Yay! We Now Have Steps to Reach Our Raised Beds! (Well at least most of them 😀 )
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2023
- Matt finally got a set of steps built to reach our raised beds on the bank. There's a few more finishing touches he wants to do, but the main part of the project is completed 😀
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Someday your grandson will be walking up and down Papa’s steps ❤. They look great! I’m praying for Granny and hope she loved her beautiful bouquet.
😀 Love that thought! Thank you
The steps look great ... He is so talented. Hard to find ppl like him that have that talent .
Tipper, I sure hope Granny does good with her treatments!!!! Praying for her!!
Thank you!!
When you don't have something, and then you have something strong and sturdy. It's beautiful.
So true! Thank you 😀
So true Tipper n Matt, I not 🚫 only 👀 the stairs so strong 💪 but a ❤ that is too 😮😍❗... Matt 😇 making sure you not takin a spill down the hill 😟 as you go along ya way in the garden too 😉🗯❤❗... Yall have a blessed week n 🙏 for Granny as she starts her treatments, n for y'alls saftey😢 to n fro Tipper 😇, Sendin bunches of 💞💖💞 of love to Y'all in Appalachia Always Sweet friends 😘❗❤ ~Kentucky NaNa~ ❤
I always wanted to serve my time at jury duty but was never called until I was older and Ill. They dismissed me then so I haven’t served at all. Bow hunting is a good sport !! The steps look so good and I know you will be proud of them come planting time and planting time. I remember hog killing days from my childhood. Both grandfathers and grandmothers came to help. I hid until the worse was over. My aunt always had canned sausage and I really loved it and she cooked it knowing it was my favorite breakfast. Hot biscuits and sausage gravy.
We always canned sausage in the Ozark Mountains. It was so good. The sausage you buy now is not seasoned the same. It can't even compare. We raised our own beef, pork, chicken, and raised a huge garden. We made hominey from field corn, and made sourkraut and dried apples on big pieces of tin. We also had pecan and walnut trees. We had our own eggs and had a milk cow and also churned butter. We pretty much had everything we needed. Great memories.
Sounds like good eating for sure 😀
"I don't usually slow down long enough to see what it looks like, I just eat it. " Matt cracks me up! He reminds me so much of my dad. God Bless your family!
Matt seems a little more chattery, and relaxed since retiring! I like that little boyish grin he has! I really enjoy watching these little talks y’all have.
The steps are great! The bouquet for Granny in the little container that belonged to her mother, was so beautiful & so sweet!!
He did an awesome job on the steps🙌🙌
😀 Thank you!
I’m watching, but my heart is with Granny. Let us know what is appropriate for us to know, how she is. Zinnias were my beloved mothers favorite flower. We lived on a large farm in Va., passed down by generation after generation. Wished I could have known my ancestors. We filled our fire places with golden rod until we started fires. Now those are some steps.💯✔️ Great love story between you two. 🙏 for Granny and the treatment. She’s tough, don’t ever deal her out. Thank you Tipper.
Thank you!! Granny is holding her on. Hope to share more this week 😀
Your garden space has come a long way in the last 12 months, Tipper. I remember last Fall, as you looked forward to the 2023 season, you hoped to expand the growing area by eliminating lawn in places. Not only have you done that, you created additional grow space on the slope with those lovely raised beds. And, despite having a challenging summer, your yield was quite good. Another season gone by, as we look forward to the next. Have a wonderful week.
Thank you Roland 😀
I've been to many a pig slaughter and it was a time of celebration and appreciation. To this day, I have a hard time eating the pork products in stores after getting the freshest there was to offer when I was younger. And we always knew who raised our pigs guaranteeing good wholesome pork. I made stewed apples tonight for supper. My grandson got them for me from up around Mt. Airy. He went to the orchard and picked them. He's only 6 so I cherish them all the more. If you have a bumper crop of acorns then there'll be a plenty season of squirrels in the spring. Have a good week my NC garden sister.
That's going to be SO MUCH better, so nice. Great job Matt! Always impressed. Loved the bouquet for dear Granny, keeping her and all y'all in my prayers. 🙏🏼 💞
😀 Thank you!
Those steps are great! Good job, Matt. You will really appreciate them later.
Prayers for Granny. She has such a beautiful spirit.
Thank you 😀
The steps look great. The flower bouquet is beautiful. Praying for Granny. Sending much love.
