Organizing for This Year's Garden & Putting Christmas Away

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@sherrynitschke528]

I cut the front of my Christmas cards off , hole punch a corner,run a ribbon through and use them as Christmas gift tags .

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Great idea 😊

[@katweaver2887]

I let my kids make those when they were littles.

[@kathleenroberts7972]

I do that too.

[@cherylodonnell6050]

I also do this

[@redclover7071]

I like your idea. . .

[@carolynpurser7469]

That's quite a collection of seeds. Can't wait to see what your garden looks like this year. We need prayers here in Southern California. We're having some terrible wildfires that are the result of a bad windstorm. I'm safe but so many folks have had to evacuate and many homes have been lost. We really need your prayers.

[@PhyllisGentry-b8n]

Ya'll are in my prayers night and day! God bless and keep safe!❤

[@jacoblawrence6580]

Praying for you and all the people affected in California!!!

[@carolynpurser7469]

Thank you ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I’m so sorry. I will keep praying! It sounds so scary.

[@PattyKopelman]

Sending prayers!!

[@pamelar5868]

I always feel that bit of melancholy when I undress my house from Christmas decorations. It has been that way for as long as I've had my own home. But you're right, once you get it done and things back in order, it does feel good and somehow the spirit and the heart seem more ready to begin the adventure of a new year! God, please be with each of us into this part of our individual journeys in 2025. The passage of time always seems to shine brighter before my eyes when a new year starts. I sure got to give that to the Lord, or it can fuel a sadness that won't serve any real purpose. Thanks for all the good you share with us, Tipper.❤

[@beckywilson9443]

@@pamelar5868 beautifully said 🥰

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for visiting!

[@pamelar5868]

@@beckywilson9443 🫶🏼

[@chattan3018]

The happiness on your face as you think about growing your next garden is like seeing a brief moment of Spring. Was fun watching you separate the seeds.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😊

[@Randee04]

You can make Christmas wreaths from the cards and those make great decorations for future use.

[@MattieAnnBrown]

They took my sister Judy off the respirator at 1:45 today. She’s still holding on as of now. Her daughter Evelyn said the doctor told them it is a matter of time,her pulse was very shallow. We appreciate all your prayers. Love you all. ❤❤❤

[@cherylodonnell6050]

🙏

[@s.c.2424]

Praying that she passes peacefully. Thinking of you and your family.

[@JosieCardenas951]

Sending prayers

[@MattieAnnBrown]

Thank you all for your prayers ❤️❤️❤️

[@pamelaanderson3225]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ckrtom2]

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…”)

[@garybrunet6346]

I’m looking out the window and the mounds of snow are getting higher. It’s freezing and snowing like crazy, it is -19°c here, with the wind it feels like -25°c. My wife had a doctor’s appointment, today that we canceled. We ended up curling up in front of the fire and binged watched Netflix. I can’t believe we are approaching the middle of January, already. I’m anxious to watch the garden’s progress!❤️🙏🇨🇦

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds cozy 😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Gary! That is cold snowy weather for sure 😊

[@LeeGrace56]

I hate taking my decorations down too. I feel sad about Christmas being over. Also, the work of taking them down truly has a different feel than the work of putting them up.

[@carmarasmussen8118]

I'm in the middle of that project right now and it's a bummer. I do put on some of my favorite Christmas music while I take things down and that helps lift my spirits. 🎄✨️💕

[@LeeGrace56]

@carmarasmussen8118 That is a good idea. But for me, the music makes me miss Christmas more. Lol

[@LoriCurtiss-xz6xm]

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. 😮

[@cherihabegger9856]

I got to visit Migardener in Michigan yesterday. It was so much fun, but I wanted to buy everything. Lol I only bought a few seeds, but got some of his seed starting trays, which are amazingly sturdy. This was a Christmas gift from my husband.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Oh I would love to visit there 😊 so glad you got to!

[@rosemaryvyslouzil6249]

Happy New Years guys 2025 I’m praying for a better year for all of us🙏🏼😇👍👌🌹💯

[@mhelen7360]

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.

