They’re Just Monsters

[@keiheaherakiwi1611]

The sound of excitement while digging sweet potato in that young boy was the BEST part of the entire vlog...... thank you for sharing bless your family

[@IAMBLESSED555]

Love your son's happiness! He will take iver the farm when he's older. I noticed he loves farming. When the time comes, let him go and find himself and he will return, 'cause he has LOVE for the farm!

[@kathrynjones5858]

Mom would keep the radio plays lightly in the background to put the baby to sleep. Easy listening, classical, and show tunes. Not rock or bouncy music. Music that keeps the atmosphere calm and doesn't quicken the heartbeat. It worked. I was singing before I was talking, but I slept well. Hope this helps.

[@beckybox2596]

Can’t help thinking that Brett is your future farmer, homesteader. He has the zeal,eagerness to learn, he’s your “mini-me”! Hope he never gives up his eagerness to learn from you and Meg. 🪴🌻

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... Meg and Ben nice to see you all, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐖🌱🎥👍👍👍

[@AZJH8374]

Everyone needs to fast every now and then!

[@allisonsedar]

You know you’re good parents when your boys are able to take on making dinner and doing dishes

[@stellacontreras7740]

Love how exciting your son getting helping you did up, great father and son time. That's a beautiful memory. Great your son is so good looking.

[@sarabarentine8310]

The bookshelves look awesome! Babies are so funny. My little guy was a little goofy about noise too. We just always had noise to keep the baby from waking when the dogs bark.

[@jill.arbogast6538]

WOW our meat birds look wonderful we did some about 38-40 years ago ours got huge the finisher we gave them really got the pretty the size of a small turkey. We also put electrolytes in their water 💦 Ian so proud of all of you. You seem to work as BBB a awesome team keep up the good work. God Bless each and every one of you 🙏🙏🙏🌻🌻🌻

[@karenandriancontainergardening]

Thanks for inviting us along. Those are huge. Can’t wait to see what mom and her little helper does with it. Hash browns with carrots, okay.thanks for the recipe. Guess I don’t have to wait. The best inventions starts at home. You have a beautiful sundown behind you. Beautiful family. Enjoying

[@Jaynes-Path]

Great Sweet Potatoes! Great idea for the meat birds too. My youngest daughter was the same way until I started playing the radio near her bed, softly. Only thing that kept her asleep. When she became a toddler we were gifted a Mother Goose light & player. Put on any story or music of your choice (Nursery songs, Disney music etc) and it would play for a selected amount of time before becoming dimmer and softer until off. By then she was in deep sleep and I could get some at night. To this day she falls asleep with some sort of background noise or a fan. Bless whoever invented it for parents!

[@fredhenderson945]

I'm not sure if I had the same meat chickens. Mine were called White Rocks. They were 8 week chickens that went from chicks to around 8 lbs after 8 weeks. The first time I raised them I gave them food 24 hours a day and had many of them die of heart attacks at about 5 weeks. I was told that their bodies were out growing their internal organs and they couldn't handle it. The 2nd time I raised them I fed just during the day and, as you say, they just seemed healthier and happier and I did not lose any. They averaged out at about 8 lbs. I love it that you talk about the nitty gritty of farm life; exactly what I like to hear. Don't worry about rambling. Thank you.

[@ronaldgaska4480]

Wow those are some perfect Sweet Potatoes. Going to be a bountiful Thanksgiving. Do you plan to add front and back decks/porches on the mobile home? Nice to see your beautiful family happy.

[@karynbrown7519]

Ben, we can see homesteading is your passion! Meg, you both must be so very happy to see how well your family is moving forward! There's only good things ahead of you!

[@C141B]

Watching this takes me away from the election news stress!

[@TheRam273]

Mississippi is the sweet potato capital of the world. We take pride in our sweet potato’s. Here’s a recipe for French fries. Take and slice 1/2” thick, boil for about 10-15 minutes don’t over boil. Put flour in 2 zip locks salt and pepper. Have a large bowl of water. Take potato and shake in flour then dip in water then back in second bag, shake then add to grease. Once brown they are ready. Will be worth the work. This recipe is also great for the crispiest fried chicken you can make.

[@margaretbedwell58]

The sweet potatoes have to be the largest I have seen. One potato per meal for sure. Ben I think y'all are doing an awesome job with your farm. Especially considering all that you had on your plate this year. Your Brett is quite the enthusiast over this harvest. I can see him with a garden space of his own. He will do well. Have a Blessed day.

