My Arms will be Sore after This - Home and Property Update
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025
- We are a DIY family trying to build a better life. We like to share projects and regular life updates. Our goals are to create a happy home, live healthy, develop our life skills, and see where our life leads us.
Ashley, your morning glories in the tree were absolutely beautiful! I know the new ones you planted will be just as beautiful. Doug, keep sanding, can’t wait to see Bella’s bedroom finished. Every young girl needs a nice place to call her own. Your family is so sweet and hard working I love your posts.
Dear Doug For the amount of work you've done, you deserve all the shopping you need and want to do. Ashley and you are amazing. Blessings to this beautiful family🙏💖💪😊
You don’t owe me explanation of how you spend your money. I just love watching your channel
Doug, you worry too much about what others think about your design. It doesn’t matter what you do somebody will say it isn’t right. Everyplace you have lived, you improved and increased the value substantially. I have always been impressed with what you and Ashley accomplished. Thanks for sharing with us. Phil
It's wonderful that you've been able to get back to doing something you love so much. Those beds should last for a long time, and with luck, give you many happy memories... that's priceless.
I adore the whole setup, simply because it's such a relaxing thing to look forward to as and when you need a break. Not to mention, helping feed your family food that is straight from your own garden is yet again priceless. Flowers can help attract pollinators, which will probably appeal to Belle, so that'll be a bonus to those flower beds. Herbs are again great for cooking, but again, certain types of herbs will attract pollinators - there really is no downside that I can see for any of you.
My childhood was always about learning where food came from, and even in the winter our Mother would grow cress and mustard in the kitchen windowsill. Even now, I've kept up that tradition, and not only do I have those memories, I get such a boost from eating fresh produce in the midst of winter.
Making those types of memories with Belle and Maverick will last a lifetime. ❤
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. It's absolutely got no downside. The smiles on your faces and the fun you had setting them up, worth every penny! Thanks for letting us join in via your videosc, it has certainly brightened my day. ❤
Wow! The morning glory reached incredible heights. Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤
What a great family wish we all worked together like that it's wonderful no cell phones no yelling or grief so awesome to see
I am really enjoying this stage of no spending and catching up. These smaller tasks are making a big difference! Well done team 💕
The zinnias are going to be lovely once they bloom. The morning glory really grew all the way up that tree.
My sister lives just north of where you guys are and she gardens all year round. You guys are going to be able to produce so much food in those beds you wont know what to do with it all and have to start canning and preserving it. That is a wonderful thing!
I love the flowers in the tree! Beautiful!
Can’t wait to see the flowers bloom. The light fixtures are perfect! Seeing the whole family working together is so heart warming!
Looks like Belle is as tall as Ashley, and so cute too.
Wow the morning glories are beautiful! Definitely something I would consider. Can’t wait to see the bedroom finished. Usually not a fan of painting wood, but I definitely think it’s the right choice in this house. It will brighten things up so much!
The flower beds are going to be so pretty! It’s nice that Belle and Maverick are good helpers . All that overhead sanding will definitely take a toll on your neck , shoulders and arms - 😫😳 ! Rest up 😘
This new porch room is really coming along well. I'm betting you will love being out there, and will get a lot of good use out of it. Your videos are so enjoyable to watch!
Yea, the porch is awesome. We eat a lot of our meals out there :)
I love the morning glories.
WOW, the children are growing. Congratulations on having such beautiful and sweet children. I adore the way they love science.
The lights do look good together! The flower garden will be so beautiful, I can already see the beautiful Belle hanging out around the butterflies!
Doug, love the lights, especially the cute little outside light. Great explanation of how rewards work, shows everyone can and should take advantage of those little perks. Ashley, the flower beds are going to be bright and cheerful, beautiful Morning Glorys you had last year. Belle’s room is coming along. Dad is doing such a good job. She must be excited.
You guys are awesome. Kind, gentle, hard working, and good at everything you do.
Love how everything is progressing. Nice that you overlap different projects at the same time. Keeps you from burning out on any one project. The colorful morning glory varieties in the tree will be such an attractive focal point too!
Ashley, what a beautiful idea you had with the morning glories...absolutely gorgeous entangling in that big ol' tree. Thank you.
