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
015 Farming updates, planting peas in the garden, high tensile fencing project
Gardening is picking up as spring progresses and the seeds are starting to get planted (sugar snap peas are in the garden!) We are putting in high tensile fencing along the farms backbone in preparation of our sow farrowing soon (piglets on the way). Life
014 Farmstead hatched chicks, a visit to a heritage pig farm in NY, fenced in thinking
Planning for the gardens and CSA continues with the soil blocks in the hoophouse / greenhouse as well as building a new farm stand. We talk about a kickstarter project with pastured pigs. We visit a heritage pig farm in NY that helps with our fencing.
013 Effects of "summer" in March on gardening and farming, Are you a farm / farmstead /homestead or homesteading, portable poultry netting
The chickens are incubating more eggs and the pigs (and seedlings) are dealing with unexpected heat. Still woking with vegetable seed starting soil blocks for the garden. We ask are you a farm or a homestead? A discussion about portable pasture netting.
012 Farming while on vacation, grocery store produce (organic or local), ordering pastured chickens
On a short vacation away from the farm we are faced with produce and vegetables that are not from our garden (or greenhouse) and must choose between organic or local. It's also time to start selling pastured meat chickens and we talk about order forms and
011 Round hay / straw bales, homestead hatched chicken, tractor talk and reviews (for small / hobby farms)
We update on our farm hatched chick as well as trip to a grade school science fair (about pastured eggs). Talk a little about round bales of hay and straw. We also talk tractors, tractor tires, tractor brands, tractor tires... TRACTORS!
010 Stir frys and soil blocks, A farmstead hatched baby chick, pastured Cornish X
A simple stir fry recipe, working with soil blocks for seed starting and seedlings as well our first hatched (on farm) chicken are this week's topics. The Cornish Cross (Cornish X) series concludes with discussions about putting the birds on pasture, pas
009 General livestock updates, local feed and grains for animals, Cornish Cross chickens on pasture (part 2)
A few livestock updates and a conversation about the crazy weather. Some discussion about local feed and quality grains for animals on the farm. Another segment on Cornish Cross (Cornish X) chickens regarding hatcheries and strains as well as the brooder.
008 Raising Cornish X Chickens, water for livestock (chickens), eating a Bourbon Red turkey
With a Bourbon Red turkey in the oven we talk about mice in the greenhouse / hoophouse and our broody hen. We share some listener stories about chicken waterers and egg prices. We start our first part of how to raise Cornish Cross (Cornish X) chickens suc
007 Managing chicken coops, CSA update (vegetables and tools), pasturing birds for better eggs
Starting seeds and seedlings for a CSA on the farm (we talk gardening tools and techniques). Winter chickens don't go outside much; we talk about manure management and deep litter techniques in the chicken coop. We also talk about farming in our climate.
006 Memorable heritage breed turkey stories, Big Game recipes from the farm, and seed starting supplies
Farming stories about raising heritage breed turkeys and their most exciting moments on the farm. A pregnant heritage pig and recipes from the farmstead for the Big Game. Also a discussion around seed starting supplies, seedling lighting and soil blocks.