video but I may miss something lol
Have you thought about putting your banana plant in the high tunnel to see if it will grow through winter ergo producing fruit next year?
Yes! Little foot. Land before Time! I cry every time!
80's Kid here!! "The Great Valley is filled with green food like this. More than you can ever eat, and more fresh cool water than you can ever drink. It is a wonderful beautiful place where we can live happily ..." Sounds like every beautiful garden to me! Your smile when you harvest from your garden just shows your pure joy!
My husband wants to know where your new kitty has been...we love watching you and we are so thankful for all you are teaching us.
The tree stars from the land before time! Awww little foot
😂 “Well now this is just silly”. I laughed out loud as I am sitting here watching. My husband came out and looked at me like I was crazy. What a wonderful problem to have.
Also, loved "good stuff happening among the weeds"😁
You should write that on your garden board..or a new t-shirt?!😍
OMG I get SOOOOO EXCITED for your videos!!!!! L wake up and say "I hope Jess posts a video today"!!!!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I got tired of endlessly canning tomatoes. Now I cut them up on jelly roll pans and drizzle them with olive oil, garlic cloves and basil and roast them in a slow oven, until they are nice and sweet. Then i freeze them in freezer bags like you do your shredded zucchini. They make everything I use them in taste like summer. And I dont have to drag out the canner and jars.
Thank you!
Sounds delicious!
Good idea!
If you grow cherry tomatoes mainly you can make delicious bursting tomato pasta sauce with just olive oil, garlic and the tomatoes and just cover til all the flavor burst and you're good! I used to have to buy 3 packs of cherry tomatoes just to make enough
@@AmazingGrace492 Do you have to remove the skins or just throw them in the pot whole?
Rewatching for Jess in her time family time and rest.
90's kid here, but I was obsessed with Little Foot when I was little! My grandparents had pretty much all the sequel VHS's for me to watch lol :D
I love how you make gardening so accessible and encourage people to give it a go rather then focus on getting everything perfect. Thank you x
I love yor garden updates! I am physically not able to garden right now but I get so much joy from watching yours grow. But I especially love how honest you are about garden imperfections. It happens. Love your outlook on that too. And so look forward to your videos about processing what you grow. Thank you for posting. Keeps me hopeful that I'll plant a garden another day.
Your adventurous attitude regarding so called failures is contagious. I have been really discouraged by the garden this year and felt like not bothering next year. But you keep reminding us to learn what we can and press on. Thanks for letting is in on your journey. It's making a huge difference for many. Love you guys!
80s kid here! I know exactly what a tree star is!! 🦕
I love hearing the birds in the background as you walk through the garden.:)
My neice did a garden tour of my garden and she identified lettuce (cabbage), the corn of love, some yellow "pahtatoes" (yellow cherry tomatoes) and "batunias" (petunias). I think we need to see Ben give us a garden tour through his eyes!
😍Tree stars!!! I loved The Land Before Time, littlefoot and ducky all the feels and memories come flooding back!
This 80's kid ate her greens because her parents managed to convince her they were tree stars!
Love this comment. Tree stars!
Time to rewatch the land before time! That is a genius idea!
Yes! My mom would put a salad bowl in front of me and say "now eat your tree stars so you can run away from sharp tooth! " I still love salads. 🦖🦕🌿
Haha! Brilliant!
All of yall's parents were really paying attention if they integrated tree stars into your diet. I am impressed. :)
Me: In zone 5 watching my cucumber plants like a hawk for signs of even ONE cucumber growing... Jess: Carrying arm loads of cukes out of her garden 🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒😳😳😳😳😳
5b here...had ONE plant producing...and last week a 60mph thunderstorm came thru and destroyed my 9yr olds beloved plant :(
jujube2407 oh no!! That stinks ☹️ I’m having heavy cucumber beetle pressure this year!
@@jujube2407 oh no! I'm sorry 😞.
