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"Can I garden as prayer?"
The very first thing I thought of was, "Can gardening NOT be a form of prayer?"
Consider the principal responsibility of Adam and Eve, before the Fall.
Where were they and WHAT was their first Duty to God?
Do the answers to these questions answer yours?
Glad you didn’t break your ankle. Thanks for sharing your gardening process and thoughts with us.
Hi Jess – my CA daughter-in-law, an avid gardener, found your channel, and suggested I watch – we live and (try to) garden in Little River, SC, near the coast – we have family in Lexington, SC, and used to live in Orangeburg (ancient history!). Peaches do very well in SC – we grow more peaches than Georgia! I grow roses, and have found you need to get disease-resistant, humidity resistant types – carpet roses do well, and, of course, knock-out roses. For trees, River Birch does really well if it gets enough water the first year – it grows fast and the lower branches can be pruned to keep its shape. And crepe myrtles do very well, and come in all kinds of shape and sizes, as well as colors – some can grow up to 20 feet, if you need shade – just don't "murder" them; some grow more upright, like the Watermelon ones, and some grow more wide. I'm really looking forward to learning from you – I've had so many "fails", as even though we're zone 8, July and August are very hard on my garden.
Woo Hoo! Cold zones do have advantages. I grow awesome rhubarb, and tulips. That's probably it though, haha.
no. not it's not possible. Big Stretch and Big Yawn are required.
As always love the video. Prayers from Canada
Any advice on how to keep fire ants out of the garden without killing the pollinators? We have really bad fire ants in Central Texas and I am terribly allergic.
Jess, thank you for sharing your journey. We bought a 30 acre ranch deep in the heart of Texas in October of 2019. I've followed you for the last five years and have found your content extremely helpful. I'm eager to hear more about how you've developed your plan for garden placement. Also, how the home and garden are placed in relationship to your animals and the other structures on your property. Cheers to your continued success!!! I appreciate you!!! Until next time I bless YOU!!!
I’ve been seeing many posts about the Peggy Martin rose and it’s hardiness. I am from the outskirts of New Orleans and it survived Katrina and the salt water intrusion. Not sure if this is a rose you would be interested in outside your greenhouse
I haven’t done it yet, but I intend to put barrels of water in my greenhouse to use at heat sinks, reducing risk of freezing in the winter and warming the overnight/cooling during the day in the summer. I’m in Cedar Mill (a neighborhood of Portland, OR)
♥️ Welcome home Jess ☕️
You put my thoughts into words that gardening is an act of worship. I felt that but had never processed it that way. I have many conversations with my God while I am gardening. I have told him I want to be one of the heavenly gardeners when I go to heaven. Lol
I was watching a different video but didn’t get to the comments before it ended. Question: do you use perlite in your garden beds?
Beautiful window greenhouse! Can't wait to see it completed. Just curious, Didn't you have another large dog that lived in the house with you?
We have two large asparagus patches, a large strawberry patch, and 15 rhubarb plants as well as our huge resided bed and in ground garden areas. I love gardening, and canning for our 4 grown sons and their families. Gardening is so therapeutic for me and seeing that pantry full of vegetables makes me so happy. I know it’s a lot of work but it’s so rewarding knowing you raised it yourself.
Jess, I take it your middle name is NOT Grace, LOL.
Guard dogs will pick whatever is not normally in the pasture as the cause of "trouble".
Can't wait for the gardens to grow.
Gabriel is beautiful and I'm not even a dog person!
I'm in NC, I am also a creative type. I have always thought of nature as my cathedral, the closest I've felt to God has been in my garden, bare hands in the dirt (forgotten gloves behind me somewhere), planting, watering, weeding, and sharing the bounty of the garden and my chickens.
Chronic conditions changed my mobility/energy 95%. But this year, I hired my handyman, to help with a new larger coop, and an accessible system of grow bags on benches, so I can get back to growing/sharing at some level. I'm so happy you and your family are living the beautiful life.
I gotta say, your joy in this video was on another level… And totally brightened my day and inspired me (even more than your other videos!) There was a special lightness today!