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I can't speak for others, but it's hard to realize the actual amount of work it takes to grow all you do. These videos are just a snapshot of many hours of labor it takes to work the land that's unseen to us. You do a great job.

My husband and I loved our mothers in law. I love hearing you speak of Miss Cindy and Granny so fondly. Such a wonderful blessing.

Matt’s got a real point about “manual everything”, ‘cause there’s SO much less to go wrong. That certainly is funny about buying back his old truck.

"God willing and the creek don't rise" is my favorite saying. ❤😊

Been waiting to see you all day. 😊 it's 101 here. So dang hot. Your videos always cheer me up. I don't like to talk about myself, just been feeling a bit lonley and depressed. Thank you for all you do you have no idea how much you mean to alot of us. Praying for everyone. I Love you all so much. ❤

Love how you took the time to remember Miss Cindy! Vegas is 109 degrees and it’s 6pm here! Yeesh! One more year until my husband John retires and we’re out of here!! We want 4 seasons like you folks have!☺️

My father used to say " it's hotter than a two dollar pistol. " it sure is that here in Central Texas right now!! My late husband bought his same vehicle twice. Now my son just bought his ElCamino for the second time. Your garden looks beautiful. I am putting up pickles tomorrow. My cucumbers are going crazy! God bless you all.

I've thought about Miss Cindy a lot lately. I knew it was coming up to the one year anniversary of her passing. I love when you talk about Miss Cindy and what a good person she was. The corn looks so good and I'm tickled for you guys because I know how much you have wanted to be able to grow it. I've been waiting for an announcement that baby Graddick has arrived. I'm keeping all of you in prayer every day. Would you please pray for my 93 year old Daddy? He's in the hospital because he has a buildup of fluid in his body. Thanks so much! ❤

Love that you’re always thinking about family, the ones near you, the ones who have gone “home” and the little man not yet born, your ❤is so big! Very excited for Matt, so cool he got his truck back🌻. 🌻🌽🌽🌽🌽🌻

Glad Matt got his old truck back😊 I can picture the grand boys working the garden, deer hunting & fishing...❤

Tipper, you'll have to get yourself a deep tackle box when those little chaps get to toddling. You can fill the bottom with ice packs and the top full of little chap snacks! It's a SNACKLE BOX🤪

Cayenne pepper. That repels deer and a lot of different kinds of critters. You can sprinkle it over your plants or use it in a spray. It's worked as far as I know for a lot of people and for us! One tablespoon of Cayenne pepper, one tablespoon of garlic powder, one tablespoon of dish detergent, one tablespoon vegetable oil and a gallon of water...to make the spray. It won't harm the animals, but it has a very strong smell to them that they don't like.

Sunday afternoons are sure better when we get one of your videos. Thank you. 😊

This heat will jerk the slack out of you is our favorite saying

I cannot blame Matt for wanting something plain in a vehicle. Those fancy buttons bells and whistles can break at any point. We have a 1980 GMC Sierra Grande One Ton with a 350 in it. Manual transmission. Engine has a carburetor. We inherited it from my husbands father.

Blessings to you all - we are still praying for the Pressley, Wilson & Graddick families : D

Love your videos. Matt, I’m sure happy you were able to buy back your old truck. Something very simple with no frills.

I would sit by your creek instead of hoeing. The sound of the water and the cool shade would just bless my soul. It’s hard work working in that garden so you and Matt ought to have your popsicles down there.

I was visiting my brother years ago and his wife wanted some jalapeno peppers out of their garden for supper. We sent my 10 year old grandson to pick a few. He come in and had pulled up the whole plant ! 😂

The first year after a loss is the hardest. You are always in my prayers 🙏🏼❤️

You two are so blessed to have two (or more) youngin's to teach what you know. It's so sad that people have lost the art of gardening. I'm glad that we don't have to rely on the garden to feed us but can if we choose. My husband's mother is a wealth of knowledge. She makes the best pickled beets you've ever eaten! She makes a couple extra jars because she knows I love them so much. So special to have a loving family as you can attest!

Tipper, God will protect your garden and always make sure you have the food you need for your family. ❤

The corn is really coming along! As well as the rest of the garden. I'm sure Matt is happy to have his truck back.

My grandma and mom always said Hot as blue blazes

I love watching your channel so much. It honestly feels like I'm sitting right across from y'all. You have such a beautiful holler and are blessed to live so close to your kids and grandbabies! Here in my neck of the Appalachians, it's been "hotter than the devil's toenails." Lol

I have a friend who plants veggies in her woods. It keeps the deer in the woods eating the beans and other vegetables in the woods.

