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I sent my MORMON dad your video about grass lawns and he actually quoted it to me. Thanks for that!
OMG I can’t tell you how much I love to hear that 🥲❤️
Currently converting our lawn to all native plants here in North Texas☺️.
amazing
“They’re naturally reaching the age where they’re no longer with us” SHELBY NO😂😂😂
Joined our local wildflower seed library in the fall. It is so fun discovering all of our native plants and the beauty of them. Slowly transitioning my garden to natives and getting rid of the grass. Found out this winter how problematic grass/lawns are and it made my decision to transition to a native garden all the more solidified in my mind. This was such a fun video… reminded me of the vlog channel🥰🥰🥰
listing brussels as a country in the beginning is hilarious hahahaha
I’m so sorry I realized in editing hut it was too late 😭
I'm Irish. Hope you enjoyed your time here. 🇮🇪
Does anyone know if a wildlife certified garden thing exists in the uk? It’s so cool that it exists in Texas! I’d love a little sign like that
🍉 🔪 😯
Watching you cut that watermelon was painful 😂🤣
1. Cut it up in half
2. Take one half and put it flat side down on the cutting board
3. Cut it all up in slices like an inch thick with the rind
4. Take each piece and very easily slide your knife to take the rind off.
I hope this is clear 😅 Felt like I had to help a sister out
Same! I was really enjoying hearing about community but I was also thinking, “Shelby you’re going to slice a finger off.”
Very helpful 😅 thank you
LOLOLOL I told you I’m terrible at it 😭
I worked in a kitchen and the chefs would:
cut off one little end
cut off the other little end
stand it up vertically ↕️
run the knife down from top to bottom and cut off the rind that way
then cut in half, cubes, etc etc
Glad it wasn’t just me. As someone who has seen many a kitchen mishap.
Why don't we just make a neighborhood that has an HOA that mandates native plants/no lawns/grow your own food/have solar 😂
you'd think this would be the reason for HOA's in the the first place lol
Some unsolicited advice: If you’re going to blend-up the watermelon anyway, cut in half like you did then just SCOOP OUT THE RED FRUIT PART WITH A BIG SPOON! 🍉 can scoop it into the blender.
I love your videos so much but you are STRESSING me out with the way you were cutting your watermelon and talking with your hands 😂😂
I’m so sorry 😭
@@Shelbizleee Always forgiven 😂😂
I thought everyone in these comments was being dramatic about the watermelon when I first started the video. "How bad could it possibly be??" I thought.
But omg 😂😂
Someone get her a spoon!
That was wild to watch lol
Love your content, but just had to mention apparently Tippy is an influencer too. My cat heard Tippy meow and immediately ran over to my computer!
OMG I love it 😭❤️
My biggest issue is neighbors that don’t care… put non-recyclables in their recycle bin, trash from trash bin blows into the street and they don’t pick it up. The worst yet is they hire someone to spray pesticides and we then find dead rats in our yard, and they don’t take care of any of the yard. It’s over grown and unkept (and not in a “intentional native habitat way” in a “we are too lazy our yard is full of invasive weeds” way). It’s so frustrating!
Your wifes stoic nature cracks me up
Your garden is being attacked by a raccoon. Years of experience. Those urban raccoons know where chickens and birds live. Once, a raccoon literally tore the lid off my worm compost, and ate all my worms. They climb trees and know where bird nests are located.
Your focus on community, as well as other people who are trying to prioritize community in my own sphere, definitely inspired me to take the chance to get more involved with my local library foundation and their library advocacy work. I am now signed up to be a library advocacy volunteer. 😊
Your watermelon slicing is terrifying. 100% here for the estate sale finds and HOA bashing though 😂
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING TOO
The moment I hit 30...I'm gardening and geeking out about every new bug and bird that I attract. Creating amazing wildlife habitats and beautifying my home AND growing organic food! 🤌💋 Another lovely video. Love ya ladies! 🥰
I love gardening and I still can't help but get a little shook every time I see a new bug pop out of nowhere, even though I love seeing that they're enjoying the garden! The birds are absolutely amazing in the garden too - their songs really soothe me.
We got solar panels last fall. I love them, but I will say that for sure whether or not they are "worth it" from a financial standpoint depends heavily on where you live. We got the federal tax credit, but our state, city, etc. didn't have any additional credits or rebates we got to use. We ARE saving on our electricity bill, but we had a low-ish bill to begin with compared with similar sized houses, so in terms of actual dollar amounts, we're definitely not saving enough to offset the monthly payment on our solar panel loan. Now, a couple other factors to consider. We opted to purchase a battery system with our panels, which added a significant cost (I believe Shelby did not get a battery system for this very reason). We also didn't use our tax credit to immediately pay down the loan because we used it on some other debt we had that was at a higher interest rate, which will help us more in the long run. So if you don't buy a battery and you plan on using whatever credits you get to directly pay off the cost of getting your panels, your financial "worth it" may look pretty different from mine. For me, I'm very glad we got them and feel they are worth it, but not necessarily for financial reasons, you know?
I also suck at cutting watermelon, but watching you do it stressed me out lol. You have way more patience than me though
Hahaha I’m so sorry 😭
I must apologize, I wasn’t subscribed 🤯 But thankfully my home page helped me! 😅
OMG so happy to have you!!
There are plate holders specifically for decorating shelves with plates. I always see them at my thrift store (usually misplaced im the picture frame area). A few of those might be helpful for tokr shelf?
I like where it ended, but if you do want to stand them uo there is an option!
I have been wanting solar panels for ages, but here in NW England, and more particularly how our house is oriented and where the neighborhood trees are, there isn’t enough sun to make it worthwhile. My science partner runs the numbers every few years, but not yet. 🥺
I love a good mocktail - it never occurred to me to make watermelon syrup. Also, does anyone still say "teetotal", or has "sober" replaced it in the lexicon?
I wish they would. For some reason, using "sober" this way just gives me very minor irritation, because to me, sober means "not drunk," not "never drinks alcohol." I know former alcoholics have been using it this way for a while, but it just feels definitionally off to me. But that's how language changes over time, I guess.
You can freeze the fruit pulp with cut up rinds in a jello mold or dish and feed it to your girls.
hey on watermelon rind whites i know u give it to the girls but its *really* delicious cooked until tender as a vegetable. It soaks up whatever you cook it in, so just an idea!
Wow, did not know that! 👍
Just looked this up it’s popular in Indian and Mexican cooking. Thanks I’m gonna try this tonight!
Make watermelon ice cubes with the pulp
I LIKE YOU AND WANT TO HEAR YOU SPEAK.
Followed a few Sustainable other channels through the years of my Journey and yours is the Most Real and Informative while being FUN and not over the top.
not that you owe them anything- but caN YOU PLANT NATIVE BUSHES AND TREES AROUND THE LINES OF Your property so your neighbours are not up in your yard can be a nice peaceful private garden too, it can look amazing , and give you a foresti protective vibe , of course conculate the sun and research
I just had to comment and thank you for talking about how you’re not just an introvert but that you feel like no one likes you. I feel that SO deeply and I let it stop me from getting involved in causes I care about. Hearing someone I look up to share that they feel the same way but seeing you overcome it and do so much is such an inspiration to me. Thank you ❤
Shelbis internal screaming at the cups is a side of her I think thats adorable bc I do that to my special someone
the part about the neighbors dying lmaaaoooo
How do you even say that tactfully I don't know either
One thing I really wanted to try, and it will tick two things off your list is Botanical sun printing on Linen! It looks amazing when done. I've seen some YT videos of people doing prints on dresses and scarves.
Maybe i missed it 😅 but is the wildlife habitat sign a country wide thing? I know you said the monarch butterfly one is specific to austin and werent sure if it was statewide but i dont think you said if the wildlife one is??
Omg, one of the photos from your trip that you showed in this video is so very near my house it spooked me out!
OMG 👀
I’m from Scotland hope you enjoyed travelling there and the other places you went to.
I always cut a watermelon by cutting the ends off, putting one of the new flat sides down, and cutting the rind off top to bottom. Or if you can't get a clean cut all the way to the bottom, you can stop where it starts rounding out the other way. Then flip it back over and trim the rind you missed, also cutting top to bottom.
