We Got the First Beds on the Bank Despite the Rain and Mud! 

Matt is so skilled at getting things done. Show him a problem and he will find a solution. So admirable.

I love when y’all sit down together and talk about everything. I laugh at the things y’all say and when you laugh at each other. Looking forward to seeing what y’all will be doing next.

I lived in NM for 30 years with several serious droughts. The natives there talked about the change in weather. I was desperate to leave and finally did to Middle TN 8 years ago to be near my son with my aging. I grew up in Northern Indiana, snow, rain, etc. I still appreciate every drop of rain, water from the heavens!

Here in California, we've been in a severe drought for the last 6 yrs. This year, to date, we're at 190% of normal. It's good to see the mud didn't stop you.

I so love the videos with you and Matt!! He's finally getting relaxed with being on video !! You two are such a great couple.. I feel like I'm sitting right there with y'all!! The raised beds mean less weeding and bending!! Matt will like that!!

To much rain is better than not enough in my opinion, hang in there! Y’all stay safe and God bless your Garden 🪴

The garden beds look awesome. Good job Matt

Don't get me wrong, I love all of your videos but my favorite part is the end when you leave it rolling. I find myself smiling ear to ear listening to you (and especially Matt) banter on. 😃

Gosh, just think of how much fun your future grandkids will have going up and down the slopes or steps to help pick veggies and flowers y’all grow together💕🙏🏼🥰

Thank you for your videos, love watching, listening, learning, ( even thou I'm 68- I still learn). I wish I could have a garden again, I miss all that- I did have trouble with keeping up with the weeding--but I loved the end results. Fresh out of the garden tomatos, green beans, peppers, lettuce, corn, even potatos at different times. The satisfaction of canning the vegs. & having them all the rest of the year was a wonderful feeling of accomplishment. I was so happy for awhile.

I have one of those wireless collars and he keeps deer away. He is a lab. Love him. Not no trouble at all. He has not had surgery and still ok

I watched Corie and Austin put their raised beds together, they look so nice and neat!! Well, ya'll both teach us some really important stuff with each video we watch!!

You can always fill the bottom of the raised bed with sticks, cardboard, and compost, so you don't have to use as much soil in the raised bed while still feeding the soil at the same time. :)

My furbaby was 18 years old when he died a year ago. I'm still mourning him. I think of him almost daily. I just can't think of having another one. Not sure if I ever will.

I’ve had several dogs and after the last one I said no more. But in 2022 I got another, my married son named him Mr. Henry Iba after the famous Oklahoma State basketball coach. He’s been the best thing for me, I got him after I was diagnosed with a rare degenerative muscle disease last January & retiring in October. I wouldn’t take for him, he’s a real character!! Love the new raised beds, thinking about getting a few myself.

Love irises, one of my favorite flowers. At one time I had 59 different colored irises.

I feel like I'm eavesdropping but I love those conversations because they're so real❤️

Love listening to y’all talk and work through projects! How you love one another and appreciate one another is shown in so many ways! When a person watches your channel and the girls’ channel, you express and show your Christian values, family values, work values and you are friends, too! Y’all are funny, too!!! Fish, fish, more fish videos! So, Matt, you must work building maintenance? Lol, my boyfriend works building maintenance and he despises going in the jail, lol

I woke up to 7 inches of snow this morning

Oh my gracious Tipper hope you didn't get burned. When I do stuff like that I just say New feet just trying them out lol.

Talking about cedar, that’s why they use cedar shakes on beach houses…or they used to…because it was strong enough to withstand that salt air.

"Rocks are our best crop" ha ha ha I will have to remember that one for myself to use. lol I have tears coming out of my eyes laughing so hard listening to your Hot Chocolate Incident and avoiding going to the emergency room. lolol

Seeing Matt have to try to dig out and level your garden spot with all that rock, is exactly what I have to deal with in my yard. Rocks! Rocks! Rocks! I feel his pain with this. Looking forward to seeing these beds with vegetables growing in them. Today in AR where I live, we are having a full day of sun and high of 75 degree weather. So, we are getting a yard of dirt to add to my raised beds I built. We have been waiting for a good dry day to do this. We finally got one! 😊

I loved visiting with you guys, I agree with you Tipper, I am on my last dog,his name is Leo and he is a miniature dachshund,he will be 17in July, I'm blessed he is here,but he is old and feeble,I love him very much,but I have had so many,I've rescued, adopted etc. I'm in my sixties now so I just don't think I should get any more dog's,cats, I'm just going to be into gardening,thank you 💗 have a wonderful day and God bless you and your family. I can't wait to start planting it's rainy here too

Uncle Wayne would say "You can't see it from my house" or "Good enough for a town this size!"

