Between Ben’s moving the camera to show angles closer to where he’s working and Meg’s editing of the montages to the 8 count of the song, it shows how much work goes into making lovely videos. Thank you!
We use one of those tables for our summer kitchen and we do all our canning outside. We also have a gas stove out there so it helps keep the heat out of the house in the summer. Good score
Just to let you know, this can be done with a spinal cord injury. I'm a C6 high functioning incomplete. Lots of front loading, system set up, and prepping for when things go pear shaped. Cannot do the same thing the same way, but I get it done. Best tool is a pair of water resistant pants, because I spend a lot of time transferred from my chair to the ground and bum shuffling. My movable chicken coop is built on a bike trailer frame, and with a gorilla cart, can be towed behind my ultralight wheelchair. Got straps on my hand tools, have a no knead sourdough bread, can, do all the things, but my set up makes it really hard for the ambulatory. Things are too short, too narrow, too wide for those steady on their feet and otherwise set up for me the wheelchair user. And these ambulatory can seriously mess up my day by moving my tools, parking things in my path, and otherwise not understand why I've got things set up a particular way.
@@tjeanvlogs9894 You go my dear 🤩. I’m the same way with my tools also yet not for the same reason. I recently fell & got a compression fracture on L3 & found I’d gotten a previous fracture lol. I had made raised beds 24” high & it still gets my back. Yet I can’t wait to get my hands & feet in soil🤭 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I LOVES how REAL you guys are. Weed away, mulch, and all that so called mundane stuff that makes life LIFE. Much appreciated how you bring us along... through the thick & the thin. 👍
SUGGESTION: You will have weeds if you use hay. They are full of seed heads. Using straw which does not have seed heads will cut down on weeds. Always a pleasure to share a few minutes with you!
Ha. I 100% relate to your statement of having a list of favorite fast food before we moved to your property. We are exactly the same way. We used to eat out 4-3x a week. Now we MAY eat out 1x a month. I've become a food snob when it comes to restaurants because I like our food. & it's so much better & we are much healthier.
Even with the remaining weeds, your garlic looks great. Your yearly improving soil is making a big difference. Sorry family members are ill .Hoping no one else gets sick
I wonder if you could sow clover in the Fall when you plant your garlic? Good nitrogen fixer, might come up and suppress the other weeds. Is Millie pregnant?
I’ll watch weeding all day long, the garlic bed looks superb! I paused the video just to gaze at the “after!” You got several chores done at the same time, weeded the garlic, cleaned up other areas in the yard & built some compost. Well done!
Ben, Save your back...sit on an upside down bucket...easier to reach the weeds too...I have an ice fishing bucket seat I use, it is super cushioned, turns easily and I use it fishing on the jetty during summer...got it at Walmart but probably can get it at Amazon too...Cheers from Maine.
Yep, nice to be eleven again. I was cracking up at Corbin all over the hay and tractor, reminded me of my kiddos when they were young. God bless you and your family. Hope your garlic grows well Ben.
We have four freezers full of beef, lamb and now pork. Three hams on the go and just about to make sausages, I’m proud of my efforts, too. It’s not bragging it’s damn hard work. But worth it. 😊❤
I appreciate how real you guys keep it. Breaking a mundane chore up over two days and feeling a under the weather is about as real as gardening gets 🥰 🙏
The garlic is set up for sluice watering under the hay. Put end boards to stop the water, half pipes to direct the excess water, or full pipes tomtra sport it to another bed.
Ben, I would rather watch you pull weeds than watch some of the other channels made up fake content. The Hollars are honest down-to-earth folks and that's why we love you ❤ 😊
A man after my own heart! "The possibilities are endless." You folks, your family prove this every day, so it seems, about EVERYTHING! More power to ya!! Love it!
The garlic is looking amazing! I wish I had gotten busy and planted more... Seems like we always use more Garlic than we think we will :) So delicious on EVERYTHING! I love watching the progress of weeding my own or yours! something VERY satisfying about weeding!
Plant 4 extra zuke plants. Instant summer pig feed. Same with a cuke. Will they eat the kudzu? Where ever you can squeeze in stuff 4 pigs. Keep a row of reddish in production at all times. All the 'fresh food' along with the pig feed might help put the weight on them.
Prayers for your family for a quick recovery! Congratulations on your 4 years! Hard to think I've watched every video since you began posting in California!
Wishing all of you that are sick I really hope y'all get better soon. Being sick just wears you out fast. Your piggies look so good. Ours are 2 1/2 weeks old now and forging on the greens I throw to them, and starting to eat with mom. Your garden looks good, I wish I could do what your doing but my old body sets it limits. Love watching the shows.
What a wonderful system - you pull weeds, feed them to the chickens (no waste and free food for them) and they turn it into compost that feeds the soil to grow what you really want to eat. Love it.
Oh and do I remember you walking that property! Simply amazing what you have done! We had just bought our property when we found you and have learned so much!! I keep telling my husband I want to come to one of your classes JUST TO EAT MEGS FOOD!!
I think it's a good idea to mulch a lot to make sure you can get through a drought! I love that cobra head weeder! The one you made is great too! It's so nice that you have Corbin's help mulching the garlic! I dare a weed to grow through that! I like that sun swing at the end of the garlic patch! Nice score of the restaurant fixtures! Nice potting bench! That will be great for your butchering set-up! Piglets look great! You guys have done so much in 4 years! Thanks for another great video Hollar family!
Here's an idea.A local strawberry farm welded 2 mountain bikes together to fit between rows.They also have a seat between them.Much easier on the back.
Ben, You love compost so much! I wish you owned a compost company and would make it for all of us! I,m proud of you guys!What you have accomplished is amazing! Hope you all feel better soon!
Good afternoon Ben take care as you are pulling weeds i was pulling big weeds out of the tobacco patch when i was 15 yrs old pulled my back out man did it hurt still bothers me to this day im 73 yrs old now
One of the wonderful thing is you can definitely have enough room for hard corn which is not sweet corn but it's hard corn and you could grind that down for tortillas or polenta.... you can also grow amaranth and its gorgeous but it is deer resistant and drought resistant and be grounded to make bread an Amarynth comes in a variety of different colors and its absolutely stunning to begin with... that is one of the things my sister plans on doing is to grow and eat what you grow Weatherby your meet your fruit trees or your vegetables as well as herbs and medicinal herbs
Congratulations on all you have accomplished as a family in the last four years. I watched that video where you walked the property. All of the outbuildings it came with were such a plus. Watching you rebuild the mobile home. All the sweat equity you put into it. You guys have learned and done so much. I am never disappointed when I tune in to your family adventures. 🌻
Oh my gosh! Why are piglets so cute!? Just can't get enough of seeing those precious little bacon seeds! The garlic garden looks great. And that score from the restaurant is priceless. So many possibilities with both items. Absolutely love watching your journey.
🐖 Thanks for the link! Just talked with some people today who bought feeder pigs and were really excited about pork freezer camp but didn’t have the processing summed up. I sent them here today. 🙂🌱❤️
4 years!? Oh my. I remember Meg finding that place even before it went live (think she called the realtor and he said he didn't know about it) I can't believe it's been 4 years. That means I've been following you for more than 5 years?? Where has the time gone?
Ben, congratulations on the table & cabinet you received! With your skill I know you will put them to good use. It is hard to believe you have been on your property for 4 years. And yes you all have grown & learned a lot. But you have also shared & taught others a lot. It is also nice to see all the skills the "boys" (they have grown so much) have learned. Thank you all.
Nice score on the table/bench with the sink in it. So much room for activities.. 😊👍🏼 Especially now that you are the butchering bad boy, I’m sure you will make great use of that.
💖Found your long-handled weeder made up at Cobra Head. Guess they were asked to make one. Nice to know. Love the treasure you found. Will be watching for the use you come up with in future videos. ❤🩹 Hope you family continues to recover. Take care. ❇❇❇
Considering how much rain we're getting in California this winter, somewhere else has to be short. I got similar (though smaller) stainless steel restaurant fixtures for free a decade or so ago. I too was thrilled!
I can say as a long time viewer of the channel that it has truly been an amazing journey and I truly appreciate everything that you and your family have been willing to share with the public. I for one am really proud of the process that all of you have endured in finding your rhythm and what works for in this process of becoming small farmers in the homestead community. Thanks so much to all of you and it is my opinion that you have tremendously enriched so many lives in so many positive ways by sharing your journey 👏👏👏
I was thinking how wonderful to be able to use the weeds to make compost. I count weeding as free chicken feed. Everything recycles! Great score on the restaurant equipment. My husband was a keen dumpster diver and brought home lots of treasures. Good video with lots of inspiration!
We had a gardening TV program in Australia that had a unique idea. Plant your Garlic as you normally would, then plant quick grow seedlings in a row between the rows of garlic. for example Radishes. The reason is that whatever you plant has to be quick grow and something that does dot remove all the soil goodness in your quick grow rows. You should be able to get a few crops before the Garlic need to come out. It also makes weeding easier. Also, do not plant a seedling that will compete with the garlic. for example, do not plant onions or spring onions as your "fill in" crop.
Garlic looks great Ben... hope the family all is feeling better soon,, Miss Meg's beautiful smile and Buggy, I think she's become everybody's buggy girl : ) I've heard lots of our local farmers say the same thing for the growing season coming here, we definately will get wind ! Can always count on the Fundy shore lol
Ben I dont know if you have ever heard of the MORINGA tree...I live in South Africa and have one growing on my property but it is an amazing food source not only for humans but can be used for a wide variety of animals. This is what I copied off the internet ...(In recent years, Moringa leaves have been widely used as substitutes for traditional protein feeds for monogastric animals (e.g., pig, rabbit, chicken), ruminants (e.g., cattle and sheep))...I have no idea if it would grow in your climate but this tree is such a blessing - they also call it the miracle tree.
Ben, build Meg an outdoor covered canning kitchen off the back of house. So she can get outside more in the summer canning season. Will also be useful for the smoker and eating outside in the summer
Get better, Meg! Thank you for including from farm to table. Ben, I really enjoy your content on working on the farm. Your children are amazing, and ending your videos with Meg in the kitchen just brings it all together. Enjoy your leftovers, and I'm glad that Meg can rest a bit. You all work so hard, and you inspire many to do the same. God bless!
Hey Ben, I've been going through the exact same learning with regards to meat these past few months. From processing excess roosters, to shooting and skinning my first deer, and helping our neighbors with some cows culled from their herd, it's a total trip, really, from where I was even just a year ago when we were already on our homestead. Such an amazing change, and amazing shift in my own understanding and outlook on the world and food in general. Anyways, I feel ya, man. A few steps behind, but following the same path here. It's amazing, and I'm loving the journey too.
One mans trash is another mans treasure ! I bet you will make a great butcher table . Supplying all your own needs would be done in a perfect world . But being self motivated is worth more then gold.
Oh my Ben, to be younger again 🥴 however I enjoy seeing young people & families working like in the old days 🤩 I can’t believe it’s been 4 years 😮 I’ve with you since Bakersfield , Ca… all the decisions, road trips… great education for the kiddos also. So much has changed since you found your piece of heaven😍. Very proud of you & all the family has accomplished 👍 Hugs to Meg & kids & you take care also 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
and it's so wonderful to have people in your community who are nearby, caring and skilled!! must be such a secure feeling having others who are on a similar journey of building their Homestead farms too!!
We got quite a few of stainless steel tables and sink tables from closing restaurants. We use ours for butchering and it works great. they show up a lot on local online auctions.
I love how Millie gets a cameo in almost every video LOL. I have never seen her have any kittens. Is she spayed? Your garlic bed looks so much better. Glad you were able to get that checked off your to-do list. Mine still has several inches of snow on it. Hopefully the rest of the family is feeling better soon
@@suesmargiassi4195 I hadn't noticed that. Thank you. As much as I would love to see Millie have kittens, getting her spayed is definitely the responsible thing to do
I've been thinking about what you said about your age... I'm 63, I worked in the garden for 20 minutes before I went in to take a nap. At this point your superman. Remember You do have 4 sons.
Ben a scounger after my own heart 💜 😂. My wife has gotten tired of my finds over the years but I love to find stuff and reuse it for my good. Those are some awesome tables you got and will be very useful on the farm. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
You mentioned not eating out and not even wanting to. Well, with Meg making all the foods she does there is no reason to eat anywheres elde. Not only that but you have no worries about food poisoning. Meg is one fantastic cook. You raise the food and Meg will make it taste good.
Praying everyone is feeling 100% well very soon! I see a covered outdoor kitchen processing center in your future. So happy you were gifted such a find!
Mulch tall. Weeds 90+% eliminated. Plus thick mulch retains moisture much longer plus it decomposes giving you compost. Plus having thick mulch you're not walking in mud when the soil is wet.
You are right and yes I always save my rain water and much with grass clippings. You are so blessed too have your children too help you with chores. And hope they know how much they are helping with the load of chores each day.
The weeding looks great! I hope Meg and the kids feel better soon. Predicting droughts is a tough job. Here in Northern California we had a flood in 2017, then hardly enough for the next 5 years. Now our lake is over full and more rain in the forecast and we're saturated. Thankful though to not have to go through more. I was worried we wouldn't have enough water to flush toilets with!😖😂
I was checking out the garlic whilst you were weeding, looking very strong with lots of leaves 🍃. I totally agree with you about feeding the fresh greens to the chooks, better health for them and their eggs, plus more nutritious fertiliser, a win/win all around. Corbin isn't his usual energetic self, still recovering, the vitamin D and being in the dirt is the best medicine. The pigs are adorable, I love how all the babies group together. Best wishes to the rest of the plague victims, drink lots of water and flush out those germs.
I put straw around my garlic, but I've noticed some squirrels have been getting in there because I see holes. I need to move the straw around a bit so I can tell for sure which of the green is garlic and which is maybe some weeds. I bought onion transplants for the first time and I need to get the weeds out of that raised bed area so I can plant them, but I'm waiting on the rain to stop. Hope you all feel better soon.
Ben, if anyone complains about weeding videos, next time show the process in 'real' time with no peppy soundtrack. 😏🤣 Hope the rest of the family feels better soon!
Using hay will add more weed seeds to your garden where straw don't have the seeds in it, if you feed to the chickens first they will eat the seeds out.
Between Ben’s moving the camera to show angles closer to where he’s working and Meg’s editing of the montages to the 8 count of the song, it shows how much work goes into making lovely videos. Thank you!
Wow, 4 years and you have accomplished so much! And I have watched it all! I pray everyone gets well soon. ❤
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We use one of those tables for our summer kitchen and we do all our canning outside. We also have a gas stove out there so it helps keep the heat out of the house in the summer. Good score
Loved the seat at the end of the garlic rows so you can just sit there and watch it grow. (LOL) Praying for Meg and the kids for a speedy recovery.
I'm jealous. I cant bend lift or twist due to spinal injuries, so watching your family do anything is a pleasure
Just to let you know, this can be done with a spinal cord injury. I'm a C6 high functioning incomplete. Lots of front loading, system set up, and prepping for when things go pear shaped. Cannot do the same thing the same way, but I get it done. Best tool is a pair of water resistant pants, because I spend a lot of time transferred from my chair to the ground and bum shuffling. My movable chicken coop is built on a bike trailer frame, and with a gorilla cart, can be towed behind my ultralight wheelchair. Got straps on my hand tools, have a no knead sourdough bread, can, do all the things, but my set up makes it really hard for the ambulatory. Things are too short, too narrow, too wide for those steady on their feet and otherwise set up for me the wheelchair user.
And these ambulatory can seriously mess up my day by moving my tools, parking things in my path, and otherwise not understand why I've got things set up a particular way.
@@tjeanvlogs9894 You go my dear 🤩. I’m the same way with my tools also yet not for the same reason. I recently fell & got a compression fracture on L3 & found I’d gotten a previous fracture lol. I had made
raised beds 24” high & it still gets my back. Yet I can’t wait to get my hands & feet in soil🤭
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😢🥴. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I LOVES how REAL you guys are. Weed away, mulch, and all that so called mundane stuff that makes life LIFE.
Much appreciated how you bring us along... through the thick & the thin. 👍
im the same way metal rods in the back and neck but i still plant on my patio i do what i can hugssss
love watching you do whatever it is and not trying to make up content
SUGGESTION: You will have weeds if you use hay. They are full of seed heads. Using straw which does not have seed heads will cut down on weeds. Always a pleasure to share a few minutes with you!
He probably had hay on hand as animal feed.
