Original Transplants

Episode 11 of the Original Transplants Podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will sharing updates from the apiary, chicken coop, and edible landscape. Will describes signs of brood cycling as the hives prepare for winter, and Sarah celebrates her chicken's first egg with an interesting fact about color that connects the plant and animal kingdoms. We discuss preparing the edible landscape for fall, including thinning the strawberry patch and storing bare root plants for next year. Sarah details her canning fails and lessons learned in food preservation. The episode wraps up with a review of recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming about animal mortality management in the face of hi-path avian influenza, nutty professors, fruit fly invasions, and another rogue cow. You can find a transcript of this episode (episode 11) along with show notes and references at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com. To ask a question of the Original Transplants, send us an email at satoyama [at] ruggedin