Love melting Amish churned butter with fresh basil and freezing in cubes. Perfect finishing touch for pasta sauces, spreading on fresh baked bread and roasted vegetables during the long winter months.
RPG😂😂😂 I am a Mom to 3 young men & could totally see Miah's inner child with that one. Great Video!
90s baby here but I loved land before time. I always pick off maple leaves off my tree and taunt my dog asking her if she wants the last tree star 😂
Last season my goal was to freeze enough pesto for a year. I packed it into 4oz jars, topped with olive oil, and they froze so well. One jar is enough for two pizzas or a big batch of pasta. Much easier than freezing in ice cube trays IMO.
90’s baby here, and tree stars were an instant throwback. Thank you for that
We never get to see the kids’ garden...maybe Ben could give us a tour!
Love this!!!!!!
Love this too!
Good idea!
I love the way he gets excited over the produce. I hope he continues lovin the process.give him his own garden tour.Ol granny ENJOYS watching the EYES LITE UP😊😍😉
Tree stars!!! One of my favorite movies when I was a kid. And they totally do! 🌟 I’m hoping my garden does better this fall, because my spring garden is not doing well. It’s rough. Lots of tomatoes but only one that ripened so far. Squash is done thanks to the mildew and bugs. And the storm we had yesterday did a number on things. Such a bummer.
I grew Cucuzza last year and noticed it blooming at night. I had several Hummingbird moths that came along each night and pollinated for me. I did not like them very much.. But my chickens loved them! This year I'm growing Luffa 😊
Your idea about the gradual harvest to make dehydrated soup veggies is fantastic! Thanks for sharing Jess!
Were really going to need a relish video. That’s all lol
Yes, I would love to see Jess's favorite relish recipe! Maybe a video on the whole process. If time permits, of course. I am so thankful she/they take the time to make these videos. ❤
OMG the little foot reference got me like :O I knew there was a reason I liked you haha
Lol. Little foot, cera, ducky, petrie, and spike. Yeah ima 80s baby
How many Cucamelon plants do you have planted on your trellis? I plan on growing some for my granddaughter, landscape style, and want them beautiful and full like that!
Your whimsy charm is so fun and joyful. I just love your videos. Thank you for such valuable information and for sharing a bit of your interesting life with us.
My 2 cents for freezing pesto: 1) blanch the basil and dry it before processing so it will keep its color and flavor better. 2) short the amount of oil by just enough so you can “seal” the frozen portions of pesto from freezer burn by adding a layer of olive oil to the top. When it defrosts you can mix it in. 3) don’t add the cheese into your pesto that is going to be frozen because the texture turns weird. Add it after you’ve defrosted it.
I love bind weed / wild morning glory 🤣 It is everywhere in my neighborhood and I was so excited when I saw it on my fence for the first time this year... now I'm terrified for when my sunflowers reach the top of the fence lol
jess i live in new zealand and i grow both ground cherries and cape gooseberries i make jam with them i will mix if i dont have enough
With all those kids they should be out weeding those gorgeous gardens!
"I'm a LEAF eater! 😃 *chomp chomp*" 😄😄😄 thanks for the throw back! 😅😅😅
Land Before Time! My 3 year old loves the movies too. The only way I could get her to eat salad before now was to tell her she needed to eat her Tree Stars 🍀😂
Oh my gosh tree stars! I haven't thought about that movie in years! Absolutely devastating first movie for sure.
I feel better about my bitter cucumbers. Thank you. I'm going to try to grow them and the squash again, and see what happens. I've never tried to succession grow cucumbers or squash, but there's a first time for everything 🤷🏽♀️. Thanks for the encouragement. Your videos always lift my spirits and make me feel better, emotionally. Thank you for that 😌.
A suggestion for pesto ( or any paste) I use silicone mini muffin tray. Then just pop in a bag in the freezer. It’s easier than the ice cube trays to get out. It ends up being about 2 Tbs each serving.
I harvest my big tomatoes when they have just a touch of green, too! It works to keep them from getting mushy.
