Just Build Your Own

Ben is talking all about our composting making operation today, explaining the different methods he uses, what we use it for, and how the finished product turns out.
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[@buffeysarber836]

I think we should have a “super thanks” baby shower for Meg! I started! 🥰 Anyone want to do this just like a card shower??? Maybe spread it to your other KZbin friends 😊 I would love to make her feel special and I know lots in the community love this family!

[@sharlarose1996]

Do we know what she is having?

[@user-qw7nf8nq7g]

Great idea! I just did one too. ❤❤❤

[@amandamarie3583]

Doesn't KZbin take a big percentage of that stuff? Maybe just send cards with gift cards to their PO box. 💖

[@angelavaughan9477]

We do not. It's a surprise for them.@@sharlarose1996

[@buffeysarber836]

@@sharlarose1996I do not. But no matter what it will be as cute as buggie!❤

[@dianesierakowski9317]

Meg it looks like your tummy dropped! Hope you’re feeling good! Love how you’re glowing! ❤❤

[@irmibullinger1421]

She definitley looks ready to pop!

[@shirleysparks1148]

I was going to say the same thing looks like baby has dropped and is ready .

[@desirebarlow1288]

Yes, I was going to say that, another girl 🤞💓💞

[@donnamays24]

Stop…the Hollars just posted and I gotta go watch! Blessings guys❤

[@andreaclark9398]

They need to train one of the boys with a technology gene to help Meg with editing when the baby comes. Just an idea. They are all so talented and helpful, love how they all work together.

[@jenniferward5216]

I love how Ben says hello ladies to the hens as though they are humans makes me smile😊

[@faithrada]

Meg's idea of a baby present.. A crockpot. LOL .. What is not to love about this woman?? 😅

[@larryfeeks6620]

I always enjoy seeing your family having dinner together at the table.

[@buffeysarber836]

Wonderful video! Love hearing you teach compost magic Ben! Meg…you are an amazing cook! And you look about ready to have the wee lil one! 💕 can’t wait to be introduced! Have a healthy and fast delivery! God bless your family! Thanks for praying at dinner Ben…always praying with you!

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

Amen 🙏✝️🙏

[@lucretiawrolstad3997]

Agree with you. Always bowing my head and praying

[@user-xc6hi7kx5x]

Yes, let’s treat Meg. How and where do you send it?

[@danielapettus7693]

A hot compost pile you need in your greenhouse in winter keeps it warm

[@MrJcalvino]

Didn’t thought of that. That’s clever because 1 or 2 C more in the greenhouse could be the difference between frozen vegetables or not

[@joannmahaffey1068]

Great idea. I have done this and it does work.

[@joannmahaffey1068]

Another great video. Thanks Guys

[@tubularguynine]

@@joannmahaffey1068 - You replied to Daniela, you didn’t comment to Ben & Meg.

[@kimgoren8895]

Now that is a t-shirt...Compost is my happy place.

[@annmatthews3579]

Hooray for the hollers homestead

[@terrimccullough724]

5 years! Wow… I remember you hunting for properties before you settled in this property.

[@bonniehollingsworth1996]

I really loved that new view of the dinner table. But there is never enough of the Bug. I enjoy your kids so much - their ages match my own grands. The composting lesson was well put-together. Ben, you are an amazing teacher.

[@jacquethirlkel3001]

Idea: Three older teen boys- have one or two make some freezer meals under Meg’s guidance . So Ben and the boys can throw dinner in the oven so Meg can rest more after the baby comes. Especially using up any vegies still leftover from last year’s garden?

[@pampilgrim2274]

Hi, Ben! Excellent video! My favorite method is your chicken compost! Praying for all of you especially Meg!

[@debbieyzuel7887]

Mom looks like she's close. Sweet family.

[@jadeinthewoods]

A crockpot is a perfect gift for a new Mom! It’s rough when you have an infant and you’re running on a few hours of sleep. With a slow cooker, you just throw everything in it and turn it on. Easy, peasy.

