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If you want more protection against the edge of the metal. I took an old water hose and split it and slid it on to cover the edge.

"As long as the Lady of the Manor is satisified".... That's right, hehe 🙂 It looks really great!

I love watching Matt figure out and make stuff. It reminds me of my husband. He was a plumber and made so many things for me, from a candle stand of copper to my outdoor chairs and a free standing 2 person hammock out of plastic pipe. He has been gone now for over a decade and I miss him every day. But I have reminders of the things he made for me all over the house and yard.😊

Look how dark that soil looks. Looks mighty fine for growing your veggies. Great job Matt on the beds.

Matt sure did a fantastic job on that raised bed

I saw that burning technique on the TV show fixer upper with Chip and Joanna Gaines. They did it on a house boat. We bought a new washer in 2017 and it was acting up alresdy. I am also blessed with a husband that is very macanical inclined. Ive never had to call a repair man. Our refrigerator of 2004 was acting up over the summer, he fixed it. God is so good..Matt is so handy. Its a blessing for sure 😊

Tipper, I don’t know about you, but I have always loved watching a man work. My daddy was a hard working man, like yours. There really wasn’t anything much he couldn’t do, make or fix. I spent my childhood watching him work on so many weekend projects. Because of that, I grew up knowing you can pretty much do anything if you set your mind to it. It’s just fascinating how they can assess a situation and know exactly what it takes to do the project. Congratulations Matt on a great job. Those beds will last forever. 😊❤😊

Ms. Tipper, you have an extremely smart good looking husband. You two are so funny. Love watching you guys. Your beds look awesome. Great job!!!

Matt needs a promotion 👏🏻👏🏻💯💯🙏

Matt, just buy a washing machine - you do enough!

You guys have a lot on your plate coming up. New grandbaby, reviving Pap's old garden, possibly building a new barn. Then in June second grandbaby! Wow! Praying for you guys & Granny. Grammy from Texas

Matt thinks better on his feet and off the cuff, than a professional with a degree and years of experience. You go Matt!! I love seeing Tipper you so excited about her garden. Like a kid at Christmas. Tipper, Matt fulfills your dreams, and I bet he loves that smile it gives you. True love, your house is blessed. So is ours, celebrating 35 years together in May. God is gracious.

Wow Matt, that's fantastic!!

Save the peach wood to burn in the smoker. 🔥

Matt does everything with perfection ❤❤

Did not watch yet Tipper and Matt. Need extra prayers the next 7 days if you could spare any. Xoxo ❤

It’s nice Matt can get all the hard stuff done🙏🏻🙏🏻💕

Love the metal and wood!! It's cool to re-purpose stuff. Maybe you can give ol' "Stanley McConnell" a call? You could get a quote and a visit. 😊 Might be good content? Stone masons are rare these days. As always, prayers for everyone. ❤

We had a 1972 Maytag washer that was still working great when we moved in 2019. They definitely don’t make them to last like that anymore.

Speed Queen. - the traditional, basic one. Best decision I ever made.

Happy to see Grandpa Matt's project manager Olive drop by for a check in. Must have cut the mustard! Looks like Olive approved your beautiful work Matt! Love visiting with you every Sunday evening on this channel. Thank you for all your efforts Tipper and Matt.

Please buy a Speed Queen. They are a little more expensive, but they are built to last. They are simple in design, and are used in the laundromats. Love y'alls family!!

What a cool and smart idea for your garden bed. Thank you for sharing Tipper and Matt.

Matt, you did a great job on that bed! Happy wife, happy life!! Smart man!

If I saw Matt's garden bed in a catalog, I would definitely pick his design. He out did himself. So nice!

This reminds me of when I was a kid watching my Dad work around the house. I’d follow him around “helping” him.

I wish they make washer like they did in the old days

That’s a awesome job Matt. Thank y’all for sharing another awesome video.

Matt you are one handy guy. Nothing you can't do. God bless y'all. ❤🙏❤🙏

That torch tool is pretty neat! The beds look great! 🌱

Matt is such a handy fella. I really love the relationship between Matt and your daughters! It's so special.❤

My husband would agree 100% about the new washing machines with the auto sensing and lid lock. Gets his blood pressure WAY high 😊 The new garden bed looks great!

love the new raised beds. Matt is a keeper!

The garden beds look great! I showed my husband the first part of the video with Matt putting the beds together and he said “they looks real nice, but that guy likes to work. I don’t.” 😂 Oh well, I was hoping he would get inspired, but when my husband retired, he actually retired from any kind of work. I love it that you two dream together. It keeps you both young, I think.

That treatment on the wood and the garden bed looks absolutely wonderful. Such a good way to utilize what you already had in the extra metal roofing. They do look really sturdy, well done!

