The BIG Garden is Planted! & A Mother's Day Surprise 

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I hope you two realize what a joy you are to those of us who get the privilege of watching your videos. I also hope you realize what a wonderful life you have there in the holler away from the fast paced life of the city. Each time I watch your videos and listen to you talk I have to confess being envious of your lifestyle. That is the lifestyle my parents and grandparents lived when I was growing up. What a wonderful life it was! Oh, that I could go back to those days and enjoy them again! 😊

Matt is such a loving and thoughtful father. We need more men like him in this country. It would be a much better place. As always, I love to watch your videos.

Got up this morning calling on the Lord to help me through this season of grief and when I opened my phone I saw this video and was so excited to see you all planting in “Pap’s” garden. It melted my heart to see the love Matt showed to the girls for Mother’s Day. It reminded me there are so many joys that we overlook every day. So grateful! Thank you all for who you are and for continuing to shine God’s presence toward your followers. ❤️🙏

My husband passed away 6 years ago. I especially miss him during gardening season. We always did the garden together. It always makes me smile to watch you and Matt work the garden together. Thank you for sharing.

Whoohoo finally getting to plant the big garden. I'm so happy for yall. Matt is so sweet . Taking care of those girls, what a sweet gift for them both. ❤

I am thrilled for you, Matt, the girls, and most especially for Granny to see Pap's garden reborn. It will be such a blessing for your family and a tribute to Pap and Granny, their hard work and life lessons passed on to all of you.

Thank you Tipper for mentioning those of us who are childless and are still nurturing and caring for others! We sure do get overlooked and I appreciate your making note of it. Happy Mother's Day to you, Granny, Katie and Corie!

That Matt! He is such a thoughtful and kind man! What a Sweetheart to give his daughters a gift for their first Mother’s Day! 💙🙏😇

Absolutely wonderful family!! Wish everyone had a dad n mom like Tipper n Matt ! The world would be so much more peaceful!!

I love to see you and Matt working and doing things together on your channel he seems to have hit his stride on here since his retirement! Such sweet gestures he made towards Katie and Corie for Mother’s Day and it’s so good to hear that granny is doing well! Thanks again for sharing your lives with all of us!! ❤

What a thoughtful daddy Matt is! I know Corie, will love having the beans right outside her door and especially since her Daddy planted it for her! Happy Mother’s Day to Tipper, Katie, and Corie! Many blessing to all of you!

A garden is a perfect place to spend time with friends and family. Out in nature, growing fresh veggies, and using God’s green earth for what it’s meant to be used for. Hard work, but the rewards are great!!! 🌽

What a loving, thoughtful man Matt is. Tipper, you & he struck gold with each other!

As parents it never ceases to amaze me how we love doing for our children, no matter their age! We are blessed to do for each other! I know the feeling! Happy Mother’s Day! 🌸💐

Huggs to Matt for recognizing Mother's Day for his family of Mothers ❤❤❤❤

I can tell you getting a gift from your daddy always means the world to a daughter. That is so sweet and thoughtful for each of the girls. Can't wait to see that corn coming up. Blessings to everyone and happy mothers day.

Matt & Tipper, Loving & thoughtful parents like you are precious & few. I understand how happy you guys felt planting Pap's garden because it was likened to honoring him again. We always feel your families connections & the love. I hope all of you beautiful Mother's especially Granny had a wonderful belated Mother's day. I Dearly Love Celebrating Appalachia With Y'All.

