Podcast Episode Details

Homestead Happenings for July 8 2022

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Season 4 Episode 592

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Today we talk about homesteading in the dog days, the business of summer, preserving food and more.

Swale Workshop

Forage

• Berries: Blue, Rasp., Wine, Black, Goose
• Elderberries are not yet rip but moving that direction
• Comfrey
• Plantain
• Mint
• Almost echinacea time

Livestock

• 7 baby rabbits
• Clearing Basecamp (sheep)
• Duckling due in the next week
• Ducks as entertainment
• Freeloaders

Grow

• Drought update
• Cucumber week
• Volunteers in the pig pasture
• Green beans in slow motion
• Garden30 update
• Preparing the fall bed
• Starting seeds
• Preservation Update

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Kat's blueberry patch
• Free seeds from Ashley
• Roller Coaster transition

Infrastructure

• Perimeter Hot Wire (Possible Open House)
• Cooking outside

Finances

• Chicken Class - traded labor for half priced birds

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Published on 3 years, 5 months ago