They’re Just Monsters
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- We're a little behind on putting the garden to bed, but the frosts are coming so we need to get some of the last bits harvested... And it turned out a little surprising.
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Ben, we can see homesteading is your passion! Meg, you both must be so very happy to see how well your family is moving forward! There's only good things ahead of you!
The sound of excitement while digging sweet potato in that young boy was the BEST part of the entire vlog...... thank you for sharing bless your family
Hi..... Meg and Ben nice to see you all, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐖🌱🎥👍👍👍
Love how exciting your son getting helping you did up, great father and son time.
That's a beautiful memory.
Great your son is so good looking.
Love your son's happiness! He will take iver the farm when he's older. I noticed he loves farming. When the time comes, let him go and find himself and he will return, 'cause he has LOVE for the farm!
Sweet baby girl is already a princess. Love it!
What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? Their yammies.
Thx. Needed a little chuckle today! God bless.
What is the sweet potato motto?
I yam what I yam, and that's all that I yam.
@@juliebaker6969 LOL
😂😂😂😂😂
Super cute! The littles are gonna get a kick out of that one. Cant wait
I love that bretts diggin the TH-cam and the gardening! Boy after my own heart!
Nice job guys!!! Thanks for just being you❤️👩🌾
Thanks for inviting us along. Those are huge. Can’t wait to see what mom and her little helper does with it. Hash browns with carrots, okay.thanks for the recipe. Guess I don’t have to wait. The best inventions starts at home. You have a beautiful sundown behind you. Beautiful family. Enjoying
You know you’re good parents when your boys are able to take on making dinner and doing dishes
The bookshelves look awesome! Babies are so funny. My little guy was a little goofy about noise too. We just always had noise to keep the baby from waking when the dogs bark.
Watching this takes me away from the election news stress!
WOW our meat birds look wonderful we did some about 38-40 years ago ours got huge the finisher we gave them really got the pretty the size of a small turkey. We also put electrolytes in their water 💦 Ian so proud of all of you. You seem to work as BBB a awesome team keep up the good work. God Bless each and every one of you 🙏🙏🙏🌻🌻🌻
Love the fact your son is out there in his bare feet. I grew up on a farm and digging in the dirt to harvest was part of it. Congrats on the harvest.
Grew up barefoot!
I'm not sure if I had the same meat chickens. Mine were called White Rocks. They were 8 week chickens that went from chicks to around 8 lbs after 8 weeks. The first time I raised them I gave them food 24 hours a day and had many of them die of heart attacks at about 5 weeks. I was told that their bodies were out growing their internal organs and they couldn't handle it. The 2nd time I raised them I fed just during the day and, as you say, they just seemed healthier and happier and I did not lose any. They averaged out at about 8 lbs. I love it that you talk about the nitty gritty of farm life; exactly what I like to hear. Don't worry about rambling. Thank you.
The sweet potato/carrot/bacon recipe sounds wonderful! I don't do instagram. Facebook and TH-cam is more than enough to try and keep up with. Thanks for sharing with us. I love how excited Brett got about digging up the sweet potatoes. Your boys are such great helpers. God Bless! Carmen
Thank you for brining us along!
Every time you go inside I think how lovely your home looks. Good work! :)
Great Sweet Potatoes! Great idea for the meat birds too.
My youngest daughter was the same way until I started playing the radio near her bed, softly. Only thing that kept her asleep. When she became a toddler we were gifted a Mother Goose light & player. Put on any story or music of your choice (Nursery songs, Disney music etc) and it would play for a selected amount of time before becoming dimmer and softer until off. By then she was in deep sleep and I could get some at night. To this day she falls asleep with some sort of background noise or a fan. Bless whoever invented it for parents!
The sweet potatoes have to be the largest I have seen. One potato per meal for sure. Ben I think y'all are doing an awesome job with your farm. Especially considering all that you had on your plate this year. Your Brett is quite the enthusiast over this harvest. I can see him with a garden space of his own. He will do well. Have a Blessed day.