Straw bales can have weed seeds & seeds from the oats or whatever are thrashed also. Use what you have for mulching the garlic. Lorraine
I always think Corbin is your shadow. He’s always eager to work beside you. 😊
Corbin is a great boy
Corben can be proud all year ( with almost every meal that he was instrumental in getting garlic growing for the family !
Ha. I 100% relate to your statement of having a list of favorite fast food before we moved to your property. We are exactly the same way. We used to eat out 4-3x a week. Now we MAY eat out 1x a month. I've become a food snob when it comes to restaurants because I like our food. & it's so much better & we are much healthier.
We are that way too! Nothing tastes as good as home anymore 🤷🏼♀️
No-one ever suffered for preparing for a disaster that never happened. I really hope Meg and the boys are soon over their lurgy.
Even with the remaining weeds, your garlic looks great. Your yearly improving soil is making a big difference. Sorry family members are ill .Hoping no one else gets sick
I wonder if you could sow clover in the Fall when you plant your garlic? Good nitrogen fixer, might come up and suppress the other weeds.
Is Millie pregnant?
@@CarrieNita - Because one of her ears looks clipped, I assume Millie has been spayed.
Prayers for you all! ✝️🙏🏼
You guys should be sooo proud of yourselves. As you have learned you have helped thousands along the way.
Blessings, 😊💕🙏🏻🇨🇦
I’ll watch weeding all day long, the garlic bed looks superb!
I paused the video just to gaze at the “after!”
You got several chores done at the same time, weeded the garlic, cleaned up other areas in the yard & built some compost.
Well done!
Thanks for letting us see the piggies!!!!
They are sooo cute.
Ben, Save your back...sit on an upside down bucket...easier to reach the weeds too...I have an ice fishing bucket seat I use, it is super cushioned, turns easily and I use it fishing on the jetty during summer...got it at Walmart but probably can get it at Amazon too...Cheers from Maine.
Yep, nice to be eleven again. I was cracking up at Corbin all over the hay and tractor, reminded me of my kiddos when they were young. God bless you and your family. Hope your garlic grows well Ben.
Garden weeding time-lapse videos are like a moment of Zen. Forget the haters, I personally love seeing them.
Wishing those ill "Gute Besserung" (Get well soon, German style). Ben...anything you guys share with us is a joy. Thank you!
LIEBE und DANKE. SARA. GOD BLESS YOU 🀄🀄🀄🛐🛐🛐🤟 ICH LIEBE DISH 🇩🇪 🇺🇸. Sara Meitner.
We have four freezers full of beef, lamb and now pork. Three hams on the go and just about to make sausages, I’m proud of my efforts, too. It’s not bragging it’s damn hard work. But worth it. 😊❤
I appreciate how real you guys keep it. Breaking a mundane chore up over two days and feeling a under the weather is about as real as gardening gets 🥰 🙏
The garlic is set up for sluice watering under the hay. Put end boards to stop the water, half pipes to direct the excess water, or full pipes tomtra sport it to another bed.
There is nothing like the feeling you get when you look at your plate and realize you grew EVERYTHING on that plate.
Ben, I would rather watch you pull weeds than watch some of the other channels made up fake content. The Hollars are honest down-to-earth folks and that's why we love you ❤ 😊
A man after my own heart! "The possibilities are endless." You folks, your family prove this every day, so it seems, about EVERYTHING! More power to ya!! Love it!
The garlic is looking amazing! I wish I had gotten busy and planted more... Seems like we always use more Garlic than we think we will :) So delicious on EVERYTHING! I love watching the progress of weeding my own or yours! something VERY satisfying about weeding!
Yes you guys have done so much in 4 years! It's amazing how much has transformed on your property! It looks great💖
What a good husband for not putting a camera on your sick wife! Praying for a healthier tomorrow for everyone!
Plant 4 extra zuke plants. Instant summer pig feed. Same with a cuke. Will they eat the kudzu? Where ever you can squeeze in stuff 4 pigs. Keep a row of reddish in production at all times. All the 'fresh food' along with the pig feed might help put the weight on them.
Prayers for your family for a quick recovery! Congratulations on your 4 years! Hard to think I've watched every video since you began posting in California!
Me too
Wishing all of you that are sick I really hope y'all get better soon. Being sick just wears you out fast. Your piggies look so good. Ours are 2 1/2 weeks old now and forging on the greens I throw to them, and starting to eat with mom. Your garden looks good, I wish I could do what your doing but my old body sets it limits. Love watching the shows.
