Pushing Through and Getting Things Done in Appalachia

[@garymason7517]

Nothing wrong with eating cornbread every day. More power to Mountain folks.Thanks for showing us how to live a quiet simple life.

[@KentuckyGinger]

I like that you two are so in tune with each other that there is no need for constant chatter. You can work side by side, just content to harvest from the earth with the one you love.💚

[@beckykukoski8678]

I love to dig potatoes just the way Matt did. It is like digging for treasure.

[@SouthernArtist77]

I could sit and watch y’all talking and eating popsicles all day, somehow you remind me of my southern roots. It’s hard to explain the appeal to someone who isn’t from the south.

[@OkieJammer2736]

'Pushing through' ... truer words were never spoken about being exhausted from Summer work and garden burn-out, yet you all just 'getterdun'. Inspiration, for sure!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@cordiscoscorner]

Hi Tipper, tell Matt he looks WAY younger without a beard and or a mustache. Hope you guys are feeling better. God Bless.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you John! I will 😀

[@rhondabutler4172]

Sorry to hear you’ve been sick. Hopefully, next week will be better for y’all.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Rhonda!!

[@sharondoan1447]

Digging out the potatoes looks fun! Like finding treasure. And my personal motto is “ eat cornbread with every meal when you don’t have biscuits”.

[@gscrafty4801]

I tried your recipe for the Buttermilk pie. My husband has declared it a national treasure!!! He also informed me that I am not to miss any of your videos. He gets tickled listening to you as you use so many phrases that I use. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is so wonderful 😀 Thank you!

[@gscrafty4801]

@@CelebratingAppalachia according to my husband you are the lovely lady who needs a thank you!!! He also likes to say you must be a fine lady indeed to be married to a man named Matt. (My husband is a Matt too) I also made your blackberry dumplings, sooooo good!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@gscrafty4801 😀That is too cute!

[@jenniebaird2994]

I love hearing all the crows in the background while you talk about what you all are doing. Love your channel.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

They sure were busy 😀 Thank you!

[@petermichelson3865]

Sorry to hear y’all have been under the weather! Rest easy, so you can heal up faster! Ginger & local honey with lemon! Truly healing!

[@stephaniegamble3571]

With someone much Chaos and sadness everywhere in the world, trouble on every hand, there is a solace in your channel. Thank you for sharing with us. For inspiring us, teaching us..

[@lisablankenship833]

I was chuckling out loud when Matt said "they get shot 15 times, they go hold up in a cave and as long as they've got bacon and coffee they make it." That's the truth. 😅. I hope y'all have a great week.

[@rebeccajones9735]

My husband spent a lot of time in the hospital the last few years he was alive. Anywhere from 6-7 stays every year...in hospital. Our preacher who married us in 1986 said at his funeral that he would have to time his parting prayers for the commercial breaks during Gunsmoke. It was my David's favorite western. Funny, it was my Daddy's favorite too. He used to tell people he had to watch Gunsmoke on his wedding night before he would go to bed! My husband watched westerns every day up at the barn office. He had his leg amputated years ago and passed away June 2021. He was a logger like his daddy.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm sorry you lost him! When I talked to Granny today she was watching Gunsmoke 😀

[@bonnielaarman1878]

My mom grew up on a farm and they ate what they grew...when when she was older she liked radishes on bread and butter..they were sliced thinly.😊

[@cindypressley4285]

After being so sick I don't know how you had the energy to work in the garden! I sure hope you feel better soon, I miss you!

[@jeannetaylor2217]

My Dad will be 95 tomorrow, September 19th. He’s been a bit under the weather too. I was taking him to dinner tonight but storms are coming so thought it best to wait till next Sunday. Praying for both of you 💕🙏🙏

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope he has a wonderful birthday 😀 Thank you!

[@aliceevans3357]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your daddy, dear. Hold him tight, parents are precious 💖

[@paigewilliams983]

From western mountains of Virginia, please tell your Dad to have a wonderful, happy birthday. God you you.

[@bettypogue7021]

Happy Birthday to your Dad. I pray he gets well soon.

[@jeannetaylor2217]

@@paigewilliams983 Aw, Thank you so very much. I WILL tell him 💕🙏🙏

[@jackiemartin5441]

When you just sit there in silence is wonderful. “Silence is golden...” or “When you say nothing at all”. I have a song for every situation. Thank you for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 I like silence

[@nanahaney1625]

Mom taught me to cook white beans at 8 years old, then boiled eggs, cornbread, bacon, sausage, and finally frying pork chops and chicken. This progression was from 8-12 years old then she had me pick a cake recipe out of the pioneers cook book. I chose angel cake and she explained the directions as I went along but had me do it all, it turned out really well. All this to say, my dad required a meat, potato and bread at every meal. Cornbread was on the table every night and biscuits for supper. Canned biscuits were not allowed. In the summer I loved having fresh radishes, onions and tomatoes added to our meals. Growing up on a farm and the hard work it took, as a kid I thought I couldn't wait to get off the farm. As a young adult, I missed the fresh vegetables and convenience of having the grocery store in the back yard.

[@brianazmy3156]

A spoon or 2 of honey in the morning does wonders when the chills are trying to set in. Nice to see another popsicle chat with y'all. I hear more Bluejays and Cardinals mostly in the garden videos than any others. Feel better and thanks for sharing this

[@thomasmccardle725]

I really enjoy these popsicle chats, like the cold weather fireside chats when I was growing up

[@stellasingleton7640]

Get better soon. You are such a beautiful couple. Jesus keep you both. Thanks again.

[@lisawahman8545]

I admire that sluggish bumble bee on your flowers...Much like you and Matt, he is tired, and ready for a nap, but he knows he needs to push through to keep his family fed throughout the winter months. People underestimate the importance of bees. Here in Germany, beekeepers actually rent out their hives to farmers during the spring months to ensure their crops are properly pollinated. They haul the bee hives into farmers fields, set them up for a few months, and let them do their work. The beekeeper gets a small fee from the farmer, and he gets to keep the honey (which he can sell) while the farmer is guaranteed good pollination of his crops. I think that's so smart!

[@lindamcgee3651]

Sorry to hear y'all aren't feeling well. You two should just take a break. Pack up a good lunch and go enjoy a mountain picnic together. You definitely deserve it. The garden and grass will still be there when you get back. Praying for y'all to get well and to have a blessed week , 🙏💕🤗

[@collins5038]

Oh my gosh, my father used the word “epizoodic” when one of our family members would be ill. Hope you two continue to recuperate.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It's a great word! Thank you 😀

[@petermichelson3865]

Matt & Tipper, Thank you for sharing your amazing journeys in each video! Bravo Zulu on be truly amazing parents!!!

[@sheilajohnson6478]

I love the peaceful quietness and the sound of the crickets. You’re so blessed.

[@carlschuchardt3219]

Praying you get your strength back and you feel better soon. Thank you for sharing your lives with us.

[@comiketiger]

Thanks for the smiles. I really enjoyed this. I like you two. You're a treasure. God bless all here.

[@sharrylou]

You two are a delight together.

[@gretchenarrant8334]

Love how you guys have a popsicle together when you break. I spent several hours Saturday at the community garden cleaning and packing veggies to be distributed to the soup kitchen, food bank , women's shelter and other places . Ive never seen squash as big!! I really enjoyed. We have the largest community garden in the United States . Woman's Day did an article on it several years ago. The gentleman who started it has since passed. We knew him. He lived around the corner from my parents. Very nice man. I think I'll continue to go. Good fresh air!! Thank you for your great videos. God bless!! 🥰💖🙏

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That sounds wonderful! And how kind of you to help 😀

[@gretchenarrant8334]

@@CelebratingAppalachia thank you for the reply🥰💖🙏

[@sundrop3911]

You are a lucky woman, your husband is a good man to help do the gardening when he has time. I know this because my husband helps me also. Not too many men do this. I give the credit to his mother and how she raised him. Love all your videos, keep them coming. I still learn alot about growing different vegetables and different methods from you. BLESS YOU BOTH.

[@Sandra-qt4wr]

Thank you for sharing your garden with us.

[@jeannetaylor2217]

I’m so sorry to hear you’ve both been sick. My love and prayers and praying for the lord to bring you both back to great health 💕🙏🙏

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

We so appreciate that-thank you 😀

[@lyndacompton1846]

My chickens absolutely love the greens of a radish

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Ours like them too 😀

[@tinahuffman2788]

My honey and are are feeling your pain with that cold. It has kept us down all week. So glad to have y'all for company this week. Hope you have recovered well! God bless!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sorry to hear you've been sick too Tina! Hope you both are back to normal soon 😀

[@hermitbob7304]

Sometimes I just like listening to the background noises of your country life, it reminds me of my old Ohio home. One of the good things about gardening is you learn from year to year what works and what works better. Some late summer tomatoes sounds really good to me.

[@vickiwood9192]

Love your popsicle chats! Hope you both feel stronger soon.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you!

