Is This Weird? It's A Little Weird

This isn’t exactly the kitchen decoration we had planned when we built our home…. But hanging hams works for the homestead life! We’re also still working in prepping garden beds for growing this year’s garden.
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[@patriciablanton6243]

Totally agree with slowly about your double digging and amending heavy clay soil. The only thing missing in the kitchen is dried herbs, onions and garlic hanging next to the hams. Love your videos.

[@09echols]

And red peppers

[@SimplyJanHomestead]

@Hollar Homestead I was able to tell our Amish nursery about your video on biochar today. He was so fascinated by it and will be using it this year in his gardens. Just wanted to share that with y’all.

[@joanneganon7157]

The Prochuto would fit right in if your Home was not so new maybe more wood, but hey modern drying is good too you can start a trend LOL. We are still in the Deep freeze -2° tonight, but it's fun to see someone Gardening 😊. JO JO IN VT 💕😄☃

[@Jane_Snow_]

All I can feature is rats in the old structure loving your hams. 😮🐀

[@katesterling6443]

Where I grew up, Piedmont, NC, these were called country hams and were hung in the tobacco barns.

[@vivaldi1236]

Do what best for you, particularly in your area of the country and county.

[@Stoopsfamilyadventures]

Heavy clay takes a lot of organic material to make great. You have to do what works on your farm for soil to be able grow food.

[@carlam.9529]

Hi Meg, thought about getting Justin's book for my granddaughter, so I clicked on the link to see how much it would cost and if I could afford it. He wants my personal information before I can even make that decision. I really don't like that. So for now I'll have to pass on it. Seems everyone wants yoou to share your email and home addresses nowadays before they are willing to share the information about something they are offering to take your money for. And by the way, just in case they don't make any money from you purchasing their product, they can sell your information to other companies so that at least they get some money at your expense anyway.

[@brianpartribge5175]

I call it "Productive Workout"

[@slowly_radish8374]

Hey I totally agree w/your double dig method. Heavy clay soil properly amended & loosened is great stuff cause it still has good mineral content. And now your root crops have a chance to put down roots & grow unrestricted. Well done!

[@Ellabobel]

I agree 100% and if that system works for you why knock ✊ it. Obviously your family back and supports this system. I do think Justin’s new book 📖 covers everything including how he trains and grows the ROOTS of growing a good stable marriage and family. Seeing Justin with a second baby going on feeding, milking and all the farm chores -- that does my heart ♥️ good. God Bless and All my love, Ellen.

[@seedsanddreamshomestead5357]

Clay requires extra

[@donatuscollins7814]

J'ai été guérie de multiples fibromes par le Dr Eseigbe sur you tube dont j'ai souffert pendant tant d'années et après tant d'opérations. vous pouvez également obtenir de l'aide de sa part, quel que soit le problème, je sais qu'il a une solution *

[@susanw9630]

In Spain, certainly when I was there a few years ago, it was common to see bars festooned with hams hanging from the ceiling, each one with a plastic cone shaped drip collector screwed under the pointy bit of the base of the ham. I googled "whole jamon serrano hanging in a bar" images and there were loads of pictures.

[@wendyshepard2080]

Meg, the decorating trend setter...next we'll all have food hanging from the ceiling!!!!-

[@TheHollarHomestead]

I hope so!!

[@musicalatv]

I have food hanging from the ceiling, however it happens to be a banana hanger and some onions in a basket.

[@MrJabberewocky]

If you hang them over the sink they can drip? Might be too much moisture though.

[@donatuscollins7814]

J'ai été guérie de multiples fibromes par le Dr Eseigbe sur you tube dont j'ai souffert pendant tant d'années et après tant d'opérations. vous pouvez également obtenir de l'aide de sa part, quel que soit le problème, je sais qu'il a une solution *

[@carolcarden2310]

@@MrJabberewocky à

[@annamontanasadventuresunde5995]

I love the hams hanging from the ceiling. Very Euro. When I was in Croatia, a lot of houses had an extra story on top with both sides open to hang hams, laundry, herbs to protect them from rain and storms while letting breezes from each end cure or dry them. I always thought that was awesome.

[@sherylannejacobs7235]

My parents made their own sausages. We had 8 kids and hanging sausage everywhere. Upstairs, downstairs, basement. Life. Just life.