What a wonderful system - you pull weeds, feed them to the chickens (no waste and free food for them) and they turn it into compost that feeds the soil to grow what you really want to eat. Love it.
Oh and do I remember you walking that property! Simply amazing what you have done! We had just bought our property when we found you and have learned so much!! I keep telling my husband I want to come to one of your classes JUST TO EAT MEGS FOOD!!
Happy landiversary! It’ll be three years on ours this Friday. Here’s to many more!🎉
I'm praying all of you start feeling better soon. ❤
@Ken Hartman Michigan-One of the weirdest weather states, this year.
I think it's a good idea to mulch a lot to make sure you can get through a drought! I love that cobra head weeder! The one you made is great too! It's so nice that you have Corbin's help mulching the garlic! I dare a weed to grow through that! I like that sun swing at the end of the garlic patch! Nice score of the restaurant fixtures! Nice potting bench! That will be great for your butchering set-up! Piglets look great! You guys have done so much in 4 years! Thanks for another great video Hollar family!
Hi..... Meg and Ben, thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐈🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍
Corbin is getting so big. Your boys will be grown up before you know it! Buggy is going to give you a run for your money, little cutie that she is.
Get well all. Warm wishes to everyone. That cat thinks she is a dog, most days just has to be around. Take care.
Here's an idea.A local strawberry farm welded 2 mountain bikes together to fit between rows.They also have a seat between them.Much easier on the back.
I hope everyone get's to feeling better!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ben, You love compost so much! I wish you owned a compost company and would make it for all of us! I,m proud of you guys!What you have accomplished is amazing! Hope you all feel better soon!
Good afternoon Ben take care as you are pulling weeds i was pulling big weeds out of the tobacco patch when i was 15 yrs old pulled my back out man did it hurt still bothers me to this day im 73 yrs old now
I made Meg's basic bread recipe today, and it's a keeper!
One of the wonderful thing is you can definitely have enough room for hard corn which is not sweet corn but it's hard corn and you could grind that down for tortillas or polenta.... you can also grow amaranth and its gorgeous but it is deer resistant and drought resistant and be grounded to make bread an Amarynth comes in a variety of different colors and its absolutely stunning to begin with... that is one of the things my sister plans on doing is to grow and eat what you grow Weatherby your meet your fruit trees or your vegetables as well as herbs and medicinal herbs
Meg, hope you get to feeling better.
Great accomplishments in 4 years; thanks for sharing tidbits of your lives for encouragement! May your family recover quickly. Blessings to all 🤗💜🇨🇦
Congratulations on all you have accomplished as a family in the last four years. I watched that video where you walked the property. All of the outbuildings it came with were such a plus. Watching you rebuild the mobile home. All the sweat equity you put into it. You guys have learned and done so much. I am never disappointed when I tune in to your family adventures. 🌻
Wow the posibilities for your stainless steel cabinets really are endless. What a find. I am praying for your family's health. God is our healer.
Ben the homestead looks amazing. I hope everyone gets well soon. Keeping you all in my prayers. Good bless you all xjx
Praying for recovery from this sickness.
Oh my gosh! Why are piglets so cute!? Just can't get enough of seeing those precious little bacon seeds! The garlic garden looks great. And that score from the restaurant is priceless. So many possibilities with both items. Absolutely love watching your journey.
Praying that everyone recovers quickly ! You scored a fabulous butchering & potting table !!!
Thank you for good videos even when you all are not feeling great.
🐖 Thanks for the link! Just talked with some people today who bought feeder pigs and were really excited about pork freezer camp but didn’t have the processing summed up. I sent them here today. 🙂🌱❤️
4 years!? Oh my. I remember Meg finding that place even before it went live (think she called the realtor and he said he didn't know about it) I can't believe it's been 4 years. That means I've been following you for more than 5 years?? Where has the time gone?
Ben, congratulations on the table & cabinet you received! With your skill I know you will put them to good use. It is hard to believe you have been on your property for 4 years. And yes you all have grown & learned a lot. But you have also shared & taught others a lot. It is also nice to see all the skills the "boys" (they have grown so much) have learned. Thank you all.
