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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.
This week we start looking at what our plans are for the garden this year. We look back at the last few years, what worked, and what didn’t work in our garden. Tell us your thoughts at 206-202-GOAT.
We have some bad news this week, Cream the goat and Boots the cat passed away. She was 12 which is doing well for a girl that’s had ~25 kids, 12 for us alone. These are pictures of Cream and boots.
A very wet Cream:
Cream and her daughter Baby:
Boots on his cat tree:
This week we have a great farm phone section, with 5 wonderful calls. Make sure to call the farm phone for next week at 206-202-GOAT, or you can email us an mp3 at gfl@geekfarmlife.com.
This week was take a look at how we keep the animals fed and watered in the winter and some new things we’re trying this winter. It’s not very long, and continues on a topic we’ve had for the last 3 years, but if you’re a new listener, don’t worry you’ll know what’s going on too.
We have a great call in section for the farm phone this week. We still need you calls about money saving tips on the farm phone, batteries, and mantis tillers at 206-202-GOAT.
This week we look back at 2008 at which me learned and what worked and what didn’t. We cover a lot of ground so it’s a slightly longer podcast, but I think it’s packed full of god information about the garden, animals, preserving and rural life. So please join us for a fun look back.
Our first mild frost has hit, now it’s time to think forward to how to prepare the animals for winter. It isn’t that hard, but a little bit of planning how will have you from popsicles later. But that’s not the only thing we talk about this week, we have some great calls too, ranging from grape jelly tips to the end of the horse slaughter in the US.
Call your comments into the farm phone at 206-202-GOAT
We haven’t had a listener call in show since barncast 95, and we had 5 great calls into the farm phone, 206-202-GOAT. This week we discuss:
Misty’s flikr can be found here. And she has some great pictures:
I think you can tell the vacations are over, we had a lot of great calls to the Farm Phone, 206-202-GOAT. Ben even calls us from the Pennsylvania farm show and shares tales of maple syrup cotton candy and everything he sees there. In this weeks show:
I hope everyone enjoys this weeks show!
Well it’s a day late, but we’re on vacation, so what do you mean it’s Monday already?? The cleanup from the storm Sunday took up much of spare time, so we just did it today. In today’s show:
Please call the farm phone this week, it’s normally quiet with all the vacation travel, so call!! 206-202-GOAT.
Well the show got posted a day late this week since I fell asleep on the sofa last night. Oh well! In the show this week:
Come watch the video extra as I go on an easter egg hunt!
Don’t worry the show isn’t going anywhere, but we’re looking at what animals we have and why, and how to reduce some we don’t need. This is a great show, even though it inside and my voice is shot from a cold. In the show this week:
Picture of the Week:
Got a question or comment for GFL? Call the Farm Phone at 206-202-GOAT!
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