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LOVED the swiss army wife comment. told my husband and some friends and they all enjoyed it
T-shirt time lol
Ditto , married 36+ US Army 21 yr. 4mo. 7days .
I would love a t-shirt, "Swiss army wife". I'm a widow now, but in the day, that was my job. Holding/passing tools as needed. Holding something down/still to be screwed, hammered, or generally worked on. As the Good Book has said to be..his good right hand.
Yall have done soooo MUCH in six months. Can you just imagine what is coming this year?? So excited to go along with you.
Pretty much what I was going to say 😄
Congrats on all the progress. Two very nutritional and delicious vegetable sources you might consider, that require no labor, no prepping, no maintenance, and are self perpetuating every year, is to put water cress in the swamp/spring and asparagus around the perimeter edge of the swamp, just let them do their thing and enjoy the continuous harvest.
Thank you for the suggestions!
PLEASE don't use titles like this one! I immediately thought you were opting out of RUclips! I love following along on your progress. You are homesteading, not farming. But whatever you choose to call it, you are creating your best life. Thank you for sharing it with us.
T. Hardy they will use a lot more titles like this as they are trying to generate clicks/views
Clickbait 😂😁
T. Hardy All homesteaders use click bait titles occasionally.
It got me here! lol
~new subscriber
you guys have become one of my favourite channels to watch.. you seem so genuine.. and i like how she always looks at him and smiles.. How do you do that magic to keep your wife smiling..
Adrian Escalante that’s what kept me coming back. Them looking at each other. So nice to see
This is how my husband and I look at each other. It’s so rare these days. It’s lovely to see. 🥰
Big farms, little farms, micro farms, it's all farming. But you will reap the rewards. I loved Swiss army wife. Lol.
Have you considered the virtues of winter rye planted into a rough tilling of the top two inches of "soil"? I used this techniquie in Salisbury's clay and it saved a ton of back breaking work. the rye will develop roots 7-8" down even by May if planted now. Then you can put the chickens on it. The soil will be transformed.
Can't wait to see how long it takes the chickens to spread that big pile of compost around!
Glad to see excitement for gardening. Can't wait myself. Hugs
Lichen on trees is usually a sign of good clean air and old but healthy trees, so they might come good
Lichen feed off moisture and oxygen and don't harm trees or bushes at all and show your air isn't polluted.
The thickest layer of lichen I once found was on the exhaust of a pig farm
It takes a lot to kill old established apple trees, so they should be fine with some pruning this year (usually late Feb/early March timeframe up north).
The chickens look like they are enjoying their very important job 👍🏻 I am loving that you are back uploading and I cannot wait to see how your homestead evolves over the year 💙
Yes, you are farmsteading! You are doing more than suburban gardening. In the 70s, the whole point of my homesteading project was to have control over my food and environment. We raised pigs, meat chickens, turkies, ducks, geese, rabbits.and horses. It was an organic venture and mostly self-sustaining. We were fortunate to have Erwon to bulk order from. There should be such companies that would deliver to your area. We held a monthly pot luck dinner/ lecture and co-op catalog food order meeting. Had volunteers to break up the order when it arrived. A true organic community co-op to add staples to the foods you grow.
You just keep on going at your pace and tune out the “ you shoulda coulda” comments some people are throwing out. Everyone has to start somewhere. You guys are inspirational! Keep on doing it. I’m pulling for ya!
Meg love the earrings!!
Ben you worked your butt off! It's looking like a home on your homestead! Hard work, good people . . life's GREAT!
So exciting! Don't forget more fruit trees and berry bushes: the long-term gifts that keep on giving.
Youre so right about the food system being broke among others.
And You can feed your extra garden produce to all your farm animals. I love being able to do that. Cuts down on animal food costs.
Lichens are not an indication of poor health in a tree. They are a self sufficient organism that combines algae and fungi. Not a parasite. Just using the trees as a place to sit and grow. Usually their presence does indicate that your air is pretty clean. They don't like smog and other air pollutants. Having lichens on your property should make you smile!Happy new year!
Watching Ben work the broad fork made me thankful for the rain last week that helped break up the soil much easier than if he'd waited until August. :D
Hopefully, there will be more rain soon to soften up more clay.