Maybe Meg will want part of a table for soap making or future outdoor kitchen. The endless possibilities 👍
Sending healing prayers for the whole family 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕
Nice score on the table/bench with the sink in it. So much room for activities.. 😊👍🏼 Especially now that you are the butchering bad boy, I’m sure you will make great use of that.
💚 Garlic looking Good! Great score on the restaurant tables and piglets lookin good! 💚
💖Found your long-handled weeder made up at Cobra Head. Guess they were asked to make one. Nice to know. Love the treasure you found. Will be watching for the use you come up with in future videos. ❤🩹 Hope you family continues to recover. Take care. ❇❇❇
Considering how much rain we're getting in California this winter, somewhere else has to be short.
I got similar (though smaller) stainless steel restaurant fixtures for free a decade or so ago. I too was thrilled!
I can say as a long time viewer of the channel that it has truly been an amazing journey and I truly appreciate everything that you and your family have been willing to share with the public. I for one am really proud of the process that all of you have endured in finding your rhythm and what works for in this process of becoming small farmers in the homestead community. Thanks so much to all of you and it is my opinion that you have tremendously enriched so many lives in so many positive ways by sharing your journey 👏👏👏
I was thinking how wonderful to be able to use the weeds to make compost. I count weeding as free chicken feed. Everything recycles! Great score on the restaurant equipment. My husband was a keen dumpster diver and brought home lots of treasures. Good video with lots of inspiration!
Those garlic plants are looking much better! Growing up, we always had a garden and as a kid I loved it!
I am such a dork, I would pay you to let me weed your garden beds. So relaxing, and the result is so satisfying.
We had a gardening TV program in Australia that had a unique idea.
Plant your Garlic as you normally would, then plant quick grow seedlings in a row between the rows of garlic. for example Radishes.
The reason is that whatever you plant has to be quick grow and something that does dot remove all the soil goodness in your quick grow rows.
You should be able to get a few crops before the Garlic need to come out. It also makes weeding easier.
Also, do not plant a seedling that will compete with the garlic. for example, do not plant onions or spring onions as your "fill in" crop.
Garlic looks great Ben... hope the family all is feeling better soon,, Miss Meg's beautiful smile and Buggy, I think she's become everybody's buggy girl : ) I've heard lots of our local farmers say the same thing for the growing season coming here, we definately will get wind ! Can always count on the Fundy shore lol
Ben I dont know if you have ever heard of the MORINGA tree...I live in South Africa and have one growing on my property but it is an amazing food source not only for humans but can be used for a wide variety of animals. This is what I copied off the internet ...(In recent years, Moringa leaves have been widely used as substitutes for traditional protein feeds for monogastric animals (e.g., pig, rabbit, chicken), ruminants (e.g., cattle and sheep))...I have no idea if it would grow in your climate but this tree is such a blessing - they also call it the miracle tree.
I am sending well wishes to Meg and the boys for a speedy recovery.
Free finds are worth thier weight in gold. Especially stainless steel equipment.
feel better soon to my FAVORITE homesteaders. you have motivated me to get going on my garden and cook from home as it is healthier.
Ben, build Meg an outdoor covered canning kitchen off the back of house. So she can get outside more in the summer canning season. Will also be useful for the smoker and eating outside in the summer
Get better, Meg! Thank you for including from farm to table. Ben, I really enjoy your content on working on the farm. Your children are amazing, and ending your videos with Meg in the kitchen just brings it all together. Enjoy your leftovers, and I'm glad that Meg can rest a bit. You all work so hard, and you inspire many to do the same. God bless!
Hey Ben, I've been going through the exact same learning with regards to meat these past few months. From processing excess roosters, to shooting and skinning my first deer, and helping our neighbors with some cows culled from their herd, it's a total trip, really, from where I was even just a year ago when we were already on our homestead. Such an amazing change, and amazing shift in my own understanding and outlook on the world and food in general.
Anyways, I feel ya, man. A few steps behind, but following the same path here. It's amazing, and I'm loving the journey too.
One mans trash is another mans treasure ! I bet you will make a great butcher table . Supplying all your own needs would be done in a perfect world . But being self motivated is worth more then gold.