Thanks so much 😀
I loved hog killin' day. When Granny rendered the lard, we got to eat the hot cracklins. That was always a good day with friends and family.
Thanks for this peaceful beautiful video. 🍁 So calming. Love Celebrating Appalachia! Blessings Tipper & Matt. 💜✝️🙂
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
The steps look fantastic. That bouquet for Granny is absolutely beautiful. Prayers continued that she will tolerate her treatments well. We say acorns like Matt.
Thank you 😀
That bouquet is EXQUISITE! And I'm sure those "extra touches" will tell her how much you all love her.
I smile when I see how much Matt loves and truly respects Tipper.
Thank you 😊
I just find myself smiling and grinning like a fool listening to you two kid each other. Thank you for this sweet time.
I’m exactly like you Tipper when it comes to gifts being functional. I’m happier about the cooler weather too. No frost here yet. I’m praying for Granny and will continue to do so. Praying she tolerates it well with the fewest side effects.
Boy howdy do I appreciate a good functional gift. A gift that can be used well will always remind me of the thoughtful giver. My daddy used to say, "The problem with stuff is you have to find a place to store the stuff, you have to maintain the stuff, you have to remember where you put the stuff and sometimes you just have too much stuff. " Mostly, he was right, but there was certain "stuff" that he sure enjoyed. The simple stuff! I sure do miss him. This time of the year he would randomly send me the most beautiful pictures of colorful trees, always singular in each picture. He sure enjoyed each individual specimen, one at a time. Boy do I miss that. Thank you for the snippet of the beautiful trees.
Love your Daddy's perspective 😊
I am 45 but grew up very rural on my grandparents farm ❤❤❤ hog killing time was always very cold weather, I remember my grandpaw and uncles doing up the hog outside while my grandmaw and aunts were working up the meat inside, the old sausage grinder mounted to the counter top, they divided up all the meat and either canned or froze everything. I remember there was always a big meal afterwards of sausage, livermush, rice (cooked with milk and butter), eggs, and loads of biscuits and jelly. We’d all sit down and eat together like it was a holiday or Sunday dinner. My grandpaw loved pig brains scrambled with his eggs, which I cannot imagine eating!! I am absolutely sure sausage and livermush do not taste as good from the store.
I hope Granny's treatments are going smoothly and that she is feeling better
My prayers and Best Wishes go out to Granny...God Bless you all 🙏🙏🙏
If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy ! Happy wife, Happy life.
Matt building the steps was really interesting to watch. Impressive! Your bouquet was gorgeous! I'm sure it meant a lot to Granny. So thoughtful of you. ❤
Matt did an excellent job on the new stairs. He must be happy to be retired so he can spend time on jobs that are important. The bouquet is as lovely as anything you would find at florists shop.
My what a pretty bouquet❣️ And Matt’s steps, what a great improvement! 😊
You might think about railing on the steps, as you get older you'll see the wisdom. Continuing to pray for Granny and you're sweet family, so happy fall is here , was life-sucking hot here in Mississippi
Thank you for watching! Glad you got some cooler air too 😀
You said it is a " chilly morning " just as I was getting my thick inside jacket because I was cold. I agree it is chilly.
The bouquet is amazingly beautiful 😍!!! Hope granny is doing well and everything went well at the doctors. Still lifting her up in prayer as well as the rest of the family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 continued blessings for each of you!!!
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You made me LOL, Matt, with the “You need to fix that!” Love just listening in on your conversations. Thanks!
I love zinnias i have some outside my dining room window so i can see them all day, i love all your flowers, keeping granny in my prayers. My 85 yr old sister just finished her treatments she's weak but getting stronger day by day and was able to go to church today...❤ from Arkansas
So glad she is finished and feeling better!!
The Lord's hand is on mother's shoulder. My heart is with you, along with my prayers. ❤
Matt built those steps for you now thats love. Just like the cakes you bake for him and family.
Great job Matt! It is wonderful that you two can work side by side all the time now. I can see how happy this makes Tipper that you are all together. ❤❤. Prayers for Granny. ❤❤
Continuing to pray for sweet Granny. Love those beautiful flowers. Zinnias we’re my mom’s favorite flower. I agree with practical, functional gifts. Such a beautiful and peaceful day! God bless y’all. 😀❤️
My husband loves to bow hunt,he says like Matt more rewarding..praying for Granny wish the best for her..
