40 Acres & a Fool

Cam and Miss E are back with tales from the farmyard, an update on Miss E's health, amusing memories of a well-lived life, friends old and new checking in from around the country, and yeah, an actual Thumb Drive of Doom.

Cam and Miss E are increasingly desperate to figure out how their chickens keep escaping from the coop, and their recent chick experiment has come to a not-so-happy ending. Despite those setbacks, the pair are still smiling through another week's worth of adventures on the 40 Acres. 

No, Cam wasn't hitting on the lady behind the checkout counter. Six new chicks have arrived on the farm after he and Miss E visited their local Tractor Supply Store! Plus, the pair talk fall planting, runaway chickens, and more. 

Miss E's been busy boxing up hot sauce to send out this week, while Cam's been finding his rhythm at his new job. And on the farm, the pair are dealing with a new challenge: after six years of raising chickens, one of the hens has suddenly developed a taste... for eggs. 

Cam's got a new job, Miss E's got new tomatoes, and the pair have some homemade hot sauce to give away to 20 lucky listeners!  Speaking of hot... with the heat index soaring to 115, they're looking to hear from you about ways to beat the summer heat.  

It's amazing the amount of milk you can get from just one tiny dairy goat, and while Cam and Miss E aren't quite literally swimming in the stuff, they are getting almost a gallon a day.  Miss E's been trying her hand at making cheeses, while Cam joined in as the pair made goat's milk soap for the very first time.  Plus, a new poll suggests Americans want to live in rural areas over anywhere else... so what's getting in our way? 

There's a groundhog invasion (or at least an infilration) on the 40 Acres, but Miss E's channeling her inner Annie Oakley and taking aim the rodents before can do much damage.  Cam takes a look at the rural protests against "cap and trade" gripping Oregon right now, and the pair hear from one listener who's been talked into and out of moving to the Farmville area.  

Miss E's joining Cam with some good news on the cancer front this week, along with much less important (but entertaining!) discussions and digressions on sourdough, socialism, and the gift of goats by mail.  

Ever since Donald Trump entered the Republican primary in 2015, there've been fights between various factions of the Right, each proclaiming themselves to be the true keeper of the conservative flame. Cam digs in to the 1965 New York mayoral election, featuring the Republican John Lindsay and the Conservative William F. Buckley and finds some surprising commonalities between then and now.  

With one week before her next scan, Miss E's a little worried about what comes next in her fight with cancer.  In the meantime, though, she's milking goats, knitting up a storm, and making the most out of every day.  Plus, some of the goats of Corny Goat Farm are taking a field trip, and Cam and Miss are getting ready for a 2nd Amendment Saturday with friends.