Love the way you both think outside the box: Chain flail tool for bushwhacking, growing your own peach trees from the peach pits, planting them in the forest and then figuring out why they were growing faster there than the orchard. Meg scoffing at measuring :”You cook from your heart!” And Buggy letting you know that she was hiding, eating a secret snack. There’s always observing/thinking/learning…always something interesting going on. I love your RUclips channel. Thanks for all your hard work and for sharing what you do.
I remember eating at my MIL's one night and she knew I didn't like yellow squash. As she was passing around the different sides she offered me what I thought was corn fritters (I could see the corn in them). When we finished the meal, which was excellent, she was an amazing cook, she asked me how I like the squash fritters, and just laughed. She said she threw a couple of tablespoons of corn in them just so I would try them. I have loved yellow squash ever since.
Watching Meg cook reminds me of my grandmother.She made the best baked beans and brown bread,all baked in a brick oven my grandfather built for her.She was a traditional Maine farm wife who raised almost everything she needed.
Every time I see Buggy eating I crack up. She is going to be so knowledgeable about food and food processes. She just jumps right in there, well some times she "hides" right in there, lol. I love the free range Hippie Piggies! They have complete trust in Ben that whatever he is doing is going to be good for them. Nice video, peace.
Your videos over the past couple years have brought such joy to my life and get me through the tough times, Makes my dream of homesteading one day look easier and easier. Hoping for bacon seeds soon, I'm curious how well they are turning that forest into more usable land for your amazing family.
You mentioned the peach-pit tree up above with the forest soil biome established in that plot. THANKYOU. Super important info for me in establishing my future orchard! Got the spot! On my tiny acreage. I grew up, 13 to 17 in an apple orchard of 9 acres with the irrigation responsibilities. Whole cycle is in my heart, prune in winter, water, talk to the trees, watch apples grow, harvest, eat early green apples with lotta salt, haul trailer loads to packing shed. Yeah, my heart aches for an orchard after all these years. THANKS FOR WHAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING!!!!!
No measuring necessary...it comes from the heart!!! I'm so using this on my Grandchildren when they want my recipes...lol. thanks Meg for permission to cook as we please and with our heart.
Your wife reminds me of my grandma, not that she looks old but she has her personality, she's a great cook, knows her way around food. She looks like my Grandma when she was young, and she is so loving, and so attentive to all of your family's needs.🧡🧡🧡🧡
Your family takes the homesteading prize for ingenuity. The chain flail, the yummy food made without a recipe, the random sprouted peach pits and that are now trees. I am inspired by your creativity.
Please never stop showing your prayer time before dinner❣️❣️❣️You bring tears to my eyes because it has become so rare to see families thanking our Father for what He has given us. God bless you all, In Jesus name!!! Shirley from Baltimore/Florida If you’re ever in Baltimore you’re welcome to stop by my church. Greater Grace World Outreach Church
So glad your content wasn't about the government trying to take over our freedoms. Love your channel and just wanting to take a break from the gloom and doom stuff. Your content is just about God's great earth and what comes natural to the love he's given us. Bless you and your family for this gift you have shared with us all.
A great chef never measures and cooks from the heart right on the money Meg. My mother-in-law always canned what we called loosy meat (beef) delicious along with homemade biscuits with strawberry freezer jam, mashed potatoes and veggies yum. Ben your quite knowledgeable about the soil and the peach trees are growing fast. Can't wait to see what trees you'll be planting. Piggy's are so cute, wonder how many the next Nana will have. Bonus video Saturday yeah. Blessings to you all. 😊🇺🇲
@@fraija4223 I doubt that Ben will cut his beard off. I've had a beard for 50 years and was tempted to cut it off when it was her dad gone blistering hot. Instead I trimmed it and brushed it to let the air go through it to make my face cooler.
