The Garden Waits For Nobody | Yall Come Sit a Spell | August 2, 2024 

EVERYONE,LETS GET THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY TO 100,000 SUBSCRIBERS CAUSE THEY SURE DESERVE IT PLUS SOME.YA'LL ARE SO DOWN TO EARTH,I LOVE THIS FAMILY SO MUCH!!

I absolutely love the questions the kids ask and how patient you both are with them to answer and explain to them. Great Parents!

When my grandparents got married, Grandma was 14 years old. Grandpa asked for.Biscuits and gravy. He would tease grandma and drop the biscuit on the table and stomp his foot under the table. It made Gramdma mad. She picked up a biscuit and threw it at him. He ducked and it broke the window behind him. Hahaha He never let her live it down. Her biscuits got to be perfect .😊

Fantastic! We treasure real folks like you all ! Keep up the great work, we love it!! Many thanks!!

Going up in central Louisiana, I thought everybody grew gardens. My Mom had 5 sisters and 4 brothers. The last boy was younger than me😉. At Pea picking time we gathered together early morning to pick crowder or purple hull peas. I remember that wet heat hitting you as you walked to your pickin row. We didn’t leave the field until we had at least 15 to 20 bushels of peas. Then we gathered on Ma maw’s front porch and to this day I don’t know where all those big ole wash pans were kept ! But by the time she was finished, Everyone had a big pan to shell peas in. Then a big old sheet would be spread out between everyone for the shells. When the sheet got full some of us kids would take it to the cow pasture to empty it. I learned very fast to keep a low quiet, which was not easy for me, profile or I would be sent to keep the babies and young ones entertained. There was always Lots of babies and I loved playing Mama but if I was with the kids I would miss all the gossip and stories of days gone by. I loved those old stories. I was a nosy kid! When we were down to the last 4 bushels a team, usually older girls with 1 adult would be sent into that hot kitchen to start washing , canning or blanching the peas to freeze. A huge pot of peas would be put on to cook along with a pan of rice and a big pone of cornbread . I love thinking about those days and now while we still grow gardens everyone is too busy with jobs or just life to make time for a full day together. I tried to make those days fun for my kids but, looking up and seeing one of your old great uncles riding up on his white plow horse telling us he had come with shiny nickels to buy “warts”, well I couldn’t copy that! By the way one sadness of my childhood was I never got a shiny nickel because I didn’t ever have a wart!! I can’t tell you how many toads I let pee on me because my uncles told me that’s how they got their warts! Oh this 71 year old is sitting here grinning like an opossum at past memories. Thank you so much.

I get such a kick out of little Maggie. So cute how she eagerly took the spoons from you so she could be the one to fill and mix the bowl for the pancakes. She takes so much pride in helping. And then when she said "and if you go back to the beginning of our channel..." She knows she's an integral part of the whole family operation. Absolutely adorable❤️

I love watching your videos. With all the turmoil in the world today, watching you is the most relaxing & calming thing I do. I'm 74 yo & reminds me of growing up with my grandmother living with us & I learned a lot from her how to be frugal, making something out of nothing & those skills saved me when as a young single mom with limited funds! Now as an "elderly" person living on very limited retirement funds, I still practice a lot of those old frugal ways. I've always lived with the attitude of distinguishing between a "want" and a "need" but I wouldn't have it any other way!

Reminds of my life growing up 60+ years ago. Miss being able to do my own garden anymore. But there is nothing more relaxing than shelling peas or snapping beans

I sat in my chair & worked on shelling my Purple Hull Peas with ya'll.

Your kids are so adorable and they seem so polite. What a great job y'all are doing raising them.

On the subject of a happy marriage or life together. I think if you can do your best to be kind, even if you aren’t feeling it, goes a long way🫶. Y’all seem to have that down pat❣️

So I really and truly enjoy ya I was watching Tipper from Celebrating Appalachia and she mentioned ya as great Folks and I really enjoy when other (You Tubers )compliment each other 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🌱

We're here for you!

Just rockin and a talkin and shelling those peas . A great time was had remembering about the fun that was had and the folks who made it happen. Oh if that front porch could talk. Thanks so much for sharing with us, really enjoyed the time together today. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and the fun you have making them. Fred.

Your garden’s journey is a true testament to your dedication and love for nurturing life. Watching it grow and flourish while taking the time to invite others to share in its beauty speaks volumes about your generous spirit and the joy you find in simple moments. It’s inspiring to see how you balance patience with the art of welcoming others into your serene space. And I am Floating Village Life.

