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Met one of my favorite people, Silvio Mazzarese, a mushroom hunting guide, jewelry designer and teacher and hobby farmer.
Today we will learn all about caring for sheep, chickens, and guinea fowl. We'll also learn about living in a yurt year-round with your whole family in Northern Vermont. Sooo much to unpack here!Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Ever been to a garlic festival? This was my first time.
Meet really interesting people at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival including:
*Kevin, purveyor of Black Garlic. Learn what black garlic is, how he makes it, and how a robber became Employee #1! https://www.myonsemiro.com/
*Farmers Lisha & Shawna Lifson of Lifson Garlic Farm. https://lifsongarlicfarm.square.site/
*Courtney Churchill of the Ulster County Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Master Gardeners group. Gardening help is available for free and they are brilliant!
https://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Meet Ryan Sugarman of Sugarman Farm!
Ryan has an incredible personal story of becoming a 20-acre farm owner here in NJ without a high school degree and an uncertain career path ahead of him back in his teens.
Learn from him what it's like to be in charge of 3000 egg laying hens! (Hint: No Thanksgiving Day off for him.)
Listen to the challenges of having to pick veg in the dark of night.Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Meet Sue Ferrari, Exec Dir of Rockland Farm Alliance, who shares the magic of the 25-acre Cropsey Farm in New City, NY. Learn about kid's camp, their cut-flower garden, the adorable farm animals (ducks, pig, goats, turkeys, chickens), sip & stem classes and the awesome events taking place here.
Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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It's a busy day at the Montclair Community Farm in Montclair, NJ!
There are chickens who are letting kids hold them! Seedlings for sale for your yard! Bee hives to tend- and a looooong ladder you want to hear about!
Join us as we experience the whole thing with Farmer Lana!Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Talk about Urban Farming! One ear hears chickens, the other hears trucks!
Closter Farm & Livestock offers a piece of farm heaven in Bergen County, NJ.
Located only 15 minutes from NYC, we learn about raising broiler chickens, a delightful variety of veggies, classes and more that make the heart flutter with joy!Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Megan Byrne from MacBeth Farm teaches us about:
- Plant Frames for in-house decor
- Best plants to thrive in a low light home.
- How much water is best for your plants (hint: less is more)
- Holiday plant decor
- What it's like to own a plant design and maintenance companyBackyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Stefany visits Robert Is Here Fruit Stand & Farm in Homestead, FL.
She encounters emus, jackfruit trees, mamey sapotes and learns all about them from Farmers Robert, Brandon, and Rachel!Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Hear how Therapy Chickens spark joy, get people together, bring us closer to nature, and inspire creativity. Oh, and learn about how to go paddleboarding with your hen. All that.
Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Meet chicken whisperer Teddi Hamel and hear how her chickens inspire her life, her art, and her new book. Instagram's @Therapy_Chickens delightfully explores the wacky and the heartfelt feelings that arise around her beloved, daring, naughty hens.
In Part One: Meet Teddi and her chickens, learn about housetraining her hens, discuss chicken safety and get a sneak peek of her new book set to release on February 20, 2024!Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Everyone asks me What Do You Do With Your Chickens During the Winter? Do they come inside? Do they have heaters? Have they ever frozen? (They haven't!)
In this episode we talk about how to have happy hens in the winter time- outside!
Then we turn to late-Fall planting opportunities with an eye to Spring surprises that are deer proof.Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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We're back with Stephen Chandler of Northern VT Llama & Christmas Tree Farm to discuss what it takes to grow Christmas trees, how to get them safely home, and how to care for them.
For our Ask the Farmer segment, we meet up with Katie Manger of Manger Garden Design to talk about what to do with all those falling Fall leaves. (Hint: keep them!)Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Join me on a visit to the Ironbound Farm & Ciderhouse in Asbury, NJ.
Learn about the apple cider George Washington used to love to drink!
We'll learn about using free range chickens and their "range coops" to poop (fertilize) and eat up pests to make great soil for the Harrison apple trees.
We will visit Princess Diana and Mr. Rusty, two BIGGG PIGS!Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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Are you thinking of getting backyard chickens? Of course you are!
How to select the best breeds for your coop or for new additions to an existing group of chickens.
Community Garden veggie visit yields "eggshell" tip to ward off pests.
How to do the famous 3 Sisters planting bed.Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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All about how to get baby chickens by hatching them in an incubator.
Beyond adorable results!
How to tend to your herbs and tomatoes and use them in your meals.
Start growing sunflowers and pumpkins.Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
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So: it's for real! Meet a Llama & Christmas Tree farmer from VT!
Then learn about what coffee looks like and how to grow it from a Maui farming intern.Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms!
Experience it all from a wide range of chicken lovers, veggie enthusiasts and other creative outdoor endeavors.
