I am a grandma who lives in Fla , just started binge watching Single Dad Homesteading and he strongly recommended your channel so I will be binge watching your channel soon!!! Thank you!!!!
They can’t dig a new hole if the chickens ate them when they came out to keep from drowning. However you might not want the chickens in that bed. Other possibilities are to train your boys to catch nonpoisonous snakes and let them go down the mouse holes. You could buy a havaheart trap and put lots of goodies like peanut butter, and chicken scratch in for bate. Then give the trapped mice to the chickens in another area. You can never have too many barn cats!
Cats, they are killers! We have drop off cats and they are vicious. We got them fixed and we feed them and they stick around and bring us mice, moles and birds everyday, lol. Best thing that happened to our garden.
My sister gave me some amaranth seeds one year. I lived in the middle of downtown in my small hometown in a rural area. We lived less than a block from all 3 of the bars in town. I planted the amaranth around my front porch and was eagerly looking forward to harvesting them. They got about 8 feet tall and we're finely blooming. Then one night at about 1 am, I heard a drunk farmer singing "Hey Hey We're the Monkeys" off key and at the top of his lungs. By the time I got dressed and made it outside, he was pulling the last of my "pig weeds" out of the ground, and telling me: "That was a close one, but I got rid of them for you before they went to seed." I started to say something but he held up his hand and said: "No need to thank me." Then walked off continuing to sing.
Glad to see baby girl standing on her own two feet and those handsome boys growing taller and working hard .💕👍🏻💕...well, as they say you win some, you lose some and some get rained out..all in all you are doing beautifully..........great to see!
Hey, dear Ben. Sometimes it seems like you are pretty down about things. And the content you are sharing feels a bit like shame or sadness. You guys are amazing, always have been. You have a lot of people out here who support you. Please be well. Please smile sometimes. ❤️
We’re definitely not laughing at you. We’re commiserating because we’ve all been there. Your garden looks great and those boys are awesome “chicken tenders”.
I clean my fish tank every weekend and vacuum out 5 gals of water replacing with 5 gals of clean. The fish poop water goes to the garden and the house plants. The plants love it.
Hollar Homestead, Here in Maine every summer our garden plants in buckets get covered with assorted pests...we use some baking soda around our plants but not on the plants and so far, lots less than last year...2 wild hen turkey with 16 polts are always taking care of pests out in the lawn...we are finally getting some needed rain, easy and gentle style...hope the 5 bee hives down the street will add some pollenators to expand the flowers...man, the price of honey here is almost as much as maple syrup...Cheers from Maine.
I'm impressed with your sons' increased maturity. You are encouraging them to take responsibility - so good to see. Just wait - soon they will be able to do the heavy lifting. They will be doing more collaborating and advising you. Keep up the good work.
I giggled, when I saw the amaranth growing in the path. But.. that's gardening for ya, you never know what's going to show up. What an awesome surprise, I'd say. ;)
First time watching. The boys did an amazing job with the baby chickens. Handled them so carefully and provided water and feed. What a blessing to witness...
Glad to see you start those baby chicks out on grass right away. When the weather is warm there is no reason not to. It’s amazing to see them start pecking around and eating grass right away.
Old Timers Potato Beetle Pickin' : Get a small 1 gallon container or bucket and 1/2 fill with water. You can go smaller so it's lighter, but gage it for how big our taters are. Go around to each potato plant. Hold the bucket below the leaves and with the other hand knock or tap the beetles/nymphs into the water. That way you are not hand picking each and every single beetle. Then feed to chickens. Love you guys!
My female cat gives me a mouse every other morning. Diatomaceous earth might help with the grubs. Also mice hate cinnamon and black pepper among other things and that helped a lot in my garden. Plus I put used litter box fun stuff down their holes. 😛 whatever works. I have a squirrel problem and so far cinnamon seems to help my flowers and small garden I have. Glad to see everyone is great and the truck back.
Feeling for you guys with the rodent issue. There’s a mouse plague along Eastern Australia atm. Nothing seems to work or touch the sides on a massive scale. But the most quickest, humane way from what I’ve seen is the traps that electrocute quickly or the flip top rubbish bin (or trash cans) filled with water and peanut butter on the lid so they flip in. Best of luck.
We use a simple variation on this bucket trap - we fill a five gallon bucket 1/3 to ½ full of water, smear a thin, two inch long line of peanut butter just above the water line, and put a stick/board ramp up to the lip of the bucket above the peanut butter. Easy to empty into a grave. No chemicals or gore.
Hey Ben, keep kicking butt man! You are doing more towards living a life of self sufficiency than most of us can dream of. And...you have your entire family there and supporting the dream! If that was I knew, I'd say that you have accomplished more than most "modern" families ever could! God bless!
I don't comment on videos very often but this video, I decided, needed one. Ben, your comfort level in front of the camera has developed so much since you guys began blogging, vlogging (whatever it's called)! I was one of the original subscribers to your channel and the stiffness of your body is gone, he comes out with jokes more readily and, I have to say, he's become more fun to watch. The entire fam is great to watch. I love that we're seeing more of the older boys helping their dad, taking responsibility for certain aspects of the homestead with the animals, and just generally being out there to assist with whatever. Of course, the baby is gorgeous! Loved watching her with the chicks today. So sweet. Keep 'em comin', look forward to every one of the videos. Thank you.
Organic Spray for Squash beetles and many other critters: 1 tsp mild detergent to 1 litre water and for the mice... Soak cotton balls in peppermint oil and place near entrances/holes Buggy's getting really big as all the boys are too.. and the Garden looks great.. everything is so green and lush.. Glad you've got Squatch back ... Took awhile but it's good problem was found. God's Continual Blessings to you all 🙏😇💝
I'm so glad you found the issue with your squatch mobile. I had a similar issue with an old VW 411 wagon. It would intermittently die and not start until it wanted to. Got stuck several times usually for only 30 minutes or less until it would start again. Brought it to three shops and stumped them all. Last one felt so bad for me, after I had paid him twice to fix it, he told me that if I do the work, he would supply me with known good used parts for free. He gave me a computer and a TB injector but nothing helped. Finally found the problem during a cold snap at the bottom of our driveway after a winter blizzard. -20F and I found the fuel filter was clogging the gas flow with a flap of rust that would occasionally flip us the bird and block the outflow. Found it by undoing the line at the injector with the key on. I found no flow. I continued to undo the line until I did the back side of the first fuel filter from the tank. Fuel pressure was 32psi. and it sprayed all up in my face and I had to do a 100 yard dash while blinded to get to nearest flowing water in the house and rinse my eyes out.
A garden is never finished Ben….as long as you are enjoying the process….. and I for one would never laugh at any other gardener….we all have our successes and failures….love Hollar Farm posts……enjoy your journey guys🙏
Your son's are special. They are growing up as FANTASTIC and RESPECTFUL YOUNG MEN and BROTHERS. I love how they each have their own talents and are ABLE to do their own things. Hi little sister. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. LOVE AND PRAYERS FROM SE MICHIGAN. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY EVERYDAY. CHOW❤️🌟🌹🌞💐🀄🐦🐸🐇🐓🐖🐟🇺🇸🛐🛐🛐✝️✝️✝️🀄🀄🀄🐔🐈🎣🍞🔥🔥🔥🚿🚿🐔🌻🍑🏕️💯🇺🇸🍕🍓🐦🐸🐇🌹🌟❤️💐💐💐💐💐💐💰💰
Oh I am 68 and been gardening most of my life. I switched to no-till and am learning all over again. Hopefully one of these years I will learn to grow beets again. Just keep planting. 😊
Volunteer plants always do so much better for us. Glad the truck is fixed! The place is looking great! For the field mice, try flooding the holes repeatedly. They may move on. That worked around our guinea coop. -Mike
The bucket trick. Rig up a roller across the top of a bucket, put peanut butter on the middle of the roller. Toilet paper roll cut 1/2 works. Fill a bucket 1/3full with water. Put a ramp up the top of the bucket. Check bucket in the morning. 👌🏻
Don't worry , you can replant to your hearts desire , it's never too late, seeing your in a warm place and being such a hard working guy... Keep the faith.
How I successfully trap squash bugs. Place a 3 to 4 inch wide wood board under the squash plants it is in contact with the soil. Every morning I go out and lift the board up(this is where they hang out for the night) and flick them in a handy jar filled with soap and water that I keep near the squash plants. Works great and is non toxic
Trashbin trap is AMAZING! I set mine up yesterday and caught 4 mice in under 1 hr. All you do is get a trashbin with metal sides, smear peanut butter in a hard to reach position on the propped open lid, they fall into a deep amount of water and drown in under 1 minute. Collect mice every day and give to your chickens for extra protein. Its a great set and forget. Just make sure they have something like a ramp or a piece of fabric attached to the side to get up there.
" Other than dynamite":)))))) Happy to see you are all well, you might from time to time give a note "All's well", just to let people know, because some nice people you know are not editing because of health issues, so we always worry it might happen to everyone. Bless you, sweet family!!!
Ben you are becoming a natural with the videos. You sound at ease and ready to move along. Little girl is growing so fast. She'll be walking soon enough. Looks like the garden is being normal but bigger. Blessings
You all are brave, strong, loving life, choosing a healthy happy upbringing for your kids. Its ok for some things to not work out. No matter what, you are still inspiring others. Weeds attract pollinators. Look at all the life you are nurturing. A huge undertaking. Congratulations on all the progress since the day you all arrived.