Man those purple hull peas are a staple here in East Texas. We love them and have grown them since I was little, I’m 60 so… you guys are awesome and a joy to watch. Love them babies!!

I loved watching and listening to you while you sit on the porch and shell beans. The perfect portrait of America there.

Them two children are sitting at your feet mum and dad,and their listening and learning.You couldn’t be doing a better thing instructing.🥰🌺🌺

Jacob is an incredible young man..a poster child for homeschooling,confident, keen, knowledgeable, such a joy to hear his inputs..Maggie is fabulous too,hard working and like a sponge absorbing all the infirmation for the future ❤

Wish we were neighbors. Y’all are my kind of folks.

Who wouldn't just feel comfortable around this family. They are down to earth, real people. Thank you for sharing your lives with us....oh and what ya gonna do with those 2 trucks sittin' out there? lol!! Just kidding!

Talk about good times, sitting on the porch shelling peas and telling stories. 😊. We used to do that and snap beans.

Oh I just love watching and listening to to your story’s. Both my parents came from the south one from Kentucky, one from Missouri. Then they moved to Michigan. They raised raised me here in Michigan and my friends around here couldn’t believe how we were together and did everything together no I’m 66 and I’m trying to do my grandchildren the same way we watch them all the time when they’re not in school.. listening to the both of you brings back such wonderful times in my life. My dad‘s mom and dad moved up here to Michigan and 33 of us. Grandchildren went to help out over at their house when the garden came in and all the kids and their spouses, we worked out in the backyard and holding up the groceries peeling chopping stringing, and breaking beans for 2 to 3 weekends in a row while doing our own gardens and grandma would always cook chickens slaughtered by my grandfather for all of us to eat after we finish the work of Kenny and preserving. I’ve been blessed to have been raised like this and I know you guys are blessed in what you are doing. I wish more people in the world could have that kind of a blessing. I think we all get along a lot better.😊❤

❤I love how real and down to earth y'all are! The fly tape swinging in the breeze above y'all's heads. Those trucks are golden! The new vehicles are too expensive and computer junk.

Such a fabulous video. Your Q & A's are so nice. A Back Pourch Chat With True Grit. You guys do it the best. Thanks for sharing.😊

Love seeing you and your family talking, having family time while shelling the peas. Maggie made some delicious looking pancakes. Enjoyed your video. We love your channel! Thanks for sharing with us. ❤

In the words of my littles, “couple goals”! Yall are such role models. If more couples took the time to shell peas on the porch with their littles, what a world we would have. Love yall!

I love how the kids jump right in to help.

I did not realize yall live in NC also. I live in Cherryville and work in Shelby. I love all of the food and preservation. Keep up the good work. 👋😃

Love watching y'all's videos!!! Very informative and interesting, I'm old enough to be your parents but so happy that people in your generation are farming and teaching?!!!!!!! Keep it going and God bless!!!!

My husband and I have been married 38 years. And I feel it a compliment when we go to a potluck or a picnic and he eats something and he says yours tastes better. Your family is so sweet you can tell you all love one another. The children are so well behaved and helpful, the two of you have done an excellent job raising the children! Thank you for the video. Deb

I bought my husband a 1997 ford truck after our daughter was born and we sold it to a family member so we could go to Destin Florida on vacation one year and I’ve been so upset about letting it go almost every day ! It was a nice truck !! And he told someone he’d sell it and I was so against it and I tell him all the time I wish I’d never let you do that !! He said well I gave them my word so I can’t change that !! I’m still trying to find another one for him , just never have enough money to buy one . We don’t have a washer and dryer and well he’s disabled and I mean really disabled and we just live our best lives and hope one day I can make enough to get what we need . We are in our 50s so life isn’t always as simple as it was when we were younger . We just love each other and make the best of it . I completely would never get rid of those old trucks , memories are made with them

I bought your first cookbook. Can’t wait for the arrival of your next adventure

Blessings to you all. Nature is amazing. The bountiful gifts despite our worrying. Thanks for sharing.

This vlog was the best 40 odd minutes in many, many moons. Memories of sitting on a porch doing exactly what y'all were doing. I miss those days terribly. Thank you for today, my soul feels a little lighter today.

Megan you guys have the most wholesome down to earth channel and I enjoy everything you share with all of us. Your channel is so well rounded with family, farm and relatable content and your on your way to being the top channel amongst the homestead community. We sure wish you guys the best.

I am packaging up the contents of my freeze dryer (My least favorite task) listening to you both. Feels like I’m sitting on the porch with you! How fun.

