Original Transplants

Original Transplants Episode 66: Let Them Eat Bugs Original Transplants Episode 66: Let Them Eat Bugs opens with Will's preparations to install new honey bee packages in the bee yard in the next few weeks. Sarah reports that the chickens are generally healthy, although brooder hen Mayapple's indulgence in wild bird seed has caused a mild flare up of sour crop. Activity in the edible landscape is ramping up for spring planting, including pruning in the orchard, repair of the kiwiberry trellis, and planting early season crops in the vegetable nursery: arugula, spinach, buttercrunch lettuce, collards, kale, mustard, bok choy, red and green cabbage, and kohlrabi. The homesteaders finally found a good use for excess ash from the wood stove: dumping on the gravel driveway to kill weeds. Homestead fun features a visit to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area for the snow goose migration. Rock the Cradle updates the previous discussion of microplastics in newborns with a study correlating microplastics in the gut with digestive disorders. In agricultural news, we compare two stories from Lancaster Farming: one on the purported sustainability benefits of edible insect farming, and one on regenerative farming practices. Show Notes Moore (2017) Pawpaw: In search of America's forgotten fruit http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/960901243 Pennsylvania Game News (March 2022) Bird bio: Snow goose (print only) Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area https://www.pgc.pa.gov/InformationResources/AboutUs/ContactInformation/Southeast/MiddleCreekWildlifeManagementArea/Pages/default.aspx American Chemical Society (2021) Infants have more microplastics in their feces than adults, study finds https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2021/september/infants-have-more-microplastics-in-their-feces-than-adults-study-finds.html Sripada et al. (2022) A children's health perspective on nano- and microplastics https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP9086 American Chemical Society (2021) People with IBD have more microplastics in their feces (as seen in The Week January 21, 2022) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211222084024.htm US FDA (2021) Closer to zero: Action plan for baby foods https://www.fda.gov/food/metals-and-your-food/closer-zero-action-plan-baby-foods Cell Press (2022) Ecologist: We should eat more insects and use their waste to grow crops (as seen in Lancaster Farming March 12, 2022) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220302110558.htm Wade and Howelle (2020) A review of edible insect industrialization: Scales of production and implications for sustainability https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aba1c1 University of Washington (2022) Farms with soil-friendly practices grow healthier foods, study suggests (as seen in Lancaster Farming March 12, 2022) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220224125209.htm

Episode 65: Monkeys, Hunting, and Jam Original Transplants Podcast Episode 65: Monkeys, Hunting, and Jam finds Satoyama Homestead steward Will recounting his successful late season crossbow hunt. Will stalked a white tail herd on a snowy evening and harvested a six-point buck. Things are slow in the dead-out apiary and Will is trying to find reliable, quality bee packages for sale in the spring. Send Will your best bee buying stories to satoyamahs@gmail.com. There's not much activity in the edible landscape but the stewards are enjoying fruit preserves. Sarah shares recipes from MFK Fisher's wartime cookbook and social commentary, How to Cook a Wolf, including crackling bread served with homestead jam and pheasant with sauerkraut and apples. Will prepared deer liver with onions as the stewards await the rest of the venison from the butcher. During the Rock the Cradle segment, Sarah shares research and her misanthropic views on infant socialization after receiving some advice from Lucy's pediatrician. In agricultural news, Will shares stories about pathogens passing from wild species to their farmed kin, and Sarah wonders what's going on with the escape research monkeys in small-town Danville, PA. Episode Notes How to Cook a Wolf by MFK Fisher http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1242384507 The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Big Game by Steven Rinella http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1020526058 Strategies to socialize your baby from TodaysParent.com https://www.todaysparent.com/baby/socializing-baby/ How important is it for babies to socialize with each other? Doctors weigh in from Romper.com https://www.romper.com/p/do-babies-need-to-socialize-with-other-babies-experts-weigh-in-32124813 Developmental Stages of Social Emotional Development in Children from StatPearls https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534819/ Baby 411 by Dr. Ari Brown and Denise Fields http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104170906 Scientists: Duck First Wild Bird Flu Case in US in 5 Years from AP (as seen in Lancaster Farming) https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-health-environment-and-nature-south-carolina-86bd2ed2da244df0a4c81c77645b770a Swine Fever in Wild Boars Worries Italy's Pork Industry from US News and World Report (as seen in Lancaster Farming) https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2022-01-15/italys-pork-industry-blames-wild-boars-for-swine-fever All 100 lab monkeys accounted for after several escape Pennsylvania crash from CBS 3 Philly https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/01/23/monkey-missing-pennsylvania-highway-vehicle-crash-danville/

Original Transplants Episode 64: Supply Chain Resilience Original Transplants Podcast Episode 64: Supply Chain Resilience finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah planning for the year ahead in 2022 in the bee yard, chicken coop, and edible landscape. Will is researching spring bee package suppliers following the demise of his beehives, with one colony absconding and the other dead-out. In better news, the four pullets he raised from chicks during the summer are fully integrated into the flock and have begun egg-laying. Sarah is slowly prepping the vegetable garden beds for the off-season and plans to identify some of the weeds to see if any are useful and should be saved during clean-up. The homesteaders are enjoying the previous season's harvest, including glazing a roast ham with kiwiberry preserves and using dehydrated vegetables on veggie pizza. Will explains harvesting vermicompost and leachate from the worm farm, and the homesteaders plan new storage methods to prevent clumping in key homemade soup ingredients borax and washing soda. Sarah looks forward to enjoying bird watching with Lucy and her birdseed bell from Santa, and is browsing seed catalogs to plan next year's vegetable garden. The homesteaders review new science about the discovery of microplastics in infants at ten times the rate in adults, and discuss agricultural news about how to evaluate your supply chain vulnerabilities and make your supply chain more resilient. Notes Infants have more microplastics in their feces than adults, study finds - American Chemical Society https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2021/september/infants-have-more-microplastics-in-their-feces-than-adults-study-finds.html Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/22/microplastics-revealed-in-placentas-unborn-babies Vermicomposting for beginners - Rodale Institute https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/vermicomposting-for-beginners/ Bacterial diversity in a finished compost and vermicompost: differences revealed by cultivation-independent analyses of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology via Academia.edu https://www.academia.edu/20157205/Bacterial_diversity_in_a_finished_compost_and_vermicompost_differences_revealed_by_cultivation_independent_analyses_of_PCR_amplified_16S_rRNA_genes Assessing the impact of composting and vermicomposting on bacterial community size and structure, and microbial functional diversity of an olive-mill waste - Bioresource Technology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2008.08.014 What to do about hard clumpy borax and washing soda - The Make Your Own Zone https://www.themakeyourownzone.com/clumpy-hard-borax-washing-soda/ How vulnerable is your personal supply chain? - Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds Blog https://www.oftwominds.com/blogdec21/personal-supply-chain12-21.html

Episode 63: Pajama Buck Episode 63: Pajama Buck finds Will celebrating a successful harvest from the meat garden: an antlerless buck taken by Will whilst in his pajamas. The homesteaders answer a listener question on how to select plantings for a new homestead (see the show notes for more!). Sarah shares research on the immune benefits of letting kids play in the dirt for the Rock the Cradle segment. Visits to the bee yard and chicken coop have the homesteaders hoping for more activity come spring. The edible landscape is winding down for the season with garlic planting, weeding, and mulching, but the homesteaders are enjoying their harvests in pumpkin chili and pepper pot soup. Will closes the episode with some hard-hitting agricultural news from New Zealand about Doug the Potato. Show Notes Resources for selecting plants for establishing a new edible habitat landscape: Identify your hardiness zone with the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ Find your local extension service at your state land grant university. Consult resources and programming at your local library. Review selections at your local nursery and feed stores. Use edible plant field guides, such as the Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants (https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/A-Peterson-Field-Guide-to-Edible-Wild-Plants/9780395926222), the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs (https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/field-guide-to-medicinal-plants-and-herbs/9780547345048), or Samuel Thayer's book Nature's Garden (https://www.foragersharvest.com/store/p3/NaturesGarden.html#/). For more on the science and philosophy of habitat gardening, refer to Doug Tallamy's work in Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope (https://homegrownnationalpark.org/tallamys-hub-1). Rock the Cradle - Science Advances, Biodiversity intervention enhances immune regulation and health-associated commensal microbiota among daycare children. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba2578 How to Make Pepper Pot Soup - The Philadelphia Citizen. https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/pepper-pot-soup-recipe/ New Zealand Couple Unearth What Could Be the World's Largest Potato (and Decide to Call it Doug) - People Magazine https://people.com/human-interest/new-zealand-couple-unearth-what-could-be-worlds-largest-potato-call-it-doug/