[@islandgardener158]

Our sweet potatoes will start sprouting about a month after curing if you keep them warm. By January/ February those slips should be 6-8 inches high. Break the slips off, pick off all but the top leaf, dip the broken end in a rooting hormone and plant in a 4 “ container keeping the soil saturated until new leaves show. (About a week) If you have a south facing window that works, if not we use an old fish tank with a full spectrum light. Plant out when you are ready. I normally get 4- 8 slips per potato, and eat it after harvesting the slips.

[@mamajack1578]

Barefoot and picking sweet potatoes. Love it. No more country than that 🎃.Nothing wrong with being country. Best place to be.

[@kukuucka]

I often get frustrated and angry so I save your wholesome videos to watch right after to cheer me up and calm me. Works 10/10 times. Would recommend :D You are hands down my favorite KZbin family. Keep up the good work :)

[@karenweber6842]

Need more

[@kathleenoverton3263]

I saw a great chicken/turkey/duck feeder at a friends. She had taken a small scale metal trash can with a lid. Cut out 4 holes (one on each side) about 4 or 5 inches from the bottom. Put PVC piping into the holes on an angle. Fill the can with feed and voila! Doesn t have to fill it every day. Easy to move around.

[@Feather0316]

Hey guys, not sure if you'll see this but if you leave the butternut chunks whole, throw in beans and corn. I use deer or buffalo, but that's "3 sister's soup". A native recipe for where you live.

[@jjo5375]

Meg, you are simply BEAMINGLY BEAUTIFUL! And Bret looks much more mature with his new haircut that I haven't seen 'til this video! I'll be interested in your assessment of the FLAVOR of those gigantic sweet potatoes...like, do they sacrifice any flavor at that size, OR, become even MORE flavorful?? Cool video! : )

[@studentoflife2484]

THE baby sleep patterns are very good, that means you can travel with no worries...also with family of 7, noise is a constant. Ms. Lily's senses are trained well NOW. She will be a very good "hunter".

[@jerrygibs8120]

Sweet baby, sweet family, sweet new home, sweet sweet potato harvest... Sweeeet. 🤔😄☝️💪👉...

[@bethydurbin6796]

Love that he was barefoot...true gardener!!! Hugs

[@cindyburst]

Sweet baby girl is already a princess. Love it!

[@RG-xm3hl]

Love the fact your son is out there in his bare feet. I grew up on a farm and digging in the dirt to harvest was part of it. Congrats on the harvest.

[@karenweber6842]

Grew up barefoot!

[@amyb5339]

As meat birds get bigger, they get less heat tolerant, so the ramp-up in weight and ramp-down in temperature was the secret sauce. I ended up with an 8# 8.6 oz CC dressed out at 9.5 weeks. That is with 12 hrs on/12 hrs off feed. The sweet potatoes were AMAZING! First time planting them this year from my own slips, and got 16#. You should weigh some of the big fellas on the soap scale and let us know. Monsters is right Brett!

[@dixsigns1717]

THE PIGS WILL LOVE THOSE TATER PLANTS... thanks for the video!

[@tracyjones4026]

You can do anything with sweet potatoes. You can have boiled sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, baked sweet potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, sweet potato fries, mashed sweet potatoes, sweet potato soup, sweet potato...you get the picture! And all babies love sweet potatoes!!

[@loritanner4478]

You sound like bubba on forest gump listing all the things you can make with shrimp! Lol 😁

[@cherylanderson3340]

Think I'd scrub, oil their skins & roast those big ones whole. Nice idea the way you described making a hash with them, with shredded carrot & onion! I'd like that mixture as a patty too, adding in a bit of almond flour & whipped up egg(s), & Herbes de Provence, proportionally. After frying batches, & eating, place cooled,, remaining ones layered on 2 thicknesses of parchment paper. Slide them into ziplock plastic bags, with the parchment paper to prevent layers from fuzing together in the freezer. Next year, I'm going to buy a freezer & grow my own veggies! Also - so glad to see how you lifted those potatoes with a garden fork. I've seen others just dig them & potatoes, rutabagas, parsnips, & carrots etc. up by hand, which my fingers couldn't tolerate. I figure, that's what tools are for! Why make so much work for yourself when a garden fork can loosen the soil around them, then you just move the fork or a shovel back a few inches, wiggle it in, feeling as you go, then dig deep , loosen the soil around them, & then get the fork in under them & they pry right up! I wish I had a roasted one with butter right now, & bet your bacon & lard are wonderful. Would you ever consider selling your lard?

