Ok I have a confession! Because of a certain little 3 year old , I now tell my plants "GROW!"😂😂😂

Buggy is gonna know how to pull a transmission, skin a pig, milk a cow, build a house, bake bread, plant a garden, and drive a tractor before she even turns 10 😂

Oh I am so glad I'm not the only one who does this! I live in the UK and while planting some seedlings out in my front harder I automatically shouted 'Grow'. A woman and her husband who where walking past both stopped, smiled and said "I love buggy too".

I look forward to your posts so much. It's like going to visit good friends. Thank you so much for sharing with us@!!

“Don’t wanna get into a marital about this…”😂🤣😆You two are amazing and I love ya.😊❤

Carla Emery writes in The Encyclopedia of Country Living about tucking potatoes into every nook and cranny of her growing space. Potatoes are what got her family through during the back-to-the-land movement of the 1960s & 1970s.

Omgosh, there’s just something about this little girl that makes my heart smile whenever I see her on your blog . Running around barefoot

I've been watching your channel since you loaded up and moved to the farm--it's by far the best homestead channel on YT. You both have created such a wonderful place for all of us to see a part of your daily life, learn some animal husbandry, how to grow food, process food, cure food, can food, eat real food, and watch the kids grow. You guys are the real deal. Thank you!

Given all that's happening in your lives? Not getting into a 'marital' is first class, and I honor you for sharing that (as usual...lol). Blessings to you all!

As this nation inches towards food insecurity/supplier, grower issues, you and yours will happily subsist. Smart folks!

Every time you video your family praying... My soul and spirit smiles...🙏💜 God bless you💜🙏

"Having a marital" sounds unusual to my British ears,lol. We'd say " Having a domestic" Ha ha, i love all the differences between us across the pond. ❤

About your hugelmound growth during the winter...there was a greenhouse in Nebraska that I used to visit. Every fall, they would take a tractor through their high tunnels and greenhouses, and pull out all of the soil in there, and dump it into the compost heap where they made the compost they used and sold. Then they would haul in a couple of feet deep in all the tunnels of manure from local farmers. Then they would scatter some minerals and then top with another couple of feet of wood chips and sawdust. They would water it in, and then sink all their tender plants pots into the stuff up to the rims, then they'd replace their tables and that rotting mix would keep those greenhouses from freezing all winter long (that and they double layered their poly). Come spring when they started rolling up the sides and moving plants out, they would rake it smooth and plant a thick layer of low growing clover to help keep things rather cool all summer. Then in the fall they'd move the soil into the compost heap...so...yeah, what you are doing with the hugelmound is keeping those plants surrounded by a little microclimate of warm that keep them growing through the winter.

Glad to find out the story of Buggy telling the plants to grow. When I've heard her say that I wondered where it came from.

400+ views in 4 minutes? Wow!!!🎉 I guess I'm not the only one on baby watch 🤗 Have a blessed week! ✌️💖🙏🙌🤜🇺🇲

I love ALL The Hollar Homestead videos!

How flippin cute,, Daddy the babies are taken a nap.!! ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL!!

A Marital! LOL!!! Sometimes you do what you gotta do!

My daughter and I planted seeds in the greenhouseand she told them to GROW! I was so confused until she told me about Buggy. That is so cute!

😅After hearing y'all tell the seeds to "GROW!" I decided to do the same with a dozen pots of seeds. LOL, they started coming up 5 days earlier than normal! Thanks for the info! Love y'all!

I must say, for Red Onions up North, that's a miracle. Maybe Buggy's been talking to them? ... 🍬💌🍒

Those kids have tough feet to be able to walk in the woods like that.😆

I tell my seeds to grow and I tell them Happy Birthday when they sprout😂

I'm having a difficult time walking today & watching Buggie running through the rocks barefoot has been torture. I remember the good old days. Thank you Ben & Meg for giving us this little angel!!!

Meg, and Ben, having a marital over what to plant in the green stalk....you two are cute!

