Barncast 70 -- Strawberries - Geek.Farm.Life Podcast

Show 70! Wow this we're getting long in the tooth. Will this is a very busy week and weekend. It wasn't till 9:30pm that we had dinner. Yikes. Well this week show is dedicated to all the hard working strawberries out there that make such tasty treats this time of the year. In this weeks show:

Intro and the last weeks feedback
Farm Phone: 206-202-GOAT

Work habits
Animal Feed in town, Rabbit Illnesses, and Cicadas

Round Up
Farm Section: Strawberries and what to do with them
Life Section: Marriage and HSA's

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Picture of the Week:

Rural life, Patra standing up, noodles drying:

Comments

India on 2007-06-11 05:17:30

Hi Misty and Andrew Glad to see your spaghetti tree has been cropping well ;0) I tried to add to your poll, but couldn't - don't know if it's me or the poll. Have you guys listened to More Hip than Hippie? It's a really informative show about ways to reduce our impact on the planet, without being at all preachy about it. India

andrew on 2007-06-11 09:20:10

Hey India!

I haven't had any trouble, I just added an answer (then went back in to the management side and removed it). Maybe it's worth trying again? What web browser are you using?

I've heard of More Hip than Hippie, haven't listened though. Sounds like I should.

Sherri on 2007-06-11 20:40:03

I'm happy for you yet jealous that your garden is doing so well. Are you watering or have you been lucky enough to get rain? We've had less than 2 inches of rain in the past 2 months and I think my garden is close to a total loss. :(

Sherri from Madison County Indiana

Peg on 2007-06-11 21:20:38

My mouth was watering as you talked about the strawberries you picked and what you were doing with them. Fresh strawberry ice cream - it just cannot be beat! I have a food mill and a dehydrator - fruit leather - you have given me an idea!
So you don't even have to hull the berries to make them into fruit leather - that is an added bonus!

andrew on 2007-06-12 10:07:09

Hi India, unfortunately it's very ajaxy and that has problems sometimes, oh well I'm glad you got it working.

Sherri, we're only a few counties north and we need rain. A week and a half ago we had a good couple inches and a couple weeks before that. Our pasture is starting to get dry and crispy though. The garden is irrigated so it does well no matter what. A couple of years ago when there was a good drought the garden went crazy due to the high temps and water. Here's a picture of all the soaker hoses (click on it for a bigger version):

Hey Peg! You have the idea, and that's why I love it, just put them through the food mill and voila! Here's some I took out of the dehydrator this morning: