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Watching you talk about seeds and a garden is like watching a little kid seeing snow for the first time—your eyes just glow with excitement ❤. I used to think I loved a garden, but I don’t hold a candle to you. It’s wonderful that you love it so much !! Great for your family as well (Matt might disagree with me on part of that 😂😂). Praying you get some snow, but not enough for issues. We won’t be past our back door come Friday morning for a few days…snow & ice shuts Northeast Mississippi down. 😮
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It's 8 degrees here in Mid Michigan tonight.
Thanks for sharing ❤
Loved the video. I got excited thinking about us doing the garden together. It looks like you will have plenty of your favorite okree seeds this year. I also loved hearing that sweet little Ira babbling and letting us know that he had more important things to do instead of sleeping.
I hope Matt is feeling better and getting closer to working on the 🚜 shed.
I hope Grannie is feeling ok. I'll be waiting for the next video.
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So much fun watching you sort through all the seeds, Tipper, and hearing where they came from. Wish you had room for an experimental garden where you could plant all the ones that you've never tried before.
Praying that 2025 will be a great year for your garden, and for each member of your family.
Tipper you must be happy that you got snow coming your way 5 inches or more you gonna go sledding I pray everybody stay safe and warm🙏❤️ and I pray That Granny’s doing well. Have you looked into this for granny 1. We Combine Both Soursop Leaf & Fruit for Maximum Benefits I am a cancer survivor and I have lupus a friend of mine took this she had cancer and she’s doing fine she had stage four I want to try taking this now I have a link if you give me your email
Corey can plant the tree in her yard
I loved your segment today. That is a good storage for the seeds. Pumpkin had been going down hill for me as well the past 3 years, but won't give up growing. I live in Lake of the Ozarks Linn Creek Missouri. Rock and soil here so raised beds I grow in. Ojra didn't do so good last and don't know why. I am growing snap peas, cauliflower, kale, bok choy, spincah and carrots popped up in a plabter I had carrots in.
We usually have a small indoor Christmas tree for table top use that has roots and is potted. We keep it watered as any needed, like any other plant, and then leave it in it’s pot outside – the one we currently have is now 3 yrs old and hasn’t grown very much so can still be used like this. It’s healthy and a lovely shape. We also buy one for the front of the house that is larger, should our indoor tree get much bigger, we’ll use that outside instead.
It saves the cost of buying a new one each year, and reduces the loss of another tree so is more sound ecology wise. Here, trees can be collected for disposal and are often given to alpaca farms for them to eat!
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CHRISTMAS CARDS IDEA @Tipper, @CelebratingAppaliachia , I've seen cards used as a table runner. I think they used acetate or even clear contact paper to hold the cards together and keep them from getting from damageed on a table. You'd have us with you at Christmas dinner each year. ❤
I’m behind on your videos. I’m going to go back and watch the past few. We are psychological beings. Funny how putting up the Christmas things is so fun and anticipation-filled. Yet we don’t like to take them down. It reminds me of driving somewhere on a trip versus driving back when the trip is over—glee and excitement versus melancholy or bittersweet. Your humility and openness, your self-deprecating thought process, is so endearing and comforting…(“I should’ve known…”)
We are in 7a/b east Tennessee. The only winter squash that grow well for us are as follows in order of highest production per vine to lowest: Cherokee Tan Pumpkin, Long Pie Pumpkin, Seminole Pumpkin. I grow them all up cattle panel trellises. They are all tasty baked in the shell, pie custard, roasted with oil and garlic, soup, boiled and buttered. Very tasty pumpkins.
I dread taking the Christmas stuff down. I haven't done that yet. We need to go through our seeds. We keep out corn and bean seed in the freezer. Hope you get some snow with the next round of storms. Yall have a blessed day
I borrowed the photo container storage from you and love it. I also cannot wait to get to Spring so I can get into our frozen Earth and start planting! Have a great week. Love and Blessings to all in the house and to Granny, too! 💕
We need to do the same, soon. Thanks for providing the inspiration, Tipper. Have a wonderful day!
Tipper, get your sled ready! Looks like a decent snow headed your way.💕
Although I don’t plant a garden, I always say in the first week of January that Spring is a coming! I love seeing your beautiful plants and veggies! However, I’m also wanting to see some snow! 😂 God bless y’all!
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I hate to put Christmas things away also. It is such a wonderful time. stay warm, it is 11 degrees here and we have lots of snow. Talking about planning your garden reminds me of Spring and warm weather 😊😊. Linda from Ohio
I hope snow ❄️ will overcome your fantasy volcano this weekend, Tipper; so you can sled❣️
I don't like taking down Christmas decorations either Tipper. But, I will be doing so today. 😢
If it aint one thing to get ready for it's another Tipper. Keep the fire hot. It's coming.
Looks like you folks are going to see snow tomorrow Friday 01/10/25. Weather map says 6-8 inches, but I hope y’all don’t!
Oh Tipper I wish you were here at my place! You wanted snow? We got snow!!! Lots of snow! I’m guessing 4-6” and no sign of let up!
I just saw on my weather app that Brasstown is forecast to get 6 inches of snow tomorrow (Friday) . Does that mean you're expecting snow, too? Do you have your sled ready? 😀
I'm in the midst of the putting away chore, too. I should probably be doing that instead of watching YouTube. But I'm not. 😉
My Nana saved her Christmas cards every year. She had a giant roll of plain white paper (probably the kind teachers use for classroom murals) which she used to wrap her Christmas presents. She would cut the front off of the previous year's Christmas cards and paste one on top for decoration, and then tie a bow on it. Nana was a frugal person who didn't waste anything. Whenever she got junk mail letters printed on one side, she would cut it in thirds and use the blank side for scratch paper. Everybody in the family got bundles of scratch paper, too. Until after she died, no one in my family ever needed to buy a scratch pad. Everything from grocery lists to family trees to poetry was written on Nana's narrow strips of scratch paper.
Well, enough procrastination. Back to un-decorating.
Please keep the people of Los Angeles County in your prayers. It seems as though everyone I know here knows someone who has been evacuated and/or has lost their home. Just on my street alone, two families have family staying with them because their homes burned. And not big movie-star mansions, either. Homes, small businesses, houses of worship, landmarks, whole communities wiped out overnight, like what happened in NC with Helene. And as you experienced then, it's extra hard when you have memories associated with those places. 😢
My grandpa used to store his seeds in cigarette ashes to keep bugs out .
It will be time before you know it… Thanks Tipper 👍❤
You can make Christmas wreaths from the cards and those make great decorations for future use.
I planted 200 onions the day before it started raining and freezing 😂😂 I saw them at Walmart 100 for 3.50 and couldn’t resist- didn’t even check the weather😂😂 ordered my very first seed catalogs the next day and am anxiously awaiting them to hopefully tide me over to warmer weather.. thanks for telling me about them! ❤
We just called ours half runners, are the white half runners different
WOW, Tipper you have enough to last for a few years!!
Hey there Tipper, Love listening to you organize your seeds. Thanks for sharing. ❤ @ Prayers
Do you ever give away any of your seeds?
Tipper, you would LOVE the snow we have here S of KCMO today! Looks like you are getting some top. You are inspiring me to start looking at seed catalogs 🌸🌼🌻
I love beets. When do you plant yours?
Ira’s loud just like Katie! 😂😂😂
Exciting to think about starting the garden on this cold winters day. Starting the garden planning gives us hope for warmer weather.
Its snowing here now.
I have the same Jeannette!!
Can you plant the raspberries down at Cories or Granny’s
Enough seeds to plant creation! My mil from Highlands, NC would say.
That’s a really clever way to organize all of your seed packets.