The Farm Hand's Companion: A Self-Reliant Life | VOA Connect

[@guitardaddy6]

This man produces the absolute most wholesome content on KZbin. I have a lot of respect for this man and i appreciate his time to share this with us.

[@oldcroneysgarage9739]

I thought I'd never hear his voice lol

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

1984 Chevy C30 I always thought the same thing!!

[@oldcroneysgarage9739]

@@mikee5208 hes got his own channel on youtube

[@oldcroneysgarage9739]

@@mikee5208 I think its located somewhere in arkansas. They expect visitors too

[@tanneradams20]

First time hearing him, yet he sounds exactly as I imagined lol

[@familyfungi]

Wow, I've viewed the Farm Hand's Companion many times and have gotten a much deeper appreciation for the man behind it. Thanks for this insight.

[@marcelosalgueiro3137]

"... Pa Mac`s secret weapon against socialism." You sir, have a new fan! Your show is amazing! Greetings from Brasil.

[@BacktotheBasics101]

Oh my word he’s talking. Love his show.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

This was so good in so many ways. The Lord has really been good to you and your family. Love your show.

[@kath5201]

These skills are needed. Bless you for keeping them alive.

[@JohnSmith-fd7dl]

There was a moment of hesitation once I realized I would be hearing his voice, but I clicked it anyways and I was not disappointed. God bless the house of McWilliams!

[@quailjailss]

Omg I love this guys KZbin channel. Never heard his voice though! Wish he spoke during his videos. Would love to see more of his cow herd and homestead. So true “you need to love it”

[@janmorse6948]

Dadgum! I been watching Pa Mac since day one....glad to see the rest of family and get a little look behind the scenes.

[@Sakitsunebi]

I've been watching Farm Hands Companion for many years now. I absolutely love his show.

[@LittleCountryCabin]

I love my sweet little jersey. Yes she gives back so much more than she takes🥰

[@efvangilder2642]

I love your site. I live on a small piece of ground that I enjoy. Now that I'm retired I'm starting to be more independent. Just finished my chicken coop. Getting the garden ready. Life is good. Thank you for all you do. Stay in the light.

[@TannerHortonMusic]

Been watching him for years and always thought I’d never hear him talk lol

[@cpguru21]

Pa, your show is this farm hands companion. You have inspired me. I just bought 10.5 acres and I appreciate all that I have learned from your channel. Thank you. And thank you for opening your house and family to us. Lots of love Pa.

[@edvangilder4424]

I really do enjoy your show. Me and my wife raise chickens and a big garden. We can alot of our food. But I have to admit I like my tractor and equipment. Keep making show's about daily life on a homestead and we'll all keep watching.

[@TheBereangirl]

Yes! I LOVE 💗working with my hands TOO! Gardening, sewing, embroidery, crocheting, baking cooking, upholstery, building, drawing and painting art...ALL of it! And I love seeing your beautiful family and hearing your voice! Thanks PaMac for quietly and powerfully fighting the deceptive evil of socialism!💗

[@PullStartStables]

Pa Mac, I’m not so sure that I ever planned to hear you actually speak! You don’t have the same voice I made for you when watching the series of shows... though this was an awesome little behind the curtains view of your life!

[@kath5201]

Same here! Thought the accent would be thick, which was why he didnt speak. He sounds like everybody around here in Idaho.

[@JavierRodriguez-mc5fj]

You sir are hilarious, god bless to you and your kin.!

[@gregwilliamshoneybrightfar5713]

Liked actually hearing your voice and the behind the scenes makes me love the channel that much more! My granddad was born around Hot Springs and my dad in Fort Smith Arkansas. They moved down here in south Louisiana when my dad was about 10 years old. Watching these videos makes me want to go visit their birth place!

[@kevinbelden9065]

Love his show!

[@MY_PLAYGROUND777]

I am Thai from Thailand and I follow his youtube channel. Because I like history. Old way of life. Old things, which are not available in Thailand. So I was very lucky to have found his youtube channel.

[@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648]

NICE TO FINALLY HEAR PA MAC LOVE YOUR SHOW

[@davemartin1534]

