It’s Been Too Long

It’s been so hot and dry, and we have been needing rain for so long. The grass isn’t growing for the cow, and we are limping the garden along.
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[@jenniferrush8231]

A smaller woodchipper may be a good investment for you to help break up things to compost. Especially since you now have an orchard and will need to trim all those trees

[@AlpacaMade]

You're never happier than when making compost. The addition of a big toy didn't hurt any either👍

[@gkiferonhs]

I appreciate you going through the hassle of daily blogging. Thanks.

[@Bex-rg8pj]

So glad you are posting more videos! I’ve been watching your growth of subs. Good job! You deserve it. You are so real on your videos and that his hard to find on most channels. I really don’t follow channels in your area because they lost their appeal after they made it into a business, where they just talk about themselves. Keep up the good work and keep your principals! ❤️

[@dianebeckner884]

All spring and summer long I've been praying "Lord I don't know what you're preparing us for, but thank you!"

[@pampilgrim2274]

Hi, Ben and Meg! Thank you for sharing with us. I love watching Meg cook and Ben on the tractor. You two deserve the best.

[@Yaketyyak21]

A shredder would be ideal for chopping up the pile on the compost heap…

[@dugel3]

On our market farm we used to grow several thousand cabbage. After we harvested the main head we always let the small heads grow and when they were about baseball-sized we harvested them. We marketed them as single-serving cabbages and people bought tons of them, literally!

[@warrenrines3924]

Love the channel, thanks for sharing your lives with us.

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Always happy to a Hollar video pop up. Your garden looks great and producing so much food. Take care. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@tarynolson2610]

"one of us has to follow her around so she doesn't like die or something" 😂 So relatable! We've got a 16 month old...same story. Thanks for sharing your lives with us, you guys are wonderful.

[@dianesnow9806]

It’s so rewarding watching you guys work together. Blessings 💕🙏🏻💕

[@whitestone4401]

If you score the stalk of the cabbage down the center after you harvest, if your season is long enough, you can grow 2 small cabbages. One from each side of the scored stalk.

[@gailbrault9251]

Cabbage and bacon and onion Yummy!!

[@ischafer8073]

👋 Glad you got some rain!! Every little bit helps.

[@LadysFarm]

Meg is so cute 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@grandmasewhappyhomestead187]

Thank you for sharing your lives with us. It's good to know how you all are doing

[@GardeningwithPurpose329]

Real people real homesteader family not afraid to get dirty. Love it! I too have a bunch of wild blackberries in my in the forest a cross the lake of my backyard and I have gathered them a few times zone 9B Daytona Beach Central FL.

[@patriciahusk3428]

You said it, “thank you Lord for the rain.” Just loved little Buggie watching the rain from the window…your garden looks amazing!

[@Mia7470]

Maybe try using a wood chipper for your compost pile

[@Laura-wn2yy]

We live in the desert, and when it rains, my husband and I always say, "Thank you, Lord!"

[@murrrriel]

Definitely gonna need a woodchiper to get compost. But you may have a good start for a Hügelkultur bed!

[@ritamccartt-kordon283]

If you read the history of Kudzu, it was brought to the USA for animal food. Maybe get a Wood Chipper for chopping your compost. Just aim it where you want your compost pile. Maybe find a used one. Supper looked great Meg! Yes, cabbage will grow small cabbages! GOD bless

[@karenminckler4198]

I love how she’s not afraid of anything. And how she loves to help.

[@TaylorLife248]

we're in Amarillo Texas and going through a severe drought. it's been months since we've had rain.

[@starladoakwagonhollowhomes6555]

I am in stinnett. We had a little rain 2 nights ago

[@sandyc6569]

Everyone and everything is looking healthy and happy!!! Keep up the good work!! 👍💞💝💞👍

[@michellenelson7899]

Absolutely love that you share your family journey sending our love

[@stephanieballou1539]

I'm in New Hampshire. My fruit trees had an over abundance last year. This year I'm getting a handful of peaches, some trees not producing at all, and maybe three quarters of the cherries. No apples or pears. However, my gardens are definitely thriving. Because we are 5a here I'm still waiting to see how the wild harvest will truly be.

[@sroberts605]

Interestingly, here in the south of England, we have the same dry weather, and the berries/fruit are superb this year. How strange!

[@diannamc367]

Maybe the flavor is more concentrated because they are drier.🤷🏼‍♀️

[@erinstraub5710]

We need a rain like too!! Send it to Indiana please!! It’s been insanely hot and dry here too. Everything looks delicious!

