The Sea of Concrete (Sharing the abundance) | VLOG
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Hey, Sowards! Just wanna say I’m so proud of yall. I know this is a beautiful community and I don’t think you get many negative comments, but just in case anyone is throwing any shade your way and being jealous of your beautiful life, I want you to know that I’ve watched you guys come up from very little. And it encourages me and blesses my heart to see how much the Lord has blessed you with because of your hard work and dedication. I don’t see these videos and think “must be nice” I see these videos and think “that’s a worthy family and they deserve this” and I pray that I can also do a lot with my “little” to grow it into something awesome, God willing. Whatever that looks like. Anyways just wanted to tell you that. I bless you ❤
Agreed!
This.
Jess ❤. I am loving your graying hair. We women earned it and be proud of it ❤
I’m so happy to see you enjoying what you have now with your boys. The joy of the journey is in the ride! And Toby was right. 🥰
Just to let you know that your organization skills have rubbed off on me to get my house in order. Today I did my kitchen drawers,cabinets and panty 🎉 Thank you for encouraging me ❤ Sending love and prayers from Eden NC 🌻
So my parents are Deaf, and i am an interpreter! And your 🤟 absolutely made my heart happy! That sign is used alot in Goodbyes, and in many group photographs. Its not used in a romantic sense but between friends, family, etc. We hug each other, and some say “love you” as we part. That sign is used in the same way.
The concrete lends the ability for bouncing balls!!! Yall are the best!!!😊❤🤟
My mom taught us "I love you" in sign language so that when she dropped us off at daycare, we could watch her leave and we would sign "I love you" to each other.
Miah: Basketball goal
Jess: Sidewalk chalk
Sounds about right. 😅
Do not do humidity. We have almost none here. Loved your walk with a big garden with tons of pumpkins. Love the slab/basketball court and your sign language. Hearts and flowers coming your way. ❤️💐
I agree, Jess- The cement is begging for chalk time. ❤
I so love coming to visit with you all 🥰 what a beautiful video and how awesome you're turning Miah's Shop "waiting room" into a basketball court 😂🤣😘
Basketball court, skateboarding, hopscotch, broom hockey, OMGoodness fun times with the boys!
I do miss the weekly garden vlogs as well as the harvest videos. One of my favorite images I think about is the dinning room table covered in tomatoes at the last farm. I think it's the cover photo to the video even. Seeing the harvests got me so inspired to turn the waiting room into my classroom.
That sea of concrete would make a heck of a dance floor!
Excellent idea
It’s so nice to see sheer joy on you. There’s nothing you will ever do that will mean anymore than these early fall- ish evenings on a concrete slab with your loved ones just doing life!
You getting the house in order helped me realize that I wasn't making good use of my house right now. So focused on the outside stuff in the couple years since I moved in that I neglected to make the inside truely functional. I got the kitchen started this weekend and I will keep going room by room. Thanks for the kick in the butt to get me started. Love the sea of concrete. Can't wait to see what you and the kids design into the space. I hope Melia comes and helps!
Same! My house is unfinished but still has plenty of usable spaces. Right after watching the last video I cleaned up a cluttered, unfinished closet into usable space!
Yes, sidewalk chalk art! You certainly have a huge canvas for it!
That pumpkin in the high tunnel is awesome! Love a crazy garden.
Nice to see you all hanging out.❤
Ms. Jessica, it's truly a gift from God seeing what you and Jeremiah have done with His gifts. I had a quick flashback seeing you take us for a garden door throught the rose colored door into your garden in Arkansas. From that almost soiless garden area to this 27 acre haven is amazing. btw, I have been asked by a local teacher to come to her 6th, 7th, and 8th grade class to teach beginning sign language. What fun. Sometimes, not all the time, God asks us to use gifts we don't even realize we have. Who knew? God bless your homestead.
We had one growing up too. Made "city" streets out of chalk to ride bikes. Then obstacle courses for skateboarding. And faux tennis courts via chaulk. And lots of basketball and sidewalk art in our teens and 20's. Then the grands played there. Such good times and memories!!!!
I found your video on reorganizing and making the space we occupy as comfortable as possible and as beautiful to ourself as possible to be content where we are currently at very timely for me. Thank you.
You are such an absolute blessing to me.
I appreciate you
Nice you could share some of the peppers and okra with your friend. Great that you have the big concrete pad. I think your boys and hubby will enjoy it a lot for sports and general fun. Keeping your sons active at home is a blessing especially during school years.
I do love a wild garden. I have one too
Yippy.. Out in my pasture loving on my horses with Katie, my Border Collie while changing irrigation pipes.. What a sweet surprise for all of us / you to join in while we are all watching this together, thousands for sure! Loving your wild garden, Jess!!
Nice to meet you Jesse!
What a fun space to enjoy your evenings playing on your Sea of Concrete!!!
Sounds yummy.. Fermented Pizza Beans, can't wait to enjoy this one!
PS.. Loving my R&R Chicken Mug from UgChugs!
