Matt starting to sing that song from Hee Haw, made me smile, I remember watching that show every week as a child and that always making me laugh. You and he are such a great pair. 🙂
"Where oh where are you tonight, Why did you leave me here all alone? I searched the world over and thought I'd found true love You met another and 😝 you were gone!" LOL! That brings back memories of Sunday nights as a child. Lawrence Welk and Hee Haw. 😉
@@carmarasmussen8118 Yes!! I loved that show. Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones... that was some good "old timey" music! They were good! And, I loved the little quickie jokes in between, too. Plain old silly stuff that always had us laughing. We looked forward to it, every week.
I've been really enjoying these garden updates. They're lovely to have playing in the background while I study, and I have the cutest video of my dog being very confused at hearing the crows lol.
I can't believe this summer has come and gone. Feels like the gardens and crops just got planted and now we're already harvesting wheat. Soon the rest will follow.
I believe we're in for early "fall like" weather this year. Here, just a little south of Atlanta, I can already see some trees and plants in the early stages of 'change'. Your garden did real good. Thanks for sharing 🙏
I enjoyed relaxing with y'all while watching this video. ☺Talking about growing cabbage reminded me how my aunt used to plant the core and bottom part of the cabbage and would grow 3 or 4 cabbages from the core.
My granddaddy’s niece didn’t have one blade a grass in her yard. Granddaddy said her husband was too lazy to mow. The chickens roamed around, pecking in the yard. We loved chasing them. In the summer she would put her wood burning stove on the back porch. She’d can out there. Kept the house cooler. We would get so dirty! We loved it. Mama not so much. Thanks Tipper, another good memory.
Enjoyed thanks God bless! Your garden will be a good one no matter what you decide! Nothing is accomplished unless you dream. You guys have so much fun together it's relaxing watching you.
The best cabbage you will ever eat is that fall crop, that frost will make it so good even if it gets snowed on them give them a kick of sweetness to it and it's just delicious..It makes it on into the winter too. I live here in Virginia about 50 miles north of Eden NC..So I just planted this week us some cabbage slips broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli and collard greens and turnips, kale, mustard and winter radish.I've got to plant my garlic,and sow some spinach seeds for an early spring crop...I love the fall planting..I've got some late tomatoes blooming as well 😋 the late and last crop of the year..I sure do enjoy watching you and your husband and your precious girls..I'm going on 63 and my husband is 70 but I still love to grow my vegetables and harvest them and can, or freeze them.. Good eating in the winter months..
My wife and I sit on the porch every morning and dream about things we want to do around our house. Dreams don't cost anything. As far as the grass is considered, I'm thinking about sowing our whole yard with wild flowers.
I've been stung so many times I could never count them! When I was little I LOVED playing with the bees! My mom had a flower bush and I'd catch as many as I could, let them go, and catch them again! I still love watching the bees! Guess it was a strange playmate a facination for a little girl !? 🌺🐝😄🌼🐝
Here in north central Alabama fall is coming early - about 3 weeks early. Our farmers all say fruit came in a bit early this spring and summer and is ending early. Cool nights and days have brought the yellow fall butterflies out earlier than usual. Your cabbage may do well this fall and greens are always good to have as the weather cools down…- so many of our farmers say they expect a good harvest for fall produce. Apples from Crow Mountain in north Alabama are coming in sweet and juicy! Some of the best apples grown in the south. You have a lovely garden- peaceful and plenteous. Blessings on you and your family and a ripe and bounteous harvest this fall! Sure do enjoy what you share. Feels like home to me.
I feel like I'm sitting right there with you listening and nodding. I have never had the opportunity to live in a place that allows big gardens, but yours sure is beautiful. You are so right about the lawns not producing anything but work. I didn't think about that before. We have city restrictions, as silly as that sounds. My friend got a ticket for planting a few tomato plants on the side of her house. Apparently, it's against the ordinance to plant vegetables that are visible from the street. I really enjoy your videos. Makes me want to move down there (from Michigan).
It's Great how y'all make good use of Every Square inch of your garden area's. I know that it's good excersise to manually split firewood, but Matt can still get a good workout with a nice splitter!💪🙂🙋♂️
Tipper the best thing for a bee stink is take a rag dip it in gas and hold it on the sting it will draw all the bee venom out and it wont itch or swell up. There was a old bee keeper taught me that way back in the 60's and it really works.
I can only remember getting stung by a bee once. My mother used a heated sterilized needle to get the stinger out. We weren't allowed to go barefoot outside, so I probably saved myself from several painful encounters with bees and wasps.
Even here, in the desert that is the Los Angeles Valley, we've had a couple of unusual cool days when we normally expect 100+ degrees. Ain't complainen.
What a lovely couple you are. I was going aeound the house doing my chores listening in like family. I miss bonds like this. Many of our families have had traumas from the past several years split us uo at least in mind. I begged mine to go back to simpler ways. Now I just do what I can to pass it along; I've learned to grow, have shared tomatoes with all the neighbors and overall just learned new skills during it all. May God bless all of you. I'm glad to be here.
@@CelebratingAppalachia Still watching!!! Learning a lot too Tha k you so much. I've begin writing Tidbits down from channels like yours and others since I have no one to teach me these days. You're filling in the blanks for this city girl gone country way too long ago.
Grandpa always used Tobacco will take the sting out of it snuff chewing Tobacco wet it place it on sting swelling and pain leaves it. We have found like 5 nests in the ground this year. Thank you for sharing this hope you have a great week.