Absolutely agree with Matt! I'm still driving an older vehicle because it's low tech. I'll keep it as long as I can. God bless you all!🙏🏻❤️

Nice visit with you guys. A YEAR for the passing of Miss Cindy? UNBELIEVABLE. I remember and she sounds like a really wonderful person also. Thanks for sharing your memories of her. NICE.

Thanks Folks, great to listen in, as always. Congrats to be grandys for the second time, especially nice to see Corie and Austin's post, and your loving tribute to Miss Cindy. Cooler here, now winter, but mild to some parts of the world, we had 2 C (35 F) and a stiff breeze. Thankfully the work car, iced up, had good demisters. God Bless Y'all over there.

If you want berries next year, only cut dead canes and prune the green ones, berries are on the green ones.

A groundhog ate all of the tops of my beans. He left everything else alone. Caught him one night when I went out to sit on my back porch. I let my dog out more often now and haven't had a problem. (knock on wood) Thanks for the video and good luck.

Up till about a year ago we lived about 12 miles away from ya'll and had usually 20 deer in our yard every day and they ate my garden till I went to tractor supply in blairsville and bought a solar powered electric fence charger and put it up and never had any problems from them. It stopped them totally. Try it and you will like it

That little 4 banger Toyota engine will outlast all of us. Happy to hear you got it back.

That little red flower was not a morning glory. It is a Cypress Vine, Cardinal Climber. I was hoping you were going to say the kids were at the hospital having a baby. The next 3rd quarter moon is June 27-28.

Hotter than blue blazes is what my Daddy always said. When it gets this hot and dry, I have to water my container garden twice a day. When it gets hot, I am glad that I do have a container garden and not anymore than that to take care of. I have to fight squirrels. They dig up my plants. Bless your sweet family.

My mother put solar power lights at the edge of her garden, and it seems to be working.

A premier one electric net fence with solar charger would keep deer out. We have them for animals but they have ones for gardens as well. I wish we would of gotten one for our garden cuz the green wire rabbit fence we got that you can step over the rabbits squeeze right through them. I love the electric net though cuz you can take then down to store for winter and easily move them where needed. Add to em or just use a small area

We saw tracks near our garden deer tracks. We bought VHS tapes from Goodwill stretch the tape with stakes in the ground all the way around the garden about thigh high and we’ve had no deer in the garden. Slightest breeze moves the tape

We are pushing a 100 here in Michigan with no let up in sight.

Matt, before you make Tipper mad, hide the title to your truck, she has more than the local radio station to put it up for sale on, now she can put it on the World Wide Web! 😁😂 I still go back every once in a while to watch that video and share it with my friends and family when they come by, 1) for the story, that was great and makes me laugh no matter how many times I watch it and 2) Tippers laugh!! Tipper has the best laugh of anyone, anywhere!! Prayers for Granny, Corie and the Baby, for all you guys endeavor to do! Be blessed in Jesus Name.

Great video. Thank you all for your generosity ❤❤❤❤❤

My daddy was from Butler, PA. My favorite saying of his: "It is hotter than the south sides of hades"

Sunflower is my favorite flower.

Of all the gardens that I have watched you plant over the years this cornfield has fascinated me the most. I’m guessing, it’s because of the stories that are associated with the cornfield. It makes me very happy! Thank you Tipper and Matt.🙏❤️🇨🇦

I agree with Matt, I bought a new truck back in 2003 that was plain, they had 2 on the lot to choose from. I like knobs to turn for the radio too! I hate the touch screen radios they have now, that don't work and very aggravating!

Miss Cindy, what a blessing! I never had a mother-in-law like that but sure wished I did. And I was “the person “ for my family. Ppl like that are beyond measure in our lives. ❤

My husband strings a very thin wire around our garden spot and he can walk around the wire fence on the inside, then he plants in the middle of the spot, he adds milk plastic jugs and all around with plastic orange strips and pie pans it has worked so far.

God bless you Tipper, I remember the passing of Miss Cindy,

Wow! The corn is growing fast. 😊

Tipper I'm glad you have your corn patch. Maybe you could tie Maggie down there at night to scare the deer away. You mentioned miss Cindy being gone for a year. I have always thought miss Cindy was absolutely beautiful. And her son is very handsome too. You are pretty just like your mom. So you and matt had the right combination to have a beautiful set of twins. Seriously.