Blessings All ❤️ 🙌 🌻🇺🇸
I love that!! We love rocks here-- it's perfect!
What great family times and memories
Toby so precious! These times. My boys the same age. So wonderful to pause and play
You have your own rollerrink too!
What a great basketball court! 😂
both the ideas for the basketball hoop and the calks are amazing! I cant wait to see what art youre going to put on the congrete! you can make them so big that only the drone can take the whole drawing in¬ and your son was right, what a sight to see, enjoying time with family on the concrete slap. As you said, the start of the house being posponed might have its reasons. enjoy the times with your family
The Seychelles pole bean is AMAZING. This was my second season growing them & now I never want to go back to bush beans. They've been prolific, so much easier to harvest & nothing like a traditional pole bean.
Thank you Jess. You bring joy to us.
I love your random questions. I do that too. My ADD gets me so sidetracked sometimes. Sometimes you have to make a bigger mess in order to get to a simpler life. I bless you, your farm, and family as well.
I love you too! ❤ Fun to see everyone enjoying the sea of concrete and looking forward to Miah's next video - hopefully it's the big pour.
How much fun is this!!! Jess you guys have to have a big party some evening this Fall! I can see lots of lights and a couple or 5 firepits, you get the idea. every person who can play an instrument and maybe carry a tune. THose coming can bring all the treats!!! So much fun!!!
Thank y'all. I just love your videos.
I was so inspired by you organization video. I needed to hear your philosophy on temporary housing. Thank you!
Hi Jess, & Family just wanted to say thank you y'all just make me smile always I truly enjoy all your content you bring a Happy energy to me blessings back to you & yours😊
Awe the family if Quail is so cute! 🥰 Love them I'm sure they are feeling as tho they belong on your farm, "friendly" & how you Love your animals💕
It’s definitely a country thing to be excited for a concrete slab! Especially when you only have gravel everywhere else! Catch me at the ripe age of 23 trying to learn to rollerskate and do chalk drawings on it
Rollerblades and scooters for everyone 🤩
OMG JESS... YOU ALSO SIGN... You're an amazing human Jess. Even more now.
Enjoyed your family time. ❤
The little spider on the garden spiders web i think i a male garden spider. you should have your gps with you when you go in that okra patch. way to go
I ordered the seeds for those beans as soon as you showed them in the last video. :)
Also, my goodness Toby looks like he's about to shoot up and be that beautifully tall and lanky teenage boy! What fun to watch your kids grow along side your farm and garden and you Jess.
love your property its so pretty and relaxing to look at the video and see it
I love how competitive your boys are with Miah. 😂 what fun!
I love seeing you sooo relaxed and happy. Toby was absolutely right. I bless you, and thank you for all you do, and all the time you share with us!!
My dad built a shop when we were growing up and we had so much fun on his concrete pad. Now that I am grown with a passel of kiddos myself we have a lovely long drive and we play basketball there frequently. I am excited to see Miahs shop go up
…and I love BEING here!
This reminds me of my childhood! I’m 41 now, but I remember when my dad was building our house my brother and I would be out playing on the concrete pad and put our initials and handprints in it. Such fun memories. Just think, your kids will remember this when they get older too and have stories to tell their families. 😊
Good Evening Everybody
Good evening to you all!!!
Thank you for showing your wild okra jungle! It makes me feel a little better about my garden that got away from me while I was trying to rebuild it and garden at the same time! 😂 I loved my raised beds, but the carpenter ants demolished them. Since we are flipping this house in FL, selling and moving closer to some family in SC, I'm moving everything to pots.
Your son is growing up so fast!!!!❤
Squat 65, go Toby 💪 great video and super to see the wilder patch and the tribe using the pad for basketball 😄
Love it! And YES, sidewalk chalk is the BEST!!
That sea of concrete is a temporary skate park. So cool!
From the Pumpkins, Okras and the Cowpeas, you guys could do a launching of a small batch of seeds for your viewers. The profits could help with the shop.
I never know what to comment, but, I suppose the best thing would be, I bless you, too, until next time. Love to you all ❤
Not me wanting to go to Jess’s house and pick peppers!! Omgosh those banana plants!!! 😍my husband walked out of the house the other morning and walked into a web…caught it all on the ring camera *laughs my evil laugh (blackmail!!) awwww I love that “I love you” ….your love for this earth will last a very very long time Jess…you’ve sown so very much it will live in that concrete, in your land, gardens, children, grandchildren, viewers, friends, family….all of that love and knowledge will live on in us and those that we spread that love and knowledge to…you’ve started a ripple that has turned into a huge wave…and I’m here for it!! Have been for a long time! Sorry kinda went on a tangent. 💜 Tamara
I started a batch of fermented hot sauce today, I hope Jesse’s comes out as he plans. I love southern okra, up north the plants don’t get as big as yours, at least mine doesn’t. That said I at least get a few good servings. Like you I’m growing Kibler okra, I love it. The sea of concrete, an unexpected blessing! Thanks for sharing!
