The Very First Market (And Why I'm Doing It) | VLOG
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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Hey ya'll, I'm Jess from Roots & Refuge Farm
Welcome to a place that feels like home. A small farm with a big family. We hope you'll pull up a chair, grab some coffee and visit awhile.
There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could raise my family and grow our food. Now, that is exactly what exists outside my door. In watching it unfold, a new dream was formed in my heart - to share this beautiful life with others and teach them the lessons we've learned along the way. Welcome to our journey, friend. I am so glad you're here.
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Hey y’all! For anyone in the south that uses sharpies on plant markers & it fades…I found Staedtler lumocolor permanent garden markers that actually don’t fade!
Thanks for the tip! I’ve noticed fading with Sharpie ink too and I’m in “the north”! (BC🇨🇦)
Sun bleached markers is greatest weakness 😢 my tags fade then have no idea if my peppers are sweet or spicy 😊
@@katherinebelk8398 agreed!!!! I took a shot and ordered these markers from Amazon last spring. I’m in middle Georgia (USA) and the writing did not fade!!!!
@@karenm5681 😂 I took a shot and ordered these markers from Amazon last spring. I’m in middle Georgia (USA) and the writing did not fade!!!!
I cut up yogurt containers to make garden markers. I think I learned that from Jessica way back in the day.
@rootsandrefuge y'all should do a weekly spotlight on different vendors on RUclips! Would be a great way to get them some publicity and share local makers!
Jess your farmers market strawberry experience has led directly to the 100+ vegetable plants and flowers that will be in my little 2nd year backyard garden, all these years later. And I’m just one subscriber! Imagine how many seedlings and lbs of nutrition your encouragement and influence has brought into the world. Incredible to think about! I wonder who inspired that strawberry farmer. Your gift of sharing your knowledge is popping up all over the world this spring 🌱
This totally made me tear up. Thank you so much for sharing!
I am on year 4 of being a gardener all because of a random R&R video that came up on my feed. Thank you Jess
Wonderfully Said , Sound rings True, I know there's a lot goin on Due to Jess👏😍👏❗
❤🌱❤ She's Such a Pure n Loving Soul 🌟 👼 🌟, n I'm sharing to my FB n 👀 views 😍 So We Sharing the Love ❤😅😂 ... Awesome Job on Farmer's Market too @RootsandRefugeFarm 🌟Jess 😂😂 Contagious, the Bald Eagle you caught 🐟 fishing😊😮Beautiful scene❗
"Open The Garden Gate" sounds like a title for a garden-inspired hospitality book. :)
Yes!
Congratulations on opening your Farmers Market! I managed my local market for 4 years and it was one of the best things I ever done. I know how much work goes into getting licenses, permits and all that. Enjoy the community you have created it really becomes a happy and joyful event that brings people together. One market we had a special guest, a local elderly author who was selling his book, a memoir of his family’s hunting cabin in the dunes of Cape Cod. He turned to me smiling looking on all the market ‘s activity and said, “it’s so nice seeing humans acting humanly!” This is what you have created. Enjoy!
Comparative analogy: Jess's face seeing the bald eagle is to a little kid seeing Santa come down the chimney. 🥰
Local shmocal!!! If Jessica Sowards is gonna sing and dance, I'm gonna drive down from NY!!! 😅
I'm drivin' down from SC Upstate! 😂👍
I'm driving from Oklahoma. Lol
I'll be driving from Colorado
I love it when I haven’t watched in awhile and I can watch like 4 at once!! Seriously it’s the only thing i have ever binged lol.
Your excitement over the Eagle. Be still my heart.
The first time I saw a bald eagle flying I stopped my car in the middle of the road in awe. Thankfully, no one was on the road with me at the time. ;)
So great to see your excitement. I grab my small dog in fear when I see a eagle we have too many on our farm(were in Wisconsin). They love the cows afterbirths.
I am watching this one again because it is one of my favorites! Your delight in God’s creation is so infectious!
I am actually a neighbor because I live in Aiken. I found you (a God thing) when I was in a medical crisis and so fatigued that I was basically in lockdown before it happened to the world. My hope for my future was so nourished by your spirit!
Thank you, Jess.❤
CONGRATULATIONS ! 💜
A Farmers Market AND a house. Massive. 💜
Miah just dead pans it all the way 😂. So funny. Yeah nervous, excited yup.
Your excitement about the eagle was priceless ❤
Thanks for thinking about filming for people from afar. My travel limit is about 20 minutes from home due to pain. You bring us unto your world... a safe place to enjoy. Thank you.
I think the farmer's market fits in wonderfully with your goal of teaching people about where food comes from.
