Top Worst Jobs on the Homestead

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024
  • Today Jason talks about the least fun jobs on the homestead and solutions on how to get through them. Links below!
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  • @shadegarden7375
    @shadegarden7375 4 месяца назад +25

    You are so very smart to mask up when cleaning out the chicken coop!! Breathing that mess is dangerous to breath!!

    • @theIAMofME
      @theIAMofME 4 месяца назад +2

      Right! Back in the 40's my FIL got histoplasmosis. They had a chicken farm. He almost died,

  • @floridian3757
    @floridian3757 4 месяца назад +14

    Jason how about adding a vinyl flooring on top of the existing one, (in the brooder) that IS NOT attached so at cleaning time you just pull it out and empty it in the wheel barrel and take it to the compose pile.

  • @cheryllamb8831
    @cheryllamb8831 4 месяца назад +30

    After all this time, I still really enjoy all your videos. The three of you are definitely a success story! Thank you.

    • @SowtheLand
      @SowtheLand  4 месяца назад +6

      Happy to hear that!

  • @brokenmeats5928
    @brokenmeats5928 4 месяца назад +29

    I love ALL Sow the Land videos!

  • @albrightfs
    @albrightfs 4 месяца назад +10

    Chicken brooder cleaning is the worst!.. AND a duckling brooder X100!.... CLOSE second is harvest day (kill, clean) AND THIRD on my list is assisting births ........ I've loved watching your videos and your progress!

  • @sladenevin2759
    @sladenevin2759 4 месяца назад +33

    Jason has the craziest resume… just from homesteading. Add doctor to the list 👍🏼

  • @nancywilson7476
    @nancywilson7476 4 месяца назад +16

    Really enjoy all your videos, especially like to hear all the sounds of the animals and around the homestead. Better than any music.

  • @margaretbedwell3211
    @margaretbedwell3211 4 месяца назад +17

    Great video, Jason. Maybe not what you had planned originally, but it turned out to be very informative and that is how homesteaders learn. Seeing other peoples successes and tries that didn't work...never failures !!!. Y'all have a Blessed day.

  • @LadysFarm
    @LadysFarm 4 месяца назад +25

    I remember bbq at Anna and Randy’s house and having a good time. Now we are out living the dream. Homestead life truly a blessing. Never would have thought this dream would be a reality. ❤❤❤ happy a homesteading ❤❤❤

    • @evalinawarne1337
      @evalinawarne1337 4 месяца назад +2

      Great job on the vlog.
      See you at 51 SHOPTALK 🎉

  • @patriotmama
    @patriotmama 4 месяца назад +17

    Your farm is really starting to take shape with everything you have done. Well done!

  • @miguelruizm
    @miguelruizm 4 месяца назад +5

    Jason, just from what I can see, I like how you run your homestead. I like it that's not super chaotic and that usually you don't bite off more than you can chew!

  • @Spudscave
    @Spudscave 4 месяца назад +11

    Short n sweet but very informative ❤from Glasgow Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @marking-time-gardens
    @marking-time-gardens 4 месяца назад +6

    Another great day on the Homestead! Blessings on your family and your growing season Kiddos!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿💚🙏💕

  • @jpgaffney248
    @jpgaffney248 4 месяца назад +8

    I was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. when my Dad was castrating piglets my baby brother about 5 y/o said "I'm glad that I'm not a baby pig!"

  • @lynadams5286
    @lynadams5286 4 месяца назад +3

    Loved the format of this video, so many homesteaders show us the animals when they get them and then that’s it, loved the way you started off with a relaxing view of the farm . We really enjoy them. Ty

  • @mariowickel456
    @mariowickel456 4 месяца назад +8

    When we castrated our boar pigs and our bulls we used a product called Gentian Violet as sanitizer and after care in Mexico they use same product according to my buddy there it's called Morado

    • @Cthomas5678
      @Cthomas5678 4 месяца назад

      I’m an old nurse and have had medical drs order this for wounds on some patients. It does work great just don’t spill it oh lord what a nasty stain it leaves even trying to clean it off anything it’ll smear on everything too🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @Justiceincorporated.
    @Justiceincorporated. 4 месяца назад +5

    Mulch, mulch mulch, we go to our city landfill and get wood chips that tree service are dumping there. Or get a chipper, use for weed control

  • @ednahartnett7407
    @ednahartnett7407 4 месяца назад +9

    Jason is filled with so much wisdom...he always has a solution for each problem that arises in their homestead...Thank you for the video...hard work will bring great success. .Blessings are on the way❤️❤️

  • @indianacryptid6020
    @indianacryptid6020 4 месяца назад +11

    I enjoyed watching your video, Thank You for always going the extra mile to make this possible 👀👀🙏🙏❤❤

  • @oldladyfarmer7211
    @oldladyfarmer7211 4 месяца назад +2

    If you use landscape fabric made of "corn starch" it will breakdown on it's own and you don't have to remove it. It actually is good for your soil. :)

  • @richardroyles1423
    @richardroyles1423 4 месяца назад +7

    You guys are doing awesome. God bless.

