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In the name of Jesus,i lay hands on Ms Cindy,i rebuke you spirit of sickness and disease in Jesus name , God bless Ms Cindy!💐🎍🌼🌺🌹🌸❤️

Tipper, that knee pad that Matt gave you shows me how much he loves you and cares about, he is one terrific guy❤😊

I love the chit chat talks you have with your popsickles! Thank you for considering how inclusive that makes many of us feel... especially if we are shut-ins or not able to get together with our own family members. Your channel fills my personal need to feel like I am socializing when in fact I am confined as the fulltime caregiver of my disabled husband. I can feel your sincerity of friendship with us, your subscribers, and it is sorely needed. It was 91 degrees here in Western Washington state and it would have been nice to have a popsickle!

Wow Tipper, I have never seen tomatoes and peppers grow so tall and healthy in solo cups!! That’s impressive. Maybe with all that’s going on in your lives, the Good Lord just blessed them and you’ll have your best crop ever. I do know He cares about our gardens because it means so much to us and He feeds his little ones. Us in the South know feeding us from our gardens is a great way for Him to do that. 🥒💚👩‍🌾🥬☀️

Yesterday a truck pulling a trailer passed me. In the trailer were 3 cattle panels. I thought, "They must have been watching Matt and Tipper." 😊

Bless my late husband ,he always gave me early presents,one Mother’s Day he gave me a garden rake ,I loved it,some laughted at it. , Matt is so sweet.

Matt is surrounded by beautiful ladies! Thank you for the nice video! xo Edit: I always wondered why spiders scare the heck out of us!

In watching this planting, it makes me wish I was 40 or 50 years younger, when I was doing all this outside iris, glads, peppers, tomatoes and our hot peppers… no more! But I sure enjoy watching you and your family digging in and raising beautiful garden and yard. Oh yes I use to do herbs . Love the way you put your program together. Never stop.! ……..I am going to get some pop cycles to eat when you sit down to rest. Love you all. I have an iPad and I can see every thing so big. Would love to be out sitting in your yard when all this is going on. Love those birds And all the sounds. Prayers for a great 2024 year.

What a thoughtful gift Tipper, as we get older it is nice to have a little comfort. Good to see you get your plants into the ground. We are continueing to pray for Miss Cindy, many blessings to everyone.

I love raw veggies, As a child, many times, I would wet a wash cloth, get a salt shaker and sneak off to the garden, trying my best to hide from Mommie. I would wipe off everything I ate. Tomatoes, snow peas, cucumbers, bell peppers, etc. Well Mommie would finally miss me and call for me to come out of her garden but, not before my belly was full. Sometimes she would tell me it was suppertime and would tell her I've already eaten. A wonderful childhood memory for me.

I CAN NOT tolerate mice and rats!!! They scare the puddin' out of me. Anyhow, good video. I want to remind y'all that you're in my daily prayers. I know things aren't great and wonderful these days with Ms. Cindy, but God is still with y'all and that's a blessing. Ms. Tipper, I hope you, you're Mama, and Ms. Cindy have a most beautiful Mother's Day. Love y'all. 🥰❤🙏

Nuttin' like mountain life. I wouldn't trade these hills fir anything.

Lots of good people praying for Ms Cindy, God bless you and thank you for praying for Ms Cindy

When I had a garden and a yard, I'd go around and fling handfuls of epsom salt everywhere. On my flowers, my blooming shrunbs, my ornamental trees, and everything in the garden. I saw one of my neighbors doing this. She told me it just made everthing grow better, even the grass 😮

I was 6 years old with chicken pox. My mom was sitting with me in the dark by my bed watching TV. She was watching Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. I was so scared. Now, when I see/hear a bunch of crows, I remember that movie . We have a lot of cardinals and bluejays. Love them.

James Wircomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, began a poem with "When the forst is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock...". Your mention of corn shcoks takes me back to my adolescent years when a few old-timers here in Caroll County still put their corn stalks in shocks. That world only lives in our fond memories, now, and is gone forever. I use the term "old-timer" with only the greatest respect and fond remembrance. The "shock" for me is that now I am an old-timer.

All of your videos are so special for me to watch. It reminds me of my childhood when me and my dad used to grow a garden at my grandma’s place, and it makes my heart feel so warm inside. We always had a great time doing that together. I so miss my dad. I pray for your family every day. I hope that everything goes well with all that your family is going through.

Thank ya'll. One of my favorite times is when ya'll sit and talk. I like the way ya'll work, just getting it done.

I really enjoyed this video! Precious Family, there's nothing like it! Prayers are being said for Ms. Cindy daily. Im praying for your Family's Strength & Peace. I love Everybody!! God's Speed Only!

I remember when I was a little boy my parents would plant a garden every year,my daddy would sow the tomatoes down the side of the plant beds and sometimes when they couldn’t get them out and they got tall like y’all’s plants, they would instead of digging a deep hole they would dig a trench and lay them down in it leaving the top out.Would bury most of the stems,the plants would make more roots under the soil and the plant would turn and grow straight up. When you were showing those big beautiful plants it reminded me of back then.Thank you and your family for the inspiration and advice in your videos.

Tipper, at the beginning of the video you were smiling from ear to ear. You were so happy to get your garden planted. Those peppers that had already grown were beautiful. Glad for your Family.

I have seen a couple of crows and a bluejay team up to escort a red shouldered hawk out of the neighborhood. I also watched that hawk or one of its relatives land on my deck rail to snack on a freshly caught mouse. I hear them more often than I see them, "Kew! Kew!" Fascinating! Really enjoyed the video. May our Lord bless and keep you all.

Your tomato plants look great! y'all have the magic touch 🙂and it's so good to see you passing along your knowledge to the next generation. I can't think of a better way to spend Mother's Day weekend. My grandfather had 2 pet crows and he trained them so they could come and go into the cage, sit on his shoulder, and come when he called them. He loved "Joe"...he was very smart crow and affectionate - crows have their own personalities! so thanks for sharing a part of your day with us...and I laughed when Matt asked, "what's for supper?" ... the eternal question! You and your family remain in my prayers.

🎀Happy Mothers Day, Tipper, Miss Cindy🙏 and Granny!🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤ Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there and Dads who are doing double duty and Fur Mom's too, Corie!🌹🐶

Such a precious family and Wow what a Wonderful garden- I’m Praying for your Sweet Mother in law- I Pray that Gods Will be done in all our lives- And in Our Savior Holy Name♥️ Thank you Heavenly Father for All your love, Mercy ,Blessing ,Grace and Forgiveness- Such a Faithful loving Savior who Shed his Blood 🩸 for the Sins of the whole World.

Gonna be a great Garden..sweet of Mat on the Garden knee pad ..for Mothers Day 1 of my Son got me plenty of Garden items and flowers and the boys took me to dinner as a family ,we had a great Night and Day Happy Mother’s Day 💐🌸🌹♥️💜to you

I've grown tomatoes for 50 years and always add a little Epsom salt, bone meal and blood meal to the planting hole, they produce extremely well and the bone meal prevents BER, blossom end rot. Once a month I sprinkle a heaping tablespoon full of Epsom salt around the base of each tomato plant and lightly water it in, keeps them dark green, growing very well and producing heavily.

Dear Tipper, Praying for Ms Cindy.🙏 Thank you for your wonderful cookbook! It was an excellent purchase for my wife's Mother's Day . She and my daughter loved perusing it. Always enjoy your show! God's Richest Blessings to you all.... Marvin and Eva English San Diego County, California 🤝🙂🕯

Team work love it and love love tomatoes!! May everything grow and bloom for you all. Blessings to Granny ❤️🙏❤️

Ya'll make me want to get my garden in and going soon. I'm biding my time. A couple winters ago...closer to Spring, but still had snow on the ground....I went out to head to church and looked next to the driveway and there was a big piece of peanut brittle on the ground. It was the strangest thing because we hadn't had any of that around. Then a few days later...we found a rat in the driveway. Well, we through it into the ditch and came back out the next day and there was that same rat in the driveway again. THEN...one more time....just the leg of the rat in the driveway. I know it was the birds that did it. They are smart creatures.

Gonna be a great Garden..sweet of Mat on the Garden knee pad ..for Mothers Day 1 of my Son got me plenty of Garden items and flowers and the boys took me to dinner as a family ,we had a great Night and Day Happy Mother’s Day to you 💐

I think it's more fun to be surprised by what grows!

I love how you don't necessarily do things like an "influencer" but you encourage people to do their own research and make their own decision (like the Epsom salt for tomatoes). Looks like you'll have a nice variety!

I've always liked crows! I've got decorative crows on the top of my kitchen cupboards.

Had a coconut fruit bar while you had your talk today. Love, love them.

"I was looking at the chickens." THAT's FUUNY.

Happy Mother's Day to all the ladies!! So nice to see Miss Cindy!!

I loved watching you plant your garden - how relaxing. I even caught a glimpse of Miss Cindy, God bless her. It was so wonderful to sit in the shade with you guys. Tipper, you’re never going to believe how fast your next 20 years will go. Soak it all up. Blessings to you all.❤

It was good to see yuns get that many plants in the ground. I guess I like hawks as much as Corie does. One time I was watching a bunch of crows pestering a hawk . One crow was diving down on the hawk , and then the hawk flipped up and must have got the crow with its talons because the crow folded and dropped out of the sky. That's the only time I've seen a hawk do that.

