Battery Chainsaws, Porch Cleaning & Squirrel Wolves in Appalachia

Fall of the year is in full swing in the mountains of Appalachia! Gardening has slowed way down, but there's still fall garden things to tend, heater wood to split, and beautiful leaves to enjoy. We love spending time in the great outdoors!
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[@colleen1770]

i laughed so hard when Matt said, "That concludes this episode of Hoarders." So cute.

[@Lilybet1316]

Me too! 😅

[@johnnabuzby6103]

Matt is such a pip! I know one thing and that's this: I'll bet there's never a dull moment with him around. I mean that in the nicest way.

[@debishaw9355]

That made me smile, too!

[@annesweeney5552]

😂

[@leonandvirginiaclark9506]

🤣🤣

[@brandiegger8808]

I think you could make these videos 2 hours long and I’d still sit here enthralled the whole time. It’s so good for my awful anxiety. Matt made me laugh out loud with his comment.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm so glad you enjoy them 😀

[@teresaburleson7226]

The only thing for me is, I can't get any work done myself ☺️

[@christinej2358]

The trees in the background with their leaves changed to brilliant fall colors are absolutely beautiful! I love how you and Matt work on home projects together to get them accomplished. Y’all are a perfect example of how couples in a marriage are suppose to work together as a team. I hope young people see y’all and choose their life partner wisely. It will be interesting to see if y’all actually do go out in the snow to take a popsicles break. 🥶🥶

[@saner6888]

That would tickle me to no end, to see you and Matt do popsicle talk sitting in the middle of a snow fall!!☃️⛄️💛🍁💛

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@CindyWhopantsCarter3421]

The porch looks so homey and inviting, I could sit there for hours reading and listening to the birds

[@kimlhelzy]

Matt is so funny. I know I will always crack up at something he says. What a blessing you both are.

[@rhondas.2477]

I just love how you two always have a popsicle together. So cute.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😊 thank you

[@sarasullivan4897]

I loved watching you decide what to keep. I’m 80 with a serious diagnosis, and trying to do my “Swedish Death Cleaning” that I read about.😊 it’s so hard to make a decision, as I’m very sentimental. I enjoy your videos from here in the piney woods of East Texas. I was a farm girl, and can relate to so much you show.

[@txtopaz7997]

Miss Sara, I’m in the Beaumont area💕

[@sarasullivan4897]

@@txtopaz7997 I ma native of Longview, but moved here when I had to retire. I have nieces in the Beaumont area. Thanks for letting me know!😊

[@miask]

Miss Sara, I hope you are doing well. Please let us know. I’ll pray for you.❤🙏🏻

[@robinhaupt9119]

Thank you Tipper for sharing your evening with us. The trees are so pretty behind you and Matt.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for visiting Robin 😀

[@noname-zg8lh]

@@CelebratingAppalachia You tell Matt that batteries store .... wait for it ........ electricity! It's an electric saw. It's also a battery-powered saw. He may have meant that it's not a plug-in saw ... but both plug-in and battery powered saws run off electricity. So you were right all alongy.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@noname-zg8lh 😀

[@auntdello5286]

@@noname-zg8lh good one!

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@CelebratingAppalachia I agree with Robin, Tipper, the trees behind y'all are some kinda pretty in their splendid fall colored garments; their cloak of many colors, so to speak. I found myself getting distracted by their gorgeous colors and I have to agree with you and Matt that they're going to peak early color-wise this year. My [now late] mama used to eat squirrels when she was growing up during the Great Depression [she was born in 1930]. She said that they were good eatin'. I've never eaten a squirrel, but my son Andrew killed his first one down in the low-country near Beaufort, SC, a while back and he said it didn't taste that great. I guess it's because it was a swamp living squirrel and it ate stuff that made it taste not so great. Hopefully when he moves to the mountains of Appalachia he'll get some that taste better. I have to say that you and Matt have both found a True, Fine Love [as the Steve Miller song title goes] in each other. Take care and enjoy the cooler weather. Hugs and good wishes to everyone from New Bern, NC. That slice of tree trunk looked heart-shaped. . .maybe that's why you originally wanted to keep it. Your house looks nice with the fresh coat of stain on it.

[@suzannecross959]

I so appreciate your videos that show the way life ought to be lived. Slow living, loving your family and God, taking care of the land, and using what you have. God bless you and thank you for sharing yourself. You are doing more than you know for those of us who are new to the life.

[@charlesdriggers199]

I haven't heard about wolves for a coons age. I can remember my Granddad telling me about them and waiting until frost to hunt squirrels when I was a boy. Matt is going to get his deer soon. Enjoyed watching y'all.

[@HossMan48]

My life has shown me that true friends are not separated by time or space. Those DeWalt products are good ones. Congratulations Matt.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Sam 😀

[@imtired6104]

Your videos are so lovely. I really enjoy watching you sort and organize, it makes me want to go through some of my things. But it's especially nice seeing you both making your house snug for winter. Thanks for taking the time to record all this, Tipper.

[@salt_ed_steadyeddie7565]

I’m watching you two go through all the “treasures”, and I think to myself... been there, done that. Hard to just get rid of the kids, and grandkids stuff.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is hard! Thank you 😀

[@txtopaz7997]

Hurricane Harvey downsized for me

[@inkreo65]

Did you mean Daddy long-legs? The spiders. Rock painting, a forgotten childhood memory. It's not so easy to thow away things you have collected over the years. Ha! not just hoarders, Apalachian hoarders! Your Pop-circle chats with Matt at the end are priceless.

[@louiserogers352]

I have watched these videos with you and Matt eating popsicles that I made myself 😁buy me some. Yes it was as refreshing as I thought it would be. I got the Outshine coconut popsicles that has real coconut pieces in it. They are awesome! I sat out on my porch, ate a popsicle, and watched the squirrels collecting their Winter harvest. Thanks for your videos! I enjoy spending time with you even if it is through a lens.

[@meatavoreNana]

I saw Popsicles when I was shopping last week,nearly got some . Might next week. Spring here so it will be Popsicle weather soon.

[@marlaschaefer9245]

Oh yeah they got us going on those Popsicles! Tangerine and lime are my favorite. Pomegranate good too.

[@CICMCB]

I enjoyed Matt’s humerus comment “that concludes this episode of the hoarders” reminded me of something my husband would say. I miss him terribly. It will be 5 years this Memorial Day. I began to Watch your video on Pap’s passing and grief so good thank you ❤ Your porch looks so pretty!

[@thegreatowl4912]

This comment is for Mr. Matt. Could you harvest a couple squirrels and show us how to make squirrel gravy? My Grandmother used to make it and it was my all-time favorite. God bless you both and thank you for bringing us all together once again to Celebrate Appalachia.

[@carmenharvey6501]

I enjoy hearing you guys stories.

[@wandamurray3031]

That washtub brings back a memory. Mama would fill it it full of water in the hot sun so it would warm up and that would be my Saturday bath!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Thank you for sharing that Wanda!

[@Pembroke.]

Congratulations Matt! Sorting through memories is always fun, hey the porch looks nice

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@brendaschwegler1664]

I just LOVE how grounded both Ya'll are.

[@bluebird218bn]

The trees are beautiful, your porch is lovely, and your popsicle talks are such a joy.

[@valeriedelaney5245]

I’m about the age of you and Matt and I can easily remember that we had more snow in the 70’s. I’m from Alberta (prairie province in western Canada) and while it definitely snows here every year, I have a vivid memory of there being so much snow that we were standing on the very top bar of the swing set in my friends yard! Plus we dug snow tunnels and my brothers attempted to make an igloo! I lived in town so we rarely missed school but when the country kids couldn’t be bussed in we would have a pretty fun and easy day at school. It’s funny how I don’t like being out in the snow much anymore but sure miss those carefree snowy days! Love your channel and learning about your lifestyle where you live!

[@marymccloskey3025]

My Hans just snickered from heaven. Lol. I have 'treasures' that he and I debated over, just like you. It's lovely to reminisce.

[@cordiscoscorner]

"We are those old people" Gotta love Matt. God Bless.

[@irisscott9488]

I'm only at the half way point and I'm exhausted just watching you guys! Whew! I need a nap! Lol ♥️👛🤩😘🤗

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@bonnielaarman1878]

You two aren't old yet...it may feel like it some days, but we've been married over 57 years and grateful for each day...enjoy your videos...and the popcicles, too!😊

[@christopherwilliams7820]

I purchased one of those saws for tree limbs and such…. A real time saver when you don’t want to drag out the big gas saw.

[@michaelbriggsbfn1130]

You people are just AWESOME folks.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@deborahkelley4719]

The foliage behind y'all, they are so colorful. I was telling my son we have had more vibrate color 's this fall and like Matt said it's definitely early. Your nasturtium 's are incredible. You two will have to switch to hot cocoa in the winter. 😂 Blessings from VA, native from NH.

[@carolynpurser7469]

The porch looks lovely. The front door is pretty too.

[@pattyjones1588]

I just love your videos so much, I was born in 1958 the year your sweet grandma graduated. I just love to see you cook and Matt come in and fix his plate, there is so much 💕💕

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks so much 😀

[@bylindalawrence5943]

I previously lived in northern Idaho and personally If I never see another snowflike as long as I live I will be very happy.

[@maryeliason1504]

I love these visits with you. Thank you so much. We love your family so much. And, of coarse, popsicle time. 🥰❤️🍂🍁 it's beautiful there with the colors & sounds of nature. It's so cozy.

[@lisasantillan1877]

Save that wash tub for your future grandbabies to play in some day. The porch looks great. You guys have a beautiful place. Thank you always for sharing. I remember in the late 70's being out of school for like a month here in Missouri.

[@lisasantillan1877]

I hope you share some squirrel recipes, I would enjoy watching video.

[@richardtruesdell8289]

I really enjoyed you two having a popsicle and just talking, include your hubby more often.

[@leilaniaki344]

You guys are so cute! Loving the scenery in the background. Be blessed!

[@KathysTube]

Your porch looks great! Funny how we can accumulate things we don't want to part with, especially if they were made by someone we care about... thanks for sharing your day 🤗❤️❤️

[@3AMREVIEWS]

Relaxing video. Love hearing the different tidbits and stories!

[@nadenecooper6076]

Matt sounded fun when he said about the hoarders. That made me think of my husband ( Matt ) and myself. But I’m the one with wants to get rid of things, and he wants to keep everything. That chainsaw looked pretty neat.

[@ronnettrobinson8275]

Just BEAUTIFUL!

[@dadeo8957]

You give me peace of mind. God bless.

[@AmazingGrace945]

What a great life you lead, protected from the world

[@susansterchi4269]

The leaves behind you are beautiful!

[@marylour253]

I so miss living between two hills. Growing up I didn’t like living in the country. I was to far from anything. Now I so appreciate living between those two hills. Beautiful country you live in!

[@pamelamoore7763]

I love to watch the fall of the year work especially yours in the Appalachian mountains

[@tonistephens4068]

Love your family pretty lady. Blessings to you all.

[@lewistasso8866]

3:41 - 3:59 shows Matt after that extra strong cup of coffee kicks in.

[@southernmimi]

I enjoyed looking at your treasures with you. Sometimes our things become tangible memories. Your porch is beautiful and inviting. Everything a porch should be!

[@KW-es2bz]

That old rooster was determined to be a part of video!

[@MrCorvettegirl2]

Hi Tipper & Matt I love the stain on your home , turned out really nice 😊 and looks great with your treasures & memories sitting around … Tipper I enjoy wind chimes also … I love to see all the trees changing colors Getting ready for the new season ahead of us !!!! Thanks again for another awesome video Take care Brenda

[@donnaruper3199]

I love the "popsicle" talks!

[@mistyt2703]

You could use the nuts as garland in your Christmas tree! That would be so pretty

[@jonathanpritchett1002]

Matt, I bought a 7mm Mauser surplus rifle in 1970. My favorite deer gun. I just paid $64.99 per 20 round box before taxes! Took me 10 months to find them! Going squirrel hunting Thursday! Can’t wait to fire up my old cast iron Dutch oven! Really enjoyed this video!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Jonathan 😀

[@EuleneWages4644]

Those trees in the background was the first thing I noticed during popsicle break.love to watch you two work together 🍂🍁🍂

[@johnnabuzby6103]

The colors of the leaves were so pretty I found myself getting distracted looking at them, but distracted in a good way. Hello from the eastern part of North Carolina, 45 minutes from the Atlantic coast.

[@EuleneWages4644]

@@johnnabuzby6103 eastern Kentucky says hello🍂🍁

[@heberje]

I love your videos you remind of the good things in life.

[@wraithconscience]

🤗Love this episode, so good to be invited to join you both on your popsicle chats! Wish I could jump through the screen and sit between you two! Good to hear you laughing, Tipper! We'll look forward to your first fire. We hope you'll share it with us. God bless!

[@haou132]

Magnifique !!! Love you from France !!!

[@dcyphrz8532]

That battery powered stuff is handy and actually runs real well. I have a backpack blower that rarely gets used except in the fall because the battery blower is just so easy to deal with and you don’t have to fight with it to get it running.

[@bethhammond4106]

I ❤❤love all yor videos,w/ family or without.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so kind! Thank you 😀

[@roydenandtracymarran4359]

The colors are gorgeous behind you!!! Its really turned here in western Ky too!!i would love to live around the mountians! We’ll be headed to the mountains this week! Woot! So beautiful…. If I could move anywhere …. It would be somewhere in Appalachia….. 😍…. Love listening to y’all! Just feels so homey! Like I should definitely be family hehe! God bless you all.

[@pamelastreetman7260]

Tipper, please get Matt to put a good coat of wax on the birdhouse and then mount it somewhere in your garden. The wax will keep it from deteriorating so quickly and maybe you'll get a bird. Those kinds of things in my garden make me smile when I am so hot and sweaty here in the deep South. I look forward to seeing you all. It's like a wonderful neighbor family stopped by for a visit. May God continue to bless you and all your sweet family and friends in beautiful Appalachia!

[@myrthagunter4141]

Galvanized washtubs that brings back memories . Tell Matt that the winter of 1976 into the new year of 1977 was the winter that the snow ,and freezing temperatures closed the school for 43 days . It was good that we did not have to make those school days up . Thanks Tipper, enjoyed.

[@djlawrence9807]

I love your porch space, Matt’s comment about hoarders🤣

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@gailgaddy5340]

When I was a kid 70 years ago, I would go squirrel hunting with my dad. Mom would make fried squirrel and gravy ,yummy. Good wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing your video and life.

[@djlawrence9807]

I love your “popsicle talks”

[@hollymeyers7796]

Those trees behind you are just beautiful, it looks like a picture ❤️ you live in a very pretty place❤️

[@SantaSirGlennDrHeald]

Just Such a blessing for us too.

[@lizbundick6334]

Love watching!

[@cindypressley4285]

Tipper, I think this is the best "backyard chat" you two have done so far! I thoroughly enjoyed it and all the rest of them. They are just so real!

[@wandamurray3031]

Prayed for you Cindy!

[@flexmasterson4297]

Like a nice visit on the porch, thank you.

[@AuntMaryNC]

People talk about spring cleaning but I've always found the fall clean-up to be more satisfying. Enjoy the season!

