I laughed SO 😂HARD when you said, "Mind your business" with the hat part. 😅 my mother gave me an adjustable floppy hat that is black and has a black band with white polkadots that I love because the top is open and the top of my head doesn't get so hot. Plus, it's great with a high pony tail or bun. I've had it for years! Comfort is better than style.

"Tree of Heaven". Store-bought bakery stuff is full of preservatives.

I’ve been trying to thin out my zinnias and I took some down to my granddaughter and planted them in her flower pot I gave her and I need to get back out there and transfer a few around my bed so they won’t be crowded in there and yes that’s my happy place working in my flower bed ❤❤❤I so love it 🥰

Glad to hear Gary is feeling better. My garden is still in the planning stage hopefully start I will start planting this summer.

Behind the fence where it slopes, then it's flat , then you have the garden area. On the slope area, I suggest planting flowers/mint and or ground cover to hold the dirt on the slope area . Also on the slope area where it washes the most when it rains I suggest putting a pipe all along the fence from one corner to the other corner, cut the pipe in half long ways to make into a gutter then have it go into a pipe and run that pipe down to the lowest part down by the chickens , and have the water go into an IBC tank to catch the water for watering your animals and the garden or just to run down into the woods. Now the flat area between the slope and the garden would be a great place to plant fruit trees ,fruit bushes and vine fruits on the outside of your garden fence. I hope y'all like my suggestions.. P.S. Mel mint spreads but mint also keeps the insects, spiders and mice away. I think it might also keep some snakes away cause I never saw a snake around where the mint was planted at a home that I use to do yard/flower gardening for an elderly couple.

Home Depot sells paint pens for fixing scratched furniture.

Yummy. BLT’S …Sorry I missed dinner Mel🥲. I Live to feel the dirt to Mel it’s from our Creator! Gary rest!💕Auntie Laura🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s Mel I put bread torn up in my ziplock bags w/ my cookies to keep my homemade cookies soft. I think Gary is correct humidity.I think bread absorbs the humidity.

Mel, My neighbor took a good-sized flower pot, put cement in it, and put a medium-sized umbrella in the cement. I can roll it to where I want it to keep the sun off me while working.

If you microwave your donuts it will soften them.

MEL....I was at the nursery buying plants. I was looking for tomatoes and vegetables for the garden. I wanted rosemary to put around the yard for mosquito control. The head gardener there said lemon grass in pots around a patio works better. I bought some but going back for more. Broccoli, asparagus, Brussel sprouts, and many more uses. But I wanted to share that info. So glad Gary is better.❤❤❤

❤❤❤❤❤Loved all that you did for the Meet-Up ❤❤❤❤❤I hope Gary's back improves, he really took a beating in the dunk tank.❤❤❤❤❤Loved meeting you. ❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you and everyone that helped make this the best ever Meet-Up ❤❤❤❤❤ Barb from Oregon, sad to be leaving Arkansas tomorrow.

Rain, dry heat, humidity effects all baked goods. As long as the donuts don’t have icing. You can always toast/reheat them in your toaster oven/air fryer. Then add the icing on the next day. Nd yes there are preservatives in the stuff from some bakeries or store bought items.

Good morning glad y'all got some rest

Good morning Mel and Gary, glad you’re on the mend Gary, a sore back is no fun. You’re both very hard working people. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

My brother lived in So Cal for years and years, moved back to MO where we grew up, and that was his biggest complaint.....no good mexican food.

Permanent marker will wash off in the rain. The best is an oil paint marker ( acrylic paint markers was off too) or a grease pencil. Writing pen and pencil work too. ❤

It’s been a fun but brutal weekend for Gary and his back, he definitely needs the time to heal and the weather will give him that time. Take care guys. 🎉❤❤ function over fashion, I hear you Mel. I’m exactly the same. I’m not a fru fru kind of person. I would be very interested in your bottling/canning videos. Cooking too, are you into making sourdough bread Mel? If so I’d love to see how you do that. Thanks🎉 looking forward to your kitchen stuff ! ✌️👍👌

Me too Mel I love it a little dirt never hurt my hands and I do it all the time

Yes Gary let's just Relax and heal

Hello 🤗 been rainy here in NW Pennsylvania today ☔ nice have a garden & all the delicious produce 😉 pray you heal soon Gary 🙏 have a fun girls day in town Mel 😀

The store bought donuts are frozen. They're brought out, warmed up in micro and glazed in the early a.m. hours

My first wife used to try to make biscuits. They were so hard you could build with them. Her grandmother made them so good they put restaurants to shame. I know where my wife didn't learn.

Good morning. Glad Gary is feeling better. I agree comfort is better than style as one of y'all's viewer said. Rain hit us early this morning with lots of thunder and lightning,here in Northwest Arkansas. Enjoy y'all's day. Love the video❤

Howdy Howdy good to ya all again!

Walmart has a roll on that’s for sore muscles if you want to try that Mel

Stark Bro’s has fruit trees for sale right now. Plant some new trees where you want shade! 😊

Good morning Coffee… have a great day

Now love your video blog today. I love it when you talk more of just an ordinary day. And it doesn't have to be so business, like with building when you laugh and talk about just natural occurrences in a day. But love all of your videos. Love to watch the kids I know they're gonna have a great wonderful summer. Can't wait to see what's in store. Can't wait to see you start working on the inside of the house. I know this probably still a long way out. Understand it totally.

With regard the permanent markers: the nib (circa1/4”) is what you see, inside is approx 1/2”, acting as a wick. Pull the nib out with pliers to extend the life. Every little helps, @SLR 🩷🩷

Time to make the doughnuts! When ? C'mon ...... 😂😂😂😂😂

Love your t-shirt Mel …. I live in a small town on the east coast of Australia in New South Wales called Yamba.

