Hi folks ... just a thought how about for episode 100 you n families meet up. Be cool to see you altogether.. understand all animals need care but be so fab seeing it happen
Ben, it doesn't matter what you think of such a class (pig castration) The value is in the eye of the beholder/student! You could do an overview class of how to set up for pigs, shop for pigs, breeds of pigs etc. It would be a high value class for real newbies!
When I was growing up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, it was farmers paradise. For kids it was great because we always had summer jobs, picking strawberries and green beans, cucumbers, and cherries. late summer peaches and apples, then in Fall we had hazelnuts to rake and picked up walnuts too. Listening to you guys talking about everything on the farm reminds me of when the local farmers would chat at the gas station or Feed store, I loved listening to them talk about cows, chickens and horses... THANKS guys for so many interesting conversations!
Hello guys, tks for video. Highlight for me this week and every time is when Jason says," I don't trust no pig..." lol it's the way he says it with face expressions...lol.. Al I know that track was a pain...lol...getting it put on....Ben not seen ya'll to much but always enjoy seeing the pigs and chickens and for sure seeing Meg and Liz in kitchen. MUCH love to all of you and your families......
Azure standard has been coordinating free food for people affected my Helene, even those who have lost their jobs and not necessarily huge property damage. That might account for some of the huge load of food. Wish we had azure here in Canada. Love your podcast guys.
Thanks for number 70 gentlemen, I have enjoyed them all. Being prepared is like having insurance...you know you will be able to feed your family at all but the worst of times. Job loss, icy roads, illness or hospitalization, or I just don't feel like going to the grocery store this week. Once you have a stockpile, you are using through and just replacing what you use when it comes on sale, that is not rocket science. Thanks for sharing your good times and bad times, we all have them. Y'all have a Blessed weekend.
Hello guys, I'm from South west England. Enjoyed all the podcast & your individual ones. Live in small village, grow our owe vegs & soft fruits. Here in the uk is difficult to find land & also alot of difficult hurdles to jump through. Noticed the children whose families are homsteadng are happier, healthy & more rounded. What they learn about the land & nature, will provide them with wealth of knowledge for generations to come. We source our proteins from local farmers & dairy products from farmers market. Avoid supermarkets as much as possible. God bless
The broiler chicken issue was that a poultry shut down leaving growers with houses full of product. It involved Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri. There was a mad scramble to help them sell off their chicks.
@@christinemose7308a local company went bankrupt and left the farmers with all the birds, I think it was over 149,000 chickens. They haven’t gotten paid… it’s a horrible mess. I feel so bad for the farmers left holding the bag so to speak. They did their best to keep the chickens from getting euthanized and into the hands of people who could use them.
I volunteered at Stockings for Soldiers, it’s the best thing I’ve done since the Pope came to visit Philadelphia (2015). I volunteered at my church to help, didn’t realize I volunteered to cook for 630 visitors.
There’s a butcher in North Carolina that is certified to process anywhere within State lines. Young man. He was interviewed recently by True Grit Appalachia. At a homestead event. He does it all. Dispatch, to packing. I think he has a longish lead time for dates but you could give him a call. Edit. They’re called Homestead Custom Meat Processing, Archdale. The video on the owner by Andy of True Grit Appalachian Ways is called A Great Day of Fellowship… uploaded 9 days ago.
I believe home steadying is a young persons dream. As an older person it would be hard. I do dream of having a fairly level yard so I could have a small garden. ❤
Prepared is more skill prepared than stockpile prepared. Skill makes for a cool head. An unskilled head makes paniced mistakes than can be bad. I think preparedness has been stigmatised by the extremes, prepared and not. The reality is it is a keeping of the skills that have been part of humanity since the beginning. Its the root of what you'll and we do here. We maintain the knowledge and skills of our grandfathers so far back we don't know the square root of it all. It may not be comfortable to talk about with the stigmatized name attached but it is what is really what has been talked about in every video and podcast. Keep up the good work guys. You truely are the keepers of the skills. Prepared in the heart mind body and soul, not prepareing. Living life truly.
The ideal set-up, half a dozen homesteaders, doing what they do best surrounded be 2 dozen preppers lol. I'll be some old lady in a yurt on the outskirts of one of those homesteads, doing some extra cooking, cleaning, and farm/kiddo sitting along with my little meat rabbits. Frankly, 'America' was better off when we were 13 colonies.
@@christinemose7308 the part about the old lady ,yert and rabbits made think about the movie Cold Harbor. The old woman living in the herders wagon with all the goats. There was something spiritual about that part of the movie that captured me. Just coming in from my Mexican neighbors now. We processed 2 dorper sheep last night. Every month they have a dinner that involves 12 plus families . They all contribute. All the food is prepared fresh in the yard by the women the meat roasted in the pit by the men. The men set up the tarps for cover ,the tables and chairs , everything cleaned. Maybe 50 kids running around.sunday morning the men show up and an hour or so cleaning and packing up you'll never know they were there the night before.I asked my neighbor why. He says alone everything must be accomplished with money. With family and friends everything can be accomplished with love and respect. This is what our children must learn by experience. Fully independent through being fully connected. I don't know that wasn't the strength of the colonies. Should we be independently dependant or dependantly independant .
I dont have animals. I am going to challenge our home owner's association to let me have a few chickens. Been learning how to raise chickens and will am going to a farm to learn more from a farmer. I grow a big garden, buy in bulk from farmer's co-op, support small local farmers , go to u-pick orchards, and get beef from family in TN. Plans to expand garden, plant more blueberry shrubs and get apple trees. I'd rather not go to a grocery store. Glad we have a gas generator. Neighbors just went out to eat when power was out. We have natural gas stove and with plenty of food from freezer and pantry. Keep prepping, growing good food and surround yourself with like minded people.
