Join Aaron Cool of Three Star Extractions put his compendium of home grown wisdom to work converting hemp into the finest additive and Enjoy as Aaron cools, agitates and squeezes out the stickiest gold around.

Tune into Edgar and James work a Woodmizer LT70 while owner Roy talks about what it takes to keep a sawmill alive and why people are the heart of his industry.

Join Amanda and Ray carve beautiful tones out of “two pieces of wood glued together.” Hear how Amanda became a luthier’s apprentice, what she thinks makes a good student, and how her teacher Ray knows exactly what the wood wants.   Hear carving, tuning, tea making and much much more direct from the middle of the woods.

A special two hour end of year clip show revisiting some of the sweetest sounds and wisest wisdom shared on The Laborious Hour throughout 2019. This month we’re gonna hear from a sitting chair who loves to help but can’t help but forget. An imitation meat maker who’s favorite part of the day is the end. And a classical guitar luthier who’d do anything to pass the right lessons on to the next generation. But first we pick up where we left off last episode and rejoin Mark Guenther of Muddy Pond sorghum at early morning on the Cumberland plateau. A little under two hours into a field’s worth of sorghum cultivation  we also hear from Maddie, Ethel and Fern. Two of his best horses and one of his favorite mules doing most of the work.

This month we rejoin Maddie, Ethel, Fern and Mark Guenther of Muddy Pond Sorghum cultivating this season's crop. As the sun continues to rise atop the beautiful Cumberland Plateau we hear Mark and team of horse and mules working the cultivator to pull out the weeds. Using skills and insights passed from generation to generation on this land, let’s listen and learn a little bit more about why they do what they do.

Tune in this month to first thing in the morning on the Cumberland Plateau. Hear part one of Mark Gunther of Muddy Pond Sorghum and team, (two mules, one horse) pull his cultivator through a field of Sorghum and demonstrate some of their traditional farming techniques.   Enjoy!

Tune into the heart of Manhattan’s Garment center for the cutting, pressing and sewing of one of the only remaining fabric flowers factories in the world, M&S Schmalberg. Join third Generation “Flower Man” Warren Brand as he shares the highs and lows of his unique vintage trade. Hear a little bit of what it takes to keep the doors open, and why he always keeps showing up.

Rejoin Conrad at Just Ice working with team and bandsaws to make their daily count of ice rocks. Then as he takes his shift in the freezer packaging cubes learn how he got into ice, how he’s getting better at it and what’s the worst part about working with cold.

Tune in to hear Conrad at Just Ice man the saws with team and the hop in the freezer solo to finish 1050 1"x1"x1" blocks.  

This Month, hear behind wall of Music City's most "way less stressful" and "authentic" pizzaria with Deighton and their pit of dish.