The Iris will look great going down that slope. I never like mud, yucky!!! But appreciate rain when needed. Here in Indiana we had a very wet spring last year and then. ....it dried up too much. We haven't had hardly any snow or rain so far. God will provide.Those grow beds look amazing.i watched Cory's and her and Austin are so cute in their excitement. Beautiful roses and daffodils. Will you have to be concerned with wind blowing them until you get dirt in them? I like the idea alot. I watched Katie's turn your bad day around and loved her perspective! Very wise. You and Mat have raised 2 wonderful young ladies. One day I had deep cleaned my kitchen, everything scrubbed, polished...took me all day, decided to fix a big mug of hot chocolate, set it on the counter, decided I had not bleached my trash can. Somehow. ...I knocked the hot chocolate off....LOL.Chocolate everywhere. I snapped a picture and laughed. Sent it to my kids!!! We all got such a laugh out of it...kitchen got scrubbed again. God bless you and yours, enjoy, you got alot done today. ❤🙏🙏❤

Nice metal beds.we need the rain you all are getting .please send us some lol.

Had a old boss that would say. As long as it Looks good from a galloping horse was good enough for him. Drove me crazy

It's been very rainy here in Knoxville too. I kept a raised bed of lettuce ALL winter. I just covered it with 2" rigid foam when it got below 34F at night. I covered them for a week when it was single digits and they are fine now. Planted in late October...picked every two-three weeks...

I loved that last little bit of y’all chatting in the end. It’s the most I heard Matt talk and you laugh…at the bees in the basement!

We are just the opposite. I want a dog, but my husband isn't really a pet person. We had a black lab that our daughter brought home as a puppy and she became "our" dog for 15 years. We never had raccoon or possums or deer problems when Akira was around. She was a raccoon terrorist. She and my husband took out several groundhogs that were eating our garden. I think of her every year when I am out in the garden working.

Oh, what you said about the responsibility of pets, I hear you, girl! I have two dogs, one 25lb beagle mix and a 75lb lab mix. My little girl is sweet and wonderful and loves everyone. My big boy is sweet and wonderful WITH US and a holy terror with strangers, especially men. The only sitter I've been able to find for them is a nice lady who lives on a blueberry farm in the middle of nowhere! I love having the companionship of dogs. They're loving, sweet creatures, but they do definitely make life a bit more challenging!

Hey Ms Tipper , BigMike here , Are the planters you all just put up, the same brand as Corey and Austions ?? I watched their video of putting theirs together. Matt was worried they would bough out , as you filled them up . Corey and Austin's planters came with metal rods that fit inside the planters that connected to each side wall of the planter, preventing the planter walls from boughing out when you filled them You can also fill up the bottom of your planter boxes with all logs of tree branches then cover with wood chips , leaves and other material, then add your top soil, mushroom dirt for the top The decaying wood will tell release nutrients back into the soil . Of your planters are not the same or didn't come with those connecting rods. I'm sure Matt could rig some up to fit across inside. I would also think of anchoring the planter boxed in place , so they couldn't move or slide of of their base . Would put the anchors inside the bed, at angles from each other like an X for better support . Just a though . BigMike

We are currently getting the first real rain in months, here in Ks. I'd sure like to have some of your rain. Great video. God bless all here.

'Looks level vs. what is level' speaks to me so much (God bless your Pap). Husband and I have had some (let's call them fun 🙃) moments when putting things up... "No, a little to the left, now maybe to the right" (while he's standing there with a level on it which is telling him it's 'level'). I really enjoyed this Tipper. THANK YOU! 💓 🙌🏼

Those beds are expensive. What a blessing to receive them for a gift.