Happy Mother’s Day. I wish I knew you.

corn fields are really good memories for me, i was squirrel hunting on the edge of one, and wondered off into the corn field and all of a sudden this big tom jumped out and scared the dickens outta me. txs for the videos luv yawll. GOD BLESS and praying for ms, cindy.

I really enjoyed watching yaw gar-ding it’s one of my passion that and hunting and fishing .

For us gardener's it's so funny that we get so excited about beginning to plant in the spring, even though we do the same thing every year, it's like it's a new beginning, Granny so does love her green beans, I would love to see a video on how she cooks them. Praying for miss Cindy.

Cory- "...its gigantic creepezoid legs...I can't look at it no more" 😃😵‍💫🤯🤣

You all are so laid back,these days people are always in a hurry all the time.I like your soft spoken southern accent.

Happy Mother's Day Tipper, Granny, Miss Cindy and Corie (she's Olive's Momma after all!) 🌹🌹🌹🌹

I always feel good when my tomatoes and peppers are in the ground . We call those folded over sandwiches "flop overs" . I love egg flop overs !

Glad you have some Juliet; they are my favorites. Love your variety and can't wait to see the different tomatoes. Blessings!

What a wonderful family ya’ll have. Blessings

Lordy B I'm tired just watching you guys! Good job today!

When I plant the really tall tomato plants I lay them down and cover a good portion of the stem, this makes a really good root system.

Tipper, I'm with you!!! No rats or mice, please no!!!

Love you all…thank you for sharing.

Late watching. I have had a full house this mother's day. Happy late mother's day Tipper. It is now midnight so it's actually Monday now lol. Glad you are getting your plants out.continued prayers for Miss Cindy.

I really enjoyed watching you plant your tomatoes and peppers! I think I enjoy your chats almost as much as I do the things you have going on in your video! You’re just great at working in your garden and great at chatting, too! I bought tomato plants and pepper today. Will plant tomorrow, if the weather allows.

I saw all those tomato plants and I thought, they gonna put Hunts outta business! 😂! I use Epsom salt on my tomatoes too. I planted my peppers all together last time I had a garden. Bell peppers, 3 plants together, all my Cayenne together in one hole and all my sweet peppers in one hole and I think it was the best year I had for peppers. I prayed over the Cayenne plants rabbits ate all the leaves off of and they came back! Peppers are usually the first thing I get out of my garden. This year it's been onions. I always put marigolds in my garden too. My Grandmother used to say that bugs don't like 'em. I had a big Red-tailed Hawk gift me a tail feather a week ago. I put it in my building. Thanks for sharing your gardening and story time with us! Continued prayers.

My kids always loved it when I cut their sandwiches into triangles. Grilled cheese sandwiches cut into triangles are good to dip into soup or chili!

When I cant get my tomatoes in the ground in a timely manner and they get tall like yours, we either dig a trench and bury them horizontally with only the top 3 inches left in an upright position, or my husband will use a post hole digger to dig each hole which will accommodate a good portion of the plant leaving 3 inches above ground. Love your gardening videos. Looking forward to watching it grow with you.

Cut sandwiches diagonally then cut diagonally the other direction. When we were kids, mom did that and called them “happy sandwiches” which always made them taste better😉

Such a beautiful family! Your daughter is so adorable 🥰!! Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait for your next planting project!!!!!❤️

I just so enjoy the videos it always makes me smile and I love hearing all the stories, prayers for Ms. Cindy God bless 😀

I enjoy your videos, they are relaxing to watch. The part with the crows reminds me of the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds". My Uncle Tim ran a grist mill (it was run by a belt hooked up to a tractor) and he always had a field of corn he used at the grist mill. He also pulled of some of the leaves to make to make fodder for the milk cow. It was fun roaming around in the corn field. Again, thanks for this video. I am praying for your family and Miss Cindy.

My husband gifted me a garden pad & I think he and my son use it more than I do 😆 It is a great gift though. Useful gifts are awesome. Also, we love ravens out in the mountains of central idaho. Crows aren’t really around here (no murders)- but we love the ‘conspiracy’ of Ravens that hang around our place. They are so I credibly intelligent. Their mimicry skills are on the level with some parrots I’ve been around. It’s pretty neat to learn about them & their mannerisms. My son can usually call them right up to the house. Love the bird sounds in the background of your outdoor videos.

Thanks to you and Matt I’ve gone out and bought some corn on the cob tipper

Enjoy watching yall plant the tomatoes and peppers. I thought the marigolds were beautiful. They're my favorite flower. I like all flowers.

Your soil is perfect. The flowers and plants so healthy. All of you are just so blessed. Ms Cindy we all love you ❤ Granny your beans will grow and you’ll be cooking them soon. 🎉

Tipper, the tomato and pepper plants looks so healthy. I enjoy watching y’all in your garden my health want let me do much . Thank you for sharing to us that dream. I seen a woodpecker on our road the other day.