[@debbiecryan4882]

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! 💕

[@karenstewart8818]

Milkweed alwways evokes memories of being young and walking home from school in the fall. We'd pull the dry pods off the stalks and open them, pulling as carefully as we could the individual seeds with their white silky threads and letting them drift in the wind. Sometimes we'd play 'he loves, he loves me not' with the seeds threads much like you would with the petals of a flower.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a beautiful memory!

[@wandagordon6453]

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! 😀♥️🙏

[@LittleIowa]

The older I get the more I appreciate a comforting bowl of beans.

[@LindaAnthony-x5i]

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

[@gentry8440]

That’s Jeanette. It’s a Tom Clark Gnome from the early 90’s. I only know this because one of my earliest jobs was painting Tom Clark Gnomes.

[@gentry8440]

Or it may have been spelled Janette 🙂

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that so much!! 😊 thank you

[@gentry8440]

They were cast in NC out of pecan resin and then they sent them to different areas (Including southern WV, where I live) to be painted and finished. I hadn’t seen a Tom Clark Gnome for years until your video. Take care and God bless!

[@roxannern9393]

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.

[@melissalambert7615]

I slowly put away my Christmas decos. Cards first so I can make tags and put away with wrapping. Then I get a few a day. Yesterday, after Epiphany I finally undecorated my tree. Always the worse. It's so dark here, so I miss the lights. Hi from Oregon.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for visiting!!

[@darb64]

I also wait until after Epiphany to take down my tree and decorations. It's the lights that I miss on our long winter nights here in Canada 🇨🇦

[@ChristineYvonne-zr7yl]

Yesterday I also un-decorated the Christmas tree. To keep some cheeriness, I started doing a bit of Valentine's Day decorating.

[@evagoff5938]

Thank you for allowing us to spend time with you all again today..we have ice and snow moving in tomorrow morning and lasting off and on till Friday..Wish I was able to get out and throw snowballs like I did when I was younger.😁😁😁

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for visiting!!

[@keelaeldridge8487]

Tipper, I believe you may have me beat! I love seeds too! I have tons! I use the same plastic container and place it in my freezer ,it takes a big space in the freezer . We use the old fridge,freezer in the shop to put my seeds in . That is all that is in that freezer! I still find seeds in drawers, closets, and in the freezers in the house. LOL I think back to 2020 seeds were hard to find them. I can’t think I would live without having a garden. LOL

[@pattidunkin870]

I put the photo cards into my prayer journal for the new year. Other cards I keep until the next Christmas season, cut off the back of the card, and use as name card for the Christmas gifts.

[@elizabethturner357]

Oh my goodness, this reminds me I need to go thru my seeds, it's crazy how they stack up, seeds a few years old, love this video❤ thank you for sharing 🥰 love from southern Md

[@HolmansHomestead]

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

[@hannahyoung3533]

My cousin farms the 80 acres on our farm. Mostly he plants field corn but he always plants a big patch of sweet corn. This year, he planted squash (acorn, butternut, spaghetti) mixed in on the last 15 rows on one side of the patch. It was so good and a great way to make use of space.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is great!

[@beckywilson9443]

My Sunday school teacher had a get together for our class. She cut off the picture side of her old Christmas cards and wrote out the invitation on the back side of that. It was so cute! 😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a great idea!

[@melissalambert7615]

Oh, that was easy - oh, look more seeds!! I laughed. Did good sorting. Need to look at my seeds too. Lost a bit of my organization last year. Need to start earlier this year, let the cold rain discourage me. May soft rains fall on your fields.

[@janicelittleton3142]

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.

[@joycel242]

If you would, please let us know how the ramps turn out. My family over in the Qualla Boundary have a Ramps Festival as a part of the traditional foodways celebrations of the Eastern Band of Cherokee.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I will 😊

[@carolynland9523]

I store my seeds in a big container like that too. I have a label maker so I make tags an place on the edge of the container so when they are in the big container you can see all the different seed names you have without pulling each one out. I then put them in alphabetical order. If I marked them like you I would have to pull each container out to see what was in the smaller boxes.