I often get frustrated and angry so I save your wholesome videos to watch right after to cheer me up and calm me. Works 10/10 times. Would recommend :D
You are hands down my favorite TH-cam family. Keep up the good work :)
Need more
im not on any social media, so its nice to see you here:)
You Tube isn't social media???
@@diannt9583 - Correct - TH-cam is **not** social media.
@@diannt9583 I agree with you. Social media refers to large world-wide platforms where people can interact with each other, and that describes TH-cam perfectly.
Those taters look like they had stretch marks, lol! I love Bret’s enthusiasm!! Those bare feet❤️
I can’t keep shoes on my boys either. I have one I have a hard time keeping pants on. He’d rather run around outside in a T-shirt and his underwear. I guess you can do that when you’re three and live in the country.
@@funnyfarmdad9997 Hahaha when I was a kid I always wore a t-shirt and ran around in my underwear. Apparently a neighbor saw me and called social services. Back in those day most folks minded their business. My mother put a run on that social worker. I found your comment hilarious. What the hell right, he just wants to be comfortable!
😂😂😂👍🏻
Instagram, Instagram, Instagram .... So many TH-camrs tease us with things that we have to go to Instagram to see results. I wonder how many people are like me, trying to limit social media and only do TH-cam and Facebook so Instagram is not something I want to do as well. :-(
Me too😉
I don’t even do Fbook- sigh.
only TH-cam for me.
@@cherylbertolini3140 I only do You Tube also.
I have a Facebook but avoid it like the plague
I love your sons excitement over the sweet potatoes and it really tickled my heart. What a blessed harvest.
You can do anything with sweet potatoes. You can have boiled sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, baked sweet potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, sweet potato fries, mashed sweet potatoes, sweet potato soup, sweet potato...you get the picture! And all babies love sweet potatoes!!
You sound like bubba on forest gump listing all the things you can make with shrimp! Lol 😁
It would have been nice to add the recipe in the description area for the 102K TH-cam subs, many of whom do not have Instagram.
Sweet baby, sweet family, sweet new home, sweet sweet potato harvest... Sweeeet. 🤔😄☝️💪👉...
Those are some big taters. Nice to see all of you again. Stay warm, not suppose to be as cold tonight. Have a great one
Now those are some nice sweet potatoes. The soil there is so interesting. The color is just so cool. Some nice red dirt that makes some nice sweet potatoes. This was a success :)
Humongous sweet potatoes! I like the breakfast idea! Plus lovely to see the little one! (And all of you.) Very clever feeder design!
Hi new viewer here! I love your son's excitement but more that hes barefoot a day after a freeze :) He is definitely grounded. Great harvest! New sub.
Love the farm life. Enjoy your videos. That feeder idea is awesome.
Love seeing your farm and all the dynamics.
Woah! Those sweet potatoes are massive! YUM!!! Thanks for the update. Always fun to see what your family is up to.
Great to hear from you all again - always miss you when you are not posting... so I hang out for the next one.
Your son is so excited awesome
I really like him - so helpful and animated.
Love me some sweet potatoes !
Potatoes are one vegetable that needs almost no care to have an awesome harvest. Make sure that they are watered and your good as long as you have good soil. Root vegetables are an easy garden.
CONGRATULATIONS
Your breakfast idea sounds amazing.
Going to have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Stay happy, healthy, hydrated and safe.
God bless.
The kids have grown sooooo much since this
Thank you for posting this. Your family smiling and loving is exactly the dose of reality I needed.
I so love his enthusiasm.
Love happy kiddos on the farm!
Excellent idea for the handle rotator on the feeder! Bonus points 👍👍👍
Sweet potatoes love red clay! As long as you don't try to amend that soil too much, you will continue to get big straight sweet potatoes. Glad you got a good harvest from them!
Lesson I learned the hard way. My first sweet potato harvest was abundant with HUGE tubers. But they've gotten smaller each of 5 years as I've amended the soil. Friable soil was my goal but now I think I've got too much nitrogen and high pH so I'm adding clay back in! Crazy
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I'm in piedmont NC and usually only a fraction of those baby sweet potatoes will overwinter to use for seed. I LOVE scrubbing them and eating them raw like carrot sticks - taste similar too! So much raw nutrition and fiber adds to winter health.
