Fiberton Acres

As we continue to talk chickens, we realize that everything comes back to chickens, including our 10 minute foray into a cult in southern Cali led by a 90's heart throb. You know...just the norm. So come have a little listen about the genetics of the modern day chickens and how they gained popularity through history.

In this episode we begin a series on what many call the gateway drug to farming/homesteading...the chicken! These modern dinos have quite the history, and in this first part we discuss where they come from and their religious significance through time.

Our second installment of the continuing drama that is food preservation and out eternal fight against microbes. RIP Louis Pasteur - 1822 to 1895. But seriously, we jump in to canning this episode. Fun fact (spoilers) Napoleon funded it.

2017 was a crazy year for Fiberton...we moved 5 sheep, 4 rabbits, 2 cats, a dog and 2 humans across the country to re-establish farm life in our old home of San Miguel, California. We had some happy times, and some some sad, too. We share these in this episode along with our special guest from Rio Salinas Ranch, Miranda! Then we talk about some goals for the new year, and encourage all our listeners to do the same!

This week we begin our mostly coherent ramblings on food preservation! We start off old school with some of the earliest methods, while Ashley discovers that one of her food preserving books from the 1970's is published by an oil company. (That's a thing I guess?!) Check out this first part of our food preservation series and help us answer the age old question... crispy or brittle?

A super spoopy episode about the history of halloween and it's connection to agriculture. And just for this episode, we included ghost stories from your hosts and special guest, Miranda!

Hmmm hmmm Where Have All the Shepherds Goooone? This episode we dive into not only what is new here at Fiberton Acres, but also talk about the decline of raising sheep in the US. Was it WWII? Is it predators? Is it the loss of the family farm? Was it that goats got better branding? (Are we getting a bit defensive?) Probably the answer is yes to all these things and more! Tune in the learn more and don't forget to share!

This week we welcome a new special guest to our podcast! Join the three of us while we tell you about updates (including explosions!) on the farm, as well knitting through the ages....interjected with our patented brand of tangents.

This week we talk some serious poo...because we talk about compost! Learn more about how easy it is to compost as well as the history and how it all works, including fun facts about poo. Don't miss it!

This week we delve into how fire is both a friend and foe of horticulture, animal husbandry, and homesteading after have been closer than comfortable to recent fire in Cali. We talk about how it is a tool, and how wildfires can be prevented. And we learn why you need to protect your burritos, people.

This episode is sure gonna "stick" with you! This week we explore one of our more recent nuisances, the foxtail. This prolific weed actually has some good sides, and plenty of bad sides. And some associated terminology that we probably should have looked up.

In this episode we wrap up our travels back to Cali with all our animals, through floods, car issues, people approaching us about something called Planet X, and much, much more. Oh, and listen for our new tshirt design. It's a winner.

Setting off on another cross country adventure with the Fiberton crew!

Minisode! Attempt #45 success #1 by Fiberton Acres

In our first of several Mini Episodes (AKA Minisodes) we will be sharing our big news of our move. The Traveling Menagerie is about to share it's comeback! Learn even more by becoming a Patreon Supporter at www.patreon.com/fibertonacres or follow us at blog.fibertonacres.com

Baby Lambs are new on the farm this week! We talk all about spring, babies, and even Greek mythology!

After multiple failures we have a success! Computer crashes, memory issues, and some other things I don't remember made us a bit late on this wonderful episode all about cast iron!

This week we dive into not just one animal, but all of the little animals from the Shetland Islands. We learn more about these sturdy little animals and why we want to collect them all!

This week we wanted to talk a little about how farmer's might get ready for the planting season, which morphed into a show about the Farmer's Almanac. Check out some of the history and our ramblings about the Jackyl song, The Lumberjack.

This week Ric takes the reins and talks llamas, while Ashley gets distracted by llama cheese.

In this episode we talk about something we actually know something about...angora rabbits! We talk a little of their history, and a lot about personal experiences...and other random stuff. Oh, and Ric actually remembers to talk about fences.

This week we talk coyotes. Ric may have been a little confused on the subject matter, but as we have had some coyotes close by on the farm as of late, Ashley wanted to learn more about them. They say the key to assuaging fear is to learn more about it. But not 100% sure that worked in this case.

Have you ever wondered the history of spinning fiber into yarn? No? Well, too bad, cuz that is what is up this week! Don't miss it, as we use this week's topic as a chance to talk crap about our friend, Clay, as well as equating spinning yarn with drying wet cats. And of course, don't miss Ric's rant on fences.

In this episode, we wrap up our crazy year, which mostly centered around our move across country with 3 sheep, 5 rabbits, a dog and 2 cats in a Winnebago.

As we wrap up 2016, we thought we would share a little review of Fiberton Acres and how we moved it all across the country...or attempted to. If you ever thought you had car troubles...well...we feel ya. Check out part one of our crazy story and be on the lookout for part two soon!

This week we talk about some produce we are missing in this cold, cold weather....the tomato! In addition to giving you some true, but silly, facts about the tomato, we fill you in a little on this week on the farm, including a few recipes we tried this week. And, we are announcing the release of our Patreon page! Check it out at https://www.patreon.com/Fibertonacres!

In Episode 3, we talk about those critters that can drive anyone that tries to garden, farm, raise animals, etc totally bananas. Our take at best ways to deal with critters like, opossums, trash pandas, jackalopes and more, as well as some of our humorous run ins with these critters.

This week on Fiberton Acres Ric chooses the subject to cover...of fences! We know, we know...but we share stories of fences in a new light (the only light?) and include some fun facts and tales from our experiences...especially with electric fencing.

In our first episode, Ric and Ashley of Fiberton Acres discuss the history of sheep and wool production with some fun facts and comedic takes on what we have done and what we at Fiberton Acres do.