Actually, it scares me to death now. No Carolina was a place that I would have loved. Living with these hurricanes EVERY YEAR made me decide this is not an option. I watch all three of you so I’ll live through you not be you. I’m praying you all have a good life and are successful! 🥰
Ben, I've been watching you trying to site that mosquito for a bit, very funny! I thought something was going on with your kids off-camera or something. That video of the pig butchering was very cool, thanks to the person from me, and you and your family, most of all. Also, much thanks to Azure for their humanity! Lastly, thanks to Jason and Al and Ben for HST, always fun.🌻PS--Ben, you are so far from an old man! Grown up, more like. I did start thinking outside the box more after Beryl, but I've been hit by 3 floods, and I live in a flood zone. My son and I have done a LOT of flood mitigation, and I personally have put a lot of thought into where on my property I could build a small dwelling, even a temporary one, where to plant my garden where it won't get wiped out by the next event. It's been on a lot of people's minds here in Montpelier, VT, wiped out in flood of July 10, 2023. Main Street wasn't as deep as Asheville, but that brought my little city chillingly to mind, and I know, even though it isn't on the news, it still will be months, perhaps years for a full recovery. Hang in.
Ben that birds eye shot of the pig butchering class was awesome. If it was a little closer and in real time it could almost be a online instructional video. Jason check that all the ground around your house is sloped AWAY from the house not towards. Just a guess, if it didn't have gutters originally the rain falling off the house caused the ground to slope toward the house over time. With the gutters added its helped but when you get that much rain at once the gutters can't keep up and its like you have no gutters at all and the rain is funneled at your house causing the increased water intrusion risk.
Guys I am moving to Alabama after the first of the year and since the Helene. I have been thinking about where to move more and what I need to do to survive. I really have been looking for what I want on my homestead. it is just me but I am thinking about growing more in case others need it to help. I hope to look for a local egg, Milker, and beef dealer. I like to call them dealers LOL
On the theme Q. and some things Ben said right after.. : # 1, I prob. don't count, as I've been of a homesteading and somewhat prepper mind-set since I was a kid. Both from being of a cautious & serious nature, and then reading "countryside and small stock journal" mag. . But, I did hurry up and can water finally, due to Helene/it's effects on y'all down there ( I'm in west-central WI). We rent in my BIL's rural-ish home, and he has a generator plumbed in to his household propane tank. He also is somewhat of a prepper mindset ( more than us in many ways, less in others) and he has sev. large jugs of stored water. BUT... if for some reason we get an extended power outtage, I for one - I grew up on dairy farm, and happen to know to never count on a machine... - don't want all my eggs in those baskets. His stored water has chlorine in it, and has been there awhile too.. . I don't know much about that stuff, but I also just drink a ton of water, so, wouldn't hurt having more, even tho I don't really want more heavy, breakable jars to move if we're finally able to get own place by spring.. . And I have little energy and lots to do, but felt motivated and had a window in which to get a few batches canned. As for things Ben was sayin on homesteading making us prepared... i paused it so maybe y'all will cover this, but one issue fairly common to farm and homesteading folk is to be overconfident in our level of preparedness. NOT, NOT that I want folks to feel worried, afraid or stressed !! God said not to worry, He cares about our basic needs. Yet, I also know that too many may rely on electricity, and only 1 can or 2 of fuel for a generator if they have one, or for vehicles to take them all somewhere else. Most of us don't have any way of heating our homes, running our wells, or keeping pipes from freezing if electric is out. Many ppl - regular rural folk who garden and put half a beef in the freezer - rely nearly totally ON those freezers. My grandma - turning 90 next mo. and who still lives alone and mows own lawn and tends small garden (and large flower beds)- has never pressure canned (as an adult anyway or ever, that I know of). Just up the road from her is my Dad, who doesn't hunt or fish and idk if he ever has butchered any game. He has lots of dairy cattle and I'm sure could figure something out. They, being a dairy farm, DO have a major generator and stored fuel, at least. And he tends to run extra land, put up extra feed for the cattle. The comment on animal feed made me think of that. How many homesteaders have much laid away ? Or could ? The plus of living near "regular" farming folks is that they often now DON"T garden or put up food, so, if you at least have that to barter for, for hay etc., that could work. Not picking on Ben or anyone btw, love to y'all and your families !! On hurricane victim relief: Shout out to Jerry's Towing of Roberts, WI. They've sent some trucks already and said they will keep taking donations and sending trucks as long as donations keep coming in !!! Also, our church family who were recently able to send 3 generators among other stuff, with a woman who'd prayed for how to help and God sent her a friend asking her to deliver his pickup to FL, expenses paid, and agreed to the hauling of stuff & drop in NC on her way !! All happened and went down in a VERY short space of time, and yet God helped us send that stuff ! Praising Him for the comfort that is in Him and from Him in hard times, prayers still going out for all who are really struggling and who lost ppl !! May they not be lost, but found in Jesus' arms !
I am very grateful for this podcast. The ease in which you fellas discuss your weekly experiences on your prospective homesteads is both informative and relaxing. I am especially happy about the broader perspective you are willing to chat about, even if obliquely. I have been trying to get on some type of homestead but find the homesteading community generally isn't very 'aware'. Conversely, the 'aware' folks aren't interested in adjusting to a producer mindset/lifestyle. So, I do what I can within my limitations and live vouristicly through you'all.
I WAS OUT OF POWER, WATER AND INTERNET BUT I THANK GOD I HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED WHEN MILTON HIT. I LIVED OFF THE LAND IN VERMONT IN THE 80'S SO LIVING WITHOUT RUNNING WATER, ELECTRIC AND NO INTERNET WAS EASY EVEN AT 64 YRS OLD COOKING ON A CAMP STOVE AND A FULL PANTRY, USING MEAT AS IT DEFROSTED. I DID LOSE A LOT OF FROZEN FOOD DUE TO MY GENERATOR QUITING ON US. WE NEE TO HAVE THAT LOOKED AT BEFORE THE NEXT STORM HITS THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AGAIN.
