Ep. 77 Tools, Learning and Formed Meats

[@deborahparnell8862]

Love y'all sooooo much..very proud of who y'all are..kind humans..ty..xoxo blessings to y'all in every way ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CharlotteJones-o5g]

Merry Christmas to you three and your families. Im a 81 year old farm girl who loves your videos. Grew up milking cows, taking corn to get meal grounded, picked cotton and so I’m familiar with a lot of the things you talk about.

[@MichaelWilliamsSA]

Thanks for the chat. Al keep your 2 sows for breading. Pigs for everyone!

[@4Classie]

All 3 as Sows' it cannot be any more difficult, just process one when Pigglets are weened, then another whenever, let the Farm grow !

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Awesome job guys , it's the icing on the cake ! Along with each of your homestead channels, it creates an amazing experience , full of information ! Thanks for sharing !!!!! 🙏👍😊❤️

[@diannemiller4754]

Today's is Tuesday and I am finally able to watch. I spent the weekend running grandchildren to programs. I'm ready for calm hour of crocheting with my favorite KZbinrs 😍 ❤😊

[@lillianperry6451]

Enjoyed this video Ben I hope Ratty pulls through. Al glad you finally got your pigs corraled with fixing your wiring. Jason I hope you escaped being sick and get your fencing started.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Great podcast...each one gets better and better. Have a Blessed weekend fellas.

[@brokenmeats5928]

I love ALL Homestead Shop Talk Podcast videos!

[@4Classie]

I found that the Best way to put a live Christmas Tree in Room is ( I had ) to take a half Ping Pong Table ( as a platform - do-not use legs ) for a base with tree standing in middle, have an eyelet near back corner mounted' and tie one strong rope up 1/4 to 1/3 of tree then to eyelet, then it takes little time and strength to secure tight, with the only problem' being to back yourself out' after making rope tight, and a Cat will not be able to make tree fall-over ! Works great for putting gift boxes under tree on platform, and then next-to ! Highly recommend having water filled twice daily to hydrate tree to avoid fire hazard, don't recommend a live tree, but had no problem using 1 rope putting live tree in any corner, even the 12' trees I used to put in our living room !

[@marcialittle7893]

I have tied the christmas tree to two walls with fishing line when I had new kittens

[@diannemiller4754]

I had smoked turkey for the first time, delicious 😋the turkey broth was so tasty. I don't think you would regret trying it.😊

[@TNgoodlive]

I’m a 70+ year old grandmother and enjoy the story sharing in your videos! When your butchering discussions gets too graphic, I just fast forward through it. It’s nice to hear the lives of each one of you as they are different in some ways and the same in others. Learning a lot about life on the farms and how you deal with different situations. Goes to show how you’re never too old to learn. Thanks for sharing

[@edieboudreau9637]

Turkey on a spit is wonderful. If you're going to do it i remember family doing it with multiple types of birds on the spit at the same time. Chairs by the pit. Lots of wood stacked. Beer for the adults. Started before dawn. They rigged a cogfed spit turner that would do one way and then back the other. Of course to get it started required some cranking. Once the fire was started, coffee pot on the edge. Breakfast cooked over the same fire. While that was being done, the chores were being done. It was an all day family event. Infall or winter, not summer because it was too hot and, well, bears, coyotes, occasional wolf....you know how it is.

[@kathyburns2945]

Another great Shoptalk! Merry Christmas everyone.

[@heathernotzdaniels6350]

We joined and support the Arbor Day Foundation. They will send you trees each year, as a gift. They have an awesome selection of pine varieties. Little trees, will take time to grow, but to me, it's a future.

[@4Classie]

I once pitched-in with neighbors paying $100.00 ( my share ) for a bunch of trees ! I just took whatever others had picked thru, looking back none of the Redwood Trees planted, in what was my yard' survived to date, Elk City, OK but property now has plenty of trees !

[@mgtmoffat8411]

We did not have your fancy testers for the electric fence we used to use a piece of grass. Great podcast as always.

[@stevealldred4424]

Ben listening to your story about your pig. I was wondering if he got into a bee hive, like yellow jackets that nest in the ground. We raise German Shepherds and had one get into a yellow jacket nest. He swelled up around the eyes. Other than that he ate and drank. A shot of benadryl helped the swelling go down and he is fine

[@amysvob3066]

Good morning guys! We grew up next to a Christmas tree farm. I'm while I agree they're very expensive many don't realize the triming and other maintenance to prepare for the "perfect" tree. I remember mom flocking it and we would cut out snowflakes to flock the windows.

[@davidgetchell3633]

When you walk through a growing up pasture you look for just the right tree, it was NEVER "PERFECT" but it would do.