Oh my goodness! Ashley's morning glories climbed up just about to heaven! How breathtaking! Looking forward to watching everything inside and out grow and blossom with you these coming months! 🏡🌳🌸
This is your channel don’t let other tell you what to do or say. I enjoy watching hang in there some people are fickle
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More wonderful progress on the homestead. Flowers are going to be beautiful. Belles room is moving along well. Always a pleasure to see a video from you guys. 😊
Ashley, I like to plant Morning Glory with Moon Flower. One flowers in the day and the other in the evening. Moon Flower is just a different type of Morning Glory. Love your garden!
As a child (a long time ago) we had morning glories growing up an outbuilding. As the name implies - glorious!! My sister and I were just talking about this exact thing - you never see morning glories anymore -- must be too old fashioned. Now, here you are, with morning glories. Thanks for a reminder of those good old days. We get to see morning glories again!
You should try growing Nasturtium in your flower garden the are easy to grow beautiful and you can eat them .. they are one of my favorites
Those zinnias and cosmos and morning glories make me want to try a flower garden again this year. I always liked the moon flower variety of morning glories too. They bloom right before dark and the white flowers are huge and smell great. Butterflies love zinnias and hummingbirds love morning glories, I hope you get tons of them visiting you all summer. THANK YOU!!!
Always good to hear from you :)
If you make any more raised beds, it works well to put cardboard on the ground - stops the weeds. Also I love those light fittings. The ceiling would look beaautiful just as it is; if you paint it white you will have a glare to sit under and the outside will probably have glare as well. Not well said but just a thought.
Ashley has started a trend with the moring glory tree plants. Another great idea.
Your yard will be so beautiful when flowers are in bloom and the tree with climbing vines and flowers are enchanting! We are anxious to see this summer with the other plantings going up!!🙂
Ashley's like "yep, after that closet, I'm glad you are sanding". All the filler makes Belle's room looks like that Mr Bean episode he put the exploding firework in the can of paint to explodi-paint the room. The theme of the black-rimmed outdoor lights is going along good with everything, definitely into that.
Learned something new; I thought all morning glories were that blue or deep wild purple like the ones at the old place me and dad lived at when I was young. If the ones from last year come back along with the new ones, that'll look really neat. Property is really coming along y'all. Safe to say this place is really starting to feel like home?
Haha...I remember that Mr. Bean episode. lol.
@@diyfferent LOL!! Nice!! Couple of those old episodes (high dive and steak tartar ones especially), I literally couldn't breathe... survived through it somehow. That show seriously needed a warning label for being an inhalation hazard 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Filling and sanding all those dings and holes take ages to get done but it will be worth it in the end.
My arms would be DEAD after that!! ANNNNDDDD..... I adore morning glories so much 😍Yours are beautiful!!
WOW Ashley those morning glory flowers so beautiful all in the tree
I'll bet you have sunflowers in mind, or not, because I don't know how Florida-friendly they are. I love to walk up to sunflowers in the summer, though, and look for a bug on them I've never seen before. They seem to be a rest-station for all kinds of unique bugs who are 'passing by'.
Actually, just yesterday I bought a packet of Mammoth Sunflower seeds, haha. :) We'll probably plant them today.
Love the raised garden and flower beds. The tree with the blue morning glories is beautiful. The lights are perfect. Your making great progress. I love spending rewards and sign up for them everywhere they’re available
Bell's room is going to look so pretty.
That’s an awesome idea planting the morning glory around the trees! Ashley you must have a green thumb! Everything is looking good! ❤
Zinnias are one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing the morning glories-beautiful. Your children are beautiful. Belle is gorgeous. I like the way you share your reasoning about how and why you do things the way you do them, Doug.
This video reminds me of times my sons and I working together creating flower beds. Now my youngest plants at his house.
Wow! I'm impressed how far up those morning glory vines grew.
Yea, I had no idea it would grow that high up. It's funny since the seed packet said like 6 feet, haha.
Hi Ashley and Doug, sanding a ceiling, so hard on your arms. Prep of walls and ceiling is time consuming but so worth it. Your morning glory vine was beautiful Ashley, looking forward to seeing all your plants bloom. Porch lights look so nice. 😊
Wow, so much work is being done. I agree that the porch lighting should be different to define each area. It was a great idea to double your flower bed space.
Belle’s room is coming along beautifully. It’s wonderful seeing everyone pitching in. Be blessed ❤
More progress. Belle's room is coming along. Morning Glories can take over the tree.
Ashley, what a great idea to plant morning glories by a tree. A natural trellis. Thank you for showing us the flowers at the end of the video.
