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My grandmother had a storm "pit" as she called it. She was terrified of storms and would herd us all to the storm pit if a bad storm was coming up. To be honest the storm pit scared me more than the idea of the storm.

My granny would always say you didn't put your finger in it that's why it tastes different😅

10:10 Oh Tippper yes, so many pioneers to the (midwestern) prairie lived in sod houses, dug-outs. My Norwegian ancestors left an established, beautiful farm back home to go to SoDakota. Matriarch was already 50 yrs. old at the time. She left civilization to live (thank God only for a time) in the dirt of the prairie so that her children would better be able to own land, farm, prosper. She looks pretty pressed (like it'd been hard life) in all the old photos, bless her strong heart. Loved this video, as always. 🙌🏼 💞

Sometimes those simple suppers are the best!!!

I like the krusteaz you only use water they are really good

Ha! When my kids went to middle school in the hot late August & September, we would always get an email to have us remind our students to wear deodorant. Middle school is a tough, tender age.

My husband was walking by when you were pouring your warm maple syrup. That’s the way we like to serve it too. He also noted that you have the same “fancy” pitcher we use. Life is good.

You should plant a big patch of potatoes to last you for the hole year thats what we do .The garden look very nice

Awesome stuff as always. We just found a local (Fredericksburg, VA) fish place that does great Hush Puppies.

You all are always welcome to come and fish on our dock. We’ve got catfish galore that we feed and brim the size of your hand. We would love to have you. ❤

A "visit" with ya'll, while I had my morning coffee. ❤ I'm in Middle TN, the cicadas are singing loud.

I was raised in the midwest in flat farm country and remember getting almost claustrophobic when we'd travel through mountains on vacation. As an adult and on a business trip, though, we'd stopped to look at a piece of property for sale up in Maggie Valley for a possible retreat. On looking out over the mountains, I had such an overwhelming feeling that God was there. I heard a co-worker ask another why I was crying, but not sure I could have explained that feeling if they'd asked. Of course God is everywhere but on that day, I knew for certain that only God could create something so beautiful.

You are a Good man, Matt!!!

I agree Matt. I hunted with my man for 16 yrs here in E. Tn. Mountains. Venison is the Best meat...tenderloins..roasts..or cubed. We also hunted wild boar . He made the Best home made breakfast sausage using an old time grinder. Luv the way Y'all live ❤️🙏

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My father in law put a pump in the creek for my mother in law to water plants with. They had a well but they never had enough water from it, especially to water anything outside.

The dug out house was on the banks of Plum Creek. It must have been quite a strange way to live but at least it was safe and warm.

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Beautiful! ❤ Nature is such a precious gift. I so love walking in the woods with ya'll. Planting the garden , preparing to reap the benefits of ya'lls hard work. Two words, "Thank you " Hugs 🤗 and God's blessings ❤🙏❤️

I enjoyed this video.Those plants are beautiful and healthy looking.God bless you all.

Was so glad to hear granny was doing better. Been praying for her. Your family is so precious. My mom is 91 and I am so thankful for her. I wanted to ask you if you know how to get rid of poison ivy. Its growing up into my yard from a neighbors property. I do not want it to take over my yard. Its even growing up all of the trees on the property line.

Not much more I like than a walk through the woods, especially on a hot day. And the sound of that creek flowing is like music to my ears.

Your garden always looks so good. My tomato and pepper plants that I started from seed have been struggling. I’m trying something called mango melon, so far they are coming up. I hope to put out my pumpkin, jarrahdale, and butternut squash in a couple of more weeks. My daughter Landree said her goal is to make a pumpkin pie from a pumpkin we’ve grown ourselves, so I’m hoping to make that happen for her. God bless you.

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Tipper, I put my radishes out as soon as the first warm days of spring come on. Two things that may have made your radishes bolt, first the warm temperatures if you've had several hot days one after another. The second would be that your dirt is to rich. Radishes don't need near as rich a dirt as most things in the garden. But now that they have bolted or gone to seed you will have what my girls called 'radish beans'. Let the seed pods get up to where you can almost see the seeds forming and pick them. They are so good in a salad be it a tossed green salad or potato salad or even a pasta salad. I always grow some radishes in the heat of the summer so they will bolt and make the 'radish beans'. Does Granny cook her beans in a cast iron pot? My granny did. No matter how hard I tried to make mine taste as good as hers I never could until she passed away and she left me her bean pot. That first big batch I cook after she passed I sat down and cried. They were her beans and the difference wasn't what she put into the beans, it was what she put the beans in. That pot was her mother's and her mother's before her and was brought all the way from Scotland. It has to be pretty near 200 years old but probably much older because I'm 75 years old, she was 93 when she passed and her mother lived to be 103. I also got her fried chicken number 10 cast iron skillet. There's not a time that I fix beans that I can't hear her telling me I don't need to add much salt because there's enough salt port in there to take care of the pot. I hope maybe some of your questions might have found an answer. But do go on and try those radish beans.

Tipper I bet whatever you and Matt fix are delicious! We had storms here too.