Really enjoy yalls popsickle talks after the days work in the garden is over. Have a little trouble hearing all of the conversation though , you both talk very softly. Could be because me and my computer are both older than dirt too. Sure enjoy the family time in the garden . Brings back a lot of memories . Celebrate family everyday .
Love this! The hee haw thing was funny ..I also thought of the picture of the man and woman, the man in overalls with a pitch fork ...I agree with matt about less grass more vegetables growing...I understand about the stings , I got stung 8 times by yellow jackets while mowing grass . They went up my shorts leg ...I jumped off the mower and took off running , slapping my leg ...it was bad ...but the old standby, tobacco juice did the trick ...matt always make me laugh...thanks and God bless y'all....🙏❤
Ouch! Stung twice on top of mouth by hornets! 🥺 Eat a popsicle after cayenne peppers! 😃 Tenderlion would be better than baloney. Those tiny watermelons are so cute, I bet they're super tasty! Mr. Matt's Hee Haw song. 😃 Again, as I mentioned in other videos of your garden, you have got yourself one nice garden. 🌱😊
It's so nice and quiet where you're sitting. Talking about getting stung, I come out my front door to go to work one morning and unbeknownst to me, yellow jackets had built a nest around the porch light. When I shut the door, one dive bombed me and stung me on my top lip. Boy, did that hurt and my lip swelled up to twice its size! I think old yellow jackets are hateful all the time!
We met a lady at church who invited us to her home to apply aloe to my moms thumb. She went to pick up a shell & it sliced her thumb bad. When we got to her house, her yard front & back was covered in small pebbles instead of grass. Grass doesn’t grow well down in Florida. It looked very nice & they didn’t have to cut grass! Also just wanted to say when I was 11, we went barefoot in summer too! City would use tar & gravel on our street & we’d run across it barefoot & never bothered us. However, I was in backyard & stepped on a honey bee. My foot swelled. Mom made sure the stinger was out. By that evening,I had red streaks running up my leg. Took my dad & a neighbor man to get me into the car. I spent so much being in hospital from kidney disease I was born with that I didn’t want to go to hospital! Emergency determined I was allergic to bee stings & gave me a shot! I’ve worn shoes or sandals ever since! I try hard not to get stung again! So far, I haven’t gotten stung! Either I might have gotten immune or could react worse! I’m nearly 68 now & still hope I never get on the wrong side of a bee to find out! I do miss walking barefoot in the grass!!
Oh the memories you bring up--lol Once after getting off a trail ride I tied my horse to a tree. Well the horse started stomping and I thought I had tied her up on an ant bed. I walked over to untie her and immediately knew I was in trouble. I untied the horse and she ran off, so you know what happened. Yes I was covered in ground hornets. Burying bumblebees I called them. Man was that tough. We finally jumped in the car and a couple of them even followed us in. Well after everything settled down, the horse finished eating and went in the paddock and just kinda collapsed. Well we called the vet and luckily he was in on a Sunday evening and we loaded up and took the horse in. Made me kinda mad because the vet wouldn't give me a shot---hahahah I took Benadryl and was fine---no tobacco chewers around. Love listening to you and Matt on Sundays! Enjoyed the video!
Here in AZ we are "monsoon" planting. Our summer "monsoon" is the rainy season, but the temps are still over 100. Short season bush beans went in earlier in August and are showing signs of flowering. Fall tomatoes went in as transplants yesterday and have a 30% shade cover until temps get into the 90's. Also short season, but, I might be able to nurse them through the winter to get a head start on spring. Other fall crops are squash, radishes, carrots, and brassicas. Lettuces come later when it really has cooled down.
I won’t ever see the painting American Gothic without thinking of Matt’s rendition of Hee Haw. So cute!! Think I’ll call it Appalachian Gothic! Love your channel and Matt’s sense of humor!🥰
Hopeful….. thx for good video.Mr. Mule, my daughter used to call herself, “Mama’s Goat”, when we’d be pulling weeds! I called her, “my favorite goat!”!🐐
I always feel a tinge of sadness when the garden's best days are behind it for the season and you can feel and see the change in the sun's angle, but I always wait til after that first killing frost to pull vines and take it down for winter. Fortunately, that's still several weeks off.
Wow, you and Mat have worked so hard to make a beautiful garden. BRAVO! If you get stung again put vinegar on it right away it will kill the Venum. You guys are the nicest couple I think. Never you mind that tobacco juice it sounds terrible. Just do vinegar you will never know the second it hits that you were even stung. I was stung by I think the biggest queen Bee it went right up under my arm and around on my back and stung me it was my first bee sting. So the lady I was working for at age 15 mowing lawns, she said you don't need to go home I will fix you up really fast. That was the vinegar. White or AC vinegar will work so fast. I enjoyed your video.
I put pea gravel,mulch and pavers down and used weed cloth under that them to make a sort of courtyard for veggie garden and flower garden. Almost no grass to mow!
Loved watching you guys tend your garden this summer.it brought back memories.mom always loved okra.dad loved tomatoes.seems like each family member has their own favorite garden veg.wishing you a good next year🥕🥒🌶🌽🍅🍓🍇.
Hubby is not physically able to do weed eating anymore. Some areas have to be sprayed. I have a 40 volt rechargeable weed eater with a body harness. It works well I just usually get so hot I have to quit.
I have never heard of Sugar Baby Watermelon’s, I Love a Good , Sweet Watermelon! Prefer Warermelon over Cantelope! Looks like you Guy’s got a Good Harvest from your Garden! Everything is sooo Green there, you must get a lot of Rain! Do you Plant Spinach & Kale, & Turnips! Sounds like you are going to have a Good Fall Garden! That is Good you have 🐝 for Honey! My Nephew has Bee’s, I always buy Honey from him! Bee Stings are very Painful! Enjoyed this Video! You Guy’s are very Knowledgeable on Planting A Garden & Preserving your Harvest! Have a Blessed Day!