I think morning glory’s are beautiful. The blue ones!!!! You flower beds are going to be beautiful. Can’t wait to see what color Belle’s room will be! God bless y’all 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
Ashley will last year's Morning Glory reflower again this year?
Looking forward to seeing your new flower gardens flourish. 🌺🌼🦋
They shed their seeds when dry then come up new each year. So beautiful.
They are an annual, so those died off this winter. In very warm climates where the winters are still warm, they are perennials.
Zinnias are super hardy and bloom long time. It really helps to “dead head “ the old blooms to encourage new ones. Morning glories are my urban gorilla gardening favorites. You only have to plant them once. Great videos, cheers!
Never saw Morning Glories growing like that! Can't wait to see Belle's room and the flower beds bloom.
I really like morning glories and yours climbed so high! In Kansas I lived out in the country and they hated the morning glories. They went through the grass and grew everywhere! They were considered an irritating "weed" and all my neighbors fought with them. I silently giggled at them cause the pretty flower was winning LOL
Looking forward to seeing all the flowers….especially climbing the tree because last years morning glories were lovely.
When you stood in the bedroom I thought you'd all had a paint ball fight 😂😂. I can't wait to see what colour (if any) Belle has chosen. Keep going. xx
Oh Ash, I just love zinnias and morning glories! Beautiful and easy to grow. They make a big impact on your yard in progress. 👍🏻♥️
Can't wait to see all the flowers you planted. Zinnias are one of my favorites!
Everyone chose the flowers to complement their tastes in things, in many ways the choices were a clear restatement of what they are always interested in seeking. Maverick was well engaged in the planting, smaller children have small, nimble fingers, well adapted to planting small seeds. I can understand why some wanted everything to be the same throughout the room, but I understand the alternative style statement you wanted with zoning off different locations. Having to wait for the paint has one great upside, they always say that paint finish depends on preparation, now you can devote any remaining energy on to the preparation. (You just about exhaust my energy watching all that you do!)
The morning glories do add some extra prettiness to the old tree. That was a great idea. Everything is coming along, lights look great!
I would set up a watering spigot out by the raised beds having the hose right there is worth the effort- a friend also recycled a very old school ceramic pedestal sink - that in the summer they would hook up to the water via a hose and she would wash her veggies garden tools and it would drain into the flower bed In the winter they would just disconnect the hose. Snake beans also are good climbers. In Florida- is it better to grow things like cucumbers, pumpkins, gourds on trellis off the ground? For airflow around the veggies? We still have snow on the ground.
In time our plan is to install a yard hydrant close to the garden area. Yea, it's probably a good idea to grow them on trellises here.
Hi Doug and Ashley! Great job on the gardens! I really like the lights you picked out! The flowers will be beautiful Ashley! Love morning glories too!
You could paint the outside of the flower and garden containers...just a thought...the lights look great..
I cannot get over how big your children have gotten 😮❤😊
Last year's blue morning glory were beautiful. I bet this year's red ones will be just as pretty, Ashley.
Belle I hope your flower choices will bring in all the beneficial insects & birds & 🦋 butterflies.
Doug your arms are going to get a real workout sanding above your head. But Belles room will be beautiful when you & Ashley get done with it.
Ugh Doing any work over your head for a long time is just horrible. I feel for you. LOL. Things are looking great guys!
Those flowers up in the tree were awesome. It'll be cool to see this year as well.
Your morning glory vines are beautiful!🌺
Ashley thanks for including us in your garden plans and especially showing us the flowers you and Belle choose also love the morning glories! I’m getting inspired by y’all
I'm so excited to see your gardens start producing for you. The raised beds are a great idea. Ashley, zinnias are my favorite annual flower - they are so bright and happy. Nice choices, Belle, I bet you're excited for your new room! Blessings to all. Be safe.
Love to see y'all together. At the beginning of this movie I said to my husband - Doug hired some helpers. Then I looked again..... How nice to have family like yours setting good examples and being such great role models. God bless and protect y'all 🙏🌹
Where you planted the morning glory you could plant sweet potato slips which are in the morning glory family and they will go up into the tree as well with similar flowers.
I wish I had your weather! Cold at 38 degrees, snow and cloudy , and DEPRESSING! Here in Wisconsin!
Yikes...I know all too well what that is like. I wish I could gift you some of this Florida weather!
Ok those Morning Glories look awesome.
Nice going Ashley.👍🏻💕
I like the light fixtures, they work well together.
Good use of the left over culvert.
The yard is looking good!