Jess if you make pesto with everything BUT pine nuts & parmesan, then freeze it, and add the nuts and parmesan once you've thawed it, the fresh taste holds better. I tried it and it was delicious! Just a thought...
Willy Nilly squash is actually from my grocery store via the contrary composting I do. .Just dig a hole, throw all the kitchen scraps in and cover it up. I feel like Gomer Pyle - surprise, surprise!
Plant a cold crop of beets or onions. Don't know if they'd like the high tunnel though. They like cool. God Bless the garden & the Family! 😇🌻🌿
"Land Before Time! Little Foot!"
Saturday's garden tours fill me with such joy!🥰
Yes, tree stars! Land before time if I’m not mistaken, I loved those movies as a kid
I would like to see herbs in one of the green stalks. You could move it to the house and your herbs would be close when you're cooking. Someone else said carrots. I like that idea, also.
smart ,Libby !
Jess, have you ever heard of leather britches green beans? I saw a documentary with Sean Brock about the food of Appalachia and he was really enthusiastic about dried green beans. You fry them with onion and bacon/ham/butter/oil and rehydrate them with water and vinegar/lemon juice. They probably add some brown sugar too. I guess the savory flavor of the green beans gets really concentrated and they texture gets very silky and tender.
So interesting about the squash seeds from store bought squash being cross pollinated. I have a ton of what I suspect to be spaghetti squash coming from not quite ready compost I put everywhere. I'm just going with it
Comfrey is great for making natural fertiliser. Soak in water. Full of potassium for great fruiting.
You triggered in my mind, gladiolus, I forgot to plant gladiolus. They are easy to grow and look great, you just have to stagger planting in the spring for a continuous display. Enjoy watching your garden tour as always.
Girl every time I see you eating a leaf in your garden I think of tree stars!
Laura from Garden answer grew calendula in her greenstalk last year and it was super pretty!
All I know, Jess, is that your ground cherries are called Poha berries here in Hawaii, and makes great jam!,
Tree stars!!💜❤ that just made me so happy!
I appreciate the dedication you put into the videos, I tried uploading a video that was half the time of this one.......i hade no clue it takes so long to upload videos
My kids help with harvest...can't recall when more that a handful of ground cherries made it into the house🤣
Central IN
I only now have a couple cucumbers to pick. All my tomatoes are still green (45-50 plants).
*Who's with me? ✊
me too, I have had 3 tomatoes and 4 cucumbers and a few handfuls of green beans. I have at least 50 tomatoes that are green and starting to blush. I am going to be up to my eyeballs in tomatoes if all goes well.
Ummmm, northern Minnesota zone 3, I have snap peas and Swiss chard, won’t have cucumbers for 2-3 weeks or tomatoes until mid to late August :(
Short short season up here ☹️
So far just my cherry tomatoes have fruits and all green. I'm growing lemon cucumber that's looking like I'm getting a couple of small fruits also not even close to ready. And I have munchers cucumber flowering. It's just the beginning for me. Up in the Pacific Northwest .☝🏻😂
Zone 9b. Harvest over for tomatoes. Getting ready to plant for fall tomato harvest. It’s great to see what growing season everyone is in!
I am in Central IN as well. I haven't even picked my first cucumber (even though there's lots of fruit on the plants) and tomatoes are also still green!
Thank you Jess for the hint on pollinating the squash with the male blossom. I often do not want to come all the way up stairs to get a paint brush. It seems God already put one there. LoL
Girl I need to have that coffee mug! Please share🙏✌
I just dollop a Tablespoon of pesto on parchment and freeze. Move to a bag or jar. No messy clean up of ice cube trays!
Same. I freeze blobs in a cookie sheet for a few hours/overnight and then put the frozen blobs in a container or jar.
I do both, ice cube trays in the dishwasher is easy peasy cleanup.
How smart! I should definitely try this way. Thanks! It tastes amazing in chicken or veggies soups. *O*
@@annmarienoone9879 my life would be much improved with a dishwasher
Genius!
