0114 Piglets get names, pastured chickens and part time farming
This weeks updates are pretty simple. We talk about piglets and names, the chickens in the pasture and some a la carte CSA shares. Then we jump into the Farmers Choice that Kelli sprung on Andy - "are...
View Article0115 On Farm Staycation, Vegetable Garden Success, SiriusXM + O&A + raw milk
After a week of on farm vacation and frozen fresh fruit libations enjoyed on the deck, we are back with a bunch of updates around the pastured chickens, a recent hoophouse project and the vegetable...
View Article0116 Chicken Processing Preps, Processing Review, Cornish Cross Chickens (again)
This episode discusses the setup and work that goes into chicken processng BEFORE the actual chicken processing event. There's a lot more than just catching and plucking involved on a well run chicken...
View Article0117 Piglets moved, the vegetable garden goodies, listener questions
This weeks farming updatesinclude our experience this week processing chickens on anotehr farm as helpers. We also moved the pigs to fresh pasture and are getting ready for weaning. Finally the...
View Article0118 The future of farming pigs, garden fresh vegetable recipes and sleepy...
This episode won't go down as one of the most exciting or passionate - but we do talk about the status of things mid-summer around the farm. We continue to prep the pasture for the piglet weaning, the...
View Article0119 Weaning pig meningitis, bountiful vegetable garden, the perfect BLT
After taking a week off for a trip to Empire Farm Days, we return with an update from the farm show. We also share the story of a sick pig on the farm who contracted weaning swine meningitis and what...
View Article0120 Happy pigs on pasture, canning and freezing garden fresh food, Farm U :...
This weeks updates start with the pigs scheduled for butcher, their pasture and their rapid weight gains after worming. We moved the chicken netting fencing for the layers and have been busy in the...
View Article0121 Farm updates, tractor project, listener reviews
Back from a break we talk aboutthe pigs in the pasture and how well they are growing, the late blight that got the tomatoes, the success we had with straw based potatoes and a whole lot more. We also...
View Article0122 Fall plantings in the greenhouse, cheese making, business ideas
This week our farm updates are simple as the season is slowing down to just the basics. We talk about the plantings in the gardens in the greenhouse since frost is now in our area. We are hoping to...
View Article0123 A tour of the farms greenhouse and its vegetables
This week the CoopCast becomes a HoopCast! We spend the episode looking at photos of our greenhouse / hoophouse / high tunnel and talk through the design and the how nad the why. We both share our...
View Article0124 Vegetable garden put to bed, starting a CSA and passionate listeners
This week's updates include our prep work in getting ready to move the pigs to the processor this year. We also put the vegetable garden to bed for the season and talk about the process and some of the...
View Article0125 Prepping pastured pigs for processing and vegetable garden tomato favorites
In this episode the Updates include Farmer Andy's pants free romp becasue of the warm weather, Hermione moving back to pasture with the piglets and preparations for taking the pigs for processing. Then...
View Article0126 A discussion about moving pastured pigs to the processor
This week's update is really an episode discussion around the end of the pork season for us - the moving of the pigs to the USDA processor. We talk through what we did to get the pigs comfortable wit...
View Article0127 Pork from the butcher, hunting update and a trip down memory lane
This weeks updates include a hunting season short session. We talk about bo season so far and the only arrow this season to miss its mark thus far. We also talk about the pork that's back from the...
View Article0128 Pork pickup episode, hunting season updates and a CSA review
This weeks updates are around the pick up of the smoked pork (and we have customers coming as we are recording). Farmer Andy shares a bit of a bow season update and we talk a little about the status...
View Article0129 Easy farm recipes, bad jokes and favorite vegetable garden greens
We are calling this the "We eat good episode" since we are talking about simple, fast and delicious farm recipes including: Pressure cooker chicken Frozen veggies in chili Pre-made frozen cookie rounds...