It must be so satisfying,to look out in the morning,and see how much food security your hard work has provided,in a short amount of time. This life you have,at this time is a real blessing. I love you all sitting around the table and praying. God Bless
Meg love the way you feed your family meals. Our parents were feeding 7 on what they had. Dad worked at a grain elevator and mom ironed clothes for the public. 6 bushel put up then do 6 more from farmers all summer. Chickens ducks and fishing. Meat only when we had extra $. Mom would say throw together was what leftovers from main meal for alot of meals. Your never feel sorry for giving a nutritional meal. I'm 69 and remember what we had on hard times. Bless the hollar family. Also back up meatloaf yummy. Red beans cornbread lambquarters greens etc. Best memories Mom
Dude your living it... little hard work on your own land with a cook that loves you and children getting raised the right way teaching them the old ways... I'm just flat out jealous...keep up the great vids beautiful people ;)
The greatest compliment I ever got from my mom was the day she said, “ of all my girls, you’re my best cook!” There were 5 girls and 1 boy. I am the youngest. I cook like Meg, from my heart!
That chain flail is brilliant. My hubby is going to see this video so he can make me one. Thanks for the awesome idea Ben! There is something magical about piglets, idk what it is but they warm the heart. Thanks for showing us another snapshot of your world, it was very inspirational!
Oh my gracious. How sweet when you all sit down to dinner, hold hands and pray. Little Buggy’s head goes right down!! Great videos!! Great values!! Great content!! Great family!! I love you guys if you couldn’t tell!!! 👍
💚 Great update on the pigs! Cool that you have so much forested land, too, with peach trees, from seed, loving the forest mycelium. Yummy Squash Fritters, Meg 💚
You always have something different to share, the pigs, the chickens, the garden, and of course the kitchen. Always interesting to see Meg prepare meals that all seem to be easy peasy to put together, and always look delicious. Looking forward to the next episode of the Hollar Homestead life on the homestead. Thanks for sharing a part of your life with us. :)
Question: have you thought about doing some rain catchment from the roof of that pig shelter? I know it's not big, but I bet you'd catch enough water to make quite a difference in your need to bring the hose to fill their tank. Just a thought. I don't have animals myself but I've seen other RUclipsrs do such things.
Another great video from you all. Meg cooks from the heart and it is the Best! The little piggies are so cute and more on the way . Fun!!! Lots of Bacon. Buggy hiding in closet to snack was too cute. Your boys are always close by to help. 💜
I love watching your sweet family homesteading. It’s a shame someone doesn’t have a cream separator even if it needs some repair, my Dad put a Maytag washing machine motor when ours had needed a new motor. Your cream shows how good your milk is, looked so thick. Making butter with the cream and making cottage cheese with the skimmed milk, I love sprinkling sugar and nutmeg on top. So yum 😋. I think Meg is the Martha Steward of Homesteading! Sandi
I go through phases on who I wanna watch first on RUclips of all my people I watch. I got to say right now you’re my number one who I wanted to watch first. I’m really enjoying you’re content And I love the story about compost pile and the trees. Thank you
How pretty is that , you praying 🙏 Thanking the good Lord for your food. What a sweet family, piglets are so cute. And working with your son's, baby girl eatting dates, the frozen spinach wasn't a hit with her, but she tryed it. So adorable talking so much now. Another great vidio. Yes your wife cooks from the ❤️ Heart of Love. I had five kids and a husband who always loved a home cooked meal.
You could also take some of the soil from up there and put it around your trees. Basically take two hand fulls per tree in the orchard. It will help get the Fungi started down at the orchard also.
Have a great weekend y'all, love your family and all you do. The recipes are awesome and thank you Meghan for them. Your little one is so precious she makes me laugh. Blessing's to y'all
Ben, it seems you've really been reading up a storm or watching a lot of videos on "planting". Is it my imagination or do you know so much more about all this stuff than even just last year. Kudos to you, I think your thought process is spot on! It's great when things click & it all starts falling into place. So proud of you guys ❤👍
Piglets are so cute. Need to make myself a chain flailer. Ty for showing yours again! Have huge wild blackberries and scotch broom of varying sizes on back 3 acres and it needs to go so the pasture grasses will come back. Great decision to start a food forest on the hill where soil is already full of soil biology and most likely cooler and retains moisture due to tree cover, years of tree leaf and needle litter. Old rotting tree roots and stumps still in the ground retain moisture and provide nutrients that living trees can use if their roots are close and soil life uses as well. Win win situation. The Peach trees up there are jamming! Have you thought about putting 1 1/2” poly pipe rolls and quick connect cuplers to where the pigs are for water ports every so many feet so you don’t have to drag 100’s of feet of hoses to fill h2O?