Boom, you've got a naked melon! Then you can slice it however you like.
Also I can't imagine cutting sitting down. Especially something so big. I feel like you need the leverage of height to properly cut it. But maybe that's just because I've worked in kitchens so much, it's hard to image sitting down and working lol
I love your pollinator yard. I would love to do the same with our yard but even if I pushed past our HOA (first time homeowner mistake 😝) I have analysis paralysis and wouldn’t even know how to lay it out, where to start, etc.
I also became a birder in my 30s. Really relate 😂 I started doing seasonal bucket lists too after seeing how it helped you embrace the seasons.
Same. I have a bird guide that my parents have had since the 80s and I saw a cedar wax wing the other day at work for the first time. I called my mom on my lunch break and she IDed it. It's such fun seeing new birds.
I see you visited Hamburg, my home town! I hope you liked it :) (even if it was probably a rainy mess...)
It wasn’t rainy! We were really just there over night but did a little walking tour in the morning and it was so nice!!
I love the cups cactus cup...but the bottom cup I think goes on the 3rd spot...will look like a regular cactus
🌵 😀 👌
Omg,thank you, I was like am I just looking at it wrong or crazy? I love the cups and think they look amazing with the style she is going for ❤
Try freezing the watermelon pulp for sorbet 🤤
Ohhh you visited my chosen home, Scotland :) I moved here in August 2016 with my two cats, originally from Germany where I was born and grew up. I live in Edinburgh, we have great vegan cafes and restaurants here. Hopefully you had a chance to visit Soul Vegan or Seeds For The Soul and Black Rabbit, the food at those locations is soooo good.
you got a like from me within the first 9 seconds for Tibby
My signature potluck dish is grape salad I use the crunchiest brown sugar I can find for the topping and only use like a fourth of a cup of sugar for the cream cheese cause I like it tangy
2 lbs red grapes
2 lbs green grapes
8 oz softened cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbs vanilla paste
For the topping
Turbinado Brown sugar and chopped pecans
Glad you're so informative when it comes to community involvement, plant growth, and environmental impact. Doing our best is so important.
thanks for answering my questions hehe
You can definitely make fruit leather with watermelon pulp. Just spread it on a baking tray 3mm thick and dehydrate in the oven over night on 40 degrees.
Just some watermelon advice: instead of trying to cut around the fruit, cut inside the rind! Kinda like if you were making a giant melon ball. You can also try cutting it into smaller pieces and that’s also easier. Watching you cutting made me fear for your fingers 😅
With any pulp I always make it into an applesauce. Sometimes not even adding apples and only using the pulp fruit and adding sugar, honey or agave to flavor it if it’s not as sweet as you’d like it to be and then I keep it refrigerated. It usually doesn’t last very long in my home as my husband eats it all in one day. 😂🍉
just want to say i love this video. your videos always make me feel so motivated, and they are super life-affirming !! they make me feel excited for the summer!
girlie, you’re the only vlog i regularly watch and i love when you yap bc that’s how much i talk, too. please know i come here to listen to you talk as much as you like
omg can't believe you came to Edinburgh
I absolutely LOVE seeing the updates on your yard transformation into a native habitat! I think this is so inspiring to see and would love to do something similar to this one day (when I have a yard to transform LOL)!
I also think everyone hates me 😅. Maybe I too need to unpack that haha.
You absolutely do haha it’s so debilitating until you do 😅
I love your yard! Mine looks very similar, with the single caveat that it’s focused on Food plants. Most berries that you can imagine, a few fruit trees and then raised beds for lettuce and herbs and tomatoes and all that kind of stuff. But more and more perennial overtime. And I have had no lawn for some years now we’ve done the same in previous houses. Wouldn’t go back for love nor money!