Tipper, I like what you were saying about how the yards used to be, all wild and useful. We should get back to that instead of the pretty, but basically useless turf grass. Maybe we wouldn't have the current trouble with the bees and butterflies being scarce.
I had a yellow jacket in my boot sting me multiple times too. It took FOREVER to stop itching and heal. The scar took forever to fade. I had mowed over their ground nest. Whew! That was not fun!
Rattlesnake beans are the best. We usually planted 2 or 3 long rows, on the end of the garden with slight drainage. At the end of the season, Pop would plow them under, and sometimes sow clover. We always planted beans on Good Friday, and were enjoying them by July. I actually liked the beans Mom canned a little better than fresh off the vine. We'd usually open up quart jar, add a little oil, onion, a couple of sliced potatoes, and carrots, and about 20 minutes later, good eatin'. Another thing I just remembered. Pop would plant corn first, and then the rattlesnake beans between the corn. As the corn matured, the beans would run up the stalks, so we didn't have to use stobs and wire to stake the beans. Pop said "The Lord told me to do that." :)
I don't know about other bees but honey bees are generally more aggressive during the month of August. This is because in this area there is a nectar dearth in August. The foraging bees which are your oldest and most aggressive bees don't have much to do because there is little in the way of nectar or pollen to gather. So they tend to hang around the hive and just become hateful to contend with.
Just had our bee man take down a large honey bee nest. He said there was about 8 thousand. He was able to harvest a large pasta pot of honey filled to the top. It tastes wonderful.😍
Low ground cover, for places you walk, that you never have to mow. Wood sorrel, for example. Dichondra. Be careful with white clover that Claims it's "mini" or dwarf. You have to mow it for it to grow that way. You wouldn't have to mow it as much as grass, though. Also good for the bees and soil. Easier and cleaner to deal with than mulch.
The stories of getting stung makes me twitchy!! I've been lucky in that in all my 58 years I've been stung 3 times, 1 time last year by a "Murder" hornet. That was enough! Lovely seeing and listening to you both again. Have a wonderful week!
I just love watching you and Matt together, you guys are such a wonderful couple. Havent watched for awhile, trying to enjoy summer while I can. It goes way too fast, already county fairs and tractor show time, and harvest is almost upon us. Taking one of my tractors to a threshing show this weekend. When I was 8 me and my brother took a baseball bat to a hornets nest stung over 50 times and ended up in the er. Mother was so mad at us. After you get the gardens harvested in the fall do you let your chickens go through it, I even let my cows go through our veggie garden which is about an acre. I never harvest our laying chickens, theyre too much like pets, just as spoiled as the cats. Some of them and one of the roosters follow me around like dogs. You should grade an area out and make it bigger. As a farmer its always good to plan ahead, I even do it several years out in some cases.
My front yard has 3 huge beech trees so it's soo shady that grass won't grow, I just have to rake it few times a year. Have fruit trees in back, and two gardens. You can also have large flower beds like canna bulbs, probably spelled that wrong lol.
Oh goodness this video was such a treat! I love hear others talking about their gardening and I'd never heard of tommy toe tomatoes. I've probaby ate them before and didn't know their name. And sitting there eating popsickles looked so peaceful. Thank you for sharing! 🙏🙂
We hate cutting grass! Instead I’ve put out chia seed, native plants, and blackberries/blueberries along every fence so no weed eating around the fences. It’s a work in progress and we have lots more to do. We do all mulch for our pathways between beds with weed fabric underneath. But honestly other than that I just let the weeds grow. The lizards love the cover and I’ve noticed I have more pollinators so it helps my garden!
Your yard is so pretty with the grass though. Looks so restful but you’re right - makes sense to have something to nourish you. Guess I just love grassy areas - and the peace and beauty it seems to bring. But then I don’t have to mow it.
From what I understand people originally had grass in their yards to prove that they were rich enough that they didn't need the land for growing food. Matt's right, it doesn't make any sense laboring so much over something that just sits there and accomplishes nothing. Mowed grass smells good, sure, but tomato plants smell a whole lot better. Taste better too!! 😉
" All my Lord's goodness" ! Just thinking about how much time people spend on mowing the grass last week . My dad had a long handle sickle for that job in the 1960's . Would it be wonderful to have neighborhood goats taking care of the weeds , and grass ? Neighbor number one would have the goats for a few days then neighbor number two for a few days ,and so on . Rotating ! Remember-Think of something new . People in Wales allow their animals to roam free . They seem to know where home is . Buy small one cup tea bags for bee stings . Takes the pain away , and keeps swelling down . Wet bag an apply too bite . Wrote too much . Always So Good !
Matt's looking forward to hunting season. When we kept honey bees years ago, I got some inside my boots one evening & my foot swelled up bad. Had to go to work the next day with my furry house shoes on because I couldn't get my shoes on because of the swelling. If you can put ammonia on an instant sting it will take away the pain almost immediately. If you don't have ammonia, anything with ammonia in it (like window cleaner, etc.) will help a lot. I would love to see you be able to afford a log splitter to help with all that wood you have to split each year. How about that apple bread recipe...can we have it from you? Hugs!
@@nickik.9037 You're welcome. 😊 Hello from eastern North Carolina. Matt might've been chopping some lighter knot [or rich pine as they call it] with his hatchet. It's really great for starting fires.