Love watching you both and just laughing at hearing you talk about your hot chocolate toss especially since we normally enjoy watching you enjoy eating a popsicle in the cold months. So glad the worst of it was a mess and wet pants!! Nothing broken or scalded. The Lord will provide Matt the perfect next dog and everyone’s heart will be ready for it too! The beds look good up on the bank excited to see the iris grow in the bank and whatever you grow inside too. We all have the same problem- finding the time to get done all we need done!

You mentioned cedar being a good wood for outside use because it lasts longer than other woods. When I was growing up, my family talked about chestnut wood being what was used for outside applications. Zig-zag chestnut fences were literally used throughout the eastern part of the early United States. My aunt Nanny, and others, said a chestnut blight came and, by about 1940, had all but completely wiped out the eastern American chestnut in less than four decades. Most rural people here in the Piedmont gathered chestnuts in the fall and ate them roasted on top of the wood cook stove and/or fed them to livestock. Bald Cypress if another good wood for outdoors use, but has a limited range in the southeastern U.S.A..

Tipper, y'all are blessed to have such generous viewers. The new metal beds look great! I hope you'll eventually come around to getting another dog if for no other reason than for deer control. My son Andrew and his wife Jocelyn have a dog named Beau, who loves his mama and his quirk is that he doesn't like to eat his food as much if Jocelyn isn't around. Even when she is, he will eat one piece of kibble at a time. He's also a scaredy dog. We think he's a cross between a Corgi and a Beagle. His ears are huge and pointy...I call them bat wing ears. I have a new nickname for y'all: Mr. & Mrs. Got Rocks. If you've never heard that before, it's usually used to describe someone with plenty of money, but in your case, it describes the amount of actual rocks your soil has...besides that, y'all are wealthy with many other more important things besides material possessions. I'm glad you and Matt didn't get hurt or burned by the hot chocolate mishap. Y'all take care and enjoy your new raised beds. Hi from New Bern!

I always check to make sure any natural material I use branches, grasses,leaves are non toxic. No tape or glue on cardboard, I like cardboard from grocery stores.

Listening and watching makes me miss the garden beds. Maybe I’ll do som🎉e veg in pots.

Glad to hear that you didn't get hurt when you fell, Tipper. I recently fell. Our cat, Buster, ran inside of the house. Being afraid he would pee in the house I got him and was rushing to carry him out the backdoor before he could scratch me. I quickly pushed the storm door open with my shoulder and immediately lost my balance. In my attempt to fling him out the backdoor, I ended up flinging BOTH of us out of the door. We were both AIRBORNE!! While we were flying through the air I finally realized that I better let go of him before I end up landing on top of him! I was surprised that my brain "kicked in" with enough thought to let go of him. I landed on my hands and knees 6 feet in front of me on the concrete. I scraped my shin on the edge of the top step on my way down, it left a bruise 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. I also had 2 bruised knees and palms for 2 weeks. I felt like I had been tackled by a concrete football player lol. It sure knocked me for a loop lol. I think I need one of those t- shirts that says "I do my own stunts" lol.

I must have missed putting in this green bed….oh yes need to make every thing handy for your aging days…we are having a time in gardening.

I am so happy for y'all! you have inspired me to try a garden! I sowed some seeds today - tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, squash, and strawberries! if I understood the directions on the carrot seeds, it says that you cannot transplant them. so I guess I will plant them, when I start the garden. I have really bad ground - lots of rocks! so, I am going to use grow bags with plastic pools to put them in. if all goes well, next year I will do some raised beds. I have seen the raised bed grow bags.

Mat,think about 8 or 10" pieces of rebar across the front of the planters to keep the soil from pushing the planter when it fills in the back.

🤣😂! Matt has the fermone attraction. I had to use containers once in my life and I did a lot of fishing that fall and winter. Anything I caught and didn't eat, guts and heads, even scales, I buried in my containers and had beautiful strong plants and they put on so good! If yall have varmints it might attract them though. Still too wet here to run my tiller and we have more rain 3 of the next 7 days. I'm thankful for the rain, just the same. See yall next time! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!

Isn’t it fun when a plan comes together!! I’ll be anxious to see what you decide to plant in those.

Naming your dog Ruby, because of a song on the radio is the same thing with our cat. Through work, I was able to adopt a kitten, and my husband was driving home with it, and Conway Twitty came on the radio, so the cat was name Conway Kitty...LOL. The cat is now 14 years old and the name completely fits!!

Sticks, leaves, small logs, cardboard, grass cuttings, kitchen scraps , shredded envelopes and cereal boxes top off with compost / soil - Huegelculture

Matt seems to have a knack for naming dogs😂 The best dog I ever had was named Willie after Willie Nelson.

I got so busy watching & listening, I almost forgot the thumbs up! I like the looks of the beds Matt put together & how your planning on all the new spots..anxious to see how they grow. LOVE THE IRIS IDEA..think it would be SO Pretty too. For goodness sake have Matt do the bee hole cement QUICKLY, he can't fight of jail gals & bees & work & have any energy left for Helping with Gardening. 😂 My family always planted potatoes on St. Patrick's Day.. not sure why... that was in MO Enjoyed the story of the cleanup on aisle 1 with the Hot Chocolate..Glad no ER visit required.. just messy.. GOD BLESS & LOVE TO ALL!! Tell Granny I said Hello...

I'm a jolly old farmer, Reuben Haskins is my name. I live on the banks of the swanky mane. I have forty acres of well tilled land, a stable full of horses and a bank full of sand, etc etc etc.

Tipper, Just cut all that iris rootage off until you get to the bulb part. Replant 4 to 5 inches apart and you will do fine. They are pretty much bullet proof. Dig, split and replant every 3 to 4 years. Utah, like most of the west has been in drought forever. We are, however, having a super wet winter. I can't wait for spring!

I know how much you love language. Here's an appropriate southern phrase for y'all today..."chomping at the bit". Y'all are chomping at the bit to get to that garden.🤣🤣😘

The bees like Matt so much is because he’s so sweet. Lol.

"Rocks are our best crop" 🤣🤣

I agree with you on dogs Tipper! I love my dog but she is a lot of work and responsibilities. I’m up since 3:30 am because we’re having our first thunderstorm of the year and my dog is freaking out, she’s afraid of thunder, gun shots and fireworks! I think I’d rather have cats but I still have a soft spot in heart for dogs 🐶

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

I love your garden beds! Cannot wait to see it all done… ❤I had to give my little dogs up last summer .. having health issues myself… I couldn’t take care of them …. broke my heart soooo bad! I told my husband … no more dogs …. It hurts too bad to have to give them up! Oh goodness … I understand about the worry and responsibility….. and when you have to travel …. It’s hard … alas! Gods creatures are so precious!

You can use pallet wood we did. We check to be sure it was only heat treated pallets. You could buy galvanized livestock tanks and drill holes in bottom for drainage, they have strong walls. We used child plastic wading pool again drill drainage holes. Of course they are circle. I had my husband put my wading pool up on plastic pallets so i would not have to bend down to ground. Then I planted marigolds around pallets. I like to recycle and repurposed. Save money for seeds, plants, and other tools that our labor- saving. You can put branches cardboard compost,and logs in bottom you only need the top 6-10" for good nutritious soil. I have put cardboard then 3"-6" logs on bottom then branches sticks leaves peat moss straw then manure compost and topsoil mix with potting soil. Every spring you need to add new compost or manure and top soil. Overtime the other items decompose and the nightcrawlers and microorganism love it.. Our pallets made of wood are 5 years old. they were put together not using a level just 6 42" pallets decked screwed together. We also received plastic pallets and made L shape one and a rectangle one they are nice because they come in colors. I get them free from a company that make food products . I like my raised beds because I can sit on the sides of the walls and work in the raised bed. The wood pallets I put cardboard along the inside of the raised bed for the plastic pallets i used landscaping fabric in one and cardboard in another. I haven't had to replace the liners of cardboard or fabric. My goal this year it to get a rain barrel at the end of every raised bed. I got plastic food grade barrels from same company went to you tube got directions to make rain barrel. Basically you have spigot about 2" above bottom of barrel and another hole on one side about 4" from top for overflow pipe. These barrels had hole on top we used for rain to enter in either from downspout or as it rain. We cover hole with screen to keep out leaves. By having barrel at end of raised bed I won't have to carry buckets of water. Raised beds do dry out quicker then beds on the ground. But I love them and now as I have hip problem they keep me gardening. Wish you and Matt lots of happy days gardening.

