Making Applesauce (with Our Homegrown Worm-y Apples ) & Dried Flowers for Our Mantle!
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00:00 through what we have here. We're going to pick them all today. We'll harvest all the apples.
00:03 Most of them will go to Bethany's pigs because they have some pretty severe damage, but if there
00:07 are some that look okay, like I was looking, this one looks pretty good, we will save these and I
00:14 intend on making some applesauce with these. After we're done here, I'm going to be making a couple
00:18 of arrangements for our mantle for fall. And I am going to be making them primarily out of flowers
00:24 that will last forever in a vase. Either they have a really long vase life or they are really
00:29 suitable as dried flowers. I want to focus on those types because I don't want to swap the mantle out
00:35 for fall. I want it to go through October and probably a good part of November because I am
00:40 hosting Thanksgiving this year and I want it to still kind of look fall even though I will have
00:44 started Christmas decorating by that point. Anyway, I need the flowers to last a while.
00:49 First off, I'm really proud of this tree. I mean, it was my fault that it, you know, sustained all
00:54 the damage that it did from the coddling moths because I did not treat it like I should have.
00:58 You know, we came out and we did our winter application of liquid copper and horticultural oil
01:03 which does take care of a lot of plant diseases, especially like leaf curl and stuff in the peaches
01:09 and nectarine. But it doesn't really take care, I've not seen a dormant oil or even the horticultural
01:15 oil that's labeled for coddling moths. And maybe I'm just using the wrong stuff, but it's more of
01:21 an in-season spray that you have to use to control the coddling moth. So what happens, our little
01:27 kind of brownish gray moth that overwinter oftentimes in, you know, debris or maybe even
01:33 underneath bark, things like that. And in the spring they hatch and start to grow and then the
01:37 adults start laying, the female adults start laying eggs on developing fruit and leaves nearby.
01:43 So like as this one was developing, she probably came and laid eggs either on the apple or right
01:48 above it. And then when they hatched, those larvae came down and they started feeding on the apple.
01:54 There are a couple of different types of entry points here. There's like a, what they call a
02:00 sting, where the larvae will go in just a little ways and die. And then there's like a deep,
02:04 I don't know what they call it, but where they go deeper and they'll actually go feed on the
02:08 seed cavity inside the apple. And oftentimes you'll see a bunch of frass, which I can find
02:14 right here. See that? That's called frass, that stuff that they push out from behind them,
02:18 because it's got to go somewhere, you know, the stuff that they don't eat anyway. And then after
02:23 the larvae are done feeding, they will drop out of the apple or they will just go to a different site
02:28 where they can spin a cocoon and there will be the pupae, is that what you call it? Before they
02:34 hatch again. Sometimes there'll be a couple of generations in a season. If it's early in the
02:38 season, it takes about three weeks for them to maybe a little shy of three weeks for them to
02:43 hatch again and have the whole life cycle happen again. If it's later in the season, a lot of times
02:47 they will overwinter and then hatch again the next spring. So there are a few different methods of
02:51 control here. And one of the reasons, one of them, I mean, we do get really busy in the spring and
02:55 things like that, especially when we just have two small trees, those little chores sometimes fall
02:59 between the cracks. But also this year we were trying really hard not to spray anything out here
03:06 and we didn't. We didn't spray anything in the cut flower garden in season with more of like a
03:11 broad spectrum insecticide. We used predatory mites instead to control the threat population
03:16 out here. But in doing that and not spraying out here, the coddling moths did take over.
03:20 So in our area, what we typically do with apples is when about two thirds of the blooms have fallen
03:26 off, they'll still have some blooms left on the tree, but two thirds of the petals have fallen,
03:30 you start in with a fruit tree spray and you apply every two weeks until the end of July.
03:35 And that will usually take care of any generations of coddling moths that will
03:38 come at your tree. And you can, there are lots of different sprays labeled fruit tree spray.
03:45 I think the one from Bonnide that I'm familiar with, that's a organic spray is a cold press
03:51 neem oil, I believe. And there are others out there. So there's a couple of different things
03:55 that I'm going to do a little bit more research this winter, because I'm just not as familiar
03:58 with them. So if you guys have some thoughts on it, I would love to know, but there is a type of
04:03 clay. It's kaolin clay. I don't even know if I'm saying that right, but it's something that you
04:08 can spray on the tree. It actually forms like a little white powder on everything. And that powder
04:13 repels pests. It causes irritation and it's just an obstacle for them wanting to feed and or lay
04:19 eggs and all of that business. It's also supposed to help with fungal spores and it creates a sun
04:24 barrier, which is said to help improve your crop, crop size and productivity and all of that,
04:29 which that's all good stuff. The only two things I don't love about it. Now, all of this is surface
04:34 level knowledge because I just want to spend some time pouring through all the options this winter
04:38 before we need to think about this again, is that it does create a white film on your entire tree.
