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Episode 554: Homestead Update for April 8, 2022


Today is a homestead update that covers germination challenges, losing heartbeats on the farm, early spring salad mix, and more.

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Forage

  • Wild mustard flower (and how I came to permaculture)
  • Hairy vetch
  • Dead nettle and watercress
  • Green onions, brassica greens
  • Red veined sorrel – The tale of the 4 year chard plant RIP

Livestock

  • Lost 2 heartbeats this week
  • Goats need more rotation
  • 2 year land agreement for the sheep
  • Fencing for sheep
  • Pig decisions are hard (Lady got out!)

Grow

  • Slow to wake – trees are flowering just in time for the last freeze
  • Seedling update: Lettuce/peppers not yet germinated
  • Last round of seeds are here: Tarragon
  • Potatoes are in, seeds planted last week still have not germinated – the waiting is the hardest part
  • Swimming in duck eggs

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Resumed holler dinners this week – holler family meeting
  • Had the property blessed this week
  • All the car trades
  • Milk
  • A word on homesteading solo

Infrastructure

  • Outdoor shower is coming along
  • Need to for real plant the living fence seeds

Finances

  • Only purchasing bratwurst and cold cuts for the spring workshop this year – the rest was grown here
  • Thanks to Ryan and Myles

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