A Message ALL Gardeners Need to Hear!
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Thank you all SO much for believing in our farm & our channel. You guys bring so much joy to me.
Yes! So important to take notes!
Looking at your tomatoes makes me so happy.😀
Thank you. I agree with you and Nathan.
I totally understand and I agree wholeheartedly. I have a barrys crazy cherry I am going to rip out. This plant is massive. However I will grow it again in a pot on its own.
You have the sweetest soul
Thank you 😊
Cucumber Lemonade:
2 cups cucumber juice (freezing in 2 cup portions makes this easy)
2 cups water
3/4 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
Garnish with a fresh basil leaf (optional, of course)
Pour over ice for instant summer in a cup 🤗
That sounds so refreshing 😋 Thanks for sharing your recipe
Sounds great
I made this last year and my co-workers LOVED it! It's a great recipe.
I wonder if adding cucumber juice to the basil tea from Roots and refuge would be good. Gonna have to try it.
@@jessicasteingass Your imagination is the limit … not a thing to lose by tryin’🤗
Your farm is YOUR farm!!! It Cannot be focused around Anyone Else’s Priorities than your vision and goals!!!
100%
You give me so much hope and confidence. Thank you
I'm glad because you can definitely do it
You are so inspiring. I have decided that even tho I have TONS weeds, my garden is still growing... Next year I will have more time to make it better, but this year I am accepting it and... It's ok!
Absolutely! I love that and you can only do so much. Just growing food is a huge win in my book
Jill, jigsaw paper is my fav too. It’s pretty (:
I bet your house smells amazing!
It does!
Fennel and pear juice is soooo good
Interesting combo, thanks for sharing
Thank you for choosing not to debud ❤ you can tape a stick across the horns , so it cant stick its head through . After a while they stop trying ❤
I’m two weeks late seeing their video, and I just commented the same thing about duck taping a piece of PVC pipe across the goat’s horns. 😊if I had seen your comment, I wouldn’t have added my comment. 😅
I’m not a farmer, or raise farm animals. I just have a small backyard garden that I really enjoy.
Take care and stay safe!
Donna
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I didn’t like current tomatoes last year so I yanked it out to replace with carrots. Now I have volunteers, but may 3 plants will be easier than 12
Thank you for your wisdom for gardening. I have been thinking about clear out garden to plant for Fall.
Just to let you know, your the only homesteader I can’t hear their content real well? Not sure what it’s about? I enjoy your content too. Just thought you might want to know as others prob are having the same issue.
Def jealous of ur tomatoes. The climate is a game changer, bet the tunnels and green house are as well. I’m getting there! Baby steps. Also read ur whole book in like a week. My husband thinks I might be crazy planting something everyday 🤣🤪
Tunnel is definitely a game changer. I hope you found my book helpful
We use a small piece of pvc pipe and cut it just a little wider than what horns sit and tape to them so they don’t get caught.
Great tip, thanks for sharing
Jill you are incredibly inspiring and easy to listen to! I appreciate everything you are willing to post for us! ❤
Thank you so much!
Thank you for the pep talk today. I think that the flack people give are because they're afraid of "failure." Something I learned a while ago, I learned from Adam Savage and the Mythbusters. "Failure is always an option." Over the years that has morphed into "Failure is just another word for iteration. If something doesn't work, we learn and try again. I actually learn more from not really succeeding than I do from success. ALWAYS BE OPEN TO LEARNING.
That's so true
“Failure is just a steppingstone to success” - so TRUE!
I realized that this year I started waaay too many seedlings of a lot of things. I’ve pulled out several things because I needed the room for something else and I knew I wouldn’t use the plant. I also found out that tomatoes need a LOT more room than I realized. So it’s always a learning experiment. I’ll do better next year, for sure. Yes, I kind of felt bad about “wasting” food and not being aware of what I didn’t know. It’s okay. I’m learning. Thanks for the message, Jill! I appreciate your clarity and honesty.
Girl I've been in those shoes and what a great lesson to learn. Love your attitude and willingness to learn
Great advice. Happy Fathers Day Nathan
Thank you
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Hiya Jill,
Great video once again, thank u so much!