04:44 And that means two trees that are in the very front of our orchard will look like they're covered in
04:47 white hard water damage, which is something we try to avoid at all costs on everything else in our
04:52 garden. And, you know, I like our garden to be pretty. I like the garden for aesthetic purposes
04:58 as well. I just do. So I don't know if I'm going to love that. And also they say, because it
05:03 prevents bugs from coming to it because they don't like it, it can also prevent beneficials from
05:09 coming to it as well, which in turn can make a red spider mite population boom, which is something
05:15 that we normally deal with. And because it's just two trees, it probably wouldn't be that big of a
05:20 deal. But I don't know. So I'm just going to think through that. The other thing we can do if we
05:25 don't want to spray the tree with the clay is we could put coddling moth traps in here, which you
05:30 replace every eight weeks through a good part of the season. And what they have is some type of a
05:36 scent or an attractant, a pheromone that attracts the male coddling moth. And if you get after early
05:41 enough, a lot of times you can trap a lot of the males before they even have a chance to mate.
05:46 There are also things called maggot barriers, which are like little nylon socks that go over
05:51 your fruit that expand as the fruit grows, thus creating a barrier for the larva can't feed on
05:57 them. There's also a type of virus that's very specific to a coddling moth that you can spray
06:02 on the trees when the eggs are starting to hatch. It's not harmful to beneficial insects at all.
06:07 And that really interests me. I'm going to get with the company that we got the predatory mites
06:12 from and ask them some questions about it. It's like CYD-X. I don't really know a ton, but it's
06:18 an interesting method for sure. We've seen such good results with the predatory mite release.
06:22 I mean, it's taken a little while and I think it's going to take into next season as well,
06:26 being diligent with that. But if we can get to kind of a situation where we're not spraying
06:30 anything at all and just have this nice little ecosystem out here, that would be amazing.
06:36 So anyway, that's where we're at with the apple tree. I'll have more information on that,
06:40 of course, once I figure out exactly what we're going to do and maybe get some of your input and
06:45 your opinions about this whole thing. So for now, I'm going to put the most affected apples in one
06:51 basket for the pigs, and then I'll save some that I think we could salvage for applesauce
06:56 in another basket. So let's get these all harvested.
07:16 Oh, good job. You can go put it in that basket. No, I'll give you an apple to eat.
07:25 These have some damage to them, babe. Almost. I missed you. You want to pick this one?
07:32 That's not right. Yeah.
07:40 Oh, watch me. Okay. Okay. Good job. High five. Yeah.
07:50 This one can go in that basket.
08:10 Good job. All right, guys. Not as bad as I thought it was going to be, to be completely honest with
08:16 you. So this basket right here, minimal damage. There's a few. I think this one,
08:20 yeah, it just barely has some, almost looks like surface level damage. We'll see when we get in
08:26 there. Some of them have a little bit more, like right there, but this whole half is really clean.
08:32 So we'll just cut the affected part off. So I'm going to take these in right now,
08:36 and we're just going to make some quick cinnamon applesauce unsweetened that we'll just eat fresh.
08:41 We won't can it because there's just really not that, not enough to can really. And then these
08:46 right here that are looking pretty crummy, these will all go to Bethany's pigs and they will enjoy
08:51 them. So what I do when I make applesauce, whether I'm canning it or I'm just going to eat it fresh
08:55 as I cut my apples up into kind of uniform size pieces, I toss them into a big pot with a tiny
09:00 bit of apple cider. I've got some fresh pressed apple cider that Benny just dropped by yesterday,
09:05 just to add a tiny bit of moisture. And then I just put in cinnamon to taste and I cook them
09:10 down. I use my immersion blender to just make it into a nice applesauce consistency. And then I
09:16 pack it up and put it in the fridge or put it in jars and I process it. I'd have to look at the
09:20 processing time cause I can't remember off the top of my head, but I use that recipe,
09:24 which is very basic and really very pure. It's so good, whether or not I'm canning or not.
09:31 So let's go do that. And then we will think about the mantle. Oh my goodness.