Episode 62: Rock the Cradle Episode 62: Rock the Cradle features the return of Original Transplants Podcast hosts Sarah and Will with new(born) co-host Lucy. Sarah introduces a new podcast segment, "Rock the Cradle," which will focus on parenting and child development on the homestead, including the impact of nursing on infants' microbiomes and immunity. The podcast continues with a visit to the neglected bee yard, where Will is winterizing his sole surviving hive; and to the chicken coop, where brooder hen Mayapple is moulting and an uneasy truce prevails between the old guard chickens Mayapple and rooster Jumpy and newly introduced pullets Kiwiberry, Blueberry, Blackberry, and Nightshade. The edible landscape is winding down after successful harvests of squash, peppers, tomatillos, peaches, persimmon, and figs. Will is gearing up for hunting season and discusses the benefits of scouting, and Sarah is hoping to weed invasive stiltgrass and Canada thistle before putting the gardens to bed for winter. Will closes the podcast with new research about the nature of 'wilderness' from indigenous and industrial society perspectives. Notes Poem, Then Hand that Rocks the Cradle by William Ross Wallace (1819-1881) http://www.potw.org/archive/potw391.html Breastmilk-Saliva Interactions Boost Innate Immunity by Regulating the Oral Microbiome in Early Infancy (2015) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135047 Indigenous knowledge and the myth of 'wilderness' (2021) https://phys.org/news/2021-10-indigenous-knowledge-myth-wilderness.html

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 61: Gone Cuckoo The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 61, Gone Cuckoo, opens with Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah rating their growing season an 8 out of 10 so far. Will details progress in the bee yard, including a modest honey harvest and first varroa treatment. Sarah describes the drama of introducing the new flock of pullets to the rooster, Jumpy, and brooder hen, Mayapple, who are the lone survivors of Will's recent cull. The edible landscape is in full swing with summer squash, greens, beans, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, and a mayapple, with promises of winter squash, peaches, persimmons, tomatoes, peppers, kiwiberries, elderberries, maypops, and the second raspberry harvest on the horizon. Sarah advises on the use of plant tags in the garden after realizing she's been erroneously harvesting her pinto soup beans as Italian green beans all season. Homestead chores were driven by hosting the recent baby shower; the homesteaders hope to make time for food preservation prior to Baby Caverly's arrival, but will not have a fall planting this season. Will shares his birding discovery of the yellow-billed cuckoo for homestead fun. Agricultural news about no-till farming, manure technology, and the future of glyphosate and Roundup conclude the episode. Find Satoyama Homestead online at https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ and https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ - and send your comments, questions, and suggestions to satoyamahs@gmail.com. Episode notes: Yellow-billed cuckoo | All About Birds | Cornell Lab: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-billed_Cuckoo/overview Compare call to wild turkey assembly call via National Wild Turkey Federation: https://www.nwtf.org/hunt/wild-turkey-basics/turkey-sounds Ninth Circuit Rejects 'Monkey Selfie' Copyright Claim by Nicholas Iovino for Courthouse News Service: https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-rejects-monkey-selfie-copyright-claim/ Bayer Will Stop Selling Glyphosate to Honeowners by Philip Gruber for Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/field_crops/bayer-will-stop-selling-glyphosate-to-homeowners/article_3f75332e-f0a2-11eb-a610-8f146accc0cd.html No-tiller: Farmers Should Follow Nature's Lead If They Want to Improve Soil Quality by Philip Gruber for Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/no-tiller-farmers-should-follow-nature-s-lead-if-they-want-to-improve-soil-quality/article_5c5124a7-e8f1-5c64-a75f-3dc0ca5ed635.html Farmers Demonstrate Manure Technology by Courtney Love for Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/farmers-demonstrate-manure-technology/article_0da8e2f0-c3f5-5883-819f-8b9057f90e43.html

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 60: Brood X The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 60 finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah sharing some personal brood news of their own, and reflecting on successes and failures in the apiary, chicken coop, and edible landscape. Despite a strong spring bloom season, the bees are off to a slow start and do not have strong honey reserves. Broody hen Mayapple rejects the introduced chicks, which are instead being hand-raised in a plastic tote in the garage, confirming experiences shared by listener Wyoming Jo (https://www.instagram.com/jodhopper_g/). The stewards are enjoying decent harvests of strawberries, shell and snap peas, lettuce, and leafy greens, but Sarah is disappointed in a poor showing from her rhubarb, broccoli, and weak tomato seedlings. For homestead fun, the stewards have enjoyed citing songbird fledglings, groundhog pups, and even a pregnant whitetail doe on the property. While Brood X cicadas were a bust on the homestead, Sarah reveals she is busting her waistline at 6 months pregnant with the couple's first child. We look forward to putting Baby Caverly to work on the homestead in the coming years! For homestead chores, the stewards talk turf and path maintenance, invasives management, garden bed prep, and vegetable transplants. The show closes with four agricultural news articles on the topic of "The Law of Unintended Consequences" or, as they say on the DarkHose Podcast, "Welcome to Complex Systems" about ineffective whitetail deer controls, how a pallet shortage will impact produce distribution, new technology to detoxify beehives of insecticides, and the upside of respecting complex systems on a cattle ranch. Notes Periodical cicada by Greg Hoover and Michael Skvarla for Penn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/periodical-cicada 'Incredible Waste of Money': America's Most Ineffective Deer Management Program by Patrick Durkin for Meateater: https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/wildlife-management/incredible-waste-of-money-americas-most-ineffective-deer-management-program Pallet Shortage Could Hinder Produce Transport from Lancaster Farming Briefs, May 29, 2021, page A10 (not found online) Pollen-sized Technology Protects Bees from Deadly Insecticides by Krishna Ramanujan of Cornell University from Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farm_life/conservation/pollen-sized-technology-protects-bees-from-deadly-insecticides/article_71b59793-9cd9-5624-a6a7-0a04f3e4f57a.html Patience Pays for Grass-fed Beef Farmer by Tom Venesky for Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/beef/patience-pays-for-grass-fed-beef-farmer/article_f0e154ed-9fd1-5a92-8729-c824cb737eb3.html

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 59: Meat Garden The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 59 begins with a visit to the bee yard, including an update on package installations, diagnosing queenlessness, and spring feeding techniques with homestead apiarist Will. Then, Sarah reviews three varieties of spring fever in the chicken coop: broodiness, Mycoplasma flare-ups, and wantonly crossing the road. The edible landscape is back in production as Sarah manages the seedling lifecycle from seed to transplant, including challenges with germination, seed hoarding, and pest predation. Most early season crops are now planted in the garden, with hot season crops starting in the garage nursery. Elsewhere on the edible landscape, the stewards are pulling (and eating!) invasive garlic mustard, pruning berry canes and shrubs, and spraying copper fungicide for pathogen management. For homestead fun, we are hunting morels, sustainably harvesting ramps (wild leeks), and planting a meat garden. Agricultural news on what we can learn about pathogen resistance from feral honeybee colonies and native pollinators. Notes: Food plots guides by National Deer Association: https://www.deerassociation.com/manage/food-plots/ Feral colonies provide clues to enhancing honey bee tolerance to pathogens from Penn State News: https://news.psu.edu/story/644600/2021/01/19/research/feral-colonies-provide-clues-enhancing-honey-bee-tolerance Study: Bumble bees lacking high-quality habitat have higher pathogen loads from Penn State News: https://news.psu.edu/story/643015/2020/12/21/research/study-bumble-bees-lacking-high-quality-habitat-have-higher-pathogen Beescape: https://beescape.org/ Nesting resources [for pollinators] by Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation: https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/nesting-resources Plant lists & collections from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: https://www.wildflower.org/collections/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 58: Spring Forward The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 58, Daylight Saving Time edition, opens with small livestock winter survival observations from the apiary and chicken coop with homestead stewards Will and Sarah. The edible landscape is going back into production as Sarah breaks ground for the early season, planting peas, carrots, radishes, turnips, and baby lettuce. The garlic planted in November 2020 is sprouting. Sarah also discusses starting lettuce, spinach, and rainbow swiss chard transplants in the indoor nursery. For homestead fun, we visit the snow geese migration at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, and invite you to check out Will's game camera exploits at the homestead instagram, https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ Homestead chores include dormant pruning in the orchard, rejuvenation pruning the native woody perennials, and spring clean-up of perennial wildflowers in the pocket meadows. Agricultural news celebrates "doing good in the neighborhood" with stories on food waste, helping fight food insecurity, and the multiplier effect of the success of Weaver poultry company. Notes Lawn people: How grasses, weeds, and chemicals make us who we are by Paul Robbins http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873737558 Satoyama Homestead instagram, Spreadcasts: https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Waterfowl Migration Update https://www.pgc.pa.gov/InformationResources/AboutUs/ContactInformation/Southeast/MiddleCreekWildlifeManagementArea/Pages/MigrationUpdate.aspx Agricultural News 17% of food production globally wasted, UN report estimates | Candace Choi for the Associated Press (as seen in Lancaster Farming) https://apnews.com/article/un-report-17-percent-food-production-globally-wasted-de18ad7e031341fcca05e93bb33f4bbf How You Can Help Fight Food Insecurity | Richard Kralj | Lancaster Farming Family Living Focus | March, 13, 2021 | p. B3 (not found online) 17 Dressed Chickens Built a Living Legacy | Dick Wanner for Lancaster Farming https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/poultry/17-dressed-chickens-built-a-living-legacy/article_8367c362-15db-5ef4-b942-e9dc18e641ec.html