Curious, Is there a possibility that the light plastic rings could be lifted up by flood water from around the planting soil and garden bed? if so perhaps a couple of rebar anchors driven down on 2 sides of each garden. I should take this time to also apologize for any comments I made in the past that was rude or demeaning, I apologize.
Thanks for the suggestion. We don't know what's going to happen so we'll take it as it comes. Thank you
Hi Doug Ashley Belle & Maverick,love your flower choices.I always enjoy your videos.Your little family just makes me happy.Have a wonderful week!🌷💕🌷
You are such a pleasure to watch and listen to. The raised garden beds and flower beds look great. I look forward to seeing everything growing this summer. I am also looking forward to seeing your daughter's bedroom finished. The painted wood will look so nice. Well done!
Ashley, it's amazing that last year's morning glories💠 grew all the way up that 🌳 in just one growing season. I guess that's the benefit of a long growing season. You guys are already planting in the ground, and here in NY, we have snow. 🌨
....and here in the soggy PAC NW we have rain, rain and yet more rain.
I have a butterfly and bee garden too. I love it❤
Ashley, I love the morning glory also, and also the moon flowers..Wysteria is beautiful but I warn you not to ever plant it because it will become highly aggressive and invasive and just in general take over your whole property...There is a beautiful vine called the cardinal vine that is a wonderful bloomer also and native to Fl. it has a delicate feathery follage and the blooms are tiny bright red and star shaped..
Doug, I learned when I had to work outside in the heat to wear white. A white hat reflects the sun and keeps your head cooler. I started wearing bib overalls and in the summer white dress shirt.(my wife would buy these at Goodwill or Salvation Army)
I really like the light fixtures, they compliment each other.
I can't wait to see what colors Belle's room will be. The flowers will be beautiful and wow! Last year's morning glories were fabulous!
Belle's room is looking much better. Tibouchinas are nice purple flowering bushes. There are several varieties. My brother grows them in Midway, Georgia. He trades them at plant meet ups. They are fairly fragile but very pretty. I have photos, but I don't think I can add them here. Happy planting. (Florida friend)
I did a search for that flower and bookmarked it for future reference, thanks :)
@@diyfferent Great. They may not go with your garden and that is ok, too. Just thought I would share. I like them. They bloom almost all year in central Florida.🙂
That morning glory growing up the tree was amazing. I am looking out at snow, so it was nice to see flowers sprouting and last years blooms.
Good call to cut the flower bed in two. The two complimentary lights look great!!! 💡 Pretty morning glories in the tree in 2022!!! 🌸 🤗❤️🇨🇦
I can barely wait to see Belle's room.
Your home has an adorable, cozy cottage feel.
The new front light looks like it's from a fairytale. 💒
I liked your other homes... but this one is my favorite.
I agree with you sand them. Lot of work but worth the extra time and sore muscle. Love the flower beds. Ashley has great taste. Bell sure is growing into a beautiful young lady. You both are great parents. The sweetest kids and so talented. Like you do things with them too. I am excited to see Bell's room finished. I cannot wait. I love all the wood instead of sheet rock. Also, love morning glories. That is amazing. Peace!
I would have never guessed that Morning Glories would climb that far.
You will have morning glory for eons as they are prolific re-seeders! I learned the hard way as they overtook a trellis onto my roof. Fought them for years. Pretty but you want to be careful where you plant them. The tree is perfect.
As much as your family finances are not anyone's business... I love that you remind people about reusing items AND those points. I just bought a new thermostat with points and was super excited! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
You may get blue morning glories from seeds from last year's plant. They drop all over
You and your family are awesome and an inspiration to all of us. Your videos are amazing and you don’t have to justify how much money you spend on your projects ,it’s your money! I just love what you are doing as a family! Keep up the good work.
House and yard are really coming along. Your dream home will be done before you know it! Hard work and dedication will pay off!
What a great idea with the morning glories.
Good idea cutting the flower beds in half, now there is more room for more flowers. I can hardly wait o see what color has been chosen for Belle's room. Thanks for the update. Have a Blessed day.
Smart wearing hats in the hot sun... I didn't and paid a very steep price for it in later years. Good job on the planters and room.
I would also have done the sanding of the walls & ceiling of Belle's wood walls. I look forward to seeing her paint color !!
If you have stumps plant in them and it will help deteriorate the stumps. You might have to drill some holes for seeds and soil on the stumps.
I love your lights. The morning glories were beautiful in that tree. Good job, guys.