Lay cardboard over the lawn you want to convert to new beds. Cover it as deeply as you can with natural materials. I have done this with vegetable scraps and other things that would go into the compost pile, leaves, straw. This will smother the grass and give you a good foundation. If you do this now, you should be ready to plant in the spring. Just add some extra compost when planting. It takes a while for the soil critters to break down the grass roots. I have a bed I started two years ago, and it is doing beautifully.
Tipper i have a picture of my grandparents place and there yard was swept clean! Like Matt said its close to time for fresh tenderloin here in Alabama too!
Bugs, corn beetles ruined my corn. I have planted tri color beans onions, carrots, kale, spinach, radish watermelon, etc for fall .....I think I'm going to just do mainly fall garden because of bugs. Do you all ever make elder flower champagne in summer for Christmas?
Where oh where are you tonight. Why did you leave me here all alone? I searched the world over and thought I found true love You met again and thurrrrp you were gone. Nice video guys. Made me smile at your jokes!
If you don't like grass I think you should make a bigger garden or perhaps a grape arbor. I love the look of the beans growing up the cattle fencing. It's very peaceful looking in your garden. I grew up loving the ability to walk barefoot in the soft grass so I do enjoy my little patch of green. I don't have a vegetable garden because I travel summers.
I just knew he was going to start singing the Hee Haw song! 🤗😝😆❤️. I so pray if I get married again, I can find someone who complements me and I him as you two complete each other. 🙏
Guy in Sequim ,Wa. Spread evergreen wood chips all over his grass to keep weeds down. Soil mulched and softer for planting. Check out Back to Eden gardening. Paul Gautchie. You might enjoy his gardening simplicity. Not bark dust. But fresh chipped wood about 1" and smaller. Acts as a mulch and moisture barrier.
I love your garden, I always planted my turnip greens the last week of Aug. No later than the 2nd week of Sept. I haven't heard you mention turnip greens, turnips yes, but I would rather eat the greens, seasoned with hog jaw, yes I know it is jowl, but to me it's good ol hog jaw. Love watching all you do to keep the old ways
Most I was ever stung.... 8-10 times by honey bees. I was probably about 12 helping my dad rob them. We had veils but no suits and tried to put long pants etc on but the bees would get inside my clothes.
When I was in 5th grade, I was walking home from the bus stop swinging my backpack over my head and hit a hornets nest. I screamed and ran and my Mom came out thinking I was being attacked by dogs. She grabbed the water hose and sprayed them to drive them away. My Dad walked up to get my backpack (I left it there when I ran) and he got stung on the eyelid. I was stung around 50 times plus the ones they couldn't count in my hair. I was fine, itchy, but fine. My Dad almost had to be admitted to the hospital. After he got home that night from the hospital, he and our neighbor burned the nest with a lit gasoline soaked rag on a LONG stick.
Matt starting to sing that song from Hee Haw, made me smile, I remember watching that show every week as a child and that always making me laugh. You and he are such a great pair. 🙂
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"Where oh where are you tonight,
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and thought I'd found true love
You met another and 😝 you were gone!"
LOL! That brings back memories of Sunday nights as a child. Lawrence Welk and Hee Haw. 😉
@@carmarasmussen8118 great memories
@@carmarasmussen8118 Yes!! I loved that show. Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones... that was some good "old timey" music! They were good! And, I loved the little quickie jokes in between, too. Plain old silly stuff that always had us laughing. We looked forward to it, every week.
@@CelebratingAppalachia
Loved Hee Haw, & love Matt’s & your interpretation. Also, enjoyed the girls in the corn patch!
It's so wonderful watching you two together. There is such a relaxed comfortable feeling ... ❤️❤️
😊 thank you
Oh, you are right, I've seen him & Katie using it. Thanks for the reminder!
I've been really enjoying these garden updates. They're lovely to have playing in the background while I study, and I have the cutest video of my dog being very confused at hearing the crows lol.
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Tipper do you have critters that feast off your garden? We have deer that will come right up to our deck.
I can't believe this summer has come and gone. Feels like the gardens and crops just got planted and now we're already harvesting wheat. Soon the rest will follow.
I can't either 😀
Same. It went by too fast! 😲
Not ready for winter! 😩
I believe we're in for early "fall like" weather this year. Here, just a little south of Atlanta, I can already see some trees and plants in the early stages of 'change'.
Your garden did real good.
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Thank you 😀
Here in the north its looking like fall for sure. All the song birds migrated two weeks ago.😭
I’ve noticed this in my area, too. I live on the East Coast. Delaware.
I so love these videos with you and Matt just talking....feels like I'm right there with you!
I enjoyed relaxing with y'all while watching this video. ☺Talking about growing cabbage reminded me how my aunt used to plant the core and bottom part of the cabbage and would grow 3 or 4 cabbages from the core.
My granddaddy’s niece didn’t have one blade a grass in her yard. Granddaddy said her husband was too lazy to mow. The chickens roamed around, pecking in the yard. We loved chasing them. In the summer she would put her wood burning stove on the back porch. She’d can out there. Kept the house cooler. We would get so dirty! We loved it. Mama not so much. Thanks Tipper, another good memory.
I COULD JUST LISTEN TO YOU TWO ALL DAY....
...WAIT A MINUTE, SOMETIMES I DO !!!❤❤❤😂😂😂 LOVE YOU BOTH!!!
😀 Thank you!
Matt is so funny! I Love the mountains of Appalachia. I'm in Florida and it's hot early in the morning still.