We're working on finishing part of our basement and from what I've learned, you can't have studs/wood directly in contact with the block wall. They'd need a vapor barrier between and possibly also pressure treated. The ones on the concrete floor should be pressure treated for sure. Because you get water in there, I'd rip it all out, find where the water is coming in and address that first, even if you don't put walls back up. Mold is no joke and a wet basement is an invitation for that. We are putting up 2" of foam board as insulation and vapor barrier, then building the walls over that.
Add 2 or 3 courses of brick ( trim away bottom inches of ferring strips ) then drywall and flood issues are eliminated, maybe vapor barrier or foam insulation' if necessary !
The last time I finished a basement, I used metal studs, held a couple inches away from the concrete block wall insulated with mineral wool batts. I figure that the less material that can be damaged by water, the better. Take care and God Bless.
Jason adding a wood boiler to your forced air system would be just like adding an outdoor AC unit to the system. Insert a heat exchanger (A coil, radiator, etc) into the duct system above the furnace and just piping it with anti freeze to the outdoor unit would give you a huge safety backup to the homestead. You could use it to save on your existing source of heat (gas or electric) when you want but also if you go away and the fire dies, your old system would automatically take over. Very convenient and you would not have to run a fire unless you wanted to. Much simpler than Al's system. That said, for emergency use you likely want a power source for the blower only that is not reliant on the grid. A few solar panels on the roof and these new large home battery backup systems for the "emergency" items when grid goes down would be perfect. Maybe power the furnace blower, the well pump, the kitchen fridge, some lights and outlets off of that system when grid goes down. I have a gas furnace but if power goes down I lose my whole heating system as the gas controls need power and the blower needs power. I would have a small system for the house and also another for the building you have that freezer room for meat. These new system have automatic switchover and battery maintenance built into them. Just plug and play. You would be seriously independent at that point. The only weak point would be not having AC in the summer if power goes down but you would have outlets for fans.
Al's system is complex mostly due to the radiant floor heat but also for heating water as a whole house water heater. That is a lot of complexity that does not make sense for your needs. His advantage though is being totally solar and not relying on the grid.
Ah, eggs. Since my Australorp hens have started laying, I've been having 3 or 4 eggs scrambled with onions, bell peppers, cheese and a hit of ketchup each day for lunch. There is nothing like the taste of farm-fresh, pastured eggs. Take care and God Bless.
Jason, it sounds like your battery did not do a "normal death". Sometimes a battery will have a plate inside get a coating to grow and then peal off and touch the next plate making a direct short which makes it less individual cells. That sudden death is always a surprise and no jump start will overcome that short. Most batteries are designed to die at a younger age anymore for this reason. Eight years is almost unheard of these days but use to be somewhat common.
Azure was sending extra food free to the area to help. That may be why there was so much. People & churches were ordering from them. Each of the videos you all spoke about, I've seen. Yes, maturity is when you KNOW you need to stop and walk away and stay away from others because of that not going right. Blessings
Im not sure someone would travel across the country to learn how to castrate a pig but, maybe you could run an hour or two class of castration plus some Q&A amd/ or general pig husbandry, and/ or some prepared cost break down sheets. For the folks participating in a freezer camp class, maybe an optional, additional castration workshop.
I would say add an additional class to any topic that people need an explanation. When you do a Timelapse don’t speed it up so fast that I can’t slow it down to normal speed. The sound I can mute.
In 1987, we had a flooding incident in our basement, we didn't take all the dry wall out....turns out, it only takes one tiny spot of missed mold to grow. Should have taken it out, ended up having to take it out later.
Al, you are like a human building machine 😅, it has been nice watching you grow through the years in skill and knowledge, tackling everything, both you and Gena!. Love watching all you guys together and separately.🍁🍂
Not being able to find unsprayed hay was a big reason we started farming our own. It's bad enough that I have to pour money into keeping the horses alive, if I can't make use of the manure in a garden I'm that much worse off.
great community helping to clear CJs place and no doubt you and Austin continuing with access to the hay you need. exactly how this can benefit you all. As for batteries cold weather can destroy batteries too. but the originals coming with many vehicles often last three times what later replacements last. dont buy cheap Chinese rubbish like tools from box stores. As for Jason's dry wall issue taking plenty out and give it a year after drying to see what occurs, especially if idea of part time visitor accommodation not happening. You tried tents outside and that can work and occasional spots on a lounge or murphy bed too. Al and Ben have numerous options in other buildings and trailer.
we had that problem and got b dye in it cost like 6 grand. and they pulled the walls out with stakes another 4 grand but it have been very beneficial. the walls absorb the water and start to bow them over time. with the b dry and outside supports through the walls it pulls the walls out. they gave us a torque wrench to tighten the walls, but only tighten after a 2 week dry period. Expensive but worth it if you are gonna stay long term
When they castrated pigs when I was lots of years younger, they used to use a milk churn. The pig in the churn and the back legs over the edge exposing the testicles. Great listening to you and your experiences.
On the VanWives channel they dug a trench down around their basement and put membrane on the outside and french drains all the way around exiting to a lower area. Their basement in Canada always flooded and now it stays dry.
You guys at around @ 17:40.. Homestead Olymics.. had me rollin on the floor. Weirdly funny.😅 Jason.. do you run a dehumidifier in your basement? That can make a BIG difference with moisture.