My cucumber plants are looking very sad this year, little yellow cucumbers falling off, leaves looking pale.
Oh well, other vegs are doing great. Its an adventure every year!
Lots of greetings from northern Germany:)
Oh no I'm sorry to hear that. Did you get any soil samples analyzed before your growing season?
“Pivot!” -ross 🤣🤣🤣
I purchased two different drying racks for my herbs this year. One is a multi layer netted one, and the other is hand macromeed with hooks so I can try both ways of herb drying. Eeeeeek!! I'm so excited 😊
You are so right! I’m newer to gardening. This is my second year. I keep notes! Last year a made lots of mistakes..lol. But I learned. Hopefully this will be a better harvest season.
You can do it! I hope your garden thrives this year
Now Jill that was inspiring I love how straight to the point you were, and you just gave me the permission to go and yank out a few pepper plants that just won't grow! idk if they are stunted but all my other ones are way bigger! Done watching them take up my space lol they are like 2 inches tall! So thanks Y"ALL for another encouraging video love to the family!
I'm glad you found it helpful
It’s fun see how far ahead you all are in the south while us in the north are still beginning!
Wow, I thought that you were never supposed to dry herbs in a sunny window. All of my herb books (and professionals I've listened to) say that it destroys the color and flavor. Guess you use yours up really quickly. Been growing herbs for over 30 years, and I just love them! Your cucumber harvest is awesome!!!
Hello from Oregon. Thanks for sharing
Hello back and thanks for watching
It helps me to look at gardening as one big science experiment! 😊
Such a great message. This can be applied with anything in life. Sometimes we get stuck doing something that doesn’t work for us, but still do it or keep it because we think we have to.
Change what’s not working for you for a better quality of life… or garden 😉
Absolutely!!
I love those huge portraits on the wall! Makes my photographer heart happy 🥰. Also would love to know what you do with the dried yarrow - just dried flower arrangements or do they have a good use? I feel like I’ve heard they have medicinal properties? I have some yarrow and thought maybe I need to start drying some 😊
The yarrow is dried for tinctures and teas as well as arrangements
@@WhisperingWillowFarm thank you! 😀
Thank you for the encouragement. Because of you I now know how to prune our cucumbers and looking forward an abundant season! Last year was a beautiful hot mess, this year is better!
Remember that FAIL just means First Attempt In Learning!❤
Thank you for the encouragement.
You are so welcome
What is the variety of cucumber that you like. Sorry I couldn’t hear you when you named it
Katrina cucumbers from Johnny's Seeds
What do you for your tomatoes fertilizer wise ?
It depends on what our soil analysis says. We use these products monthly homeandgarden.agrigro.com/agrigro-agricultural/#
I just can't imagine Nate saying "These pigs aren't bacony enough. I'm going to get rid of them and get some piggier ones".
😂😂
Amen on not keeping a vegetable you have issues with.
Who has time for that 🤪
@@WhisperingWillowFarm That's right!
Nicely done, Jill ❤
How do you vine your tomatoes? Mine grow crazy everywhere. I try to stake and trim them up, but they are thriving and growing wild in our bins
ruclips.net/video/xlJ6e-FRzTs/видео.html
Check out this video from a while back explaining how we do it
Great news, Lady. You are inspiring and knowledgeable! Keep bringing it on!!❤
Thank you so much!
Long time gardener here and my experience in situations like that is that ripping out the plant doesn’t always solve the issues. Usually they will persist throughout the season. If I were growing to sell, I would just step up my control methods to get the most off that crop and prevent the problem from spreading. Then make a note to not grow that crop again or if I decide to grow it again, locate it in a spot where the chances of any problems spreading would be less. I always “trial” new varieties in a separate garden from my main garden just to prevent this situation. During the off season is the time to address your pest issues by working beds and looking for larva that are over wintering, adding a biodiverse compost and letting the soil rest while keeping it covered.
Thanks for sharing
Put a "crown" on the goat. She wont be able to stick her head through the fence
Great words of encouragement Jill. Also to keep in mind, some years the pests are just insane. In my area, even the weeds are covered in aphids this year 😝
So true!
