The Final Harvest

[@TobyCatVA]

Watching that mop of curls in a dress running and giggling from a beautiful kitty in hot pursuit of some purr-inducing petting may be the most adorable sight I've ever seen. 😻

[@kimcwhite6509]

Buggie reminds me of my daughter when she was little (she's 46 now!) Same personality though. Buggie brings a lot of fun to the videos💖🌺🌻

[@JoJoDragonslayer]

I love how Buggy just takes a bite outta what she just picked 🤣🤣🤣

[@whitestone4401]

When my grands pick off the plant and eat , it just warms my heart. Love it!

[@tracybradshaw1362]

I love your kitty! Wants to be exactly where you are at!

[@donnabradshaw5200]

Kitty is always close by to help.

[@dorothydavis6276]

Any cat that will let Bug play with them like yours do they are a keeper.

[@SuesSecretGarden3]

Wow what a end of the season harvest. Look at Buggy harvesting. Miss dress herself did a good job. She is so precious and smart. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@strawberries1411]

2022 is a great harvest season...and next year will be even better. Buggy is living the best life.. harvesting and eating at the same time..she is enjoying real food

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

What a blessing this year's crop has been! Eaten fresh, frozen, preserved...And the best thing, you did it!!! And so did Buggy:)))

[@almachapman5409]

U guys did great with your harvest. Buggy is so adorable, she speaks very clearly with her words. Awesome family

[@vicigombaski3515]

Here's an idea for you.....select the pepper plants that you really LIKE! Dig them up and transplant them into your NEW greenhouse. Trim the branches back till they're just sticks at the top don't leave any leaves put the remainder of the plant into the ground. Water them thoroughly and cover the plant (or row of plants) with a fiber cover. Through the winter check on the plants moisture. These plants "should" remain alive all be it dominate. In the spring uncover the plants......give them a drink of fertilizer, as a wake up call. When you feel it safe to transplant these pepper plants into your outdoors garden they'll jump back into production earlier than before. You'll be off to gardening earlier than usual. Give it a try...you'll be surprised.

[@oldbear6813]

The most labor intensive part of gardening is the processing of the harvsst, I don't care what anyone says. Processing takes a ton of time, it's a killer on your feet and back and a definite labor of love. Abundance is a blessing 💜

[@carolcalf2032]

Buggy harvesting has got to be the cutest thing on KZbin. What a beautiful girl.

[@kendyb9555]

What a great quote "They don't go dormant... they go dead" ~Ben 😂 Had a good chuckle at that one!

[@peterrowellranson8649]

Good night about 10pm here in Cape town but will follow along with my favourite family off grid

[@jackie6582]

Your boys are really growing tall🙏

[@nanaof07]

Excuse me, but you are all one sweet Family! Really enjoy your videos❤

[@territn8871]

Buggie is so cute. I love hearing her sweet little voice. And I think I understood that she dressed herself! So cute when toddlers start doing that, who cares if it matches!! I want to compliment you all for a productive growing season this summer. And Meg didn't let anything go to waste!! You have canned, and canned, and I'd say your pantry is bursting at the seams with all you've so diligently preserved!! Sweet taboes looking good too! See y'all tomorrow👋

[@christiansingle1]

If you decide Buggie needs a Grandma to visit in the great state of Texas, I'll take her any time. I have great references. 😀

[@Cherie5353]

It’s always bittersweet at the end of a garden season. Beautiful gardens. ❤ The baby is so much the little country girl. So sweet.

[@janh519]

Yes, in your garden, you had a wonderful twenty, twenty-two! Next year, you will surely get things started soon...late winter and very early spring in your greenhouse! It’s going to be SO helpful! I could hardly believe all that you gathered from your garden for the last time! Some people don’t get that many peppers all year! As an elementary teacher for thirty years, (retired for many years now) I’m absolutely thrilled about how soon your baby girl began to talk in complete sentences! She’s amazing! 💖

[@mammaec]

"May the best survive! you are hardy enough to make it through the winter then, you deserve to live here forever!" LOL love it

[@amandaaiken3222]

You can peel and prep luffa when they are still green! It is hard work, but totally works. Just keep pulling off the skin and spraying out the extra luffa goo with a hose, then let dry. None of mine dried on the vine last year, so I did this.

[@RTCPhotoWork]

I've processed both ways. I wish people realized you can do dry or green.

[@kimcwhite6509]

Wow, you had a lot of beautiful peppers! What a blessing your garden has been this year. Thanks for sharing!

[@kimberlyschiele1117]

I absolutely LOVE how part of Megs everyday Dress is wearing an apron! Love Love it!

[@fanciterv]

I have successfully shelf dried luffas. Let some hang outside to dry,, and put some on a shelf inside,, maybe with a fan on them, turn them once in a while.. You can also ship them partially green... it is harder tho.

[@shamancarmichael5305]

What a great year in the garden, and now a greenhouse! I'd say 2022 was a very productive year at the Hollars! ☺

[@craftago]

I watched a video where two homesteaders had loofa and picked it before it dried put them in a dry area and they did fine.

[@cherylcallahan5402]

*The Hollar Homestead preparing before cold weather Peppers🌶 appreciate your videos Listening 🌟 from Mass USA TYVM 💙*

[@greenbankreptiles]

Love you yachting Ben.. keep it coming..Meg and Ben ,hope you know how much you touch peoples life all over our beautiful planet..thanks so much for that. Much respect and love from North Devon, England x

[@mmurphy2317]

Did I miss something 🛥 ?

[@redmapleleaf4617]

I don't usually laugh at someone's pain but the way you described the outcome of eating those hot peppers was hilarious!! Buggy is adorable!!

[@StoneKathryn]

Who knew peppers could make you dizzy, right? I'll know never to try chocolate habaneros! Thanks for the warning!

[@nanamurf9430]

We live in Northern CA and we’ve been over wintering our bell peppers and jalapeños peppers for years and it works great. Love your channel!

[@heatherk8931]

Same here Nana, Nor Cal. I just leave them in the ground leaves on. 3 years, but then they get scraggly

[@Oururbanhomestead1966]

It's funny how your boys are looking older yet you and Ben don't look any older. You are all the great examples of good healthy living. I am 56 and have learnt so much from you guys xx

[@gretaknebel8495]

Great year end harvest of all kind of goodies.

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

For a final harvest y'all did very good! It would be cool to see those pepper plants you replant live on for the next garden season. It sure looks like the weather has made a positive change from the extreme heat to cooler temperatures. Nice weather to work outside in. Life is good!

[@huttonsvalleypermaculture]

I tried overwintering one of my peppers in my polytunnel. It's spring here in Australia now and that pepper plant is raring to go. I just have to wait for the risk of frost to pass and I'll plant it out. Hopefully it will recover well and give a lots of early ripening fruit. Good luck with yours!!

[@archaprice3372]

Keep us informed, I’m interested too

[@claireskinner9077]

I’m in Australia too and I just left my bell pepper plants in the garden over winter, without trimming back the leaves etc. I top dressed with compost a few weeks ago and watered it in well and I’m starting to see new leaves coming so I’m going to cut back the old ones and see how we go!

[@alisonshanahan9529]

My Asian Dragon chillies (6 plants) all kept producing throughout the Sydney winter. They have been cut back and are now sprouting new growth.

[@cassityart7001]

You are right about the peppers also tomatoes and strawberries. Cut them off at a 45 peal the leaves then bury them in wood chips for the winter and they will emerge on their own in the Spring. 🌞🌱❤️

[@evalinawarne1337]

What does 45 peal mean🥀🌹🀄🀄🀄👍🌹🥀❤️❓. From s.e. MICHIGAN . Thank you

[@cassityart7001]

@@evalinawarne1337 Yes so cut the main stem at a 45 degree angle so water will run off and remove (peal) the leaves.

[@craftyfarmer04]

I put my nanopepper in the green house and pulled the last of my other peppers today for one last harvest. We are getting our first frost tonight

[@eaccristo]

Beautiful last harvest.

[@DarleneDeSilva]

Love Megs face with finding a place for the peppers. Pick the peppers, wash the peppers, prepare the peppers process the peppers and store them.

[@thomassmith5546]

Great video y’all!

