I also remember that one fall she made me a quilt that was so special to me. I remember that I stayed with her one night and she had a fire in the wood stove and a big old quilt on the bed in the corner bed I slept so good under that quilt. And I remembered that I woke up to the smell of homemade biscuits and gravey and bacon and eggs. She was up early to get breakfast ready. She was a very loving lady. We used to have what we called cottage prayer 🙏 meetings in her house it was an old house built in the 30s but it was full of love ❤️. She is gone now and the house is falling down but you can still go there and remember the love she would always set on the porch with her Bible and you could hear her praying at her bed side when you got out of the car thanks again

Tipper, you could write your own book and call it " Little House in the Holler" ! I love saving seeds, they're gonna come in handy in the times that lie ahead of us. It's smart and thrifty reusing your paper towels and plastic bags. You're exactly right, being self sufficient is very rewarding. Knowing you have the ability to provide for your family on your own is a special feeling.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

I love that-Little House in the Holler 😀 I know you know well that wonderful feeling of providing for your family!

@12clr12

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendaarnold8485 me too!

@kimnichols1458

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to buy any books you've written and Little House in the Holler sounds Great!!

Miss Tipper it occurs to me how much our Heavenly Father blesses His children with an abundance of seeds. You just can't out beat His caring for us. Us country boys and girls can survive thanks to Him.

I always feel like I’m sitting right there with you talking while your working. You’re channel is so relaxing. Thank you for all your videos 💕✌️🌱

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😊 thank you

Thanks for showing how to do things. I didn’t have anyone to teach me how to grow food, cut up a big squash, or preserve or cook it. I really appreciate seeing how everything is done. (Bonnie)

My granddaddy would put his saved seeds in a used envelope which he would fold over several times, then put the envelopes into a canning jar with a lid. He would keep the jars in an old cabinet on the back porch. I learned so much from my grandparents and parents. I store my seeds the same way except I keep my jars in the basement. Thank you very much for sharing. I feel a might kindred with you, Tipper.

You're so honest and transparent in everything you say and do. That is just so refreshing. Good luck with your gardening endeavors and thank you Tipper for being the woman you are.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Tommy toes… I’ve not heard that phrase since I was a kid. About 60 years ago. My late Mom had her roots in Appalachia. She’s been gone 38 years and I wish I had asked her more questions. I love your videos they so remind me of her.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀 Thank you Diana 😀

@bethanyfields4706

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just now watching the video. Is she referring to Tommy Toe (tomatoes)? If so, that's what my Aunt Betty always called them!! I'm 47, and sure miss her each and every day.♥️

@egdg120575

2 жыл бұрын

@@bethanyfields4706 she’s talking about what we call today cherry tomatoes.

Ma'am, anyone in the modern world that reuses a paper towel is a gem. Great work feeding your family. I pray for young ladies to be inspired by your passion.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Miss Tipper - The picture I sent you of my butternut squash pie was just half of the pulp from one squash. I halved it, scooped out the seeds and strings and baked it rind-side up on a big cookie sheet. After it cooled I was able to scoop all the flesh out with an ice cream scoop. I squeezed it through a ricer just to be sure all the seeds and rind were out of it, then used it like pumpkin puree or sweet potato mash. There was plenty for two deep-dish pies. It was tasty for sure, and didn't last long around home.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Those pies are so good 😀

I found that I don't need to take Anxiety Meds because I can watch your videos and such a calming, soothing effect comes over me while I reminisce back to my childhood working and canning with my Mom. And later with my Mother-in-law. The Country way of life is such a blessing. Thank you for sharing your daily life us all.

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoy them 😀

I enjoyed it thoroughly. Fall and winter are my favorite times of the year. I love the feeling of coziness and security.

My Mom would save Flower Seeds in Envelopes. You bring up good Memories.