Keep Living the Good Life. I Always Live watching U Guys. That Corn looks Wonderful. Good Job Matt for buying ur Truck back. What a Blessing. U so remind me of my Father, Nothing he could Not Fix, and Loved working on his Oldsmobiles. Nice Tipper got a chance to visit Mrs. Cindy Grace. All of U r so Blessed and full of Love. Rock On, and Keep Pushing!

You've got a big garden but our smaller garden has been well protected by fishing line. Buy the cheap stuff. Put up as few t posts as you can get away with and string the fishing line around the garden. We did two strands. They can't see it and seem frightened to run into it. No deer damage two years now. Thank the Lord.

We are supposed to get a bit of rain tonight up here in Maryland! It has been really hot for about a week (100+)! My 3 yo grand helped water for about 5 minutes before asking “are you tired yet cause I am” 😂

I hear you about the “push to start,” I do not like them at all! Can’t keep up with the key fob…I have had some crazy experiences with my vehicles and key fobs! 😂 What a beautiful woman Miss Cindy was! So nice to hear these wonderful stories of her kindness! 😇 Blessings from Texas! 🙏

Love hearing the birds. So peaceful.

Too hot to sit outside today here. It’s 94 but heat index is over 100. Thanks for letting us drop by to listen in on y’all’s conversation.

Hey Pressley's, I been thinking about Miss Cindy too. Hard to believe a year has gone by. Matt I think it's cool you got your Toyota truck back. I have one of those push button vehicles, and I don't like it either. Y'alls corn sure is growing. And the watermelon, that's exciting. My tomatoes are becoming very unruly, they grew up a lot, this past week. Continued prayers and love y'all.

Good morning Tipper and Matt, love your videos it’s like spending time with good friends ❤

Blessings and prayers for everything you are facing.

Deer won't jump a double fence. I learned that on Living Traditions Homestead channel.

Perfect timing, Olive started barking right when Matt was talking about a dog baying a raccoon 😃 Amazing how fast that corn is growing! 🌽🌽🌽

I love the swapping of the trucks. Family is wonderful.

Love every minute of todays visit.

The first few years are always hard when you loose a parent. Mine are both gone and I miss them all the time. I wish they were here to answer questions I have. Your never to old for your folks.

You all feel like family to me.

Evening, Miss Tipper, Matt.

I have a Toyta Tacoma with 647,000 miles on it, It is a 4 wheel drive 2000. It has a key and roll up windows and regular cab.

Matt, I love your shirt! I’ve just started watching that channel. I’m with you this heat is unbearable. Your gardens are beautiful! Stay cool!

You have a great looking stand of corn, so green and healthy looking. If the deer haven’t bothered it yet, perhaps they will leave it alone.

It was over 100 degrees yesterday here in Southern Md. We have had no rain, high temps. for the last two weeks. This is not normal. but what is anymore! All the best to all of you.

Listening about miss Cindy made me a little Sad and also Happy. Hearing about people in our lives who we love so much -who have gone on. Praise the Lord for memories of precious people in our lives.Thank you Heavenly Father for all our Blessings on this earth and the new Heaven and New Earth that you are preparing for us- So we can be with all our loved one who are born again.❤

We even have a sun wave here in alaska/cant stand it even though its not very hot as I have some kinda strange sun sensitivity/your garden looks great/happy for you gettin your corn field!

I agree with Matt!! Love plain cars and trucks!!!! I hate push to start and buttons

I always enjoy your talks with Matt

Praying for y’all, I know the anniversary of losing someone is always difficult. The garden looks really good, I know y’all will have a great time teaching the grandkids how to garden in the years to come. God bless you

My dad is a widower and he has a lady that cans his beans for him! They do it on half’s , it works very well for them!

Snakes on the porch ! Shudder ! God protect you and your gardens. Love all you good folks.

Your corn field looks so great your beans look great too hope the deer stay out of granny's garden and yours glad Corie had you both popsicles always enjoy seeing you both enjoying them glad Matt got his old truck back❤️ Shelby

My good friend thank you another fabulous and fun video it was good catching up with you good folks and I'm so glad that I hung on and watched the entire video because the absolute best part for me was that the end, when Matt said that Olive was probably barking at a bug!!! That just tickled me and made me chuckle out loud and made my day. I have two real good pups myself named Daffy and Polly and oh yes they will bark at a shadow and a bug for sure. Peace and happy to you good folks from Jack in Kernersville, NC

That's so funny and ironic Matt bought the same truck twice! 😁 And from his dad! And that it has manual windows and locks!!😮 Very cool. I'd love to see someone wind down the old window cranks on a vid sometime! 😊 Have a blessed week, guys! ❤ Looking forward to hearing baby news soon! 🙏🏼

I need a t-shirt that says “I’m plum foolish over Celebrating Appalachia”….