Thank you Cheryl 😀
Thank you for this nice chat. It was very relaxing. You both are so sweet.
Enjoyed thanks God bless! Your garden will be a good one no matter what you decide! Nothing is accomplished unless you dream. You guys have so much fun together it's relaxing watching you.
Thank you Frank 😀
The best cabbage you will ever eat is that fall crop, that frost will make it so good even if it gets snowed on them give them a kick of sweetness to it and it's just delicious..It makes it on into the winter too.
I live here in Virginia about 50 miles north of Eden NC..So I just planted this week us some cabbage slips broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli and collard greens and turnips, kale, mustard and winter radish.I've got to plant my garlic,and sow some spinach seeds for an early spring crop...I love the fall planting..I've got some late tomatoes blooming as well 😋 the late and last crop of the year..I sure do enjoy watching you and your husband and your precious girls..I'm going on 63 and my husband is 70 but I still love to grow my vegetables and harvest them and can, or freeze them.. Good eating in the winter months..
My wife and I sit on the porch every morning and dream about things we want to do around our house. Dreams don't cost anything. As far as the grass is considered, I'm thinking about sowing our whole yard with wild flowers.
I've been stung so many times I could never count them! When I was little I LOVED playing with the bees!
My mom had a flower bush and I'd catch as many as I could, let them go, and catch them again! I still love watching the bees! Guess it was a strange playmate a facination for a little girl !? 🌺🐝😄🌼🐝
Katie loved them like that too 😀
I know you’ll be glad when the cooler weather comes in. I’m tired of the heat this year.
Here in north central Alabama fall is coming early - about 3 weeks early. Our farmers all say fruit came in a bit early this spring and summer and is ending early. Cool nights and days have brought the yellow fall butterflies out earlier than usual. Your cabbage may do well this fall and greens are always good to have as the weather cools down…- so many of our farmers say they expect a good harvest for fall produce. Apples from Crow Mountain in north Alabama are coming in sweet and juicy! Some of the best apples grown in the south. You have a lovely garden- peaceful and plenteous. Blessings on you and your family and a ripe and bounteous harvest this fall! Sure do enjoy what you share. Feels like home to me.
Thank you both for sharing your life 🙂
I feel like I'm sitting right there with you listening and nodding. I have never had the opportunity to live in a place that allows big gardens, but yours sure is beautiful. You are so right about the lawns not producing anything but work. I didn't think about that before. We have city restrictions, as silly as that sounds. My friend got a ticket for planting a few tomato plants on the side of her house. Apparently, it's against the ordinance to plant vegetables that are visible from the street. I really enjoy your videos. Makes me want to move down there (from Michigan).
Where I am we haven't had much bees but a lot of rain. You guys work well together take care
Thank you 😀
It's Great how y'all make good use of Every Square inch of your garden area's. I know that it's good excersise to manually split firewood, but Matt can still get a good workout with a nice splitter!💪🙂🙋♂️
They own a log splitter already. It's been featured in several of their earlier videos while they're using it.
@@johnnabuzby6103 Great!😀
Tipper the best thing for a bee stink is take a rag dip it in gas and hold it on the sting it will draw all the bee venom out and it wont itch or swell up. There was a old bee keeper taught me that way back in the 60's and it really works.
I can only remember getting stung by a bee once. My mother used a heated sterilized needle to get the stinger out. We weren't allowed to go barefoot outside, so I probably saved myself from several painful encounters with bees and wasps.
Even here, in the desert that is the Los Angeles Valley, we've had a couple of unusual cool days when we normally expect 100+ degrees. Ain't complainen.
What a lovely couple you are. I was going aeound the house doing my chores listening in like family. I miss bonds like this. Many of our families have had traumas from the past several years split us uo at least in mind. I begged mine to go back to simpler ways. Now I just do what I can to pass it along; I've learned to grow, have shared tomatoes with all the neighbors and overall just learned new skills during it all. May God bless all of you. I'm glad to be here.
So glad you enjoyed it!!
@@CelebratingAppalachia Still watching!!! Learning a lot too Tha k you so much. I've begin writing Tidbits down from channels like yours and others since I have no one to teach me these days. You're filling in the blanks for this city girl gone country way too long ago.
Grandpa always used Tobacco will take the sting out of it snuff chewing Tobacco wet it place it on sting swelling and pain leaves it. We have found like 5 nests in the ground this year. Thank you for sharing this hope you have a great week.
Really enjoy yalls popsickle talks after the days work in the garden is over. Have a little trouble hearing all of the conversation though , you both talk very softly. Could be because me and my computer are both older than dirt too. Sure enjoy the family time in the garden . Brings back a lot of memories . Celebrate family everyday .
For a garden winding down, it's sure got a long way to go, still looks great and productive 👍
Love this! The hee haw thing was funny ..I also thought of the picture of the man and woman, the man in overalls with a pitch fork ...I agree with matt about less grass more vegetables growing...I understand about the stings , I got stung 8 times by yellow jackets while mowing grass . They went up my shorts leg ...I jumped off the mower and took off running , slapping my leg ...it was bad ...but the old standby, tobacco juice did the trick ...matt always make me laugh...thanks and God bless y'all....🙏❤
Ouch! Stung twice on top of mouth by hornets! 🥺 Eat a popsicle after cayenne peppers! 😃 Tenderlion would be better than baloney. Those tiny watermelons are so cute, I bet they're super tasty! Mr. Matt's Hee Haw song. 😃 Again, as I mentioned in other videos of your garden, you have got yourself one nice garden. 🌱😊
It's so nice and quiet where you're sitting. Talking about getting stung, I come out my front door to go to work one morning and unbeknownst to me, yellow jackets had built a nest around the porch light. When I shut the door, one dive bombed me and stung me on my top lip. Boy, did that hurt and my lip swelled up to twice its size! I think old yellow jackets are hateful all the time!