[@christiscamelotgardens47]

It would be so cool if you built a barn with a living area above where the boys can graduate to as they get older and want their own space. 2 birds 🐦 1 stone. Housing for animals and chiddlers!

[@vnette9777]

I just love the way you two work together.Youre great partners and have a whole team with the kids.Great example of working together for the benefit of the family and earth.Thank you two for Sharing the hard working wonderful experiences of your lives together with us.God bless you all!

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

Double digging, makes the soil light, airy, and perfect. There's no right, or wrong way of mixing the soil. If you're getting it done, and you like it....then it's perfect. This afternoon, I picked up compost from a local farmer friend, and will need to add it to my raised beds, along with some more peat, and till each garden box to make sure all is mixed well.. I'm just waiting for the ground to dry a bit. There's a little evidence left of snow...and plenty of sloppy red clay. Once it dries, I'll be able to get up to the garden boxes and get them ready for veggie seeds, challots, asparagus, and strawberries. I've also started seeds(tomatoes, peppers, and some medicinal flowers inside my house, and put the grow lights, and heating pads up on them. Have you started seeds early? How about sweet potatoes slips this year?

[@VannaWhiteboard]

I love seeing a family enjoying time together and making stuff happen at the same time. What a great way to live. The only wrong way to garden is to not do it at all.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

If you want to remove the farmhouse, I recommend picking it apart to salvage whatever good materials are in it.

[@archaprice3372]

I can’t imagine Ben throwing away anything that might have even a minute chance of being useful.

[@cynthiahofer2903]

There's lots of building material in that old house. If you build a shop you may have plenty to use. Great video!

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Did you hear the bit about the termites?

[@donatuscollins7814]

J'ai été guérie de multiples fibromes par le Dr Eseigbe sur you tube dont j'ai souffert pendant tant d'années et après tant d'opérations. vous pouvez également obtenir de l'aide de sa part, quel que soit le problème, je sais qu'il a une solution *

[@edatao2]

Need this today. Prayers for peace in the world.

[@maurademarco988]

Every Italian deli up north has these hanging everywhere. They hang cheese too.

[@dianebeckner884]

That hanging in your kitchen will make a great conversation starter during the holidays. As for the "Old Man stash", when cleaning out my dad's workshop after he passed. We found a box of various as sundry screws, nuts, bolts, etc; with a label on top which read "Barely too good to through away".

[@MsJWheels]

Love it!

[@GandDMcInnes]

I do love your videos - for such a long time now they have been my first video to watch as soon as I spot them. My thumb accidentally hit the dislike button and I was almost sick - sooo not my intention just arthritic thumb mistake. Love love love them and love seeing the family growing and the farm growing - thanks so much for sharing - even to Australia!

[@maxinestarcher4050]

Hit the button again quick....I think it clears it!

[@bodgerliz5138]

I'd like to know the outcome of the worm and microbe content with the double dig versus no-dig. Another vlog on the subject at harvest time perhaps? Good stuff. Love the hams..

[@joharmon2148]

So much activity everywhere to get gardens started. Love that you all work together the way it should be to make a strong family which is what your plan was to begin with!

[@margiemistretta8885]

How will you keep rodents, flies etc off the hams????,?

[@alliemackenzie1575]

We're in a weird spot in history where having homemade food in your kitchen is unusual.

[@lance9249]

The way the world leaders are creating supply issues and people like Bill Gates buying up farms those who are self-sufficient or on the way there are the lucky ones

[@soniaspangenberg8557]

It's definitely not a suburban kinda thing. I've seen a number of homesteads doing it though. One's priorities change when homesteading. There's a whole new esthetic. I'm proud of all the work that went into those new ceiling fixtures.

[@soniaspangenberg8557]

@@lance9249 He's buying up the major aquifers under the land. Thats an even scarier thought. The impact potential goes way beyond the boundaries. We can't control most things in this earthly life. Just make sure you know where you stand for eternity.

[@marlan5470]

@@soniaspangenberg8557 Got a dehydrator and now it's dried citrus decor. I think I got a "little" carried away....

[@soniaspangenberg8557]

@@marlan5470 🤣😂😅

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

That was a interesting process with the beds. I understand lots of labor involved but if you only have to do it once it's not that big of a deal.

[@Chefsantatravels]

OK I have decided that Ben was born with a brown thumb LOL some people have a white thumb for baking ,some have a green thumb for gardening ,but y'all's beds of soil can be Graded as Gold Standard of soil quality. Your soil actually looks edible, rich dark like a Grade A chunk of chocolate .👍. 🤷‍ I'm hope I'm in North Carolina next year so you'll let me sample your prosciutto LOL hey the hams you got hanging in the kitchen why don't you suspend one of those bus tubs underneath it it looks like they'll both fit until the moisture stops just an idea but I'm so jealous. God bless stay safe stay strong stay healthy and enjoy life ✌✌💖💪🎅🚌🌻👍👍

[@constantinaolstedt]

Im about to hose 4 Ukrainian familys to my rowhouse, 4+5 meters soil in the back. ...any tips for our future will be app retiaret . From stockholm sweden not joking

[@Jane_Snow_]

Constantina Olstedt, God bless you for helping the Ukrainian refugees. 😢

[@dawnhood3666]

It is so fun to watch everyone in warmer climates getting ready for spring. Here in MI it is still to cold.

[@bonniebarnekow1415]

Where is M . ? I am from Milwaukee Wisconsin, but live in Arizona

[@tashamantegna3921]

@@bonniebarnekow1415 MI is Michigan

[@auntmaryspals7978]

You've got that right Sister. Here in central MI, it will be in the sixties this weekend!

[@donatuscollins7814]

J'ai été guérie de multiples fibromes par le Dr Eseigbe sur you tube dont j'ai souffert pendant tant d'années et après tant d'opérations. vous pouvez également obtenir de l'aide de sa part, quel que soit le problème, je sais qu'il a une solution *

[@lindastrandquist2429]

Same here way too cold in northern Canada as well. -20°C the other day. Brrrrr

[@leahharbison3189]

Can't add enough good stuff to that Carolina clay. Can't wait for the fancy ham.

[@oliviafox3605]

Ben...your little "shadow" must adore and idolize you; he is always hanging out with you. What a great bond.

[@hotforit1]

I have been watching homesteading channels for many years but i am so glad you have stayed true to what homesteading is. others have gotten as big as their channels and they no longer have the same spirit they had when they started. Keep being you, please, we need it

[@Kermit-bi7dl]

We use to have hams and sausages hanging in the kitchen farm curing . This was my grandma and grandpa farm in France , slicing at demand for lunches and supers. Enjoy your ham next year!!

[@mrsjones3742]

You are cracking me up with the dead meat decor. Love it My 2 cents is walk on top of the dirt to squish it down a little. Thank you for explaining the rooted life. I know his channel well but for some reason I didn't get it. Or understand the content. Justin should for sure thank you. I will look into buying it now. I so wish I had an acre of land. It's my dream to have a homestead.

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Yes, it was a lot of work, but you will not regret having double-dug the beds. I did it to mine, but also used hardware cloth to screen out stones and rocks. (Our area of Olympia is nothing but clay and glacial till!). Kudos! Best wishes, Kate

[@bonafideslacker2626]

How will you keep raccoons, rodents, bugs, etc off the ones hanging in the condemned farmhouse?

[@lauragilbert8208]

That was my question, too!

[@phatmeemaw6322]

This was my concern too. Am I missing something, the critters around here would have a feast

[@meanmamameanest6314]

Flies laying eggs on it too , oh I wonder if it's salted that maybe why it's fine to leave it unattended. Lol idk just curious

[@katehopkinsbrent5573]

😢 All my gardens are under a foot of snow still 😢 BUT- I don’t have an empty window sill 😁😁😄. Just came in from walking Sorcha and my feet are FROZEN too. I’m enjoying your day though 😊👍

[@pamelaroden5513]

I would take that kind of morbid anytime , especially for the out come of deliciousness to come.

[@davec9244]

hard work will pay out in the end! The beds will be easier to work from now on and yield a lot more. Good job stay safe all

[@deannewilliams3321]

Looks like fun fam time! Baby sister dancing with Mom, so cute! Then big bro riding her in that truck lol. For some reason she reminds me of John Wayne in that movie calling Katherine Hepburn(?) sister lol. He had to get her safely across the country and she was spunky the whole way lol. The raised beds look fantastic! Seems like back in the day they built smoke houses for the meat to cure in. I think it would be a good idea to use some lumber from the old house to add onto the trailer. Trailer is all new wood. ✌🏻

[@edatao2]

Pray you one day can build a beautiful pole building!!