Takes me back to my childhood doing this with my grandparents I enjoyed it I sure do miss it

I’m a mom of 4 kids (soon to be 5), two of which are Autistic. Instead of carving pumpkins for Halloween, we paint them! I lay a big old oilcloth tablecloth out on the front porch and let them paint to their heart’s content. I also give them stickers, googly eyes, etc.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a good idea 😀

Always enjoy your channel. My Bride saves seeds from her garden every year. She grows Korean Cucumbers, Hot peppers and sesame seeds. The leaves of the Sesame Plant are edible. She also uses the seeds in cooking some of her Korean Dishes. Love Y'all. God Bless.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard 😀

I live in the city now. I have saved seed most of my life. Now I stick fruit seeds in a pot and watch them grow. I’ve give away lemon , lime, avocado, plums, even pomegranate.

Butternut squash is .99 cents a pound here in Va. I didn’t grow any this year but will grow some next year ! It does amaze me they keep so long. I had two that stayed under my sink for about a year. I ended up making butter nut squash soup.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donna 😀

@kathrynossoff9524

2 жыл бұрын

In the fall one of our local orchard has butternut squash for $2.00 each. The squash is very large. Bigger than what's normal found in the supermarket. This year however the price was up. I bought 3 large butternut for $3.50 each. Still a great price. They might drop the price just before they shut down for winter. It is my favorite squash.

@melissarastatter7855

2 жыл бұрын

I’m making that for early thanksgiving dinner next week.

It was an airish day in North Georgia too!!! 🌟💜🌟💜🌟

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀

I always used the little brown lunch bags, then roll the bag up around the seeds, write on the bags then put the bags in a 1/2 gallon canning jar in the root cellar until spring. I miss those days of homesteading. Getting old sucks like lemons! 😝

What a great idea! I’d love to read your “Little House In The Holler” book. My Mommy saved seeds. I love it!

I remember seeing my grandmother guilting frame that was just wooden strips tied up to the ceiling. I am sure that there are many kinds of frames?that is a labor of love to sew together scraps of clothes to make a quilt. I understand that they made quilts for different occasions like marriage baby's birth gradation ect. Have a blessed night

I really enjoyed your video today. I watched ALL of it! You give good ideas about saving seeds, drying squash, and other things, too! I always get a reminder of how my Mother did these things. I think she saved most every good seed!

Tipper i most certainly did have just a wonderful wonderful time of a visit with you. I so dearly love these vlogs of yours. Love just having anytime with you and Corey and Katie, two fine young ladies, hoots and half each, yet still very well brought up. Young ladies you and paw can be proud to claim.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😀

amazing you are Tipper. This sounds redundant , but you truly are

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my-thank you 😀

Great Tipper! Do as much as you can during these unsure times! We all need to take notice! God Bless!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😀

@mamamode1312

2 жыл бұрын

@@CelebratingAppalachia unsure times, yup, you remember Alabama Song "High Cotton", well when you got Appalachia running in your veins these times are just "High Cotton", use what you have, do what you know, rehear the stories of your elders in your mind, its all Just "High Cotton". Our people made through those times past we'll make it through these times, too.

Oh, another "Little House on the Prairie" fan! I am 75 and when I discovered Laura's books when I was nine years old I thought I was in heaven...I still read "The Long Winter" in the wintertime here in Michigan..that was a real story of survival.

I also peel mine prior to cutting. I’ve learned that using a paper towel on the “wet” side helps me hold onto it better.

Tommy toe!! I haven’t heard that since my granny in Arkansas a million years ago! 😍😍😍

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀 Thank you for watching!

I thought about when we went Squirrel hunting and grandmother would fix them and make squirrel gravey she used the drippings from frying the squirrel.

My Granny talked about drying pumpkins when she was a child, cut in rings and run onto tobacco sticks and hung over the fireplace. In my day she froze and canned them. She’d make pumpkin like you would sweet potatoes and serve them on the table as a savory side dish.

Really enjoyed visiting with you today! I always learn something! Thank you!

A neighbor gave me a huge cushaw,the green and white striped...I carved and cut on that one for an hour,cut it up and put it in my food processor. I got 15 cups of puree. I used some along with some pumpkin in a cake with walnuts it was delicious. The rest went in the freezer, so many things we can make with these squashes.😊🎃. Have a lovely weekend.

Tipper, I have so enjoyed this segment in the life and times of Tipper the Gardner and preserver. Growing and putting up food is labor intensive but so very rewarding. I have put up food in my time but never as much as you do and I never grew my own food as you do. Have I told you lately that you are amazing? If not consider it done. You are absolutely remarkable!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀

I just got to thinking about when I was a young boy we used to go out in the woods and set our rabbit gums that we had built sometimes we got a rabbit and maybe something else. We also used to hunt for a stick to make a sling shot. We had a great time the woods was our play ground. I bet your husband built rabbit gums and stuff. Thank you

You always make me miss growing up in north central MO farm country and getting to spend time with my grandmother. While my brother was out with grandpa tending the fields and cattle I spent a lot of time with grandma tending the garden, picking beans, shelling peas, shucking corn and so on and then canning stuff and otherwise putting it away for the rest of the year. Only wish I had the room to do some of that now.

My Aunt Gracie kept Butternut squash under her bed. She covered them loosely with newspaper. She also made pies with them like Pumpkin pies- same spices. They were good. We ate them baked, just slice them like you did. We'd put either butter salt and pepper, or we'd eat them with butter, cinnamon and brown sugar.

I totally LOVED this visit. Just finished re-watching the latest Mountain Path, then the girls halloween video and finishing up with this lovely visit. I'm so grateful for your videos, Tipper. Nothing that comes from TV or movies comes close to as rewarding as your videos. Hope I don't sound presumptuous to say you seem like a good old friend to me. thank you.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoy what we do 😀

I love roasting the seeds

Enjoy these visits so much. I’m alone now, but you have made me remember all the times we “put up” for the winter. Think I’ll save a few seeds and put them in the flower garden!🎃☮️♥️

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donna 😀

I see that I'm not the only one who save seeds in those amber colored medicine bottles. I have a lot of them anymore.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

I never thought about using them but they work really well 😀

My great granny hung her pumpkin on a string close to the cookstove. She put muslin over them to keep them clean. This was the same line she used to hang cloths on to dry in the winter when everything outside was frozen. So maybe if you hang your pumpkins after its cool enough for a heat source? The problem for outside drying in southern appalachia is the humidity. Too humid and things mold before they can dry.

Love this so much. Listening to your sweet gentle voice talking to us like we are neighbors who stopped by for a visit while you were busy in the kitchen. I will start saving seeds from my produce more often. Love butternut squash. Bless you!

We had a couple of real airish days! In fact it was a northeastern! Without the snow. Just constant terrific winds and torrential rains! Definitely a Irish! I, too have not turned on the furnace. Nor has my son burned wood, yet. It sounds funny, but I li ke my window open all the time! No matter the weather. The head of NY bed is right under the open window. My feet get cold, so ,already I've started wearing socks to bed. And a couple night ago. I found a winter head covering. Just for the heck of it I wore it throughout the night. It wonderfully with just a lightweight blanket over me. I slept nicely, toasty and comfortable!!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

I like the window open too 😀

Same thing's goin' on over here, old butternut squash and all. : )

I absolutely love the way you do your cooking, and process for food storage…. Thanks many times over for sharing your wonderful videos! All you do for us is very much appreciated! Blessings be with you and yours! :)

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Wonderful video, thank you Tipper. 😊

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Robin 😀

Putting up seeds for next year's garden and drying squash, peppers and apples to use over the winter months impressed me as keeping the pioneer spirit alive. Very resourceful.

Some seeds germinate better if frozen awhile. I am in Texas where we din't have long cold winters, and if you don't freeze your beet seeds they just won't germinate well.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

Little orange might be sweet suns. Yummy. Hope we get to see your green house this spring. Dahlias can be grown from tubers and seed. Such a pretty flower.

Enjoyed your video, you live in such a beautiful place!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I always peel cucumbers or eggplant before cutting them, so I'd probably do that with squash as well, but the one recipe i regularly make with zucchini and butternut squash doesn't require they be peeled. Then again, I always prepare them within one week of purchase, so they don't have much time to get soft.

Bless you Tipper! This video is so comforting and nurturing. Seed saving will save us all! Much love from Ontario Canada.

Hi Tipper! Enjoyed watching you put up your butternuts. Although it’s a fall “chore” it seems it’s a pleasurable and rewarding one; such a feeling of satisfaction when your done. 👍

Those pepper plants can be over wintered cut them back hard and pot em up in a spot in the corner. Water periodically.

Mom and Dad raised 6 kids on the farm. We ate a ton of butternut squash. One way we ate them I never heard anyone else who did it that way..... we would cut the neck section of the squash in slabs and fry them like steaks browning them just a little. And always had white milk gravy on top with salt and pepper.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds yummy!

That small butternut will be mighty tasty baked with a big pat of butter and a little bit of sugar, mmmm, mmmm! Thanks for sharing, Miss Tipper!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Yum 😀

Butternut squash make good pies! Just make them like you would pumpkin pies.

Your trees are looking pretty. Ours are gone by and its cold in the mornings! I planted mystery squash one year because they were not labeled!

I love butternut squash. I threw a bunch in my freezer. I love growing food, blemishes & all. They taste so much better than store bought. They pick everything before it's ripe. I always wonder what all kinds of chemicals they use to grow produce. I feel pretty self sufficient too Tipper. I give my girls a bunch of fruits & veggies too. They work & have kids so, they are busy. I'm feeding my grandbabies too. Grandbabies are so wonderful!!! Patty Beth in Texas. 💘

I'm really amazed at how long the butternut squash has kept. This morning I worked on storing my seeds,makes me excited about next spring.Thanks Tipper For Sharing Your different techniques on storing seeds and foods. You have a Good Evening and God Bless 🙂.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donald-seems like we are doing the same chores 😀

As always I enjoy visiting your channel. Thanks Tipper.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it 😀

I quit using paper towels for my seeds, due to the seeds being difficult to remove. I now use flannel fabric from old pajamas, and the seeds scrape right off with nothing sticking to them. I see your seeds, and envision the bounty from them next year.

I remember grandma saving some of her seeds. She lived by her self. She loved to garden she would always say that it was a sin to let things grow up in weeds. I tried to help but I couldn't dig a straight rows. But she always said that more grows in a crooked row. I remember that one day her and my brother went to the garden and she saw a black snake and my brother was going to kill it and he was swinging that hoe and a brier grabbed his shoulder and he ran across the garden hollering snake grandma get it off she was 80 years old and she said I couldn't catch him. 😂😁

I really appreciate these videos you make, passing on the knowledge and skills that you have. It reminds me of the feeling you get as a youngster when your ma would teach you how to do things meaningfully with sincere care, the way her ma had taught her. ❤ It's not just the practical advice but also the friendly anecdotes that create such a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Your passion and sincerity are always apparent and I just love that about your videos. Thank you for inviting us into your kitchen and sharing with us!

Awesome.Tipper.enjoyed watching you preserve for your family.Gods blessing on you all.a beautiful life well lived.♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 😀

All the signs are here also, it's time to get busy. Very educational and good ideas. I figure you might not be there but I have a 11 point on my property and he's going to be Christmas supper if I have anything to do with it. Thanks again, the wife loves it. If it's a blizzard and power is gone bury food in the snow 😋

Theirs a few videos going around on you tube saying we're fixing to have our first big cold front next week and it's likely to be only in upper 30's here in the western mountains of Arkansas so I'd say you're right about cold weather coming! Great video! I'm putting away some meat🦌 got one in the freezer and 5 more to go🏹💥🦌🇺🇲

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the meat! The same here-one in more to come we hope 😀

@rowdybroomstick1216

2 жыл бұрын

That's great! Thanks for the reply 😃

Tipper i absolutely love watching all your videos you are so down to earth and honest .I was raised like that and still put up anything i can I hardly ever go to a grocery store for anything but flour meal and just very few things . Keep the videos coming and god bless you and your family .