09:49 So
09:59 So
10:27 All right, guys, it has been a few days. Time got away from me, but we do have a little bit
10:31 of the applesauce left, just a little bit. We got a whole mixing bowl out of what we harvested the
10:36 other day. The consistency is just perfect. And that little bit of cinnamon, oh, so tasty. We've
10:42 been really enjoying it. It's definitely a more tedious process though, because it takes a lot
10:46 longer when you have to cut around all that damage. Plus I take the extra step of going
10:50 back through all my pieces to make sure I didn't miss anything. If you did miss something,
10:55 it's not going to hurt you at all. It just, that thought kind of grosses me out though.
10:58 So I want to make sure that whatever I'm cooking is clean. Hey babe, how are you doing?
11:02 I love your hat. Oh, you're going to play in the truck. Awesome. With an adult. Good. Good.
11:10 It's just nice to know that you have the ability to use your produce, even if, you know, something
11:14 like spraying your apple trees falls between the cracks. And then we have this winter again to
11:18 research and kind of decide what method we want to use next year to approach the problem,
11:24 knowing that it's definitely a problem. So that is it about the apples. Now we can tackle our
11:28 mantle arrangements, which I'm excited for. These are the vases we're going to use. Aren't they
11:32 fancy? We're going to go maximalist with these arrangements, like big and abundant, lots of
11:38 color. We're going to be utilizing some really beautiful hydrangeas. These are the blue
11:42 enchantress hydrangeas, which are starting to turn a little bit more pink, which they do in our area.
11:48 Usually the first season, like the season we get them, and these are in pots because I can't get
11:52 them to live in the ground. They will be more blue and they were way more vibrant blue earlier in the
11:57 season, but you can see they're starting to fade more pink, but the color is so pretty on the,
12:03 the spent blooms. We've also got some gorgeous quick fire fab hydrangeas, some limelight prime
12:09 hydrangeas that have beautiful color. But again, I want to use all things that will either last a
12:14 long time in a vase, like over a month in a vase or things that will dry beautifully. And it's
12:21 going to be hard to stick to that because the dahlias are still going strong. A lot of stuff
12:25 still going strong in the garden, the roses. But you know, if I did an arrangement with those,
12:29 I'd have to swap them out in five to seven days. And this is an arrangement I want to keep for a
12:34 little while. Also, those of you who've been watching our videos for a while know I have a
12:38 love hate relationship with our fireplace. The fireplace is in the side of the house that was
12:43 built in the early eighties. And you can tell, you can definitely tell it's a three-sided fireplace
12:48 though, which I love. It's very unique. The big side faces our great room. And then there's a
12:52 little side that faces our kitchen. Another side that faces a hallway. I love the kitchen and the
12:57 hallway sides. All three of them have different kinds of masonry. Like one side, the kitchen
13:02 side's brick. The hallway side is a gray stone, but the great room side is this orange stone.
13:09 And the doors are great big. They're iron, they're heavy, and they've got a lot of iron scroll work
13:13 on it. So it's been a little bit of an intimidating place for me to decorate because that side has the
13:18 mantle is not what I would choose, you know, had I built the fireplace, but it's all stuff that can
13:23 be changed, but I am thankful that we have it. I love that we have the ability to heat the house
13:27 if the power was out. It's never happened before, but you know, you never know. And it just is a
13:31 good feeling. I also love the sound, the look and the feel of a wood fire. I grew up in a house that
13:37 we heated by the way of a wood fireplace, so it just feels normal and it feels right. And I love
13:43 that. So definitely love it more than, I mean, the aesthetic changes can be fixed later. Later on,
13:49 after we're done with all the garden projects, it keeps that going down and down and down our list
13:53 of priorities. Okay, here's what we're going to do. I'm going to go out and gather stuff. I'm
13:56 going to make the arrangements right here on this table because it's closest to the fireplace. I can
14:00 make my mess out here. Yeah. And I don't have to transport them as far. So let's go out and get
14:05 our stuff. I'll give you a little tour of everything I end up with once we're back here and then we'll
14:10 build.
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15:58 - I think we're ready to start building this arrangement.
16:00 I prepped the first vase.
16:02 Now I am gonna put a tiny bit of water
16:04 at the bottom of the vase,
16:05 just enough for the flowers to use up,
16:08 but not enough to where there's going to be excess in there
16:11 that will sit there and stagnate
16:12 and then possibly smell after a few weeks.
16:14 So I might put, you know, an inch or two in the bottom
16:19 and these blooms, they're alive enough still
16:21 that they will soak up some of the water
16:23 and that will help preserve,
16:25 especially like the hydrangeas.