As for the broilers there was a major chicken processing plant (Pure Prairie Poultry) that all of a sudden close down. Which resulted in all the farmers that raise the chickens for this processing plant to have nowhere to sell there chickens. Approx 1.3 million chickens. So there was a mad dash to find places to sell/giveaway the chickens or just dispose of them.
GFS model is indicating a tropical event impacting Florida o/a 11/5 election day. Model has not been stable with the cyclone impacting Florida from the pan handle to big bend to Tampa to Miami. Now tool indicates storm off east coast in the Bahama Islands. Vermont gets rain 11/7 with added impact of TS moving off New England.
About having to use a USDA butcher, reach out to Michael Kilpatrick at The Farm on Central (Carlisle, Ohio). I believe he has a workaround for that rule. 😉
There will be a few who learn from these latest things, but mostly it's, as one of you said, a mindset. That boiler sounds so good. Jason, I'd rather have a pig that you processed, than one in a huge place where you really don't know what you're getting at the end. I know that yours would be clean and done properly. Good podcast, most interesting.
Years ago, there was private, Central District (CD) community center in a pretty large city. The guy who began it was a preacher with used car salesman skills and remained active in getting donations of anything he thought would be useful from anyone willing to give. One Thanksgiving or Christmas they were short of turkeys and put out the plea when someone asked if they could do with 100 geese instead. They got 100 LIVE geese delivered and dumped out of a truck in thier inner-city parking lot and only knew they would be live a few hours out. So, they got a hold of thier immigrant population who arrived, created a fence of sorts out of the 3' tall orange construction fencing and called in thier folks. There was media coverage, a lot of noise, a lot of flapping wings, and some pretty happy repients.
Jason, you could replace the drywall with waterproof plasterboard. It is expensive, but you wouldn’t need to replace it if it got wet. I think that’s the green stuff Al was talking about.
Jason; in your basement' cut about 10" from lowest areas 2" by 4" ferring strips, then lay 2 or 3 courses of brick' with mortar, to then replace drywall above: the bricks do Not need to be perfectly level, and then if ever it floods again' dont slosh the water while sweeping water out the door, it will never be subjected to mold from flooding again, you could even option using paneling, if desired !
16:00.. lol.. always search incase there is a third ball. I learned that at 12 in the yard of a friend on a horse, then applied it at age 46 to a bull. Lol. Usually, we have to call Uncle Joe to help bind now they boys are grown and moved off.
Some in Michigan prepare and some could care less. I pray, pray, prepare, peace in my heart. I SHARE THE SALVATION OF JESUS FIRST. PREPARE YOUR SOULS. PREPARE FOR LIFE. I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU AND GREATFUL TO WATCH AND LEARN ON EACH OF YOUR VLOGS. Until 71. LOVE, PRAYING WITH YOU. PEACE. SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🙏🇮🇱🙏🙏😎😎😎🙏
I live in NE Illinois and I saw that add about the chickens on FB. I was tempted to go and get some but it was still 250 miles away. The story was that the farmer had like 20k chickens and the processor closed up shop right before they were ready to go in for processing. That’s awesome that someone brought them down to Asheville.
Long range Climate Center indicates normal precip for Albany,NY (~3" per month) thru January. Increasing amount of precip thru summer. Temperatures are above normal thru summer.
Enjoy all y’all’s vids, been a watcher since 2018. I Would pay to learn to castrate male pigs. Jason I’m the one who missed your chicken class on 6/13, I ended up passing a kidney stone- was so sick. I also moved out to NC from SoCal, love it here. Love your podcast too. PS, Jason you can buy waterproofing in a spray can at HD/Lowes, dig out around where the water comes in & spray that whole area. It works.
Ben that camera shot from the ceiling of cutting up the pig was excellent. The best, easiest to understand that I have ever seen. Thanks.
I loved it too.
I was meaning to say that too. It was brilliant!
@@WildHopeHomestead Agreed.. a great perspective. 👍
Azure has donated tons & tons of food to the Carolinas & Florida! BTW ❤❤❤God bless them!🙏🏻✨️✝️✨️✝️✨️
Hi folks ... just a thought how about for episode 100 you n families meet up. Be cool to see you altogether.. understand all animals need care but be so fab seeing it happen
Ben, it doesn't matter what you think of such a class (pig castration) The value is in the eye of the beholder/student! You could do an overview class of how to set up for pigs, shop for pigs, breeds of pigs etc. It would be a high value class for real newbies!
Ben, the overhead filming was awesome. Watching the parting in a slower speed was great. You guys alway have the best conversations.
When I was growing up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, it was farmers paradise. For kids it was great because we always had summer jobs, picking strawberries and green beans, cucumbers, and cherries. late summer peaches and apples, then in Fall we had hazelnuts to rake and picked up walnuts too. Listening to you guys talking about everything on the farm reminds me of when the local farmers would chat at the gas station or Feed store, I loved listening to them talk about cows, chickens and horses... THANKS guys for so many interesting conversations!
Wow 70 episodes of 3 great guys just talking about there week I enjoy it every Friday thank you ❤
I think some are noticing unusual changes in our country. Prepping to some degree is probably wise.
We’re all flies on the wall listening in and watching you guys!
Hello guys, tks for video. Highlight for me this week and every time is when Jason says," I don't trust no pig..." lol it's the way he says it with face expressions...lol.. Al I know that track was a pain...lol...getting it put on....Ben not seen ya'll to much but always enjoy seeing the pigs and chickens and for sure seeing Meg and Liz in kitchen. MUCH love to all of you and your families......
Azure standard has been coordinating free food for people affected my Helene, even those who have lost their jobs and not necessarily huge property damage. That might account for some of the huge load of food. Wish we had azure here in Canada. Love your podcast guys.