View Article0130 Farming and health care, sick pig and Christmas lists
This episode brings us back from a few weeks off and updates about the events we had around here on the farm that kept us from coopcasting last week. We talk a little bit about farming and health care...
View Article0131 The Christmas Coopcast Community Cluster Episode
Our final episode of 2014 is dedicated to our listeners and fans around the globe this holiday season. It's our huge thank you for making us the #1 farming podcast on the planet! We talk about emails,...
View Article0132 New Year Updates, Missed Pig AI, A Hunting Story
In this episode we review the happenings on the farm (and gardens) over the last few weeks. We talk about the chickens finally starting to lay eggs again (and the impact of extending their days with...
View Article0133 The loss of a beloved sow and honest farming on the web
** There's one bad word - so for the kids ears this is marked "EXPLICIT" ** This weeks episode was a tough one as we talked about the loss of one of our first pigs ever - our favorite sow Hermione. We...
View Article0134 Hog AI issues, cold weather farming, selecting vegetable garden seeds
This weeks updates include our struggles with a new gilt and artificial insemination this winter. We also talk about the other challenges of the deep snow and our chickens. We then look forward to...
View Article0135 Cold weather on the farm, boxed wine and vaccines
The updates this week are short as the cold weather has mostly kept the farming inside. It's also hard to do much with over 3 feet (that's a meter for our international listeners) of snow on the...
View Article0136 Gilt AI, vegetable garden seed selection and a rifle part
This weeks episode shares our issues with a trio of cottontail rabbits that have been terrorizing our landscape and what we did to solve the issue. We also complain about the snow and the cold on the...
View Article0137 Favorite garden seeds, tractor implements and swine AI
In this episode we discuss the crazy weather around the world and give our hopefull update on the AI situation with our gilt. In the Coopcast Community we discuss a new tractor and what implemnts we...
View Article0138 Firing a farm customer, beekeeping, treated seeds in the vegetable garden
This week spring appears to have made an appearance and the snows are slowly receeding! Still things are slow on the farm and in the vegetable gardens so we talk a little about the tough decisions of...
View Article0139 Farmers on vacation, spring time work list and a small farm in the news
Back from vacation in Florida, Farmer And puts his pants back on and sits down to talk with Farmer Kelli about the long list of springtime tasks ahead. We refer to our community and how great almost...
View Article0140 Organic Certification, Row Crops and Kickstarter
Recorded on April 1st 2015 - this episod of the CHicken Thistle Farm Coopcast focuses on some lofty farm plans for 2015 that have all come together today. Check out the episode all the way to the end...
View Article0141 Fallout from the April Fools Episode, vegetable seed starting and the...
We start by setting the record straight after last weeks April Fools episode. After we clean up the misinformation we move on to talking about seed starting, soil blocks, plans for the vegetable...
View Article0142 Fire on the farm, tractor talk and pregnant pig updates
This weeks episode tells the story of the Great Hedgerow Fire of 2015... but it wasn't that great. We then just field a bunch of listener questions from a Periscope session! Questions range from pig...
View Article0143 SPROUTCAST (short) On the road to pickup bees, gardening update, farms...
This is the first low qulaity audo episode we have produced as we were driving in the truck to pickup our beehive and still wanted to produce an episode. So we talk a little about bees, the seedlings...
View Article0144 Beekeeping update, planting trees and vegetables for the garden
After getting our new beehive we have checked in on their progress and the hive is growing quickly. We update everyone on the status and happening in the hive. We then talk about the trees we have...
View Article0145 Early chickens, planting the garden and other updates
I this episode we talk about where we have been the last 2 weeks and why we haven't coopcasted. We share the story of the chickens arriving early this year and their bad attitudes. We talk about the...
View Article0146 Gardening, pig, chicken and beekeeping updates from the farm
This episode sorta wanders all over in terms of updates. Farmer Andy started a new way of eating and by cutting sugar out of his diet he's found a whole new way to live life. We discuss some of our...