I am green with envy over that garden!! :) We had Very cool rainy weather here in Oregon for the last of May and first of June... I am just now feeling comfortable setting my huge tomato plants out in the garden... finally evening temps in the 50's and not 40's... :) Enjoy your harvest!!
I have to say we did our first chickens this year, as we settle into our new homestead. And we started our little girls in an indoor brooder cause it was very cold outside. Their little squeaks drove my foxhound nuts, and now every time I watch one of your videos with little chickens squeaking, he goes nuts still. lol
As you are covered with tasks, what about giving Meg each task to make a list? Subsequently, she can make a rotating list of responsibilities for your sons. While they may not be performed as perfectly as you would perform them, it will be a learning experience for all.
I AGREE,, that's how my mother and grandparents taught us to pick a bit of responsibility.. AND also that's how i personally learn what chores i love to do, like collecting eggs in the morning, feeding the pigs and harvesting riped tomatoes or other veggie ready
We bought a five tier GreenStalk as well as one extra water reservoir. Broke it down into a three tier and one two tier. We also bought the base rollers so as to rotate to expose all sides to sun. Actually we bought a package deal that had one base roller. I prefer to plant the two tier with herbs and have it near the kitchen. The other with seasonal veggies. Another 3 tier is in the garden area planted with plants for the pollinators. Giles
Your field mice are probably after the worms and grubs under your raised beds. They generally don't care for onions or garlic. We had issues like that. We are fixing it one bed at a time by building the new beds with 1/4" hardware cloth bottoms. We also have invasive sumac so I put the weed blocking woven fabric over the hardware cloth before doing a hugelkultur back fill with a compost and topsoil blend covering.
You're doing fine on planting time. In your area, you can still plant most things and get a harvest. I lose a lot to weeds, but don't stress over it. I think y'all are doing a great job! All your kids are good and everyone's alive :-) Spring and summer are hard, and I'll bet you're all a little weary. My husband and I usually argue more during gardening season because of all the work, never feeling like we've done enough and just being hot and tired. I hope you guys give yourselves extra breaks, hot baths (with the AC on!), and some fun time. You're doing enough, trust me!
So happy your car is now in working order. Don't fret your garden...it is doing way better than my raised beds and mine were in a couple of weeks or more before yours. I just don't have a green thumb. Your new chicks are so tiny....good luck boys, hope you have the same success with this batch. Thanks for sharing all your work. Have a Blessed day.
So hard on yourselves. Think how much you have achieved in the relatively short time you have lived there. You are a successful and resourceful family.
Your gardens will be awesome as soon as Buggy gets a bit older and Meg is able to get back out there with you. and besides we all have gardens that we wish we tended more attentively so no worries.
Ben for Voles(not moles) and mice in my garden, I fed them 'juicy fruit gum. With the jf gum that comes in stick form, just pinch stick in half, role each half up and drop each piece into a different hole. It worked for me in getting rid of the Voles and Mice. Non toxic to you and your garden & works better than a cat. 👍
When I built my raised beds I put galvanized chicken wire under the dirt and up the sides about 4 inches. No problems with any country critters. My neighbors were always complaining about their gardens being eaten so I researched this problem before investing in the raised gardens (I am disabled so these were much easier to take care of).
You guys got this!! It looks pretty good even with all the parts that don't want to work for you. You can't say it's your fault for not watering some of it because look at the things that you didn't plant but he anyways!!! Think about it. I don't know how to say what I mean but I think you two can read between the lines and understand it. Your amazing people!!!
You need some good 2-3 year rotten cow manure for your beds this fall when your growing season is done. Also check out Living Traditions Homestead for there drip tape irrigation system, although how it would work for the beds? Gardening always hits and misses I've found over 35 years. So glad you finally got your vehicle back and fixed. Blessings to all. 😊🇺🇸
Maybe you could put hardware cloth in the bottoms of the raised beds to keep the mice from burrowing under them. That would be a huge job to do with all the dirt in them. Definitely would be a winter job. Maybe set traps in the beds. They use to have sticky traps years ago. Also the one lady in the comments said she made a special herb treatment for her house. We had mice in the spring and fall every year in the old farmhouse. Good luck getting rid of them. Have a blessed evening, stay safe and healthy 🙏🥰👍👌🙏✝️🙏🇺🇸🙏
Wow, you could have never diagnosed that fuel-line in tank problem. Kudos to you for trying. (And I'm sure you'll be able to fix any other normal problems that crop up in the future with all the research and learning you put in trying to find the problem.) It even had an expert flummoxed for a while -- so glad its finally fixed and back with you. Re the gardens -- next year will be gangbusters -- don't forget, you spent a lot of time this spring just building the beds -- that took a lot of time and effort. Your family rocks :)
We were getting small mice coming inside our house when we first moved in. I made a spray with lavender, peppermint, spearmint, rosemary essential oils and water. Sprayed it around all doors and anywhere we thought they were getting in. Got rid of mice. You might try that around your onion bed and around any other place with mice problems.