16:27 Sometimes I'll make an arrangement just with these flowers
16:30 and not use any water at all and they do great.
16:32 But this is the infrastructure here.
16:34 We've got some chicken wire
16:35 and this is like the wide chicken wire.
16:37 I do have an example of the smaller hole chicken wire
16:42 right here.
16:43 So you can kind of, maybe right there,
16:46 you can see the difference.
16:47 So there's the smaller hole versus the larger right here.
16:51 And so I just kind of make a sphere of the chicken wire.
16:53 Look at my fingers from processing those flowers,
16:55 getting all the leaves removed off of them.
16:58 But I put the sphere of chicken wire kind of wadded up
17:01 and shoved down in the vase.
17:02 And then you can, I'm going to put a different piece of tape.
17:04 I didn't cut this one quite long enough,
17:06 but this is just like floral tape.
17:09 You can get it in the floral department,
17:11 like at Joann's or craft store.
17:13 This helps keep the chicken wire in place.
17:15 So let's run through our goodies.
17:17 First of all, aren't these the coolest things?
17:20 These are the Tennessee spinning gourds
17:23 and it's like they're their own little garlands already.
17:26 Just little cute gourds all along the stem.
17:30 Benjamin and I were out there, we removed all the leaves.
17:33 So we were just left with the stems and the gourds.
17:35 Of course we have the hydrangeas here.
17:36 I didn't cut those yet.
17:37 I'll cut those when I'm ready to use them,
17:38 but I did get some of the limelight prime
17:42 and those have such beautiful color.
17:44 We've got echinacea seed heads right here.
17:46 I did remove some of the petals,
17:48 but I just picked some that had some nice orange color
17:50 in them.
17:51 We've got some, I think this is Crystal Palace Celosia
17:55 and then there's the Sunday Wine Red Celosia
17:58 and those both dry nicely.
18:00 We've got yarrow right here and this is a blend,
18:03 like a summer pastels blend, I think is what the name is.
18:06 Bunch of pretty color and those dry beautifully.
18:08 This is the Midnight Masquerade Penstemon stems.
18:11 So these are already dry,
18:13 but they bring a really interesting texture
18:15 to an arrangement.
18:16 We've got a few different colors of straw flower.
18:19 Listen to that, so cool.
18:21 We've got some apricot.
18:23 We've got some kind of creamier colored ones here.
18:27 Whoop, some real pretty, yeah, look at that, so pretty.
18:30 Then of course this beautiful burgundy.
18:32 These are pincushion flower seed heads right here.
18:35 These are off the Fama series.
18:37 They're a little bit more round
18:38 and then these are off of, they're pink.
18:41 I can't remember the exact variety,
18:43 but they're a little bit more long.
18:45 We've got some Crespidia or drumstick flowers.
18:48 We've got some Orangium.
18:49 This is Orangium I cut today.
18:51 There was a fresh stem out there, which was fun.
18:53 This one is a little bit dry.
18:54 And then these are stems I cut earlier this season
18:57 and they're already dry.
18:58 I had them hanging in the studio.
19:00 These little roses I've had hanging
19:02 in the flower shed for a year.
19:04 They've just been chilling in there and they're real pretty.
19:06 And then I got some status.
19:09 I'm gonna have to take out, like this stuff is spent
19:11 and I don't really wanna use that,
19:13 but the apricot colored status is so pretty.
19:16 I think that'll be really nice.
19:17 So that is what we're working with today.
19:19 I think it's gonna be a very autumn looking arrangement.
19:22 And I think once we get the vases set up on the mantle,
19:25 we'll maybe incorporate some candles, maybe, maybe not.
19:29 I already have two little lamps up there
19:30 and then we'll get some pumpkins and squash
19:32 from the barn that we've already harvested
19:34 and we'll just make a big pile of them on there.
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19:43 All right, guys, first arrangement is pretty much done.
20:05 I will probably fuss with it a little bit
20:07 once I get it up on the mantle,
20:08 because you'll actually be looking at it
20:10 from like this angle right here, which is kind of fun,
20:13 because then you get to see the vase
20:16 and I didn't cover it with too much stuff.
20:18 Like I didn't drape a bunch of stuff out of it
20:20 because I really wanted to elevate this
20:22 so that we could put some pumpkins and squash
20:24 around the bottom of it.
20:26 And the vase is really pretty itself.
20:28 So I did tuck in one of the gourd stems.