[@ritasmith9553]

So excited for you, Tipper! Looks like you're finally going to get that good snow you wanted. (followed by a quick melt). I hope we are going to get some too, but not very much, and very fast.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope we get some 😊

[@marthakemp127]

Oh my, you have Jackson Wonder! Those are a pinto/butterbean variety and I've heard are delicious. I haven't found the seed yet, but sure want to plant.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope you find them! 😊

[@EuleneWages]

Continued prayers for granny.true on the Christmas deco.💯👍🏼🙏🏼

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@kimnichols1458]

Hi Tipper, Thank you for bringing us along as you took down Christmas and then sorting out all the seeds you had set aside. I hope you can get the peppers started soon and have better luck with them this year than last year. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and that Ira gets in a good nap. Just tell him that as he gets older he will want to take a nap and see if that helps.😊 Take care and God Bless!😊❤🙏🏻

[@ldevo6750]

Was thinking today wondered if you'd have a vid tonight abt gardening!!! Enjoyed it here under 11 inches of snow and ice in louisville ky. Nice to dream!

[@miarosie]

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!

[@cherylodonnell6050]

I decorated for Christmas end of Nov. Dec.seemed to fly by, it didnt seem time to take it all down but its done now. Im reading that you are going to get some snow. I expect the next video will have a picture of you on your sled 😄. Cant wait to see it.

[@PinkPrudie29]

I’m from Sand Mountain, Alabama! Jackson County side! I live in Middle Tennessee now! It’s nice to hear of other subscribers from my hometown area! You pronounced Ider correctly!❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😊

[@cheryl3978]

Today is my birthday and I received Southern Appalachian Dictionary you use. I am so excited❤🎉

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Oh happy birthday! I hope you enjoy the book 😊

[@chubs1701]

Great video Tipper hopefully y'all will have some snow looks like it coming to our area soon hopefully no ice just snow thanks for sharing 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope so 😊 thank you

[@donnaallison7462]

Tipper you'll get snow friday or Saturday i believe. Were set t get some living in northeastern Alabama! Stay warm and safe! Henagar,and Ider are both just right up the way from me Tipper .I can't wait to see the Clayton peas or beans grow!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you, I hope so! 😊

[@AnneQ-bk6wi]

I have used a photo case like yours for several years now to keep my seeds sorted and stored. It is nice to have a fun chore/task to do after one we don’t like as well.

[@karenromando4939]

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.

[@sharonlock7035]

Love your Thomas Clark sculpture of the gnome lady on a tractor. My mother collected his works and I bought a lot of them at an auction. I think her favorite sculpture he did was of Judge Snepp whom she worked with when she was a court reporter in Charlotte

[@ramonahierholzer3163]

That was so much fun watching you go through the "treasure chest" of seeds! 😅😊❤️🤗

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@papaw5405]

I'm still try to write the story of those little brown beans! After the power was off for so long my computer didn't want to cooperate. I think I've got it whupped now though.🤞

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Oh I hope so 😊

[@rolandpinette9946]

We need to do the same, soon. Thanks for providing the inspiration, Tipper. Have a wonderful day!

[@Ladyelaine60]

Tipper, get your sled ready! Looks like a decent snow headed your way.💕

[@NormanChester882]

I thought today was Thursday, snow starts on Friday, God bless my Granny Wilson

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Norman 😊

[@NormanChester882]

@CelebratingAppalachia good night

[@spellmadam2947]

We went light on Christmas decor this year. The put away was a breeze.

[@Tonytherf]

Hey Tipper, although it was a task for you, I had a good time seeing all the seeds and you getting them organized. I feel like I have a small bit of Appalachia thanks to you all, and your videos of course. It's snowing here now this evening. Continued prayers for everybody and I love you all.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Tony!

[@Jean-ko4xv]

Enjoyed the seed trip. Mary's saving me gal milk containers and I hope to plant a few seeds in my chair garden then put the containers on top ,I'll let you know how the do. Son is working on the RV when he can.God Bless. ❤&🙏🙏 for all. Jean

[@UncleSasquatchOutdoors]

Garden time will be here before you realize it. You may get your wish for snow. We are under a winter storm watch here in middle Tennessee for 4-6 inches of snow. It's headed in your direction too.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope it makes it to us 😊

[@benitastevens612]

Love watching you work with things like this. I got the rest of my Christmas things put in the walk-in coldest…the first time one of the girls comes in will put them up on shelve for me.