[@mygarden365]

Matt - Oh joy ; ) on hanging up Tippers' Treasure back on the side of the house. Maybe you could create a long horizontal board or pipe that attaches permanently to the side of the house. Then Tipper would be able to hand up things with out making more holes - you could either use wires or such to hang things on the pipe anywhere along the length. Sort of like the Amish have around their rooms - a permanent ability to hang things anywhere along it. It is just a thought.

[@rosedwight804]

Matt is so funny- he’s going to waller in the grass when the frost comes. That doesn’t compare to coconuts looking like toenails. Keep cheering us up Matt.

[@vickyblaskovich9265]

I have a battery operated chain saw. I love it

[@joybartlett9784]

The fall colors behind you is so beautiful ❤️. We live in Oklahoma and they are saying that we might be getting snow this week. I never remember it snowing this early in the year.

[@Dutch779]

Now that looks good and job well done, Tipper. Wow look there's 2 chairs on the porch, didn't know that, couldn't see the trees(chairs) due to the forest of hoarding. 😊

[@normarobb7723]

Watching from CANADA 🍁

[@miask]

Hello Tipper! I really enjoy watching you and Matt. Thank you for sharing your life with us. This just popped up in my feed-so I’m watching for a second time🙂. If you haven’t done anything with your acorn string and the pine cones, you might could try something like this. You can pick up a large faux evergreen wreath- I might go with a 24” depending on how long your string is. I would dip or spray the strand in some clear polyurethane or some kind of protectant, do the same w/ the pine cones (the finish depends on your taste, but I would use a satin or matte. With picks or wire, attach the acorns to the front of the wreath. I would start on the inside working out. Then wire your pine cones together. You can loop some ribbon or pretty fabric under them to set them off; attach and your done. You might could even work the spent shells in there somehow. Your porch looks so pretty!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Great tips-thank you!

[@Sewmena918]

Loved this. My husband and I are the opposite. We get rid of everything! There is nothing I like more than a clean surface. 😂

[@florenehillestad1256]

I’m with Matt on going in the yard and wollering in the yard like a dog when fall temperatures drop . Louisiana is so hot and so humid and it starts in March sometimes and last untill the middle o November here , with mosquitoes so bad in the evenings you have to go in . People think I’m nuts wanting to fell the north wind blow and hearing the first geese flock going over thrills me , because you know up north cold air is coming . I’m going to start buying popsicles y’all make them look so good , I love spending time watching what y’all are doing next . We’re going next week to buy material to build a front porch

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much 😀

[@lindadial7177]

You two are such a joy to watch, especially when you have your “popsicle breaks” !!!! 😂😂 You two ought to be official spokespersons for that brand of popsicles! 😊 You got me hooked on them, which is a good thing since I can’t eat ice cream !!😊 Matt’s suspenders remind me of the ones my late husband wore! A good memory!!!! I live alone and your videos bring many happy hours of memories of when I grew up in Appalachia (Southwest Virginia)!! Thanks so much for all you and your family do to make these videos so inspiring, informative and delightful!!!! God bless y’all ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So glad you enjoy our videos!! I'm sorry you lost your husband!

[@lindadial7177]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Thank you for your sympathy! We were high school sweethearts and were married for 45 years and we have one son, a sweet daughter-by-love and three grandchildren ❣️❣️❣️ I am so blessed by GOD in so many ways and I look forward to seeing JESUS (first of all) and my husband in Heaven when “I’ll Fly Away “🙌🎶 I have enjoyed many laughs, particularly when Matt does or says something funny! My husband had a wonderful sense of humor like Matt! 😀😂🤣 You two are a great example of a couple who have GOD in your lives, your marriage and your parenting two beautiful, godly, caring daughters❣️❣️😁

[@rebeccadavis6812]

The porch looks so nice, sounds are so peaceful. The comment about this episode of Hoarders made me laugh too, sounds like something my husband and children would say to me : ) Funny too how he pitched the turtle shell way back. My thought was that could be put in a garden bed/planter somewhere for decoration too, maybe with a pretty little (flowering) plant peeking out of it. In trying to clean out - especially my mother and father's belongings that they kept - my "that's a keeper"/ "I need those" pile is usually bigger too than my trash or "leaves here" pile much to my family's chagrin or frustration : ) The trees in the background look really beautiful there.

