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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024

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  • @jenniferrush8231
    @jenniferrush8231 2 года назад +25

    A smaller woodchipper may be a good investment for you to help break up things to compost. Especially since you now have an orchard and will need to trim all those trees

  • @AlpacaMade
    @AlpacaMade 2 года назад +51

    You're never happier than when making compost. The addition of a big toy didn't hurt any either👍

  • @Bex-rg8pj
    @Bex-rg8pj 2 года назад +60

    So glad you are posting more videos! I’ve been watching your growth of subs. Good job! You deserve it. You are so real on your videos and that his hard to find on most channels. I really don’t follow channels in your area because they lost their appeal after they made it into a business, where they just talk about themselves. Keep up the good work and keep your principals! ❤️

  • @gkiferonhs
    @gkiferonhs 2 года назад +18

    I appreciate you going through the hassle of daily blogging. Thanks.

  • @dugel3
    @dugel3 2 года назад +6

    On our market farm we used to grow several thousand cabbage. After we harvested the main head we always let the small heads grow and when they were about baseball-sized we harvested them. We marketed them as single-serving cabbages and people bought tons of them, literally!

  • @dianebeckner884
    @dianebeckner884 2 года назад +6

    All spring and summer long I've been praying "Lord I don't know what you're preparing us for, but thank you!"

  • @batpherlangkharkrang7976
    @batpherlangkharkrang7976 2 года назад +1

    Hi...... Meg and Ben nice to see you love watching your videos, thank you for showing your video homestead chickens farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

  • @pampilgrim2274
    @pampilgrim2274 2 года назад +14

    Hi, Ben and Meg! Thank you for sharing with us. I love watching Meg cook and Ben on the tractor. You two deserve the best.

  • @warrenrines3924
    @warrenrines3924 2 года назад +50

    Love the channel, thanks for sharing your lives with us.

  • @gaylewatkins4685
    @gaylewatkins4685 2 года назад +25

    Always happy to a Hollar video pop up. Your garden looks great and producing so much food. Take care.
    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @whitestone4401
    @whitestone4401 2 года назад +8

    If you score the stalk of the cabbage down the center after you harvest, if your season is long enough, you can grow 2 small cabbages. One from each side of the scored stalk.

  • @tarynolson2610
    @tarynolson2610 2 года назад +2

    "one of us has to follow her around so she doesn't like die or something" 😂 So relatable! We've got a 16 month old...same story. Thanks for sharing your lives with us, you guys are wonderful.

  • @ischafer8073
    @ischafer8073 2 года назад +12

    👋 Glad you got some rain!! Every little bit helps.

  • @shirleyk623
    @shirleyk623 2 года назад +1

    There's no better smell in the house than bacon and onions sauteing together. Nice bunch of beets too! There's not many young ladies your age do so much wonderful food preparation for the family. I applaud you. That's the way I was taught and I taught my boys (yes my young men) to cook for themselves.
    Almost every thing comes from scratch out of the joy of cooking and talent for the imagination of combining things and creating a meal. You have a very lucky family for sure.

  • @ritamccartt-kordon283
    @ritamccartt-kordon283 2 года назад +3

    If you read the history of Kudzu, it was brought to the USA for animal food.
    Maybe get a Wood Chipper for chopping your compost. Just aim it where you want your compost pile. Maybe find a used one. Supper looked great Meg! Yes, cabbage will
    grow small cabbages!
    GOD bless

  • @dianesnow9806
    @dianesnow9806 2 года назад +34

    It’s so rewarding watching you guys work together. Blessings 💕🙏🏻💕

  • @Terrytuna1
    @Terrytuna1 2 года назад +1

    With all your wooded areas I think you need a wood chipper attachment! It could help breakdown the items added to compost, and also bedding for animals in winter. You’ve mentioned you have a lot of fallen trees already....

  • @Yaketyyak21
    @Yaketyyak21 2 года назад +5

    A shredder would be ideal for chopping up the pile on the compost heap…

  • @Laura-wn2yy
    @Laura-wn2yy 2 года назад

    We live in the desert, and when it rains, my husband and I always say, "Thank you, Lord!"

  • @shelleypassantino7912
    @shelleypassantino7912 2 года назад

    Yes, 100% wild strawberries going crazy here in central NC, and this no rain thing, eek! Even though my tomatoes have been struggling with this heat, I have been blessed with a few volunteers popping up, which always brings a smile. Quite a challenging season we are in.

  • @patriciahusk3428
    @patriciahusk3428 2 года назад +2

    You said it, “thank you Lord for the rain.” Just loved little Buggie watching the rain from the window…your garden looks amazing!

  • @deborahcrutchfield5022
    @deborahcrutchfield5022 2 года назад +1

    Yes when you harvest your cabbage little I call the Brussels sprouts will grow in. Amazing how much you get from 1 cabbage. I live in West Tennessee over 3 weeks no rain terrible Sunday we go a hugh Rain 🌧 it was Wonderful. Starting Thursday we have more rain coming over the next 5 days. Praise the Lord.

  • @murrrriel
    @murrrriel 2 года назад +3

    Definitely gonna need a woodchiper to get compost. But you may have a good start for a Hügelkultur bed!

  • @janetwithers7427
    @janetwithers7427 2 года назад +2

    Glad you got some rain. You are getting good harvests. I can always smell Meg's cooking. Ha. Yummy stuff. 💞

  • @nancyseery2213
    @nancyseery2213 2 года назад

    Thank you Lord, let it rain! Just what I said when it rain at our house. Got almost one inch and hoping for more! It even got down into the 60'd last night. Oh yeah! God bless y"all and keep on growing.

  • @margaretbedwell3211
    @margaretbedwell3211 2 года назад +1

    Maybe you could take your chain saw to the compost pile and maybe cut off those larger bits and put them in your Friday night fire pit. That way the smaller stuff might break down a bit faster. Meg, do the yellow beets have a different flavor than the red ones.????? I love beets but have never had the yellow. Thanks so much for sharing a bit of day with us so happy you got some rain. Have a Blessed day.

  • @donnaokeefe6463
    @donnaokeefe6463 2 года назад +1

    We discovered that we have mull berries in our backyard. Hooohoo!! We have been here 5 years and never seen them before. We found a couple small trees that we are going to dig up in fall and move them closer to the yard.

  • @stephanieballou1539
    @stephanieballou1539 2 года назад +3

    I'm in New Hampshire. My fruit trees had an over abundance last year. This year I'm getting a handful of peaches, some trees not producing at all, and maybe three quarters of the cherries. No apples or pears. However, my gardens are definitely thriving. Because we are 5a here I'm still waiting to see how the wild harvest will truly be.

  • @GardeningwithPurpose329
    @GardeningwithPurpose329 2 года назад +4

    Real people real homesteader family not afraid to get dirty. Love it! I too have a bunch of wild blackberries in my in the forest a cross the lake of my backyard and I have gathered them a few times zone 9B Daytona Beach Central FL.

  • @StoneKathryn
    @StoneKathryn 2 года назад

    Yay, rain. Thanks for showing your compost pile. I bet the baby cabbages with the bacon and onions had to be wonderful. Chicken and roasted beets sound delicious. You guys eat well! Yay, turning the compost with the tractor! I hope that compost method works! Thanks for this Hollars.

  • @erinstraub5710
    @erinstraub5710 2 года назад +5

    We need a rain like too!! Send it to Indiana please!! It’s been insanely hot and dry here too. Everything looks delicious!

  • @stellaiossifova1289
    @stellaiossifova1289 2 года назад

    Hey, hardworking family- just an idea for improving the health of your soil- when removing a healthy old plant- you may leave the roots in the ground to feed on place all the micro life. This improves also the water absorption. Such a beautiful garden you have❤️

  • @shirleydeason5223
    @shirleydeason5223 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for your videos, sure do love them. Love seeing your children, they are special as is their Mom and Dad. God Bless all of you!