[@KingAdamPaul2025]

Hi new viewer here! I love your son's excitement but more that hes barefoot a day after a freeze :) He is definitely grounded. Great harvest! New sub.

[@cindyburst]

I love that bretts diggin the KZbin and the gardening! Boy after my own heart!

[@CassieDavis613]

What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? Their yammies.

[@sandij.1888]

Thx. Needed a little chuckle today! God bless.

[@juliebaker6969]

What is the sweet potato motto? I yam what I yam, and that's all that I yam.

[@CassieDavis613]

@@juliebaker6969 LOL

[@peggymcthompson261]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jacquelineiversen969]

Super cute! The littles are gonna get a kick out of that one. Cant wait

[@mpedmar9701]

Love me some sweet potatoes ! Potatoes are one vegetable that needs almost no care to have an awesome harvest. Make sure that they are watered and your good as long as you have good soil. Root vegetables are an easy garden. CONGRATULATIONS Your breakfast idea sounds amazing. Going to have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing. Stay happy, healthy, hydrated and safe. God bless.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

The sweet potatoes get sweeter as they age. One of my favorite foods. I like to pop one in the microwave and add a little butter and cinnamon sugar, I can make a meal from just that. Sweet potatoes are the easiest root vegetable to grow. Plant the slips in some rich fertile soil and forget about them until time to harvest. You can also eat the young tender leaves and they are very healthy for you.

[@DanMLarsen]

I love your sons excitement over the sweet potatoes and it really tickled my heart. What a blessed harvest.

[@BostonRocks76_Carmen]

The sweet potato/carrot/bacon recipe sounds wonderful! I don't do instagram. Facebook and KZbin is more than enough to try and keep up with. Thanks for sharing with us. I love how excited Brett got about digging up the sweet potatoes. Your boys are such great helpers. God Bless! Carmen

[@AliciasInTheKitchen]

Sweet potatoes love red clay! As long as you don't try to amend that soil too much, you will continue to get big straight sweet potatoes. Glad you got a good harvest from them!

[@curiouscat3384]

Lesson I learned the hard way. My first sweet potato harvest was abundant with HUGE tubers. But they've gotten smaller each of 5 years as I've amended the soil. Friable soil was my goal but now I think I've got too much nitrogen and high pH so I'm adding clay back in! Crazy

[@lillianperry6451]

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[@sroberts605]

Every time you go inside I think how lovely your home looks. Good work! :)

[@curiouscat3384]

I'm in piedmont NC and usually only a fraction of those baby sweet potatoes will overwinter to use for seed. I LOVE scrubbing them and eating them raw like carrot sticks - taste similar too! So much raw nutrition and fiber adds to winter health.

[@1jmass]

My kiddos ate so many sweet potatoes and carrots when they were babies, the tips of their little noses turned a light orange from the carotene. Sweet memories.

[@mommabecky83]

The kids have grown sooooo much since this

Building soil takes time... Nature takes quite a long time to do it on its own. We can speed that process along, and the fastest way is to use a continuous method of support and material additions. It can be a humongous amount of work... OR it can be a little bit of work everyday, your choice. 🙂 You have all kinds of organic matter all around you - it's not like you're living in the middle of the desert or the hot scrubland of central Portugal. You just have to get in the habit of gathering materials and layering. Everywhere the pigs and chickens pooped is fertility, you can put it to work for you in the compost bins.

[@daniellesduckheadhomestead3127]

Now those are some nice sweet potatoes. The soil there is so interesting. The color is just so cool. Some nice red dirt that makes some nice sweet potatoes. This was a success :)

[@jehsdca]

You are really lucky to have Brett's help around the homestead! He really is a big help and seems always willing to help out. I hope he gets special recognition for all his contributions. 👍

[@lydiaander45]

of course thats what we all hope for him

[@BrittonFarmsHomestead]

I planted my sweet potatoes in a kiddie pool this year and they did pretty good for such a small space, One was massive the rest were normal sized. I took the smallest two and put toothpicks in them and let the bottom hang in a cup of water and I have slips as house plants now so I can plant them this spring.

[@vivaldi1236]

Brett, aka Garden Boy, is a great cameraman. What about Brett being the backup 🎥 ? He’s got the knack. You’ll know next year how well the SP will do. No worries about the other veges.

[@kathleenfalkner4478]

Nice job guys!!! Thanks for just being you❤️👩‍🌾

[@karenwebber9200]

The 'mobile home' is now a family home! It looks very cozy in there and bookshelves are always terrific, especially the home made with love type.