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that thank you 😀

Wonderful video. Thank you!

I agree that it is very satisfying to grow your own food and subsist on what you grow and harvest ,whether it be fruit ,vegetable or animal ....thanks tipper .....God bless.....❤

You ever grow purple beans. They're kinda magical they come off the vine purple but when they come out the canner they're green.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

I've never grown them but I've seen them-they are so pretty 😀

Thank you for sharing some of your end of summer chores. I always enjoy listening to your stories/recollections. Be well, stay safe and God bless y'all! 😊🌻🌻❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Great video as always. Thanks for sharing with us, Tipper.

I love seeds!

Thank you Tipper for sharing. Love y'all. Take care. God bless.

Great video! Enjoyed it so much.

I'm in West Virginia (near Charleston) and I am so happy I found your Channel! I love it so much❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you-I'm so glad you enjoy it 😀

I’m also chuckling to myself you can tell I’m on the backside of 60. I use envelopes too lol

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀 I love that!

Good to see you putting back, preserving and ready for next springs planting. Especially in these times. It might be time for you to build you a root cellar. Very useful and would make for a great video series.

I love this video. Reminds me of my mom. She baked butternut squash with apples and sausage covered with butter and brown sugar. Absolutely delicious 💕🙏🙏

Wrapping up work for the day - this video is just what I needed!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀

Your Bracelet reminds me of a POW Bracelet I had in the Early 1970’s until it was stolen.

I remember going around with my grandmama and saving marigold seeds

The blizzard of ‘93 I remember that

Tipper--One real advantage of storing seeds in a freezer is that it avoids any damage from mice, insects, or other intruders. The freezer also kills weevils or any eggs laid within the seeds. As for butternut squash, and for that matter any of the winter squashes, they seem to be made for a marriage with brown sugar and butter.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

So good with brown sugar and butter 😀 Thank you Jim!

We all seem to love everything Tipper and family 🥰 I just love old fashioned names such as aunt "Ina". Oh my "garsh", a birdhouse from a hollowed gourd!!!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀 Thank you

Loving this garden chat. Have just collected the last of the runner bean seeds. Cut the butternuts last week. Only two but one was huge. Glad to know they might keep so well but I will keep an eye on them. Grapes finished weeks ago and I miss the juice. I made jam and grape leather and also dried apples. It's like Little House on the Prairie in central London;-) PS will be making that Fruit Cocktail cake shortly x

I roasted a couple acorn squash after they sat out on my counter for 4-6 months. They ended up tasting good, but were pretty tough. Next time I have old squash to use, I'll try a recipe that will replace some of the lost moisture, like soup or something.

I had all my flower seeds drying on my back porch and the wend we had last night blow them over I've got to sweep them up and put them in bags.

I've grown Dahlias from seed many times 💜

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

I enjoyed this thank you

Hello friend! Thanks for the visit. I didn’t know I could save my seeds since I grew more than one variety of pumpkins in the same area?🤔

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

😀 Hey Robbie Lynn! They might cross, but most of the time my pumpkins stay true 😀

Thanks for the stories and the how-to for dehydrating butternut squash. A couple weeks ago my brother-in-law's sister brought us several butternut squash, and I was just thinking how I needed to store some of those against the winter, when my brother-in-law walked in with a 12 and a half pound giant squash. His sister gave us one of those last year, too. It's a breed of squash that they bred in Tahiti, and it can grow bigger than 20 pounds. We don't have that many people to dinner! I'm guessing we will process that different ways to save it. Happy Hallowe'en!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! That's a big squash 😀

The story is if ya put the seeds in the freezer it tricks em into think'in it winter and they keep better and go dormant...just say'in !!!

Dehydrating 2 jack o lantern pumpkins as we speak! Only ones that grew this year. saving seeds to plant too! My kids are more excited bout diceing pumpkins than carving them.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful 😀

You inspired me to save some squash seeds. Followed your instructions to clean and dry. Can’t wait to grow them in the spring.