I love this video so much! The eagle, the house, the farmers market! So many blessings. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Asher always has the coolest looking hair!!!!!
I'm actually on the board for my own neighborhood's farmer's market, and seeing this dream of yours come to fruition makes me so stinkin' excited for both you and the Batesburg-Leesville community, Jess! 😁 Farmer's markets are just such an incredible way to build, connect, and strengthen a community! As someone who knows just how much work goes in behind the scenes, I'm so very proud of you and your team!! Congrats, Jess! 🍻
Gabrielle looks happy to have a heard again 😊
The Bald Eagle was a little sign from God for your special day 🌿🤍🌿. How sweet! And Congrats!!!!!
Farmers markets can be such special places 💚 I have been a vendor at a local market for several years now.. what you describe about your experiences as a customer many years ago reminds me of the looks I see on people's faces sometimes. It's priceless.. when they taste something really truly fresh and picked at the peak of ripeness for the first time in their life, and their whole face lights up.. the look in their eyes - just so much pure joy and so unexpected, too. It catches them by surprise. That moment right there is the best, and it never gets old 💚
Enjoy your farmers market! I know it will be extra special for you, being able to bring things so full circle 💕
I love seeing bald eagles. I feel like it's good luck
My husband and I have owned two restaurants. But our very best happy experience was the two summers we participated in our local farmers market, selling our bread and pastries. The casual face to face contact with people is the very best💙
I love that your little kitty took advantage of your story time to slip past you and get a long dring of goats milk. I watched as you turned around and her tail exclaimed "Yes, I pulled it off!" Can't tell I'm a cat person can you?
I've been reading the comments just to see if anyone else noticed that kitty! As soon as Jess put the pail down and turned away from it, I though oh-oh. LOL!
If I lived near you I would totally attend and want to be on your board! I love farmers markets and started one in my home town in NH. It’s going onto its fourth season! Which I’m very proud of!
So excited for you Jess! You are doing great things!
A Bald Eagle, the symbol of American freedom soars over your pond this morning, the morning of your very first Farmer's Market. That fits.
Just beautiful ❤️The kiddos laughter was just pure joy! What a great 1st Farmers Market! We look forward to joining again.
For the shorts series you’re working on you should add gravy making. It seems so daunting and complicated for beginners. You could do a sausage gravy, a regular white gravy, and a brown gravy from pan drippings. Making sausage gravy for biscuits and cooking eggs were some of the first skills I learned from my grandma. Like standing on a stool since I wasn’t tall enough to reach the stove. I’ve been working on passing that on to my nephews too. ❤
I wish I lived close enough to attend your farmers' market ❤
Everything the light touches is yours! And then Ezra buys a rafiki staff 🤔 lol😅love it
Good morning! That’s amazing! Everything you got going on! Girl drop that camera by your side and take off running to see that bald eagle😂 some of us viewers may get a little vertigo but…. The shot! 😂🦅
It was so great to meet you and Jeremiah at the farmers market!!Can’t wait to come back and bring friends and family! So excited for you guys and for all of the hard work that you are doing for our community-Thank you so much! And by the way, I have that grapevine started! 😉We’ll see how this goes🤞🏼
Your joy for nature is infectious Jess and such a gift to receive 🥰🙌🫶that eagle moment had me misty eyed 🥹❤️
Jess I am sitting here with my morning coffee and I have smiled, laughed and cried all in one video. When God is in the middle of all you do it is pure beauty and joy.
Miah is a stand up comedian without even trying. Your precious excitement over the bald eagle brought tears to my eyes. I love and appreciate how present you are and the love you bring in every detail of your content. Thank you for being real. ♥️🦅
The lady that swallowed a fly was my first book purchased in 2nd grade! Selling at farmers market is hard work , but worth it in every way 😊
So nice to all the people and activity at the Farmer's Market. Congrats!!! You're welcoming heart is priceless.
Thank you for taking us to your First Farmers Market 🎉❤😊👏👏👏
Thank you. Your farmers market idea is a brilliant one. I hope the market will grow into the future. A farmers market started about 12 years ago on Saturday mornings in my community. The environment is very upbeat and positive and it continues to bring out more folks from the immeadiate community and surrounding areas.
The eagle catching fish on your pond is just.....magical. I hope you are able to get footage to share with us someday :-)
Seeing goats on your farm again feels so right ... Like a missing piece has been returned to the picture ❤
Just spent the day watching your oldest videos since I am stuck home with a snowday. Living vicariously through your delicious weather. Happy Market Day! #dreamscometrue
Wow Fraha is a beast! Three gallons of milk in one milking. Im impressed 😊
I so wish I lived closer so that I could come see the market and have a cup of coffee. This looks so amazing!! Congratulations
It’s really happening. The house🏡💚 and the farmers mkt. 👩🌾🌻 you have very reason to sing to the hills 🎤 🎶 and 💃 dance before the Lord with all your might. Blessings and best wishes for every success.