I would be freaking out if a bunch of crows gathered anywhere near me, I'd be thinking about the movie "The Birds" and be taking cover!

That crow scene reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock, The Byrd’s!. Scared me silly.

You wore me out just watching you all.😂 Great work ❤

My paw paw swore that planting his maters cucumbers peppers and corn on or day before mothers day brings the best harvest for the year

Thank you for teaching about the white "hairs" on the stalk turning into roots. I didn't know that. By the way, I've got "Cherokee Purple" in our Amazon cart for next year. Thank you for you and Matt talking about your favorite kinds of tomatoes in the other video.

I plant my peppers close. "Peppers like to hold hands," an old Appalachian told me.

I am planting some Cherokee Purple this year. I absolutely love them but I struggle to get them to grow. We planted 47 plants in the garden. If the Lord blesses them we will have plenty of tomatoes to share with others. Cant out give God is what my lovely wife says, and I have found it to be true. We planted Hossinator, Red Snapper, Bella Rosa, Homestead, Cherokee Purple, Mountain Merit, Better Boy, Beefsteak, German Johnson, yeah we got carried away on varieties.

My friend worked for Disney and they use Epson salt on all their greenery,puts iron in the soil, love this channel

Always a pleasant visit with you and your wonderful family. Happy living ❤

Happy Mother's Day

Oh my goodness y’all stirred up a mouse memory here!!! We lived out in the country. I was about 3rd grade. Decided I wanted to “read” one the old encyclopedias in a set my folks had bought. I sat on the floor & pulled out one of those big, chunky books and there was a bed of brand new little pink shiny baby mice nesting behind the book I had chosen!!!There was a lot of squealing that commenced…mine & most likely some of pink bunch! That’s where my memory stops……I’m 70…it has lingered!! No mice for me…..LOL 😮

Thanks Tipper for another great video 👍🙏

Mats crazy cherry thats my fave a yellow tomatoe with a pointed end ssooooo sweet..

Happy Mother's Day to you, Tipper, Miss Cindy & Granny! So glad you got Granny's garden planted & I know she appreciates that. It was good to see Miss Cindy in the garden area & I'm sure she enjoyed the sunshine & watching y'all work. Continuing to pray for you, Miss Cindy! Corie, you are a momma to your sweet fur baby, Olive. Happy Furry Mom Day to you! Hugs!

I enjoyed my virtual visit with your family today.

O’boy we love peppers of all kind. We do a lot of hot peppers…would like to try the purple beauty.

Tipper, happy belated Mother's Day. Although you worked hard, yet still I'm sure you wouldn't of had it any other way. God bless yall ❤

Enjoyed watching you guys get things planted & always enjoy the popsicle talk time. Steak & Eggs sounds good to me lol. Hope You, Ms. Cindy & Granny had a great Mother’s Day! Praying for you all. 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇

Happy Mother's Day Tipper!

Love the sound of that creek💕

Happy Mother’s Day. 💐

Absolutely love watching your gardening and popsicle videos. My family started adopting the Outshine popsicle breaks in the backyard, the coconut and pineapple are great! Looking forward to trying some others. God bless ya'll, Pressley family.

I love to sit and listen while y'all talk. It's so good for Corrie to hear the stories you tell about older days.

Happy Mothers day Tipper

LOl i heard "nailed on it" too. It's so much fun to watch ya'll get the garden stuff a going.

Happy Mothers Day Tipper!

Epsom salts are magnesium sulphate . Will make the tomatoes bloom a lot more .

If I get tall tomato plants. I lay them down on the ground in a trough...and I will break off all the suckers off. I will leave about 4 to 5 inches of the top of the tomato visible. I do this, so it has a good foundation. Mom and hubby planted my tomatoes this year. They stood them up in the hole. So we shall see...either way, I think they will do well. My first 12 plants look great. I waited about 2 weeks and set out about 6 more. I may, get me 6 to 12 more. So I have tomatoes coming in....at different times. I want to can a lot of tomatoes this year...For salsa, hot pickled tomatoes and chow chow. I would like to try making spaghetti sauce too. Good luck on yalls! I ordered some fish fertilizer with 17% phosphraes (sp?)...I am gonna add to my veggies. Love yalls peppers! I only got ceyenne peppers for my pickled tomatoes and for my chow chow...Hubby hates bell peppers. I would love some of those.

Happy morning day to you and your momma

You guys talking about crows ,reminded me of the movie the Birds ,I'm older then you guys I'm 61

Thank you Tipper, Matt and Corie for sharing your day with us . Going be a great garden .

My Lord, those crows are loud! Happy Mother’s Day to Miss Cindy, Tipper and Granny! 🌹🌺🌸