How to grow carrots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpXvQVSS1Hg&t=10s
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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-The music in this video is by my friend Daniel Smith
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25 Comments
Yep! I have conversations with all of my animals!
Envious of winter gardens! I was going to try making the solarium a four seasons greenhouse, but after trimming the lilac bush I see the foundation of it is leaning! 😮 so now I’m thinking the extra weight of soil and water is probably not a good idea. 😢 and I’m not sure we can come up with a fix quick enough before it snows.
Still excited for next summer!
Jess, have you thought about sowing some cool hardy annuals for cut flowers?? If you have a little bed space left over, it could be fun! And gives us a head start for spring blooms! I just got done reading Lisa Mason Ziegler’s book Cool Flowers and I’m transplanting and direct sowing oodles! In our growing zones we can get away with overwintering most of the flowers in her book!! 💚🌱
I think it would be so cool for your kids to write children books about your farm animals, lol you said you like to make up whole scenarios with your farm animals , lol. I have done the plank thing a few times accidentally and it provided protection and heat which in turn helped with moisture retaining. I so miss having a big garden, I need to be content with patio garden for now.
I don’t have farm animals yet…does it count that I talk to the wild animals on my property 😊
Your videos just make me dream so big🥹 for now I’ve turned my waiting room into a classroom and am hoping to inspire my audience the way you’ve inspired me🫶
I show people my asparagus patch in summer and they look at me sideways, like "How can this ferny mess relate to asparagus??". 😆
I think it's so cool that you haven't lost the amazement of miracles. Each seed that sprouts is nothing short of a miracle. God had a wonderful plan for everything and he shares it with us daily.
I heavily sowed 8 year old carrot seed, thinking they would have low germination. I regretted it! I had to thin them significantly.
They were just fine for germination. They did take longer to sprout, though.
It's funny you talked about growing broccoli for the first time. I've been gardening for over a decade, and this is the first year I've tried it. I'm excited!
I want to move to South Carolina now….I hate Michigan and so does my body🥺 I can't grow anything now until spring….I want to grow year round ( for the most part) 😜 My granddaughter who is three helped me shell dried pole beans today that we grew, and she ate off the plants every day this summer….I bawled like a baby lol granny is teaching her good 😊
New England?! Where? When? I'll be there!
Wow! New England! When, where.
I want some of those okra seeds Jess. Come on! Give em' up.
Cool!! Where will you be here in Idaho?? Would love to get to meet you!!
My biggest "aha" moment was the 1st time I saw potatoes growing…I never knew they had plants above the ground! I just thought, well, potatoes grow underground so there should be bare ground where they grow. The gardener who planted those potatoes laughed at me, but I learned something so I didn't care 😊
I love growing okra, but I don't like eating it at all. If I grow it I will sell it or give it away. Same with eggplant. I despise it! But it's so beautiful!
Yes, where in New England? When? 😊
Where & when will you be in Iowa? I'm near Des Moines and have been following you for about a year. Love your content and love seeing how your farm changes during the seasons.
This is making me want to plant outside so bad! I’m in NJ so I’m in cleanup button up stage and have my hydro gardens going inside.
Blessings 🙏 Blessings 💞
My first year gardening I was super surprised that each flower seed I planted grew an entire plant with multiple flowers…I just assumed 1 seed equaled 1 flower. The garden holds endless magic for me.
Iv'e been a gardener for many , many years. But I did not have any idea what a pineapple plant looked like until this year.. I had that ah-ha moment like you said. I had no idea that it grew that way.
One of the many reasons I watch your channel is for the inspiration and the knowledge you impart every.single.time! It helps me dream bigger and pray harder. Thank you for sharing the realness of growing your own food. We’re here and listening! 🥰
I'm in Phoenix and we're still having days over 100 degrees …I sowed my carrots in mid September and they've all germinated and growing fine…I wonder if it's because the night time temps are down to the 60's and 70's…last year I made the mistake of trying to start them in August…that was a nope🤣