Free-Range, Or Something

[@WeeLee64]

The turmeric would be a great thing to grow in your new greenhouse.

[@janiecehamblen933]

Where do you find turmeric to grow?

[@marking-time-gardens]

@@janiecehamblen933 get mine in the grocery store or health food market...😊👍 it grows

[@kathyaakananabluebird]

@@janiecehamblen933 organic from the grocery store. We did same with Ginger too.

[@nelky7436]

See how many great minds think alike

[@diggingwithdogs6850]

Do u think ginger would survive in a greenhouse?

[@terriwhite6273]

Try the turmeric and ginger in your greenhouse. They have the same needs as far as heat, water,etc

[@sharonadlam3195]

Was thinking the same thing whilst watching the video 😊😊

[@HHeirloomIA]

Sweet potatoes do great in there also

[@MartinaSchoppe]

yes. And Myoga ginger for outside.

[@thomascdurham9130]

I'm glad you took the time name all the boys name because I could not remember "Munch" real name. :)

[@marking-time-gardens]

Still praying over your family for good health and great achievements! Blessings on your family and your farm Kiddos!🥰🌻🐛🍁🍂

[@kellyduncan1579]

I went back to look at your first vlogs, You guys have come a long way. You guys have grown and really enjoying your channel. Stay strong! enjoy you guys. Great family.

[@dwighthires3163]

I absolutely love seeing how you are improving your soil health.

[@lisabooker6405]

Personally I just enjoy seeing what you’re up to. Use whatever camera you want. If they don’t like sound…tell ‘em to buy ya a new one or hush it till you can! 🤣💜 God Bless ~Lisa

[@donnamays24]

You guys are my favorite to watch. Your wholesome family values and genuine personalities are beautiful to watch! Everything on your homestead has changed so so much in such a short amount of time…awesome job guys! Hope everyone starts feeling better real soon! Blessings from your biggest fan❤️🙏…EDIT..any camera will do…just please don’t forget to bring us along every day! ❤️

[@johnnytyson8645]

Awesome love your channel may.god blessyall

[@mimiohnine]

Yes!! I agree with all Donna said!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

Just wanted to tell you that you guys remain in my top four favorite YT channels. I love watching what you upload and love what I learn. Great content.

[@TobyCatVA]

You need a "Hollar Bunch" opening with each person in a box with their names or something. 🤔😎😍

[@cathyblasco4497]

Right? And isn't there a set of twins?

[@mariesheppard3750]

@@cathyblasco4497 The 1st Boys are twins

[@keitheverhart9556]

I love the free range grass fed tumeric.

[@ronnisimmons9992]

Your berries will love you for heavily mulching with those beautiful chips. Berries are acid lovers. May I just say that I love that you are careful to be REAL and show a real life, not some photo op. Thank you all so much.

[@jgivens1227]

Your videos are awesome. Love the bits of knowledge you put in there. Praying you all get better soon. Please take care and be safe

[@ruthpackard3080]

Why do I love your homestead? Let me count the ways! You are organized, your gardens are clean and zoned, your projects are well planned, you are respectful of your children, you are optimistic, your creativity shows!! Thank you! 😊

[@amywahl5644]

I grow tumeric every year and I have learned it loves rich moist soil in the shade, it usually takes about 8 months to get a good harvest, and you can put all of that in a basket and plant it for your next season

[@SandraNelson063]

Garlic helps fight colds! Grow as much as you can!

[@jo-sully-anne2418]

Lovely to see Meg on the mend. By the way I have a sweet potato ready to grow slips - Meg, I'm stupid excited 😆 Jerusalem artichokes grown in a bucket, next veg on the "to try" list 👍🏻 you are both such an encouragement to a newbie veggie grower 🙏

[@eaccristo]

😋 yummy roasted Jerusalem artichokes!!!

[@JaimeDrewatWoodenU]

When my husband and I got Covid our son said he refused to allow it in his body and sure enough he never showed symptoms

[@bethtaylor4866]

I really enjoy watching you guys. You keep me motivated with what I am trying to achieve with my own small homestead. Y’alls channel is more realistic to the average homesteader trying to make it work. Keeping doing what your doing it helps greatly.

