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075 Soggy farm pastures, waterlogged tomato plants in the garden, judging a farm as a consumer
075 Soggy farm pastures, waterlogged tomato plants in the garden, judging a farm as a consumer
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In our updates this week we lament about the nedless rain on the farm, the wet pastures and the sorggy gardens. Our pigs have even taken to finding new places to walk and eat since thing sare so muddy. On the upside we have a lot of them sold with our pre-order process. We took advantage of a break i nthe rain to get the pastured broilers out and the pens are moving across fresh (but wet) ground. In the vegetable garden the tomatoes have not been so happy about the endless rains but the greens are gowing like weeds - absloute extremes in the garden for sure.
This week we also ruminate around a great question from one of our listeners about how you know you can / should trust the quality of a local farm based on things you see on the surface. Does a dirty farm mean a bad farm? How do you know how a farm operates? Som really good questions posed and we we talk through the question at hand.
This week we also ruminate around a great question from one of our listeners about how you know you can / should trust the quality of a local farm based on things you see on the surface. Does a dirty farm mean a bad farm? How do you know how a farm operates? Som really good questions posed and we we talk through the question at hand.
Released:
Jun 19, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
001 Meet our farmstead and hear why we are talking about gardening, farming and homesteading: Meet the farmers of Chicken Thistle Farm and hear why they are doing a coopcast / farmcast on farming, vegetable gardening, homesteading and all related topics around the farmstead. A discussion around the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is included by Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast