Matt is talking all about bees with Melinda Jean Stafford. Raising bees is something you can do in a small footprint on your property and you can get a reward out of it with honey and all of the other benefits for your property and plants.

In this episode, Matt interviews two of D&B Supply's buyers to learn about Spring fashion. You'll get a behind the senses look (or is it listen) at how D&B selects the clothing and footwear it sells in the store.

In this episode Matt speaks with chicken expert, Gretchen Anderson, the Author of "The Backyard Chicken Fight" and "Secrets of the Lazy Gardener." Anderson is both a master gardener and a humorist, so you will love what she has to say about backyard chickens.

Anderson describes how to monitor backyard chicken health, chick selection, and much more.

You can also watch Anderson's "A Beginner's Guide to Hen Keeping" on the D&B Supply YouTube Channel.

A Beginner's Guide to Hen Keeping

- Part One: https://youtu.be/_F9pwFPLdwA

- Part Two: https://youtu.be/6MjeUIJA6eU

- Part Three: https://youtu.be/djBrfiSrhNY

In this episode, Matt talks about getting ready for fair season, specifically if you're going to be showing a pig, how do you select that prize pig.

Matt's guest is Scott Ethington, a pig expert and farmer from Emmett, Idaho.

In this episode, Matt speaks with seed and gardening expert Jo Hartmann from the Mountain Valley Seed Company.

Hartmann describes many seed and gardening topics, including organic seeds, seeds, heirloom (open pollinated) seeds, and seed inoculation. She also discusses days to harvest and other gardening tips, soil temperature, germination, and more.

In this episode, Matt speaks with the Bureau of Land Management's Kari Steneck and Brett Vanpapagam about the importance of fire prevention.

Steneck is the fire prevention lead with the Boise district of the BLM and Vanpapagam is the Southern Idaho Project Manager for the Idaho Firewise program.

Steneck and Vanpapagm discuss what you can do to protect your family, property, and community when and if the threat of fire comes your way.

Matt speaks again with Dave Farris. Dave was such a wealth of information at one episode could not contain the tips.

In this far-reaching conversation, Dave describes taking care of animals like rabbits, chickens, and other small animals during cold weather and into Spring. There is a discussion about broiler chicks, and a section devoted to 4H and FFA projects.

You will also hear from Shelly Paxton, D&B Supply's large animal buyer.

In this episode, Matt speaks with Dr. Brett Bauscher about dental care for your pets.

And remember dental health is just part of your pet's overall health, and it is impossible to say that your pet is completely healthy if that pet has significant dental problems.

What's more, there are some direct links between dental diseases and other deases that can harm your pet.

Matt discusses caring for livestock in cold weather with Cargill representative Dave Farris.

Farris has been around livestock his entire life. With a background in teaching, he helps folks care for their animals so that those animals can reach their potential.

Matt interviews Dr. Scott Liebsle, Deputy State Veterinarian at the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, to learn more about the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), which identifies medically relevant antimicrobials used in human medicines and places some new rules about how those antimicrobials may be used in animal products and feeds, especially for the purpose of promoting animal growth or feed efficiency.

Dr. Liebsle goes to great detail, including listing some of the antimicrobials that will now require you to visit a veterinarian.