That is awesome!! I love Brett's excitement.
Y'all have some very nice meat birds going on there! The breakfast sounds to die for! Stay safe and Blessings
Amazing harvest! Bet you they are really delicious too! Enjoy
The bookcases look great!
Yes they do, and I see the pantry shelves are in also. Plus the outside area around the house and camper has been cleaned up.
You just gotta let your boys make a video again. They're loving life !
This video reminds me of digging our sweet potatoes with you Meg. it was our only time to ever do sweet potatoes and you were part of it. Have a beautiful day
It must have been a good sweet potato year. We planted two rows and they were absolutely huge!!!!!! We harvested over 100 pounds. They're laying in the basement on wooden pallets. I hope they last all winter. :)
Yes Ben please draw up the plans. Excellent idea! It's good to see you again. I was wondering how your family was doing.
I don't know why but when i watch you its like i get news from my brother ... RESPECT
Y’all seem to be doing great . Loved the sweet potato harvest ! Teaching those boys to be a jack of all trades Is important , good job dad . Be blessed and favored ❤️🙏🏽
Love that he was barefoot...true gardener!!! Hugs
Thanks for the update 🤗
they are really doing a great job
He so happy he make me happy thank i have a great time watching.
They look delicious enjoy. Nothing better than home grown
My kiddos ate so many sweet potatoes and carrots when they were babies, the tips of their little noses turned a light orange from the carotene. Sweet memories.
Good to see you all. Great sweet potato patch you had there. And the outcome looks really good
It's so great to see y'all again!!
Mom would keep the radio plays lightly in the background to put the baby to sleep. Easy listening, classical, and show tunes. Not rock or bouncy music. Music that keeps the atmosphere calm and doesn't quicken the heartbeat. It worked. I was singing before I was talking, but I slept well. Hope this helps.
Love seeing all the boys in their flannel shirts!!
Awesome job growing the sweet potatoes. This past weekend at my mom's church. A guy was passing out some tomatoes he grew. One of the reasons I want to move to a homestead in lancaster PA closer to family. To me it would be enjoyable to share.
All I kept saying was Wow!!!
I'm so happy you are doing so well... and just a note: I have serious bookshelf envy!
That's too bad, i don't have instagram, don't even know how it works. Good to see you guys as always i enjoyed the vid. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay warm.
No desire to add Instagram either.
You probably need to under pin your home before winter so your pipes won’t freeze
Wrap pipes with heat tape?
Warm that floor up before baby girl is crawling
You beat me to it.. You guys might want to get the skirting on the mobile home before freezing temps come or every exposed pipe will break or freeze.
@@nanparker8373 doing both would be the energy-saving and safe way to go !
I was thinking that too. Trying to warm up pipes isn't a lot of fun. Then you may get busted pipes and leaks. Another reason to underpin is critters. They hunt for a warm place at night. A skunk or mouse gets in a tight spot and dies it is not pleasant. I had to pull down walls one time to get critters out.
I wrapped my pallets with chicken wire😊 awesome sweet potato harvest!
I planted my sweet potatoes in a kiddie pool this year and they did pretty good for such a small space, One was massive the rest were normal sized. I took the smallest two and put toothpicks in them and let the bottom hang in a cup of water and I have slips as house plants now so I can plant them this spring.
Too bad there wasn't a county fair this year. Those are blue ribbon sweet potatoes for sure!😊😊😊❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
I did enjoy the update, thanks for sharing a little bit of your bliss with us. And the pumpkin chorizo soup looked sounds like a great match, and looked really yummy, but I don't do the Instant Gramming so I'll just have to make it up as well 😁👍👊
I noticed the new bookshelf. Looking Good, especially what's in front of the bookshelf. Haha
You also need to get some skirting around that mobile home!
Isn’t that called a ruffle?
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It’s great to have a Hollar video! Nice sweet potatoes.
Hey guys, not sure if you'll see this but if you leave the butternut chunks whole, throw in beans and corn. I use deer or buffalo, but that's "3 sister's soup". A native recipe for where you live.