[@bjgigout9832]

Your voice sounds hoarse! My hubby enjoys watching you and your hubby working the garden beds. Inspiration!

[@craigcottingham35]

Those colds are knocking us over, but my wife makes the best chicken and vegetable soup 🍲. I swear it gets you through.🙏❤️

[@veganleigh4817]

I hope you're both feeling better soon. And I agree, being outside in the fresh air always makes you feel better. Don't push yourselves too hard, get those afternoon naps, and have plenty of cornbread. And bacon and coffee!

[@cynthiapate9138]

Pushing through is a great motivator sometimes. Hope you feel better soon.

[@johnwalters2614]

Thank you . I love this. You fill my soul.

[@gaildavis710]

I love Zinnia flowers! My grandmother use to grow them all the time!!

[@gregknight293]

Really enjoyed the crickets chirping softly in the trees and grass while you and Matt talked today. Seems like the closer we get to cooler nights or cold weather the softer they chirp, as if they know what is coming. Maybe they are chirping in every show but today was especially plain. In the summertime the locusts in the trees are especially standouts. And then most every outdoor show I watch the calls of the crows can be heard , but not today. Hope the both of you get to feeling better soon. This beautiful time of year is too pretty to be feeling down.

[@preciousdaughter24]

Prayers you all feel better real soon.

[@MRR_Shadowolf]

Prayers for a speedy recovery for you both!

[@Sweetpea1128]

My grandmother used to fix green beans, new potatoes, and ham. I could eat my weight in that. Corn bread every meal? Yes, please! 🥰

[@his-sweetie]

So happy you're both on the mend. Praying you both keep getting better and stronger. Thank you for sharing a bit of your day!

[@hack2it]

God bless you two. May you both get to feeling better soon.

[@christinej2358]

I didn’t put out a fall garden this year. The summer garden just really did me in this year so I needed a rest. I still have peppers growing so I’ve being canning hot peppers and chopping up sweet peppers to put in freezer. Your fall garden has done really well. Y’all will have some good eatin come this winter.

[@reneejames3325]

I picked the last two peppers in the garden today

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Christine! Glad your peppers did so good 😀

[@christinej2358]

@@CelebratingAppalachia I am sorry y’all been sick and thankful y’all are feeling better. Blessing 🙏🏻

[@sandystamps8077]

I just started working at an orchard a few months ago and they always had green tomatoes to sell. One day I was talking to a customer and she was telling me how much she loved our green tomato batter mix. She said that they had been cutting the tomatoes in cubes and fried them that way and the tomatoes fried up so much evenly and how delicious they were. I’ll need to try that next year but you all can try it this year since you still have tomatoes growing! 🤗❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I've never thought about frying them that way-thank you 😀

[@kathybruce100]

Somebody has been watching Brenda Gantt chanbel. My uncle peeled some big cucumbers, cut them lengthwise 2 or 3 times and cut out the seeds

[@kathybruce100]

Cut into shorter pieces and fried them.

[@kathybruce100]

In meal. (Sorry my hand neuropathy is acting up).

[@thomasmccardle725]

@@kathybruce100 it looked fine to me, I’ll be praying you feel better

[@RC-gc8yo]

Glad you are feeling better

[@sherierodriguez7708]

Prayers for the both of you.

[@lauraloper3740]

You two are so sweet together!

[@shenry4485]

You and Matt make a great team. It's enjoyable to watch you interact and work together.

[@robinchanteusedylan8326]

Four gallons of pole beans?! Wow! 😀 I like hearing the crows & I think I heard a rooster. Those radish greens look tasty. Like you, I like the regular round radish. That's a good way to grow potatoes. Cornbread! One can live on it. 😀 Suntan 'sicle. Those 'sicles look like they'd be soothing if you're feeling puny. Hope you are feeling better. It's always a pleasure to go along with you in your garden. 🌱

[@bettypogue7021]

I love listening to the two of you talking. I made my first tomato pie yesterday. It was so good. Love me some tomatoes. Matt is right about those western. They could hide out in a cave and make through so many situations. When I was in second grade I read all my Daddy's Louis Lmour books. I loved them. I hope y'all get to feeling better soon. Have a blessed evening

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

We love those old books too 😀

[@aliceevans3357]

My Daddy used to say he'd like to have one of those guns they used in the cowboy shows- they never ran out of bullets 😁😁

[@bettypogue7021]

@@CelebratingAppalachia I actually named my little Yorkiepoo after a Sacket brother. I wanted to name him William Tell but my husband wanted his middle name to be after am old blues musician Robert Johnson. His name his Tyrel Johnson Pogue lol

[@johnnabuzby6103]

Louis L'Amour is one of my dad's favorite authors too.