I had bacon and an egg from our girls this morning for breakfast.❤ Blessings from Australia 🌏🦘🦘❤
Thanks for number 70 gentlemen, I have enjoyed them all. Being prepared is like having insurance...you know you will be able to feed your family at all but the worst of times. Job loss, icy roads, illness or hospitalization, or I just don't feel like going to the grocery store this week. Once you have a stockpile, you are using through and just replacing what you use when it comes on sale, that is not rocket science. Thanks for sharing your good times and bad times, we all have them. Y'all have a Blessed weekend.
Absolutely. It's a no-brainer. Why does simply being prepared get so much flack?
Hello guys, I'm from South west England. Enjoyed all the podcast & your individual ones. Live in small village, grow our owe vegs & soft fruits. Here in the uk is difficult to find land & also alot of difficult hurdles to jump through. Noticed the children whose families are homsteadng are happier, healthy & more rounded. What they learn about the land & nature, will provide them with wealth of knowledge for generations to come. We source our proteins from local farmers & dairy products from farmers market. Avoid supermarkets as much as possible. God bless
Good morning, Al, Ben, and Jason! TGIF! Homestead Shop Talk Day! You guys are the perfect way to “kick start” my weekend.
Good morning.,wow 70 ..Congrats on that guys..
Im fixing to make breakfast..
Bacon, eggs ,potatoes and toast
The broiler chicken issue was that a poultry shut down leaving growers with houses full of product. It involved Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri. There was a mad scramble to help them sell off their chicks.
Yes. We got some. They were ready for butcher
What were the dynamics behind that? I wonder.
@@christinemose7308a local company went bankrupt and left the farmers with all the birds, I think it was over 149,000 chickens. They haven’t gotten paid… it’s a horrible mess. I feel so bad for the farmers left holding the bag so to speak. They did their best to keep the chickens from getting euthanized and into the hands of people who could use them.
Ben, we call it instructor blindness. Power points keep me on track. Good students ask questions.
Picked up our azure yesterday Oct 24 and it was twice as big as before. And we are in Washington State.
I volunteered at Stockings for Soldiers, it’s the best thing I’ve done since the Pope came to visit Philadelphia (2015). I volunteered at my church to help, didn’t realize I volunteered to cook for 630 visitors.
There’s a butcher in North Carolina that is certified to process anywhere within State lines. Young man. He was interviewed recently by True Grit Appalachia. At a homestead event. He does it all. Dispatch, to packing. I think he has a longish lead time for dates but you could give him a call.
Edit. They’re called Homestead Custom Meat Processing, Archdale.
The video on the owner by Andy of True Grit Appalachian Ways is called A Great Day of Fellowship… uploaded 9 days ago.
I believe home steadying is a young persons dream. As an older person it would be hard. I do dream of having a fairly level yard so I could have a small garden. ❤
Ben, i think you were much more relaxed and on point to the lessons than last year. Totally good vibe..
Prepared is more skill prepared than stockpile prepared. Skill makes for a cool head. An unskilled head makes paniced mistakes than can be bad. I think preparedness has been stigmatised by the extremes, prepared and not. The reality is it is a keeping of the skills that have been part of humanity since the beginning. Its the root of what you'll and we do here. We maintain the knowledge and skills of our grandfathers so far back we don't know the square root of it all. It may not be comfortable to talk about with the stigmatized name attached but it is what is really what has been talked about in every video and podcast. Keep up the good work guys. You truely are the keepers of the skills. Prepared in the heart mind body and soul, not prepareing. Living life truly.
The ideal set-up, half a dozen homesteaders, doing what they do best surrounded be 2 dozen preppers lol. I'll be some old lady in a yurt on the outskirts of one of those homesteads, doing some extra cooking, cleaning, and farm/kiddo sitting along with my little meat rabbits. Frankly, 'America' was better off when we were 13 colonies.
@@christinemose7308 the part about the old lady ,yert and rabbits made think about the movie Cold Harbor. The old woman living in the herders wagon with all the goats. There was something spiritual about that part of the movie that captured me. Just coming in from my Mexican neighbors now. We processed 2 dorper sheep last night. Every month they have a dinner that involves 12 plus families . They all contribute. All the food is prepared fresh in the yard by the women the meat roasted in the pit by the men. The men set up the tarps for cover ,the tables and chairs , everything cleaned. Maybe 50 kids running around.sunday morning the men show up and an hour or so cleaning and packing up you'll never know they were there the night before.I asked my neighbor why. He says alone everything must be accomplished with money. With family and friends everything can be accomplished with love and respect. This is what our children must learn by experience. Fully independent through being fully connected. I don't know that wasn't the strength of the colonies. Should we be independently dependant or dependantly independant .
I dont have animals. I am going to challenge our home owner's association to let me have a few chickens. Been learning how to raise chickens and will am going to a farm to learn more from a farmer. I grow a big garden, buy in bulk from farmer's co-op, support small local farmers , go to u-pick orchards, and get beef from family in TN. Plans to expand garden, plant more blueberry shrubs and get apple trees. I'd rather not go to a grocery store. Glad we have a gas generator. Neighbors just went out to eat when power was out. We have natural gas stove and with plenty of food from freezer and pantry. Keep prepping, growing good food and surround yourself with like minded people.
Got to have peanut butter on my waffles!
With dark chocolate coconut or carob chip on your waffles.
Jason use a foundation sealer to seal the walls. Then use the blue or green sheet rock.
Drylock has multiple products for plugging concrete walls, you can purchase them at Lowe’s and Home Depot
Hi guys & families. Yes, the weather is fishy. Thanks for sharing.
Actually, it scares me to death now. No Carolina was a place that I would have loved. Living with these hurricanes EVERY YEAR made me decide this is not an option. I watch all three of you so I’ll live through you not be you. I’m praying you all have a good life and are successful! 🥰
Another GREAT EPISODE, #70 ! Keep up the good work and THANK YOU for your time !
