I'm watching this with a huge smile on my face, and even getting a little teary. All because I remember the first tomatoes video I watched of you in Arkansas, and look at you now! God has blessed you so much. It makes my heart happy to see how blessed you are! Thank you for sharing your life ❤️
I found Roots and Refuge years ago looking for videos about tomatoes. That is the largest crop we grow in our small area in town (in the front yard). I have been able to grow enough for us for a year for many years now. Thank you, Jess, for all your guidance! I love you guys!
Very interested in your pantry shed. Maybe Miah can do a video for his channel on it. Kind of like a product review. Maybe talk about the size, insulation, electrical, cooling….
YES!! When my kids were young, my feeling was, "why vacation? It's just being away from home without any of your regular stuff." Glamping seems like the perfect way to have adventures in the outdoors.
Hi Jess! I've never commented on a video before, but I had a moment today when I harvested my first Dr. WHYCHES tomato, and it is the biggest tomatos I've ever grown. It's a 16 oz beauty, and I wanted to share that with you and this community, especially since I've been watching your videos for the last 4 years. These videos (and my husband's love of gardening) have inspired this city girl (NYC) to grow her own food and love getting her hands dirty in the garden. Thank you! - Annie ❤
I absolutely love that you shared your pantry!!! Now we need a tour! "Messy" or not I love it. Some of us aren't that blessed in the size of a pantry so we dream of one and this satisfies that huge desire for a while. It's definitely my waiting room 💚💚💚
I’m genuinely surprised a former marine wouldn’t have them secured in a gun cabinet though, especially with little kids around. My nephew is former military and is extremely adamant about gun safety. I’m sure there are more guns elsewhere on the property though; it’s a given you’d absolutely need protection on a farm.
So funny. I’m watching this as we’re tent camping. It’s a rainy day so I’m watching this waiting to go on a hike to see some waterfalls. So fun shopping in the pantry for our trips. Lol.
As an empty nester, this brought back so many wonderful memories of camping with our four children. So many beautiful memories. Cherish these moments mama, because they are fleeting. I’d give anything to be in the crazy hectic chaos of raising children again and making memories with them. ❤❤❤❤
"It takes a village.." for a homesteader to go on vacation. Yep! I am also currently on vacation, and there's 3 people covering all the things 🙃 Glad you had a great time!
Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!!!!! I teared up a bit and smiled a a ton for the last 13 minutes! You all are so amazing and although im much older now (only 38!!) I have only in the last 5 years or so realized that this is the lifestyle i strive for! It is not easy and figuring it out on my own for me and my son it still has not stopped me from knowing i can do this! Please know Jess, you have been a true inspiration for me to know that I can and will have the homestead and lifestyle that i really desire in my heart! God will get us there! Thank you for being so real and informative!!! I truly value the unspoken friendship we have!!!!❤
Been watching you for years. Much of our garden inspiration came from watching your channel!! This was extremely interesting and different! We're also avid campers (glampers) so I really enjoyed this! Agree about the Blackstone! Bought ours in 2015 specifically for camping and feeding lots of people. Awesome video!!
A beautiful adventure give Ben an extra squeeze💕 I like storms but I love your Benny more and to see him upset I sure was glad daddy bear had it well in hand 🥰 cause it made my stomach drop glad you guys all had a good time and thank you Jessica for allowing me and others into you private life ps I love your pantry...
Aww bless you for sharing this intimate special time with your family 🙏🌻💚 you always make me feel like I'm right there with you guys, love y'all glad you had fun!! ☺️Greetings from north Florida!
If you go back to Hartwell, a nice campground is Springfield Corp of Engineers campground outside of Anderson. We had four families with a passel of younguns’. Everybody had a great time. Lots of room for the kids to run, explore, and swim.
I am so behind watching. You sweet smiling face is a blessing to watch. Wishing I had your organization (and family help)! I am so overwhelmed at the moment I am clutter paralyzed. But blessed. Thank you for teaching us!
And that is why he is called sweet Miah. Great video! Thank you so much for sharing! Loved seeing your pantry and the camping! Great memories for sure!
I’m right with you on the glamping - it’s way to go when you’ve got littles! We head to our usual yurt next week - it’s a gorgeous hike-in site with no electricity or running water but it has a gas burner on a kitchen island and plenty of cooking equipment. All we have to bring is our clothing, sleeping bags, food and water. It’s the closest to tent camping that I’m willing to get anymore.