I love your channel. Not many you tubers make me chuckle or laugh out loud. I grew up living in a sustainable (poor$) rich life as my grandma canned 300 qts an maybe 200 pints from our 1 acer garden. We pulled boals (burs along with cotton). I was in the cotton patch at the ripe old age of 3 with a toe sack I had to pick 50 cents ofcotton before I could play in western Oklahoma. We chopped cotton n the summer and me and the folks went to Arizona in late fall (November n most of December ) to actually pick cotton (left burrs on stalk). My school always started sometime near August 1st then let out for 6weeks just prior to the first week of October (date depended on if the cotton was ready to pick) for most all the kids to pick cotton (few kids just had a 6 week break) and to help harvest their folks cotton in western Oklahoma. You have to under stand where I grew up was in the dust bowl there was very few sections that didn't have a road on all 4 sides. 36 sections made a township and every township had a school. About the only trees was in tree rows that run east to west right through the middle of each section. Planted in the thirty s to help stop the wind from blowing the top soil away. At that time there was a larger population n the schools in each township schools thrived as big families maybe 8 or more kids that live with mom n dad on a 80 acre farm 8 families on each section. Every body knew or knew of everybody in their township like " ain't you one of the Simon's boy's. Through that you was with that red hair. You are not Joe the eldest of the 13 kids are you? Been hearing how good a ball player Joe is" Neighbors were neighbors through community events and the farmers Co-op. If the dad or mom fell ill or got hurt farmers from all over the township would come and lend a day or two to whatever needed tobe done. If it was the lady of the house that was ill or hurt ladies from all over township would come n cook a meal or at least drop off a dish or two. After the WW2 schools population started dropping dramatically as the kids graduated from hischool they couldn't wait to leave that economic depressed land. And one by one each township schools had to close in each township. Then we moved to more central Oklahoma too what was supposed to be a grade A dairy with 50 cows in the barn. Well long story short we started milking 7 cows 2 times a day sold C grade milk. I worked the farm on weekends milked 2 times a day my week day what does s started at 4:30 end around 9:30 or 10went to hi school for 4 years. Had 27 cows in the barn still sold C grade

[@davemartin1534]

Polk salad: when I got to about the age of 8-9 in the spring I would scrounge the tree rows for wild poke. Bring home maybe 8-10 big paper grocery sacks full of poke. My grandma would process it n can it in pint jars. Not many of the neighbors even knew or liked it so there was usually an abundance of it growing. One thing I think you missed telling about was the process of cooking it. And it is important to know how to cook it. It has to be parboiled meaning to be bolided twice once and then all the water poured/ strained off n then boiled again. Otherwise a person can get very sick eating it. The name Polk salad was a miss named it seems by it's been name it can be eaten raw. Don't do that it's toxic raw. A lot of of green leaf veggies can b eaten raw but not poke salad. N as far as I know the whole plant is toxic I know I was cautioned as 3 year to never eat the purple berries. Don't have any idea if any other parts can be prepared and eaten safely.

[@Ham68229]

A simpler life for a simple time. Honestly, this NEEDS to be taught in our schools today.

[@bucket0rocks]

Pa Mac is an awesome guy !

[@adingo8mybaby]

Wow finally hearing him in the flesh his channel is the only yt channel that I will stop what I'm doing and watch when a new video is posted

[@Scotty777]

PA MAC Speaks! Love you show Sir! I've been watching and enjoying your channel for several years now.

[@fergusonto-2032]

Your videos are very inspiring , you have a beautiful family & are a very blessed man , may God continue to bless you & your family , Thankyou for sharing your life w/ us .

[@reevecarlson9496]

Love your show! It's great to hear your voice! God Bless!

[@ogpoultry2700]

From Kenya, I love Pa Mac

[@abaddon2479]

Really enjoyed this and you sound exactly how I thought.

[@hh-tm3gh]

First time i hear his voice,love you pac mac

[@mohamadrezafarshad4094]

Mr. Williams we saw you in Iran and we are very happy to wish you good luck

[@mwilliamshs]

McWilliams

[@shanehartley1957]

Wow. He finally speaks. Love his channel

[@JamesJohnson-yh1oh]

Elizabeth from far north California says, Too short! Way too short a video interview. I'm so glad I saw this to click on it, now that it's March 1st, 2021!! I didn't know his name and never heard his voice, never saw his children; saw his wife once. I'm thrilled to know more about Pa Mac, and love his southern accent!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for this!!

[@johngodwin7902]

I love his show I have seen all of them

[@bryanrisner1712]

Brings back many great memories and a life style that I miss. Would do us all good to seek a slower, simpler way a life to allow more time well spent with our creator. God bless and thanks for sharing.

[@torque9889]

Everyone should check out his channel farm hand companion. It’s one of my favourite KZbin channels and theres so much useful information and skills he shares on there.

[@tamarawheeldon1060]

Love it!!

[@FortnersFrontierLeather]

Gary is the man!

[@davidjohanson8964]

Anyone who has the choice to either start a self reliant lifestyle, or just go on in the status quo, will ultimately regret not choosing the former.

[@kurtlanford1448]

You are doing a great work Sir! 🙏

[@williambeshearssr3958]

It's great I love it cause it's mostly how I live and it's a good life cause God helps me thru the hard times and this year hes had to help me alot

[@ciphercode2298]

Love pa mac's show, best on you tube

[@GrizzlyGroundswell]

Outstanding as always Pa Mac! I always liked your channel, but to hear you say it is a combat against Socialism, I now love your channel!

[@YoutubeTM432]

HE SPEAKS!

[@Pantrychatter]

What?! He speaks! Loved it😀

[@happilyretiredmark2964]

He can talk he can talk oh my goodness PaMac can talk!

[@rustinstardust2094]

Longtime fan of your show - and l take notes! Appreciated what you said about your kids being capable of self-sufficiency. I'm not sure about the socialism angle...I figure people who buy everything they need from large businesses are weapons against socialism, as they keep the capitalist economy alive. Growing our own food and being responsible for ourselves might not support big business but it's what nature intended, imho

[@TheKinnardHomestead]

Great video!

[@stevenl8420]

When are you going to make another video pa MAC? I’ve grown up mostly in old ways in my youth but I still glean so much from you I wish I could see a video from you every day!!! Also is that ksbj that you edit for? Love worth finding is always on their programs. Please keep up the good work and know if nobody else in this world appreciates your videos and old time knowledge I do!! God bless

[@petey899]

Hi there Pa Mac and family i just love the show btw. Being able to work from home is a real dream for home steader's , the family farm is ones castle. My pappy comes from the Little Rock Arkansas area but we now live in Tasmania Australia and have been self reliant for a little while now. Would you say that your morals and beliefs are of the same as the Amish?

[@eastongentry6764]

I always wondered what he sounded like.

[@cyrilhudak4568]

RE: Lost Skills KZbin creator Cole the Cornstar farms 1000+ acres ,,,,, cannot successfully plant a garden in his backyard. I was embarrassed for him. (PS I know this is an old post but it just popped up in my feed. And it was good to hear Gary's voice.)

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

David the Good and Deep South Homestead sent me.

[@bretdavisdmd]

what an awesome man, and an awesome family. More of him, and less of AOC.

[@stevehairston9940]

Amen to that. 🖒🖒

[@dandyeh]

Hi, Pa Mac. I love the show. Especially this clip. It shows the person behind the camera as well as in front. Your comment about socialism is a little off as that way of life is about helping others and supporting who they are in what they do. At any rate keep up the good work thank you for passing along forgotten talents and work habits...

[@JamesJohnson-yh1oh]

Lefty Du Elizabeth says, Nope. Socialism is about the central government having all the power, and all the freedom. That's why Pa talked about the individual; being the government and having all the power. Socialism is only about the masses, nothing to do with individual.

[@maherabbas3294]

Wow it is so nice i like American people

[@atlhammer]

What is the song you & the girls are singing?

[@mwilliamshs]

Old Bluegrass standard "There is a time" There is a time for love and laughter The days will pass like summer storms The winter wind will follow after But there is love and love is warm There is a time for us to wander When time is young and so are we The woods are greener over yonder The path is new the world is free There is a time when leaves are fallin’ The woods are gray the paths are old The snow will come when geese are callin’ You need a fire against the cold So do your roaming in the springtime And you’ll find your love in the summer sun The frost will come and bring the harvest And you can sleep when day is done

[@BacktotheBasics101]

So I was watching this video and Paul Mac made a quote so I wrote it down and had to wake my wife up to spell something, she said who is the quoteby and I said Pa MAC she said are you kidding she had to get her glasses on to watch him talk for the first time.

[@franciscoferreiraceledonio7113]

Muito bacana O que você faz aí eu fico assistindo esses vídeos e dando risada só que eu não posso dar muita risada porque eu fiz uma cirurgia e não posso dar risada mais não não me aguento e dou risada é

[@mr.lietome3456]

Lmfao your display pic.

[@kaswynuntamed]

Believe it or not socialism is much like tribalism if you have a family and you all contribute something that's socialism :)

[@jason4275]

They need to grow something more profitable, too bad Marijuana is illegal in that state, he has allot of land to grow and make huge profits.

[@mwilliamshs]

Pot's not illegal in Arkansas

[@ohhelloder7294]

Poor chicken

[@larrythecableguy7285]

God made chickens for that

[@xc8487]

Chickens aren't capable of abstract thought, and it's not hurt when it makes those sounds it just doesn't like being upside down.

[@russtay]

I wonder if Pa Mac cashin them social security checks whilst hating on socialism

[@tommywilson4027]

This man paid that social security in to his account all his working life, it's his money stupid; and if it wasn't for good old socialism we wouldn't even need social security; but thanks to socialism and it's extremely high taxes on working people(to give to bums that don't work) a working class man can never get ahead! Before social security ( for the first 150+ years of this wonderfully blessed Constitutional Republic) people made it just fine.