Updates on the chicks, chickens, pasture, the CSA and the weather (always). This week we’re talking about the ways we’re changing our practices to try to grow during the hottest weather and also sharing a hard lesson learned about what to do once you’ve anticipated difficulty on the farm.

We’re back, baby! Lots of updates this time around. We’re talking chickens, new meat birds, our spring CSA season, how we start our seedlings and a hard lesson learned about watering the “lawn”.

We’re getting down and dirty about the CSA this week y’all!  Updates on the chickens & homestead, what’s in our CSA box this week, how to know if a CSA is right for you, and our thoughts about the future of our CSA.

Hugelkultur, seed starting, and chick updates, oh my!  This week’s podcast is a goodie.  We also talk about the results of our mid-CSA survey as well as building soil health.

This week we have a lot of updates – broody hens, meat chicks and a farm injury.  We just delivered the 6th box of the CSA and we reflect on the highs and lows so far.  We also discuss how the chicken coop deep-bedding technique has played out for us.  Our big mistake this week … Continue reading "Farmcast Episode 7"

This week, our updates include Puna’s leg injury, broody hens continue to brood, the progress of the chicks.  We also discuss the difficulty of planning a fall CSA when the weather can’t seem to make up its mind.  One of our greatest resources in our homesteading project has been items that are considered trash that … Continue reading "Farmcast Episode 6"

This week our updates include broody hens, peeping chicks, and hosting a third dog on the farm.  We also discuss how we keep our finances afloat, how we communicate with CSA members about seasonality, and a big mistake involving a neighbor.

In this week’s farmcast our updates include broody hens & the CSA, urban foraging, how we prepare for chicks, crazy weather trends in the south & a timely lesson learned

In our updates we cover the chickens, the CSA & veggie garden, and a major loss to the farm.  We also discuss how we make sure every box of the CSA is a great one, gardening without the use of pesticides, and a big lesson learned.

Episode 2: Updates from the farm (Betsy is back, turkeys & chickens), our fall CSA starts next week, how we compost here at Great River farm, and a hard lesson learned.