Thank you Jess for sharing some of your vacation. Glad y’all had a good time as a family. Very important, because all those kiddos are growing very quickly. ❤️
Glad you did not lose your stuff in the big winds of the storm. Glad you had the flat top grill (we have same but smaller model). Happy for your family and friends who got to go clamping/camping with you. Nice rest in spite of meteorological excitements.
we take freez dried hashrowns and powdered eggs camping, along with already cooked bacon and for dinners we make minute rice and beans and add mini pepperonis or dried chicken.
We are leaving in a week to go do all that, it’s the one vacation every year that my kids love the most, although it’s a TON of work for the mom to get everything ready, but the memories are Soo worth it ❤❤❤
Go Mama go!!! Well done and sending love from OK. Thank you for posting this. AWWW!!! The jet ski ride, who could ever forget that? @10:01, yeah would say that. I hope you enjoyed your vacation~ love you guys!
Loved this video so much! Absolutely been camping with my boys with sudden storms! Once our tent that we were using as an extra hangout space for them blew away and the awning of our trailer almost tore off with the sudden microburst. Thankfully other campers helped us as my husband hung on to the awning and I ran after the tent! 🤣 Also love my Blackstone! Thanks for such a fun video! Your pantry is amazing!
I’m finally all caught up to date on your videos. I am currently making my first batch ever of tomato sauce from tomatoes out of the garden. Wish me luck that it comes out delicious! 🍅
Oh wow my grandparents had a cabin at Lake Hartwell for years at tranquility cove. We loved it the lake is not over run with people and has alot of great places to have fun. We used to eat at a restaurant called Swamp Guinny I don't think it's still open but it was great. Hope you had a great time I miss going there.
Oh this is so cool to see you guys out on Lake Hartwell, I grew up in Anderson and lived right down the road from the lake so it feels nostalgic and cool to see you guys there 😊
Getting ready to go camping this weekend ourselves. We have a small bunkhouse and I will never go back to a tent or pop up. Having a fridge makes a huge difference!!
I love it…5 nights away is enough to miss your dog! So sweet!! That’s how I feel about my brother and sister rotties! They are SO sweet and I definitely get a lick bath when I get home❤️❤️❤️
I imagined your pantry to have looked way different, in my minds eye it was right behind your kitchen with the same finishes and beautiful wooden shelves, all organized. ❤ you Jess. Be blessed from Africa 🇿🇦
Wonderful memories! I hope y'all had a fabulous time! We are tent campers at heart, but after full time RVing and then giving our camper away to a homeless couple when we moved and bought a house, I have to admit that you have me missing RV life. Maybe a pop up camper is in our future? Your pantry is #goals level!!! For other tent campers: I like to prep as much food as I can before we go camping and freeze and then just take in freezer bags. They cook the other foods and then just thaw out and you have meals ready that just need to be heated.
Aww! So sweet of you to share a bit of your family vacation! I am so thrilled to see you glamping. I can’t think of a better person that deserves to clamp then your beautiful self Jess!🙏❤️🙏Blessing’s
Looks like a lot of fun, We traveled in our RV for a few years, it was like having a apartment on wheels, It was surprising how we could fit a crowed in side as well.
My husband and I just got back from a vacation and we are having tummy issues. We ate out instead of bringing our own food. Big mistake. We stayed in a hotel that just had a mini fridge. Should of brought the instant pot. We left the kids at home. My son had a summer job and doggie day care was also on vacation and couldn’t take our dog so my daughter stayed home to watch the dogs plus to take care of all the livestock animals. We also had our neighbors check in on the animals and a few other people. Definitely need a village to take care of the farm when you go on vacation.
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Going on vacation is good. Coming home is gooder!
great comment 😊
I'm watching this with a huge smile on my face, and even getting a little teary. All because I remember the first tomatoes video I watched of you in Arkansas, and look at you now! God has blessed you so much. It makes my heart happy to see how blessed you are! Thank you for sharing your life ❤️
Thank you for this kindness ♥️
I found Roots and Refuge years ago looking for videos about tomatoes. That is the largest crop we grow in our small area in town (in the front yard). I have been able to grow enough for us for a year for many years now. Thank you, Jess, for all your guidance! I love you guys!
Very interested in your pantry shed. Maybe Miah can do a video for his channel on it. Kind of like a product review. Maybe talk about the size, insulation, electrical, cooling….
And that is THE BEST lesson you can learn from being on vacation, BE ON VACATION!
This was so fun to watch!! Glad you shared.
Good heavens, that's almost a house... are you towing that. Well, I hope you enjoyed it, I certainly did... thanks.
Great video Jess. You got enough . This is what memories are made of. Bless you as you always bless your audience.
Such a cool video, I’ve been binge watching your channel lately. It’s so much fun to watch! Jealous of that camper!!😃
"Vacation is a lot of work for parents." .. no kidding.
I am glad you enjoyed your huge group glamping trip even with that storm.
YES!! When my kids were young, my feeling was, "why vacation? It's just being away from home without any of your regular stuff." Glamping seems like the perfect way to have adventures in the outdoors.
Exactly!
It's okay that you didn't get much footage of the vacation- YOU'RE ON VACATION!
I loved this vlog so much. And Jess please please do a pantry tour one day ❤ seeing all that home grown food made my heart sing a little happy song
Can’t we call that farm food vacation a Farmcation ! Farm food on holidays is the best !
Hi Jess!
I've never commented on a video before, but I had a moment today when I harvested my first Dr. WHYCHES tomato, and it is the biggest tomatos I've ever grown. It's a 16 oz beauty, and I wanted to share that with you and this community, especially since I've been watching your videos for the last 4 years. These videos (and my husband's love of gardening) have inspired this city girl (NYC) to grow her own food and love getting her hands dirty in the garden. Thank you!
- Annie ❤
Thank you for sharing these memories with us. It's a welcome change. ❤
I absolutely love that you shared your pantry!!! Now we need a tour! "Messy" or not I love it. Some of us aren't that blessed in the size of a pantry so we dream of one and this satisfies that huge desire for a while. It's definitely my waiting room 💚💚💚
I would love to have Miah go over how he did the shed! Insulation, AC, power etc. PLUS...love seeing his little pew pew corner!
I’m genuinely surprised a former marine wouldn’t have them secured in a gun cabinet though, especially with little kids around. My nephew is former military and is extremely adamant about gun safety.
I’m sure there are more guns elsewhere on the property though; it’s a given you’d absolutely need protection on a farm.
Thank you for sharing your family, but YES please enjoy some time off the camera to make mental memories. You deserve the fun! ❤
What a great set up. Thanks for not taking us along for every minute.
We love watching your vlogs but we want you to have a life too. ❤
It’s a good thing to go get refreshed.❤
Oh, Jess, thank you for sharing some of your vacation time; it was great!
So funny. I’m watching this as we’re tent camping. It’s a rainy day so I’m watching this waiting to go on a hike to see some waterfalls. So fun shopping in the pantry for our trips. Lol.
Love the pantry and the pew pews in there. The blackstone grills are amazing.
As an empty nester, this brought back so many wonderful memories of camping with our four children. So many beautiful memories. Cherish these moments mama, because they are fleeting. I’d give anything to be in the crazy hectic chaos of raising children again and making memories with them.
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Happy to see R&R getting a little R&R 😘
So glad you all had a wonderful vacation! And honestly, could Miah be any cuter with the baby?! ❤❤
Agreed!😂💚🙏
"It takes a village.." for a homesteader to go on vacation. Yep! I am also currently on vacation, and there's 3 people covering all the things 🙃 Glad you had a great time!
Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!!!!!
I teared up a bit and smiled a a ton for the last 13 minutes! You all are so amazing and although im much older now (only 38!!) I have only in the last 5 years or so realized that this is the lifestyle i strive for! It is not easy and figuring it out on my own for me and my son it still has not stopped me from knowing i can do this! Please know Jess, you have been a true inspiration for me to know that I can and will have the homestead and lifestyle that i really desire in my heart! God will get us there! Thank you for being so real and informative!!! I truly value the unspoken friendship we have!!!!❤
Homesteading and rving is literally the best of both worlds 😊
Thanks for sharing your camping prep, vacation tidbits & most of all your family love!
Thanks for taking us with you!
thanks for sharing a glance and glad you got a break to come back better and stronger
I love cooking on my Blackstone for a gang. I’ve taught my grandkids to make pancakes and smash burgers. Now I have lots of help cooking.
Oh my word, you in my back yard, I live in Centerville off of hwy24. Welcome to my neck of the woods.
💚Thanks for doing something you haven't done before and take us along for a bit of your vacation! 💚
George, George, George of the jet ski, “watch out for that tree!!!”
Loved seeing this vlog. Camping is sooo fun. Always such good memories to be made.
What a nice get away! Your camper is lovely ❣️
Looks like fun. I’m glad you got to get away. It always looks new again when you get home. ❤
I got my husband a Blackstone for Christmas and we take that thing EVERYWHERE!
❤❤That is making core memories for sure!!
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you had a little fun. Always good to be home.
Been watching you for years. Much of our garden inspiration came from watching your channel!! This was extremely interesting and different! We're also avid campers (glampers) so I really enjoyed this! Agree about the Blackstone! Bought ours in 2015 specifically for camping and feeding lots of people. Awesome video!!
Enjoying the fruits of your labor, enjoying family time, That's what life's all about. Thank you for sharing some tidbits. 😁
Seriously the nicest glamper I’ve ever seen 😮
Thank you for sharing ❤
Bless you and the family
It went to commercial as you shoved us in the closet and came back to you at the camp site. It was perfect timing, almost like a TV show. Lol
Comfy. We camp February-November. Sometimes it's below freezing. 2 kids 3 dogs. Sometimes tents sometimes small camper. Crazy stories. F
My husband and I used to live in our RV on a campground near the lake in Townsend a few years ago and we loved it ❤️
So much fun!
It looks like you had fun, minus the storms.
I would looooove this! My husband isn’t one to travel or go on vacation so, I haven’t convinced him we need a camper yet ❤
Love camping! I used to get up super early just to catch the sunrise. Then I thought, a sunset looks the same as a sunrise.
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Well deserved and wonderful memories fro life :) xxx
A beautiful adventure give Ben an extra squeeze💕 I like storms but I love your Benny more and to see him upset I sure was glad daddy bear had it well in hand 🥰 cause it made my stomach drop glad you guys all had a good time and thank you Jessica for allowing me and others into you private life ps I love your pantry...
Aww bless you for sharing this intimate special time with your family 🙏🌻💚 you always make me feel like I'm right there with you guys, love y'all glad you had fun!! ☺️Greetings from north Florida!
Aww, I love that you gave Ben his dignity in that moment. lol Poor little guy!
If you go back to Hartwell, a nice campground is Springfield Corp of Engineers campground outside of Anderson. We had four families with a passel of younguns’. Everybody had a great time. Lots of room for the kids to run, explore, and swim.
OMG I’ve been waiting to see your pantry!!! 🎉
I am so behind watching. You sweet smiling face is a blessing to watch. Wishing I had your organization (and family help)! I am so overwhelmed at the moment I am clutter paralyzed. But blessed. Thank you for teaching us!
And that is why he is called sweet Miah.
Great video! Thank you so much for sharing! Loved seeing your pantry and the camping! Great memories for sure!
Thank you for sharing your camping trip
I’m right with you on the glamping - it’s way to go when you’ve got littles! We head to our usual yurt next week - it’s a gorgeous hike-in site with no electricity or running water but it has a gas burner on a kitchen island and plenty of cooking equipment. All we have to bring is our clothing, sleeping bags, food and water. It’s the closest to tent camping that I’m willing to get anymore.
Thank you Jess for sharing some of your vacation. Glad y’all had a good time as a family. Very important, because all those kiddos are growing very quickly. ❤️
Being on vacation makes you appreciate home just a bit more.
Agreed!
Glad you did not lose your stuff in the big winds of the storm. Glad you had the flat top grill (we have same but smaller model). Happy for your family and friends who got to go clamping/camping with you. Nice rest in spite of meteorological excitements.
Awww love this 😀 😍
Morning Jess sure glad you got to go on vacation even with the storms its still memories with the family glad you are safe at home now
Thank you for sharing. Your family time is so important. Blessings to you also!
This was such a fun vlog to watch!!!!
