The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 59: Meat Garden

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 59 begins with a visit to the bee yard, including an update on package installations, diagnosing queenlessness, and spring feeding techniques with homestead apiarist Will. Then, Sarah reviews three varieties of spring fever in the chicken coop: broodiness, Mycoplasma flare-ups, and wantonly crossing the road. The edible landscape is back in production as Sarah manages the seedling lifecycle from seed to transplant, including challenges with germination, seed hoarding, and pest predation. Most early season crops are now planted in the garden, with hot season crops starting in the garage nursery. Elsewhere on the edible landscape, the stewards are pulling (and eating!) invasive garlic mustard, pruning berry canes and shrubs, and spraying copper fungicide for pathogen management. For homestead fun, we are hunting morels, sustainably harvesting ramps (wild leeks), and planting a meat garden. Agricultural news on what we can learn about pathogen resistance from feral honeybee colonies and native pollinators.

Notes:

Food plots guides by National Deer Association:

https://www.deerassociation.com/manage/food-plots/

Feral colonies provide clues to enhancing honey bee tolerance to pathogens from Penn State News:

https://news.psu.edu/story/644600/2021/01/19/research/feral-colonies-provide-clues-enhancing-honey-bee-tolerance

Study: Bumble bees lacking high-quality habitat have higher pathogen loads from Penn State News:

https://news.psu.edu/story/643015/2020/12/21/research/study-bumble-bees-lacking-high-quality-habitat-have-higher-pathogen

Beescape:

https://beescape.org/

Nesting resources [for pollinators] by Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation:

https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/nesting-resources

Plant lists & collections from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center:

https://www.wildflower.org/collections/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 58: Spring ForwardThe Original Transplants Podcast Episode 58, Daylight Saving Time edition, opens with small livestock winter survival observations from the apiary and chicken coop with homestead stewards Will and Sarah. The edible landscape is going back into production as Sarah breaks ground for the early season, planting peas, carrots, radishes, turnips, and baby lettuce. The garlic planted in November 2020 is sprouting. Sarah also discusses starting lettuce, spinach, and rainbow swiss chard transplants in the indoor nursery. For homestead fun, we visit the snow geese migration at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, and invite you to check out Will's game camera exploits at the homestead instagram, https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ Homestead chores include dormant pruning in the orchard, rejuvenation pruning the native woody perennials, and spring clean-up of perennial wildflowers in the pocket meadows. Agricultural news celebrates "doing good in the neighborhood" with stories on food waste, helping fight food insecurity, and the multiplier effect of the success of Weaver poultry company.NotesLawn people: How grasses, weeds, and chemicals make us who we are by Paul Robbins http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873737558Satoyama Homestead instagram, Spreadcasts: https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Waterfowl Migration Update https://www.pgc.pa.gov/InformationResources/AboutUs/ContactInformation/Southeast/MiddleCreekWildlifeManagementArea/Pages/MigrationUpdate.aspxAgricultural News17% of food production globally wasted, UN report estimates | Candace Choi for the Associated Press (as seen in Lancaster Farming)https://apnews.com/article/un-report-17-percent-food-production-globally-wasted-de18ad7e031341fcca05e93bb33f4bbfHow You Can Help Fight Food Insecurity | Richard Kralj | Lancaster FarmingFamily Living Focus | March, 13, 2021 | p. B3 (not found online)17 Dressed Chickens Built a Living Legacy | Dick Wanner for Lancaster Farminghttps://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/poultry/17-dressed-chickens-built-a-living-legacy/article_8367c362-15db-5ef4-b942-e9dc18e641ec.html

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 58: Spring Forward

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 58, Daylight Saving Time edition, opens with small livestock winter survival observations from the apiary and chicken coop with homestead stewards Will and Sarah. The edible landscape is going back into production as Sarah breaks ground for the early season, planting peas, carrots, radishes, turnips, and baby lettuce. The garlic planted in November 2020 is sprouting. Sarah also discusses starting lettuce, spinach, and rainbow swiss chard transplants in the indoor nursery. For homestead fun, we visit the snow geese migration at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, and invite you to check out Will's game camera exploits at the homestead instagram, https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ Homestead chores include dormant pruning in the orchard, rejuvenation pruning the native woody perennials, and spring clean-up of perennial wildflowers in the pocket meadows. Agricultural news celebrates "doing good in the neighborhood" with stories on food waste, helping fight food insecurity, and the multiplier effect of the success of Weaver poultry company.