[@rspranchinmontana]

LOL! Only a few of us can truly appreciate having curing body parts hanging in plain sight and be EXCITED about it! hahahahaha!

[@IreneNevins]

Hey! If you can hang herbs, you can hang prosciutto!

[@villagesteader3552]

Timely video! We are adding some in ground garden beds this year and we have very heavy clay soil and have been contemplating doing the double dig method. We will definitely give it a try! Thank you! ♥️👍🙏🇺🇸🤓

[@stephaniewilson3955]

It is very hard work but only needs doing once.

[@homesteadrevivals]

I double dug all my flower beds when we moved into our first house, in our twenties. Added sand and peat and compost to our native clay. That soil stayed fluffy for twenty years. I added mulch every year, and that was it. It was still fluffy twenty years later, when we sold that house!

[@mgtmoffat8411]

I remember these hanging in kitchens in my younger years. In fact the ceilings all had permanent hooks for the job.💕💕🌻🌻

[@sheilazangrilli1710]

When I was in Italy I found them hanging everywhere. Even in the Bologna Airport!

[@sherrygtn63]

That is the height of fashion & extremely good taste !!!!!!

[@tawniewolf3325]

Consider wrapping in cheese cloth or cheap linen light and airy. Keeps flies from laying eggs on your beautiful pork!

[@ardenpeters4386]

long winter HAHA we still have two feet of snow/ ice! Boy did we learn stuff this first winter!!!! KEEP UP WITH SNOW FALL.... KEEP PATHS OPEN. we are just starting to build raised beds. snow is hard to walk in! we sink every few steps!!! but do we love it here or WHAT???? finding places to buy dirt to fill beds is a chore being new. but i bought rabbits last Saturday that will actually live in tops of beds as we build them to prefertize! then at end of season chicks will eat and dig up whats left! chicks ARRIVED THIS MORNING!!!! and so the New Patch of Paradise Homestead has begun! i have seeds coming up in dining room next to chicks. a lilac on table doing great as it wakes up. never have grown one before. AND potato bags were planted yesterday! Saturday I put sweet potatoes in water and one has roots in FOUR DAYS!!! SO COOL. HAPPY ALMOST SPRING EVERYONE

[@charlottedawson850]

Please cover your hams with cheese cloth or muslin. It will allow air but keep the flies out. Need to build a small smoke house for storing/hanging meats.(in the winter when you have a little down time🤗). Thick walls keep it cool during the hottest summers. Make sure the hams in the cottage are not hanging so mice, rats,raccoons etc can get to them! I grew up on a small farm in NC. Love watching you guys!

[@karenhibberd9426]

I just got my book today. First thing I did was open it to see if he signed it. ☹️ Nope. That's okay. I've waited a long time for this book💞 and so very happy to have it!

[@lindasmashnuk]

I'm pretty sure Justin said that if you let him know, he would send you a signed sticker to put in your book, to make it a signed copy.

[@cynthiabarrow509]

This is what I do and I am 60 years old. I do it for 2-3 years until bed is full and fluffy. It is labor intensive. I just do one a day. The only difference in my method is that I put lots of leaves in the hole before all my compost and then the old beautiful black dirt back on top. They grow like crazy. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@sharonaqualais7565]

Thank you for posting. It's always good to see what your up too. One question are your friends Art and Bri Ok?

[@auntiedee7447]

Worried about them too.

[@erikarichardson]

Bri posts to Facebook and Instagram stories (not feed) almost daily. Follow them on those platforms to get updates.

[@Ellabobel]

@@erikarichardson thanks for that. I’ve been concerned about them. I’m not overly keen on Facebook. Too many ‘Try_hards’ around here. You can’t really believe what’s written. I’ll gladly read anything Bri writes about.

[@erikarichardson]

@@Ellabobel you are very welcome.

[@donnaholland1625]

Hey you do you. As to the old farmhouse… lol. As soon as you first showed it on your channel I knew was a tear down. I was born in East Tennessee and have seen many of a house like that. Too much, just way too much money and labor needed and then would never be right.

[@faithrada]

That's the thing... if you don't just tear it down... it will NEVER be right. It would take far more time.. and materials to try and fix. Just START NEW when you can... and THEN it will go fast and you'll have something sound & worthwhile.