[@jmcaulay577]

I would love to see more cooking episodes. I love watching bread, soups, stews, etc. being made. Please please show more as I’m trying your recipes and trying to learn!

[@kimcritchfield5796]

Every time Ben shows up with hair down I’m thinking “Oh Jesus showed up!” 😂. Love it!!!!❤

[@jeannieselzer7984]

I thought he looked like Jesus as well. At least the way Jesus is portrade in paintings .

[@kimcritchfield5796]

@@jeannieselzer7984 well his skin is tan/olive. So while he’s not Israeli, he does have a hint of darker skin than Caucasian Jesus. 😂

[@mmurphy2317]

I know the Hollars are a blessed family...but Jesus, Meg and Joseph ...just don't sound right...just sayin'.... take no offense please!

[@christycoalson36]

I love this family so much 💝 you guys are a blessing. I'm in NC also about 3 hours away from yaw. I have been asking around different plant nurseries about growing tumeric and ginger here n everyone has told me to grow them in pots and put them in the greenhouse or in your house through the cold months. I'm gonna try it soon.

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

It's good to see your on the mend Meg! Nice laying out straw to protect your garlic. I can only imaginenhow wonderful your high tunnel looks with what's already planted.

[@brendalongenecker8169]

sorry to hear about the family hope you all feel better soon just get some rest and relax

[@naturegirl8944]

Your place is looking beautiful. You keep it nice and tidy. Love seeing the kids with no shoes on. All that grounding is the best way to stay healthy. You must love your life atm.

[@debbiefockler9890]

Today was the day I put hay on my garlic. Because it is suppose to freeze tonight in my area, I picked all of the tomatoes and the last of the sizable green beans. I cleaned out the zucchini bed. I am going to put leaves and hay on that bed and leave the green bean plants in place and cover them with leaf mulch. Putting the beds to rest until next spring and feed the worms and microbes. I do still have peas, lettuce and beets for the greens under covers to extend their season. There are only two of us in our household, so our space is MUCH smaller than yours. God bless.

[@katisme5137]

You have the green house now. Plant those tormeric in big pots and place them in the green house. Pretty sturdy plants....

[@cherylt8590]

Oh geeze sorry everyone was feeling blah blah😷😞,so sending much needed vitamin C,and hopefully you all will get feeling better quick 💙👍😊...

[@flyingpigpreserve8562]

Sorry to hear The Yuck Running through family and that your small camera giving you problems. Always something. Your Tumeric harvest will work. Keep some covered with soil and damp for planting next year. Don't let if freeze, the High Tunnel might work. See ya on next on. Peace from WV

[@AncientHermit]

Hope you feel good soon.🤞 Was productive anyway.😀 If you got to tote the big camera, make sure you get your wheaties in the mornings, can't have you flagging halfway through the day 💪 Be well😉

[@SewFrancine6120]

Your both amazing how your learning and sharing it all.

[@TheScoopesHomestead]

Literally laughed out loud at the free ranged turmeric! I swear, my whole garden just became a free ranged grass-fed garden! Glad you all are feeling better and thank you and keep up the awesome work! Love watching your guy's progress!

[@jerryuptmor2826]

We're not picky about the video or audio quality. Just keep sending us what you are doing on the homestead because it is endlessly fascinating. Love watching your family interaction. I know that it's not easy to set up and record all those sessions around the place, but it's very much appreciated. Blessings to you all. Take care.

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Hi Ben and Meg, your property is looking so lovely and producing an abundance of food. I'm glad everyone is feeling better. Take care and God Bless.

[@huttonsvalleypermaculture]

Spreading raspberries is definitely not a bad thing!!

[@mariesheppard3750]

rasp freeze well, and will spread far and wide, great berry to grow

[@annadehart4176]

I bought a raspberry bush from store it's in a container is it to late to plant in ground or keep it inside we get real cold winters I live in WV Zone 6b I think. Any advice

[@CityWideGardens]

Yes!! Garlic is up at my house too…. Soooo happy first time trying to grow it. Definitely need to mulch and have plenty of leaves and grass to use. Kinda sad to stop really gardening but with this crazy weather and growing my collards fall to winter to spring here in NJ at least I wll see some green out there!