[@RoberyRichey-my7dx]

You accomplished a lot. If you grow all those seeds you'll have a truck farm! Maybe snow will find you this weekend

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope so 😊

[@RuthCollins-g1g]

Hi Tipper good to hear Ira he wants to help you i already taken my Christmas stuff down but i didn't have much my apartment is small God bless you all

[@MrsEyes512]

Tipper, your snow is on the way!! Get your sled ready!! Looking forward to videos from the excursion! 😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope so 😊

[@saner6888]

@@MrsEyes512 🛷🛷❄️🌨️❄️☃️Yes!!😄

[@TABrown-xh7xc]

I still haven't gotten my decorations down, but I will by valentines, maybe😮

[@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho]

I took the last of our Christmas down yesterday and I was relieved that chore was done. I don’t like putting it away either. The garden keeps trying to creep into my mind and I keep shutting the door in its face because I just want to quilt. I know I’m going to have to acknowledge it soon though because I need to plot, plan, and plant starts. TeresaSue

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

A good time to quilt for sure 😊

[@alannagilmore8982]

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! ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is great 😊

[@debbiepalmer9441]

I can’t wait til spring planting. It’s hard being buried in snow right now but it’s the season. Your snow is coming Tipper 😊 just be careful on that sled I know you will be on ❤

[@PattyKopelman]

Beautiful video! Reminds me of childhood & summers at Grandmother’s in Nicholas Co. WV where she filled her cellar and freezer with bounty from the gardens in and around! My dad, her eldest, was named Ira after his father! ❤

[@sheliawisner811]

You were talking about my home area,,I live just north of Henagar cross roads,,Ider is 3 miles up hiway 75 ,and Valley Head is about 5 miles east down Hiway 40.. Yea, Ira and Charley Louvin, All that my area.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that 😊

[@GayeMcDonald-t1q]

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!

[@ktmcc4360]

The best part of xmass is getting your home back in Jan. Spoken as a man.

[@swoodhaus]

I have added a couple of new raised beds for this season. Getting anxious to plan what I am going to plant. I need to get organized as you are. Snow is still on for Brasstown on Friday! I hope your wish comes true. Can't wait to see you get on a sled. I am 68 and plan on it myself! Thanks Tipper!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! I hope we get some 😊

[@matthewmaclellan_]

That's a lot of organizing! I'm looking forward to being able to start seeds soon too-I think celery, and then like you said, cabbage and peppers.

[@KathysTube]

It will be time before you know it... Thanks Tipper 👍❤

[@rhondamiller6907]

You are going to need a much bigger garden!! I love gardening. Didn’t get to have a garden last two years. Health reasons but going to try this year!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope you get to grow a beautiful garden this year! 😊

[@leegarner4111]

Hope you have a great corn harvest this coming year,we got snow moving in this coming weekend we will send our share your way.

[@SuzanneScarbrough]

Enjoyed this ❤ brings back memories when my family had a garden

[@lesliebyrum8934]

I live here in Arkansas and we're fixing to get 4 to 10 in of snow and I'm pretty sure it said it your way

[@joanneG75]

I don't like taking down so I don't put up any decorations.. too much work

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you I hope it gets here 😊

[@Dougeb7]

Here's to your garden in 2025! Toasting with my seltzer water, lol! God bless!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😊

[@judyjudd7215]

You should keep your seeds in the freezer to keep them viable. Some won't germinate after a while unless they are kept in some kind of cold storage.

[@lindabuchanan1185]

Tipper, I just love all of your Christmas cards, trees, and ornaments! 💖 They're so beautiful. ✨️ It seems like Christmas went by so fast. It was really interesting to see all the different kinds of seeds that you have to plant. It won't be long until you and Matt will be busy getting things ready to plant. We have a big snowstorm on the way for Friday. ❄️ It hasn't been above freezing here all week, so the ice and snow from the last storm haven't melted. I hope that you get some snow like you have been wanting. 🤗 Sending blessings to you and all your family. 💗🙏

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for visiting! It feels like Christmas just flew by. 😊

[@ktmcc4360]

Made a huge prime rib for xmass. The trimmings and fat we froze made an amazing base for some white beans. Two bags of beans about a half pound of trimmings, an onion and some of my last greenhouse tomatoes we just got from last years late finishers. Omg so good.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds delicious!

