Farmish Chat 008: Trees, Bad Eggs, and Your People

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Farmish Chat 008: Trees, Bad Eggs, and Your People

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May 7, 2022

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Audio replay from the Farmish Friday morning 5-6-22 livestream. Topics include (among other things) planting fruit trees, the reality of bad eggs, and a reminder that you are "contagious".

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May 7, 2022

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Why You Should Keep a Farm Journal: I have a farm journal that sits next to my chair in our living room, and I try to write a little something in it every night. - It's full of important things about our farm life and is affectionately referred to as The Almighty Pink Book. by A Farmish Kind of Life
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Fill Your Freezer on the Homestead 5 Ways: If there is a freezer on your homestead, you want it full! Enjoy a bounty of yums throughout the year by working these five ways to fill your freezer into your homesteading plans. - (Don't want to read all the words? by A Farmish Kind of Life
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The Truth About Homesteading: 7 Things to Know Before You Start: So. You want to be a homesteader. You want the gardens and the chickens and the whole nine yards. I completely understand! There are a gazillion reasons that people want to get into homesteading. But hold up one second while I share the truth about hom... by A Farmish Kind of Life
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Should You Sell Chicken Eggs? A few things to consider…: You have a coop full of chickens and you're wondering if it's time to set out on the adventure of selling farm fresh eggs. Let's take a look at some of the pros and cons that come along with the decision to sell chicken eggs from your homestead. - by A Farmish Kind of Life
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84: 10 Lessons You Can Learn in Times of Crisis: Although it's never enjoyable to go through hard times or times of crisis, they hold many lessons for us to learn. The trick is to find something useful about the tough times and not waste the potential lessons. by A Farmish Kind of Life
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Homesteading Questions: There Are No Dumb Ones: When we decide to jump into the homesteading life, it makes a lot of sense that we would have a lot of homesteading questions. A. lot. It's important for all of us to realize that a) questions are great and b) there aren't any dumb ones. by A Farmish Kind of Life
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Homestead Winter Projects: 7 Things to Do While Waiting for Spring: The wait for spring is hard! If you're wondering how you can best use your time in the winter to prepare for the next year of homesteading, here are seven winter projects you can tackle. Some of them might already be on your radar, by A Farmish Kind of Life
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97: RAQs #2 – meat birds, keeping up, firearms, turkeys, guilty pleasures: It's our second Random Audience Questions episode, where I answer questions that have been sent in by YOU. Today we tackle: feeding meat birds, "keeping up", firearms, turkeys, and guilty pleasures. - Do you have a question to submit about homesteadin... by A Farmish Kind of Life
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Homesteading Challenges: The 3 Biggest You’ll Face: Life as a homesteader is awesome and rewarding and I wouldn't want to live any other way, but let's have an honest conversation about the biggest homesteading challenges you will face when you decide to live this life. by A Farmish Kind of Life
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91: When it’s time to dig, dig deep.: No podcast episodes, YouTube videos, or blog posts for a month? AMY, WHAT IS UP?? Here is my explanation of where I've been for the last month. Let's dig deep about the path you're on—not only as a homesteader, but as a person. In this episode, by A Farmish Kind of Life
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Farmish Chat 008: Trees, Bad Eggs, and Your People

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