  • @DudeWeCanBuildIt
    @DudeWeCanBuildIt 2 года назад +2

    We just started our homesteading channel. Right now it’s all dirt work on our 27 acres but we are ready to start with everything else. If you’re ever interested in helping us out we’d love it! Thanks for sharing all of your information. Check us out when you get a chance and tell us what you think 😁

  • @michellenelson7899
    @michellenelson7899 2 года назад +7

    Absolutely love that you share your family journey sending our love

  • @sandyc6569
    @sandyc6569 2 года назад +4

    Everyone and everything is looking healthy and happy!!! Keep up the good work!! 👍💞💝💞👍

  • @CS-bn4un
    @CS-bn4un 2 года назад +1

    Love watching your family and homestead grow so naturally where God has planted you. And now I want to try cabbage with bacon and onions ...and YES, praise the Lord for rain we got elsewhere in the Deep South today as well. So grateful ! (OK...so I have to admit yet again that I rewatched Buggy digging potatoes again today from previous video...had to show my husband!)

  • @sroberts605
    @sroberts605 2 года назад +4

    Interestingly, here in the south of England, we have the same dry weather, and the berries/fruit are superb this year. How strange!

    • @diannamc367
      @diannamc367 2 года назад

      Maybe the flavor is more concentrated because they are drier.🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @AZJH8374
    @AZJH8374 2 года назад

    You just said look at the bountiful berry's. Then it pours. You are blessed!

  • @stacyschaffer783
    @stacyschaffer783 2 года назад +6

    I always trim the second little cabbages down to 2 and let them grow again. They head up faster because the roots are well established. I've had a dozen little starter heads before. Yes they are good eating.

  • @rgb5031
    @rgb5031 2 года назад +8

    Love your channel!!! Mrs. Hollar should do some extra cooking videos.

  • @hanorabrennan8846
    @hanorabrennan8846 2 года назад

    Under my open compost pile, I am feeding a family of hedgehogs and they are massive! Cheeky too, as they scamper around even when I'm working!

  • @grandmasewhappyhomestead187
    @grandmasewhappyhomestead187 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for sharing your lives with us. It's good to know how you all are doing

  • @faithrada
    @faithrada 2 года назад +1

    Just love watching that rain come down. 🌧

  • @rainspringing
    @rainspringing 2 года назад

    My gosh that was me last night too, with the rain. We got ours down here in SC later in the evening, but I couldn't tear myself away. Hard to believe what was in front of my eyes!
    Our wild fruits have not been so great this year, but that's more about lack of rain than anything. The birds seem to be complaining about the berry sizes. lol We kept being the skirted tiny pocket of dry on the radar every time it was meant to rain since about April. Or tornado, so ya know, cool with being dodged by tornados. A bit weirded out by the shallow earthquakes though.
    Love the little cabbage 'yum flowers' after the head is harvested. :) We sometimes do basically deconstructed skillet steamed cabbage rolls with those.

  • @thehobbyhomestead
    @thehobbyhomestead 2 года назад +1

    Yes to the huge wild harvests!! I have a native serviceberry tree that is producing fruit the size of those mammoth farmed blueberries. And it's so heavy with fruit that the 20 year old branches are sagging. Never had it like this before. I'm in Ontario Canada.

  • @carolschreffler5112
    @carolschreffler5112 2 года назад

    Greetings from Northeast Ohio. Yes Ben, I agree with you. Fruit bushes are loaded. Not only that but all the perennial flowers this year from early spring till now are so beautiful and plentiful.

  • @cherylbishop7657
    @cherylbishop7657 2 года назад +1

    You are blessed. GOD BLESS

  • @trinapellegrino621
    @trinapellegrino621 2 года назад

    🙋🏼‍♀️🕊. Happy. Rain 🌧🥀💕🍀🥀💕🍀. ❤️❤️❤️. More rain barrels. Lol. ❤️

  • @kathleengallagher2659
    @kathleengallagher2659 2 года назад +2

    I ❤️ to watch Meg cook!

  • @drewblack749
    @drewblack749 2 года назад

    Yep. NW Missouri here. Prolific amount of mulberries this year. Great looking garden, ya’ll. Meg, always want to come by for supper!!