[@janetwithers7427]

Glad you got some rain. You are getting good harvests. I can always smell Meg's cooking. Ha. Yummy stuff. 💞

[@kathleengallagher2659]

I ❤️ to watch Meg cook!

[@LadysFarm]

Beautiful garden ❤️

[@kimclayton7728]

Anyone else like to see what they are eating for dinner?

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi...... Meg and Ben nice to see you love watching your videos, thank you for showing your video homestead chickens farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@juliewholohan2850]

I was just noticing the larger trunks in the compost…..I recently started 3 hugelkulture beds….they are worth investigating as they were very successful and they are water savers.👍

[@dianadriverasbury9130]

So happy about your wild harvest. That's just wonderful. Rain is lovely. She's like, "Thanks for the goodies!".

[@donnaokeefe6463]

We discovered that we have mull berries in our backyard. Hooohoo!! We have been here 5 years and never seen them before. We found a couple small trees that we are going to dig up in fall and move them closer to the yard.

[@shirleydeason5223]

Thanks for your videos, sure do love them. Love seeing your children, they are special as is their Mom and Dad. God Bless all of you!

[@shirleyk623]

There's no better smell in the house than bacon and onions sauteing together. Nice bunch of beets too! There's not many young ladies your age do so much wonderful food preparation for the family. I applaud you. That's the way I was taught and I taught my boys (yes my young men) to cook for themselves. Almost every thing comes from scratch out of the joy of cooking and talent for the imagination of combining things and creating a meal. You have a very lucky family for sure.

[@rgb5031]

Love your channel!!! Mrs. Hollar should do some extra cooking videos.

[@deborahcrutchfield5022]

Yes when you harvest your cabbage little I call the Brussels sprouts will grow in. Amazing how much you get from 1 cabbage. I live in West Tennessee over 3 weeks no rain terrible Sunday we go a hugh Rain 🌧 it was Wonderful. Starting Thursday we have more rain coming over the next 5 days. Praise the Lord.

[@shelleypassantino7912]

Yes, 100% wild strawberries going crazy here in central NC, and this no rain thing, eek! Even though my tomatoes have been struggling with this heat, I have been blessed with a few volunteers popping up, which always brings a smile. Quite a challenging season we are in.

[@lovenotes5299]

We had a little bit last night to wet the ground and today it's some rain ,we need it. So glad to not have to hand water. No rain water for the last month to water with

[@heatherk8931]

Hey girl! Glad you got rain, been a several months here except once, just wet the dust on cars!

[@lovenotes5299]

@@heatherk8931 Rain is making it' s rounds now, i pray you get some!

[@anna7118]

As someone in the PNW we were just as happy to see the warm sun this last week as you were to get some rain! Hay crops are finally getting in the barns!

[@stacyschaffer783]

I always trim the second little cabbages down to 2 and let them grow again. They head up faster because the roots are well established. I've had a dozen little starter heads before. Yes they are good eating.

[@tahliel]

I'm from Australia, and absolutely understand the joy of a rainstorm on dry earth. We recently moved from a property where we lived for three years, and it only rained three times while we were there.this year has been very different, and it's barely stopped raining and the flooding has been so destructive.

[@kayradford3793]

So true looks like we are for another wet weekend here in NSW Australia.

[@tahliel]

@@kayradford3793 looks like it! I've got my carrot seed in the bed ready 😂

[@marylouise890]

I’m in the U.S., Arkansas. We have had the rain dropping in buckets here!

[@nancyseery2213]

Thank you Lord, let it rain! Just what I said when it rain at our house. Got almost one inch and hoping for more! It even got down into the 60'd last night. Oh yeah! God bless y"all and keep on growing.

[@joanneganon7157]

I'm happy for you guys,your Compost is working well 🙌. YAY the Rain cometh 👏. JO JO IN VT 😆💕

[@barbaramix1683]

Glad to see you get some rain. I have been praying about that ever since you said you could use some.

[@jesikasmith8209]

I live in Maine. Our strawberries have been crazy good this year! Both wild and cultivated!

[@create557]

Hi guys I just want to let you know how wonderful I think you are. I know it’s difficult work and at some point you’ll need to take a break but before that happens know you are appreciated and loved. ❤️🙏🏼💐🎶. Diana Romero

[@hanorabrennan8846]

Under my open compost pile, I am feeding a family of hedgehogs and they are massive! Cheeky too, as they scamper around even when I'm working!

