Episode 2: Milk Cows and Burnout with
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- This week Al, Ben and Jason talk about their week and selling a milk cow and getting a milk cow
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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.
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It’s okay to post the failures. It shows that you are human AND the rest of us learn what not to do! Loving the podcasts, btw! ❤
Yes! Thank you!
I agree! When I watch a RUclips video, I would like to know how to do something … along with how NOT to do that same thing. That kind of knowledge only comes through failure.
And you can always go back and figure out what went wrong because you can rewind ..would really like to hear more about the wildlife and control measures. I remember when Al took on the skunk from New Yolk City.
It’s funny because Justin Rhodes got hammered for only showing successes & then others get hammered for showing their failures too. There are those that are so unhappy in their own lives that they have to pick others apart to make themselves feel better.
Absolutely but in addition There may be a viewer who has the answer
Ben, since industrial arts are not taught in school anymore, you are doing a great job teaching your boys that will take them thru life much easier.
Good job, pass it on.
So true!
We had 4 years of industrial arts in my high school which was a combination of first mechanical drawing, metal shop and wood shop alternating in order through the next week through the year. So you got equal amounts of time getting individual attention. There was a Technical school 10 miles away. Entirely industrial arts training. I loved those years. The mechanical drawing became ‘drafting’ the last two years
Thank you very much, Claudia, for bringing up this matter. Although I am not 75 years old and as happy as a lark when I get out into my garage shop, I still remember those days when I began my teaching career as a junior high Industrial Arts teacher. This was back in the early '70s and before the advent of all the technology emphasis that shifted Industrial Arts away from the "general education" theme to the "high-tech" theme. Nothing wrong with technologies or high tech, but when I taught, I had many students who were quite good at the exercises and projects we did, but who would never have taken Industrial Arts if it had been totally about high-tech (wiring schematics on breadboards just to see the light blink, then tear it all apart so the next class could jump through those same hoops) and physics.
Shoot! I had students who are now attorneys, physicians, physicists, plumbers, aerospace mechanics, commercial aircraft pilots, and those who were extremely happy to enter the building trades or office management or who owned their own businesses. Even one of my former students, Dr. Alan Sills, is the current official doctor for the National Football League. Al is a supremely highly-regarded surgeon who works out of the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Then, I had a really good student, Herbert Hood, who probably never graduated high school, but Herbert had an amazing mechanical mind, even as a junior high student. He now has a job working with a major railroad and is solving big problems for them because he has that unique kind of mind that's totally magnetized to such things.
Oh yeah, then there is Freddy Craddock. His dad was a professor at Mississippi State University (local to us in Starkville, MS), but Freddy just could not figure our fractions. He mastered the metric system, though, because most of it involved moving decimal points. Well, Freddy became such a great welder that right out of high school, he got a great job with Ingalls Shipbuilding on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and is now earning a remarkably high salary as a leading welder for them. Who knew?
I'm proud to say that, even after all these years of having taught those wonderful young people, I have a closed Facebook group called, "Mr. A's Industrial Arts Class" and, although I left the classroom in 1981 to become a principal, I still have 140 of my former students with whom I have regular conversations. And, some of them are turning SIXTY years old this year! We just share a lot of love with one another.
So, yes....if only we could bring back the "original" Industrial Arts in which students could learn how to hang a door in their house when the hinge gets so loose that they have to call a carpenter to come repair it...or how to understand the way their electrical circuits in their homes work so they don't have to hire an electrician just to install a new outlet in a bedroom...or similar.
I could go on and on...but, suffice it to say that, if students today had the kind of Industrial Arts class in which I was fortunate to teach, those students would be very well-equipped to become homesteaders. Shoot, Al Lumnah could hire some of them to help him erect those buildings he's putting up on the OGP (Off Grid Property) in NH.
Thanks, y'all, for letting me spew forth on this topic!
~Dr. Larry S. Anderson • Tupelo, MS (birthplace of Elvis)
Every episode get better and better. My 3 favorite homesteading channels together. can't wait till the next one
Agreed!👍💖👍
They are my three favorites as well.
totally agree can remember Jason hooking up early on doing stuff with justin rhodes and influence of larger permaculture pioneers. totally agree with the attempting projects understanding your limitations and different levels of skills shown by the two very experienced ben and Al and the try as hard as I can Jason nice to hear you go on about skirting the mobile home given you just did it and filmed it. Ben has his boys to help out like Jason and Al discuss needing help even while their wives are fantastic. first rule of learning how tom do stuff is cleaning up and putting it away and not controlling tools just borrow them after asking. Ignoring the morons on the internet has to be done they are not in your situation and social median or neighbours dont count.
Ben…you are truly entering “mentorship” as a parent!
I've wondered when that transition would start because Ben seems to want to do everything himself (at least on camera)...
Ben, we love you and your precious family!
I apologize if that came across as a snarky comment...wasn't my intention! I just can't tell how much of it is abt protecting the kids from too much video exposure/their privacy and how much is a natural desire to "just get things done" or letting them practice skills off-camera. Some YT channels include their kids alot and others do not.
I would love to hear Ben talk about teaching kids machining, Al to talk about forestry, and Jason to talk about using your professional skills on the homestead.
Great podcast today 😊
I so agree with you MrsPink64.
Each one of you, have something to bring to this podcast.
Kids (working on projects)(metal, wood)
Forestry ( water ways, animals (beavers, deer, bear))
Building (chicken tractors, brooder, )
Food storage.
You can elaborate so much more on what you are all good at.👍
Have a great week 😃
I am a 73 year old disabled lady that will never be able to live your type of lifestyle but I love hearing about yours. I am very impressed with the new shop talk because you are sharing the how and why of your progress. I wish you all the best of luck for your success. Have subscribed to all your channels and watch daily, even if I'm busy all day RUclips is there at midnight.
Hi terithibault,. I am 69 and have health issues. I would love to have a COMMUNITY with acres and my CEDAR LOG
CABIN in the woods. Have our own land/home. Younger healthier families share in community to help us. We do what we each can do to share
I don't want to live in a very small plot of land like 60' by 60'
Where you can see and hear your neighbors. In a very small home. Be nice to have more areas we can move into. What would you like? If you want to say. GOD BLESS You.
I'll be 70 when I finally move to my 3 acres homestead. Never say never!!
I am a 78 year old retired teacher, and I love watching this channel as well all three of their homestead channels.
@@pampilgrim2274
I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite! I stopped watching Justin Rhodes.....too commercial.
@@susanfullerton4763 I stopped watching Justin Rhodes as well. I do try to watch episodes regarding Jonah’s hip but that’s all.
Ben, you're awesome. Well all you guys are awesome but Ben you are managing such a large family and Al and Jason just have the one child. Thanks for being so straight forward about your life, it adds heart to this podcast.
Right, and with Al & Jason they only have one extra pair of hands each. I really think in our grandparents and great grandparents time, they had more children for the help on their farms. Al & Jason's girls are more off camera now that they are hitting their teen years, but still doing a lot around the house to help their moms. So many different dynamics also depending on the number of acres.
Ben, teach those boys how to skirt the mobile home and build that deck you want. It'll be done by Thanksgiving.
Love the show and format. Love to see a lady's chat. Best wishes form PA.
Absolutely!
What a great idea. I'll bet they could do that. Maybe on a bad weather day he could drawn up some plans with a bit of "how to" in it.
Hone their skills in carpentry AND bragging rights! Best to do that before they have better things to do... 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Decking would surely expand the living space. Especially if part of it was a screened in gazebo.
Could not have asked for a better podcast to add to my feed. Hope you all are doing well and thanks for doing this!
so cool! Glad you are enjoying it! thanks
@@Homesteadshoptalk Thank you. Moosetrack Recipe AL. You each have special talents.
Would love to learn BEN, knife
Jason, your wooden mountain pictures. AL some of your building shortcuts. You're all amazing and very talented.
Love how you're building tools to hang up your animals on harvesting days. There's so much you can talk about.
Jason, your room size frig.
