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 😊

[@MsdebinBC]

YUP especially in summer👍😉

[@denisewilson8367]

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

[@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.

[@reddirtgirl308]

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

[@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. 😂

[@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

[@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!

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@janetwithers7427]

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

[@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 🤷‍♀️

[@donnamays24]

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

[@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.

[@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 🤪👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@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.😂

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

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

[@brandilynauntb]

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

[@gkiferonhs]

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

[@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)

[@rosemarieherman7790]

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

[@wrinklesandsprinkles]

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

[@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.

[@TobyCatVA]

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

[@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.

[@kathyweber2089]

Meg needs to show her freezer meal preps. Please?

[@tamrahawkes3170]

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

[@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. 😂👍❤️

[@teresawebster3498]

Yall seem to be a really great family.

[@kimkramarski-smith774]

A bucket of persuasion . LOVE IT ! lol.

[@morningdewhomestead]

A castrated Boar is called a Barr or Barrow.

[@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.

[@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.

[@honiebird3789]

Just enjoy y'all so much ♥

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@carolleslie9739]

Your meals always have my mouth watering delicious 😋 looking keep it up 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.

[@stephanieedmonds1667]

good show thank you

[@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

[@kskorner74]

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

[@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!

[@paperchaser9565]

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

[@lillianperry6451]

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

[@pjmoody]

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

[@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.

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

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

[@mgtmoffat8411]

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

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Great video. Thanks

[@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 !

[@kennethgibbons366]

Great family... God bless you all

[@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. ❤

[@PrewittHomestead]

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

[@amyb5339]

Biochar rocks!

[@marycountry]

Hi guys, hope your having a good week.😊

[@zodiactiller]

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

[@dianecharles881]

Moe looks pretty happy, nice move with no problems!

[@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😉!

[@jamjar5716]

Eau de Ben. Thanks Meg!🫢😅😂

[@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.

[@belieftransformation]

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

[@larryfeeks6620]

I hope Moe likes his new digs!

[@DavidDavis-Central_FL]

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

[@robertadunaway7030]

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

[@megmills4798]

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

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

Good old Mo, just loves his new digs with all the shade. Having freezer meals is life saving when you're always cooking. I need to make more meals and get the freezer shelve full again. The day's have been pretty hot. I'm so looking foward to the fall with cooler temperatures. The electric company came out to replace our meter on the box outside. Apparently the meter stopped working.....don't know how, or why we have electric. Just got the 1st electric bill since the replacement of the meter. My mouth hit the floor $452.00 just for 1 month. Our air is not running all the time. We'll need to lower the temperature on the water heater, and unplug a freezer, and move stuff to the other two. We put a sun shade over the ac compressor outside. This is just the 1st part of extreme heat for summer. I can only imagine how bad thw heat and cost of electric is going to be acrossed this country. We'll need to conserve electric. Y'all stay cool!

[@denisewilson8367]

It's a catch up bill. For the months regular usage and for the low reading last month before the meter quit. So it wouldn't have been that high next month too. But all the things you've done will help your bill stay lower.

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

@@denisewilson8367 Can only hope.

[@garyjinontariony]

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

[@camicri4263]

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

[@kelleyheard5790]

I know what you mean about the heat temperature is 98 with the heat index of 106.

[@lararabb8888]

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

[@kittyrichards9915]

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

[@oliviafox3605]

Thank you for taking the time and effort to share.

[@lanyrogers5707]

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

[@alicegilbert4186]

Thanks for letting us visit

[@judyboss5267]

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

[@Sheena_isapunkrocker]

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.

[@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.

[@oxenrat]

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

[@barbarapahl3245]

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

[@janetgrooms]

Great video ❤

[@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! ❤

[@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!!!!

[@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.

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Congratulations on 150K subscribers 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@TheHollarHomestead]

Thank you!

[@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

Some (not all) pigs just like to wallow, so if there's no natural water source, they will make a wallow by dripping the water out of their water supply in whichever way they can, including pulling the nipple right out.

[@AB-ol5uz]

I wonder if it could tie to boredom as well...there is nothing left to forage where they are so there's nothing to burn off their energy at that young age.

[@AB-ol5uz]

as soon as he put that dirt in their area they went to work so it's a sign of low stimulation/needed a larger area or foraging opportunity - just like the chicken coop chickens that get to work on the compost pile.

[@wernerstruebing116]

Exactly, there is no issue from a pig’s point of view, they just love water and they don’t see it as wasted. ……… they are just pigs

[@margiebrown7436]

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

[@lararabb8888]

You might need to build a couple of BAT HOUSES and put one on the barn and one up a tree somewhere around the house or barn. If your luckey some might move in. You could also have the boys build some blue bird houses to place around the property. You dont have water but you do have an open field behind you so you could start with a 6hole purple Martin nest condo and see if you attract any. More birds less bugs in garden & fruit orchard.

[@katiengland1529]

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

[@davidfeatch1436]

Hi Hollar's, loved the video today but as you left your home today to start your chores, I noticed that the back of the home would be perfect for a raised deck and roof for summer time living. It would be a great project for you all to get your teeth into as well :D

[@denisewilson8367]

There are plans for a home addition, Buggies' bedroom, a large pantry, and a deck. They just haven't gotten to it yet.

[@annaking9213]

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

[@lindabedow6343]

Love your homemade water level indicator

[@terryhenderson424]

Does the drum without a lid have a lip? If do can you cut a round out of plywood to nextke on top of the lip; if so add a handle of some sirt. Or can you clest some boards together, cut a round, and add a handle? Maybe a project when its a good time to be inside or turn over to one of theboys?

[@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.

[@michellerichardson2545]

Move the open top barrel to the pigs outside the fence ..fill with a hose then just bucket x the fence vs carrying buckets all the way.

[@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🎉

[@tigar0485]

You could cut a head hole in the side of a drum mounted on its side on a stand. They can't spill and you can put a tank float on the opposite side for auto-refills instead of hauling buckets.

[@xanthmom9096]

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