[@amyb5339]

I picked 65 loofahs two years ago and hung them in my basement. They were lighter, but still very green. I had about 5 go moldy, but I have a big box of sponges that are fantastic. I encourage you to hang them and see how they do. Maybe put a fan on them. The moving air might help them dry without molding.

[@faithrada]

So delighted watching you harvest. Plus hearing about your homesteaders gathering. What a fulfilling thing it is to gather food from the earth by your own labor. Thanks for sharing the process.

[@irmibullinger1421]

Yes the peppers did well this year, unlike the tomatoes! I grew Choc Habanero last year and never again. We like spicy food but those were above and beyond. Jalapenos is the way to go for us

[@debrajackson5277]

I love the way Meg looks at you & that little blonde "sister" is adorable too!!❤

[@oliviafox3605]

If Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers...how many peppers did the Hollar family pick!?!?

[@fields-n-feathers]

Oh!!🧡Her LANGUAGE EXPLOSION is in FULL swing! God bless ya'll!

[@sharonhaas8503]

More fun in the garden. A great harvest! Thanks for taking me along. See you in the next video after you have had your first hard frost! Take care! Please stay safe during these first days of frost! No accidents please, with cars or people! See You!

[@dianacollinson2424]

I am Excited and "Rooting" for the Pepper Plant Experiments!

[@mbsjenndotcom]

Luffas--check out Stivers homestead. They pulled their luffas green and said they are just fine. Over-Wintering peppers--check out Brian from next level gardening/next level homestead--he just showed how he prepares peppers to be over-wintered.

[@debbieorazi2518]

I love how you are always willing to try new experiments!

[@larrellpalmer5179]

Your garden did excellent, it was a lot of work but the harvest is so great. Just love to see the wonderful harvest.

[@jenniezalleepalmer3203]

I have a 3 year old Poblano that I overwinter under a light in my garage, works great. This year we will do our Caroliba reaper and Big Jim's and see how they do.

[@jodytempleton-jackson1377]

So much to enjoy from the garden to the kitchen to the table

[@CreatorInTrng]

Thanks for sharing. A very satisfying vlog to watch.

[@MarshaDowdle]

I am so glad that you guys came out and checked out the event. We loved seeing and meeting you guys there. Always nice to see you guys supporting and getting behind other homesteaders!

[@patriciahusk3428]

Such a fantastic harvest y’all have had this year! Here’s hoping y’all are blessed with an even bigger one in 2023! Little Buggy looked absolutely adorable in her little pink dress💜!

[@annettemaddalone4297]

save them hot peppers for the chickens in the winter it helps keep them warm and they lay in the winter when they are warm

[@StoneKathryn]

Thanks for suggesting this. Most of our cayenne peppers were still green when I picked them so maybe I'll try cutting them up and feeding them to the chickens this winter. They smell kind of hot. Only three out of dozens had turned red. I had to pick them because we had a frost down to 23 degrees this morning in Minnesota. We fill the floor of a 10' x 10' stall in our barn every winter with a layer of corn cobs we glean from the fields around us when the farmers have finished harvesting. We know the farmers and they are okay with it. Along the edges and at turns the harvester misses some cobs full of corn. This gives the chickens something to do in the barn all winter and they lay better when we do this. It takes a few hours to gather them but it's kind of fun since we can walk to the fields from our house. It's kind of like an easter egg hunt for full cobs of corn.

[@j.w.groves2199]

You had a endorfin reaction lol the pepper fooled your body into thinking it was in pain bad pain 😂

[@nancyscott-smith636]

If you haven't yet you need to try the the Italian Carmen peppers. They are sweet and the best!!!!!

[@CityWideGardens]

I tried overwintering my bell peps a few years ago and failed but I keep on tryin!! Grow whatever you can wherever you can love love love it!!

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

🇨🇦❤️🇱🇷Good Evening from The Ole Church 5 Acre Homestead! It’s FALL/AUTUMN here….lots of SNOW soon!

[@evalinawarne1337]

I live in MICHIGAN 🇺🇸 closer to 🇨🇦🇨🇦 Detroit. I was born in Long Branch TORANTO 🇨🇦. Where are you❓ If you want to share. Thank you.. GOD BLESS YOU 🀄🀄🀄👍🛐✝️🍃🌻🏵️🍂

[@Bex-rg8pj]

My peppers were crazy this year too!

[@bdoyle9881]

I love watching you two harvesting, and your boys come up, and they start helping..!! You guys have a great harvest !!

[@AuntBecsCreations]

Sounds like those Chocolate Habaneros would make a good bug spray.

[@bncsmom1]

Little Miss Buggy is adorable in her dress! Great job on the harvest. I love it when you guys end your videos in b-roll of something on the farm. Any activity on the farm is great - or no activity at all. You've ended some with shots of sunset and those are awesome.

[@Oururbanhomestead1966]

Would love Meg to do a mini series on simple basic meals using homegrown produce

[@SagebrushRambles]

Lilyanna was the best part of this video. Her outfit colors matched all those peppers lol.

[@flyingpigpreserve8562]

Great Harvest. It was so Cute seeing Buggie in a dress running and giggling from the kitty. She was petting the kitty so nice also. That is a nice kitty. It wanted to play with Buggie So Cool. Glad you got to get away and enjoy yourselves. Always a plus. Peace from WV

[@pampjl]

I really love watching y’all, esp Buggy 💕 I learn a lot from you both and the genuine love y’all share eminates from you both ♥️♥️♥️

[@thomasjohns8184]

You and Meg need to build a good outdoor prep kitchen. Where you can process and store your harvest! And Buggy can feast on fresh veggies... Munch, munch, munch!

[@Oururbanhomestead1966]

Awesome last harvest, looks amazing. We are in the process of expanding our vegie garden

[@jgivens1227]

Awesome “little” harvest. Little sister, is such a blessing. What a joy she must be. (?) lol. Please take care and be safe

[@lanyrogers5707]

I'm so glad you took time out and went to the outing. You all deserve some fun!

[@joannmahaffey1068]

Ben the warmest "corner" of you green house is not a corner. It is the very center away from the walls. Beautiful harvest of peppers. Lily just gets more adorable all the time.

[@evacelik6857]

Tack!

[@nancyscott-smith636]

I didn't have audio either and I thought it was me but now I have it.

[@jo-sully-anne2418]

Wonderful last harvest both of you, awesome pepper abundance 🎉 it's made me excited for next spring here in the UK to get planting again. We have 1 cauliflower and 1 cabbage left and waiting on potatoes in our tiny garden before Christmas. Home grown home delicious and full thankful happy hearts 🥰

[@IMAGOODONE4U]

I've harvested my green luffa. I've found that as long as they are firm and fibrous they have been fine. Cut the ends off, deep score the skin, peel, and they squeeze the remaining meat out, then wash and dry. I was so afraid that I was going to lose my crop last year so I had to try it and it worked. Now I will say that the small ones are way too meaty and will rot. This year I started these seed into, because they take soo long to grow, transplanted outdoor, something attacked them. I moved they two survivors and boom it was everywhere! Beautiful! ...I was only able to harvested one extra large luffa. lol Thankful for the one!

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Super video. Thank you. Blessings

[@bigrikstube]

HEY, sounds like you found a "fix" for that summer heat you hate. 😆

[@kellyestes5482]

I had sound all the way thru. 🎉. Could you not have thrown a blanket over the larger loofas during the nights ? Great harvest on everything else 👍

[@pattyprice2644]

2023 will be bigger n better with your new greenhouse can't wait to see

[@janellevoigt5481]

I am surprised that Meg didn't have gloves on too. Love what you folks have done to your place.

[@mindi.m]

That was such a beautiful harvest! The bonus orchard harvest wasn't exactly ugly, either!

[@MorePranaGardens]

Grasshoppers got our apples. I had to laugh while I cried about that one. Haha. Sorry about your crows.

[@chandrasutton4669]

Amazing harvest this year!!!

[@StoneKathryn]

It's cute how Millie stays around you as you pick the peppers. My cat stayed with me as I picked the last of our peppers too. I'm so glad to hear you had a great time at the "Farm Where You Live Festival" and that sounds like a great gathering. I hope your pepper plants do winter over. I've never tried it and I don't have a high tunnel or green house. It'll be fun to see what happens. We had to grab apples too. I'm glad you had such a haul! More work for Meg though! Yup, I got a bunch of tomatoes too. I'm glad to see you got some sweet potatoes! We had a killing frost down to 23 degrees this morning in Minnesota. Thanks for this Hollar family. Nice gourd harvest!