20:32 It actually originates there and twists around
20:34 and kind of curls back in.
20:37 And then I tucked a couple of individual stems in.
20:41 So there's this little guy
20:43 and this little guy right over here.
20:45 Couple of them popped off while I was in the process,
20:47 but that's okay.
20:48 We'll just work them into the arrangement down below.
20:50 It's just amazing to me though,
20:51 making an arrangement with flowers that dry like this,
20:54 we can expect these arrangements
20:56 to pretty much look like this.
20:58 They'll get a little bit less vibrant
21:01 as you know, dried flowers do, but not much,
21:05 especially like the straw flowers, the hydrangeas,
21:09 the echinacea, the arrangements already dry.
21:12 I mean, the only ones that will get a little more dull
21:14 will be the celosia and the yarrow,
21:17 but it should maintain pretty nicely.
21:19 Now the trick is going to be trying to make a second one
21:22 that looks pretty similar, but mirror, mirror image.
21:27 The nice part though,
21:28 is I think we gathered more than enough stuff
21:31 for these arrangements.
21:31 So I will have leftovers.
21:33 I thought for sure I was gonna have to go back out
21:35 and gather more things.
21:35 It's kind of nice to not have to do that.
21:37 And this just caught my eye.
21:38 I just wanted to show you how pretty
21:41 the pincushion flower seed heads look
21:43 in an arrangement like this.
21:45 There's another one right here, right here.
21:48 They just bring such a fun touch to the arrangement.
21:51 And the only one I did not use were the crispedia.
21:55 Honestly, like I grow these every year
21:57 because they're easy to grow,
21:58 but they're such a bright commanding flower.
22:01 I mean, you put that in there and what do you notice?
22:04 You notice this one, hello.
22:06 It's so bright.
22:07 And I wanted this, like while I'm using a ton of color,
22:10 I think that this would have made it be
22:11 like a little bit too much.
22:13 And I've got a lot of round going on.
22:15 You know, we've got the echinacea, the scabiosa,
22:17 the roses have kind of a round look to them.
22:20 So do the gourds.
22:21 I thought it might be just a little bit too much.
22:24 So anyway, we'll use these in something else.
22:26 You know what else would look cool?
22:28 These anemones.
22:30 These are spent flowers.
22:31 I mean, obviously the flowers are gone.
22:34 Most of them, there's a flower left.
22:36 These would look really cool in an arrangement.
22:37 I don't think so, sir.
22:39 Huh-uh.
22:40 Nope, not today.
22:41 Okay, let's go for arrangement number two
22:43 and then we'll get them inside.
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22:51 You guys, we got these pretty dang close to matching
23:08 and they're gonna be far enough apart on the mantle.
23:10 I don't think you'll notice the differences.
23:12 Okay, ignore the mess behind them, but oh my goodness.
23:16 Oh, it's really hard to get things to match
23:19 when no two flowers are exactly the same.
23:21 But you know, after I started making the second one,
23:24 I decided to pull the echinacea out of the first one
23:26 because I think it was just fighting with the arrangement
23:28 a little bit too much,
23:30 kind of like the Crespidia would have.
23:32 And I was liking kind of the softness of this one.
23:35 So I pulled it out and I think it looks really pretty.
23:38 So here's the second one.
23:41 Got the gourds spilling out the side
23:42 and it is a mirror image, kind of.
23:45 (laughs)
23:45 You know, I put the gourds swinging the same direction.
23:48 I think that was the most important.
23:49 And then like our centerpiece plants
23:51 facing the same direction,
23:53 especially the ones that really draw your eye,
23:55 having those in the same spot
23:57 really helps make them appear like they're matching.
24:00 So anyway, this is all that we were left with right here.
24:03 A whole bunch of status right here.
24:07 And there's all the Crespidia and echinacea,
24:09 a few of the pincushion flower seed heads
24:11 and some straw flowers and some gourds,
24:13 which we will use in the Orangium.
24:15 We will use, in fact, all of these things we will dry
24:17 and be able to use later.
24:19 And this is my junk pile.
24:20 Not too bad.
24:21 Little bit on the ground.
24:22 Okay, let's take these in.
24:24 I'm gonna shine up some pumpkins from the barn
24:26 and we'll get this thing done.
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25:02 Look at those flowers.
25:04 They're so pretty up there.
25:05 Oh my gosh.
25:06 And the pumpkins and squash are nice too.
25:09 So this is the great room side of our fireplace.
25:12 It's big.
25:13 It's got a hearth, right?
25:14 That's what that's called, I think.
