It's All About Determination

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  • @theallenshire268
    @theallenshire268 2 роки тому +1

    It is so fun to watch Ben showing Meg off. He obviously loves her and all her cooking wizardry! It is beautiful to see your marriage in such a nice place!

  • @jenineclonch6359
    @jenineclonch6359 2 роки тому +2

    So cool how the pigs do all that work for you, helps to feed themselves, clears your land, and then you either sell or eat them! A very useful animal for a farm.
    Meg, what a woman!
    You make cooking look easy.
    Am anxious to hear about your weekend!

  • @joyceruffcorn1595
    @joyceruffcorn1595 2 роки тому +42

    Brett’s grin at the end about getting paid to film is priceless! Love you guys!

  • @doingwhatican
    @doingwhatican 2 роки тому +17

    Mr. Smiles with the broom in the background sweeping the floor needs to be asked what he wants to be a part of during the class. I think you just made his day.

  • @trishanavarro4887
    @trishanavarro4887 2 роки тому +2

    I want to go...just for the food! Meg, you rock!

  • @terrikane8200
    @terrikane8200 2 роки тому +70

    Of course we want to hear the food list. Impressive what Meg has accomplished this week.

  • @jamjar5716
    @jamjar5716 2 роки тому +2

    I want to see a bucket stenciled with "Bucket of Bribery" sometime soon!

  • @michellemike1990-JMJ
    @michellemike1990-JMJ 2 роки тому +10

    That was a lot of work. And it was a game of pig Tetris! 🐖 🐖🐖

  • @shannongifford1894
    @shannongifford1894 2 роки тому

    Please more Meg and cooking! Also love to see how respectful you are of your kids privacy, and how much both of you enjoy your family as a whole. Thank you

  • @aprilbeth
    @aprilbeth 2 роки тому +4

    You have the best boys!

  • @kathys9786
    @kathys9786 2 роки тому +33

    Buggy bowing her head in prayer...warms my heart everytime. She is absolutely adorable!

  • @HomewardBound961
    @HomewardBound961 2 роки тому +5

    Ben, you are a blessed man.😇

  • @SalLeeHolland
    @SalLeeHolland 2 роки тому +36

    Did you see behind your back when you said who was going to film? Wow what a happy smile! Made my day! Meg you sure are cooking a lot, and even look so relaxed doing it all. Everyone will eat like kings and queens. Moving the pigs worked out better than I thought it would go. Thank goodness the little ones weren't covered in mud LOL.

  • @terrilepine9065
    @terrilepine9065 2 роки тому +7

    Of course we want to hear the food list. Buggy bowing her head in prayer. She is absolutely adorable!

  • @missgreen2061
    @missgreen2061 2 роки тому +2

    You and your family make me smile. Beautiful to watch. God Bless you all.

  • @sandyoklahomatransient8557
    @sandyoklahomatransient8557 2 роки тому +19

    Wow, it's nice when moving animals works without a glitch. No chasing pig (s) around the property....LOL! I will say, have teenagers on the verge of being men helping on the homestead/farm is a gift. Like you mentioned Ben, your boys helping you move the large pig house made a world of difference on you not hurting your back. Our youngest boy will turn 30 at the end of the month. He's single, I asked him a couple of years back to stick around. Live here at the house because my husband a disabled Veteran, and I are getting older, and we need the help. He loves helping us on the property, and works fulltime as a diesel mechanic, and welder. He also volunteers at the local fire department. He contributes to any groceries bought, keeps his own room, does his laundry, and helps with some of the heavy stuff, along with maintaining the homestead. Our other kids are off married with their own kids, and homes to maintain.
    It's funny how things work out. In your video's, I can already see several of your boys have shown interest in your tractor. Give it time, and before you know it, they'll be using the tractor doing some of that heavy tractor work.

  • @jerrybrady9103
    @jerrybrady9103 2 роки тому +36

    Ben, I'm so glad you were able to acquire the tractor while building your Homestead because I don't know how you ever made it without it.

