Barncast 31 — Dehydration!

Just found your podcast — love it!!! I’m a midwest native transplated to the Pacific NW whose living on 5 acres. Attempting to do the same thing you all are. Keep up the good work! I’ll be a faithful listener.

Hi kids!

Organinzing the freezer and pantry: Your comments about getting the freezer rotated and taking inventory is a good idea. It sounds like you are going to keep records on what goes in and out of the freezer and pantry. I wonder how long THAT will continue.

Misty: even guys appreciate hearing about your crafting. That should be a rotating segment of the show, and you can go into greater depth about what you are doing, how, and why. For instance, some people would be interested in learning a little more about the dyeing process, the necessity to clean the wool, the use of a mordant to give the fibers the ability to have the dyes chemically bond with them, and so on.

Similarly, Andrew’s flying experiences could be a rotating segment: what was the training experience like, how he got into it, more detailed description of his aircraft, perhaps a sound-seeing tour during a flyover of the farm. Just some ideas.

Next weekend there is an Irish festival in Indy where there are loads of craftspeople displaying and talking about their work. Ifn y’all get yer chores done, you should head down to the big city. They have a sheep herding demonstration where the border collies get the sheep to follow a certain course. You guys could use a little getaway, I’ll bet. http://www.indyirishfest.com/

I really appreciate the craft talk because I just started knitting and I like to hear about other people’s knitting projects. I’d love to hear more about that in the life segments.

Very enjoyable show.

The food talk makes me envious, as I sit here choking down a tasteless store-bought baby carrot.

How about a show /segment on cheese? Mmmmmm, goat’s milk cheese.

Sound on the last show was great.

Thanks for doing the podcast.