Ben, I've been watching you trying to site that mosquito for a bit, very funny! I thought something was going on with your kids off-camera or something. That video of the pig butchering was very cool, thanks to the person from me, and you and your family, most of all. Also, much thanks to Azure for their humanity! Lastly, thanks to Jason and Al and Ben for HST, always fun.🌻PS--Ben, you are so far from an old man! Grown up, more like.
I did start thinking outside the box more after Beryl, but I've been hit by 3 floods, and I live in a flood zone. My son and I have done a LOT of flood mitigation, and I personally have put a lot of thought into where on my property I could build a small dwelling, even a temporary one, where to plant my garden where it won't get wiped out by the next event. It's been on a lot of people's minds here in Montpelier, VT, wiped out in flood of July 10, 2023. Main Street wasn't as deep as Asheville, but that brought my little city chillingly to mind, and I know, even though it isn't on the news, it still will be months, perhaps years for a full recovery. Hang in.
Ben that birds eye shot of the pig butchering class was awesome. If it was a little closer and in real time it could almost be a online instructional video.
Jason check that all the ground around your house is sloped AWAY from the house not towards. Just a guess, if it didn't have gutters originally the rain falling off the house caused the ground to slope toward the house over time. With the gutters added its helped but when you get that much rain at once the gutters can't keep up and its like you have no gutters at all and the rain is funneled at your house causing the increased water intrusion risk.
You guys ought make a trip to Gina and Al's (sorry Al ) so we can have a neat podcast from the visit. WOULD GIVE YOU BIG BIG AUDIENCE.
Love learning from you! Thank you!
Guys I am moving to Alabama after the first of the year and since the Helene. I have been thinking about where to move more and what I need to do to survive. I really have been looking for what I want on my homestead. it is just me but I am thinking about growing more in case others need it to help. I hope to look for a local egg, Milker, and beef dealer. I like to call them dealers LOL
On the theme Q. and some things Ben said right after.. : # 1, I prob. don't count, as I've been of a homesteading and somewhat prepper mind-set since I was a kid. Both from being of a cautious & serious nature, and then reading "countryside and small stock journal" mag. . But, I did hurry up and can water finally, due to Helene/it's effects on y'all down there ( I'm in west-central WI). We rent in my BIL's rural-ish home, and he has a generator plumbed in to his household propane tank. He also is somewhat of a prepper mindset ( more than us in many ways, less in others) and he has sev. large jugs of stored water. BUT... if for some reason we get an extended power outtage, I for one - I grew up on dairy farm, and happen to know to never count on a machine... - don't want all my eggs in those baskets. His stored water has chlorine in it, and has been there awhile too.. . I don't know much about that stuff, but I also just drink a ton of water, so, wouldn't hurt having more, even tho I don't really want more heavy, breakable jars to move if we're finally able to get own place by spring.. . And I have little energy and lots to do, but felt motivated and had a window in which to get a few batches canned. As for things Ben was sayin on homesteading making us prepared... i paused it so maybe y'all will cover this, but one issue fairly common to farm and homesteading folk is to be overconfident in our level of preparedness. NOT, NOT that I want folks to feel worried, afraid or stressed !! God said not to worry, He cares about our basic needs. Yet, I also know that too many may rely on electricity, and only 1 can or 2 of fuel for a generator if they have one, or for vehicles to take them all somewhere else. Most of us don't have any way of heating our homes, running our wells, or keeping pipes from freezing if electric is out. Many ppl - regular rural folk who garden and put half a beef in the freezer - rely nearly totally ON those freezers. My grandma - turning 90 next mo. and who still lives alone and mows own lawn and tends small garden (and large flower beds)- has never pressure canned (as an adult anyway or ever, that I know of). Just up the road from her is my Dad, who doesn't hunt or fish and idk if he ever has butchered any game. He has lots of dairy cattle and I'm sure could figure something out. They, being a dairy farm, DO have a major generator and stored fuel, at least. And he tends to run extra land, put up extra feed for the cattle. The comment on animal feed made me think of that. How many homesteaders have much laid away ? Or could ? The plus of living near "regular" farming folks is that they often now DON"T garden or put up food, so, if you at least have that to barter for, for hay etc., that could work. Not picking on Ben or anyone btw, love to y'all and your families !! On hurricane victim relief: Shout out to Jerry's Towing of Roberts, WI. They've sent some trucks already and said they will keep taking donations and sending trucks as long as donations keep coming in !!! Also, our church family who were recently able to send 3 generators among other stuff, with a woman who'd prayed for how to help and God sent her a friend asking her to deliver his pickup to FL, expenses paid, and agreed to the hauling of stuff & drop in NC on her way !! All happened and went down in a VERY short space of time, and yet God helped us send that stuff ! Praising Him for the comfort that is in Him and from Him in hard times, prayers still going out for all who are really struggling and who lost ppl !! May they not be lost, but found in Jesus' arms !
Another interesting episode. I watch you, and it encourages me to continue to prepare for the future.
I am very grateful for this podcast. The ease in which you fellas discuss your weekly experiences on your prospective homesteads is both informative and relaxing. I am especially happy about the broader perspective you are willing to chat about, even if obliquely. I have been trying to get on some type of homestead but find the homesteading community generally isn't very 'aware'. Conversely, the 'aware' folks aren't interested in adjusting to a producer mindset/lifestyle. So, I do what I can within my limitations and live vouristicly through you'all.
Maybe some don’t care untill it happens to them. Like looking at your belongings down the street. SOOO SAD , but maybe true.