  • @denisewilson8367
    @denisewilson8367 2 роки тому +33

    Without the determination, nothing gets done or done correctly.
    Homesteading requires lots of determination. And your family rocks it.

  • @cw3365
    @cw3365 2 роки тому +12

    Y'all sure do have some good kids. Jack gets the broom and starts sweeping in the kitchen how sweet what a sweet kid!! 👍👍

  • @k8m883
    @k8m883 2 роки тому +2

    Would love to see everyone feasting and enjoying the amazing food that Meg has cooked .

  • @danniellejones7167
    @danniellejones7167 2 роки тому +3

    Please show us plenty of footage of the menu. Meg you are bloody brilliant.

  • @ladyinthemountains2527
    @ladyinthemountains2527 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for taking care of Brianna and the kids. You guys are wonderful! 🥰

  • @dianecharles881
    @dianecharles881 2 роки тому +10

    I get hungry every time I see Megs meals !! I did notice how helpful your young men are doing in helping move the pigs!! It is awesome how they grow up !! ❤

  • @Dee.C
    @Dee.C 2 роки тому +1

    Those boys earn their keep for sure. Buggy earns her keep warming your heart and making you smile . You are blessed .

  • @charlenefoster6779
    @charlenefoster6779 2 роки тому +2

    Such a joy watching your family work together and having wonderful family meals being prayed over! Best part of my day. Your guest this week will eat like royalty.

  • @kennethgibbons366
    @kennethgibbons366 2 роки тому +5

    Meg - are you sure you don't want to come out to New Zealand and cook a few of your meals for a couple of 73 year olds😄. Your meal preparation and cooking is out of this world. I pray that your workshop goes really well - certainly no one is going to starve! Ben - how long before you teach your older boys how to work with the tractor. I remember we had a very old Fordson tractor... I could walk faster than it could drive.

  • @lararabb8888
    @lararabb8888 2 роки тому

    Praises to the kids that clean, sweep & wash dishes! Your future wives will love you even more.

  • @southloupriverhomestead4696
    @southloupriverhomestead4696 2 роки тому +7

    Hey Hollars! Thanks for another great video! Lucky workshop eaters!

  • @MrTonyPiscatelle
    @MrTonyPiscatelle 2 роки тому +12

    It's really awesome to see a young family teaching their children to say grace before they eat. I'm sure God will continue blessing your family

  • @bigdaddy741098
    @bigdaddy741098 2 роки тому

    The sweetest little goodbye ever warmed even my cold black heart lol

  • @kelleyheard5790
    @kelleyheard5790 2 роки тому +7

    You are a lucky man you have an amazing family

  • @ronaldcummings6337
    @ronaldcummings6337 2 роки тому +5

    I think about you two meeting at a bible study all of the time now. That is seriously cool!

  • @alisonshanahan9529
    @alisonshanahan9529 2 роки тому +16

    The boys are all growing into such handsome men. I am impressed with how they just muck in and help without being asked. They are all hard workers and developing into fine, independent men. As soon as they start driving, you'll be even more confident in their abilities to run errands for the family and learn about paying bills! Fuel is expensive these days!

  • @cwade1672
    @cwade1672 2 роки тому +1

    So cute seeing Brett grinning, when you mentioned hiring him and Jack to film.

  • @cherylt8590
    @cherylt8590 2 роки тому +20

    Man the food menu that Ben was reading off made me hungry, it all sounds delicious 👍😊...

  • @فاطمةفاطمة-ي8ظ3ن
    @فاطمةفاطمة-ي8ظ3ن 2 роки тому +1

    Good chicken and Good mother 🌺

  • @charmainemrtnz
    @charmainemrtnz 2 роки тому +1

    You folks are great! Love me some Hollar Homestead! Buggy and her chopsticks 🥢 was priceless!

  • @janh519
    @janh519 2 роки тому +1

    My favorite UA-cam family is working hard and getting so much done! I’m glad you got the pigs rearranged into different and “just-cleaned’ pens. They seemed well satisfied about their new quarters. I wonder if they will notice “big guy” being gone at the end of the week! Meg is planning so carefully and she’s always cooking delicious meals. Your helpers during the butchering will be well fed, for sure! Little sister is always by her mama’s side, learning so much at a young age! Wishing y’all a very successful big “B” day!

  •  2 роки тому +4

    Bye, Buggy! (waves bye bye) ❤️

  • @strawberries1411
    @strawberries1411 2 роки тому +15

    Buggy is one hell of a homesteader girl... helping out in the kitchen and so cute with the chopsticks

  • @amandaholt1979
    @amandaholt1979 2 роки тому +36

    So cute watching buggy trying to eat with chopsticks. Seeing all the food that is going to be there this weekend is amazing.

    • @Misty-or7rv
      @Misty-or7rv 2 роки тому +2

      Hey, is this Amanda Holt from G-ville, my cousin? If so, it's awesome that you watch some of the same people as me. -Misty

    • @amandaholt1979
      @amandaholt1979 2 роки тому +3

      Unfortunately I am not who you were thinking of. My husband and I are both from Wichita falls Texas.

    • @Misty-or7rv
      @Misty-or7rv 2 роки тому +2

      That's o.k., but it's still cool that you have the same name as my first cousin that lives in Greeneville, TN.

  • @AZJH8374
    @AZJH8374 2 роки тому +1

    Darn, pot stickers are what I'd love to see you make!!!! ❤️ Darn again! Love you guys so much. ❤️ it's your channel that I watch in its entirety ONLY the rest I skip through & I'm not kidding. Nurse Judi in AZ I got sick too Ben over Christmas 101.7° temp for 6 days, but sick for 16 days. Ugh. Nurses get sick too. Crazy, I haven't been sick in 9 years. Please vid pot sticker. There my favirite!

  • @dianadriverasbury9130
    @dianadriverasbury9130 2 роки тому +11

    Wow, you have a lot of pigs. Don't think I realized. Dinner sounds really good. Your boys are fantastic.

  • @dawnjackson6741
    @dawnjackson6741 2 роки тому +8

    Love the pigerator water gauge.

  • @stephanieg5195
    @stephanieg5195 2 роки тому

    I love seeing your boys helping you and hearing you complement Meg’s cooking!

  • @silviadias7791
    @silviadias7791 2 роки тому +8

    Oh my gosh! It's worth paying just to come for the home cooking!

  • @featheredfriendshomestead
    @featheredfriendshomestead 2 роки тому +14

    Wonderful video love how the whole family works together to get so much done.

  • @ritamccartt-kordon283
    @ritamccartt-kordon283 2 роки тому +1

    My Mother called me her Baby until she died. I was 35 years old. Fond memories. Great video! GOD bless

  • @MummaGee
    @MummaGee 2 роки тому +22

    Oh my goodness l am amazed at Meg and her lists. I am slowly watching my way through the myriad of your blogs and l have noticed that Meg is a great list maker. As well as being such a integral piece to homesteading aside from all others in the team. Thankyou thankyou thankyou for everything you bring to my soul. 😍✔💯🌹

  • @mayravalentino4682
    @mayravalentino4682 2 роки тому +7

    I luv ur family! Ben, you are the Macgyver of the Homesteaders!!! Luv it! Between you andJason (Sow the Land), you guys are very inventive!!! Meg is the Betty Crocker of the Century! Have you ever thought of doing a swap day with Meg? Doing each others chores? ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @sharonhaas8503
    @sharonhaas8503 2 роки тому

    🏆Great video of you family working together to host your workshop this weekend. Have a great time teaching others how to put pork in their freezer! Take care! ❇

  • @arlenejohnson3825
    @arlenejohnson3825 2 роки тому +4

    GREAT MUSIC!!

    • @carenmcfarland7034
      @carenmcfarland7034 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, I really appreciate the music too! It’s varied, appropriate and not overused!😊

  • @mistyhill9889
    @mistyhill9889 2 роки тому +2

    I enjoyed hearing about the menu. 😊
    Hope you all have a great weekend.
    Prayers for your family. 🙏

  • @jodytempleton-jackson1377
    @jodytempleton-jackson1377 2 роки тому

    Great team work on moving all the pigs 🐖

  • @donnamays24
    @donnamays24 2 роки тому

    Getting to spend time with you guys through all the vlogs this week has been awesome! Just watching you ALL live your best life gives me hope for the future of this country…and this planet! Your raising your children with the wholesome familial values that I too was raised on. Sadly most people these days have no idea how rewarding a loving Christian self sustaining homestead lifestyle can be! Wishing you the best this weekend with your class! Wish I could be there just to eat at Megs table! Blessings guys from your biggest fan🙏❤️….”Bucket of Bribery” loved it lol

  • @sandratorchia4803
    @sandratorchia4803 2 роки тому +5

    Praying all goes well!

  • @pastorheather
    @pastorheather 2 роки тому +13

    Love to hear what you're cooking, Meg!

  • @robertacleary5256
    @robertacleary5256 2 роки тому +5

    Great day 😊your whole family are wonderful 😊thanks for sharing 😊❤

  • @melissakasner9722
    @melissakasner9722 2 роки тому

    I'm so happy that you move the pigs because it needed to be done so they could be more comfortable so glad to see the progress on your farm God bless your family

  • @terresiagregg9326
    @terresiagregg9326 2 роки тому +1

    Great job Meg is cooking a feast enjoy

  • @dianehall5345
    @dianehall5345 2 роки тому

    Hello Meg from our farm in New Hampshire. Winter still holding on here. Snowing. After following your family since your move to NC, it is apparent that you have it down. Great job of making your homestead a home! Your kitchen is welcoming, with all sorts of food projects underway. My grandmother would have been proud to see you bringing back the Old Ways in order to care of your family. She taught me from Buggy's age how to help her in the kitchen and if I was good, as in behaved, I got a home made eggnog. So your daughter will remember these early years, I did. ~ Diane

  • @DIVINEHAZEL
    @DIVINEHAZEL 2 роки тому

    💜TY for reading the menu & for sharing your journey with us & for CC too😍

  • @janetwithers7427
    @janetwithers7427 2 роки тому +10

    Ben, you are the king of pig moving. They were all pretty docile. I get a kick out of your boys in the pig pen, bare foot. The food sounds so good. 💞

  • @joannmahaffey1068
    @joannmahaffey1068 2 роки тому

    So glad Bret and Jack are going to run the camera. That menu is amazing Meg. Huge Success in spite of the rain. So glad you got the pig out of the mud hole. See you on the other side.

  • @almachapman5409
    @almachapman5409 2 роки тому

    Meg's cooking is awesome. Been getting excited about the farm.awesome family

  • @karenladwig3856
    @karenladwig3856 2 роки тому

    Its fun watching you with the pork chops! No one knows your pigs better then you!❤❤👍

  • @lanyrogers5707
    @lanyrogers5707 2 роки тому +8

    Good team work! Love watching the boys help and loved what Ben said about them. Buggy is such a sweetie and I would love to eat at your table Meg. Blessings in the days ahead.

  • @upnorthhomestead6822
    @upnorthhomestead6822 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing your wonderful family with us. My family is grown. Was the best time of my life.