[@lisaarbour6784]

You know....there are a lot of folks out there that are jealous of your rain!!😊

[@CS-bn4un]

Love watching your family and homestead grow so naturally where God has planted you. And now I want to try cabbage with bacon and onions ...and YES, praise the Lord for rain we got elsewhere in the Deep South today as well. So grateful ! (OK...so I have to admit yet again that I rewatched Buggy digging potatoes again today from previous video...had to show my husband!)

[@Terrytuna1]

With all your wooded areas I think you need a wood chipper attachment! It could help breakdown the items added to compost, and also bedding for animals in winter. You’ve mentioned you have a lot of fallen trees already....

[@faithrada]

Just love watching that rain come down. 🌧

[@bodgerliz5138]

Just a thought in relation to keeping moisture in the soil. Some folks leave the roots of the crops they're harvesting in the ground, to add to the soil organic matter as they break down. It might work for you too. So enjoy watching your progress in building the homestead. Good luck.

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

We just started our homesteading channel. Right now it’s all dirt work on our 27 acres but we are ready to start with everything else. If you’re ever interested in helping us out we’d love it! Thanks for sharing all of your information. Check us out when you get a chance and tell us what you think 😁

[@darlenesgardenandhome]

And here we had a record amount of rain and cooler weather for the month of June. I thought it would never stop. But it did. Just this week we transitioned from late winter to summer. .LOL

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

Maybe next time you have a squall coming through leave the pile uncovered. You won’t have to hose it. Gardens are looking great!

[@alisonshanahan9529]

Here in Sydney Australia we're expecting 200ml or 8" of rain in the next week. The garden looks good, very productive. Your calf is so big already. Dinner looks yummy.

[@cherylbishop7657]

You are blessed. GOD BLESS

[@viviansmith1443]

Show us the rain more and shhh. So calming. I live in the southwest!🌎🗺🗻

[@terresiagregg9326]

So glad your harvest is doing so good

[@tarynolson2610]

An answer to prayer all in one video! Praise God for rain !

[@StoneKathryn]

Yay, rain. Thanks for showing your compost pile. I bet the baby cabbages with the bacon and onions had to be wonderful. Chicken and roasted beets sound delicious. You guys eat well! Yay, turning the compost with the tractor! I hope that compost method works! Thanks for this Hollars.

[@AZJH8374]

You just said look at the bountiful berry's. Then it pours. You are blessed!

[@cheriekreusel9453]

We just had our first rain storm in forever that actually came to my side of town. Glorious rain! What a blessing. peace y'all

[@09echols]

We finally got rain after more than 25 days of unbearable heat on thec26th of June and we're expecting a wet 4th weekend. So excited

[@rosewolfe9606]

You're gonna have to get yourself a pto chipper to go with your new toy, Ben. Then there'll be no end to the great compost you can make!

[@dave4096]

Watching the first part about cabbages got my curiosity going: Turns out the entire cabbage plant is edible, roots and all! You can make sauerkraut from all those outer leaves that don’t form the cabbage head, make them into salad, boil for soup etc!

[@thehobbyhomestead]

Yes to the huge wild harvests!! I have a native serviceberry tree that is producing fruit the size of those mammoth farmed blueberries. And it's so heavy with fruit that the 20 year old branches are sagging. Never had it like this before. I'm in Ontario Canada.

[@debraflecker151]

Yes, the mulberries have been crazy, productive this year; as well as the volunteer plants and the re-seeding! I didn't plant pumpkins and I have 2 beautiful plants w/pumpkins!

[@fruitfullyfaithfulfarm8350]

We call our son buggie or bugga💜 we need rain bad here in Ohio too. Very dry. I've had to water the garden more than usual this year🙃

[@carollang6090]

My fruit tree are loaded this year. Last not so much last year. Nature has her rhythm, we just dance to her tune.

[@carolschreffler5112]

Greetings from Northeast Ohio. Yes Ben, I agree with you. Fruit bushes are loaded. Not only that but all the perennial flowers this year from early spring till now are so beautiful and plentiful.

[@lisahenry1467]

“Thank you Lord!” Thank you for being bold in your witness! ❤️

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Maybe you could take your chain saw to the compost pile and maybe cut off those larger bits and put them in your Friday night fire pit. That way the smaller stuff might break down a bit faster. Meg, do the yellow beets have a different flavor than the red ones.????? I love beets but have never had the yellow. Thanks so much for sharing a bit of day with us so happy you got some rain. Have a Blessed day.