We do make fritters with spinach, potatoes in chickpea flour , sometime mix salt pepper and some greens in chickpea flour and dip a sliced Brinjal in it and deep fry. Eat it with mint, coriander,greenchilli mixed with yogurt it tastes amazing
This is so why I love ya’s channel ..because ya take US with ya on your Journey..,on Homesteading …I learn a lot from ya .. The wasp story you said the other day how they are beneficial to the garden I have a lot of wants and now I know they’re getting them bugs which makes me happy…thanks for making me understand that
This video’s intro was really great Meg! You got your music perfect with the actions to bring us in. I love ALL your content, and I got very spoiled during your month long “30 videos in 30 days” lol. My only suggestion for the intro would be to slow down the fast forward a little bit more, Ben looked wacky cray going at those speeds 😂 Adore your videos, luv you guys, and thank you so much for all the AMAZING good content 😍 ❤️❤️ April from Modesto CA
You guys are so lucky for the bit of rain. My mom tells me I used to sit inside the cupboard and "hide" while she was cooking. Meg, I love your style of cooking. I can never do the same thing twice, haha. Looks like the little piggies are doing well. I was surprised to see you caught a couple Ben. Dinner sounds delicious. AND, lastly, LOVE to can meats. I've done chicken, porkchop, corned beef, small amount of steak because I'm avoiding cramming anything else in my freezer!
I Love watching you two you always bring new ideas and Meg's cooking ideas I love . She helps me figure out things from the garden. Thanks for sharing you 2❤️
Also, I love what you did with the weed eater. That has got to improve the action of the job. Weed eaters must have stronger motors than they had before. Your channel is where we're going to see it first because you are so motivated, handy, and inventive just to get things done with less stress and hard work. I hope that sounds positive because that is how at was meant. Thanks for sharing. Also looking forward to seeing new baby piglets.
Congratulations on another litter of piglets exactly what is expected for this life style! Great idea for the start of a Food Forrest. You guys keep doing what you are doing. Wow got this bonus video Friday yeah 👍 It is a blessing seeing how your family is together for meals always giving thanks.👍
I began to watch you over a year ago and you both made huge progress making video, it really interesting and fun to watch , its great to see happy family, good luck !
More Pig content ANYTIME! :) Love watching those little piglets.. they are so cute! I really like the chain trimmer... just wow! As always you provide great content and learning experience as well... Oh and those peach trees are amazing!
I learned to let squash after grated sit in a bowl in fridge. Extra moisture will rise to top and you can pour it off. Then mix in ingredients and fry patties.
my favourate from my late mother is potato fritters (our family called them mock white bait patties a small native NZ fish) 1 cup of flour, 1 egg, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, salt and pepper and milk/water till it is smooth and as thick as you like it - in that mixture put in grated potatoes, cheese, onion and cooked bacon - cook in butter so delish
Hi guys. You sure are doing a great job making your land a homestead home. Proud of you all ! Everything looks great. Love your cast iron Meg. I have a few pieces myself :)
Let the pigs clean up and then plant trees, cool! The piglets are so cute! Nice pig move. Did Biscuit knock over the camera? Cool, bonus video. Squash fritters look really good. Good idea Meg! Did you use lard to cook them or bacon grease? The chicken casserole dish looks great too. Great that you're getting more piglets soon. Thanks for this Hollars.
Thanks in advance for the Saturday bonus video, I can't wait! Enjoy your Friday night, guess it's too hot and muggy for Friday campfires this year. Goodnight y'all 🤗👍❣
Love watching your videos. I've not been very well recently, watching your videos have really helped me so much. Your all an amazing inspiration to me. Love watching Meg cook with Buggies help. Love and hugs to you all xjx
I just had a thought... Could you take some soil from where those peach trees are taking off and make some compost tea with it, and then water your other orchard with that tea in order to get the microbial/mycelium stuff it needs?
I cook like Meg does. Made a low sodium pasta with ground turkey, no salt tomato sauce and spices. With enough garlic and onions it was tasty. Tonight I made what I called puedo-gumbo. So good. No measurement
we grew a tree from a peach but it grew out more like apricots and they just were never eatable even though the tree was massive and beautiful and healthy. the fruit got full and colorful then just rotted and mildewed or turned hard as a rock. good luck with yours!
Yum! I wish I had seen this before I cooked my squash with sausage & okra. I was starving, forgot all about wanting to make fritters lol. Y’all could just about build a mini log cabin with all those trees! I had to modify my string trimmer too. Wire flew off of it, zip ties didn’t work, now I put 3 granny knots (knitting) in my string line and heat it with a lighter to keep it from going through the hole. Much better!
🛑Y’all are capable of building a Ingalls wagon and going from one coast to another, with 5 kids and surviving. Meg, Ben- y’all Rock!🤩 Love y’all bunches 🤗
I have always heard (growing up on a farm) not to get close to a sow with babies. We had a near fatal incident in our community when the man went in the pig pen with mama and babies. He was hospitalized with multiple serious injuries. Be careful please especially Meg and kids. They may could not fight off like Ben. Great videos. One of my favorites!!! God Bless You ALL !!
Some of the fungal life that are part of a forest floor, is very fine and web like. Some could make it, but it would also injure some of the fungus. This is the reason it's good to compost small twigs, leaves, and other plant life. In order to create a forest floor like environment in place, it's also why many are using the no till method to protect the fungal growth. It's also the reason our food isn't as nutritious now, because the fungus and bacteria help break down minerals the plant can't pull up through their root system, without their help. Ben is building up his soil now, but eventually he should be able to just add a little compost, plant, and cover the soil with straw to retain water.
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Love the way you both think outside the box: Chain flail tool for bushwhacking, growing your own peach trees from the peach pits, planting them in the forest and then figuring out why they were growing faster there than the orchard. Meg scoffing at measuring :”You cook from your heart!” And Buggy letting you know that she was hiding, eating a secret snack. There’s always observing/thinking/learning…always something interesting going on. I love your RUclips channel. Thanks for all your hard work and for sharing what you do.
I may not have noticed til now, but Buggy bowing her head all the way down during prayer is adorable.
I remember eating at my MIL's one night and she knew I didn't like yellow squash. As she was passing around the different sides she offered me what I thought was corn fritters (I could see the corn in them). When we finished the meal, which was excellent, she was an amazing cook, she asked me how I like the squash fritters, and just laughed. She said she threw a couple of tablespoons of corn in them just so I would try them. I have loved yellow squash ever since.
Oooh what a good idea. I might try that with my son seeing as though I’m hopefully about to have some yellow squash!
Your MIL is a wise woman!!!
@@janw491 I hope he likes it too. A little finely chopped onion in it is good too.
I take dehydrated squash or zucchini and add to casseroles, waffles or muffins…no body knows they are eating veggies🤐
@@carriem7832 Way to...you have to get those veggies in somehow. LOL.
Watching Meg cook reminds me of my grandmother.She made the best baked beans and brown bread,all baked in a brick oven my grandfather built for her.She was a traditional Maine farm wife who raised almost everything she needed.
You seriously need to learn proper English.
I love the fact that you guys pray at your meals and you are not afraid to show it. Awesome.🧡🧡🧡🧡
Every time I see Buggy eating I crack up. She is going to be so knowledgeable about food and food processes. She just jumps right in there, well some times she "hides" right in there, lol. I love the free range Hippie Piggies! They have complete trust in Ben that whatever he is doing is going to be good for them. Nice video, peace.
What a lovely way to spend half an hour, watching you guys live your best life! Thanks for sharing your adventure with all of us😊
He's a lazy Communist with a beard and long hair. Jesus H. Christ.
Your videos over the past couple years have brought such joy to my life and get me through the tough times, Makes my dream of homesteading one day look easier and easier. Hoping for bacon seeds soon, I'm curious how well they are turning that forest into more usable land for your amazing family.
You mentioned the peach-pit tree up above with the forest soil biome established in that plot.
THANKYOU. Super important info for me in establishing my future orchard!
Got the spot! On my tiny acreage.
I grew up, 13 to 17 in an apple orchard of 9 acres with the irrigation responsibilities. Whole cycle is in my heart, prune in winter, water, talk to the trees, watch apples grow, harvest, eat early green apples with lotta salt, haul trailer loads to packing shed.
Yeah, my heart aches for an orchard after all these years.