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 57: Heinz-sight is 2020 The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 57 opens with beeyard winterizing tips from homestead steward and resident apiarist Will - combine hives, ensure adequate honey supply, and wrap with tar paper for insulation. Sarah gives a molting status update from the chicken coop, explains weird chicken behavior, and advises increased dietary protein as supportive therapy for feather growth. The edible landscape is cleaned up from potentially infected plant matter and mulched with leafmould compost, while cabbage, chard, collards, kale, mustard, and sorrel are still producing. Seasonal homestead fun / chores including canning preserves, running biomass through the chipper/shredder, hunting, and measuring specimens for PA Big Trees. Our 2020 homestead holiday gift guide includes a 1-gallon garden chemical sprayer, Indian pump, and freezer-safe canning jars. We share agriculture news from Morgan Irons, Cornell graduate student, who is sending the first organic Earth soil to space - for science! Notes Wholefed Homestead Chicken behavior during molting - or, why have my chickens gone crazy?! https://wholefedhomestead.com/chicken-behavior-during-molting-or-why-have-my-chickens-gone-crazy/ Chapin 1-gallon Home & Garden Sprayer https://chapinmfg.com/products/chapin-16100-1-gallon-home-and-garden-sprayer Smith Indian Fire Pumps https://www.baselineequipment.com/smith-indian-fire-pumps Fresh Preserving Take the guesswork out of jar selection https://www.freshpreserving.com/take-guesswork-out-jar-selection.html The Economist Parkinson's Law https://www.economist.com/news/1955/11/19/parkinsons-law PA Big Trees http://www.pabigtrees.com/Default.aspx Cornell Chronicle Striking pay dirt: Cornell soil soars to the space station https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/striking-pay-dirt-cornell-soil-soars-space-station

Ep 56: Take the (ethical) shot! Original Transplants Podcast episode 56 Take the (Ethical) Shot! begins with questions from new Pennsylvanians [at]theroadstead via Instagram about PA homesteading and composting, and from a new homestead friend via email to satoyamahs[at]gmail[dot]com about rain barrels. Shout out to Camels Hump Rain Barrels in Phoenixville, PA! Will recounts his archery season opening day experience, and Will and Sarah share perspectives on how to prepare to be a successful ethical hunter. We then return to our normal podcast programming, with a visit to the late season beeyard, where Will is combining hives and delivering a final formic acid varroa treatment, and to the chicken coop, where Sarah is providing supportive therapy for molting chickens. The edible landscape enters its third growing season with a light frost days before the fall equinox, and Sarah is still pulling in kiwiberries, leafy greens, soup beans, and tomatoes and peppers from the dedicated chiles rellenos garden. Satoyama stewards prepare for winter by polishing the woodstove and chipping this season's weeds, including stilt grass, to make room for fall leaf drop. Will shares news from Entomology Today about ticks' sixth sense. Notes: Camels Hump Rain Barrles http://www.camels-hump.com/ Entomology Today - An Up-Close Look at the Tiny Sensory Pits That Ticks Use to Smell https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/16/up-close-look-tiny-sensory-pits-ticks-use-smell/ Hear it? Review it! Like it? Share it! Find us on instagram [at]spreadcasts: https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ Find us on tumblr: https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55: Sweat Equity The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55 finds stewards Sarah and Will enjoying long summer days staying busy with homestead chores, beekeeping, backyard chickens, and edible gardening. Will traps a late season swarm and begins Varroa mite treatment in the bee-yard. Sarah describes raccoon predator deterrence in the chicken coop and reports on the progress of edible landscape, including the orchard, original kitchen garden, and new tomato and pepper bed in its first season. Sarah reviews four products essential to integrated pest management (IPM) and the stewards discuss winter preparations: firewood and food processing. Sarah reads from three Lancaster Farming articles on the theme of 'farmers doing good deeds'. Find us online at https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ Notes: Ultra Breeze ventilated beekeeping suits: https://www.ultrabreezesuits.com/ Methods to control Varroa mites: An integrated pest management approach - Penn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/methods-to-control-varroa-mites-an-integrated-pest-management-approach American carrion beetle - InsectIdentification.org: https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=American-Carrion-Beetle Common raccoon call - Cornell Macaulay Library: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/88172 Diatomaceous earth fact sheet - Oklahoma State University: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/earth-kind-gardening-series-mechanical-pest-controls.html#diatomaceous-earth Copper sulfate fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/copper-sulfate-ext.html Neem oil fact sheet - University of New Hampshire: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/what-should-neem-be-used-plants Thuricide Bt fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/bt-ext.html Lancaster Farming agricultural news 'farmers doing good deeds': Food Box Program: Success or Mess? https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/food-box-program-success-or-mess/article_b6782b17-f18f-5cc6-82f8-0e7169f4111b.html With Fairs Canceled, 4-H'er Chips in Virtually: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/with-fairs-canceled-4-h-er-chips-in-virtually/article_3da2cc7d-8330-53cf-87c1-9105068c1aec.html Farmer returns prosthetic leg to skydiver: https://wbng.com/2020/07/28/farmer-returns-prosthetic-leg-that-skydiver-lost-during-jump/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 54: Morels or Less The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 54 announces May 17th as International Root Flair Appreciation Day and shares morel mushroom hunting results and lessons learned from Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will. Will updates listeners on swarm trapping his own hive and other apiary news. Sarah examines the significance of 2:30am and 4:30am in the life of a rooster. Stewards discuss the challenges of late season frosts and frozen precipitate in the orchard, and the edible landscape yields harvests of bok choy cabbage, mustard greens, kale, collards, snap and shell peas, strawberries, rhubarb, and wild carrot with other berry crops not far behind. Seasonal chores include succession planting in the vegetable garden, fencing and netting fruit harvests and preserving surplus for the off-season. Will shares a Lancaster Farming article, "Post-Freeze Apples Looking Good, Peaches Still Fuzzy." Find us online at https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 53: Homesteading for Food Security The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 53 explores food security and supply chain logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Will explains swarm-trapping for apiary expansion, and Will and Sarah discuss preventive and supportive therapies for low-intervention chicken flock health. Sarah shares favorite recipes for preparing dandelions and fiddlehead ferns foraged from the edible landscape, and updates listeners on the progress of vegetable seedlings and orchard pollination. Sarah and Will discuss invasives management and lessons learned while morel hunting, including proper identification, dangerous look-alikes, and the importance of ethical harvest. Episode 53 closes with articles from Lancaster Farming featuring farmer perspectives on food security and supply chain logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Notes Exton Bee Company http://extonbeecompany.com/ Tom Seeley et al. - Bait Hives for Honey Bees https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653 In the Name of the Kind: A Dungeon Siege Tale (film reference) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460780/ Gail Damerow - The Chicken Health Handbook https://archive.org/details/The_Chicken_Health_Handbook_Complete/page/n2/mode/2up Samuel Thayer - Nature's Garden https://www.foragersharvest.com/store/p3/NaturesGarden.html#/ Mushroom Appreciation - Morels - Identification and Hunting Tips https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/morel-mushrooms.html Robin Wall Kimerer - Honorable Harvest https://www.upaya.org/2014/06/guidelines-honorable-harvest/ Lancaster Farming Farmers Market Gets Creative to Deal With Covid-19 https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/southern_edition/farmers-market-gets-creative-to-deal-with-covid-19/article_69f987df-ca5c-5540-a23b-ba690726821e.html Foodservice Decline Leads to Flock Culling https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/poultry/foodservice-decline-leads-to-flock-culling/article_7b952f8a-d50c-5329-a1f5-ff1673f7d0c3.html Dairy Industry Seeks Ways to Donate Excess Milk https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/dairy/dairy-industry-seeks-ways-to-donate-excess-milk/article_ec34d93b-21a7-53ef-81b9-614729eae62e.html Redding Outlines Steps Taken to Secure Food Supply, Address Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/redding-outlines-steps-taken-to-secure-food-supply-address-food-insecurity-in-pennsylvania/article_2fe6cfb0-856b-11ea-a141-5b3accc6a0b0.html TAGS #food security #food supply #covid-19 #coronavirus #pandemic #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #homesteading #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #permaculture #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #spring #weather #rain #homestead #plants #seedlings #invasives management #foraging #edible wild plants #morel hunting

