I loved what Ben said about learning something and then passing that skill on. I think it is SO imortant to keep these skills alive. It is so easy to lose our roots. These homesteaders are more important than they realize.
Great podcast once again guys! I wanted to tell you my son went to a pig breederand talked to him about getting the piglets they would normally cull. The ones with hernias basically. They gave him 13 pigs that he is now feeding out on corn from a farmer friend. They aren't the prettiest pigs but they are sure happy and growing great and we are all going to have pork this year that wasn't pumped full of anything. Bonus for him is he's sold 9 of them which more than paid for the feed. Moral- where there's a will there's a way!
As I think of the word community, I guess we have always been involved. My mom was a single mother of four has always been self-employed. We’ve had a small store, so proprietor store in our neighborhood for about forty years.. my mom had a small saloon for another 40 years we all worked in the family business. We even had an arcade room with games Pac-Man, and so forth for about 20 years after we all started growing up and having our own family a few of us still work for my mom. I left the nest at a young age got married had a son came back home help my mom out had two more boys ran her business for her till she passed in 2002. Then I opened up an ice cream shop blue bell for 17 years. I became a community activist for the past 15 years. I’m still at it for me. It’s all about community. I live in a community that I grew up in and it’s a pleasure when people call on me to come to a meeting for the neighborhood or some thing that’s going on at the schools, when I have my downtime I do gardening and I watch young guys and learn from you. I do canning when I can I’m still self-employed. I do take care of my husband and my father-in-law who are sick but I help out a little bit of everybody if need be if they need me.💜✌🏽
Ben I'm so proud of you helping Meg can i think every man should help n the woman help him when it's possible thats what you call teamwork love the podcast
An article this morning said your local UPS driver will now make $175,000 yearly to start. Also my delivery man says they already get a bonus if they deliver all their packages and come back with an empty truck. Now I know why the drivers are always in such a hurry.
Ben, your idea is good on being a hub, especially if you can get a break on shipping for larger orders. I grew up in a small rural town on a wheat farm. Everything was local. The grocery store, pharmacy, bakery, clothing store, hardware store, restaurants, all locally-owned and operated. We even had a local butcher house. Our electric/power company was a locally-owned co-op. It's sad that nothing is that way anymore. I'm not a business person, so I'd have no idea how to start something up like that. Good luck on your ventures!
I definitely use local farmers markets, I actually sell my eggs from home. I have a small grocery store down my road that I’m able to buy sausages and pork. They have a hog processed once a week, however it’s not on sight, so, I can’t say it was fed organic. They have gas pumps and they come out to pump my gas , I guess because I’m a woman , which is thoughtful to me !! I wish we all had the same mindset of really supporting locally! Love your podcasts and I look forward to them on Friday nights. Al, I remember back in the day when you actually rented a back hoe and you were moving all the rocks to make a fence line . I was so addicted that !!!! I agree you definitely have rocks !! 😂
The bigger deal in the UPS strike was 2 things, they mostly hire Part time help so they didn't have to pay same salary, those folks now get $22/hr and the Biggesst deal, Trucks have to be Air conditioned now, so less UPS people dying from heat. And yes People been dying. They had to have an ambulance pick up a guy a few weeks ago, the temps here in the hi desert were about 110 they said the temp in the truck was over 150.
All the government regulations are on purpose . . . . big corporations make all the political contributions . . . but it's also the world we created, by buying cheap. Al I have a question, how do you protect your pigs that you have in the forest, from the bears you showed on you night camera? Cheers, great content.
Yea...the bear / coyote thing does concern me. It seems the Lumnahs are going to need some big protective herd dogs ? . like Jason Smith down at Cog Hill Farm has.
Loving this channel guys!! Ben, i like the detail about walking onions (education helps us) One day in the future I would love to see an episode with your wives or with a wife take over, lol!
❤ Ben, you comment about community has to be one of your very best statements to date! So wonderful that you and Meg are such kind, humble and honorable people. Thank you both ❤
This way too long... but you had to ask. :) When Lowes (at that time Eagle) came to our town, I did the same as Jason. I continued going to our local hardware store that had been in business for over a hundred years even if they had to order it for me. They had started as a blacksmith in the late 1800's. After some time, Home Depot opened a store. Then, one day I went to the local hardware store and they were going out of business. It seems that they got whacked down by first Eagle and then finished off by Home Depot. There's another hardware store in the next city called McGuckins. They've been in business only since 1955. They've always prided themselves in having everything. The local saying is that if you can't find it go to McGuckin's. They've survived by growing bigger I'm guessing. In my area, small businesses fail all the time or the succeeding generations either get tired of doing it or don't want to do it at all. You three have probably seen that in your lifetimes. The hustle and bustle of life for people who don't do as you and your families have done just leads to shopping where one can get everything as quickly as possible. In and out. It makes it hard for the small businesses that are selling not only the products but also the atmosphere to succeed. Also, and in going back to my current theme that I'm soap orating about. People want to enforce their pursuit of happiness on everyone else. In the mainstream political situation now, there is absolutely no tolerance nor any general goodwill or help for alternative lifestyles. I've often wondered, Al, if part of your anxiety issues was due to this sort of thing. Anyway, my dos centavos. I'm really enjoying your "podcast" that I watch on RUclips. :)
Several of the roadside markets in my area near Roanoke, Virginia, do not produce the veggies or buy locally grown. They buy them from a bulk market of some sort about 100 miles away near Va/NC border. It has been shipped in there from Florida or wherever. So be sure to ask where food is coming from. They often have a sign that says...local produce. Not locally grown. 😡
Thank you, Al, Ben, and Jason for another interesting podcast. I too believe in supporting local businesses. My daughter, her husband and his brother operate a mill in Spindale. They stone grind and distribute their milled products over the southeast. You may have heard of Lakeside Mills. My whole family has used their products for many years. Al, Spindale is home base for the American Dairy Goat Association. That’s where your goats are registered. Just two miles from my house.
@@kayrabey1344 I do enjoy them. Down to earth and not sensationalized. I live only 50 miles off the NC coast . WV born and raised ,these guys make me want to move back inland.
When we have bad weather, supply chain issues or late frost. It's important to be able to feed your family. I'm a southern baptist that lived in a mormon household for a year. They taught me the importance of having a years supply of food on hand. It's just a smart thing to do. My son ask why save food, you know your going to give it all away the first month before starving with you neighbors. 🤣
But I didn't run out of peaches when Walmart didn't have them because of the last frost in Georgia this spring...LOL or when a winter storm hits and the bread isles are empty... I bake my own. Not a dooms day prepper. A prepared parent.