I put 10 drops of each oil in a small spray bottle (6 oz or so) and filled it with water. Shake well before spraying. It also helps repel spiders and smells great!
Thank you so much. My cat does a good job once they've got in but I'd rather not have to deal with them at all. I'm also going to try steel wool in any openings and under sink pipes as another deterrent. Have a blessed day. 🦋
Been missing you guys. Got new babies!! Your boys are great. Yeah, it's hot over here in Virginia, too. Your garden looks great. Things aren't going too well over here, glad to see yours looking like that! Now you know, your compost is better. That's where we are, a lot of stuff just not coming up. Gardening is crazy this year. You have done so much this year! Remember that. Wow, the last tower is doing great.
Don't be down on yourself. I was in the hospital 7 days. Everything got away. Plus excessive rain and weird temperatures. I'll be happy for what I get. I'm organic and even though most farmers are not. We need produce.
We use an equal mixture of powder sugar, flour, and baking soda mixed together and place 1/2 cup of the mixture on some butter lids. Place the lids around your barn, and outdoor shop. The mice, and field rats are attracted to it. They eat the mixture and die when they drink water. It blows up their bellies. This mixture doesn't bother other animals. We've killed several this way. Another way to get rid of mice, super glue a piece of dog food a hard nugget to the old fashoned victory mouse trap, set a few in your garden beds. The mice won't be able to remove the hard food from the trap, and the trap will snap on them. Works all the time with glued hard food. If the little critters are moles our friends use Juicey Fruit gum. They put a piece of gum in the holes and it kills off the moles in their garden beds.
Every farm needs a few good mouse eating cats.
I am a grandma who lives in Fla , just started binge watching Single Dad Homesteading and he strongly recommended your channel so I will be binge watching your channel soon!!! Thank you!!!!
You need a Rat Terrier. They can kill lots of rats and mice, also great pets for active boys. The little princess looks like her Dad.
For those field mice, stick the hose in the holes, and wash them out - have chickens on standy as they LOVE mice!
It doesn’t work!!! They just dig another hole!
They can’t dig a new hole if the chickens ate them when they came out to keep from drowning. However you might not want the chickens in that bed. Other possibilities are to train your boys to catch nonpoisonous snakes and let them go down the mouse holes. You could buy a havaheart trap and put lots of goodies like peanut butter, and chicken scratch in for bate. Then give the trapped mice to the chickens in another area. You can never have too many barn cats!
Cats, they are killers! We have drop off cats and they are vicious. We got them fixed and we feed them and they stick around and bring us mice, moles and birds everyday, lol. Best thing that happened to our garden.
My sister gave me some amaranth seeds one year.
I lived in the middle of downtown in my small hometown in a rural area. We lived less than a block from all 3 of the bars in town. I planted the amaranth around my front porch and was eagerly looking forward to harvesting them. They got about 8 feet tall and we're finely blooming. Then one night at about 1 am, I heard a drunk farmer singing "Hey Hey We're the Monkeys" off key and at the top of his lungs. By the time I got dressed and made it outside, he was pulling the last of my "pig weeds" out of the ground, and telling me:
"That was a close one, but I got rid of them for you before they went to seed." I started to say something but he held up his hand and said:
"No need to thank me." Then walked off continuing to sing.
OMG this is priceless! 😆
Ben you and Meg need to get you a few barn cats! That will help with your field mice.😁
Good idea 💡
Those twins as tall as you Ben. Wow what are you feeding them? Great boys. 🌷💕
Glad to see baby girl standing on her own two feet and those handsome boys growing taller and working hard .💕👍🏻💕...well, as they say you win some, you lose some and some get rained out..all in all you are doing beautifully..........great to see!
Hey, dear Ben. Sometimes it seems like you are pretty down about things. And the content you are sharing feels a bit like shame or sadness. You guys are amazing, always have been. You have a lot of people out here who support you. Please be well. Please smile sometimes. ❤️
“I don’t want to show them”. Yes. Do it anyway! That is real life! Gardners old and new need to know this happens... a LOT
We’re definitely not laughing at you. We’re commiserating because we’ve all been there. Your garden looks great and those boys are awesome “chicken tenders”.
"Chicken Tenders" I see what you did there !!!
I clean my fish tank every weekend and vacuum out 5 gals of water replacing with 5 gals of clean. The fish poop water goes to the garden and the house plants. The plants love it.
I do the same thing with the old fish water
Me too!
I've seen fish water accomplish plant miracles!
I do the same :)
Love your channel it lets me forget what a mess the world is right now God bless your family
Couldn’t have said it better! Absolutely!
TRUE,
especially alone for about 3 months at the beginning of lockdown
We sealed EVERY crevis into our home with wire mesh . Helped to keep everything out. Outside we have cats !
I'm just sitting here in shock about how big the boys are getting!! 🤯😱
Me too! Miss a couple weeks, and they've grown several more inches the next time I see them on camera!!
The squatch story is just ridiculous. I hope that is finally the whole story. 🙏🏼
When you pick those bugs off you should have a tin can to put them in and then give them to the chickens
We used to have a bucket with water because those suckers can fly. Our chickens preferred live bugs not squished. Spolied ladies.
Hollar Homestead, Here in Maine every summer our garden plants in buckets get covered with assorted pests...we use some baking soda around our plants but not on the plants and so far, lots less than last year...2 wild hen turkey with 16 polts are always taking care of pests out in the lawn...we are finally getting some needed rain, easy and gentle style...hope the 5 bee hives down the street will add some pollenators to expand the flowers...man, the price of honey here is almost as much as maple syrup...Cheers from Maine.
I'm impressed with your sons' increased maturity. You are encouraging them to take responsibility - so good to see. Just wait - soon they will be able to do the heavy lifting. They will be doing more collaborating and advising you. Keep up the good work.
This is perfectly titled Battle never ends.... the struggle is real
Hi..... The Hollar Homestead - Meg nice to see you, thank you for showing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐖🎥👍👍👍
Love seeing the garden..even the parts that you think are a mistake lol
I giggled, when I saw the amaranth growing in the path. But.. that's gardening for ya, you never know what's going to show up. What an awesome surprise, I'd say. ;)
Put those vibrating solar sticks in your beds for those mice. Stivers Homestead uses them and I have too. They work for any underground critter.
That's a great idea 👍 I saw their video too
I got some of those too. They work like a charm!
Friend of mine swears by those. She had lots of mouse pressure and now they are gone
That is a great suggestion it's worked for them and they have a link to the ones they use, not terribly expensive either
I use them to keep gophers away and it seems to work. Have been using them for several years.
You all need a couple barn cats to catch those field nice.
First time watching. The boys did an amazing job with the baby chickens. Handled them so carefully and provided water and feed. What a blessing to witness...
Your garden is looking great. Happy to see you guys!
Glad to see you start those baby chicks out on grass right away. When the weather is warm there is no reason not to. It’s amazing to see them start pecking around and eating grass right away.
So excited for Meg’s soap launch. I’m excited to try it.
You ll love it
Old Timers Potato Beetle Pickin' : Get a small 1 gallon container or bucket and 1/2 fill with water. You can go smaller so it's lighter, but gage it for how big our taters are. Go around to each potato plant. Hold the bucket below the leaves and with the other hand knock or tap the beetles/nymphs into the water. That way you are not hand picking each and every single beetle. Then feed to chickens. Love you guys!
You need a Little Bunny Foo Foo. He scoops up the field mice and bops them on the head. LOL
Collect a few squash bettles, put them in blender with water. Strain out water, put water in spay bottle bugs disappear
I've missed you guys! Welcome back. 💙
My female cat gives me a mouse every other morning. Diatomaceous earth might help with the grubs. Also mice hate cinnamon and black pepper among other things and that helped a lot in my garden. Plus I put used litter box fun stuff down their holes. 😛 whatever works. I have a squirrel problem and so far cinnamon seems to help my flowers and small garden I have.
Glad to see everyone is great and the truck back.
"That rock tried to kill me." 😂😂😂 The struggle is real.
I love how much of a farm girl y'all's baby girl is already showing signs of being. I find it adorable how she looks for her dad's voice, too.
I am so impressed with the progress you are making on your homestead. Keep up the good work!!!!
Feeling for you guys with the rodent issue. There’s a mouse plague along Eastern Australia atm. Nothing seems to work or touch the sides on a massive scale.
But the most quickest, humane way from what I’ve seen is the traps that electrocute quickly or the flip top rubbish bin (or trash cans) filled with water and peanut butter on the lid so they flip in. Best of luck.
We use a simple variation on this bucket trap - we fill a five gallon bucket 1/3 to ½ full of water, smear a thin, two inch long line of peanut butter just above the water line, and put a stick/board ramp up to the lip of the bucket above the peanut butter. Easy to empty into a grave. No chemicals or gore.
