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Barncast 60 — As the Wheel Turns

2007/04/01 in Astronomy, Bees, Podcast, Spinning by andrew | 6 comments

Welcome to number 60! GFL will need it’s AARP membership card soon. ;) You’ll hear the barn door blowing in the breeze, and wow is it windy today. Is the show this week:

Big thanks to John M for the care package
Farm Phone: 206-202-GOAT

Moving from Hawaii to Missouri
How Beehive Splits work

Round up: From cleaning to turkeys to sprouts it’s been busy

Farm Section: All about types of spinning wheels

Life Section: Roller skating and astronomy

We hope you enjoy the show. Please leave a comment, drop us a line on the farm phone or email us at gfl@geekfarmlife.com.

The Sheep Shearing video I talked about is available from The University of Vermont UVM Livestock.

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Barncast 52 — Something cheesy

2007/02/03 in Astronomy, Cheese, Knitting, Podcast, Spinning, Weather by andrew | 8 comments

We haven’t been blown away, yet. That strange noise in the background is the wind. Yes, I mic’ed the window. It’s cold so we stayed inside and did the podcast from the sofa. We wander a bit, but overall for a mid winter cast it came out ok!

In this weeks show:

Thank you to Tom
The Weather
Farm Phone, Misty’s in trouble with Gabe again. 206-202-GOAT
Astronomy

Astronomy 161 — Ohio State Podcast
Astronomy a Go go

Round up! It’s cold!

Farm Section: It’s all about cheese. This week it’s just a very light overview, more depth latter

Life Section: spinning and sweaters

Please leave us a comment or call the Farm Phone: 206-202-GOAT!

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Barncast 51 — Getting Ready to Garden

2007/01/28 in Astronomy, Garden, Podcast by misty | 5 comments

Welcome to Barncast 51!? It seems like we just finished with the garden, and here we are again planning the garden, and a whole lot more!? Here are some of the things we cover.

Jon Peder serenades us with the sweet sounds of the tuba
Melanie asks about growing squash in a limited space
Andrew got his new telescope
We ordered the seeds and other supplies for the garden
Once again, we didn’t have a life.? See a pattern??

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Barncast 50 — The Art of Spinning

2007/01/21 in Astronomy, Podcast, Spinning, Weather by andrew | 13 comments

Welcome to barncast 50! Wow, it doesn’t seem that long ago we were talking about the single digits, and now we’re up to 50. That’s a lot of shows! In this weeks show:

We go through 50 shows in 5 minutes
Farm Phone, Ellen gives us a ring, 206-202-GOAT
Geek Section: Telescope on order, Astronomy A Go Go
Round up: Winter arrived!
Farm Section: Spinning! Why? What? etc
No life this week, we vegged out

Please give the farm phone section a call, 206-202-GOAT, or leave us a comment, we really do love them.

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Barncast 48 — Rehydration

2007/01/07 in Astronomy, Computers, Dehydration, Food Preservation, Podcast, Weather by andrew | 6 comments

Well it was supposed to be a short show, but it turned into a long one. Oh well! Back in episode 31 we talked about dehydrating food for winter. We’re now well into using that food so in the farm section we review what worked, what didn’t, and how to make it tasty. Other topics include: