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
005 Farming pastured heritage turkeys, geothermal heating / cooling, rural alternative heating options
From our homestead we share our first experience raising heritage breed turkeys on pasture. We also share the benefits of our geothermal heating / cooling system and our choices for alternative and sustainable heating choices in our rural location.
004 Winter hoophouse, Ordering seeds (heirloom and hybrids) and About Eggs
It's the season for ordering seeds for the CSA and garden. It's also time to manage the hoophouse/greenhouse in winter. We wrap up with a discussion on eggs, egg labels and egg quality (organic / pastured / free range / cage free).
003 Lessons learned on the farm and being prepared on the farm
Being prepared on the farm is important especially when you need to expect the unexpected. A story about our excited boar and our preparedness kits with handy products to make farming easier.
002 Annual "Farm Meeting", injured chicken, and antibiotic resistance
On the farm in the winter we take time to plan for the next season of farming. We discuss an injured chicken and our annual farm business meeting as well as a segment on antibiotic resistance.
001 Meet our farmstead and hear why we are talking about gardening, farming and homesteading
Meet the farmers of Chicken Thistle Farm and hear why they are doing a coopcast / farmcast on farming, vegetable gardening, homesteading and all related topics around the farmstead. A discussion around the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is included
000 What is a Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast / farmcast / farming podcast?
Our take on vegetable gardening, farming and homesteading from our homestead / farmstead. Our farmcast, err, coopcast invites you into our gardens, livestock pastures, chicken coop and greenhouse to share the stories and skills of our farming journey.