Ouch that had to hurt! Thank you for watching 😀
I believe I've found the treats you enjoy. Aldi's I got the coconut. It was really good. Love a plain bologna sandwich!
Glad you found them 😀
We met a lady at church who invited us to her home to apply aloe to my moms thumb. She went to pick up a shell & it sliced her thumb bad. When we got to her house, her yard front & back was covered in small pebbles instead of grass. Grass doesn’t grow well down in Florida. It looked very nice & they didn’t have to cut grass!
Also just wanted to say when I was 11, we went barefoot in summer too! City would use tar & gravel on our street & we’d run across it barefoot & never bothered us. However, I was in backyard & stepped on a honey bee. My foot swelled. Mom made sure the stinger was out. By that evening,I had red streaks running up my leg. Took my dad & a neighbor man to get me into the car. I spent so much being in hospital from kidney disease I was born with that I didn’t want to go to hospital! Emergency determined I was allergic to bee stings & gave me a shot! I’ve worn shoes or sandals ever since! I try hard not to get stung again! So far, I haven’t gotten stung! Either I might have gotten immune or could react worse! I’m nearly 68 now & still hope I never get on the wrong side of a bee to find out! I do miss walking barefoot in the grass!!
Thank you for sharing Mary!! That had to be a scary experience for sure!
Oh the memories you bring up--lol Once after getting off a trail ride I tied my horse to a tree. Well the horse started stomping and I thought I had tied her up on an ant bed. I walked over to untie her and immediately knew I was in trouble.
I untied the horse and she ran off, so you know what happened. Yes I was covered in ground hornets. Burying bumblebees I called them. Man was that tough. We finally jumped in the car and a couple of them even followed us in. Well after everything settled down, the horse finished eating and went in the paddock and just kinda collapsed. Well we called the vet and luckily he was in on a Sunday evening and we loaded up and took the horse in. Made me kinda mad because the vet wouldn't give me a shot---hahahah I took Benadryl and was fine---no tobacco chewers around. Love listening to you and Matt on Sundays! Enjoyed the video!
Oh wow that's a ride you won't forget 😀 Glad you enjoyed this one!
I love your chairs🥰. I’m always on the lookout for a set of those old metal rocking chairs, they are so comfortable to sit in😊. Great video!
Here in AZ we are "monsoon" planting. Our summer "monsoon" is the rainy season, but the temps are still over 100. Short season bush beans went in earlier in August and are showing signs of flowering. Fall tomatoes went in as transplants yesterday and have a 30% shade cover until temps get into the 90's. Also short season, but, I might be able to nurse them through the winter to get a head start on spring. Other fall crops are squash, radishes, carrots, and brassicas. Lettuces come later when it really has cooled down.
I won’t ever see the painting American Gothic without thinking of Matt’s rendition of Hee Haw. So cute!! Think I’ll call it Appalachian Gothic! Love your channel and Matt’s sense of humor!🥰
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Hopeful….. thx for good video.Mr. Mule, my daughter used to call herself, “Mama’s Goat”, when we’d be pulling weeds! I called her, “my favorite goat!”!🐐
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Love the garden dreams. My husband always says- ‘dreams are free, honey.’ 😊 every dream we work off - gives room for new dreams.
Love that!
I always feel a tinge of sadness when the garden's best days are behind it for the season and you can feel and see the change in the sun's angle, but I always wait til after that first killing frost to pull vines and take it down for winter. Fortunately, that's still several weeks off.
Wow, you and Mat have worked so hard to make a beautiful garden. BRAVO! If you get stung again put vinegar on it right away it will kill the Venum. You guys are the nicest couple I think. Never you mind that tobacco juice it sounds terrible. Just do vinegar you will never know the second it hits that you were even stung. I was stung by I think the biggest queen Bee it went right up under my arm and around on my back and stung me it was my first bee sting. So the lady I was working for at age 15 mowing lawns, she said you don't need to go home I will fix you up really fast. That was the vinegar. White or AC vinegar will work so fast. I enjoyed your video.
Thank you 😀
Love watching the progress of your garden…..and the recipes you share and the wonderful food you fix…..I bet it is yummy!
Get some sheep.💜
They’ll clear out the grass!
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I love collard greens. I steam them up with onion and I put the red wine vinegar on it so good
Yall are SO CUTE!
My mamaw had a dirt yard and swept it every day.. Her garden was the only green we saw.
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I put pea gravel,mulch and pavers down and used weed cloth under that them to make a sort of courtyard for veggie garden and flower garden. Almost no grass to mow!
Loved watching you guys tend your garden this summer.it brought back memories.mom always loved okra.dad loved tomatoes.seems like each family member has their own favorite garden veg.wishing you a good next year🥕🥒🌶🌽🍅🍓🍇.
Hubby is not physically able to do weed eating anymore. Some areas have to be sprayed. I have a 40 volt rechargeable weed eater with a body harness. It works well I just usually get so hot I have to quit.
I have never heard of Sugar Baby Watermelon’s, I Love a Good , Sweet Watermelon! Prefer Warermelon over Cantelope! Looks like you Guy’s got a Good Harvest from your Garden! Everything is sooo Green there, you must get a lot of Rain! Do you Plant Spinach & Kale, & Turnips! Sounds like you are going to have a Good Fall Garden! That is Good you have 🐝 for Honey! My Nephew has Bee’s, I always buy Honey from him! Bee Stings are very Painful! Enjoyed this Video! You Guy’s are very Knowledgeable on Planting A Garden & Preserving your Harvest! Have a Blessed Day!