Saw your first green stalk vlog. Found out they are right here in Knoxville. Bought 3 and they are going great!
i think there is a Garden Gremlins running around this year. Everyone has interesting things happening in the garden
Hey Ben, keep kicking butt man! You are doing more towards living a life of self sufficiency than most of us can dream of. And...you have your entire family there and supporting the dream! If that was I knew, I'd say that you have accomplished more than most "modern" families ever could! God bless!
Irish spring soap or spearmint plants might help. They don't like the smell. It's worth a try
Maybe it’s the Irish they don’t like😂
You are REAL. We appreciate that. That is why you have 112K followers.
I don't comment on videos very often but this video, I decided, needed one. Ben, your comfort level in front of the camera has developed so much since you guys began blogging, vlogging (whatever it's called)! I was one of the original subscribers to your channel and the stiffness of your body is gone, he comes out with jokes more readily and, I have to say, he's become more fun to watch. The entire fam is great to watch. I love that we're seeing more of the older boys helping their dad, taking responsibility for certain aspects of the homestead with the animals, and just generally being out there to assist with whatever. Of course, the baby is gorgeous! Loved watching her with the chicks today. So sweet. Keep 'em comin', look forward to every one of the videos. Thank you.
Organic Spray for Squash beetles and many other critters: 1 tsp mild detergent to 1 litre water and for the mice... Soak cotton balls in peppermint oil and place near entrances/holes
Buggy's getting really big as all the boys are too.. and the Garden looks great.. everything is so green and lush.. Glad you've got Squatch back ... Took awhile but it's good problem was found. God's Continual Blessings to you all 🙏😇💝
UA-cam suggested your channel and so glad it happened! Thank you! You’re doing so great! A lot to be proud of. 🙌🏼
Glad to see you Ben and your family back on your channel..Welcome back Hollar homestead...
I'm so glad you found the issue with your squatch mobile. I had a similar issue with an old VW 411 wagon. It would intermittently die and not start until it wanted to. Got stuck several times usually for only 30 minutes or less until it would start again. Brought it to three shops and stumped them all. Last one felt so bad for me, after I had paid him twice to fix it, he told me that if I do the work, he would supply me with known good used parts for free. He gave me a computer and a TB injector but nothing helped. Finally found the problem during a cold snap at the bottom of our driveway after a winter blizzard. -20F and I found the fuel filter was clogging the gas flow with a flap of rust that would occasionally flip us the bird and block the outflow. Found it by undoing the line at the injector with the key on. I found no flow. I continued to undo the line until I did the back side of the first fuel filter from the tank. Fuel pressure was 32psi. and it sprayed all up in my face and I had to do a 100 yard dash while blinded to get to nearest flowing water in the house and rinse my eyes out.
A garden is never finished Ben….as long as you are enjoying the process….. and I for one would never laugh at any other gardener….we all have our successes and failures….love Hollar Farm posts……enjoy your journey guys🙏
Your son's are special. They are growing up as FANTASTIC and RESPECTFUL YOUNG MEN and BROTHERS. I love how they each have their own talents and are ABLE to do their own things. Hi little sister. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
LOVE AND PRAYERS FROM SE MICHIGAN.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY EVERYDAY. CHOW❤️🌟🌹🌞💐🀄🐦🐸🐇🐓🐖🐟🇺🇸🛐🛐🛐✝️✝️✝️🀄🀄🀄🐔🐈🎣🍞🔥🔥🔥🚿🚿🐔🌻🍑🏕️💯🇺🇸🍕🍓🐦🐸🐇🌹🌟❤️💐💐💐💐💐💐💰💰
Oh I am 68 and been gardening most of my life. I switched to no-till and am learning all over again. Hopefully one of these years I will learn to grow beets again. Just keep planting. 😊
God plants the volunteers and they always excel
Volunteer plants always do so much better for us. Glad the truck is fixed! The place is looking great! For the field mice, try flooding the holes repeatedly. They may move on. That worked around our guinea coop. -Mike
The bucket trick. Rig up a roller across the top of a bucket, put peanut butter on the middle of the roller.
Toilet paper roll cut 1/2 works.
Fill a bucket 1/3full with water.
Put a ramp up the top of the bucket.
Check bucket in the morning. 👌🏻
Don't worry , you can replant to your hearts desire , it's never too late, seeing your in a warm place and being such a hard working guy... Keep the faith.
How I successfully trap squash bugs. Place a 3 to 4 inch wide wood board under the squash plants it is in contact with the soil. Every morning I go out and lift the board up(this is where they hang out for the night) and flick them in a handy jar filled with soap and water that I keep near the squash plants. Works great and is non toxic
Trashbin trap is AMAZING! I set mine up yesterday and caught 4 mice in under 1 hr. All you do is get a trashbin with metal sides, smear peanut butter in a hard to reach position on the propped open lid, they fall into a deep amount of water and drown in under 1 minute. Collect mice every day and give to your chickens for extra protein. Its a great set and forget. Just make sure they have something like a ramp or a piece of fabric attached to the side to get up there.