@@evalinawarne1337 hello Evalina
@@evalinawarne1337 there are good and not so good on both sides. I was a single parent of one child, but had thought of 5... until i got divorced when he was a toddler. It would have been nice to have a sibling that he could play, read, or share life with so I could get dinner and do other household chores before we settled down, so we could spend quality time with together. I worked 40+ hours, but it was hard spending time with him. One thing he enjoyed doing, was tossing a Frisbie back and forth. He said it would be good exercise for me...but that wasn't the case. I could catch it just fine but I couldn't toss it back and forth..... he is the one that was running all over the place...poor child. He sure slept well that evening. I had cousins that were part of a large family. They had a lot of fun together whether it was play, work, gather eggs, reading or whatever. When they were going somewhere the oldest child went to get "their" child, got them ready and all of a sudden they were already cleaned and ready to go and the parents weren't looking haggard. now I have a cat that wants all of the attention.
One of the issues I have with working at home is seeing so many things that I haven’t done instead of what I have done - to stop comparing myself to what others have done and pat myself on the back at least once a day for something!!!!❤️
that's one of the worst parts of the internet is its so easy to compare ourselves to ours, We do it too.
Curious - have y'all ever made a list of all the skills you have learned since you started your homesteading journey?
Excellent question!
No but that is a good idea!
Al you are SO right ! Community is a huge need !!!
Corben is always right beside Dad. He’s a good worker 😊
Al is not wrong Ben. At your boys age my brother and I were learning at my Grandfather’s workbench. He taught us basic framing, placing concrete and building fences. As well as rebuilding the truck, including the engine. These were skills that we learned as well as helping him build a barn as well as a boat storage yard. Skills that we used all of our lives for many things. How to be basically handy. These were so valuable lessons that I can never thank him enough. In my 50’s we refurbished our home and built a barndominium. I saved tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process. So yeah, take Al’s advice to heart and start teaching your boys by putting them to work building your homestead.
I feel Ben wants his boys to be Calif bums, we hav lots of them. That "laid back, I'll do it later' attitude & why people hate Californians (typical surfer types). I can tell he feels if he gives the boys responsibilities like you & I grew up with its being too hard on them but freedoms are usually based on how self motivated & responsible one is. So many young families miss the mark.
Hiya Jason, Al, and Ben! Loving the "shop talk". It's awesome to see this side of you all. Three of my favorite channels. PS. Ya'll are doing awesome and kick rocks to the crazy internet people. You do what's best for your family. 😊
Hey, thanks!
I’m loving this!! To see my favorite homesteaders in one place. Just so y’all know , you are all doing an awesome job!
Ben, thanks for sharing your struggles. I'm praying God gives you fresh direction, passion and joy in what you do. Please realize what an impact you have on so many people watching your channel. I love everything about your family. Of course we know you aren't perfect, but you are fulfilling that hope in us, that we pray many parents will give the next generation. Your kids will grow up in the same generation as my grandkids. I am so thankful for you and Meg homeschooling, homesteading and raising your kids to go barefoot in the dirt and grass. It is the way I raised my daughters. It doesn't seem like much, but as they become adults, you begin to see that they excel much further than other kids in the system, and become healthy, happy adults. When you show your family praying together before each meal, it is so refreshing. It's the simple things that add up, and what you and Meg are doing is HUGE!
My husband and I have been watching all three of you guys for a few years. You help us get motivated to do stuff around our place. I understand that feeling of always doing projects, but somehow it isn't as rewarding as when I am helping someone else. However, the best advice is simply to spend some quiet time with God in the morning. Not just praying, but asking and listening. Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Joh 16:13 "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come."
I also learned that I have authority in the spirit, as God's child, to command depression to GO, and it does. Don't let what you hear is going on in the world get you down. It can be scary and depressing, but we must pray against it, and trust God to care for us and our families. No matter what comes our way, he will give us the grace to face it. Trust Him. Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."
It was brave of Al to get rid of the goats. I could imagine torches and pitchforks.😂😂😂
Guys I love listening to you! I watch all three of your own vlogs. Keep up the good job!
It's so great to hear you guys talking about change, and what's right for right now. I have wanted a mini jersey since we moved on our place almost 8 years ago. I've learned from you all that having a milk cow is a huge commitment! Now I know why God kept telling me "not yet." My 83 year old Mama has cancer. She lives in SC, 3 hours away from us (we live in in NC). Traveling back and forth is hard with having pigs, chickens, and rabbits to feed at home, and a big garden to maintain, while my husband still works full time. So, thank you for reminding me that I don't have to do it all right now. Make time for what's important.
Sorry to hear about your mother. We'll be praying for y'all.
@@LumnahAcres Thank you. sir.
I would like to hear all 3 of you talk about composting, improving soil, starting fruit trees/orchard -- keep on doing what you want to do -- we are just along for the ride & enjoying the ride
I have really enjoyed your getting together. Like minded, yet diverse in your homesteads and family needs. Seperating the romantic view of homesteading and what it takes. The limits and what is practical. The real parts. You three men are doing a great job. Makes a mama's heart proud.
Guys, we watch you for the entertainment of how your families are living your lives. If you get sour stuff from watchers you still need to do what works for you. You do, and who cares what the "Jones'" say, that is very suburbia and thank goodness that isn't your life.
I love these shop talks. All three of you are down to earth homesteaders just telling us how it is. Keep up the good work!
I just stumbled on this podcast, but have been watching your RUclips channels for a long time. You need to plug this podcast on your regular channels so everyone can find it!
Al did this, that's why I'm here
Hi, Al, Ben, and Jason! I am enjoying your podcasts!!!
So glad!
Discuss the best way to plan and build a small greenhouse so I can figure out how to do it at my house! Also how to plan projects!
I would love that! I am trying to build one here in Upstate NY!
love this podcast...i watch each individual and love the 3 together talking more personal about their homesteading.....
Thanks guys, loved listening. Very informative. I think Al had a good suggestion for you Ben by teaching the boys framing to get the decks and a bigger workshop done.
God bless you for spending all the extra time in your busy days documenting your successes and failures for the benefit of people you don't even know!
I’m loving the trio together. I watch all of you separately.
My dad locked up the tools if we did not clean up and put things back. We had to pay a deposit in sweat equity before he unlocked the shop for our projects again. We learned fast, and now we all have our own tools and keep a clean shop! I am really enjoying your podcast. Thanks for taking the time to share.
1. Sustainable Agriculture: Homesteaders can discuss various techniques and methods for sustainable agriculture, such as permaculture, organic farming, and regenerative practices.
2. Self-Sufficiency: This topic can cover different aspects of self-sufficiency, including food production, energy generation, water management, and waste reduction strategies.
3. Livestock and Animal Husbandry: Homesteaders can share experiences and knowledge about raising animals on their land, including topics like breed selection, animal health, pasture management, and rotational grazing.
4. Off-Grid Living: Discussing the challenges and benefits of living off the grid can be valuable, covering aspects such as renewable energy systems, water harvesting and filtration, alternative heating methods, and waste management off the grid.
5. Preserving and Canning: This topic explores various preservation methods like canning, pickling, fermenting, and dehydrating food. Homesteaders can exchange tips, recipes, and best practices for long-term food storage.
6. Permaculture Design: Homesteaders can delve into the principles and practices of permaculture, including designing sustainable landscapes, creating food forests, integrating natural systems, and building resilience.
7. Herbal Medicine and Natural Remedies: Discussing the cultivation and use of medicinal herbs, homesteaders can share knowledge about herbal remedies, natural healthcare, and creating a home apothecary.
8. Farmstead Crafts and Artisanal Skills: This topic explores traditional crafts and skills such as soap making, candle making, basket weaving, woodworking, blacksmithing, and other artisanal trades practiced on homesteads.
9. Community Building and Cooperation: Homesteaders can discuss the importance of building resilient communities and networks, sharing resources, cooperative farming, and establishing local food systems.
10. Land Stewardship and Conservation: This topic focuses on sustainable land management practices, including soil health, erosion control, water conservation, reforestation, habitat restoration, and biodiversity preservation.
These topics provide a broad range of subjects that homesteaders can explore and discuss in a conference setting, fostering knowledge sharing, networking, and community building.
We all come to a burnout place in life. With Jason and Ben living so close together, you can farm set for each other. Take several days and just go camp out, fish, unwind. Its really ok to do that. Thats part of your community building. Just unhook from everything and refresh your mind. Your audience will still be here.
I don't think they are that close together. I mean they are close enough to visit, but for daily animal chores, I think it's a drive.
I know it’s probably so hard to share your challenges/failures with so many people watching, but you guys have helped us so much in starting our homestead just seeing what we should or shouldn’t do. It has really inspired me to share the bad stuff on our channel, too, without feeling too much shame about it & just accepting that there will be negative comments no matter what. Loving the podcast!