Love you guys!
Wahoo! More hollars is always a treat! Happy new year! Thanks for providing all the knowledge!!
Boys & bate feet- awesome.
Great run down of what's going on. You'll have come long ways, shaping up.
Thanks for letting us in.
You be farming!! Mastering that broad fork is an awesome indicator. I guess it's bad to say that soil is pretty, but you can see where the work's been done...the colors show us. Your plans are clear...in your minds and your expression. I'm pretty excited, and I know y'all are, too! Go piggies, go!! Can't wait to see your transformations. Big love out to you Hollars!!!
Great video content! Here in my urban garden my best friend and I collected and spread out tons of bagged oak leaves. Where I live is a lot of sand, like what's on the beach, only loaded with black dust. Nothing likes to grow in that except weeds. Now I have beautiful black soil full of big, fat Earth worms. I have also trucked in loads and loads of compost in addition to what my chickens and rabbits produce. Y'all are doing a great job. I, too, am so excited for spring and I'm getting all my seeds ready, planning and adding compost to my existing raised beds. Stay blessed and grow on!
Love your adventure...cannot wait to see spring and them summer and just everything!!
Bless your family. Love seeing an update. Y'all are SMOKIN' on your property... Slow and easy wins the race (even if is is tons of work). Hope you're enjoying the sunshine, Meg...
Love, love, love the broad fork music! Can’t wait to see things growing! Have a great week!💕
The lichen is a sign of good clean air. You should prune off any dead, diseased or damaged wood now, before the new buds break open. Take off no more than 25% of the tree in one year. Try to keep the centre open for easier harvesting. Remove any downward growing shoots. Great work today folks.🥰
We do not disturb the soil anymore, did that for many years and the result was always weeds and grass. Now we roll out old round bales of hay on top of the area we are working, along with leaves and our compost and chicken manure, I would never go back to disturbing the soil. We get the round bales and let them sit outside for a year and always prepare our beds in the fall. You guys are hard working and have great videos:)
I remember when I first considered myself a farmer. I cried. It was a big deal for me. Still get excited when I tell people I am a small scale farmer.
Amazing how much you have achieved in such a short time, I know heavy clay soil is hard to work but when you add humas it turns into the best soil, just keep adding compost lots and lots of compost, it's great that you already have swalls to plant in and you know where the water runs. Happy gardening to come.
I’ve been anxiously awaiting an update from you guys! Glad your back💖
It’s so great seeing the sunshine there. Watching from Washington State and clouds today. It’s exciting seeing such early preparation for your gardens! Blessings ❣️
Greetings! I’m watching from Washington state as well!🤗
Wa state here as well :)
I'm watching from Minnesota. I LOVE watching videos from warmer states this time of year. 2 or more months before I can start doing what they're doing, then another before planting. It reminds me I can start planning at least.
32 degrees in Pennsylvania today, but it was sunny so I went out to putter in my garden! Stupid excited for another growing season ! ♥️
Enjoyed the synchronized tilling...clever! I'm glad y'all are back... just about gave up on you... sad face is now happy again! C U soon!:-)
So exciting to plan a garden when you have a lot of new space.
We also have very heavy clay soil. We found that building soil was FAR more effective on TOP of that, rather than trying to till in, and amend what we found to be rather poorly producing natural soil. We did this by starting with raised beds, and continuing to compost compost compost. This has been a slow process, over the course of a few years, but we're now getting that excess that we beg friends and family to take from us so that it doesn't end up as chicken feed or in the compost just as otherwise wasted food. We're now using our own blend of compost and river sand to grow in, and it holds a good ph and nutrient content all by it's self. It also saved this old man from a TON of back breaking labor. To get us a mass of material to start with, we raked out the woods, cut underbrush, and cleared out to park like quality our surrounding area, which had the second benefit of reducing the number of pests, both insect and rodent which adversely affected our gardens. Good luck in your endeavors, and I look forward to watching your progress.