@@caryrhea3974 lol how many homes have a second bathroom and their pantry no bigger than a suitcase. Most folks don't have a clue how much they eat in a year. It's something Ben and Meg talk about a lot without making a lecture of it. We stored this much of this and ran out over the year or we stored this much and and have this much left. It shows how important it is for the individual family to practice and determine what is truly worth the effort for the family. Can't learn that from a book ,have to write your own.
I'm in the same boat with Al on the ground being full of rocks. All my growing is in raised beds, and grow bags. Our property is volcanic basalt with some clay and a little bit of sand, with a ton of sagebrush and some ponderosa pines. Love this weekly talk guys!!
Mark Shepard gave a talk a few years ago talking about how his coop was formed and how it saved their town. I really wish he'd do another talk on that (or some of the other people in that coop who made things happen) and more importantly, how to do it. that talk is on youtube, but mostly it made me want to ask a ton of questions.
I am contemplating how to do local on a farm scale. If I am planning a large building project, I shop around. If I need to fix something rapidly....( i broke a bolt on my brushhog) I buy where it saves the most time. If there were an easy way for someone to check your local inventory of parts/filters etc, you could become the hardware store for those quick items for sale. Lumber, firewood, hay, straw, Produce, eggs, chicken etc could all work this way on things like that. You could also rent out equipment like post hole diggers and drivers and skid steers and mulchers. I purposely bought the same John Deere tractor model that my two other neighbors own so I could share spare parts and attachments down the road in emergencies. I also can share knowledge so we can solve common problems or maintenance issues (which dealer is better right now). I never have used this option yet, but It could be there if I needed it. I think the biggest thing that you can do is just talk to neighbors. Get an inventory of what each place produces and what they are willing to sell. I found that I have a beekeeper offering classes just several houses from my property. Also found several neighbors experienced at witching water locations for wells or existing water lines. If you use a custom butcher or self butcher you cannot resale, but you can sell parts of the live animal. You might consider offering a class in butchering and each family pays for tuition for one of their members to come and butcher the meat. You could sell a half or quarter or eighth of an animal and that person then butchers their own animal for their family. They use your facility and your animals. You could even offer a class for their animals. You could develop a mobile facility in a trailer that you could take to their farm to dispatch their animal and teach the class. Maybe this is how you are doing it already. I know Jason allows people who take the chicken butchering class to have one of the chickens. I would explore doing this for pork and beef. Tell me if I am off base here.
We had a man from the middle east tell us we could make a lot of money if we set-up a place to have Muslims come and butcher a goat since this is a ritual they have to do. We never looked into it but I'm just putting it out there so maybe other people can do this? I'll told there is a need for this. If I knew more about what would be needed I'd have a better idea if we could properly do this for the Muslim families. They need the facility and perhaps some goats too. We have one goat for weed control and he's a wither.
You guys are really onto a vital subject...and it takes a while to get local support educated. Because we know what it takes to be self-employed, we support local businesses when possible. Our trash man started with 1 pick up truck....now has a fleet of the automated trucks....time to look for another guy with a pick-up and a dream. That's here in the Ozarks, where entrepreneurism seems to grow on trees. l think that support for local business goes hand-in-glove with the homestead/self-sufficient movements.
I’ve always appreciated the three of you…and never miss an episode…using your own intelligence to study your own soils and how the full gardening experience yields….or doesn’t. Say, I’m so far from you it may or may not apply here. Just love your thought processes and action‼️and also know the wives are appreciated and involved…..
👍👍👍 Too much good stuff to mention. Thank you 🙏🏻 Peace from Scotland ✌ Amazon is no one's friend.... Heartfelt support for those who try to work for a company that puts profit above people. 🤷♂
I use to shop WalMart, Lowes, Wegman's, but chaged that 2 years ago and buy local. There is a nice hardware store in town and about a 20 minute drive north we have a place that deals with local meat and local produce so I shop there. They have done so well they have had to expand twice and they just built a bigger building last uear. I live in Troy, Pa. A small community with some farms still in business. Love listening to you men. What is your lumber selling for now and Al, is that why you went with metal? Blessings to all of you!
Hey Gang 👋, allways a pleasure to see The Three Musketeers, God's Good Blessings to you and your beautiful family's keep up the great work love U guys XOXOXO
Here in Saskatchewan I know of at least two farms/ranches that supply grass fed and local products in our area. One raises grass fed meats and eggs that you can order and they have a regularly scheduled pick up points in main cities in our province. The other one is a grass fed ranch that also runs a community market with pickles and preserves made locally by various farms. They also have honey, eggs and a wide range of homemade goods that you can track where every thing came from. For example, I could go the the farm where my chicken was raised and see the conditions. I am also very fortunate that I live a quick ten minutes from a Hutterite Colony where they grow an sell some of the best fresh veggies ever. Great topic today fellas. Thanks very much.
My grandparents had their own grocery store. It was a small one just a Ma and Pa store and my grandpa was a butcher and the big stores pushed them right out of business. I think it was Albertsons Grocery that did and my grandparents lost so much but before that happened they did well, my grandpa would do things on trade many times. I am so proud that my family had a part in the old fashioned way of giving and selling. I love the small town business and I hate how the big corporations just take over. I wish it was like when I was young, I am 65 now and have seen a lot of good business get pushed out. I love this channel, you guys are so good and I already watch your homesteading channels every day. Thank you for todays video. Where did Jason go? I hope he is Ok. God bless
When I sold produce to distributers ,had to move fence lines remove bird houses from the property , kennel my dogs. It got crazy and expensive . Then the distributer backed out , found another producer , it cost me over 10 thousand when I shut it down and still paying on some of the debt.
What I got from the podcast is that you guys want to help the community but if the community needs something really bad and it's too hard to start then you don't think you can do that even if it would make you a lot of money. An abattoir would be an excellent addition to the community, all you have to do is get someone who is good at paperwork from the government to go in with you to help start it. Good podcast guys.