Great name for the farmers market: Garden Gate Market ❤
Just wanted to say, I’m thankful for you!!! ☺️
You ABSOLUTLEY are the reason and my main inspiration to get me to start this life for me and my family. I adore all of this new life work, growing, producing and cooking from scratch for my family. I couldn't be happier for you and the joy that you show when speaking and experiencing these things. Thank you for all that you do for this community! You are a true inspiration, and I love watching each new chapter be unlocked for you and your family 🌞🌼🤍
After binge watching your videos early this morning, I've made the decision to ditch school today and go play in the garden and put my chickens in the chicken tractor out on the viola patch. Fun fun fun!!!
Oh goodness! This vlog made me laugh and cry!!! Please write that children’s book about the nosy cows, nervous goats, stompy horses, and the visiting bald Eagle!! My kids are grown but I would still buy it 😊 I do wish I was closer to come support your market in person, I have family I never see in S. Carolina… 🤔 maybe I need to visit this summer!! ❤ Thanks for sharing !!
I'm really North in California and we absolutely love our farmers out here. We have one market that's year round. Its just so special. Words don't do it justice. We get fresh seafood, meat , cheese veggies and more. Olive oil its amazing
I think you said a great idea for a book "Opening the Garden Gate" because that's exactly what you've done for so many!
Yes please, take us along on the Farmers Market. The short clip of it has a happy feel that translates to me as a viewer. Thank you. It was a great way to start my morning today!
Love the eagle bit Jess!❤
You are a gem! The beauty you hold for God and life is inspirational, please keep being a light!
I love the phrase you used there when trying to create opportunities- "open the garden gate"
That is absolutely t shirt material there
Also I would LOVE to go to your farmer's market, but I live a zillion miles away. Maybe if I holiday in South Carolina one time 😅
I just brewed a fresh pot of Beulah to enjoy this lovely video. So happy for everyone who participated in your wonderful market 🙏💗🙏
We live just a few miles from a federal wetlands wildlife refuge where there are a couple of year round nesting pairs of bald eagles. When we first moved here we reacted very much like Jess but now its just, oh, there's another one.
When I was a kid on my Dads farm, we had a cow named Mary that was always a big producer and often calved twins. Ah… nice memories.
I am so unhappy that I could not see more of the farmers market😥. I am living in Germany, too far away to get there in person. Jess, please give us a dedicated vlog on the market!!!
OMGosh, I so understand you, The love of life and what you 'see' around you with such exuberance!! I hope to never see a change in you, I love it! I see myself in you so much, (the 'squirrel' moments) and realize that you stay on a loose track, and are flexible, and still accomplish all that you wish and dream. I have a lot of hope for myself as I watch you navigate.
I am so excited about the farmers market.
I WILL be driving from Covington GA Especially for it. 🌱 😁
Excited to see goats back on the farm...been a way for a bit but came back to check on how things were going.
“Take the land of Cannan or go back to the wilderness” I was cracking up! 😂😂
Sure wish you weren’t on the other side of the country, look forward to seeing it all grow 💕
Thanks for opening the gate for us all ❤🧑🌾
I used to dream of growing basil and herbs and would buy them at farmers markets and the co op and dream of a garden....and how hard would it have been to grow just some basil?? I didnt even try cos i didnt think i would ever get there and it broke my heart. I found some old magazines i kept from those days and the garden layouts and farm to table info ❤ now i have gardens and pots full of everything i can fit. I wouldnt allow myself to taste a small part of that dream cos it was so painful to not be living in it. Those farmers markets and co op days were the beginning. ❤
I've driven a school bus for 30yrs & have 2 pair of bald eagles with their offspring yearly on my route.... I understand the majesty your feeling. I get out & take pictures of them before picking up my first stop. The kids & I have named them Tony-Terry & Mitch-Mary 😊
I am so thankful you both got sooo excited about the return of the bald eagle and took the time to share it with us.
Haha I'm so glad you clarified that in the beginning. I saw the video title and thought "wait, wasn't the market on Thursday?" 😅
That makes sense though. Lol
So happy for your dreams coming true! Thank you for sharing that dreams come true and for the inspiration that’s flows through you to inspire others💚
Creating Community!!! Such a WONDERFUL thing!!! It can and will just continue to be better and better!! Kudos to you and all your hard planning and work to get this wonderful ball rolling! Sure wish I lived closer ! Enjoy all the happiness and success this Community will grow!!