Good day Al, Jason and Ben. These pod-casts are the best, I can't waight for the next one !! Keep up the good work guys !!
I'm enjoying the conversation and discussion, of homesteaders.
We would love to hear more about your family’s…how they feel about homesteading….also what are your dreams for the future…I very much enjoy your podcast..Thank you for spending time with us
Jason, most tool companies have small transfer pumps for their battery lines. I personally use a Ryobi transfer pump to transfer water to my pigs with a 55 gallon drum.
I'm enjoying the conversations. The three different dynamics but with a common goal. Maybe that could be a topic when asked to do a talk. Your own individual way of homesteading because of location or what not but also, how some of the homesteading things can be attained no matter where you live. Just a thought🙂 You all are doing a great job at this.🙂
Prayers Ben for your busy days, parenting, homesteading with gardens and animals, loving your wife and loving her!
I sure wished you guys where around when I had my farm now just down to acre and hens and geese and a greenhouse a garden A widow at 82 this is the best I can do Thank gosh for You tube so we find all these find guys thank guy see you next week
Love listening to Shop Talk!!! Ben, show us the boys' projects and you teaching them your skills. They can then start doing or assisting you with your projects. Video some of the simple projects you do that just makes something easier to do.
Love the podcast. Could you maybe talk on the size of your farms and the limitations of your acreas or the overwhelmingness of to much land, maybe just the things you would like to do with more land. I really have enjoyed listening to ya talk about homesteading.
I’d love to see a podcast from your other halves to see what they think and what they want to do next hugs from uk
Well done
I love the fact that you guys jump in feet first. You learn and I learn.
I enjoy this round table very much. I've been a follower of Al for many years when Olivia was just about 5 years old. I think what would be entertaining to me works be for you guys to talk about what cameras you use and how you set up your shots. How many angles. Also, what got you started on doing RUclips. I remember when Al was working and when Gina was able to stop working outside the home. I've subscribed to Ben and Jason's Channel also.
Yes 💯
Just as you all enjoy talking to like minded people. We love hearing from like minded people. Our world needs more communities like this. Great talk gentlemen! Thank you
Jason I liked your videos on your first homestead but you seem to have blossomed since buying your new place. I really enjoy watching you.
I have noticed your comedic side and Lorraine seems to be more assertive and showing her interest in so many things (especially cutting the meat and the bees.) I am glad you Don't allow those negative comments influence you. I love these podcasts and have been subscribed to all three of you guys for several years. Take care and God Bless.
I have been enjoying these podcasts. I watch each of your channels (with great pleasure by the way). The podcasts give me additional understanding about the things I see on your channels. eg. why you do things, what you plan on etc. Thank you.
Thank you, you 3, love your pod cast💞🙏🌵🤠
Thank you so much!
You 3 are all so awesome. Don't worry about what we think. We're somebody, but at the same time, we're nobody! Get it, really. You're all doing what we wish we could!!❤❤
Wanted to thank both Al and Ben for the milk stanchion videos! We got our first dairy cow too a little over a month ago and completed the build last week. Works like a charm and super solid. Will easily survive our Catskills winters. Thanks guys 🙌🏻🐮
congrats on the new milk cow!
@@LumnahAcres thanks Al! You and Gina are doing great things up there. Keep up the awesome work.
Ben - Wondering if the boys are big enough to help you build the Deck?
And a shop with a flat above. Sweethearts tend to appear on the scene when young men pass their driving tests…. 😬
It’s comforting to know that you guys “in the spotlight” deal with the same things as the rest of us. We all experience burnout now and then, even when it’s something we really enjoy or used to look forward to. Every JOB is like that. Even hobbies and longer projects can include that. It IS just a season and nothing is forever. Thank you guys for sharing!
Great job you guys. Looking forward to the next one. 😊🤩
This is so good! Talking about real things. Fears, priorities, parenting, burnout. So real. A gift of showing your process, how to get through and endure.
I think it is good to show the failures, it shows us the struggles of being a homesteader, love these podcasts
It is sad but also ridiculous that you homesteaders worry about what any of us think. We all have a choice to be here or not. I so very much appreciate all your channels and the time you sacrifice to share your victories and failures. Change is life so keep true to yourselves and don’t ever give negativity any oxygen or attention. God bless you all.
