Tarator cucumber soup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAUD_wYxRk&t=49s
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-The music in this video is by Daniel Smith
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Handsome and wonderful young men…❤
Hey I want to let you know that you (and Heather from Sage and Stone) inspired me to plant my first garden. I have tomatoes, basil, marigolds, bell pepper, nasturtiums, carrots and radishes planted.
This is insane! My tomato plants are 6" tall here in Iowa. Your garden looks like mine in mid to late July.
Jess…this was an absolute pleasure to watch.
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I REMEMBER WHEN EZRA AND TOBY WERE SO SO TINY!!! 😭😭😭 I am offended! Now I feel old! 😂
Knight Ezra! Way to go Mama making harvesting fun. It looks like you could harvest sun up to sun down. Wow. Fantastic.
I wish my cucumbers were doing that good. They are not and my kiddo LOVES pickles. Hoping to do a fall planting and have a better outcome. Right now I have great friends giving me their extra and a great family farm nearby that sells them.
One thing I did a couple years ago when a friend that gardens on our property grew a ridiculous amount of cucumbers and we had some that got really big I blended and strained them and made jelly with the juice, tastes almost like sweet and sour sauce! Good luck!
Love your videos, I think I could happily live in your garden! ❤❤❤
"some years bad things happen" … Did you see what happened to Jessica at Three rivers homestead? Tragic loss to her garden.
I absolutely love your channels! And usually you give me so much encouragement 😊❤. Right now I'm feeling a little emotional because NONE of my plants are flowering let alone fruiting…. i started my seeds, for what seems like forever ago. My husband and i went on a month long work trip to Pennsylvania and i left my MIL to care for my plants. I came home and most of them died. 😢 i restarted my seeds IMMEDIATELY but it was too late to start from seed. Now i have pathetic baby plants. 😔 So I'm feeling a little discouraged. Right now gardening is just a hobby but i pray to have enough space one day to be able to feed my family.
Cucumber with blueberries and feta, Brianna’s French vinaigrette dressing and a good dash of balsamic vinegar, perfect side!
My FAVORITE task aside from growing food from the garden is growing stuff for my animals. I have a 100lb sulcata and he LOVES when I overlook squash and I end up with a child sized fruit. ❤❤❤
You’re way ahead of us in Oregon.
24:36 Sponge-y?
It’s the year for cucumbers…I’m in the upstate of SC & I’m cucumber rich! 🎉 I made mango & cucumber salsa for the 2nd year…it’s delicious!
Super cute dress! 🤩
You need you some bushel baskets, girl!
It is so good to see you!!! ,
Fried green tomatoes girl
What amazing suggestions in the comments! You have such a lovely community of followers, Jess.
I smiled throughout the video watching you harvest with your sons…..Reminiscing about their first garden at your previous home during your harvesting and garden tours and the first time I saw your stunning trellis archway system.
I don’t know how you have the time to garden, harvest, prep and cook for your family let alone process for long term shelf stable storage. Then film and edit!!! Thank you for sharing X
😊❤🫂thank you for the blessing. Need it.
How about cabbage steaks
I did not get a cucumber yet this year . Beautiful vines, flowers. Lots of bee activity. Don't know what happened but nothing. Yikes
Love hearing your laughter in the garden with your young men. ❤
Love love love cucumber lime mint Agua Fresca 🥒
They are delicious fried.
I had so many cucumbers last year. I got to the point that i just started dicing them, and freezing. Once my beets started coming on this year I made beet, carrot, cucumber, pear, blueberry, lemon smoothies. It is a great energizing drink in the morning.
Cucumber margaritas..
Toby is really starting to look like Miah. Seeing you and any of your guys harvest and talk together in the garden is a joy!
Calling all gardeners!! I need help I am gardening in zone 4/5. But my garden is on a top of a hill on the prairie and I have a really bad wind problem. All of my seedlings get to wind whipped they hardly ever grow. I need good wind break ideas. I know the best would be a tree row but that is expensive and will take years before it helps the garden. Any other ideas would be very appreciated!
Hi Jess 🤚 no 1 Your hair looks gorgeous
no 2. You need a cart for harvesting
no 3. Those gloves are so cool🌺
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What a beautiful harvest. My thornless blackberries are going crazy this year!!!
If we the faith of a mustard seed is equivalent to letting your faith grow as a mustard seed.
Your garden is beautiful! 😍 When you were talking about growing mustard, it made me think of the time when my Dad decided to plant some horseradish. They had so much of it and couldn't give it away! Our Black Lab decided to dig one up and took it. Dad allowed him and he took one bite and started drooling and sneezing. It was hilarious. Needless to say, he never bothered it again! 😅
Woah, wait, he's too young to make a noise that deep! lolol
Wow Jess ,I also, find it amazing how early you have a Stella harvest,here in Australia,our harvests came in so late,due to extremely inconsistent warmth in our weather,great job Jess, absolutely gorgeous garden and produce ❤
TIME TO MAKE PICKLES!
We do our sauerkraut in a 5 gallon