[@4Classie]

Just plant 10 to 20 trees a year, it doesn't take much more work maintaining, it is just that maintenance is frequent, that way a few great trees are worthwhile every year when developed ! Would be a shame to have grown tree that looks scraggly !

[@lisanowakow3688]

One year my Mom took three spindly trees and tied the together. They made a good Charlie Brown tree!

[@francrawford3246]

Another great podcast. Ben, aspirin and Benadryl can be given to a pig. Be careful about dosage, check with your vet. Aspirin needs to be given with food so there are no stomach issues. Benadryl is good antihistamine; I have used it with my dogs for bee stings. It's great that it's eating and drinking well. Maybe just time is the answer too. Jason, if your chickens do peck at the plastic in the high tunnel, a fence about 6 inches inside the sides or even the electrified chicken fencing to keep them away. I know geese will really do a job on the plastic. Al, no idea how you get so much done outside with the low temps.

[@josephpedone2004]

Hi guys, happy Friday Have a great weekend 😎👍

[@lilianrhodes-heatley6443]

I raised pigs (and all the other animals) for my own farmshop... The most piglets one year was 129 😳 we sold lots as hog roasters that year. All our meat had to be processed at a licensed abattoir and ministry inspected. I have to say our pigs were spoiled as I was friends with a local dairy who is also a commercial distributor. Every week I'd go and pick up an F150 truck load of frozen milk 😁I kept a big chest freezer in the barn and defrosted over night each day. So our pugs were fed in milk and hay in the winter with a small amount of grain... Summer time it was pasture grass, milk and they'd still like hay 😁 pigs live hay, especially the fermented hay/silage hay. It's also great for their digestive system.

[@4Classie]

Can't you guys Milk the Pigs or has nobody ever tried ?

[@faithrada]

Can NOT picture not having a snow shovel. 😅 I'm way south of Al.. but anywhere in New England needs a snow blower and a bunch of shovels. It's the ice that scares me... so we always keep a bucket of de-icer stuff to spread on the stairs. ❄️

[@Grandperesdream-j2f]

I lived at the beach in San Diego for 12 years. In the winter I wore a long sleeve tee shirt because, well, it was winter. I still wore shorts and sandals because it was San Diego, which doesn't have weather. It just has climate.

[@davidgetchell3633]

Good day gentlemen, another great podcast and thank you Jason Ben and Al. A lot of good info shared in the comments, Ben it could have been ground hornets or wasp with "ratty". Jason the fencer, have post-hole digger will dig ! Al I like your thoughts of breeding more then just one of the gilts. Have a great weekend !

[@Flowers4Bees.Veggies4Me]

Enjoyed your video 💚

[@PamelaDraper-j8y]

When our children were young, we have wonderful memories of going to the Tree Farm & cutting ours down. As the boys hit preteen age, they did it. ❤️🎄. Here at the beach ( North Carolina) we had one the first year, sadly it dried out so quickly, we went to an artificial one. Miss that smell.

[@Romans1118]

Continued prayers for all of North Carolina, hope your area is recovering.

[@PamelaDraper-j8y]

@Romans1118 my husband and I live in the southeastern coast of NC. We had the flooding from the unnamed storm which destroyed roads & some flooding. Nothing like what our favorite mountain areas endured. But thank you so much & keep praying for them, it's a long road to recovery for them. 😢😢😢😢

[@rayyoung7780]

I loved your conversation about the weather. I live in the Central Valley of California near Fresno and it is 50 here today but it is bitter cold because it is so damp from fog. Yesterday we had sunshine and it was warm. When you get the hot dog thing figured out do a video. I am interested.

[@zoeshorthouse7913]

Me too

[@helengibbs3862]

Just had my 76th birthday and I remember on my great grandma farm the pigs and also butter churn awesome job guys as usual ❤

[@davidgetchell3633]

78 here, a lot of good old memories !

[@evalinawarne1337]

BLESSED BIRTHDAY ❤🙏

[@taraemerson2835]

@helengibbs3862 and davidgetchell3633 Do I feel a love connection forming? lol

[@taraemerson2835]

We are in Northeast Texas and 2” of snow will definitely shut a bunch of businesses down 😂

[@markpashia7067]

Al, install some hooks into your ceiling. Three of them. then use fishing line to tie from the tree to the hooks about a foot down from top of tree. Then the cats can climb all they want.

[@elaineekberg113]

Y'all keepcolaborating on the modifications to the snowblower! 3 minds can invent something and share the royalties!❤❤❤

[@davidgetchell3633]

Or the DISASTER !!!!

[@lizhaynes3524]

Al, I have worked at a butchers that made their own deli meats. The hot dog meat is a high fat content meat and it is made in a large mixer that mixes and cuts constantly, much like a super sized food processor. The trick is to let the meat process for longer than you would expect. We always hot smoked the hotdogs too, so they were super delicious. Ben, guarantee that the chicken meat was not breast meat unless it had a high amount of fat added as the breast meat is just to dry to successfully make into chicken loaf. Even the smoked chicken loaf we made was made out of thigh meat.

[@AZJH8374]

One year my parents put up a 14' flocked tree. Mom heard a bunch of commotion in the living room. Low & behold all 3 cat's were up in the tree. We laughed so hard. 🤣 mom didn't think it was funny. She couldn't get them out!! Hilarious!!! Merry Christmas to you all. God bless you all and many prayers 📿 😇 🙏🏻 ✨️ ✝️ ❤️

[@patsfanb6]

Sitting in the deer stand. its 32 out and iam watching my favorite podcast.YaBoy

[@zannaB60]

Cutting your own Christmas Tree is a Norman Rockwell moment.

[@rode792]

For cows, pigs, and sheep I have found an easy way to load them is to put the trailer in their areas and leave the door open. Do this 2-3 weeks before and start feeding them inside the trailer only (or giving them treats in the trailer). They will run in on butcher day if you do that.

[@judithsmith9319]

Jason, I've made that chicken lunch meat twice now... when I saw Meg had done it I had to try it... I've impressed our whole spinning group..I let them try some and they couldn't believe I had made it!

[@clarencewiles963]

Good conversation today. Thanks again for your time

[@pampilgrim2274]

Good morning, gentlemen!

[@shirleybewley6646]

lololo Farmers ALWAYS talk about the weather first!

[@sandramorton5510]

Merry Christmas to all.

[@KarenBrodowsky]

I had to put my wrapped round bales on pallets and cover them to keep the hay dry or my sheep wouldn't eat the hay and the hay would be wet. We do get alot of rain where I live.

[@rebekahmccaul]

Saturday morning done right ! 😊

[@cathymorasch4164]

First year we moved to mountains we had 6’ of snow, broke us in fast, haven’t had that much since.

[@marcialittle7893]

Merry Christmas to all three families, and Have A Happy New Year.

[@TobyCatVA]

Excellent Episode

[@carolynspaulding6322]

Have a great week love you guys

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

7 years on Keto come the end of January and you guys make me want things I can't buy! I'll just have to make it myself. ~ Great pocast!

[@elainedegoede6276]

Love all your content ❤

[@rusty-n4o]

LOVE THIS VLOG

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Plant lots of trees Jason when you are finished with it the chickens love them and the needles are good for them.

[@markpashia7067]

Jason, you need to hook up with.a metal casting guy to make you a press for that McRib look and then make the pork scraps like a Spam recipe so it glues up into the press and sticks together.

[@deltorres2100]

Like us in Houston .,if we get a freeze..the Mayor shuts our City Down..and the Day before folk go crazy at the stores to prepare ..wipe out the stores and buy all the toilet paper.. This is why I buy plenty of… all the time ., so when they tell you to prepare, I don’t need to run to the stores at all. I can relax… The cold weather makes me want to cook something or bake something comfort food ..

[@tracyzabelle]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deltorres2100]

My husband and I worked on a project all weekend y’all and then we went to go sell scrap and that was horrible work for no hard little money, but I didn’t wanna throw the stuff out For anyone to just grab so we wouldn’t sold .. our old bars on this house …, taking them off when we add the new windows in the amount of time I have about six windows to go will be done. Carpenter comes Tuesday this week to put one window in that I had and I have to go to Home Depot and buy the number in the inside 2 x 4 just in case. (treated)

[@terryhenderson424]

I like a fair amount of spacing between the branches and so many ornaments you can't see much of the tree.

[@stephaniewilson3955]

The chickens will clear the space of bugs. They will find every larva.

[@debbieshort9660]

Good morning guys.

[@Lana-tn2nb]

I’ve had live trees in the past that I planted, that might be a good way to go for you, Jason. Get a larger live tree and just add to your small ones, and go from there Happy Christmas, everybody!

[@carolkimbell5174]

Good morning!

[@claudiamason100]

Homemade hot dogs with homemade buns, mayo, ketchup, mustard and relish!!! Oh yea!!!

[@DanaFoster-vl5os]

Great information

[@glengillis7775]

Good one

[@pabapaba6869]

Ben, just a thought about your sick pig, frostbite can cause swelling.

[@LB-gr7gu]

We had a real tree all my life .. I moved away.. wood chipper or burn with tinsel ? Merry Christmas guys .. It's winter ❄️🥶

[@nelsongibson5721]

Jason, Are you worried about growing in the high tunnel this spring with the fresh chicken manure? I have done something similar and have concerns. Merry Christmas, and i enjoy the podcast from you all.

[@bingo45373]

Ben I don’t know if you want to try this but when my dog has a bee sting or allergic reaction to something I give him children Benadryl and nothing beats a good hotdog and it has that snap to it when you bite into it

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Douglas fir trees are the best

[@rickfrench5965]

Jason put your coop next to garden.They are so helpful near the garden. Fall cleanup,compost making, pest control and you have H2O there already..

[@dannyloricroley9580]

Ben probably an abscess on ratty the hay may have had a briar or thorn .Garlic and honey may help with infection.

[@ronnielipsi8271]

All your food talk is making me hungry! Al, Brutus is going to miss Cookie 😢 ...

[@davidgetchell3633]

Hopefully he will have a new playmate soon after.

[@marthaosburn-henry1087]

Just wondering could it have been fire ants that bit Ben's pig? Good pod cast guys!🌻👍🌻

[@kathyburns2945]

That’s what I was thinking.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Kids in New Hamspshire wear shorts all year:)

[@carolkimbell5174]

There are ground hornets that make their nests under the dirt. I wonder if the pig was bitten by them…

[@kathyburns2945]

Fire ant got in my bales of hay and I didn’t realize it until I started feeling lots of stings. They are so bad.

[@melissacusick2622]

So I live in Houston, TX, and I have a few sweaters, but I don't own a jacket.

[@rolandhirons1940]

christmas trees would bring in plenty of cash if you grow lots take a few years but very profitable love vlogs

[@albertaboy74]

just "top' the tree like you would a any plant! they stay alive and its easier to find a tree. I cut standind dead for firewood, buti just top trees for Christmas.

[@PamelaDraper-j8y]

I have a friend that grows Christmas trees for their home, 5 acres ...... as they cut one down they plant one. 🎄😁.

[@79PoisonBreaker]

yes animals will snack on xmas tree branches. #1 it is another natural de-wormer. #2 caution it can make pregnant animals abort the pregnancy. Other then pregnant animals they are a great snack.

[@inadollard6672]

❤😊👍💪☕️

[@Nuup3831]

there is pretty good money in Christmas trees. You get to use the years they are growing as tax write offs because your business isn't making profit and the year they come in sell the trees.

[@denisewilson8367]

I hope Larain will include a video making her bologna.

[@margaretkerns4979]

You guys need to talk to Jill Winger about their beef marketing strategy

[@ingenoordam7422]

The thing i can think of is that pig wasn't it frozen and was it swallon because it was getting defrosed? Just wandering. G'D BLESS and greetings from Inge Noordam (the Netherlands/Europe)

[@johnbemis4057]

Light snow Moday 12/16 morning. Rain 12/17 Yuesday morning early. Snow light Thursday 12/19 for 18-24 hours. Forecast tool has problems of consistently on Cape Hattera coastal storm 0n 12/22. Storm drops 4-4.5" of water in Connecticut River Valley. Snow last thru 12/24 ealy morning. Merry snowy white Xmas.

[@kellygreen8255]

Ben, I’m in Greenville SC and just last week I found a baby snake in my driveway. I’m in the city, so….. it’s entirely possible that a snake actually bit Ratty. Idk. Yikes!

[@deborahlopez7147]

If the pig has an allergic reaction can they take a Benadryl? I give those to my pit bull for his hives. This is the Vet’s instruction

[@shirleybewley6646]

Dang! I was going to make homemade pizza, but NOW I want a hotdog!

[@evalinawarne1337]

🍕 🍕 🍕 🍕

[@ilenesatchell5445]

I hope you all learn how to create deli meats and hot dogs in your kitchens and teach your methods to us. I would also like to know if there is any way to buy meats pre-ground and not have to buy my own grinder.

[@judithsmith9319]

Azure Standard sells good hot dogs. I buy and stock up when I can...

[@barbarabentley5345]

Feed evergreens to goats= natural wormer. i know a goat farm where they ask folks for their old trees for the medicinal effect on an organic farm. Have you ever heard of shooting a Christmas tree? It was a true thing- shoot to knock the top off a big tree- it's a west coast event.

[@4Classie]

No' don't shoot into sky' it's illegal for a reason, duck hunters stray buckshot bullets are bad enough, it would take ballistics to break-off a tree top !

[@jenniewolford1631]

I tried that tube for delivery meat, used chicken never could get it to turn out. She should do a video!❤

[@Bex-rg8pj]

👋

[@kathycrook1913]

Hi guys!

[@cherylbertolini3140]

you pick in NH is pay one price for any size tree. you can also go in the national forest to cut them down need to get permission to do it first.

[@birgitelisabeth9661]

Did you try to call a vet about the pig, Jason?

[@cherylharless281]

Ben: Benadryl for Rattie might work.

[@dareil2000]

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