Original Transplants

Episode 15 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will sharing winter homesteading tips and tricks. Ordering bee packages, planning the biointensive kitchen garden and selecting vegetable seeds, cleaning and sharpening garden tools, dormant season pruning of perennial plants, and managing firewood are all on the agenda. We celebrate the fact that all four pullets are laying and share tips for winterizing small-flock chicken coops. We also update readers on agricultural and environmental news from Lancaster Farming and Mother Earth News on the topics of open source and patented seed varieties, herbicide resistance, plant self-defense mechanisms, genetic modification of photosynthesis to increase crop yields, and nature therapy. Find us online at www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com, or e-mail us at satoyamahs [at] gmail [dot] com.