THANKS FOR WHAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING!!!!!
No measuring necessary...it comes from the heart!!!
I'm so using this on my Grandchildren when they want my recipes...lol. thanks Meg for permission to cook as we please and with our heart.
Your wife reminds me of my grandma, not that she looks old but she has her personality, she's a great cook, knows her way around food. She looks like my Grandma when she was young, and she is so loving, and so attentive to all of your family's needs.🧡🧡🧡🧡
I just LOVE watching Buggy pray. Too precious.
Your family takes the homesteading prize for ingenuity. The chain flail, the yummy food made without a recipe, the random sprouted peach pits and that are now trees. I am inspired by your creativity.
Please never stop showing your prayer time before dinner❣️❣️❣️You bring tears to my eyes because it has become so rare to see families thanking our Father for what He has given us.
God bless you all,
In Jesus name!!!
Shirley from Baltimore/Florida
If you’re ever in Baltimore you’re welcome to stop by my church. Greater Grace World Outreach Church
I know it’s just chores to you folks but I so enjoy watching a well paired team work together. You are such an inspiration to many.
So glad your content wasn't about the government trying to take over our freedoms. Love your channel and just wanting to take a break from the gloom and doom stuff. Your content is just about God's great earth and what comes natural to the love he's given us. Bless you and your family for this gift you have shared with us all.
A great chef never measures and cooks from the heart right on the money Meg. My mother-in-law always canned what we called loosy meat (beef) delicious along with homemade biscuits with strawberry freezer jam, mashed potatoes and veggies yum. Ben your quite knowledgeable about the soil and the peach trees are growing fast. Can't wait to see what trees you'll be planting. Piggy's are so cute, wonder how many the next Nana will have. Bonus video Saturday yeah. Blessings to you all. 😊🇺🇲
He needs to shave his beard off. Very unprofessional and unhygienic.
@@CalintzJerevinan546 No way!
@@CalintzJerevinan546 he’s a farmer.... wtf you on about? I love his facial hair and hope he doesn’t take your suggestion!
@@fraija4223 You're a simpleton private Pyle.
@@fraija4223 I doubt that Ben will cut his beard off. I've had a beard for 50 years and was tempted to cut it off when it was her dad gone blistering hot. Instead I trimmed it and brushed it to let the air go through it to make my face cooler.
1st of all...you are the beautiful people. Love seeing your kids involved. Buggy make me giggle. Blessings on y'all!
It must be so satisfying,to look out in the morning,and see how much food security your hard work has provided,in a short amount of time.
This life you have,at this time is a real blessing.
I love you all sitting around the table and praying.
God Bless
New healthy life is always exciting. Yall are doing a great job if doing what you do. God has been good this year.
Sour cream in squash fritters is really good too! Put some heat in those fritters, with peppers, and sour cream on top, yum!
Meg love the way you feed your family meals. Our parents were feeding 7 on what they had. Dad worked at a grain elevator and mom ironed clothes for the public. 6 bushel put up then do 6 more from farmers all summer. Chickens ducks and fishing. Meat only when we had extra $. Mom would say throw together was what leftovers from main meal for alot of meals. Your never feel sorry for giving a nutritional meal. I'm 69 and remember what we had on hard times. Bless the hollar family. Also back up meatloaf yummy. Red beans cornbread lambquarters greens etc. Best memories Mom
I love that you kept the clip where the cow knocked over the camera in the video. It made me smile ☺️
Dude your living it... little hard work on your own land with a cook that loves you and children getting raised the right way teaching them the old ways... I'm just flat out jealous...keep up the great vids beautiful people ;)
The greatest compliment I ever got from my mom was the day she said, “ of all my girls, you’re my best cook!” There were 5 girls and 1 boy. I am the youngest.
I cook like Meg, from my heart!
I love your channel. You guys are awesome thanks for sharing.😀
That chain flail is brilliant. My hubby is going to see this video so he can make me one. Thanks for the awesome idea Ben! There is something magical about piglets, idk what it is but they warm the heart. Thanks for showing us another snapshot of your world, it was very inspirational!
Oh my gracious. How sweet when you all sit down to dinner, hold hands and pray. Little Buggy’s head goes right down!! Great videos!! Great values!! Great content!! Great family!! I love you guys if you couldn’t tell!!! 👍
💚 Great update on the pigs! Cool that you have so much forested land, too, with peach trees, from seed, loving the forest mycelium. Yummy Squash Fritters, Meg 💚
You always have something different to share, the pigs, the chickens, the garden, and of course the kitchen. Always interesting to see Meg prepare meals that all seem to be easy peasy to put together, and always look delicious. Looking forward to the next episode of the Hollar Homestead life on the homestead. Thanks for sharing a part of your life with us. :)
Thanks for the smiles. I sure enjoy your knowledge on your homestead! Happy Days! ☀️😁👏🤗🥰🙏🏻
Hi..... Meg and Ben, thank you for showing your video homestead chickens farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍
Question: have you thought about doing some rain catchment from the roof of that pig shelter? I know it's not big, but I bet you'd catch enough water to make quite a difference in your need to bring the hose to fill their tank. Just a thought. I don't have animals myself but I've seen other RUclipsrs do such things.
Love your cooking regime Meg - cook from the heart and fresh from the garden, yum.
Great you have more sweet piglets on the horizon.
You all are fantastic . Thank you for doing what you do and i am loving the cooking content. Meg has a natural gift. Greetings from Florida 🙂
You have really grown a alot in the past 3 year's. Wonderful & full of love ❤️
Another great video from you all. Meg cooks from the heart and it is the Best! The little piggies are so cute and more on the way . Fun!!! Lots of Bacon. Buggy hiding in closet to snack was too cute. Your boys are always close by to help. 💜
Happy pigs, happy humans. I love it. Meg, your cooking.. That looked delicious! Thank you for sharing as always.
LOVIN the cooking segments Meg!!!! And the bonus video!!!! AWESOME!!!!!
Thank you and keep them coming!!!!!
Your videos are just so wholesome and relaxing.
Oh my goodness...your dinner looked so good! Your pigs look so happy!🥰 And you're going to have more piglets born over the weekend...wow!
Darling little Buggy bows her head for grace so sweetly. Thank you for allowing us this time at your table. Greetings from North Bay Ontario. :)
I love watching your sweet family homesteading. It’s a shame someone doesn’t have a cream separator even if it needs some repair, my Dad put a Maytag washing machine motor when ours had needed a new motor. Your cream shows how good your milk is, looked so thick. Making butter with the cream and making cottage cheese with the skimmed milk, I love sprinkling sugar and nutmeg on top. So yum 😋. I think Meg is the Martha Steward of Homesteading! Sandi
Just love how Buggie does Grace with you before meals. I had to skip back to watch her again. So adorable.
I go through phases on who I wanna watch first on RUclips of all my people I watch. I got to say right now you’re my number one who I wanted to watch first. I’m really enjoying you’re content And I love the story about compost pile and the trees. Thank you
Another Meg recipe I would have never thought of, I love squash excited to have a new recipe. I love when y'all film the Blessing ❤️
How pretty is that , you praying 🙏 Thanking the good Lord for your food. What a sweet family, piglets are so cute. And working with your son's, baby girl eatting dates, the frozen spinach wasn't a hit with her, but she tryed it. So adorable talking so much now. Another great vidio.
Yes your wife cooks from the ❤️ Heart of Love.
I had five kids and a husband who always loved a home cooked meal.
I love meat in a jar. And the fritters can be made using anything pretty much from the garden. Best meals are made this way.
Hurray, a Hollar Homested vlog! 💕💕🌻🌻
You could also take some of the soil from up there and put it around your trees. Basically take two hand fulls per tree in the orchard. It will help get the Fungi started down at the orchard also.
Love watch both of you- but love Meg's cooking! I could watch her cook all day! lol.. Your family is amazing!
Always enjoy each and everyone of your videos! Thanks for sharing!