I’m with you! “Cooking” recipes = Guideline, “Baking” recipes = The Law!!

Loved seeing Miss.Maggie making the chocolate chip pancakes. My grandchildren love them also. I put butter on pancakes and then sprinkle powered sugar over the pancakes. Love seeing the children help with the garden and chores. They are so polite, y'all are doing a great job.love watching you all

Those trucks are part of the family. We are prepairing to start a homestead and a major requirement is for the home to have a covered porch just like you....

Ok.. you guys rock! What knowledge you have . My parents are from Virginia and most of my kin still live there and Tennessee. So I feel so homesick when I hear your accents. I love hearing your little girl talk. Great job Megan

Texas is a pinto beans, we love purple hulls, and blacked on New Years, but we are bean and peas people!!

❤❤🎉🎉hi sweety I love your little cookbook it's best one I have, I love the photos you typo mistake lol,, just sweetie it's great,make another the same way dear, it's from your heart and not perfect is the best in Appalachian WayS. amen. Waiting the for the new one to come. Stay y'all blessed now you hear.. love y'all GRANNY INGRID ANNA 👵 A APPALICAN MINERS FARMERS DAUGHTER..👋❤️✝️👍🌽🐷

My son is the same as you he has Mohpar Doge trucks 5or 6 he just hangs on to them. He just keeps collecting body parts 😂😂😂. Can’t believe this. We only have 3/4 quarter of an acre. Bless your little heart Andy. Love ❤️ you all. From Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

I've had three grandbabies for over a month this summer. They're 4,7 & 9 and love pancakes. I've been making a lot of pancakes; chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, banana, mixed berry and plain.😊

I love the stories while you were reminiscing. Takes me back to snapping green beans with my family.

Your children are blessed to grow up in the country. My husband, who I swear, seems to know how to do anything and everything, grew up in the country. I was a city girl. He taught me everything I basically know. He even taught me how to cook! Lol I'm so glad we were able to help you quit your third job! 🙌 I used to work two jobs, one being in home health, and I was finally able to give that one up after 5 years. My back appreciates it. Working in the Healthcare field can be so hard on the body. Hopefully we can help grow your channel more and you can give up the second job.

I enjoyed this very much. Standing at the sink working green beans for the canner, listening to you tell stories. Warmed my heart. Thank you.

It’s so great to watch you both just hang out with your kids and shell you harvest that all of you worked for together. Good job❤

I’m a nurse for an insurance company. Best move I ever made. I work from home. It’s just amazing at my age!!

Just simply thankyou for giving us something to watch that is always a pleasure, always teaches us something, and always makes a smile. We wish you the very best

Our 1st house was 997 square feet. It was a 3 bedroom 1½ bathroom. 2 kids, hubby & me. I loved that house. But we had to leave California & now live on a farm in SW Kentucky. Love it.

I just found ya’lls channel a few days ago. I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed watching them! My mamma is from the hills of Tennessee and daddy is from Wytheville, Virginia (also from the hills as you know). My daddy joined the Army, so I grew up all over. Watching your family reminds me of all those wonderful family I have from those areas. 😁☺️ I ended up marrying a guy from Hazard, Ky which is in the south eastern foothills of Kentucky. I’ve subscribed to the channel and look forward to continuing to watch ya’lls family and daily life. Learning and growing😊

If I was there, I'd have a dish pan full of peas being in hog heaven! I shelled 8 bushels of pink-eyed purple hull peas and 3 of zipper peas! I kept 5 bushels for myself, 3 for someone else. Here in the Fl panhandle, pea season is over but if I had some, I'd be shelling. As long as I have sweet tea and potty breaks, I'm happy shelling!!!

Hope you all have a good weekend! Enjoyed the Q&A today. I got so tickled when Andy was telling about the time the wheel came off his truck. Thank the dear Lord nobody got hurt!🙏 You're going to be busy canning those peas. I'm not fond of black-eyed peas, so not sure I'd like the purple-eyed peas. I do love October beans and pintos though. Matter of fact, I cooked a big pot of Octobers Wednesday, so today I'm going to make chili beans with what's left of the Octobers. I'll see you next week.

Oh I truly enjoyed this chatty video!

I love watching you and Maggie cook in the kitchen. I really need to order your cookbook. I keep thinking about it, but I need to do that. I totally agree with you about a small house. Sometimes I think it would be nice to have a newer home, but it would have to have room for all my shelves with my canned food on it. Plus, we can afford this one much easier than we would be able to with a newer and bigger home. I love watching you all work together and talk about the old days and such. That will be some wonderful memories! I don't like to go out and eat much anymore. Even though I know I have to clean up afterwards, I'd still rather cook my own food. I love experimenting with my home canned food. Last night I took my onions and peppers and cooked them in some butter, added tomato sauce and opened up a couple of jars of my home canned beef. It was a skillet pepper steak, and it was so good! I love how I won't have to put the round steak in the crockpot and have it cook all day anymore.

