Loved the podcast, it’s like sitting on the front porch in the evening, with a glass of sweet tea and somebody telling stories much like yours and everybody laughing together, what a great way to end a beautiful evening. I hope y’all are sharing those stories of your youth with Mary Carl, she needs those beautiful and funny memories for later. I know y’all are making your own memories with her too! Much love to all ❤️

The Moody Master The tractor Master The chicken Master Know your boundaries y’all!! God bless you folks!

Yeah...I been waiting...You have no idea how obsessed I am with y'all...I can't wait for each episode...I'm loving the progress with the farm it's exciting...

We used moth balls to keep snakes away from the house. But my Maw put them everywhere. We just threw them under the house. Yall bring back so many memories for me. I hope someday to be as motivated as you are. I just love watching your families daily life. Y'all make my day! Thank you for sharing your life with me. Phylliss from West Virginia

Loving everything about the Cog Hill family. Many blessings to each one of you. ♥️

Moths ate cotton wool natural fibre clothes. Today our clothes are synthetics. We would walk all the way over to the backside of the farm to where an old house had been near the railway line, the 4 older siblings to collect daffodils!!! They had taken over the entire overgrown garden. We'd take home arms full. A very long walk for such wee legs when I think about it. !!!!

Good evening Smith family! So glad to spend the evening with you! Blessings!

Oh I NEEDED to see y’all today, you have no idea❗️I just LOVE 💕 how watching you all and the animals calms me and brings my anxiety about worldly events back down to earth❗️So TRUST ME when I say THANK YOU 🙏🏻 FOR THAT, and GOD BLESS 🙏🏻❣️ 🇺🇸🥰🇨🇦

My Great-Grandmother had 200 rose plants when she died that she had started from a clipping. My fondest memory was of her going to friend’s homes and pulling her clippers out of her pocket and taking a cutting. She went home and cut a slit up the cutting and put a flaxseed in the slit, placed them in water and in six weeks set them in the ground. Since we lived in Santa Rosa, California Home of Luther Burbank we had lots of roses to choose from. She would go when the grounds keepers were trimming back for the winter and ask for cutting as well.

You guys are such good parents that is why MC is such a good bird mother.

I love yellow daffodils, my absolutely obsessed with them. I also love lilacs, irises. Periwinkle My mother loved red rose's 🌹🌹🌹. Yellow roses are my favorite. You bring back so many memories, I just want to cry. I miss my family and I'm the only one left. I have kids, grandkids, and great grandkids. But I remember momma and daddy. Love all of you, thanks for being here for me. Much love🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️

I can only imagine what a wonderful mother Mary Carl is gonna be by the way she cares for her baby birds. She’s such a nurturing, loving soul. You must be so proud of the young lady she’s become. I remember her being so tiny and even then she was so protective with penny. You spoke of certain smells for me it’s cedar… the smell of cedar takes me back in time to granny’s cedar chifforobes, closets and chests. As kids we would climb in to hide and that smell is one of a kind. Also the sweet smell of honeysuckles on the breeze. So many things in our memories are tied to certain scents… but I think we all have one that takes us back in time

Oh Brooke listening to you tell that story about the baby birds had me rolling in laughter! That was great, I love you guys!

Y'all are great parents. She's an incredible girl, we all know your proud. Keep up the good work! God Bless

Hi Cog Hill family!! Everything is coming up "roses"!!!

Smells are an incredible reminder of previous experiences. I learned once that the olfactory nerve is near the part of your brain that stores memories. Makes sense to me!

I love, "We like to buy from a human." Thank you for helping me figure out how to express that.

We had 'black' tulips one year and they were STUNNING! Magistically tall, silky in color and texture, and the color...while not exactly 'black' is called that due to being such a dark purple! We moved from that house before the next growing/blooming season, but made sure we advised the new residents about those BEAUTIES! If you have the opportunity, I DO encourage you to invest in a mess of them; you won't regret it! (I hope to see some in your videos some day)! : )

Mary Carl is an amazing lady. She’s so intelligent. Love y’all

Cinnamon toast does the same for me. Takes me back to (my mom’s mom) Grandma Cleo’s house. She’s been gone since 1969. I was 10, and even though I’m 63, I still remember. Or, Old Spice makes me think of (my dad’s dad) Grandpa Howard. Stay safe and warm! Prayers and Blessings always

G'day mate, good friends at the Cog Hill 40 😃🙏💞🤗Australia calling y'all 🇭🇲

You all are so precious! Love you all to bits❤️❤️❤️❤️

can you two smile any bigger - so happy for you all 💜

Wish I had a tiny house on the skirts of your property and could come pet your animals and help with chores. I dream of your farm ...lol I Love the emu Nugget, I Love the steer Moody, I love the pig Peaches and all the goats. You guys want to adopt a 56 year old lady?

Do you watch Ryan Hall Y'all on KZfaq? Great storm coverage.

Mary Carl is amazing with her birds. I follow her on IG & she's always posting something & I have to comment because I am so impressed by her knowledge.

It blesses my heart to see Mary Carl outside and not afraid to get dirty. You are great parents. I love your podcast and can't wait for the next one. I am happy from Louisiana

Mary Carl is so courageous and adventurous

Jason your Hydrangeas at the little Cog were gorgeous! I hope you kept some clippings or are able to grow more from smaller plants. They would sell well for sure!

Like you said the old homesteads had daffodils. They never seem to die. One of the other bloggers is resurrecting a old homestead and has been moving all the daffodils to new locations on the property.

You all had me cracking up when Brooke told the story about trying to feed the baby pigeons.

Mothballs were needed in the summer because people didn't have air conditioning. Once central a/c became routine, people stopped having moth infestations.

Roses were my passion.For trimming.The first 5 leaf stem is where to cut.The most fragrant varieties are most high maintenance.I used to have a June bug trap by roses.They are beautiful!!!!

MC is awesome! You are such a lovely family. I can't wait to see the finished garden and orchard...and the pond. It will all be so beautiful!

We have had our generic generator for 10 years, and it’s never failed us. Congrats!

Oh goodness your bird feeding story, I laughed and laughed and laughed. You're my favorite family. When Mary Carl writes her bird books, I hope she includes your story verbatim in her book. It would also make a great selling children's story book with her drawn pictures. Titled Free the Birds.

Thanks Jason and Brooke Smith for sharing about progress on the Cog Hill 40...always enjoy your vlogs...and podcasts.

👏👏👏always a delight. We have a whole house Gen X generator with propane. So nice to have this bit of piece of mind. So happy for you.

I grew up living next to a farm that was acres of Daffodils and Peonies. The fields still have the daffodils growing and it is beautiful. Thankfully the people who own the property now have kept them that way.

Daffodils reminds me of my grandma. She was born in Scotland and always talked about walking the moors in fields of Heather and Daffodils. Every spring I buy bouquets of Daffodils in her memory.

I love watching the builds on your homes. I miss the days you don't post on them. I'm like Brooke, I like to buy in bulk and know that I have plenty if I need it. Keep the good videos coming. God bless.

Another wonderful hour spent with you both! Feels just like family visits! 🤗💕🐈‍⬛🐓🦢🦆🦚🐖🐐🐄🐿🦃🦮

Another great podcast, I REALLY enjoy watching and listening to yall

We have a full house generator. A great move for your home. We have power when nobody else had lights for about a week. My sister who lives next door was able to save her freezer and frig by running an extention to our house.

One thing I've been wanting to know, and have asked several times is what do you do with all of the many chicken eggs you get every day???? The colors are SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

Daffodils are beautiful. We take drives 🚗 just to see where old houses and farms use to be. It's amazing. Great video. MaryCarl is just precious. She is one amazing young lady.. Rose 🌹 class what fun .God bless you all. ❤ Coghill .

Absolutely love when you guys reminisce about the past and what you remember about your grandparents and great grandparents.

Just wanted to let you know that I love your website, they did such a good job on that. I always though it was so sweet when Jason would give a kiss to Brooke at the beginning of the podcast. This time it was Brooke giving Jason a kiss, so so sweet! I loved the story about feeding the baby birds. I know Brooke tried so hard to feed them so MaryCarl could go play with her little friend. I'm glad MaryCarl took her birds with her because I know Brooke would have been so stressed out feeding those babies and worrying that something would happen to them. I would have been so scared if it was me having to feed them. Don''t feel bad Brook because MaryCarl just has that special knack with her birds that is way beyond most of us! 🥰🥰🥰

My granny "Be-bop" didn't have a blade of grass in her backyard. Just Rose's, irises, and daffodils. I have some of her peach irises in my flowerbeds. Along with a wisteria vine I got from hers. I would say going on 40 years now. Memories...

Yes daffodils are absolutely beautiful and it’s so true old home places always have them I grew up in rural KY and they were everywhere. As kids we would pick them and use food coloring in the water and it would color the tips of the daffodils awesome memories. Thanks for taking me back in time for a bit💜💙♥️💛

Crocuses regularly emerge in my garden mid February in Michigan. Zone 6B. Daffodils, iris, tulips can all stay in ground through winter. Many are 25 years old. No need to dig and store here. Good luck. Looking forward to see what your hard work accomplishes.

This is what I do when I can't sleep, I wake up an watch an listen to your podcast lol 😆 always puts me in a good mood and, always miss something the 1st time..lol but I also have been listening to Tracy too. Thanks yall for recommending Tracy from Just dig it ..she is Amazing 👏 between her and Jason lol 😆 I should be able to learn..if I listen, some new things for my gardening..Thanks again from a grateful 🙏 great grandma 😀 👵 in Toledo Ohio 🙏

There were woollen clothes in the past that you would have needed to protect from moths. Nowadays the majority of clothes are a synthetic mix! xxx I also want to say that I never dreamt that anyone would think that Marycarl would have been allowed to go on the future pond if you weren't sure she was safe! You are wonderful caring parents! xxx

I enjoy how you plan things out. 1. Protect the bulbs 2. Find the best place eventually. Also, I was almost asleep when you posted....now headed to bed. I don't like missing the Podcast. Have a great weekend.

Thank God for y'all!! 💜💜💜💜

I can not wait to see the fruit orchard, the construction updates, the aviary updates and the new popped up flowers and just all the wonderful updates on the new 40. It is such a joy.

It is all of us fans praying for you all! We got infected at a drug store I work at for two years! We do not wear wool is why we do not need mothballs! I use them to keep mice and snakes out of my shed! We have daffodils in almost every house, I love them! You separate them in the fall! You can put bulbs in the refrigerator.

Now you can freeze flower seeds everyone will be sending to try for future seasons 👍 I have a giant black hollyhock that is amazing 😍 Consider hummingbird vine as a climber. My memory trigger: Listerine

I love daffodil's, tulips, hyacinth's, and I truly love Irises. Yet when I go to a garden center I love them all. If I could have flowers all year round I would always have a smile in my heart.

My sister and I, while decorating for Christmas out in the front yard, her hydrangeas had dried with the heads on them so we took red spray paint and sprayed the heads, it looked wonderful. Infact they are still there.

Here in Eastern Ontario, Canada when you drive around in the spring you will see lilacs in the middle of nowhere. Year's ago the people that settled these areas planted lilacs on either side of their front doors. The houses might be long gone but the lilacs remain. Daffodils are not affected by deer, like tulips are. Every Spring here in Ottawa we have a Tulip Festival. Every year we get tulip bulbs from Holland for protecting Queen Juliana and her children during WWII. In fact Princess Margreit was born in Ottawa.

When my parents were married in January of 1955, my mom carried daffodils. She loved them. To this day when they are up I always remember my mom.

I'm loving the Mary Carl "bird Mamma" stories I love how you so obviously are so proud of your baby girl.

Good morning Cog Hill and all of the Cog Squad. It is lovely to sit with you and listen to your stories.

Brooke, you are the best storyteller. 😂

I lived a mile away from an Entennamen's baked goods factory (down wind!) years ago and every night at midnight they made cinnamon buns!! Just the smell of regular cinnamon brings back those memories! Bulbs need a cold season to regenerate for the next years growth. If you have deer or rabbits, just know they eat all the bulb flowers except daffodils!! Squirrels will eat bulb flowers, too except daffodils!! Just don't cut the leaves down when the flowers die off because they create the life in the bulbs for next year's flowers to grow up! The leaves will brown naturally. If you want a spectacular flower from a bulb, look into FRITTALARIA BULBS!! You won't be disappointed!! God Bless!

I have meaning to write since I subscribed 4 yrs ago, as an Aussie and of aboriginal decent, I wanted to share with you what an emu means as a totem, Emu Totem Meaning 'To stand one’s ground honesty, love, loyalty brotherhood and family mystical wisdom shamanism, earth magic mischievous, intelligent.'. Also most aborignal dances include 'emu' dance. In Australia we are so use to seeing Aboriginal dancing that represents our animals we forget, you may not know this in USA. Jason loves to dance and it's in his soul, look up EMU dance aboriginal , maybe this is the dance for the concrete pad being poured? Such respect for a beautiful soulful bird.

I've seen steel rooms set in garages, bedroom closets etc for safe rooms for years! I have a friend who has a gener-x (sp?)generator. They wouldn't be without it. If people would really watch their animals, they will let you know when bad weather is coming!!

Our safe room is in our garage. It’s awesome!

Hello CogHill & CogSquad! It's 10:27pm Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

My thing is Iris's. I had some purple ones that smelled like grape bubble gum. But I love them in all colors. Tulips, giant Marigolds ,Zinnias, basically all flowers. But I love climbing Rose's for sure!!! You all just make me so happy to listen and see the excitement on your faces. See even the electricity likes you all. You will be so happy that you're getting that Generac generator. Gosh y'all just make me smile!!!!❤😀. MaryCarl is a smart cookie and I have no doubt that those baby pigeons will be just fine ❤

I remember my Grandma had mothballs in her attic that she didn't want us to ever go into when we were children but when you open that door you could smell mothballs to me it was gross but I could never smell them downstairs good memories Good Times bring back a lot of thoughts God bless you guys I love you good luck on everything you do

Ann here from Canada...you are a delight Brooke!