[@marthakemp127]

Happy y’all are on the mend. Congratulations on the excellent bean harvest!

[@melissajones7024]

I particularly love listening to y'all after your garden chores and when you're enjoying your refreshments. It's takes me back to my youth and is a comfort. I hope you're both feeling better soon.🖖

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks so much 😀

[@adamccrawford]

Two things in this video got me to a thinking. The first thing was talking about using a tarp to harvest your potatoes. If you're growing potatoes in grow bags and you have a wheelbarrow you could make a square frame out of scrap lumber and attach chicken wire or something similar to the bottom of it and set it across the wheelbarrow and pour everything in the grow bag in it and the dirt would fall through to the wheelbarrow and leave the potatoes on top and then you would just have to move the dirt from the wheelbarrow back to the grow bags. The other thing was when you mentioned having cornbread a lot and that got me to a thinking of my grandma that lived in Jackson county because every time we went to her house she ALWAYS had a cake of cornbread made to go with supper.

[@rolandpinette9946]

"Probably a her, for doing a lot of fussing". Matt cracks me up! Nice haul of beans, Tipper. Hope you two feel better soon!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

He is a hoot 😀 Thank you Roland!

[@patriciaharlen4823]

I just got back to California from a 5 day trip out to Asheville NC, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Bristol TN. Tipper it was breathtakingly beautiful. I talked about your channel to my husband and grandkids all the way. The food, the sweet people, and the beautiful views!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you had a great trip 😀

[@sandrapreston7016]

Sorry that you two are sick ,, yes health is wealth,,xx

[@lianawelch5852]

Prayers for you guys, hope you are feeling better today, don't overdo,God bless ☮️

[@RobertSmith-vr9bs]

Continue to just love your shows plz keep makeiñg them.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Robert 😀

[@petermichelson3865]

For your strawberry you can use a cattle watering tub, and use the milk jug green house container to protect your plants while they take roots. Then when the weather turns warmer remove the green houses and watch them grow as you water & care for them!

[@robinhaupt9119]

Thank you for the visit Tipper. I hope you're both all better soon.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Robin!!

[@robinsnell7249]

We just got back home to FL from beautiful TN. We had a wonderful time, and the weather was so perfect. We love the mountains.

[@3251JOE]

Mom-mom would take new potatoes, walnut size and smaller, scrap the skin off with a paring knife and fry them in an iron skillet, on about medium heat. She would, every so often, move them around in the skillet so they developed a brown crispness all around. She called them fried whole potatoes. Definitely a top-five dish from her culinary repertory.

[@joyceedwards9652]

My mom used make creamed baby potatoes when I was a kid, so good!!! Get a piece of ginger a couple inches, slice it into a saucepan put about 4 cups of water boil it for about 5 minutes. Turn it off & let it come to room temperature, take out the ginger, put honey in a cup, however much as you want, heat up water & pour in cup. Sip on it a couple times a day

[@susanelmore7329]

Thank you!😇❤️

[@bobsternvogel5550]

You reminded me of the dreaded "lie-down rests" my mother used to make my siblings and I take when we were young. We weren't required to go to sleep, but we had to stop playing, or even reading, for an hour or so in the afternoon. Of course, it was Mom who needed the break even if we kids didn't!

[@pattidunkin870]

I always enjoy your videos. Thank you.

[@SandyzSerious]

I look for your videos. They are wonderful.

[@shelleylamb7087]

Hope you both have a speedy recovery!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@nancyadams146]

Your videos are always enjoyable.

[@margaretevans1934]

Hi Tipper, I love radishes too. I can sit with a handful and a bit of salt and crunch away. The red ones are usually "French Breakfast but this year I found one of the seed companies were doing mixed variety. There were red long ones, round purple ones and white all with a slightly different flavour. I have strawberries too which I now grow on a raised bed but for a few years I grew them like some of the professional growers. I had a couple of lengths of rain guttering up on some trestles. Drilled drainage holes down the bottoms and off I went. It worked well for me as I have a big slug problem like Corey. The fruits hung over the edge so got plenty of air round them and just needed a feed when watering. I don't like chemicals so I use seaweed plant food and I use blood, fish and bone . When you were talking about Japanese beetle reminded me of when I used to grow lilies and we had lily beetle. At the time I used to have my grandaughter from school and her two friends from next door so I used to pay by the dead beetle and it kept them occupied for half an hour.

