In this episode Jason, Al and Ben share about their week. Jason visits a Menards for the first time and picks up a souvenir. He speaks at Murray Fest in Iowa and shares about his travels to the festival. Ben takes a break from YouTube and gives his recipe for tomato pie. He looks forward to lighting off fireworks, but wants to be in bed by 10pm. Al has been working on new summer pasture. He has to worry about moose destroying fences. Al got new livestock. And updates us on his pigs. He also shares about his plans for his New/Old manure spreader. The guys talk about busted laptops, editing videos, and storing music. They also talk about metal doors and bunkers.

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

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!

In today’s episode Al wears a sweatshirt while the other guys are dying in the heat. Jason and Ben deal with the June drought on the Homestead. Al’s first ever tornado warning. Ben continues to wait for parts for his mini split while the heat wave heats up. Jason shares that he sold two Kune kune piglets. The guys talk about pig breeding schedules. Jason shares about a new side project to help prevent break-ins. He prepares to leave for Iowa. He is still working on his PowerPoint and talk for the event. He’s been busy getting the farm ready to leave for the event. Al braves the heat this week and gets the waterlines done. Ben tells a story of building a waterfall with boulders and it reminds Jason and Al of similar stories from their past. Ben weighs in on all his produce harvest. He is stoked with the results. He has his pigs in the forest on a single wire. He Smoked a delicious rack of ribs this last week. The guys talk about why it’s so hard to sit still. See below for links!

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

We made it to one year on the Homestead Shop Talk podcast!!! In this episode, the guys talk about vacations and the beach. Ben updates us on his squash bug war. He also talks about his orchard harvest. His hodge podge Huggle mound produced a grocery sack full of potatoes. Jason shares about having a workshop on the farm this weekend in the heat. Al’s tractor gets a flat and he is embracing the dry weather. His pigs and turkeys are on pasture. Al orders a scythe. The guys talk about some of the things they use to help pigs, turkeys, and chickens get up to Harvest weight. See below for links! Thanks for listening!

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

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!

In this episode Al talks about his next Homestead project after the loss of his bull. He trenched waterlines, but things were not as easy as it was when Jason put in his. He also shares about his new Idaho pasture piglets. Ben shares that they are in full berry season on his property. He also got advice from our viewers on an organic squash bug killer. Ben’s two sows Farrowed. He is going to have to do a lot of castrating. Ben’s pressure tank on his well and parts of his mini splits went out. Jason’s week starts off with sheep drama. He is discouraged with sheep netting. He also talks about his dead bug in the wells system. The guys question if technology is really beneficial for the long term health the farm animals. Jason is thinking about putting pigs in a permanent space for the winter to make compost.

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

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!

In this episode Jason makes the guys guess what worst job on the Homestead he just did today. He shares about mic problems while filming. Jason orders 2,000 pounds of broiler feed and 1,000 pounds of turkey feed. He talks about how well his Napa cabbage is growing and they have eaten too much. Even the pigs are tired of it. He plans to put drip tape in the high tunnel. Al shares what he’s got planted in his garden and his frost advisory. His pond is stocked with trout. He talks about how he gets his fish and he fishes in his pond. He’s looking for a good recipe for smoked fish. Also Al shares some devastating news about one of his cows. Ben talks about his dream wood chipper. He loves it. He and the boys got the rest of the garden in. They also dug up their potatoes in the greenhouse. He says they are buttery and velvety. Ben’s battle with the squash bugs. He looks for answers and advice. See below for links! Thanks for watching!

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

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!

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.

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

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

Today in the shop the guys talk about their week! The guys talk about front yards and what the neighbors think? Ben and his boys cut hay with a scythe and changing netting for pigs in the woods. Jason, takes his yearly nap and also overcomes fear of electrical work. Jason also asks Al a concrete question. Jason has stuck up sheep. Al, received his chicks, cows on pasture. Also, the guys talk mini trucks and a truck you can't get here is the U.S.A. See below for links! Thanks for watching!

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

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

Today in the shop the guys talk about their crazy week plus upcoming summer projects! Jason talks about his tragedy with the new sheep, chicken workshops and people coming from all over. Al, talks about building his new chicken tractor, delayed chickens shipping, buying new tools and fixing his mini truck. Also, Al is not a kale man! Ben talks about the new baby and how he is cook this week. See below for links! Thanks for watching!

Sow the Land: https://www.youtube.com/@SowtheLand

Lumnah Acres: https://www.youtube.com/@LumnahAcres

Hollar Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHollarHomestead

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