Goodness Matt that looks really nice ❤

Matt's version of a home-made washing machine sounds like the one my mother used when I was little. All his needs is the wringer lol. My washer and dryer are probably 20 years old and still going strong (knock on wood). No computer parts on them.

Give me a washing machine with manual controls and no brain. Can't turn the thing off, pause only. Lid won't unlock. ......and it loves being off balance. Makes my bp go up too! 😂 i hate that washer!

Tipper, that is one smart husband you have there! Really. Matt thinks like my cousin Clint in South Carolina who can pretty much build anything. Amazing talent to have and so good to solve problems.

What you do to make a rock wall is set the cattle panels up, fill them with the big rocks on the outside and little stones in the center

Love the beds. They are beautiful. Oh wow! We had the same problem with those no agitator washing machines. Our clothes smelled awful! Got rid of that thing ! Also when we bought the replacement machine (with an agitator)we got one without all that extra options. My husband pointed out that once we set it up we never used all those useless cycles.

My daughter and son in law have went thru 4 brand new washing machines in 5 years. They would have them fixed and they would teR up again.Finally his Mama went up to a furniture store with them and told the people that they wanted a machine like they used in the laundry mats, an industrial one. They did their best to talk them out of it. His Mama said ya'll either bring some out here so we cam choose one or we will go somewhere else. They sold them one and it's been going strong for going on 3 years. They make appliances to not last long nowadays on purpose. They do have washer and dryers that you can buy that's guaranteed for life but they are really expensive and who knows how they really work. Good job Matt.

Matt and Tipper that new bed looked so great Matt done a great job I'm so glad seeing you both working together ❤️ Shelby

Matt is as handy as pockets on a shirt. We call those torches “pear burners”. During times of drought you use them to burn the needles off prickly pear cactus to make it easier for the cows to eat.

I watched a family in Alaska who built a home with logs, They used the burning method and burnt all their logs inside and out. At first I didn’t think it would work, but of course they went through other stages and it turned out beautiful. It’s suppose to make the logs last longer. Matt you need to be proud, that’s an awesome job . and Tipper loves it.

Matt did a great job on those raised beds. He is very gifted and ingenious.👍

Matt is a Renaissance man. Priceless!

WOW!! That bed looks AMAZING!!! 👍💪🤗🥰

We got a Maytag washer that was 20 years old in 1977. It lasted for 15 more years after we used it. My parents bought a later model Maytag and it lasted for ten years and the washer died. Today, they make the appliances so that they’re are disposable. The repairs are not worth it. Take care! Those raised beds look amazing!🙏❤️🇨🇦

Just a thought, you could take pool noodles, split them down the center on one side and slip them down the raw edges off the tin to protect you from getting cut.They are very inexpensive from the dollar store.

Now I'm craving a burger after watching this.

My mother, who is 88, has a little shovel like yours that belonged to her mother. They always called it a "ladies shovel". Ten or so years ago I was thrilled to find one at a garden center, but disappointed to learn that it's a planting shovel.

Shou Sugi Ban is the name of the Japanese technique of burning wood to protect against moisture & termites.

Watching you all makes me want to start gardening. But it's to wet and muddy here. I'm a fall risk, so I have to wait till it's dry. Thanks for sharing this with everyone. I love watching you all.

Matt did a bang up job on that raised bed. Looks really good.

Great work Matt. Love the thinking. You looked out for and attempted to prevent possible cuts in the future. The project looks smart.

Hey , good job. I like that y’all repurposed that metal . 👍

Great job on the wood burning, garden bed retrofit, and Matt's beard. Have a great week! Jane❤🙏

Olive is such a cutie ❤

😊❤we had cheapo washing machines from home depot and lowes that had to be fixed often. We had a great repairman i saw often. He said all those washers are not made in america. If you want a washer that lasts he said buy a speed queen so we did! 😊❤❤we have had that for 10 years without even a little issue!!! He was so right. I thank God every day for my washer!😊❤❤❤

Brilliant! Looks great. Happy gardening! Should last for years.

Congratulations Mr. Matt and Ms. Tipper! Your new bed looks awesome! Hopefully you'll be getting a lot of good tomatoes and stuff from it this Summer. I hate all the new fangled digital mess! Nothing is made to be repaired! Everything, cars included, are made to where they either can't be fixed or to fix them costs more than a new one. I remember the guy coming out to fix my MeMaw's washer or dryer when it messed up. No more. It's sad and ridiculous the way things are made now and the environmental people never complain about it, always something else. If things could go back to being where you could fix them again, then it would help, rather than having disposable large appliances. Don't buy from Home Depot! We had to get a new refrigerator this past Summer and it took them over 30 DAYS to get it to us. One time they brought it to the house but couldn't unload it because their dolley broke. It was a Mess! I will never buy anything big from them again! Hope y'all have a good week! Sending Granny and y'all Love from Memphis!~

My Western NC Mountain Grandpa......always said to rub a little dirt in it.....and move on..

It sure brings back Gardening with my husband I sure do miss him. love to hear your chicken in the background.

Hi all. Watch your program all the time. Also purchased your cookbook. Most excellent. Watching Matt using scissors for cutting the roofing material for your garden beds. I use a handheld circular saw with an old blade turned around backwards. Cuts metal easily. Works great and is easier and faster cutting as well as more accurate cutting. P.S. My name is Bob and I live on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Also like listening to your daughter’s music. Take care all.

Agree 💯 with it all! Other than a few videos, we haven't watched TV or had Cable for 12 years. We refuse to subsidize the corporations that hate us! Thank you for confirming we aren't alone!!

Tipper I seen something similar to this Matt cutting the metal for new beds. When having to use the sharp edge tins they used pool noodles from doller tree. Just cut down the sides and stuck on. Safe fix.

Tipper, that retrofitted bed is actually BEAUTIFUL. Knowing you (as we viewers tend to think we do) you'll be filled with sweet memories and thoughts any time you look at it. The burned-wood, I never knew about and glad to learn! I love it, would love it in my yard. There's a story to it, which makes it special. Matt always makes me laugh. No pressure Matt, just keep being the same as you are. Y'all are great together. THANK YOU, as always. 🙌🏼 💞

I'm on my 3rd washing machine, 3rd refrigerator , 3rd dishwasher and 2nd microwave since 2000 when we moved in this house. The microwave even had some parts replaced in that time. Your garden beds look great. Great way to reuse!

Great job on the bed renovation Matt! It looks great.🎉. The washing machines are garbage. I hate mine. I told my husband this summer I’m setting up my wash tubs and wringer and only use the worthless washer for its spin cycle. It won’t agitate to clean and it won’t let you put more water in. I won’t buy another new washer. I’ll use my tubs and wash boards before that happens. It’s still cold enough here my husband is wearing his long johns.😂. TeresaSue.

I'm with you about the washer-simple is better, and being able to put the amount of water you want. The beds are smart! Great job.

No, to get Matt up, you have to use a come-along, hooked onto a Sky-Hook. That’ll lift him! 🤣

Tell Matt we love the bloopers!! And I’ve seen this burning technique a lot on my homesteading pages. People burn the wood for the raised beds 😊

I love to watch Matt work. He reminds me so much of my late husband. There was nothing he couldn’t figure out how to build or fix!! ❤

You gotta get a meal mat so you can cut the wood to build your Barn with all the trees around you that would save you a lot of money

Matt you are the Bomb for Real!

The washing machine Matt described is pretty much what the old 1930s machines did. My grandmother had that kind in the 30s which lived on the porch (seen in pictures), where the drain hose run into a little ditch that ran into a weed patch. I'm afraid you would miss the spin cycle though, having to ring out the laundry with a ringer. I've got a Kenmore Series 70 washing machine that is 25 years old and still going strong. If you are looking, look into Kenmore machines.

The bed looks great. Should last a very long time.

2:44 That gadget would toast marshmallows for Smores very quickly 👍👍

On Matt and the washing machine, he just described the old wringer type washers from my childhood. Two rollers on top that you squeezed the water out by running each piece of clothing through individually. Then you hung them out on the clothes line. The clothes sure smelled fresh from blowing in the wind. The planter looks great and should last for years. At 68 sometimes I just want to roll off the chair instead of struggling to get up too. 😂

The whole eco friendly, go green campaign with new washers is bs. They are awful to use and your point that it is cheaper to throw that one away and replace it rather than fix is spot on. Really like the new bed. I like stuff that I have to look at for a long time to be decent looking too.

