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Oh Thank You Jess for this video as I have been struggling with some of my seedlings too- now I realise it could be my soil problem. Great Video. Cheers Denise – Australia
Its exciting to watch all the progress. Since you are about to have more room for seedlings, (Don't tell Miah)
I wanted to share a few outstanding flower options for hot Southern climates. Shade loving "Coleus" known for colorful foliage, quick & easy to sprout, with many color combinations & flower spikes bees love. In your tires, cascading down or as abundant compact mounds over the ends of the beds try….."Pinwheel Profusion Zinnias".These love summer heat, will bloom till frost, attracting many Bees & Butterflies Also "Wave Petunias" love the heat, will cover an entire bed or hanging basket all summer. Both are outstanding regulars in my Texas garden every summer. Looking forward to your greenhouse reveal. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
I have a couple of tomato seedlings growing in the same cell. What size would you recommend seperating them? Or would you prefer just cutting one out?
hey Jess, new fan here.
I have a hard question- as someone who is very food picky and not a healthy eater, I like the idea of having my own garden to get motivated to eat healthier. What do you suggest I try growing that I can add to dishes to make them healthier but also give it alot of good flavor? Example being onion and garlic. I wouldn't be suprised if (if you haven't already) with parents wondering how to get picky eaters generally to eat better, would be a popular video. I've seen from past videos how well-rounded on tastes your kids are. We live in town and don't have any farm animals to speed up the composting ideas, but I really enjoy when your videos not only explain using homestead accessable (goat whole milk for motzerella) but also town accessable (whole cow milk for cheese). Thanks
– Pudding
wow, that pavilion is going to be so beautiful. Looking forward to Baker Creek visit. God Bless you.
Jess, You are a garden goddess.
Out of curiosity, do you leave your grow lights on 24/7? I have a family of 6 and the only place I can keep my seed starts is in the laundry room. I have one window in there. Last year, nearly all my seed starts began to die. I even killed a fully established strawberry plant inside. Let’s just say, everything I’ve tried to grow indoors has died. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I follow your watering advice. I feel like they have plenty of light. I don’t know. I killed a blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry bush that I put in 5 gallon buckets with holes in the bottom. Oh and I planted strawberry crowns in solo cups. They started off great, but then every single one died. I even put a humidifier in there. I’m feeling discouraged. My husband is going to work on a greenhouse this summer. I have a ton of windows that will be refurbished for that including a large sliding glass door. Anyway, I didn’t mean for this comment to be this long, but you are my go to gardener for advice. Thanks for sharing your time with all of us! I wish you the best!
I love variegated plants, too, houseplants, garden plants, anything!
Just purchased the grow bags. I'm really excited to use them! I'll share how they worked for me.
Waiting for this window greenhouse is literally killing me! IM DECEASED
the fact the roots can go out of the bag is awesome cause you can just plant the bag and not disturb the root system
Such a great garden, it is going to be even more beautiful this summer!
I purchased the 400 pack of those grow bags on Amazon. Today is my first day using them. I used a 16 ounce tin can to set the medium sized ones in to up pot my pepper and tomato seedlings. The can worked really nice to hold the shape while filling the bag. For the tiny ones I just used my k-cups that I usually start seeds in. The nice thing is the k cup makes the bag more stable and I can fill the bag up nice and tall. This is gonna make my life so much easier. Thank you so much for that idea.
I AM GONNA HAVE TO RESTART SOME SEEDS BECAUSE SOME OF MY PLANTS ARE GETTING LEGGY
My food processor broke like that too… lasted about another 6 months before that switch stopped working completely. My hubby put in a little flip switch to fix it though. Looks a little funky, but is's functional!
How did I miss this one? Love the variegated tomatoes.I love the expression on Miah's face. LOL
TOBY (To anyone who knows the answer): how do pigs get pregnant?
JESS (echoing Toby's question to dad's ears): how do pigs get pregnant dad?
MIAH (non-verbal deer in the headlights startled look): buzzing of a saw with non-stop lumber.
It's a joy! Like being a mad scientist in the lab!
The plants you have in the bags will do what is called" air pruning" which means the roots will stop growing once they are exposed to the air.
I want a planner SOOOOOO bad.
Love that variegated tomato! One of the things that draws me to you is how real you are. I won't tell you my age, but let's just say I have many more miles than you, so when I tell you I learn something new (sometimes many things) each season you understand it IS always a process. I think you learn as much, if not more from the issues that arise as you do from the successes. i LOVE that you share it all because it is real and gardeners can relate. It's important for beginning gardeners to understand and us long time gardeners to relate and in a way feel justified for our own choices and experiments. Thank you!
I'd love your dumpling recipe!
Another great video!
Watching this 9 months later, do you still recommend these bags? Would you use them over using plastic tray seed starts?
I only "met you" this year (2020), and seeing what you've done in a year is simply awe-inspiring. Your farm, your family, your teaching and inspiration has definitely been a highlight of this year. Happy Thanksgiving, Sowards! Which reminds me, I think it is interesting that your name is "Sow"ard (like, shepard), because of all the seeds and ideas that you sow.
It has been two years now. What do you think of the bags you planted in now?