  • @AngieSmith-qh2sz
    @AngieSmith-qh2sz 4 месяца назад +6

    Love your video’s. Truly enjoy your authentic nature to home steading

    • @SowtheLand
      @SowtheLand  4 месяца назад +2

      Thank you so much!

  • @jenniewolford1631
    @jenniewolford1631 4 месяца назад +10

    I saw the pod cast I knew what was coming!

  • @mayravalentino4682
    @mayravalentino4682 4 месяца назад +2

    I agree with Lorraine!! Any outside job in the summer during high peak is horrible!!! Luv u guys!!!

    • @theIAMofME
      @theIAMofME 4 месяца назад

      I Agree 100%. Heat is heat. But, add in the humidity. It's horrible! The only humidity I've ever felt worse than where I live in W.TN was a short time we had to live in The Keys. You opened the door to go out and before your second foot made it out of the door you were profusely sweating. Crazy and hard to breathe. That was back in the 90's.

  • @ebshaw5974
    @ebshaw5974 4 месяца назад +18

    2 bad days, sounds like a title for a Western

  • @pollenhead
    @pollenhead 4 месяца назад +1

    Glad to see you are friends with Brian. Have watched some of his videos on Valkyrie Homestead and enjoyed his laid back personality. Would be nice to see him around from time to time. Also would like to see more of you and Ben Hollar and Randy working on projects. How is Randy doing?. Hope he is well.

  • @darinbennett3638
    @darinbennett3638 4 месяца назад +1

    Jason, great video. There are definitely times that I have to remind myself that the process is worth the provision when it comes to chores.

  • @ashleylovepace1941
    @ashleylovepace1941 4 месяца назад +2

    Hey, sorry the mic didn't work.. BUT I really liked this video! It was fun!

  • @serenityhillhomestead7304
    @serenityhillhomestead7304 4 месяца назад

    You’re a huge inspiration to my husband and I. You are one of the reasons we keep moving forward with our farming dream!

  • @carlapierle8623
    @carlapierle8623 4 месяца назад +2

    You have done an amazing job making progressive improvements to your land and in your methods!

  • @ritasnider2998
    @ritasnider2998 4 месяца назад +6

    You all do a wonderful job

  • @passiveincomeadventures
    @passiveincomeadventures 3 месяца назад

    I love how your videos are more funner and more educationaler than ever before!

  • @twohomesteads6512
    @twohomesteads6512 4 месяца назад +2

    Please consider using lidocaine. That's what my daughter and I do when we have to do this.

  • @Zeke-yv3nw
    @Zeke-yv3nw 4 месяца назад

    Great video! Whenever you are able to get one, a small tractor will be a big game changer for your homestead.

  • @mariesheppard3750
    @mariesheppard3750 4 месяца назад +1

    Your video are always funnier them most, Just keep making them thanks

  • @LorraineDennison1960
    @LorraineDennison1960 4 месяца назад +9

    I think the worst job is trying to work out what to cook and then cook it, every day of your life till you die. 🤣🤣

  • @catsmother4556
    @catsmother4556 4 месяца назад +2

    I mentioned on the shop talk podcast that my parents in the UK use the rubber band method to castrate pigs the same way you do cattle. Maybe worth looking into. Se if you can get bands and a stretcher tool in the USA 🐷

  • @virginiaschwalen6725
    @virginiaschwalen6725 4 месяца назад

    I love your honesty and we need more of it in the You tube world. You guys have been an inspiration for us in our homestead journey. It is so true that it is not all fluffy chicks and baby goats doing par-core off the resting platforms.
    Here is my least favorite list:
    Burning horns off goats #1 Absolutely necessary but horrendous. Castrating pigs #2, mucking out the barn #3, loading pigs for market #4, giving any kind of shot to the 250 pound goat buck. He runs and hides when he sees me #5 . Trimming hooves on any goat. #6 . Banding goat bucks #7 . Weeding the garden #8. Milking goats every day no matter what because they will get mastitis if you don’t #9 . Watering rabbits in the winter #10.
    I do realize 6 of the worst jobs on our farm could be eliminated by getting rid of the goats but we love our Lamanchas and Boers so and they provide all of our dairy and some meat.