[@LovelyIslandVacation-ch6wo]

Or you can have the other parent cook all the meals for the first few years!!! It’s even better than expecting a woman to cook and tend to a baby and recover.. he can even do a weeks worth of meal prep at once and save himself some time

[@terracorr9031]

Omg. I thought so too. I was asked to do one of those gift registries. Which I didn't feel was necessary. I did ask for one thing. A crock pot. I practically begged for a crock pot and I got shut down and never got a crock pot! YES! Meg needs a crock pot. Or something like fancy bath stuff to pamper herself.

[@theunsteadysteader]

'Rice a phoney'!! I love it!! ❤❤

[@deecooper1567]

😂😂😂 Meg is just adorable 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@karlapatterson7194]

You absolutely took the words out of my mouth, I laughed out loud when I heard that.

[@claudettehernandez3402]

My father planted 3 oaks some 50 years ago in his front yard. My sister started raking them up and using them for making compost for her lavender farm. I’ve been composting for 30+ years I save my kitchen scraps and garden greens, have woods and many leaves already and flagged down some tree trimmers and had them dump their trailer on my property. All good

[@daniellevilloria227]

Seeing lots of comments about twins… what a fun surprise that would be! I’m currently 40 wks with #5, looking forward to hearing your birth story!

[@patriciahusk3428]

Another great teaching video on compost! This was very interesting and I learned more information like I always do with the Hollars🤗! Meg, you look great and I’m glad you got a new crockpot! Every household needs one🥳🥳🥳🥳!

[@allonesame6467]

When he says "pigs" remember he's got American Guinea Hogs which root much more gently than bigger-bodied feeder type hogs like the pink pigs. So your mileage will vary if you have big hogs. They can go through all the scraps you can give them. 💖

[@nilajatroy7347]

Crockpot Sunday is the best. Put the food on in the morning and when you come from church. Done!!

[@crazylifehomestead]

crockpot dinner - Venison stew with backstrap, potatoes, peas and carrots, onions, gravy from the stock, bread and butter! Lots of yummies! Fed 3 people and then some with a 7 qt crock pot! I use it for lots of meals! Chicken/steak, taco seasoning - quesadillas, tacos, enchilada, etc. or Chicken/pork, creme of ..., with side dish and bread/butter. I can go on for days! 20 years with my crock pot and it's still going!

[@sherikubishta7326]

Time to make crockpot ready freezer meals for this busy time coming up! Keeps the heat out of the house too! So nice to pull out pulled pork or teriyaki chicken with no extra work!

[@TheWickerShireProject]

Same... Our biggest problem was enough material. Everything is clay and rocks. We found a 600 acre farm that cannot give it away fast enough. Blessed to take Home half a ton of 2 -3 year old compost for the Big Melon grow fest and veggie garden this year.

[@kailesancez]

Ooh looks like some body's baby is dropping. Anytime now. So excited to see the new baby! It has been so sweet to see Buggy grow from a tiny little bug to a tot bug. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@dr3406]

💕💗💕🙏🙏🙏 May your family be blessed and your garden,too, in Jesus name!!!

[@marthareedy]

Love this family !!

[@user-qw7nf8nq7g]

Baby Shower Thanks! Love your family and your content! ❤❤❤

[@TheHollarHomestead]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

All that compost plus Bret as chief gardener, you'll be eating good this summer:)))

[@clarisaocain3130]

That baby getting low. Getting ready to coding this world!! I pray great health for you both!!!!

[@polgarauk5606]

Good evening first here for a change

[@teressachilders5714]

🎉Meg! Your shelf is dropping. So close❤

[@tammystark6364]

I would take the 50 degrees today. Am sad watching your weather. I live in southern Wisconsin and today we had a late season snow storm. I am so done with winter. I want to plant. I have been gardening vicariously thru your channel.

[@kellanrevere]

My best friend lives in Appleton. I feel sorry for you guys. We are in the 80s here in FL

[@galeharris6696]

Me too--I'm in Vermont, same thing. We were almost there, then boom! 8 inches of snow..hang in, we'll get there!