It’s so cool to see it all coming together. One step at a time
Love your chicken earrings Meg! 🐓
Thank you!! I felt they were fitting for the day. ;)
Y'all are going to have such a wonderful garden. You really do reap what you sow, putting the work in way ahead of time is always a good thing. And the Swiss Army wife was absolutely hilarious, thanks for the video,
Jimmy
Your Homestead is coming along nicely. So happy for all. Chickens are so funny. They wanted in the Compost bin and when you let them have it scared of it at first lol. Can't wait to see your Gardens this year. Life is Good! God Bless and Peace Be With You All ☮️🙏❣️
Chickens are chicken. LOL!!!
We too have become disillusioned with the food industry and now we get up early every Saturday to get meat and eggs and dairy and produce from our local farmers market. We have been going for a few years now and I feel great about the food I eat! I live in Ohio and I go to North Union Farmers Market and I buy mostly from Millgate Farm in Jefferson, Ohio and Tea Hill Farm in Loudonville, Ohio :) Just wanted to share their names so anyone in my state can check them out, they also do online orders!! They both have a facebook! :)
Thank you. I live in Ohio. Will try and check out how close they are to me. Loudonville is fairly close not sure about the other towns.
@Ernie H I have tried that, it was not easy and would be harder to manage from a farmers market.
@@zinnialady5153 Tea Hill Farms recently started shipping, I have heard they even ship out of state!
Y'all have learned your property like you learned each other,it's a beautiful thing to see taking place. You know the high points,low points,where water sits and how much rain it takes to happen.
Y'all have got a lot completed since arriving on the property,even with the hustle and bustle of getting all that soap made and put out and while raising and educating your boys! I just love ya'lls family and get eager to see you post. Y'all stay blessed❤️
Looking good guys, that hard work you are doing now will pay out this summer with abundant harvest from the garden. Keep up the great work and videos!!
Good job, I believe like you do. Justin puts feed on his pile, then chickens will work harder for you.
Thanks for allowing me to join you on this journey. I live vicariously through homesteaders in general as I can’t . I have enjoyed watching you and all your progress.Blessings on you and your family🙏🏻🦋 PS- I too saw the title and thought, WHAT? Opting out?....
Hi fellow ex-California people! Your land is very useful. What nice terraces/swales were already there! With time you will have all the garden beds so easy to plant you won't need the broadfork. Take it from someone who couldn't get one in her suitcase! Mulch, chickens and a couple years will turn even exhausted tropical soil into productive garden beds. Even better, you have actual temperate climate farmland. Maybe I went too far, but I had already invested in a small town in Mexico. So tropical it is! Bigger learning curve, but working out.
You all need some Hollar Homestead hats to keep the sun out of your eyes. 👩🌾👨🏼🌾
Love your earrings!! So cute.. I'd never heard of broadforking. Wonderful, but really labor intensive. But, as you say, once will do it. Amazing. Hope you are still getting notifications for comments for these old ones. I finally have some time to watch them and your story is fascinating. So proud of the work you have all done. Strange to watch without Buggy.
Cannot wait for you guys to get your trailer finished. So much more room for the kiddos and you. Chickens are doing their thing. Ben and Meg you both are looking so much better with the reset on your minds, bodies and spirits.
Love those earings🐔
Love the earrings too!
Love the chicken earrings too! Where'd ya get them?
Wow six month guys. That is great. You guys have a plan and you are doing it the right way, one step at a time. God Bless Y'all.
Your place is looking great. Your such hard workers. Adorable together! 😘
Your family makes me rethink the grind. Thank you for sharing you.
All your goals and planning and hard work in the soil, plus your livestock husbandry will result in satisfying harvests and exceptional meals over which to bend your heads in gratitude. God bless each of you. : )
Geobins!! Way easier than pallets and they last longer! Also, hold on to your clothespins for your corn ears to keep the earworms out. Keep the fruit trees pruned for air flow. Love those earrings!
Yes, you are farming! Well not in the old term...all the young families raising food for their family is the new wave of homesteading~ blessings always!
My definition of "farming" is making a living from growing produce or raising livestock. Homesteading is more of producing for your own consumption.
And it's only yours. What you call a homesteader is what the farmer has been for practically all of history. There's a reason those businesses operators are called commercial farmers and not just farmers.
@@horsemumbler1 I don't think it's only mine. Over time, words, phrases, their meanings will evolve, change. I have known many a farmer who was NOT a large commercial farmer like they have out west. Whether it be dairy cattle, beef cattle, or crops. They were not huge, but they did manage to make a living at it. When I say "farmer" I am not talking about the HUGE commercial "farms" that are seen out west that are owned by corporations and pretty much destroy the land.
Ben, PLEASE, PLEASE be careful jumping on the broadfork. A number of years ago, I was jumping on an edger while edging my flower bed. Lower back became very sore, stopped for a few days, repeated that cycle several times, long story but I ended up with a ruptured disc...and 15 years later surgery to fuse 3 disc in same area. So Please be careful. Don't want you down! 💕💕
So exciting! I can't wait for all the upcoming garden videos. I'm in the same spot. I got here in July to my homestead. Finally getting to get seeds ordered, dirt dug, plans laid, etc....
PS- On my property in East TN all the trees have lichen too. I researched it. It doesn't kill the trees it just means slow growth. It's usually a sign of either a drought year or a big wet year that was wet enough to impede growth (anywhere from 1-3 years before).
clothes hangers are great for pins to hold landscaping fabric down
If you cut hangers into 3" bits, to can bend them into large staples to pin things together, and hold things down.
I was raised on clothes hangers and bailing wire! It works every time!
Note to self: If you start a farmstead, get a tractor sooner rather than later.
I'm seriously impressed with the labor you guys put in to improve your property, and grow your food (and family!)
thank you. sounds like some great plans with the garden and different animals your going to have.
How are the tree's you planted. I would like to see them. It a really beautiful property. I cant wait to see it with all the gardens growing.
They will be much prettier come spring! We'll check in with them in a video soon.
I agree with you about the food system, although we do have “organic” vegetables in our local market and at Walmart across the street. I prefer my own garden in the summer, but these stores help in winter. We also have farms that raise grass-fed beef (with maybe a little grain to finish them).
I enjoy your site and encourage you to put up a simple hoop house, if you can. We are watching intently at all you accomplish. It gives me ideas and hope for our future in our 71+ years.
You guys are the bomb!! In time you will get that farm equipment you want!
Loved seeing your sunshine. Snowing here in MD. Glad u got rest and glad for the new videos. Thank you.
Mann I would have sold a some knives and went and rented a tractor for the weekend but labor is always good for the soul
Dude, congratulations. That's a lot of work! Way to go.
I have been enjoying watching your videos from when you first started RUclips. Earlier today I watched the video were Meg shared the homesteading books and other books she likes. After wards I want to the library and checked out four of the books. Thank you for sharing that list of books.
You have all done so much and continue to do it in such a little bit of time. All the soap and assisting others and settling in yourselves and working on the house and land and shop and animals. That is a lot I don't care what age a person is you need to renew and recoup. Love watching your journey and so excited to see you get into the house as well as you'll need that for canning and putting up food in the fall.........it seems like it's coming already and we just had Christmas.........LOL Mercy me, lots to do and what an adventure you are on. Loving it totally!
Blessings
You guys are both such hard workers. So impressive. God keep you healthy and strong and enable you to achieve great things in 2020. Very happy for all of your progress.
I must comment. I watched the video through. You were working your butt off tilling the soil for hours. I thought a lot about the effort you expended and the eventual return you will receive. I reflected upon my efforts at my job and realized that my sweat-equity was being exploited. Although you are only tilling dirt, you are benefiting you and your family directly. Off-grid has a certain true value to it. That autonomy means that there is no other party leeching your equity through taxation or other incurred fees.
Looking GREAT guys! I used a garden weasel to set up my garden spaces. My arms about fell off, lol. That broad fork is awesomeness ! Your land is beautiful! Only 7 months and WOW. It's coming all together so nice.
With your skill you can make a walk behind plow and pull it with your motorised grass cutter. Steve in Thailand.
Looks like it going to be good gardening season coming up, loved the "swiss army wife! "
Glad to know you have a plan and are working your plan.
I blinked and the video was over 😭 I love watching this journey.
Once you have prepared your soil why don’t you cover the soil with wood chips? It really works and will save you a lot of work in the future. As the chips break down it feeds the soil with nutrients etc. and solves your weed problem. Just layer it nice and thick. It will also keep in moisture in the summer and keep the soil warm in the winter. It also solves a lot of mud problems.
“Swiss Army wife”! Best quote ever! Looking great guys!
I love watching you work the farm. I think you are doing a fantastic job. Good luck
Those apple trees will totally pull through. Just prune back the dead stuff after the next season.
There is a good video on pruning fruit trees at Good Simple Living (another family homesteading channel). The title is "You Guys Need to Cut That Out."
An experiment next time try putting the pigs on to the virgin land first before going over it with the fork. Pigs are nature’s cultivators.
It certainly is going to be an exciting spring/summer and watch what is going to happen with the garden. I love your new way of exercising with the broad fork. Never seen a broad fork like that before. Enjoy your day. Till the next time.
The lichen indicates a problem with the trees. Since they were already there, and the previous owners were not taking great care of the place, my first guess would be lack of nutrients. I have not watched every episode so I don’t know if you have had the soil tested. If you haven’t, you should. Most states have an extension office where you can get it done for a small fee. The trees probably need soil amended and PH changed to be able to take advantage of nutrients in the soil. We are in Virginia and need to add lime to our trees. Lots of lime. Wood ash will also help. But definitely get the soil checked so you understand how much you need. Also, keep the grass around the base of the tree pulled back and perhaps put compost around it for a foot so the grass doesn’t grow there and compete with the tree.
That is awesome! I love seeing your progress.
I think yous are doing amazing for 6 months in ! Sure yous came with some knowledge but yous have put a lot of work in. Yous pulled up basically with a truck full of shit.....you have a home in the works, pigs, chickens, land cleared, soaping back up and running, you've run lines, planted trees, went on trips, helped with other farms.
Yous are leveling up all the time.......take 10 to acknowledge !
Much love from Canada
Great job! I love your vision and plans for your homestead. I also love that your beautiful sons have adapted so well to the lifestyle. They are so comfortable going without shoes without any care therefore grounding them to the energy of the earth. I am learning so much from you. Thank you for sharing your journey.
If you good people dont watch Ice Age Farmer, please do so. You are sitting on a goldmine of LIFE. God bless you floks.
I’m not a big fan of tilling with tractors but it would have been nice to get the first start turned with a ton of manure then maintained it with broad forking etc.but you did good!
It's really interesting to see how your property is developing. It's looking great. So much hard work. Thank you for sharing your lives. I enjoy seeing you progress and your ideas develop. Can't wait to see your piglets again. They are so so cute. Blessings to you all.
What an excellent garden plan layout! The hill is a prefect slope with prefect swells as if it were meant for a Permaculture Farm. I'm sure with a little love, pruning, and compost those apple trees will return
Here in NZ farming is strictly considered a business. People here who grow food on land more than a few acres are considered to have a lifestyle block. Describe yourself any way you want and keep enjoying the awesome work you are doing 💚🌻.
This reminds me of my days of being deployed and we had made our shop into barracks. Can't wait to see the final product
Beautiful day great to see your smilingly faces. Love your earrings!
Always happy to see a new Holler vlog! Too wet and cold to do what you are here, but I did get my seed starting room cleaned up and did a little cleanup in the greenhouse. Not much winter here yet, hope it isn't waiting til April!
Great plans! Good to see you guys.
Ben you have a good swiss army wife ,You gave me out watching you but what great food yall will grow ,This weather is getting me so excited to get started in the garden I have got things started and within 4 weeks I will be in the garden .Yall are going have a great garden there, can't wait to see it, so ready to get to growing !!!! ,Thank yall for sharing sweet friends God Bless❤❤
As always, you guys amaze me! You have gotten so much done in such a short period of time!
Great plans for the garden.
Love your channel. Love what your doing. That red dirt (clay) yeah we have it here in VA too. Plans are awesome for what you want to do. You may not have been on your property for long but considering how it was when you first got there it looks amazing. Homesteading and farming can be the same, but it's whatever your definition of either one is as to what you call it. Love the comments being back on. I hope you have a great evening.
Caroline West where are you located at in VA? I am from Virginia also. Franklin County to be exact and we have that Same red dirt
@@lorriescott2443 Good Morning, I grew up in Franklin county, went to Callaway Elem. , and graduated from the high school. That was many many moons ago. I still have family there, but I don't go to see them. I live in Bedford now.