When you told the story of that new washing machine I had to laugh, not at you but at myself. Maybe 15 years ago I was faced with the job of finding a new washer. The weather was terrible so I thought I would just go on the web and buy one from Home Depot. I read about one after another and looked at all the reviews until I decided on one. They brought it out the next day. I had stayed out of the way and let the men connect it with my husband overseeing what they were doing. When they left I went back to do my first load just to check it out. When I lifted the lid I was shocked. There was no agitator in the middle! I called my husband to come see. When he came in the room I said, "Look, they've brought me a defective washer. It doesn't have an agitator. How could they not know it was broken?" He said he didn't understand because he had watch one of the men lift the lid and pull out the connector hoses that we bought extra. Surely he saw that. I went right to the phone and called Home Depot to tell them to come back and get the washer and bring me one that isn't defective. The man on the other end of the line asked me what I was talking about and I told him there's not agitator in the washer, they had forgotten to put one in it. At that point I could here him cover the phone and laugh real hard. When he regained his composure he went on to tell me that all the new washers were like that and tried to convince me that it would wash my clothes just as good if not better than one with an agitator. Well, I'm pretty hard headed so I had to run a load just to see for myself. I loaded the washer up and then turned on the water. That's after having to spend an hour reading the book that came with it just to find out how to set it for a load. When the water stopped and the washer started to wash I opened up the lid and looked in. There wasn't half a tub of water in there! No matter what I did I couldn't get it to fill up but just half way. Back to the phone I went. And lucky or maybe not, I got the same fellow I had talked to earlier. This time he told me it wouldn't fill up any more than the level I had gotten. I told him that wasn't enough water in there to wash more than 3 wash cloths and maybe a towel. Dead silence...I asked if he was still on the line. He was, he had just covered the phone so he could have another good laugh. I'm sure he stopped laughing when I told him I wanted someone to come and get the washer because I didn't want it. I then asked him which washer he had that had an agitator. He told me he didn't think they even sold one of the old ones like that anymore but he would call around to the other stores to see if maybe they had one. He later called me back and said he had found one but it would have to be brought from a different store. To make a long story short, I got my washer and believe it or not it was almost $200.00 cheaper. That washer is still chugging along 15 years later. I really dread the day when this one dies. So far my husband has been able to fix it when there's been a problem. He's a lot like your Matt. He'll figure on something until he gets it figured out and back to working.

Liked watching Matt build the awesome garden bed.

We learn as we grow so now you have a good warm and sturdy home. Matt is really good as seeing how he wants things done and then does it. Y’all are going to have garden space forever. Good job Matt!

I think it will be really beautiful when the plants are growing in those beds.

You all are so cute! Good amount of work today!

i remember being at a native american lecture/demo a few years ago and they said the tribe used to burn the ends of the wood/branches they were using so they would not rot.

I enjoyed seeing how your raised beds turned out. They look so great. That's so funny about Katie getting Matt with the monkey in the cookies. 😂

Sure got your money's worth out of that tin. Can you imagine what it would cost today? That made those beds so affordable and it's most likely better than the tin siding today. I like how the pine 2X4s are outside the tin to further protect them from wet soil in contact with them. A little life experience and logical thought coupled to make a great off the cuff beds that should last. Can't wait to see them planted.

I learned something. I had no idea anyone would make a washing machine without an agitator. It’s been many moons since we’ve had to buy a washing machine thankfully. But they’re not made like they used to be made. The raised bed looks great.

Watching your video makes me feel like I’m visiting with you. Both my grandfathers were farmers, and even at 81, I can remember the days I followed one around as a young, very nosy little girl, enjoying the little chores he gave me. He often hooked up the horse or mule tor a “slide” for me a big ride. He had a nice creek where I was taken to wade. All the fruit trees and vines were heaven for me. Thanks for bringing back all the memories!😊❤️

Oh, thank goodness Matt is starting to speak for himself and explaining what he is doing! It was starting to look as if he was working under a foreman. 😅

The shot of your home and the tilled garden looks great! And Tipper you don't talk too much. Matt, don't get no big head now, but you're a genius with all your know how. The re purposed sheet metal was a great idea and looks real nice. Still watching the video, I just had to comment.

That's funny about the monkey. Our family had a caught fish. It was frozen solid and passed from member to member every Christmas. Each one had to keep it frozen till the next Christmas and figure out a clever way to pass it on. That fish was like 80 years old. It showed up one year for my mom in a potted Christmas cactus, just it's tail sticking out. My Aunt found it in a new set of sheets, another in a can of coffee. Now all 11 sisters and brothers have passed on. So my one Aunt by marriage must have it cause she is the only one still alive. It's funny how they'd all run it to the freezer right away for the next reciever to get when it was their turn. Thanks for the monkey story!❤

Wow! Beautiful beds! What a concept! Sophisticated!! Really matches your house!

We have a weed dragon that works great on invasive weeds and in-between bricks on a walkway too. The beds look wonderful . Matt does good work. God bless .

They come out nice. Forever more. Can you imagine a young couple today, trying to build a house inexpensively? I agree Matt, appliances today are crap. One post at a time Matt, well maybe two, it’ll get built. 👍 we take turns hidin’ a small block of wood says, “Do You Know?”

I love y'all's new bed it's beautiful it actually goes with the house since burning the wood.i bet if you had to pay for a box like that it would be about 1000 dollars.great job Matt.

The raised beds look great! Matt sure is handy around the homestead!