25:16 We actually use this as seating all the time.
25:17 So I think I would miss that if we didn't have it there.
25:20 So I think I'd still want that,
25:21 but I would love to take the rock off
25:23 and these little curly cues off.
25:26 Like, I don't mind the shape of the door
25:27 and the doors themselves,
25:28 but like the curly cues
25:29 and these little doodads right there.
25:32 I would probably not have those.
25:35 And I would love to have wood,
25:36 you know, like wood molding and really pretty.
25:38 Of course, you'd have to have some kind of stone around it,
25:41 but something that's, you know,
25:43 not in the orange family,
25:45 but it's gorgeous when it's lit.
25:47 And it's kind of funny because these things,
25:50 when it heats up, they blow out heat,
25:53 but they start to whistle.
25:54 It's like, it's not drafting quite right.
25:56 So you have to come over here,
25:58 find one of these little things
26:00 and find the hole that it's squealing out of.
26:02 And sometimes it happens at two or three in the morning
26:04 and I can hear it up in our bedroom
26:06 and I have to come down here and get an oven mitt
26:08 'cause these are piping hot.
26:10 And I have to find out the proper combination of holes
26:13 to plug up in order to get rid of the sound.
26:18 It's one of those things that gives your house character.
26:20 I love all of these though.
26:21 We've got speckled hound squash right there.
26:24 And then we've got autumn frost pumpkins,
26:26 which is so pretty.
26:27 These are midnight pumpkins.
26:29 And then there's the Tennessee spinning gourd,
26:30 just a repeat.
26:31 Actually the ones that fell off
26:33 while I was trying to work them into the flower arrangement.
26:36 And then, boy, it's evading me the name of this one.
26:39 I'll look it up and we can put it on the screen,
26:41 but it's just like a flat cream colored tan pumpkin.
26:45 I think these look really pretty with the colors
26:48 that are in our arrangements.
26:51 And kind of a repeat right there.
26:52 That speckled hound has really nice color in it,
26:55 a little bit brighter.
26:56 And just so you can see the other side,
26:58 this is the kitchen side of the fireplace right here.
27:01 Brick.
27:04 You can see the fire right through that glass.
27:07 This one also blows heat out through these.
27:09 You can close it off if you want.
27:11 These don't make noise though.
27:12 And this is kind of dark in here,
27:13 but this is the dark hallway side, which is graystone.
27:17 This also shoots out a bunch of heat.
27:19 Boy, it's dark back here.
27:20 But you can see through this glass
27:21 into the great room there.
27:22 This makes me really happy though,
27:23 because we are hosting Thanksgiving this year
27:27 and I didn't want the whole house,
27:29 because you know, we do a lot for Christmas.
27:30 So I usually start decorating for Christmas
27:33 earlier than Thanksgiving and I enjoy it.
27:35 I think it's really fun.
27:36 But since we're hosting Thanksgiving,
27:38 I will probably have some Christmas stuff out,
27:40 but I still wanted a lot of fall stuff out.
27:42 So I wanted to make sure whatever we made for the mantle
27:45 would still look good by then, which this will.
27:47 So it's awesome.
27:49 This is the kind of arrangement you make
27:50 and it will last for the whole season.
27:52 And while I was working on this,
27:54 Benjamin was working on his flower arrangements.
27:55 He gathered a bucket of flowers
27:57 when we were out there as well.
27:58 This one right here, zinnia and some pretty dahlias.
28:02 We've got this cafe au lait twist right here.
28:05 All alone, he knows that that one can stand alone.
28:07 He also put together this fall arrangement
28:10 as a centerpiece.
28:11 He really enjoys it.
28:12 Here's the other one.
28:14 There's a little grass seed head.
28:16 Really pretty variety.
28:18 Got some warm tones in this one.
28:20 And last but not least, this one right here.
28:23 And you guys, that is gonna be it for today's project.
28:26 I'm so happy with how the mantle turned out.
28:27 I'm happy with the applesauce and the mantle.
28:30 And the fact that the flowers are gonna last for weeks
28:32 up there is awesome.
28:34 We won't have to change it out
28:35 until right after Thanksgiving.
28:37 We'll do something for Christmas there.
28:38 So now I need to go track down the kids
28:40 because we are going on a nature scavenger hunt.
28:43 I have a list of things that we're gonna go out
28:45 and go on a walk and we're gonna find and check off a list.
28:47 So should be fun.
28:48 Thank you guys so much for watching
28:50 and we will see you in the next video.