[@edatao2]

old house is to far gone. be brave and burn it down

[@seekerbee4494]

Thank you for the update, I was wondering what your plans were for the farm house renovation.

[@AB-ol5uz]

What abt hanging the meat anove the fridge so it can cure but tie up the island surface with a drip pan.

[@gkiferonhs]

Don't forget to cover the cut end of your prosciutto with lard mixed with red and black pepper to keep the bugs out. Traditionally you wash it with vinegar and then cover the cut end. Good curing.

[@malina1239]

Interesting!!I grew up on a sheep farm in the 80s. We cured sheep “ham” ( I don’t know what you call cured sheep leg/butt 😂) we let them hang on hooks from the ceiling in a unused bedroom on the second floor. Covered the windows with thin curtains and nets. My grandfather said that the meat should stay out off strong sunlight. The legs hung in loose linen or cotton bags to protect them from bugs. We never covered with anything else that I can remember. I’m not sure that hanging meat to cure in a kitchen is the best thing ,as there is a lot of steam and food smells that can taint the curing meat.

[@auntmaryspals7978]

@@malina1239 I thought the same thing about the kitchen.

[@mattsara2802]

Hello from Minnesota. I love the new kitchen decor. Ben that is a good idea with the garden beds. I need to try that in our hoop house because I am going to add soil this year. I am not scared of work. It looks like a good book.

[@patriciaherman6499]

I'm tired just watching you, but it's your choice 😃. I've never hung ham before, bummer it takes a year ugh. To bad about the house. Workshop/ maybe a small apartment up top ( just a thought) for when the twins want a little more privacy as the get older. Buggy is so adorable. Blessings to all. 😊🇱🇷

[@codemonkey2k5]

make sure you don't have issues with animals in the farmhouse. Would suck to have something help themselves.

[@footplate0]

If you don't get good crops after that tried and tested double dig then you never will. I am retired and that was the method my Dad taught me and his Dad taught him. Who needs a gym when you have a veg plot to tend to. Thanks for posting

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

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

[@private15]

Hmmm every soil and every climate has its own best plan depending on what you want to grow. Soil science 101 from 1979 university. Sand/clay/organic material content vary and affect ph and how to best amend your soil. Lots of variables. Do what works for you

[@beckybox2596]

How will you keep the bugs off your hams? Just curious 🧐

[@psygn0sis]

I know nothing about curing meat, so I have a question. Wouldn't the high moisture in the common area from things like cooking, the bathroom, even everyone breathing be a problem?

[@StoneKathryn]

I think it might stop it from drying out as fast but I don't think it will be a problem. With the minisplit for the summer humidity and the heating inside for the winter with lower humidity I think it will still dry out over time hanging in the house. That's my thoughts. Hanging meats has been done for centuries.

[@bhavens9149]

Ben! Primitive Tech is back, put up a vid today! know you like them too thought I'd pass along in case you missed it! Happy Proscuitto! its okay to tear down when the building isn't worth repairing. seriously!

[@TheHollarHomestead]

Oh sweet! The kids were looking at the channel last week and wondering what happened to him. ~ Meg

[@bhavens9149]

@@TheHollarHomestead I know, that channel is addictive, I even bought his book which is illustrated, etc. Hope he does more soon! Much Love! ZenHugs!

[@loiscain7796]

Wrap your hams in cheesecloth....

[@opperman818]

I'm so glad you answered the farmhouse question because I've always wondered why you didn't use it as a soap shop or guest space. I hadn't realized it had termites 😓 Would you ever consider tearing it down and putting a pre-built shed in its place for Bumblewood and extra canning storage?

[@wannabesomethingmore]

My husband helped me put up a 12-w x 20-L x 8-foot-tall metal garage to be used as a feeding station for my goats and where I can store their hay for the winter. With the ice we have had this winter the feeding shed was a blessing! We didn't install the front panels because I wanted it open on the inside of the goat's yard. With the metal panels we didn't use on the front of the feeding shed I cut them in half, length wise and screwed them to 4x4 posts the height of the panels and made raised beds with them. Last month I started collecting dead and decaying wood material from our woods to help fill up the beds. I have been gathering up composted leaves and soil from various areas of our property to finish filling the beds so I can plant in them. We also purchased a lawn Vac from DR Power so that when we mow, we collect the grass and leaves to be used as mulch and to turn into compost. Here in Cove, Arkansas our soil is clay and rock with lots of fire ants...! Topsoil is maybe 2-3 inches deep if that.

