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I've been to many a pig slaughter and it was a time of celebration and appreciation. To this day, I have a hard time eating the pork products in stores after getting the freshest there was to offer when I was younger. And we always knew who raised our pigs guaranteeing good wholesome pork. I made stewed apples tonight for supper. My grandson got them for me from up around Mt. Airy. He went to the orchard and picked them. He's only 6 so I cherish them all the more. If you have a bumper crop of acorns then there'll be a plenty season of squirrels in the spring. Have a good week my NC garden sister.

I just find myself smiling and grinning like a fool listening to you two kid each other. Thank you for this sweet time.

The steps are great! The bouquet for Granny in the little container that belonged to her mother, was so beautiful & so sweet!!

That bouquet is EXQUISITE! And I'm sure those "extra touches" will tell her how much you all love her. I smile when I see how much Matt loves and truly respects Tipper.

The steps look great ... He is so talented. Hard to find ppl like him that have that talent .

When you don't have something, and then you have something strong and sturdy. It's beautiful.

Boy howdy do I appreciate a good functional gift. A gift that can be used well will always remind me of the thoughtful giver. My daddy used to say, "The problem with stuff is you have to find a place to store the stuff, you have to maintain the stuff, you have to remember where you put the stuff and sometimes you just have too much stuff. " Mostly, he was right, but there was certain "stuff" that he sure enjoyed. The simple stuff! I sure do miss him. This time of the year he would randomly send me the most beautiful pictures of colorful trees, always singular in each picture. He sure enjoyed each individual specimen, one at a time. Boy do I miss that. Thank you for the snippet of the beautiful trees.

"I don't usually slow down long enough to see what it looks like, I just eat it. " Matt cracks me up! He reminds me so much of my dad. God Bless your family!

Someday your grandson will be walking up and down Papa’s steps ❤. They look great! I’m praying for Granny and hope she loved her beautiful bouquet.

We always canned sausage in the Ozark Mountains. It was so good. The sausage you buy now is not seasoned the same. It can't even compare. We raised our own beef, pork, chicken, and raised a huge garden. We made hominey from field corn, and made sourkraut and dried apples on big pieces of tin. We also had pecan and walnut trees. We had our own eggs and had a milk cow and also churned butter. We pretty much had everything we needed. Great memories.

I am 45 but grew up very rural on my grandparents farm ❤❤❤ hog killing time was always very cold weather, I remember my grandpaw and uncles doing up the hog outside while my grandmaw and aunts were working up the meat inside, the old sausage grinder mounted to the counter top, they divided up all the meat and either canned or froze everything. I remember there was always a big meal afterwards of sausage, livermush, rice (cooked with milk and butter), eggs, and loads of biscuits and jelly. We’d all sit down and eat together like it was a holiday or Sunday dinner. My grandpaw loved pig brains scrambled with his eggs, which I cannot imagine eating!! I am absolutely sure sausage and livermush do not taste as good from the store.

Tipper, I sure hope Granny does good with her treatments!!!! Praying for her!!

Matt seems a little more chattery, and relaxed since retiring! I like that little boyish grin he has! I really enjoy watching these little talks y’all have.

I loved hog killin' day. When Granny rendered the lard, we got to eat the hot cracklins. That was always a good day with friends and family.

If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy ! Happy wife, Happy life.

The Lord's hand is on mother's shoulder. My heart is with you, along with my prayers. ❤

Your garden space has come a long way in the last 12 months, Tipper. I remember last Fall, as you looked forward to the 2023 season, you hoped to expand the growing area by eliminating lawn in places. Not only have you done that, you created additional grow space on the slope with those lovely raised beds. And, despite having a challenging summer, your yield was quite good. Another season gone by, as we look forward to the next. Have a wonderful week.

Matt did an excellent job on the new stairs. He must be happy to be retired so he can spend time on jobs that are important. The bouquet is as lovely as anything you would find at florists shop.