I also LOVE your hair! Such fun hanging out with you guys :)
Woohoo, a basketball goal!! We have an old full size tennis court we found on our property. We cleared and repaired it. We spend so much time as a family playing on that huge patch of concrete. Get a pickleball net and rackets. Its so fun!!! Sending love to you and the family!!
Jess!!! ROLLER SKATES!!!! 😍 fresh cement is the best for skates.
The sounds of the basketball took me right back to childhood! Dad built us a half court sized basketball area and hoop in the backyard and my brothers and I would play til it was too dark to see! We all ended up on basketball teams, of course! Many a game of horse was played with Dad as well! Thanks for the memories! 🤗
Your words are as poetry!
sweet memories in the making...
green beans & cherry tomatoes were my breakfast this morning
That is a big honking flock ! Your Elephant ear plants are magnificent . That concrete slab is huge-mongous !! Maybe put a basketball court ( to the free-throw line mark to practice hoops ) on part of this slab. That would be fun to skate on that huge concrete pad., FUN.
What a great way to use the cement slab while the building is in process ❤️!
This was great! lol I love it all. Just looked up those beans. I wasn't thrilled with the sunset and scarlet runners. They are pretty but I didn't enjoy them as a traditional green bean. These are exactly what I'm looking for! Counting down till the HONE next week! I can't wait to get a chance to meet you! Neither can my youngest. She is my garden side-kick and this trip is part of her birthday gift. (She's hoping you'll have hoodies for sale...so am I! lol) Blessed Be!
I must admit I bought my kids tons of toys when they were young. However, the most fun they had was just hanging out in the backyard, playing in the creek and walking in the woods. The kids will make great memories playing ball on the shop floor! Looking forward to that bean recipe. All my bush beans are coming on this week and I plan to can, freeze, pickle and possibly ferment.
When you mentioned getting out some sidewalk chalk I had to send you an idea that my friend has done with her daughters that I love! Sent pics to you on Facebook 💗🥰💗
Omg. When you showed your sunflowers i couldn’t help but laugh. 😅. Mine are all dead too.
Jess, I know that you don’t have a bunch of time but you can make your own sidewalk chalk without all the nasty stuff in it and it’s a great deal cheaper. Because remember… what washes off that pad, will wash into your land. ♥️♥️♥️
So much fun!!!❤
Thank-you so much. I was just thinking that I wanted a healthy mayo recipe. ❤
Eekk as a Northern Gardener now living in the South this is a big adjustment for me! There are many crawling things of which grow much bigger than I’m used too 😂
I am loving long beans, they are thin and not stringy... also pole beans so super cool when they are coming in on the cattlepanel arch! I called it my long bean waterfall.
What is not there is useful-Lao Tzu
(Basic jist of the quote.) Have fun on the gigantic concrete pad. My dad was a contractor. I used to love going on freshly poured slabs and shells of houses. 😊
We love you, too, Jess! Thanks for being you!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ GODBLESS YOU ALL❤❤❤❤❤❤
A playground in the country is always fun
A group of guinea fowl are called a 'confusion'. I think a 'nuisance' is an appropriate alternative!
This comment really should be on that other video, but here I am..
I never thought we would still be in the house we live in. But 5 years later we’re still here (a 2 bedroom with 6 humans) I’m in the process of decluttering and donating bags of things as well. I also want to print some family photos and hang them up since we have none on the walls haha
That pink sky though!
My purple bush beans have produced bean all summer and are still going. My kids love it cuz I tell them they are magic bean.
Roller skating on that slab!
Years ago, I ran two marathons. All my kids were still home and two were under ten. My strategy for long runs were to start before sunrise to get home right after they woke up. I decided to run the C&O Canal one Saturday. I ran in the pitch dark with a headlamp. I could see something skitter out of the way every once in awhile, but the most disconcerting thing was running through a huge spider web. It felt like it enveloped my whole head. I started after sunrise from then on.
The sea of concrete looks so fun!!!
Fun video & nice that everyone is enjoying your gardens & the sea of concrete! Blessings to everyone 🤗🇨🇦
Thanks Jess❤
That's so great. This is the inspiration that helps me pursue my passion for sustainable organic farming
we also love having you❤
Im about to rip out some spent plants, tposts, and various bits & bobs out of my garden. Thanks Jess, if it werent for your love of the garden and teaching I would not be harvesting any pole beans today!
I grew blue lake pole and bush this year. Theyre really tasty, and prolifical. Ive been saving seed too. Again thank you for teaching me so much.
By rip out I mean, cut down/back, lol.
Wait I didn't know that about you that you knew some sign!!! Such a cool nugget of knowledge 🤟🏼
My bush beans I harvest from every other day for a month and half, and then they take a break and bloom and produce again. But if you don't keep picking them they take on the attitude of"I can slow down". Kinda like deadheading flowers, if you keep up with the picking it causes more production.
So much fun!
ASL is a beautiful language. It’s the language of our homestead.