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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.
Greenstalk garden sale until Tuesday night (Use code ROOTS10) https://lddy.no/6xhd
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– Our Website: https://rootsandrefuge.com
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– Growing Gardeners Course: https://rootsandrefuge.com/yt-ggcourse
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– Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com
– To drop us a line:
PO Box 4239
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
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Nice potato harvest. I didn't think you are suppose to dry potatoes in the light. They will turn green, especially the white or yellow ones. I dried mine in the barn year before last and even tho they were in the dark mostly some turned green from just a small amount of light. Now I dry in storage building with the windows blacked out.
My great joy today was having a cookout with my childhood friend, Robin and our new neighbors Alicia and Bill. Alicia and I have bonded over our gardens. Alicia and I in our separate gardens are growing an incredible variety of vegetables. We are also helping each other troubleshoot gardening issues. Happy July 4th.
Oh I loved seeing you pull up all the potatoes, what an awesome harvest. If I get a break in the heat I’m going to grow them the way suggest, a friend gave me hay last year and I’m looking forward to doing the way you just did ! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Happy 4th ❤️
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Digging potatoes getting paid was not an option not wanting to dig them was also not an option. They were grown to feed us. We did not have a lot of money. In stead teach what it is like to have no food. We could not afford to hire people to do our work.
You are just so beautiful and you make me smile xx
Lovely harvest. Jess, why do you can potatoes? I'm from Aotearoa New Zealand and we just store our potatoes in bags (hessian etc) and keep them in a cool place where they last a long time. I"m sure you do this too, but I"ve never heard of bottling (canning) potatoes and wonder why you would?
I grew potatoes for the first time last year and we (my husband, myself, and our 3 young kids) had a blast digging them up! We also said it was like digging for treasure! I planted about triple what I did last year mainly because of how much fun we had.
You are such a sweet momma. Love your relationship with them.
Jess, you’re the best!
Just had to pause your video and say I loved how you were talking to your son about the bugs. You are such a great and patient mom. !!! I love watching and learning from your family.
So I have a silly question. What temperature do you think your greenhouse is at? My husband suggested that we do that with ours but I was afraid it would be too hot.
Digging potatoes is one of my favorite things to do in the garden also! It's like finding buried treasure!!!
I sure wish I could have been digging with you. That is my absolute favorite job in the garden. Thanks for letting us go with you.
Hi Jess. It would be awesome for the Wise Traditions Podcast to do a episode with you as a guest. Hilda Labrada Gore, known as Holistic Hilda, is the host and producer of the popular ancestral health podcast called Wise Traditions.
Ducks are really talking today. They sound happy.
Watering them good the day before makes the soil easier to work with. Digging taters with little people is one of the most wonderful things this side of heaven.
Thanks for sharing! I use gardens gloves to dig because I don’t like touching bugs & worms! Plus it saves my aging hands! Maybe the boys would like their own ‘work gloves’?
I love how you explain everything to the kids… You explain in such a way that they learn to respect the earth.
There is NOTHING better than eating a raw potato plucked straight out of the ground. We use to eat them like an apple as a kid. Yummy.
Wow your space is REALLY coming together nicely! I love planting potatoes each year, just to find the treasures too-it is a fun job! This is a great way to plant potatoes- you continue to teach us so much Jess, THANK YOU!
Please please tell Ezra I love his Mandalorian T-shirt !
There is nothing like getting your hands in the dirt and finding eatable vegetables! Makes me happy!
I put a bale of straw in my compost, but now I'm worried what it could do if contaminated. Before it goes into my veggie garden next spring, I'm going to do like you suggested a couple weeks ago, and try to grow some green beans in it first. Maybe in a pot in the house early.