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Barncast 118 — Seed planter

2008/05/11 in Garden, Mushrooms, Podcast, Poultry, Rabbits, Turkeys by andrew | 5 comments

  • Intro
  • Farm Phone 206-202-GOAT
    • Call 1 – squirrel & raccoon problems in garden
    • Matt in Ohio – sparrows in barn, turkeys & chickens together – protozoan disease (blackhead)
    • How do we get along?
    • Ellen – coated fleece rant!
  • Round-Up
    • Numbers
    • Baby, Molly
    • Rabbits
    • Tilling & planting
    • Morel Mushrooms
  • Farm – Seed Planter
    • Earthway planter purchased from Lehman’s
    • 11 different plates (comes with 5, 6 optional)
    • Benefits:
    • Adjustable seed depth, row width. Plate controls how far apart each seed is dropped.
    • Cut the time to plant the garden by something like 90%, and no sore back after!
    • Negatives
    • Need to till the soil
    • Must be relatively flat
    • Twigs, sticks may be caught in it as you are going through the soil
    • Need a good amount of seed, may not work on small sampler packs
    • Loss at the end of row, very short rows don’t work well
    • Conclusion – We love it so far, waiting to see how germination is!
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Barncast 75 — Question Show #3

2007/07/15 in Bees, Dehydration, Fiber, Food Preservation, Hay, Honey, Mushrooms, Podcast, Rural Living, Sheep, Soap, Squash, Vegetables by andrew | 8 comments

Welcome to a show that ends in 5, that means it’s time again for the
listener question show. I’m always a little worried that no one will
call in, but I know I shouldn’t be. Even though it’s the middle of
summer and vacation time, we had 9 phone calls! It’s a great show
and we cover a ton of different topics. A big thank you to everyone
who called in, you really did make this show. In the show: (sorry if I spell your name wrong)

  • Intro, and location
  • Mira: Exotics vs Sheep, Dehydrator Book, Wild Harvesting, and GAMA seal lids
  • Melony: Summer Squash in small spaces update
  • Bill: Book Information, anyone using a root cellar? Call the farm phone: 206-202-GOAT
  • Tom: Answers the question about migratory beeks
  • Round Up section
  • John M: Goat milk honey, and hay prices
  • NCN: What do we miss about city life?
  • Angel: Pests, and do we like mushrooms? (yes)
  • Sheri: How hard is soap making?
  • Trip, next show, etc

Show 76 next week will be a toup of the farm durring chores, which pictures
and all that good stuff. In two weeks we’ll be back to normal with show 77.

Picture of the week:

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