Hi guys, I have a big smile on my face when I seen your videos I just smiled and I’m still smiling. Thank you for this video. Love watching your family. That little adorable buggy.

Have fun doing the FRIDAY SHOPTALK. I LOVE LAUGHING WITH WITH YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS YOU. STAY AWAKE!!!❤❤❤

I watch an animal sanctuary online which has 2 pigs. The owner was sharing how pigs have the intelligence of a 4 year-old child. They can be trained easily.

Grow! Channel Grow!

Hollars are the fam ive looked forward to watching most the past 8 months ❤

Your hugle mound is decomposing underneath and mist likely producing heat still. Preventing things from freezing.

I have ten green stalks and I grow tons of stuff. Well worth the money especially for space saving. Carried over kale and Swiss chard all winter.

Since cold air flows down hill, I doubt being in the dugout protected the onions, unless from wind, depending upon the direction of the wind. So my guess, is the lower layers of the Hugelkulter are composting and the rising heat is causing a micro climate that is keeping the onions from freezing. You should add a walking onion to the pile. But don’t forget to yell grow, darn you!😂

Last year I watched as you were planting in the poly, and buggy was going behind you, shouting. "Grow" in her most commanding voice. It just made my day. Thanks for the backstory. I'm gonna have to try that.

I'm glad you are moving your pigs. I love my GreenStalk planters. Planting shallots in one of them is a good idea. I like the story about the old lady and the onions. It's cute that Buggy does that now. I like your hugelkultur mound. I bet you'll get the best onions, sweet potatoes, and potatoes from there! Yum, roasting some garlic, chickens for tomorrow, potatoes, grilled steaks, and green beans. I bet that was a fabulous dinner! Thanks for this video Hollar family!

Moe should have a bigger bachelor pad for when all the ladies come to visit.

A hugelbed is great too in spring. Because of the composting process the ground will be warmer. So it all will grow quicker and lesser problems with frost. If you make a little plastic tunnel for it, it will be even better.

I planted red and white potatoes in one of my greenstalks a week ago and as of yesterday, they've broken the soil surface! Can't wait to see what they do.

Geez! Your suppers always make my mouth water, hahaa ♥♥♥

And I thought I was just a bad gardener,now I know it wasn’t my fault,I just never told my plants to grow.🤔

I know an old lady that I basically call my second grandma that either threw an Aloe or Lucky Bamboo on the back stoop then it sat out all winter. She then felt bad brought it back and told the plant you have one more chance so "grow damn it grow" and know the plant is amazing!

*I love watch you all - thank you for posting!*

Compost in the bottom of a raised bed heats the top during winter, add plastic and you have a self heating greenhouse.

What beautiful sounds of the birds chirping and the pigs snorting and the Lil Bug running through with her lil girl voice ….send me a pig to clear out our wooded property that has poison Ivy and brambles etc… we have actually considered renting goats.

Hi.... Meg and Ben thanks you for showing your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE

Experimenting is the best part of homesteading!

God grant you a Safe Delivery! Praise The Lord for Folks like you on KZfaq! Love Your Channel!

I l❤ve listening to little buggy singing.

Ben, That's a bulldozer that turns into Bacon! Nice Bacon-Dozer. LOL🤣

Oh that meal, steak, potatoes, green beans,& roasted garlic on bread/toast!!! Yummmmm!

When I am helping people put in their trees, I plan out the alleys to be use for critters and annual type crops depending upon the site. I mark the sides of the alley with a chalk paint (ground up sidewalk chalk, line seed oil, white glue to finger pain constantly) on the bark of the mature trees that will stay. The marks face the alley so if you cannot see the marks when you set your fence, check carefully for you plantings. I am working in the maritime pac NW on slopes up to 38 degrees. I do my alleys slightly off contour in interlocking switch backs aiming for something a wheelchair can traverse because hauling a full wheelbarrow or a chicken tractor up a wheelchair capable slope it much easier than some of the paths I see people create.

