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052 Christmas on the farm, farming in the northern winters, choosing a CSA

052 Christmas on the farm, farming in the northern winters, choosing a CSA

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast


052 Christmas on the farm, farming in the northern winters, choosing a CSA

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Dec 29, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our Post-Christmas, pre New Year 52nd, one year celebration episode.
This week's updates include:

Christmas on the farm - yum
Let it snow, we say, with over 2 feet and counting...
Preparing for the snow - round bales to the rescue
Dealing with the fence lines in snow
Placement of winter paddock fencing - room for improvement
Chickens and snow

In the Coopcast Community:

Listener Bill shares his bad experience with CSA's and trying again
One of our first listener Jeph talks about getting to eat an egg from Nugget!
Frank want's to know about any automation on the farm
Released:
Dec 29, 2012
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.