Thank you, Tipper, I enjoyed this so much!!💗

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

When I lived in Iowa, I had a huge garden. Like you, it made me feel good to be self sufficient - canning food and saving seeds. How long can dried seeds last? I still have a lot I saved in Iowa, because when I moved back to San Diego, I was not able to have a garden like I had planned. I had prayed before moving, asking if it was God’ will. He shut all the doors in Iowa, and opened a very big one in San Diego. My Dad owns a lot of houses that he rents out there. The house next to my parent’s, the tenants had lived there 21 years. The day before I called my Dad to tell him I had made the decision to move home, that tenant had turned in his 30 day rental notice. After 21 years, they decided to buy their own house, and had just closed their escrow! Wow! That was a huge yes to me that I was supposed to go home. The reason I couldn’t have a garden, though, was because that spring my mom had noticed the tenant spraying something all over the front and back yards. He told my mom that he was tired of mowing the grass, so he sprayed weed killer over all the lawn and flower beds! What?! My mom was not happy. I did not trust growing food that I was going to be eating growing in a ground that had been saturated with chemicals. So, I didn’t grow a garden. Even though I am on an acre here at my house in North Carolina, I am on a hill. I know you live on a mountain! I see your garden and I am so envious. I also live in executive housing by the golf course. I don’t have any neighbors who have vegetable gardens, so I don’t know if I can. I know you can’t have a clothesline, which I miss terribly. And you can’t have chickens here. And I know some neighbors really pay attention to what you are doing at your house. Right after I moved here, I bought some furniture, and the people I bought it from were kind enough to haul the pieces to my house for me. They had a trailer they had fixed up that looked like a fancy chicken house. It was cute!!! Well, they pulled up my hill onto my front lawn, parked, then came in my house for a few minutes. They had no sooner said hello to me, when a neighbor showed up at my door to inform me that I could not have chickens in this neighborhood. I showed her that it was just a trailer bringing furniture to me. The neighbor and I get along now, we are not super close, but we are friendly. I laugh with some friends that I am sure she thought I was the Beverly Hillbilly moving into her neighborhood five years ago! I enjoyed this video. So much good information. Thank you for taking the time to make it! I, too, love the Little House books and reread them often. Donna. : )

@maryblushes71895

2 жыл бұрын

You can use old seeds, but they won't do as well, so just plant them thicker, since some won't come up. I have used seeds as old as 5 years or more, but you have to plant them thick cause getting germination on old seeds is iffy. Also depends on how well you stored them.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donna! Robert gave you a great answer for the seeds 😀

@donnasue9749

2 жыл бұрын

@@maryblushes71895 Thank you for your reply, Robert! I know I didn’t put the seeds in the freezer, so I am thinking they aren’t any good. I do have them in plastic baggies. I am thinking about trying container gardening this coming spring. If I do, I will put the seeds in thicker when I plant them. Thank you very much for your advice!! I am sorry I am just now getting back to you. I have been doing volunteer work every evening this week, and am just now getting home. Donna. : )

@maryblushes71895

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnasue9749 no problem Donna. I am actually Mary, Rob's wife. I have a green thumb and got it from my father, who always saved his seeds. He got it from his Mom who was born in 1898. She also had a green thumb and was from the hills. I am 70 and grew up gardening, canning, etc. My Dad did not freeze his seeds generally. He just cleaned, dried and put them in paper envelopes, labeled, or in old medicine bottles. As along as they are kept dry is the main thing. There are some seeds that need to be frozen, but most do not.

@donnasue9749

2 жыл бұрын

@@maryblushes71895 Thank you!! These have been kept dry. I have had them stored in an old metal bread box. I have kept them in the laundry room wherever I have lived. Both of my parents have green thumbs and have always hardened. My thumb can be more brown than green sometimes, but I keep trying. I love growing vegetables, and I think flowers are God’s prettiest creation! I really appreciate your replies!! You have been very helpful. I enjoyed reading about your family! Donna. : )

You are such a pleasure to listen to and watch. My wood stove is on here in Pa, northern Appalchia .

@CelebratingAppalachia

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Thank you 😀 I expect we'll have a fire soon too.