[@kelleymccoy7456]

I grew my tumeric and ginger in pots and it amazed me at how well it did

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Hope everyone continues to mend! Doesn't it feel nice to wind down the garden, especially after a long summer of harvesting and preserving? Heavy sighs all around! 😊

[@patriciahusk3428]

I really loved your description of turmeric…I’ve heard grass fed is the best kind😂😂! Hope everyone recovers soon from the flu thing…it’s that time of year!

[@kprairiesun]

Hope everyone feels better soon

[@shandysgarden]

I love those kinds of gloves! I learned about those working in the hotels. We gave them to our housekeeping staff because they have an awesome grip. They could go through all the rooms and strip the beds and pick up all the towels in lightning speed and get them down to laundry! I use them all around the house now.

[@lurawade5025]

Prayers that Meg and all the boys feel better. Stay well Ben. Lots of viruses floating around here in NE Iowa. Got one of them over the weekend.

[@lattelolly6925]

Our garlic if way up too. Just such a nice long fall I guess it wants to really grow.

[@dianadriverasbury9130]

Turmeric has so many good uses. Next year!! Love your experiments.

[@CindyPaxton]

No worries. I can deal. Lol thank you for sharing your sweet life. It gives me hope. Be blessed

[@joescott3393]

Ben, you and Meg are great. Love your videos. Been a sub. since the beginning. Love your knowledge of gardening. You have come a long ways. Turmeric and ginger need 2 to 3 years to grow. In your climate plant it like garlic, in the fall. Each little tuber should regrow. Make it a small perennial bed. Plant it and mulch. Just leave it there for however many years you wish. Harvest some if you wish. Nutritionally turmeric and ginger are one of the highest. They are even being studied now as a preventative of cancer. Turmeric was originally grown as a yellow die. Put a little in your rice or potato and guess what yellow rice or potato. It is fun. I use a lot of it because it is so good for you. Camera is OK but I can tell the difference. Good luck Good work God Bless the family Joe Scott Muddy Dog Ranch Manitoba Canada

[@renatev.7473]

Hi guys, in ref. to horseradish, whenever you need some, just get it at the market. I planted some years ago , but all it does is spread with the tiniest roots .

[@larrellpalmer5179]

Hello beautiful family happy to know you are feeling much better. You guys need to take a day off every week. Am watching you for a long time, you all kept working from one project to the next without taking time off. Remember you body will slow down when its tired. Meg dear get some rest 😴.

[@marking-time-gardens]

Meg has mentioned that they do take Sunday off but as hard as they work... totally agree that a day off now and then would help more than hurt. Would be a fun vlog to see a family chill/picnic day before the weather shuts us all in... LOL! Blessings on your day!😊🌻🐛

[@trailcamerasinnewengland0112]

Great video y’all

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

I hope you will be fine soon. On this side of the world good old fashioned colds are back, too😀

[@camicri4263]

Glad Meg feels better! 🤗🙏❤Turmeric and ginger take a while to develop the roots. I believe that turmeric it's harvested at 18 months or basically next fall but it might be better in a green house same for horseradish....🤗🤗❤🙏

[@FristadHomestead]

We grate Tumeric and ginger, squeeze lemon juice into a jug, add honey and boiling water and let steep, strain into a mug and drink, Anti-inflammatory properties

[@vickilee2185]

Okay family let's get a couple weeks ahead next year. Almost all your comments have some reference to a late start. Your star power will increase with successful planting time. You're definitely the expert here. Only reporting my observations while watching you becom seasoned homesteaders. Only wanting more success next season. I feel guilty adding more work for both you. Maybe rotating a son in the kitchen helping Meg. Bug isn't ready yet. But I bet she tries next season. Don't want ANYONE OF YOU not loving your life. Job well done this season. Blessings

[@PunchbuggyBlue]

Tumeric does take almost a year to mature. Along with Ginger. You'd do well with those in the greenhouse.

[@lindakurtz2653]

maybe pop a turmeric root or roots into the greenhouse, see how it grows.....

[@violetsands]

You can grow turmeric and root ginger in pots as household plants - when you need it you can just root around the pot and pull of the amount you need. Also with chillie plants you can lift and plant them and trim them back but not to sticks but just reduce the size of the branches by 50% and again bring them indoors as houseplants or keep in your poly tunnel.