We had something like this, we added metal cloth the the bottom and some screen to keep slugs out. Then used 2 inch PVC to make a type of frame green house with heavy clear vinyl over it to keep the birds out.

I ran across a saying that I haven't heard in a long time. A friend of mine came by and we were talking about a house that is for sale and all the work that was done to get it ready to sale. His answer was it 's like putting lipstick on a pig. No matter what you do to make it look better you still have a pig since the structural should have been fixed first.

Don't know about any one else but I really look forward to your videos. I have had such wonderful memories of my childhood and younger years and at the same time learned so much from you. Thank you for both 💗.

I would put some cross supports in them a man in Australia ( Self sufficient me ) had after some years had add supports he does use a different brand Birdy brand but there was some issues with the sides collapsing but they do work great wish I had some ❤❤❤

Yes it is so muddy here in North East Tennessee.

Hi! With so much rain, I worry it will be dry this Summer, I always said raining Spring, dry Summer, it like God give enough rain to last through Summer 🤗

Looking good. We had to go with raised beds. The red clay was only 6 inches below ground, not much lasted. We dug out two feet of clay, then drilled down another foot, back filled three inches with clay breaker. We then built four gardens of treated pine rectangles to a foot high and back filled with quality soil.

Rain in the winter is GOD aerating soil I just bet it freezes wet or at least I hope it does the ice will puff up soil for seed starts this spring

Lucky you. You can get a start. We still have a foot and a half of snow, and more coming. You bring me thoughts of Spring... 😀❤

I always think it's interesting what people name their pets. When our cat had kittens she had what looked like twins, except for the fact that one was a little bigger than the other one. I like names that are different, odd or funny. Sooo, I named them Nick, Nack and mama cat became Paddy Whack. 😂

We fill in the above ground garden ing with stump b, wood that will break down over years , then that make good compost later. Saves on the good fill dirt you know it won't grow it really deep . I used cardboard boxes last year and clothes hampers for potatoes. Looks good. We always have old tin laying around. But save your good soil. I make like a hugel mound move my wood and leave that to compost and old soil and fill in dirt took a few trees made a border. God bless ❤️🙏

Y’all are just the cutest couple! Enjoy watching your videos.

Steps looks pretty going up the hill, those steps on the other side of the house looks really nice.

Looks good so far..lots of work please be safe…no falls… I have 3 big German Shepards and all my dogs live 13 to 16 years my oldest 13 years now ..yes they are handful..and when my dog decide to leave this earth ..I say I won’t get any more .. Zeus, Athena and Von ..big dogs 120lbs.,100lbs.and 80 lbs and the girls is the protector of the house ..

Hey Matt Blink TWICE if you are Held Hostage haha giggle !!! I know Tipper won't do that to you But just thought It would be GREAT GIGGLE !!! Back to the Mud slides Use some rocks or half logs for you all for steps that is what we all did on our 4 levels !!!

"I'd rather have what _looks_ level than what _is_ level" There's definitely some truth to that in certain circumstances. Sometimes you can make something technically perfectly level but it looks totally wrong because of the context of things around it. So if it's only cosmetic (doesn't need to be level to function properly) then you might as well just put it how it looks best. It's kind of like art vs science or wisdom vs knowledge.

With all those rocks you speak of they make great rock gardens and also they make wonderful Rock Concerts if you paint the rocks. by the way Laughter is the best medicine for spring Fever.

Don't know how you can eat popsicles on cold days. Makes me cold watching you guys. Thanks enjoyed

I am wondering if Matt could cut the metal roofing in strips about as wide as the store-bought beds. And then use 2x4s or scrap wood in the corners and make the beds square. Could even use wood where the seams meet for strength. I’m only halfway through the video, but I love brainstorming ideas and I couldn’t help myself. Just had to post a comment before I finish the video! Lol.