Have a great weekend y'all, love your family and all you do. The recipes are awesome and thank you Meghan for them. Your little one is so precious she makes me laugh. Blessing's to y'all
Ben, it seems you've really been reading up a storm or watching a lot of videos on "planting". Is it my imagination or do you know so much more about all this stuff than even just last year. Kudos to you, I think your thought process is spot on! It's great when things click & it all starts falling into place. So proud of you guys ❤👍
Piglets are so cute. Need to make myself a chain flailer. Ty for showing yours again! Have huge wild blackberries and scotch broom of varying sizes on back 3 acres and it needs to go so the pasture grasses will come back. Great decision to start a food forest on the hill where soil is already full of soil biology and most likely cooler and retains moisture due to tree cover, years of tree leaf and needle litter. Old rotting tree roots and stumps still in the ground retain moisture and provide nutrients that living trees can use if their roots are close and soil life uses as well. Win win situation. The Peach trees up there are jamming!
Have you thought about putting 1 1/2” poly pipe rolls and quick connect cuplers to where the pigs are for water ports every so many feet so you don’t have to drag 100’s of feet of hoses to fill h2O?
We do make fritters with spinach, potatoes in chickpea flour , sometime mix salt pepper and some greens in chickpea flour and dip a sliced Brinjal in it and deep fry. Eat it with mint, coriander,greenchilli mixed with yogurt it tastes amazing
Sounds like a great plan for your future tree's . YAY!! a bonus video coming..thank you Meg 😃, thanks for taking us along, God bless
Yes! I love your reasoning about developing the former forested area as permaculture orchard. Smart.
This is so why I love ya’s channel ..because ya take US with ya on your Journey..,on Homesteading …I learn a lot from ya .. The wasp story you said the other day how they are beneficial to the garden I have a lot of wants and now I know they’re getting them bugs which makes me happy…thanks for making me understand that
I Love watching videos of your wonderful family !!
This video’s intro was really great Meg! You got your music perfect with the actions to bring us in. I love ALL your content, and I got very spoiled during your month long “30 videos in 30 days” lol. My only suggestion for the intro would be to slow down the fast forward a little bit more, Ben looked wacky cray going at those speeds 😂
Adore your videos, luv you guys, and thank you so much for all the AMAZING good content 😍
❤️❤️ April from Modesto CA
You guys are so lucky for the bit of rain. My mom tells me I used to sit inside the cupboard and "hide" while she was cooking.
Meg, I love your style of cooking. I can never do the same thing twice, haha.
Looks like the little piggies are doing well. I was surprised to see you caught a couple Ben. Dinner sounds delicious. AND, lastly, LOVE to can meats. I've done chicken, porkchop, corned beef, small amount of steak because I'm avoiding cramming anything else in my freezer!
I cook the same way, Meg. It's all good. And still, I see the things you create and I want a Meg cookbook.
I Love watching you two you always bring new ideas and Meg's cooking ideas I love . She helps me figure out things from the garden. Thanks for sharing you 2❤️
Thanks I am definitely going to try these I have so many squash it’s always nice to find another way to use them
Also, I love what you did with the weed eater. That has got to improve the action of the job. Weed eaters must have stronger motors than they had before. Your channel is where we're going to see it first because you are so motivated, handy, and inventive just to get things done with less stress and hard work. I hope that sounds positive because that is how at was meant. Thanks for sharing.
Also looking forward to seeing new baby piglets.
Congratulations on another litter of piglets exactly what is expected for this life style! Great idea for the start of a Food Forrest. You guys keep doing what you are doing. Wow got this bonus video Friday yeah 👍 It is a blessing seeing how your family is together for meals always giving thanks.👍
I began to watch you over a year ago and you both made huge progress making video, it really interesting and fun to watch , its great to see happy family, good luck !
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More Pig content ANYTIME! :) Love watching those little piglets.. they are so cute! I really like the chain trimmer... just wow! As always you provide great content and learning experience as well... Oh and those peach trees are amazing!
I learned to let squash after grated sit in a bowl in fridge. Extra moisture will rise to top and you can pour it off. Then mix in ingredients and fry patties.
my favourate from my late mother is potato fritters (our family called them mock white bait patties a small native NZ fish) 1 cup of flour, 1 egg, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, salt and pepper and milk/water till it is smooth and as thick as you like it - in that mixture put in grated potatoes, cheese, onion and cooked bacon - cook in butter so delish
Try apple sauce on those squash pancakes. I make the same thing with shredded potatoes. Apple sauce is my go to condiment.
Hi guys. You sure are doing a great job making your land a homestead home. Proud of you all ! Everything looks great. Love your cast iron Meg. I have a few pieces myself :)
I love watching Meg Cook!! Thanks for sharing.
