It’s A Mystery

[@montanaskye3227]

You know it's serious when the boys put shoes one!! Best wishes to you and your family!!!

[@christycoalson36]

Right I don't think I've seen the boys with shoes on in about a year lol but who can blame them...grounding is awesome for ya 😊

[@Libhater-PP4PM]

YUP especially in summer👍😉

[@denisewilson8367]

I'm sure they didn't want pig poop mud between their toes.

[@lstrugar]

‘Don’t do that. That’s disgusting.’ Meg blessedly says what we were all thinking as I tried not to gag up in my living room. 😂

[@faithrada]

When I remember back to when you first got here .... and what those garden beds looked like... and how they look now... that's the "miracle" of Hard Work.

[@sandralovegrove2805]

Best time of the day is watching the Hollar homestead, thank you for all your hard work making these videos ! All the best to you and everyone here xoxo

[@SuesSecretGarden3]

Bye Buggy. All of you guys animals seem chill they all let u all get close and personal. Because you guys treat them with kindness. Dinner looked wonderful Meg as usual 👍🏽😊

[@patmaier6917]

Meg is a wonderful cook. I wished I was had even a drop of that ability.

[@FlyFisherGolfing]

I specially like went the Holler family sit down, give thanks, and enjoy their meal together!

[@daviddavid9837]

Amen. Says more about this family than almost anything else they say or do in the videos.

[@carlaellison2447]

Same!

[@ivylady13]

'A place for everything, and everything in its place'....as my grandmother used to say 😁

[@debrezo58]

Mine too!

[@terelhutto8604]

ole Mo is one laid-back piggy. Thank you for the walk to the woods, and the sharing of your life with us. Be Blessed.

[@reddirtgirl308]

Haha meg says "don't do that! That's disgusting!" Good one..

[@deecooper1567]

It’s really nice that the 🐷🐷have a shady spot & big enough to forage at first 😊 There’s Always “things” to do on homesteading . Meg, I also ❤❤❤ freezer meals. Homemade fast food 🤪👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@donnamays24]

I just love watching Buggie hang with her Dad..she’s so precious! ❤

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

I'm glad you said it didn't stink, because it sounds nasty hitting the ground!

[@patriciaherman6499]

Meg, years ago on Saturday's I'd make a months worth of freezer dinner meals was wonderful especially during busy hay and corn seasons. Once again dinner looked great and those rolls yum Ben, hope you'll give an update on the garden you put the manure slurry on. Blessings to you and the family. 😊🇺🇲

[@patmaier6917]

If I made a meal and froze, my family would’ve not eaten it. Always made me sad that they wouldn’t eat anything I fixed and put up.

[@wrinklesandsprinkles]

Once again…the water level indicator Ben made is *GENIUS!!* It’s a Big Brained inventor type invention!

[@gkiferonhs]

Corbin cracks me up. Whether he's walking on gravel, slogging through mud or using a spading fork, the boy is barefoot! ;)

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Meg and Ben, thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐈🐄🐖🐝🌱🌻🌼🌹🌸🌺🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@janetwithers7427]

I don't think there is anything you can't do or fix. Great video 💞

[@sharonbrown2352]

Pigs like to rinse their mouths- it's all about dental hygiene for them. lol. I'm kinda surprised that the boys put boots on :). Beautiful family and always great content.

[@denisewilson8367]

I'm sure they didn't want pig poop mud between their toes.

[@sharonbrown2352]

@@denisewilson8367lol

[@milliesimmons7252]

As soon as you got started talking about the sweat, I knew where you were going. I agree, don’t do it that’s gross. I laughed hard at that.😂

[@morningdewhomestead]

A castrated Boar is called a Barr or Barrow.

[@msplum3306]

Maybe think about a platform large enough for water barrel and pigs so it’s off the ground. Might avoid ur issues keeping that water area more cleaned up 🤷‍♀️

[@brandilynauntb]

Did Meg just say Pineapple Chicken Casserole? If so, I would love to hear more about that.

[@LastChanceTinyHouse]

I think that vlogs like yours is imparting wisdom to anyone thinking about going off grid or just returning to nature and starting a small farm.

[@jmcaulay577]

Oh please Meg, can you do a bread making class? My husband wants home made bread and last time I tried rolls they came out like hockey pucks . Yours looked so good I would love to know how!

[@amyb5339]

She has a bread making vlog that I went through about 3 times to take all the notes. She did sandwich bread, buns, and cinnamon raisin bread (I believe)

[@ischafer8073]

👋 everyone. Oh Ben, thank you So much for saying the slurry doesn't smell !! I was holding my breath as you were adding it to the bed until you said I was free to exhale again. 🙃 Stay cool. 🕊🙏

[@cherylinoklahoma9624]

@ischafer8073: I was really surprised it didn't smell. I was thinking oh no! Poor Corbin! 😢 I think it didn't smell because of so much biochar. Charcoal is an excellent deoderizer.

[@rosemarieherman7790]

Barefoot Corbin…that was me. No shoes from last day of school until last day of summer vacation. ❤ love your family.

