This episode the guys share about their week. Ben says he has food growing everywhere. He’s even growing food for his food. Ben can hear his pigs farting. He talks about the worst thunderstorm to hit his Homestead. He bought a wood chipper that he’s excited about. Ben and his sons go to an airsoft field. He and his family smoked a suckling pig all day on memorial day. Al talks about his Hydroseeder, he worked out some of the kinks, and he is excited about it. It has already paid for itself. He wants to mix up more things with it and try biochar and compost. Al’s wood boiler makes charcoal. Al and his wife spent a lot of time this week trying to figure out how to artificial inseminate their cow. Al wants to learn how to AI. Jason shares about how he accidentally deleted some footage to make a video. He tried some of the lamb meat that he harvested. They are busy making all things with the huge cabbage harvest. Jason been working on a special video but not for YouTube. Jason looks for drip tape at stores, but couldn’t find any. The guys each share about their worst job on the Homestead and why they do it all.

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Homestead Shop Talk is a weekly audio podcast hosted by Jason Contreras (@sowtheland), Ben Hollar (@thehollarhomestead) and Al Lumnah (@lumnahacres). Three dudes with different homesteads talking about homestead life, content creation, growing a homestead and building a life worth living for. Thanks for listening! #homesteadshoptalkpodcast