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 52: Shelter at Homestead The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 52 begins with covid-19 pandemic well-wishes from Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah. Sarah shares highlights from a list of more than fifty homestead plants and other products that are documented to promote wellness in the context of coronavirus symptoms and co-morbid conditions. Household preparedness can be as simple as resprouting the trimmings from store-bought produce for a continuous harvest (see Mother Earth News note). Will details preparations for spring bee package installations in the apiary, and the stewards ponder the impact of pandemic shelter-at-home orders on the road kill supply for carrion scavenger species. We explore homestead chores and fun, including pollinating our peach trees by hand with chicken feathers. Notes Satoyama Homestead "CoViD-19 Homestead All-stars" https://www.satoyamahomestead.org/homestead-all-stars Mother Earth News "The Garden of Rebirth" April/May 2020 https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/the-garden-of-rebirth-zm0z2002znad Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation https://www.xerces.org/ Robin Wall Kimmerer "The Honorable Harvest" http://www.allcreation.org/home/honorable Daves Garden "Hand Pollinating Your Peaches and Nectarines" https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/hand-pollinating-your-peaches-and-nectarines

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 51: "Resisting the Urge to Prune" Will and Sarah respond to listener feedback about sharing bad news by sharing more bad news: the beehives are deadouts. The chickens are laying again and Will recounts a recent hawk attack and close call for hen Kentucky. In the edible landscape, Sarah is resisting the urge to prune all the woody vines, trees and berry canes; she is staying busy with seed auditing and seed orders for 2020 and baking quiches with fresh eggs and dried veggies. Lancaster News shares a research update on bioengineered microbes to fight deformed wing virus (DWV) and varroa mites in honeybees. Notes Meadows and Prairies: Wildlife-Friendly Alternatives to Lawn - PennState Extension https://extension.psu.edu/meadows-and-prairies-wildlife-friendly-alternatives-to-lawn Bacteria Engineered to Protect Bees from Pests and Pathogens - UT Austin (as seen in Lancaster Farming) https://news.utexas.edu/2020/01/30/bacteria-engineered-to-protect-bees-from-pests-and-pathogens/ Turtle Tree Seed https://turtletreeseed.org/ Sow True Seed https://sowtrueseed.com/ Tags #seeds #seedlings #vegetables #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #homestead #plants #seedlings #cleanup

Original Transplants Episode 50: "Short Days, Long Nights" Original Transplants, special solstice 2019 edition, begins with Will and Sarah discussing tools they've worn out, replaced, upgraded, and can't live without after six years on the homestead. Sarah then describes the homestead harvest preserves and crafts she's giving as holiday gifts, including homemade bee wraps. Will and Sarah make homestead News Years Resolutions, and Sarah reads "A Visit from Jack Frost," the Satoyama Homestead parody of "A Visit from St. Nick ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)". Notes: Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite, Trepak (Russian Dance): https://archive.org/details/TCHAIKOVSKYNutcrackerSuiteOp.71a-NEWTRANSFER/04.Trpak.mp3 Don the Fat Bee Man - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/fineshooter/videos Caitlin Wilson - Reusable Food Wraps from Mother Earth News https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/home/reusable-food-wraps-zm0z1908zsta Satoyama Homestead - A Visit from Jack Frost https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/post/189817324507/a-visit-from-jack-frost Frank Herbert - Dune "When in doubt of your surface, bare feet are best." https://books.google.com/books?id=ydQiDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT410&ots=OEAHK_FW5w&dq=dune%20duncan%20idaho%20%22bare%20feet%22&pg=PT410#v=onepage&q=dune%20duncan%20idaho%20%22bare%20feet%22&f=false Tags: #solstice #winter #newyearsresolutions #tools #parody #poetry #preserves #jellies #compote #salsa #bee wraps #beewraps #beeswax #crafts #food #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #honeybees #apiculture #ediblelandscape #gardeners #homestead #plants

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 49 "Thanksgiving and Conspiracy Theories" The Original Transplants begin this episode with reflecting on what we are thankful for and winter apiary news, including the bees' surprising preference for another homestead critter's feed; then, we discuss supportive therapies for a chicken experiencing moult-related Mycoplasma-S complications. Updates from the last fruit harvests on the edible landscape and seasonal homestead chores, along with hunting and food preservation / canning. Then during agricultural news, Sarah makes a surprising connection between state public land leases in New Mexico and Jeffrey Epstein's alleged transhumanist eugenics project using articles from Lancaster Farming and New York Times. Notes - Merck Vet Manual - Mycoplasma synoviae infection in poultry - https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma-synoviae-infection-in-poultry US News & World Report - New Mexico Ending Public Land Leases Near Epstein Ranch (we read the version printed in Lancaster Farming Sat. 9/7/19 A27) - https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2019-09-04/new-mexico-seeks-to-end-ranching-lease-to-jeffry-epstein New York Times Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race with His DNA - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/jeffrey-epstein-eugenics.html Tags - food agriculture gardening gardens podcast satoyamahomestead bees beekeeping homesteading permaculture apiculture backyardchickens chickens rooster ediblelandscape gardeners autumn fall homestead plants cleanup epsteindidntkillhimself moult moulting health wellness kiwiberry hardykiwi mycoplasmas jeffreyepsteindidntkillhimself

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode #48 "Hedges and Hunts" finds Will hedging his bets in the bee yard and chickens hedging their bets in the roadway. The edible landscape offers up homestead firsts hardy kiwiberries and brown turkey figs. Sarah explains her hedging philosophy and shares the food processing mantra, "friends don't let friends can alone." Will updates listeners on his sika hunt plans and shares news on horseshoe crab blood and local fungi taking out invasive spotted lanternfly (nature #ftw). Notes: Popular Mechanics, The Blood of the Crab https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a26038/the-blood-of-the-crab/ Penn State News, Organic Control of Spotted Lanternfly is Focus of Study https://news.psu.edu/story/584228/2019/08/19/earth-and-environment/organic-control-spotted-lanternfly-focus-study-penn Mother Earth News, Reusable Food Wraps https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/home/reusable-food-wraps-zm0z1908zsta Mother Earth News, Craft a Quill Pen and Ink https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/craft-quill-pen-ink-zm0z1908zsta YouTube, raccoons rinsing / washing food https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=raccoons+rinsing+washing+food Paul Robbins, Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are (book) Original Transplants #46 Interdependence Day https://soundcloud.com/satoyama-homestead/ep-46-inderdependence-day TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #chicks #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardeners #autumn #fall #homestead #plants #hunting #hardykiwi #kiwiberry #canning #preserves #foodpreservation #storablefood

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 47: "Soil and Swollen Feet" The Original Transplants starts with a soil analysis (we swear it's interesting) and goes into various health issues in the beehives and the chicken coop, prognosis good. The edible landscape is thriving Notes: Nature's Garden by Samuel Thayer not Natural Harvest, by Paul Photenhauer Aldo Leopold, The Sand County Almanac Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer PSU Soil Testing, https://extension.psu.edu/soil-testing The O Jays, Love Train TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #chicks #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #autumn #fall #homestead #plants #communication #seedlings #cleanup

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 46: "Interdependence Day" Celebrating American Independence Day, Will and Sarah talk about the importance of recognizing interdependence and Will gives a history lesson on what it was like to live in the 18th century in America. They review the bee yard and Will's complaints about his extractor. Sarah talks about drama in the chicken coop and how to care for your hens in the heat. The edible landscape is taking off and the chores are a little less crazy than in May/June. Sarah wraps up with an article about the Kutztown Folk Festival and the importance of agriculture in the American Revolution. Notes: Joe Larkin, The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790-1840 Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel The Strenuous Life, by Teddy Roosevelt Subspecies primer on Ask a Biologist: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/questions/human-races The Andy Letter, Car Talk, https://www.cartalk.com/radio/letter/andy-letter Aldo Leopold, The Sand County Almanac How to Get Ketchup out of a Heinz Bottle: https://www.today.com/food/how-get-ketchup-out-bottle-trick-heinz-57-t118061 Yellow Springs Farm: https://www.yellowspringsfarm.com/ Kutztown Folk Festival https://www.kutztownfestival.com/ Reading Eagle, "Kutztown Folk Festival: Everything is Authentic" https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/kutztown-folk-festival-everything-is-authentic Stephen Seeber, Lancaster Farming, "Founding Farmers" https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/editorials/founding-farmers/article_b7304315-2c17-5e26-8aef-210c63ac163c.html TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #chicks #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #autumn #fall #homestead #plants #communication #seedlings #cleanup

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 45: "Walking Stick" 6/9/19 Sarah and Will tackle the beginning of summer and discuss plant migration. Yep, you read that right, they talk about plants moving over time. The bees are going along swimmingly and Will's swarm catching and splitting is paying off. Sarah has been having serious problems with their attack rooster but they discuss a few ways they deal with it. The landscape has ignited and many harvests have already come in. The podcast really takes off when a discussion of genetic engineering and skepticism takes off. Sarah rounds out the podcast with an article about renewing the butchering industry. Notes: "Would More Consumers Eat Genetically Modified Food if They Understood the Science?" by University of Rochester, Lancaster Farming, Saturday June 8, 2019 "A Cut Above the Rest," by Dick Wanner, Lancaster Farming, Saturday June 8, 2019 The Secret Life of Plants, Documentary and book, 1973 Career Wardrobe: https://careerwardrobe.org/ Black Rat Snakes do kill by constriction: https://www.livescience.com/53855-rat-snake.html Precautionary Principle: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/precautionary-principle Dr. Nina Federoff: https://bio.psu.edu/directory/nvf1 Cass Sustein, Nudging: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/magazine/16Sunstein-t.html Wendell Berry: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wendell-berry Aldo Leopold, The Sand County Almanac World War Z, by Max Brooks Likert Scale: https://www.simplypsychology.org/likert-scale.html Horizontal Gene Transfer: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/horizontal-gene-transfer Plant Ethics, Concepts and Applications: https://www.crcpress.com/Plant-Ethics-Concepts-and-Applications/Kallhoff-Paola-Schorgenhumer/p/book/9781138079212 TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #immigration #customs #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #chicks #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #autumn #fall #homestead #plants #communication #seedlings #cleanup

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 44: Return of the Hummer April 28, 2019. After some audio mishaps, Will and Sarah talk about the successes in the apiary, the crazed chicken coop, and the bounties of spring. Sarah details how a gardener must Participate, Not Dominate as a principle of interacting with nature and they discuss the various birds coming back the homestead. Will talks about hunting turkeys. And Sarah goes into homestead news, including a rising need for butchers, hemp plant intellectual property, and spotted lanternflies in Michigan. Notes: Tenth Legion, by Tom Kelly Lawn People, by Paul Robbins Lancaster Farming, April 27, 2019: "Wanted: More Local Butchers" by Philip Gruber, "USDA Accepting Applications of Seed-Propagated Hemp for Plant Variety Protection", "Michigan Braces for Spotted Lanternfly Invasion", by Carol Thompson, and "Woman Killed When She Falls Into Meat Grinder at Work". TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardeners #farmers #weather #news #rain #season #spring #summer #autumn #fall #winter #homestead #plants #yard #hunting #wildlife #hiking #nature #outdoors #diy #ecology #forestry #sustainability #permaculture #landscaping

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 43: Garden Math, 3/31/19 Neither of the stewards at Satoyama Homestead are all that math-inclined. Sarah and Will do their best anyway in this 43rd edition of the podcast. Subjects discussed: is that a prime number?; spring honey bee business; chicken crop problems; dealing with a violent rooster; edible food arriving in spring; "garden math" or why you should stop worrying and start calculating your garden; orchard prep; spring cleanup; the Woods in My Backyard series put out by Penn State Extension; and the fox that walked into the wrong chicken coop. Notes: Jurassic Park film, 1993 True Grit film, 2010 The Vegetable Gardener's Bible, by Edward C Smith, 2000 Chester County Food Bank Seed to Supper, https://chestercountyfoodbank.org/programs-education/raised-bed-gardens/seedtosupper/ Lancaster Farming, "Now is the Time" Column by Leon Ressler You Bet Your Garden/Gardens Alive, www.gardensalive.com How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us, 2018, by Michael Pollan Woods in Your Backyard, 2019, Penn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/backyard-woods Nikola Tesla, Free Energy: http://free-energy.ws/nikola-tesla/ Pyne, Stephen J. 1982. Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 654 pages. See Chapter 2 “The Fire from Asia” pages 66–122. TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardeners #farmers #weather #news #rain #season #spring #summer #autumn #fall #winter #homestead #plants #yard #hunting #wildlife #hiking #nature #outdoors #diy #ecology #forestry #sustainability #permaculture #landscaping

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 42: Science Fiction, 2/24/19 Science fiction becomes reality on this podcast, as Sarah and Will provide speculative ideas on the worst invasive species that could possibly come to their homestead. They discuss some literature that would inform the discussion, including a new variety of agriculture in hemp production, as well as how they'll tackle some invasive species in their own backyard. Next up the regularly scheduled work at the homestead. Bees and chickens are in a holding pattern while the edible landscape is about ready to pop. They talk about how you should be careful of what you plant and how this spring, and Sarah also discusses Liquid Copper Sulfate as a fungicide to help your fruit trees. Notes: On fungi: Paul Stamets of Washington State University is a great resource: https://fungi.com/pages/about-us Never Home Alone, by Rob Dunn The Mote in Gods Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Life is a Miracle by Wendell Berry The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry Woods in Your Backyard Course by Penn State Extension Car Talk, by NPR, specifically the Andy Letter: https://www.cartalk.com/content/andy-letter Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast by Eric Hurlock Hempstone Heritage by Lee Stark Ilex Vomitoria or Yaupon Holly: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/ilex-vomitoria/ TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #immigration #customs #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #chicks #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #autumn #fall #homestead #plants #communication #seedlings #cleanup

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 41: Bigfeet, January 5th 2019 Fresh on the heels of winter, Will and Sarah discuss the apiary, oxalic acid, and some honey/sugar replacement recipes. In the coop, Kentucky the black hen has a bad molt and requires some R&R, while the chickens shut down production for the winter, though they continue to eat a lot of treats. The edible landscape, while dormant, continues to produce through different preserves. Sarah talks about how one can read a seed catalogue, with all the metatextual analysis you need to make the right decision for your garden. They talk about the giant white oak tree in their yard and the processing wok on their chipper shredder, then quantify the amount of gasoline they’re using each year in these household activities. For fun, they talk about craft projects and a reader question in Backwoodsman Magazine that certainly paints an interesting picture of our national parks. Notes: Frost Dates by Hardiness Zone chart, by Garden Tower Project: https://gardentowerproject.com/2018/01/23/last-frost-date/ USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ Turtle Tree Seeds: www.turtletreeseed.org Territorial Seed Company: www.territorialseed.com Sowtrue Seeds: https://sowtrueseed.com/ Edward C. Smith, “The Vegetable Grower’s Bible,” 2nd edition 2009 Paul Robbins, “Lawn People”, 2007 Mike McGrath, “You Bet Your Garden” and Gardens Alive: www.gardensalive.com Wild Thing Podcast, 2018, https://www.foxtopus.ink/wildthing/ TAGS #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #gardens #podcast #satoyama homestead #bees #beekeeping #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #immigration #customs #apiculture #backyard chickens #chickens #chicks #coop #rooster #edible landscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #autumn #fall #homestead #plants #communication #seedlings #cleanup

Autumn has arrived and the homestead has rushed to harvest before it all falls off the vine! Sarah and Will discuss treating bees during the fall, molting in the chicken coop, and some of the treats from the homestead this fall, including their first crop of persimmons. They talk about Will's trip to Delmarva to hunt for Sika deer/elk. Finally, they read an article about a spotted lanternfly scare in New Jersey and a courageous Beagle that prevented a pork head from being smuggled into the country. Notes: MENTIONED ITEMS IN THE PODCAST: NJ Allays Lanternfly Christmas Tree Worries - https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/nj-allays-lanternfly-christmas-tree-worries/article_2c88f50d-6f6e-5697-9d6e-0f85a2276db9.html Customs Dog Sniffs Out Pork Head - CBS Miami 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVGg7aXbbDI Satoyama Homestead Gardening outside the lines. satoyamahs.org | satoyamahs@gmail.com | 484-247-GROW (4769) TAGS #podcast #satoyama homestead #bees #beekeeping #archery #hunting #berries #tomatoes #garlic #raspberry #spotted Lanternfly #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #immigration #customs #apiculture #backyard chickens #chickens #chicks #coop #rooster #edible landscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #autumn #fall #homestead #plants #communication #seedlings #cleanup

