Original Transplants

In episode 8 of the Original Transplants podcast, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will observe the unofficial end of summer, announce the 2015-16 Satoyama Presents! Events series, update listeners on the bees and chickens, discuss homestead fun (in lieu of homestead chores), and review recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming about avian influenza, UVC lighting as disinfectant for organic produce, modern-day cattle rustling, citizen science in support of pollinators, the impact of climate change and sea-level rise on agriculture, and a pig on the lam. We will post a transcript with show notes and references at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com soon, and will transition to a bimonthly recording schedule until next summer.

Episode 7 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will giving updates from the apiary, chicken coop, edible landscape, and discussing homestead chores. They also review recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming about classical breeding and crop seed diversity, Tree Check Month and the Asian long-horned beetle, food preservation safety, winter cover crops, and the first methane-powered tractor by New Holland Agriculture. You can find a transcript at the tumblr site http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com with show notes and references.

In Episode 6 (take 2) of the Original Transplants podcast, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will discuss queen supersedure in beehives, how to spoil chickens (and what they eat), summer gardening tasks in the edible landscape, firewood stacking techniques, seeing the ghosts of mammoths at the pawpaws in the homestead pinetum, and review recent agricultural news. For more information, find your way to http://www.satoyamahs.org To submit questions to Original Transplants, use the form at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ask , use the contact form at http://www.satoyamahs.org/about-us , or email us at satoyama [at] ruggedinbox [dot] com.For transcripts with notes and references, find this episode (episode 6 take 2) at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/tagged/original%20transplants

Episode 5 of the Original Transplants podcast features guest host Luke discussing the homestead updates from the apiary, chicken coop, and edible landscape. You'll learn how to dispatch a yellow-jacket nest without insecticide, an herbicide-free way to ban invasive stiltgrass from your landscape, and how to harvest husk tomatoes (aka ground cherries). We'll review agricultural news from Lancaster Farming with a nod to small-scale local meat production, agritourism in Pennsylvania, avian influenza preparations, precision agriculture in cattle husbandry, and a special thanks to Rick Frey of Please Wash Me carwash in Elverson, PA for his annual acre of sunflowers to be enjoyed freely by people and pollinators alike. Look for this episode (E5) at our tumblr site, http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com , for a transcript with show notes and references.

In the fourth episode of the Original Transplants podcast, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will promote gun safety and education, provide apiculture, poultriculture, and edible landscape updates, review their homestead chores, and catch up on ag news. You will learn how to handle an unfamiliar gun (as if it's loaded!), what to do when a bee hive reduces population, what to look for in chicken health assessment, what's ripening in the Satoyama biointensive kitchen garden, and learn about vets who are returning from service to the land, among other homestead and agriculture news. Find your way to our tumblr, http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com , for a full transcript with show notes and references.

The third episode of the Original Transplants begins with another chicken break-through and Sarah's musings on the metaphysics of the "Why did the chicken cross the road?" joke. Will provides an apiary update and the stewards discuss their homestead chores, including DIY patio reconstruction, scything the no-mow lawn, mulching the wood chip paths and poison ivy patrol. Sarah anticipates good garlic and tomato harvests in spite of the hornworm. We also review recent ag news on the theme of bees. You can find a transcript with show notes and references at our tumblr, http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com

In Episode 2 of the Original Transplants podcast, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will update listeners on the chickens, bees and apiary, garden and permaculture landscape, and homestead chores. You'll learn how slime molds have contributed to popular culture, what common lawn weeds can be used to heal bug stings and poison ivy, and the surprising new additions to Team Baby Bird. The episode wraps up with a review of recent ag news from Lancaster Farming on the theme of water. You can find the transcript and show notes on our tumblr, http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com - look for Original Transplants Episode 2!

This is the inaugural Original Transplants podcast from Satoyama Homestead. We start off the discussion with an update on the chickens and bees, followed by a run-down of our homestead chores, and wrap up with a review of ag news highlights from Lancaster Farming. You will learn about the inspiration behind the title "Original Transplants," why we have a no-mow lawn, the benefits of mobile chicken housing, how to respectfully inspect your bee hives, and much more. For more homestead news, find your way to http://www.satoyamahs.org or http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com