[@tamrahawkes3170]

150,000 way to go! Been following you for a long time, glad to see you hit 150!

[@mainemagic4968]

Ben, My grandfather raised 6 pigs each year for almost 20 years...he always called the castrated males " Jupiters"; when us kids asked him why that name, he always said that "Jupiter" would taste out of this world...most of the "Jupiters" were the farms sausage for the year...Cheers from Maine.

[@kathyweber2089]

Meg needs to show her freezer meal preps. Please?

[@beccagee5905]

Byyyy Buggy. Fertilizing a planting bed, Clean up, and fixing one waterer. Moving dirt to the over watered pig wallow. Setting up and moving Moe to his new bachelor pad. Dinner looked amazing, and so does the homestead. Great work, especially in this heat.

[@honiebird3789]

Just enjoy y'all so much ♥

[@charmainemrtnz]

We are in our 60’s and my husband has always been frustrated by the 5-15 things that have to be done before a project that needs to be done can happen. Lol. 😂👍❤️

[@vpgarden5986]

Meg, love the country living tag on the side of your laptop! Ben, put a time lapse camera or trial camera next to the water and observe the behavior of the pigs.

[@teresawebster3498]

Yall seem to be a really great family.

[@gruntqueen]

I like the way you treat your boys like co -workers, telling them what you're looking for, etc. We raised our boy that way. His offspring are female and he seems to be treating them like equals. It makes me proud.

[@kathiefrommissouriusa1462]

Those goofy pigs! I always thought pigs LIKED mud holes, etc. That they’d wallow in that mud to keep cool in the heat. It seems weird that they’d prefer the dry spots in their enclosure. And EWWW. The “poop drum”! Yukko. You can eat the produce from THAT planting bed!

[@beccagee5905]

It will be worked into the soil, and sit until next spring, so it will be good to go.

[@lillianperry6451]

A furniture mover for pigs. Just what anyone would love to do on a hot day.

[@TobyCatVA]

Who's a good boy? Mo's a good boy! Yes, he is. LoL

[@kimkramarski-smith774]

A bucket of persuasion . LOVE IT ! lol.

[@cherylcurry2948]

Meg, I'd love to see you do a vlog on how you meal plan/figure out what you're going to cook. You always have everything so together and it seems like you never need to think more than a few minutes to figure out meals. I'll think off and on for literally hours before I figure out dinner lol

[@cherylinoklahoma9624]

Have you considered some sort of rain catchment? A tarp or gutter attached to the trees or their shelter that can run into the barrels. 😊

[@amyb5339]

Add an overflow 90 near the top of the barrel with either a joiner length of hose to another barrel, or out on to the ground where it won't add to the swamp. I have seen quite a few ppl put the nipple on a standoff plate with a short length of hose to the water barrel, so the pigs can't torque the fitting in the barrel and.cause.leaks that way.

[@carolleslie9739]

Your meals always have my mouth watering delicious 😋 looking keep it up great family 💙💙💙❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@stephanieedmonds1667]

good show thank you

[@tammysarrazin-ux9tv]

freezer meals work great i used to make a few weeks worth and then when i didnt or couldnt cook they came out of the freezer hugsssss

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Great video. Thanks

[@robertadunaway7030]

I liked the pigs watching and talking to you.. "what yah doing bringing of food?"

[@lmd2454]

Ben, you're such an innovative and resourceful man! You remind me of my dad. I swear he could make or fix just about anything. I love the floats you built for your pig's waterers!

[@mgtmoffat8411]

Yes, Ben, that is life, you do one job so you can do another. Thanks for the great vlog. 🌻🌻💕💕

[@paperchaser9565]

And we are always happy to watch you mark off your list of things to do…it’s enjoyable to watch.

[@theunsteadysteader]

A castrated pig is called a barrow.

[@pjmoody]

I can't wait to see how well the fertilised bed goes!

[@kskorner74]

what an amazing way to keep track of your water level!!!

[@kennethgibbons366]

Great family... God bless you all

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

I can't wait to see that extra charged garden grow, it's going to be something spacial!

[@zodiactiller]

Love when you choose to let nature be the background music. Thanks!

[@jamjar5716]

Eau de Ben. Thanks Meg!🫢😅😂

[@angieandleton2265]

Good morning you beautiful people.. Things have been so crazy we haven't been able to keep up. But I have some downtime from having some surgery so I will be catching up with you guys. ❤ Maybe one day I will be able to make it western NC to visit family and we can meet up with you guys. I will say watching this video hearing the roosters and just the views of your land make me want to be back there living. As I call it flat land isn't as fun. ❤

[@One29Homestead]

I LOVE what your doing with the charcoal. IT'S AWESOME

[@amyb5339]

Biochar rocks!

[@marycountry]

Hi guys, hope your having a good week.😊

[@patriciahusk3428]

Wow, what a process to check out the water containers! I love how y’all repurpose so many things around the farm🤗. Most of the time, Mo is in slowMOtion…very laid back fellow😉!