[@patbuegeler7770]

❤❤❤❤ I can relate what you were doing with the seed. Exciting.

[@elizabethturner357]

Aww it looks so pretty the Christmas cards, and decorations ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😊

[@CarolynBuckler-k3c]

I just asked the Lord to give you snow this weekend. We have about 8 inches here in Indianapolis.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Oh thank you 😊

[@davidhensley76]

Lawsy, mercy! You've got enough seeds to plant a garden for Pharaoh's army.

[@AmynAL]

It’s always less of a chore to do something while you have a friend nearby. Hope your sortin flew by!

[@tanya334]

Maybe write on the edge face up in the box, and you can what's in them at a glance ? It may make it easier to go straight to box with seeds 🤔 You always get me excited to start my gardens😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Great idea!

[@csnanny1882]

Praying you get snow, and I bet Matt has a snow sled hid around there some where .Also praying for Grannie. God bless.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😊

[@prestongivens3594]

Tipper, When I saw the snow this morning, I thought about you and how you’ve been wishing for it. This classic Michigan “lake effect” snow, so very light and fluffy when it first falls. Really cold this morning, about 21° when I first got out with the dogs. There’s a storm coming your way in a day or two, so you might get some snow. We’ve only gotten about 4” today, may get more tonight and tomorrow.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds so pretty! I hope we get some 😊

[@jaybee766]

We got a bunch of snow earlier in the week but it’s been toooo cold to enjoy it - feels like 5-10 degrees 🥶 Hope you all are able to enjoy some this weekend 🎉

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is cold!

[@JosieCardenas951]

Thanks for sharing Tipper stay safe .

[@lorettataylor9902]

Cold here in Tennessee Tipper. I need to take my Christmas tree down too I always dread it.

[@ShelbyBunten]

Loved seeing you Tipper another beautiful sweater glad you got a lot accomplished love ya sweet friend ❤ Shelby

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much Shelby!! 😊

[@corinnestearns6661]

Wonderful Tipper

[@BR-nl8eb]

My goodness, you could start your own seed catalog!!! 😮

[@tearalewis7532]

Im sure it was just the location of the 🎤, but my nerves we all tore up hearing those beautiful little gass ornaments being dropped in on each other. It sounded so loud and aggressive. I was so scared they would break😮! I am for sure one of those overly protective people who have to wrap and bundle my special ornaments and glass things. FYI liquor stores have toms of boxes and many have dividers that are great for your ornaments and even your little trees. They are free...at least in this part of NC, and work just as good as those fancy expensive Christmas decor organizers. I covered mine with pretty craft paper so i did not have to look like i had a drinking problem. Lol

[@charlessommers7218]

Get ready for another year.😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😊

[@carolmarra1536]

I think it's so bittersweet too when you have to take down the Christmas decorations. I love them so much, everything is so festive looking. But, once it's done, I'm thankful. I wish I could plant a garden, but I'm in an apartment now. I go to the farmer's market and local produce stands instead. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you folks get snow so you can sled ❄️❄️❄️. You accomplished alot as usual. Feels good don't it?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It does 😊 thank you

[@MamaStyles]

No snow here yet in Canada but I’m hoping ❤ ❤Hope you all are on the mend now

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! Hope you get some snow 😊

[@darb64]

I'm in Canada, just south of Montreal Quebec, and we've just had a two day snowstorm with high winds. My husband drives a snowplow for a rural, mountainous township, and he's been working almost nonstop. Not complaining, it's winter and we have to live with it! 😂🇨🇦

[@mishalea]

Aw, you took it all down. I'm just not ready yet. Garden already. I drag my heels, lol, probably cause I'm not a great gardener. Must've felt good to get all that accomplished. Btw, I ordered a little something for Matt, I hope you don't mind. When I saw it I thought it was perfect, and he may already have it, tho, couldn't remember. I felt bad since it wasn't anything for you, but I remember I had sent you a gift card a year or 2 ago, so hope that evens out and makes it all good, haha! Hope you have a wonderful week, Ms Tipper, God bless! 😊💖❄️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Misha 😊 you are so good to us! We appreciate you!!

[@janiebastian1862]

My grandpa used to store his seeds in cigarette ashes to keep bugs out .

[@tsnickers9979]

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. ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a great idea!