Welcome to Root and Revel! I'm Jessica, a backyard gardener in New Jersey | Grow Zone 7a 🌿

I share seasonal planting guides, growing tips and tricks on herbs, vegetables, flowers, and houseplants, and ways to preserve what you grow all year! From seed to harvest — indoors and outdoors — these videos will help you grow more, save more, and enjoy the process!

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I just overwintered 20 pepper plants - check out the step by step guide to keeping peppers alive overwinter for a bigger harvest next season! 🌶️
#RootandRevel #overwinterpeppers #growyourownfood #zone7a

3 days ago | [YT] | 1

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My first sweet potato harvest is live! 🍠 Watch the full 2.5-minute video here to see the final yield and my easy way to preserve my harvest
#RootandRevel#Gardening #SweetPotatoHarvest

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

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The countdown to the sweet potato harvest is ON! 🍠

Before the frost hits, I'm digging up the tubers and officially starting the winter process of overwintering my slips so I have free plants for next spring—no buying slips, no buying new sweet potatoes, and no using up my precious harvest just to create next year's plants!

🛑💸While the outdoor garden goes to sleep, the kitchen lab is officially waking up. I'm skipping the exhausting canning routines this year and leaning hard into quick harvest hacks, fermenting, and indoor propagation.

👇 If you missed it, my quick tomato freezing hack is on the channel! Check it out if you’re short on time this harvest season!

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

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Wild Kitchen & Garden update! 🌶️🍂 The late-August planting for fall is officially 100% complete, and today we are looking ahead at our autumn production calendar.I have a massive vault of concepts lined up for the coming months, but I want to know exactly what you want to see next in the feed. Cast your vote below to help shape the next masterclass! 🎛️🧬

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

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🍅 New video is up! This one's for everyone who's ever looked at their tomato plants and wondered "am I doing this right?"
I'm breaking down everything I do to keep my tomatoes healthy all season — watering, feeding, pruning, pest prevention, and the difference between determinate and indeterminate varieties.
Check it out and tell me how your tomatoes are doing this season! 🌱
#tomatogrowing #rootandrevel #rootandrevel #growyourown #growingzone7

4 months ago | [YT] | 2

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🌶️ New video is live! Pepper, eggplant and tomatillo transplant day is finally here — and my overwintered peppers are MASSIVE. I'll show you why overwintering peppers is possible, how I handle rootbound seedlings, my planting hole amendments, and I'm running two grow bag experiments this season that I'll be tracking all the way through harvest. Come see the full finished planting area — link in bio! 🌱

4 months ago | [YT] | 2

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Your garden is about to change FAST 🌱
If you’re about 2 weeks from your last frost, this is the moment that sets up your entire season.
Seedlings move outside. Beds come alive. And timing matters more than anything.
New video live — I’m walking through exactly what to do right now so you don’t miss the window.
What’s the FIRST thing you’re planting in the garden this spring?”

6 months ago | [YT] | 2

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We’re officially at the 6-week mark, and timing starts to matter even more from here.
Everything revolves around last frost timing — not random dates.
What are you starting this week? Drop your zone below 👇
🎥 Watch here:

7 months ago | [YT] | 2

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My pepper seedlings are ready for the next step 🌶️
Potting up sounds simple, but timing makes a big difference. Move them too early and they stall. Wait too long and they get root bound.
I’m sharing how I decide when to pot up and what I look for before moving them into larger containers.
New video is up 🌱
Are your peppers still in seed trays or ready for an upgrade?

7 months ago | [YT] | 3

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If you’re 8 weeks before your last frost, these are the seeds you want to sow indoors now! Are you starting tomatoes yet, or waiting?
New video is up 🌿

7 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 2