Geek.Farm.Life

Comment by Valerie

March 12, 2007 @ 1:31 pm

So glad that the new podcast is up. =) I always listen to the latest show on my ipod at work on mondays. Glad that you are having nice weather there. Looks like spring is finally on its way. This week it is supposed to get up to the 60-70s here in dc. Is it that warm there in Indiana?

Comment by andrew

March 12, 2007 @ 2:45 pm

Hi Valerie!

Yes I’m glad as well. I’m a little annoyed with libsyn at the moment, but we have a solution that may work better in the long run anyways.

It’s above freezing out today which is good, and it’s supposed to be in the 60’s this week. Can’t complain!

Comment by valerie

March 12, 2007 @ 10:24 pm

So sorry to hear about the bee hive. =( Glad that you will be getting new ducks and bee hives though.

Comment by Kitty

March 13, 2007 @ 2:43 am

I found this story on NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7806292

Across the U.S., Keepers Say Their Bees Are AWOL
Talk of the Nation, March 9, 2007 ? Recently in more than 20 states, beekeepers are opening their hives to find the bees gone. While bee populations in the U.S. have been suffering in recent years from a variety of threats, this sudden disappearance of bees from hives across the country has caught many beekeepers off guard, with no clear explanations.

Comment by misty

March 13, 2007 @ 7:19 am

Hi Kitty,

We have also been hearing about that. But that is not what happened in our case — every bee was still in the hive. They just were not alive. But the other issue is a really serious threat!

Misty

Comment by Liza NYC

March 15, 2007 @ 11:15 am

Hi Misty and Andrew,

I’m a librarian and the bane of our professional existence are book/item donations, believe it or not. Most people cannot bear to throw out books, even if they’re falling apart and have been published in the millions. However, every now and again I come across a treasure. In a collection of books on Judaism and Israel, there was a copy of FIVE ACRES AND INDEPENDENCE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SMALL FARM by M.G. Kains. New York; Dover Publications, Inc., 1973.

You probably own this little guide but if you’d like it I’d be happy to send it to you. I try to find good homes for all the donated items I can’t put into my collection. And, there’s no way I’m starting a farm across the street in Central Park!

Liza

Comment by India

March 17, 2007 @ 4:16 am

Still looking forward to the cheese cast ;0) - havn’e you got a demanding audience now!
I just found a recipe in the ‘Moro’ cookbook. It’s high fat, but man, tastes grrrreat!

Take 2L milk, boil until reduced by half. Stir in some double cream when the mix has cooled- I think they said 150ml, but I didn’t add that much. Add the starter yoghurt when the milk is cool enough. I use an Easiyo flask, which means the pot sits in boiling water inside the flask, so I always leave the mix until it is completely cold.
Anyway, however you make it, this is an amazing recipe for a once-in-a-while treat.
Real sorry to hear abouyt the bees.
India

Comment by India

March 17, 2007 @ 10:22 am

erm, so I guess you ralised it was a yoghurt recipe that I was burbling on about….
India