  • @gerardomanuelortiztellado1460
    @gerardomanuelortiztellado1460 4 месяца назад +4

    GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS
    BIG HUG FROM CHICAGO IL 🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️

  • @allonesame6467
    @allonesame6467 4 месяца назад +9

    I always experienced cognitive dissonance going to a gym with lights glaring, air conditioning set on frozen, and electricity running all the equipment. People in there sweating and pumping iron, but all the "work" we were doing was not being used, unharnessed work! Growing up on a farm, it felt ridiculous and bizarre to go to a gym. At 66 I still feel that way. If you go to a gym, you should be able to get on machines that let your work power the system. Now that' would be innovation. Just thoughts...💖💖💖💖💖Your channel and all you share. Blessings.

  • @LisaG-fu9zp
    @LisaG-fu9zp 4 месяца назад +6

    Hello from Iowa

  • @jackiebinns6205
    @jackiebinns6205 4 месяца назад +3

    Thanks Jason🎉🎉

  • @robertlafferry3455
    @robertlafferry3455 4 месяца назад +7

    225 views in 5 minutes. Y’all are awesome

  • @belieftransformation
    @belieftransformation 4 месяца назад

    Well told story of what makes things easy or hard…a positive attitude certainly helps life go better! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦

  • @suemullinax8985
    @suemullinax8985 4 месяца назад

    You guys are doing a great job 👍👍 I’m very proud of all your accomplishments and your fence. ♥️♥️👍👍

  • @StoneKathryn
    @StoneKathryn 4 месяца назад +3

    I lost my farm due to getting hit by a car walking out of a gas station. A 16 year old kid was texting and jumped the curb on the walkway and flew his car into me. I was two steps out of the store. It was my dream to have a farm. It's all gone. After 10 years of daily pain my husband is sick of me. He wants me gone. I couldn't believe he didn't believe I was in pain all the time. He says it's all psychosomatic pain whatever that means. It hurts to walk and my knees don't work. It's good we are getting a divorce but I will miss being on a farm. Try to never get hurt. It changes everything.

  • @darienneflint9354
    @darienneflint9354 4 месяца назад

    ❤ Jason and family doing a fab homesteading job. Jealous everytime while watching your videos with envy ... horrid jobs make it so worthwhile. Slowly all with your projects developing the homestead making life easier and quality living.

  • @southloupriverhomestead4696
    @southloupriverhomestead4696 4 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for another good video!

    • @SowtheLand
      @SowtheLand  4 месяца назад +2

      Glad you like them!

  • @margaretpervier8357
    @margaretpervier8357 4 месяца назад

    I love your videos. I do wish they were longer.😊❤

  • @joyarnett6570
    @joyarnett6570 4 месяца назад +2

    I wish I could live that life style if I could go back 30yrs...lol...I would love it..

  • @moncho99able
    @moncho99able 4 месяца назад

    You definitely have lots to do. Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing!!

  • @angelatrindade2545
    @angelatrindade2545 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video as always😊❤

  • @patriciablanton6243
    @patriciablanton6243 4 месяца назад +2

    When working in n Farrowing on hog farm we would hold the body backwards and between our legs. Then you can push the testicles forward then it's easier to do the deed.

  • @cynithiadykes8537
    @cynithiadykes8537 4 месяца назад

    Completely enjoy all Jason's content. Videos and podcasts. Keep it up ❤

  • @pamray1906
    @pamray1906 4 месяца назад

    I really enjoy watching your wife and daughter in the videos. Always a joy to see them ❤❤❤❤

  • @simoneconsciousobserver3105
    @simoneconsciousobserver3105 4 месяца назад

    You sure have transformed this new homestead in such a short amount of time

  • @angiemacdonald4502
    @angiemacdonald4502 4 месяца назад +1

    I like the 15 to 20 minute videos.

  • @batpherlangkharkrang7976
    @batpherlangkharkrang7976 4 месяца назад +1

    Hi.... Jason and Loraine nice to see you Love watching your video homestead keep it up bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

  • @glengillis7775
    @glengillis7775 4 месяца назад

    Love the video. So much fun living the dream

  • @bingo45373
    @bingo45373 4 месяца назад

    Yeah I agree cleaning pins suck I use to raise rabbits my breading stock had it where it went down a shoot and into a bucket I built it myself and my grow out pin I could move it but in the winter my breaders was in the garage with pans under them I hated the winter

  • @cherylbertolini3140
    @cherylbertolini3140 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video:) have a wonderful weekend.

