Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

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0145 Early chickens, planting the garden and other updates May 28, 2015

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I this episode we talk about where we have been the last 2 weeks and why we haven't coopcasted. We share the story of the chickens arriving early this year and their bad attitudes. We talk about the moved pig, planting the vegetable garden and what's going on in the greenhouse (like fresh strawberries).

0144 Beekeeping update, planting trees and vegetables for the garden May 07, 2015

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After getting our new beehive we have checked in on their progress and the hive is growing quickly. We update everyone on the status and happening in the hive. We then talk about the trees we have been planting as well as the early spring gardening efforts. The potatoes are in, the peas and asparagus is up and the greenhouse is full. Tune in to hear all the latest updates!

0143 SPROUTCAST (short) On the road to pickup bees, gardening update, farms using out cutsheet Apr 29, 2015

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This is the first low qulaity audo episode we have produced as we were driving in the truck to pickup our beehive and still wanted to produce an episode. So we talk a little about bees, the seedlings for the vegetable garden and the animals. It's 15 minutes of free content recorded ina truck - it's gotta be great!

0142 Fire on the farm, tractor talk and pregnant pig updates Apr 22, 2015

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This weeks episode tells the story of the Great Hedgerow Fire of 2015... but it wasn't that great. We then just field a bunch of listener questions from a Periscope session! Questions range from pig updates to tractors to beekeeping... Ohh - and you can leave us a voicemail now too for the podcast! :)

0141 Fallout from the April Fools Episode, vegetable seed starting and the real farm meeting Apr 08, 2015

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We start by setting the record straight after last weeks April Fools episode. After we clean up the misinformation we move on to talking about seed starting, soil blocks, plans for the vegetable garden and greenhouse and seeding the pasture behind the chickens. We also talk a bit about a chronic infection that may be plaguing our swine herd. Then we move to the Front Porch to discuss the "real" farm meeting for 2015 and what changes and plans we have in store for the farm. This leads into a discussion about the work / life balance that is a real challenge when working a full time job and trying to run a full time farm.

0140 Organic Certification, Row Crops and Kickstarter Apr 01, 2015

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Recorded on April 1st 2015 - this episod of the CHicken Thistle Farm Coopcast focuses on some lofty farm plans for 2015 that have all come together today. Check out the episode all the way to the end to get all the details about the vegetable CSA and pig operations (and so much more) @ Chicken Thistle Farm.

0139 Farmers on vacation, spring time work list and a small farm in the news Mar 25, 2015

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Back from vacation in Florida, Farmer And puts his pants back on and sits down to talk with Farmer Kelli about the long list of springtime tasks ahead. We refer to our community and how great almost all our listeners are... and how cool it is to watch them smack down the weeds that crop up! Still waiting for the snow to melt we talk a little about beekeeping and a local supplier we came up with for our frames, gear and starter hive (Nuc). In the Community we share our thoughts on a small farm in NY that has been in the news for some not so positive reasons. We also talk about how changing the food system is achievable when you vote with your wallet.

0138 Firing a farm customer, beekeeping, treated seeds in the vegetable garden Mar 11, 2015

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This week spring appears to have made an appearance and the snows are slowly receeding! Still things are slow on the farm and in the vegetable gardens so we talk a little about the tough decisions of a small business when it comes to firing a customer. We also celebrated the fact that our AI was successful and our gilt is with pigs! Then in the community we talk about the farms newset adventure - raising bees. Beekeeping was somethign we had thought about but the kind gift from a listener of ours has started us down the path to our first hive (and likely trip to the ER). So we talk a little about the process we are taking to start up bees on the farm. We are also excited about the impact on the vegetable gardens the added polenators should have! Finally in the community we talk about a great question a listener posted on our Facebook page about treated seeds and what that means and what our thoughts and practices are on using treated seeds in our vegetable gardens.

0137 Favorite garden seeds, tractor implements and swine AI Mar 04, 2015

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In this episode we discuss the crazy weather around the world and give our hopefull update on the AI situation with our gilt. In the Coopcast Community we discuss a new tractor and what implemnts we reccomend for that tractor. Frontend loader, tiller and rotarty mower come to the top of the list... but that's not it. In the Veggie Patch we circle back around to the Rowboat of Goodness from our listeners and list off some of the explicit varites we have selected.

0136 Gilt AI, vegetable garden seed selection and a rifle part Feb 18, 2015

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This weeks episode shares our issues with a trio of cottontail rabbits that have been terrorizing our landscape and what we did to solve the issue. We also complain about the snow and the cold on the farm.... because... it feels good to complain. We quickly throw in a mention of wood shavings and the chicken coop as well. Then in the Veggie Patch we talk about some of the notable varieties of seeds that we purchased this year and where we got them from. Finally in a the prototype hunting / fishing / land management / rural lifestyle segment... Farmer Andy talks a bit about a new part discovery that lets you move a scope and rings between different rifles a lot easier!

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