Omg...Brooke had me rolling talking about feeding those birds. Hilarious!! I was truly laughing out loud!! MC is the queen!

Good Evening Cog Squad. We have a 22kw generic for 3 years. Well worth the money. You are without power for about 10 seconds.

Jimmy Houston, the famous fisherman and he has his own videos from his great place, has a big outdoor tornado shelter built of steel inside one of his buildings there at his home. He showed us all inside of it and it was pretty neat. It is probably what you are having built.

Your website is AWESOME!!!!!

I love the old fashioned irises that grow at old home sites. I have gotten bulbs from those places in the past. They are so hardy and simply beautiful.

Glad things are going so well for you.

We have a Generac system. It is the greatest thing since sliced bread. My husband has been on Oxygen for 7 years because of Emphysema, and if we lost power, we lost everything. We had oxygen tanks, but they only lasted for a certain amount of time. If trees went down on our driveway, and they did, no one could get through until they were removed. We are on a well, so we lost that, the house was run by electricity, so if it went everything went. When that system went in, it was like a rock was lifted from my chest. We did have to wait for a few months, and that was before Covid. It was WELL worth it.

Ot looked like she was enjoying her self in the pond

LOVING ALL THE PROGRESS ON THE FARM! Roger in Pierre South Dakota

I love your podcast. What a wonderful family.

Growing up my mom had a rose garden across the bottom of our yard. She must have had 40 - 50 rose bushes. She also had climbing roses across the back of our house. They were beautiful but I personally don't like roses. I never had a green thumb as a kid, I think it was because I was allowed to mow the lawn but wasn't allowed to do anything in the flower gardens. I thought I hated gardening, however, over the past 30 years (that's how long I've lived in my present house) I now have a flower garden under our tree (circle - approx. 20 feet in diameter). I also have raised veggie/flower gardens and supply my family, my sister's family and the neighbourhood with veggies! I LOVE gardening and have learned so much from you, Jason and Mary Carl so thank you so much!!!

I love roses too. When I took Microsoft Office one time I had to do a PowerPoint presentation and I chose to do my report on growing roses. I was surprised how interested my classmates were in my report.

When my daddy was a boy (1920s) they had a tornado and found one oh there cows with a post through her and she was still alive and eating. She didnt act like anything was wrong . You all are blessed beyond measure and im so happy for you . Jason you might like the rose ( Sterling Silver) its lavender in color and smells amazing. You plant bulbs in fall for blooms in spring . Woody bulbs (irises etc will winter over . Soft bulbs (Canna lilies etc need dug and stored or mulched over winter .

Plus the fact that you all built it and it will be there for the rest of your lives and Mary Carl is a intelligent country girl who knows herself around creeks ponds and like u said she swims and her dad is. With her or u all the time

Mary Carl is awesome. You guys have done a great job with her. Keep up the great work. Y'all always bring a smile to my face. Love y'all

Roses are my absolute favorite flower outside. And so thankful I have had such success with them, about 30 of them on my city yard, minis, climbing, and tea roses. Have fun with them, I found planting them 2-3” below surface keeps them coming back every year, pruning them late spring after they have already starting to leaf out really well

I just love your podcast and your channel so much! I look forward to seeing all of them! Thank you for bringing us into your family. God Bless all three of you & the animals and birds.

Thanks for the birthday message Nugget 🎉

Another enjoyable podcast. Hope ya'll have a wonderful day. Love you guys.

I am getting so excited listening to you guys talk about everything you are going to plant,especially all the flowers ,kitchen garden ,pathways,trees,bushes.Just zap me into the future so I can see it all,now.

Jason and Brook you are wonderful parents and your love for Mary Carl is so deep you would never put her in a harmful situation. Love all of you 🇦🇺🇦🇺🐣🐥🐓🪶💕

first thing in the morning cup of coffee and cog hill 40. my dad loved is yellow roses he was so proud of them they were beautiful. thank you cog hill 40 for shareing.

My favorite rose is the Joseph Coat from the Bible. One bush of many colors.

Interesting about all the cows laying down = bad weather. When my hamster gets frantic during the day (instead of sleeping) bad weather is coming. Fun listening to you talk about things! Saw a comment about ACDC. Sorry he's gone. 🥺

Am I the only one to be excited about reaching 100 podcasts????? 😁👍👍👍👍👍👍

Dear Jason, Brooke and Mary Carl, hope you're doing much better. God bless.

Love the story of MC trying to teach Brooke to feed the baby pigeons🤣 The new website is awesome & the email weekly update is coming through no problems. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