I really needed to hear this message. I’m relatively new to gardening (3-4 years) love to experiment and will let a struggling plant stay because I feel bad for it. Thank you for the confidence boost to take it out and plant something else ❤
I liked Nathan's short input, its a high producer inface of the pest, might be worth a second try with what you've learned. 👍
This is really great advice Jill. Now I want to give that cucumber a try too. Small garden here but still always looking for that sweet spot of flavor.
You should!
Good message Jill, learn, adjust and do things better next year. I like your phrase" failure is just a stepping stone to success " , makes sense and is awesome !
Just ripped out a whole row of dill! There were aphids all over it ! Ripped it out , threw it away , planted new seeds ! Besides that, dill is already growing in places I didn’t plant ! ❤ Thanks for always keeping it real ! Love you guys ❤
I loved watching Nathans face trying figure out where you were going with the conversation 😂
😂 she likes to put me on the spot
Tell me about yarrow?
I love your herbal "z wall!" Its beautiful ❤
Thank you
I love fruits that taste good from plants that are healthy and well. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Yes!!! I feel like the "failure" (which I like to call "lessons learned") is necessary and unavoidable! People get so discouraged in gardening so quickly without realizing how many variables go into it, a lot of them out of their control. But once you figure them out...there's that pivoting moment of success afterwards and it's glorious!!
Absolutely!!
do you have a remedy you would recommend for getting rid of worms off tomatoes? I am learning every year what works and what doesn't but the worms are a pain no matter what I try.
Great question. We choose not to spray our tomatoes and so we hunt for the worms at night. We bought a black light flash light off Amazon for less than $10. The light makes them glow at night and they are easy to spot. amzn.to/3JARC6y
I’m two weeks late seeing this video, but have you duck taped a piece of PVC pipe to the goat’s horns to keep her getting her head stuck in the fence?
I’ve seen a lot of other homesteaders do i that. I would be so afraid of a goat being in danger of dehydration, or some predators getting to a helpless goat.
Take good care of yourselves during this hot season.
Donna Watson
Coastal Georgia
I've heard this but haven't tried it yet. Thanks for sharing
Such GREAT advice today! Thank you.... I didn't even know I needed to hear it, but I DID! ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Love the z rack. .
✨️✌️😋💨HYTE... GARDEN OR DIE!!! BE BLESS AND JOY.
Thanks for your content Jill , I find value in it , and thanks for being part of it Nate your input is welcome too !
All the best Jules
My pleasure!! Thank you for your kind words
Maybe putting an electric wire around the inside of the fence would help...that is what i did because they were constantly rubbing themselves on the wire...problem was solved...
I like to try something new every year and there are things that I have tried that others absolutely love and say they will never be without and I didn't like and don't plan to grow again. Everyone is different.
Absolutely
Crops grow as the gardener grows ❤️
You are 100% correct
I miss you and nate 😊😊well come back 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊nice video learning so much...makes my garden so much easier and better....thank you 😊 ❤️ 😀
You're welcome and I'm glad you find our content helpful
Thanks for not being the woo woo weird channel. Yes things are happening they have been for decades.. veil lifting .. WE STILL NEED TO LIVE EACH DAY WITH OUR CHINS UP!! So Thank You!! ❤
Well said
I love the Grace you’re extending to us.. but my grow season is sooooSHORT if I just rip it out the only thing going back in is a weed or a radish or a baby lettuce … nope because it’s too hot 5 minutes before it frosts here 🤣😎
Mercy girl!! Explain some microgreens! Who what when and how! ❤🌻
Micro greens are super versatile as you can use them in lots of ways. They are super nutritious
Have y'all done a video on them??
I just love what your doing! I've learned so much and continue to learn.
Jill and Nate, why don't you freeze dry the herbs? All color and nutrients are preserved and you can store them that much faster in mylar bags or glass jars. Just an idea for you!
