Episode 28: Preparing for 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ม.ค. 2024
- This week Al, Ben and Jason talk about barn doors, staying up on new years, butchering a large animal and what does 2024 look like.
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Homestead Shop Talk is a weekly audio podcast hosted by Jason Contreras (@sowtheland), Ben Hollar (@thehollarhomestead) and Al Lumnah (@lumnahacres). Three dudes with different homesteads talking about homestead life, content creation, growing a homestead and building a life worth living for. Thanks for listening!
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Has everyone seen Jason/Sow the Land's short called POV You Are a Pig? Somebody needs to help that go viral. So funny. I've replayed that so many times! 🐷
Me too. Michigan ❤️🛐
Back in the day, in the hills of Appalachia, people would turn their pigs out into the forest to fatten on acorns before they harvested them. You’re following our southern traditions,Ben.
Shutting the news off is my #1 recommendation. Thank God for homesteading videos.
3rd year away from News Channels. Love homesteading videos & music collections. No Drama. 😊😊😊
I dearly love the Homestead Channels❤
I agree!!! No msm none, no truth only distractions- stay on the right paths-
I stopped watching the news 25 years ago, and quit watching TV 10 years ago. I can not accept the slanted news coverage that didn't cover scandalous stories about their corporate sponsors and TV series that are basically left wing propaganda. I prefer to form my own opinions based on less biased information
We did this back in 2019. No more satellite TV. Only TH-cam and streaming. We still hear more crap than we want to. 😊
I feel like 2024 is going to be a hard year. I have been preparing ever since the pandemic. I said I was taking this year off of having a garden. But I think I better not. We all need to get closer to the Lord. And keep preparing what is coming. We have 60 acres and i think we can survive. One year we had a pasture garden the rows were 450 ft. Rows.
I agree and had thought the same as my pantry is full but we need to look at the next several years as well.
Maybe not so long on your rows but more rows, less length.
Animal feed would be great on 60 acres. You might want to get with a few neighbors and produce the feed, and they will share the meat with you. One way to protect your family by having meat for your future. And you can concentrate on the growing of your veggies & fruits. But end up having everything in the end.
Ya Jason but that video was well worth it. Take it from someone who almost depends on homestead videos for sanity. No pressure. Your health is always more important.
Jason😅 that video was Amazing thank you for sharing it.
suggestion 🐓🐖 On your pod cast, maybe monthly basis, have a homesteader TH-camr be a guest on your program?
Jason, make your minimum order 12 birds and I bet you'd create a fabulous business. I would be a buyer for sure!
I wanted to say 15, but they can get them 5 at a time. Most people don’t have freezer space for 15 whole birds. But he doesn’t raise them all at the same time. So 5, 5, 5 kind of thing. People would take more in spring after emptying winter freezer, and more in fall to fill up. Just thoughts!!
I definitely would buy at least 15 birds!
I used to do 150 meat birds 3 times a season and also do 75 in a last batch that were processed with the 100 turkeys the 3rd week of December. I'm in Northern Ontario, Canada so the last batch was alway tough to do but we managed. I sold them all through my little farm shop with all our other meats and veggies 😁
HNY to the 3 amigos!
Jason. Saw your article in the McMurray catalog this week!
The only podcast I listen to/watch, even though I'm subscribed to each of you. Thank-you for your content.
First year for me that I didn't stay up.. Wish you all well
Al has it right, I unplugged my TV over three years ago and cancelled cable, now I do have a laptop so I still get the news, but I get the real news now. The MainStream Media is done! Hallelujah, tired of being lied to anyway. Think about even radio after beginning of 2020, every commercial was "Brought to you by Pfizer", I even turned off the radio and went to the high tunnel. Yes! Grow your own.
Wild ginseng is a for real commodity! Crazy!
Prayers for healing of Jason and Lorraine, in The name of the Lord Jesus Christ 💕❤️💕
I'd like to see Ben do more housing and infrastructure this year. Tall order I know and just my opinion
I agree, that tiny house for 7 peeps
I've wondered if the mobile remodel (particularly early stages where they had to redo 2 or 3 things) really burned him out mentally because he hasn't done any meaningful building repairs/maintenance/improvements since then - except finally putting a skirt on the mobile home 2 years ago. To be fair, Buggy's first year she had colic or something that kept her from sleeping very long at a time so they were both exhausted....so hopefully, now that their routines in place, kids are all older and more capable of helping, etc. they will dig in and knock out more of their building projects.
I don't think Ben & Meg have any choices about that addition. Buggy NEEDS her own room, and.....if you watched the Friday Jan 5 Hollar Homestead video, then you know.
his last vlog has additions so he is going to be very busy lol
lets hope this baby doesnt do that lol@@AB-ol5uz
Outstanding homestead topics, information and conversations. This channel is a must watch.
