Don’t Be Like Us

We’re touring the garden today, showing what’s growing and what’s really not, and going over our wins and losses for the year so far, and what we have done wrong for the garden this year.

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[heartofmythril]

I was laying here thinking... Man I'm probably not going to see the hollar homestead for another week. And there you were! Yay!

[colleenallen]

The best crop you grew this year was in the “Hollar” baby garden.🥕🍏🥒🍅🥬🥦 Your Elizabeth Rose 🌹wins first prize🥇 at the county fair!😊

[TobyCatVA]

Brett is secretly singing to his garden when you are not looking.
Apples! That was fast!
The baby crop was outstanding! 🤗❤😻

[sharoncochran]

The world would be a better place if more people were JUST like you!

[marking-time-gardens]

Thank you for the garden tour with Momma and cute little Elizabeth! Blessings on the Hollar Family Homestead!🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

[rajinevin]

I hope Buggy doesn't feel jealousy or "left out" now that baby Elizabeth is here.... but then again, she got the baby sister she so deeply desired and I'm sure they will become the very best of friends once Elizabeth gets a wee bit older. Then they will both be going off in the mornings with Dad to do the chores! So happy you now have 2 little girls! Enjoy the snuggling!

[chipprice]

Ben, a few tips from an old used to be farmer. 1. in your greenhouse, there are plants that get cooked by the sun, it's not the heat, they can handle the heat if there's enough water, but the sun bakes and blisters them, and a lot of them, that are really watery plants, it dries them up. A sun shade over parts(where these type plants are) would really help. again, watering is very key to most all of them. A lot of plants if they have a lot of water, will start to rot, like the melons, pumpkins and so on. Cardboard, newspaper, something under the fruit of the plant will help keep that from happening. I know you are near me, just not sure of your location, but green beans, I have always planted Blue Lake Bunch beans. The last year I planted was 2016, and I am still eating on them! My son and I went in together on the garden, and we had 6 rows about 80' long(the last 20' or so didn't produce at all, as 40 years ago that part of the property was leveled, leaving nothing but red clay) but out of the 55 or so feet, between my son and I, we canned 424 qts of green beans, and that isn't counting the friends and family we had come and pick as much as 5 gallon buckets for themselves. 9 weeks, we picked every Thursday, and then weeks after, we had others come pick. Now I admit, we planted, and used Nitrogen when we planted, but other than tilling, and water, nothing else was done, other than pick. Our tomatoes WOW, they really produced! Every few days, 1 1/2-3 five gallon bucket fulls! The secret, when we planted, each hold got a light shovel full of old chicken litter that also had broken down wood shavings in it.( I cleaned out my hen house 2 times a year and just piled it up. No flip or anything, just piled it up. We did our green peppers and warm to hot peppers the same way, with the litter. The only way I was able to get any squash was to water it, and stick tree branch cuts over it, to give it some shade. IMO your corn is way to close to each other. I planted in rows, wide enough to get a tiller through to keep the soil loose and allow us to hoe it, and mound it up. Crows were my only issue I had with corn, until...The wind would blow it down when it was 4-5 feet tall, and cut my harvest by abut 70%. All of a sudden, every year, the same thing. We'd have storms, and it would get blown down. I finally figured out why. About 200 yards from my garden, There was a clear cut, and a housing development put in. What happened in a nut shell, that took my wind break. So I changed where I planted my corn, and that quit happening. And the corn I planted was a sweet corn, Silver Queen to be exact. It, like my green beans, got AM at planting, and then a little more once it was a foot and a half tall, as well as some lime. Lime is your friend, I am not sure, but I don't think you can put too much lime. It makes everything a deep green, and allows it to be a lot stronger.
Now, if you have places that isn't very good soil, like the red clay I spoke of, I never did, but my dad, who I learned all my farming and planting skills, would take a spot of nothing but red clay, and he would haul ruck loads of sand, and old saw dust from a lumber mill, and spread it out, and them disk harrow it in, in about 3 years, it was as good of soil as any we had. The sand, mixes in with the clay, and allows it to break up, and not clod up, the saw dust, give it some nutrients. He also go around and pick up leaves that people had bagged up, and till that in also.
So, yeah, I've wrote a book here, but I'd love to see you have even more success than you have. Like I said, I know that we must me "kinda " close, as I am about 10ish miles as the crow flies from Jason. I also have a shop, with tools for most things, if you are a DIY type guy with your vehicles or equipment. Feel free to reach out any time!

[shirleyhall]

You can water and it will survive but for some reason, natural rain water is always the best.

[shirleymurphy]

Gardens are like the ebbs and tides of the ocean . Every season is diffrent from one moon too another. Just like our lives ever changeing and growing. ❤

[lyndaroe]

My heart leaps with JOY that your family would choose time with the baby and family this garden season over the garden. May God Bless your entire family for your commitment to your family!!

[bettypearson]

Well, considering everything you have had going and you acknowledged you weren't going to have the normal amount of time available, anything you get is a blessing.

[ChristinaMoore]

OMG! I did it -- I finally did it! After the last two or three months of off and on bingeing from just before you got the land, I have at long last caught up to where you are now!

[sandyoklahomatransient]

Okay Meg and Ben, 1st off your garden looks amazing! For having a baby, and getting your garden going even though you weren't doing a garden. Your garden is amazing!!!! The heat, winds have really taken a toll on everyone's gardens. You'll have some harvests, and you have time to plant more seeds. I say since it's so hot, relax and enjoy Elizabeth, and some down time to spoil one another.

Life is good❤

[angelahutt]

When you weren’t planning to do a garden this year…. That means everything is a bonus!!!! You guys are doing great. And keepin it real 👌🏼

[ellenmieras]

Elizabeth rose is so precious. You and your family are very blessed.

[karenminckler]

Meg has the best thing you grew this year. She is absolutely beautiful. I love watching you both with your children. And the oldest last video was adorable with baby Elizabeth. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[hardenmama]

You guys! Look at all you have accomplished in just a few years! The drone footage in your intro shows so many changes. You took land that had been robbed of nutrients and used as a dump and turned it into an amazing resource that provides so much for your family. I haven’t heard anyone talk about gardening success this year. The heat has just been too intense.
And at the same time you made all those improvements to your homestead, you created two new human beings! Pat yourselves on the back, prop your feet up and enjoy those baby snuggles.

[collinshomestead]

Thanks for the update! Most importantly, enjoy that baby! Buggy has grown so quickly!

[FrancesRyan-idny]

Hi guys. Welcome back. I really missed your videos. Ye were so right to take a break. Everyone needs time out. Keep well. 😊

[hereigns]

Honestly, this video made me feel sooo much better for how weedy and lacking in care our garden is compared to other years. We have a 7 month old and are doing the best we can. I’m always amazed at what can thrive even with weed pressure. Plants have such a will to grow! Thank you for being so real.