[@hearnefamilyhomestead2301]

I have noticed a lot of wild fruit here in Idaho. Also my raspberry row is FINALLY going to produce more than a handful! Yay!!

[@ladyryan902]

I thank God everytime it rains.

[@cyndidame1721]

Agree...everything is so much bigger, better this year as far as berries here in SW Virginia.

[@drewblack749]

Yep. NW Missouri here. Prolific amount of mulberries this year. Great looking garden, ya’ll. Meg, always want to come by for supper!!

[@stephaniejustice6777]

Yep,the mulberries have been plentiful here in Northern Indiana as well! The wild raspberry bushes are loaded with green berries so I’m sure they will be wonderful as well.

[@kimberlyblake8705]

I've heard a lot of people say that the wild things have been heavily producing this year. But I've also heard that it's a sign of a harsh winter to come.

[@SkiesofMidnight]

Yes, wild berries and fruit have been more abundant this year in Central Florida. Things like wild plums, wild cucumbers, poke weed, black berries, passion fruit, bitter melon seem to be producing a lot this season. Gardens haven't been doing too great so we're shrinking them down to a more manageable size and adding more chicken run dirt and composted coop bedding to try and get a better harvest for Summer and Fall. Did anyone else have problems with melons and/or pumpkins this year? All of mine started, got about 6 inches tall, but didn't do anything and eventually got chewed up by squirrels.

[@cathylastrapes714]

I have an abundance of tomatoes, cucumbers, the corn was beautiful, field peas and purple hull. Eggplants was pretty good also. Squash and zucchini was ok, Earlier is season Irish potatoes was great, garlic and onions also. In 40 plus years of gardening this surly one of the hood ones. I’m in Louisiana and with no rain things are yellowing, need rain 🌧 bad.

[@trinapellegrino621]

🙋🏼‍♀️🕊. Happy. Rain 🌧🥀💕🍀🥀💕🍀. ❤️❤️❤️. More rain barrels. Lol. ❤️

[@rainspringing]

My gosh that was me last night too, with the rain. We got ours down here in SC later in the evening, but I couldn't tear myself away. Hard to believe what was in front of my eyes! Our wild fruits have not been so great this year, but that's more about lack of rain than anything. The birds seem to be complaining about the berry sizes. lol We kept being the skirted tiny pocket of dry on the radar every time it was meant to rain since about April. Or tornado, so ya know, cool with being dodged by tornados. A bit weirded out by the shallow earthquakes though. Love the little cabbage 'yum flowers' after the head is harvested. :) We sometimes do basically deconstructed skillet steamed cabbage rolls with those.

[@jamjar5716]

I got a peek of what looked like little army figures in the window! The cabbage cooked in the bacon and onions must have been great!

[@PureLace]

Yes! All the moisture from the winter has brought on tons of berries in the bush. In Canada, so we only have flowers right now but we should be in harvesting mode over the next month.

[@skippyvsamy6768]

Love the sound of cows munching. Even better when it's kudzu🤣

[@cindyburst]

Y’all are so cute. I live in a small town with a regular backyard and I’m trying to grow stuff and I see what you’re doing and I’m like yes! I am an old lady who never learned about this stuff as I grew up in suburban Atlanta. anyway, love you guys and love watching your adventure!

[@conniegraves1773]

I have wild blackberries that were great. Now gone for this year bt I got my supply

[@diannemiller4754]

We are expecting rain tonight. It Sprinkled for about five minutes. Radar showed rain above us but more coming my way later this evening. I've had to water the past two weeks. Happy to see you have rain.

[@judyreynolds305]

No foraging here!! Drought in Abilene, TX is severe! Some rain around us, but none on our property!😩😞😭please God send us rain

[@reclaimingthefarm6441]

We're in northern Arizona. Our entire perennial fruit harvest (currants, strawberries, apples, pears, almonds, etc) was wiped out by a late, killing frost. We have a handful of raspberries maturing on the vine right now, but that's it. We have had years like you're having now though. A few years ago we had a winter storm that dropped 5 feet of snow on us; the following season we had enough perennial harvest to bring to market (which we only do after we've supplied our own needs, as well as the needs of all of our friends and extended family.)

[@danielw517]

Yes, it's been a great year for wild berries,. Blackberries right now, but the elderberries are promising to be outstanding come August.

[@belieftransformation]

Thanks for sharing your busy day! Wonderful family! 🤗❤️🇨🇦

[@worleyhavenhomestead1448]

Yes we have a tons of wild blackberries and raspberries and our raspberries have been crazy this year getting way more than we ever have before and loving it!!!!