  • @LadysFarm
    @LadysFarm 2 года назад +19

    Beautiful garden ❤️

  • @create557
    @create557 2 года назад +1

    Hi guys I just want to let you know how wonderful I think you are. I know it’s difficult work and at some point you’ll need to take a break but before that happens know you are appreciated and loved. ❤️🙏🏼💐🎶. Diana Romero

  • @reclaimingthefarm6441
    @reclaimingthefarm6441 2 года назад

    We're in northern Arizona. Our entire perennial fruit harvest (currants, strawberries, apples, pears, almonds, etc) was wiped out by a late, killing frost. We have a handful of raspberries maturing on the vine right now, but that's it. We have had years like you're having now though. A few years ago we had a winter storm that dropped 5 feet of snow on us; the following season we had enough perennial harvest to bring to market (which we only do after we've supplied our own needs, as well as the needs of all of our friends and extended family.)

  • @dianadriverasbury9130
    @dianadriverasbury9130 2 года назад +2

    So happy about your wild harvest. That's just wonderful. Rain is lovely. She's like, "Thanks for the goodies!".

  • @tubularguynine
    @tubularguynine 2 года назад

    I have a huge white mulberry tree beside my driveway, but the birds always beat me to the ripe ones! There was an abundance of dewberries (low-bush, vine) blackberries that went in my muffins, pancakes and cereal though, so, have at it, birds! Glad you got some rain!

  • @carlaprice413
    @carlaprice413 2 года назад

    We're in Seven Springs NC, the wild black berries have spread everywhere & producing huge amounts. Our garden is struggling in the heat & lack of rain. We seem to be missing out on all the rain. We are hoping the wild grapes will be this plentiful. Blessings to y'all.

  • @juliewholohan2850
    @juliewholohan2850 2 года назад +9

    I was just noticing the larger trunks in the compost…..I recently started 3 hugelkulture beds….they are worth investigating as they were very successful and they are water savers.👍

  • @urbsoapco5489
    @urbsoapco5489 2 года назад

    Stinging nettles also,make a nitrogen rich compost or compost tea for your veggies, we always leave patches for this purpose on our veg plot. You need a wood chipper to speed up,your compost production! Or perhaps you,could employ your boys to chop the woody bits up,for you….in return for tasty Meg made treats?! Your veg garden looks beautifully productive, you have all worked very very hard to make it so 😀. Absolutely love your vlogs. X

  • @LadysFarm
    @LadysFarm 2 года назад +10

    Meg is so cute 🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @joanneganon7157
    @joanneganon7157 2 года назад +4

    I'm happy for you guys,your Compost is working well 🙌.
    YAY the Rain cometh 👏.
    JO JO IN VT 😆💕

  • @stephaniejustice6777
    @stephaniejustice6777 2 года назад

    Yep,the mulberries have been plentiful here in Northern Indiana as well! The wild raspberry bushes are loaded with green berries so I’m sure they will be wonderful as well.

  • @bodgerliz5138
    @bodgerliz5138 2 года назад +1

    Just a thought in relation to keeping moisture in the soil. Some folks leave the roots of the crops they're harvesting in the ground, to add to the soil organic matter as they break down. It might work for you too. So enjoy watching your progress in building the homestead. Good luck.

  • @karenminckler4198
    @karenminckler4198 2 года назад +5

    I love how she’s not afraid of anything. And how she loves to help.

  • @gailbrault9251
    @gailbrault9251 2 года назад +6

    Cabbage and bacon and onion Yummy!!

  • @tanapittsford5067
    @tanapittsford5067 2 года назад

    I'm in central Indiana and our berries have been huge. The spring rain helped everything. Our first cutting of hay was awesome. 70 huge round bales off of 20 acres. Our blackberries don't come on until late July, bur we've had great red and black raspberries. My grape vine was planted in 1949 and it's loaded with grapes. We haven't had rain the whole month of June. The first of July is supposed to bring rain. 🤞🤞

  • @alisonshanahan9529
    @alisonshanahan9529 2 года назад +1

    Here in Sydney Australia we're expecting 200ml or 8" of rain in the next week. The garden looks good, very productive. Your calf is so big already. Dinner looks yummy.