  • @marthabartel604
    @marthabartel604 4 месяца назад

    Cleaning out the chickens broods, pens, and the slaughter days ughh.

  • @elainefarr3155
    @elainefarr3155 4 месяца назад

    I know what you mean- dad used to castrate calves every spring, dozens of them. Almost every year one would kick him hard enough to break his leg- he was in a cast for weeks every summer, still riding and working 400 cows and calves!

  • @Rknowles813
    @Rknowles813 4 месяца назад +1

    Literally living my dream.. what a beautiful life.

  • @JeanHudson2022
    @JeanHudson2022 4 месяца назад

    Small spray bottle for the wound spray works really well. They are cheap at the $ tree

  • @TheFamilyFarmstead
    @TheFamilyFarmstead 4 месяца назад +1

    It’s homesteading. Nothing ever goes as planned. Great work adapting.

  • @KunesRGr8
    @KunesRGr8 4 месяца назад +4

    Hello Jason, I’m sure you’ve said many times, but how old are your piglets when you castrate them. I just got my first breeding pair of Kunekune pigs in march. It appears like my six month old boar got the job done and we’re expecting our first litter the 5th of September 🙏🤞

  • @jodyessenhigh3637
    @jodyessenhigh3637 4 месяца назад

    Guys, have just binged your channel from when you moved to the new farm. So enjoyable and entertaining. Jason yr a legend and love yr sense of humour (yep that is how we spell it in Oz). What you all have achieved in such a short time is commendable and you should be very proud. Cpl of observations - firstly do you guys have a product called cutter guard in the US - might help for the leaf build-up on you lean-to with the big black tank. And secondly, I reckon it might be time to change your thumb nail photo cause your little girl Pen, well she ain't so little no more. I will now mourn the fact that I have no more episodes to catch up on and wait impatiently for my weekly dose of Sow the Land. I also wanted to tell Jason that he reminds me so much of Jake Gyllenhaal (especially when he smiles) but don't want to give him a big head😉.

  • @patriciamorrison5372
    @patriciamorrison5372 3 месяца назад

    Your Land Is So Beautiful 😊

  • @2MorMor
    @2MorMor 4 месяца назад

    BUT if you save the mountain Oysters !!!! SOO GOOD!!

  • @carolynh8866
    @carolynh8866 4 месяца назад

    Isn't it amazing how different people enjoy or hate different jobs. For me I love whipper snipping (weed wacking) and I hate carting water. (My farm is very hilly).
    I've only ever castrated piglets once before and never want to do again. So I totally agree with that being a bad job😅

  • @wmf1595
    @wmf1595 4 месяца назад +1

    When I was in college in Southern Ohio in the early '70s One of the young woman in our class grew up on a farm where they mainly raised pigs. She was a fun, vivacious, intelligent woman. A lot of guys in our class were trying to catch her eye. She developed a method to, I guess you'd say weed out the boys from the men - she would take them up to her farm and have them help with castration. This is not one or two, but several dozens of young pigs 🐷🐷🐷.
    She didn't care if they were experts, or ever wanted to do it again, but if they couldn't face it then the next week you'd see her with someone else.
    I know all this by the stories that went around campus. I wasn't one of the guys who pursued her 😏

  • @BumblebeeAdventure
    @BumblebeeAdventure 4 месяца назад

    🐝thanks for the great video🌻

  • @jessicaw4811
    @jessicaw4811 4 месяца назад +1

    A farmer friend always did it on the full moon says they bleed less of at all and goes better

  • @joannmahaffey1068
    @joannmahaffey1068 4 месяца назад

    Another great video. I'm. nOt sorry we missed most of the. Castration. Yep one of the worst jobs.

  • @keithprinn720
    @keithprinn720 4 месяца назад +1

    love how Ben calls himself the pig's snack man lol. lorraine should add cleaning the house.

  • @jerrystout3032
    @jerrystout3032 4 месяца назад

    Great Job guys!😇!😇!😇!

  • @Bindy36
    @Bindy36 4 месяца назад +2

    You have a beautiful property

  • @patience1226
    @patience1226 4 месяца назад

    Awesome video!

  • @sharvo6
    @sharvo6 4 месяца назад

    Hoping all your jobs become funner!

  • @berrymiles7585
    @berrymiles7585 4 месяца назад +1

    Jason you need a Uncle Moe pig holder, it will make the job so much easier and a 1 person job.