Satoyama Homestead survived the rainiest July on record and uses the podcast to talk about it. The apiary benefitted from the rain, happening during the traditional flower nectar dearth, and Will discusses how pleased he is with the year's beekeeping efforts. Sarah and Will go over the difficulties in the chicken coop, including the bullying of the broody hen and the difficulties of a small coop. On the edible landscape, they discuss some of the issues with groundhogs and pervasive rain, but also the successes, like starting squashes late and the bounty of pesto. For homestead fun, Will discusses his archery treestand placement and how it takes years to get good at things. Sarah talks a little about the latest in the spotted lanternfly drama in the yard and then reads an interesting article about ladybug introductions for pest control, and all the ecological and economic problems associated with the little red polka dotted bug. Notes: MENTIONED ITEMS IN THE PODCAST: "Let it Rot" by Stu Campbell, 1975 "Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails, the Eberhart Way" by John and Chris Eberhardt "Whitetail Savvy" by Dr. Leonard Lee Rue, III Spotted Lanternfly at Penn State Extension, https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly "Ladybug, Where Have You Gone? Aphid Fighters Tend to Roam" by Dean Fosdick, Associated Press, printed in Lancaster Farming, Saturday July 28, 2018 Satoyama Homestead Gardening outside the lines. satoyamahs.org | satoyamahs@gmail.com | 484-247-GROW (4769) TAGS #podcast #satoyama homestead #squash #canteloupe #archery #hunting #berries #strawberry #blackberry #raspberry #spotted Lanternfly #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #fire #wood stove #apiculture #backyard chickens #chickens #chicks #broody #rooster #edible landscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #rain #Noah #homestead #plants #communication #ladybug #ladybugs #seedlings

Summer has arrived and the homestead is filled with miracles and madness. Sarah and Will respond to a listener letter about scything and sheet composing/lasagna gardening, explaining the ins and outs of their turf management. They next discuss the apiary and their friend Walt who does moonlight beekeeping. A miracle queen was born. A simpler method of beekeeping, the keeping of mason/orchard/leafcutter bees is discussed as well. Next, Will tells a long-winded story about how tough he had it with Sarah away. Chicken madness, snakes living in the house, and sleeping outside to protect their miracle momma Mayapple and her chicks all figure heavily into the drama. Next, Sarah and Will discuss the upper respiratory disease the chickens experienced and how they managed to get the flock through the worst of it. The edible landscape really has started to pay dividends, with berries galore, as well as peas, greens, and other goods for consumption and preservation. On the homestead, Will breaks his bow, they discuss building new steps in the yard, and the happiness of sharing food with others. Finally, Sarah gives an update on the menacing Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive species now showing up en masse on the homestead. Notes: MENTIONED ITEMS IN THE PODCAST: "Let it Rot" by Stu Campbell, 1975 Walt at Swarmbustin' Honey, https://www.911honey.com/ "Mason bees in the home garden," Penn State Extension https://extension.psu.edu/mason-bees-in-the-home-garden "Black and Decker Complete Guide to Patios - 3rd Edition - A DIY Guide to Building Patios, Walkways, and Outdoor Steps", February 2010 Spotted Lanternfly at Penn State Extension, https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly Satoyama Homestead Gardening outside the lines. satoyamahs.org | satoyamahs@gmail.com | 484-247-GROW (4769) TAGS #podcast #satoyama homestead #scythe #compost #composting #bee hotel #gardening #gardeners #landscaping #mason bee #mason bees #orchard #berries #strawberry #blackberry #raspberry #spotted Lanternfly #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #fire #wood stove #apiculture #backyard chickens #chickens #chicks #broody #rooster #edible landscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #homestead

Sarah and Will respond to a listener letter in Episode 37, giving their thoughts and some useful information on wood stoves. They cover the pros and cons of wood stoves in the home, ending up on the pro side, but being realistic about the maintenance and care necessary to have a stove. Other subjects about wood stoves covered: creosote and cleaning, cooking on the stove, and Philadelphia's own Benjamin Franklin, who invented the precursor to the wood stove. They resume the normal podcast proceedings by talking a little about the bees and Ross Round frames. Mayapple is back in the brooder coop and the rooster isn't pleased. The edible landscape has popped off and they are enjoying sorrel and other lettuces from the garden. They discuss asparagus shoots, rubarb harvests, and the new additions to the homestead: two fig trees to replace the devilish pyracantha/firethorn tree that they just cut down (see Episode 36). Sarah and Will finish the podcast with a discussion of an article on plant communication and the ethics of how humans interact with plants. Notes: ON WOOD STOVES: Condar - wood stove supplies http://www.condar.com/ Chimney Safety Institute of America - Guides to getting a chimney sweep - http://www.csia.org/hiringchimneysweeps.html Chimney Safety Institute of America - Chimney Fires guide - http://www.csia.org/chimneyfires.html Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Guide to wood stove emissions - https://www.epa.gov/burnwise/burn-wise-frequently-asked-questions Energy Department - guide to wood stove installation - https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/home-heating-systems/wood-and-pellet-heating US Fire Administration - safety guide for wood burning - https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/outreach/heating.html Rutland Fire Clay Company, Rutland Products - great source for fireplace cleaning tools - https://www.rutland.com/ Sam Whiteleather, Backwoodsman Magazine Jan/Feb 2018 issue, "Making the Most of Your Woodstove" Cam Mather, Mother Earth News October/November 2017 issue - Homestead Hacks, "Build the Perfect Woodstove Fire" ON OTHER ITEMS IN THE PODCAST: Blue Sky Bee Supply - Ross Rounds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iawjr7Th3M Ecologial Society of America - The story of the fig and its wasp - https://www.esa.org/esablog/research/the-story-of-the-fig-and-its-wasp/ Velemir Ninkovic, PLOS ONE, "Aboveground mechanical stimuli affect belowground plant-plant communication" http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195646 Michael Pollan, the New Yorker December 2013 issue, "The Intelligent Plant", https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-intelligent-plant Wendell Berry, "The Unsettling of America", 1997 Aldo Leopold, "A Sand County Almanac," 1949 Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology (ECNH), "The Dignity of Living Beings With Regard to Plants: Moral Consideration of Plants for Their Own Sake", http://www.ekah.admin.ch/fileadmin/ekah-dateien/dokumentation/publikationen/e-Broschure-Wurde-Pflanze-2008.pdf Satoyama Homestead 里山 Gardening outside the lines. satoyamahs.org | satoyamahs@gmail.com | 484-247-GROW (4769) TAGS #podcast #satoyama homestead #homesteading #permaculture #beekeeping #honey bees #apiculture #fire #wood stove #apiculture #backyard chickens #chickens #chicks #broody #rooster #edible landscape #gardening #gardeners #spring #weather #homestead #plants #communication #asparagus #seedlings

Episode 36 begins with Will and Sarah discussing the finer points of swarm trapping, from timing to spacing to construction. Their new bees arrive soon and they also intend to catch some wild swarms using traps in the yard. Next, they discuss a sick chicken and how to quarantine a chicken to help with recovery. They also discuss a home remedy for an injured chicken's comb, in this case, Jumpy the rooster, whose wounds are being picked at by his hens. The difficult spring season is their next subject. They talk about the cold March, the high winds on the day of the podcast (4/15/18), and how they're going to protect their new seedlings from frost. Sarah has worked hard to plant a variety of seedlings and they need their help. Will then talks at length about his run-in with the Firethorn/pyracantha shrub in the yard, from Sarah's first encounter to his allergic reaction that resulted in a visit to the doctor. They end the podcast with an article on the Linnaean-naming convention conspiracy surrounding the holly variety cassina, AKA yaupon, AKA black tea, a native perennial plant whose leaves can produce a caffeinated tea. Yaupon holly: As noted in the podcast, there are varieties of yaupon that are hardy to PA's Zone 6. One is Anna's Choice, found here (though out of stock at the moment) https://almostedenplants.com/shopping/products/10202-anna%27s-choice-yaupon-holly-yellow-berried/ Another is Hoskin Shadow https://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/ilex-vomitoria-hoskin-shadow/ Chicken wound ointment: combine wax and oil over heat in a container you don't care about. Add the essential oils after solution has cooled down. 1 part beeswax 2 parts coconut oil 10 drops of frankincense oil 10 drops lavender oil 3 drops tea tree oil Links: Tom Seeley, Following the Wild Bees, Princeton Press https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10669.html Seeley, Morse, Nowogrodzki, "Bait Hives for Honey Bees", 1989-10, Cornell Cooperative Extension, https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653 Reclaiming the Farm, "When Firethorns Attack", http://reclaimingthefarm.blogspot.com/2012/05/when-fire-thorns-attack.html Extension.org, Firethorns question about toxicity, https://ask.extension.org/questions/282127 SF Gate, "Is it safe to burn pyracantha?" http://homeguides.sfgate.com/safe-burn-pyracantha-87631.html Timber Creek Farm, Essential Oils for chickens, https://timbercreekfarmer.com/essential-oils-for-chicken-care/ Satoyama Homestead 里山 Gardening outside the lines. satoyamahs.org | satoyamahs@gmail.com | 484-247-GROW (4769)