Awesome video guys , keep them coming . Thanks for sharing !!!!! 😊🙏👍❤️
Ben
I would like to know about the cow hide you all were working on
❤ To Meg. 😊
thing is Ben people have to learn so a class would help them hugsss
Awesome as always ❤I live in northern California and yes I stock up
back ups and redundancies with stock ups is an essential part of your lives and able to use a chainsaw and clearing areas and roads.
I WAS OUT OF POWER, WATER AND INTERNET BUT I THANK GOD I HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED WHEN MILTON HIT. I LIVED OFF THE LAND IN VERMONT IN THE 80'S SO LIVING WITHOUT RUNNING WATER, ELECTRIC AND NO INTERNET WAS EASY EVEN AT 64 YRS OLD COOKING ON A CAMP STOVE AND A FULL PANTRY, USING MEAT AS IT DEFROSTED. I DID LOSE A LOT OF FROZEN FOOD DUE TO MY GENERATOR QUITING ON US. WE NEE TO HAVE THAT LOOKED AT BEFORE THE NEXT STORM HITS THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AGAIN.
The word Al is looking for Hardie backer is green I was a cashier at Lowes. It's mold rated and is used in commercial kitchens.
Congrats on 70 episodes, gentlemen!!! I enjoy your discussions and commentary.
Al, when are you going to tell us how you got that owie on your index finger?
We're working on finishing part of our basement and from what I've learned, you can't have studs/wood directly in contact with the block wall. They'd need a vapor barrier between and possibly also pressure treated. The ones on the concrete floor should be pressure treated for sure. Because you get water in there, I'd rip it all out, find where the water is coming in and address that first, even if you don't put walls back up. Mold is no joke and a wet basement is an invitation for that. We are putting up 2" of foam board as insulation and vapor barrier, then building the walls over that.
Add 2 or 3 courses of brick ( trim away bottom inches of ferring strips ) then drywall and flood issues are eliminated, maybe vapor barrier or foam insulation' if necessary !
The last time I finished a basement, I used metal studs, held a couple inches away from the concrete block wall insulated with mineral wool batts. I figure that the less material that can be damaged by water, the better.
Take care and God Bless.
Jason adding a wood boiler to your forced air system would be just like adding an outdoor AC unit to the system. Insert a heat exchanger (A coil, radiator, etc) into the duct system above the furnace and just piping it with anti freeze to the outdoor unit would give you a huge safety backup to the homestead. You could use it to save on your existing source of heat (gas or electric) when you want but also if you go away and the fire dies, your old system would automatically take over. Very convenient and you would not have to run a fire unless you wanted to. Much simpler than Al's system. That said, for emergency use you likely want a power source for the blower only that is not reliant on the grid. A few solar panels on the roof and these new large home battery backup systems for the "emergency" items when grid goes down would be perfect. Maybe power the furnace blower, the well pump, the kitchen fridge, some lights and outlets off of that system when grid goes down. I have a gas furnace but if power goes down I lose my whole heating system as the gas controls need power and the blower needs power. I would have a small system for the house and also another for the building you have that freezer room for meat. These new system have automatic switchover and battery maintenance built into them. Just plug and play. You would be seriously independent at that point. The only weak point would be not having AC in the summer if power goes down but you would have outlets for fans.
Al's system is complex mostly due to the radiant floor heat but also for heating water as a whole house water heater. That is a lot of complexity that does not make sense for your needs. His advantage though is being totally solar and not relying on the grid.
Ah, eggs. Since my Australorp hens have started laying, I've been having 3 or 4 eggs scrambled with onions, bell peppers, cheese and a hit of ketchup each day for lunch. There is nothing like the taste of farm-fresh, pastured eggs.
Take care and God Bless.
Jason, it sounds like your battery did not do a "normal death". Sometimes a battery will have a plate inside get a coating to grow and then peal off and touch the next plate making a direct short which makes it less individual cells. That sudden death is always a surprise and no jump start will overcome that short. Most batteries are designed to die at a younger age anymore for this reason. Eight years is almost unheard of these days but use to be somewhat common.
I watch all of your individual platforms and do enjoy your podcasts too. Have a good week guys.
Azure was sending extra food free to the area to help. That may be why there was so much. People & churches were ordering from them.
Each of the videos you all spoke about, I've seen. Yes, maturity is when you KNOW you need to stop and walk away and stay away from others because of that not going right.
Blessings
Im not sure someone would travel across the country to learn how to castrate a pig but, maybe you could run an hour or two class of castration plus some Q&A amd/ or general pig husbandry, and/ or some prepared cost break down sheets. For the folks participating in a freezer camp class, maybe an optional, additional castration workshop.
I would say add an additional class to any topic that people need an explanation.
When you do a Timelapse don’t speed it up so fast that I can’t slow it down to normal speed. The sound I can mute.
I love to see all Jason's ingenious makes, he's a master.
In 1987, we had a flooding incident in our basement, we didn't take all the dry wall out....turns out, it only takes one tiny spot of missed mold to grow. Should have taken it out, ended up having to take it out later.
Al, you are like a human building machine 😅, it has been nice watching you grow through the years in skill and knowledge, tackling everything, both you and Gena!. Love watching all you guys together and separately.🍁🍂
Not being able to find unsprayed hay was a big reason we started farming our own. It's bad enough that I have to pour money into keeping the horses alive, if I can't make use of the manure in a garden I'm that much worse off.
In SC you are lucky to get 2 years out of a battery
I love ALL Homestead Shop Talk Podcast videos!
great community helping to clear CJs place and no doubt you and Austin continuing with access to the hay you need. exactly how this can benefit you all. As for batteries cold weather can destroy batteries too. but the originals coming with many vehicles often last three times what later replacements last. dont buy cheap Chinese rubbish like tools from box stores. As for Jason's dry wall issue taking plenty out and give it a year after drying to see what occurs, especially if idea of part time visitor accommodation not happening. You tried tents outside and that can work and occasional spots on a lounge or murphy bed too. Al and Ben have numerous options in other buildings and trailer.
Episode 70! Wow! Great episode, as usual. Am really enjoying them. Thank you!😊
Once again, so much information and entertainment. I can’t believe this channel hasn’t exploded with subscribers.
Good morning guys.
Ben would you consider being a processor , turn them into workshops at the same time
for neighbors or specific area only .... *shrugs*
Thanks. Always enjoy ❤️❤️❤️
Good talk. Thank you.
it made it too the video and was so cool to see Ben hugssssss
we had that problem and got b dye in it cost like 6 grand. and they pulled the walls out with stakes another 4
grand but it have been very beneficial. the walls absorb the water and start to bow them over time. with the b dry and outside supports through the walls it pulls the walls out. they gave us a torque wrench to tighten the walls, but only tighten after a 2 week dry period. Expensive but worth it if you are gonna stay long term
Look at some episodes of Cross Timbers Bison to see that. Heavy duty operation for sure.
When they castrated pigs when I was lots of years younger, they used to use a milk churn. The pig in the churn and the back legs over the edge exposing the testicles. Great listening to you and your experiences.
On the VanWives channel they dug a trench down around their basement and put membrane on the outside and french drains all the way around exiting to a lower area. Their basement in Canada always flooded and now it stays dry.
You guys at around @ 17:40.. Homestead Olymics.. had me rollin on the floor. Weirdly funny.😅
Jason.. do you run a dehumidifier in your basement? That can make a BIG difference with moisture.
Great episode gentlemen❤
As for the broilers there was a major chicken processing plant (Pure Prairie Poultry) that all of a sudden close down. Which resulted in all the farmers that raise the chickens for this processing plant to have nowhere to sell there chickens. Approx 1.3 million chickens. So there was a mad dash to find places to sell/giveaway the chickens or just dispose of them.
Thanks guys!
Jason started on the butcher block table?
Nice to see you guys!
Justin Rhodes has an outdoor boiler
Good morning
GFS model is indicating a tropical event impacting Florida o/a 11/5 election day. Model has not been stable with the cyclone impacting Florida from the pan handle to big bend to Tampa to Miami. Now tool indicates storm off east coast in the Bahama Islands. Vermont gets rain 11/7 with added impact of TS moving off New England.
About having to use a USDA butcher, reach out to Michael Kilpatrick at The Farm on Central (Carlisle, Ohio). I believe he has a workaround for that rule. 😉
🇦🇺Jason, For your basement you may need to water proof seal the concrete and the blocks/bricks like you would use to seal a shower.
Great podcast guys. Enjoyed while choring.
There will be a few who learn from these latest things, but mostly it's, as one of you said, a mindset. That boiler sounds so good. Jason, I'd rather have a pig that you processed, than one in a huge place where you really don't know what you're getting at the end. I know that yours would be clean and done properly. Good podcast, most interesting.
Years ago, there was private, Central District (CD) community center in a pretty large city. The guy who began it was a preacher with used car salesman skills and remained active in getting donations of anything he thought would be useful from anyone willing to give. One Thanksgiving or Christmas they were short of turkeys and put out the plea when someone asked if they could do with 100 geese instead. They got 100 LIVE geese delivered and dumped out of a truck in thier inner-city parking lot and only knew they would be live a few hours out. So, they got a hold of thier immigrant population who arrived, created a fence of sorts out of the 3' tall orange construction fencing and called in thier folks. There was media coverage, a lot of noise, a lot of flapping wings, and some pretty happy repients.
Hugs from uk
Jason, you could replace the drywall with waterproof plasterboard. It is expensive, but you wouldn’t need to replace it if it got wet. I think that’s the green stuff Al was talking about.
LOVE YOUR POD CAST SOOOOO EDUCATIONAL
Jason; in your basement' cut about 10" from lowest areas 2" by 4" ferring strips, then lay 2 or 3 courses of brick' with mortar, to then replace drywall above: the bricks do Not need to be perfectly level, and then if ever it floods again' dont slosh the water while sweeping water out the door, it will never be subjected to mold from flooding again, you could even option using paneling, if desired !
Great show guys, can’t wait til next show.
Thank you fellas from down under
16:00.. lol.. always search incase there is a third ball. I learned that at 12 in the yard of a friend on a horse, then applied it at age 46 to a bull. Lol. Usually, we have to call Uncle Joe to help bind now they boys are grown and moved off.
Some in Michigan prepare and some could care less.
I pray, pray, prepare, peace in my heart.
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PREPARE YOUR SOULS.
PREPARE FOR
LIFE. I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU AND GREATFUL TO WATCH AND LEARN ON EACH OF YOUR VLOGS.
Until 71. LOVE,
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I live in NE Illinois and I saw that add about the chickens on FB. I was tempted to go and get some but it was still 250 miles away. The story was that the farmer had like 20k chickens and the processor closed up shop right before they were ready to go in for processing. That’s awesome that someone brought them down to Asheville.
7️⃣0️⃣🎉 I think we need to have Guest Brian on the poddie. 👏🏻 old man comments by Ben 😂 yep but old lady “walk away”😊
Long range Climate Center indicates normal precip for Albany,NY (~3" per month) thru January. Increasing amount of precip thru summer. Temperatures are above normal thru summer.
Enjoy all y’all’s vids, been a watcher since 2018. I Would pay to learn to castrate male pigs. Jason I’m the one who missed your chicken class on 6/13, I ended up passing a kidney stone- was so sick. I also moved out to NC from SoCal, love it here. Love your podcast too. PS, Jason you can buy waterproofing in a spray can at HD/Lowes, dig out around where the water comes in & spray that whole area. It works.