[@reneemelton9330]

I always enjoy every part of ur videos. Keep'em coming.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I appreciate that!

[@samfinn487]

The porch looks great. I wish I could sit in my grandmother's porch swing in Kentucky again. It's been about 60 years since I've had that pleasure. Still have the fond memories though. God bless.

[@kathleenm3282]

I laughed out loud….And this concludes this episode of The Hoarders…..and then…I might come out and wallow like a dog. Matt love it when he comments. We have had a couple frosts and snow is expected either Monday or Tuesday. I took up the garden and the flowers are kaput. The porch looks lovely. I can relate Tipper. Down six items….ok we need at least one popsicle in the snow.

[@addiemcmurray6278]

I really enjoyed this video. I’m in Tennessee just over the mountain from you and it’s beautiful and quiet colorful here too. Thanks for the video.

[@aliceevans3357]

Those bug things Matt's talking about is Bot fly larvae. Daddy always waited for frost for squirrels and a snow for rabbits because of it. Those chickens are molting late, aren't they? I laughed, it looked like your keep pile was way bigger than your get rid of pile. We had to move a few times in the last fee years. You don't like stuff as much when you have to pack/move it a few times, lol I enjoy "visiting" with y'all. Stay warm! Stay safe and GOD bless

[@lisateel3248]

I just love your porch! There's nothing like swinging on the porch in the mountains. One of my very good friends would swing all day everyday if she could. Anytime we are together and we are at a place that has a swing, we're in it talking. Great times!!!

[@jamesbaker1028]

I love fried squirrels with biscuits and gravy.

[@robinchanteusedylan8326]

"That concludes this episode of Hoarders" 😃 Nice fall leafs in the background. Popsicle break! I haven't tried the watermelon or suntan flavor, but the mango & other flavors are good. That porch looks great. Stinkbugs backpackers, that's cute. 😀

[@rosenix2804]

I guess I am a hoarder what I don't want in the house I take it out in my building and every once in a while I go and look though it and see what I want to give away nothing!!😄That's what I was thinking when you were going though your treasure's!!I really love your videos they are so interesting.🥰

[@thunderdrumass]

Loved Matt tossing the turtle shell and golf ball . That's what's up !!

[@lilitharam44]

I would love to meet your chickens! Love to see your projects going well. Your porch looks pretty! Sending love from Memphis!

[@LifeBoatSinking]

you guys are such good buddies. "There all good". I like Matt's personality he is totally chill

[@rhondabutler4172]

I think I could sit outside a while and help y’all enjoy that weather. I love a fire as well. We should be getting cold enough for a fire in another couple days.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

I love seeing Matt working while you are talking. It just reminds me of a SCTV skit. I have a Ryobi battery chainsaw, and I love trimming low hanging branches with it. Hint: Get a 2nd battery! Stay safe, gang!

[@woman_of_spirit7752]

Last month we had a storm that came through it took a big tree down at my sisters house. Tree trimmers said it would take two months to get out to her house. I told her no problem I had just purchased a Ryobi battery chainsaw went to her house and we got all of the limbs cut and moved so she could see how much damage was done to her pull behind trailer. Sister liked the little chainsaw so much she went two days later and purchase one for herself. We’re both in our late 60s and not afraid of work. Yes a second battery is a must and a fast charging station.

[@kimnichols1458]

I am just like you as I also like to collect things and I'll go through them from time to time but end up keeping a good deal of it.

[@meatavoreNana]

Love the way Tipper gives Matt bits and pieces to dispose of and he tosses them into oblivion.. Turtle shell, golf ball.