Homestead Happenings for July 14, 2023 - Ep 768
Season 4
Episode 768
Today we give a midsummer update on the homestead, talk about community, and celebrate some things that have made life a little easier this year.
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Holler Roost Plans on Etsy
Rainy year is good
Schedule based on weather: Early morning, midday break, later afternoon (Lots of breaks)
Forage
- Paw paw update
- Red clover, mullein, echinacea, chocolate mint
- Creek mint
- Lambs quarter (final round)
- Mullain seed
- Elderberries acting differently this year
- Yarrow
Livestock
- Baby rabbits
- Feeding dogs raw is a challenge
- 8 baby ducks - all girls again
- Go to bed training
- Working with automation and the chickens
- Sheep pregnancy assessment
- Getting ready to move boys to my place
- Goat is foraging
Grow
- Tomato blight experiment
- T has pet projects for food
- Reset mottled shade bed for thorny berries
- Green beans are banging
- 1st zucchini
- Brussels sprouts still not ready (Under seeding with squash)
- Beets sucked this year
- Onion update
- Potato update
- Chard is a perfect balance
- Cucumber update: volunteer versus planted
- Malabar spinach and forever spinach doing well
- Pigs planted squash
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Holler Neighbor Dinner
- Spinning Wheel Story
Infrastructure