    • @SowtheLand
      @SowtheLand  4 месяца назад

      Never heard of him

    • @berrymiles7585
      @berrymiles7585 4 месяца назад

      @@SowtheLand it's a metal device the hold the piglet.

  • @jacquiesuper2200
    @jacquiesuper2200 4 месяца назад

    I just adore you Jason. Great video. You made it work. Glad u got some of the castration in it

  • @lasumm
    @lasumm 4 месяца назад

    Because i’ve heard of this happening before, I think it needs to be said for people who don’t know - don’t try this with your farm dog! They will bleed to death!!!
    The process for castrating dogs is very different from that of pigs and cows.

  • @79PoisonBreaker
    @79PoisonBreaker 4 месяца назад

    for cleaning out brooder , would one of those leaf blower vaccumes for bagging mulching leaves be worth a try?

  • @DKMFarms
    @DKMFarms 4 месяца назад

    Worst Job when farming 200 acres is cleaning the barn out or anything maintenance on the equipment

  • @higheriam
    @higheriam 4 месяца назад

    Techniqual difficulty day for sure. 😢

  • @onlyXknives
    @onlyXknives 4 месяца назад +1

    The reason why castrating is the worst for most people is simply the age/size at which they decide to do it, i've done so many i can't even count and I will tell you, it's so much easier when they are smaller, usually did it day 2-3 of their lives and it took less than 30 seconds each 1 including giving them iron shots and docking their tails. If they ever do a Homesteaders of America in Iowa and all of you youtubers go to it, i'd gladly come out and teach it even on an older piglet, up to wean sized.

    • @anjaschubert4086
      @anjaschubert4086 4 месяца назад

      Kupieren der Schwänze? Aber nicht wenn die Schweine draußen leben. Das macht man nur wenn sie eng zusammen leben.

  • @robertking8633
    @robertking8633 4 месяца назад +4

    Have you ever thought of running the chickens between your garden rows? They keep up the grass, keep down the insects, prepare the ground and fertilizing

    • @rcjo2
      @rcjo2 4 месяца назад

      Geese! Geese mostly eat grass.

    • @christinedehn3257
      @christinedehn3257 4 месяца назад

      Long, skinny chicken tractors rotating from one pathway to the next. Brilliant!

  • @karencatalano4349
    @karencatalano4349 4 месяца назад

    The pigs must heal fast. Because you bring them right Back home

  • @thelittlestnomad5960
    @thelittlestnomad5960 4 месяца назад +4

    I know it’s the way it’s done but I just find it horrendous that piglets are castrated with no sedation or local anaesthetic or anything.

    • @higheriam
      @higheriam 4 месяца назад

      Do human males get local anesthetic to get circomsized ?😮

    • @Cthomas5678
      @Cthomas5678 4 месяца назад

      Back in the 60’s my uncle who we referred to as a country man had a chicken house and he also raised fox terriers there was one young terrier that drove him crazy humping everything in sight and one day he said that’s it him my dad and my younger brother took him in the hen house where there was a stump they castrated him on that stump my brother said he just poured some peroxide over the area and turned him loose. It does sound barbaric but he was a farmer and that’s how they do things. Btw I graduated from nursing school and seen a circumsistion done and was horrified they took hemastats and pinched off the skin and sliced it open 😳 that and a bone marrow extraction was awful. I’m glad I had girls

  • @jamjar5716
    @jamjar5716 4 месяца назад

    Jason, where did you get the mask that you used when cleaning the brooder?

  • @suzanneo1124
    @suzanneo1124 4 месяца назад +1

    Elvira really has become a great mom. You waited so long for her to finally get pregnant, now she’s raising six!!! 😂

  • @buckreynolds7475
    @buckreynolds7475 4 месяца назад +2

    Easy

  • @rutten69
    @rutten69 Месяц назад

    In norway its the vet who fix the piglets!

  • @GM-rs2fv
    @GM-rs2fv 4 месяца назад

    Jason out here doing actual Farmer’s Carry’s lol

  • @pennywillis8895
    @pennywillis8895 4 месяца назад

    🇦🇺You could use another poultry coop or two.

  • @Barrell60
    @Barrell60 4 месяца назад

    I squealed for that fella

  • @jeangurnee
    @jeangurnee 4 месяца назад

    Would a shopvac work for cleaning out the brooder?

  • @MJ-wz6jo
    @MJ-wz6jo 4 месяца назад

    Well our first time went well with the meanest boy he is officially in freezer University. 2 more to go.

  • @laurieweideman9607
    @laurieweideman9607 4 месяца назад

    I think you forgot one. Remember moving the pigs on the other property?