They are smart to be concerned because we are essentially their customers where they derive income from views and subscriptions. If they lose viewership, their income goes down. So yeah, they need to be concerned that they keep content fresh. It is more difficult than most people realize.
We really liked this podcast. Down to earth, specific topics that don't often get discussed. Well done, looking forward to next week 😊
Yes, talk about compost, & chickens & processing 😊❤❤
I really enjoy your conversation. Being open to put things on youtube is a two edged sword. I am reluctant to put things on RUclips though I think a lot of my projects would be interesting to people. I have edited some videos in the past and it feels a lot like a job. filming and editing youtube would be my "cow" that takes up my time.
Burnout is the hardest thing to come across when you are living the life you want/love. We are in our busy time here in our family owned, organic run plant Nursery in New Zealand , we just had our riparian plants for farms season in May/June which is tens of thousands of plants out the door, now we have bare rooted fruit trees starting, had about a thousand trees come in and we had a half day to get them all heeled in to survive. We have a team of 3 full time workers and 3 part time - four days later half of them are all bundled off for pre orders and we have the remainders ready for public sales. Not only are we all tired but my brain function is low. Still, even in the frosts and rain that we are constantly in living under the shadow of the local mountain (Mount Taranaki, its a volcano), I would not have it any other way. We still have 3 more drops of bare rooted fruit trees to come, Im trying to avoid thinking about it. My emails are this mornings focus so that I get more satisfied customers. I need a dark space to plank in for an hour so my brain can shut down, sleeping aint happening. Peace to you Ben, we all get ya even in diverse situation.
Hi Al . Jason and Ben Have Al and Jason convinced you to get a mini pick up yet Ben . GREAT podcast
I met Ben and Jason at the HOA a couple of years ago. I would think the smaller conferences in the NC, SC and GA areas are better where you get to can have more time to teach and exchange ideas. I appreciate that both if you generous and shared some time with and even let me take pictures to prove that I had met you.😁
Just found you guys on Spotify, now i can listen while doing my housework, thank you, you are a great inspiration to start growing and eating your own food, hope you make many more podcasts 👍👍
Thanks for listening
Always a pleasure, never a chore 👍
My husband and I LOVE being home. We actually LIVE in our house, our yard, etc. So many people go, go, go, because they don't actually use their yard or property, or home, and don't actually love being there. We had family in to visit this past week and had to make ourselves find places to take them. :D
Lighten up not so serious, I absolutely love this. Just be yourselfs 😊😊
I have been following the three of you guys and families of humans and various creatures for years. Love all your shows.
Ben’s cow was the sweetest of all!! She would be a great first cow to learn milking on!
I am milking four goats and getting close to five gallons a day. I separate cream and make butter and ghee. I've also make hard cheeses like cheddar, colby and jack as well as mozzarella.
Been camping all week and couldn't wait to get back in service to watch and listen to ur podcast this week, phone is almost dead but well worth it, I love to watch ur videos and watch u all grow, ur like the realest families on RUclips, my husband and I aren't in the greatest health anymore so had to move into a housing project but can still have a small garden in our local " community garden" run by the city here, we have 2 beds, 1 we grow for our family and the other 1 we grow and donate to those in need, its a win win for our neighborhood, seems like our "dream homestead" is past us now, I smile when I see u all light up in my notifications, God Bless u and ur families and keep on keeping on
Great pod cast. In the end this is your life so if you end up losing a few viewers so be it. You have to do what’s best for you and your family. I love all three channels and watch them every time they come out.
Thank you for these videos! Please don't hesitate to record, even when your projects aren't turning out the way you all intended. They are a wonderful record for your kids and grandkids, to learn from and have as a lasting heritage when they are grown and older. Thanks again, you guys, and God bless you and your families!
What I love is that these are for the moment unstructured and sometimes that brings out information we wouldn’t have thought of to ask. ❤️
Best episode so far! Great content - appreciate the vulnerability and talking about your struggles. As someone who’s also homesteading and facing the hard realities of this life choice, it’s good to hear that other people struggle too. Sometimes just showing the highlights and successes on RUclips can make us viewers feel like if we struggle, we’re doing it wrong.