[@metalmartha2571]

Fantastic idea to see if you can overwinter your peppers… I’ll live in northern Canada and I take my nap and bring him in the house as house plants for the winter lol this year we quadrupled our pepper harvest by doing that… Curious to see how it works for you in such a warm climate. Good luck

[@sherrywalford4393]

Good to know it worked. I live in Canada as well and am trying this with three of my peppers this winter. I cut them right back to the main stem and took of every leaf. Within days it started growing like crazy. I’m very excited to see what they do this summer.

[@Farmwhereyoulive]

We loved having you guys down at our event! Thanks so much for hopping in where help was needed! That’s the kind of homesteading community we are all about.

[@TheHollarHomestead]

Loved being there, and can’t wait for the next one!

[@StoneKathryn]

That sounds like a wonderful event. Keep doing it! So glad there are more events for homesteaders to attend. Sounds like a blast.

[@WeeLee64]

We had a great pepper as well. Yes, you can absolutely overwinter your peppers.

[@sharonnowlin2297]

WOW! WOW! WOW! Looks like a WONDERFUL End of Season Harvest to Me !!! 🤪🤪That Little Daughter of yours: Miss Dress Yourself is SO SMART and SO CUTE!! 💖💖 She DID A good job with Dressing Herself ! 😜😜 You had a BUNCH of "Little People" Helping to gather the Veggies and since Tomatoes are REALLY a FRUIT, you got Fruit, TOO !! 😍😍😍 LOVE YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY !!

[@fionagrows1848]

Such amazing abundance!

[@PartTimePermies]

Awe, Buggy! You are getting so big!

[@bjspyder4148]

Will your compost buddies (pigs and chickens) eat the hot peppers? One year I lost all my peppers to deer, except for 1. It turned out to be a hot pepper.

[@GreenWitchHomestead]

So I have successfully dried lufa off the vine. The trick is to keep them some place low humidity and stacked upright like if they were hanging. I do it every year pick them Green and dry inside takes a few months

[@janetwithers7427]

22 WAS a great harvest season and I have been amazed at your wonderful gardens all year. Bravo!!! 🍁🎃💕🍁

[@CS-bn4un]

Oh my...not sure what to comment on first. The peppers were so beautiful, both on the plants and in your baskets! Meg, you do a great job of selecting music to go with certain chores and tasks (especially when in high speed 😆like picking the peppers). Buggy, well what's not to love. Found myself waiting for her to copy Ben after he said "crazy cat" and she did. She's growing up from the beginning as a homestead farm girl to join her four protective bros. So glad to see you trying to over winter some of the peppers as we've been considering that as well though don't have nearly what you do of course Praise be to the Lord for His bounty......including late sweet potatoes!

[@mgtmoffat8411]

Miss dress yourself has got style! She is an outdoors girl. Great harvest. I tried over wintering peppers but they died. I did miss a sweet potato and it has grown sprouts this spring. As you prepare for frost we have hopefully finished with them, New Zealand. 💕💕🌻🌻

[@kirstenlucking7466]

I overwintered Peppers last year for the first time and they did great. I just planted them in pots and pruned them hard after the first frosts and put them into my living room. They kept blooming and fruiting but I jut picked those up. In the spring I put the pots out and they immediately started to fruit. This way I was able to harvest the first ripe ones end of June and the plants were full of fruits all summer. They came out a little bit smaller than the first year but the taste was great. And everybody was surprised about my large, early pepper-plants. This year I will overwinter the same plants again and some new ones from this year and find out, what is the better way. Keep on experimenting and of course filming it! I love to watch your videos! See your Homestead growing and especially "Buggy" is a joy to see! God bless you all!

[@BlueYiperoo]

Fall is here for sure. It's in the 30's at night here and in the 70's during the day. That hot pepper raised your blood pressure and affected your heart thus the sweating and then the chills. 😣