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FULL Garden Tour | August 2023
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Roots and Refuge Farm: FULL Garden Tour | August 2023



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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– Our Website: https://rootsandrefuge.com
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Leesville SC 29070
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PRODUCTS WE LOVE – You’ve probably heard me talk about these things a million times, so here’s where you can order them (and get a discount with my code!):

– Greenstalk Vertical Gardens (Use code “ROOTS10” for $10 off your order): https://rootsandrefuge.com/yt-greenstalk
– Squizito Tasting Room (Use code “ROOTS” for 10% off your order): https://rootsandrefuge.com/yt-squizito
– ButcherBox: https://rootsandrefuge.com/butcherbox
– Growers Solution: https://rootsandrefuge.com/growers-solution
– Neptune’s Harvest Fertilizer: https://rootsandrefuge.com/neptunes-harvest-fertilizer

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48 Comments

  3. Tim Kaylor

    Hi Jess! Just wondering if you rotate your crops for prevention of soil born pests from repeat sowing the same crop in the same place year after year?

  6. Trixie J Ferguson

    Ok, Jess, I’m in south-central Texas and our 10 day forecast is 103° – 108°F daily. My first frost is Nov 8. Should I still wait until
    It’s cooler to sow my beets, radishes, etc?

  10. Jackie Laures

    I have celiac and I just harvested my first tomato of the year (western NY)… I mix yeast, honey and GF flour with some warm water to a thick pancake batter consistency. Let it get all bubbly… then I mix in salt, pepper, oregano and garlic powder. throw it on some foil in the air fryer… 400 for 8 minutes. Flip it. Another 8 minutes on the other side. It comes out like focaccia and a pita had a baby. I told that in half and use it as the vessel for my tomato sammich.

  12. Metal Martha

    HI R&R, The tiny crunchy yellow teardrop pepper you ate at 33:10 in the vlog is called a BIQUINHO pepper. they’re fabulous pickled! Thank you for the garden tour. Your inground garden looks angelic this year.

  15. Gardening With Lauren

    There are 3 main species of winter squash. I live in sw fl and c. Moschata species do best here where I live. The Dutch fork pumpkin is also c moschata species. They tend to do best in the South because of there hollow stems and ability to reroof as they grow along the ground. I made a video about it on my channel if your interested in checking out how I grow squash in my sun tropical climate zone 10a.

  16. Carrie at Fat Cat Farm

    JESS, my kejari melon is trellised on a cattle panel. 1 month ago, they started elongating. They have the typical kejari markings, but they are oval shaped. Oil vay! Itz always sumpin', lol

    Thank you so much for suggesting Silver Slicer cukes. They are wonderful! I have never had successful cukes, but this is a gorgeous plant, no bitterness, still slowly producing. Love em!

  18. Carrie at Fat Cat Farm

    If you cut perennials 1/2 way back after they are done blooming, will they bloom again since we have such a long season. I am gonna do it for my pots of waves, in-ground shasta daisies, and somewhere stuff

  19. kari

    Do you ever rub your hand over the sunflower yellow and smell it? It's such a funky smell. Maybe it's just black oil variety?

  21. Lionheart Farm & Garden

    ❤ Love to see it! We live up in the Pacific Northwest 6b but it felt like a 5b this year, super cold nights, super hot days. Our tomatoes and everything are just now starting to ripen and things are just now taking off. I love to see your gardens taking off!! Gorgeous as always!! ❤❤

  22. Sydney Kasmar

    I love garden tours and enjoyed hearing about your plants that are still producing. Another great season. Harvest for me is just beginning – lots of tomatoes, beans, potatoes and root crops. Up north everything is grown at the same time and it works somehow.

  24. Rev. Leta Mullen

    Great Mug! You got me planting Zinnias and I thought I'd lost them this year but they finally came up and I love them so much.

  25. Anen Laylle

    That's a lot of Basil Jess. Dry it out, package it up and sell it! From my wise eye i'd say that's about $1,500 dollars worth of basil. I'm here in Aiken, you are in Batesburg, which is only like 30 mins away. You should try our farmers market. You'll see me there this Fall if you do:P

  27. Shelly Clayton

    I loveeeeeee tomatoes & tom sandwiches! Grandma & Mom grew a garden every year & those garden lunches are some of my fav childhood memories xoxo picking & eating tomatoes in the garden are the best!

  28. Alora S

    Jess, you have made my day better. I woke up in a mood and I have tried to change my mood but nothing worked until you posted this video. You are literally the only person who hasn't gotten under my skin and I have watched this tour 3 times now. Thank you.

  29. My Heart Cries

    The Seminole pumpkin is the replacement for butternut squash in our area because the squash bugs pretty much leave them alone, but will devour the butternut squash plants along with the vine bore bugs… ❤❤❤ zone 9B just FYI 😊

  31. Debbie W.

    Many people are wondering about the weather in regards to their gsrdens and abilities being hamper because of it. GEO Engineering is are real thing and its something that will need to be addressed soon. Great info out in YouTube to research and learn.😊

  35. Beth Sands

    Aren't the Asian long beans toxic and hard to digest unless they are boiled in water and salt ?? My Asian long bean is purple. All of my Black beauty zucchini got a disease making them ugly and bumpy so I had to dig them up. I have had some awesome Paul Robeson tomatoes which are my favorite but whom has slowed down whereas the Ace 55 keeps on growing. Sweet kitty snuggles. Lovely Crab spider on the colorful Zinnias and the Anise Swallowtail butterflies are awesome and Zinnias rule !! Damned Bermuda grass and Crab grass !! Nice real garden stroll full of ideas and promise for next year on the wings of this season's lessons. Yay for flowers gone bonkers and free range chickens having fun.

  37. Sparrows Know

    For some reason seeing your accidental kiddie pool garden really made me think about your mom and how alike you two are ❤ it’s incredibly beautiful

  39. Heather J

    Jess, last year you mentioned shade cloth for tomatoes in hot climates. I'm in So. CA, inland where it got to over 108°to 113° for a couple of weeks this summer. I took your advice and I've never had such success with my slicing tomatoes. Some of my celebrities were almost the size of softballs, and lots of them. Usually, I lose many of them to sun scald by mid summer, but the shade cloth saved them and my bell peppers. Thanks so much!❤ 😊 btw, I love seeing your amazing garden!

  40. Jo Brown

    I live in southern BC Canada. We are forecasted to be in the range of 100F for the next week. Puts a bit of a hitch in our gitalong as far as the fall crops go. Still trying even though our first frost is about a 4 – 6 weeks away. Nice garden tour and good advice about locally acclimated seeds. Thank you.

  45. Mary Keffalas

    Jess, that is a good idea about filming your garden. I can start on my fall veggies ( video taping the fall veggies ). Then I can do my spring veggies and summer veggies. I do take pictures of my garden and veggies that I picked. I am also a visual learner.

  46. Mary Keffalas

    Jess, my tomatoes are still yellowish green and my cucumbers didn't even grow cucumbers. They had flowers on them then they died. My frost is October 8th in Pennsylvania.

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