Our sweet potatoes will start sprouting about a month after curing if you keep them warm. By January/ February those slips should be 6-8 inches high. Break the slips off, pick off all but the top leaf, dip the broken end in a rooting hormone and plant in a 4 “ container keeping the soil saturated until new leaves show. (About a week) If you have a south facing window that works, if not we use an old fish tank with a full spectrum light. Plant out when you are ready. I normally get 4- 8 slips per potato, and eat it after harvesting the slips.
Heck yeah, awesome update.. Im jelious of your dinners.. Thanks for sharin !
Another great video Guys- your boys are amazing, you are raising them with such Respect & Love. great to see them helping not only on the farm but in the kitchen for Mum as well. Cheers Denise - Australia
Green apples are great with sweet potatoes and onions along with brown sugar, apple pie spice and butter. Yum
Have missed y’all! So glad to see a new video!
You are really lucky to have Brett's help around the homestead! He really is a big help and seems always willing to help out.
I hope he gets special recognition for all his contributions. 👍
of course thats what we all hope for him
Sooo good in a red Thai curry soup, yum yum. Marvelous!!
Looking forward to seeing the baby more...and the boys too!
I have done Whole 30 for the first time. Got 26 days in and messed up badly. Have started over again and am at day 9. I was wondering if sweet potato was allowed and was going to check. Opened my phone and had notification ...Hollards has a new video... In one of those wierd life coincidences, you answered my question. I love keeping up with you guys!! Be well from Canada. ❤️
Can’t help thinking that Brett is your future farmer, homesteader. He has the zeal,eagerness to learn, he’s your “mini-me”! Hope he never gives up his eagerness to learn from you and Meg. 🪴🌻
As meat birds get bigger, they get less heat tolerant, so the ramp-up in weight and ramp-down in temperature was the secret sauce. I ended up with an 8# 8.6 oz CC dressed out at 9.5 weeks. That is with 12 hrs on/12 hrs off feed. The sweet potatoes were AMAZING! First time planting them this year from my own slips, and got 16#. You should weigh some of the big fellas on the soap scale and let us know. Monsters is right Brett!
Thought about insulating/wrapping the water pipes under the house? Heat tape maybe Temporary shield around the base of the house to keep the winds/snow out during the winter? Those sweet potatoes 🍠 ....yum. And breakfast sounds delicious 😋
When I lived in Wasilla, AK, we had sweet potatoes large as footballs. One potato was all you needed for thanksgiving dinner.
lmao
Idk what varieties you growth there, but i watched a grandpa video from amish county who harvest sweet potato bigger than his head
Nice job Ben with the feeder, and juggling the baby in one arm and holding the camera in the other. Multi-talented. :-) God bless you all. Hugs from Italy.
Wow, those sweet potatoes are awesome. Wish I had one now with some butter, cinnamon and sugar, yum yum. You all have done a good job raising food on the homestead. Keep up the good work. The baby is growing. I love watching your videos. God bless you and your family and have a blessed day.
Love all your idea's!! I need more baby in my life!! She so cute!!
I like your feeder, a really good idea. You are going to have some tasty meals with those sweet potatoes. 💖💖💖💖💖
Over all a really good year. Enjoy your videos.
I saw a great chicken/turkey/duck feeder at a friends. She had taken a small scale metal trash can with a lid. Cut out 4 holes (one on each side) about 4 or 5 inches from the bottom. Put PVC piping into the holes on an angle. Fill the can with feed and voila! Doesn t have to fill it every day. Easy to move around.
I love sweet potatoes. They are the "set it and forget it" of vegetables. I grow multiple varieties in a box I built over a flower bed (city dweller) and I'm always surprised at how many I get.
Holy cow guys, nicely done! Hope you all are settling in with baby! God bless
Yay!!! So happy to see y’all again. What is it about just following you around while you do chores. Just love it!
Miss seeing you guys! Absolutely love the kiddos energy and excitement with the potatoes...great haul y’all ! Blessings🙏🏻💖