Comments on: Barncast 55 — Your question show http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/ Two geeks move to rural Indiana...what could go wrong? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:38:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: andrew http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5386 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:57:39 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5386 Hey Kathy, Tom, etc! I tried redworms once in the rabbit manure pile. I probably shouldn't have dumped in there in February. ;) I'll give them a try again, hehe. Glad you enjoyed the show. Kathy, yeah geocaching was fun, especially when caches were closer. Last I checked we had 1 within a 30 mile radius. Based on its title I already know pretty much where it is too. =) Hey Kathy, Tom, etc!

I tried redworms once in the rabbit manure pile. I probably shouldn’t have dumped in there in February. ;) I’ll give them a try again, hehe. Glad you enjoyed the show.

Kathy, yeah geocaching was fun, especially when caches were closer. Last I checked we had 1 within a 30 mile radius. Based on its title I already know pretty much where it is too. =)

]]> by: Kathy http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5373 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:56:11 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5373 I had a feeling you might have been geocachers back when you had time to wander around looking for stuff! Tom, I tried growing worms in their own bin and liked using the castings - then I forgot my bin outside in the sun one day and cooked the little critters. I would definitely do it again though. Cute babies, keep the pictures coming! I had a feeling you might have been geocachers back when you had time to wander around looking for stuff!

Tom, I tried growing worms in their own bin and liked using the castings - then I forgot my bin outside in the sun one day and cooked the little critters. I would definitely do it again though.

Cute babies, keep the pictures coming!

]]> by: andrew http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5255 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:07:42 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5255 Hey Nina! I'm glad you enjoyed the talk! Sure is different from the inner city, but that just seems like a perfect environment for bringing in ambient noise as well. Each city has it's own sounds and audio feel. Toronto with it's Canadian sirens, the rumble of street cars, etc. The last show was a bit rushed, so please check out some other ones, including shows done in the late 20's and 30's that were done outside. If you have any questions please let me know! Hey Nina!

I’m glad you enjoyed the talk! Sure is different from the inner city, but that just seems like a perfect environment for bringing in ambient noise as well. Each city has it’s own sounds and audio feel. Toronto with it’s Canadian sirens, the rumble of street cars, etc.

The last show was a bit rushed, so please check out some other ones, including shows done in the late 20’s and 30’s that were done outside.

If you have any questions please let me know!

]]> by: John G http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5250 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:11:14 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5250 Thanks, Misty. That explains it! Hope you aren't feeling too lonely while Andrew is at the meetup. Thanks, Misty. That explains it! Hope you aren’t feeling too lonely while Andrew is at the meetup.

]]> by: Nina http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5239 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:44:47 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5239 Just sat in your podcamp session today at Ryerson in Toronto, and was intriqued by your site. Sat down and listened to it with my 11 year old son. We liked the sound of the bells on the animals softly in the background. Great live feel. Thanks for your tips on how to take the podcast out of the studio. Although, I think your studio looks great. A big difference from the one I hope to set up in an inner city high school classroom in Toronto. Just sat in your podcamp session today at Ryerson in Toronto, and was intriqued by your site. Sat down and listened to it with my 11 year old son. We liked the sound of the bells on the animals softly in the background. Great live feel. Thanks for your tips on how to take the podcast out of the studio. Although, I think your studio looks great. A big difference from the one I hope to set up in an inner city high school classroom in Toronto.

]]> by: misty http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5237 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:59:02 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5237 John G, 1. We can easily make a poll archive page. I will work on it tomorrow. 2. The reason you would bottle-feed a sheep or goat is to make it more tame and handle-able. Also, with dairy animals that you are going to milk, you bottle-feed the babies because you want mom to be milked out twice a day, not constantly throughout the day. Hope that makes sense. :) John G,

1. We can easily make a poll archive page. I will work on it tomorrow.

2. The reason you would bottle-feed a sheep or goat is to make it more tame and handle-able. Also, with dairy animals that you are going to milk, you bottle-feed the babies because you want mom to be milked out twice a day, not constantly throughout the day.

Hope that makes sense. :)

]]> by: John G http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5232 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:25:16 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5232 Misty mentioned on the show that male kids can be left with their mom when they are born, but didn't say why there was a difference between them and females, or what needed to be done to female kids at birth. Could you explain that, please? The analysis of farm life was valuable, especially regarding the costs and hazards (like always having to be there). Thanks! Misty mentioned on the show that male kids can be left with their mom when they are born, but didn’t say why there was a difference between them and females, or what needed to be done to female kids at birth. Could you explain that, please?

The analysis of farm life was valuable, especially regarding the costs and hazards (like always having to be there).

Thanks!

]]> by: John G http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5227 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:24:00 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5227 Hi, kids! One suggestion: Put in a category of past poll results. I wme back to see the results of the last poll, but a new one had already been posted. Hi, kids!

One suggestion:
Put in a category of past poll results. I wme back to see the results of the last poll, but a new one had already been posted.

]]> by: Tom http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5225 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:47:14 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/22/barncast-55-your-question-show/#comment-5225 Best podcast yet! You had a content overflow, which left a lot of room open for future use. You sounded, I don't know... Ready. Polished. Confident. It was country miles ahead of #1. Nice job! Compost: Get some red worms from the bait shop and pitch them in with your existing heap. My worm boxes are indoors and never smell nasty. They produce the finest compost plus free bait! The worms stay in their boxes. Composting is faster because the worms "turn" it. If outdoors, the adults will die in a cold winter, but the eggs will be just fine and hatch in the spring. Google "vermiculture". The output from your herbivores is great input for your worms. Thanks again for this weeks peek into the farm. Best, Tom Best podcast yet! You had a content overflow, which left a lot of room open for future use. You sounded, I don’t know… Ready. Polished. Confident. It was country miles ahead of #1. Nice job!

Compost: Get some red worms from the bait shop and pitch them in with your existing heap. My worm boxes are indoors and never smell nasty. They produce the finest compost plus free bait! The worms stay in their boxes. Composting is faster because the worms “turn” it. If outdoors, the adults will die in a cold winter, but the eggs will be just fine and hatch in the spring. Google “vermiculture”.

The output from your herbivores is great input for your worms.

Thanks again for this weeks peek into the farm.

Best,
Tom

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