View Article0147 Capturing a honeybee swarm, annoying broiler chickens and a...
This week we walk arounf the farm and update you on all the things going on. We captured a wild honeybee swarm and talk about what the process was and how we managed things. We discuss the Cornish...
View Article0148 SPROUTCAST (short) On the road talking about pig farrowing
This weeks episode is a short "SPROUTCAST" where we just tell the story of pig farrowing and the outcome of pigs on the farm this year. It's recorded in the truck - but even lor fidelity is better...
View Article0149 Pig castration and boar taint, pastured chickens and vegetable garden...
Since we are in the busy time of year it's just another update show around the farm! We talk about the process and the reasons why we castrate our piglets. We also share the history of why we are so...
View Article0150 The passing of Watson and the future of the farm
In the first ever solo recorded Coopcast Farmer Andy shares the events of the last month that have put our farm and future plans on hold. This is a candid and honest monologue about where we are and...
View Article0151 A Return to the Farm and a discussion about the future
In this episode we return to the coopcast to discuss the future of our farm and all the different enterprises we have in play.
View Article0152 Farming updates from pasture and vegetable garden
In this episode we just shae some udpates and clarification about the fate and future of the farm. We also talk a bit about some of the veggies we discovered still thriving in the gardens.
View Article0153 Farm updates, sugar addiction and bowhunting tips
We return with pig, chicken, bee and vegetable garden updates. We then talk a bit about a discovery about the stiffness of your arrow and the placement of a broadhead shot (yeah - giggle if you want)...
View Article0154 Processing a pig and people's feelings, bow season, bees and honey
After posting that we were taking a pig to the processor and hurting some folks feelings... we decided we didn't really care. Toughen up folks. So we make fun of them. Then we talk about the deer...
View Article0155 Pigs to the processor, deer season updates and vegetable garden tomato...
This episode we talk about the taking of the pigs to the processor, some updates from around the farm and about deer season... and the highly anticipated tomato round up from the vegetable garden.
View Article0156 Pork cuts, a deer season story and a Farm U on E. coli O157:H7
After the Thanksgiving turkey wore off we decided to get back to the farming podcast... and we talk about the most recent pork cuts we picked up. We then talk about some of the food we made for...
View Article0157 Farm updates, listener questions and a few of our favorite things
This episode is the last broadcast for 2015. So Merry Christmas everyone! We talk a bit about update around the farm and how it's a bit strange to not have so much "farm" to worry about. We also...
View Article0158 Vegetable seed order, country of origin of meat and Star Wars
From the farm this week we share a few updates (but it's a slow season for a slower year). We also discuss our seed order, country of origin labeling of meats (WHO), beekeeping and review Star Wars...
View Article0159 Farm meeting recap (plans for the 2016 farming season)
This entire episode is dedicated to the 2016 Farm Meeting where we discuss the vegetable gardens, seeds, chickens, pigs, ducks and all things farm related. After deciding we were going to cut back on...
View Article0160 Hoophouse construction, winter bees and garden planning
This episode is mostly listener questions that we answer about our hoop house, construction methods, and gardening inside the hoop house. We also touch on garden planning and winter beekeeping. Hoop...
View Article0161 Spring updates, beehives and a conversation about raw milk
Want to get people fired up and yelling for no reason - mention raw milk... which we did here and this episode dissects the fun that follows. But before we got to that conversation we talked about...
View Article0162 Bees in Maryland, Bacon Genetic Engineering and Batman v Superman
The fine legslative geniuses in MD keep the bees safe - http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35978-maryland-to-become-first-state-to-ban-bee-killing-pesticides-for-consumer-use Soon your...
View ArticleCoopCast 0163 - A reflection on the year & Auld Lang Syne
As the year draws to a close, we share some thoughts about life that has transpired since our last episode on March 31st... Farming has been a lot of fun and a lot of hard work. We have shared some of...
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