I could sit and listen to you guys talk for hours😁

My wife and I love both purple hulls and October beans. They are our two favorite beans. Love your channel and y’all’s family.

Wonderful that you can work part time I retired last year after 30 years in nursing and boy your right some of my jobs have been challenging and that’s saying it nicely lol I was making the best money I’d ever had last year and had to retire I had two surgeries back to back and have bad arthritis but I learned at 62 it was time ( God whispers to me it was time ❤) and I told myself too that money ain’t everything. If you can stay home and produce a lot of your food and being frugal it can be done and it’s good for the family also!! Loved this video it’s so refreshing from all the noise going on in the world around us!❤

Well you're in good company most folks hold on to things cause they might need it again someday, you just never know! Got my first Jeep I fondly call my favorite yard ornament. Lately I have seen trucks and Jeeps converted to chicken coops so maybe someday.🙃

I DID enjoy this video! Y'all are a breath of fresh air. Your children are precious too! I wish you many blessings in the coming year! Love from Texas ❤

So many wonderful life lessons for your kids to be hearing as they sat and listened to you talk to each other and chat.

awesome, you're in NC!!! I live in Wilmington!! my best friend used to live in Asheville then Waynesville....we have the prettiest state IMO.... love your channel, new sub.....💕💕

Great job y'all 👍🤓👍. Good to see the crops doing great. Canning season is a busy time for sure. When ya get a good crop, ya have work ahead of y'all, no need for apologies. Much ❤ to y'all from here in Michigan.

Oh I forgot to tell you that the trucks whole front end is burnt up even the tires but he still keeps it 😂😂😂🇨🇦🇨🇦

I read about Mother Maybelle touring with her girls in the 40s or 50s, and she she said "Girls, there goes a little trailer like ours". It hit a house where a woman was lying in state for her funeral. She said the people were real nice to them. But ya'll's adventures reminded me of her seeing their little trailer tearing out down the road. Country folk got good stories....

Beautiful family love watching y’all’s videos ❤😊

Enjoyed the porch time with you guys.I’ve been to the Amish hardware store your talking about in Medows of Dan.Very nice but yes,very expensive.I bought the same chairs for my wife’s birthday at a Amish store in Hamptonville,where we live.really enjoy all your videos!

Your daughter is adorable! I can tell she helps out in the kitchen!

Love seeing the family all working together. Such a rare and beautiful thing. They will learn so much more at the knee of their parents than they could sitting behind a computer screen. I am glad I recently found your channel. It was so relaxing, even for me, to sit and listen while you were shelling.💗

We loved this video as we do all of them. But we laughed listening to yall talk about years past with vehicle stories. We love the family time. Y'all are Awesome ❤. God Bless. Much Love From, The Kittrells

Wanted to let others know that Belk has a coupon right now for the belly pot, I just got one for 50% off, woohoo! Speaking of freeze dryers I would encourage everyone to do some research. I got a Harvest Right and it would not freeze the very first time I tried to use it. had to ship it back for repair. When I got it back, it was damaged with scratches and the paint was gouged in several places, door had scratches all over the inside, drain hose had holes in it, and the shelving unit looked used. But Harvest Right does not want to make it right, they offered me a $100 store credit, lol. I am so mad and aggravated, it was an investment, and I wish I had never got it. Love your values, morals, and character! Thanks for sharing!

I’m originally from Louisiana where purple hull peas are a big thing. Thirty years ago we moved to Branson Missouri and I planted purple hull peas in my garden and they grew great. We love purple hull peas. Also on the okra I don’t know if you ever tried jambalaya okra but it is wonderful. It’s a short plant making it easy to pick and you have to pick it daily. You can get it from Hoss seed and you may have some but if not I highly recommend it. Your channel is one of the best and love watching it. There is nothing better than the good old south.

Thoroughly enjoyed this ! We have been married 42 years and working together and learning together is definitely a huge part of it. Well done!

Purplehul peas here in Louisiana are a big thing. Many folks who don't "garden", seek out large growers who sell them. I find they are considerably better than their cousin, black eye pea. But we pretty much cook them both the same way. And are particularly better when cooked fresh! Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Oct.beans are great and those peas love them.with cornbread .😀

I vwry much enjoyed the chit chat and your gratitude for your watchers! God bless!❤

Great way to learn by doing it himself xx

Yall are just like family the way i was raised.i'm 83 and from Harnett county NC raised on tobacco farm, my mama and daddy grew all our food ,we had hogs,chickens, milk cow ,ect. no other life as good as farm life..❤😊

Taylor little pea sheller is great. They are a little high, but they we'll shell beans, peas fresh or dry. I got one used, and I love it. Me and my wife can shell a bushel of peas in about 20 to 30 minutes. If you can find one grab it. I promise you won't regret it. Enjoy your videos showing the world how some of us love to live. God bless take care.

I remember the first time I made gravy - I called my Granny in tears because it wasn't thickening up. She laughed and told me to keep stirring! That was 45 years ago - I still miss her ❤

Love your channel ❤ love your calmness and love for each other. Enjoy the veggie growing, the animal’s husbandry and all the wholesomeness you bring. Blessings to you all. 🎉

I have never heard of the october beans until I seen yalls video. I like purple hull peas, they grow good where I am if you can keep the ants out of them. Our favorite southern peas is the cream pea, it smaller that the purple hulls.

Y’all have a sweet family!

What a great video. I love hearing the stories and I'm sure your children do too. I remember 40 years ago serving my husband stuffed peppers with under cooked rice. We laugh now remembering him crunching his way through those stuffed peppers lol. I have improved greatly.. haha

Great conversation. I remember when I was first married I always had to call my mother-in-law when I was making a milk gravy or sausage gravy and say, "Now wait, how do I do this again? Do I take the skillet off the heat when I add the milk?" or "The flour is supposed to cook first before I add the milk?" haha! Every time. I'd always forget. And yes, tasting food as you're making it is SO important. I've developed my own "Kelly's famous spaghetti sauce" doing that (katie is a nickname), and that's from trying many other recipes. Those gliders will last a lifetime. Afer being an art director most of my life, I went to part-time work at a garden center (best job I ever had, loved it) and we sold that Amish-made outdoor furniture. Yes, pretty expensive, but the way they're made, they are guaranteed for life, even if left outside in the sun with no cover. Even the screws used are rustproof. Question: With all those trucks and cars you have, could you sell at least one of them and use that money to buy an irrigation drip system for your garden beds in front of your house? I SO don't mean to criticize because I love all that you do, but I can't help but think that a drip irrigation system, just for those garden beds, not the other ones, would help you all so much with better water management (expecially when there are those times of drought) and disease management. My thought, take for whatever it's worth. Thanks for this video. And may God continue to bless your whole family! ❤

Next year yall need to buy lady peas and try them . They will cook a light colored liquid. These are my favorite. Good flavored peas.

Hi will be waiting on your next book 📕 xxx❤❤❤

In central Mississippi the pink eye purple hull pea is the go to.We raised them to eat and raised acres of them as our truck patch in the summer. We made thousands of dollars on them every summer.

I live in North Mississippi and we can't keep purple hull peas. If you can't grow them you have to put your name on a long list for local growers and hope they don't run out. I have to say that pintos and great northern beans run neck and neck for bean favorites. I love watching your channel and definitely have learned from y'all.

I was reared with eating purple hull peas about 50% of the time. Living in Northeast Mississippi, we had several meatless meals + mashed potatoes and cornbread.

Enjoyed watching your videos. I would have liked too help shell those peas . When I was a little kid I loved helping mama shell its relaxing. I am 70 years old now.

I love this, and that last statement is right with marriage. Team work makes the dream work. God in the center Always❤😊

I love old stories like this about the truck! I would like to hear more old stories!

I haven’t seen your old trucks but I’m telling you what you can’t hardly find older trucks without paying an arm and leg for em!!! So I think you’re smart for keeping them I’m sure you’ll be able to tinker with them one day!!!

You all give us such a real loving seat on your porch. Wish I had a bucket to help you . Your lives are so rich with love wisdom, honesty and plenty of hard work . Can’t say enough about your kids and how you raise them to be responsible polite and ready to chip in and help with chores . Jacob and Maggie are a real blessing, such a reflection of you both. Thanks for teaching us all something you’ve experienced in your lives!! ❤ Hope young newlyweds will watch your videos too.

I love your channel it reminds me of being on Granny and Grandpas farm! How I miss sitting on the porch snapping beans with granny!❣️

Your stories are so Lol funny ❤lol you all.😂😂😂😂😂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Yes! They need to get to 100,000. Love watching them!!