The bouquet is amazingly beautiful 😍!!! Hope granny is doing well and everything went well at the doctors. Still lifting her up in prayer as well as the rest of the family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 continued blessings for each of you!!! 🦋🦋🦋

You two look so happy, glad you get to work together now! The fact that Matt can build those steps by visualization without plans is amazing-I love the size of those sturdy planks.

He did an awesome job on the steps🙌🙌

I’m watching, but my heart is with Granny. Let us know what is appropriate for us to know, how she is. Zinnias were my beloved mothers favorite flower. We lived on a large farm in Va., passed down by generation after generation. Wished I could have known my ancestors. We filled our fire places with golden rod until we started fires. Now those are some steps.💯✔️ Great love story between you two. 🙏 for Granny and the treatment. She’s tough, don’t ever deal her out. Thank you Tipper.

My husband loves to bow hunt,he says like Matt more rewarding..praying for Granny wish the best for her..

That's going to be SO MUCH better, so nice. Great job Matt! Always impressed. Loved the bouquet for dear Granny, keeping her and all y'all in my prayers. 🙏🏼 💞

Continuing to pray for sweet Granny. Love those beautiful flowers. Zinnias we’re my mom’s favorite flower. I agree with practical, functional gifts. Such a beautiful and peaceful day! God bless y’all. 😀❤️

You make us feel like good ole friends. Prayers going for Granny ! Stray strong !

The steps look really nice; well done. Matt is a good craftsman, and so nice that you can do these kind of projects yourself. My Dad enjoyed things like that too. He would say it doesn't look like s/thing you could get in a store but it'll work. Each one of his projects are a treasure to me, now especially since he is gone. Such a beautiful bouquet you made for your Mother in the special pitcher that belonged to your Grandmother, that will surely brighten her day. I do remember her in prayer for success & healing of the treatments and restoring rest for e/one. Enjoy hearing all of your stories, the trees and the colors are really beautiful.

Thinking of Granny as she is going through the treatments. Bless her heart. Lord please take care of her. In Jesus name Amen

Those steps are great! Good job, Matt. You will really appreciate them later. Prayers for Granny. She has such a beautiful spirit.

Praying for you all. Matt, those are beautiful steps. I’ll hire you anytime. Love watching you all. Got your book Tipper and it is so rich. And your love for the Lord so blesses me. God bless. My ancestors go back to the founding of North Carolina. Waggoner is my maiden name. I finally understood my dad’s tastes in food when I started watching your cooking shows. I think God planted my heart in the south. You guys think just like me. God bless you.

Said a prayer for your mom. Your picking the flowers reminded me of bringing my mom flowers. God bless you all. 🙏❤️

The steps are beautiful Matt talk about Christmas and thanksgiving my husband passed away at 56 September 15 this is my first holiday without him

My what a pretty bouquet❣️ And Matt’s steps, what a great improvement! 😊

You said it is a " chilly morning " just as I was getting my thick inside jacket because I was cold. I agree it is chilly.

The steps look great. The flower bouquet is beautiful. Praying for Granny. Sending much love.

Thanks for this peaceful beautiful video. 🍁 So calming. Love Celebrating Appalachia! Blessings Tipper & Matt. 💜✝️🙂

Love your beautiful trees and the rustling wind! Since I'm from NC and spent many years in north Georgia, I miss fall. 💔 Now live in Texas with summer and summer-light. Praying for Miss Cindy. God bless you all!🙏🏻❤️

Watched your family for several years but never comment. THANK YOU FOR SHARING MATT'S STAIRS! I need to do something like this and Matt shows me how!

You made me LOL, Matt, with the “You need to fix that!” Love just listening in on your conversations. Thanks!

I hope Granny's treatments are going smoothly and that she is feeling better

Anybody ever use a hogs bladder as a ball? Listening to yall brought that memory up. So Thankful for your channel.

My grandpa use to talk about hog killing day. He said growing up they would always have a hog and a milk cow. He said his daddy taught them that you take very good care of your hog and milk cow and they will take care of you. His saying was “the milk cow lived the life of Riley”. He said it was always taken care of and fed well.

