Original Transplants

In Episode 19 of the Original Transplants podcast, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will celebrate the spring nectar flow, strawberry-rhubarb pie, and sharp cutting blades. We offer some experiential advice on selecting a site for your bee hives, caring for chickens in summer heat, managing slugs in the vegetable garden, and sustaining civilization from the ground up - literally. Find us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com , and check out our Satoyama Presents! events calendar for on-site workshops in our outdoor classroom.

Episode 18 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will sharing updates from the bee hives, chicken coop, edible landscape, and agricultural news. We complain about the rainy May weather and how that's impacting the nectar flow and also the bees, describe strategies for keeping chickens out of the blueberry bushes, discuss additions to the edible and perennial landscape, and hunt down pink lady's slipper orchids in the state game lands. We also share agricultural news about farming in the Pennsylvania Wilds, buying domesticated bison on Craigslist, and the hidden costs of 'cheep' chicken. Find us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com

Intro and Outro features Garlic by The Lonely Pen Cap and Gnar Studios, courtesy the artists: https://gnarstudios.bandcamp.com/album/the-lonely-pen-cap

Episode 18 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will sharing updates from the bee hives, chicken coop, edible landscape, and agricultural news. We complain about the rainy May weather and how that's impacting the nectar flow and also the bees, describe strategies for keeping chickens out of the blueberry bushes, discuss additions to the edible and perennial landscape, and hunt down pink lady's slipper orchids in the state game lands. We also share agricultural news about farming in the Pennsylvania Wilds, buying domesticated bison on Craigslist, and the hidden costs of 'cheep' chicken. Find us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.comIntro and Outro features Garlic by The Lonely Pen Cap and Gnar Studios, courtesy the artists: https://gnarstudios.bandcamp.com/album/the-lonely-pen-cap

Episode 17 of the Original Transplants podcast features homestead stewards Sarah and Will discussing their preparations for the 2016 beekeeping season, breaking a broody hen, transplanting cool weather crops and starting warm weather vegetable seedlings, witnessing the spring bud break, planting chestnut trees, stacking mushroom logs, and managing invasives like garlic mustard and multiflora rose. We also discuss recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of eastern hardwood forests' drought and fire susceptibility, seed libraries, local distilleries, Monsanto sales, and rabies. Thanks to The Lonely Pen Cap for the intro song, Garlic! For more information, visit us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com.

Episode 17 of the Original Transplants podcast features homestead stewards Sarah and Will discussing their preparations for the 2016 beekeeping season, breaking a broody hen, transplanting cool weather crops and starting warm weather vegetable seedlings, witnessing the spring bud break, planting chestnut trees, stacking mushroom logs, and managing invasives like garlic mustard and multiflora rose. We also discuss recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of eastern hardwood forests' drought and fire susceptibility, seed libraries, local distilleries, Monsanto sales, and rabies. Thanks to The Lonely Pen Cap for the intro song, Garlic! For more information, visit us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com.

Episode 16 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will catching up on winter at the homestead. We are preparing for the 2016 bee packages, discuss breaking a broody hen during Winter Storm Jonas, foraging in the winter landscape, taking extreme measures to attract bats to the bat box, what the Internet has to say about pickled eggs, and recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of tomato and honeybee genetics. Visit us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org or http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com , or visit the homestead for a Satoyama Presents! event.

Episode 16 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will catching up on winter at the homestead. We are preparing for the 2016 bee packages, discuss breaking a broody hen during Winter Storm Jonas, foraging in the winter landscape, taking extreme measures to attract bats to the bat box, what the Internet has to say about pickled eggs, and recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of tomato and honeybee genetics. Visit us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org or http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com , or visit the homestead for a Satoyama Presents! event.

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.

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.

Episode 14 of the Original Transplants Podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will discussing life after hive dead-outs, how to solve egg-eating behavior in backyard chickens, winter vegetables in the biointensive kitchen garden, sheet mulching for next year's plantings, updates on the firewood stacking experiment, and how to make a garbage target for archery practice. We also review recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of biodiverse grazing, Christmas tree farming, antique tractors, grazing for control of invasives, and gleaning. Find us online at satoyamahs.org and find a transcript with show notes at spreadcasts.tumblr.com.