Good morning, y'all. How's everyone this morning...

Bakeries may use dough conditioner as a preservative.

Mel, that's the best T Shirt that you have ever worn , love from Australia x

Mel, the stores and donut shops are using chemicals to keep things fresh!!!😊🎉❤ "Preservatives"

Any time you make homemade bread, donuts or anything they do not last more than a couple days. We don’t put all the preservatives that the manufacturer’s do.

I want to go buy some apples and wash and peel them and cut them up a little and throw them in my crockpot with some brown sugar and cinnamon and let them cook and when they are done I have some apple butter and I put it in my pint jars it’s so easy to make and we love apple butter and I gave my son a couple jars and he said he could eat the whole jar lol 😂 😂

God Bless from your Canadian Friend.

Hey Mel, give Julia the hard donuts to use for skeet targets 😂😂😂

❤ Stay dry and don't play outside in a thunderbooming on the mountain lol.

Valteran gel/dicliphenic is a great linament too. It helps me better than icy hot

Good morning I hope your back is doing better today

Last night in Colorado where I live lightning was right next to my house and it made a sound so loud my dog jumped up ran under the bed and it shook my house

You guys are so sweet I love y’all and I know I am so blessed being able to watch you and listen to you talk my granddaughter made some cheese dip and it’s so good I can’t handle the heat of spicy food but I’ll give it a try

It was most likely sheet lightning. Hey from Oregon

Hi Gary if you want to SPEED UP your recovery... go to the chiropractor (as said yesterday). I say this from experience.

Good day mate,good to see,you both pulled up ok.stay well and strong.hi from down under 🇦🇺🇦🇺(I like your Australia shirt Mel)

SHARPIES ARE GOOD PERMANENT MARKERS. Rest your back Gary❤❤

Do you use pastry flour? That plays a part in them lasting and freezing them helps too for preserving.

Bless you guys xXx

Good morning all

Don't worry Mel I'll still be with you Gary Love you show been with you since day 1 watched your kids grow I like Gary I got OD when it comes to building Love Gary Building I love you guys in those trailers Before you started building your home I'll be with you until you're done building your home❤

Get better soon 😊

Glad your garden is producing for your family. I hate wearing gloves too. ❤

They do have wood markers.

Good morning guys hope you are doing better ❤

Add a small amount of baking soda it's what walmart does

MEL Try making potato doughnuts they have a longer shelf life.

DG is carrying canning lids, real inexpensive

Great chit chat, have a good day.😊❤

Check the acidity level of vinegar.. (They are reducing the % and cant be used for canning)

Gary is awesome but so are you. Do you have sit down fix jobs for Gary? . Or maybe planning the garage? or maybe Shelve for the play house.

The donut thing is the flour you use and fresh yeast not powder.

Good Morning 🌞

Try Danville they have a Mexican store there and an Asian store too

1:14 you guys were under three tornado warnings at once near Russellville.

Good Morning guys! Hope ya can get in some more rest time today with all the rain.

tree of heaven? They grow in sidewalk cracks in areas where buildings front up to the sidewalks too.

GOOD MORN WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THAT FISH JUST WONDERING😊😊😊😊

MEL It is called the TREE OF HEAVEN ... Please ..... be sure to read up on this .

Hey y'all! A thought on that tree- if you cut it down again, put tough brush weed killer on the fresh cuts, undiluted full strength. Let it soak in, and do that a couple of times. It should trave into the roots and kill it. I'm doing that to whatever I cut down. I have some very tough black jack oaks that try to resprout every year from the stump, so I cut those off and re-treat. I'm winning the war so far! I'm glad for the rain! It's God calling telling you to slow down and rest to come back even stronger. He's got your back and it will all get done. Blessings, Texas Deb ❤️

My donuts are great for one day also!

i did some research about doughnuts and it is how you make them and what you have in the doughnuts that makes them how they are. see it like this, a doughnut is basically bread whit glaze on. but becasue how you make them and what you have in them then it changes them into a doughnuts. what i am saying is that can you hold off whit a few steps and maybe contiune whit that steps a later time? like you do not need to glaze every doughnuts, you dont need to cook them all, just some off them and then you hold off whit cooking the other ones untill you want them. then there is the ingredience, like if you choose honey instead off suger how would that change how long it last? if you use baking soda or baking powder could that change how long it last? i mean there is endless off stuff you can change that could change the shell life off a doughnut, but it is up to you on what you want to do. hope this helps :)

Perhaps Baking Soda or Baking Powder? ❤❤

If someone has not said so already, your videos are much better recording outside (rather than inside bedroom). Nice1 👍

HI, DONUTS, WE LOVE IT TOO, I USE A NORMAL BREAD RECIPE FOR DONUTS, JUST A BIT MORE SUGAR, IF I MAKE IT , IT DISSAPEAR SO QUICKLY 😂 I CAN'T TELL YOU IF ITS BETTER THE NEXT DAY😂, KIDS ARE ALWAYS IN KITCHEN

Or yeast in your donuts.

Do you put baking powder and baking soda in your donuts.

Mel I need your donut recipe can please do a post

Try using a charcoal marker.

I like to get my hands and nails dirty too.

I just say do a pose with lightning pictures being taken by the angles 😊

Try to get rid of that tree of heaven because it will take over your hillside.

No I'm not gonna go shopping with you and your daughters I wanna stay around with Gary and just hang out cause I'm retired😊

STOP PAIN WORKS BETTER THAN ICEY HOT

Dnt they go to these event

Get some Doans pills for your sore back they really help!!!!

Mel you better get 50 or 60 feet if you think it is 30. Love it me also ❤😊❤️💪👍🌷🌸🌺🌹💖🪻