Love your channel Matt and Tipper , it makes me yearn for the old days even though I am only 55 years old. Your girls do an amazing channel as well and the morals and values they have are seriously refreshing in this modern world . My thoughts and best wishes are with you all , especially Granny .

Matt built those steps for you now thats love. Just like the cakes you bake for him and family.

Matt looks so much happier working for himself and his family.we are happy he got a deer. We are in West Virginia and went to their church and put Granny's name in their prayer book, we sang songs and worship with these wonderful people ❤️ these people are so grateful and loving to each other.ill be spending two more days here then heading to Eastern Kentucky to deliver more food baskets and clothing, toys and meeting new people. My heart is very happy with Jesus in. My heart. God bless you and your family and I know Jesus has his arms around Granny . Love to you n your family ❤patsy

TIPPER HOPE ALL IS GOOD WITH GRANNY..IT'S GREAT YOU YOUNGSTERS RESPECT THE ELDERLY..GOD BLESS YOU

Steps looks wonderful, match the style of your yard. Couldn't look better.

So cool your husband is so supportive of you and your channel & joins in the fun word games too. You can see too Your girls are truly raised right. It's nice to see a family supportive of each other during these crazy times.

I marvel at your skills, Matt. Well done. May all our prayers for Granny be answered. Chemo is often so rough, but not always. So, really hoping Granny tolerates it well and that it’s really effective. 🤲🧎‍♀️

He is so smart he can do anything and mostly he does things to please you

The step are amazing, Great Job Matt. And Tipper the flowers for Granny are beautiful and how thoughtful to place them in that beautiful vase. She’ll love them.

I ruined a canner full of sausage one year by canning it . Then two days later my brother-in-law calls my husbands up ,and told him you don't can sausage up like that . Ain't that the truth ! Made a bouquet yesterday from the last of my summer/fall blooms , So pretty , yours and mine . Matt was winging it , a jack of all trades . The steps look great . Enjoyed !

I’m exactly like you Tipper when it comes to gifts being functional. I’m happier about the cooler weather too. No frost here yet. I’m praying for Granny and will continue to do so. Praying she tolerates it well with the fewest side effects.

The steps look fantastic. That bouquet for Granny is absolutely beautiful. Prayers continued that she will tolerate her treatments well. We say acorns like Matt.

I’m with Matt. I wasn’t so Smart in my Younger Days. 🤪

My granddaddy raised hogs near Spivey’s Corner. One of my earliest memories was blundering into the electric wire around where they lived. We had a country ham every year and sausage. He’s been gone for years now. Some time ago I bought some sausage that tasted just like the sausage from his pigs. Made me cry. It’s funny how a taste of something can take you right back to a time long gone.

I spent years and MANY hours in the woods in my healthier days. My brother n law pretty much taught me all I know about hunting and a lot about life in general. I told my sister/BF, many times, you woulda never found any better than him. But also still say the same to him about her. You remind me of him a lot. On a recent Q&A, when Tippy didn't hardly get the get the question asked, and you answered deer LOL 🤣. I miss those days so much. Regardless of health, after it gets in the blood, if NEVER LEAVES! I always got to tore up to do very good. But I've got enough great memories to last a lifetime. My second deer that I killed was a huge 10 pointer. The tenderloin has always been my favorite too. I'd love to find your video about how you mix tenderloin w/bacon and other stuff. It sounded delicious when you mentioned it in another post. My brother makes the best jerky of all time, by just using a deer leg. I think he only uses 2 other ingredients. My mouth watering now lol GOD BLESS

I loved it when Matt said he didn’t wait long enough to see what it looked like he just started eating it‼️😂😂😂❤️

Matt building the steps was really interesting to watch. Impressive! Your bouquet was gorgeous! I'm sure it meant a lot to Granny. So thoughtful of you. ❤

My husband built a beautiful chicken coop for our 30th wedding anniversary. I couldn't be more pleased.

I think Matt's steps look great!!!Congratulations on them and on your success of getting a dear. Good job!!!

Your right “here before you know it.” Enjoy your day!

Half a dozen solar lights on the sides of the steps would look pretty. Katie, Jr. will be running up & down them before you know it.

