jesssowards
Jess Sowards

If you’re gardening in a hot climate, I cannot recommend this cucumber enough. Silver Slicer can be picked young for pickling or allowed to grow large as a salad slicer. White skin, prolific and doesn’t get even a tad tough or bitter with our 90+ daily highs in SC.
4 plants will give me enough to can a years worth of pickles and relish. 👏👏
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2024-06-19 14:04:15

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I live in the rural midlands of South Carolina!

2024-06-19 00:43:19

Lovely views and sumptuous feasts, the garden gives generously, again and again. #grownostr
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2024-06-19 00:22:06

Lovely views and sumptuous feasts, the garden gives generously, again and again. #grownostr

2024-06-04 16:34:02

If you’ve never sunk your fingers into the earth and come up with golden plunder,
Dusted dirt away and washed tender skins gently,
Cooked a new potato gently with cream or butter or duck fat,
Sprinkled it with chunky salt and maybe some torn herbs just plucked from the garden,
I am afraid, dear friend, you may not know what a potato was meant to taste like.
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2024-06-03 23:48:39

The rogue flowerbed volunteer pumpkin is going wild and it’s my favorite plant on the whole farm.
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2024-05-20 19:32:24

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They’re pretty much finished in SC but it was a loud few weeks

2024-05-19 20:49:01

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We raise our own.

2024-05-15 00:48:10

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Arnie gets all my sats.

2024-05-15 00:46:10

What are the guidelines of posting video in Nostr? What works best?
Im working on some short format stuff and I’d love to share.

2024-05-13 22:49:48

A storm is blowing in to soak the blooming garden and water in all the things planted today. It’s funny how impatiently I await spring but somehow I always find myself taken aback by it. Either way, it’s fully here now. Next stop, canning season.
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2024-05-11 18:08:04

Enjoying things like pickled beets makes me feel like a real adult.
Finding them beautiful makes me feel like a real artist.
Growing it myself makes me feel like a real gardener.
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2024-05-11 15:21:24

The aurora borealis shone brilliantly over South Carolina last night. Though I was wondering how northern lights could have gotten so terribly misplaced, I did enjoy that they came south for a visit.
(This photo was taken by a friend a few miles from my home. My view was hindered by our pines.)
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2024-05-10 20:42:36

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Lovely view 😍

2024-05-10 20:36:40

Lavender strawberry jam. 😘
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2024-05-10 13:45:27

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The typos in my response are silly given the context. 😂 Don’t worry, the books had editors.

2024-05-08 23:43:17

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I just saw my first one this week! I shouted Welcome home!!

2024-05-08 23:42:52

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Beautiful!!!

2024-05-08 19:20:06

This morning: a goat milking story. #raisefood #feedyourself #grownostr
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2024-05-08 19:16:51

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So tasty!

2024-05-08 13:57:08

This time of year, the garden holds many demands but at least it also holds snacks. #grownostr
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2024-05-05 15:38:50

Good morning, good folks. #coffee
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2024-05-05 02:08:27

Trusty dog.
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2024-05-04 13:42:03

Spring is in full swing on our South Carolina homestead.
Goats and cows in milk
Eggs are coming in strong
Three ewe lambs born this week
So. Many. Strawberries.
Chamomile harvesting
Artichokes setting
The last of the beets and rutabagas pulled
Onions are bulbing.
Hog processed, filling the freezer after winter.
Seeds are popping up, plants transplanted.
What food are you growing? What is your favorite season of harvest?
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2024-04-29 11:47:25

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Oh I like that language. Starve the beast!