[@trinapellegrino621]

🙋🏼‍♀️🕊good luck 🍀

[@dorriwaldera3081]

I used to be, not a fan of Justin & Rebeca lately, they do great on meat, but totally fail on gardening! I will keep watching their vlog, but not ordering their book, since I think they lack in some skills. :(

[@lovenotes5299]

In Little Italy ,NY They hung them in the shop after having them hang in the back, after drying stored and we got to see it cure for the entire year

[@bradtatro8718]

Great Show.......Best Guess Here.....Buggie & Henry Get Married....(LOL)

[@michellebarham326]

Tasty decor 😋😉

[@TobyCatVA]

It's a bad farmhouse but, it's an awesome shed.

[@TOMMYBITESHOMESTEAD]

I really enjoy your channel

[@betsymears7784]

Amazing JOB

[@LadysFarm]

I’m already laughing when Meg laughs 😂

[@closetheark]

European transplant. Love the cured ham leg hanging in the kitchen. We always snuck a slice, when mother wasn't looking...Better snack than today's junk food

[@SilverLady61]

Off the subject, but is there a reason you haven’t put skirting around your trailer? It would keep it considerably warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. Also provides a little strategic storage.

[@raymondcoggins297]

I was thinking the same thing

[@annecrawford6630]

Mentioned in another episode. On the list, but more time sensitive items to do first.

[@lisawelch8197]

if you would underpin your mobile home it would be warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. other word it saves on your utility bill.

[@virginianeeley7736]

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DO AN AWESOME JOB ON YOUR HOMESTED DOING ANIMALS AND GARDENING AND ALL

[@grandperesdream3183]

If a man has stuff, he can do things. That's what those coffee cans of bits and pieces are about...

[@luckyedwards4870]

I'm surprised that with all ur metal skills, u've never built one of those big squarish, metal frames for hanging pots and pans from the ceiling, over ur island. U could hang ur ham from it too. Great job how u guys do everything. Truly a thumbs up.

[@TheEmbrio]

We put them in a dry cellar, hung in a screened (3 sidesat least) cupboard or at least a muslin or cloth bag over it. If the look of it is not your preference. And keeps out any insects.

[@anchorageprepper9008]

Growing that soil! 👍👍

[@havefaithfarms96]

I got my book yesterday. :) It is sooo awesome and the pics are absolutely beautiful and soooo much valuable information. Wished I had this years ago :) Everyone needs this book. I just love it. :)

[@lisarosebud6404]

I got my book today!! It’s beautiful 😻

[@paulrice1918]

I too have subscribed a long time ago to the Rhodes's channel. They are so very friendly and yes people are attracted to them. When possible they teach as an edutainer and people listen. And I am at 80 yrs. old in love with the daughter Lilly. Even when she was only 7 yrs. old she was milking the biggest animal on the farm and pulling a stool up to the stove to cook. I know that you folks are part of his inner circle and who knows you may be mentioned in his book.

[@metalmartha2571]

Good workout on those raised garden beds… Eventually that soil will be epic beautiful and you will only have to top dress it. Great job it’s looking fantastic very excited to see your garden this year

[@estyria5961]

Y'all add any sand to improve drainage in your clay or just roll with it?

[@janw491]

It sounds the best idea to tear the house down and start again if and when you want to.

[@hector131]

Mmmmm Jamon is always a good idea... 😋 Greetings from Sweden as always ❤️

[@jillthomas4926]

A restaurant we go to hang their hams in something like a hutch. That way it has screens on the doors to help keep bugs off the meat while it's curing

[@twistedponies7480]

I LOVE your laugh Meg! Always makes me smile

[@diannt9583]

Looks great - up here in New England it is still mostly below freezing, and we still have a goodly layer of snow on the ground. Can't wait to start prepping my raised beds!!!

[@onceuponatime5205]

My favorite family on KZbin 👍❤️

[@karendonaldson2346]

Mine too!! Hard working sweet family!

[@sherrysimpson4966]

Mine too! My Grandkids are their age. Kinda makes them feel like family.💙