Episode 35 of the Original Transplants Podcast finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah counting down to spring. Will discusses the nucleus hives he ordered to jump start the apiary, and the differences he sees between nucleus hives and packages for starting a new colony. Sarah and Will share observations of chicken behavior, including what to do when a chicken seems out of sorts due to molting, impacted crop or sour crop. We get through the winter months by enjoying preserved fruits of the harvest, including dehydrated fruits and veggies, pickles, jams, chutneys, and other canned goods, and even berry and dandelion wines. Sarah explains how she uses whey, a byproduct of making strained yogurt, in cooking and baking. Will recounts his ordeal emptying the skid tank of gasoline, and we talk about some of the new plants we're excited to try growing from seed, including okra and spilanthes (toothache plant). Will shares some advice on getting hunting permissions from private landowners, relayed from The MeatEater Podcast, and Sarah shares her surprise satisfaction with the three-piece MintCraft houseplant tool set. We closed with a recent New York Times article by Asher Elbein about the firehawks of Australia and their unique ecosystem niche. Find out more at satoyamahs.org and spreadcasts.tumblr.com. Links: In Australia, Arsonists Might Have Wings: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/australia-firehawks-aboriginal.html MeatEater Podcast ep. 96 Permissions!: http://www.themeateater.com/podcasts/ep-096-permissions/ Cookbook "A Naturalist's Guide to Cooking with Wild Plants": http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/487508207 MintCraft 3-piece houseplant toolset: http://www.lancasterlumber.com/product-p/8967101.htm

Episode 34 of the Original Transplants Podcast finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will thawing out after the polar vortex. Will delivers the post mortem on the 2017 apiary and makes plans to start anew in spring 2018. The chickens are happy to be back outside, where their coop is particularly fragrant with trimmings from Sarah's freshly pruned potted herb plants. In the edible landscape, Sarah prunes the raspberry canes to restore a path through the bramble, and inventories vegetable seeds for the 2018 season. Will marks the end of whitetail hunting season in PA with plans to go shed hunting and scouting new locations for his bee swarm bait hives. We close the episode with some tips for winter tree identification and share news from enthusiastic urban beekeepers in Miami, FL, sent by Sarah's uncle and homestead benefactor, Andy. Links to Miami Herald articles: Honey Bee City is Bringing Bees Back to Miami Backyards - http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/doral/article165545292.html The Buzz: Bees Could Sweeten Your Neighborhood - http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article166754107.html

Original Transplants podcast episode 33, Winter Solstice edition, finds homestead stewards Will and Sarah in good spirits on the first day of Winter. Will plans a final winter oxalic acid dribble treatment for varroa mites in the beehives, and starts planning supply and bee package purchases for the spring. Everyone is relieved that Mayapple the broody hen is showing progress on integrating into the flock she raised in May, thanks in large part to supportive behaviors by Jumpy the Rooster. Sarah and Will discuss homestead hacks for keeping off-the-grid chicken coops warm in the winter. Sarah is enjoying propagating plants on her 'tower of power' light rack on wheels, and also in mini-greenhouses from recycled gallon jugs out on the fallow garden plot. The homestead kitchen is serving up cocoa venison chili, peppermint meringues, custards and cookies for the season. We conclude the podcast with a nod to the oldest known hunter in the USA, and Sarah's solstice-inspired parody of A Visit from Saint Nick ('Twas the Night Before Christmas), called A Visit from Jack Frost. Links: Another Successful Hunting Season for 104-year Old Deer Hunter via Roanoke Times: http://www.roanoke.com/sports/outdoors/cochran-another-successful-season-for--year-old-deer-hunter/article_a3c40289-a46a-5449-a1de-a9e5d6c64f6a.html Steve Rinella's Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game (Vol. I: Big Game) via Randomhouse: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/the-complete-guide-to-hunting-butchering-and-cooking-wild-game/ Aphid lifecycle facts via Utah State University Extension: https://utahpests.usu.edu/slideshows/ppt/07sh-insects-aphids.pdf Milk Jug Mini-Greenhouses via Snetsinger Butterfly Garden and Penn State Extension: http://www.snetsingerbutterflygarden.org/uploads/1/7/7/9/17790183/winter_sow.pdf Sarah's Visit from Jack Frost parody coming soon to the homestead blog, Spreadcasts: https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod via Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Dance_of_the_Sugar_Plum_Fairy

In this special holiday gift guide edition of Original Podcasts Episode 32, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will share updates from winterizing the bee yard, attempts to reintegrate the chickens, and celebrate the winter bounty of the edible landscape. Will explains insulating the beehives with tar paper to regulate temperature and humidity during the winter. Sarah describes the flock dynamic since Mayapple has achieved empty nester status (correction: her literary reference should be to the Pyramus and Thisbe myth, not Tristan and Isolde!). We then share recipes for stewing hens and venison, highlight scientifically-proven home remedies for the flu recommended by Consumer Reports, and recommend cross-over gifts for the homesteader or aspiring homesteader on your holiday gift-giving list. We end the show with a fun new feature - dramatic, stylized readings of heirloom plant descriptions from 2018 seed catalogs. Links: 'Poultriculture' used in an 1889 Pacific Rural News letter to the editor: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18890406.2.7.10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 Pyramus and Thisbe myth: http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Pr-Sa/Pyramus-and-Thisbe.html Jamie Oliver's Chicken in Milk: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jamie-oliver/chicken-in-milk-recipe-1951585 Consumer Reports How to Soothe Miserable Cold and Flu Symptoms: https://www.consumerreports.org/drugs/how-to-soothe-miserable-cold-and-flu-symptoms/ Leatherman Multi-Tool: https://www.leatherman.com/ Lancaster Online - Hunter Finds Dead Buck with Massive 12-point Antlers in Lancaster County http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/hunter-finds-dead-buck-with-massive--point-antlers-in/article_06c8623e-c939-11e6-92ed-7bc53d4e7a09.html Gorilla Carts: https://gorillacarts.com/ Find an Army Navy Store near you: https://localarmynavy.com/ High Mowing Organic Seed Catalog: https://www.highmowingseeds.com/ Southern Exposure Seed Exchange: http://www.southernexposure.com/catalog/sese-catalog-2018-for-web.pdf Sow True Seed: https://sowtrueseed.com/

In this special "Drain the Swamp" edition of Satoyama Podcast Episode 31, Sarah interviews Will about his experience bow hunting the whitetail rut on public land in southeastern Pennsylvania. Will tells his buck story, discusses his two-year preparation for a successful bow hunt on public land, talks gear minimalism, shares strategies for overcoming obstacles and near-misses, and wrestles with the ethics of killing. We talk in a broad sense about agency, choice, discipline, natural law, and how to reconcile with externalities you can't control. For more information, Will offers these unsolicited endorsements: PODCASTS The Meat Eater Podcast - one of my favorite podcasts, this delves primarily into hunting and conservation and has some of the best biologists and researchers in the world as guests. http://www.themeateater.com/podcasts/ Wired to Hunt Podcast - Focused entirely on whitetail hunting, this podcast is a great listen for year-round strategies for pursuing whitetails. http://wiredtohunt.com/category/podcast-2/ BOOKS Jim Roy - "Real-World Whitetail Behavior" - A great book about deer behavior and woodsmanship by a dedicated bowhunter. https://books.google.com/books/about/Real_World_Whitetail_Behavior.html?id=ZcIaAAAAQBAJ Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III - "Whitetail Savvy" - An excellent book on deer biology, behavior, with original research and lots of great pictures. http://skyhorsepublishing.com/titles/12146-9781510717411-whitetail-savvy John Eberhart and Chris Eberhart - "Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails" - A book that helped me in my particular circumstance, this book gives you a big picture strategy for hunting pressured land. http://www.stackpolebooks.com/book/9780811728195 Steven Rinella - "The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game" - A sort of one stop shop for hunting, this one will at least give you a place to start. It also has recipes and guides to taking apart animals. Lots of good pictures. http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/the-complete-guide-to-hunting-butchering-and-cooking-wild-game/

Episode 30 of the Original Transplants Podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will discussing late autumn happenings on the homestead. Will gives tips for winter preparation in the bee yard, including combining colonies for overwintering population, treating, feeding, and hive wrapping. Sarah recounts her experience harvesting their three original laying hens and reflects on the timing of Mayapple's broody and chick rearing cycle, pullets coming into lay, and the slaughter of the older chickens. Sarah and Will explain how they are preserving a surplus of green tomatoes for winter sustenance, recall a visit from Ursinus College's Environmental Studies senior capstone class, and join the fight against the invasive and damaging spotted lanternfly. Learn more at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com and http://www.satoyamahs.org .