2024-04-27 23:01:35

Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the corruption and control I see in the world we live in. It’s overwhelming to be aware of but I’d rather have awareness than the blissful ignorance I observe so many enjoying.
I’d rather know and prepare, to build alternate sources of sustenance, to build something that isn’t so easily destroyed.
It gets a little hopeless when I observe through the phone in my hand.
But when I go outside and feel the spring clover tickling my feet, hear the cicadas loudly droning, smell the roses, welcome the newest life, I realize there’s a great steadiness. And then I keep building, planting and growing, and I think that it can make all the difference.
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2024-04-25 21:04:28

One of the things I love most about the garden is though she may fiercely humble you in one moment, she gives you a mind blowing win the next. #gardeners #grownostr
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2024-04-24 14:18:12

GM, Nostr! #coffee #coffeechain

2024-04-24 13:41:27

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😳🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏

2024-04-21 17:47:42

It’s strawberry season in SC. Anyone have any ways they love to use strawberries? In the next two weeks I’m planning on freeze drying a lot, and making strawberry jam and strawberry jalapeño jam. Of course, we will also eat lots fresh and make a good deal of ice cream. What else?
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2024-04-21 02:25:59

Big ole shell cracker. We’ve worked to balance our farm pond’s population and fish like this show me it’s working.
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2024-04-19 01:27:46

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So cool! I wish we could grow them!

2024-04-19 01:27:16

I have countless childhood memories with a Zebco in hand, and now my boys do too. Any fishermen (or women) here? #fishing #grownostr

2024-04-18 15:53:45

The Iris blooms are magic this week. #grownostr
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2024-04-17 01:15:29

I love this time of year. The farm is so alive and so peaceful. #grownostr
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2024-04-15 17:53:09

Bocephus is a sweet, big boy and throws lots of heifers but he will never be remembered for his good decision making. #homesteading #grownostr #devoncattle
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2024-04-15 17:44:33

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I need to start hardening off

2024-04-15 17:29:24

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I like our buffs and Cayuga. The runners are too timid. Pekins are huge but so funny.

2024-04-15 15:30:28

Nostr, meet William Wallace.
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2024-04-15 15:28:52

Goose egg, duck egg, 9 year old hands. #homesteading
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2024-04-15 15:27:52

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👏👏👏

2024-04-15 03:12:02

The future is looking bright. #grownostr
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2024-04-14 19:13:21

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I’d be so honored. I’m traveling today but I’ll check it out when I get home!

2024-04-14 15:03:02

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Thanks Jack! I’ve listened to your podcast a lot over the years. The last three years have been focused on diversifying income to move completely away from dependence on YT (or any of the current platforms). I started my podcast, opened a coffee business, and have dug in deep to local community.
My friend and employee @npub132h…e2yu has been nudging me down the road to BTC and all it entails for a long while now. I’m slow at learning new things, and admittedly have taken a lot longer than I wished I had. It’s not a loyalty to clown world but a preference for the garden and the overwhelm of running a business and a family that kept my blinders on. I’m glad to be here now though. There’s a lot of hope here.
Thank you for the warm welcome! You’ve done a lot of positive work in our community and I know it’s helped a lot of people!

2024-04-14 14:53:50

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Shifting tasks to maintain productivity while plans go awry is the most necessary homestead skill 😂

2024-04-14 14:37:48

I am a content creator. I’ve been creating on YouTube since 2015 and have one of the larger channels in the homesteading and gardening spheres (Roots and Refuge Farm). I spent this weekend in NC with some girlfriends whose families also have some very large channels in the same niche. This gave me further insight into the things I’ve been pondering since joining Nostr this week.
I do know the average content consumer doesn’t give a second thought to the reality that they are the commodity on current social platforms. They don’t care and it’s disheartening. BUT there are a lot of very experienced creators that are exhausted by the constant algorithm game. I haven’t convinced anyone to join me yet, as a lot of people simply aren’t willing to overcome the hurdle of the learning curve of a new platform. I think it’s getting ripe though, especially in regard to certain genres of content that just don’t fully work on a highly censored platform. Most homesteading content creators I know who have refused to indulge in algorithm-driven fear mongering have watched their reach dwindle and subsequently the monetization for their work drop by half or more.
I can’t teach or share about butchering, guns, inflation, putting animals down, or anything the mysterious “community guidelines” deem unmarketable without risking losing monetization on 9 years of work on YT. At the very least, when I don’t play by the rules (and often, I’ve not), I go from averaging 100k views a video to spending a few weeks only getting 20k per video. It’s maddening but like any employee, you mostly play by your bosses rules even if you hate them. You do what you have to keep your job and pay your bills. Eventually though, tyrannical bosses drive good workers away.
This is an oversimplified view of course, because there are other factors. I love what I do. I love homesteading and teaching it and I love the people I’ve connected with over the years and currently YT is my avenue to reach them. I would really really love another way though. The appeal of Nostr to me was seeing the potential for true freedom in creation and reaching a community with honest and untainted information and content. I agree, it’s going to take more development and ease of use for the masses to come, but I think the trajectory is very good.
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2024-04-14 06:00:00

