Backyard Bounty

Join Nicole and Dana from Sugar Water Manor as they discuss Agritourism.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• What is Agritourism?
• What are the biggest challenges in opening an Agritourism business?
• Tips to help you open your own Agritourism business
• How Agritourism can help people reconnect to the food that they eat.

OUR GUEST

Sugar Water Manor is an Agritourism farm in its first year of business. With 70 acres, 2 lodge houses, gardens, a farm filled with animals…and it is still growing!

Dana’s husband is a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and works for Perdue Farms. Dana is building the farm as well as having her own brand and consulting business.

Both love their life on the farm and are dedicated through their Agritourism business to educating others on farms, allowing them to experience where their food comes from, and introducing people to other farms via social media.

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

• Sugar Water Manor Website
• Sugar Water Manor Facebook Page
• Sugar Water Manor Instagram
• Follow the daily chaos at Moms Good Eats on Instagram
• Jungle Farm Chef on Instagram

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Join Nicole and Cassie as they take an in-depth look at the Asian Giant Hornet or Murder Hornet as it has recently been dubbed. 

What You'll Learn

What you'll learn:

• Asian Giant Hornets native environment, behavior, and lifecycle
• Hornets risk to people
• Asian Giant Hornets risk to beekeepers
• How the title Murder Hornet came to be
• What action you should take if you see one and how to properly identify an Asian Giant Hornet
• The possibility of spread to other areas of the US and Canada

Our Guest

Cassie is the Asian giant hornet outreach and education specialist with the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

Resources & Links Mentioned

• Washington State Department of Agriculture website
• Email: [email protected]
• Hotline: 1-800-443-6684 (The hotline is overwhelmed right now. You will get a quicker response by sending an email. Please only use the hotline if you do not have email access.)
• Washington State Department of Agriculture YouTube Channel
• Washington State Department of Agriculture Twitter
• Washington State Department of Agriculture Instagram
• Asian Giant Hornet Watch Facebook Group
• Washington Invasive Species Council Website

This week we join Patrick Gennetta as we turn the spotlight onto Nicole Gennetta who is your Backyard Bounty Podcast host, purveyor of Chicken Nipples, owner of Heritage Acres Market, and chief disseminator of extremely useful information at the Heritage Acres Market Blog!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How to treat a bee sting.
• How Nicole deals with setbacks on her hobby farm.
• Why Nicole is passionate about fact-checking all her blog posts and what her criteria are for finding podcast guest for the show.

OUR GUEST

Nicole Gennetta is a Colorado native and an outdoor enthusiast. A retired firefighter/paramedic, Heritage Acres Market, and her family are now her main focus. When not working on the farm, she enjoys creating new content for the blog and recording new episodes of this podcast. 

Heritage Acres, a 2-acre hobby farm run by Nicole with help from her husband (and occasional podcast host!) Patrick. Their small paradise in Pueblo West, Colorado is home to chickens, guinea fowl, quail, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, pigeons, bees, and more. They also have a quaint peach orchard and a picturesque garden. 

Heritage Acres Market offers a number of poultry and bee-related products via the Shop and is proud to be the only US distributor of the Columbus Aqua poultry watering nipple which Nicole Gennetta uses exclusively on her own farm. These nipples are the ideal waterer for chickens, turkeys, quail, and most all other backyard poultry. Columbus Aqua poultry nipples are the original horizontal nipple and made in Europe, while all other side mount poultry nipples are made in China.

Nicole Gennetta enjoys the hard work and satisfaction that comes from running their homestead. There is never a dull moment, but at the end of the day, it is always worth it.

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

• Treating Bee Sting Blog Post
• Understanding Bee Stings & Allergic Reactions
• How To Compost ft Adrienne Jones

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This week, Nicole is joined by Orion of Forage Colorado to discuss foraging for mushrooms and other wild edibles.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Foraging for mushrooms and what to look for
• What other edibles you can forage for
• How to forage safely
• Why foraging in your backyard is a great place to get started

OUR GUEST

Orion was born and raised in Santa Fe, NM. Moved to Fort Collins in 2008 to study Natural Resource Management at CSU. He has always been an avid outdoorsman and started fishing before he can remember! Orion began foraging for mushrooms at the age of 10, and later started hunting in 2014.