Notes

Lawn people: How grasses, weeds, and chemicals make us who we are by Paul Robbins http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873737558

Satoyama Homestead instagram, Spreadcasts: https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/

Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Waterfowl Migration Update https://www.pgc.pa.gov/InformationResources/AboutUs/ContactInformation/Southeast/MiddleCreekWildlifeManagementArea/Pages/MigrationUpdate.aspx

Agricultural News

17% of food production globally wasted, UN report estimates | Candace Choi for the Associated Press (as seen in Lancaster Farming)

https://apnews.com/article/un-report-17-percent-food-production-globally-wasted-de18ad7e031341fcca05e93bb33f4bbf

How You Can Help Fight Food Insecurity | Richard Kralj | Lancaster Farming

Family Living Focus | March, 13, 2021 | p. B3 (not found online)

17 Dressed Chickens Built a Living Legacy | Dick Wanner for Lancaster Farming

https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/poultry/17-dressed-chickens-built-a-living-legacy/article_8367c362-15db-5ef4-b942-e9dc18e641ec.html

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 57: Heinz-sight is 2020The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 57 opens with beeyard winterizing tips from homestead steward and resident apiarist Will - combine hives, ensure adequate honey supply, and wrap with tar paper for insulation. Sarah gives a molting status update from the chicken coop, explains weird chicken behavior, and advises increased dietary protein as supportive therapy for feather growth. The edible landscape is cleaned up from potentially infected plant matter and mulched with leafmould compost, while cabbage, chard, collards, kale, mustard, and sorrel are still producing. Seasonal homestead fun / chores including canning preserves, running biomass through the chipper/shredder, hunting, and measuring specimens for PA Big Trees. Our 2020 homestead holiday gift guide includes a 1-gallon garden chemical sprayer, Indian pump, and freezer-safe canning jars. We share agriculture news from Morgan Irons, Cornell graduate student, who is sending the first organic Earth soil to space - for science!NotesWholefed HomesteadChicken behavior during molting - or, why have my chickens gone crazy?!https://wholefedhomestead.com/chicken-behavior-during-molting-or-why-have-my-chickens-gone-crazy/Chapin 1-gallon Home & Garden Sprayerhttps://chapinmfg.com/products/chapin-16100-1-gallon-home-and-garden-sprayerSmith Indian Fire Pumpshttps://www.baselineequipment.com/smith-indian-fire-pumpsFresh PreservingTake the guesswork out of jar selectionhttps://www.freshpreserving.com/take-guesswork-out-jar-selection.htmlThe EconomistParkinson's Lawhttps://www.economist.com/news/1955/11/19/parkinsons-lawPA Big Treeshttp://www.pabigtrees.com/Default.aspxCornell ChronicleStriking pay dirt: Cornell soil soars to the space stationhttps://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/striking-pay-dirt-cornell-soil-soars-space-station

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 57: Heinz-sight is 2020

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 57 opens with beeyard winterizing tips from homestead steward and resident apiarist Will - combine hives, ensure adequate honey supply, and wrap with tar paper for insulation. Sarah gives a molting status update from the chicken coop, explains weird chicken behavior, and advises increased dietary protein as supportive therapy for feather growth. The edible landscape is cleaned up from potentially infected plant matter and mulched with leafmould compost, while cabbage, chard, collards, kale, mustard, and sorrel are still producing. Seasonal homestead fun / chores including canning preserves, running biomass through the chipper/shredder, hunting, and measuring specimens for PA Big Trees. Our 2020 homestead holiday gift guide includes a 1-gallon garden chemical sprayer, Indian pump, and freezer-safe canning jars. We share agriculture news from Morgan Irons, Cornell graduate student, who is sending the first organic Earth soil to space - for science!