Jess you rock! I mentioned you in the upcoming Q&A video on my channel. Many people have asked me where I learned all my garden stuff. And I am totally pointing them towards you! Thanks for showing me how to pollenate! I want some zucchini!😋
Land Before Time...Littlefoot and Sarah!!!
It was definitely a cucumber year! I'm in zone 8b so they are done for us... way too hot already. But holy cucumber....
Thanks for the tip about the squash.. Mine are doing that right now and now I know what to do:)
I have strawberries in the ground in Michigan and they come back every year. Zone 4
If you used tomato cages around your pepper plants they won't fall over that's what I use
I love seeing all your tomato plants! This is my first year gardening and the Greenstalk was a great option for me, as I am in a wheelchair. I also used Coco coir as a growing medium. All this sounds like a recipe for failure, but I wish I could share what my greenstalk loaded down with 29 tomato plants looks like but I can't find how to share a picture on here, but it is beautiful! Thank you for all the great info and inspiration!
I believe you can share it on Instagram, definitely on facebook.
Congratulations! On your bounty! I love that you found a great way to garden safely and enjoyably (is that a word, lol?)😊.
90s kid, but YES i know tree stars!! Got me to eat celery and broccoli as a little kid, cuz they looked like the tops of trees. (Plus! If I ate the celery sideways instead, I could pretend to be a dragon crunching on bones!)
To probably be redundant, I googled to be more accurate and articulate 😚🤪
Treestars - This is one of the favorite foods of the inhabitants of the Great Valley, the other being tree sweets. They are so called since they are shaped somewhat like stars. They appear in The Land Before Time movies, and the TV series. In human terms, they are leaves from a sycamore tree.
Land before time! #treestars ☘️🍀☘️
Land before time 💗
Ahhh the birds and the bees and the squash blossoms HAHAHAHA
You can also deep-fry the male blossoms they're really delicious
Your ground cherrys are called cape gooseberrys in New Zealand also. My kids called them garden lollies! As they are sweeties & come in a packet. Love yr videos Jess, from the very bottom of the planet.
Is it weird I really wanna come over and weed the cottage garden? 😍
It’s because you’re a plant savior!!!!
Your whole place makes me so happy but today the sound of the frogs is making me giddy!! Lol. 🐸
I met a toad in my mini garden yesterday and then it rained for the first time in weeks. We are so blessed!
I love the chorus of frogs too! Jess you are so blessed then you bless us in turn!!!
@Dede Tudor I have a ton too. I've been here so long and if I were ever to move they'd be something I'd miss the most.
Tree stars.... My kids recently watched it and i fast forwarded through THE scene... Too 😥 lol
Also, i wonder.... Did you notice if the hornworms were more interested in the heirloom bed or the hybrid bed??
I don’t have access to a lot of basil, so pesto comes from Costco, with apologies to the purists. I just freeze it in one block. Because of the oil, it doesn’t freeze really hard. I just slice off what I need.
Hey I freeze my basil in silicone muffin molds. Better than the ice cube thing. Even a soap mold is better and use only for food of course!
I would be interested in a blind taste test between those tomatoes grown in the High Tunnel and those grown outside in the elements.Here in New England there is a huge difference in taste between the two.
Greenstalks- maybe flowers for bees or herbs for the winter
A Land Before Time reference!
Littlefoot ate treestars! I'm with ya root-sister.
Tree Stars☘ 🦖 from "THE LAND BEFORE TIME""
my son and i Loved this,
its great for kids and adults alike,teaches respect and responsibility to the land and our friends. cutest characters ever 🦖🦕🕊🦖🦖
oh dear, I planted tomatillos next to pineapple tomatillos, thinking they would work together? oh noooooo
Jess you should plant some double gold daisy's they are beautiful and a perennial!
Freaking bindweed!!! This year I did a deep deep mulch and made it super easy to pull out but I pull it and pull it and it just keeps coming