The baby pigs are adorable and now there will be more!! Those fritters looked so good.
Let the pigs clean up and then plant trees, cool! The piglets are so cute! Nice pig move. Did Biscuit knock over the camera? Cool, bonus video. Squash fritters look really good. Good idea Meg! Did you use lard to cook them or bacon grease? The chicken casserole dish looks great too. Great that you're getting more piglets soon. Thanks for this Hollars.
It was lard 😊
Thank you! That chain flail was the perfect idea for what I need!
Buggy has learned that frozen spinach is not exactly delicious. lol She is such a cutie!
Love the prayers praising the Lord! 🙏🏼
Thanks in advance for the Saturday bonus video, I can't wait! Enjoy your Friday night, guess it's too hot and muggy for Friday campfires this year.
Goodnight y'all 🤗👍❣
Happy Friday y'all.
Love watching your videos. I've not been very well recently, watching your videos have really helped me so much. Your all an amazing inspiration to me.
Love watching Meg cook with Buggies help.
Love and hugs to you all xjx
Great job inventing awesome farm equipment from a modest tool ! You up-graded and super-powered it. You should get it documented as your invention !!!
I just had a thought... Could you take some soil from where those peach trees are taking off and make some compost tea with it, and then water your other orchard with that tea in order to get the microbial/mycelium stuff it needs?
Meg, I think you are a very creative meal preparer. I’m going to try the squash fritters. I grew up in SC and we always ate stewed squash. 😊❤️
I am New to your Channel. I really enjoy watching you and your family working together and learning things too. Thank you, GM
I cook like Meg does. Made a low sodium pasta with ground turkey, no salt tomato sauce and spices. With enough garlic and onions it was tasty. Tonight I made what I called puedo-gumbo. So good. No measurement
Our weekend is chicken processing. It will be nice to refill the freezer.
Stay safe and God bless you my friends 🌱 🐄 🐖 🐇 🐓 🐐 🌱 Lisa
we grew a tree from a peach but it grew out more like apricots and they just were never eatable even though the tree was massive and beautiful and healthy. the fruit got full and colorful then just rotted and mildewed or turned hard as a rock. good luck with yours!
Oh baby pigs are just so cute. Loved all the different colours of the egg shells. Blessings from Australia ❤️
I make squash fritters and then use them like a biscuit and put an egg on top cover with white gravy. They are awesome!
Yum! I wish I had seen this before I cooked my squash with sausage & okra. I was starving, forgot all about wanting to make fritters lol. Y’all could just about build a mini log cabin with all those trees! I had to modify my string trimmer too. Wire flew off of it, zip ties didn’t work, now I put 3 granny knots (knitting) in my string line and heat it with a lighter to keep it from going through the hole. Much better!
🛑Y’all are capable of building a Ingalls wagon and going from one coast to another, with 5 kids and surviving.
Meg, Ben- y’all Rock!🤩
Love y’all bunches
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I have always heard (growing up on a farm) not to get close to a sow with babies. We had a near fatal incident in our community when the man went in the pig pen with mama and babies. He was hospitalized with multiple serious injuries. Be careful please especially Meg and kids. They may could not fight off like Ben.
Great videos. One of my favorites!!! God Bless You ALL !!
This type of pig is more mellow.
Wonderful vlog; thanks for sharing! Many blessings to your family 🤗❤️🇨🇦
you can also change or add to variety by grafting extra buds on
Can you bring some of the fungal soil from above to the orchard below to help goose the saplings in the orchard?
Some of the fungal life that are part of a forest floor, is very fine and web like. Some could make it, but it would also injure some of the fungus. This is the reason it's good to compost small twigs, leaves, and other plant life. In order to create a forest floor like environment in place, it's also why many are using the no till method to protect the fungal growth. It's also the reason our food isn't as nutritious now, because the fungus and bacteria help break down minerals the plant can't pull up through their root system, without their help. Ben is building up his soil now, but eventually he should be able to just add a little compost, plant, and cover the soil with straw to retain water.
Always a pleasure to see what you are stewarding. You two are great examples of family life and homesteading.
Looks like an awesome plan for the pigs. The little piggies are so cute👍🏻😊