  • @inglis7086
    @inglis7086 2 роки тому

    Megs beautiful list of foods made me smile - how often have we cooked for a group of people and the biggest concern is not having enough food for everyone - Never have we yet run out of food

  • @territn8871
    @territn8871 2 роки тому +9

    Bye Buggie👋, I love hearing her tell us "bye"!! Meg, when you're not covered up with all your work cooking for the butchering class as well as putting away all the meat and lard from Lambchop, would you show us how to make pot stickers?!!! I've always wanted to see how they're made. If I lived closer, I'd be your dishwasher/helper just to get to eat all the delicious food you have prepared!! Bless your heart, you have prepared a feast. I surely hope everyone realizes all the hard work you've done all by yourself! It is totally amazing the food prep you have done! You are a master chef and Buggie is your sous-chef!😘 I would be a nervous wreck if I had to cook 2 days of food for that many people. I love cooking, but just for family and occasional company. It takes good planning with that much food to cook, and you've done an excellent job. All the bread from scratch you made is beautiful! 🤞Fingers crossed you all have good weather while the class is underway!!! Can't wait to hear how much Lambchop weighs. She's a mighty big girl! Ben, you did a great job moving all the pigs! Those little American Guinea piggies are so cute! I like that breed.

  • @peterrowellranson8649
    @peterrowellranson8649 2 роки тому

    Great job Ben 🤠 🐷 taken care of now Meg whips up a storm in the kitchen I can smell it from here love you all Peter Cape town South Africa take care god bless you

  • @faithevrlasting
    @faithevrlasting 2 роки тому +2

    I wont forget that...Bens Bucket of Bribery!

  • @sheilabowersmith4871
    @sheilabowersmith4871 2 роки тому

    would pay for a Meg cookbook! She is just amazing!

  • @stephanieedmonds1667
    @stephanieedmonds1667 2 роки тому +4

    Prayers to you All have fun .

  • @pauline-bc-com-missp
    @pauline-bc-com-missp 2 роки тому

    Good to see the two older boys out helping

  • @JackieGreen71
    @JackieGreen71 2 роки тому +10

    Hard and true way to fix muddy areas. Quicklime or hydrated lime. It dries up wet soil quickly, so that it can be compacted readily, forming a working table that will resist further wetting as well--you can get back to work! Both are highly effective in drying wet clay and silt soils. Signed your fed up with mud farm, farmer ;)

  • @monapotter908
    @monapotter908 2 роки тому +5

    Such great helpers !

  • @kayemoore
    @kayemoore 2 роки тому

    Can’t get enough of your family!

  • @patriciaherman6499
    @patriciaherman6499 2 роки тому +12

    First have to say, yes Meg, Ben has to read the menu yum yum yum, wish I lived closer I'd be there just for the food no offense but we used to process our own meats. Homemade potstickers yum again.
    Glad changing the pigs went smoothly and having strong young teenagers to help makes a big difference. Blessings to all. 😊🇺🇲

  • @StoneKathryn
    @StoneKathryn 2 роки тому +1

    Hello Hollar homestead. We got 5 more inches of snow overnight here in Minnesnowta. You're getting a bunch of rain! I hope all goes well with the butchering of Lamb Chop. Nice, shuffling the pigs! It didn't look too hard to move the Guinea Hogs. I hope Lamb Chop is easy too. Wow, it worked! That's a big job to move all the pigs! I'm glad it went so well. It was nice to see that you could bring that straw to the Guinea Hogs with your tractor. Wow, potstickers! And fried rice! And lots of good stuff for the butchering class. That beef with the nice rub you put on it is cooking too! I hope Meg puts the recipes for the fried rice and the potstickers in her cooking book! That menu sounds fantastic! I'll love to see anything you can film during the Hand Hewn Class! Thanks for this Hollar family!

  • @cherylpresleigh6403
    @cherylpresleigh6403 2 роки тому +1

    Those attending the event will be well educated and well fed! Meg does an amazing job in the kitchen for sure!

  • @camicri4263
    @camicri4263 2 роки тому

    Buggy is at such an adorable age! God bless her and you all❤️🤗❤️
    Meg, are you trying to fatten up the people coming for class? Relax a little!

  • @bigbarnlittlehouse7013
    @bigbarnlittlehouse7013 2 роки тому

    Really enjoying your videos! Have watched you and other well known homesteaders in your area for years and yours is the only one I still watch. I appreciate that you just document what you do...no tricks...no click bait...not preachy regarding methods...not seeming to spend unending amounts of $$$ in every video. Keep it up!