Notes

Wholefed Homestead

Chicken behavior during molting - or, why have my chickens gone crazy?!

https://wholefedhomestead.com/chicken-behavior-during-molting-or-why-have-my-chickens-gone-crazy/

Chapin 1-gallon Home & Garden Sprayer

https://chapinmfg.com/products/chapin-16100-1-gallon-home-and-garden-sprayer

Smith Indian Fire Pumps

https://www.baselineequipment.com/smith-indian-fire-pumps

Fresh Preserving

Take the guesswork out of jar selection

https://www.freshpreserving.com/take-guesswork-out-jar-selection.html

The Economist

Parkinson's Law

https://www.economist.com/news/1955/11/19/parkinsons-law

PA Big Trees

http://www.pabigtrees.com/Default.aspx

Cornell Chronicle

Striking pay dirt: Cornell soil soars to the space station

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/striking-pay-dirt-cornell-soil-soars-space-station

Ep 56: Take the (ethical) shot!Original Transplants Podcast episode 56 Take the (Ethical) Shot! begins with questions from new Pennsylvanians [at]theroadstead via Instagram about PA homesteading and composting, and from a new homestead friend via email to satoyamahs[at]gmail[dot]com about rain barrels. Shout out to Camels Hump Rain Barrels in Phoenixville, PA! Will recounts his archery season opening day experience, and Will and Sarah share perspectives on how to prepare to be a successful ethical hunter. We then return to our normal podcast programming, with a visit to the late season beeyard, where Will is combining hives and delivering a final formic acid varroa treatment, and to the chicken coop, where Sarah is providing supportive therapy for molting chickens. The edible landscape enters its third growing season with a light frost days before the fall equinox, and Sarah is still pulling in kiwiberries, leafy greens, soup beans, and tomatoes and peppers from the dedicated chiles rellenos garden. Satoyama stewards prepare for winter by polishing the woodstove and chipping this season's weeds, including stilt grass, to make room for fall leaf drop. Will shares news from Entomology Today about ticks' sixth sense.Notes:Camels Hump Rain Barrles http://www.camels-hump.com/Entomology Today - An Up-Close Look at the Tiny Sensory Pits That Ticks Use to Smellhttps://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/16/up-close-look-tiny-sensory-pits-ticks-use-smell/Hear it? Review it! Like it? Share it!Find us on instagram [at]spreadcasts: https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/Find us on tumblr: https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/

Ep 56: Take the (ethical) shot!

Original Transplants Podcast episode 56 Take the (Ethical) Shot! begins with questions from new Pennsylvanians [at]theroadstead via Instagram about PA homesteading and composting, and from a new homestead friend via email to satoyamahs[at]gmail[dot]com about rain barrels. Shout out to Camels Hump Rain Barrels in Phoenixville, PA! Will recounts his archery season opening day experience, and Will and Sarah share perspectives on how to prepare to be a successful ethical hunter. We then return to our normal podcast programming, with a visit to the late season beeyard, where Will is combining hives and delivering a final formic acid varroa treatment, and to the chicken coop, where Sarah is providing supportive therapy for molting chickens. The edible landscape enters its third growing season with a light frost days before the fall equinox, and Sarah is still pulling in kiwiberries, leafy greens, soup beans, and tomatoes and peppers from the dedicated chiles rellenos garden. Satoyama stewards prepare for winter by polishing the woodstove and chipping this season's weeds, including stilt grass, to make room for fall leaf drop. Will shares news from Entomology Today about ticks' sixth sense.

Notes:

Camels Hump Rain Barrles http://www.camels-hump.com/

Entomology Today - An Up-Close Look at the Tiny Sensory Pits That Ticks Use to Smell

https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/16/up-close-look-tiny-sensory-pits-ticks-use-smell/

Hear it? Review it! Like it? Share it!

Find us on instagram [at]spreadcasts: https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/