Great job Matt. Your stairs look good and sturdy. Tipper the bouquet that you fixed for your mother was absolutely beautiful.
Thanks so much!
Matt looks so much happier working for himself and his family.we are happy he got a deer. We are in West Virginia and went to their church and put Granny's name in their prayer book, we sang songs and worship with these wonderful people ❤️ these people are so grateful and loving to each other.ill be spending two more days here then heading to Eastern Kentucky to deliver more food baskets and clothing, toys and meeting new people. My heart is very happy with Jesus in. My heart. God bless you and your family and I know Jesus has his arms around Granny . Love to you n your family ❤patsy
Bless you Patsy!! Thank you for what you are doing and for thinking of Granny!!
Tipper, your bouquet for Granny is absolutely beautiful! She is in my prayers. ❤️
I'm like you, Tipper. I like functional, practical gifts. You are so Blessed to have your family close by to spend time with! Love the steps Matt built. He is so talented.
Thinking of Granny as she is going through the treatments. Bless her heart. Lord please take care of her. In Jesus name Amen
Matt, those steps ARE beautiful, because of all the many reasons you built them. They are the very definition of robust, and will be there for a very long time! 💪 Wooden steps are so nice to look at as they weather and nestle into their place. I'm with you, Tipper. Serviceability holds a certain beauty for me, too. Thank you for this offering today. Continued prayers for Granny, with hopes of better days for her REALLY SOON. Peace be with you. 💚
TIPPER HOPE ALL IS GOOD WITH GRANNY..IT'S GREAT YOU YOUNGSTERS RESPECT THE ELDERLY..GOD BLESS YOU
You make us feel like good ole friends.
Prayers going for Granny ! Stray strong !
My husband built a beautiful chicken coop for our 30th wedding anniversary. I couldn't be more pleased.
You two look so happy, glad you get to work together now! The fact that Matt can build those steps by visualization without plans is amazing-I love the size of those sturdy planks.
You two are so fortunate to have each other. Watching a few of your videos it becomes evident you all are a team.
When I was a young person it was common for friends and relatives to go hunting for meat. The population of people in my State has exploded, so hunting has greatly decreased.
I really enjoy your videos. The steps look great. Put some rails up. I would be afraid I would hang my foot and fall down the steps. Praying for granny. May God wrap her in his healing arms.
We just had our granddaughters 11th birthday party here at our home. We are exhausted sitting here looking at each other, wondering when did we get this old 😊 but so worth the noise laughter and, of course, the football games ! Having our family means everything ❤️ ♥️ The steps look great, Matt 👍
Said a prayer for your mom. Your picking the flowers reminded me of bringing my mom flowers. God bless you all. 🙏❤️
Thank you so much 😊
I loved it when Matt said he didn’t wait long enough to see what it looked like he just started eating it‼️😂😂😂❤️
I spent years and MANY hours in the woods in my healthier days. My brother n law pretty much taught me all I know about hunting and a lot about life in general. I told my sister/BF, many times, you woulda never found any better than him. But also still say the same to him about her. You remind me of him a lot.
On a recent Q&A, when Tippy didn't hardly get the get the question asked, and you answered deer LOL 🤣. I miss those days so much. Regardless of health, after it gets in the blood, if NEVER LEAVES! I always got to tore up to do very good. But I've got enough great memories to last a lifetime. My second deer that I killed was a huge 10 pointer. The tenderloin has always been my favorite too. I'd love to find your video about how you mix tenderloin w/bacon and other stuff. It sounded delicious when you mentioned it in another post.
My brother makes the best jerky of all time, by just using a deer leg. I think he only uses 2 other ingredients. My mouth watering now lol
GOD BLESS
Continued prayers for Granny as she goes through her treatments. Prayers for the whole family as you all deal with cancer once again in your family.
Half a dozen solar lights on the sides of the steps would look pretty. Katie, Jr. will be running up & down them before you know it.
Anybody ever use a hogs bladder as a ball? Listening to yall brought that memory up. So Thankful for your channel.
The steps look Great!
Prayers 🙏🏼and ❤ to Granny and all of you.
😀 Thank you!