Buggy, running up, saying Piglets are taking a nap?😅. Am intrigued to see how potatoes can grow in the Stalk plantar. Love how you'll just Stick stuff in ground and it grows, 😊. Been with you'll since you left California, amazing family you have. Thanks for sharing.

❤❤❤ Good afternoon! I hope your having a good week. ❤❤❤

Meg, I made your basic bread a few days ago, one loaf regular plain , and one cinnamon raisin loaf… they were over-proofed, so the plain loaf was a little floppy, but the crumb on both was very good. Today, I made it again; one regular loaf (PERFECT this time!!) and some burger buns to go with tonight’s supper.. Thanks!! I think this is my new go-to bread recipe!!!

So fun watching HH develop and grow....in ALL ways! With that nice slope y'all have the pigs on, have you considered building a water catchment system at the "topish" of the property, like your friend Jason at Sow The Land did? Looks like their work was well worth it! Just curious! Meg, you look wonderful...Oh, I miss the sweet blessing of feeling the little ones growing inside of me knowing Who is growing him or her and has already ordained his or her days!(Psalm 139)...such joy is for the next generation - yours - now! Y'all likely already do this, but I just dehydrated green onion tops and powdered them which was a BEAUTIFUL color (good for dips and spreads) and very tasty! Prayerfully in Christ. a Deep South YT "Grandma" ☺

The Hassen Homestead did the same Green Stalk planting as the Hollar homestead did today. We planted strawberries in ours.

The Hugelkultur bed will be doing good & keeping frost free as the sticks/logs etc will be rotting down making heat not a huge amount but enough heat to keep frost away 🇬🇧😀👍

I love seeing all of you,i love seeing garden up dates,i love seeing meag pregnant,i cant wait to see the new rooms done.ben and the boys keep up the good work

I’ll be telling my plants to “grow” from now on❤

My little Lulu, tells everything we plant to GROW ❤❤❤❤ Love it ❤❤❤

Babies?? I've been wondering if there was more than one. Did Buggie just spilled the beans or did she mean the baby piglets? lol

Hey Meg, if you want a yummy different recipe for your canned green beans. I take a pint jar of beans, some brown sugar, a couple tablespoons of white vinegar and real bacon bits. And heat them together. You can adjust the amount of brown sugar and vinegar to your taste. Even people who say they hate canned green beans. Love these. I also canned green beans with a liquid of water, brown sugar and vinegar. Left out the bacon till I open a jar to heat and serve. Really good. And a different way to have green beans. Also I like to can green beans with different spice blends. Variety is the happy of life!😊 it's a nice sweet and sour taste with the brown sugar and vinegar and bacon.

I just planted my Greenstalk yesterday and today! I refurbished the soil with hummus and worm castings. I just ordered a new basket weave design one and I used your code to get $10 off. Thank you for your code....I love the Greenstalks!

Love the Hugel culture!

I hope your GreenStalk experiment goes well. It seems like it would make harvesting super easy. Maybe dump each layer back in that there wheelbarrow and pick out the taters. :) Fun stuff. GROW!

Good evening Hollar family 💜

But the potatoes won’t have room. Unless you want all baby potatoes?

Hey Hollers, you probably won't see this, but if you do ,I planted those little gourmet potatoes in my Greenstalk last year. They did very well 🎉. Good luck👍. YumO enjoy🎉. JO JO IN VT 💞

You’re going to love growing potatoes in the greenstalk tower. I have been doing it for the past five years. They don’t get huge but they produce lots of small to mediums. Lots! We have 18 five tier (the deep ones) greenstalk towers and produce enough potatoes for the year for us.

Hello, thanks Buggy for your help in getting my plants to grow!! Have a wonderful day to you all!

That garlic looks amazing! Great vid!