[@brianrawleigh7242]

I love you two sitting there with popsicles just sitting there talking. My favorite part is when you ask Matt how long he thinks it is until frost, and then he looks at his watch. Hahaha 😄

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@krissyjohnson5551]

Good video I could hear the crickets 🦗 singing in the background it was so relaxing hearing them and you talking to us 😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you enjoyed 😀

[@homesteadingpastor]

Sorry that y’all have been sick, praying y’all are better soon. 😇🙏🏻 That’s a nice harvest of beans y’all got there. Way to push through to get the job done. I’m with Matt on not spending most of our time INSIDE, being outside in nature along with some good ole sunshine ☀️ is the best medicine and therapy there is. Bacon, Coffee & a Hammock up the creek on the mountain sounds like the place to be for me. Oh and don’t forget the bow in case the bear shows up. 😊👍🏻 ❤🙏🏻

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Pastor Lon 😀

[@donna-n5h]

Great video even though you and Matt were not feeling well. I hope you and Matt are feeling better.

[@nancyadams146]

In Michigan we use old tractor tires stacked up to plant our potatoes in. It works great.

[@carolynholloman6911]

Sorry you are not feeling well!! hope you feel better soon!!

[@annahill-dombrowski1473]

I hope y’all feel better soon. 🙏🏾

[@blakeneyadams4839]

When Mr. Matt made the comment about the bees working extra hard because they sense fall is coming, our lantana and butterfly bushes are covered in butterflies and bees. It makes perfect sense. They are getting ready for winter.

[@debbieroberts600]

Enjoyed you Guys Gathering your Harvest from your Garden! Hope you Guys Feel better soon! Have A Blessed Day!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Debbie 😀

[@bertcochran6443]

Hope youens feel better soon.

[@lynnesimmons3112]

Hope you’re feeling better soon.

[@melrose795]

Hi Tipper and Matt! So glad you are feeling better! I had the Creepin' Crud about a month ago, not fun! Also nice to see you two back together for the "Popsicle Chronicles", wasn't the same without you both in your last video 🙂 I also really like fried green tomatoes but have never had any home made, only at restaurants. Maybe Matt will get some this year, I hope, lol 🙂 It was about 85 degrees out here up in the DC area today, but still felt like Fall, I am so looking forward to Fall this year, I enjoy it more and more as I have gotten older. The fresh clean cooler air is so pleasant.. I have started to decorate inside a bit with Fall decor, got a new house plant and and working on some knitting for Christmas gifts. Enjoy the upcoming week and God bless and keep you and the family!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you!! We are looking forward to fall to 😀

[@kma9292]

Hope you both feel better.

[@MrCorvettegirl2]

Hi Tipper & Matt Always nice to see you two in the garden I could tell in your voice you were under the weather … My papa passed away 17 months ago and I will always think of him when I watch Gun smoke reruns or like you mentioned GS & Pops came to my thoughts ❤ Love all those old westerns 👍 I could eat corn bread every day I love it too Or biscuits that’s what we grew up eating 😁papa loved to crumble his and add milk to it ,Mamaw loved to eat hers with buttermilk 😋 Well you guys get better soon 🌸 Best wishes Brenda

[@dustyroselansall8185]

so sorry you two have been sick - so thankful you're both on the 'other side' of it now - the fresh air should boost the healing - prayers covering you both ❤❤🙏

[@cynthiamorgan8975]

I enjoy the garden tours and listening to you and Matt talk. It is relaxing. Dennis Morgan

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@craftago]

You two have inspired me to have a small garden next year. Although I'll be 72 tomorrow I still want to try it. I had and still have tomato plants but wish I had more veggies. Hope you guys get to feeling better.

[@mkmapp01]

I love your channel. I'm still envious of your garden and yard. Congratulations on the amount of views you are getting.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you very much!

[@sandraheassan378]

Well done. Now get that nap. Feel better soon😃

[@irisscott9488]

You guys are so wonderful to watch! Love your videos! They're so soothing and informative! You seem like such a great family! Nothing wrong with cornbread and fresh veggies daily! Jealous of your diet, actually and your whole lifestyle! Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy and please fix HANDSOME Matt some fried green tomatoes! Blessings!🤩😍🙏🙏🙏👌😃

[@thelmablake7045]

Sorry you guys have been sick! I love watching you!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Thelma 😀

[@cathyswain3496]

Listening to the two of you eases my soul. Reminds me of my family down in southern Ohio. So calming.

[@debishaw9355]

Me, too!