Let's Talk SEEDS (Part TWO- What I'm EXCITED to grow this year!)

Today I'm sharing the List of what I'm excited to grow in my garden this year and why!

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[flyn]

Dad always told me the garden is "food for the body, flowers for the soul." You need both.

[furbabymom]

To be honest, I could listen to you talk about gardening all day long. I have just played your videos while cleaning and working on projects for the house and yard. Don't ever feel bad or apologize for your passion, it shows in you and that passion spreads. Keep up the great videos, please.

Kel

[dianaanderson]

I needed this. Just had my dad's memorial service today and found out 2 days ago my mom has lung cancer. 😭 They gave us seed packets with forget me nots. I can't wait to grow in honor of my Father.

[aloras]

I am moving into my nana’s house in about a month and she had a garden. This year I get to revive the space and I’m so excited.

[Alexis_]

When showing my friend my garden last summer, she randomly plucked/pruned a few things I had missed and I loved that because I felt like she was sowing love into my garden along with me!

[patriciahimes]

I’m filling my backyard with sunflowers this year. The HOA is just going to have to deal with them. Lol.

[borealliving]

There is literally NO other way I would rather spend my Saturday night! The day was so long!

Preparing a cup of tea with my blanket and I'm gonna watch this with passion!

[terrihubbard]

The flowers on eggplant are so pretty, enough to justify growing it just for the flowers!!!

[mindyrussell]

When I bought my house I made friends with my neighbor. He was 85. His garden was immaculate. He taught me so much. I’ll never forget walking over and seeing him sleeping in his chair in his garden. He’d say just watching life! His wife had also taught me a lot of flower gardening. We’d spend at least 2 or 3 nights over there playing dominoes! Great memories!

[kristydickens]

Largely due to you and your sharing your love of fun varieties and your "seeds want to grow" philosophy, I grew things from seed last year! I had NO idea what I was doing. I grew Dragon Tongue Bush Beans, Burgundy Okra, North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash, Queen Lime Red Zinnias, burgundy Sunflowers, and Lettuce Leaf Basil. My success was pretty mixed, didn't get a whole lot of anything, but I got such JOY from looking at all those plants that I grew from tiny seeds. I kept bringing stuff to my husband and saying, "Look I GREW this."
Oh and I let a parsley plant I grew from a start go to seed and now I have all these little parsley volunteers that make me so happy.

[andreagrowsthings]

For squash this year I’m going to plant buckwheat around it. I’ve heard from Laura at garden answer that her grandpa plants those together and says the buckwheat attracts parasitic wasps which eat the devil - I mean squash bugs. :) Just thought I’d share in case you haven’t tried that. :)

[ToriLeahPlunkett]

My FAVORITE videos! When you sit and talk nerdy to me. 💚

[annesedgwick]

I named my daughter Zinnia - They are dear to my heart. I can’t wait to see all your zinnias blooming this summer!!

[xraygrl]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your philosophy on the garden! We just built a house, and we finally live in the country. I cannot wait to start a big garden. I’ve been devouring your seed/gardening videos and it’s giving me so much inspiration. Thank you.

[jessicaandjeff]

My favorite way to eat eggplant is baba ganoush. It freezes great too, just strain before you freeze and after you thaw. This is especially good for people who aren't a huge fan of the texture of eggplant. Roast eggplant until soft. Then, blend it in a blender with tahini, garlic, lemon juice, cumin (or other spices), parsley (or other herbs), olive oil, salt. Great on bread, pita, veggies, meat, whatever.

[erinatwell]

The best Garden year I have ever had, I housed my guinea fowl in my garden. Unlike my chickens and ducks the guineas never harmed any of my plants.They kept my plants free of bugs( no squash bugs) and helped keep weeds down.

[alicewilder]

I have COVID and have been so bummed being home alone on this snowy day. This really lifted my spirits and has me dreaming of when I'll have a kitchen table covered in tomatoes from the harvest. Hope y'all are staying warm!

[LowcountryGardener]

Jess, don't forget about Ben's favorite pepper, the sweet banana pepper. I just love watching him in the garden chomping on those things. I do the same when I'm in the garden.

[gardeninggamergirl]

We live in North Alabama (8A) and squash bugs are wicked here too. Year before last I nearly went insane trying to defeat them, but they won out. Yellow squash is one of my absolute favorites, so I was absolutely determined to figure it out. So last year, we dedicated an entire 3'x3' bed to yellow squash and did something that looked super crazy (and the neighbors thought we were nuts), but it worked! It was amazing! I sewed a bunch of tulle fabric to a tarp in triangles, added dowels as poles and tied them at the top so that it looked like a teepee. We planted the tent and put fresh clean dirt inside on top of the tarp part, planted our starts (from indoors), tied it all up and strapped the poles together sealing that bad boy off. We didn't touch it again (except to water every now and again, because we got a load of rain last year) until it was time to harvest the most wonderful yellow squashes I have ever tasted. It is worth the funny looks to try to make a "princess teepee" just for the squash!

[marthathompson]

Your tomato-love cracks me up! Fresh, homegrown tomatoes are absolutely in another world from store bought, but holy cow! I probably don’t eat 60 tomatoes in a year! 🤣🤣🤣🤣