I have a permanent potato bed, Ben. An area that started out as extremely poor, weed infested soil. (In addition to the semi-rotation vegetable garden.) It’s been there for 6 years now. Inspired by BTE; we pull a plant and pop one back. It’s where we dump the woodchips. I try to organise the delivery not to cover the main area. But needs must when a free delivery is offered. Anyway, apart from the first year when the potatoes had scab due to the overload of carbon, it’s been an extremely resilient (from blights) and reliable early harvest area. We then concentrate on the main garden for mounding up or hilling depending on resources, harvest for curing and main crop storing. However, we also harvest from the permanent potato bed area throughout winter. Having experimented with a permanent garlic bed in another area (left to multiply and go to seed), we learned that we could never get a healthy harvest because of allium leaf miners despite new growth each year. But we’d harvest green leaves from the garlic each spring. Anyway, I cleared the permanent garlic bed last year and threw bulbs into the permanent potato area. This year we’ve already been harvesting garlic greens for fresh eating. I’ll let them go to seed/multiply - just like your onions. Love me some permaculture! ✅ (and experimenting) But for main crop garlic, I still grow it under fleece in the main garden (to protect against allium leaf miners). Megan. We love roasting whole onions in foil when barbecuing ✅

I love watching all your experimentation. Looking forward to your follow up videos seeing the progress.

I Love to see your Videos always waiting for your Videos .😊

I am curious to see how these potatoes in the green stalk turn out. I would have never thought to do that.

I certainly enjoy watching the pigs! The noises they make make me laugh and they are adorable in the strangest way! :) Love your videos and all the encouragement you give all of us wannabe homesteaders... THANK YOU!!

Don't forget to shut the water off!

I recently watched a video called "frequency" (I think) It shpwed how rice in a sealed jar reacted to positive and negitive words. One molded and I think the other one did not. Saying GROW is a positive thing. I encourage you to keep saying grow. Blessings to you.

❤ 🎉 😊 you just gave me a perfect idea to build a bed frame, rake all the twigs n branches my 3 large trees dropped this past year, and do a Hugelculture bed!! Thanks. That dinner sounds so good I'm gonna do the same❤ Will be watching y'alls podcast tonight as well. Love them all.

Please tell Buggy that I needed her to tell my seedlings and seeds to grow that I planted today. But not to worry. I told them to.

Remember to tell Buggy to tell the potatoes in the Greenstalk to grow or else..

I think I will expand on my name for Ben and band of merry “BAREFOOT “ men 🤣🤣so remember being barefoot as a young person in the 60’s, but I was on sand in a beach area….these boys have it up a level on bush terrain.👏👏👏

I think I'm setting myself up for a disappointment if Meg doesn't have twins. Dada the babies are taking a nap sounds like more than one to me. 😂

Hope it works in both areas!! Hope y'all have a great weekend

Don't get into a marital ....... I love this saying ! 😂😂. Meg love your t-shirt, will this be on your merchandise site ?? 😍

I got my first greenstalk delivered about a month ago and used your code. Can’t wait to get it filled and planted. I’m in Michigan. Buggy is so cute and love the way she runs around barefoot (as well as the boys) GROW!!! Enjoy watching your channel and your family grow. You are a true inspiration and blessing to so many of us. ❤❤

Ben great idea about the mound hope when the time comes you tell how did the crops grew😊. Love roasted garlic I eat it like candy and especially awesome on steak. Blessings to all the family. 😊🇺🇲

Planting potatoes. We cut the potatoes and make sure you have two eyes on each piece. Then let it harden off the cut side and then plant.

I love how y'all do your chicken compost. The video you did with Perma Pastures was good. I'm definitely going to redo my compost operation.

That's how i plant too, guys. I just look at my video to jog my memory.

i grew sweet potatoes in a greenstalk once. They were small but they grew :)

I loss you all . I have been looking for awhile but I found you all yay

🤣 Ya know now anything we plant it's going to told to "GROW "🤣🤣 Great story. Love you guys, your food always looks so DELICIOUS Meg ❤❤

Always fun to see a video from you.

🐝Thanks for the great video🌻

We all need to pay close attention to what's going on in the world as we enjoy our lives.

I tell everything I plant to "GROW" in my best buggy voice!

A "marital" I will use this 'new to me' term! ❤❤

Thank you!! I miss Jack's short hair.

That garlic made my mouth water, so good. thank you ALL, stay safe