That camper is nicer than my first apartment lol! I've never been to a lake on vacation but it looks so fun!
we take freez dried hashrowns and powdered eggs camping, along with already cooked bacon and for dinners we make minute rice and beans and add mini pepperonis or dried chicken.
thanks for the vlog, always a joy x
We are leaving in a week to go do all that, it’s the one vacation every year that my kids love the most, although it’s a TON of work for the mom to get everything ready, but the memories are Soo worth it ❤❤❤
Nice camper and pantry! Glad you were able to get away! Thanks for taking us along.
Go Mama go!!! Well done and sending love from OK. Thank you for posting this. AWWW!!! The jet ski ride, who could ever forget that? @10:01, yeah would say that. I hope you enjoyed your vacation~ love you guys!
Loved this video so much! Absolutely been camping with my boys with sudden storms! Once our tent that we were using as an extra hangout space for them blew away and the awning of our trailer almost tore off with the sudden microburst. Thankfully other campers helped us as my husband hung on to the awning and I ran after the tent! 🤣 Also love my Blackstone! Thanks for such a fun video! Your pantry is amazing!
How much fun!!!! ❤️ we have a black stone to and my hubs LOVES cooking on it- so admittedly so I too am a glamper as well.
I’m finally all caught up to date on your videos. I am currently making my first batch ever of tomato sauce from tomatoes out of the garden. Wish me luck that it comes out delicious! 🍅
That's wonderful! I bet it will be delicious 😋.
Jess, we aren’t camping people…but this makes me want to be 😂 I’m glad y’all had fun ❤
The holiday looked fun 😊
Love lake hartwell , try Watsadler camp ground , it's an army Corp campground, just across the state line at Hartwell Dam .
Oh wow my grandparents had a cabin at Lake Hartwell for years at tranquility cove. We loved it the lake is not over run with people and has alot of great places to have fun. We used to eat at a restaurant called Swamp Guinny I don't think it's still open but it was great. Hope you had a great time I miss going there.
Oh this is so cool to see you guys out on Lake Hartwell, I grew up in Anderson and lived right down the road from the lake so it feels nostalgic and cool to see you guys there 😊
Getting ready to go camping this weekend ourselves. We have a small bunkhouse and I will never go back to a tent or pop up. Having a fridge makes a huge difference!!
Glad that you forgot you were a blogger and became “just a mom”. Looks like you had a wonderful vacation!
Im so excited for ya'll 🎉.
Nothing like a huge storm to clean up the place😂!
Well thats okay.
JO JO
I love it…5 nights away is enough to miss your dog! So sweet!! That’s how I feel about my brother and sister rotties! They are SO sweet and I definitely get a lick bath when I get home❤️❤️❤️
Lake Hartwell is just down the road, enjoy!
I imagined your pantry to have looked way different, in my minds eye it was right behind your kitchen with the same finishes and beautiful wooden shelves, all organized. ❤ you Jess.
Be blessed from Africa 🇿🇦
Wonderful memories! I hope y'all had a fabulous time! We are tent campers at heart, but after full time RVing and then giving our camper away to a homeless couple when we moved and bought a house, I have to admit that you have me missing RV life. Maybe a pop up camper is in our future? Your pantry is #goals level!!! For other tent campers: I like to prep as much food as I can before we go camping and freeze and then just take in freezer bags. They cook the other foods and then just thaw out and you have meals ready that just need to be heated.
Glad you actually took time off of vlogging. Even though I love your content. Have a blessed rest of the day from NH.
Aww! So sweet of you to share a bit of your family vacation! I am so thrilled to see you glamping. I can’t think of a better person that deserves to clamp then your beautiful self Jess!🙏❤️🙏Blessing’s
Thanks for sharing your family and vacation with us.
I have a 40’ fifth wheel Big Sky Montana. It has been a blessing
Looks like a lot of fun, We traveled in our RV for a few years, it was like having a apartment on wheels, It was surprising how we could fit a crowed in side as well.
We glamp as well. Looks like you had a fun time!
I just bought a Blackstone. Hope I love it as much as TikTok and Facebook do.
My husband and I just got back from a vacation and we are having tummy issues. We ate out instead of bringing our own food. Big mistake. We stayed in a hotel that just had a mini fridge. Should of brought the instant pot. We left the kids at home. My son had a summer job and doggie day care was also on vacation and couldn’t take our dog so my daughter stayed home to watch the dogs plus to take care of all the livestock animals. We also had our neighbors check in on the animals and a few other people. Definitely need a village to take care of the farm when you go on vacation.