40:25 Ben, think of all the daughters in law and grand babies lol. You’ll be growing double what you’re growing now lol. All I can say about 2020 is thank God for who we have now! ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Ginseng & turmeric are awesome for pain. They are super foods. Thanks for the reminder!
Happy Belated Birthday Ben! We share the same day!!
I’m curious what do you do with the chicken feathers after you pluck them when harvesting them?
Most folks I know compost the feathers, along with any bits of guts, etc. that don't get fed to pigs.
Take care and God Bless.
Talking acorns. I lived in Hereford Az. At miracle Valley . The Navajo Native American ladies would come and gather Acorns. They used them for flour. Praying for you Jason and Lorraine. I hope u won't be sick. Love you guys in 2024
I'm looking forward to the spring to get new chicks. My chickens are old enough that they stopped laying eggs last year.
And plant vegetables with more seeds this year.
I usually buy vegetable plants and then do seeds half and half.
So I would like to transition to all seeds to save money this year.
I found it very reassuring and a big weight was lifted off of me because of the changes I made in providing my own food and processing that food in my residence. Plus I started making my own extracts and using them to get myself healthier. I've lost 35 lbs the last 5 years as a result of my changes, and I was able to keep it off. Just not eating anything with unnatural preservatives, chemicals, highly processed foods, and foods that have been sprayed and watching my sugar intake and staying away from bleached flours, grains, and sugars. Trying to stay as close to my food as possible. I'm not sure if it's the same for ginseng, but for turmeric, you should use the roots that are at least a year old...the older the more medicinal properties it has. Doug and Stacy from Offgrid with Doug and Stacy made a root cellar under their Education Building where they used the ICF blocks you guys were talking about. They have videos back in their archives showing how they did it. They swear by it! Might be something for you guys to check out.
Al I have been watching you daily if I can …Great Job!!! On the barn ..
Whatever hour you guys went to bed it was midnight somewhere in the world.
Bahaha... oh my, I bet that none of you're thinking like Ben was when you asked the question "what your year ahead looks like" lol. Wow 😁 I could literally see his coggs turning over up there 😁
Anyway, I love these chats you guys have and all your vlogs. But this time super congratulation go to The Hollar family ❤
Jason, I buy chicken from a local guy who has an order form available online each week and then he brings them to a drop point in a cooler on the back of his truck. We all just meet him at tractor supply parking lot. Something like that might work for you.
Al, you might reach out to Sara and her husband over at living traditions.
They had Idaho Pasture Pigs back when the Guinea hogs were becoming prevalent.
I think they switched to the Gloucester Old Spots later but idk why.
They still raise IPP, but they don’t breed them anymore. They just did a year in review video and mentioned that.
Thought: What about going to your local restaurants and seeing what they would be interested in. Local ingredients. My uncle did that with artichokes. They would take all that he could grow. Might be worth looking into. Herbs are another one. It's a thought.
Very entertaining . . . Happy New Year and a bountiful 2024. Cheers.
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my dad built a cool room when he was alive double row of cinder blocks the blocks were 8 inches apart he fill in between them with saw dust he also put sawdust on the roof it was above ground and were i live in australia it gets over 40c in summer and the inside of the cool room was quite cold.
he put a refrigerated air conditioner in the back wall for when he slaughtered cattle or pigs and sheep it worked brilliantly.
but when the cooler was off it was still cold inside just not quite cold enough to hang meat so he added the cooler.
Ben, I imagine your 2024 plans will be updated in the next podcast now your sweet news is out. 🥰
Those acorn rollers work great for apples as well.
Is just let them eat grass the same as just let them eat cake??? :)
When my daughter went off to college, I couldn't believe how much less food that we had to buy. To this day, some 20 years later, the first thing that they do when they come home is go see what's in the pantry.
Enjoyed the podcast
I know that the Natural Grocer here in AZ sells naturally raised turkeys. You have to put your bid in early. Good luck Jason!
morgan on gold shaw farm did something brilliant. during summer he seeded his high tunnel and when winter got there the shelter was full of plants to feed his chickens and ducks. it was brilliant! and..........HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Jason, I loved your year in review video! I also watched the videos on your health issues, you have been through a lot, so sorry. You are looking really healthy now! 👍 Sorry about your bees, so sad. Are you able to sell your chickens if you process them yourself or do you bring them to a processor?
Happy New Year to your families. Cheers
Jason, when we lived in Pennsylvania, we had bees. We ordered them from an apiary in Ohio. What we received came from Texas. So, that winter, when we had the first break in the weather, the bees broke cluster, the temperature dropped, and it snowed. When I went out to check on them, the next morning, the hives were empty and there were dead bees on top of the snow for as far as I could see. We lost a $350 investment in one day.