Forage Colorado was started in 2015 in an effort to create a place where Orion could share his passion for wild foods with others and currently offers private foraging classes and educational opportunities related to the wild foods of Colorado.

For his day job Orion works as the Field Production Manager for the Colorado State Forest Service Nursery where he grows seedling trees for conservation, restoration, reforestation, and more.

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

• Forage Colorado's Facebook Page
• Forage Colorado Facebook Group
• Forage Colorado Instagram
• Forage Colorado Amazon Shop

Sustainable bison ranching and how private ranchers helped save the bison from extinction is the topic for this week's Backyard Bounty Podcast with Nicole and her guest Pierre of Bison du Nord.

What You'll Learn

• How sustainable bison ranching is done.
• How Pierre and his family began their journey as bison ranchers.
• The difference between sustainable bison ranching and traditional cattle ranching styles

Our Guest

Established in 1972, Bison du Nord is proud to be among the oldest sustainable bison ranching operation in Canada and the largest in Eastern Canada. Pierre and his son Charles work on the ranch side by side sharing a love of nature, hard work, and adventure. Their commitment to the well-being of bison and sustainable farming practices, including rotational grazing and soil health optimization, is integral to their ranching philosophy. 

Bison du Nord has a strong and healthy herd of 300 animals that graze freely in large open pastures year-round and have never treated with hormones and are antibiotic-free. Their simple feed protocol: plentiful pasture in summer months and quality hay or hay silage in wintertime produces healthy grass-fed animals, raised the way nature intended. 

The ranch recently became Certified Grassfed and Animal Welfare Approved by AGW. A Greener World’s (AGW) certification highlights their commitment to high animal welfare, respect for the environment, and sustainable farming practices, including rotational grazing and soil health optimization. Pierre and his family take great pride in these certifications and in being good stewards of the land. All Bison du Nord bison meat, is exclusively grass-fed and grass-finished on the farm, offering a naturally, extra-lean meat with fewer calories, more protein and iron than other red meats. Making it one of the most nutritious (and tasty!) meats available on the market. 

Resources & Links Mentioned

• Bison Du Nord Webpage
• Bison Du Nord Facebook Page
• Bison Du Nord Instagram
• Book a Bison du Nord educational tour 
• The difference between Bison and Buffalo

Join Nicole and Joe Komperda AKA “Average Joe Beekeeper” as they chat about how to become a beekeeper and the Denver Broncos!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How the Denver Broncos are helping bees
• Tried and tested resources on how to become a beekeeper
• Why we need bees
• How becoming a beekeeper helps bees
• The importance of learning how to become a beekeeper from local beekeeping groups
• How to find live beekeeping training online

OUR GUEST

Joe Komperda, the Average Joe Beekeeper, has kept bees in the Denver Metro area with his wife Debbie for 7 years. He has been certified as a Master Beekeeper by the University of Montana and runs 30 – 40 hives at numerous host locations including the historic 17 Mile House and Farm, Flat Acres Farm, Centennial Airport, numerous Hive Host Family properties, and the Denver Broncos Training Center. 

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

• Average Joe Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/Average-Joe-Beekeeper-577067782769542
• How to become a beekeeper online training: Bee-Engaged: An Average Joe’s Guide to Basic Beekeeping” class will be offered via Zoom as a three-session class on Mondays, October 12, 19, and 26, 2020 at 6:30 pm. The class will run approximately 2 1/2 hours and will teach the Basics of Beekeeping. The class cost is $99 and there is a discount for additional participants from the same household. Find the link on the Average Facebook Page under events.
• Plant Select Webpage - https://plantselect.org
• Find Your Local Beekeeping Clubs - https://heritageacresmarket.com/find-your-local-beekeeping-club
• 12 Best Books for Beekeepers -   https://heritageacresmarket.com/books-for-beekeepers
• How To Start Beekeeping - https://heritageacresmarket.com/how-to-start-beekeeping/
• Beekeeping Calendar - https://heritageacresmarket.com/beekeeping-calendar
• Text HONEYBEE to 44222 to sign up for our Beekeeping email newsletter
• Centennial Airport Bees News Video -  https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/the-centennial-airport-is-now-home-to-tens-of-thousands-of-bees
• Bronco Bees -  https://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/29/denver-broncos-honeybees/

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Show Notes

Join Nicole as she revisits gardening tips and tricks from some of her favorite gardening episodes from the Backyard Bounty Podcast. 