Oh my Ben, to be younger again 🥴 however I enjoy seeing young people & families working like in the old days 🤩
I can’t believe it’s been 4 years 😮 I’ve with you since Bakersfield , Ca… all the decisions, road trips… great education for the kiddos also. So much has changed since you found your piece of heaven😍. Very proud of you & all the family has accomplished 👍
Hugs to Meg & kids & you take care also 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
and it's so wonderful to have people in your community who are nearby, caring and skilled!! must be such a secure feeling having others who are on a similar journey of building their Homestead farms too!!
I'm praying everyone gets well, too much to get done in this season.
We got quite a few of stainless steel tables and sink tables from closing restaurants. We use ours for butchering and it works great. they show up a lot on local online auctions.
I love how Millie gets a cameo in almost every video LOL. I have never seen her have any kittens. Is she spayed? Your garlic bed looks so much better. Glad you were able to get that checked off your to-do list. Mine still has several inches of snow on it. Hopefully the rest of the family is feeling better soon
Millie's left ear is clipped, indicating spay/neuter.
@@suesmargiassi4195 I hadn't noticed that. Thank you. As much as I would love to see Millie have kittens, getting her spayed is definitely the responsible thing to do
I love the song you played when you were mulching the garlic beds.😊
Babies are cute.great deal .I love free stuff. ❤hope everyone feels better soon
I've been thinking about what you said about your age... I'm 63, I worked in the garden for 20 minutes before I went in to take a nap.
At this point your superman.
Remember You do have 4 sons.
One helped. 3 are sick.
@@virginiadodgen2787 I know. I was speaking in general. I'm an expert weed puller. I started at age 6.
Ben a scounger after my own heart 💜 😂. My wife has gotten tired of my finds over the years but I love to find stuff and reuse it for my good. Those are some awesome tables you got and will be very useful on the farm. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
Get well soon Sweet Lady! Big hugs for each of you.
I hope your precious children feel better soon also!
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Love to the Hollars from the heart!
You mentioned not eating out and not even wanting to. Well, with Meg making all the foods she does there is no reason to eat anywheres elde. Not only that but you have no worries about food poisoning. Meg is one fantastic cook. You raise the food and Meg will make it taste good.
Praying everyone is feeling 100% well very soon! I see a covered outdoor kitchen processing center in your future. So happy you were gifted such a find!
Mulch tall.
Weeds 90+% eliminated. Plus thick mulch retains moisture much longer plus it decomposes giving you compost. Plus having thick mulch you're not walking in mud when the soil is wet.
You are right and yes I always save my rain water and much with grass clippings. You are so blessed too have your children too help you with chores. And hope they know how much they are helping with the load of chores each day.
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Hope your family gets to feeling better, thanks for sharing. Garlic bed looks like it's tucked in and ready for the next cold spell.
Beautiful shiny black piggies! ♥️🥰
The weeding looks great! I hope Meg and the kids feel better soon. Predicting droughts is a tough job. Here in Northern California we had a flood in 2017, then hardly enough for the next 5 years. Now our lake is over full and more rain in the forecast and we're saturated. Thankful though to not have to go through more. I was worried we wouldn't have enough water to flush toilets with!😖😂
I was checking out the garlic whilst you were weeding, looking very strong with lots of leaves 🍃. I totally agree with you about feeding the fresh greens to the chooks, better health for them and their eggs, plus more nutritious fertiliser, a win/win all around. Corbin isn't his usual energetic self, still recovering, the vitamin D and being in the dirt is the best medicine. The pigs are adorable, I love how all the babies group together. Best wishes to the rest of the plague victims, drink lots of water and flush out those germs.
I put straw around my garlic, but I've noticed some squirrels have been getting in there because I see holes. I need to move the straw around a bit so I can tell for sure which of the green is garlic and which is maybe some weeds. I bought onion transplants for the first time and I need to get the weeds out of that raised bed area so I can plant them, but I'm waiting on the rain to stop. Hope you all feel better soon.
Those are some nice gifts. I can imagine how smooth that could make chicken processing.
Ben, if anyone complains about weeding videos, next time show the process in 'real' time with no peppy soundtrack. 😏🤣 Hope the rest of the family feels better soon!
Using hay will add more weed seeds to your garden where straw don't have the seeds in it, if you feed to the chickens first they will eat the seeds out.
Missed you Meg, rest if you can and feel better. Hugs beautiful family.