I totally agree with homesteading is a comfortable place to be. The other thing that gives me comfort is being debt free. I have seeds enough to grow food for a long time and I still need to get ruminants. I am leaning towards hair sheep.
Agreed Jason, it seems I don't see much in growing veggies on your channels. Potatoes, tomatoes, onions, squash etc is mostly all I see.
We used to live in an old farmhouse in Colorado, on a hill. It was built in 1890's, and it had a root cellar right off the house, built into the side of the hill. The south side of the cellar had a huge boulder, so it kept the sun off of it all summer. The cellar was built with cedar logs, and chinked with twisted cedar bark. We had to make it critter-proof when we moved in, but it was so big- at least 10X15 foot, and we had all our canned goods plus at least 50 gallons of water in it all the time. I miss it so much! I love the idea of growing more of the animal's food. I worked on that this summer with my chickens and it really helped.
we need to get Ben some black glasses so they all look as cool as the next one!!! LOL
My biggest inspirations right here. Congrats Ben! @sowtheland thoughts on putting an audio buffer between segments (chime, ding, etc) This would avoid abrupt conversation changes. I do this on the podcast I edit.
Happy New Year's!
We really want to do geese again since they can be raised almost exclusively on grass.
9am here in Oz, I will listen later!
As a kid on our farm, our favourite job was throwing the huge zucchini at the pigs. 😄. We also fed them our sweet corn stalks, weeds and every fall, we gave them all our discarded pumpkins and squash. Great fun seeing them enjoy the produce.
The pigs we raised when I was just a kid, eat about anything. They loved tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, potatoes, gourds, squash, watermelon, pumpkins, I know of for sure. No onions, they didn't like those.
Start taking some fire cider…really helps with winter colds and such.
My garden is going to be one for my chickens- I eat meat, bacon, butter and eggs- I need more meat!
Looking forward to all your successes, ideas and lessons in this new year! Community will be important in the upcoming times. Blessings always. 💪💪💪
Always very interesting! 👏👏👏
Looking forward to what's to come
I think you could feed pigs the corn stalks or sillage. Maybe find it in bulk from a corn grower that's organic.
Hey Gang 👋 Allways nice to see The Three Musketeers 👍
God's Good Blessings to you and your beautiful family's keep up the great work love U guys XOXOXO
Good podcast guys ! Enjoyed it on Spotify while I was driving today. Always interesting and brings a smile.
Shipping containers are pretty reasonably priced. They would make a great cold storage, with it being put in the ground.😊
Great idea! Thx
@@lindahubbs8146
Shipping containers collapsed on other U-Tuber’s sites. The ground pushes in on the sides,since it’s not designed for sideways forces.
Shipping containers are very weak walled. The only strong area are the corners. If you dig a hole , put in a shipping container, then you NEED A LOT OF interior supports. Or the cover dirt will crush it.
I drove semi trucks and hauled these trailers around. They are very weak.
@@denisewilson8367 are you saying they are as flimsy as a semi’s trailer?
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She’s warning you that what you want to do won’t work and you’ll be out much time and cash. You can do what you want though.
Love listening in to you guys! 💖
Happy new year guys!!🎊🎉
Happy Easter from Easter Mae
Al barn looks great
Thanks, guys.
As always, very helpful.
You are all great inspiration a pleasure to listen. Happy New Year
Enjoyed it as always.
Thanks guys lots to think about for the new year! Blessings 😊
Happy New Year get well Jason and family thank you all
You guys are the BEST.
Probably around 20 years ago, we used to place an order of what chicken we wanted from a company in Texas. We lived in Oklahoma at the time. I don't remember how I ordered it because the internet wasn't really around. But, I remember going to a house that was the destination pick up and I remember picking up bags of chicken that I would come home with and bag up and freeze. it seems like they were breasts or tenderloins and maybe whole chickens. I miss that. I know you can get chicken from places but it is very expensive. I don't remember the chicken we bought from the place as being very expensive. The chicken did cost a little more but it wasn't anywhere near like the cost of a chicken today. I just can't see paying 30.00 for a whole chicken. +
Jason where did you get that tool that starches the fence and what is it called my daughter has been working on our fence because our sheep 🐑 keep getting out I just need to know so that I can help her she has a full time job thanks
happy new year. look forward to your progress in 2024. 💕💕🌻🌻
Looking forward to another year with y'all. Jason, we would like to attend a chicken class, please keep us posted.
I greeted the New Year well rested. 😊 I go to bed with the chickens.