I love zinnias i have some outside my dining room window so i can see them all day, i love all your flowers, keeping granny in my prayers. My 85 yr old sister just finished her treatments she's weak but getting stronger day by day and was able to go to church today...❤ from Arkansas

Calling Matt’s steps beautiful brought to mind the Shaker focus on finding beauty in function and purpose. Aaron Copeland was inspired by the Shaker melody “Simple Gifts” when composing Appalachian Spring. Life is ever interesting. Thank you for the reminder.

My prayers and Best Wishes go out to Granny...God Bless you all 🙏🙏🙏

♥️✝️🇺🇸 Plum tuckerd out that’s what I say. Blessings to y’all !

Ok Matt has done a wonderful set of steps, he is a man of many jobs. I think I want to adopt him. I have a son just a little older than him. I just love his humor and he is as good looking as my son. Then I’m going to adopt Tipper ,I never had a daughter. The girls can be my grandchildren. I have 3 grandsons. Your family is precious and I love y’all.

Matt, those steps ARE beautiful, because of all the many reasons you built them. They are the very definition of robust, and will be there for a very long time! 💪 Wooden steps are so nice to look at as they weather and nestle into their place. I'm with you, Tipper. Serviceability holds a certain beauty for me, too. Thank you for this offering today. Continued prayers for Granny, with hopes of better days for her REALLY SOON. Peace be with you. 💚

Ya are so cute just sitting theere eating a popsicle having a chat. Showing the world whats its like to just slow down and take in the good land and surroundings God gave ya. Bless this family oh lord and that new grandbaby thats on its way. What a hoot ya are gonna have being grandparents.

You two are so fortunate to have each other. Watching a few of your videos it becomes evident you all are a team. When I was a young person it was common for friends and relatives to go hunting for meat. The population of people in my State has exploded, so hunting has greatly decreased.

We always had hogs when I was growing up. I remember daddy hanging them up on a frame. Several of his friends would bring their hogs to daddy & help him trim out theirs. I remember daddy putting salted hams in the smokehouse. I always helped mama as she would hand grind the sausage, pat it into patties and put em on parchment paper & fold it over as we made a row, then we'd put the patties in freezer bags and I'd help her carry all the bags to the freezer. I would see sausage in my sleep after that!! Worse than digging taters!! But, my that sausage & gravy & biscuits mama would fix in the winter was so good!! I really miss having a big garden, hogs & cow & chickens. Nothing like being able to live like that & never worry about food when we'd have a big snow!! We're trying to work things out here. My hubby is still not doing well. He developed an ileus and is being treated for that. He's pretty much bed-ridden but therapy does come in & sit him up on the side of the bed and has him do leg exercises while sitting on the bed. I'll be going to his care plan meeting on Tuesday, his 100 days are almost up at rehab so I'm not sure what to expect. I fell again in the kitchen today & no one was home for me to call, but I finally managed to get myself up pulling a chair out from the table. I still can't figure out how I fall using my walker. Course it just rolled away from me & caused a gash thats now a huge bruise on my right arm. Some things I still just don't understand. But I have to continue to put my faith & trust in God and pray He will direct our path. Please keep us in prayer. Praying Granny does well with her treatments and doesn't suffer any sickness. Praying God blesses her with speedy healing & removes all the cancer! Hugs and blessings from VA! ✝️ 💗🫶🙏

Praying for granny ( that lovely lady) the flowers are just beautiful. She will love them …❤️ the colors are gorgeous. Have a lovely day.

Matt u and Tipper just bring me so much Joy talking about Old Times. My Daddy would Not allow us to see the Hog Slaughter. I loved them. I was so excited when my Daddy allowed me to keep the little Albano Piggie in our house. He was so clean and Never used the Potty in the house. He was such a Joy. He would go to the Door to be let out to Potty and come back in. My life was saddened when one day when I let him out, he Never came back in, found him laying on the front porch dead. I was 12 years old, and I still think about him from time to time. It is Always a Joy watching u all. Matt was meant to do this. Keep Rocking u guys, u r Blessed!