LOVE SEEING YOU POST !😍
Uhgg you are truly such an inspiration to me when it comes to building community. Ditto on introversion and feeling like nobody likes me. My husband is also introverted and not super socially motivated, so we're too content at home to push each other to get out there and meet new people. My social anxiety has gotten so much better after having kids (no idea what that's about, maybe hormonal, but I am truly so much less anxious since about halfway through my pregnancy 2.5 years ago. It's like magic)
I live in a small town and it seems like the only community available is through church groups, and that is not me. Period. I would love to be a part of a nature / environmental group but it feels like I would have to start it myself, and that just feels completely impossible, not only because then I would have to speak and lead (I have never had a desire to be a leader) but because I'm a working mom of three and just don't have the time. I'm not sure what my point is overall, I guess I'm just putting a wish out into the universe that an environmental activism / nature and family centric group would start up in Spooner Wisconsin without me having to be the one to start it..... 🙏🤞
Love the video and everything you do! Your home is decorated so nicely ❤
was hoping you were going to say you went to wales as well haha - so glad you enjoyed your anniversary trip! :)
I love your front yard! It’s so pretty. 😍
My yard aspires to be like your yard someday =]
One of the things that I love about your channel is that you talk “too much”. I do this too and it’s refreshing to watch someone that’s authentic
Watermelon fruit leather . With the pulp .
Ps watermelon vinaigrette dressing
Love this idea!!
@@Shelbizleee i really liked @Xerrias comment . They said you could cook the watermelon skin like a veggie. They said it soaks up any marinade you use with it. I’ve been looking up recipes and apparently it’s popular in Indian and Mexican cooking.
The shelf looks great! Nice styling 🎉
Awww Shelby I don’t hate you!
Love the butterfly decorations!
Fun video. ❤
I for one adore a very talky vlog
Scoop out the watermelon since you are blending it anyway.
"I almost died" lol
If you anyone is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa the Indian Creek Nature Center gives away free native pollinators (perennial) during their Monarch Festival every year in July
Me and my wife had a huge tree fall down in our yard last summer during a tornado. We did what we could to protect our house from the damage BUT I was steadfast in leaving the majority of it though for the animals to use.
One year later the mother tree is SPROUTING FROM HER “ dead,” TRUNK!
We have seen a woodchuck yesterday too! We live in a city so this means there’s to me.
Absolutely love your vlogs. I always learn so much. I have a very small patio and wanted some darker flowers and plant but I really feel like I should incorporate some native stuff because I never see any butterflies or birds. i hear those birds in the trees around but never in my patio. I have to deal with HOA so hopefully they don't get annoying because they have some pretty dumb rules around here. Prior in my patio they have just mulch so I consider any plant a win.
You only need to volunteer 25 hours for your MN certification? Our chapter is 40 VH and 8 AT to certify. I just certified early and am trying to double certify to get the 2024 rattlesnake pin.
My favorite type of videos you post! ❤️🎉 I miss your other channel with Madison.
26 and the birds speak to me too, definitely adding learning bird songs to my life long bucket list
"i talk too much" not really but i get if you think it's too much because it's too annoying to edit more footage
Cutting 🍉 *without* the rind:
1. Cut it in half (hamburger style) on a stable surface
2. Cut the end off one of the halves (about an inch or until you can see color)
3. Place it with the end side up so it has a stable base
4. Cut slowly down rotating the knife to follow the watermelon’s curve (you will get better with practice)
5. Keep rotating the watermelon so that you get the whole rind off, then cut it as you like. Repeat with second half.
6. If you want cubes, have a bowl/platter ready before you cube. Then cut down into flat sections, place any excess into the bowl if you need space to cube each section.
*I gave you super detailed directions because I had to pause the video when I saw you struggling. I hope it helps please make a stable base before chopping round things that can slip and hurt you. 😮💨 I’m glad you did it! And p.s. you definitely don’t talk too much!
I use up not so good watermelon by cubing it and freezing them for margaritas. You can use the pulp for slushies and make either non-alcoholic. It’s such a great ice replacement! Also works with pineapples 🍍! You can make piña coladas with its juice instead of rum, btw. Highly recommend! 💗
the butterfly ornaments are so cute ❤❤❤
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going to self plug here… i did make a video on how to get a job if you don’t have a degree over on my channel!
PS love your videos!
Freeze the pulp for a cooling chicken treat...
Ooohh!! This is a good idea
Ooohh!! This is a good idea
You can use the watermelon pulp to make watermelon jam/jelly
Watermelon salt
How do you get the plaque