Election year for us suburbanites means the pot holes get filled, the streets get paved, and the homeless camps temporarily disappear.😆
😂 👍🏻
One of those sad but true statements...🙄
As a follower of all three of you guys and thumbs up replier I really enjoy your conversations and perspectives on things. I look forward to every Friday. Al question for you regarding garding in you area. Im in VA so not as cold as you are but I made raised beds out of 12' roofing, basicly 12' x 4'. Now the question have you concidered something like this as it allows the soil to heat up early and you can start planting ground crops maybe as much as 30 days? Would give the bride something to do. 😂😂
Mud season isn't until March in New Hampshire:)
Lately it’s been April.
Ben you could build a rootcellar under your adition with cinder block like a basement ok
jinxing BIG$$$$
I am sick 😫 just wanted to say happy new and love you guys so much ❤️
Ben, when's your birthday? Mine is December 30. 😊
My grandma talked about ginseng thieves when I was younger. We'd go searching for that and morel mushrooms every year.
Pumpkins for the pigs---and goats!
Sweet Potatoes do not like cold Ben, for long term storage.
If you want to raise grain for the pigs & chickens, check out Gene Logsdon's book Small Scale Grain Raising. FYI my chickens devour oregano to the ground. The goats & chickens both love kale and swiss chard and I can grow those year round.
Yeah Ben it probably be better to do the chickens later in the yr for you guys you guys will have way to much going on but I have seen people use a fridge and freezers to make there cold storage in the ground it wouldn’t hold much but it helps
I think that growing at least your pigs summer food would be smart to do this year. Besides cost savings. We don't know what will happen with the availability of feed. So, to be safe, it would be a good idea.
Something for a supplement for your chickens feed might be a good idea to like barley or millet and sunflower seeds.
perhaps sunchokes be good feed for kunekunes . entire plant and tubers are good animal feeds and they are prolific perennial growers from the sunflower family of plants that keep coming back every year. If you can grow those there.
Grow rutabaga, my father called it pig food. He grew up on a farm with lots of pigs.
Papaw called it farming the city.
I would buy your chickens Jason. Someone mentioned orders of 12. I like that idea. I also would pay a deposit upfront.
I do enjoy this channel and you 3!!!! I say you’re the most, real homesteaders I watch- love your families too! I need more meat! Ben- I wanted to ask what is the corn you plant? I’m planting larger garden mainly for my chickens- my corn never fills out good with kernels- I’m in Colorado and plan to start garden earlier since they’ve changed all weather zones.. I’m hoping for best harvest…
If your kernels are small or not as many add a bit of nitrogen, but they need a lot more water when filling out the kernals.
We didn’t have acorns where we ran a few pigs when I was little but we did go across the fields as children to collect acorns for them. Where we had them was in an ancient *cider apple orchard where the pigs would eat the June drop then the main apples in the autumn before they went to freezer camp. We ran three pigs each year and got back one butchered pig and a butchered sheep! 😂 🎉No charge.
*Proper cider apples are inedible for fresh eating in the UK. (Just to add more confusion to the different US v UK uses in describing cider).
Apple sauce with apple-finished (roast) pork is a thing in the UK. 👍🏻
Happy New Year everyone! Here’s to a successful year growing food and making compost!
Happy New Year! (trying to be more upbeat this year, grumble grumble)
no midnight for me either i was in bed at 9:30 pm lol hugsss
We need to build (or have built) 2-3 chicken tractors. Our originals barely made it through last year and will not make it another.
Jason- great idea… I’d buy for sure- I’ve found beef but not chicken that is really chicken- no three D chicken/ meat for me!
It’s Gonna Be great!!..I have started seeds and I harvest some things tonight 🫑🌶️🥕🥕
Beets,I have so much collards to harvest and cook maybe Sunday ..weather man says RAIN RAIN RAIN ..🥬
I have a tree trimmer, a professional tree trimmer to come and trim my pear tree. It is way overgrown. I’ve only trimmed it maybe two times in the 22 years of its life and last year we got 200 pounds of pears but they were hard to pick because they were so high so I need to get it trimmed down … 🍐..
They tell me I may not get fruit. If it’s some goes into some kind of self-defense mode I might not get them this year, but I might just get some next year we’ll see but it still needs to be trimmed. I love my tree it’s an Asian pear tree.
Where we grew up (father still rattles around there), our main cellar underneath the original kitchen, was obviously once a wine/beer cellar. It has foot long stalactites hanging from the ceiling, two inches of year round smelly ground water, fossilised cobwebs and a priest hole!
#Weusethecoldroom 😂
Hello all. Good talk from you guys. Also, a lot of my TH-cam subscriptions keep getting unsubscribed...I have to keep checking subscriptions and re subscribing. The content here is helpful and would like to see the channel grow. Have a good year.