[@jenniferrush8231]

I highly recommend putting ur mulch to work with the raspberries and other berries. And if u dig up a few of the raspberry plant and plant them every five feet next year that will fill in. Also in the spring they will send out runners underground and poke up to 8ft away from the main plant. Those are soooo easy to replant and will fruit for u that same year.

[@joanschauer2606]

Great idea, Jennifer. I also keep thinking that you could end up with a berry farm or a fruit farm that will bring in a little extra income over the years. People love those home grown berries and are willing to drive a ways to buy them.

[@takeitslowhomestead5218]

Any camera’s okay. Just keep filming and sharing. 😊

[@paintedpilgrim]

I'll third the turmeric and ginger comments, grow it on in the polytunnel it will thrive there. I'd also suggest overwintering those potted jerusalem artichokes in the tunnel.

[@Silvermoonhomestead]

You can try planting the tumeric in the greenhouse.

[@judith98630]

Great working beds that have amendments.

[@jasonhatfield4747]

Our raspberries are incredible too. They start flowering in June, first berries by the end of June I think and we still have some coming in now. Ohio zone 6b. Incredible plants to have on the homestead. So much free food and so so much better than anything you can buy in a grocery store.

[@territn8871]

I love ginger. I like it on fruit salads and in smoothies. Glad you all are on the mend!

[@davidkilbourne5422]

You guys are doing great. I want to raise some hogs but I have 3 acres and I can keep about an acre mowed and I have the rest on the side of the mountain. I've got ginseng growing and its hard to keep people out. I do plan to build a stickbuilt cabin when I get the chance so I can live there, wish me luck!

[@donnamays24]

I’m in a similar location..you could easily raise some hogs on that land…just do it! Blessings from Western NC🙏

[@angelapattatucciaragon]

Put those buds back in the ground! It typically takes 2 years for a good turmeric harvest. The plant above the ground will die, but the roots will sprout again in the spring, and you'll have a great harvest the second year and every year after that if you don't harvest everything. Always leave some in the ground.

[@Oururbanhomestead1966]

Re watching your videos from the very beginning, your boys look so small xx. Love your channel

[@susanlee9532]

Cracks me up that I think of things and the very next thing you or Meg say answers the question.

[@jeannettethorsby7085]

I'm glad to hear most of you are feeling better. 🌈🌺 For those sick? 😷 I hope you feel better quickly. Didn't see Buggy hope it avoids her totally.

[@TheHollarHomestead]

She got it, but very lightly.

[@justme-uw6bz]

So was it C ya had? Glad to hear you are all on the mend ❤🙏

[@jeannettethorsby7085]

@@TheHollarHomestead Well it's done and over. Seems lots of people had the same symptoms here too. I'm very happy Buggy got it mild. Young ones can get hit so hard.

[@grannybearsgarden]

I’m slowly working on cover crops in my garden trying to keep weeds at bay over the winter. Maybe next year I can afford a tarp or something but this is what I’m doing for now. 😊

[@islandgardener158]

Go to the lumber yard and ask for wrappers. They throw them in the trash, so you can get them for free

[@helenbowen5020]

Do you Hollers Have a PO BOX ? I would like to send you some things….Cook books. Pots and pans and so on…❤

[@gmflower]

Glad to see whatever you video TY for sharing!!

[@TheBabcocks]

I love weeding like that!

[@cathleencaratan3373]

I’m on the Central Coast of California and I grow it in my green house. We have sunny days but not a lot of heat. They do great in there, along with my lemon grass.

[@TheEmbrio]

It’s ok also to have titles/short written explanation, and just music and your chores, if your equipment is in ’the shop’.

[@leebright6848]

Would love to see more of your harvest preservation methods... sweet potato curing, turmeric storage etc. Love you all!!

[@tammysarrazin7078]

turmeric is an amazing food hugsssss

[@authorillustratorbjlapierb61]

I am in NW Pa zone 5B and I grow my ginger and like crops (turmeric) in my hoophouse/greenhouse. You can get it in a whole lot earlier in the season and put off harvesting it until you are ready. Praying for a swift healing for your family there, my own husband just got over "the crud" as well....hazards of him still working, EVERYONE passes everything back and forth there.....

[@sharylfuller9277]

Plant some turmeric in a pot and see if it will grow in the greenhouse over the winter

[@androsblessing]

I LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS.