Things I would want to buy from Jess’s market tent: flowers, harvested seeds from the garden, transplants, holy basil tea concoctions, cowboy candy, and whatever chili crunch is!!!
So happy for you! You are such a blessing and delight to get to watch.
Ya'll make me smile 😊 from Oregon
Jess, I feel so bad! I haven’t watched your channel in a month! I normally do this in winter while I am hibernating. I’m in the middle purchasing my house! I am going to have to bing watch this weekend. I see lots of cool things going on at your place at a glance!!
You are building things that the younger version of yourself appreciated and were seeking. So many entrepreneurs that I work with do the same. It’s such a beautiful things ❤
Woohoo!!! I’m so excited for you and your community! Volunteering to help coordinate a Farmers market for the last 14 years, and also vend, has been one of the greatest joys of my life. It really does bring a community together and for me personally, it gives me a great outlet on talking/teaching people about goats/goats milk/goats milk soap. Can’t wait to hear more your market!😃
Very cool Jess! I think you are a very nurturing person and your heart to share your dreams is contagious! Praying for all the details as you continue to share your dream! 🙏💖🤗
You are so wonderful! Thank you for the motivation ♥️🙏
Love your stories, your work and your heart♥️You’re a blessing to us all! Thank you Jess!!!
I have been watching your VLOGs for awhile but have never commented. Your reflections about starting the farmer's market and journey you've been on to get to the place where you are now, was so touching! I appreciate you being so open with those of use that watch your channel.
My husband has a pair of bald eagles on his deer lease here in north Texas! It’s so neat to watch them!!
Y’all are so sweet together! Love it!
Kudos. The more fresh veg we make available to people, the better it is for our health.
Ezra’s purchase is awesome! Nice pick, dude!
I completely agree that it’s much harder in today’s world to meet other face to face! Glad you put yourself out there. You have so much useful knowledge and experiences to share with others! Your bald eagle joy was contagious
Look at you winning at life! Congratulations on the farmers market!!!
I enjoy your commentaries. In reference to the one on what you spend, it's nobody's business! You are providing a healthy lifestyle & diet for those who mean the most to you. I call it Media
Courage. They are not face to face with you. Criticism has become a favorite past time rather than offering uplifting comments. Sad. Live your dream exactly the way you choose, not according to someone else's expectations!❤
You happiness with the eagle was wonderful. I don't have an eagle but I do have a red tailed hawk that returns every summer for me to enjoy and enjoy I do. Congratulations on the market.
Glad to see Asher participating on his terms. Good mother/son time, too. He looks so much like you. ❤
Hey Jess. Those cuffs are called gauntlets. It's a piece of armor that covers the area from about the wrist to about the elbow. They can be made from many materials, including leather and metal. Very cool 😎
I moved to a very small town and there are not any farmers markets within 40+ miles. I was shocked as I live in and around huge farming communities.
Most large farmers I know don’t have time for Farmers Markets. They are too busy farming.
Set one up?
You two are so young to carry so much on your shoulders, but your heart is so big I have no doubt you will find a way to juggle it all. I'm happy for all of you to see your hard work result in the opening of the market. It looks like a wonderful start!
If i were to stop at your farmer's market I'd be hanging out with you mostly to hear you talk/teach, also because i feel we're kinda like friends since I've been following you for several years now 😊 congratulations on on the market and house and everything 👏 ❤️ you are such a beautiful soul Jessica ❤️ i live how you and Miah interact. Been married to my soul mate since '79 and still in love 😊 eagles are my favorite bird so i get you 😉 having some Cherokee blood in me probably sways me lol such a joy seeing you enjoying all the blessings God has been blessing y'all with ❤
How wonderful! I was a part of a start up Farmers Market many years ago. Your set up is so perfect. Congratulations! Building a community is vital to our health and well being.
So proud of you guys and all that is coming!
Ezra was adorable with his staff, he caught me walking by with a chai latte from Beulah Roasting and monologued for a moment, I think it was a great time.
I have said it before and will say it again -- you are a fantastic mom, and wife. So many years of hardship, stress and changes, yet you have kept that positive and supportive attitude with your family, is just amazing. A priceless treasure.
I know Daniel has his responsibilities with the coffee roastery, but he needs to perform also. He has such a gift!!
Yes we actually have another barista coming on to free him up to play
Tom from down in Bluffton here. We enjoyed meeting you and Miah at the market, Jess. Looks like you’re off to a good start!
Thank you Tom!!
That's so cool. You are bringing so much life back into that area!!
Awesome realization and how you vocalized it at 7 min. mark.