[@deannewilliams3321]

I guess I’m going to have to get some chickens to compost for me. Can’t wait to meet the new baby!!

[@petrosros]

It's not just the compost that will go up, I have seen large wood chip piles do the same thing, and the process given the right conditions can go incredibly fast.

[@simoneconsciousobserver3105]

I am love Bens passion for all things compost. I didn't throw the grass clippings away today. Not that I need to make compost but my friend said she'd give me some horse manure and I figured I'd try my hand, just for fun, and maybe a raised garden bed

[@alicegilbert4186]

Thanks for letting us visit

[@gkiferonhs]

Compost is a lifestyle choice.

[@StoneKathryn]

Thanks so much Ben for showing your two systems of making compost. I like that the benefit is no smell for the chickens and the pigs while your compost is made by the animals. You've got this dialed down really well! I'm so glad you can get woodchips now. Thanks for talking about the offal decomposition in a hot compost pile. I like your method of letting the chickens to do the compost in a month. Cool, make compost tea! Yum, crockpot chicken! Great dinner Meg! I love the name "Rice a Phony." Thanks for this video Hollar family!

[@dianadriverasbury9130]

I love that you are putting together a self-sustaining homestead. Just the way I would do it if I were young again!!

[@kmcquack8989]

I could watch these compost videos all day. I usually end up trying something new everytime you make a vid about soil

[@metalmartha2571]

Ben, I have an idea for all that compost that needs to be sifted…Why not build a mesh barrel with a crank on the end, load it up and let the barrel do all the work. instead of running your compost through a screen, which is very labor-intensive. Just an idea😃 what a fabulous method you got going already! Good for you guys really looking forward to seeing how your garden turns out this year! hello from Canada

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... Meg and Ben nice to see you all love watching your video homestead bye

[@shadowmancer7040]

Woo! Hollars!

[@dixsigns1717]

I love the Hollar Homestead videos. Hopefully, your tractor will be home soon.🙏

[@jimmiemeeks9795]

Meg I was hoping for buggy to have a sis but girl but looks like a boy . Appreciate y'all sharing such a wonderful story 😊 thank y'all

[@cassityart7001]

There are some really nice dyi trommel soil sifter plans available. Weather you are using wood chips or hen yard compost (grass, garden waste, pine shavings...) method this type of sifter is fast and can work with a small motor. I have to date this year screen sifted by hand 35 five gallon buckets. Not even close to the total need. The trommel is less than half the time. Blessings to all 🌞🌱❤️

[@lesliestout1241]

Howdy from west Texas!! 🤠

[@barbaralarson1897]

Hard to believe I’ve been watching in and off for 5 yrs.

[@drekfletch]

Something you may not know, and a lot of viewers may not know: "compostable" takeout containers are, between the binder and the waterproofer, likely to contain a class of chemical known as PFAS that don't break down and build up in soil, plants, animals (including the human apex species), and manure, and can reach carninogenic levels. So while the organic structural base will compost, the chemical will stick around IN the compost.

[@rodmackinnon8497]

During haymaking season . . . wet hay in the barn was a danger in the old days . . . burned down many a barn. Cheers.

[@nctplarry]

Another super-great episode, Ben!! But, I vote for more "concerts" from Ben's guitar playing. "Inquiring minds...." and I know your fans will enjoy hearing you again. Keep up your great work! ~ Dr. Larry S. Anderson • Tupelo, MS (birthplace of Elvis)

[@janetwithers7427]

I admire that you make your own composts. ❇️💞❇️

[@tinafortin8958]

HELLOOO from 🇨🇦 near Sudbury Ontario ☺️ Love your Compost videos Ben 👍🏻 ... GOD'S Continual Blessings to you and your family, Especially Sweet Glowing✨ Meg 💕 🙏😇🕊️❤️

[@ardenehanson2840]

When my father in-law was a young biy on the ranch they had sheep. Thousands when they would find a dead lamb dad said they'd just put it on the compost pile. It woykd d3compise really fast even the wool. That is so amazing!