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

Those drums are generally made from high density polyethylene and this material has some UV protection added to the mix, some unscrupulous manufacturers could have replaced this material with polypropylene which has little to no UV resistance and hardens and cracks due to molding stresses.

[@camicri4263]

I missed you guys yesterday! I have separation anxiety 😅 Blessings 💞🤗💞

[@larryfeeks6620]

I hope Moe likes his new digs!

[@alicegilbert4186]

Thanks for letting us visit

[@RavenStorm1031]

Looks like yall have a leeky situation 🤣 ill see myself out now LOL

[@bobwilliams5506]

There were leeks in this video? :)

[@RavenStorm1031]

@@bobwilliams5506 I am not held responsible for those leeks I'm afraid 🤣🤣

[@mmurphy2317]

Leeks is/are... later...just sayin'... ...and there's Moe where that came from...🔮👋🪄🐈💯😵‍💫

[@RavenStorm1031]

@@mmurphy2317 lol my kid cackled at that one !

[@hitthacienda]

Suggestion about pig water; remove drum from their area. Replace with large plastic tray and that is their water source. It limits their water to only what they need. They won’t be able to flip the tray (we use the gray proofing or food grade trays- heavy when filled) and then you aren’t wasting water. They will step in it and use some to make a wallow but you just refill each day. It’s not ideal but they waste less water that way.

[@dianecharles881]

Moe looks pretty happy, nice move with no problems!

[@janetgrooms]

Great video ❤

[@blueangelsfan4072]

Alright guys just admit it. You've been coaching and rehearsing with Buggie, lol. She said her little Byee in unison with Meg this time! So cute.

[@belieftransformation]

Great progress; thanks for sharing some of your lifestyle! Blessings to all 🤗💗🇨🇦

[@barbarapahl3245]

Ben, You made me laugh with talking about collecting your sweat!😂

[@lindabedow6343]

Love your homemade water level indicator

[@judyboss5267]

You sure are talented in dealing with your pigs! Congratulations Mr super farmer!

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Awesome information there brother , thanks!!!!! love the channel , keep the videos coming !!!!!

[@gagearp8542]

Just realized I also say “ hi Millie cat” to the screen when she comes in the frame! I enjoy that y’all’s videos have been a part of my routine for years now and it’s amazing as always!!!!

[@DavidDavis-Central_FL]

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

[@oxenrat]

Castrated male pigs are Barrows (from memory) love the oinkers!

[@kittyrichards9915]

So nice to hear all the compliments on the food prepared.

[@thomascallaghan5988]

Great video

[@garyjinontariony]

Thank. You Meg , don't do that Ben. Leave the sweat, dont collect, it.

[@oliviafox3605]

Thank you for taking the time and effort to share.

[@megmills4798]

The up side is you have enough drums for what you need them for😊

[@loriy7532]

🙂 Always wonderful to drop in for a visit... I always thought that pigs love the mud to cool down , I see many Homesteaders with piggies watering them down , and loving it.. Happy moving day Mo...lol

[@stonecreek1929]

I heard that pig’s don’t sweat and they have the mud to stay cool? … so they wallow and get out of? idk how true these statements are but felt compelled to open a discussion about it

[@annaking9213]

Wow, thanks for teaching us about the blue bowel top.

[@katiengland1529]

Male pig who has been castrated is called a barrow. Love what you are doing! :)

[@margiebrown7436]

Meg 🤣🤣🤣 “don’t do that! That’s disgusting!” LoL 😂

[@lararabb8888]

You can also build & place houses up in the woods near that orchard. You will get titmouse, chickadees, and several others.

[@robfl07]

If you mount a tire valve stem in a barrel cap and then seal up the barrel….. a little compressed air and a spray bottle of soapy water will help troubleshoot barrel leaks in the future… without wasting a barrel of water.

[@ThisandThatRanch]

Run some water points points down next to the pigs make it easier on you. Even back in the woods. Having water points all over should help.

[@lanyrogers5707]

I love watching your videos. They just bring me joy, thank you.

[@claudinepotvin-giordano1154]

God bless.

[@ericataylor1708]

Good morning fam 😊

[@terrihinton7126]

Y'all just amaze me stay safe.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Meg you know what makes the green beans even better, chopped garlic sauteed in with them. That's the only way my son likes them and wants to eat them.

[@bettyadkisson1681]

I just started getting a few green beans and 2 legged have been walking off with them and my potatoes too. There was just the large marble sized potatoes lefted.

[@xanthmom9096]

I love your shows. I don't care if they are long. Thank you.

[@teresagunther6622]

Love Mo!

[@dianesierakowski9317]

Ben have you tried one of those cool breeze thingys that go around your neck to keep you cool? I bought one for my husband, he works outside at the golf course. He liked it! Sweet video thanks for sharing! ❤

[@heatherk8931]

Another interesting video, thank you Ben. I know it takes 30% longer from camera repositioning, etc. I was just thinking how nice your place is with your own private forest ❤. Much, much bigger than the ole Bakersfield yard, right! Lol, Moe is a happy dude🎉

[@jenny4184]

Y’all are Damn Good Farmers!!