My most happy place, the greenhouse where the garden is born. #grownostr
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2024-04-13 13:54:59

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I love eggs benny! I also make a southern version with a biscuit, crab cake or salmon patty and a fried egg with hollondaise 🔥🔥

2024-04-13 12:57:03

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I followed him! He sound like my hero husband! Post the photo shoot pics when you have them?!

2024-04-13 12:52:58

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Yes www.Beulahroastingco.com

2024-04-13 12:51:55

Good morning, darlingstrs! Breakfast anyone? #homegrownfood #grownostr #foodstr
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2024-04-13 12:47:10

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This is so cool!!! Thank you!!

2024-04-13 04:06:32

Garden goal- Make Dwight Shrute proud. ✅ #grownostr #growyourown
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2024-04-12 14:25:18

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I have quite a few favorites. This was Town Branch aged in smoked maple barrels and it was fantastic. We took an 11 year old bottle of Henry McKenna camping last weekend that was really special. I think it I had to choose one favorite it would be Town Branch or Oak and Eden. What’s yours?

2024-04-12 14:22:08

A different kind of #coffeechain GM post.
Our coffee packaging is being considered for an award at the Speciality Coffee Association trade show this weekend. We only opened our coffee roastery in October of 23, so this is our first year to even be represented at the show. Seeing this was pretty exciting, no matter the outcome. #coffee
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2024-04-12 04:59:54

Eating asparagus daily while it grows like wild. Ribeyes and bourbon are always in season. #foodstr #growyourown #dinner
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2024-04-12 04:36:26

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I have some large social media followings on other platforms and am new to Nostr. I’d love to learn more about how to use this space to share what I’m sharing elsewhere.

2024-04-11 18:36:03

Don’t grow weary announcing a dawn those around you can’t yet see.
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2024-04-11 15:00:32

Top of the morning to you all. Who are the coffee lovers here? #coffee
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2024-04-11 02:33:58

My thoughts after my first 24 hours on Nostr are:
1. There’s a learning curve here but seems worth figuring out.
2. Is this some portal to internet back when it was still new and fun?
3. What? I can post photos of my farm and not play the algorithm game? Awesome.
4. Who is Dan?
5. I think I’ll like it here.
Thanks @npub132h…e2yu for the nudge to join.
And thank you all for the warm welcome.
#grownostr

2024-04-11 02:28:37

Who needs personal space anyway. #homesteading #grownostr
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2024-04-10 22:57:06

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Goodness that’s lovely

2024-04-10 17:40:54

The asparagus stalks this year are audacious. #grownostr #growfood #homesteading
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2024-04-10 15:17:32

My trusty sidekick ready for chores this morning. His name’s not Dan but he does know what’s good. #beardog #porchsitting #coffeetime #grownostr
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2024-04-10 15:16:00

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Sounds like a productive morning! I’m hoping to sow seeds today too.

2024-04-10 00:19:42

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I’m reposting to remember to make this!! It looks delicious!

2024-04-10 00:15:44

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I’m actually not sure. I thought they were cosmic purple but the yellow core is throwing me. Maybe a seed mix up?

2024-04-10 00:14:46

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This is beautiful!!! 😍😍

2024-04-10 00:12:33

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Musical chairs is right. I can’t keep up!

2024-04-09 21:45:10

Pretty carrots from the garden. #gardeners #grownostr
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2024-04-09 18:52:58

The newest face on the farm, hiding in the buttercups.
I’m feeling a little like this while navigating this new way to connect with all of you.
So here’s my #introduction. My name is Jess. I love good food and growing things. I’m glad to be here 👋
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