Oh my Goodness your boys have grown so much! Its so nice to see them helping you on the farm. 😍😘
Missed you guys..everyone is busy..so glad to hear from you guys !! You make me smile sweet family !!!
Good morning Beautiful People !!
" Other than dynamite":)))))) Happy to see you are all well, you might from time to time give a note "All's well", just to let people know, because some nice people you know are not editing because of health issues, so we always worry it might happen to everyone. Bless you, sweet family!!!
Ben you are becoming a natural with the videos. You sound at ease and ready to move along. Little girl is growing so fast. She'll be walking soon enough. Looks like the garden is being normal but bigger. Blessings
Every day and all day work. As I was told, "it'll keep you young." Blessings to you all. 🌻🌞🌻
You all are brave, strong, loving life, choosing a healthy happy upbringing for your kids. Its ok for some things to not work out. No matter what, you are still inspiring others. Weeds attract pollinators. Look at all the life you are nurturing. A huge undertaking. Congratulations on all the progress since the day you all arrived.
God bless y’all abundantly!…love seeing lil. Bug standing on her own!…your garden is abundance or next to nothing!….
I am green with envy over that garden!! :) We had Very cool rainy weather here in Oregon for the last of May and first of June... I am just now feeling comfortable setting my huge tomato plants out in the garden... finally evening temps in the 50's and not 40's... :) Enjoy your harvest!!
I have to say we did our first chickens this year, as we settle into our new homestead. And we started our little girls in an indoor brooder cause it was very cold outside. Their little squeaks drove my foxhound nuts, and now every time I watch one of your videos with little chickens squeaking, he goes nuts still. lol
So glad ro see you posted, Sounds like yall have been extreamly bizzy,
As you are covered with tasks, what about giving Meg each task to make a list? Subsequently, she can make a rotating list of responsibilities for your sons. While they may not be performed as perfectly as you would perform them, it will be a learning experience for all.
I AGREE,,
that's how my mother and grandparents taught us to pick a bit of responsibility..
AND also that's how i personally learn what chores i love to do, like collecting eggs in the morning, feeding the pigs and harvesting riped tomatoes or other veggie ready
We bought a five tier GreenStalk as well as one extra water reservoir. Broke it down into a three tier and one two tier. We also bought the base rollers so as to rotate to expose all sides to sun. Actually we bought a package deal that had one base roller. I prefer to plant the two tier with herbs and have it near the kitchen. The other with seasonal veggies. Another 3 tier is in the garden area planted with plants for the pollinators. Giles
Your field mice are probably after the worms and grubs under your raised beds. They generally don't care for onions or garlic. We had issues like that. We are fixing it one bed at a time by building the new beds with 1/4" hardware cloth bottoms. We also have invasive sumac so I put the weed blocking woven fabric over the hardware cloth before doing a hugelkultur back fill with a compost and topsoil blend covering.
You're doing fine on planting time. In your area, you can still plant most things and get a harvest. I lose a lot to weeds, but don't stress over it. I think y'all are doing a great job! All your kids are good and everyone's alive :-)
Spring and summer are hard, and I'll bet you're all a little weary. My husband and I usually argue more during gardening season because of all the work, never feeling like we've done enough and just being hot and tired. I hope you guys give yourselves extra breaks, hot baths (with the AC on!), and some fun time. You're doing enough, trust me!
That's so neat you have the random potatoes there. I love the random stuff. Happens with my flowers.
So happy your car is now in working order. Don't fret your garden...it is doing way better than my raised beds and mine were in a couple of weeks or more before yours. I just don't have a green thumb. Your new chicks are so tiny....good luck boys, hope you have the same success with this batch. Thanks for sharing all your work. Have a Blessed day.
The layout of the new beds look great
So hard on yourselves. Think how much you have achieved in the relatively short time you have lived there. You are a successful and resourceful family.
Happy Father's Day my Friend. God Bless and keep up the great work.
Your gardens will be awesome as soon as Buggy gets a bit older and Meg is able to get back out there with you. and besides we all have gardens that we wish we tended more attentively so no worries.
Ben for Voles(not moles) and mice in my garden, I fed them 'juicy fruit gum. With the jf gum that comes in stick form, just pinch stick in half, role each half up and drop each piece into a different hole. It worked for me in getting rid of the Voles and Mice. Non toxic to you and your garden & works better than a cat. 👍
When I built my raised beds I put galvanized chicken wire under the dirt and up the sides about 4 inches. No problems with any country critters. My neighbors were always complaining about their gardens being eaten so I researched this problem before investing in the raised gardens (I am disabled so these were much easier to take care of).