Find us on tumblr: https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55: Sweat EquityThe Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55 finds stewards Sarah and Will enjoying long summer days staying busy with homestead chores, beekeeping, backyard chickens, and edible gardening. Will traps a late season swarm and begins Varroa mite treatment in the bee-yard. Sarah describes raccoon predator deterrence in the chicken coop and reports on the progress of edible landscape, including the orchard, original kitchen garden, and new tomato and pepper bed in its first season. Sarah reviews four products essential to integrated pest management (IPM) and the stewards discuss winter preparations: firewood and food processing. Sarah reads from three Lancaster Farming articles on the theme of 'farmers doing good deeds'. Find us online at https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/Notes:Ultra Breeze ventilated beekeeping suits: https://www.ultrabreezesuits.com/Methods to control Varroa mites: An integrated pest management approach - Penn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/methods-to-control-varroa-mites-an-integrated-pest-management-approachAmerican carrion beetle - InsectIdentification.org: https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=American-Carrion-BeetleCommon raccoon call - Cornell Macaulay Library: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/88172Diatomaceous earth fact sheet - Oklahoma State University: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/earth-kind-gardening-series-mechanical-pest-controls.html#diatomaceous-earthCopper sulfate fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/copper-sulfate-ext.htmlNeem oil fact sheet - University of New Hampshire: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/what-should-neem-be-used-plantsThuricide Bt fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/bt-ext.htmlLancaster Farming agricultural news 'farmers doing good deeds':Food Box Program: Success or Mess? https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/food-box-program-success-or-mess/article_b6782b17-f18f-5cc6-82f8-0e7169f4111b.htmlWith Fairs Canceled, 4-H'er Chips in Virtually: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/with-fairs-canceled-4-h-er-chips-in-virtually/article_3da2cc7d-8330-53cf-87c1-9105068c1aec.htmlFarmer returns prosthetic leg to skydiver: https://wbng.com/2020/07/28/farmer-returns-prosthetic-leg-that-skydiver-lost-during-jump/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55: Sweat Equity

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55 finds stewards Sarah and Will enjoying long summer days staying busy with homestead chores, beekeeping, backyard chickens, and edible gardening. Will traps a late season swarm and begins Varroa mite treatment in the bee-yard. Sarah describes raccoon predator deterrence in the chicken coop and reports on the progress of edible landscape, including the orchard, original kitchen garden, and new tomato and pepper bed in its first season. Sarah reviews four products essential to integrated pest management (IPM) and the stewards discuss winter preparations: firewood and food processing. Sarah reads from three Lancaster Farming articles on the theme of 'farmers doing good deeds'. Find us online at https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/

Notes:

Ultra Breeze ventilated beekeeping suits: https://www.ultrabreezesuits.com/

Methods to control Varroa mites: An integrated pest management approach - Penn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/methods-to-control-varroa-mites-an-integrated-pest-management-approach

American carrion beetle - InsectIdentification.org: https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=American-Carrion-Beetle

Common raccoon call - Cornell Macaulay Library: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/88172

Diatomaceous earth fact sheet - Oklahoma State University: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/earth-kind-gardening-series-mechanical-pest-controls.html#diatomaceous-earth

Copper sulfate fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/copper-sulfate-ext.html

Neem oil fact sheet - University of New Hampshire: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/what-should-neem-be-used-plants

Thuricide Bt fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/bt-ext.html

Lancaster Farming agricultural news 'farmers doing good deeds':

Food Box Program: Success or Mess? https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/food-box-program-success-or-mess/article_b6782b17-f18f-5cc6-82f8-0e7169f4111b.html

With Fairs Canceled, 4-H'er Chips in Virtually: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/with-fairs-canceled-4-h-er-chips-in-virtually/article_3da2cc7d-8330-53cf-87c1-9105068c1aec.html

Farmer returns prosthetic leg to skydiver: https://wbng.com/2020/07/28/farmer-returns-prosthetic-leg-that-skydiver-lost-during-jump/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 54: Morels or LessThe Original Transplants Podcast Episode 54 announces May 17th as International Root Flair Appreciation Day and shares morel mushroom hunting results and lessons learned from Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will. Will updates listeners on swarm trapping his own hive and other apiary news. Sarah examines the significance of 2:30am and 4:30am in the life of a rooster. Stewards discuss the challenges of late season frosts and frozen precipitate in the orchard, and the edible landscape yields harvests of bok choy cabbage, mustard greens, kale, collards, snap and shell peas, strawberries, rhubarb, and wild carrot with other berry crops not far behind. Seasonal chores include succession planting in the vegetable garden, fencing and netting fruit harvests and preserving surplus for the off-season. Will shares a Lancaster Farming article, "Post-Freeze Apples Looking Good, Peaches Still Fuzzy." Find us online at https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/