How would the pesty cucumbers grow outside? Even if with a row cover to plant earlier. Nice to see you. Take care. 💚😎
Jill I had the pleasure of meeting you at the Farm Where You Live event in Asheville. After meeting you though it was brief, you struck me as a person who does what's best for you and your family. I totally agree with ripping those cucumbers out. Building soil health is way more important than what money you might have made off of those cucumbers. Because the amount of money you would have had to spend on getting your soil back healthy not to mention the time and effort. I say kudos to you for making a smart decision!! I would like to ask if you have ever grown the Mercury cucumber?? It is prolific as well but mine are close together and they are rocking it with no pest or disease. It is going to be a variety I will grow from now on. It also has a thinner skin and my husband can eat them, with out burping them afterwards.
Hi Alisha it was a pleasure meeting you. Thank you for introducing yourself at the event. I have had my eyes on the Mercury cucumber but have not tried them yet. I bought the seeds this year and I may plant some in my next round. Thank you for sharing your great experience with them. I hope you have a wonderful garden this year
I'm surprised that your tomatoes are on the same schedule as mine up NORTH in Nebraska. I thought your tomatoes come ripe sooner than ours. Maybe this is an old video? I'm confused.
I was 3 weeks late planting my tomatoes due to us traveling
I would have dug them up and moved them into containers put them on edge of property where they wouldn't infest other plants.
I use need oil, omni approved, with a little bit of peppermint brothers to prevent and treat white mold. I know from personal experience when you grow indoors and tunnels air flow, wind can prevent pests or mold from forming. I love pest resistant varieties, so important. I've noticed hybrid varieties get more pests or mold over heirloom varieties.
❤ good message…I’ve ripped stuff out. Plant not doing well…rip it out. I don’t like the way it’s growing…rip it out. I always plant something in its place cause we have such a long growing season here in GEORGIA
I agree
Sacrifice a few for the good of the many! I feel like we do this constantly 🤣 And yes, it’s ok! And, I too have herbs hanging all over the house!
Last year I grew a 🍅 from a seed of a store bought tomatoe. Well that plant got infested with aphids that one plant and the rest of my plants got aphids. I wish I would have ripped it off. It barely produced any tomatoes and it took time to kill those aphids.
Can you please tell me how you have pure joy everytime I watch your videos? Can you suggest a book, podcast, ritual or thing you do? I mean this with respect 💕
I try to fill what little time I have with podcasts, books, devotionals that fill my cup. As much as I post to social media, I'm never really scrolling
@@WhisperingWillowFarm I am off social media for my mental health. A mom of 4 young kids and I found myself comparing. And it was starting to wear on my mind. I have my few favorites on RUclips and keep leaning into your videos and smile at your joy.
Thank you for the encouragement
Try this cucumber salad: cucumber slices, soy sauce, rice vinegar, minced garlic, sugar… toss it all together and top with crotons..
Sounds delish 😋
What is the name of that tomato that you pointed out with the long string of cherry tomatoes? How can you tell when purple tomatoes are actually ripe?
The tomatoes that had the bug clusters, were they also lemon...?
I tried and then ripped out strawberry spinach. It wasn't worth having. The tiny red flower heads imo weren't good eating. It was too prolific and I was really concerned they'd self seed everywhere
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The problem with todays society is the "failure is not an option" attitude that has permeated every part of the economic system. that attitude overflows into peoples non work life.
I'm trying to figure out how to earn money but I refuse the contract idea. On a contract, you must fulfill it at any cost.
If I have something to sell, I'll put it up for sell. If I don't, don't demand it! I work with what nature gives me and not more.
I love this, thanks for sharing. Look into Lemongraft
What kind of cucumbers are those?I know you have said it before🤦♀️
Katrina cucumbers from Johnny's
What kind of tomatoes did you show us today? Not the cherry tomatoes . You told us the cherry tomatoes. Thanks
Lemon Boy Plus from Johnny's Seeds
I hate that you feel you need to justify what you do in your own garden! Do you know what’s best for your own spaces there!
Hello. Aphids are controlled by spraying off with a water hose
I never understood that ... I would spray mine off...and by morning they would be right back...after 2 weeks I gave up... seems like dumb advice
Never had luck with just water, they seem to find their way back
@@WhisperingWillowFarm same! They have wings! And can fly
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