Your garden is productive even with the pests. The farm has come such a long way since you bought the property. Take care. 😊
You guys got this!! It looks pretty good even with all the parts that don't want to work for you. You can't say it's your fault for not watering some of it because look at the things that you didn't plant but he anyways!!! Think about it. I don't know how to say what I mean but I think you two can read between the lines and understand it. Your amazing people!!!
I've got a strawberry bed... with pumpkin, potatoes and tomatoes. Dang compost.
Flour of lime is what we use in my garden for potato bugs. We dust the plants in the morning when the plants have dew on them.
You need some good 2-3 year rotten cow manure for your beds this fall when your growing season is done. Also check out Living Traditions Homestead for there drip tape irrigation system, although how it would work for the beds? Gardening always hits and misses I've found over 35 years. So glad you finally got your vehicle back and fixed. Blessings to all. 😊🇺🇸
pretty baby girl!! holding herself up already!!
Maybe you could put hardware cloth in the bottoms of the raised beds to keep the mice from burrowing under them. That would be a huge job to do with all the dirt in them. Definitely would be a winter job. Maybe set traps in the beds. They use to have sticky traps years ago. Also the one lady in the comments said she made a special herb treatment for her house. We had mice in the spring and fall every year in the old farmhouse. Good luck getting rid of them.
Have a blessed evening, stay safe and healthy 🙏🥰👍👌🙏✝️🙏🇺🇸🙏
I AM REWATCHING YOUR WHOLE LOTTA HOLLAR CREATED PLAYLIST FOR THE FIFTH TIME
Compared to your garden last year....you have a winner of a garden. Great job.
Blend garlic cloves with jalapeños strain and add to water ( 2 heads of garlic to 4 or 5 peppers to a gallon of water) and pour in the mouse holes.
You need some outdoor cats to help deal with the mice problem! Glad to see the update…blessings guys🙏🏻💖
Tough lessons, but no better way to learn the ins and outs of your vehicle...great job persevering. Thank you for such an excellent channel!
You need to get a couple kitties! They love the mouse game ! 😁👍
Wow, you could have never diagnosed that fuel-line in tank problem. Kudos to you for trying. (And I'm sure you'll be able to fix any other normal problems that crop up in the future with all the research and learning you put in trying to find the problem.) It even had an expert flummoxed for a while -- so glad its finally fixed and back with you. Re the gardens -- next year will be gangbusters -- don't forget, you spent a lot of time this spring just building the beds -- that took a lot of time and effort. Your family rocks :)
We were getting small mice coming inside our house when we first moved in. I made a spray with lavender, peppermint, spearmint, rosemary essential oils and water. Sprayed it around all doors and anywhere we thought they were getting in. Got rid of mice. You might try that around your onion bed and around any other place with mice problems.
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I'll have to try this. How much of each essential oil do you use to how much water?
@Renee Brown, Would you please share how much of each ingredient did you use; I'd really appreciate it. Thank you very much! : )
I put 10 drops of each oil in a small spray bottle (6 oz or so) and filled it with water. Shake well before spraying. It also helps repel spiders and smells great!
Thank you so much. My cat does a good job once they've got in but I'd rather not have to deal with them at all. I'm also going to try steel wool in any openings and under sink pipes as another deterrent. Have a blessed day. 🦋
Been missing you guys. Got new babies!! Your boys are great. Yeah, it's hot over here in Virginia, too. Your garden looks great. Things aren't going too well over here, glad to see yours looking like that! Now you know, your compost is better. That's where we are, a lot of stuff just not coming up. Gardening is crazy this year. You have done so much this year! Remember that. Wow, the last tower is doing great.
Thanks for sharing your struggles with the garden. It is good to know I'm not alone. :)
Don't be down on yourself. I was in the hospital 7 days. Everything got away. Plus excessive rain and weird temperatures. I'll be happy for what I get. I'm organic and even though most farmers are not. We need produce.
We use an equal mixture of powder sugar, flour, and baking soda mixed together and place 1/2 cup of the mixture on some butter lids. Place the lids around your barn, and outdoor shop. The mice, and field rats are attracted to it. They eat the mixture and die when they drink water. It blows up their bellies. This mixture doesn't bother other animals. We've killed several this way. Another way to get rid of mice, super glue a piece of dog food a hard nugget to the old fashoned victory mouse trap, set a few in your garden beds. The mice won't be able to remove the hard food from the trap, and the trap will snap on them. Works all the time with glued hard food. If the little critters are moles our friends use Juicey Fruit gum. They put a piece of gum in the holes and it kills off the moles in their garden beds.
Great seeing you all again Baby is growing like a weed!
U guys did a great job with the mobile home ! It would look cool with a skirt around it. God bless!