Tipper, I like what you were saying about how the yards used to be, all wild and useful. We should get back to that instead of the pretty, but basically useless turf grass. Maybe we wouldn't have the current trouble with the bees and butterflies being scarce.
Matt, LOL----Liked "Thinkin about takin a nap".......also sorry that you got robbed from eating a Sugar Baby melon. You two, made my day....LOL.
I had a yellow jacket in my boot sting me multiple times too. It took FOREVER to stop itching and heal. The scar took forever to fade. I had mowed over their ground nest. Whew! That was not fun!
Omgosh that was perfect! 😂😂
Rattlesnake beans are the best. We usually planted 2 or 3 long rows, on the end of the garden with slight drainage. At the end of the season, Pop would plow them under, and sometimes sow clover. We always planted beans on Good Friday, and were enjoying them by July. I actually liked the beans Mom canned a little better than fresh off the vine. We'd usually open up quart jar, add a little oil, onion, a couple of sliced potatoes, and carrots, and about 20 minutes later, good eatin'. Another thing I just remembered. Pop would plant corn first, and then the rattlesnake beans between the corn. As the corn matured, the beans would run up the stalks, so we didn't have to use stobs and wire to stake the beans. Pop said "The Lord told me to do that." :)
What great memories 😀
I don't know about other bees but honey bees are generally more aggressive during the month of August. This is because in this area there is a nectar dearth in August. The foraging bees which are your oldest and most aggressive bees don't have much to do because there is little in the way of nectar or pollen to gather. So they tend to hang around the hive and just become hateful to contend with.
Just had our bee man take down a large honey bee nest. He said there was about 8 thousand. He was able to harvest a large pasta pot of honey filled to the top. It tastes wonderful.😍
I`ve always heard the reason for having a dirt yard and keeping it swept was to watch for snakes going in the house.
Amen on the not having a yard I’d rather work on food then cutting grass.
God bless ❤️🙏🏻
Low ground cover, for places you walk, that you never have to mow. Wood sorrel, for example. Dichondra. Be careful with white clover that Claims it's "mini" or dwarf. You have to mow it for it to grow that way. You wouldn't have to mow it as much as grass, though. Also good for the bees and soil. Easier and cleaner to deal with than mulch.
The stories of getting stung makes me twitchy!! I've been lucky in that in all my 58 years I've been stung 3 times, 1 time last year by a "Murder" hornet. That was enough! Lovely seeing and listening to you both again. Have a wonderful week!
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I just love watching you and Matt together, you guys are such a wonderful couple. Havent watched for awhile, trying to enjoy summer while I can. It goes way too fast, already county fairs and tractor show time, and harvest is almost upon us. Taking one of my tractors to a threshing show this weekend. When I was 8 me and my brother took a baseball bat to a hornets nest stung over 50 times and ended up in the er. Mother was so mad at us. After you get the gardens harvested in the fall do you let your chickens go through it, I even let my cows go through our veggie garden which is about an acre. I never harvest our laying chickens, theyre too much like pets, just as spoiled as the cats. Some of them and one of the roosters follow me around like dogs. You should grade an area out and make it bigger. As a farmer its always good to plan ahead, I even do it several years out in some cases.
LOL. Thanks for the chuckle. Always watched HeeHaw years ago.
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My front yard has 3 huge beech trees so it's soo shady that grass won't grow, I just have to rake it few times a year. Have fruit trees in back, and two gardens. You can also have large flower beds like canna bulbs, probably spelled that wrong lol.
Oh goodness this video was such a treat! I love hear others talking about their gardening and I'd never heard of tommy toe tomatoes. I've probaby ate them before and didn't know their name. And sitting there eating popsickles looked so peaceful. Thank you for sharing! 🙏🙂
We hate cutting grass! Instead I’ve put out chia seed, native plants, and blackberries/blueberries along every fence so no weed eating around the fences. It’s a work in progress and we have lots more to do. We do all mulch for our pathways between beds with weed fabric underneath. But honestly other than that I just let the weeds grow. The lizards love the cover and I’ve noticed I have more pollinators so it helps my garden!
Your yard is so pretty with the grass though. Looks so restful but you’re right - makes sense to have something to nourish you. Guess I just love grassy areas - and the peace and beauty it seems to bring. But then I don’t have to mow it.
😀 Thank you Bonnie
"Shellie beans".......Southern Oklahoma Summer 1958 😍
Yes , I can remember Shelly beans , what good video, I’m still watching, lol
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From what I understand people originally had grass in their yards to prove that they were rich enough that they didn't need the land for growing food. Matt's right, it doesn't make any sense laboring so much over something that just sits there and accomplishes nothing. Mowed grass smells good, sure, but tomato plants smell a whole lot better. Taste better too!! 😉
Some did similarly in Europe with thatched roofs...much more prone to fire. Status symbol, like you could afford the risk.
" All my Lord's goodness" ! Just thinking about how much time people spend on mowing the grass last week . My dad had a long handle sickle for that job in the 1960's . Would it be wonderful to have neighborhood goats taking care of the weeds , and grass ? Neighbor number one would have the goats for a few days then neighbor number two for a few days ,and so on . Rotating ! Remember-Think of something new . People in Wales allow their animals to roam free . They seem to know where home is . Buy small one cup tea bags for bee stings . Takes the pain away , and keeps swelling down . Wet bag an apply too bite .
