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072 Piglet mania! (and turkeys and chickens too), Memorial Day pistol range time, row covers in the garden

072 Piglet mania! (and turkeys and chickens too), Memorial Day pistol range time, row covers in the garden

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast


072 Piglet mania! (and turkeys and chickens too), Memorial Day pistol range time, row covers in the garden

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

ratings:
Length:
53 minutes
Released:
May 29, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

With the farrowing behind us this week we can talk about the 17 piglets running around the pasture and the mayhem that ensues!  Mama pigs are doing great and we also share the final castration update for the season as we finish off that chore.  We also talk about the broiler chickens that are here.  Our Cornish X chicks arrived early and we're not ready!!
In the CoopCast Community we give a nice thank you to our listeners who helped us by sharing their experience and letting us know we were not alone.  It was a cool feeling!  We also mention a great comment from a US Veteran on our Memorial Day post on Facebook. Ohh, Andy shares a gun range story about some not so savvy pistol shooting (smack talk - the shooting was great!).
Finally we tour the veggie patch and talk about row covers and hoops.  Kelli shares some of the pros: Protect from cold sun and bugs, Better growth on some stuff and some of the cons: Hard to see in-Need to check in on plants, Blowing off, Getting torn
Released:
May 29, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Sharing our small farm stories and skills along our farming, gardening and homesteading journey. Visit the farm for an informative and sometimes irreverent tour through our garden, livestock pastures, chicken coop and greenhouse as we live - pasture to plate. Farming topics free range around pastured heritage pigs, broiler chickens and pastured eggs, heritage breed turkeys, an heirloom vegetable CSA and garden, high tunnel / hoop house / green houses, organic and traditional gardening, farm infrastructure, tractors, sustainable energy, permaculture, food preservation and even fence mending.