[@Karamelk4]

Things breaking when you move, is the energies clearing. It's a good thing... opening the way for new and better. 😊

[@tubularguynine]

A friend of mine puts a 'I Will Take Your Wood Chips' sign out by the road in the Spring, and he usually gets more than he can use.

[@beverleysimmons7885]

I think twins!💝🇨🇦

[@juliesaunders8171]

I thought twins as well

[@maryh8230]

Those are some healthy looking chickens!!!

[@petgranny194]

Compost fires were fairly common where i lived - next to a dairy preserve. That compost got so hot that when they went to scoop it out, the inflow of air caused combustion - but we are talking HUGE piles of manure.

[@shirleymurphy1958]

Setting here looking out the window and listening too you about composting. It a Northeaster up here in Maine . April 4th. You gave us hope our spring will come.

[@paintedpilgrim]

On the allotments we get a load of partially rotted horse manure from the local police, it still takes a little while to be usable but adding it to the ongoing piles it rots down within a couple of months, within all the trimmings and dead plants, over Easter I also got a half load of well rotted cow manure (that smelled and felt like it had just rained)which a farmer friend was looking to get rid off that just got dumped straight onto my beds and mixed in with old mulch that was past its best and dug over. Wish I could have chickens on the plot otherwise they would do the work, but i can't. So let farmer and police buddies do the work for me :)

[@serita50]

Thanks for sharing 😀 Yes five years, my how time flies now a days. Good luck and well wishes with the baby Meg 💕

[@belieftransformation]

Thanks for sharing & many blessings to all🤗🇨🇦

[@vickieginn7503]

I’ve been staying off of social media. Had to have a break from all the insane things going on. But my first few lookie loos, I find some great wonderful news! I didn’t know y’all were pregnant!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! 🦋 and thanks for the informational video!

[@lydiamitchell6814]

Hope we get to see more on the add on to the house soon! 😊

[@rebeccarussell4584]

Bless you and your family and the newest soon to be here.

[@greenbankreptiles]

Making compost with chickens is great.. this year new beds to use my stock pile.. think I need more water on my work compost bins.. probably a turning too.. mother nature works wonders! Much love and respect to you all

[@denisewilson8367]

Compost is the 2nd life blood of the garden, only water is above it. Thanx for the helpful hints, Ben.

[@rosiebill2817]

I only have a roof top garden in the middle of town but between my guinea pig and a bucket system wormery we can make some thing. love compost, love worms.

[@peterrowellranson8649]

Really like the shirt you are wearing Ben and Meg you are awesome love the 🐛 as always ❤️ great video, 👍

[@charlenefoster6779]

I always learn so much watching you.

[@diannsmith4625]

I agree with the cards and/or gift cards to the PO box. It would be great.

[@alexisd8190]

I finally got my nanna to ditch our compost bins and do an open compost pile yay. she is still saying no to the chickens though even though i played the compost card haha.

[@lydiamitchell6814]

Baby has dropped a little! 💖

[@charmainemrtnz]

Thanks folks!

[@catracampolieto8989]

I have a compost pile from cleaning my rabbit cages. Hope it gives me enough. I've been saving all of my rabbit gold since November. So I'll be making rabbit tea. Great video. Thank you so much. ❤❤❤

[@toadstool5591]

Rabbit manure can be used straight on the garden, right out of the pen. It does not need to age because it does not get hot. It will not burn your veg.

[@catracampolieto8989]

@@toadstool5591 yes I know it's a cold manure. I'll be adding the rabbit manure in when I plant my veggies outside.

[@sun.wolf19]

hello from WNY prayers sending to y'all, thinking of you all while storms are churning. prayers y'all made it safely through the weather events

[@Sandi_W]

Good evening Hollar family 💜

[@nancygreen8182]

Perfect timing! I was going to go back through old videos to search for you composting videos.

[@jacquethirlkel3001]

Thank you Meg! And Ben too! God bless!

[@ginagruber1732]

You're just validating what I've been trying to get going. Don't think I'll run out of leaves anything soon with old growth hard wood covering a quarter to a third of 10 acres. The humus under the existing leaves is just amazing looking.