[@HeartinessApproach]

This video reminds me of digging our sweet potatoes with you Meg. it was our only time to ever do sweet potatoes and you were part of it. Have a beautiful day

[@cherylbertolini3140]

im not on any social media, so its nice to see you here:)

[@diannt9583]

You Tube isn't social media???

[@wendyweaver8749]

@@diannt9583 - Correct - KZbin is **not** social media.

[@aromaofhope]

@@diannt9583 I agree with you. Social media refers to large world-wide platforms where people can interact with each other, and that describes KZbin perfectly.

[@angelavaughan9477]

It must have been a good sweet potato year. We planted two rows and they were absolutely huge!!!!!! We harvested over 100 pounds. They're laying in the basement on wooden pallets. I hope they last all winter. :)

[@GeekboyNC]

If you are ever down in Raleigh when the eastern NC sweet potatoes come into the State Farmers Market, you will see them much bigger at the farm stands. The reason you don't see the big ones in stores is that the stores can't sell them. They feed those to livestock or make processed foods from them. The average grocery shopper wants sweet potatoes of a certain size. As you have found out, they come out of the ground in all sizes. Same with everything else from a farm from cabbages to apples. The average shopper only buys things that are perfect condition from a very limited size profile. My BILs family grew cabbages for market and we would get giant sacks of cabbages a foot or more in diameter since they couldn't sell them. I can't justify the space to raise sweet potatoes since you can buy them here for 20-30 cents a pound much of the time. They do taste better though. Good luck on your farming!

[@elizabethbrooks4849]

Those are some big taters. Nice to see all of you again. Stay warm, not suppose to be as cold tonight. Have a great one

[@victoriabrooks87]

I love sweet potatoes. They are the "set it and forget it" of vegetables. I grow multiple varieties in a box I built over a flower bed (city dweller) and I'm always surprised at how many I get.

[@cmdpets4162]

I don't know why but when i watch you its like i get news from my brother ... RESPECT

[@sherry2836]

It would have been nice to add the recipe in the description area for the 102K KZbin subs, many of whom do not have Instagram.

[@kathycortez232]

Us ga’s love sweet potatoes I’m so glad you are teaching your boys to work so many kids only playing videos games kids need to know how to Survive in this world kudos to y’all hugs and prayers

[@azaleaacres]

Thought about insulating/wrapping the water pipes under the house? Heat tape maybe Temporary shield around the base of the house to keep the winds/snow out during the winter? Those sweet potatoes 🍠 ....yum. And breakfast sounds delicious 😋

[@joha7484]

instead of regular potato chips you can substitute sweet potato chips which are more nutritious; you can also make sweat potato leaves salad out of young sweet potato leaves

[@rkthing55]

Another great vlog. Nice to see Meg has shelves for her books as well as pantry shelving. Suggestion: enjoy your outdoor shots but would like to see more of the animals. I realize filming caring for them may seem boring to you since it's done every day, but miss the pigs. And how about just a walk around the property?

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

That thumbnail is GREAT! You obviously did something to the clay those taters liked, and the noises are like me digging up sweet potatoes, but yours are MONSTERS.

[@lifewithmikeandjenn5814]

Love happy kiddos on the farm! Excellent idea for the handle rotator on the feeder! Bonus points 👍👍👍

[@kennethgibbons2487]

Great to hear from you all again - always miss you when you are not posting... so I hang out for the next one.

[@philrondello8652]

Add a handful of raisins, some butter, and cinnamon to that sweet potato hash. Trust me.

[@grannianni7681]

Y'all have some very nice meat birds going on there! The breakfast sounds to die for! Stay safe and Blessings

[@cliffandrews]

You just gotta let your boys make a video again. They're loving life !

[@marysouthern548]

It does my heart so good to see your boy out barefoot in the dirt!

[@susanr791]

Humongous sweet potatoes! I like the breakfast idea! Plus lovely to see the little one! (And all of you.) Very clever feeder design!

[@wendyfriesen4618]

Love Ben's man-bun...

[@kathygarber9407]

Y’all seem to be doing great . Loved the sweet potato harvest ! Teaching those boys to be a jack of all trades Is important , good job dad . Be blessed and favored ❤️🙏🏽

[@michaelmason2128]

Awesome job growing the sweet potatoes. This past weekend at my mom's church. A guy was passing out some tomatoes he grew. One of the reasons I want to move to a homestead in lancaster PA closer to family. To me it would be enjoyable to share.