Enjoyed this! Your metal raised beds look great ! Best wishes for much success with your garden this year ! I understand about dogs . I have had dogs that just loved us , their family, but didn't have anything to do with anyone else . Dogs are definitely alot of responsibility. I've always said " they are like having a toddler that never grows up " . Matt is funny. I understand about knowung things . My late wife use to tell me i had a weskth of " useless knowledge" haha...Thanks Tipper and Matt, appreciate y'all always...God bless...🙏❤️

Here in middle TN we have had a great deal of rain as well. Its making a muddy mess but thats ok as it will change before we know it. Love the garden beds. Its exciting to sit and talk about the garden. You two have a good rapport with each other and thats what its all about. Thanks Tipper for sharing!

I’m such a goof. When you were talking about putting the beds along your steps I was nodding along as if I was standing in front of you and you were telling me personally about it. 🤦🏻‍♀️hahaha

Yes you can fill with paper, cardboard,straw, maybe even some rocks, branches and small limbs,then your dirt and manure,leaves. It will all break down as you know making some good stuff!!

Carrots would be good in the raised beds. Radishes maybe. Rake you up some leaves to put in the beds.

Morning! Very nice beds. If you have Voles or Field Mice, it may protect your root crops by putting wire mesh on the bottom. That'll be very pretty with the Iris' blooming!

So glad y'all were gifted those 2 raised beds. I watched Corie & Austin put theirs together & they were really pleased with them. They used big logs to fill in the bottom so they wouldn't take so much soil. It's exciting to have something new in the garden each year. New changes come with new ideas. Can't wait to see the progress & what you two come up with in the next few weeks.

I’m using old leaky cattle and horse water tanks for beds as well as mineral lick round tubs that are a foot and a half deep. Can hardly wait to lay out my garden this year. My friend is a farmer who discards old water tanks. One is 8 feet long. Perfect for my potatoes.

🧡Tennessee Fields Ya'll just make me happy. Thank you for bringing Love to us. God bless you and keep you.

Wow, what a generous gift! Some stone steps would look pretty up to that bed.

My cousin's name is Wilma, and that will be funny to tell her that she is named after a dog. LOL, I don't know about you folks but we use Ceader Balls that look like marbles, and they keep the moths away from eating your sweaters that are made of wool. Moths love to eat wool. I don't know about nylon yarns but I do know they can eat through the wool. Maybe the Ceader will also keep the bugs down in your yard. Who knows right? I had a friend who had Spring Fever and they took his temperature and he said the thermometer had a bad taste. Did it break or was it the wrong one? I don't know. I didn't dare ask him to elaborate was scared to death.

Great idea about the irises

Great video and new beds! Kinda reminds me of sitting with family! Thanks for sharing! Ground bees can be a problem. I would call the local cooperative extension. They have a lot of good advice! Good Night! ❤🖖👍

Hard to be patient when you are so excited to plant and get things going. When you said for things to take 'holt" I could hear Daddy sayin "Take aholt of that there and help me carry it. 😊" I love the daffodils. One of my favorites. They are a true forerunner of spring. Before you know it your garden will be peeping up through the soil. 😊

It's always good to be with you guys as you go about your day. God bless

Good job getting that raised bed in, Matt! Watched Corie’s video of her and Austin working on their beds. Y’all are such good workers! Love when y’all sit down and talk and eat popsicles or drink cocoa or coffee. God bless and love to all! 💕🤗🙏🏻

Great video as always. Y’all brain storming at the end sounds like the bank garden beds will be all set up in no time at all. Y’all are funny too.

I am so enjoying watching your new garden beds coming together. I am so excited to be able to start planning mine. My husband and I just accepted an offer on our home in Northern California we have had for sale. We will be pulling out of California first week of April heading to Arkansas. Not sure how much gardening I will get to do this summer, but I will have everything ready for the next growing season. Such an exciting time.

can Matt show us some of his bush craft skills in some of your videos. Thanks. Enjoy your show.

You two are so cute! We love watching your videos. We lived on E. Silvermine across from NOC for 4 years. That whole Appalachia area is so beautiful. You're videos are a reminder of what is still good in this crazy world. Thank you for sharing your life. P.S.... the hot chocolate story put a smile on my face

NOTHING IS GROWING HERE! It's cold and rainy. The weather changes hourly. We have another month before we can do anything outside. We have great plans but they are on hold. In Michigan waiting!