❤❤❤ This was such a good idea for the 3 of you. We watch what your doing every week. I would love to hear what's going on when the camera isn't rolling. How are the kids doing. Do you have a social life... yes I'm nosey. 😂
Hi y'all,,Im becoming addicted to this podcasts many interesting topics for a non homesteader.Talking about farm trucksI haven't seen Al's truck lately ,do you still have it ?We had a local small hardware store where if you were looking for a strange widget the owner would go into the back shop and emerge in a few minutes blow the dust off the package ands "Oh give me a quarter" and forget the sales tax, sadly he retired then sometime later I waist a big box storeandhe wasp a ladder stocking the huge shelves.Iasked him how he washing he said I hate it " nobody really knows hardware here. Takecare be safe guys android luck in your endeavours.
In addition to supporting local brick-and-mortar businesses, identifying local people with skills that you can use at a fair price is essential. Welding, fence building and stringing, farm sitters, animal care and husbandry, construction, masonry, etc. are things that almost every homestead will need at some time. And it supports the local economy. Working with other local farmers to compile a list of skilled people in the area can yield an extremely important resource. I know that homesteaders like to be self-sufficient, but when emergencies occur there isn't always time to learn how to do something yourself. As Ben noted, skilled people in your area also could serve as a teaching resource.
Agreed.. a supportive community can make all the difference. Some 40 years ago, I trecked down to our local village store... and grabbed up about 5 small bottles of Pepto Bismol.. wiped em out. As the clerk was ringing them all up, without batting an eye, exclaimed... Sick Horse hey? No one around here these days would have picked up on that. We're losing our connection to how things used to be. Maybe we need some video games that actually relate to real life practical stuff. Whatever works.
I would absolutely LOVE to open a restaurant that served meat we raised here either on our property or from another neighbor farm. We're here in rural NE Texas and I believe people would support that. But the start up costs ans planning would be serious.
Beau of the Fifth Column has a channel 'The Roads with Beau' that is about building community. It starts just like you where like-minded folks get together, help each other and draw in others. Good luck with building your local economies.
The FDA is a major stumbling block for meat. We live in the suburbs currently. There are no local shops except for farmer’s markets for veggies in the summer as far as I can tell.
I'm here for it!! Hello to you guys. May I call you the 3 Amigos? I have an idea for a future cast. How about a breakdown of your day, not only the homesteading part, but the RUclips side of it. Who's films, who edits, when do you find the time? etc etc.. thanks Edman
I remember hearing the adults talking when I was a kid about "sponsoring an animal" the farmer would do everything but the animal was paid for upfront and you would pick up your cut later that year. I haven't heard about much of those kinds of things lately but they were cracking down on people butchering their own meat last year. 😒
We have to drive an hour in every direction to Lowes or Home Depot. We use our local feed store that sits about a quarter mile from our front door. We use the local building/hardware companies that have been here for generations as often as possible. We did a complete remodel for a guy, and the stores in town couldn't come close to having all the supplies we needed to complete it.
I got to check out the Amish stores and they had so much stuff at very reasonable prices! I never knew about them until a friend of mine started being an "English" to a Amish farmer and driving him around. Great places to shop for hand tools that work! They have all the processing stuff you need for food preservation too!
Thanks for another great video. I think it is sad that those who raise animals are unable to sell the butchered meats. On the other hand, I can understand that some folks are not as careful with their animals as y'all are. It would be very nice to have Mom & Pop shops for most of the things we buy, however, I also realize how much it costs for their bottom line. Rent being one of the huge expenses. We won't ever be able to go back to those days of Little House on the Prairie days. Y'all have a Blessed week.
... Ben was talking about becoming a hub for a group of families ordering their animal feeds and splitting the shipping costs and needing a place to store it, I've seen Shipping Container prices have dropped to pre plandemic costs for both the 20 & 40 foot containers ... as far as supporting local businesses, I hate the "Big Box Stores" and prefer the smaller local businesses but there aren't many at present for things my wife and I need, so we buy only the can't do withouts and make due with what we have ... I wish we could have a thriving local economy with locally owned businesses and the greater majority of the products locally produced ... Only we can help with bringing that about ... Great show this week and I hope it gets people to thinking and I hope this is shared by everyone who sees it ...
We kinda split our feed from chain store as it's on our way for weekly shopping trip and local feed store, which is owned by distant cousins of my husband. It's a different atmosphere especially they have known him his whole life and they pick on each other as only family or old friends can
I recently started a local homestead page on FB just to help local folks get to know each other and maybe be able to meet up and help each other out in real life. I already knew most of the people that joined but a lot of them didn't know each other and now they do. I also know many of newbies at animal husbandry and gardening, preserving ect so we will be adding files to the page with resources and information, especially things that are prevelant in our area
Many years ago, near my Grandma had a hardware store but they didn’t run a bill tally. They had a sign on the wall that said “In god we trust, all others pay cash”.
Really enjoying your talks. I’m starting to raise chickens and eventually cattle maybe hair-sheep. On 10 acres so not many of each and rotational moves. Doing this for quality and taste. What variety meat-birds taste best to you all. Same for other livestock you’ve raised or have eaten from other homesteaders
Our local family owned restaurants are either $100 for two people or a diner who gets shut down regularly for tax fraud . Neither serve locally sourced food. Rural Ohio here. 😅
Love your Idea, Al of a local restaurant that serves farm to plate . I'm really unimpressed with them saying that they serve Angus beef. We raised Angus most of my life and none of our Angus was as tasteless and cardboardy as the crap I've been served. I guess that's why at 62 plus yrs old I want to go back to raising my own meats. I'm a heavy carnivore and mostly brassica diet, with a little fresh fruit desserts. I go to the local butcher but even there it's not always good meats. Supporting local family's business or farms is the best you can do for a healthy community. Thanx guys for a great video.
@DukeOOO no years ago we only grazed our cattle in the different pastures on our farm. In the winter they would get the corn stalks and the hay we put up during the summer. But good try. We didn't do like our friends & neighbors.
More preserving on the Hollar homestead. I have Egyptian walking onions. They were here when we moved here. It's great Ben that you got to teach people how to castrate pigs! I hope you enjoy speaking at the conference Al! I'm glad you're helping a small business succeed Al by having them roast the coffee for you. Thanks for the heads up about Mother Earth News and them being awful to Joel Salatin! That water catchment system for watering your animals at the top of the property is a great project Jason! Yes, covid seems to have killed many of our small businesses in our town. I'd like to see those come back! I hope that hardware store in your town keeps going Jason. Cool, doing craft shows Ben is a way to support community. We have a small senior's store that is a nice way to support the community. I got several of my Christmas gifts there. I went to a small town burger joint this summer and had a burger from grass fed cows and handmade French fries that was out of this world! Shout out to Mammoth Burger in Stanwood Washington (state)! I had the "Drunken Shroom" burger with Bourbon mushroom sauce. It's harder to find a meat locker to get your animals processed now a days! Butchering it yourself is the way to go. Wow, being a hub for some organic feed sounds wonderful Ben. Thanks for this video guys!
Wow... so much to say that it would fill a book. I'll try to condense it. Demand. People demand fast and cheap. Local meat is neither. We have a beef farmer who sells out of a small building. Literally costs 4 to 5 times as much and he does one or two animals at a time. He then needs to sell out of the cuts before doung another. You may need to wait months for a cut you want. Location. You can't always setup shop where it is the best location. Funding to start and to allow losing money until profits are realized. Not many people will assume that amount of risk. Everybody wants businesses to move in. Folks, there isn't a queue of businesses waiting to go somewhere. Businesses like you discussed are started from people like me and you. Politicians always promise more businesses. However, they cannot control that. Again, that is done by people like you and me... unless it is big business looking for a tax break or free funding. On another note... I might go to the Homesteading gathering. Al, if I see you I'll say hi. Al, I grow organic rocks. Want to buy some for seed?😂 Ben, your onions must have just been planted (plants?) in order to die from cold. Mine went through a hard frost with no damage. Onions are cold hardy. I have a bumper crop coming in, regardlessly of all the rain. It's all in how you plant them. Jason, you can have 90% of my rain for your storage tank.🥴 Like Ben, we are in harvest mode. Real busy harvesting, preserving, and packaging. All the best to y'all.
Buy products made in the USA. If you need something that isn't made in the states, get second hand from a resale store or g. sales etc. Local stores instead of chains, diner in stead of McD's, Taco truck instead of T Bell etc.
I’m from Missouri and try to buy grass fed beef but it’s very expensive for me. Don’t know if you are familiar with Greg Judy’s RUclips channel but he does a lot of good for locals on raising beef.
Oops, what happened to Jason there? He just kind of disappeared. Lol. Live on the outskirts of a mega city. But try to support small mom&pops and local owned. Do my best to stay out of large chain stores and grocers. Have made our best contacts at the neighborhood feed store. But this is a discussion we have often, how to build community and what do we have to contribute.
People like Al, and Ben , and Jason are doing a great service by showing others that there IS a BETTER WAY to live AND the steps to take to get there. I love Al's story... how someone took the time to explain just how important 'CLEAN' food was.. Al heard them and took action... and the rest is history. Your power... as Influencers... is tremendous. That's how change happens. If I had available to me the information that you are all sharing when I was younger my life would have been so much different . Different priorities. The world NEEDS your inspiration.. so please just keep doing what you're doing..you're more important than you realize. If I were able to start all over again I would seek out people like you and learn everything I could .. and then pass on what I could. You and your families are like modern explorers .. showing a better way. You're all amazing examples of how things CAN be.
@@faithrada Al's website is about building. I have watched Lumnah Acres from the start. They used to be my favorite channel...before I discoverd Hollar Homestead, Simple Living Alaska, Sow the land, Martin Johnson, and a few others. Lumnah has made the decision to make their channel about building. You rarely see an animal or a garden. You get plenty of commercials, however.
Unfortunately unless it was a very small grocery store Kroger owns most stores and my guess would be that they would not allow "outside" meat coming into their stores. They want that monopoly.
My local Dog Groomer. 50 each dog sells eggs 4.00 dz an now sells vegetables. Cash only out of her farm house. So I spend 108. Plus vegetables lol every three months. But it’s local. (Near Wichita Kansas)❤
No stones in my ground about 10 inches soil ,10 inches pure sand , 6 inches grey clay then it's white sand and the water rushes up. Always having to set post in the water.
I loved what Ben said about learning something and then passing that skill on. I think it is SO imortant to keep these skills alive. It is so easy to lose our roots. These homesteaders are more important than they realize.
Supporting small businesses are key to creating communities.
Great podcast once again guys!
I wanted to tell you my son went to a pig breederand talked to him about getting the piglets they would normally cull. The ones with hernias basically. They gave him 13 pigs that he is now feeding out on corn from a farmer friend. They aren't the prettiest pigs but they are sure happy and growing great and we are all going to have pork this year that wasn't pumped full of anything. Bonus for him is he's sold 9 of them which more than paid for the feed. Moral- where there's a will there's a way!
Good for him !!!!
The next Jeff Bezos!
As I think of the word community, I guess we have always been involved. My mom was a single mother of four has always been self-employed. We’ve had a small store, so proprietor store in our neighborhood for about forty years.. my mom had a small saloon for another 40 years we all worked in the family business. We even had an arcade room with games Pac-Man, and so forth for about 20 years after we all started growing up and having our own family a few of us still work for my mom. I left the nest at a young age got married had a son came back home help my mom out had two more boys ran her business for her till she passed in 2002. Then I opened up an ice cream shop blue bell for 17 years. I became a community activist for the past 15 years. I’m still at it for me. It’s all about community. I live in a community that I grew up in and it’s a pleasure when people call on me to come to a meeting for the neighborhood or some thing that’s going on at the schools, when I have my downtime I do gardening and I watch young guys and learn from you. I do canning when I can I’m still self-employed. I do take care of my husband and my father-in-law who are sick but I help out a little bit of everybody if need be if they need me.💜✌🏽
Ben I'm so proud of you helping Meg can i think every man should help n the woman help him when it's possible thats what you call teamwork love the podcast
They are such a wonderful couple. I just love them.
As always very informative, thanks guys, looking forward to next week.
An article this morning said your local UPS driver will now make $175,000 yearly to start. Also my delivery man says they already get a bonus if they deliver all their packages and come back with an empty truck. Now I know why the drivers are always in such a hurry.
If you have exactly Ben H., you are right on Community !!
Ben, your idea is good on being a hub, especially if you can get a break on shipping for larger orders.
I grew up in a small rural town on a wheat farm. Everything was local. The grocery store, pharmacy, bakery, clothing store, hardware store, restaurants, all locally-owned and operated. We even had a local butcher house. Our electric/power company was a locally-owned co-op. It's sad that nothing is that way anymore.
I'm not a business person, so I'd have no idea how to start something up like that. Good luck on your ventures!
I definitely use local farmers markets, I actually sell my eggs from home. I have a small grocery store down my road that I’m able to buy sausages and pork. They have a hog processed once a week, however it’s not on sight, so, I can’t say it was fed organic. They have gas pumps and they come out to pump my gas , I guess because I’m a woman , which is thoughtful to me !! I wish we all had the same mindset of really supporting locally! Love your podcasts and I look forward to them on Friday nights.
Al, I remember back in the day when you actually rented a back hoe and you were moving all the rocks to make a fence line . I was so addicted that !!!! I agree you definitely have rocks !! 😂
The bigger deal in the UPS strike was 2 things, they mostly hire Part time help so they didn't have to pay same salary, those folks now get $22/hr and the Biggesst deal, Trucks have to be Air conditioned now, so less UPS people dying from heat. And yes People been dying. They had to have an ambulance pick up a guy a few weeks ago, the temps here in the hi desert were about 110 they said the temp in the truck was over 150.
Excellent point
All the government regulations are on purpose . . . . big corporations make all the political contributions . . . but it's also the world we created, by buying cheap. Al I have a question, how do you protect your pigs that you have in the forest, from the bears you showed on you night camera? Cheers, great content.
Yea...the bear / coyote thing does concern me. It seems the Lumnahs are going to need some big protective herd dogs ? . like Jason Smith down at Cog Hill Farm has.
Loving this channel guys!! Ben, i like the detail about walking onions (education helps us)
One day in the future I would love to see an episode with your wives or with a wife take over, lol!
❤ Ben, you comment about community has to be one of your very best statements to date! So wonderful that you and Meg are such kind, humble and honorable people. Thank you both ❤
Love your podcasts. Always makes me think.
This way too long... but you had to ask. :)
When Lowes (at that time Eagle) came to our town, I did the same as Jason. I continued going to our local hardware store that had been in business for over a hundred years even if they had to order it for me. They had started as a blacksmith in the late 1800's. After some time, Home Depot opened a store. Then, one day I went to the local hardware store and they were going out of business. It seems that they got whacked down by first Eagle and then finished off by Home Depot.
There's another hardware store in the next city called McGuckins. They've been in business only since 1955. They've always prided themselves in having everything. The local saying is that if you can't find it go to McGuckin's. They've survived by growing bigger I'm guessing.
In my area, small businesses fail all the time or the succeeding generations either get tired of doing it or don't want to do it at all. You three have probably seen that in your lifetimes. The hustle and bustle of life for people who don't do as you and your families have done just leads to shopping where one can get everything as quickly as possible. In and out. It makes it hard for the small businesses that are selling not only the products but also the atmosphere to succeed.
Also, and in going back to my current theme that I'm soap orating about. People want to enforce their pursuit of happiness on everyone else. In the mainstream political situation now, there is absolutely no tolerance nor any general goodwill or help for alternative lifestyles. I've often wondered, Al, if part of your anxiety issues was due to this sort of thing.
Anyway, my dos centavos. I'm really enjoying your "podcast" that I watch on RUclips. :)
I buy as much as I can from our local Farmers Market, as well, I cannot do chickens here, so I get my eggs from friends.
Great topic guys! Don’t forget about farmers markets and roadside stands.
Several of the roadside markets in my area near Roanoke, Virginia, do not produce the veggies or buy locally grown. They buy them from a bulk market of some sort about 100 miles away near Va/NC border. It has been shipped in there from Florida or wherever. So be sure to ask where food is coming from. They often have a sign that says...local produce. Not locally grown. 😡
@@revonda5204 They should not be allowed to do that.
@@revonda5204Indeed.. not all farm Stands are created equal.
I sure wish I were a neighbor to families like Al, Ben, and Jason.
I’m in NE Tennessee and will check out the hardware store in Hot Springs for sure. 👍
you're a smart fella Ben
Thank you, Al, Ben, and Jason for another interesting podcast. I too believe in supporting local businesses. My daughter, her husband and his brother operate a mill in Spindale. They stone grind and distribute their milled products over the southeast. You may have heard of Lakeside Mills. My whole family has used their products for many years. Al, Spindale is home base for the American Dairy Goat Association. That’s where your goats are registered. Just two miles from my house.
Jason disappeared….love this channel! ❤🙏
Local economy and community are key to surviving the doomsday stuff everyone keeps talking about.
I don’t know anything about dooms day. I do like to watch these three men and learn some things.
@@kayrabey1344 I do enjoy them. Down to earth and not sensationalized. I live only 50 miles off the NC coast . WV born and raised ,these guys make me want to move back inland.
When we have bad weather, supply chain issues or late frost. It's important to be able to feed your family. I'm a southern baptist that lived in a mormon household for a year. They taught me the importance of having a years supply of food on hand. It's just a smart thing to do. My son ask why save food, you know your going to give it all away the first month before starving with you neighbors. 🤣
But I didn't run out of peaches when Walmart didn't have them because of the last frost in Georgia this spring...LOL or when a winter storm hits and the bread isles are empty... I bake my own.
Not a dooms day prepper.
A prepared parent.
@@caryrhea3974 lol how many homes have a second bathroom and their pantry no bigger than a suitcase. Most folks don't have a clue how much they eat in a year. It's something Ben and Meg talk about a lot without making a lecture of it. We stored this much of this and ran out over the year or we stored this much and and have this much left. It shows how important it is for the individual family to practice and determine what is truly worth the effort for the family. Can't learn that from a book ,have to write your own.
Our coop sells local organic and grass fed meat.
Keep up the great Episodes!
I'm in the same boat with Al on the ground being full of rocks. All my growing is in raised beds, and grow bags. Our property is volcanic basalt with some clay and a little bit of sand, with a ton of sagebrush and some ponderosa pines. Love this weekly talk guys!!
Mark Shepard gave a talk a few years ago talking about how his coop was formed and how it saved their town. I really wish he'd do another talk on that (or some of the other people in that coop who made things happen) and more importantly, how to do it. that talk is on youtube, but mostly it made me want to ask a ton of questions.
Shepard is cool. His farm is a living proof of concept, perma culture style.👍😃
I am contemplating how to do local on a farm scale.