[@kimberleigh2018]

How much do you charge an hour? Fast as you got the garlic bed done shoot I could get all kinds of garden things done for little to nothing...LOL.....And YES subs, I know its time lapsed....trying to make them feel better by a chuckle. Glad everyone is on the mend. Got my flu shot Friday, and per usual had me on the couch all weekend, but it hits me hard due to my weakened immune system and heart disease. Thus, the reason I get my flu shot every yr. For me it could be very bad, not counting they're saying covid and rsv will be bad this year. Sending healing hugs from Indiana. ❤

[@karenladwig3856]

I drink turmeric tea.🧙‍♀🧙‍♂❤❤👍

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Thank you. Blessings

[@hector131]

Oh! It's my favourite family on KZbin again! Love and hugs from Sweden as always ❤️

[@keithprinn720]

ginger and turmeric has great benefits for us. just another super foods but with superb history.

[@rebeccamunoz4596]

Sorry about the camera. Sorry you guy's are not feeling good~prayers for feeling good soon/faster then soon🙃🤗❤👍 love you guy's👋

[@highroad3580]

We grow two varieties of raspberries. They grow new canes in the season that the last years canes flower and fruit. After they fruit, those canes die. It is important to cut the dead canes at the ground. Unless of course it is such a huge patch you can’t possibly get them all. Keep them in a manageable row by digging or mowing spreading canes.

[@terryhenderson424]

Traditionally, a lot of folks have grown sunchokes or Jerusalem artichokes in discarded, washing machine drums.

[@emilymorehead3121]

Need to train those raspberries to run up on wire next spring

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... Meg and Ben nice to see you love watching your videos keep it up 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@patdelang9117]

Love watching your journey. Your climate is so different from mine. Frost line here is generally 4 feet, so I mulch my garlic with about 6inches of straw (1 bale $15.49!) and count myself lucky I got it in without needing to bust through a couple inches of frozen soil. The winter that happened it still came up fine in the spring, but I only plant hardneck varieties. Anyway, I am learning lots from you. Thank you.

[@bkodra]

Put some of the turmeric in the greenhouse and see how it does.

[@inabates8919]

I grow my ginger, and turmeric in 10” pots, they would grow ideally in your hothouse over winter.

[@StoneKathryn]

I agree Ben, July is "Jungle" month for us. The weeds always win! Nice size blueberry plants! Okay sized Tumeric for growing it the first time and putting it in the soil late in the season. You shouldn't feel embarrassed about your harvest. I'm so glad that Meg is feeling better. Good thing that not everyone caught "it" but sometimes the first people get it bad and then somehow there are less symptoms for others in the family when they get "it." Garlic is strange in that it wants to sprout right away and then it winters and really starts growing in the Spring. Too bad the ginger and horseradish went bye, bye. Nice spent hay mulching of the garlic. You put the garlic to bed for the winter. Nice video of your preparations for being ready for the winter guys. Thanks Hollar family.

[@ritajohnson5594]

Next year start turmeric early in the greenhouse as well as ginger. Grab a couple of new horseradish in the different seed sales my kept spreading off of missed little shoots was a pain

[@tesshomestead8019]

My horse radish keeps coming back strong every yr here in Michigan.

[@janetwithers7427]

I have never seen tumeric grow before. Interesting. Good luck with the big camera. 🍁🕊️💕🎃🍁

[@kanesfarm6918]

I have so much turmeric and ginger I never even have to dig it up I have transferred it all over my yard it’s amazing

[@GreenWitchHomestead]

Hey guys!! 11 months. Tumric needs 11 months for the best results. But you can get finger size roots in about 9 months. Start them in shallow trays inside in Feb. Then transplant as soon as you can.

[@susanr791]

Hope all feel better fast!

[@fizer718]

Next year when those elderberries are ready get those handsome young men to gather a bunch for you all….. dehydrate them vacuum seal… keep that elderberry syrup on hand and take a swig every day…….better then anything you can buy and will save a lot of grief…..even my grandkids come in and go straight to the fridge and get the bottle lol…. We had a big enough supply we didn’t have to this year but my husband gathers me several trash bags I pluck them freeze then and dehydrate one bag at a time