March 2009

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Barncast 163 — Talk

2009/03/30 in Farm, Podcast by andrew | 4 comments

Round Up

* Numbers
* Goats: feeding goat kids all the milk at night (7.5 lbs) and still 4 lbs in the AM. Compromise.
* Breeding rabbits — should be due in 4 weeks.
* Ducks kind of ramping up on eggs
* Bees – trees budding, so more pollen
* Garden
o 102 tomatoes, eggplants, peppers started and under lights
o Peas and cauliflower in garden
o Green onion out of garden
o Oregano up and going in garden
o Garden fully tilled and ready to go

Life – IUSB talk

* Animal – How does milk get to the fridge
o Breed doe, wait 5 months
o Milk the doe
o Clean clean clean! Chill chill chill!
o Pasteurize or not, homogenize or not
o Commercially gets to stores within 2 days of milking
* Vegetable – How do you eat locally-grown veggies all year round in Indiana? Is it sustainable?
o Canning
o Root Cellaring
o Fermenting
o Dehydrating
o Freezing
* Miracle – A miracle (gift from nature) for every season
o Spring: Morel Mushrooms
o Summer: Berries
o Fall: jerusalem artichoke
o Winter: Maple Syrup

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Delayed, again

2009/03/29 in Podcast by andrew | No comments

Hey guys, we’ve had a very busy weekend getting ready to travel, getting the garden started, etc. It’s a bit to late to start the podcast, so we’re going to do it tomorrow night. Thanks for all the wonderful calls this week! We will have two successful shows while we are gone. If you haven’t called yet do so now at 206-202-GOAT.

-Andrew

Barncast 162 — Planning and more planning

2009/03/23 in Animals, Farm, Garden, Podcast by andrew | 2 comments

We need you to call the farm phone, 206-202-GOAT. With your help we can make two great shows while we’re out of town, we’re looking for calls on anything you want, and if you need ideas, why not tell us about the garden you are planning this year? What do you do that no one else does? What works for you?

This weeks show we have a good round up section. There’s a lot starting up around the farm there days! We have updates on the goat kids, seeds, planting, etc.

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Podcast Delay

2009/03/22 in Podcast by misty | 1 comment

Sorry folks! Misty was out all day today and it’s now 8pm with no dinner yet, so we are going to do the podcast tomorrow. We have some big news, and we’re going to need lots and lots of Farm Phone calls over the next couple weeks, so if you have been saving up great questions, now is the time!

Barncast 161 — Call in, Syrup and Goats

2009/03/15 in Goats, Maple Syrup, Podcast by andrew | 1 comment

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Barncast 160 — Guns and more

2009/03/09 in Guns, Maple Syrup, Podcast by andrew | 6 comments

We’re back outside for the first time in a few months. I hope you enjoy all the barn sounds, though it’s pretty quiet at night except for Bonafide trying to squeeze his way through a steel fence. We also want your topic suggestions, so call the farm phone at 206-202-GOAT and tell us what you want to hear about!

I’ll post the promised video extra tomorrow night.

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Slight delay

2009/03/09 in Podcast by andrew | 3 comments

We went out to dinner for Misty’s birthday Sunday night so we’ll do the show Monday night instead. Plus well, we didn’t have power either due to a wind storm, and I’m not sure if the drone of a generator would be the perfect accompaniment to the show. We’ll get the show done Monday night. While you wait, why not check out the new webcam images? I upgraded the webcam over the weekend so it gets much better pictures. If you click on high res, you can get a high res image, but it’s only updated once every fives minutes. I also put a popout link on the page so it can open it’s down window. You can resize the window too and have the image follow.

Barncast 159 — Goat kids and more syrup

2009/03/01 in Goats, Maple Syrup, Podcast by andrew | 6 comments

Well what a week. We’re up 3 goats, and one is inside to boot. We have 3 great calls and an email, then we look over our maple syrup adventures and then we look at caring for sick goats. Make sure to call the farm phone at 206-202-GOAT! I’ll get the video extra up tomorrow.