If I am planning a large building project, I shop around. If I need to fix something rapidly....( i broke a bolt on my brushhog) I buy where it saves the most time. If there were an easy way for someone to check your local inventory of parts/filters etc, you could become the hardware store for those quick items for sale. Lumber, firewood, hay, straw, Produce, eggs, chicken etc could all work this way on things like that. You could also rent out equipment like post hole diggers and drivers and skid steers and mulchers.
I purposely bought the same John Deere tractor model that my two other neighbors own so I could share spare parts and attachments down the road in emergencies. I also can share knowledge so we can solve common problems or maintenance issues (which dealer is better right now). I never have used this option yet, but It could be there if I needed it.
I think the biggest thing that you can do is just talk to neighbors. Get an inventory of what each place produces and what they are willing to sell. I found that I have a beekeeper offering classes just several houses from my property. Also found several neighbors experienced at witching water locations for wells or existing water lines.
If you use a custom butcher or self butcher you cannot resale, but you can sell parts of the live animal. You might consider offering a class in butchering and each family pays for tuition for one of their members to come and butcher the meat. You could sell a half or quarter or eighth of an animal and that person then butchers their own animal for their family. They use your facility and your animals. You could even offer a class for their animals. You could develop a mobile facility in a trailer that you could take to their farm to dispatch their animal and teach the class. Maybe this is how you are doing it already. I know Jason allows people who take the chicken butchering class to have one of the chickens. I would explore doing this for pork and beef. Tell me if I am off base here.
We had a man from the middle east tell us we could make a lot of money if we set-up a place to have Muslims come and butcher a goat since this is a ritual they have to do. We never looked into it but I'm just putting it out there so maybe other people can do this? I'll told there is a need for this. If I knew more about what would be needed I'd have a better idea if we could properly do this for the Muslim families. They need the facility and perhaps some goats too. We have one goat for weed control and he's a wither.
Hey guys! Thanks for tossing the link to the event in the description. Psyched for the second year and to get this event growing!
I enjoyed the podcast.Lots of awesome information. ❤
At my local sm groc store I get meat 🥩 from , it is local : a close by butcher shop of farm raised beef 1 mi. 🎉Away lucky to live in a small town! 😊
You guys are really onto a vital subject...and it takes a while to get local support educated. Because we know what it takes to be self-employed, we support local businesses when possible. Our trash man started with 1 pick up truck....now has a fleet of the automated trucks....time to look for another guy with a pick-up and a dream. That's here in the Ozarks, where entrepreneurism seems to grow on trees. l think that support for local business goes hand-in-glove with the homestead/self-sufficient movements.
I’ve always appreciated the three of you…and never miss an episode…using your own intelligence to study your own soils and how the full gardening experience yields….or doesn’t. Say, I’m so far from you it may or may not apply here. Just love your thought processes and action‼️and also know the wives are appreciated and involved…..
👍👍👍 Too much good stuff to mention. Thank you 🙏🏻 Peace from Scotland ✌
Amazon is no one's friend.... Heartfelt support for those who try to work for a company that puts profit above people. 🤷♂
I use to shop WalMart, Lowes, Wegman's, but chaged that 2 years ago and buy local. There is a nice hardware store in town and about a 20 minute drive north we have a place that deals with local meat and local produce so I shop there. They have done so well they have had to expand twice and they just built a bigger building last uear. I live in Troy, Pa. A small community with some farms still in business. Love listening to you men. What is your lumber selling for now and Al, is that why you went with metal? Blessings to all of you!
Good job guys !!! Keep em coming, really enjoying this !
Hey Gang 👋, allways a pleasure to see The Three Musketeers, God's Good Blessings to you and your beautiful family's keep up the great work love U guys XOXOXO
Here in Saskatchewan I know of at least two farms/ranches that supply grass fed and local products in our area. One raises grass fed meats and eggs that you can order and they have a regularly scheduled pick up points in main cities in our province. The other one is a grass fed ranch that also runs a community market with pickles and preserves made locally by various farms. They also have honey, eggs and a wide range of homemade goods that you can track where every thing came from. For example, I could go the the farm where my chicken was raised and see the conditions. I am also very fortunate that I live a quick ten minutes from a Hutterite Colony where they grow an sell some of the best fresh veggies ever. Great topic today fellas. Thanks very much.
Ask local business to carry the things you need.
My grandparents had their own grocery store. It was a small one just a Ma and Pa store and my grandpa was a butcher and the big stores pushed them right out of business. I think it was Albertsons Grocery that did and my grandparents lost so much but before that happened they did well, my grandpa would do things on trade many times. I am so proud that my family had a part in the old fashioned way of giving and selling. I love the small town business and I hate how the big corporations just take over. I wish it was like when I was young, I am 65 now and have seen a lot of good business get pushed out. I love this channel, you guys are so good and I already watch your homesteading channels every day. Thank you for todays video. Where did Jason go? I hope he is Ok. God bless
When I sold produce to distributers ,had to move fence lines remove bird houses from the property , kennel my dogs. It got crazy and expensive . Then the distributer backed out , found another producer , it cost me over 10 thousand when I shut it down and still paying on some of the debt.
Sorry to see about that. Good luck with recovery.
sad!!!
Yes, & they are REALLY expensive!!!❤❤❤
What I got from the podcast is that you guys want to help the community but if the community needs something really bad and it's too hard to start then you don't think you can do that even if it would make you a lot of money. An abattoir would be an excellent addition to the community, all you have to do is get someone who is good at paperwork from the government to go in with you to help start it. Good podcast guys.
Jason just disappeared? Hope everything is ok!
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This was such a good idea for the 3 of you. We watch what your doing every week.
I would love to hear what's going on when the camera isn't rolling. How are the kids doing. Do you have a social life... yes I'm nosey. 😂
Hi y'all,,Im becoming addicted to this podcasts many interesting topics for a non homesteader.Talking about farm trucksI haven't seen Al's truck lately ,do you still have it ?We had a local small hardware store where if you were looking for a strange widget the owner would go into the back shop and emerge in a few minutes blow the dust off the package ands "Oh give me a quarter" and forget the sales tax, sadly he retired then sometime later I waist a big box storeandhe wasp a ladder stocking the huge shelves.Iasked him how he washing he said I hate it " nobody really knows hardware here.
Takecare be safe guys android luck in your endeavours.
Al's farm truck for Gina has a carburetor problem and they haven't fixed it yet I think.