A humorous anecdote as told by Ronald Reagan , seems appropriate with your lower garden next to a creek , removing rocks and all , hope you enjoy it 🙂 "There was an old Kansas farmer there. He had a piece of creek bottom land that had never been developed at all -- it was all rocks and brush and all messed up. And he started in on it, clearing it -- the underbrush, and hauling away the rocks, then cultivating the soil there. And he planted a garden -- everything from vegetables on to corn, and it really became a garden spot. And he was pretty proud of what he'd done. So, one Sunday morning in church after the service he asked the preacher if he wouldn't stop by to have a look. Well, the preacher arrived. And he took one look and he said, ``Oh, this is wonderful.'' He said, ``These are the biggest tomatoes I've ever seen. Praise the Lord.'' And he said, "Those green beans, that squash, those melons.'' He said, ``The Lord really has blessed this place. And look at the height of that corn.'' He said, "God has really been good.'' And the old boy was listening to all this, and he was getting more and more fidgety and finally he blurted out, ``Reverend, I wish you could have seen it when the Lord was doing it by himself.'' 😄

How thoughtful of you and Matt to do that for the girls. Such a sweet family!

My preteen daughter watched this with me and says she hopes I will plant her a bean patch when she becomes a mother one day. ☺ So sweet and thoughtful of Matt to take each girl's interests into consideration!!

You know he’s looking down from heaven smiling, the home is still in the family, his grandkids are having children and the garden is growing again. Blessed

I absolutely love the beautiful relationship that you both have with your girls. There is a couple of very lucky little fellows that are now in line for some of that good good love that you guys have. May God continue to bless you richly.

I tell you what Tipper, you did a mighty fine thing when you found Matt to be your soul mate! You have been blessed with a wonderful husband, father to the girls, grandfater to the boys and a friend to all he meets. Not only can he do just about anything he puts his mind to but he doesn't seem to complain about any of it. Your channel & family bless me with every single video you put out. Thank you & hugs to you all.

A wave of bittersweet nostalgia sweeps over me as I watch your videos. I remember my parents and grandparents in their gardens. I love gardening because they loved gardening.

Matt, you're a great Daddy, Tipper, you are a great Mama..❤❤ Your girls are so blessed to have you..Wishing all you lovely ladies a wonderful Mother's Day...❤

The best food in the world comes from your own garden. There is just something about watching your garden grow, tending it, and harvesting. The food just tastes better. Its a unique pleasure and satisfaction eating what you have grown. I think of my Mommas vegetable dinners with hot biscuits or cornbread and homemade pickles and chow chow.....the best eating in the world. Love your videos. Thanks for continuing traditions that are such a part of the southern way of life. Y'all are precious people!

My father used to use a chalk line to plant every seed he ever planted. He would also cut a stick pre-measured by him. For pole beans, it was 4 inches , for corn, it was 6 inches, for potatoes, it was 10 inches. You drop the stick then plant the seed. I thought he was being overly meticulous until once everything came up and got to looking lush, and then we would have people driving by our house so slowly to admire the perfection of our garden. And when Dad saw weeds in the garden, he would tell all of us kids, "I gotta hoe that will fit your hand just right!" And he would give us each a hoe of various sizes which did fit our hands "just right"! LOL!!!

There is just something about growing your own vegetables! Your in charge of what you want to plant! Taking care of it seeing it grow, finally harvesting and eating! Of course we pray over each seed and every plant ! Requesting God to bless the garden and our efforts! Preserving food for your family is also such a wonderful feeling! Happy Mother’s Day!

Matt is such a good man. I love watching him with his girls.

Thank you for letting me watch you plant your corn garden.

Matt is such a wonderful father to his sweet girls...I feel like Corie is looking more like Katie sometimes I can't tell them apart usually I can. I love how happy Corie was with her gift.

You and Matt are wonderful parents. The girls are lucky they have you.

Such a sweet moment when Corie saw what you all did for her for Mothers Day…so sweet.

i laughed when matt said "you got your chocolate in my peanut butter".. i havent heard that in forever.

Brings back memories of my daddy! Raising 7 kids we had to have a garden! He loved Silver queen corn 🌽. Blessings ❤❤❤

My Daddy, back several years before he passed , was in his garden putting in some T-posts, when he lifted the post slammer a bit too high, and when he came down with it, it ricocheted off the end of the pole & hit him it the top of his li’l bald noggin! I told him he needed to go get it stitched up, as I could see his skull. He said, “ awww…you women always exaggerate!” I took him to the ER & it took 13 stitches to close it up! I said, “ Look Daddy, I guess the Dr. is exaggerating too! lol.

Tipper, Matt's the best Husband & Father y'all ladies could have. God sure has blessed youns I'm glad to see y'all getting everything done and that granny is doing better . I'll still continue to keep y'all all in my prayers HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU & THE GIRL'S.🎉🎉🎉

Happy Mother’s Day. I got to meet my third great grandchild today. He was born last month. Also saw all my grandchildren. Was a great day.

I’ve been waiting for this day, since you announced it! I am as excited, as you guys to watch the evolution of this garden! Happy Mother’s Day moms!🙏❤️🇨🇦

Matt you're the best Daddy ever!! Happy Blessed Mother's Day to Tipper,Corie, Granny and Katie I sure do love y'all God Bless..Camille 😘❤ 💥💐💥💐⚘💐⚘💐🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽

So wonderful to revive that land, I imagine Pap´s lookin down from heaven & is very pleased 💖Very sweet setting up an area for Corie & for getting Katie a gift credit for supplies. Thanks for sharing this exciting progress with us. 🌽🌽🌽God bless 😊

Congratulations!!! Finally got your corn planted!!! Happy Mothers Day to you, Tipper and both girls and especially Granny! God bless you all. Matt is such a good thoughtful man!!

I hope your corn does better than ours did! It was so tall; about four and a half feet. It was very green, and the stalks thick and straight. We had a severe thunderstorm with 80 mph winds. It flattened every row, snapping most of the corn at it's base. As my husband said,"The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord!"

Good job! Y’all are a great team! Reminded me of my child hood in the garden… Saturday morning it was all hands on deck ( 5 of us kids) and a lot of evenings after daddy got home from his day job ( auto body repairman) we’d be in the garden … hoeing, pulling grass and weeds, sometimes watering, and then a lot of picking and hauling it back to the back porch . Fresh garden vegetables for supper every evening, tomato sandwiches whenever we wanted, cucumber salad on the side of our barbecue meat ( daddy love to bbq) Good times! Good times! Sitting on the front porch shucking corn and kinfolk and neighbor women helping my mama and she /we’d help them at harvest. It was a joyous event in the community… sweet iced tea and bare feet ! cutting up and just having a good time with it! Canning a whole lot of it and sharing with the elderly and needy . We were so blessed! Those were the days ! Thanks for sharing this and bringing back the memories! ❤️🙏

Happy Mothers Day to Tipper, Corie, Katie and Granny. Hope you all have had a blessed day. 🎉 Matt is so thoughtful of his girls and you too. Loved seeing you plant the Corn too. 😊

My late husband knocked himself out with a t-post driver when we had been married for about 6 months. He got a concussion and 8 stitched on the top of his head. I drove home from work to find my father in law and my husband's brothers building our fence, but my husband was no where to be found, because he was at the hospital. I thought you bought a new garden bench. Matt looked so relaxed I didn't realize you were sitting on the tractor bucket. 😂

You could always plant your “ putting by “ corn at once so canning or freezing can all be done, but save a little space to plant a few hills at staggered times to have enough “eating corn” all summer

Our HOA made us take out our 6 corn plants we had planted along the outside of our fence years ago. Our neighbors had twins so we all had a race to see whose plant grew the tallest. All our neighbors loved seeing it. Out came our plants 😢 Well we moved about 2 minutes away and now have our acre we can plant what we want and have chickens. No more mean HOA! I can’t wait to watch your corn grow! 😊

Listening to the trees blowing in the wind, birds,etc. just lovely. I felt like I was sitting in my grandparents backyard after mowing/gardening etc. great memory❤

Corie will be tickled about the green beans!!! that’s such a thoughtful gift ❤

Happiest of Mothers Day wishes for you, Corie and Katie and of course, Granny! Love you and the girls' channels!

Congratulations on getting your big garden planted. 👏🌽🌽🌽 Matt is such a thoughtful daddy, surprising his girls! Happy Mother's Day to you ladies! 💐 Hugs 🤗 and God bless 🙏

I bet your daddy would also love that your family is there planting the garden as well as grandsons there where his memory lingers. Happy Mother's Day to You Tipper and Granny, Katie and Corie!

Oh I love those ideas. Reminds me of the Mother’s Day my husband built me a chicken coop. I loved it . All his friends said we would be divorced over it . Little did they know how much I loved it 🥰.

My daddy had extra weight welded into his t post driver years ago which has been a great help. You don’t have to pick it up as high to drive it, and helps from getting hurt.

Happy Mother 's Day to all you amazing Moms. Granny, Tipper, Corie, Katie and all the other mothers in your entire family. God bless you all. God bless your harvest. 🌸🙂💐🥰🙋

Subscribed today! Been watching since a little before Corie and Austin got married. Didn't realize it was so easy but here I am. My wife and I love your channel. The life, the music....it all brings us joy to see. We also have twin daughters. They live in my deceased parents home within walking distance of our house on land my parents gave us. We're both close to retirement and plan to do gardening. Used to have a few cows but got rid of them about 4 years ago. Want to grow our own vegetables. Y'all have prompted us to a simpler life. Tipper, your "I Am From" segment inspired me write my own story. It shined a light on how richly God has blessed me and led us in life. Matt, we had a Kubota L3302 delivered Saturday and I've already moved a bunch of dirt! The 45 year old Massey Ferguson finally gave up the ghost. Thank you'll for bringing us into a saner life. God bless you! P.S. Thank you for introducing us to Outshine.

That Matt is a good daddy! And you're a good mama too! So happy you got the big garden platted. I know that's a load off your mind.

So happy for y'all, you have been so excited about getting the corn planted, you are making memories to tell your grandbabies.

Happy Mothers Day GRANNY, TIPPER,COREY,KATIE!!!!!! WE ALL HOPE YALL HAD A GREAT DAY.WE LOVE ALL OF YOU!

Physical labor for a beautiful and meaningful gift is truly an act of LOVE‼️ What a thoughtful gift!

Silver Queen was my grandparents favorite. They had a fairly large garden but not big enough for corn (they did grow a row of popcorn). They bought Silver Queen from a local farm market and canned it. I've tried for years but l can't replicate how my grandma cooked her corn. Lots of pepper and bacon drippings

Hoping there's enough room for you to stagger your watermelon plants a little cause we know you love them! Used my old skid steer today to prep my little garden. Certainly not conventional but does a decent job, and I can do it by myself. Gardening is food for the soul long before the actual harvest, and I'm happy that Pap's garden is back up and running. Matt is a sweetheart of a dad and husband to be so considerate of all his girls! Happy Mother's day!

I just bought and received a beautiful pair of earrings that Katie made and they are beautiful! I wore them for Mother’s Day brunch and had so many compliments! I love Matt’s gifts for the girls. He is the sweetest papa 😊

Happy Mother's Day to Tipper, Corie, and Katie. Matt's a hard but diligent worker. He's definitely a keeper ❤❤

This is how this world needs to be God bless this family. For they are a instrument of his peace.

It is amazing how much Corie looks like Katie now that she has gained a little weight! You guys have a beautiful family. I pray that your garden gives you an abundant harvest!

My grandpa use to say the same thing about crooked rows holding more corn! When I was a kid, that puzzled me but when I grew up I realized he was just joking like always. I sure miss both of my grandpa's.

Thanks for the mother’s day good wishes. You two are so kind . Cowrie was so happy for her little garden. Happy Mother’s Day Granny,Tipper,Katie;and Corie. Matt your getting a few stars in your crown. Gods blessings to y’all.

Wow, that is a big garden. My Dad would have loved having a garden like that. When I was a kid and we lived in the country he had a big garden, but years later they moved closer into town because it was easier on them for getting to and from doctors and stores, but even then my Dad had a small garden in their back yard. He loved working in his garden and my Mom liked freezing a lot of the things that Dad grew. I'm sure they probably saved our family money by doing what they loved doing. Love watching your videos; they often remind me of things my family did.

