November 1, 2024

VIDEO: Turdilizer (and Happy Anniversary to us!) | VLOG

Deep South Homestead’s Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DeepSouthHomestead?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=485908438#shop-info-banner Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our…

VIDEO: Full Garden Tour Week 1 | 2020 | Overview of ALL Gardens

Welcome back to my garden! We are homesteading in Central Arkansas, Zone 7B and will be conducting weekly garden tours to share progress from now until late fall! Greenstalk Planter: This is an affiliate link, use the code ROOTS10 to receive $10 off: http://lddy.no/6xhd Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com…

VIDEO: Prepare and Plant my IN-GROUND Garden with Me! | VLOG

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: ANOTHER Bee Swarm?! And ANOTHER Garden!? | VLOG

Our Beekeeper friends that know their stuff: The Honeystead: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB2BKzY2HgpTEgYeba78KHA VW Family Farms: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vw+family+farm Sweet Potato Videos: Deep South Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_YZ2OGEY-s&t=207s Self Sufficient Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2x17TwQ-is Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To…

VIDEO: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS | Goat Kidding/New Baby on the Farm

Pesky’s kidding video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qqkIYnW6M Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon…

VIDEO: Why These Cottage Garden Plants are SPECIAL (and a door to make chicken keeping easier) | VLOG

Our automatic door came from Omlet: https://www.omlet.us/?aid=ZVZUKLMF Coupon code ROOTS This Coupon will work for the US, UK, Australia, and Ireland Omlet Websites! Our favorite garden ninja Hori Hori tool: https://amzn.to/3brTN9M Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel…

VIDEO: Thats a LOT of Garden! The HighTunnel Project BEGINS | VLOG

We are putting up a hightunnel kit from Growers Solutions: https://www.growerssolution.com/page/GS/CTGY/highsidekit The More You Grow video about food security: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlbFIBSpPQ&t=949s Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO…

VIDEO: Full Greenhouse Tour | Spring Garden Started Plants

Today I’m sharing what’s growing in my greenhouse. We garden naturally in Central Arkansas, zone 7b. Greenhouse Timelapse and tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LpSlmvnLf4&t=340s Step by step greenhouse build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Ojnoz54uk&t=1761s Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us:…

VIDEO: Loss on the Farm | I hate making this vlog.

Greenstalk Planter: This is an affiliate link, use the code ROOTS10 to receive $10 off: http://lddy.no/6xhd Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR…

VIDEO: Planted Too Soon? | Protecting the Garden from FROST

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: Hurry! The Sun is Shining! | VLOG

Our Egg Skelter: https://amzn.to/2K34XFS Whole Food Cooking Everyday cookbook: https://amzn.to/2V4OUNZ Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent…

VIDEO: Finishing the Garden Irrigation System ( GAME CHANGER )

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: Take my evening farm walk with me. | VLOG

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: The BEST Way to Trellis a Lot of Tomatoes (and other things) | VERTICAL GARDENING

Today I’m showing you how we put up our trellis walls made of cattle panels. Mentioned videos: Arched Trellis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXOX1nzCnaQ How to plant tomatoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLEGZH4sPz4&t=11s Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To…

VIDEO: Choosing Flowers and the Grocery Dress | Bonus VLOG

Rise and Shine t-shirt designed by my brother Drew Wilson: https://www.b-unlimited.com/collections/alliance-collection/products/roots-and-refuge-alliance-collection-t-shirt Shop at Thred Up! Use this link and get $10 off: http://www.thredup.com/r/A4GCXQ Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us…

VIDEO: Cook with me! Tips and tricks in cooking this basic, staple meal (Bean soup)

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: First Time Gardener, I'm PROUD of you! | VLOG

Follow our friends The Family Flips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjvKoNaWxOwhAHpC1tw-Odg Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house…

VIDEO: I'm out of space (And I'm starting Microgreens) | VLOG

Bootstrap Farmer microgreen trays: https://shrsl.com/27983 Bootstrap Farmer bottom trays: https://shrsl.com/26zqh Hoss Seeds: https://shrsl.com/26zq1 Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have…

VIDEO: Planting the Cottage Garden (And a NEW ANIMAL's Perfect NAME) | VLOG

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: Rise and Shine and Plant a Garden | A gardener's response to troubled times

https://www.b-unlimited.com/collections/alliance-collection/products/roots-and-refuge-alliance-collection-t-shirt Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________…

VIDEO: The tragic ignorance of treats (And the power of a list) | VLOG

The board games mentioned in this video: Settlers of Catan (This is what my older boys were playing. It is currently sold out on Amazon): https://www.target.com/p/settlers-of-catan-board-game/-/A-10979101 Settlers of Catan Junior (young elementary age): https://amzn.to/2Unt7kf Frankies Food Truck board game: https://amzn.to/2Jhf75e Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do…

VIDEO: How to PLANT & GROW with Cattle Panel Arched Trellises | Vertical Gardening Help

Today I’m answering some questions about gardening vertically on arched cattle panel trellises. How to Build an Arched Trellis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXOX1nzCnaQ&t=570s The Citystead video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBMxUNZgc80&feature=youtu.be Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop…

VIDEO: Sharing refuge (and planting the potato garden) | VLOG

Bootstrap Farmer Landscape Fabric: https://shrsl.com/26jzh Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our…

VIDEO: The Importance of Seed Saving | HOW TO Save Seeds for New Gardeners

Homesteaders of America HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD Series Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9NkdcT-FPc My old seed saving video that SHOWS a lot of the methods hands on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ipi14eLVfc&t=1455s Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us:…

VIDEO: Milking First Freshener TINY GOATS | Home Dairy | VLOG

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: Fast-Growing Food Options | Growing food to feed your family

Here are the videos mentioned in this video: Mike Dickson- The Fit Farmer – How to Grow Microgreens- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSlx5VqMUdg&t=349s Growing lettuce in soil bags: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXn2t8GLh0&t=10s Growing in a kiddie pool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxnPK4ZsFK0&t=114s At the time of posting, Hoss Tools is still shipping seeds: https://shrsl.com/26cla and Murray Mcmurray is still shipping birds: https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our…

VIDEO: Did I Panic Buy a HERD OF TINY GOATS? | VLOG

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: This cottage garden is changing FAST | VLOG

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…

VIDEO: That's Not the Shepherd | DEVOTIONAL

Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have a gift sent to our house from our Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/SFA0IZHZRCOZ?ref_=wl_share ______________________________________________________ Want…