I’m with Matt. I wasn’t so Smart in my Younger Days. 🤪
Love the stairs! Here in Pawleys Island, we would call those "Arrogantly Shabby". ❤️🙂👍
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Praying for you all. Matt, those are beautiful steps. I’ll hire you anytime. Love watching you all. Got your book Tipper and it is so rich. And your love for the Lord so blesses me. God bless. My ancestors go back to the founding of North Carolina. Waggoner is my maiden name. I finally understood my dad’s tastes in food when I started watching your cooking shows. I think God planted my heart in the south. You guys think just like me. God bless you.
Thank you!!!
The steps are beautiful Matt talk about Christmas and thanksgiving my husband passed away at 56 September 15 this is my first holiday without him
Flowers are beautiful! Prayers for Granny. 🙏🏻
That Matt can sho nuff build some great steps. Ooh wee that hollow space under those steps looks like a great place for a snake to hide out. 😂
“Your chocolate on my peanut butter.” Haven’t thought of that in decades.
Watched your family for several years but never comment. THANK YOU FOR SHARING MATT'S STAIRS! I need to do something like this and Matt shows me how!
You are welcome! Thank you for watching 😊
So cool your husband is so supportive of you and your channel & joins in the fun word games too. You can see too Your girls are truly raised right. It's nice to see a family supportive of each other during these crazy times.
My granddaddy raised hogs near Spivey’s Corner. One of my earliest memories was blundering into the electric wire around where they lived. We had a country ham every year and sausage. He’s been gone for years now. Some time ago I bought some sausage that tasted just like the sausage from his pigs. Made me cry. It’s funny how a taste of something can take you right back to a time long gone.
I know yall and Granny can stay position and hopeful through this I pray for all of you. 😊❤
Laughter is good for the soul, and I sure have laughed listening to the stories you've shared about the hogs, Steve and the car wash.... As I watch your videos my mind goes back to the days that I enjoyed so much, sharing meals regularly with my in-laws, our children... I'm enjoying watching you and Matt experience it now. It's the sweetest time in life. So many of your ways compare to the life I shared with my loved ones. Enjoy life to the fullest y'all. Praying for you all as always, and we're all blessed! 🤗🙏💕
Thank you Linda 😊
He is so smart he can do anything and mostly he does things to please you
What a great chat, always enjoy spending time with you two! Special prayers for Granny ❤️🇨🇦🙏
Matt u and Tipper just bring me so much Joy talking about Old Times. My Daddy would Not allow us to see the Hog Slaughter. I loved them. I was so excited when my Daddy allowed me to keep the little Albano Piggie in our house. He was so clean and Never used the Potty in the house. He was such a Joy. He would go to the Door to be let out to Potty and come back in. My life was saddened when one day when I let him out, he Never came back in, found him laying on the front porch dead. I was 12 years old, and I still think about him from time to time. It is Always a Joy watching u all. Matt was meant to do this. Keep Rocking u guys, u r Blessed!
I marvel at your skills, Matt. Well done. May all our prayers for Granny be answered. Chemo is often so rough, but not always. So, really hoping Granny tolerates it well and that it’s really effective. 🤲🧎♀️
What a small world...I raised my kids in Lincoln county. Lived there 13 yrs after leaving Gainesville...great small town...then I moved to TN...lots and lots of deer down there! Thanks for another great video ❤
Praying for granny ( that lovely lady) the flowers are just beautiful. She will love them …❤️ the colors are gorgeous. Have a lovely day.
Zenias are my mother’s favorite flower! She passed in 79. I was 19. My Dad used to bow hunt as well. Daddy passed in 2020 he was 91. So grateful for your videos! Be made Blissful Everyone! I recently saw these half moon shaped planters for the sides of hills! If I see it again I will share the link! Stairs look great! 🎉
I ruined a canner full of sausage one year by canning it . Then two days later my brother-in-law calls my husbands up ,and told him you don't can sausage up like that . Ain't that the truth ! Made a bouquet yesterday from the last of my summer/fall blooms , So pretty , yours and mine . Matt was winging it , a jack of all trades . The steps look great . Enjoyed !
Love your beautiful trees and the rustling wind! Since I'm from NC and spent many years in north Georgia, I miss fall. 💔 Now live in Texas with summer and summer-light. Praying for Miss Cindy. God bless you all!🙏🏻❤️
Great steps! Beautiful bouquet for Granny. Prayers to you all. 🙏🏻
The stairs are beautiful, now all you need is 5 feet of snow ❄️. Where I am snow is coming this week about a few inches. Give a huge to Granny from all of us, ,🙏
Ya are so cute just sitting theere eating a popsicle having a chat. Showing the world whats its like to just slow down and take in the good land and surroundings God gave ya. Bless this family oh lord and that new grandbaby thats on its way. What a hoot ya are gonna have being grandparents.