[@NcScbeach1]

Are those sweet potatoes a Japanese ornamental variety? I know the joy Bret felt as he was digging for this sweet potatoes! I use to have a blast harvesting my sweet potatoes, as did the next door neighbor’s kids🤗!

[@mickichikwinya5519]

I just noticed that Ben looks like Alexander Dreymon from The Last Kingdom. Striking resemblance.

[@lorijohnson9654]

Green apples are great with sweet potatoes and onions along with brown sugar, apple pie spice and butter. Yum

[@denisebrady6858]

Another great video Guys- your boys are amazing, you are raising them with such Respect & Love. great to see them helping not only on the farm but in the kitchen for Mum as well. Cheers Denise - Australia

[@GoodSimpleLiving]

Holy cow guys, nicely done! Hope you all are settling in with baby! God bless

[@bigdaddy741098]

I did enjoy the update, thanks for sharing a little bit of your bliss with us. And the pumpkin chorizo soup looked sounds like a great match, and looked really yummy, but I don't do the Instant Gramming so I'll just have to make it up as well 😁👍👊

[@HerEcolife]

Nice!!! I know a thing or two about monster patatoes lol I love that he is bare feet in the ground. Love it!

[@virginiagrenier8572]

Instagram, Instagram, Instagram .... So many KZbinrs tease us with things that we have to go to Instagram to see results. I wonder how many people are like me, trying to limit social media and only do KZbin and Facebook so Instagram is not something I want to do as well. :-(

[@carolynshelton8579]

Me too😉

[@reesekolcow6136]

I don’t even do Fbook- sigh.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

only KZbin for me.

[@margaretbedwell58]

@@cherylbertolini3140 I only do You Tube also.

[@kelsiegoodwin8639]

I have a Facebook but avoid it like the plague

[@mimicolvin3200]

Wow, those sweet potatoes are awesome. Wish I had one now with some butter, cinnamon and sugar, yum yum. You all have done a good job raising food on the homestead. Keep up the good work. The baby is growing. I love watching your videos. God bless you and your family and have a blessed day.

[@margaretheathcote9842]

He so happy he make me happy thank i have a great time watching.

[@abuelitacaicedo3185]

Next time leave UP two sides of the create so the hens spread to the high side of the bed.

[@lindasoaft9303]

I wrapped my pallets with chicken wire😊 awesome sweet potato harvest!

[@robmenendez365]

Make that Sweet Potato/Carrot hashbrown breakfast with chorizo!!! Absolute deliciousness!

[@MyLifestyle-r5s]

Amazing thanks for sharing 👍👍🌺🌺

[@markkristynichols845]

Ours were also MONSTERS this year! First time growing here!! Wish I new how to share a pic! Had some 4 pounders 😮 ❤️ Kristy in Missouri again 😂😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@zander8018]

Grow Corn, beans and squash together. The beans fix nitrogen in the soil and the sqash suppresses weeds....

[@mgtmoffat8411]

I like your feeder, a really good idea. You are going to have some tasty meals with those sweet potatoes. 💖💖💖💖💖

[@kathrynjones5858]

Yes Ben please draw up the plans. Excellent idea! It's good to see you again. I was wondering how your family was doing.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

The movable coops work so well for soil fertility!

[@mg5111]

Even chickens do better on intermittend fasting it seems. You guys are the best!

[@gratituderanch9406]

I have squash and chorizo so I look forward to the recipe! And more baby shots! I’m done having kids so I’m just LOVING all those BABES!

[@michelle2508]

We always do free feeding with our meat chickens the first 3 or 4 weeks, them change to taking it out over night. At 6 or 7 weeks, we end up with 5 to 6lb dressed birds.

[@caravanmassennhoven4004]

I have done Whole 30 for the first time. Got 26 days in and messed up badly. Have started over again and am at day 9. I was wondering if sweet potato was allowed and was going to check. Opened my phone and had notification ...Hollards has a new video... In one of those wierd life coincidences, you answered my question. I love keeping up with you guys!! Be well from Canada. ❤️

[@armyrabb1]

When I lived in Wasilla, AK, we had sweet potatoes large as footballs. One potato was all you needed for thanksgiving dinner.

[@lydiaander45]

lmao

[@ant6516]

Idk what varieties you growth there, but i watched a grandpa video from amish county who harvest sweet potato bigger than his head

[@WendyK656]

How awesome with the sweet potatoes! Brett is going to be a good gardener. Wow your turkeys are getting big and beautiful!