[@tarheel2u]

Ben, here is an idea for your compost. Run it through your wood chipper before putting on gardens.

[@diannemiller4754]

Meg you are looking good 😊 I was wondering if your wee one has dropped ❤thanks for sharing your composting ideas. I have chickens but haven't been able to start a compost yet.

[@galeharris6696]

Yes Ben, you can get a compost pile too hot. In Vermont, barns can burn down due to silage, essentially cow corn that is cut into small pieces and packed in a silo, ferments and composts. If farmers aren't careful, the silo catches on fire. Also piles of hay stacked in the barn, if not completely dried, can compost and the same thing can happen. Many many folks have lost their barns this way, a now not-so-well-known fact. But it is incredible, none-the-less, what Mother Nature is capable of! I wait for your videos, and am always excited to watch, old farmer that I am. So wonderful to see a new generation of highly dedicated souls, loving the earth we were given to care for. Gale in Vermont, under 8 inches of new snow, ha ha!💖

[@Berley_1234]

busy time of year !!! happy planting

[@camicri4263]

Great to see you! Blessings!

[@tamijohnston8401]

Love you all❤!

[@connierigsbee7318]

I wish y’all were closer… we have a nearly unlimited supply of horse manure… from 3 sources! Our garden soil is black!

[@donaldmontgomery8169]

You guys are super talented and I really enjoy your videos.

[@tammysarrazin-ux9tv]

thing is Ben when you first started you tube you were composting in the city hugssss

[@sarahgriffith8790]

Meg, glad you got a replacement Crockpot, makes life so much easier, my crock cracked also, time for a new one ❤😂

[@mayhmmaydn]

Many times we had burning manure piles at the fertilizer company. Ugh.. down wind was horrid.

[@markericksonsr3130]

I really enjoy watching you and your family grow.

[@joannchase3966]

Live the Hollars!!! Would love to see a tour of your orchard 😊

[@Grammadean5291]

Hi Meg.. I have 2 crockpots, I do applesauce and apple butter in mine.

[@davidstoughton3257]

I love my roasting pan but I will say you have to be careful leaving it due to burning. I have a rack with kine that helps but the stuff in contact with inner pan is very susceptible to burning. I have put water between the stationary part and the pan and I will say that helps. The one I have has using water between pans to keep stuff from burning and for a more even temp around the inner roasting pan. Not all have this feature but I'm so glad mine does !! Just an FYI to check out with your model . Love watching your channel. You have amazing kids and to see the Christ Centered family atmosphere of your channel is refreshing in the times we ate li by ING when this country is PITERALLY IN A FIGHT AGAINST EVIL INFILTRATING OUR COUNTRY vs the good from famililies and u tube channels like your opening the eyes of AMERICANS smthat have been so blinded by politics and media. I was lucky to have a Church we attended with a Christian School that was affordable and allowed our tithes to be part of the tuition as well as many members that worked for companies that sponsored the school to keep tuition down. My wife and I chose to NOT HAVE cable or TV stations in our home most of the years my kids were growing up and monitored heavily what they did to make sure the Christian values our Church and school bestowed upon our children in their education. 1 of my 3 children has been lost since he gmhas been with a very influential partner but my other 2 are still living and serving OUR LORD. I PRAY every day as well as my son and daughter that my oldest son will have a cone back to JESUS moment before he dies. I fell away from our Lord for 15 years after my wife passed young but have in the last few years realized I need to find a church and get back to my relationship with Jesus. Starting to read the Bible a pray and looking for a church. Thank you and many other CHRISTIANS that are also U Tubers for not being shy about you relationships with Jesus. In 2020 ,pandemic hirmt,band I discovered so many of you on u tube that obviously my Father in Heaven orchestrated, and I've been on the m3nd and happier than I've been since I lost my wife, the love of my life, 22 ago last month.

[@66bigbuds]

Now contact lawn care companies. You will need tons of green material to mix with the wood chips. I found a lake community that puts their pond weeds in piles for pick up. That stuff burns up wood chips fast.