Sharing our small farm stories and skills along our farming, gardening and homesteading journey. Visit the farm for an informative and sometimes irreverent tour through our garden, livestock pastures, chicken coop, beehive and greenhouse as we live - pasture to plate. Farming topics free range around pastured heritage pigs, broiler chickens and pastured eggs, heritage breed turkeys, an heirloom vegetable CSA and garden, high tunnel / hoop house / green houses, organic and traditional gardening, farm infrastructure, tractors, sustainable energy, being self sufficient, permaculture, food preservation, bees, beekeeping and even fence mending.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 16 hours
0155 Pigs to the processor, deer season updates and vegetable garden tomato roundup
This episode we talk about taking the pigs to the processor, deer season updates and a review of the tomatoes in the vegetable garden this year.
0154 Processing a pig and people's feelings, bow season, bees and honey
In our return episode we talk about hurting people's feelings by processing a pig, some hunting stories and a bee and honey update
0153 Farm updates, sugar addiction and bowhunting tips
This episode covers off the latest updates on the farm, we talk about arrow, broadheads and archery season and we conclude with a sweet sugar discussion.
0152 Farming updates from pasture and vegetable garden
Another all updates episode from the farm clarifying the fate of pigs and the activities in the vegetable gatdens
0151 A Return to the Farm and a discussion about the future
In this episode we return to the coopcast to discuss the future of our farm and all the different enterprises we have in play.
0150 The passing of Watson and the future of the farm
A solo update about the last month and the challenges that leave us looking to the future with questions.
0149 Pig castration and boar taint, pastured chickens and vegetable garden farm !updates
This weeks is full of updates about the pastured pigs, chickens, the vegetable gardens and of course our beekeeping adventure.
0148 SPROUTCAST (short) On the road talking about pig farrowing
An on the road episode of the CoopCast talking about this years farrowing experience and the status of our pastured pigs.
0147 Capturing a honeybee swarm, annoying broiler chickens and a pre-farrowing pig
Another week of farming updates includes beekeeping, vegetable garden, chickens and pig updates from all around the farm
0146 Gardening, pig, chicken and beekeeping updates from the farm
Getting back into the seasonal swing of things this episode is full of vegetable garden, pig, chicken and beekeeping updates... and wine discussions.