Farm Dreams
Homesteading, Organic Gardening, How to Farm, Preparedness, Self-Reliance
Podcast Suggestions
Tim and Liz have asked for you to post any ideas you have that you would like them to discuss on this page. They'll address them in a podcast when there is enough content for an episode.
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Permalink Reply by Mitchell Critel on -
Preparing the farm and farm house for winter.
Favorite recipes from canned garden(jar preserves) ingredients.
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Permalink Reply by Bizzy Bee Farm on -
I think a lengthy discussion of the business aspect of small-scale and sustainable farms would be quite valuable. Tim is obviously more than qualified.
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Permalink Reply by NHF on -
Great ideas everyone! This is so helpful and we'll be sure to address each one in future podcasts. Please keep the ideas coming!
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Permalink Reply by Fern's Garden on -
I really enjoy your "Pasture Walks", hearing what is happening here on Farm Dreams and getting your advice and opinions about the various topics being discussed. I hope this segment continues and even grows!
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Permalink Reply by Karen Mahtin on -
Interviews generally, including with other folks about how they started their farm. Challenges of farming at the urban edge vs. further in the country.
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Permalink Reply by Rashel Harris on -
Tim & Liz,
We love your Farm Dreams podcast! Your topics and discussion are fabulous. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience and story's! We enjoyed hearing you're welcoming a little girl to your family! Congratulations!
We'd love to hear more about your little girl! We didn't know y'all were preggers?! What's her name? Has she been born yet? Love to know more. Hope that not too noisy! :)
My husband and I are homesteaders in East Texas and we just had our first little girl last year. You're gonna love being parents. Having children and doing what y'all do on the farm are perfect compliments. It's just like all your new farm enterprises, it's challenging at first, but you'll master it just like you have with everything else on the farm. You're gonna love it! Congratulations!
We want to hear more about the baby!
Thanks,
Rashel from East Texas
thepromiselandfarm.org
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Permalink Reply by Your Family Homestead on -
First of all, thank you for all that you are doing to share your experiences and thoughts with us. The voice of experience is so helpful. I'd like to hear some discussions on the following topics:
1. Your garden soil preparation, pest treatment and fertilizer choices.
2. A detailed discussion on garden succession planting for regular harvests if you have thoughts or experience on that.
3. Monitoring livestock and poultry health, what to look for and how to treat problems.
4. How to determine how many animals can be raised on a given piece of land in different climates.
5. Animal waste management if necessary on your farm.
6. The best ways to market your product and get your name to be known.
I hope you can use some of these topics. I love to hear the weekly Podcasts and look forward to learning much more from you and your practical experience.
Scout
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Permalink Reply by Lynn P. on
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Congratulations on your latest addition to the family, Tim & Liz! Happy for you.
I wonder if you would address how to time-out planting for spring and fall for those dealing with a short growing season. For instance, is it better to just uproot peas and lettuce after awhile to make room for something else that will grow better in the cooler weather? Or is it better to plan separate plots and let the peas and lettuce poop out on their own and let their spot rest, or put in a cover crop? In WA, we have very short seasons, and I've been a bit challenged with when to plant things and how to make the room for them in my garden!
Other things I'd like to hear about in a podcast are: Cover crops for pastures; optimal timing to cut grasses for winter feeding; no-till management; how to store grasses for animals if you don't have a baler; and figuring nutrient values of grasses and figuring nutrient needs for various animals that are grazing. I looked at the posts and saw some books recommended, and have not been able to find them in the local library or purchase them yet.
Thank you so much for all you do with the podcasts and postings! You have a wealth of information and a knack for sharing it in an interesting and entertaining manner!
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Permalink Reply by Toni L Brock on -
I love all of the previous suggestions. Some of them you covered in previous podcasts, but reviews and revisits are needed sometimes. I hope you can give us your feedback on home canning with focus on dealing with clostridium botulinum, the toxins from the bacteria. I love to can, and have had many years without problems. Near me here in Oregon, there was a death from botulism. It has shaken me. I would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you both.
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Permalink Reply by Toni L Brock on
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Thank you Tim and Liz (mostly Liz), for answering my question about fruit leather ~ it gave me some great ideas. I appreciate you both so much. I have another question: Do you know about quark? It is most popular in Europe. It is a soft creamy cheese. I tried to make some and mine came out a little sour and had a LOT of granules on and in it. They looked alot like dried yeast. Do you have ideas for me that would help me to make it much creamier and smooth tasting?
Thank you for all that you talk about, you both are a joy to listen to :)
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Permalink Reply by Richard Hasting on
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Yes, Tim and Liz, thanks for answering my question as well. By food forest, I meant something like what they do in permaculture where they plant perennials , stacking the functions in layers, from roots and tubers to annuals, low growing shrubs, taller shrubs and short trees, vines/climbers and then taller trees in the canopy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG_vRG66wkA
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBShBeC1f-Q
Do you have any nitrogen fixers in your plantings?
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