I love you all of you guys. My favorite channels are you three. To listen to you guys just chit chat is awesome. I hope this podcast keeps going on. I watch my channels more than anything , I am disabled 65 year old women and to listen and watch you really means so much to me. Thank you for all you do and please don't ever worry about we think or what we will say, it is and should be all about YOU....Great video. God bless
The three of you all inspire and influence, more than you know.
My sons and their wives talk about y'all as the dream and as role models for raising a family.
We have been watching Al, Gena & Olivia since the start of their posting and Ben and Jason since they started….so great to see them “talk shop” together. Great idea Jason!
It can be intimidating for y'all to dive in feet first knowing you might fail, on the internet, but you'll learn something, and it's _hugely_ inspirational to us. It models good behavior and a willingness to take risks, and if you show that sometimes it fails but you still learn from it that grows wizards. Thanks so much.
Definitely feel you guys on the project paralysis kind of thing - there are days where it feels like nothing is moving at all, and why bother trying. But then I try to get one small thing accomplished, and get things rolling. Like Jason, organizing something or even doing the dishes helps change the mindset. Keep your hands busy while your mind shifts and sorts things out and get back at it!
Change is a good thing. I totally understand why you got rid of the cow, Ben, and applaud you and Meg for recognizing the need and making the change. We aren't a big enough channel here to have to deal with that delay to avoid comments yet, but I'm sure it will come, so thanks for talking about it here. Its good to see and be able to prepare for when it's my turn to face it.
Wasn't sure about following this new venture, but I am loving it also. Y'all got me hooked for sure.
The goal is to be somewhere tween Jason & Als farms. You guys are awesome!
Thank for being honest and real. It's nice to know that others struggle with the same thoughts and issues. God bless!
I love hearing about how you can make something on the fly. We build so many things with whatever. ie homemade chicken plucker. Of which we made work with constantly fixings for 3 years.
Stay safe and God bless you all my friends.🌱🐖🐄🐓🐐🌱 Lisa
What time to you come on👍
I am on u tube Thank you for sharing with us. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. FROM SE MICHIGAN.
AL. See you and GINA 6 a.m. SATURDAY. I am thankful to hear you share together.
Now,. We need your lovely wife's to share on their own time. Please keep the talks.
Yes I agree Evalina
Guys, stop worrying about what other people think! Who cares! You are all doing great and you inspired us to sell our home in the city and begin homesteading at the age of 60! We can't even get our family to watch our RUclips channel!!😂😂 But we refuse to give up!!
There's a place for regularity too. It's comforting to see Jason pull a chicken tractor again. A mix is great, the new and the growth, and the comforting regularity.
Hey Ben, write the projects down that you want to do and put them in a basket. Let your lady pull one out and do it!. It is fun not knowing what is next and motivates you to get this project done so you can find out what is next. Just a suggestion. I love your videos.
I’m hooked .
Brilliant listening an watching all three genuine friends.
Credit to all of you.
I’d listen to each an everyone of you.
Your all keeping it real.
Family.homesteads’ animals.growing the garden.
It’s a Hugh amount of work.
Thank you for making the time to catch up.
Not just for each other ! But with your followers 👏👍👏
Thanks for listening
@Ben, you and Meg milked the cow together. Make sure you replace that time with doing something with her. Don't lose sight as to why you guys started this journey.
I really enjoy listening to the podcast looking forward to the next one
The lessons here... it's a process of constantly re-assessing what works for you and your family.
HELLO JASON. AL . BEN I LOVE THE POD CAST
Y'all are the best. Been watching each of you for several years. Living through y'all the homesteading life I would love to live if I was 25 or 30 years younger. I do have my chickens, garden, berries and fruit trees but even all that is getting hard to keep up with. Thanks for all y'all share.
I love this podcast. Great to learn more about some of my favorite homesteads.
It is good to film even failures we learn😊
You all are doing good, keep it up, just 3 friends sitting around talking about anything and everything. Love listening to y'all,
I watch Honey Tree Farm and they do markets and delivery to restaurants, beautiful produce. I have no idea how much he sells it for.
As others have said I enjoy watching you guys. I am subscribed to all of you and have been for a long time now. ❤