Thank you Sally!!
Tipper, you are as pretty as your flowers. What a wonderful daughter you are.
You are so kind 😊
The step are amazing, Great Job Matt. And Tipper the flowers for Granny are beautiful and how thoughtful to place them in that beautiful vase. She’ll love them.
Steps looks wonderful, match the style of your yard. Couldn't look better.
My grandpa use to talk about hog killing day. He said growing up they would always have a hog and a milk cow. He said his daddy taught them that you take very good care of your hog and milk cow and they will take care of you. His saying was “the milk cow lived the life of Riley”. He said it was always taken care of and fed well.
We still process pigs. I render my own lard, and with the cracklins that remain after the lard is done, I put the cracklins in a jar, pour some still boiling lard over them to cover, and put on a ring and lid. They seal themselves, but I do keep them in the fridge, and they are good for a long time. Although they don't last long in our house, because we LOVE cracklin cornbread! A spoonful or two is a really great addition to vegetable soup or soup beans and such.
Calling Matt’s steps beautiful brought to mind the Shaker focus on finding beauty in function and purpose. Aaron Copeland was inspired by the Shaker melody “Simple Gifts” when composing Appalachian Spring. Life is ever interesting. Thank you for the reminder.
Those are some great stairs, Matt, bult in one day! Wow!
So sorry to hear about your Mom, Tipper, praying the treatment and prayers help her fully recover. I see the sadness in your eyes. Big hugs for all of you.💖🙏
I think Matt's steps look great!!!Congratulations on them and on your success of getting a dear. Good job!!!
Love your channel Matt and Tipper , it makes me yearn for the old days even though I am only 55 years old.
Your girls do an amazing channel as well and the morals and values they have are seriously refreshing in this modern world . My thoughts and best wishes are with you all , especially Granny .
Thank you!
We always had hogs when I was growing up. I remember daddy hanging them up on a frame. Several of his friends would bring their hogs to daddy & help him trim out theirs. I remember daddy putting salted hams in the smokehouse. I always helped mama as she would hand grind the sausage, pat it into patties and put em on parchment paper & fold it over as we made a row, then we'd put the patties in freezer bags and I'd help her carry all the bags to the freezer. I would see sausage in my sleep after that!! Worse than digging taters!! But, my that sausage & gravy & biscuits mama would fix in the winter was so good!! I really miss having a big garden, hogs & cow & chickens. Nothing like being able to live like that & never worry about food when we'd have a big snow!! We're trying to work things out here. My hubby is still not doing well. He developed an ileus and is being treated for that. He's pretty much bed-ridden but therapy does come in & sit him up on the side of the bed and has him do leg exercises while sitting on the bed. I'll be going to his care plan meeting on Tuesday, his 100 days are almost up at rehab so I'm not sure what to expect. I fell again in the kitchen today & no one was home for me to call, but I finally managed to get myself up pulling a chair out from the table. I still can't figure out how I fall using my walker. Course it just rolled away from me & caused a gash thats now a huge bruise on my right arm. Some things I still just don't understand. But I have to continue to put my faith & trust in God and pray He will direct our path. Please keep us in prayer. Praying Granny does well with her treatments and doesn't suffer any sickness. Praying God blesses her with speedy healing & removes all the cancer! Hugs and blessings from VA! ✝️ 💗🫶🙏
Bless you Debbie! I'm still praying for you both!! I admire your outlook!!
Continuous prayers for Granny 🙏
God Bless Y’all 🙏
Your right “here before you know it.”
Enjoy your day!
♥️✝️🇺🇸 Plum tuckerd out that’s what I say. Blessings to y’all !
I remember that chocolate on my peanut butter commercial! The steps look great! Prayers for Granny.
A+ Matt on form and function of the steps, betcha it’s nicer to work with the women than “for the man”. Prayers for strength and comfort for Sweet Granny and you all. Those flowers are lovely 💐
😊 Thank you!
I love all your videos! I’m glad you got your steps 😊
Thank you!! 😊
You both are going to have a lot of stories to tell your new little one as he grows up. 🥰