When my dad was stationed in Michigan, my folks rented a farm house with barn and barn yard. My dad planted corn in the stock yard. Folks told hi the frost would get his corn. But he ended up with the highest corn in the county. He was 6/7 and he couldn’t reach the top of the corn stocks.

It’s been so hot here in Eastern Ky. Yesterday we had a thunderstorm that took down one of our trees in our front yard. On a good note , it has cooled down a little from the rain yesterday. These temperatures are very hot for June. Someone that works with friends of ours, got bit by a copperhead in a raised bed she was working on. I guess he was laying in a cool spot and didn’t want to be bothered. Thanks for your videos.

The little watermelon are so cute,

Yes a year has flown by! I was praying for yall this time last year- have been watching for 3 years now! It’s crazy how you feel like family ❤ social media does have a positive effect on our lives in some ways- thankful for y’all

Back in the mid 70's I bought a 67 Ford F-!00 with a big block V-8 with three in the tree and Armstrong steering. Made a ton of money with that truck. Drove it all over the midwest and even into Canada. What was great was if I needed to work on it I could climb into the engine compartment and work on anything that needed fixing. I'd buy it back just for the sentiment.

Glad Matt got his truck back! The Gardens look great! I heard dog hair works good too if you know a groomer or someone who brushes their dog. Wish you well! ❤🎉

You have been so blessed Tipper . I am hoping that you will share more of the gospel like you used to. Like your daughter does Occasionally. You've been given a wonderful platform to do so. It's so important for such a time as this.

I love it when Matt says "Gosh Yeah" I catch myself saying it now. Glad he got his truck back!! I love yall's hats too. I always look forward to your videos 😊 Of course I'm waiting ( like everyone else on here ) for a baby announcement from Corie!! ❤

"She's probably barking at a bug." That gave me a good laugh. It really sounds like lovely Olive though. LOL My Grandma used to always say, "it's hot as a bake oven out there." My Grandpa had a lot of hot weather sayings, but not suitable for polite company. LOL Your hard work in the gardens is really coming to fruition and I'm so happy for you. God bless.

Reminds me of Grandma’s gardens.❤ 🎉

My husband would agree with you Matt. When he bought a truck, he wanted key start, no power anything. He did settle for the power windows lol. 2006 ford. He is not a ford guy but it’s slim pickings out there.

Put a 5gal bucket in the Creek with holes in it…then put a pump in the bucket and pump that creek water to the garden.

Corn is looking wonderful. We are needing rain here too. Its been in the 90s all week and some days the heat index has been over 100. I bet Matt is enjoying that truck. Praying for you all this week. Yall have a blessed night.

We have a 2017 Chevy work truck for the same reason as Matt. My husband loves the manual roll down windows and manual locks. Less problems can arise. Enjoy ❤

Hey there! Love you and the girl's channels. My husband and I have been looking in and around Murphy for some property on a river or creek ,we are from Georgia and we are upcoming on retirement age in several years,and our little county of Jackson has grown too much and we are needing an escape, at least for weekends and vacations. Murphy holds a special place in my heart.

My daddy always would say 'hotter than a cat on a tin roof' 😂

Tipper--I've fought a losing war, with battle after battle finding me in retreat and defeat, with deer. I've basically surrendered, because I have so many deer around me they are overwhelming. Just this past week I saw two different does, along with two fawns, eating blueberries. That's never happened before. Here's a partial list of what I've tried: 1. Human hair 2. Cheap perfume 3. Cheap aftershave lotions 4. 8-foot high protective netting 5. Staggered levels and depths of strong monofilament fishing line 6. Various commercial repellents 7. Tin pie plates 8. Streamers 9. Urine 10. Electrical fence 11. Burning whitetail butts with birds shot (I had a depredation permit from the wildlife folks) 12. Planting things they supposedly don't like between things such as tomatoes (marigolds, for example) 13. Homemade sprays of things such as hot pepper 14. Motion lights There's more, a lot more, but this is enough to provide a picture. About my only solace comes when I cut into a perfectly cooked piece of venison tenderloin, maybe a venison cheeseburger pie, or think about the sales of the three venison cookbooks I've written.

Soooo happy you have over 260K subscribers. WOW! :-) All your hard work has paid off. Congrats.