I love every bit of this book , I can paint a picture in my mind of the old school , the barefoot students , everything , thank you very much for the reading .

Hi Tipper and Matt, my parents bought a farm in 1953. That's where I was raised and we had a storm cellar. It was built in a hill with steps going down under the ground. It had a pipe sticking out of the top., I would speak into the pipe and it would echo. Thank God we never had to use it, but it was nice knowing it was there if we did need it. Thank you for bringing the memories of my childhood back to my mind. I love y'all. Hugs

When Matt found his arrow my husband said, "he found his own artifact." 😁 Like someone was here... oh wait it was me. 😁 We also thought it was funny that you, Tipper, woke Matt up and let him worry about the tornado. 😁 And oh my goodness how scary with the children and that bus with the tornado! God bless y'all.♥️

The only hush puppies in the u.k. are a shoe brand. What are they made from, sounds good.

Hello Matt and Tipper! I am thankful for your site and really enjoy your videos and stories. Matt, do you like to cook your deer rare, medium or well done? Do you ever make venison sausages or salami? Another question, do you prefer your watermelon with seeds or without seeds. Take Care and All the Best to You and Yours!!!

I would love to fetch all the things I lost in fishing and gardening. I lost my school ring. It took alot of savings for my family. Never said I lost it in the garden, although this is a different video, but lined up to your guys walk in the woods.

Well... I'd t'come back to that creek before bedtime... I bet that memory of that arrow comes back to Matt when he least expects it. In the early days an arrow ricochet off a tree was likely to be lost and a lost arrow was a big deal--fussin 'round like a parent loosing a kid. Seems I heard more crows than what is usual--that sight to be a murder conspiracy with that spread of kernels. 🤔 Might have to fill the other half of the plate with roast crow if their peckers get t' picken' into that dirt. 😖

Some folks have green thumbs, and others have a talent for cooking. My mother was like that too. I love you all. Blessings to you always!

❤LOVE A GOOD FISH FRY!!!! Love fish!!!!!

I can remember being out with papa in the car we would drive through a rain storm,we would get home and it would be dry,no rain,he would say we forgot to pay the preacher.You ever hear of that old saying?

It sounds so delicious fish and huppuppies and slaw also fries 🍟 and have a blessed day are night 🌙

My Mother was the same way anything she made was good

Well, that was a nifty find of Matt's arrow after decades! All my indoor starts didn't make it either. I planted the last of my beans & some chocolate mint today, just before it stormed. We've been having lots of them & rain; it's been a blessing for the garden. You're So fortunate u don't have to water! 🙌🏼 I was thinking about you today when cutting up a watermelon and eating it. 😉 Blessings, Ms Tipper. 😊💖🏵️

We too are getting rain and some cool temps. It’s nice but I’m ready for all the planting weather. The forest looks so pretty. I love the animal life all around ya. Thanks for the pop cycle talk. Brooks Oregon.

to scare the crows. A stick, a string and a strofoam plate.

Our deer meat the past 2 years. The butcher has did too much cubed steak. I had rather have that much hamburger than I had the cubed. I use the burger for so much, spaghetti, taco, meat loaf, chili and chili beans. I have started runnin glow on hamburger. But so much cubed left. I may have to fix some country steak and gravy in a crock pot. Or I do the regular gravy and put in a onion soup packet. Or I use cream of mushroom in the crock pot. Its like gravy. Tipper, I haven't checked. Has granny done a video making her green beans? Would be nice to document it.

I don't know how it would taste but I envisioned a stew with cubes of venison.. kind of brown the cubes, add beef stock (or vegetable stock), cut up potatoes and carrots, a squirt or two of ketchup and worchestershire sauce and simmer it until the meat is tender and then add some frozen peas and that sounds like a fine meal to me. Enjoyed hearing about your garden. I planted three tomato plants and a watermelon plant in a raised bed (actually a bag like situation) in the back yard because my husband loves tomatoes and I love watermelon. Not sure if any of them are going to produce much. I am not good about watering and we live in Texas where right now, we are getting weekly thunderstorms but before long, we might go weeks without any rain. Love the channel. Take care Pressley family!

My aunt used to use aluminum pie pans to scare crows off. Just put a string through them and hand them where they can make noise. It worked for her corn fields.

I can't imagine eating deer...........but I don't eat any meat at all.

I cooked my first squash and zucchini today at lunch. If was so good!

In Georgia...I mix and roll my biscuits like your granny because that's how my Granny taught me.

Oh I loved the walk in the woods. & loved watching Matt up on the tree stand. I am curious as what he carries when y’all just walk in the woods? His firearm, I mean. My husband & I are both former law enforcement. He retired w/ 32 years in & I only stayed in about 10 years… & your garden is absolutely beautiful. I still have all mine in containers. & they are doing ok-ish. Had to move them into the carport because of all the rain. I Hope something survives. I sure don’t know what I am doing, but I am trying…

We had some new potatoes today that had grown from our potato peels that had eyes started.

Robyn, you do good keeping you home n clean n keeping your yards beautiful as well..I'm glad yall are gonna have a blessed mothers day..tfs..