In addition to supporting local brick-and-mortar businesses, identifying local people with skills that you can use at a fair price is essential. Welding, fence building and stringing, farm sitters, animal care and husbandry, construction, masonry, etc. are things that almost every homestead will need at some time. And it supports the local economy. Working with other local farmers to compile a list of skilled people in the area can yield an extremely important resource. I know that homesteaders like to be self-sufficient, but when emergencies occur there isn't always time to learn how to do something yourself. As Ben noted, skilled people in your area also could serve as a teaching resource.
Agreed.. a supportive community can make all the difference.
Some 40 years ago, I trecked down to our local village store... and grabbed up about 5 small bottles of Pepto Bismol.. wiped em out. As the clerk was ringing them all up, without batting an eye, exclaimed... Sick Horse hey?
No one around here these days would have picked up on that. We're losing our connection to how things used to be.
Maybe we need some video games that actually relate to real life practical stuff. Whatever works.
Supporting Local businesses meaning smaller biz is GREAT. Supporting the little guy VS supporting BIG Corps like TS.
👍👍😂😂 love this podcast you guys rock
I’ve been using my walking onions for months. I Use the little onions on top and I pull the bulbs in the fall and use them as well
When Al builds, he buys his materials from big box stores. The local saw mills don't get Als business.
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I would absolutely LOVE to open a restaurant that served meat we raised here either on our property or from another neighbor farm. We're here in rural NE Texas and I believe people would support that. But the start up costs ans planning would be serious.
Beau of the Fifth Column has a channel 'The Roads with Beau' that is about building community. It starts just like you where like-minded folks get together, help each other and draw in others. Good luck with building your local economies.
Thanks for this tip. I'll have to check that out!
Just want to support y’all. Greetings from Rochester, NY.
The FDA is a major stumbling block for meat. We live in the suburbs currently. There are no local shops except for farmer’s markets for veggies in the summer as far as I can tell.
I'm here for it!! Hello to you guys. May I call you the 3 Amigos? I have an idea for a future cast. How about a breakdown of your day, not only the homesteading part, but the RUclips side of it. Who's films, who edits, when do you find the time? etc etc.. thanks Edman
I remember hearing the adults talking when I was a kid about "sponsoring an animal" the farmer would do everything but the animal was paid for upfront and you would pick up your cut later that year. I haven't heard about much of those kinds of things lately but they were cracking down on people butchering their own meat last year. 😒
You all are a great team. I watch all three of your channels and it's great you all came together. Your podcast/video is enjoyable to listen to+
Love the podcast once again fellas. If you guys ever decide to sell anything I'd support you.
We have to drive an hour in every direction to Lowes or Home Depot. We use our local feed store that sits about a quarter mile from our front door. We use the local building/hardware companies that have been here for generations as often as possible. We did a complete remodel for a guy, and the stores in town couldn't come close to having all the supplies we needed to complete it.
I got to check out the Amish stores and they had so much stuff at very reasonable prices! I never knew about them until a friend of mine started being an "English" to a Amish farmer and driving him around. Great places to shop for hand tools that work! They have all the processing stuff you need for food preservation too!
@StoneKathryn we have Amish communities we buy from, too. The craftsmanship is unmatched.
❤😊 Thanks we do try to buy from the small local shops, they are the ones that will help the community.
That was really funny Ben, I'm setting here thinking yes you have Ben, I watched it, and with Jason and Lorraine.
Thanks for another great video. I think it is sad that those who raise animals are unable to sell the butchered meats. On the other hand, I can understand that some folks are not as careful with their animals as y'all are. It would be very nice to have Mom & Pop shops for most of the things we buy, however, I also realize how much it costs for their bottom line. Rent being one of the huge expenses. We won't ever be able to go back to those days of Little House on the Prairie days. Y'all have a Blessed week.
Those days are long gone !!
I'll be there with bells on, I didn't know about it last year, I'm making a weekend out of it ,so I'll see you there Al 😊
... Ben was talking about becoming a hub for a group of families ordering their animal feeds and splitting the shipping costs and needing a place to store it, I've seen Shipping Container prices have dropped to pre plandemic costs for both the 20 & 40 foot containers ... as far as supporting local businesses, I hate the "Big Box Stores" and prefer the smaller local businesses but there aren't many at present for things my wife and I need, so we buy only the can't do withouts and make due with what we have ... I wish we could have a thriving local economy with locally owned businesses and the greater majority of the products locally produced ... Only we can help with bringing that about ... Great show this week and I hope it gets people to thinking and I hope this is shared by everyone who sees it ...
You could try working with locals to open a store like "Roots and Refuge"!!! I wish we had a store like their setting up!!!
Onions marmalade .....lovely
We kinda split our feed from chain store as it's on our way for weekly shopping trip and local feed store, which is owned by distant cousins of my husband. It's a different atmosphere especially they have known him his whole life and they pick on each other as only family or old friends can
I recently started a local homestead page on FB just to help local folks get to know each other and maybe be able to meet up and help each other out in real life. I already knew most of the people that joined but a lot of them didn't know each other and now they do. I also know many of newbies at animal husbandry and gardening, preserving ect so we will be adding files to the page with resources and information, especially things that are prevelant in our area
Many years ago, near my Grandma had a hardware store but they didn’t run a bill tally. They had a sign on the wall that said “In god we trust, all others pay cash”.
Really enjoying your talks.
I’m starting to raise chickens and eventually cattle maybe hair-sheep.
On 10 acres so not many of each and rotational moves.
Doing this for quality and taste.
What variety meat-birds taste best to you all.
Same for other livestock you’ve raised or have eaten from other homesteaders
i believe in Barter the act of trading goods or services between two or more parties without the use of money !
Our local family owned restaurants are either $100 for two people or a diner who gets shut down regularly for tax fraud . Neither serve locally sourced food. Rural Ohio here. 😅
Wish a group would start in north Mississippi. I would show up.
Love your Idea, Al of a local restaurant that serves farm to plate . I'm really unimpressed with them saying that they serve Angus beef. We raised Angus most of my life and none of our Angus was as tasteless and cardboardy as the crap I've been served.
I guess that's why at 62 plus yrs old I want to go back to raising my own meats. I'm a heavy carnivore and mostly brassica diet, with a little fresh fruit desserts.
I go to the local butcher but even there it's not always good meats.
Supporting local family's business or farms is the best you can do for a healthy community. Thanx guys for a great video.