What You'll Learn

• Tips for what to plant.
• How to get started with a garden.
• Gardening tips and tricks for natural pest control.

Our Guest

Check out the show notes for each of the episodes to find out more about our expert guests.

Resources & Links Mentioned

• Episode #035 Planning a Backyard Garden ft. Gardenerd
• Episode #042 Organic Garden Pest Control ft Jill McSheehy
• Episode #050 Most Important Steps To Growing A Healthy Garden ft Joe Gardener

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Join Nicole and Brad Lancaster as they discuss harvesting rainwater.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How harvesting rainwater is done.
• Is harvested rainwater safe to drink?
• Ways to use collected rainwater.
• How one farmer made a thriving oasis in Africa from rainwater collection!

OUR GUEST

Brad Lancaster is a dynamic teacher, consultant, and designer of regenerative systems that sustainably enhance local resources and our global potential. He is the author of the award-winning, best-selling book series Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond; the website www.HarvestingRainwater.com; and its ‘Drops in a Bucket’ Blog.

Brad lives his talk on an oasis-like demonstration site he created and continually improves with his brother’s family and neighbors in downtown Tucson, Arizona. On this eighth of an acre and surrounding public right-of-way, they harvest 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year where just 11 inches per year fall from the sky. But it doesn’t end there. The potential of that water is then integrated with the simultaneous harvest of sun, wind, shade, and fertility. Brad is motivated in his work by the tens of thousands of people he has helped inspire to do likewise, go further, and continue our collective evolution.

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

• Harvesting Rainwater Website
• Harvest the Rain Book
• Drops in a Bucket Blog
• Harvesting Rainwater Facebook Page
• Harvesting Rainwater Twitter Page
• Harvesting Rainwater Instagram Page
• Harvesting Rainwater YouTube Channel
• *Berkey filters
• *Dr. Bronner Peppermint soap
• *Oasis laundry detergent
• *Oasis dishwashing/all purpose-soap
• *Biopack brand soap
• Chicken nipples

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Which trees syrup can be made from?
• How to process syrup
• Michelle’s favorite ways to use maple syrup
• What are the benefits of syrup?
• How to cut the cost of syrup making through reverse osmosis

OUR GUEST

Michelle lives in New England with her husband and two daughters (another two daughters are grown) on a 14-acre homestead. She is a published author of the book Sweet Maple: Backyard Sugarmaking From Tap to Table (see link below), which is an excellent resource on how to make maple syrup.

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

• SoulyRested Website
• SoulyRested Syrup Making Webpage
• Reverse Osmosis Information
• SoulyRested Facebook Page
• SoulyRested Instagram Page
• SoulyRested YouTube
• SoulyRested Pinterest
• Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy Podcast
• Nathalie Tufenkji Maple Syrup Research
• *Berkey filters
• *Sweet Maple: Backyard Sugarmaking from Tap to Table Paperback Edition
• *Sweet Maple: Backyard Sugarmaking from Tap to Table Kindle Edition
• Related Episode: How To Make Kombucha ft. SoulyRested

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Supplies needed for soapmaking
• The different techniques used for soap making
• Lye and soapmaking safety
• How to Make Soap class with follow-along videos

OUR GUEST

Axe & Root Homestead is a six-acre homestead based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. What started as a family initiative to grow their own produce has turned into a small farm with ducks and geese for eggs, two honeybee hives, draft horses, vegetable plots, and an orchard.

Angela and her family started growing their own food on a .67-acre plot and later moved to a six-acre historic farm built-in 1775. They are as self-sustaining as possible and craft many homegrown or home-created items, such as soap! It is their goal to pass these skills and values onto their children as they strive for a simpler lifestyle.

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

• Axe and Root Homestead Website
• Axe and Root Homestead Instagram Page
• Axe and Root Homestead YouTube Channel
• How To Make Soap class
• Soap Making Mould*
• Lye*
• Complete Soap Making Kit*

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