Happy Mother’s Day, Tipper. You and Matt always leave us better people at the end of every video. Thank you for that blessing.

Just now getting to sit down and watch, I am SO happy you finally got to plant the corn!!! Hope you all had a wonderful mother's day, I'm sure it was extra special this year! ❤

A tip from us we used a 1” pvc pipe cut 4’ with slant cut on end place the slanted side in ground and drop your seed down. Saves a lot of backache. We done all our seed like this fast easy😊

It looks like Paradise there… makes my heart ache thinking about my own memories of our garden. It was a big garden. Matt you are such a wonderful, kindhearted person. You and Tipper are just such wonderful people! God bless bless you both and your family! Happy Mother’s Day, Mrs. Tipper!! So tickled that you had such a blessed, joyous day in pops garden!

Tipper and Matt are wonderful parents I know Katie and corie appreciate everything that yall do for them Matt reminds me of my daddy lf you have your parents you are blessed I miss my lovely parents gone with lord and have a blessed Sunday everyone 🙏 ❤️

What a blessing! I'm so excited y'all got to plant the big garden. Happy Mother's Day Tipper, Corie, Katie, and Granny! What thoughtful gifts, Matt. I can truly see how much you cherish the women in your life!

Ohhh I make pickled beans and corn together. Learned from my Daddy who learned from his Granny, my great Granny. Shewmamma that's good eating Matt!

I’m glad to know a crooked row grows more corn. I can’t make a straight row to save my life. I had never heard that saying before.

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day.

Have yet to watch a video of yours and not feel at peace in some way. You all are really living the good life out there! Happiest Mothers day to Tipper, Granny, Katie, and Corie. Some pretty strong and awesome women right there.

Happy Mother’s Day to you all! You certainly have created a beautiful life for yourselves!

You are the most hard working people I’ve ever seen! I know you will reap a wonderful bounty.

Im so happy and excited to watch the garden grow all summer ☀️ Matt is such a wonderful, kind father .❤

Happy Mother’s Day!!!!! Like to see the love Matt has for Corie and Katie and of course Tipper!!!!! Happy wife, happy life

It is nice to see Matt so very happy an enjoying himself. He is truly enjoying what he is doing and his retirement. Your garden is going to be spectacular, and you folks will reap the rewards.

The wider rows are definitely a great idea! When everything is coming in and full grown, it will be great to ride the mower in between rows to keep the grass at bay. I’ve did that in the past. New gardens have so many weeds and grass until they get established. You both are wonderful parents and have a beautiful family. God bless you all and Happy Mother’s Day.

Awesome, corn! So thoughtful of Matt to plant beans for Corie and add to Katie's gem acct. Wow, I can't believe that salamander didn't run away. 😁 When that wheel fell that was so funny....😉 Hope you had wonderful Mother's day! 💐💖🌷

Happy Mother’s Day. ❤

I am very happy you are able to plant some Corn.

Happy Mothers Day Tipper and girls Matt is such a good dad🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

My husband shaved all his facial hair here recently- Glad you are doing that for girls on Mother’s Day. My mother and mother-in-law have both passed always miss them on this day.

Happy Mother's Day! What a great way to celebrate by planting YOUR corn! I am happy for you all.

The sound of the creek is absolutely lovely.

One for the blackbird and one for the crow.. That will leave just 2 to grow. Charles Ingalls rhyme for planting corn 4 kernels.

Congratulations on your cornfield! You've both been waiting for it for a long time, and you've earned it! Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother,s Day to the 4 lovely Appalachian ladies.😊❤

You gotta pickle beets too yummmm that’s so awesome of you and Matt doing that for the girls for mamas day. You 2 are so special a very special Family ❤️

Such a good daddy Matt taking care of your girls. Tipper Corie is your child for sure and Katie is her daddy’s. Love watching yall you are such a loving family. Still praying for your sweet mama can’t wait to visit her sometime soon 😊🙏

Sucession planting is good idea from experience with my folks planting.