You probably gave your angus some corn...
@DukeOOO no years ago we only grazed our cattle in the different pastures on our farm. In the winter they would get the corn stalks and the hay we put up during the summer. But good try. We didn't do like our friends & neighbors.
i WOULD APPRECIATE AN UPDATE ON BEN'S HEALTH, i'VE SEARCHED MANY POSTS BUT CAN'T FIND A THING. yA bEN, cASTERATEING A PIG IS A GREAT SATURDAY!
I cancelled Mother Earth News many years ago. When you've got more articles about buying stuff than Farming, ranching, homesteading..
More preserving on the Hollar homestead. I have Egyptian walking onions. They were here when we moved here. It's great Ben that you got to teach people how to castrate pigs! I hope you enjoy speaking at the conference Al! I'm glad you're helping a small business succeed Al by having them roast the coffee for you. Thanks for the heads up about Mother Earth News and them being awful to Joel Salatin! That water catchment system for watering your animals at the top of the property is a great project Jason! Yes, covid seems to have killed many of our small businesses in our town. I'd like to see those come back! I hope that hardware store in your town keeps going Jason. Cool, doing craft shows Ben is a way to support community. We have a small senior's store that is a nice way to support the community. I got several of my Christmas gifts there. I went to a small town burger joint this summer and had a burger from grass fed cows and handmade French fries that was out of this world! Shout out to Mammoth Burger in Stanwood Washington (state)! I had the "Drunken Shroom" burger with Bourbon mushroom sauce. It's harder to find a meat locker to get your animals processed now a days! Butchering it yourself is the way to go. Wow, being a hub for some organic feed sounds wonderful Ben. Thanks for this video guys!
Wow... so much to say that it would fill a book. I'll try to condense it.
Demand. People demand fast and cheap. Local meat is neither. We have a beef farmer who sells out of a small building. Literally costs 4 to 5 times as much and he does one or two animals at a time. He then needs to sell out of the cuts before doung another. You may need to wait months for a cut you want.
Location. You can't always setup shop where it is the best location.
Funding to start and to allow losing money until profits are realized. Not many people will assume that amount of risk.
Everybody wants businesses to move in. Folks, there isn't a queue of businesses waiting to go somewhere. Businesses like you discussed are started from people like me and you.
Politicians always promise more businesses. However, they cannot control that. Again, that is done by people like you and me... unless it is big business looking for a tax break or free funding.
On another note... I might go to the Homesteading gathering. Al, if I see you I'll say hi.
Al, I grow organic rocks. Want to buy some for seed?😂
Ben, your onions must have just been planted (plants?) in order to die from cold. Mine went through a hard frost with no damage. Onions are cold hardy. I have a bumper crop coming in, regardlessly of all the rain. It's all in how you plant them.
Jason, you can have 90% of my rain for your storage tank.🥴
Like Ben, we are in harvest mode. Real busy harvesting, preserving, and packaging.
All the best to y'all.
Buy products made in the USA. If you need something that isn't made in the states, get second hand from a resale store or g. sales etc. Local stores instead of chains, diner in stead of McD's, Taco truck instead of T Bell etc.
I'm so jealous! Its been 103 to 105 in South Texas.
110 is not unusual in TX
Now I feel bad complaining about 90 in Western NC..that’s rough heat!
my Sister lives in Abilene, and it has been high there too!
Build out of locally.milled wood. Forget the inorganic industrial components
I’m from Missouri and try to buy grass fed beef but it’s very expensive for me. Don’t know if you are familiar with Greg Judy’s RUclips channel but he does a lot of good for locals on raising beef.
Oops, what happened to Jason there? He just kind of disappeared. Lol.
Live on the outskirts of a mega city. But try to support small mom&pops and local owned. Do my best to stay out of large chain stores and grocers. Have made our best contacts at the neighborhood feed store. But this is a discussion we have often, how to build community and what do we have to contribute.
I was wondering the same thing! Didn't look like they noticed. LOL!
Al takes his viewers to Lowe's with him about every other episode.
yeah, on dates with Gina! lol
People like Al, and Ben , and Jason are doing a great service by showing others that there IS a BETTER WAY to live AND the steps to take to get there.
I love Al's story... how someone took the time to explain just how important 'CLEAN' food was.. Al heard them and took action... and the rest is history.
Your power... as Influencers... is tremendous. That's how change happens.
If I had available to me the information that you are all sharing when I was younger my life would have been so much different . Different priorities.
The world NEEDS your inspiration.. so please just keep doing what you're doing..you're more important than you realize.
If I were able to start all over again I would seek out people like you and learn everything I could .. and then pass on what I could.
You and your families are like modern explorers .. showing a better way. You're all amazing examples of how things CAN be.
@@faithrada Al's website is about building. I have watched Lumnah Acres from the start. They used to be my favorite channel...before I discoverd Hollar Homestead, Simple Living Alaska, Sow the land, Martin Johnson, and a few others. Lumnah has made the decision to make their channel about building. You rarely see an animal or a garden. You get plenty of commercials, however.
@@faithrada Have you followed Al to Lowe's 100 times?
As Al said you got to make an income!!I Is there anything wrong in that??? Also you can avoid any ads easily!!!! Oh by the way Hello Duke!!
Unfortunately unless it was a very small grocery store Kroger owns most stores and my guess would be that they would not allow "outside" meat coming into their stores. They want that monopoly.
I’ve been using my walking onions for months. I Use the little onions on top and I pull the bulbs in the fall and use them as well
Chef Vivian Howard?Lenor NC?
I watch what your doing every week.👀👀👋👋❤❤🙏🙏
My local Dog Groomer. 50 each dog sells eggs 4.00 dz an now sells vegetables. Cash only out of her farm house. So I spend 108. Plus vegetables lol every three months. But it’s local. (Near Wichita Kansas)❤
Ship to sowtheland before he decides to tear down that 2nd barn.
Ditto on the dark roast Ben.
U guys got the life. I wish I could homestead, but I’m old and alone. Don’t have anyone to help.
We buy from the local feed mill and our hay from a local farmer.
Good job
I feel the grocery stores have gotten to corporate America
No stones in my ground about 10 inches soil ,10 inches pure sand , 6 inches grey clay then it's white sand and the water rushes up. Always having to set post in the water.
How can we get info on the pig butcher workshop with Ben?
What is it anyone's business about the $ you make!?!