In Episode 29 of the Original Transplants podcast, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will return from a long summer's knap to talk bees, chickens, early fall harvests, eclipse totality travels, paw paw festivals, and apple picking in one of America's heritage orchards. Will gives a rundown of the summer beekeeping season, and Sarah comes to terms with harvesting her first generation of dual-purpose breed laying hens. We celebrate the edible landscapes of Horn Farm Center (York, PA), home of the annual paw paw festival, and Hopewell Furnace (Elverson, PA), historic site, national park and home of a heritage variety apple orchard. We close with some promising forecasts for an awesome fall foliage season from Lancaster Farming and Penn State.

Episode 28 of the Original Transplants Podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah discussing the early season bounty. In the apiary, a weak honey season has been a strong brood season with success in honey bee swarm trapping and hive splitting. The chicks are within weeks of fledging the nest, and Mayapple the momma hen sounds like she's preparing to resume egg laying. The homestead garden shifts from radishes, spinach, lettuce, peas, and broccoli to cabbage, beets, collards, kale, kohlrabi, tomatoes, and peppers, and the succession of berries and cherries are ripening. We discuss growing season pruning and sheet composting and then report on agricultural news from Lancaster Farming, including the triumphant return of "heirloom hybrid" Florida's Favorite watermelon after a 100-year hiatus and Tyson Foods' efforts for more humane and sustainable poultriculture.

Episode 27 of the Original Transplants Podcast features homestead stewards Will and Sarah sharing some special excitement from the beeyard and chicken coop. Will explains his technique for honey bee swarm trapping which has yielded the homestead's healthiest colony so far this season. Sarah recounts her response to a notoriously broody hen and the multiplier effect it had on the homestead flock. After highlighting some early season harvests from the edible landscape and detailing additions to the homestead orchard, Sarah outlines the 12 Principles of Permaculture and how she and Will applied them to swarm baiting and flock rearing. Resources: Seeley et al. Bait Hives for Honey Bees (1989): https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653 Seeley et al. Group decision-making in swarms of honey bees (1999): http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/biol106h/PDF/Seeley.pdf Seeley Honeybee Democracy (2010): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/587249075 Christopher Shein and Julie Thompson The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture (2013): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/785870730

Episode 26 of the Original Transplants Podcast finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will recovering from the installation of a testy package of honey bees. Hear their tips for bee package installation, dealing with a defective queen cage and observing behavioral indicators for queenrightness. After a brief visit to the chicken coop, the Satoyama stewards discuss seasonal chores in the edible landscape, including pruning, vegetable seed starting and transplanting, weeding and mulching. This is a great time of year to remove invasives like garlic mustard - which, incidentally, makes a tasty pesto. We close out this episode with an analysis of late-winter temperature variability and its impact on honey bee colonies, and a discussion of the unintended consequences (hint: radioactive wild boars) of nuclear power.

Episode 25 of the Original Transplants podcast - Nor'easter edition! - features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will reviewing the Chester County [PA] Beekeeping Association's 2017 Annual Conference and discussing plans for the 2017 apiary. Will looks forward to experimenting with splits and other proactive colony management strategies, and Sarah questions the logic of scapegoating small-scale treatment free beekeepers for the prevalence of varroa and other pests in commercial bee yards. Sarah updates listeners on the status of the chicken coop and explains the importance of supportive nutrition for chickens during the winter. She then cops to 'equinox exuberance' and describes her vegetable seedling starting project in the midst of a late season blizzard. The Satoyama stewards recommend some late winter chores, including cleaning and sharpening tools, autopsying hive deadouts and evaluating and scraping bee equipment, and processing wood from last year's tree work. We then review agricultural and environmental news from Lancaster Farming and Nature.com on the topics of small-scale agriculture with unusual berries, breakthroughs in honeybee genetics for immunity, the importance of 4-H and inspiring youth, and initiative to purge invasive pests from New Zealand. Find out more at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com and http://www.satoyamahs.org.

Episode 24 of the Original Transplants podcast finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will reflecting back on 2016 and dreaming big for 2017. We talk about the bees breaking cluster on warm winter days, and feeding and sheltering bee colonies in the winter. We share our experience with one hen's hard molt and tips for nursing a chicken through a difficult molt during a cold snap. We discuss seasonal homestead chores/fun, including dormant pruning, sheet composting new beds, fiber arts, preserves, beeswax processing, tool maintenance, and saved seed germination trials. We then discuss news from Lancaster Farming about farmland valuation and conservation initiatives in light of Aldo Leopold's land ethic, and wrap up the podcast by looking ahead to the 2017 season.

Episode 23 of the Original Transplants podcast finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will dusting off the recording equipment and updating listeners on winterizing the homestead. We feed the bees in the apiary, coddle the chickens through their molt, mulch and cover the garden beds, save seeds, shred leaves, and watch for juncos - harbingers of winter. We also update listeners on agricultural and environmental news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of black market seeds, processing surplus pumpkins, horizontal gene transfer with implications for GMOs, and the rehabilitative power of gardens in prison. Find out more at www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com.

Episode 22 of the Original Transplants Podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will providing a long overdue update from the apiary, chicken coop and edible landscape. Will wards off chipmunks, yellow jackets and varroa mites from the hives while trying to locate a local drone congregation area with the Chester County Beekeepers Association and contributing to the Zombees citizen science project. Sarah explains how to care for a molting hen and her twist on the Waldorf Salad featuring Satoyama Homestead annuals from the edible landscape. The stewards relay their recent homestead chores and fun and discuss stories from Lancaster Farming on the state of Pennsylvania corn silage and bees deployed as elephant control on farms in Thailand. Find us online at satoyamahs.org.

The Original Transplants Podcast comes of age with episode 21, in which stewards Sarah and Will share the results of a varroa mite load survey from the beehives, tips on training chickens to eat garden pests, harvests from the kitchen garden and berry brambles, integrated pest management tips for weasels, whistle pigs and yellow jackets, and recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming about farmers' right to repair under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the once-in-a-lifetime wheat yield in the midwest. Find out more about Satoyama Homestead at http://www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com.

Episode 20 of the Original Transplants podcast finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will in the eye of the swarm. Sarah will describe her 28-hour swarm watch adventure with the garden hive, while Will explains requeening and other benefits of a resource nuc. We offer tips for finding free-range eggs and describe integrated pest management techniques for the summer kitchen garden. We close with some agricultural and environmental news from Lancaster Farming on pollinator conservation and rattlesnake round-ups.

In Episode 19 of the Original Transplants podcast, Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will celebrate the spring nectar flow, strawberry-rhubarb pie, and sharp cutting blades. We offer some experiential advice on selecting a site for your bee hives, caring for chickens in summer heat, managing slugs in the vegetable garden, and sustaining civilization from the ground up - literally. Find us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and at http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com , and check out our Satoyama Presents! events calendar for on-site workshops in our outdoor classroom.

Episode 18 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will sharing updates from the bee hives, chicken coop, edible landscape, and agricultural news. We complain about the rainy May weather and how that's impacting the nectar flow and also the bees, describe strategies for keeping chickens out of the blueberry bushes, discuss additions to the edible and perennial landscape, and hunt down pink lady's slipper orchids in the state game lands. We also share agricultural news about farming in the Pennsylvania Wilds, buying domesticated bison on Craigslist, and the hidden costs of 'cheep' chicken. Find us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com Intro and Outro features Garlic by The Lonely Pen Cap and Gnar Studios, courtesy the artists: https://gnarstudios.bandcamp.com/album/the-lonely-pen-cap

Episode 17 of the Original Transplants podcast features homestead stewards Sarah and Will discussing their preparations for the 2016 beekeeping season, breaking a broody hen, transplanting cool weather crops and starting warm weather vegetable seedlings, witnessing the spring bud break, planting chestnut trees, stacking mushroom logs, and managing invasives like garlic mustard and multiflora rose. We also discuss recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of eastern hardwood forests' drought and fire susceptibility, seed libraries, local distilleries, Monsanto sales, and rabies. Thanks to The Lonely Pen Cap for the intro song, Garlic! For more information, visit us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org and http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com.

Episode 16 of the Original Transplants podcast features Satoyama Homestead stewards Sarah and Will catching up on winter at the homestead. We are preparing for the 2016 bee packages, discuss breaking a broody hen during Winter Storm Jonas, foraging in the winter landscape, taking extreme measures to attract bats to the bat box, what the Internet has to say about pickled eggs, and recent agricultural news from Lancaster Farming on the topics of tomato and honeybee genetics. Visit us online at http://www.satoyamahs.org or http://spreadcasts.tumblr.com , or visit the homestead for a Satoyama Presents! event.