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The seasons are changing, and this is our final garden tour for the Summer season of 2018! Varieties Mentioned: Sweet Dumpling Squash Gouda Winter Squash Ichiban Eggplant Rhondda Black Giant Bean Dr. Wyche Yellow Tomato Malachite Box Tomato (green) Aunt Rubys German Green Amish Paste Tomato Corbaci Sweet Pepper Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/…
John 10:10 – The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they might have life and have it abundantly. Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: 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…
My favorite days are ones full of family and farm! Today is just a regular day at Roots and Refuge! 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 Mentioned in this video: My friend Lauren who will be…
Transparency always costs something, and I refuse to take the stance of talking you OUT of homesteading because of how hard it is. So I’m going to get real, be honest, and tell you how worth it this life really is. I’ve been invited to join this collab today to talk about the GOOD, the…
Today I was called out by Gramma Rose to answer these five questions: Why do I garden? How long have I been gardening? What do I grow? What is my favorite thing to grow? Why do I YouTube about it? Gramma Rose’s Video Sharing Why She Gardens and Tagging Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09v2dHrELoI&t=612s I am tagging: Cog…
Today I’m answering the burning question, how to you make extra money with your farm. While our farm is not our main source of income, we’ve had to get resourceful in order to be able to keep the farm running. Today I’m sharing my experiences on the best ways to allow your farming endeavor to…
I’m finally making our cucamelon pickles that I’ve been talking about. But first, I’m taking a relaxed walk through the garden and harvesting a few baskets full after the storm. Varieties Mentioned in this video: Cucamelons (Also known as Mexican Sour Gherkins) Wild Boar Farms Blue Gold Berries Tomato Wild Boar Farms Blue Berries Tomato…
I’m preparing a plan for the fall garden which means I have to tackle my huge and ridiculously unorganized seed collection. You DID want to see it. So here it 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…
You all have asked for a step-by-step tutorial in making mozzarella cheese, and here it is! I’m showing you exactly how to make mozzarella by using our raw goats milk from our home dairy. BUT since I know you don’t all have access to raw milk, I decided to do a little experiment using the…
It’s just another day on the farm! Come and take a walk around with our homesteading family. Ben sure is keeping me on my toes today. This farm kid is a ham! 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…
Wow, I never really realized how many seeds I save on an average day. Today I’m Vlogging throughout a regular Friday here at Roots and Refuge. I receive a cool package from The Homestead Box and we are all going to open it together, oh, and I’m saving seeds every time I turn around. For…
Welcome back, YouTube! Today we are walking through our 10,000 square foot garden here in Central Arkansas (Zone 7b), talking about different heirloom varieties and growing practices. I’m sharing whats working for me, whats not, and harvesting some new crops I’ve never grown before! Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our…
Welcome to our channel, YouTube. We are so, so thankful that you are here and we hope you are both encouraged and entertained by what we share here. Thank you for choosing to follow along with this dream come true! Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently…
A year or so ago, I had the idea of a devotional called “Good Morning from the Garden” The only problem was that I couldn’t imagine my target audience, considering so many of the things I learned with the Holy Spirit were in the context of my farm. Last week, I shared an encouraging word…
For those of you still waiting and praying to see your farm dream come true, here is a word of encouragement for this season. I occasionally share these kinds of thoughts from my Instagram and wanted to make these thoughts available here as well so that perhaps someone else could be encouraged. It is my…
One of my favorite things on a warm, Arkansas evening is to go walk through the garden with my kids and show them the progress. Benjamin, especially, loves garden fresh veggies and will try just about anything we grow!
I AM SO EXCITED! I read a tip on a gardening page and decided to give it a try, and it WORKED. I have lost so much fruit to tomato hornworms in the past, but not anymore. __________________________________________________________________ Blacklight Flashlight:https://amzn.to/2KD6OUs Sonnenglas Solar Jar Lantern: https://amzn.to/2Mf0TCg Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge…
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It’s just another busy day on the homestead! Giving away my extra plants and working in the garden with kids, I’m going non stop today. Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Thank you to our friend Daniel Smith for providing the music for our channel.
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We loved our cattle panel trellises last year, but this year we are doing things a little differently. Follow our instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Thank you to our friend Daniel Smith for all the amazing music on our channel.
We get a lot of questions about our garden. Dealing with very compacted clay soil led us to exploring raised garden beds, and in our research, we discovered just how expensive they can be. So we got creative with repurposed materials and cut ours costs significantly with the added bonus of loving the “Rustic” look.…
It’s all in a days work on a busy small farm. Today we are making jam, taking care of a rescued goat kid, milking for the first time in months…all with a few small human kids in tow! Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge
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Learn about small scale hog production with Rocco Sinicrope as he shares his own experience creating layers of livestock, cover crops, rotational grazing and more. Glean tips to help you be more efficient while building your systems on whatever scale you have in mind. In part 2, take a walk, see some pigs and talk…
A quick run through on a summer evening of chores and then off to date night!
June 2017- Join us in our raised bed garden as we give our tomato plans a little extra support. instagram.com/roots_and_refuge
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We are uploading some older footage from the Summer of 2017, including this video sharing our daily goat routine. We have a herd of Nubian dairy goats on our small farm in central Arkansas. This was a normal day of goat care in June 2017. Since this video, we have made some changes and will…
We are taking the leap into regular vlogging, and to start, today I’m walking you around our small farm! Here’s a look at our garden, chickens and goats and a little bit of what you can look forward to on our channel. Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/…