Wrote too much .
Always So Good !
Thank you Myrtha-love that idea 😀
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When I was a little girl n got stung mom would put a piece of onion on the sting. Took the pain right away.
Seeing you have a popsicle break and the color choice makes me wonder if Matt is going to end up as Red Beardy!😄
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"hateful things" !!! Yellow Jackets are ferocious, and you can't outrun them...speaking from experience!
😀 They do hurt!
@@CelebratingAppalachia I had a New Holland tractor (blue in color) and for some reason, (color???) those rascals loved to torment me on that machine
@@gonzokompadre They torment Matt every where he goes LOL 😀
You two are so freaking cute! All marriages should be like this!
We raise some of the celebrity variety of tomatoes and they are good to eat and I can whole tomatoes with them as well
Love the photo of you guys. American Gothic but pettier. Your garden is beautiful.
Matt's looking forward to hunting season. When we kept honey bees years ago, I got some inside my boots one evening & my foot swelled up bad. Had to go to work the next day with my furry house shoes on because I couldn't get my shoes on because of the swelling. If you can put ammonia on an instant sting it will take away the pain almost immediately. If you don't have ammonia, anything with ammonia in it (like window cleaner, etc.) will help a lot. I would love to see you be able to afford a log splitter to help with all that wood you have to split each year. How about that apple bread recipe...can we have it from you? Hugs!
Tipper & Matt have a log splitter already. It's featured in other videos.
@@johnnabuzby6103 Oh, you are right, I've seen him & Katie using it. Thanks for the reminder!
@@nickik.9037 You're welcome. 😊 Hello from eastern North Carolina. Matt might've been chopping some lighter knot [or rich pine as they call it] with his hatchet. It's really great for starting fires.
You guys are wonderful partners. Mutual respect. So nice. My husband and I also are great partners. Married 30 years. He likes teasing you.♥️💚
Let Matt take a nap 😴 😀
Lay cardboard over the lawn you want to convert to new beds. Cover it as deeply as you can with natural materials. I have done this with vegetable scraps and other things that would go into the compost pile, leaves, straw. This will smother the grass and give you a good foundation. If you do this now, you should be ready to plant in the spring. Just add some extra compost when planting. It takes a while for the soil critters to break down the grass roots. I have a bed I started two years ago, and it is doing beautifully.
Love watching your videos. How did you and Matt meet? God bless 🙏
Thank you!! We were set up on a blind date 😀
Tipper i have a picture of my grandparents place and there yard was swept clean! Like Matt said its close to time for fresh tenderloin here in Alabama too!
Shelly beans here too.
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Bugs, corn beetles ruined my corn. I have planted tri color beans onions, carrots, kale, spinach, radish watermelon, etc for fall .....I think I'm going to just do mainly fall garden because of bugs.
Do you all ever make elder flower champagne in summer for Christmas?
I'm sorry about the corn! Hope your fall is bug free 😀 I have never made elder flower champagne 😀
Where oh where are you tonight.
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and thought I found true love
You met again and thurrrrp you were gone.
Nice video guys. Made me smile at your jokes!
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Thinking about taking a NAP sounds good to me lol. 😁
I enjoy your quiet talk between you and Matt.💕
Love Shellie beans
No spider stories !!! I saw some giant ones in SC. Boston doesn’t have tarantula sized spiders 😂😂
If you don't like grass I think you should make a bigger garden or perhaps a grape arbor. I love the look of the beans growing up the cattle fencing. It's very peaceful looking in your garden. I grew up loving the ability to walk barefoot in the soft grass so I do enjoy my little patch of green. I don't have a vegetable garden because I travel summers.
I just knew he was going to start singing the Hee Haw song! 🤗😝😆❤️. I so pray if I get married again, I can find someone who complements me and I him as you two complete each other. 🙏
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Guy in Sequim ,Wa. Spread evergreen wood chips all over his grass to keep weeds down. Soil mulched and softer for planting. Check out Back to Eden gardening. Paul Gautchie. You might enjoy his gardening simplicity. Not bark dust. But fresh chipped wood about 1" and smaller. Acts as a mulch and moisture barrier.
I love your garden, I always planted my turnip greens the last week of Aug. No later than the 2nd week of Sept. I haven't heard you mention turnip greens, turnips yes, but I would rather eat the greens, seasoned with hog jaw, yes I know it is jowl, but to me it's good ol hog jaw. Love watching all you do to keep the old ways
Most I was ever stung.... 8-10 times by honey bees. I was probably about 12 helping my dad rob them. We had veils but no suits and tried to put long pants etc on but the bees would get inside my clothes.
Hopeful in Jesus sister. Never compromise nor be embarassed. God will bless you for giving him credit for the life he has given y'all
I got stung on the lip when a bee flew into my soda can. My upper lip blew up and I looked like a duck
I've always thought Matt resembles Gordie Tapp
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When I was in 5th grade, I was walking home from the bus stop swinging my backpack over my head and hit a hornets nest. I screamed and ran and my Mom came out thinking I was being attacked by dogs. She grabbed the water hose and sprayed them to drive them away. My Dad walked up to get my backpack (I left it there when I ran) and he got stung on the eyelid. I was stung around 50 times plus the ones they couldn't count in my hair. I was fine, itchy, but fine. My Dad almost had to be admitted to the hospital. After he got home that night from the hospital, he and our neighbor burned the nest with a lit gasoline soaked rag on a LONG stick.
Oh my goodness! Crazy you were okay and he was sick. I've always thought be allergic would be so scary. Thank you for watching!