Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Nadia Lim On Her Brand New TV Show

Episode Date: October 18, 2022

Nadia Lim chats to Jono and Ben about her brand TV show Nadia's Farm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben. You always look very healthy, Nadia. Oh, thanks. Cheers. Same with you guys. I think you're looking good too. Oh, is he fishing for a con? Yeah, that's what I reckon.

Yeah, he was. I see what you're doing. Yeah, because I just looked at myself in the mirror and I'm like, geez, he's not far from death, this guy. Hey, you're not looking healthy, Jono, but hey, that's fine. But Nadia had a failed oblige to say how we were. Now, I can't wait for Nadia's farm, but we do need to know. We've got a personal connection to Nadia's farm because there's roosters.

There's roosters Jono and Ben named after us. Do they feature at all on Nadia's farm? They are. And don't worry, they're safe. They're still there. Oh, yeah. But Jono and Ben are still going. They're living the dream.

They just eat my kitchen scraps and they just hang out with the hens. And yeah, they don't do much, you know. It's much like us. You can see why I called them Jono men. Are they looking healthy? Particularly the Jono roosters, are they looking healthy? Very, they are very, very handsome. Glowing.

Now Nadia, because you've been on this farm for a number of years now, when, was it your idea to make a television show about it or someone approach you? Yeah, we got approached by a few production companies, actually. And then finally... All the sharks were circling.

Warner Brothers wanted to do a show and we eventually said yes. We said, yeah, OK, we can do it. And I mean, the pure reason that Carlos, who's my husband, who is the actual farmer, and I said yes to doing it was we feel like a generation ago, most Kiwis would have had a direct connection with a farm yeah whether through your uncle or auntie or grandparents or close friends but these days i'd say that's more rare than it is common and most kiwis i'd say have probably never even

stepped foot on a real working farm in new zealand yeah and that's the thing because it's down south right down south in the south island and it's not you know i read an article you say you get called hobby farmers or lifestyle blockers that's not you guys And it's not, you know, I read an article, you say you get called hobby farmers or lifestyle blockers. Well, we used to. That's not you guys, because it's actually quite a big farm. It's much like when the newspaper calls us comedians and they put it in a little speech mode. That's probably true.

But for you guys, actually, it's a big farm. There's a lot of animals on it, right? Yeah, we're 1,200 acres. 4,000 sheep or something? Is that right? Yeah, so we've got 4,000 ewes, 3,500 free-range chickens, four laying eggs. something is that right yeah yeah so we've got 4 000 ewes um three and a half thousand um three inch chickens for laying eggs we do about 700 tons of grain and seed for things like peas

sunflowers for sunflower oil barley for molting for beer wheat um we've got a four acre organic market garden for vegetables and we do about one and a half to two tons of honey a year as well wow yeah and so that sounds like so much work and the reason i asked you about the tv production We have a market garden for vegetables, and we do about one and a half to two tonnes of honey a year as well. Wow. And so that sounds like so much work. And the reason I asked you about the TV production company is because running a farm, is this enough? That's enough. But then having to add in a TV show to that mix. So do contestants get eliminated each week?

Do we text to keep you in the competition? I mean, how does it work? No, no, none of that. Does the farmer find a wife? Oh, how good would that show be, though? Well, hopefully not for you, because you're married Does the farmer find a wife? Oh, how good would that show be, though? Hopefully not for you because you're married to the farmer. But there were a couple of our staffers like, I reckon you'll get a date out of this.

Oh, yes, use it for the profile as well. A couple of singles. It's awesome that you do it. And, you know, it must be just so – it sounds busy. And, you know, I was reading again about, you know, you guys running the farm. It's 24-7, really. And it's 365 days of the year.

Oh, totally. I mean, it's like as simple as, you know, chickens don't stop laying on Christmas Day, right? So you don't even get Christmas Day off. Someone's always got to be there to tend to them, make sure they've got their food and their water and that you collect the eggs. And, yeah, it is literally 24-7. Now, we all know farming. We know the realities of farming. What goes on on a farm?

Are there moments where you're like, oh, I kind of liked him? Well, in a nutshell, my home flock, so I've got our commercial laying flock of hens for laying free-range pasture-raised eggs, but then my home flock, who are the ones that I've raised from chick, and they're all different heritage breeds.

This is probably more of a South Island conversation right now. islanders you know probably i had too many roosters yeah yeah and it's not a good balance because you kind of want one rooster for every four to five hens that keeps like the nice calm peaceful balance cocks at the nightclub. Yeah. You don't want too many on the dance floor. You said it. You said it. And so I did have to do something about it. Yeah, right.

But Jono and Ben, they're still there in the nightclub. As roosters. Somehow. I don't know why. You wouldn't want us in an actual nightclub, but we're still there on your farm. Oh, well done. You're good on you. A huge lifestyle change for you.

Probably not so much for Carlos. He's done it before. Yeah. Are there days where you're like, what on earth You're good on you. A huge lifestyle change for you. Probably not so much for Carlos. He's done it before. Are there days where you're like, what on earth have I done? Yeah, well, sometimes I do go, why did we decide to take this on? Because it's, you know, even more work than what we were doing before. But no, I wouldn't have it any other way. Pretty, pretty cool. Yeah, and it's a beautiful part of the country down there, isn't it?

It is stunning, yeah. We were talking to someone the other day. Did you ever get used to the surroundings I think you kind of do it and you really notice it when you come back to the city and then you're like where are my

mountains where are the mountains to look at it's all buildings and it becomes quite overwhelming oh that's awesome what you're doing see you tonight on

three and Nadia's farm it looks incredible and it's always nice to catch up with you Nadia yeah you too love catching up with you guys