  • @lisahenry1467
    @lisahenry1467 2 года назад

    “Thank you Lord!”
    Thank you for being bold in your witness! ❤️

  • @ceselb
    @ceselb 2 года назад

    It rained here in Sweden too today. Not a half inch, but maybe a quarter. We also really needed that. Rent a chipper for a day and just tear through the shrubs and things and add to the compost pile. Heck arrange a work party to do it, if those still happen...

  • @TaylorLife248
    @TaylorLife248 2 года назад +8

    we're in Amarillo Texas and going through a severe drought. it's been months since we've had rain.

  • @jamjar5716
    @jamjar5716 2 года назад

    I got a peek of what looked like little army figures in the window! The cabbage cooked in the bacon and onions must have been great!

  • @PureLace
    @PureLace 2 года назад

    Yes! All the moisture from the winter has brought on tons of berries in the bush. In Canada, so we only have flowers right now but we should be in harvesting mode over the next month.

  • @tahliel
    @tahliel 2 года назад +8

    I'm from Australia, and absolutely understand the joy of a rainstorm on dry earth. We recently moved from a property where we lived for three years, and it only rained three times while we were there.this year has been very different, and it's barely stopped raining and the flooding has been so destructive.

    • @kayradford3793
      @kayradford3793 2 года назад +2

      So true looks like we are for another wet weekend here in NSW Australia.

    • @tahliel
      @tahliel 2 года назад +2

      @@kayradford3793 looks like it! I've got my carrot seed in the bed ready 😂

    • @marylouise890
      @marylouise890 2 года назад +1

      I’m in the U.S., Arkansas. We have had the rain dropping in buckets here!

  • @SkiesofMidnight
    @SkiesofMidnight 2 года назад

    Yes, wild berries and fruit have been more abundant this year in Central Florida. Things like wild plums, wild cucumbers, poke weed, black berries, passion fruit, bitter melon seem to be producing a lot this season. Gardens haven't been doing too great so we're shrinking them down to a more manageable size and adding more chicken run dirt and composted coop bedding to try and get a better harvest for Summer and Fall. Did anyone else have problems with melons and/or pumpkins this year? All of mine started, got about 6 inches tall, but didn't do anything and eventually got chewed up by squirrels.

  • @skippyvsamy6768
    @skippyvsamy6768 2 года назад

    Love the sound of cows munching. Even better when it's kudzu🤣

  • @diannemiller4754
    @diannemiller4754 2 года назад

    We are expecting rain tonight. It Sprinkled for about five minutes. Radar showed rain above us but more coming my way later this evening. I've had to water the past two weeks. Happy to see you have rain.

  • @barbaramix1683
    @barbaramix1683 2 года назад +3

    Glad to see you get some rain. I have been praying about that ever since you said you could use some.

  • @jesikasmith8209
    @jesikasmith8209 2 года назад +2

    I live in Maine. Our strawberries have been crazy good this year! Both wild and cultivated!

  • @viviansmith1443
    @viviansmith1443 2 года назад +1

    Show us the rain more and shhh. So calming. I live in the southwest!🌎🗺🗻

  • @jeannamaynard5037
    @jeannamaynard5037 2 года назад

    Take the wood out and use that for biochar. Then pile it up 3ft wide by 6ft long by 6ft tall and let it sit, uncovered, do not stir yet. Then, make another pile somewhere else. Work on the smaller compost pile for your garden and use the tractor scoop to clean pig pens, barns, ditches, garden scraps. That will compost quicker. Hire out to neighbors for clean up too.

  • @fruitfullyfaithfulfarm8350
    @fruitfullyfaithfulfarm8350 2 года назад +3

    We call our son buggie or bugga💜 we need rain bad here in Ohio too. Very dry. I've had to water the garden more than usual this year🙃

  • @nomorebullshit8159
    @nomorebullshit8159 2 года назад

    lots of wild harvest in middle Tennessee! blackberries, black raspberries, passion fruit, mulberries...

  • @richardgreen5602
    @richardgreen5602 2 года назад

    What a great cook.....What a fortunate family!!!! God Bless and Keep You'all. Proverbs 3: 3-7 Cut those large and medium sized would branchs oout of the compsot pile!!!

  • @cindyfarmer6809
    @cindyfarmer6809 2 года назад

    NW Georgia our wild berries are loaded, elderberry are loaded! God has Blessed us this year with plenty! Im Glad yours are doing so good also

  • @terresiagregg9326
    @terresiagregg9326 2 года назад +3

    So glad your harvest is doing so good

  • @joycemarie487
    @joycemarie487 2 года назад

    We are in SW Louisiana and earlier this spring our blackberry and dewberry produced like crazy. We were able to get enough to make our jam for the year. We are in a severe drought now. It was a struggle to keep the spring garden going but thankfully we are at the end of the garden and have managed to collect enough vegetables to refill our pantry and give to friends.

  • @SdW.8
    @SdW.8 2 года назад

    I'm in the Midwest and our black currant bush is having a massive BOOM year and they're the sweetest they've ever been. Glad your berries are having a great year too!

  • @anna7118
    @anna7118 2 года назад +5

    As someone in the PNW we were just as happy to see the warm sun this last week as you were to get some rain! Hay crops are finally getting in the barns!

  • @TheFamilyFarmstead
    @TheFamilyFarmstead 2 года назад +1

    Maybe next time you have a squall coming through leave the pile uncovered. You won’t have to hose it. Gardens are looking great!

  • @tammygodwin600
    @tammygodwin600 2 года назад

    We have been very dry in East Alabama as well. Lots of wild Blackberries here as well. They are just huge and so full of flavor!!! I have made multiple trips to forage and made some amazing blackberry cobblers!! Enjoy!

  • @worleyhavenhomestead1448
    @worleyhavenhomestead1448 2 года назад

    Yes we have a tons of wild blackberries and raspberries and our raspberries have been crazy this year getting way more than we ever have before and loving it!!!!

  • @belieftransformation
    @belieftransformation 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing your busy day! Wonderful family! 🤗❤️🇨🇦

  • @cathylastrapes714
    @cathylastrapes714 2 года назад +1

    I have an abundance of tomatoes, cucumbers, the corn was beautiful, field peas and purple hull. Eggplants was pretty good also. Squash and zucchini was ok, Earlier is season Irish potatoes was great, garlic and onions also. In 40 plus years of gardening this surly one of the hood ones. I’m in Louisiana and with no rain things are yellowing, need rain 🌧 bad.

  • @nlcpope
    @nlcpope 2 года назад

    Loving the cloud cover! Beautiful rain clouds! We just had a pop-up shower before the thunderstorm started here in southeastern North Carolina! Grateful for the rain indeed!🤗😱

  • @tarynolson2610
    @tarynolson2610 2 года назад

    An answer to prayer all in one video! Praise God for rain !

  • @dave4096
    @dave4096 2 года назад

    Watching the first part about cabbages got my curiosity going: Turns out the entire cabbage plant is edible, roots and all! You can make sauerkraut from all those outer leaves that don’t form the cabbage head, make them into salad, boil for soup etc!

  • @gailmaree7719
    @gailmaree7719 2 года назад

    Wow that garden grew so fast.. we have such terrible soil, everything has to be grown in raised beds and potting mix / soil blend. Compost from the chicken coop and spent crops take so much time ..but gardens are slowly improving. To dig a hole needs a crowbar a few days.. not even kidding. We have great lemon tree and mulberry tree.. apples are small and the birds get most first. Passionfruit is just ripening.. tomatoes are all year crop here.

  • @Mia7470
    @Mia7470 2 года назад +3

    Maybe try using a wood chipper for your compost pile

  • @joannmahaffey1068
    @joannmahaffey1068 2 года назад

    I agree Ben. Your tractor is a huge help but if you want compost any year soon, you need to get a chipper in there. I think Jason and Loraine could use a chipper too. Sharing work and expenses on that kind of project makes it so much easier and more fun. ( not a good project for Lily participation). Love your channel.

  • @marylouise890
    @marylouise890 2 года назад

    Buggy you are cute 🥰 as a bug. Bye 👋
    It’s almost your second Happy 😊 Birthday 🥳