  • @leahharbison4932
    @leahharbison4932 2 роки тому

    That little voice piping in.❤️❤️❤️

  • @SuesSecretGarden3
    @SuesSecretGarden3 2 роки тому +5

    My Girl said bye today 😂😂and was preparing mushrooms Buggie can cook. You guys have fun and enjoy menu sounds delicious Meg.😊

  • @dugel3
    @dugel3 2 роки тому +4

    I was just thinking back and realized how often I am inspired by something Meg cooks to make that for a meal myself sometime in the next few days. I think I will be having fried rice soon LOL. The boys have done a good job on the occasions they have filmed so I'm sure they will do great for you. I especially like when Brett adds in some of his funny and witty commentary as he is filming. Good luck and have fun with operation Lambchop

  • @evelynhiggins1107
    @evelynhiggins1107 2 роки тому +15

    Glad to know that you are all feeling much better and that you are up and moving about thank you lord

  • @christinaburney5935
    @christinaburney5935 2 роки тому +2

    It's funny that all your farm animals have food names. I guess that must help keep perspective for harvest time. Everybody has to eat.

  • @wrinklesandsprinkles
    @wrinklesandsprinkles 2 роки тому

    The barrel water indicator is genius!!!👊🏼

  • @PlowAndPantryHomestead
    @PlowAndPantryHomestead 2 роки тому

    I am not bored by hearing the menu!

  • @lauraklein6405
    @lauraklein6405 2 роки тому +2

    Wow! The land where the pigs are has really improved since you first moved there. Looks awesome. Great job!

  • @tubularguynine
    @tubularguynine 2 роки тому

    The largest guinea pig looks like it's got some Kunekune mixed up in there! Buggie had the right idea sticking the chopstick through the potsticker! 😄Good luck with the class! 👍✌

  • @chandrasutton4669
    @chandrasutton4669 2 роки тому +3

    Looks like everything is coming together!!!

  • @inderwink
    @inderwink 2 роки тому +3

    Nothing you do in the kitchen is boring, Meg! I’m mad every time the vlog doesn’t show what you’re up to in the kitchen. I appreciate Ben’s work, but your kitchen content is what keeps me feed! ❤️🧑‍🍳

  • @jillyd2807
    @jillyd2807 2 роки тому

    Your food list is not boring, Meg!! 😃

  • @attagirl4545
    @attagirl4545 2 роки тому +2

    That menu for the workshop is absolutely amazing. Ben do you charge each person to attend your workshop? The grocery bill to feed everyone tomorrow has got to be so expensive. Where do the attendees stay overnight? Buggy’s Bye is so sweet😍

  • @KristineLeach
    @KristineLeach 2 роки тому +4

    A: LOVED that you read the menu. Made my mouth water. lol. And B: I look at your boys going barefoot in the winter and my feet FREEZE for them, and yet ... I did the SAME, EXACT thing on our ten acres growing up. lol. I so enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your journey. They inspire and motivate :D

  • @jenthrasher5056
    @jenthrasher5056 2 роки тому +1

    Looks like you need a holding butcher pin, right next to the barn, where you came put the pigs a few days before butcher, where it's not mud, maybe put cedar down then spread some bags of quick set concrete then water it, will create a more solid ground water runs across it without it getting muddy. I did it in my muddy areas of ducks and chickens. Still allowed bugs to come up, but now it don't get muddy

  • @chrisburch8020
    @chrisburch8020 2 роки тому +3

    I have mentioned to jason about his water trough ( your water barrel) to place it in the corner of the section where the pigs are and only need to turn the barrel around for the next section of land that they are moved to next door. then just move the corner to go around the barrel in a different direction. from square corner to round or triangle then it would be already in that next section... the moving of the fence from a square pulled out to form a circle.

  • @gailbrault9251
    @gailbrault9251 2 роки тому +4

    Ben and Meg, your meals sound delish for the weekend!