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037 Happy pastured pigs on the farm, vegetable garden tomato blights, pay farming forward (pasture care and seeding for feeding)
037 Happy pastured pigs on the farm, vegetable garden tomato blights, pay farming forward (pasture care and seeding for feeding)
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We try out a new intro on this weeks show based on a listener iTunes review...
Farming Updates this week include:
Pigs on new pasture was an easy move,
Making a swale for their wallow,
New hog feeder feeder in use,
Update on O2's limp,
Selecting a gilt to keep - what is good conformation?
Pork cut sheet designed,
Turkey processing dates picked,
Turkey ordering form sent out,
CSA is ending in 2 weeks.
In the Veggie Patch:
We talk tomatoes and blight. What is it, how do you identify it and what can you do about it?
In Farm U:
We discuss what we are doing to manage pasture spaces after moving pigs off of them.
Farming Updates this week include:
Pigs on new pasture was an easy move,
Making a swale for their wallow,
New hog feeder feeder in use,
Update on O2's limp,
Selecting a gilt to keep - what is good conformation?
Pork cut sheet designed,
Turkey processing dates picked,
Turkey ordering form sent out,
CSA is ending in 2 weeks.
In the Veggie Patch:
We talk tomatoes and blight. What is it, how do you identify it and what can you do about it?
In Farm U:
We discuss what we are doing to manage pasture spaces after moving pigs off of them.
Released:
Sep 9, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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