Tipper, your bouquet for Granny is absolutely beautiful! She is in my prayers. ❤️

That Matt can sho nuff build some great steps. Ooh wee that hollow space under those steps looks like a great place for a snake to hide out. 😂 “Your chocolate on my peanut butter.” Haven’t thought of that in decades.

The stairs are beautiful, now all you need is 5 feet of snow ❄️. Where I am snow is coming this week about a few inches. Give a huge to Granny from all of us, ,🙏

My fathers mother, my grandmother and my aunts and uncles killed hogs every fall. I was little but i remember well, them butchering hogs. Canning tenderloin, making and seasoning sausage, salting and smoking hams. I remember seeing all the country hams hanging in the smoke house. Great memories and amazing tasting tenderloin, sausage, fresh eggs, biscuits and gravy. Nothing in the world as good as old timey cooking and eating In Appalachian ways. Il never get away from my roots. Soo many practices of our ways. 🥰 Thankyou for showing all these ways and reminding everyone of great Appalachian traditions.💖🙏 Beautiful steps and the rewards of Matt's hard work. Hope he and Austin get 10 deer each this season. God bless you all with abundance of everything.

Flowers are beautiful! Prayers for Granny. 🙏🏻

Thank you for sharing. The steps look great. All the beautiful colors of the Fall leaves, I love them! So beautiful there. Having your family close is a true blessing. Praying for Granny.❤️✝️🙏

Love the stairs! Here in Pawleys Island, we would call those "Arrogantly Shabby". ❤️🙂👍

Great job Matt! It is wonderful that you two can work side by side all the time now. I can see how happy this makes Tipper that you are all together. ❤❤. Prayers for Granny. ❤❤

Your pretty cool people ❤❤❤🎉 😘😘😘😘God bless your family and your mom❤❤ 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦😇

Tipper, you are as pretty as your flowers. What a wonderful daughter you are.

Those are some great stairs, Matt, bult in one day! Wow! So sorry to hear about your Mom, Tipper, praying the treatment and prayers help her fully recover. I see the sadness in your eyes. Big hugs for all of you.💖🙏

We just had our granddaughters 11th birthday party here at our home. We are exhausted sitting here looking at each other, wondering when did we get this old 😊 but so worth the noise laughter and, of course, the football games ! Having our family means everything ❤️ ♥️ The steps look great, Matt 👍

🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻Praying for Your Beautiful Granny!🛐🛐🛐 Awesome Steps!👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

Continued prayers for Granny as she goes through her treatments. Prayers for the whole family as you all deal with cancer once again in your family.

You might think about railing on the steps, as you get older you'll see the wisdom. Continuing to pray for Granny and you're sweet family, so happy fall is here , was life-sucking hot here in Mississippi

“Nothing clears a troubled mind like shooting a bow.” - Fred Bear

I love ya’ll life style I could watch you all day long such a beautiful family. My thoughts and prayers are with granny. Matt your steps look great.

I'm like you, Tipper. I like functional, practical gifts. You are so Blessed to have your family close by to spend time with! Love the steps Matt built. He is so talented.

🌟 The new steps look absolutely wonderful! You will certainly enjoy having these new steps to the upper garden area! Great job done!

Great job Matt. Your stairs look good and sturdy. Tipper the bouquet that you fixed for your mother was absolutely beautiful.

I just love the way u both share a love for your home and gardening etc and that beautiful bouquet of flowers oh they are so purdy I love wild flowers way more then the ones at a shop ❤

Matt’s steps are so neat and beautiful. Great job! Takes a special skill to do that stuff. Wish my husband had that ability 😜

Nice garden steps , Matt . The flowers and Granny's bouquet are beautiful . Glad to see the autumn colors in the leaves after such a hot summer . Prayers always for Granny and your family . Thanks for a very relaxing video .

I remember that chocolate on my peanut butter commercial! The steps look great! Prayers for Granny.

I think Matt did a real nice job on the steps!! Good job!!!!👍🏻👍🏻