Wild Oak Family Farm Podcast

We finally got around to editing our last podcast of 2019! Tune in to hear some of our highlights from Fall through Winter. It was recorded between Christmas and New Years so hopefully you’re in the holiday spirit. We share our unusual egg hunt story, talk about the wonders of azolla, and go on record […] The post S2E14: The Finale appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

In our second to last episode of 2019 we discuss our recent cooking escapades with bone broth and lard. We then dive into an analysis of how raising the Fall batch of broilers went and what changes we’ll be making for 2020. The post S2E13: Fall Broiler Roundup appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

This is our second episode in two weeks! Dan finished up the floor and Miriam is ecstatic. The family also really enjoyed a long visit with our new nephew Alton at home in Folsom. We harvested some of our winter veggies and were able to share them with all our animals, and have also been […] The post S2E12: Winter Harvest appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

We’ve gotten back to podcasting after a few months lapse so we’re doing a big update. We share how our Thanksgiving went with a new nephew, a wild turkey, and lots of food. We also give a quick overview of our fall round of broiler chickens, mention what’s been going on with our goats, and […] The post S2E11: Gobble Gobble appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

We’re a little behind on podcasts at the moment, this was recorded back in mid-August. We should be back soon with another episode to discuss our transition into Fall on the farm. In the meantime we hope you enjoy hearing about rotational goat grazing, our plans for raising broilers in Fall, and the great food […] The post S2E10: Good Eatin’ appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

We finally started using our goats to clear the brush beyond our deck and let you know how it’s going, discuss poor Alice getting bit in the face by a rattlesnake, and go over our project to restore a broken down generator. The post S2E9: Hey Rattlesnake, Don’t Bite My Face! appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

We just got two new Kiko does from Unfinished Acres farm and let you all know how they’re settling in. Following that we discuss Miriam’s patio furniture project and the quarter cow we purchased from Lewis Cattle Company. The post S2E8: Daisy and Alice appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

This time we tell everyone how we’ve been dealing with broody hens and share how our pullets are growing up. We also have a big announcement: a lot of our family is moving to El Dorado County. We close out the show with a story about Dan and a rattlesnake. The post S2E7: Broody Hens and a Rattlesnake appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

We kick off this podcast with a couple quick updates about our goats and new ducks. We then discuss our satisfying weekend of chicken processing and the results: a chest freezer full of 87lbs of chicken. We also share what worked better for us this year and how the kids joined in. The post S2E6: Spring Chicken Processing appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

In this episode we go over farm updates and the projects that have been taking up most of our time. We finally put our Cornish Cross chicks on pasture and have decided the chickshaw is superior to the pasture pen. Our food forest survived the weird hail storm in May and we continued to add […] The post S2E5: Say Goodbye to the Pasture Pen appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

This week we give a quick update on our Cornish Cross chicks, the food forest, and how the rain has been affecting everything. We then have our first homesteading segment all about Mother’s Day and everything Miriam does for us. We finish it off with an in-depth review of the chicken butchering class Dan went […] The post S02E04: Happy Mother’s Day appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

Tune into this episode to find out about selling our Boer goats, getting our Livestock Guardian Dog named Zane, and what we’ve been planting in the food forest. In our farm school segment we go in-depth on how to raise baby chicks, and then wrap up with a discussion of hunting and eating wild game. The post S02E03: Zane appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

In this episode we focus on farm updates and discuss everything going on in early spring. We bought Boer goats, Nigerian goats, and Dan’s favorite goat a mini-Nubian named Marilyn Monroe. Miriam has been starting most of our annual veggies outdoors and a few inside as well. We also added some rare edible perennials to […] The post S02E02: Marilyn Monroe appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

We made it to our second year and haven’t “podfaded” yet. In this episode we discuss the birth our son Charles, give a brief overview of what’s been going on around the farm over the past seven months, and discuss our disappointment with hydroponics being allowed by the USDA Organic standard. The post S02E01: On To Year Two appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

This is part 2 of our “Guns, Farms, and Birth” episode. Part 2 is mostly a summary of our plans for the birth of our son with a quick farm update at the beginning. We will return to podcasting soon with a jam-packed holiday episode. The post S01E05: Guns, Farms, and Birth – Part 2 appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

Taking care of our newborn son delayed this a bit, but we finally got another episode of our podcast posted. This recording ended up going long so we split it up into two parts. In Part 1 our discussion is mainly focused on guns, Part 2 will be a farm update and birth discussion. The post S01E04: Guns, Farms, and Birth – Part 1 appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

In this episode we discuss processing our remaining broilers, how we prepped our garden soil, and our first date in the country. The post S01E03: The Dating Scene appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

In this episode we get more organized with two show segments: country life and farm updates. We talk about the difficulties we had trying to catch and process our first rooster, our long but successful day processing broilers, and the satisfaction of eating our first broiler. The post S01E02: Tastes Like Chicken appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.

This is the very first episode of the Wild Oak Family Farm Podcast! In this episode we introduce ourselves, discuss why we’re starting a farm, and give farm updates. We discuss where we grew up, went to school, and started our careers. We then go into why we left the Bay Area for the country […] The post S01E01: Welcome to the Farm appeared first on Wild Oak Family Farm.